Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-11-27
LOCAL LACONICS.

LOCAL LACONICS.
South Carolina Conference.
The 18th annual session of the South
Carolina conference is to be held at Flor
ence, December to 13, inclusive.
Real Estate Transfer.
Mr.. Alonzo Rose, who recently sold his
storehouse and residence on Congress
street, to Mr.. Louis Roth, has purchased
the [:ist property, three doors north on
the same street.
Death of Mrs. r.. N. Hope.
Mrs. R. N. Hope died suddenly at her
home on Hampton street, Rock Hill, last
Sunday. Mrs. Hope was Miss Anna
O'Neal and lady greatly beloved by her
many friends. She has been an invalid
for sometime; but the summons came
rather suddenly, as she only took her bed
Saturday morning.
The Cotton Market.
New York and Liverpool mark cts open
ed yesterday at about 2 points lower than
Wednesdays close. The holiday inter-
vening, however, had but little effect, as
this is regarded as practically no change.
Owing to the rain, no cotton was offered
on the Yorkville market yesterday; but
according to the quotations of local buy
ers, had any been offered, the prevailing
prices would have been from S to St.
Thanksgiving Day.
Thanksgiving day was generally OBJ
served in Yorkville by the closing of the
stores and other places Of business, and
union services in Trinity church. The
sermon was preached by Rev. Edward. s.
Reaves. Quite large number Of people
amused themselves with days shoot
ing; but 80 far as THE ENQUIRER has
learned, there were no serious accidents
to any of the hunters.
Victim of the Blacksburg Stone Tbrower.
Charlotte Observer: Mrs. j. G. Nc
Corkle, of Spartanburg, 8. c., who came
in on the local train Sunday evening, had
her nose cut by the glass from a car win
dow, which was shivered by rock
thrown into the train near Blacksburg.
Mrs. McCorkle was resting her head by
the window frame at the time. The rock
knocked hole in the glass just in front
of her face. Her hat was strewn with
small particles Of glass, as was also
bouquet which was in her lap.
Pretty Good Contract.
When Supervisor Culp went down to
Bullock's Creek township last Wednes-
day to let out the contract to fix the Bell
creek crossing, as per advertisement, he
found about dozen people at the appoin-
ted rendezvous, and according to the con-
tract be made, he is to secure, for $50, q
substantial earthwork that will take the
place of bridge, now about played out,
which originally cost the county over 500.
The supervisor thinks he did pretty good
days work, and upon this showing such
is the fact.
Early Morning Fire.
A two-story house belonging to and oc-
cupied by Rev. Nelson Davies and fam
ily, colored, and situated on the eastern
outskirts of Yorkville, was destroyed by
fire last Wednesday morning between 4
and 5o'clock.. The flames had made such
Roadway before they were discovered as
to be beyond control-the building being
outside the fire limit-and nothing was
saved except a portion Of the furniture.
The total loss is in the neighborhood OF
$500 or 800, covered by insurance on
building and furniture to the amount OF
$4OO.
The Sourre of Litigation.
"nave you thought of it before?' re-
marked a member of the jury to the re-
porter on Wednesday. "If you have
not, it is a fact that two-thirds of all the
civil business at the present term of the
court had its origin in the devliment or
Yankee swindlers who came down here
to rob our people. First, there was those
railroad cases, the outcome OF the opera
tions of the Massachusetts and Southern
Construction company, and which took
up about eight days, and next came the
"Planters' Register cases, growing out
of another swindle. Had it not been for
these cases, the civil business of this court
would have been transacted in about a
week.
For Which We Return Thanks.
Mr.. T. M. Dobson remembered THE
ENQUIRER on last Thursday morning
with present of dozen punches of fine
celery of his own raising. Mr.. Dobson,
it will be re emembered, was the first local
gardener to give a practical demonstration
of the fact that celery could be raised sue
cessfully in this section. He made his
first experiment more than ten years ago,
and has been giving the matter his atten-
ton on a small scale ever since, meeting
with complete success each succeeding
season. He is accustomed to doing all
the work in connection with the produc-
ton of celery himself, and to him, pro-
bably, more than any one else, is due
most of the local knowledge as TO the
habits and requirements of this delightful
relish.
An Old Court Custom.
According to custom, dating back to a
point to which the memory OF man does
not run, and backed up of recent years
by a sta tute, the prevailing party in each
civil contention is required to give the
foreman of the jury, upon the delivery Of