Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-07
ESTABLISHED 1855
SHARON news LETTER
HuStliRg Town Would Have Double
Telephone Line to YOrkViIle.
SETS PACE As A seed MARKET

Cases of Flu in Community-Cotton
Almost pone-Loeal People Have
Electric Lights and Running Water.
Sharon Nov. 6-Some Sharon busin-
ess men are agitating the matter Of Sc
curing double telephone line between
Sharon and Yorkville. The need for
such line they say is great now and
is growing more so every day. Sharon,
be it known. is rapidly coming to the
front, more and more every day as one
of the business markets Of trade in
the county and more means of COM
munication with the county seat is a
necessity. The single telephone line
beween Sharon and Yorkville is ring
ing with myriads of messages from
morning until night and oftentimes it
is simply an impossibility for the eff
cient Sharon central" Mr. J. NJ. Plax-
leo, to render the quick service that he
would like to render because Of the fact
that the local office has not the equip
ment. Sharon business people and peo-
pie generally are very much concerned
over the matter and it is not unlikely
that an effort will be made to get an
additional line.
Ginners Get Breathing Spell.
Sharon ginneries which have been
busy almost day and night since the
cotton opened nearly couple Of months
ago are now getting breathing spell.
Indeed it amounts to almost COM
plete vacation with no prospect of re-
turning to hard and prosperous work
because the fact of the matter is that
the great bulk of the cotton crop in
the Sharon country has been gathered
and ginned. During the past week or
so hardly more than twenty or twenty
five bales Of cotton have been coming
to Sharon to the gins each day and
there have been days when there were
not so many. While a larger number
of bales have been sold on the market
up to date than up to the same date
last year perhaps, not all of this years
crop has been sold for 40 cents didn't
bring as much into the market as some
people expected. There is lot of cot
ton in this section which is still being
held for any price that the owners
might some day decide to sell it for.
Sharon Seed Market.
Sharon's cotton seed market con-
tinues to lead the county and some of
the local buyers predict that the price
is going much higher yet. For several
days past the market quotation has
been S1,25 bushel; but last Tuesday
one of the buyers raised to $1.2S and of
course the others had to trail right
along. Hundreds Of bushels of seed
have been sold on the Sharon market
this season and more cotton seed
money has been spent in Sharon this
year than cotton money has been spent
in some years in the past decade.
Flu In Sharon Community.
There are several cases Of flu in
Sharon and the Sharon section accord
ing to a local physician and there are
so many people who are suffering with
bad colds that number Of these too
firmly believe that they have the flu
also. Several persons put to bed by
a bad cold have been reported as Ill
with influenza which report is all an
error. Nevertheless there are several
who are really i'll with the malady that
caused so many deaths in this section
along about this time last year. So far
all cases of the geunine malady that
have been reported are of mild type
and there are no indications that the
malady is going into the epidemic
stage. Bad colds are usually numer-
Gus. though, and the people who sell
salyes and other preparations guaran-
teed to cure anything from spinal men
ingitis to a pain in the little Toe of the
left foot have been doing a thriving
business.
Liahts and Water.
Sharon is rapidly becoming Il town
with electric lights and running water
In its homes and stores despite the fact
that the Catawba Power company upon
which many towns in this section de-
pend upon for Juice" hasn't seen lit
to seek new business in this field. Sew
eral local people have recently INSTALL
ed lighting and water plants of their
own and one enterprising business man
is making arrangements to put in
lighting system with which he pro-
poses to light not only his own place
but several other business houses
across the street.
Pastor for All Time.
Sharon people are delighted at the
prospect of the congregation of the A
r. P. church securing the pastoral ser
vices of Rev. E. E. Hunter for all his
time. Since coming to Sharon several
wears ago Rev. Mr.. Hunter has been
dividing his labors between the local
congregation and the Tirzah A. K. +.
congregation. TirZah is making ar
raneements to employ pastor for all
Eis time and Mr.. Hunter is to remain
here. Mr. Hunter is regarded here as
a powerful influence in the religious
moral social and civic progress not
only of the town but the community
surrounding and people here feel that
be will he of still greater benefit to the