Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-02-16
WITHIN THE TOWN

Mrs. Martha E. Nichols, who was
recently commissioned as postmaster
at Yorkville, is taking over the office
today.
- Clara Hughes, a we'll known negro
woman, died at her home in Yorkville
Sunday and her body was inferred In
the colored cemetery yesterday.
Local policemen were kept pretty
busy Saturday, there apparently be-
ing more liquor in evidence than on
any Saturday since Christmas. Sever
al arrests were made.
A United States mail box has been
Installed at the Southern depot for
the convenience Of persons who are
too late in dropping their parcels of
mail in the postoflce.
- Observers on the streets Sunday
afternoon noticed large flocks of rob-
ms passing owe the town. 1t requir-
ed several minutes time for the birds
to pass over and 1t Is not thought
that any deserted the flock and set
tied in the town for the balance OF
winter and early spring.
There was a mad dog scare in
Yorkville SUNDAY morning. A little
bit Of a yellow dog coming from
nobody seems to know where, bit two
or three dogs on the streets and the
report got out hat the canine was
mad. After a chase Of some distance
the dog was killed.
The York county school Field Day
exercises which are to be held in
Yorkville on Saturday, April 8, will
be held on the Graded school grounds.
Considerable work will be done in the
next few weeks in order to put the
grounds in proper shape for the Field
Day exercises.
"A meeting Of the Yorkville minis
terial conference was held at the A.
R P. parsonage last evening for the
purpose Of discussing the ~advisability
Of holding union evangelistic services
in Yorkville this spring Or summer;
but no definite agreement was arrived
at.
The Yorkyille board Of health met
with the town council last evening for
the purpose Of discussing measures
calculated to better insure the health
Of the town. The board Of health re-
commended the passage Of an or
dinance authorizing a general clean up
day and also recommended that the
town council pass an ordinance re-
quiring owners of all stables, etc., to
clean out their premises at least once
every eight days.
DIR. T. C. Quickell Of Gastonia,
gave an illustrated lecture in the
Yorkville Graded school auditorium
Friday night, on children's diseases,
the lecture dealing principally with
defects Of the nose, ear and throat.
The doctor told Of the effects Of ade-
noids and enlarged tonsils upon the
mental and physical growth Of chill
dren, and the s~tereopticon views Of
defective children Of North Carolina
schools were both interesting and in
structive to the several score patrons
and children who heard the lecture.
The Cloud Cash store established
in Yorkville, about three years ago,
dicontinued business Saturday night.
The store put on a special sale about
two weeks ago and as a result a good
portion Of the stock in hand was dis
posed Of. Most Of the stores fixtures
have been sold, and the remainder,
together with the goods on hand, will
be shipped to Rock Hill and merged
with the Cloud store in that city. MI.
w. 0. Harshaw, who has managed
the Yorkville store since it's establish
ment, has not fully decided upon his
plans for the future.