Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-12-12

an idea of the prices that should be
paid. Although, as he says, he has not
itemized his stock, he has given enough
to give pretty good idea Of the wide
range Of variety that he has to
offer. Mr.. H. c. Strauss also makes
some announcements of unusual inter-
est. This, however, Is only in pursu-
ance of his established custom. He be-
lieves in telling the people what he
has and keeping them informed in
their homes Of all the dry goods and
notions news in which they are likely
to be interested. He has done a lot of
this kind Of work in the last dozen
years, and his efforts have been Of un-
told practical benefit to the shoppers Of
York county.
AS matters now stand, 1t Is reason
able to assume that the people Of York
vile will not be subjected to any trou-
BILE on account of the recent decision Of
Judge Klugh in the Rock Hill graded
school case. The Yorkville conditions
are not Identical with the Rock Hill
condition, and Judge Klugh's order
with reference to Rock Hill, cannot be
made to apply to Yorkville. The only
point upon which trouble can be made
Is that 10 cents per capita per month
charged against pupils in the Yorkville
school. To test the matter would cost
about $25-not less than that sum. If
the decision should go against the trus-
tees, then they could run the school as
long as the public money would allow
as a free school, and make up the diff
ference with pay school. This would
make those pupils who had declined to
pay the 10 cents month pay a great
deal more for the extra month or two.
If they failed to pay, they would fall
behind their classes and be subjected
to a considerable disadvantage. This
Is the way a gentleman who Is thor
oughly acquainted with the situation,
but who Is not directly connected with
the board, sizes up the matter He
speaks Of other expedients also that are
just as practicable, and he makes it
very clear that our people will do we'll
to let well-enough alone.
The town council has under consid-
Grafton the fire-cracker question. It
has come up on complaints from citi-
zens who have been annoyed and, as
they believe, endangered by the pro-
miscuous explosion Of fireworks about
town by small boys and others. Some
of the fire-crackers being offered are
as powerful as dynamite cartridges and
caluculated to shatter window glass
and crockery in the vicinity of the
point where they explode. 1t Is these
especially that alarm the more nervous.
The council has had the matter up, but
it failed to take action. There are sew
eral considerations. 1t Is remembered.
among other things, that some 10 or 10
years ago an effort was made to sup
press the fire-cracker flends by ordi-
nance. The result was general upris-
ing or young men and older men who,
filled with whisky, overrode the ordi-
nance and instituted reign Of anar-
chy. It was more or less good natured:
but all the same the uprising was eff
fective. The flre-cracker nuisance was
aggravated tenfold, and the police were
powerless to suppress it. Recollection
Of this incident figures now to some ex-
tent. The fact that dealers have al
ready laid in large stocks Of fire-crack-
ers, for retail purposes, is also consid-
cred. An ordinance to suppress the
sale Of flrecrackers at this time would
be somewhat OF a hardship on these
dealers. The council, however, is still
deliberating on the matter and will
probably take final action within the
next feW>days.