Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-08-19
Saturday, August 10, 1899.

and the C. & NV. shipped 1888
bales. These figures, of course, do
not include the cotton handled by
Yorkville buyers at neighboring rail-
road points. From the best informa-
ton obtainable, local buyers handled
altogether during the past season more
than $4,000 bales, breaking all pre-
vious records.
The Cotton Market.
The price of new cotton on the
Yorkville market has not yet, OF
course, settled down to anything like
q definite basis. Old cotton is worth
6 cents, and at this season is reckoned
as being worth about one-half cent
more than new cotton, which, there
fore, ought now to be worth 81 cents.
A Splendid Record.
A dispatch of Wednesday to the
Charlotte Observer says that the
Clover Cotton mill has paid to its
stockholders during the past year a
dividend of Al per cent, including e
per cent. in cash. This payment COM
pletes the return to the original stock
holders all of their original invest
ments. The additions now being
made to the plant will, when COM
pleted, make it three times its original
size.
The Grape Crop.
Along with the good, bad and indif,
ferent crops this year, the grape crop
is the only one that seems to show up
as a uniform success. So far as the
reporter has information, the grape
yield is generally good !; but the finest
and most prolific crop that has been
called to his attention is to be seen on
an arbor in Captain E. A. Crawfords
garden. The grapes are of the COM
mon Catawba variety, the best and
most delicious, many people think,
that has ever been known in this sec.
ton. The vines hang thickly with
large, perfect clusters, and the sight is
a most interesting one.
Within an Hour.
A lost fan was advertised for in the
last issue of The ENQUIRER. The
fan had been lost while the owner was
on the way to church. 1t was of con-
siderable value to the owner, and
friends Immediately posted notices in
public places. Then an advertisement
was inserted in The ENQUIRER.
Within an hour after the first paper
was off the press, gentleman tele-
phoned this Office to notify the owner
that the fan was in his possession.
The posted notices, which of course
had only been put up in the hope that
they might accomplish the desired re-
suit the sooner, had been overlooked
but the advertisement struck the right
place almost instantly.
It Is Sale.
The sale of the Carolina and North
Western railroad is now settled fact
with everybody thoroughly agreeable
and no friction. The securities depos
tied by Messrs. White & Elliott in the
Exchange Bank of Chester, include
1904 shares of stocks and bonds to the
par value of s233, 500. On these
securities the New York parties have
paid in cash 10 per cent. of the pur'
chase price agreed upon. The securi
ties designated include all the holdings
of Major G. w. F. Harper, who turned
them over to the pool without word
of protest, and the directors of the
road have confirmed all the proceed
ings. As already stated, the terms o.
the agreement provide that the pur'
chasers shall have possession of the
property so soon as they pay in so pei
cent. of the purchase price. The dea
is the largest that has ever been known
in this part of the state. The pur
pose of the purchasers, so far as any
information THE ENQUIRER is able tc
obtain, is still purely matter of spec
ulation.
THE TIIsZAH CANIPMEETING.
Notwithstanding an incomplete pro
gramme, the absence of the dispensary