Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-05-21
LOCAL LACONICS.
We VIII Send The Enquirer

LOCAL LACONICS.
We Will Send The Enquirer
From now until January /, 1903, for
$1.20 in advance.
The Pension Money.
OF the $S,OO1 pension money in hand
last Tuesday, Clerk Wylie now has
left $1,31S.20. All Of the checks, save As,
have been placed in the hands of the
people who are entitled to them.
Good Wheat Crop.
One Of the best wheat crops to be
seen in this section, is that on the coun-
ty home farm. The outlook is that an
unusually heavy crop will be made off
the farm this year.
About July L.
The Columbia correspondent of The
News and Courier says that the South
arn will probably take charge Of the
South Carolina and Georgia Extension
about the first Of July.
Fishing Creek Bridge.
The new bridge over Fishing creek.
At Robinson's ford, is receiving general
praise from all who have seen 1t. 1t
is a handsome structure and looks as
il 1t should stand until 1t rots down.
Although the earth approaches have
not been completed, the bridge is in
use, and the crossing Is much more
satisfactory than 1t has ever been be-
fore. .,.- ,.....
Mumps at the Chaingang.
There is an epidemic of mumps at the
chaingang. Superintendent Whitener
mentioned the matter on Monday and
said that If this disease Is contagious it
Is certainly puzzle to trace its origin.
The first Negro to develop the disease
was one who had been in Jail for fully
four months before coming to the
chaingang, and it was nearly a month
after he left the Jail before the disease
made its appearance.
Prefer Cotton Seed Meal.
1t will be remembered that we re-
Gently published a statement from the
Gastonia Gazette to the effect that a
citizen Of CASTOR had discovered that
cotton seed meal would rid Irish potato
vines Of bugs. Mr.. John Jones, sue
cessful farmer Of the Guthriesville Sec
ton, was in town yesterday and stated
that a neighbor Of his tried The Ga
zette's "exterminator," with the result
that on returning to his potato patch
the next day after putting the meal on
the vines he found the bugs eating the
meal in preference to the vines and
thriving on the change Of diet.
Probably q Relic of the Battle.
Mr.. J. Martin Hambright, who lives
In the vicinity Of Kings Mountain bat
tleground, was in Yorkville on Monday
and exhibited in THE ENQUIRER Office
an ancient buckle that was picked up
recently within 40 yards Of Ferguson's
grave, and within 40 yards Of where
the loyalist colonel was killed. The
buckle is Of brass, and may have be-
longed to a saddle girth, sword belt or
knee band. AS to that there Is no way
to determine. Neither can it be def
nitely stated that it belonged to some
participant in the famous battle. Judg-
ing from its general appearance, how
ever, and the spot where 1t was found,
this seems quite probable.
On the Road Again.
After several weeks spent making
necessary improvements on the poor
house farm and doing work in connec-
ton with the crops there, the chain
gang was transferred to the Simril hill
again on last Monday. 1t will proba-
bly, continue on the road for several
weeks now, unless something turns up
in the meantime to make its presence
more desirable elsewhere. Although,
except during the bad weather Of the
winter, when it was impossible to work,
the chaingang has been kept constant
ly busy since its location in its present
camp, 1t is fact that not more than
half Of it's time, so far, has been put on
the Yorkville and Tirzah road.
Prompted by Jealousy.
Ella Gather, Negro woman Of Beth
ell township, was committed to Jail by
Magistrate Johnson, Monday afternoon,
for a murderous assault upon Hope
Good, another Negro woman. The
Gather woman surrendered to the
magistrate. She stated her grievance
Of jealousy against Hope Good, and
then went on to describe how she went
to the home Of her rival, who lives on
Mr.. Jonn Andrew Glenn's place, and
shot her with pistol and cut her with
a razor. Both wounds were severe, and
believing that she had killed her rival,
the Gather woman said she was will
ing to submit to the law. She said also
that on leaving the house in which the
assault was made, Hope Goods brother
fired at her and she fired back at him.