Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-07-29

| big two day celebration. Discharge
chevrons must be worn on all uni
forms. Badges will be furnished to all
men who intend to go, upon registra-
ton, and the official insignia buttons
will be distributed at the convention.
LOCAL LAcoNIcs
Glover Won From Rock Hill.
In a twelve inning baseball game
played in Rock Hill Saturday after
noon, Glover defeated Rock Hill, to 5.
Tirzah School Opens.
The summer term Of the TirZah
school opened yesterday morning with
a large attendance. Misses Ruth Ashe
Of McConnellsville and Louise Oates
of Yorkville, are the teachers In charge
of the school.
Winthrop Rejects Bids.
Because they were considered too
high all bids for the erection Of a
have been rejected. Plans for the
proposed new student building for
Winthrop have been drawn by w. A.
Edwards Of Atlanta, who drew the
plans for York county's courthouse.
Typhoid Fever In Community.
There are no less than eight cases
of typhoid fever in the immediate VI
cinity of Yorkville. according to a
reliable authority. None of the pa
tients are in a critical condition, how
ever and all are expected to recover
shortly. There are no cases of the di-
sease in the town. There are several
cases of typhoid in the vicinity Of
Hickory Grove.
Victory For Philadelphia.
Philadelphia defeated McConnells-
VILE in q game of ball on the Philadel-
phia lot Saturday afternoon, the score
/ being to 4. Gaulden pitching for the
Philadelphia lads proved too much for
the McConnellsville monarchs and the
victory was an easy one. Both these
places have good baseball clubs and are
anxious to arrange games with other
teams in the county. Batteries:
adelphia--Gaulden and Garrison;
McConnellsville-C. Moore and ..
Moore.
Men Accidentally Burned.
Messrs. G. NJ. Carroll Leslie Smith
and w. p. Brown were painfully
burned about noon yesterday while at
tempting to repair the acetylene light
| ing system at Beersheba church. A
| lighted match ignited the gas used In
the lighting system causing an explo-
sion, the burning gas squirting into the
faces Of the three men. Mr.. Carrolfs
injuries were the most serious OF the
three. Medical attention was secured
shortly after the accident, and the In
juries characterized as not dangerous.
Houseboat Coos Down.
The contractors engaged in ditchins
Turkey creek, lost one Of their cabin
boats last Friday. The cabin boat
was being used for living quarters for
some of the workmen and was tied up
along behind the dredge. When a
heavy shower raised the creek the
cabin boat broke loose from its moor
| ings and went down the creek until 1t
struck the dredge boat. There 1t sank
| in ten feet Of water The occupants
lost practically all they had, which was
mostly stored away in trunks. The
trunks came to the top and hoated
down the creek. There was $50 In cash
in one trunk, and $50 in another. The
trunks were recovered; but as they
were not looked their contents had
been spilled out
York County Gets Truck.
York county has received from the
state highway commission In Columbia
a Nash Quad army truck, the gift OF
the Federal government. The truck
which is equipped with an amuniuon
body was received in Yorkville Satur-
day evening, having been driven mere
from Columbia by c. H. Kitchen, a
truck driver in the employ OF the state
highway commission. Mr.. Kitchen LETT
Columbia early Saturday morning Tor
Yorllville and he had tough drive or
it, the roads between Columbia and
Chester especially being in a very bad
condition. The understanding Is that
York county Is to receive another
truck from the Federal government
through the state highway commission
at an early date and may possibly re-
ceive others. The Nash Quad Is a
powerful truck, well adapted for
heavy hauling and will prove Of great
value to the county's road working
forces.
Illiteracy in York County.
York county's percentage of Hitter
acy according to the 1910 census was
27.3 per cent. The percentage OF IL
literacy among white people OF the
county at that time was 81 and among
negroes 43.8 Of the entire population;
In 1910 there were $500 white and
colored people in the county who could
neither read nor write. GreenVllle
county lead the state in 1910 In the per
centage of literacy with only 11.s per
cent of illiteracy reported. That YORK
county will make far better showing
following the publication of the CEN
sus of 1920 is certain. Rapid strides
have been made along educational
lines in York county since 1910 and
we'll informed school authorities pre-
dict that the next census will snow
that the county's illiteracy has been
decreased at least fifty per cent. In
1910 the most illiterate county In the
state was Colleton where 4O.1 per cent
of the entire population was unable
to read or write.
Medical Association Held Meeting.
A basket picnic was held at Olivet
church McConnellsville last THURSDAY
in connection with a meeting Of York
county Medical society. Although rain
interfered somewhat with the atten-
dance, there were quite a number OF
people from the surrounding COM
munity present Several OF the phy-
sicians on the programme were pre-.
vented from attending because OF pad
roads The exercises Of the day were
opened by Rev. ]. L. Oates OF York
Vile and DR.. w. c. Whitesides OF NC.
Connellsville delivered an address OF
welcome Papers on medical supJects
were read by DR.. w. M. Kennedy OF
Yorkville; DR.. T. n. Dulin OF Bethel;
DR.. John r. Ashe of Charlotte and DR..
d. E. Walker Of Rock Hill. Among
the out of the county visitors were Drs.
Garrison and Clinton of Gastonia, the
former reading a paper giving dem
onstration of the treatment of frac-
tured clavicle. DR.. Clinton, who has
recently returned home after serving
with the medical corps of the United
States army overseas, told of some OF
his experiences overseas.