Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-29
LOCAL LACONICS.

ground, and it is hoped that the far
mers have taken advantage of it.
This Was Good Yield.
Rev. w. V. Moss, of Kings Creek,
reports a yield of Isl! bushels Of
wheat from six bushels sown. Alto
gether he raised 312 bushels.
From Now Until New Years.
The TWICE. .A-WEEK ENQUIRER, fill
ed with the best and most reliable
news, will be furnished from the date
of this issue until Junuary l, 1900, fol
88 cents.
Yorkville and Rock Hill.
The Yorkville and Rock Hill base
ball teams met on the local grounds
Tuesday afternoon. Yorkville won
by a score of II to 5. The attendance
was quite small.
School Enrolment.
The enrolment in the public schools
of York county for the year just closed
is $3.50 against $3.50 last year. The
per capita distribution of the 8 mil
tax will amount to $1.S0.
Favored Strip.
Mr.. M. S. Carroll reports that there
is quite an extended little strip out in
his section-the Carp neighborhood-
that has not suffered great deal by
the drought of this summer and that
the crop prospect is fine.
Will Risk 1t to the Last.
Mr.. J. w. Mcfarland said the other
day that he would continue to try to
SOW peas as late as August Is unless
he could get crop in satisfactorily be-
fore that time. Since the rain, how.
ever, he now feels more comfortable.
CIover's New Combing Machines.
Southern and Western Textile Elk.
celsior: The Clover, S. c., Cotton Man,
ufacturing company have combing ma
chimes on the way for their new mill,
and will manufacture No. 40s combed
hosiery yarn from Egyptian cotton.
Nobody Alarmed.
Only two or three people have
obeyed the water "ordinance" within
the time prescribed, and all the bal
ance are liable to fine, or service on the
chain-gang. The ENQUIRER has not
heard, however, Of any arrests.
First Cotton For Sutro.
Southern and Western Textile Ex-
celsior: A dozen bales of Egyptian
cotton are being shipped from Boston
to the new Sutro Cotton mills, York
vile, S. c., which they will spin into
hosiery yarns for S. Quihot & Son,
Amsterdam, N. Y.
Applied For Charter.
The Rock Hill Roller Mill company,
of Rock Hill, has applied for charter
to engage in the manufacture of -four,
meal, etc. The capital stock is to be
$4,000. The corporators are Sid j.
Brown, L. Earle Brown, L. G. Dob.
son, L. u. Davis.
Judgment Below Modified.
News and Courier: The following
decision has been filed in the state su.
preme court: Thomas F. Jackson ct
al. against Hugh F. Jackson ct al
Opinion by Pope, A. ]. judgment Of
circuit court modified and action re-
manded to that court for such further
proceedings as may be necessary.
Won't Pull Fodder.
The ENQUIRER has information OF a
number of farmers who propose to dis
pense with fodder pulling this year,
and who, instead, will harvest their
corn by cutting the stalks. The
scarcity of roughness is calculated to
encourage the experiment, which has
already been demonstrated to be q
success.
Piedmont and Union.
Piedmont and Union had an engage
ment to play three games of baseball
at Union. Union beat Piedmont badly
in the first two games and in the third
Piedmont failed to show up. Pre-
viously Piedmont had beaten Union
badly; but afterward the Union boys
REINFORCED themselves sufficiently to
enable them to more than get even.
Bought by j. II. McAden.
Charlotte Observer, Thursday: The
Rock Hill IS. CO. Cotton factory was
sold yesterday at public auction and
was bid in by DR.. J. H. McAden, OF
this city, for the sum of s31, 900. Char
lotte was represented at the sale by
DR.. McAden and Mr.. NJ. P. Pegram,
president of the First National Bank.
The factory was Gailt by joint stock
company several years ago. Mr.. A.
E. Hutchison was president of the
company. The factory failed six or