Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-14
Wednesday, April IA, 1897.

new county will be forced to take the re-
turns as already rendered and will get her
proportionate share of the taxes collected
from the territory taken from Union,
Spartanburg and York; but until Chero-
kee has some means of ascertaining how
much taxable property she has, no levy
could have been made.
Out at the Wilson.
All of the preliminary work having
about been completed, Messrs. Clarke
Bros expect to commence taking ore out
of the Wilson mine within the next few
DAYS, and the outlook is that before the
close of the present month, the stamp
mill will be in full operation. The mine
and vicinity now presents scene OF ac-
tivity that is highly encouraging, and the
prospects are that the present situation is
only faint promise of the additional
developments which may be confidently
looked for during the coming summer.
Clean Out the Wells.
DIR. Miles Walker, president of the
Yorkville board of health, has called
meeting of the members to be held this
afternoon for the purpose Of ordering the
cleaning out of all the wells in the town.
This precaution is to be taken as pre-
ventive against fever this summer. Ow-
ing to the heavy and continuous rains dur
ing the spring, the wells have become
filled to All alarming extent with impure
surface water. The theory is that unless
removed to as great All extent as possible,
these impurities will continue to grow
more virulent as the season advances, and
in the summer will be the cause of a
regular epidemic. There was but little
fever last summer, and it will be remem-
bered that there was but little rain last
spring. In the opinion of DR.. Walker
and other members of the board of health,
the danger of an epidemic this summer is
such as to warrant extraordinary pre-
cautions.
Township Pension Board.
Among the township pension boards
elected last Saturday were the following !:
Catawba-Iredell Jones, J. A. West
brook, James kirkpatrick. Fort Mill
Dr. T. B. Meacham, A. s. White, J. NJ.
Armstrong. Bethesda-N. B. Bratton,
John D. Mcconnell, John L. Starr.
Kings Mountain-John M. Thomasson,
VIM. A. Burns, J. b. Robinson. Broad
River-W. S. Wilkerson, chairman Jas.
Scoggins, E. B. Castles. EbeneZer-W.
NJ. Choate, w. j. Miller, Jeff Lumpkin.
Staple Was short.
"Last years cotton crop was not up to
the average as to length of staple" re-
marked an experienced cotton man to
the reporter day or two ago. For some
reason, the staple did not fully develop.
Small bolls opened along with the rest
and yielded white cotton that would pass
as good sample but when it gets to the
mill it cannot be made into good quail
ty of yarn. The crop of year before last
was much better, and where it can be
obtained, is readily bought by most of
the mill men at a somewhat advanced
price.
Receiver for Globe Mills.
Upon application of w. L. Roddey and
others, plaintiffs, represented by Wilson
& Wilson, Judge Witherspoon on Mon
day appointed Mr.. John r. London, of
Rock Hill receiver for the Globe Cotton
mills. The bonded Indebtedness of the
mill is 100000, and the default in the pay
ment of the interest occurred on April /.
The subscribed and paid up capital stock
of the company is represented as being
SG3,3OO. The report is that the unsecured
floating Indebtedness is very large; but
as to this the reporter is unable to secure
any positive information.
Don't Keep 1t Hidden.
Business men who are skeptical about
the wisdom of telling the public about
the advantages they have to offer in the
way of goods and prices, etc., should
take lesson from the Ganson Dry Goods
company, H. C. Strauss and Mrs. T. M.
Dobson. All of these concerns have
ments during the past few days, and pat
rons have been coming to their stores in
great crowds. There is only one solu-
ton of the matter. The firm which has a
good thing must let the intelligent public
into the secret. Othc Use, the possession
of that good thing is of no especial SER
vice to anybody.
Will Meet at the River.
The committee of county commission
ers, appointed to look after the matter OF
constructing the bridge across Catawba
river, will meet on the bank of the river,
near Harrs's ferry, next Monday for the
purpose Of deciding upon the question of
location. 1t is likely that number of
bridge men will be present. Whatever
is done about the location question, will
be reported to the county board of COM
missioners at the called meeting to be
held next Tuesday, and an advertisement
for bids on the proposed work, will be
published as soon thereafter as the nee
essary specifications and other informa-
ton can be obtained.
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