Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-06-20

as perfect as if it had been made to order.
Lands are worth all the way from Sc to
SIS per acre, according to the location and
improvement and may be purchased in
any quantities. .a.sa4
There is no section of the country in
which can be found greater variety of
useful forest timber. The various kinds
of oak, hickory, short leaf pine, sycamore,
walnut, dogWood, maple, elm, poplar,
mulberry, sweet gum, black gum, ash and
cedar exist in large quantities. Any kind
of factory, the output of which requires the
use of either of these timbers, would pay,
and would doubtless be literally and SUBJ
stantially encouraged by the citizens of
the town. About the only thing in the
shape of mandatory here now is a
wagon and buggy factory, which is doing
a profitable business, despite the fact that
their operations are cramped by the want
of machinery. H...... -sats"auE
,H ..... --.. tn MINERALS. .aa7 s.i.j
While we of the outside world have
heard nothing of the minerals Of York
county. there are dollars and cents buried
IN the earth here, :whicts4svili some day
excite the wonder of the country. Gold,
iron, mica and many other minerals too
numerous to mention, abound in paying
quantities, and opportunities for the prof.
table investment of capital are .unsur-
passed. Prof. s. S. McNulty, of New
York, has given great attention to the
minerals of York county, and, at my re-
quest, has prepared an able article on the
subject, which will send you for publica-
tion in subsequent issue of the Free Press.
RAILROADS.
Yorkville has suffered in the past on ac
count of not having proper railroad facil-
tiles. The great "Three C's," or Charles
ton, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad, now
being built, will remedy this trouble, and
will doubtless give an immense impetus
to the growth and prosperity of the town
and county. This road will be almost an
air line from Charleston on the Atlantic
coast to Ashland, KY, on the Ohio river,
and will traverse York county from south
east to northwest, passing through the
town of Yorkville. It will bring the great
coal fields of Kentucky, Virginia and Ten
nessee within reach of this section, and
furnish the means of opening up and de-
veloping the exhaustless iron deposits OF
York county. 1t will give direct and rapid
communication by main thoroughfare with
Chicago, Cincinnati and all the great mar
kets of the Northwest, as well as with
Charleston and the Atlantic coast. One
road are now in operation, and work is
being rapidly pushed all along the line.
1t is being built in the most substantial
and thorough manner, and, barring acci-
dents will be completed and in running
order during the coming autumn. This
road, together with the Chester and Le-
noir Railroad, already here, will give to
Yorkville unsurpassed transportation IA
cilities and cause her to move onward and
upward with rapidity that she has not
hitherto dreamed Of "
MISCELLANEOUS. .a@
Among the other advantages and attrac-
tions of Yorkville may be noted as worthy
of especial mention neat and tasty opera
house, bank, which is provided with
ample capital and does safe { con-
servative business, two very fair hotels,
an imposing and commodious court house,
building and loan association, many
large and extensive mercantile establish
ments, and last, but by no means least,
The YoRKvILLE ENQUIRER, one of the
best county weekIies in the South, which
was founded thirty-four years ago by Il.
M. Grist and has been conducted by him
from that time until the present. He has
SlO"u RIdy III IllC SCl NlCCS duu uoS ho"
associated with him him three sons. Un-
der his management there is being pub
lished a paper that would reflect credit
upon any like community North or South.
The merchants of Yorkville are noted
for their conservatism and reliability.
Such a thing as failure in business cir
cles is unknown, and while there are no
large fortunes, everybody is solvent and
worthy of credit.
Altogether, it may be truthfully asserted
that the natural advantages and resources
of Yorkville and York county are equaled
by few sections of the South and surpassed
by none. They need men and money
men of brain and Drawn, who will come
here and 60 to work and aid in making the
red hills of the county bloom and blossom
with all the products of diversified agri-
culture-and money to invest in and de-
resources. The stranger will be cordially
welcomed and encouraged to take hold
with the people and become one of them.
He will find no barriers of cast, no bitter
ness of section. He will find no political
ostracism, no religious prejudice. He will
find county of 10000 people and a town
of 1900, in the limits of which no licensed
saloon holds open its doors. He will find
community of law and order, of sobrie-
ty and good morals and people who are
ready to extend both hands, and bid him
"Godspeed," in any effort he may make to
build up this grand and glorious section of
country. What emigrant from Europe or
the North could ask for more? I realize
the fact that it is impossible to give detail
ed information with reference to any COM
munity within the limits of an article like
this, and would respectfully refer those
who feel an interest in the subject to MIR.
Sam M. Grist, one of the hustlers of the
new South, who will cheerfully respond
to all inquiries. IL.