Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-03-08
LOCAL LACONICS.


LOCAL LACONICs.
Easter Sunday.
Easter this year comes on April q.
The day is close at hand.
Auction Sales.
There were no auction sales by the
sheriff or clerk last Monday, salesday
for March.
A wellknown Negro.
Joe Partlow, wellknown and gen.
orally respected Yorkville Negro, died
last Sunday. He was about IS years
Of age.
Farm Work Behind.
There have been seasons in which
farm work was as far behind as it is
this year but that is not much conso-
lation. There ought to have been lots
of blowing before this time; but, so
far, it has been possible to do but little.
The "First" Monday Crowd.
1t was "too wet TO plow" last Mon
day, and in accordance with the gen.
eral expectation, there was quite a
large crowd of people in Yorkville.
Trade at the dry goods stores was fair
" good, and there was considerable
business generally. The horse-swap-
pers did not have a 6rst-class day of
it. Business in their line seems to be
getting somewhat slack.
The Fox Chase.
Mr.. E. G. Pursley was in The EN-
oU1RER Office on Monday, and said
that the proposed fox chase, starting
in the neighborhood of Mr.. D. M.
Halls will certainly take place tonight
wednesday, if the weather is at all
suitable. Should it happen to be
raining, of course, nothing can be done.
Mr.. Pursley, Mr.. Hall and others are
to furnish the fox, and they will give
everybody who wishes it the opportu-
nifty to help pay expenses.
How to Get Satisfaction.
Lincoln Journal The Yorkvilie peo-
pie are mad-justiiably mad-because
the "People's Own Gouger" won't
make change of 80 minutes in their
schedule, which change would prove
of the greatest convenience to that
town.. But, dear friends, it is whistling
down the wind to ask for anything
from the P. o. G. unless you are kin
folks of the management or live at Le-
noir. The best way to get satisfaction
is to do what one of the engine drivers
is reported to have done recently-lick
the superintendent.
Condition OF the Wheat
Reports from the wheat crop are
not especially encouraging. The re-
porter has talked to quite number of
farmers on the subject and the concen-
sus of opinion seems to be that wheat
is not looking as we'll as it should. 1t
appears to have been badly injured by
the late cold snap; but nobody seems
to be willing to say that the injury is
irreparable. What now appears to be a
very bad stand may easily develop in
to an unusually good one, and there
may yet be fine crop.
Hickory Grove Sun.
The progressive little town of Hick-
ory Grove has newspaper. The EN-
oUIRER is in receipt of copy Of it
No. 2-dated March 2. 1t is six COL
umn folio with two pages printed in
Charlotte, the same as the other York
county papers, except The ENQUIRER,
and two pages printed at Blacksburg.
Mr.. P. B. Love is editor. The copy at
hand contains an interesting variety of
local news, and also several columns
of local advertising. The subscription
price is only so cents a year. Won
derfully low for country weekly pa
per.
Tho Graded School Library.
Superintendent Dendy and the teach
ers of the Yorkville Graded school
continue their efforts in behalf of the
proposed library. Mr.. Deudy has
canvassed during two Saturday after
moons, and when the reporter saw him
Saturday, he had promises of subscrip-
tions to the amount of $50. On the
strength of this, or at least when the
subscriptions foot up to as much as
SIS, the first order will probably be
made. The people of Yorkville gener-
ally seem to endorse the library idea
as a good one that should have been
carried out long ago, and that can
still be carried out with benefit to the
town. Only few people have refused
to subscribe.
County Board of Equalization.
Members of the county board of
equalization met in Yorkville yester-
day; but did not organize for the rea-
son that quorum was not gotten to-
gether. Among the members who put
in their appearance previous to ~
o'clock, were Messrs. J. Ed. Leech, j.
F. Ashe, A. H. White, w. E. Ada Us
and w. T. Mcknight. They took out
the returns for their respective town.
ships. Members of the board of equal