Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-05-16

ness that cannot be defended by grown
folks. Once get the primary system
adopted and there will quickly develop
two parties, each of which will make
to keep the other straight.
The colorcd people of YorkviIle
have recently completed new road by
which they can reach their cemetery
on the WithcrspOOn old place with Il
hearSc. Heretofore it has been nCces-
sary for the pail bearers to carry cOI-
fins more than a quarter of Il mile. The
right of way was procured and the
road built by private subscriptions of
both colored and white people. The
city council contributed the use Of
team to help in the work.
Mayor Hall has letter from h gen
tleman in Marietta, Ga, who has been
reading of the plight of the town in
being short of physicians with num-
ber of cases Of flu on it's hands. The
writer of the letter seeks to be as help
full as possible by giving what he says
is a preventive against flu. He ad
vises that the people wear a thimble
full of sulphur in each shoe, and he
guarantees that if flu has not attacked
them within ten days it will not attack
them alterward.
Eleven men took the civil service
examination held in the courthouse
here Saturday to fill a vacancy for
carrier on Hickory Grove No. 1, which
place Is vacant because of the death
of former carrier Joe w. Leech. The
position pays about $1,000 year.
Several eX-soldiers were in the compe-
tition, which included the following:
Andrew Clark, Gray Mcfarland, w. f.
Gilhllen, Rob White, John Leech, j.
b. McGill, NJ. NJ. Mcknight, ID. j.
Mitchell, w. c. Ramsey, Johnnie
Buice, Grover w. Brown.
Here folks. Unles you make some
arrangements to secure the entrance
of the West Road by way Of The jail
YOU are going to have the important
West Road going by, instead of through
your town. All the travel from Smyrna,
Hickory Grove, Sharon, etc, toward
Glover, Gastonia, Charlotte. and vice
versa, will go by you and never touch
YOU. 1t is n serious mistake you are
making to allow this thing to happen
and if you cannot raise the money
any other way, you should do 1t by
private subscription. Better get BUSY
and get busy quickly.
have purchased a new duplex drive
compound pump of 500
gallons per minute capacity TO take the
place of the present electric pump,
which has been about worn out after
eighteen years of service. The orlgl-
nal capacity of the present pump was
500 gallons minute; but as the result
OF wear and tear that capacity has
been reduced to about 800 gallons. The
new pump will be operated by electric
or gasoline power, the gasoline to be
used in cases when the electricity hap
pens to be unavailable. The motors
are of 100 horse power each. Ine
change of power can be effected WITH
in a minute or less, and the expense
of the gasoline drive is said to be con-
siderably less than the steam power
now in use.
The so-called "City Park propo-
sition. about which there has been
more or less agitation over several
weeks past, has fallen through IN so
far aS the present city council IS con
ccrned. There was a tender to the
city of about twelve acres on the
eastern outskirts of the city including
the partially developed swimming mole
of last summer, the tender being con-
ditionCd on the expenditure OF ABOUT
:, ono i'm DEVELOPMENT, with the under
standing that the property was To
revert in the event the town failed 10
maintain it for six years. Inc cit!
agreed to consider the proposition on
basis of the refund of the amount eN-
pended in case of reyersion; put tnls
was not acceptable To the
party making the tende. There is more
or less city park talk still going on;
but so far as can be learned the!e ar
no other tangible propositions before
the city council or the community.
- Fifteen girls and seven boys will
receive diplomas, from the 4orkvllle
High school on Friday, May 70, having
completed the Work OF the
eleven grades of study in the School'
Practically all of the next week VIII De
devoted TO commencement exercises vi
the school, the commencement pro-
gramme to include exercises by thG
music pupils, an oratOrical contest ana
the graduation exercises proper. Ihe
for commencement is not YET
compIete. T.. A. Montgomery, supertn-
tendcnt of the school, has been elected
for another year; but his assistant
teachers have not yet been elected.
Following are the members OF the
eleventh grade who will receive dlpio-
mas: Grady Mcfarland, John Moore
Sandifer, Quay StrOup. Flay PleXlco,
Paul Whisonant, j. Q. Wray, Jr., Roy
Wood. Misses Eunice Cain, lrma Fer
ruson. Kathleen Fewell, May Fewell,
kileen Hall. Thelma Johnson, Alice IN
man. Mildred Mcndenhall, Margaret
Love, Elizabeth Love, Elsie Mcdowell,
Ruth PlcXico, Margie PleXico, Evelyn
Shieder, Aileen Shannon.
1.-The Spring Dance Festival fur
nished a large and apprcciative audi
,nce delightful entertainment last FIJI
lay night The program consisted OF
! Pageant of the Seasons some spe-
,ial numbers and an unusual little
sketch. entitled The Bill Board The
characters in the pageant were Moth
.r Nature" sun Goddess SNOW |
King" Jack Frost" and Queen OF
snow Flakes" wind" Spring, sum
ner. Fall and Winter and the months
If the year, each. with one eXceptloh'
by Il young girl in appro-
pirate costume. The pageant opened
With the Fountain Dance, partclpat-
ID i'm by the seasons and months, aIteT
which the flowers were called by the
sun Goddess. Then came the summer
lance with the awakening Of the now
RS. the fall dance, the leaf dance, the
Wind dance, the coming OF winter ana
Iuct dances between the snow King
md winter and jack frost and the
IuScn of the snow flakes, concluding
With Il tablcau. The special numbers
included an "Old French Dance, "lta!-
~ T,urn cold English Hunting