Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-07-16
WITHIN THE TOWN

The long spell of hot weather,
which had become very oppressive, was
broken yesterday afternoon by a re-
freshing rain.
The Presbyterian church has a
DELIGHTFULLY."- comfortable arrangement
for outdoor night meetings during the
hot weather.
Yesterday was said by many local
people to have been the warmest Of
the year. The thermometer averaged
about SO for the day.
"A party of Automobiles from
Williston, S. c., stopped over for a
short while last evening. They were
on their way to Washington. d. c.
Several loads Of watermelons have
appeared on the streets this week ana
the yenders Of the fruit have had lit
tie trouble in disposing Of their pro-
duct.
- DIR. NJ. j. Walker, registrar Of births
and deaths for the town, reports the
occurrence Of two deaths and seven
births during the month Of June. Four
births were to white parents and
three to colored, while one Of the de-
ceased persons was white and the 9TH
er colored.
Acting upon the recommendation
Of the York county delegation In the
legislature, whose choice was made
Enquirer q few days ago, Governor
Manning has appointed Mr.. D. T.
Woods Of this place. a member Of the
county board Of registration, to sue
ceed the late r. M. Wallace.
- Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
September /, and 3, have been select
ed as the dates for Chautauqua lee
lures in Yorkville. And in connection
with the Chautauqua there Is to be all
effort to get as many former Yorkvllle
citizens as possible to return for a
home coming. Committees have been
appointed to take charge Of all ar
rangements.
The preponderance Of the attend
ance on the courthouse dedicatory ex-
ercises, other than those regularly
summoned on account Of the routine
business of the court, was from sur
rounding towns. Rock Hill, Chester,
Glover, Fort Mill, Sharon. Hickory
Grove and other towns were all well
represented; but the attendance from
the country was hardly as great as II
would have been had the farmers no,
been busy with their crops. Altogeth-
er there were perhaps 700 or 800 visit
ors present.
An appeal of more or less local
| interest which was heard before Judge
Wilson in general sessions court yes
terday afternoon was that Of ]. E.
Norris VS.. L. F. Waldrop, the defend
ant having appealed from verdict
| rendered in favor Of the plaintiff by
jury in magistrates court several
weeks ago. when Norris was awarded
verdict for $31.S5, that amount be-
ing claimed as wages due him for SER
vices performed. At the hearing yes
terday Judge Wilson upheld the judg-
ment in the magistrates court. John
R. Hart, ESQ.,, represented Norris and
Thos. F. McDow, Esq, appeared for
Waldrop.
In one Of the best games played
on the local field this year, team
| dubbed the Glover Clippers" de-
feated the local nine designated as the
"Yorkville Yannigans" Tuesday after
noon by a score Of to 4. The game
was q nip and tuck affair from start to
finish and was largely a pitchers bat
tie, Gordon, the Glover boys twirler
having a shade the better Of Gaulden
who pitched for the locals. The Glover
team Is by far the fastest aggregation
to visit the local diamond this season
Features Of the game were the pretty
fielding Of Leech Of Yorkville and
Andy Jackson for the visitors, the
two lads handling several hard
chances in big league style. More thar
200 people saw the game.