Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-06

very apprehcnsive as to- the outcome
Of his s........Accomranied by Rev.
S. w. Moore, pastor of the First Pres
byterian church of Bluefeld, W. Va;
Mrs. G. y. Van Lear, Of Roanoke, Va;
MIR. c. E. Burke, Of Lynchburg. Va,
and Mr. Walter V. Ross, of Bluclicld,
law student at Washington & Lee
University, and by two of his children
Miss Nancye Holland and L; J. Hol-
land, Jr::. the body Of the late Luci}is
j.. Holland, who killed his wife ;Rntl
committed suicide in a hotel in Lynch-:
l;butgf yesterday, arrived in Gastoniaio on
NO 1877 at 1O.45 O'Clock, this morning.
The body was taken to ,Eordi Under.
taking Co.'s place, later being removed
to, Dallas. where. funeral. services were
conducted at o'clock this afternoon.
Intermept was in the family plot at
Dallas beside the body of his first
wife. Funeral services were conducted
by his pastor, Rev. S. w. Moore. Mr..
Holland was an official in the First
Presbyterian church at Blucneld. He
stood high in church, social and pro-
fessional circles in his adopted city
of Bluefield, where he made his home
for the past wtenty years or more. He
was recognized there as a lawyer of
splendid ability and man of sterling
worth. He had wide circle of friends
in his home town and throughout that
section Of West Virginia. Word from
Bluefield is to the effect that his hum
dreds of friends there were almost
dazed by the shocking news Of the
tragedy in which he played a double
part...O One Of the most forward,
looking steps in education ever taken
in CASTOR county was the action taken
by the county school board at its reg
ular May meeting Monday when meas
ures were taken looking toward the
consolidation Of small one and two
teacher school districts in Chcrryville
township into larger districts. Prac-
tically the whole of Cheriyvilie town
ship this side of the Cherryville pub
lie high school district in the town OF
Cherryville will be affected by the con-
solldation. Delegations numbering
hundred or more people were in Gas
tonia Monday for the hearing. before
the county board. The plans OF the
board call for the elimination of plac-
ticnlly all the small schools and the
establishment of five large elementary
schools with four or more teachers
at the following points: Sunnysldo,
Landers Chapel, Fairview, Mt. Beulah
and Kiser's in the Grouse neiGhbor-
hood: Jitney transportation service
will be provided for the children Of the
township. to attend these schools
where the distance is too great to walk.
In addition to these FIVE elementary
schools, the plans Of the board call for
the erection of q central high school
building somewhere in the township
to take care of all pupils above the
seventh grade. Jitneys will transport
children to this school from over the
township. 1t is proposed to make
this II Standard high; school with six
teachers, including principal, music
teacher and home economics instruc-
tor. The principal will also have SUI
pervision of the five elementary
schools in the township. To carry out
this provision a siX-cent tax will be
levied, and the election will be called
Immediately and work will begin on the
buildings. Chairman Boyce and Supt.
Hall, of the county school board, re-
gard Mondays work as one OF the
most important days work ever done
by the school board in the way Of con-
soidating small schools into larger
ones. In South Point township the
Hand, McLean's, Piney Grove and New
Hope schools were ordered consoli-
dated and Il building will be erected
near New Hope church. Jitney trans
purtation will be provided for the chil>
dren. In Dallas township Rutledse
district and part of Zion district were
ordered consolidated with q new build
ing near Vestal's Ford.