Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-02
LOCAL LACONICS.

We Will Send The Enquirer
From now until January 1, 1908. for
80 cents.
Big Haul of Carp. 4 .
Mr.. r. j. Davis, ofI.zeno, advises US
that on last Monday afternoon he
caught five carp which aggregated 50
pounds in weight.
The Last Day.
The time limits within which county
candidates must sign the pledge and
pay their assessments expires on Mon
day, August II.
Service was begun yesterday on the
following rural ro1tes: No. 3, A. J..
Mcfarland, carrier; No. T. C. H. Smith,
carrier; No. 5, John S. Jones, carrier;
No. 6, John w. Miller, carrier.
Unsold Cotton.
A local cotton buyer remarked in the
presence of the reporter a day or two
ago, that he does not know Of more
than $50 bales Of York county cotton
in the hands of the original producers.
YOrk's Corn Crop.
People from different sections of the
county seem to be agreed that York
county's corn crop Is larger and more
promising this year than they have
known for years past. The outlook is
that the county will produce more corn
than ever before in it's history.
Special Train to Greenville.
Major James F. Hart is trying to ar
range with Col. R. w. Hunt for spe-
cial train to care for the veterans who
desire to attend the Greenville reunion
from points between Camden and
Blacksburg. He is not yet certain,
however, whether he will be successful.
Dickson-Thomas. T.
Mr.. Joseph G. Dickson and Mrs.
Martha A. Thomas, were married at
the residence Of the bride in Yorkvile
last Wednesday afternoon at o'clock.
Rev. P. B. Ingraham, of Hickory
Grove, performed the ceremony. There
special friends of the bride and groom.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Dickson have many
friends in Yorkville, who will congrat-
ulate them on this happy joining of
their lives and fortunes.
Ferguson-COnnolly.
Mr.. J. Humbert Ferguson and Miss
Ella Connolly, of Chester county, were
married on last Wednesday evening.
Mr.. Ferguson is we'll known in York
willie, where he lived for several years
and has host of friends who will join
in wishing him and his bride a pleas
ant and prosperous journey through
been a citizen Of Tampa. Fla. and he
and his bride will go to that city next
week, where they will reside.
Annapolis Cadetship.
Only two young men presented them
selves at the office of Superintendent of
Education Carroll on Wednesday for
examination for the Annapolis appoint
ment at the disposal of Senator Nc
ney Ashe and Frank Latimer, both of
Yorkville. This examination was con-
Quoted simultaneously in every county
throughout the state, and the papers
have been forwarded to Prof. T.. L.
McGhee, of the South Carolina college
who will grade them in accordance with
their merit.
The Glover Mill.
The Glover Cotton mill paid another
10 per cent. dividend not long ago and
still has on hand a cash surplus oil
something like $4,000 to be used in
buying additional machinery if the di-
rectors so decide. 1t has been the pol
icy of the management of this mill to
grow and develop as rapidly as possible
on q strict cash basis. The idea OF
buying machinery with borrowed
money has been suggested at different
meetings of the stockholders: but the
directors have so far been able to dis
courage such a step.
Something Of an Artist.
A Negro named John Bird was COM
mitted to Jail last Wednesday by Magis-
trate Beckham on the charge of larceny
of live stock. The warrant was sworn
out by Mr.. John A. Neely. and from
the allegation therein it appears that
the Negro is somewhat of an artist
in his line. He is charged with having
stolen horned COW with tail, after