Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-16
WITHIN THE TOWN.

TwrrHIN THE TOWN.
The South Carolina and George Ex-
tension railroad depot Is still in process
of construction. It will be a neat
building when finished, but quite small.
In addition to their growing retail
business, Messrs. Lowrance, Williams
& Co., are arranging to engage more
extensively in wholesaling.
j. J. Keller & Co., have an advan-
tage over all other users Of steam in
the town, in that the shavings from
their planers supply all the fuel they
renuire for their boilers.
The towns rock crushing outfit has
been recently painted to protect it
from the weather. There being no i'm
mediate prospect Of wearing it out, the
council has very properly determined
mat it>shall not be allowed to rust out.
)Feople who live out on the Charlotte
road are making complaint of the
dreadful condition of the street" after
they strike the corporate limits Of the
town. One man who lives nearly four
miles from Yorkville, told the reporter
a few days ago that it required more
effort to travel the distance between
the mile post and the Narrow Gauge
railroad, than to travel the other three
miles.
~ The electric lights have been very
satisfactory during the past two weeks.
The manufacturers Of the dynamo sent
an expert here recently to see what was
the matter with the machine. He found
for one thing that it had been speeded
too high. He found also that certain
adjustments had been made improper
j. These troubles were corrected, and
the good results referred to have fol-
lowed.
Cardoza Hampton, local Negro,
who has a considerable local reputa-
ton as a blind tiger and gambler, was
arrested by Constable Scoggins on
Monday, and on being taken before
Magistrate Sandifer was released on a
5000 bond. He put up the amount in
cash. Subsequently Constable Scog-
gins re-arrested Hampton on a second
charge Of violation Of the dispensary
law, and committed him to Jail. Janu-
ary 18 has been fixed for preliminary
hearing.
Prof. Meehan's school of trained
dogs will be the attraction at the opera
house tomorrow, (ThursdaD night
The professor has a class Of 20 CANNES
that have been taught to do all manner
Of remarkable and funny tricks, and
.lis show has been well received wher-
ever ne has been. Some Of the more
clever animals waltz, cake-walk and
skip the rope. "Dan," the acrobat, is
credited with the ability to turn ten
complete backward somersaults in six
seconds; and Mark" greyhound that
is exhibited free on the streets during
the afternoon, is claimed to be the
highest leaper in the country. The en-
tertainment includes a murder, trial,
conviction and execution, all by dogs,
and also a realistic prize fight with
gloves. The show lasts about an hour
and a half. It promises to be a rare
treat to the children and older people
will also find it very entertaining.
AS the result of widespread agi-
tation in 1891, quite number Of people
in this locality became much inter-
ested in pecan culture, and many
trees were set out in and around
Yorkville. Some Of these trees have
not not done much good; but a
majority Of them have been maturing
in a very satisfactory manner and are
now bearing fruit. Mrs. T. B. McClain
has several fine trees in her garden.
From one of these she gathered the
past fall more than peck Of fine nuts
and from another almost a peck. The
nuts from the first tree referred to are
of unusually large size-larger than the
largest that are usually brought to
Yorkvile for sale. The fruit of the Sec
ond tree, though not quite so large as
that Of the first, is of the paper shellva-
riety and Of excellent flavor, equal to
the finest to be found anywhere. TAX
en- altogether the trees have come fully
up to expectations, and the probability
is that within few years more York
county pecans will be quite common.