Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-07-22
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AOSf1h AASSlNxNESs
Until January 1897.
THE TwIcE-A-WEEK ENQUIRER, or
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ed, from this date to January, LIST, 1897,
for 90 cents.
The Pastor Absent.
There will be no preaching at Bethel
next Sunday. The pastor will be absent
assisting Rev. Mr.. johnson at Lincolnton.
A Drug ON the Market.
There were 30 many watermelons In
Yorkville yesterday that 1t was almost
impossible to sell them at any price.
VIII Sow It In Peas.
The courthouse yard has been plowed
and narrowed preparatory to sowing It In
peas.
Ordained as Deacon.
DR.. M. w. White of Yorkville, was or
dained as deacon of the Associate Reform.
ed church last Sunday.
Fined S25,
John Good, colored, Of Gastonia, was
fined $25 by the town council of Yorkville,
last Monday, on account ofa big row he
had with his wife week or ten days ago.
Iubl8uauOn N0xL Sunubys
Rev.. J. 8. Grier is to be installed as
pastor of Sharon A. r. p. church next
Friday morning at IL O clock. The offici-
ating ministers will be Revs. ]. P. Knox,
B. H. Grier and Oliver Johnston.
It is Certainly So.
Several candidates who were in the
Smyrna neighborhood one day last week,
say that the people out there are among
the most hospitable in the United States.
Sober and Well Behaved.
It was a sober and we'll behaved crowd
that was in Yorkville last Saturday.
Everybody listened quietly, and not one
of the speakers was interrupted by any
kind Of rudeness.
The Money Is Now Here.
Clerk of the Court Wylie has received
from the comptroller general check for
sc, ,0O4 to pay those who are entitled to Glass
G pensions in this county. The amount
|apportioned to each pensioner is $l9.N.
Mammoth Cucumber.
Mr., ]. D. Clark, who lives "a miles east
of Yorkville, has left at the store Of DR.. j.
G. Kuykendal cucumber that Is u inch 5
es in circumference and IA inches in
length.
Is He Looking for Tigers3
The newspaper reporters who were In
Yorkville last Saturday especially noted
the absence of Constable Newbold. They
say he has not missed meeting in the
State where Governor Evans has been
present,
County Executive Committee.
The county Democratic executive COM
mittee held meeting last Saturday and
endorsed the rules for the government Of
the primary as drawn up by Chairman
Brice and published in the last issue OF
The ENQUIRER.
Through the Hand.
Preston Thomson, IA year old colored
boy, who lives about S miles north OF
Yorkville, accidentally shot himself
through the right hand yesterday with
double barreled shot gun. The accident
happened as he was starting to 60 hunt
ing. The charge tore a hole through the
heart of his hand about the size ofa silver
quarter.
The School Tax.
The election held in Yorkville last Fri
day on the question of levying mill
tax for the support Of the graded schools
next year, resulted in the casting OF Is
votes, of which l was against and u in
favor of the levy.
Tribute of Bishop Capers.
"The remarks of Bis hop Capers, at the
funeral of Rev. Robert A. Lee were touch
inply beautiful" says correspondent OF
The News and Courier. "He said he had
never known a more promising young
man, nor one more fully consecrated to
his ministerial work. Bishop Capers,
two years ago ordained him as deacon,
and about year ago as priest in York
ville."
Maybe He Was Sick.
There seemed to be quite question be-
tween Richbourg and Watts in the court
house last Saturday as to whether Watts
was drunk at the inspection of the Ches-
ter military, and so far as statements
were concerned the matter was not sat-
isfactorily settled but it is fact that
when the Narrow Gauge train reached
Chester Saturday night, tt required the
assistance of man at each arm to get
Watts to the hotel.
In the Hands OF the Law.
P. G. Cobb, white, was arrested by
Chief of Police Love in Glover last Thurs
day on warrant charging him with fail
ure to pay poll tax. Upon being brought