Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-03-30
LOCAL LACONICS.
nary 1st, 1899, For SI.42.

LOCAL LACONICS.
Until January LIST, 1890, For SLAP.
The TwIcE-A-WEEK ENQUIRER, filled
with the best and most reliable up-to date
news, will be furnished from the date of
this issue until January lst, 1899, for l.42
Stop Shooting.
The close season for game birds in this
state commences April l, next Friday.
1t is time now to leave the birds an op-
portunity to make preparations for new
crop.
Church Concert.
Rev. I. B. Smith, pastor of the colored
Methodist church of Yorkville, is adver-
tising concert to be given at the Odd
Fellows hall next Friday night. The
price of admission is to be 10 cents.
Fodder Postofice.
Mr.. Arch D. Dorset has received his
commission as postmaster at Fodder, and
will open the Office for the first time next
Friday, April l. He waits until Friday
in order to commence with the new quar-
ter. Subscribers to THE ENQUIRER who
desire their papers changed to Fodder
should notify this office.
Was Not Sicard.
The statement of our Rock Hill cor
respondent that Admiral Sicard passed
through that place Thursday, was evil
IDENTIFY a mistake. The Associated Press
dispatches say that the admiral is still
down in Florida, and will remain there
at health resorts for some weeks. 1t was
very likely Lieutenant Mark and party
who passed through Rock Hill.
Pleased With Lentz.
The Washington correspondent of The
News and Courier says that Congressman
Lentz made such an impression at Due
West, that he mas been invited to deliver
the annual address before the graduating
class of Erskine college and has agreed to
do so. Also, the correspondent says, ar
rangements are on foot to get Mr.. Lentz
to take in Winthrop at Rock Hill, New
berry college at Newberry, and maybe
Clemson college.
Supplemental Fund.
The state board of control sometime
back set aside $4,000 to supplement the
school fund to g per capita, as required
by the constitution. 1t has developed
that there are DEFICIENCIES in "a counties
to the amount Of 0,499.55, and it will be
necessary to set aside $500 additional.
The deficiency in York county, to be made
up from the dispensary fund, is s., ,52O.26.
Chester has deficiency of S2,73s.4l, Lam
caster defnciency of IS, ,565.62, and Union
deficiency of 1881. Cherokee county is
not published in either list.
Let Everybody Register.
Citizens of York vile should not fail to
register to vote in the approaching mu-
nicipal election. The time of holding the
election has not yet been fixed; but the
time in which registration certificates may
be issued will expire five days previous
to the election. A last years certificate is
no good. Every voter must have a new
certificate, and to secure the same he must
show his state registration certificate and
his town tax receipt. Mr.. A. F. McCon-
nell is the local municipal registrar, and
his headquarters are in the office OF
Sheriff Logan.
Dry-Kiln Burned.
A dry-kiln, belonging to Messrs. Kellar
& Logan, of Yorkville, caught fire last
Saturday morning at about 3 o'clock. 1t
was being watched by Negro; but the
silly fellow neglected to give the alarm
until the flames had made such Roadway
as to put them beyond control. The fire
department was on hand soon after the
alarm was sounded, and got good stream
of water on the flames. The water, how
10 hara lifflo affprf and the
kiln and contents were entirely destroyed.
The loss is estimated at about $50. There
was no insurance.
Got There First.
The fact that the Maine court of inquiry
had found that the explosion was caused
by floating submarine mine, was re-
ported in THE ENQUIRER last Friday af-
ternoon in less than two hours after it was
known in Washington. When the daily
papers came Saturday, shortly after II,
the news was so stale as to be hardly
worth reading. OF course there was lots
of other news in the daily papers; but
when they reached Yorkville, people all
over the county, even at the country post
offices, had already read the more impor-
tant developments of Friday in THE EN-
QUIRER.
Bound For the Roads.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Williams received
letter from their son Ensign, Geo. w.
Williams on Monday. The letter was
written from Philadelphia, and in it En-
sign Williams said that the Columbia was
then taking on ammunition preparatory
to sailing for Hampton Roads to join the
nying squadron. Mr.. Williams does not
seem to think that there is going to be
any fighting. Just why, he hardly knows; !;
but then he thinks it would look like Il
pity for Uncle Sam to tackle All insignifi-
cant little enemy like Spain. AS to what
the destination of the Hampton Roads
fleet is he does not know. At least he
does not say. The naval officers are rath-
er too iudicious to give out information of
this kind, even if they should have it /;
but from the tone of the letter, there is
no reason to believe that MIR. Williams
thinks that the squadron will be sent to
intercept the Spanish torpedo squadron.