Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-07-18
LOCAL LACONICS.

The TwICE-A-WEEK ENQUIRER, or
The WEEKLY ENQUIRER will be furnish
ed from this date to January, lst, 1897,
for 80 cents.
Might Not Be Here.
Governor Evans left Chester on Thurs
day to attend the funeral of Miss Addie
Tillman, and as to whether he will be in
Yorkville today, We are unable to learn.
Elders and Deacons.
| The elders and deacons' convention of
Bethel presbytery is to be held in York
vile on next Tuesday and Wednesday.
Declined to Qualify.
Intendant Lowry has appointed Mr.
Lewis G.. Grist member Of the board Of
health for Ward 5, vice Mr.. j. B. Pegram,
who declined to qualify.
In Charge OF the Court House.
Mr.. R. C. Moore has been employed to
look after the court house and public
property therein, in accordance with the
resolution recently passed by the county
board of commissioners.
At Ripe Old Age.
Mr.. VIM. F. Gardner, who lived several
miles north of Yorkviller died last We'd
nesday afternoon aged about 80 years. he
was blacksmith by trade and for many
years had the reputation Of being the best
horse farrier in the country.
In Broad River and Bullock's Creek.
Our Hickory Grove correspondent
writes under date of the 18th: "The reg
istration books have just closed with the
registration in the respective townships
as follows: Broad River, 169; Bullock's
Creek, SO. All of the candidates are here
having good time and are confident OF
success.
Senatorial Candidates.
The ENQUIRER is abls in this issue to
present good portraits Of two OF the sena-
torial candidates who are expected to be
in Yorkville today-Judge Earle and
Governor Evans. 1t was also our desire
to print a portrait Of Mr.. Duncan; but
have been unable to get photograph from
which to make the engraving.
Accidentally Drowned.
A telegram was received here on Thurs
day night at $50, announcing the acci-
dental drowning of Mr.. Ossie Speck, at
Jacksonville, Fla, about an hour before.
The young man was son of the late
John F. Speck, formerly Of Yorkville,
and brother of Mr.. T. w. Speck the
jeweler. He was about ls years of age.
He Will Prosecute.
The postmaster general has given due
notice that he Is on the lookout for viola
tions of the postal laws in the carrying OF
unstamped communications on railway
trains. Everything that is Of the nature
Of letter must be accompanied by the
necessary postage at regular rates. This
includes railroad orders to station agents,
and all other documents Of like charac-
ter.
It Had to Be Corrected.
The list of Class G pensioners for this
county reached Yorkville last Tuesday at
about II o'clock. AS published in the
newspapers, it was so full of errors as to
be of little value. With the kind assist
ance of Mr.. J. F. Wallace, secretary OF
the county pension board, however, we
Immediately went to work and got it cor
rected in time for publication the same
afternoon.
To Lenoir and Blowing Rock.
Receiver Harper of the Chester and
Lenoir, has authorized the sale of round
trip tickets to Lenoir and Blowing ROCK,
good from Friday night until Monday
morning. The price to Lenoir is Sl.5o, and
the price to Blowing Rock is $3.50, includ-
ing, of course, hack fare. The object OF
this special inducement is to give business
men along the line of the road, the op-
portunity to spend Sunday at this de-
liphtful resort in the mountains.
Here Is the Pensioners Apportionment.
The comptroller general has finished
the work Of making out the pension
rolls for the counties and finds that the
total number of pensioners is AHA. Un-
der class A there are So; Glass B, 323 lC,
veterans, 1896; &c, widows, 1872. In
York county there are 2I pensioners.
Glass A numbers 4; Class B, IA ;'Class lC,
III Glass &c, 10S. The class A pensioners
will receive S96 each; the class b about
$3.50 each; and class c, about Sl9 each.
The clerk of the court has not yet receiv-
ed the money with which to pay OF the
respective claims.
District Conference.
The 18th annual session of the Rock
Hill distric ct conference will be held at
Richburg on next Wednesday, July N.
The opening sermon is to be preached by
Rev. A. n. Brunson of Yorkville. The
York county delegates who are down
on the programme to take part ID the
discussions are F. A. Gilbert, j. A. Smith,
w. H. Crook, Revs. w. A. Pitts and A.
n. Brunson. Delegates who 60 by prl-
ate conveyance are requested to report at
the parsonage in Richburg or at the store
of Cousar & Son in Bascomville, or the
store of Whiteside & Reid in Lewisville,
for assignment to homes. The public, OF
course, is invited.
Couldn't Help 1t.
For newspaper to avoid errors is i'm
possible, and be as careful as it will, 1t Is
bound to make so many mistakes, that 1t
can apologize for only few ofthe most
serious. Readers of Wednesdays issue
were incon venienced and not little puz-
zled OH account of the transposition OF
portions of that splendid sketch OF Mr..
Bryan that appeared on the first page.
When we explain that as the result Of
unavoidable circumstances, 1t was neces-