Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-07-29
HICKORY GROVE Notes
Agriculture viii Likely Be Taught
In Public School.
COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE WORKING
Prospects Of a Cotton Mill Gone GIim-
merina-Fine Crop Prospects -
BIockaders Behaving-other News
Matters.

patrons of the Hickory Grove 7choo
are now working on mature, Hickory
Grove school will next year include
teacher of agriculture who will also
be superintendent Of the thriving
school here. The trustees are now II
correspondence with President w. M
Riggs of Clemson College in regard
to the matter. A teacher Of agricul-
ture for the Hickory Grove school can
be secured with but little cost to the
district according to DR.. w. F. McGill
of the board Of trustees. The United
States government and the state would
pay three-fourths Of the salary Oh
such a teacher, leaving the remainder
of one fourth to be paid by the dis
trict. For several years past there has
been some demand for the services
of a teacher Of agriculture In the
Hickory Grove school and 1t Is prac-
tically certain that such a teacher will
be had for the ensuing school year
He will devote all of his time to class
es in agriculture and will have gen.
eral supervision Of the school. In ad-
dition four lady teachers will be en-
ployed. Three Of these, Misses Annie
Lyle Allison, Ella Wilkie and Mary
Wylie, all residents Of Hickory Grove
have been elected. The fourth teach
or will be elected at an early date.
Will be No Innovation.
Compulsory school attendance pro-
vided for by the last general assembly
will prove no innovation in Hickory
Grove school district where compul-
sorry attendance has been in force fol-
the past two years. In fact Hickory
Grove school district was the first In
South Carolina to make effective the
local option compulsory school atten-
dance law passed by the general as
sembly three years ago. Realizing Its
importance, the district adopted the
system soon after it became law with
the result that every child Of school
age in Hickory Grove has been going
to school during the past two years al
least. There was some little opposi-
ton to the law at first and more than
one family who didn't think the state
or rather Hickory Grove people should
have a say as to whether or not their
children went to school, moved out OF
the district. Thanks to two years OF
experience under the old local option
compulsory attendance law, the at
tendance officers will meet with nc
trouble at Hickory Grove in requiring
attendance on the part of truants be-
cause there are no truants and no op-
position to the system.
No Cotton Mill for tho Town.
Hickory Groves prospects for having
cotton mill and decided increase IN
population should mill be built have
gone glimmering. For several years
past there has been more or less talk
of the erection of a mill here, and this
year, especially, 1t looked for a while
as though something might be done
toward beginning construction WORK
before the end Of the year, a large
number Of people Of the town and
community speaking their interest in
the proposition. Hickory Grove peo-
pie got into communication with the
Southern Power Company in regard to
furnishing the power and the COM
pany informed them that it would be
glad to furnish the same If the local
promoters would pay for the installa-
ton Of a line from Ninety-nine Is
lands to Hickory Grove, a distance of
about seven miles at a cost of about
s31, 900. That knocked the proposed
mill in the head, Hickory Grove peo-
lble not being able to see the point in
having to pay a stiff price for a power
line and a stiff price for the power
too. So the proposed mill just died a
natural death and there is no pros
, pect that the local people will be
identified in the cotton manufacturing
business locally for quite a while at
least.
Fine Crop Prospects.
Crop prospects in the Hickory Grove
section are about the best ever, accord
ing to we'll informed people Of the
town and community. Although a
tremendous lot of rain has fallen in
the past ten days, there has hardly
been too much and little damage has
been reported on account Of creek and
branch overfows while Broad River
has been behaving itself admirably
Mr.. G.. W. Wilkerson who lives near
the river said Friday that the crop
prospects in his section were never
better and that the farmers were ex-
pecting to make a bumper crop OF both
cotton and corn. Mr.. John Whitesides
is we'll pleased with prospects over on
his side and other farmers around say
that they have no complaint to make
DR.. w. A. Hood Of Hickory Grove
whose practice carries him over a
wide scope Of country in this section
saws that the prospects in practically
every section were never better. Ac-
cording to Dr. Hood, the acreage de-
voted to corn Is larger this year than
last year and there are number OF
"big" farmers who planted more corn
this year than over before. The wheat
crop is rather poor, although the farm
ers set out to grow more wheat this
year than usual.
Blockaders Quiet.
Blockaders operating in Broad River
township seam to have crawled into
their holes and pulled the holes in on
top OF them here Of late. According
to Magistrate r. l.. A. Smith and other
leading spirits on the Broad River
Township improvement Association, if
there is any liquor making going on
Just now 1t is being kept mighty quiet
In fact information coming by grape
vine from some of the blockaders and
their friends is to the effect that they
are lying low or resting up" as il
were for a bit because the Improve
ment Association and others interest
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