Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-11-09
LOCAL LACONICj.
Tax Collections.

LOCAL LACONIC3.
Tax Collections.
Treasurer Nicely has been in York
vile since Monday of last week col
lecting a little money along; but not
enough, upon the whole, to pay the
expenses of court.
The Reward Paid.
Columbia Register, Friday: Gov
ernor Ellerbe today paid reward of
$25 to Messrs. J. A. Thomas and ]. II.
Nickel, of Yorkville, for the capture
of Charles Finley who was charged
with violation of the dispensary law
No Competition.
The voting was not so brisk yes
terday as during the recent primaries.
A complete state and county ticket
would not bring even a drink of
whisky; and the floating element,
therefore, was conspicuous by its
absence.
Quickly Extinguished.
The kitchen on the premises occu-
pied by Mrs. R. 8. Crockett caught
fire last Monday morning from a de-
fective aue. The companies were on
hand within a few minutes after the
sounding of the fire alarm, and the
flames were extinguished before there
was any serious damage.
Lots Of Catfish.
Mr.. J. L. Sanders, of Bullock's
Creek township, reports a successful
fishing experience recently. He put a
well-baited fish basket in Turkey
creek, and few days afterward took
out of it 50 catfish of various sizes.
Then he threw the basket back with
out any bait in it, and the next time
he visited it he got 73 catfish.
Bolted For Liberty.
Ike Sims, the Negro who was SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for life for the
murder of Steve Carter, tried to make
break for liberty last Saturday night.
Chief of Police Love went into the
Jail for the purpose of committing
Negro named Sly for selling liquor.
As he opened the door, Ike bolted for
| it and tried to run over Mr.. Love. Mr..
Love drew his revolver and Isaac,
though apparently very wild, deemed
it prudent to stop.
For the Maine Monument.
AS the result of the publication on
the subject some weeks ago, Superin-
tendent of Education Shurley informs
THE ENQUIRER that he has received
quite a number of applications from
school teachers for blanks upon which
to enroll the membership of the diff
ferent schools. q The teachers and
children of the Yorkville graded
school manifested their patriotism in a
subscription of 1919, and the auto
graph of every child connected with
the school was forwarded to the mon
ument committee.
He Was Big Tusker.
Mr.. J. A. Armstrong, of Bethel town.
ship, brought to THE ENoUIRER, on
Monday, quite curiosity in the shape
of boar's tusk. 1t could have hardly
been anything else, and was especially
remarkable for size and length, meas
uripg u inches. The tusk was found
some weeks ago on Mr.. ]. NJ. Miller's
place by Master John Pendleton.
Nobody has any recollection of the
gigantic boar to which the murderous
looking tusk must have formerly be-
longed. The old fellow, however, was
undoubtedly a record-breaker in his
day.
Too General.
Some of the physicians who feel that
they have never held inquests unnec-
essarily, or promoted the holding of
iuquests for the sake of the post NOR
tenn fees involved, are very much
exercised at the sweeping nature of
the report of the grand jury on the
subject. They feel that unless the
grand jury had specific information
that the law was being violated or
evaded, that body was not warranted
in making any presenlment on the
subject at all, and if it did have spe-
cific information, then it should have
presented the offenders by name rather
than reflect upon the profession as
whole, bringing condemnation on inno-
cent and guilty alihe.
Homicide at Tirzah.
A homicide occurred in the village
of Tirzah yesterday morning at about