Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-26
LOCAL LACONICS.

Room at the Top.
Up to the present writing, Gaffney City
has seven lawyers and is looking for
more.
Quite Popular.
A passenger on the northbound o. r.
& G. train, counted II buggies at Tirzah
as he passed that place last Saturday
afternoon.
The First Watermelons.
The first car load Of Florida watermel-
ous, en- route for New York, passed over
the c., C. & A. railroad last Saturday.
The Enquirer Until LIST Of January, 1893.
The SEMI-WEEKLY ENQUIRER will
be sent to any address, from this date
until the 1st of January, 1893, for $l.lS.
To Succeed Earle.
The Laurens correspondent Of the
Greenville News mentions D. E. Finley,
Esq, of York, as suitable successor to
Judge Earle.
New Doctors.
Drs. Charles R. May, of Yorkville, and
Henry F. Alexander, of Fort Mill, are
among those who successfully passed the
examination before the state board in
Columbia last week.
Intendant of Tlrzah.
At an election last week, Mr.. w. T.
Massey was chosen as intendant of Tirzah
for the ensuing year. The election was
quite close, Mr.. Massey defeating the
other candidate-Mr. R. L. Wycof-by
single vote.
Cherokee Court.
There has been slight n,isunderstand-
ing rs to the date of the convening of
court in Cherokee county. The first
Monday after the fourth Monday in May
is The way the statutes have it, and that Is
next Monday, May 81.
Teachers' Examination.
There is to be mid-su MINER examina-
ton of applicants to teach in the public
schools. 1t will take place during the
latter part of June, and its especial object
is the accommodation of college students
who desire to teach during vacation. All
others, however, who may desire to do
so, will have the same right to apply.
Orders Ahead.
THE ENQUIRER has it straight that the
York Cotton mills have orders right now
for more yarn than they can furnish dur
ing the next three months, running night
and day, and at prices which, to "big
things" insure handsome profit. Times
are pretty dull, it is true; but the end Of
the world has not quite come to the cotton
manufacturing business yet.
Displaces the Wheelbarrow.
Messrs. Grist Cousins have just received
and placed on the streets for the accom-
mediation of their customers, hand
some delivery wagon, of the quality and
style so familiar in large towns. 1t is
drawn by good horse and takes the
place of the "nigger and wheelbarrow,"
which have heretofore been doing the de-
livery work for the firm.
Building Up Rapidly.
Leslie station, five miles east Of Rock
Hill, has grown to be quite village dur
ing the past few years. Hopewell Pres
byterian church is being completed, and
number of new residences are to be seen
scattered about the immediate vicinity.
The citizens about take quite pride in
the little village, and are confident that
its progress has just begun. 7
Filling In the Trestles.
The statement made in THE ENQUIRER
some time ago that the Kings creek tres
tie was being filled in was incorrect.
There has been a coed deal Of filling in
of trestles between Lancaster and Cam
den, and work of this kind is now in
progress in North Carolina; but as yet
between Yorkville and Blacksburg, moth
ing has been done. AS to exactly what
will be done in the case of the Kings
creek trestle has not been definitely de-
cided. In some places the trestle is nine
ty feet high, and it will average Is feet
the whole distance. Under the circum-
stances it is question as to whether it Is