Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-11-23
LOCAL LACONICS.

town, and the reporter has not been
able to get his views.
LOCAL LACONICS.
Price Of Cotton.
The price of cotton on the Yorkville
market continues to range from Al to
cents. The local receipts continue
heavy.
Meets In Rock Hill.
The twenty-second annual meeting
of the State Pharmaceutical associa-
tion meets in Rock Hill today, and
continues its session throughout to-
morrow.
Death OF Mr.. T. G. Falls.
Mr.. Thomas G. Falls, who was
stabbed by the Negro, Alphonso Ryan,
at Pleasant Ridge, last Thursday night,
died on Sunday at l o'clock. Ryan
is still at large.
Cold Snap Coming.
The morning papers of Tuesday re-
ported a severe blizzard raging
throughout the northeast, and under
the rule in such cases, a decided fall of
temperature may be expected in this
section.
Exposed to tho Weather.
The town of Yorkville owns valu-
able road working plant which stands
exposed to the weather on lower Main
street, and which, unless protected,
will become useless before it has been
fully paid for.
Thanksgiving Holiday.
The exercises of the graded school
will be suspended next Thursday and
Friday. The children are entitled to
Thanksgiving as holiday, and they
worked last Saturday in order to make
up for next Friday.
After Century.
Mr.. John E. Carroll remarked in
the presence of the reporter the other
day that the recent Pursley- -Templeton
marriage at Beersheba, was the first
marriage that ever took place there.
Beersheba has been organized for more
than hundred years.
Company Will Be Accepted.
Mr.. w. B. Moore and others, who
interested themselves in the matter
during a recent visit to Columbia, we're
assured by General Watts and Colonel
Floyd that there would be no trouble
about the admission of the military
company that is being organized in
Yorkville as part of the state militia.
Married at Hopkins.
Hopkins correspondence Columbia
State, 18th: Another of York's young
men has won and carried away anoth-
er one of our young ladies. Mr.. s. B.
Pratt, of York, and Miss Mamie Tur-
ner, of this place, were married yester-
day at 3 p. m. Mr.. and Mrs. Pratt
went to their home in York county
yesterday evening.
Wants Easily Gratifed.
A visitor to the Jail few days ago
asked Dunovant and Castles, the two
condemned murderers, if there was
anything he could do for them. He
supposed that probably they would
ask for a Bible or something of the
kind. Dunovant said he would like
to have box of sardines, and Castles
asked for dozen apples.
Death of Mrs. Ferguson.
Rock Hill Herald, Saturday: Mrs.
Mary Ferguson, wife of Mr.. James T.
Ferguson, died at her home near Ca
tawba Junction last Tuesday, of con-
sumption. She was daughter of the
late John Patton, of this county, and
sister of Mrs. I. Simpson, of Rock Hill.
Wednesday her remains were inferred
in the Neely's Creek cemetery, the
services being conducted by Rev. Oil
yer Johnson.
The Only Record.
A gentleman came into The EN-
oU1RER Office a few days ago for the
purpose of examining the files Of The
ENQUIRER for 1872. He was interest
ed in an estate that should have been
settled that year, and it was desirable
for him to know whether the admins
traitor had published a notice of an
application for final discharge. The
fact could not be established other
wise, and the information was very
important. The gentleman quickly
learned exactly what he wanted to
know-that the notice had been duly
published as required by law.
The Circus at Rock Hill.
Forepaugh and Sells Brothers cir
Gus exhibited at Rock Hill last Satur-
day according to announcement. A
number of circus-goers from this place
attended, and one of them, who is
connoiseur in such matters, reports
that the show was a disappointment.
"You know what Sells circus is" he