Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-08-06
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer
LETTER FROM ROCK HILL.

Correspondence Of the YOrkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM ROCK HILL.
Rock HILL, S. c., August 3.-The peo-
pie of this section are very much interested
in the approaching stock exhibition. A
meeting was held at this place on Saturday
to perfect arrangements for the exhibition,
and considerable interest was manifested in
the meeting. Messrs. w. b. Wilson, Jr:,
Fred. H. London, John G. Steele, w. j.
Waters and VS.. Adams were appointed
a committee to complete arrangements for
the exhibition. Persons having stock to
exhibit will be required to report their
names and list of stock proposed to be ex-
hibited to one of the above named commit
tee, or to the secretary, Mr.. J. j. Hull, on
or before Saturday, August 10Th. Entries
will be restricted to thoroughbred grade,
and such stock as has a neighborhood repu-
tation of being fine A resolution was
adopted asking all persons in York county
owning such stock to exhibit the same
A committee of three, composed OF Major
A. H. White, Messrs. w. j. Roddey and
D. P. Steele, was appointed to draft con-
stitution and bylaws, with a view to per-
fecting a permanent organization. This
committee will report at the meeting on the
day of the xhibition-September lst-at
which time all persons desirous of joining
the Association will be given an opportun-
ity. Let every farmer in York county at.
tend this exhibition, and if he has any good
stock, let him bring it. There is no entrance
fee charged and no premiums given. The
object is to let Zach one see what advance
ment his neighbor has made.
Green Barber, colored, had preliminary
hearing before Trial Justice Fewell on
Thursday last. He was charged with an
outrageous assault upon his sniece, Jane Glib
son. The evidence not being sufficient to
sustain the charge, the case was dismissed.
Jackson Stewart, colored, was also given
preliminary hearing before the same
Trial Justice. 1t seems that Jackson is re-
ligiously inclined and attended Ducthman
Creek Church on Sunday before last
He there met Edward Riddle, colored, up
on whom he drew a knife rather freely.
He failed to give the 5000 bond required,
await his trial at next term of Court, for as
sault and battery with intent to kill.
Rev. J. B. Traywick, pastor of the M. e.
Church at this place, preached the Sec
ond of the series of sermons to the young
people on Sunday night, to large and at
tentive congregation. 1t is to be regretted
that the inclemency of the weather pre-
vented a number from hearing this excel
lent sermon, as it was full of thought and
instruction for the young people.
About twenty of our citizens left this
place on Sunday last, to attend the =. s.
District Court at Greenville. Mr.. D. C.
Prof. L. Shurley, principal of Ebenezer
Academy, resumed the exercises of his
school on Monday last, with between 30 and
60 pupils.
Thirteen tickets have been sold at this place
to persons who will attend the Sixth Regi-
ment Survivors meeting at Seven Pines,
Va.
x The hands employed in Mr.. A. d. Hol-
ler's brick yard struck for higher wages on
Monday last. Failing to succeed in their
demands, all returned to their work, except
the ringleaders, whom Mr.. Holler refused
to employ any longer.
Mr.. John G. Steele says he has hen-
rooster. This remarkable fowl laid a nest
of eggs, hatched brood of chickens and
has since changed to rooster. This is
hard story, but the veracity Of MIR. Steele
cannot be doubted. HAL.
THE ERUTHERFokDToN g. GAFFNEY CITY
RAILROAD, THE MASSACHUSETTS &SOUTH-
ERN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND COL. L.
SToBo FARROW.-The long names above
have been very familiar to our people dur
ing the past twelve months, but they are to
in the future by the people of Gaffney, and
ere long will be only things of the past. 1t
does look like that such an array of names
would have insured the success of almost
any enterprise, much less the building of
little railroad 26 miles long over level
country. But big long names have accom-
plished nothing for US except the inconven-
fence of remembering them and pronounc-
ing them. 1t has been fully decided that
the railroad that was to be, Is not TO be.
Granger Goode has been Wantonly sacrlfic-
ed written contracts have been ignored
with a nonchalance that is rather amusing,
and the famous Massachusetts and South
ern Railroad Construction Company has
moved its baggage and camp equippage
with all it's fabulous millions of money to
'the other side of Jordon." Rutherford
ton our fast friend and ally, who held out
beseeching hand to us so long, and when
we grasped that hand in all the warmth of
passionate frienship and sympathy, sWore
she would be faithful even unto death, has
gone with the "millions." Col. I: Stobo
Farrow our railroad champion and hero OF
a hundred defeats, has a cosy little place in
Washington close by Uncle Sans money
bags; and we are left to fight all the rail-
road battles of the future single handed and
alone. Well, we draw a long breath and
exclaim as the parrot did when he was
hurled about three miles by an explosion
of gunpowder and fell right side up in
potato patch, "That's pretty good, I aoonler
achat Mev'U do nert" We haven't yet de-
termined whether we shall move Gaffney
across the river or stay where we are.
With our little Air Line Railroad, hoWev-
er, running eight trains by our doors every
tWenty-four hours, and with 400 square
miles of fine country around us, and the
So, 900 which the Massachusetts Construc-
ton Company didn't get for pocket change;
with our splendid schools in successful op-
Grafton, and the spires of our churches ST.
lently and steadily pointing heavenWard,
we rather think we shall stay here, at least
until "the spring time comes, gentle An
ME. e.n-Pietlnaom Inspector, Gatney city.
THE MISUNDERSTANDING Wagner,
German aged so years, was hanged at the
Ohio penitentiary, Columbus, last Friday
morning, this being the first execution un-
der the new law passed last winter, requir-
ing that all hangings in the State shall take
place within the penitentiary walls. The
execution took place at 2.30 in the morning,
there being but seventeen persons present,
all allowed by the law. The favored per-
sons were five sherifs, two newspaper men
from the county where the prisoner was
convicted, three friends of the condemned
and the board of prison managers. The
murderer was brought to the scaffold at
2.15 A. NJ, and had to be carried by the
sheriff. He begged piteously, protesting
his innocence of any; crime. When the
trap was sprung, the body shot to a stand
still and not the faintest culver of limb
ar ,,oueoln yyac noticpahe The Dhysician