Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-09-22
LOCAL LACONICS.

LOCAL LACONICS.
The Enquirer Until LIST Of January, 1898.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY ENQUIRER will
be sent to any address, from this date un-
til the lst of January, 1898, for 60 cents.
Prosperous and Happy.
The business of the York Cotton mills
| is gradually growing better and better,
and the stockholders are wearing pleas
ant smiles.
A Fort Mill Offender.
Monroe Rawlinson, colored, was COM
mitted to Jail by Magistrate McElhaney,
of Fort Mill township, on the 18th instant,
on the charge Of housebreaking and lar
ceny.
Will Have Some Races.
The Fort Mill Cycle club is preparing
for series of races, to be held at an early
date. All the best riders in surrounding
towns will be invited to compete for
handsome prizes.
Annual Inspection.
Adjutant General Watts has issued an
order for the inspection Of several militia
ry companies of the state. The Catawba
Rifles, Captain Frel Mobley command
ing. are to be inspected OH October6.
Brick Making.
| Mr.. w. N. Ashe still has OH hand
large quantity of brick In Yorkville, and
has arranged to burn several additional
kilns at McConnellsville. Mr.. T. B. Nc
Claim has also commenced the manufac-
ture of big lot, at his works in the south
western part of town.
Terrific Storm.
There was terrific rain and hail storm
in the TirZah neighborhcod last Friday
afternoon. There was more or less dam
age OH the farms of Henry Massey, James
Cansler, Charley Hope, Esquire Ander-
son, John McIlwain and others on ac-
count of the beating out OF cotton.
Bloodhounds Needed.
| A gentleman of Yorkville, who lost
number of chickens from his coop one
night last week, suggests the advisability
of one or more bloodhounds in the town.
With properly trained bloodhounds avail
able, the gentleman thinks that it would
be possible to put stop to petty stealing.
The Price Of Cotton.
The tendency of the cotton market for
the past few days has been downward.
The best price reported to The ENoUIR-
Err as having been paid in Yorkville on
yesterday, was $50. On an export basis,
however, the price should not have been
over 81. In New York on Monday, fu-
lures closed easy; sales, lO6,5O0 bales;
January, 6.52; February, 8.55; March,
6.59; April, 662; May, 6.S6; September,
6.52; October, GAG; November, Gas; De-
cember, 6.4s.
Commission Issued.
The secretary of state, on Monday, is-
sued commission to the Yorkville
Wheelmen's association, whose principal
place of business will be at Yorkville.
The corporators are John r. Logan, Clar-
ence NJ. Kuykendal, J. H. Riddle, 8. L.
Hobbs, r. J. Herndon, A. Y. Cartwright
and w. B. Moore. Capital stock $1,000,
divided into 100 shares. L. Is the inten-
ton of the company to engage in athletic
exercises, and to erect buildings and con-
struct courses to carry out this purpose.
Indexing the Deeds.
The work of indexing the deeds in the
office of the clerk of the court Is still
progressing steadily; but Is not nearly
half completed. Clerk Wylie has been
reading the old records until he il nearly
| blind, and Messrs. R. j. Withers and
Starr Mason are doing the writing. At
this time Messrs. Withers and Mason are
working on Book 20" and Clerk Wylie
is. reading Book 49," II will be several
months yet before the big undertaking Is
completed.
Shooting Scrape at Mt. Zion.
There was shooting scrape at Mt. Zion
col ored church, last Sunday afternoon.
It was the result of row between Will
liam Davie, Jr., colored, and Andy Steele,
colored. THE ENQUIRER has no par
ticulars further than that Davie shot
Steele seriously, but not fatally, in the
right breast. At the instance OF Will
liam Davie, ST., young Davie Immediately
surrendered to Magistrate o. L. Sanders,
and was co mmitted to Jail, pending a
preliminary examination.
Struck by a Bale Of Cotton.
Fort Mill Times: Mr.. J. B. Crowder
was seriously hurt at the White & Springs
gin, on Thursday. He was leaning
against one of the long poles which are
used for sliding baled cotton from the
second floor, when the pressnan, seeing
no one below, threw out heavy bale.
Mr.. Crowder received the full force OF
the cotton, which had fallen fully 20 feet.
DIR. It. S. Kirkpatrick was summoned,
and upon examination found that no
bones were broken and his bruises are
hoped to be so slight as to permit his be-
ing out again in short time.
Ready For Business.
The Herald says that the Catawba rifles.
1 of Rock Hill, are now fully organized.
The commissioned officers are: Frel
Mobley, captain; S. T. Frew, j. o. Mat
tison and w. NJ. Dunlap, lieutenants.
The nom commissioned officers are j. +.
Parker, orderly sergeant; J. 8. White, Sec
ond sergeant; H. M. Dunlap, third SER
geant; F. D. Marshall, fourth sergeant;
J. H. Beckham, quartermaster sergeant;
E. L. Adams, first corporal; w. L. Aber-
nathy, second corporal; w. G. Duncan,
third corporal w. Speight Adams, fourth
corporal; w. H. Hefner, secretary and
treasurer Tompkins, collector.
About Woman.
There was shooting scrape between
two Negroes in Bethel township last
Thursday night. A party of Negroes
were returning from church when two
of them got into row about a woman,
and, as the result, one was shot by the
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