Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-13
LOCAL LkCoNIcS
York County Ginning.

LOCAL LAcoNIcs
York County Ginning.
The total ginning In York county up |
TO January was 1902 bales against
4O,O75 up 10 the SANG date last year
Cherokee Representative Resigns.
Representative Brown OF Cherokee
county has resigned. T. X. Massey,
Claude Fort and G. d. Meadows OF
Gafrncy are mentioned as prospective
to succeed him.
School Building for Negroes.
Negroes OF Center school in the
Santiago section OF Kings Mountain
township are building II new two
room school house. Construction
work is well under way.
Banks Hold Meetings.
Meetings of the stockholders Of the
three Rock Hill banks We're held on
Tuesday The reports OF the officers OF
each institution were most gratifying,
showing that steady gains had been
made during the past year. No
changes were made in the directorate
or officers OF the banks.
Fort Mill Trustees.
An election to fill expired terms and
designations on the board OF trustees
OF school district No. %, which COM
prises Fort Mill and its adjacent terri
tory, was held Tuesday with the result
of the election Of the Rev. j. w. II.
Dyches, Th. d. DR.. ]. B. Elliott and c.
s. Link.
Appointed to Conference.
j. Skottowe Wannamaker, president
of the American Cotton Association has
appointed DR.. J. 3. Johnson, OF Rock
Hill, delegate to the agricultural con-
ference called by President Harding, to
consider means Of providing relief fof
the farmers of the United States. The
conference meets on January % ana
Dr.. johnson will in all probability at
tend.
Fort Mill Cuts Cops Salary.
Arthur c. Lyttle, ex-service man
who was recently nominated mayor Of
that town over two opponents was
sworn into office last Tuesday night,
the oath Of office being administered
by f. T.. Ardrey, the retiring mayor.
The first action OF Mayor Lyttle and
his council was to reduce the salary OF
the policemen from $40 to 800
month.
Attendance Law Violations.
Five cases against patt ons charging
violation OF the compulsory attend
ance laws have been brought by Mrs.
Crawford Dunlap. compulsory school
attendance officer for York county.
Warrants charging parents with fall,
ing TO send their children TO school
under the terms Of the compulsory
school attendance law governing child
rem from TO II years old. have been
sworn out before magistrates In Bul-
locks Creek, Bethel, Fort Mil. Kings
Mountain and Bethesda townships.
In New Building.
Clover High school pupils who have
been In very cramped quarters since
school opened last fall have moved in
TO the new high school building OF
that town which has Just been COM
pleted. While q few finishing touches
remain to he put on tho new structure,
to all practical purposes II is complete
according TO Superintendent W. >.
Reid, who was in Yorkville Wednes-
day. There are twenty-three pupils
In the eleventh grade of the schooi
this year.
Daniel Given His Freedom.
Emmanuel Daniel, the negro trusty
on the York county chaingang pardon
ed by Governor Cooper for his act in
holding twelve convictS at bay after
John Reid, a negro convict had struck
Guard jim Robinson with an axe, was
given his release Tuesday afternoon,
and according TO Supervisor Brown, he
lost no time in getting away. Daniel
had only about three months more to
serve Of 4 twelve months sentence, FOL
lowing his conviction OF forgery.
No Meeting of Tax Payers.
York county tax payers apparently !
were not interested in the tax payers
convention called by DR.. j. II. Saye OF
Sharon. 10 be held in the courthouse |
this morning at IL o'clock. Prof. Me- |
CEttchCOn OF the University of South |
Carolina who was to deliver the prin- |
c:pal talk failed to show up. Four |
people appeared at the mccti"S-lhe |
chairman. T.. NJ. Dickson. j. ID. Land |
ard a representative of The Enquirer.
No meeting was held.
To Build Residences.
Reports from Glover are that several
citizens of that town intend To build
residences this year and that in one
or two Instances contracts arc 10 be
let Immediately. in proportion 10
population Glover built more houses
than any other town in tho county
last year, but not nearly enough were
built TO supply tho demand. 1t is re-
ported that there are at least q half
dozen families who want 10 move to
Glover now but who are unable TO do
so for the reason that they have no
place 10 live.
Celebrated Presidents Birthday.
The students and the faculty OF
Winthrop College united Tuesday
night in celebration OF the Goth birth
day of President ID. y. Johnson. The
birthday party" was given at the col
!cge at the usual supper hour,
o'clock. when the huge dining hall was
thrown open TO receive the whole STU
dent body. all gowned in white; the
members OF the faculty and their
President Johnson and his
family and a few invited guests. Ire
presented the president with
sos in gold pieces as q birthday gilt.
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