Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-07-16
LOCAL LAcoNIcS
Registration Slow.

Mr.. J. b. Barron. chairman Of the
county board Of registration, said last
Saturday that at the close Of the first
two weeks OF general registration on
that day. less than seven hundred
voters had been registered. He esti-
mated the total number Of whites ell
gible to registration as hardly less
than $500.
Works w. s. S. Purchases.
York county stands 9Th in per
capita purchases Of war savings
stamps for the week ending July 6,
and fourth in the total per capita
purchases up to that date. The coun-
ty's purchases for the week were
$l1 ,OSs.75. and the total up to date
was $217.2l+7s.
The Cotton Marketing Association.
Mr.. T. b. Thackston, OF the state
warehouse office, accompanied by De-
monstration Agents Blair and Nc
Keown, on Thursday and Friday COM
pleted the organization Of local mark
citing associations as follows: Rock
Hill-Ed Rawls president and James
=. White secretary. Lesslie-J. 5.
Glasscock president and T. F. Leslie
secretary. Fort Mill-Edgar Jones
president and J. l.. Spratt secretary.
Tirzah-T. II. Oates president, and
W. f. Gettys secretary Clover Fl.
Pursley president, F. H. Jackson Sec
retary.
Scholarship Examinations.
There was one applicant for the
South Carolina University scholarship
in the examination before Superinten-
dent OF Education Carroll last Friday.
and fourteen applicants for the Glenn
son scholarship. Chas. b. Gwin tried
for the university scholarship. The
applicants for the Clemson scholarship
were as follows: II. j. Harshaw. n.
Horton, Hue f. Robinson, Bennie
Fudge, William Ballard. Clyde Foster.
J. r. Garrison. Jr., Slough Blanken-
ship, Conrad Hill. W. l.. Frew. }. Nor
man Walsh. William Love. Louis b.
Simpson, Gus b. Graham.
Draft Men May Volunteer.
The local boards of York county
have received orders to accept volun-
| teers from the lists of men registered
for the draft as follows: Mechanics,
wood workers and tradesmen Of vari-
GUS classes are wanted for the en-
gineers' corps. Registered men quail
fed for full military service may
volunteer for this service prior to July
I17. Men designated as "trimmers,'
presumably for work In spruce pro-
duction in the northwest, are wanted
from the lists Of classes one, two, three
and four. Volunteers must apply TO
the respective local board prior to
July "a.
Hurt in Collision.
w. j. Vowel Of Columbia, Is In the
s:,nnea! !.i.lxn.s ~ SksPs ssSnsrins from
fractured hip as the result OF a col
lision between a gasoline car and
work train late Saturday Afternoon
between Rock Hill and Catawba juno
tion and Mr.. Coburn. OF Graniteville
Aiken county, and Mr.. Peacock. o
Aiken, who were riding on the moto
car, were somewhat bruised. /
seems that the work train stoppet
and the motor car following could no
stop in time to prevent q crash. Tn,
men were hurled some distance whel
the car was struck and were more o
less bruised. Mr.. Vowel was the onl,
one badly hurt and his injuries are no
considered serious.
Peculiar Tragedy.
James d. Miskelly, who lived on tn,
W. II. Carroll place. five miles soutl
of Yorkville. died last Friday morn
ing while engaged in O fight with
Barber Wallace. Both men were liv
ing on the same place and were usin,
a barn in common. Both had proper
lty in one room Of the barn, and wher
one Of them locked the room the 9th
er broke II open. This was on Thurs
day. When the quarrel was renewed
Friday morning II was not long unit
they came to grips. Wallace wa.
down with Miskelly on top, poundint
him. Presently Miskelly's blows be.
came weaker, and Wallace succeede,
in turning him and getting on top
Frank Miskelly. son of James d. Mis-
kelly, went In to pull Wallace off
Then II appeared that James d. Mis-
kelly had ceased all effort and /,
looked as II he had tainted. Water
was poured in his face to bring him
to; but 1t developed that he was dead
Frank Miskelly. who with a negro
man, was the only eye witness, gave
his testimony In a straight forward
unpreJudiced manner. about as above
DR.. j. d. Mcdowell, who was the
physician at the coroners inquest
gave 1t as his opinion that death was
probably due to apoplexy. Wallace
had several scars on his face and head
and there were some marks on Mis-
kelly also: but none OF the marks
appeared to be OF a serious nature
Wallace, with the consent of the So
llcitor. was released on a bond OF
81 1000.