Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-05-24
LOCAL LACONICS.
Until January 1896.

THE TwICE-A-W WEEK ENQUIRER will
he furnished from this date until JAN
uary l, 1896, for 1922.
For Assault and Battery.
James Rector, white, was committed
to Jail last Saturday by Trial Justice
j. @. Howe, for assault and battery.
Excursion to Orangeburg.
About 100 colored excursionists left
here yesterday morning, by way of the
O. R. & C. railroad, to attend the
commencement exercises of Clafin
university, at Orangeburg.
We Stand Corrected.
The Gastonia Gazette calls our at
tention to the fact that We owe Mr.. j.
n. Roberts, of McAdensville an apol-
ogy. Mr.. Roberts is not intendedant
as stated Wednesday. He is mayor
a full fedged mayor.
Stockholders Meeting.
The ENQUIRER has been asked sew
eral times recently as to the time and
place of the next annual meeting OF
the stockholders of the c. & L. rail-
road. The meeting is to be held in
Yorkville, on some day in July, not
yet definitely decided upon.
MIR. j. A. Metts Injured.
Mr.. John A. Metts, chief postal clerk
on the Charleston & Savannah railway,
was badly injured in a railroad accident
last Friday night. There is no danger,
however, that his injuries will prove
fatal. Mr.. Metts is a former citizen
of Yorkville, and son of the late W.
B. Metts.
Got His Arm Broken.
Mr.. \. J. y. Bowen received letter
from Tampa, Fla, yesterday, inform
ing him that his son, w. D. Bowen,
had gotten his right arm broken in that
city on Monday. The accident occur
red while young Bowen was exercising
the horses of the fire department.
The arm was broken about half way
between the wrist and the elbow.
Children's Day.
Children's day will be celebrated by
Trinity Sunday school next Sunday.
DR.. Webber will preach special SER
M on to the children at II o'clock in
the forenoon. In the afternoon there
will be a Sunday-school address by
Superintendent Gilbert and there will
be other exercises by the children.
The public is especially invited.
Damage Quite Serious.
Mr.. J. A. Hope, of Smyrna, was in
Yorkville Wednesday. He says that
the damage to cotton by the recent
frost is more serious than was at first
supposed. The cool weather of the
past few days has been very trying on
the young plants, and in many of the
fields they have been dropping and
dying in large numbers.
Classified Mail Service.
The railway postal clerks of the
country are making a united effort to
secure a new classification of their
service with pay adjusted to the
amount of service performed. The
m ovement is in support of bill now
pending, and which provides that the
army of railway postal clerks shall be
divided into 10 classes, with salaries
ranging from $500 to 81, 800 per annum.
Postal Clerk G. f. Wood is circulating
a petition in Yorkville in support of
the proposed reclassifcation.
Baby Show. .
Something out of the usual order of
things in Yorkville, last Saturday af-
ternoon, was baby show. 1t consist
ed of collection of nearly all the ba-
bies in town from months up to 2
years of age, in their carriages, and a
procession along the principal streets.
There was no attempt at the selection
of the prize baby, or anything of that
kind. Discrimination in such matters