Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-12-21
LOCAL LACONICs.
An Abundance of Meat.

advantage in York county.
LOCAL LACONICs.
An Abundance of Meat.
Mr.. w. L. Plexico, Of Clay Hill, has
completed the harvest of his hog crop.
The weights Of six hogs slaughtered by
him were as follows: 405, 310 266, 260,
222, 223, the average being 2s1 pounds.
Tax Collections.
Up to Thursday morning, the total
tax collections for York county
amounted to only $2O,261.31, out Of
total Of $4,000. There were on the
book at the beginning about 1000 re-
ceipts and Of this number 2,677 have
been issued.
Neely's Creek Crops.
To illustrate the extent Of the crop
failure in the Neely's Creek neighbor-
hood, gentleman from that section a
few days ago cited the case Of Mr.. w.
S. Boyd, one Of the most energetic
farmers of that section. Mr.. Boyd, he
said, had in about 80 acres of cotton,
and in all he got only about ten bales.
The Gun Contest.
Club makers are requested to bear
in mind the fact that the contest for
the $50 Parker hammerless gun, Offer
ed for the largest club Of new sub
scribers to THE ENQUIRER, comes to
close on January Is. The clubmaker
who returns the largest club Of new
subscribers by the date indicated, gets
the gun.
Scarcity of Potatoes.
Although the sweet potato crop was
an usually large one last fall, there Is
already a noticeable scarcity of this
product. Many large producers report
the loss Of their crops by rott1ng In
the hill, and only those farmers who
have had the longest experience with
potatoes, seem to have been reasona-
bly, successful.
One More Issue.
There will be only one more issue OF
THE ENQUIRER after this one during
the year 1901. The next issue will be
that of December 25 published on the
of next Saturday will be suspended In
order to give the working staff OF the
paper a few days Of recreation. and
the date Of the following issue Will be
January l, 1902.
Rioters at the Dam.
The following prisoners-all colored-
were committed to jail last Wednes-
day on account Of the recent riot at
the works Of the Catawba Power COM
pany: Elias Herndon, Hance Brown,
Jim Pride. Along with them came Ed
Reid, charged with robbery from the
person, and Ed. Houston, under SEN
tence to serve 80 days on the chain
gang, for vagrancy.
Double Marriage Ceremony.
There is to be an interesting double
marriage at Hickory Grove on next
Thursday evening at $50 o'clock. the
brides being the two accomplished
daughters Of Rev. ]. II. Simpson. MISS
Lois Is to be married to Rev. J. r. Mil.
len, of Chester county, and Miss Lizzie
to DR.. H. E. Mcconnell, Of Chester.
The double ceremony is to be perform
ed by the father of the brides.
Injury to the Wheat.
Although it will probably be some
time yet before anything like definite
estimate can be arrived at, there is
little reason to doubt that the wheat
crop has been seriously injured by the
freeze Of the past few days. Wheat
was generally sown late IN this sec.
ton and q very large proportion OF
the crop is just sprouting-the stage IN
which it is most susceptible to injury
by the rather forward freeze. The
.it,,o+io, ,ooLo fo he u,,ite aorious. but
still there Is reason to hope that the
damage may not be as great as has
been feared.
Smallpox In Bethesda.
NM. j. Frank Ashe, Of McConnells-
IyfNe, was in Yorkville on Thursday,
and to a reporter he expressed the opin-
ion that the smallpox epidemic, which
has been raging among the Negroes,
has about come to standstill, largely
because of the general vaccination work
satisfied of the efficiency OF vaccina-
tion," said Mr.. Ashe, because of a
practical demonstration that seems to
be conclusive. In one case, before the
arrival Of DR.. Bacot, smallpox devel-
oped in house in which there were l3
Negroes and not one escaped. After
DR.. Bacot arrived, he was called to see
case in a house where there were
nine Negroes. The case had only just
developed. The doctor promptly vac
cinated all the other inmates Of the
house, and although that has been
several weeks ago, there have been no
new cases." Mr.. Ashe thinks that DR..
Bacot has done some good work. He
is also Of opinion that the chicken pox
as we'll as smallpox, Is In the commu-