Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-28
LOCAL LACONICS.
Auditor and Treasurer.

LOCAL LACONICs.
Auditor and Treasurer.
The governor, last Wednesday, ap
pointed Mr.. H. A. D. Neely, as treas
urer of York county, and Mr.. w. W
Boyce as auditor. Both gentlemen
have their bonds ready, and it i:
expected that their commissions viii
be forthcoming within few days.
Price OF Cotton.
Cotton is up little. Last week il
took a good article to bring 6 cents
Now there is just plenty of it that viii
bring that price. Mr.. Ashe bought
few bales last Thursday at St; but il
was extra fine. Mr.. Riddle bough,
some good cotton yesterday for St
The average, however, will not rur
very high above 6 cents. There ha:
been quite a number of bales sold dur
ing the past few days. Each of the
local buyers is getting his share.
Pretty Bad Roads.
A farmer left the vicinity of Pinck
ney ferry last Wednesday morning al
daylight with a wagon loaded with q
bushels of wheat and drawn by three
strong mules to come to mill at York
Vile. He did not get here until very
late in the afternoon, and instead o.
irving to take his -four back home ir
his wagon, he ordered that it be shipped
to Hickory Grove. This incident fur
nishes a good basis upon which tc
estimate the amount individuals car
afford to subscribe toward better roads
The War Tax.
A representative of the internal rev
enue department was in Yorkville one
day last week to see how the people
here are paying the war tax. He ex
amined the clerks Office, the telegraph
and express Office, the railroad offices
and the papers at the bank. He found
things in 6rstclass shape generally, and
remarked the unusually satisfactory
condition of affairs in the telegraph
Office. 1t is his experience that large
number of dispatches are being senl
without the necessary stamps having
first been affixed.
Hunting the Liquor.
Two gentlemen from the Newport
neighborhood went to the Jail on Wed
nesday to try to find out where the
three Negroes, who are charged with
the murder of old Sam Simril, some
weeks ago, hid the jug of liquor thai
was taken away from him. One of the
Negroes who heretofore talked freely
denied everything, and but few point:
of information could be gotten from
him. The Negroes had been instructed
not to talk, and instead of following
instructions, they talked freely; bu'
gave out little that was calculated tc
lncriminate.
Cold Wave Coming.
Columbia State, Friday: The loca
office of the weather bureau received
notice about midnight last night of the
approach of a cold wave that will pro
baby cause a fall in temperature o.
from 20 to 80 degrees by Friday night
In accordance with!recent instructions
by the chief of the weather bureau
cold wave signals will not be ordered
for central South Carolina unless fall
of 20 degrees or more, and to 20 OIL
below, is expected. 1t is, therefore
probable that freezing weather will
prevail after tonight, which will likely
last over Sunday.
Funeral of Mrs. Barron.
The funeral of Mrs. w. T. Barron
took place last Wednesday afternoon
at $50 o'clock, from the Associate
Reformed church. The services were
conducted by Rev. B. H. Grier, assis
ted by Rev. DR.. J. c. Galloway. Il
was the desire of DR.. Galloway, a for
mer pastor and very dear friend of the
family, to make few personal re
marks about the deceased but before
he had proceeded very far with wha
he had to say, he was interrupted by
a circumstance that added still furthe
to the distress of the sad occasion
Miss Bessie Barron, eldest daughter o
Mr.. and Mrs. Barron swooned. Rev
DR.. Galloway at once closed the ser
vices with Psalm. The funeral wa
largely attended. Besides most of th'
leading male citizens, it seemed as
half the ladies of Yorkville were there
There were also present quite larg
number of relatives and friends of th'
family from distance.