Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-01-19
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mr.. D. w. Hicks and family left on last
Monday afternoon for few days visit to
relatives and friends in Henrietta, N. G.
Mr.. John NJ. Moore was summoned to
Shelby on Monday afternoon by tele-
gram announcing the serious illness of
his father.
Fort Mill Times: Mr.. H. C. Culp has
accepted position as guard on the coun-
ty chaingang, near Yorkville. He went
over last week to take charge of his duties.
DR.. w. NJ. Grier, president of Erskine
college, Due West, intends to 60 to Geor-
gia this week for short rest. It is his
intention to resume his work at the col
lege about February l.
Fort Mill Times: DR.. J. H. Thornwell
and daughter, Miss Florence, left Thurs.
day for Spartanburg. Miss Thornwell.
who has for q number of years been q
sufferer from blindness, will enter an in
stitution at Cedar Springs to have her
eyes treated.
Rev. Hezekiah, John T. and Allen A.
Gilbert, who came to Yorkville to attend
the funeral of their brother-Mr. F. A.
Gilbert-left for their respective homes
last Saturday night. Rev. Thomas E.
Gilbert, of Connecticut, was too unwell
to be present on the sad occasion men,
toned.
Oscar Neal, the champion bicyclist of
Glover, celebrated his fifteenth birthday
last Saturday. Upon being asked as to
whether he would meet the boys on the
race track this spring, he modestly said
that he would do the best that he could.
The Glover boys have great confidence in
Oscar, and are inclined to back him up
against all corners.
Upon the invitation Of the Young Mems
Business League, by whom they are to be
entertained, the following Yorkville peo-
pie left for Charleston yesterday by way
of the o. R. & c. railroad Mr.. and Mrs.
G. T. Radcliffe, Mr.. and Mrs. w. B.
Moore, Mr.. J. H. and Master Frank Rid
die, Mr.. and Mrs. s. NJ. McNeel, Mr..
John r. Ashe, Mr.. w. R. Carroll, Mr.. j.
Ernest Lowry, Major James F. Hart.
The reporter got on to some of Captain
John j. Smiths Latin, or maybe it is
Volapuk, last Saturday. While talking
about the general situation, the captain
ratified off the following, at a most con-
fusing rate: "Grimoc era semit retteb
rof strips doog nj peek" "This," says
the captain, "was printed in The Farmers
Miscellany on the occasion of the COM
pletion of the Kings Mountain railroad
to Yorkville, in 1852, and for its meaning
we were told to read it backward. was
little shaver then, memorized it and
have never forgotten it yet. Good advice
too"
Mr.. John Smith, Jr., Of Glover, has a
somewhat remarkable pet, an 1l-pound
opossum. The animal was caught last
May while, as Mr.. Smith says, mot
much bigger than your thumb" 1t is
kept in a box in Captain John Smiths
store. The stranger who opens the box
and touches the opossum, is induced by
the sudden and threatening movement OF
the animal, to jerk back his hand in
about the same manner as If he had put
| it in contact with rattlesnake. Mr..
Smith, however, handles the opossum
with as much familiarity as if it were a
kitten, and so far has never even known
| it to growl. No attempt has been made
to educate the animal. Mr.. Smith says
that do what you will to an opossum, it
will be an opossum still, and for that rea-
son does not care to waste time in trying
to impart polite learning.
In coming to Glover last Saturday from
Bethany, by way of Henry's Knob, the
reporter passed the residence of Mr.. D.
J. Forbes, who has been mentioned in
THE ENQUIRER at different times in con-
nection with the big hogs he raises, and
who is designated locally as "Mr. Forbes
the hog man." From the looks Of things
around Mr.. Forbes's premises, however,
he is more entitled to he designated as
"Mr. Forbes. the farmer" He wears
patches on his everyday clothes, as most
hustling, energetic farmers do; but that is
about the only sign of patches that is
noticeable about his place. He lives in a
newly built one-story cottage that is neat
and comfortable; but not nearly 80 large
as his big barn a short distance away.
The barn yard is full of great hay ricks,
chickens and pigs are to be seen about in
large numbers, and the premises general
ly are what would indicate to north
westerner the establishment of sure
enough farmer. The reporter was temp
ted to make picture of the surround
ings; but owing to the cloudy condition
of the weather, did not consider the at
tempt advisable.
LOCAL LACONICS.
Waterworks Wanted.