Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-12-17

special agent OF the census depart
ment.
Civil Service Examination.
The following candidates for civil
service positions, mainly in the r. f..
d. service. appeared at an eXamina-
tion in the courthouse last Saturday:
William Choate Quinn. J. L. Temple
ton, Boyce Faulkner. Leslie Smith.
Mcknight, Neal Hardin, l.. l.. Bolin.
Harry Miller.
The Special Term.
So far as is known now only one Of
the negroes charged with attempted
criminal assault will be tried at the
special term of the court to be held
on December 80. The term has been
called for the especial purpose of try
ing the Fort Mill negro Sam John
son. and he will be tried. The other
negro will probably be left in the pen
itentiary until the February term.
York Soldiers in War.
According to estimates given out
by Major Carwile. South Carolina
furnished 47.934 men for the American
army. exclusive OF 5000 national
guardsmen and a large number Of
volunteers. York county's total of
drafted men. exclusive of guardsmcn
and volunteers, was 1865. Of which
Sos were inducted through Local
Board No. and 7O3 through Local
Board No. 2.
Royal Arch Masons.
Mackey chapter. No. Is. Royal Arch
Masons ut its regular meeting last FRI
day night. elected the following off,
GERS to serve during next year: Rev. 2.
T. Walsh. II. p; J. E. Stroup, king: j.
+. Johnson. scribe; r. S. Mcconnell
G. OF H.; F. f.. Clinton. Prin. c.; J. 1.
Barron, X. a. c.: S. l.. Courtney, 3rd
": y. c. McCorkle. I'd ": ]. G. Sassi,
1st W; 5. l. Steele, secretary: w. r.
Iatimer. sentinel.
Fort Mill Masons.
Fort Mill December Il: At the an
nual meeting of Catawba lodge. No.
Sc, Ancient Free Masons of South
Carolina, last night. the following Of
ficers were elected to serve for the
coming year: +. f. Ardrey. worship
full master: J. B. Elliott, senior war
den: l.. NJ. Massey. junior warden;
w. a. Roach. treasurer: c. s. Link.
secretary; B. E. Patterson, senior dea-
con: S. ]. Collins. junior deacon: j.
NJ. Hutchison and H. d. Harkey.
stewards: Joseph Tschieller. tiler. and
the Rev. J. w. H. Dyches. chaplain.
A public installation OF these officers
will be held I'm the Masonic hall on the
night Of December 26. after which
supper will be served to the communi-
ty members Of the fraternity and
their ladies.
Overseas Casualty List.
The names Of the following soldiers
from York county and the territory
| Immediately surrounding, have appear
ed in the overseas casualty lists as
published in the daily papers during
the past few days: Lieutenant j. w.
Thomson. Jr., Of Rock Hill, wounded
severely. Corporals James E. Bailey
and Claude o. Gamble of Fort Mill.
wounded severely. Oscar Camp, OF
Blacksburg, killed in action; Corporal
Harvey E. McManus Of Fort Mill. died
Of wounds: Private Eugene NJ. os-
borne. Fort Mill. died OF disease:
severely: George Henderson. Rock
Hill. wounded slightly; Sergeant Ellie
A. Parker. Gaffney. wounded severely;
Corporal Arthur Wright. Gaffney,
wounded severely; William B. Ward,
Blacksburg, wounded to degree unde-
termined: Private d. P. baltimore,
Hickory Grove, wounded to degree
undetermined: Wherry F'urr, Chester.
wounded to degree undetermined:
Private Oser Humphries, Grover. y.
c., wounded severely: Lieutenant Nor
man S. Thayer. Rock Hill. wounded
severely: Lexiee Poole. Rock 1lill,
wounded severely; Sergeant George
D. Williams. Rock Hill. wounded
eli lob Glover
wounded slightly; Bee B. Brawley,
Chester, wounded slightly: Clarence
Garrison, Rock Hill. wounded severe
iy; Robert F. Dunn. Gastonia, wound
ed severely; Cook Robert NJ. Bennett.
Fort Mill, and Private Roy Coins. Rock
Hill, wounded severely.
Killed Five Of Them.
Mr.. Frank Miskelly, OF No. York
vile. has an interesting letter from
his brother, Corp. ]. Clinton Miskelly,
Co. E. 11Sth Infantry. dated Lon
don, November "a. Corporal Miskelly
explains that he is spending a short
leave at the Waldorf hotel in London.
and is having everything he wants
free of cost except when he prefers
to pay for something to change the
monotony Of the situation. He has
been with the 11Sth in all the splen-
did work 1t has been doing on the
Flanders front and has come through
without having been hurt. He de-
scribes one thrilling incident in which
he says that he killed five Germans
one after another in railroad cut.
and although they made the bullets
ziz around him during the progress OF
the fight, which lasted but a very
short time, he got out without being
hit He has been to Paris time or
two, and says that by the time his
letter from London reaches America,
he will be back with his regiment.
marching into Germany and helping
to take over guns and other stuff
that the Germans have been forced to
give over to the Americans. Young
Miskelly Is only % years Of age. He
left Yorkville in the fall Of 1917 with
the second contingent Of thirty-six
men from this place. and was trained
at Camp Sewer. where he had no diff
ficulty in qualifying as a sharpshooter.
He became a corporal after he went
abroad and has been with the Thir-
tieth division throughout the most re-