Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-03-07
LOCAL LACONICS.
Mr. JobnsT. Whitesides.

Mr.. John:T. whitesides.
Mr.. John IT. Whitesides died at his
home near Hickory Grove on last Sun
day morning, aged about 81 years
He leaves widow and eleven children
The funeral took place at Bullock
Creek on Monday afternoon.
winthrop's New Dormitory.
Charlotte Observer, Saturday: The
trustees of the Winthrop Normal and
Industrial College met yesterday al
Rock Hill, S. c. and accepted the plans
of Architect Frank P. Milburn, of this
city. for the new dormitory and indus
trial building. 1t will be one OF the
best equipped buildings in the SOUTH
There Was No Meeting.
The proposed adjourned mass meet
inp of farmers who desire to make
organized effort in opposition to the
fertilizer trust, was not held in York
Vile last Monday. There was a con-
siderable number of farmers in town
but the belief that anything practical
is to be accomplished by organized
opposition was not strong among them.
Large sales of fertilizers were made
during the day.
The Mule Business.
The horse and mule business, which
has been unusually, slow during the
present season, showed up much better
on Monday than before. Business was
fairly good on salesday in january
and again in February; but few buy
ers were offering cash. Now cash
seems to be much more plentiful, and
a number of sales were made here on
Monday for the currency. In fact
there we're only few time sales.
No Sales.
There were only two auction sales
of real estate advertised for Monday,
salesday for March. The case OF w.
H. Herndon VS.. R. S. Russell, was set
tied without sale. The property OF
the late J. Ed. Jefferys, on the corner
of Congress and Jefferson streets, was
to have been sold in two lots. w.
w. Lewis, Esq, agent for the owners
announced at the intended sale that
all bids would be offered and re-
ceived with the understanding that
if both lots did not bring an ag-
gregate of $1,000 there would be no
sale. This aggregate was not realized
and the property was withdrawn.
Mr.. j. Meek wh.tesides. x
Mr.. J. Meek Whitesides died at his
home near Smyrna last Saturday at
ternoon at about 5 o'clock. He had
been a sufferer from rheumatism and
in poor general health for several
wears but there was no reason to be-
lieve that his condition was at all crit
ical. His death was the result of
complications arising principally from
the kidneys and was quite sudden.
Mr.. Whitesides was in the 10th year OF
his age. He was Confederate vet
eran. and also member of the Ma
sonic fraternity. His interment took
place at Smyrna on Sunday with Ma
sonic honors. He leaves two daugh-
ters and one son.
The Oat Crop.
It is no joke about the oat crop being
in danger of the plow on account OF
the advanced price of cotton. The oat
crop has been more or less injured by
the winter weather in some sections,
and farmers who were in YorkVille
from different parts of the county on
Monday, say that the tendency to
plow up apparently injured oats and
plant in cotton rather than wait to see
what the oats are going to do, is
strong. The principal exception
from this idea seems to be the Nicely s
Creek section below Rock Hill. An
unusually large quantity of oats was
sown in that section last fall, and gen.
orally the crop was well put in. Oats
have suffered some in patches but the
farmers are represented as not being
the least excited. On the contrary
they will not increase their cotton
acreage at all on account of the in
crease in price.