Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-20
WITHIN THE TOWN.

1o"N
The members of the bar are busy
getting ready for court.
There are more travelling men to
be seen in YorkvilIe than at this time
last year.
The tiger business is f1ourishing
about as usual-picking up rather than
losing ground.
The sales Of furniture are unusually
large for this season Of the year. To
mention a better sign Of good times
would be difficult.
The Carolina and North Western is
still running on schedule. The South
Carolina and Georgia Extension is
backsliding little occasionally.
John R. Hart, Esq, found the point
er dog he advertised Wednesday. A
Negro in the lower end Of town had
gotten possession Of the dog and tied
1t up.
If the police will take census OF
the people who do not carry concealed
pistols, it will probably be easier to de-
termine who are violating the law on
this subject.
The Negro, Brice, who shot another
Negro named Rawlinson in the York
Brick Works enclosure last Sunday, did
not go to the chain gang. His fellow
laborers Clipped in and helped to pay
his fine.
We have seen a copy Of Mr.. Elders 8
map Of Yorkville. The map shows
streets, railroads, streams. distances.
1t is well executed, and those who
know how to appreciate such things
will find a copy a convenient thing to
Lave handy.
Mr.. II. G.. Strauss said Thursday
afternoon that Wednesday was the
busiest day Of the season so far. At
times his statesmen were unable to wait
on the trade. He sent a wagon load of
bundles to the trains, for customers
who had come from out Of town by rail.
The cotton sales have been larger
here up to date than for several years
past. The circumstance is due to the
good prices that are being paid, and
the good prices are probably due in a
measure W lllS ldCl lIldl llllS llCdo-
quarters Of cotton men who have a
large number of buyers scattered over
the country.
The first frost of the season appear
ed on Thursday morning. 1t was not
heavy enough to kill great deal of
vegetation; but it was frost. Believers
in the katydid reports its first notes
as having been heard from July % all
the way back to June %. The under
standing is that frost should appear
within 80 days after the katydid an
nounces his presence.
The graded school conditions COM
planned Of in Rock Hill, do not exist
here in the same form. There. it seems,
that tuition is charged in all the grades,
and this appears to be unconstitution-
al. Here the trustees charge tuition
after the pupil passes the sixth grade,
and enters into studies beyond the free
school requirements. It is presumed
that by this time the pupil has passed
the free school age, and has no further
right to demand free tuition. If the
pupil, however, does demand free tut
ton on the ground Of not having pass
ed the age limit, the trustees have
merely to keep him or her in the sixth
or a lower grade. This is generally be-
Heved to be lawful. In addition to tut
tion in the higher grades, the trustees
require small contingent fee of 10
cents per month from each pupil,
whether above or below the sixth grade.
AS to the constitutionality of this prac-
tice they are not sure; but they are
sure Of the necessity for the money.
It is used to pay the janitor, furnish