Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-06
LOCAL LACONICS.

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LOCAL LACONICS. .r
Colored Teachers.
The following Negro applicants who
applied at the recent examination for
certificates to teach in the public
schools, have been awarded second
grade "b" certificates: Peter Belton,
VIM. Beltor. Eli Crosby, Mamie Hill,
Caroline Joiner, T. M. Johnson, Sylvia
Wheeler, Ellen Wright.
.Dyath of Mrs. sherrer.
A phone message from Sharon yes
terday announced the sudden death OF
Mrs. Katie Sherrer wife Of Mr.. John
Sherrer, of Bullock's Creek. Death oc-
Cured at about daylight, and was pre-
ceded by an illness of only few min
utes. Mrs. Sherrer was about 80 years
Of age. She was q sister Of Messrs T.
L., r. NJ, ]. W., Daniel and Elzaphan
Carroll. She leaves only one child,
Mrs. Kelly Inman.
A Youthful Burglar.
A little Negro boy, aged about IL or
IA years, was arrested near Sharon on
Monday. for the robbery Of the store
of Tim Sadler, at Guthriesville. about
Christmas. 1t seems that the boy stole
quite a number of articles and hid
them in the woods. He had tobacco.
snuff, cigars, thread, backing, corn
salve, baking powder, etc. His detec-
ton came about through his offer to
sell lU-pound caddy Of tobacco. All
the articles were found where the boy
had hidden them. They aggregated In
value some SIS or $40. 1t developed that
the boy had an ambition to be q mer-
chant and this was the method he
adopted to accumulate stock Of goods.
Tho Yarn Market.
1T is Impossible to state the exact
causes Of the present depression in the
yarn market, for there are so many
conditions that we are unable to take
them into full consideration" The
speaker was a well informed local
manufacturer. He continued: Zone Of
the troubles is the unsettled state OF
affairs in China. The situation there
has probably been more disastrous In
it's effects than any other cause. There
are quite a number Of mills both North
and South, that have been manufac-
turing exclusively for the China trade.
Since the Boxer outbreak and the en-
suing complications, the Chinese trade
has been utterly demoralized, and
these mills have been trying to make
expenses by devoting themselves to the
production Of yarn. They have helped
to glut and overstock the market"
Kerr's Stable Burned.
Rock Hill special of Sunday to the
Charlotte Observer: Kerr's livery sta
BILE on Hampton street, was destroyed
by fire this morning. The Negro hands
were busy feeding the stock when. the
fire was discovered, and the alarm was
quickly responded to. The buildings.
one horse, a considerable amount Of
feed and buggy fixtures were burned.
The building was the property Of Mrs.
David Gordon and was insured. 1t
was due to the splendid work Of the
fire department and the. efficiency Of
Rock Hills new waterworks that the
fire did not spread. The dwelling house
occupied by Mr.. VIII Hope, stands
within 30 feet Of the stable site, and
though one side and the roof were
charred, the house did not burn. All
losses are covered by insurance. Rock
Hill has had quite a run Of fires this
year. In fact there has been four good
sized ones during the past two weeks.
Story Of Cherokee Chicken.
Engineer Lee, of the South Carolina
and Georgia Extension railroad, had
quite a race after chicken Sunday.
He jumped the fowl just out of Blacks
burg and caught 1t in Rock Hill. Here
is the way it happened: Just as the
train was going out Of Blacksburg, a
frightened chicken, that attempted 10
cross the track ahead of the engine,
alighted on the pilot and stopped there.
After awhile Mr.. Lee decided that he
may as we'll have that chicken as not,
so he crawled out to the pilot and
made a grab for 1t. AS Mr.. Lee grab
bed, the chicken darted down under
meath the engine, leaving in his hands
a bunch of tail feathers. Mr.. Lee
crawled back into his cab and thought
no more Of the matter. While oiling
his engine at Rock Hill, he was sur
prised to see the chicken again, sitting
upon truck, to all appearances in as
good trim as ever, except that it was
minus tail. This time he approached
with more caution and was successful
in landing his game. Mr.. Lee turned
the fowl over to train hand; but as
to whether the trainhand carried it
back to Cherokee and turned 1t loose at
the point where 1t first got on the en-
gine, does not go as a part Of this
story.