Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-01
WITHIN HI TOWN

- Master Frank Caldwell broke his
left arm Wednesday afternoon while
playing on the school grounds.
The Graded school eleven plays its
first football game Of the season this
afternoon, when they will tackle the
Fort Mill High school team on the
local gridiron.
1t has not been definitely decided
when tine postoffice will be removed to
the new room in the Mcneil building;
but it is reasonably certain that the
transfer will be completed by the 18th
instant, and probably considerably be-
fore that date.
A young lady of this town received
q letter from the dead letter office In
Washington several days ago which
she should have received at least two
weeks earlier. 1t had originally been
addressed to york, s. c." The postal
clerk who handled the letter evident
ly not knowing Of such a place the
letter was sent to Washington where
willie" was added to the York." and
the delayed mail arrived in a hurry.
Mr.. w. E. Ferguson not long ago
sold IT 1O1 cents the 900 pound bale
of cotton that he bought last fall at
10 cents. The bale lost 16 pounds in
the warehouse, and counting this to-
gether with the warehouse charges he
was the loser to the amount Of about
50. Had he held his bale to last We'd
nesday he would have made about
s12 profit. Mr.. Ferguson bought his
bale when the market price was less
than Z cents.
A collision between the automo-
biles of Messrs. J. E. Johnson and W.
ID. Thomasson on Congress street near
the residence of Mr.. ]. M. Ferguson,
created considerable excitement about
$50 Tuesday night. Mr.. Johnson was
driving his car down North Congress
street when Mr.. Thomasson drove his
car out Of an alley next to the hotel.
The two cars collided, breaking a
front wheel and doing other minor
damages to Mr.. Thomasson's machine
Be We not deceived. There is alb.
solutely nothing to that little story
which has been whispered around tt
the effect that since Judge Gary de.
clared the gallon a-month" law u
constitutional, a fellow "a order
whole barrel of beer now as often a.
he chooses instead Of the measly little
eight bottles which have heretofore
constituted a gallon. A reporter men
toned the umo to Deputy Sheriff
Quinn yesterday and that official re
piled: "Weil, I don't know whether
any one can have q barrel OF beel
delivered to them or not; but I tell you
If we hear Of any n receiving q bar
rel we will seize the shipment ant
test the matter in the courts"
A meeting Of the cotton and cot
ton seed buyers and the town council
has been called for this afternoon tc
discuss the question Is to whether the
license tax that was imposed on cot
ton and cotton seed buyers be repeal.
ed. The statute prohibits the imposi-
ton Of such a tax; but in the drawing
up Of the license ordinance, the statute
was ignored through ignorance or in.
difference. Most Of the cotton and
| cotton seed buyers have paid the tax
| Mr.. w. R. Carroll has refused to pa!
the tax and says he will not pay 1t; but
Of course he does not ARE to be pu
to the expense Of fighting the matter
through the courts unnecessarily. Al
to whether the council will recedt
from its position, and leave the cottor
and cotton seed open to free competi-
ton for all buyers. from no matter
where, as the statute evidently in
| tends, remains to be seen.