Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-12-11
LOCAL LACONICS.
he Cotton Market.

The Cotton Market.
The sales of cotton have been rather
heavier than usual during the past few
days. The best price paid on the YORK
Vile market yesterday was st, and this
was for frst-class cotton. .
Released on Bond.
Edward c. Cation, recently committed
to iail for violation of the dispensary law,
was released last Wednesday on $2OO
bond, his bondsmen being Messrs. w.
E. Griffin and Andrew Thomasson.
Two Weeks Holiday.
From Superintendent Dendy, the re-
porter learns that the Yorkyille Graded
schools will suspend for the holidays on
Tuesday afternoon Of December 2l, and
resume on Wednesday, January 5, giving
the pupils vacation of two weeks.
Receiver Was Not Appointed.
Judge Simonton declined to appoint
permanent receiver for the Standard Cot
ton mill, of Rock Hill, last Saturday, as
was desired, by A. Klipstein & Co. 1t
DEVELOPED that there were other large
interests in the case besides those Of Kip
stein & Co., and which had not been con-
suited. His honor ordered delay Of
final action pending the filing OF other
bills.
Probably a Murder.
Julia White, colored, of Fort Mill town
ship, was committed to Jail on Thursday,
charged with assault and battery with in
tent to kill. In a difficulty with Sam
White, Negro, she shot him four times,
each bullet taking effect. He is thought to
be at the point of death, and onthis account
Magistrate McElhaney declined to admit
the woman to bail.
Cotton Thief Captured.
Lucius Steele, Negro, was arrested IN
Rock Hill on Thursday and brought to
Yorkville on the charge of stealing two
bales of cotton. The cotton, it seems,
was stolen from Mr.. Ed Brandon, OF
Bethel township, on Wednesday night.
Mr.. Brandon promptly got on the trail OF
the Negro, arrested him and recovered
the cotton, as stated, in Rock Hill. Steele
implicated jim Vincent, another Negro,
as accessory; but Vincent has not yet
been arrested.
Trouble at Tirzah.
There was disturbance at Tirzah last
Wednesday night, which partook very
much of the nature of a riot. The facts,
as THE ENQUIRER gets them, are to the
effect that Policeman Brian undertook to
arrest a man named Jonas for dlsorderly
conduct, Jonas's father and two BROTH
ers, and man named Wallace, came to
the rescue, some with shotguns, and for
while it seemed as if there would be
bloodshed. No arrests were made during
the night; but, on Thursday, Policeman
Brian came to Yorkville and swore out
warrants againt the parties, charging
them with riot. When Deputy Harshaw
went to TirZah to serve the warrants, be
found only the elder Jonas. The others
had made themselves scarce.
Stepping VIZ. Measuring.
Thos. w. Shuler, of Holly Hill, 5. o.,
writes to the Orangeburg Times and DEM
ocrat as follows: "Having read in your
paper last night how Mr.. E. d. Thomp-
son, of York county, made four bales or
cotton on one acre of land, and that he
uGu VIC vi w oeSP "AA sSN
land, 4,91O yards square. Please ask MIR.
Thompson if his neighbor stepped e1-
actly three feet, or did he step so many
steps, The reason I wish to know, is,
that can step four feet to the step and
ave neighbor that can step four feet
and nine inches. I have made two bales
to the acre on carefully measured land,
not st epped, and it was good cotton too.
Now am not doubling Mr.. Thompson's
yield. But think it would have been as
easy for him to have measured his acre as
to have stepped it."
The Fine Work of MIR. Humbert.
Christian Neighbor: In last weeks
issue of THE YoRKvILLE ENQUIRER, 1t
was stated that during the year now clos
ing, Rev. J. w. Humbert, pastor of the
Yorkville circuit, added more than 20
new members to his churches. A splen-
did record-made by faithful work. A
year ago York circuit contained 365 men,
bers-which number is slightly below the