Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, May 21, 1915, Image 2
Scraps and |arts.
? Indications of a crisis in the international
credit situation were
plainly discernible in last Tuesday's
New 1'ork markets for foreign exchange.
Remittances to London declined
sharply, lires fell back to theii
recent low quotations and francs and
rubles broke all previous records for
weakness. The decline in sterling
bills was traceable to advices from
London, which stated that British
treasury officials were about to order
a suspension of new credits, pending
the completion of arrangements for
a new war loan of larger proportions
than any preceding issue. The break
in francs was associated with reports
that a hitch had occurred in the
transfer of 100,000,000 gold from
.Paris to London, while the drop in
rubles arose from misgivings regarding
the state of Russian finances. It is
regarded as noteworthy that German
exchange alone held steady, although
today's quotations were merely normal
inasmuch as no actual transactions
were reported in this market
for Germany.
? ine 1UTKISII Iliimaujr ui n>?
places the total number of men under
arms at present at 1,322,000. More
conservative estimates in Constantinople
give the number as about 800,000.
This includes 200,000 Christians
who are being used for digging
trenches and building railways, roads
and bridges. The actual fighting men
are divided into five armies. The
first, encamped at Adrianople and
around Constantinople under von der
Goltz, is said to be about 100,000
strong. The second, under Djemal
Pasha, aims at Egypt with 150,000
men. The third is located around
Bagdad with 50,000. The fourth, in
the Caucasus, number 180,000, while
the fifth, estimated at something over
100,000, is operating in the vicinity
of the Dardanelles. Probably the
best equipped troops .are gathered
around Constantinople,' which is also
admirably defended by concrete rings
of up-to-date fortifications. An excellent
battery has been placed in
position immediately below the
mosque of St. Sophia. Although the
German advisers of the government
have taken over practical command
of military affairs, they make no attempt
to meddle in police and civil
matt ere. The press censorship, for
example, is under Turkish auspices,
and correspondents, even from Germany,
are handled ruthlessly. Thus
the correspondents of the Cologne
Zeitung and the Deutches Armee
Zeitung have been interned at Konia,
the correspondent of the Neue Freie
Presse has been condemned to a
year's imprisonment and the representative
of the Berlin Tageblatt has
been expelled.
? There are nearly 1,000,000 Englishmen,
Americans, Frenchmen, Russians,
Italians and Serbians now in
Switzerland, says a Geneva dispatch,
who will receive protection from the
Swiss Federal government in the
event of Italy's entrance into the war.
From a military standpoint all four
Alpine-Swiss borders will be closed.
Although the government has received
formal guarantees that Swiss
neutrality will not be violated, it has
taken stringent measures to safeguard
the frontier. There is no thought,
however, of a general Swiss mobilization.
The most important question
concerns food supply for more than
5,0(10,000 persons who may soon be
surrounded by a wall of bayonets.
Hope is expressed that the belligerent
governments will give their aid.
? The London Daily Mail's correspondent
at Rotterdam sends an account
of an engagement between a
Zeppelin and a squadron of allied
aeroplanes in Belgium in which the
Zeppelin and two of the allied aeroplanes
were destroyed. The correspondent
says he is convinced that
the story is accurate in every detail.
Two Zeppelins crossed over Brussels
traveling westward on May 10. One
of them returned alone at 8 o'clock
that evening and was surrounded and
attacked by the aeroplane squadron.
Many persons counted twenty-seven
machines in the allied fleet. The
Zeppelin made a spirited n&nt wun
its machine guns and tried to escape
by soaring, but the aeroplanes maneuvered
skilfully and quickly and
gave the dirigible no chance to get
away. The Zeppelin was disabled
in less than fifteen minutes and it
fell between Brussels and Ghent.
Several explosions accompanied its
fall and all the crew of sixty are
believed to have been killed. Two of
the aeroplanes were destroyed and
their pilots killed by the Zeppelin's
tire.
? The Cunard liner Transylvania,
which arrived at Glasgow from New
York, encountered a submarine off
the n#rthwest coast of Ireland about
5 o'clock Saturday afternoon, according
to passengers who arrived in London
Tuesday. They say the submarine
appeared about 400 to 800 yards
away. The periscope and part of the
conning tower were in sfcght for several
minutes. The Transylvania's
captain immediately turned the ship
and steered a zig-zag course until
danger was past. Some of the passengers
declare the submarine discharged
a torpedo at the Transylvania,
and that they saw a white
streak of foam marking the course of
the projectile. This is disputed by
others, who say such statements are
imaginative. Many of the passengers
were below and knew nothing of the
incident at the time. It is said all
who were on deck behaved with the
greatest coolness. Lifeboats were
prepared for immediate lowering on
Saturday morning. Few of the passengers
went to bed on the last night
of the voyage. Kenneth Durward, a
London business man, who returned
on the Transylvania from New York,
said: "I was looking over the stern of
the ship at 5.30 o'clock in the afternoon
when, in our wake, about 500
yards astern, I saw what I at first believed
was a porpoise. I called several
passengers who were standing
near. We were Joined by the chief
engineer of the ship, who pronounced
the object to be the conning tower
of a submarine." Passengers who
talked with the ship's officers after
the submarine was reported to have
been seen, learned that the swerve
which the ship took at that moment
had nothing to do with the sighting
of an undersea boat, as the captain
executed this movement to shape the
course with the sun. Captain Black
told several passengers he had seen
nothing of the submarine they believed
they had sighted.
? A letter from President Wilson
was made public at Louisville, Ky.,
last Tuesday, reaffirming his position
on the liquor question and amplifying
two previous letters on the subject,
known as the Shannon and Grogan
letters, which were written when Mr.
Wilson was governor of New Jersey.
The Shannon letter advocated local
option, as a means of settling liquor
issues. It said that liquor issues instrued
in Kentucky to mean they
brought disruption and rendered constructive
legislation impossible. The
Grogan letter had been construed in
Kentucky to mean the writer favored
state-wide prohibition. In view ot
the widely divergent interpretations
placed upon the two letters, W. B.
Haldeman, editor of the Louisville
Times, wrote the president reciting
that: "State-wide prohibition has
been made an issue by two of the
candidates for the Democratic gubernatorial
nomination in Kentucky, and
in that connection the so-called
r.rnenn letter is beintr used to implv
that you approve of this principle in
certain circumstances, which are declared
to fit the present Kentucky political
situation. On the other hand,
the so-called Shannon letter is being
used in an effort to prove that you
stand for local self-government as a
principle for Democrats to observe.
If you feel that the situation warrants,"
Mr. Haldeman's letter said,
in conclusion, "I should be pleased tc
have a statement of present date from
you as to your general attitude toward
th? questions presented by these
letters. Such a statement would dc
much to clarify our local situatior
and do much to emphasize what you
obviously intended by the Shannor
letter." "I have your letter of May
5," the president's letter, made publit
Tuesday says, "and must apologize
for not having replied sooner. I am
sure that you will understand the
pressure of circumstances I have
been under. The reply to your letter
is very simple. My so-called Shannor
letter precisely defines my position
with regard to the liquor issue, nol
only as it was when I wrote the letter,
but as it is now, and the letter to
Mr. Grogan is, or was, at any rate,
intended to be entirely consistent
with it. What I intended to say to
[ Mr. Grogan. and think that I said
' with sufficient clearness, was that,
1 while the position I had taken in the
Shannon letter expressed my fixed
\ convictions in the matter, I was not
self-confident or self-opinionated
1 enough to say whether the proper
' course of action was in Texas or in
' any other state where I was not per1
serially in touch with the conditions
J obtaining, I felt that it would be ar|
rogant on my part to state that there
; were in my opinion no circumstances
which Justified an agitation for state1
wide prohibition. I am sure that you
' yourself felt there was no inconsist1
ency between the two letters, and I
1 am sincerely obliged to you for your
1 having afforded me the opportunity
1 to make this very explicit."
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as Mail Matter of the Second Class.
YORKVILLE. S. C.t
FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1915.
All the indications yesterday were
that Italy would probably join in the
war at any moment.
The testimony of passengers on the
British liner Transylvania that they
saw a German submarine only a few
hundred yards away, is interesting.
There seems to be no dispute about the
circumstance. The inference, of course,
is that the Germans could easily have
sunk the Transylvania if they had
chosen to do so, but because of the
pending correspondence with the United
States they'preferred to hold up for
the time being.
When we find ourselves growing particularly
angry with Germany, it is
JUSt as wen to rememucr mai *??o
Great Britain that forced us, virtually
under threat of war, to retreat from
our desire of free tolls for American
ships through the Panama canal, and
also that it was Great Britain which
brought so much pressure against us in
connection with the ship purchase bill
that President Wilson sought to get
through the last session of congress
in order to develop American commerce.
Neither Great Britain or
Germany has anything to give the
United States.
After all these years, the United
States government is just finding out
that southern cotton is as satisfactory
and" as durable for the purpose of making
American Hags as is Imported wool
bunting. The treasury department has
been making experiments along this
line recently and as the result has ordered
the use of cotton Hags < n all the
cutters of the revenue service. Later
on, of course, all flags used by the nation
will be of cotton, the best and
most appropriate material of which
they could be made.
S. ?
A movement has been started In this
city to secure regulations calling for
uniforms in the public school. This
idea, a brand new one in connection
with public schools organized with a
prominent business man of the city,
who has been given the subject much
thought and attention. During the
short time in which the matter has
been agitated much favorable comment
has been heard, and it is likely
that definite steps will be taken before
very long.?Orangeburg special to the
News and Courier.
This proposition of uniforms for
children of the public schools is interesting,
but not altogether new. Mr.
Fred Nims of Fort Mill township, published
exactly this suggestion in the
Fort Mill Times a few years ago, and
there was favorable discussion of it in
The Enquirer and other papers. If
Orangeburg, however, is the first county
to put the idea into practical effect,
there will be no effort to deprive her of
due credit.
There are strong indications in the
comments of the British press that the
British people are weakening somewhat
in their confidence in Lord Kitchener,
secretary of war, and Winston
Churchill, head of the admiralty. The
complaint against Lord Kitchener
seems to be that he is not taking the
people into his confidence sufficiently
and that he should tell them what is
going on at the front, no matter how
unfavorable. So strict is the British
press censorship that the English papers
are not able to get as satisfactory
information even as the American papers,
and the information that is being
published in the American papers Is
unsatisfactory enough. There is a disposition
to in some way blame Mr.
Churchill for the heavy losses the navy
has been sustaining and his failure to
curb the activities of the German submarines.
Within the past few days
there has been a re-organization of the
British ministry by a coalition of the
various parties; but it is understood
that there are to be no radical changes
of policy. All parties stand for the
continued prosecution of the war as
energetically as possible.
Joseph T. Johnson, Jr., son of Judge
Joseph T. Johnson, of the Western district
of South Carolina, has been appointed
revenue inspector for South
Carolina, a job that is said to pay
about 13,000 a year, and the judge is
coming in for more criticism. The
place, it is understood, was first offered
to John W. Gregory of Union, who refused
it because he feared that he did
not have sufficient knowledge of bookkeeping,
etc., to take care of it. The
! criticism lin Judge Johnson is based
on the b ihat he should be satisfied
with the jod job he has landed for
himself, without thinking of accepting
something in addition for his son.
Somehow we are unable to see any
good ground for a row in the matter.
; If the job was created merely for the
i pap that is In it, instead of for the
i public service, then no man who Is
worth his salt would have it; but if it
be a matter of giving value received
i then young Johnson probably accepted
1 for the same reason that Ml*. Gregory
[ declined, and there appears to be but
, little ground for justifiable criticism,
i What they are quarreling about we
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: The Laurens Advertiser thinks that
President Wilson should call congress
i in session to deal with the Lusitania
> incident. We interpret the Advertis
er's suggestion as born of sincere zeal;
but we do not think it arrived at a
i conclusion entirely satisfactory to iti
self. As we see it, we infinitely prefer
t to leave the whole matter with Mr.
Wilson until such time as he shall feel
need for the assistance of congress.?
Yorkville Enquirer.
Possibly The Yorkville Enquirer misunderstood
our position in advocating
the calling of congress before deciding
negatively on the question whether or
not this country should go to war. It
had appeared from the president's
speech at Philadelphia that it was not
the intention of this government to
make a tirm protest against the Lusltania
and similar outrages and when
he corrected the impression we were
commending rather than criticising.
Our position was that the president
should exert all honorable resources to
avert war, but that before excluding
the voice of the country at arriving at
a decision as a quiet submission to
German activtles would amount to,
congress should be called so that the
sentiment of the people might be found.
We believe he will do this should Germany
refuse to accede to the demands
as contained in the president's latest
note, as it begins, to appear that she
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And all that The Enquirer had In
mind was simply this:
There are great and powerful financial
interests in this country that would
be glad to precipitate this country into
the war on the side of Great Britain
and her allies, and other great and
powerful interests that would be glad
to precipitate us into war with Germany.
Among both these interests there is
much that is purely selfish, looking after
"me and my wife, my son John and
his wife; us four and no more." The
best place we can think of for people
of this kind is at the point between the
[ opposing lines where the bullets of the
machine guns pass each other in the
greatest volume.
There are others who think we
should get in in time to be on the side of
the winner, and others who fear we are
going to have to fight the winner sooner
or later, and that for that reason
we had better do It now.
We want to see this country do that
which is right and nothing else. We
feel that if this country does what is
right, it need fear no consequences no
matter how the thing goes.
We are inclined to think that if congress
were in session right now, there
would be brought to bear on the different
members enough pressure to make
them do and say all kinds of fool
things calculated to obscure the right,
and possibly throw the country off its
balance.
What President Wilson's personal
sympathies are we do not know; but
we feel that he has the honor and welfare
of his country at heart, and that
he is relying sufficiently upon the guidance
of Almighty God to enable him to
do that which is right, and therefore
best.
We do not want war with anybody
and we hope that this country will not
get into it on one side or the other. If in
the opinion of the president, it becomes
the duty of this country to go
in, then we hope it will be on our own
account rather than on account of
either side; but whatever Mr. Wilson
shall decide in the matter we shall feel
that he is right.
Town of Yorkville.
While it is a fact that the spot on
which the town or xortivuie now
stands was once known as Fergus's
Cross Roads, along about 1785 or 1786,
we have been unable to establish from
any legal or historical record that it
ever had any other name than the one
by which it is now known.
Mills' Statistics of South Carolina,
published in 1826, gives a brief sketch
of York county, then York district, and
refers to this town as follows:
"The district town, is called Yorkville,
and is the seat of justice. It- is
situated centrally to the district, on
the dividing ridge between the waters
of Broad and Catawba rivers. The village
is regularly laid out in squares;
and contains by the census taken in
1823, 292 whites and 159 blacks; total
451. Of these there are 52 mechanics,
8 lawyers, 2 physicians, and ^clergyman.
There af'e 8 stores, 5 taverns, a
male and female academy, postoffice
and a printing office, which issues 2
papers weekly; one devoted to agricultural
subjects. The number of
houses is about 80."
We have at The Enquirer office
bound copies of the first newspaper,
"The Pioneer," dated at Yorkville, and
covering the years 1823 and 1824.
Efforts to have the town of Yorkville
incorporated were commenced previous
to 1820; but the first successful
step in that direction is to be found in
volume IX, of the Statutes, at Large,
(1824) as follows: "And be it further
enacted that by the authority aforesaid,
That Benjamin Chambers, Andrew
McWhorter and Tines W. McNeel
be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners
of streets of the village-of
Yorkville."
These were given jurisdiction "over
all the streets and roads lying within
half a mile of the courthouse of the
said village," and had authority to
work all the people of the village liable
to road duty not exceeding 12 days
in each year.
In 1840 A. S. Hutchison, George
Steele and Stanhope Sadler were constituted
commissioners of streets of the
"village of Yorkville," and later on provision
was made for the election of
thfse commissioners by a vote of the
people; but it was not until 1849 that
the town of Yorkville was duly Incorporated
as a municipality.
The first town officers under the first
charter were elected on January 11,
1850, as follows: W. I. Clawson, in
tendant; Stanhope Sadler, F. M. Galbraith,
F. H. Simril and B. T. Wheeler,
wardens.
The name of York county, according
to Mills, "may be traced back to York
in Pennsylvania, from whence some of
the first settlers came"; but from there,
of course, the name of the county is
traceable back to York, England.
If the name of the town of Yorkville
has ever been legally or historically
other than is now, we are aware of no
historical record of the fact, and we
have yet to hear of any good reason
why it should be changed, even though
the change would not involve certain
confusion and expense, or possibly unnecessary
litigation.
? During the ten days beginning last
Wednesday the Atlantic fleet is to undergo
the severest test possible outside
of actual war. with a view to
demonstrating the worth of the
American navy as a means of national
defense. When the big fleet departed
from the New York harbor Tuesday,
Admiral Fletcher carried sealed
orders to destroy a powerful red fleet
coming ostensibly from Europe, to
bombard the north Atlantic coast of
the United States. This attacking
fleet is not to be commanded by a
foreigner, but by Rear Admiral Frank
E. Beaty, U. S. X. The attack and
defense will be made in accordance
with plans mapped out by the naval
war college at Newport, the president
of which, Rear Admiral Knight,
is to serve as umpire of the maneuvers.
The actual details of the war
game have not been disclosed, except
the fa'-t that Admiral Fletcher and
his big fleet of battleships and smaller
craft will be expected to successfully
defend the entire coast from Cape
Hatteras to Eastport, Me., against
bombardment of a possible landing
by the "enemy."
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Klrkpatrick-Belk Co.?Is making special
values in oxfords, pumps and
sandals for men, women, children.
Thomson Co.?Calls special attention
to low prices today and tomorrow on
seasonable goods of quality. A millinery
special.
W. E. Ferguson?Has new vegetables,
fresh fruits and offers evaporated
apples and peaches at reduced price.
Sherer & Quinn?Call attention to a
barrel of genuine Porto Rico molasses.
They want to supply you with
horse *and chicken feed.
C. A. Boney?Gives rates on hail insurance
for cotton and corn per acre
against hail damage.
"Bobs"?See fourth page for reasons
why "Bobs" is the chewiest of all
chewing gums." All dealers sell it.
Sam M. Grist, Agent?Suggests that
you Aetna-ize yourself against financial
loss in case of accident or illness.
See page four.
According to the late Rev. Dr. Robert
Lathan, the first house built within
the corporate limits of the present
town of Yorkville, was erected by one
David Dickson, near the residence at
present occupied by Mr. J. C. Hope, on
King's Mountain street. This was In
1774.
The man who desires to drink in the
exact meaning of the expression, "fields
of waving grain," should take a trip
along any of the York county roads.
It has been many a year since the
county has been able to make such a
showing.
The horee driven by Mr. Blakely Plexico
of Yorkville, won the race open to
trotters in Charlotte yesterday in connection
with the Twentieth of May celebration
in that city. The course was
one-half mile and Mr. Plexico's horse
made the distance In one minute, ten
seconds. There were four entries, in
the race. Mr. Jean Neely of Rock Hill,
won the race open to pacers, his horse
making the mile in one minute, nine
seconds.
It is a fact that the local registration
is not nearly as full as it should be,
and that many citizens who have all
along been under the impression that
they are duly qualified to vote will not
be able to participate in the coming
election. Some of these are disqualified
because they have been laboring
under the Impression that the club roll
registration of last summer waf all
that was necessary, and others Tiave
been too careless or indifferent to secure
registration certificates.
It is all a notion that the farmers of
York county are unable to raise sheep.
It is not a notion, however, that there
is no fiesh that is used for human diet
that is more wholesome or palatable
than mutton. It is almost as easy to
raise mutton as it is chickens, and certainly
as easy to raise sheep as it is to
raise turkeys. The dog is a trouble, a
danger and a menace, but even the
dog does not necessarily stand in the
way of profitable sheep raising if proper
precautions are used.
Mr. R. L. Devlnney of Ydrkvllle No
4, is another one of those citizens living
in the rnuntrv. who would have
the name of the town of Yorkvllle remain
Yorkville. Speaking of the matter
yesterday Mr. Devinney said:
"They say that we people living in the
country have nothing to do with this
matter of changing the name of the
town, and it is a fact that we are not
allowed to vote in the matter. However
I am interested just the same and
so are hundreds of other York county
citizens. If I could vote In the matter
I would cast my ballot In favor of letting
the name remain as it is, and I believe
the majority of the voters of the
town are going to let it remain Yorkville."
The opening words of Dr. W. S. Currell,
president of the South Carolina
university, in his address to the people
of Yorkville last night, were merely
the spontaneous expression of a great
and clean heart crying out for the
preservation of a loved and cherished
landmark. Dr. Currell was not a butter-in?not
a meddler. He was reared
in Yorkville, and the foundations of his
education?religious, social, moral and
academic?were laid here. As he
stood before that audience, all the
fondest, most pleasant and holiest
memories of his life crowded in view
across the fertile valleys of intellectual
and spiritual vision, and he was no
more capable of suppressing what he
said than he was of denying his own
honored name. That he had the full
sympathy of the vast majority of the
audience, men, women and children,
was beyond question, and, if It had
been possible for those present to vote,
they would have stood by Yorkville by
a majority of at least six to one; but
unfortunately the people generally have
very little say.
WITHIN THE TOWN
? The taxpayers pay for it and they
have a right to registration certificates.
? There will be only one voting precinct
in the election to be held next
Tuesday, May 21. The box will be at
the office of Probate Judge L. R. Williams
in the temporary courthouse.
The managers of the election are: D. T.
Woods, O. L. Sanders and R. J. Withers.
? It is to be hoped that there will be
a full vote In the municipal election
next Tuesday. The total vote in the
general municipal election last summer
was 207 out of a possible 238. This
year the total number of qualified
electors is about 245; and the total vote
is a matter of considerable specula
tfon.
? There was much interest yesterday
in the drill of the High school boys In
competition for the medal that is annually
awarded to the best drilled man
in the company. The drill was commenced
at 6 o'clock p. m., and for more
than an hour Prof. G. C. McCelvey
held the boys down to the severest test
he could put up. The entire company
made a most creditable showing, and
at the end the judges, Messrs. P. N.
Moore and G. P. Berry, found it extremely
difficult to decide between
Russell Montgomery, Callie Plaxco,
Ear'. Gaulden and Hal Mackorell. The
medal was dually awarded to Earl
Gaulden, on a basis of points and soldierly
appearance.
? In a game marked by spectacular
plays on both sides at times, and apparent
listlessness at other periods, the
nrntiPft school lost the last game of the
year to the Rock Hill Graded school
Wednesday afternoon, by a score of 7
to 5. Rock Hill took the lead early in
the contest, scoring live runs in one
inning. The local boys soon caught up
however, and until the eighth inning
the score was tied. Two errors and
hits in the ninth gave Rock Hill a lead
of two runs which the local boys could
not overcome. The features of the
game were three-base hits by Simrill
and Plexlco of Yorkville when men
were on bases. Frank Crawford played
an excellent game at shortstop for
'the visitors. Both Garrison of York
ville and Hunsucker of Rock Hill
pitched a good game; but the Rock
Hill twirler had a shade the better of
it. The attendance on the game was
the largest of the season. Batteries:
Yorkville?Garrison and Mackorell;
Rock Hill?Hunaucker and Simrill;
umpire, Moore.
MUNICIPAL REGISTRATION.
This matter of municipal registration
is a question that should receive more
attention at the hands of the people of
Yorkville than it has received heretofore.
The law provides for the appointment
of a municipal registrar and the
payment of Jl a day for each day's service?ninety
days at the beginning of
his term and ten days for each special
election.
The custom heretofore has been for
thft rpcrlotrnp tn Iphvp It to thft npnnlp
who desire registration certificates to
come to him, and made no special effort
to register anybody voluntarily,
except perhaps those he may especially
desire to have registered.
There is nothing in the law to prohibit
or discourage the registrar from
making a thorough canvass of the
town and registering every citizen who
is entitled to register. It is really the
duty of the registrar to do this, and it
is nothing more than the right of the
citizen who is taxed to pay the registrar's
salary, to have this done.
There are more than fifty white men
in Yorkville who are otherwise qualified
electors, who are without registration
certificates simply because the
matter has not been brought to their
personal attention, and these include
some of the largest taxpayers.
This matter of registration should be
looked after more carefully and the
town council should require of the registrar
that he attend to his work more
closely.
Under the law the registrar is entitled
to $1 a day for 85 days before a
general election. If, in a town like
this, the registrar should give the matter
attention, by a proper canvass, he
could register 90 per cent of the qualified
voters in a week, and then take
the balance at his leisure.
It is as much the fault of the registrar
as it is of the people that the
registration is no greater than it is.
ABOUT PEOPLE
Mrs. W. S. Love of Sharon, is visiting
relatives in Rock Bill.
Mrs. S. J. Hambright of Smyrna, is
visiting relatives in Rock Hill.
Mr. J. W. Kirkpatrick of Yorkville,
was a visitor in Charlotte this week.
Rock Hill Herald: Mrs. E. T. McLaln
is visiting relatives in Hickory Grove.
Mr. T. M. Spencer of Yorkville, is
Visiuns several uu;o vyuu rciaum u.1
Smyrna.
Mrs. N. T. Simpson of Rock Hill, is
the guest of Mrs. J. L. Williams in
Yorkvllle.
Mr. W. A. Jackson of Columbia, Is
spending a few days with relatives on
Filbert No. 1.
Mrs. J. Boyce Talbert of Hickory
Grove, spent several days with relatives
in Rock Hill this week.
Miss Willie Plaxico of Tennessee, Is
spending a few days with relatives
and friends In Hickory Grove.
Misses Mary and Annie May Harshaw
of McConnellsville, are visiting
relatives and friends in Yorkvllle.
Mr. R. S. Moore has returned to his
home in the Delphos section, after
spending several days in Charlotte.
Dra W. G. White and J. I. Barron of
Yorkvllle, attended the meeting of the
Fifth District Medical society in Chester
this week.
Capt. John D. McConnell and Mr.
Reuben McConnell of McConnellsville,
visited the family of Mr. John S. Jones
in Yorkvllle this week.
Drs. J. W. Campbell and E. W.
Pressley of Clover, attended the meeting
of the Fifth District Medical society
in Chester Wednesday.
At a recent meeting of the trustees
of Filbert school, Misses Willie Grayson
of Clover No. 4, and Lizzie Wood
of Filbert, were elected assistant teachers.
Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Ferguson of Columbia,
are visiting the families of Messrs.
H. E. and W. Ferguson in Yorkvllle
and other relatives in this vicinity.
Mr. Sam M. Grist, secretary and
treasurer of the South Carolina Underwriters'
association, attended the annual
meeting of that body, which was
in session at Chick Springs Wednesday
and yesterday.
Miss Elizabeth Faris of Rock Hill,
who taught in the Smyrna school during
the year just closed, has accepted
a position as teacher of the first grade
in the Winston-Salem, N. C., schools
during the next school year.
Kershaw Era: Miss Sudie Burke,
who was the efficient teacher of the
Sand Hill school for the term ended
last Friday, left Monday to visit
friends in Yorkville, before returning
to her home at Mt. Croghan.
A. R. Presbyterian: Rev. A. S. Rogers
of Rock Hill, S. C., was with Rev.
W. S. Patterson in communion service
at Lancaster, S. C., last Sabbath.
Rev. W. H. Stevenson is to assist Rev.
B. G. Pressly at Hickory Grove, S. C.,
next Sabbath.
Mr. and Mrs. James Adams of Bowling
Green, have issued invitations to
the marriage of their daughter, Miss
Mary Martha, to Mr. Andrew Moffatt
McGill, the ceremony to take place at
their home at Bowling Green, Wednesday
evening, June 2.
Among the Yorkville people who attended
the twentieth of May celebration
in Charlotte yesterday, were Messrs.
R. B. Plexico, A. D. Dorsett, W. T.
Ashe, J. B. Pegram, W. B. McCleave,
C. F. Sherer, W. T. Barron, G. W.
Kunz, W. B. Thomasson, S. C. Wood.
Walter Kerr.
Rev. J. L. Oates returned Wednesday
night from Woodruff, where he went to
deliver an address on the work of the
Boy Scouts. He was greeted by a
large audience. Preliminary steps toward
organization were taken and It
is understood that twenty-two boys
made application to stand the examination
for the "tenderfoot" degree.
Fort Mill Times: James W. Erwln, a
well known resident of Fort Mill, lies
desperately ill at his home on Arrtrey
Hill, as a result of paralysis, by which
he was stricken on Monday. Mr. Erwin
has lost the use of his entire right
side and has been semi-conscious since
the disease attacked him. His condition
yesterday evening was said to
have shown little of any change.
Miss Anne J. McLean and Mr. Alex
Guion are to be married at the home 1
of the bride near Belmont, N. C., Wednesday
evening, May 26. Miss McLean
is the daughter of former Sheriff J. D.
B. McLean of Gaston county, and has
many friends in York county. The
groom is a well known young man of
Gaston county.
Chester Reporter: Mr. R. B. Caldwell
of this city; Mr. W. L. McCrorey of
Blackstock; Rev. P. A. Drennan of
Lowryville, and Rev. W. A. Hafner of (
Fort Mill, left yesterday evening on
the Seaboard's handsome special for
Newport News, Va., to attend the meeting
of the Presbyterian general assembly.
* * Mrs. W. P. Youngblood and
three sons of Chester, are visiting the
former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. C.
Kirkpatrick.
Lancaster News: Hon. J. S. Glasscock
of Harmony Grove, York county,
has been spending a few days here
with his son, Mr. A. B. Glasscock. Mr.
Glasscock represented his county in
the lower house of the state legislature
for one or more terms. He is one of
the progressive farmers of York county.
* * * Miss Lillie Usher of the Dixie
section, left Tuesday to visit friends
in Charlotte, Clover and Gastonia, also
to attend the commencement at Linwood,
of which she' is an alumna,
Messrs. R. S. McConnell, B. P. Smith
and W. G. Pinley returned this morning
from Greenwood, where they represented
the Yorkville fire department at
the State Fireman's tournament, held
in that city this week. They report a
pleasant and profitable trip. The next
annual meeting of the firemen will be
held in Orangeburg and the following
officers will serve this year: Presl
dent, J-iOUis nenreus, viiaii?iun, n>a>.
vice president, O. K. LaRoque, Marion;
second vice president, H. G. Wells,
Newberry: treasurer, T. O. Flowers, .
Rock Hill; secretary, H. S. Hood, Sumter.
1
GRADUATES RECEIVE DIPLOMAS.
That Yorkville people always "get
together" and attend the annual exercises
in connection with the closing
of school, was clearly shown by the
large audience which filled the Graded
school auditorium last evening to
see twenty young men and women receive
their diplomas and to hear the
other pleasing attractions on the
programme of the evening. The audience
consisted not only of ladles and
children but many men of Yorkville
as well. There were present quite a
number of people from the country
surrounding. Easily the leading feature
of the evening was the scholarly
address of Dr. William Spencer Currell,
president of the University of
South Carolina, who from early chllhood
until after he reached man's
estate, was a citizen of Yorkville.
Dr. Currell, throughout his address
01 aooui an nour, mixea tne numerous
with the serious and in such manner
as to drive the latter home with
a forcefulness, the like of which was
entirely new to the majority of his
audience.
G. W. S. Hart, Esq., chairman of
the board of trustees of the Yorkville
Graded school, announced the first
number on the evening's programme
?a song by the school quartette,
Misses Mary Speck, Sara Logan, Esther
Ashe and Margaret Cartwright,
following which he introduced the
president of the graduating class,
Miss Margaret Marshall, who delivered
to the audience a brief address of
welcome.
Miss Sallle Sandlfer, class historian
was presented and she read an interesting
review of the interesting events
in the lives of the graduating class
during the past ten years, after which
Russell Montgomery, class poet read
the ode to the graduating class of
1915. He was followed by Miss
Lucille Moore who read an interesting
prophesy concerning each of the
twenty graduates.
Following a second number by the
quartette, Miss Marshall, class president,
in a happy little speech, introduced
an adopted son, one who was
raised in Yorkville and who, after
spending years of study and of service
in other states, had come back to
give to us the benefit of his rich experience,
Dr. William Spencer Currel,
president of the University of
South Carolina.
"Mademoiselle President, members
of the graduating class, ladies and
gentlemen of Yorkville?not York,"
said Dr. Currell, in beginning his address.
"Yorkville always has been
good enough for me and always will
be.'
Tremendous applause from every
section of the auditorium greeted
this initial statement and Dr. Currell
commented, "Ah, I see how the vote
is going." This was followed by more
cheers.
The speaker complimented those
members of the graduating class who
had taken part in the exercises on
their distinctness in enunciation, an
asset that high school pupils in many
parts of the state which he had visited,
did not have. It was customary,
he said, for a speaker to announce
his subject because he feared
that unless he did, it might be that
some of his hearers might be in the
position of the man in a story he had
once heard. This man. having heard
two learned lawyers discussing a case,
was asked by a neighbor what they
talked about, and, after some hesitation,
he replied, "Why, I don't know,
they never said."
"Education, or the Larger Life,"
was the subject which he wished to
Dring before the audience. It is desirable
that every man and woman
should have a great supply of reserve
knowledge. Don't be satisfied with
what you have done; bat make margins
wider and wider. The speaker
told of the tremendous reserve power
at Niagara Falls, a power which
if properly harnessed, could supply
power not only for the city of New
York, but the whole state as well.
This power is not used now, however;
but is merely held in reserve.
If I were asked to name the most
successful men of this town, I would
name those who have a margin of
knowledge over that necesary to satisfy
a given task. There is no limit
or very little limit to intellectual development?there
is no limit to the
development of the soul. When we
cease to grow intellectually we begin
to petrify.
The word commencement, said Dr.
Currell, means beginning?the beginning
of a new life. It means going
out into the world seeking new
things. The more you know, the more
you know you don't know. What is
education? It is not knowledge; but
power. It changes your whole life.
The curse of our age is that we
are craving over an increase of material
things. Education should teach
us to put mind above matter; to put
soul above mind. That is where happiness
comes in. What are some of
the things we should develop? Our
personality?not try to imitate somebody
else. God doesn't repeat himself
in any two of us?never intended to
do so.
Cultivate strong convictions of
your own, advised Dr. Currell. Have
opinions of your own. The story of
the fox and the lion was recalled; A
lion once asked a lamb the question,
"Does my breath smell bad?" and
upon the lamb's replying in the affirmative,
the lion ate the lamb.
Soon after the lion met a wolf and
asked him the same question. The
wolf having heard of the fate of the
lamb, answered, "No," and the lion
bit of the wolf's head for being a
flatterer. Later, when the fox, who
had heard the fate of the lamb and
the wolf, was put to the test. He replied
that he did not know, as he had
a bad cold. The lion told him that
this would do pretty well for the time
being, but he would have to express
himself when he got better. People
always catch up with a fox, remarked
the speaker. We have many who
are afflicted with bad social colds and
bad intellectual colds.
The ancient Grecian runner had
his eyes fixed on the statue of his
gods. They were an Inspiration.
You, said the speaker, addressing the
youthful graduates seated on the stage,
have something greater than heathen
Mrs. R. M. Bratton presented the
medal offered by the King's Mountain
Chapter D. A. D., to the pupil writing
the best esftiy on the subject "Thos.
Jefferson." USrwin Belgerjof Columbia,
to whom the-essays had oeen submitted
for criticism, had decided that the
'/
paper of Miss Margaret Marshall was
best and she was presented with the
medaL Miss Mary Alexander was
awarded second place in the contest
for this medal.
After the presentation of prizes,
Chairman Hart in a brief speech, presented
the following young ladies and
gentlemen with diplomas:
Mary Alexander, Margaret Bratton,
Mary Ferguson, Earl Gaulden, Audrey
UI11 lOHIIC TV IOC, AbKV T* VilUl u< /
Wallace, Gertrude Young; Bachelor of
Science degree?Alice Rivers; Bachelor
of Music degree?Sada Williamson.
? Denunciation of the financial
practices of officers of the Riggs National
bank and praise of the "ardor
and enthusiasm" of Secretary McAdoo
and Comptroller of the Currency
Williams, characterized the
argument last Wednesday of Samuel
LJntermyer, counsel for the treasury
officials, supporting the government's
notion to dismiss the temporary in- ,
injunction obtained by the bank. Difflcuties
between the bank and treasjry
officials, Untermyer asserted
were due not to the arbitrary use of
power by the comptroller, but to re- J
'orms instituted by Secretary McAdoo
and Comptroller Williams which
ibolished "Illegal favors" the bank
tad enjoyed. Penalties imposed by
:he comptroller, he said, were legal
ind fully justified. Untermyer reviewed
allegations of "dummy loans," <
it excessive loans to officers and of
1 stock brokerage business conducted
)y the bank's officers through the
tank in violation of the law, and aslerted
that the comptroller was but
jerforming his duty in insisting that
ie be acquainted with details of these
ransactions. "The comptroller had
i right to know who was interested
n these accounts and what security
vas behind these loans," Untermyer
laid, "and in no instance was a denand
made for information by the
:omptroller which was not justified
>y conditions in the bank. He Is not
o be criticised for the heat with
vhich he insisted upon his demands,
ie is rather to be complimented up>n
the ardor and enthusiasm with
vhich he performed his duty. The j
efusal of the bank to comply cannot 1
>e justified. I supposed they had I
>een so long the czars of Washington
hat they were convulsed with rage
ind disappointment when their conrol
and their 'pipe line' to the treasiry
collapsed together." Untermyer t
vas particularly emphatic in his dis- ^
:ussIon of what he called the "pipe
ine" between the Riggs bank, the
Cational City bank and the treasury
lepartment. Through this argument
ie declared the banks received larger
rovernment deposits without interest
vhich in the case of the National City
lank "was simply giving it to Wall
treet speculators."
Germany's Reply.?Germany's reply
o the Lusltania note is nearly comileted,
according to intimations which
lave reached Washington through dipomatic
channels. The return of Em>eror
William from the eastern front
s said to be awaited before the docunent
is put into final form. It may
each Washington next Tuesday or
Vednesday.
The issuance yeterday by the British
oreign office of an explanation of deentions
of American cargoes was reeived
with much interest in official
luarters. While the memorandum ex- #
nams some or tne points tasen up in a
lote under preparation to be sent to
?reat Britain, some officials said that
he United States had obtained no satsfactory
explanation of its original inItilry
with respect to England's right
o halt cargoes of noncontraband con- '
igned to neutral ports, which cannot
ie blockaded under international law.
Inman, William Jones, Janie Land, Hal <
Mackorell, Margaret Marshall, Russell i
Montgomery, Lucille Moore, Loueza '
Oates, Callie Plaxco, Willie Plaxco, 1
Wilma Qulnn, Kittle Sandifer, Sallie I
Sandifer, Laura Marie Walker, Sarah <
Wllkins, Irma Williams. J
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LOCAL LACONIC8 ]
Ogden Trustee Appointed. I
The county board of education has J
appointed Mr. Claude Ratterree a trus- ;
tee of Ogden school district No. 14, to
succeed W. M. Newsom, deceased. The j
other trustees of the district are W. H.
Dunlap and C. El Strait. I
A Gold Hill View.
Splinter's Gold Hill letter to the Fort j
Mill Times: "You Yorkville people that .
are striving to spoil the name of the ,
town, please go slow, now. We helped |
you build a courthouse and we feel like ]
we have a voice In naming the town. ,
Maybe you have got ruffled about the j
gallon-a-month law. if so fight the j
law and not the town." (
Fine Field of Oats.
Mr. James A. Carroll, carrier of Fil- '
bert No. 1, who was in Yorkville Wed- |
nesday evening, said that there were ,
many fine fields of oats on his route; |
but that those of Mr. David Parrott j
were among the best to be seen. Mr. |
Parrott has a field of between twenty
and thirty acres sowed in oats, and ac- |
cording to many persons who have j
seen them, they will be hard to beat.
Switchman Lost Arm.
Richard F. Bridges, a switchman ]
employed in the yards of the Southern (
railway in Rock Hill, lost an arm in an ,
accident which occurred yesterday aft- (
ernoon. It seems that Bridges was
climbing down from a box car in the |
yards when he got in the way of fast i
freight No. 76, which was coming (
through the yards. He was knocked t
down and his arm was so badly mangled
that amputation was necessary. [
He will recover from his Injuries.
Want Nsw School Building.
John E. Carroll, county superintendent
of education, went to Bowling
Green Wednesday, where he conferred
with trustees and patrons of the Bowl- !
lng Green school, relative to the building
of a new school house at that
place. The meeting Wednesday was
only in the nature of a preliminary
discussion of the matter and no definite
steps were taken. It is practically certain,
however, that a new school house
will be trected at Bowling Green.
Fort Mill laauea Challenge.
Fort Mill Times: Devotees of the
game in this city believe that Fort Mill
has the champion checker player of
this section, and request the Times to
issue a challenge to any white citizen
of York county to meet the Fort Mill
man In a series of games to be played
in Rock Hill at any date within the
next thirty days. Any person of the
county who would like to contest honors
with the Fort Mill champion, will
please notify the Times and the games
will be arranged.
Lots of Grass.
According to reports of farmers from
all sections of the county, the heavy
rains of the past few days have caused
the grass to appear in the fields in
abundance and, the person in great demand
now is the man with the lioe. In
many sections there is much more
grass than there is cotton or corn and
it is evident that much hard work will ,
have to be done during the next few
days. According to some farmers, they
are not experiencing much difficulty
this year in getting hands.
Will Soon Be Erected.
It is understood that citizens of the
Filbert section, who are interested in
the erection of a state warehouse, will (
build the same Just across the railroad ,
from the depot and that work on the (
structure will be begun at an early
date. With the completion of the
warehouse at Filbert, it will be the
third in York county to come under the
state warehouse system, the warehouses
of Mr. W. L. Hill of Sharon, and
Messrs. Patrick Bros. & Smith ot I
Bowling Green, already being under |
sous to wnom to turn your eyes. mu
have Jesus Christ. Your race is Just
beginning:, the road will often be rugged
and rough. Life Is a mountain road
to Goo.
Following Dr. Currell's address,
Chairman Hart announced that the
school will reconvene August 30. The
medal given annually to the pupil making
the best general scholarship, was
awarded Miss Lucille Moore, of the
Church Home Orphanage, whose general
average was 92 5-9. Miss Loueza
Oates, daughter of Rev. J. L. Oates,
was awarded second place in the contest
for this medal, her average for
the year being 92 1-9, and Miss Janie
Land, daughter of Mr. J. D. Land, was
third with an average of 91 4-9.
Earl Gaulden was awarded the medal
annually awarded to the best drilled
boy in the school military company.
Mr. Gualden also won the medal
awarded the best speller, but was disqualified
to receive the same, due to
the fact that he also won the medal
last year. The medal was awarded to
Miss T,ur>ille Moore, while Misses Sal
lie Sandifer and Ruby Devinney were
tied for third honors.
Miss Mary Williams, president of the
Winnie Davis Chapter, U. D. C., presented
the annual medal awarded the
pupil writing the best essay on a given
subject. The subject of the essay this
year was "Thos. J. Jackson," and Professor
Yates Snowden of the University
of South Carolina, who was asked
to judge the essays, decided that Miss
Lucille Moore should have the medal.
Miss Loueza Oates was second in this
contest. Miss Sallie Sandifer third and
Miss Margaret Marshall fourth.
state supervision.
Derailment On C. 4. N.-W.
C. & N.-W. passenger train No. 10,
left the track about 100 yards north I
of Crowder*8 Creek trestle yesterday!
afternoon, and arrived in Yorkvillel
about five hours late. The train was
in charge of "Uncle Bob" Smyre, the
veteran engineer and all the coaches!
and the tender were derailed. The 1
cause of the accident is unknown. The
train was crowded with passengers re|
turning from the celebration in Charlotte,
and the derailment caused considerable
excitement. No one received I
the slightest injury, however. A wreck-I
ing crew was summoned from Chester,!
but the derailed train had regained the I;
track before its arrival and the two I (
trains met at Clover.
Cannon Food. |i
That agents of the allied nations of
Europe are not yet through with their I'
purchases of horses in the United!I
States, is evidenced by the fact that!
many carloads of horses are passing!
over the main line of the Southern, I
bound for Newport News, from which I
port they will be shipped abroad. On I
last Sunday a train of seventeen cars, 11
carrying approximately 510 horses, r
passed through Blacksburg bound fori1
Newport News. A casual inspection of I j
the horses developed the fact that they 11
were not "plug" animals by any means, I'
but were as fine as any to be seen in I j
this community. It is understood that I
the shipment came from Texas and!1
that many more carloads are to be I'
shipped abroad from that state.
Directors Elected. Il
About 200 people attended a public >
meeting of the Rock Hill Chamber of 11
Commerce Tuesday night. The feature 11
of the occasion were addresses-by John I'
Wood, secretary of the Roanoke, Va., I*
Chamber of Commerce, and Dr. C. B. M
Waller, professor of chemistry In Wof-1 <
ford college, and a commissioner of I*
the city of Spartanburg, and Dr. D. B. 11
Johnson, president of Winthrop col- I
lege. Refreshments were serving dur-1 s
lng the evening and a number of mu-|I
slcal attractions added much to the 11
pleasure of the occasion. An election 11
of directors to succeed those whose It
terms had expired, resulted In the elec- I I
tion of the following: D. L. McDonald, t
Ohas. R. Weeks, R. L. Sturgis, J. S. I s
White, John Reed. ?
Rock Hill Inaugurates Chaingang. K
A city chaingang has been inaugu-|t
rated in Rock Hill, three men convict- I \
ed in the recorder's court of that city, 11
having been put to work upon the c
streets Wednesday morning. H. B. Mc- \
Guire has been appointed as overseer r
of the gang. While the Rock Hill au- 11
thorities have asked Supervisor Boyd 11
for the prisoners who were convicted 11
in Rock Hill and are now on the coun- a
ty chaingang, they have not sent forjt
these men, and will hardly do so, since I v
there are not more than three or four, v
and they have only a few days more to I c
serve. On account of the new gang h
the county gang will doubtless be|>
somewhat smaller in the future and the c
experiment in Rock Hill will be watch-1l
ed with interest, since many people are g
of the opinion that It will not remain \
sufficiently large to pay expenses. t
Filbert School Closes. 8
Filbert school closed its eight months
term yesterday and contrary to the
usual rule this spring, there was no 11
public entertainment held in connection r
with the closing. The school has had li
a very large enrollment the past year 11
and the patrons are well pleased with 1
the progress made by the children, i
Filbert boasts one of the finest rural r
school buildings in the county and also r
a school improvement association sec- 1
ond to none. Filbert school is located
in district No. 21. The school trustees If
are J. J. McCarter, A. J. Parrott and t
W. B. Keller, and the teachers during c
the past year were misses Amuf i
son. Pearl Knox and Lizzie Woods. P
The latter is the only one of the teach- r
ers who will teach at Filbert next year, f
The teachers treated the school chil- t
dren to a picnic and ice cream supper ii
in celebration of the closing yesterday, h
Medical Society Meets. s
The Fifth District Medical society b
was held in Chester Wednesday In the
Commercial club of that city, the soci;ty
being called to order by the presiient,
Dr. E. W. Pressly of Clover, Mayjr
z,eb Vance Davidson of Chester, in
in appropriate address welcomed the
physicians to Chester. Papers on the
[oliowing subjects were read during
:he day: "Cnronic Arthritis," by Dr.
j. T. Tyler of Greenville; "Diagnosis
jf Diphtheria," by Dr. F. A. Coward of
Columbia; "The Little Things in Medicine,"
by Dr. E. VV. Pressly of Clover;
'Clinical Significance of Abdominal
Pain," by Dr. J. J. Watson of Columbia;
"Relation of the Urologist to the
General Practitioner and Surgeon," by
Dr. Charles A. Mobley of Rock Hill.
Jtflcers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows: President, E. W.
Pressly, Clover; vice presidents, Dr.
Samuel Lindsay of Winnsboro and Dr.
Et. T. Ferguson, Gaffney; secretary and
:reasurer, Dr. G. A. Hennies, Chester.%
The attending physicians were the
guests at a banquet given at the Carolina
Inn.
Kirkpatrick-Clark.
A surprise marriage of Wednesday
was that of Miss Lillian Kirkpatrick to
Mr. W. Mason Clark, which occurred
it the Presbyterian parsonage in Chester,
Rev. Dr. A. D. P. Gilmour offlciat- >
ing. The young couple had decided to
teep the marriage a secret from all and
took no one into their confidence save
Mr. A. L. Black, who drove them to
Chester Wednesday evening. Immeiiately
after the ceremony they drove
to the residence of the groom's father,
Mr. D. C. Clark, on Yorkville No. 1,
where they will reside. Mrs. Clark is
the daughter of Mr. J. C. Kirkpatrick,
county commissioner, and is a young
lady of many fine traits of character.
She has taught in the public schools of
the county for several years and has a
wide acquaintance. Mr. Clark is enarnjred
In farmlne. He is also substi
tufe mail carrier on Yorkville No. 1.
Linwood Commencement.
Commencement exercises are to be
held at Linwood college, which is near
Qastonia, next week, beginning Sunday,
and invitations to the closing exercises
have been received by many
York county people. There are a number
of York county girls and boys attending
the institution and several of
them will graduate this year. Invitations
sent out from the college this
week announce the names of the following
graduates and partial graduates
who will receive diplomas and certificates
next week: Full graduates?
Louise Blakeney, William Ira Falls, ^
Mary Emma Ferguson, Cecil Zulee
Funderburke, Macie Stevenson Garrison,
Jemima Bthel Green, Maggie Aletha
Jenkins, Edith Rose McGlll, Annie
Elizabeth McCarter, Annie Barnes
Minter, Mary Alma Pressley, Inez
Pressley, Jennie May Simpson, Martha
Mills Steele, Sara Cole White, Mary
Lois Whitesides, Laura Snow Yates,
Emma Wltherspoon; partial graduates
?Irene Bolt, Lulu Margaret Boyd,
Mary Hicklin* Myrtie Cora Jenkins,
Loy Elizabeth McLain, Macy Boyce
Oates, Mary Ethel Scogglns, Judson
Llngle Shannon, OUie Mae Wltherspoon,
Lula Ellen Williams.
Winthrop Commencement.
Many people throughout York county
have received invitations to the
commencement exercises of Winthrop
college, which will be held next Monday
and Tuesday. The following young
ladies will receive diplomas from the
institution: Bachelor of Arts degree?
Alta Anderson, Christine Anderson,
Jessie Anderson, Mary Herbert Attaway,
Laura Bailey, Clifford Barratt,
Ruth Berry, Ernestine Bonneau, Grace
Bonneau, Pamela Bradham, Claudia
Brown, Anna Brown, Agnes Bryan,
Mary Butler, Alma Chapman, Margaret
Cheyne, Isabel Clarke, Saidee Clarke,
Helen Coker, Edith Cole, Eulalie Coleman,
Elizabeth Connelly, Eulalte Cook,
Emma Cooper, Mary Craig, Ruth
Crouch, Aurelia Cunningham, Agnes
Curlee, Julia Cuttlno, Mary Lou Dibble,
Jennie May Dill, Minnie Drake,
Susie Dick, Amy Eaddy, Edith Easterlln,
Madge Edwards, Sarah Edwards,
Susie Edwards, Blanche Edwins, Pancy
Edwins, Rose Ehrich, Louise Elmerson,
Essie Ergle, Edna Etheredge, Mabel
Leigh Evans, Mary Fletcher, Nathalie
Forsythe, Annie Gantt, Olive
Gandy, Tinnle Garrison, Annie Mae
Gentry, Marguerite Goodwin, Hattle
Googe, Marie Gregory, Lucile Gunter,
Charlotte Harrall, May Harrelson,
Florence Hemingway, Harriet Hanks,
Mary Hickson, Kate Hines, Ella Hunter,
Lola Hunter, Ella Jacobs, Rebecca
Tames, Winnie Jeans, Martha Jenkinon,
Susie Johnson, Kathryn Josey,
Eunice Keel, Annie Lee Langford,
Louise Lide, Katherlne Lindsay, Clare
Lowman, Helen Martin, Kathryn
Mayes, Frances Mellette, Mary Mellette,
Anna Roddey Miller, Frances
May Milling, Bennie Moore, Norma
Moore, Helen McDill, Grace McDowell,
Fay McHugh, Florence Mcintosh, Annie
May McLendon, Virginia Owens,
Marie Philpot, Adele Pitts, Blanche
Plexico, Lottie Poole, Julia Porter, Susie
Powell, Charlotte ,Pyatt, Elliott
Quinn, Grace Deagin, Martha Richard- j
son, Frances Riley, Meta Rogers, Nora ,
Rogers, Katie Rogers, Maggie May
Seale, Evie Shands, Floy Shealy, Louise
Sowell, Blanche Stewart, Valeria
Still, Elizabeth Stribling, Grace Stribling,
Lilian Swetenberg, Carrie Smoak,
Lula Therrell, Flora Timmons, Helen ? {
Tolbert, Madeline Truesdale, Annie A*
Thomas, Sammie Waldrep, McKella
Watson, Ruby Williams, Ethel Winn,
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