Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-10-14
LOCAL LACONICS.

Until January 1897.
THE TwICE-A-WEEK ENQUIRER will
be furnished from this date to January
lst, 1897. for A cents.
Ticket of the Boltocrats.
The Boltocrat electoral ticket for this
state is complete with the exception OF
candidate from the Third district. The
nominee from the Fifth district is Mr..
Alva G. Springs of York.
Resignation rendered.
AS already foreshadowed, Mr.. T. NJ.
Allen, on last Friday, handed in to Gov
ernor Evans the following: II hereby
tender you my resignation as MEM
ber of the state board of control, and res
pectfully ask its immediate acceptance"
AS yet, Governor Evans has given out no
intimation as to who he will appoint in
Mr.. Aliens stead.
Critically Ill.
Colonel w. H. McCorkle received dis
patch on Monday announcing the critical
illness Of Mrs. Margaret g. Miller, at
Concord, N. C. Mrs. Miller is sister OF
the late Mrs. w. H. McCorkle. She has
been suffering for some time past with
malarial fever, and from the wording OF
the dispatch to Colonel McCorkle, it was
not thought that she could last more than
few hours longer.
Thought the Lion Was Loose.
A report got out among some OF the
colored people of Yorkyille last Saturday
to the effect that loose lion was doing
the country along the Kings Mountain
road, down to the northern edge of town.
According to the story, the animal had
escaped from John Robinson's circus,
and was being followed by circus men
who were trying to re-capture it. Some
of the Negroes were considerably
alarmed.
Beware of the Swindlers.
Along with the circus next Friday, and
in fact it's worst feature, will be an army
of gamblers and sharpers who make it
business by offering ''something for
nothing" to fleece the unsuspecting.
Nobody was ever known to get the best
of one of these sharpers, except officers
of the law, and those who attend the
circus next Friday, will do well to give
these men wide berth.
Against the Circus.
At the close Of his sermon last Sunday
morning, Rev. A. N. Brunson, pastor OF
Trinity, took occasion to make few
remarks about the circus. He called
especial attention to the bills posted on
the streets, declared them immoral, and
spoke of the demoralizing effects of the
performances they were intended to ad-
vertise. He hoped that none of his
members would patronize the big show
when it comes on Friday.
From Blacksburg to Gaffney.
The Rock Hill Herald is authority for
the statement that one of the conditions
on which the Cherokee township people
signed the petition for an election on the
question of forming a new county with
Gaffney as the county seat, is that the
Gatfney people shall pay the expenses OF
grading the proposed branch of the o. r.
& C.. railroad from Gaffney to Blacks
burg. The understanding is that the
Gaffney people have entered into bond
of $500 as guarantee of good faith.
Cotton Gin Fire.
Mr.. G. L. Riddles cotton gin at Ieno.
had narrow escape from destruction by
fire last Saturday night. The fire origi-
mated in the elevator used to convey seed
cotton from the wagons, and in an in
stant the flames enveloped almost the en-
tire interior of the gin house. To get the
best of the fire required hard fight. Mr..
Riddle exerted himself to the utmost,
and when tho flames were extinguished
he was all but exhausted. He has since
been confined to his bed. At first it was
thought that he was suffering from pneu-
monia but DIR. Campbell says that the
trouble is laryngitis, aggravated by the
hot smoke inhaled at the fire. The ac-
tual loss at the fire was trifling.
Out at the Factory.
Work at the cotton factory still contin-
ues to progress to the satisfaction OF
General Manager Ashe and all con-
The walls of the engine and
boiler rooms are almost completed, and
The carpenters are putting in the sleepers
for the floor of the main building. Mr..
w. N. Ashe, the brickmaker, had an
other serious mishap last week. A piece
Of iron broke loose in the brick mill and
things generally, resulting lin a
delay of several days. Fortunately, how
ever, tho brickmaking work is far in
advance of the bricklayers, and the acci-
dent has occasioned no delay. Nearly
all of the cottages for the operatives have
been completed, and several are being