Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-03-03

school enrolment Of about so per |
cent, and in increased attendance at |
both Sunday school and church SER
vices. About 20 persons have added !
their names to the church roll. and |
there have been n number of infant |
baptisms. A teacher training class !
with 30 members has been organized |
and a weekly bulletin is issued under
the auspices of the young mems Bible |
class which is distributed to the men,
bcrs and their friends at home and
abroad. The church directory shows
that the choir is composed of 90 voices
and the women's auxiliary and the
Christian Endeavor society are very
live units.
Shack for Miller School.
A rude shack, 14x2O feet typical of
the old time one-room school houses
has been built by the trustees Of Miller
School District No. 49, and the school
which has been disrupted three times
by incendiary fires since December II,
last, has moved into the shack which
| is erected on the site of the modern
school building burned February II,
last. Patrons and pupils Of the district
are interested now to see whether or
not the incendiary who has burned
three buildings in which the district
school has been conducted will try to-
burn this latest school house. The
building will not be guarded at nights,
| it is said. c. L. Holland, a representa-
tive Of the Pinkerton Detective Agency
with headquarters in Atlanta, who has
been making an investigation in Miller
School District for several days past is
reported to have returned to Atlanta
| last evening. 1t is not known whether
or not Mr.. Holland obtained any evil
dence during his investigation which
| will lead to the arrest Of party or
parties who may be responsible for the
| fires in the district. M. J. Miller of
| Columbia, secretary Of the State Sink
ing Fund Commission which insures all
school buildings in the state, was also
a recent visitor to Miller School Dis
trict.
Runser Pleads Guilty.
Harry Runser, aviator who with
Roscoe Turner made number or eA-
hibition fights around Rock Hill, last
summer, pleaded guilty in Federal
court at Savannah this week to con-
spiracy and having government prop
erty in his possession. His partner
pleaded guilty last week to a similar
charge. The following dispatch or
Thursday from Savannah, Ga. regard
Brought here today Unexpectedly from
Fort Wayne, Ind, where he was ar
rested for federal authorities il. Sayan-
nah. Harry Runser, aviator, jointly IN
dicted with Roscoe Turner for having
in his possession stolen government
property and conspiracy, pleaded guilty
before Judge Evans in the united
States district court and was sentenced
to Imprisonment in the Atlanta peni-
tentiary for year and a day. A hne
of $50 was also imposed. Turner
pleaded guilty last week and the same
term OF Imprisonment as was given
Runser was imposed by Judge Evans.
The aviators, flying partners, were IN
dicted by the United States grand jury
here for having bought an airpiane
from john L. Mccoy, marine, rev
miles from here. The plane was ai'es-
ed to have been stolen. Mccoy was
apprehended in New York and was re-
turned to Paris Island, where ne is no"
awaiting disposition Of his case by
general courtmartial.
The Weather for March.
Many York county people know j.
Martin Grant, the well known Chester
county weather prophet. Mr.. Grant
announces the following weather fore
cast for the month of March: "March
will come in fair to most parts OF the
country. On the 4th is the center OF
storm period. About the Sd falling
barometer, easterly to southerly winds
and increasing cloudiness, and rain In
many places will pass over the coup
| try from the 3rd to 9th, reaching the
Atlantic states about the 9Th and 6th,
| followed by clearing and cooler. Minor
storm period from the Sth to 18th. On
the Sth is the center Of q major dis
turbance of Mercury. Moon in peri
gee on the 18th and in opposition TO
the sun on the 18th and also on the
celestial equator, going south. On the
18th is the center {. the major storm
period. About the 7th or Sth the
barometer will begin to fall in the
western states and a low pressure VIII
dominate nearly the entire country
between the Sth and 10th. Within this
period we may look for all kinds OF
weather changes, local storms south,
snow storms north, accompanied with
high winds and cold. Should there
be much of an electrical display dur
| ing this period, don't be alarmed, for
nature is only getting things more on
an equilibrium. The crisis Of this
period will fall on or about the 18th,
| 18th, 18th, and 14th, Saturday, Sunday,
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Monday and Tuesday. Watch the
daily newspaper reports during this
period, for there will be something do
| ing in a meteorological nature. Minor
| storm period central on the goth and
the vernal equinox central on the 21st;
local storms about the 20th to END,
but they will not cover a large terri
tory; 23rd to 25th fair period. Moon
on the equator going north on the 27th
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period from the Goth to 2Sth central on
the Goth. Look for local rains about
the 9th and 2Sth, followed by clear
ing and cooler, probably frost as far
south as the 34th or 35th degree of
latitude THE last half Of March
promises to be more propitious for ag-
ricultural work.
Columbia State of this morning
After a general agreement was reached
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