Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-06-10
GARNERED With SCISSORS
News From Within and Without
the County.
CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING
Some Items OF Fact, Some of Comment
and All Helping to Give an Idea OF
What Our Neighbors Are Saying and
Doibn


Doing.
Fort Mill Times, June S: At re-
cent meeting of the board Of trustees
of Fort Mill school district, 1t was de-
cided to add an agricultural course
which will be in charge Of an expert
who will give his entire time to the
work at a salary of s1,500 r2r year.
The meeting was attended by John
Z. Carroll, county superintendent of
education, and Prof. j. R. Peterson, of
Clemson college, the latter presenting
the proposition for the consideration
of the board. The school board Is con-
sidering also the adoption of domes-
tic science course and has already the
beginning of a manual training school
Miss Violet Culp, for a number
of years employed in the central Of
flee of the local telephone company,
has accepted a similar place with the
Rock Hill Telephone company.........Mrs.
Jennie B. 'Spratt returned the latter
part Of last week from Cordele, Ca,
where she was hastily called on &C
count Of the serious illness of her son,
John Thornwell Spratt, who died Fri
day May 29. Mr.. Spratt was the only
son of Mrs. Spratt and was in the 29th
year of his age. He was born in Fort
Mill and lived here until about IL years
ago. On october S. 1914, he was mar
ried to Miss Annie Belle Rutland Of
Cordele, Ga, who with two small child
rem. survive him. He is survived also
by four sisters, Misses Robbie, Bess,
Margaret and Mary Spratt. The fam
lily have the deepest sympathy Of the
entire community in this unusually sad
ending of young life.
Lancaster, June 6: Mrs. Jas. w.
knight and Miss Florence Patterson
were delegates to the Sunday school
convention in Florence this week, rep
resenting the Lancaster A. r. P. Sun
day school. marriage Of Miss
Rachel Baldwin and Simon Bruce was
solemnized at the home Of the brides
parents at Heath Springs, Tuesday
evening, May q, Rev. w. D. Gleaton
officiating. The bride is a daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Baldwin, formerly of
New York, and is an attractive and ac-
complished young woman. Mr.. Bruce
Is connected with the Springs Banking
and Mercantile -company...---...The tax
levy Of five mills for six years to pay
floating debt Of the town Of Lancaster
carried in an election held Tuesday by
q vote Of 81 to 5. John M. Madra was
elected councilman to succeed j. II.
Witherspoon, resigned, having received
40 votes. For the same position r. N.
Walkup received 8, G. M. Plyler 2, and
w. H. Millen /. There were no candi-
dates for the office......-The city coun-
Gil passed an ordinance last night de-
signed to prohibit the parking Of au-
tomobiles on the paved portion Of Main
street, (from depot to courthouse), and
also regulating the speed to ten miles
an hour at street crossings. Several
Main street merchants expressed them
selves this morning as violently oppos-
ed to the measure and stated that a
petition would be circulated for sigma
lures to be presented to the council,
protesting against its enforcement.
The News is not informed as to when
the ordinance takes effect, but it was
stated this morning that the petition
will be out this afternoon.
Gastonia Gazette, June 4: Mr.. J..
w. Hill, who moved from this section
to Moore county several years ago to
engage in farming, is spending a few
days here with friends. He is no long
er engaged in farming. Mr.. Hill Is
of coming back to good old
CASTOR to live and his friends hope he
will reach that decision........Charlotte
Observer, Tuesday: Miss Mary Grace
Ray, of McAdenville, spent yesterday
in the city. Miss Ray returned home
after a visit to New York
and Philadelphia. In the latter city
she visited Mrs. Paul Woodman, for
merly Miss Katherine Cramer, Of this
city............. Mr.. Joseph l.. Riddle, who
has been overseas for the past year or
more as a member of the military po-
lice department OF the S1st division,
landed in New York Monday night and
is now at Camp Mills. He is a son of
Mr.. w. B. Riddle, Of Bowling Green,
and a brother of Mrs. +. NJ. Howell, Of
Gastonia------.Mrs. Otto c. Duncan re-
turned to the city last night from Rock
Hill, S. c., where she spent several
days as the guest of Mr.. Duncan's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Duncan.........
The Home Service section of the local
Red Cross chapter has been and is
now doing some exceedingly valuable
work in Gastonia and the county.
During the month of May alone 54
cases were handled through the Sec
retarys office, including the investi-
gation of soldiers allotments ard in
surance and the giving of assistance
to a number of soldiers. The local
chapter is fortunate in having the ser
vices of Mr.. V. E. Long, who has
charge of the work Of investigating
practically every case that has required
attention. A great number of these
cases, which directly affects either a
soldier now in the service. a returned
soldier. or their relatives. have been
outside of Gastonia and in order to
properly look into these cases quite
bit of time has been required. Mr..
Long has given his time to this work
unstintedly. One instance in which
the Home service section Of the loca'
chapter has been Of assistance to a
soldier was that in which young man
from South Carolina who was recently
discharged from the army was unable
to ascertain the whereabouts of his sis