Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-12-23
LOCAL LACONICS.

Exempted For Five Years.
At a regular m Meeting of the town coun-
Gil of Yorkville held last Friday night,
a resolution was adopted to exempt Pro-
fessor r. j. Herndon's proposed opera
house from the payment Of license on
account of any entertainment that might
be held therein for period Of five years.
Mortality Among the Hogs.
"Hogs dying all about yesterday" re-
marked Judge McCorkle 10 the reporter
day or two ago. and when the reporter
innocenty made inquiry as to what was
the trouble, the Judge said that people
were knocking the animals in the head.
Got All He Wants.
Mr.. w. N. Ashe, who has been fur
nishing an almost unlimited market for
cordwood during the past few months,
instructs THE ENQUIRER to discontinue
his advertisement of wood wanted"
He says he now has all the wood he
will require.
To Be Married at Gastonia.
Mr.. James E. Lindsay Of Yorkville,
will be married today at Gastonia to
Miss Ida Thomas. The ceremony will
take place at the residence Of the BRIDES
mother and will be performed by Rev.
J. C. Galloway if that gentleman is in
town. we extend our congratulations
to the contracting parties.
January I, Not II.
The meeting of the stockholders Of the
Chester and Lenoir railroad Is to be held
on January 7. instead of II. The official
notice sent to THE ENQUIRER was pub
lished as written but it develops that a
mistake was made in the Office Of the
president of the railroad, and the meet
ing is to be on Thursday, January Z, in
stead of Sunday, January II.
It Will Be Beauty.
Professor Herndon has received the
plans of his proposed new building. 1t
is to be 80 by 100 feet, two stories high.
with an unusually handsome glass and
iron front. There is to- be a large store
room on the first floor and the proposed
hall above. The hall Is to be reached
by means of stairway running up the
side of the building.
Tax Collections.
Up to last Monday night, Treasurer
Neely had issued Sill receipts and col
lected taxes to the amount of $35, ,583. 16.
The amount of taxes collected Is only
about one-third of the total, and only
about half of the total number Of receipts
have been issued. Everything has to be
Strengthened up by the.3lst, and during
the next eight days the treasurer may be
expected to do rushing business.
To Abolish the Dispensary.
Rock Hill Herald, Saturday: AS many
as three petitions are in circulation In
Ebenezer and York townships urging
the state board Of control to withdraw
the dispensary at Tirzah. The official
dram shop is regarded as nuisance, and
the petitions are being largely signed.
This action on the part Of the good citi-
zens is highly commendable and the
board of control will surely not fail to
grant the request Of the petitioners.
For Stealing a Horse.
Bill Thomasson, Negro, was commit
ted to Jail yesterday by Magistrate II. E..
johnson, for horse stealing. Mr.. Bone
Boyd, who lives six miles northeast of
Yorkville, missed one of his horses on
last Friday morning. He could follow
the trail but a short distance; but next
day he learned that dispatch had been
received from Chester to the effect that
the chief of police there had arrested q
Negro who was trying to dispose ofa horse
under suspicious circumstances. Magis-
trate Johnson left for Chester on Monday
night, and yesterday morning returned
with Thomasson in his custody.
Marriage and Runors Of Marriage.
Chester Correspondence News and Cou-
rier, 18th: There are marriages and ru-
mors Of marriages. Last evening DIR.
Joseph R. Miller of Gatfney, and Miss
Mamie Lindsay, the accomplished daugh-
ter of Mr.. William Lindsay, an esteemed
citizen of this city, were united In mar
riage, the ceremony being performed by
the Rev. J. s. Moffatt, pastor Of the
Associate Reformed church. About the
same hour Mr.. Sydney Clinton of Edg-
moor, this county, and Miss Mamie Will
liford of York, were joined in wedlock.
Cards are out announcing the marriage,
on the 23rd instant, of Miss May Corn
we'll, daughter of DR.. and Mrs. w. j.
Cornwell Of this county, and the Rev.
A. E. Holler of Rock Hill.
Most Popular Physician.
The Columbia Register has been test
ing the popularity of the physicians Of
the state by offering to give handsome
buggy to the most popular, the matter to
be decided by vote Of subscribers upon
ballots published in each issue of the
paper. The contest came to an end on
last Saturday night, and in Sundays
paper DR.. L. B. Owens Of Columbia, is
announced as the winner of the prize,
having received 29,S97 votes. He was
followed a good second by DIR. s. NJ.
Devaga Of Chester, whose vote reached
22,263. Physicians in York county were
voted for as follows: DR.. 7. A. Craw-
ford, Rock Hill, 225; DR.. NJ. ]. Walker,
Yorkville, 40; DIR. j. P. Crawford, Rock
Hill, l24; DR.. w. G. White, Yorkville,
12l; DR.. j. E. Massey, Rock Hill, lO3;
DIR. w. F. Strait, Rock Hill, Z. TheI
total number of votes cast was consid-
erably over 100000.
OF Prisoner. i
It is all established custom among the
prisoners in the Jail to initiate all new
arrivals, and whenever the door opens to |
admit new man there is always joy
among those who are already inside.
The initiation ceremony consists Of l0l
licks administered to the candidate, while
in STOPPING position, with barrel stave.
The Thomasson Negro, committed for