Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-11-03
Correspondence Of the Yorkyille Enquirer.
LETTER FROM FORT MILL.

| kQKT MILL, November l.-IhlngS nave
beeH moving along very smoothly here.
Indeed, the movement is rather too smooth;
for matters have down hill tendency, and
everything seems creased for the occasion.
Work is nearly done for this season, and,
as the laborers are not all able to get to Lii
IBERIA, it is source of wonder as to what
they are to do for living. But that which
gives US more concern is, what unfortunate
people of the white race are to do for some
thing to eat and wear and-Well, paying
debts is out of the question.
The Quaker did lecture on Wednesday
night last and enlightened many as to the
religious belief and workings of that So
ciety. He is not learned nor eloquent; but
his>sfmple earnestness was impressive.
i fhat interesting social event came off
falso on last Wednesday night. Mr.. A. r.
Kimbrell, of this place, and Miss V. G..
c., were united in wedlock, at Harrison
Church in that county, by Rev. Mr.. Thomp-
son. The young couple, accompanied by
several friends, came to the bridegrooms's
fathers, near this place, where they. par
took of generous supper. They will re-
side in Fort Mill.
A new system of merchandising has
been inaugurated in the ''cut Off" For
some time past the midnight freight trains
have occasionally lost packages from the
cars. Circumstances pointed to that part OF
the railroad between here and Pineville as
the locality where the losses occurred. 1t
was found that the cars, on those occasions,
were broken into and the goods thrown out
while the train was in motion. At this
place the north-bound train waits, frequent
iy as long as an hour, for the south-bound
train to pass it. While the train is waiting
on the switch beside the depot platform the
robbers, under cover of darkness, open a
car and enter it and when travelling reopen
the doors and throw out the goods. Con-
ductor Land became tired of this amuse-
ment and started legal proceedings, by
which nine bolts of sheeting (part of mis-
sing bale) were found in the house of q
colOred man named Walter Hart. Some
other goods were found there and in Lee
Carson's house, but none have yet been
in time to avoid arrest. 1t is thought,
from what has been dropped in coversation,
and the general trend Of circumstances,
that some negroes contemplated running
cooperative store where they could 60, af-
ter times get too hard to do otherwise, and
draw supplies in proportion to the amounts
put into the stock. One negro, who was to
be one of the managers, abandoned his crop
some time since in order to attend to this
business. AS he and his coyreres are, like
other folks about here, without money, it is
suspected that the capital stock of this CO.
operative store depended on the luck the
stockholders might find on their midnight
excursions. The railroad authorities will
doubtless take steps to have the marauders
apprehended and punished; at least, they
ought.
Several of our citizens are visiting your
town at the command of the court. The
"cut off" is too fully recognized in the mat
ter of jurymen just now. ANON.
ANOTHER RAILROAD LEAsE.--The Wash
ington Post of Thursday says: 1t is report
ed here to-day that the rumored lease of
road tC the Richmond and Danville Rail-
road Company has been confirmed by the
statements made by the officers of the
company. It is said that the lease, which
will take effect November 1st, was made in
order to prevent the Baltimore and Ohio
from purchasing the Washington, Ohio
and Western road, and by extending it to
Berryvlle, make junction with the Shen-
andoah Valley road thereby getting the
Southern connection which the Rlchmond
and Danville desired to meet, as such
connection would probably affect the lat,
ter road. If the lease is made the road
will not be extended farther than it's pres
ent terminus at Round Hill. The Rich
mond and Danville road recently left two
deeds for record with the clerk of the
Corporation Court of this city, one of which
was mortgage deed of trust to the Central
Trust Co., of New York, to secure the pay
ment of s12 $780, 900 in bonds issued by the
Virginia Midland road, and the other a
lease for ninety-nine years of the Virginia
Midland road to the Richmond and Dan
Vile road. The lease was withdrawn at
the request of of Vice President Hinkoper,
shortly after it's admission, for reasons,
which were stated at the time, but it is now
believed that the lease is withheld, awaiting
the action of the directors of the Richmond
and panville Company.
MIR. Martin Bishop, worthy citizen of
Gaffney City, died on the 9th ultimo, aged
about Is years. He had been sorely affiict-