Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-09-05

tention to Yorkville, and the York
Vile people can best take care OF
themselves by having a system Of
their own.
The statement Of Yorkville's two
banks, showing deposits to the amount
of $252,5O9.7S and loans and discounts
to the amount of $2S5,010.S4, Is
something of which the people OF
Yorkville and community have a
right to be proud. 1t is at least
source of qualification. 1t has only
been a few years since the one bank
here found It difficult to show de-
posits of as much as $4,000 at this
season of the year, and the increase
from last year is more than the to-
tai was a few years ago. Yorkville
is making remarkable strides both
commercially and industrially, ana
the promise Of the future was never
brighter.
The cotton receipts Of Yorkville
during the year closed September 1
were larger by several thousand bales
than for any previous year In the his
tory Of the town. At the request OF
THE ENQUIRER Mr.. ]. A. Latta put
himself to considerable trouble to get
up accurate figures, and he makes the
total receipts of wagon cotton 1902
bales. In addition to this Yorkville
buyers bought at nearby points and
had shipped to thfs place and else
where by rail, 1850 bales making a
grand total Of 1892 bales. AS a mat
ter of recollection we would say that
the largest amount Of cotton bought
from wagons by Yorkville buyers dur
ing any previous year was 10000 bales
This was previous to the building OF
the Three Cs railroad.
Mr.. w. F. Bray has resigned his
position as agent Of the Southern rail-
road at Yorkville and has been sue
ceeded by Mr.. E. T. Ponder Of Cataw-
ba Junction. The Southern has been
having a lot of trouble keeping an
agent at Yorkville and from the best
information obtainable the trouble Is
because of too much work for too little
pay. Mr.. A. 8. Clark, who was most
capable agent gave up the place sim
ply because he found II physical i'm
possibility to attend to the duties. Mr.
Clarence Hobbs also failed to measure
up to requirements. Mr.. Bray has the
reputation of being able to do an ex-
traordinary amount Of station work In
given time; but after giving this
place fair chance he frankly confess.
ed that 1t was too much for him. The
trouble Is the increasing amount OF
freight and the inconvenient location OF
the freight depot. The railroad people
probably think they are paying the
agent here as much as they can afford
In propotion to the amount Of busi-
ness that is being done; but they might
do we'll to give the whole subject
thorough investigation.
-Messrs. Thompson Company Of Cas-
tonia have leased the O'Leary building
and will go into It as soon as 1t Is COM
pleted. In the meantime they will oc-
cupy the w. C. Latimer store room on
South Congress street. Messrs. Thomp-
son Company have for some time been
looking about for a new location and
have carefully considered the merits
of all the towns Immediately surround
ing. They were satisfied beyond
doubt that the present condition and
future prospects Of Yorkville were su-
perior to any town In this locality and
promptly decided upon this location
| The most serious drawback was the
fact that no desirable storeroom was
obtainable. There Is no reasonable
probability Of the completion Of the
O'Leary building for six weeks or two
months yet, and the newcomers could
not afford to wait so long They were
determined also not to be driven away
from such opportunity by anything
like this, and they made arrangements
whereby they will occupy the LatimeI
room until their own spacious quarters
are completed Mr. Thompson was ir
town yesterday making final arrange
ments. and leaves for the northern
markets at once.