Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-27

., There Is ,talk In the fIChOIy Iio'o
section of farmers organizing a
creamery route with a view to selling
their milk to the creamery at Chester.
A number who are interested believe
that there is money in it and very
probably it will be undertaken. The
distance from Hickory Grove to Ches-
ter Is said to be about thirty-two
miles.
Chickens Made Fine Showing.
John E. Jackson Of York No. 6, made
a fine showing with his Rhode Island
Reds and Cornish Indian Games, at the
Big CASTOR County Fair. His pullets
carried off 1st, Bird and 4th prizes and
his cockerals carried off 1st and 2rd
with 19 in a class. He had the best
pen of Reds. His Dark Cornish
cockerals won 1st and End and his
Cornish pullets won 3rd and 5th. The
Red pullet that won 4th in the class
Of ,1s, sold !. for. s35,.. Mr,,,. JaGksons
birds, however, were not for sale.
Broad River Stills. .~
Two stills were captured by Con-
stable Moffatt Mcknight and Police
man Dick Lanier Of Hickory Grove,
operating in tiger lairs in Broad River
township this week. On Sunday they
found a still several miles north of
Hickory Grove and poured out about
250 gallons Of beer or mash. 'Yester-
day, they found another still a short
distance south Of Hickory Grove and
captured the whole outfit along with
600 gallons of beer. The operators OF
neither plant were present when the
officers came around.
School Books Come High.
Considerable kick is being register
ed by parents who have children in the
public schools because Of the in
crease in the price of school books
over last year. 1t is said that the in
crease will average about 60 per cent.
It is learned, however, that it could
be worse. In the neighboring state Of
North Carolina many Of the same text
books that are used in the South
Carolina schools are used and the
price is twice as high with some
books as in this state. Superintend-
ent of Education Carroll tells Of a
North Carolina man who resided in
York county until short time ago
who came to his office to get Biology
that sells for about $3.50, saying that
the North Carolina people wanted 50
for the same book.
Parks to Reformatory.
Fort Mill Times, Thursday: James
Parks, II year old Fort Mill boy, Mon
day was taken to the state reformatory
for boys in Florence as a result Of his
overweening desire to make use OF
other peoples property for his own
pleasure without going to the trouble
of gaining their consent Some weeks
ago he appropriated to his own use
bicycle belonging to Kenyon Young
wi,ich was taken from him on the pub
| lie rad between Fort Mill and Rock
HILL A few days later the desire for
bicycle riding again overcame the boy
and he took the wheel Of Eugene NC
Kibben. After he had ridden to his
lheart's desire he parked the bicycle
beside the public road just north OF
town. He next turned his attention to
buggy riding While Stroud Elms and
Olin Wolfe, who drive into town from
their homes in the country to attend
the local graded school, were in their
classes a few days ago the Parks boy
hitched the Elms boys horse to the
Wolfe boys buggy and away he went
on the concrete road toward Rock Hill.
He was overtaken just before he reach
ed Winthrop college, however, and the
horse and buggy returned to their
owners. The boys latest exploit was
with the automobile of George w. Nc
Kenzie Of Fort Mill Friday Mr.. Nc
Kenzie drove his car to the county fair
at Rock Hill. After spending several
hours in the fair grounds he was ready
to return home in the car, but when he
went TO get the car it was gone and
could not be located. The Parks boy
had driven it to Yorkville. There he
was apprehended when he took tbs
car to a garage to have some work