Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-01-05
NOTE AND COMMENT.

The weather seems to be coming IN
chunks this season. Saturday was un-
comfortably warm and yesterday was
the coolest day Of the season.
secause this is a campaign year there
will be lots of good roads talk between
now and the last Of August; but we
are not looking for many practical re-
suits. II there is anything to be done
to the roads It must come In of years.
Mr.. Harry WyIie, Of the catawba
Power company was in Yorkville yes
terday. He says the construction force
now only wants about two weeks OF
ordinary low water to facilitate the
removal of trash and then there will
be but little further delay about turn
ing on the electric power.
So far as heard from, the wheat
crop Is not showing up yet with much
promise. The early sown wheat seems
to be at a standstill SO far as growth
is concerned, and that which was sown
as late as the latter part Of November
has hardly sprouted. The acreage Is
somewhat less than 1t was last year.
Mrs. s. J. Barry Of Yorkville r. F.
D. No. /, advertised horse for sale In
THE ENQUIRER Of last Friday. Her in
structions were to let the advertise
ment stand until further notice. A
letter from her yesterday announced
that the horse had been sold on Sat-
urday. In the same paper, Mr.. James
NJ Starr advertised a Bethesda farm
for rent and on Saturday consummated
trade for the year. People who try
it generally find that an advertisement
In THE ENQUIRER reaches the folks In
tended almost as surely as does sub
poena ticket.
Although a thief is a thief at all
times and under all circumstances, q
peculiar kind Of thief who has been
brought to the attention Of the repor-
ter quite frequently Of late and who
ought to be suppressed, Is the lap robe
thief. This thief gets in his work
whenever opportunity offers and he is
not idle for long at a time. People
who use buggies frequently, especially
the doctors, have gotten SO they hardly
dare to leave their lap robes in their
buggies at night, and the livery sta
bles are peculiar sufferers. The mys-
terious disappearance Of robes and
blankets has gotten to be a matter OF
such common occurrence as to be ac-
tually serious. The problem Is one OF
real consequence and 1t Is well for the
public to begin to take some cogniz-
ance Of 1t.
The offering Of the Craig Ormond
"B. F. Briggs place." in Bethel town
ship Is an item Of real estate news OF
rather more than ordinary interest. In
the days Of the late B. F. Briggs, this
plantation was regarded as one OF the
best and most desirable in York coun-
ty. 1t was we'll stocked, we'll managed,
the annual income was large. The
present owner has since made some
splendid crops on 1t; but because or
the low price of cotton during ten or
twelve years until recently, got behind
in payments, and because Of inability
to handle it to the best advantage has
decided to put 1t up for sale. 1t Is
noted that the upset price has been
fixed at $4,771.SS. That is only little
more than 81 an acre. The time was
when the plantation was easily worth
SIS an acre and perhaps $50. or more.
There are a good many business men
who are disposed to estimate 1t at
these figures now. 1t Is certainly