Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-01-16
LOCAL LACONICS.
Looking After 1t.

Looking After 1t.
Mr.. william Caldwell Of Kings Creek,
left last Thursday for Columbia, with the
petition of certain citizens Of Cherokee
asking the general assembly that they be
allowed to remain in York county.
Disgusted With Life.
This weeks Lenoir Topic says that Mr..
George p. Connolly, who has been run
ming on the C. q l.. railroad for the past
four years, left last Monday evening for
Richmond, Va, where he goes to enlist
for three years in the United States army.
Still Others.
Besides those IN entioned Wednesday,
there are still other candidates for the va
cancy on the registration board. The re-
porter is informed that Messrs. j. G.
Chambers of Hickory Grove, and Il. F.
Horton Of Yorkville, are also candidates.
Not After the Job.
It has been stated from time to time
that -Represen tative r. M. Carroll is q
candidate for the position Of state liquor
commissioner. The ENQUIRER Is posi-
lively informed that this is mistake;
that Mr.. Carroll has not been, and Is not
now, a candidate for that position, and
that all statements to that effect are en-
tirely gratuitous.
York at winthrop.
II Winthrop college is a good thing
for the state, and nobody has yet had the
hardihood to deny the proposition, it 10 an
especially good thing for York county.
President Johnson's first annual report
shows an attendance of 403 young ladies
from all parts Of the state. The represen-
tation from York county is IA.
Over Estimated.
The attention of the reporter has been
called to the fact that the estimate as to the
amount of the perquisites of the auditors,
Office, published Wednesday, was rather
too high. The amount should have been
stated as an average of about 800 year.
This would make the annual income OF
the Office about 1900 per ann um, instead
of about 81, 500 as slated.
Disease Among the Hogs.
Rock Hill Herald: The disease which
has been prevailing among the hogs is
still epidemic. There seems to be no
certain remedy for the trout BILE, and when
it once gets hold on the premises where
there are many hogs, but few, if any, will
escape attack. Not. less than 500 have
died in this section during the past three
or four months. The disease is also epi-
demic elsewhere. At Pineville, A. B.
Bales is reported to have sustained loss
of more than rs hogs since the big snow.
Representative Armstrong; Ideas
Rock Hill Herald, Wednesday: Law
son X. Armstrong, one Of York county's
representatives in the legislature, believes
in practical political economy. He wants
the dispensary law amended so that South
Carolina can distill her own corn whisky.
Corn is offered for sale at 35 cents per
bushel, and bushel of corn will make
about two and one-half gallons of whis-
ky. Liquor which now costs the state
about Sl.5O per gallon, could be produced
at home at about l5 cents per gallon, plus
running expenses. In this way farmers
could find market for their corn, an
impossibiity now, and the state would
keep her money at home. In addition to
this, the refuse from the stills could be
used to fatten hogs, which in turn could
be used as meat in the penitentiary. He
may Incorporate these ideas into bill to
be presented to the legislature at the
present sitting.