Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-10-25
LOCAL LACONICS.
York's Schools.

There are 172 schools in York coun-
ty and 2O2 teachers. The whites have
1O2 schools and 124 teachers, and the
Negroes have 70 schools and 7S teach
ers. The total enrolment is $500
,2S7 whites and 5,213 colored.
He Terrorized the Passengers.
Sanford McManus, a young white
man, was committed to Jail by Trial
Justice Waters last Wednesday for fire.
ing pistol and otherwise terrifying
passengers in the o. R. & G. train,
near Catawba Junction.
Cheap Rates to Atlanta.
Major James F. Hart has succeeded
in getting a rate of $3.50 to Atlanta
and return for the members of the
Micah Jenkins Camp Of United Con-
federate Veterans. Just when Confed-
crate Veteran day will be, he has not
learned; but when it does come, he
expects to take to the exposition some
thing like 100 old soldiers.
The House Is Still Open.
Mrs. J. Leonidas Moore makes an
announcement in another column that
will be received with great satisfaction
by large number Of visitors to York
Vile. As will be noted, she does not
intend to close her boarding house
here; but will continue to receive
boarders by the day, week or month,
as heretofore. Since its establishment
here, her boarding house has won an
enviable reputation for low prices and
good treatment, and the present an
nouncement is rendered necessary by
all unauthorized report that has gain.
ed currency to the effect that she was
going to discontinue business.
Live and Progressive.
Though for some reason a great
many people are inclined to speak
slIghtingly of Yorkville as market
for various kinds of merchandise, such
talk is not only unjust but it is unwar-
ranted. Yorkville is right now one Of
the best markets for all kinds of mer-
chandise to BIZ found in the State. Es-
pecially is this the case in the matter
of dry goods. All of our merchants in
this line have large and we'll selected
stocks, and some of them have as much
push and enterprise as any of the lead
ing hustlers in large cities. Competi-
ton was never sharper than now, and
there has never been time in the his
tory of the town when the buyer could
get more for his dollar.
just In Time.
Rock Hill Herald: Last Saturday
morning when Mr.. George Clark went
to the gin house of Mr.. w. J. Miller,
at Newport, for the purpose of raising
steam in the boiler, he discovered that
a Negro had already made fire under
the house with the intention of firing
the building and contents. When the
Negro became aware that Mr.. Clark
had discovered him and learned his
intention, he took to his heels and
made his escape. Mr.. Clark succeed
ed in putting out the fire, which had
done very little damage. If Mr.. Clark
had been 10 minutes later, Mr.. Miller
would have sustained heavy loss.
The Murderous Cotton Gin.
Mr.. Lowry Jenkins, oldest son OF
Mr.. w. w. Jenkins, of Yorkville, had
his left hand and arm badly cut up in
his fathers cotton gin, Oh the outskirts
of Y Yorkville, last Wednesday morning.
Mr.. Jenkins was feeding the gin. His
hand got caught among the saws, and
his arm of course followed. A colored
laborer standing near had the presence
of mind to lift the breast of the gin
and signal the engineer to stop the en-
CINE. Otherwise, Mr.. Jenkins $ injuries
would have been considerably more
serious. AS it was, his hand was rip
ped open by two saws, and he sustain
ed deep cut in the forearm. His
wounds were sewed upby DR.. Bratton,
who reports that not single bone or
tendon was seriously injured.
Not Previously Reported.
A fire that might have resulted in
serious consequences, occurred in the
cabin Of Bob Gist, colored, on East
Madison street, opposite The A. r. P.
church, at about 2 O'Clock last Tuesday
Night Walchulan Alexander
had been smelling burning cotton for
perhaps an hour. He finally located it
in the cabin. 1t was in some seed cot
ton in u back room. GisL was up about
the time Mr.. Alexander reached the
spot, and the TWO men succeeded in
extiuguishing the fire without raising
an alarm. Watchman Alexander
thinks that the fire was caused by rats
and matches, Gist thinks that it was