Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-18
WITHIN THE TOWN

prOVement OF the county schooie'
WITHIN THE TOWN
Afternoon showers during the past
few days have caused a material in
crease in the growth Of grass.
THE negro baseball team defeated
a team from Rock Hill on the local
teams diamond, Tuesday afternoon.
The score was 7 to 5.
Practically all the college students
are now at home for the summer and
the town has already put on a livelier
air.
The local troop Of Boy Scouts are
today engaged in enlarging a swim
ming hole on the plantation OF Mr.. Z.
M. Inman's plantation near town.
Quite a large number Of the troop are
assisting in the work.
Last evening was the time set by
the town council for further dis
cussion Of the license tax proposition
but the meeting was postponed because
several of the members found 1t in
convenient to be present.
- Several crates Of homing-pigeons
were shipped here from New Jersey
this week. The birds were released
soon after their arrival and while
nothing has been heard from them, 1t
Is presumed that they arrived upon
their native heath a short time after
the cage doors were opened.
As a result Of several days work
on the part Of the York county chain
gang, the grounds surrounding the
new courthouse present quite a differ-
ent appearance. All the debris ac-
cumulated in connection with the
erection of the new building has been
removed, the fence between the court
house lot and the lot adjoining has
been torn away and a cement walk
has been laid in front Of the structure.
The lot will be sowed in lawn grass.
The new sanitary drinking fount-
ain erected jointly by the town and
county, has been completed and is
now in service. The new fount is very
peculiar in its design and not one per-
son in ten who was unfamiliar with
its operation would ever be able to
get a drink therefrom. The hydrant
is in the shape of an urn mounted on
a pedestal, about thirty inches In
height. At the foot Of the pedestal Is
a lever or pedal. BY pressing this
pedal a stream of water is made to
rise in the urn. The water comes
from a tank which is situated in the
old courthouse well, and therefore al
most ice cool at all times.
Local bootblacks appear to be
worried over the craze for white shoes
which has recently struck the town.
The shineboys see a loss OF revenue.
It is no trouble to polish white shoes.
They don't have to be shined and
therefore many wearers Of white shoes
will simply pay ten cents for a bottle
of polish and do the work themselves,
thus saving a considerable number of
nickels. Local merchants say that the
sale Of white shoes in the town and
vicinity has exceeded all their expec-
tations. Last season hardly one hun
dred pairs were sold to men and boys,
while already this season the sales
will total several hundred pairs.
White hats, white shirts, white suits
white shoes are all the go. And by
the way-pressing clubs and laundries
report that business Is good.
A baseball team composed of boys
who are connected with the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian church, de-
feated a team composed of boys Sc
lected from the town at large on the
local field yesterday afternoon. The
score was to 4. So hotly contested
was the game that it was not until
the last inning that the "Seceders'
were able to put over the winning run.
The teams proved to be pretty evenly
matched, both being considerably
because many of the
members had not previously been on
the field during the season. The fea-
lures of the game were the good
pitching of Marshall for the town and
Gaulden for the "Seceders," together
with the heavy slugging of PleXico
and Logan. The batteries were: Town
and Mackorell; "Seceders'
.Gaulden and S. Finley. The game
yesterday was the first of probable
series between the two teams. The
second game is scheduled for next
Monday afternoon and both teams are
hoping that a large crowd will be out.
The game will be called at 4.3O o'clock.
An admission fee of 25 cents will be
charged.