Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-10-21
LOCAL LACONICS.

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Wheat Sowing From Horseback.
Supervisor Culp reports having seen
a gentleman in Fort Mill township
sowing wheat from the back of horse.
In some sections this is quite common,
and after the sower gets the proper
hang Of the trick, it is said to work
splendidly.
CoIored Teachers.
The following colored candidates for
the right to teach in the public schools
of York county, who presented them.
selves at the recent examination, have
been awarded "Second Grade B" Ger.
tifcates: J. C. White, Aida Hall,
Mamie Hill, Pearl Beatton, John Ray,
r. w. Nance, Rachel Clinton.
by York County Author.
Greenville Times: CHM & Co., of
Boston, is getting out an excellent sup.
plement to the South Carolina edition
of its geography. 1t divides the state
into two sections, coastal and pied
mont. 1t is one of the best yet writ
ten. Prof. Thompson, of Rock Hill, is
the author.
After Campaign Funds.
The Republicans of Ohio are evil
IDENTIFY hsrd up, or badly scared. They
are scraping the country with fine
tooth comb for campaign funds and are
even trying to assess Democrats. A
certain county postmaster showed the
reporter few days ago a circular let
ter, he had just received from "W. F.
Burdell, Treasurer of the Ohio Repub-
lican executive committee" with head
quarters at Columbus. The circular
represented that the party needed
help and called upon the postmaster
for a contribution. 1t is possible that
Burdell is only private swindler, op-
Grating on his own responsibility in
stead of in behalf of the party but
whether or not, he slips up in suppos-
ing that there is any hope of. getting
contributions for Republican uses from
Democratic postmasters in this section.
Quite an Object Lesson.
An agricultural implement dealer
from Lincolnton, NC, was in York
vile few days ago, and in CONVERSE
ton he told little story which seems
to be full of significance. He said that
up to some ten years back the farming
interests around his section were as
prosperous as anybody could reasona-
bly, wish. There came upon the peo-
pie cotton planting epidemic, and it
affected pretty nearly the whole coun-
try. Many farmers gave their entire
attention to cotton, leaving the matter
of supplies entirely out of the question.
After few years several had lost their
farms and others were burdened with
heavy mortgages. Then there was
return to wheat, oats, clover, corn and
cattle. The effect has been as gratify-
ing as the first change was disastrous
Most of the mortgages have been paid,
and a large per cent. of the farmers are
making money now almost as rapidly
as they lost it before. They are all
convinced that they must raise their
supplies before they can hope to make
money.
The Widows Chain.
The story of the golden chain sent
anonymously by Walterboro widow
to Epworth orphanage is already
known to the readers of THE ENoUIR-
Err. The chain was mailed to Mr..
Wadden with the information that it
had been valued by a jeweler at $50,
and asking that it be sold and the pro-
ceeds devoted to the orpbanage. Mr..
H. C. Strauss, of Yorkville, bought the
chain on the credit of Trinity Sunday
school. The Sunday school raised the
money and instructed Mr.. Waddell to
return the chain to the donor when he
should be able to learn her identity.
Others followed Mr.. Strauss's example
until the proceeds from the chain
amounted to 1910, more than three
score times its original value. In the
meantime every effort was being made
to discover the identity of the widow.
One of the teachers at the orphanage
went to Walterboro, and after great
deal of quiet detective work settled
down on Mrs. Sellers and made her
"own to the deed" So well had she
kept her secret that her own daughter
was ignorant of her competition with
the matter. The chain has been re-