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

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Tho plant of the Catawba Power
company now lacks only few weeks
Of completion. The construction OF
lines for the transmission of power has
been commenced.
The Books of the county auditor
were opened today for the reception OF
tax returns. Auditor Williams went up
to Glover this morning and will be
there through tomorrow. He will be
In Yorkville Monday, salesday for jan
uary.
A correspondent of the Fort Mil
Times nominates Representative ]. r.
Halle for state senator, vice ]. S. Brice,
whom the correspondent assumes will
not be a candidate again. Mr.. Brices
friends generally understand that he
will be a candidate for reelection.
There were no freight trains on the
C. & NV. railroad today and the un-
derstanding Is that there will be none
tomorrow. The railroad people are
shifting their trains in order to have
them in readiness for the change OF
schedule that goes into effect next
Monday.
Several patrons Of THE ENoUIRERs
advertising columns have had the kind
ness this week to advise the manage
mept that they have realized highly
satisfactory returns from their. re-
spective outlays, and we have no hes
itation in saying that such. acknowl-
edgements are highly gratifying.
Messrs. J.. Warren PursIey and w.
D. Brown have about completed ar
rangements for the opening Of an old
fashioned tannery on R. F. D. No. 1.
They intend to tan hides on shares and
see what they can do in the way OF
turning out some honest leather. The
enterprise is an important one and 1t
should succeed.
Tax paying has been progressing
nicely during the past week and the
treasurer has taken In quite a large
proportion Of the sum that was still
behind at the last report. The office
was pretty we'll crowded during the
most Of the time yesterday, and Treas
urer Neely and his assistant, Mr.. ]. B.
Pegram, were quite busy. The time in
which taxes could be paid without
penalty came to an end yesterday.
During the month Of January pen
atty Of 1 per cent attaches.
The mule market promises to be
livelier than usual this season. 1t has
already opened up that way, and the
conviction is general that develop
ments UP to this time are hardly an
introduction to what will be expert
enced later on. The keynote to the sit
uation Is the present price Of cotton
and the reasonable presumption that
good prices will prevail next fall. Far
mers feel more encouragement to un-
dertake the making Of crops. Mules
are high as compared with prices sew
eral years ago; but cheap as COM
pared with the price Of cotton. The
fact is pretty generally realized; but
there is a disposition to assume that
the other fellow does not appreciate 1t.
A colloquy between a local stock deal
er and a prospective purchaser Of
mule a few days ago illustrates this
fact. 1.-TWO hundred dollars Is too
high for that mule. could never get
1t out Of him." argued the prospective
purchaser. 1.-TWO hundred dollars is
not as high as $3.50 would have been
year before last" asserted the dealer.
"Yes, 1t would be cheap at present
prices" replied the prospective pur-
chaser; "but you do not know what
cotton will be worth next fall. 1t
might be down to 6 cents again." It'll
tell you what I'll do," replied the deal
er. "Pll sell the mule for 5000 paya-
BILE in cotton next fall at cents
pound" That argument was unan-
swerable and the trade was consum-
mated on a basis Of cash. For num-
Der Of years past up to and including
last year, the business Of this section
both mercantile and agricultural was
on very conservative lines; but there
Is quite a general disposit IN on the
part Of all kinds Of people to become
more speculative, and the outlook Is
that the element Of confidence will en-
ter more largely than usual into next
years transactions.