Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-01-15
LOCAL LACONICS.

Price OF Cotton.
Only a small quantity of cotton has
been selling on this market since Christ
mas. The price still ranges from about
5 to So.
Bethel Church.
The next picture to be published in
The ENQUIRER will be Bethel church, in
the issue of next Wednesday, and along
with the picture will be some informa-
ton which will be interesting not only TO
the members of Bethel congregation but
to the general reader as we'll.
Burglary.
The store of Mr.. w. Adickes was bur-
glarized last Tuesday night. 1t is sup
posed that entrance was effected through
the sky-light. Next morning, 50 in cash
was missing from the money drawer,
along with other articles, the aggregate
value of which has not been determined.
AS yet there has been found no satisfacto-
~ clew to the burglary.
Mr.. Gilbert's Successor.
The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Loan and Savings bank OF
Yorkville, which was to have been held
on the 18th instant, was postponed, on
account of the death of Cashier Gilbert,
until next Tuesday, the 18th instant. AT
this meeting, also, the stockholders will
endeavor to elect a successor to Mr..
Gilbert.
Strapgled to Death.
A 2-year-old sou of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Whitesides met with tragic death at the
home of Mr.. Crawford, near Crowder's
creek, in CASTOR county, n. c., last Sun
day. While playing in a chicken coop,
the little fellow, in some way, got his
head fastened in crack, and his feet
slipping, he was strangled to death be-
fore help could arrive.
Bethesda Cotton Growers.
The cotton growers of Bethesda town.
ship will not meet today as will the cotton
growers of other townships. 1t is be-
cause of unavoidable delay in dissemina-
ting information to those interested. In
another column Chairman Burris an
nounces that meeting will be held on
next Saturday, January %. He asks
for full attendance of the cotton grow
ers of the township.
Died of Consumption.
Miss Pearl Williams, daughter of the
late Mr.. s. II. and Mrs. NJ. j. Williams,
died at her home in Yorkville last We'd
nesday at about IL o'clock. Miss Will
liams was q victim Of consumption, and
had been confined to her room and bed
since last October. No efforts could stop
the ravages of the disease, and as is usual
in such cases the sufferer gradually vast
ed away until relieved by death.
Death of Mrs. Forbes.
Gastonia Gazette, Thursday: Many OF
our readers will learn with sincere sor-
row of the death of Mrs. Frank Forbes,
near Crowder's Creek, which sad event
occurred last Tuesday morning. She had
been sick only about week with some
thing like congestion of the lungs or
threatened pneumonia, and was up and
took her meals at the table Saturday.
The bereaved husband and motherless
children have the sympathy of many
friends in their sorrow.
The Intent of the Law.
If the general assembly had intended
that regulations prescribed by boards OF
health should be revised by town or city
councils, it seems that there would not
have been so much care to specify that
boards of health must each include at
least one regularly licensed practicing
physician. And, under circumstances OF
this kind, the town council that would
undertake to amend regulations, is very
much in the position of the druggist who
would substitute different medicine than
that prescribed by physician.
The Wells Tragedy.
The Negro Nit Sadler, who was com
mitted 10 Shelby Jail for the murder OF
William Wells in North Carolina, near
Grover, last Saturday, and who at first
confessed that he was the guilty party,
now claims that the shooting was done
by Ratchford. Ratchford has not been
arrested. He is mulato about 20 years
of age, and Sheriff Logan has informa-
ton to the effect that he is well-known in
Hickory Grove. The North Carolina
authorities want Ratchford very badly
but as to whether or not they have offered
a reward for his arrest, THE ENQUIRER
has no information.
Riddle, Administrator, VS.. Reese.
The statement in THE ENQUIRER OF
Wednesday with regard to the case OF
Riddle, administrator, VS.. M. r. Reese,
though correct, was misleading, or rather
not calculated to give proper under
standing in regard to the matter. The
fact is that there were before the court two
cases with the same title. One case was
an appeal of Riddle, administrator, from
all order Of the circuit court setting aside
an attachment Oh the property Of Reese
The appeal was taken too late, and on
this ground it was dismissed. The other
case involved the appeal Of Reese from
the Judgment of tie court below in which
Mrs. Chas. Il. Williams was awarded
damages. The appeal, though regular il
other particulars, was not perfected with
in the time prescribed by the rules of the
Al. tat.,