Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-04-18
. WITHIN THE TOWN.

- T0e street CARNIVAL peOpic pS6dh
business yesterday. There are quite
number of them In town, but up to
this time only, a small portion OF their
expected outfits have arrived.
The police are getting up quite a
collection Of brass and iron knucks.
They took two from two prisoners last
Saturday. and added them to the ac-
cumulation that has been going on for
some time. Policeman Sanders said
the other day, that the iron knuck has
grown to be more common even than
the pistol with the concealed weapon
class. -.-'..,
= Mr.. Abernathy, the Catawba river
fisherman, arrived in Yorkville this
morning with a buggy load Of red
horse and suckers, including about one
hundred pounds. AS soon as his bug
gy stopped at the court house crowd
gathered around him and within a few
minutes-not more than ten minutes
he had sold out every fish he had at
10 cents a pound. He took orders for
fifty or sixty pounds more to be deliv-
cred tomorrow.
The Ladies' Auxiliary society OF
the Yorkville Cemetery association are
arranging to erect summer house In
the cemetery. They have some funds
on hand; but not as much as they
would like. They are also In need OF
more flowers. Misses Rosa Lindsay
and Bessie Barron will give informa-
ton on the subject. The matter OF
acquiring the strip Of land between
the cemetery and the street remains
unsettled. II they only had this strip
of land, the ladies would make 1t very
beautiful in short time. e,.
- Mr.. K. 8. Conrad. of the Kimball
Piano company Is at DR.. Bratton's Cra-
ven old store room, with a car load OF
handsome instruments that retail from
$500 to $500 each. He also has a Won
derful automatic piano player, the
first Of It's kind that has ever been
seen In Yorkville, and Ii inviting peo-
pie who are interested in such things
to come and see his display. Mr.. Con-
rad sold fifty or sixty fine pianos In
Spartanburg, quite a number In Gafr-
ney, and says that II he does not do
some business In Yorkville 1t will GER
tainly be through no fault Of his, or
of the instruments he is Offering. d.,
Rev. DIR. j. L. Stokes, chaplain of
the Jasper Light Infantry preached his
annual sermon to the members OF that
organization In Trinity Methodist
church last Sunday morning. Besides
the soldiers there was present large
congregation, bent on participating In
the splendid treat they knew would be
theirs. DR.. Stokes took his text from
the third chapter Of Luke. 14th verse:
"And soldiers likewise demanded OF
him saying, what shall we do? And
he said unto them. Do violence to no
man, neither accuse any falsely, and
be content with your wages" The
speaker by the way Of introduce
tion referred to the soldier as a
necessary evil, explaining that II civil
and social conditions were as they
should be. there would be no need for
soldiers. However, as the power OF
Christ is not yet as firmly established
on earth as It must be some day, SOL
diers are still necessary. At the same
time, there Is no need why soldiers
should not be Christians. and to prove
that they could be he reviewed at length
the life and career Of Robert e. Lee.
holding him up as the greatest soldier
Of any age, resourceful and brave, ex-
ceiling In all the qualities that 90 to
make up the ideal military man and
at the same time Christian Of the
highest type. The sermon was care
fully prepared, very appropriate, and
intensely interesting.