Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-12-24
cotton before the spring months have
advanced very far.

advanced very far.
Price of Cotton.
The price of cotton was not quite 80
good yesterday as on last Monday and
Tuesday. There was but little cotton
on the market, and the reporter was
informed that the best would not have
brought more than 81 cents. Up to
the time THE ENQUIRER went to press,
none had been sold al that price. Cot
ton seed is bringing ~ cents-30
pounds to the bushel. In some of the
markets buyers reckon 80 pounds to
the bushel and pay little more.
Perfectly Helpless.
~ wish you would see if you can't
do something to puta stop to the indis-
criminate firing of firecrsckers on the
Streets" said greatly disturbed citi-
zen to the reporter, few days ago.
1T is gotten so that it is positively
dangerous for lady or an inexpe-
rienced man to drive horse through
the Streets" But the reporter can't
do anything. He has nothing what
ever to do with the matter.
Another Big Mill.
Gastonia Gazette: Gastonia is soon
to have another cotton mill. 1t will
be 5,OOO-spindle yarn mill and the
capital stock to start with will be
$50, 900, of which about 100000 is now
in sight. Mr.. R. P. Rankip, of Lowell,
has the matter in hand. His coad-
tutors are Messrs. George Gray; John
F. Love and T. L. Craig, of Gastonia.
The mill will be built on grounds offer
ed by Mr.. Craig, north Of the Southern
railway and about quarter of mile
east of the Modena.
MoLaurin Instead Of Tillman.
| 1t was Senator McLaurin, Instead of
Senator Tillman, who introduced in the
senate the bill to allow Mrs. J. K.
Alston, the widow of the late colonel
of the First regiment of South Caro-
lima volunteers, a pension of $50 per
month. The Washington correspon-
dent of The News and Courier, who
is responsible for the misstatement
about the matter, made correction
in The News and Courier of Wednes-
day. 1t is likely that the bill will pass
congress without much difficulty.
Sanitary Dues.
1t is fact that on account of the
fact that the town council and the
board of health have neglected to en-
force the law with reference to water
closets in private residences, some
people have declined to pay any san
itary dues and are not now paying
them. 1t is a fact that if one does
not pay, collection cannot lawfully be
made from another, and although it is
no business Of ours as to what action
anyone may see fit to take in the light
of this information, after we have
published the fact, our duty is dis
charged.
The Income Tax.
The Greenville News says that the
income tax law, approved March 5,
1897, is dead letter so far as Green.
vile county is concerned. The law
provides for a tax on incomes of
from $4,000 a year up, and there is
only one income returned in the whole
county. There are at least five such
incomes returned in York county. We
know of two in Yorkville two in Rock
Hill, and one in Fort Mill. However,
we agree with The News that the law
is practically a dead letter. Such a
tax, if levied at all, should start much
closer to the bottom and be graduated
upward.
Killed on the Track.
Gastonia Gazette: A white man
was instantly killed on the track be-
tween Kings Mountain and Grover by
the Southern's passenger No. IL, Tues
day afternoon. Mr.. Ed Long Of our
town was on the train at the time.
Hearing the death signal whistled and
feeling the sudden jerk of the air
brakes, he followed the conductor out
of the car and saw mans body lying
motionless on the track about half a
cars length to the rear. Mr.. Long
says the odor of whisky was percepti-
BILE by the time they got out of the car.
They ran to the man but he was al
ready dead. The account of the en-
gineer is that he saw the man some
distance ahead walking along beside
the track, not specially in danger; but
he kept his eye on the man as he was
coming toward the train. When about
20 PAGES away, to the horror of the
engineer, the man stepped right up on
the track as if inviting death from the
flying engine before his eyes. 1t was
too late for the engineer to save the
man; but he sounded the signal and
stopped the train almost instantly. On
the dead mans person were found
broken flask and a letter directed to
E. P. Randall, Earls, N. G. 1t is