Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-19

dents enjoyed the trip very mucn
but the local young men claim, and
probably with no little truth, that the
enjoyment was not nearly so great as
it would have been had there been a
party of boys along.
Steele Did Not Die.
Will Steele, the Negro who was shot
by Will Erwin on Mr. B. F. Rawlin-
sons place, on Sunday Of last week, is
now thought to be out of danger.
Erwin was before Magistrate Sandifer
on Monday with an application for
bail; but on account of the absence of
positive information as to Steele's con-
dition, the magistrate declined to take
action.
Standard Mill In Trouble.
Charleston Post, Monday: An ap-
plicalion for receiver of the Standard
Cotton mills, of Rock Hill, was made
in the United States circuit court this
afternoon. The petition was filed by
Messrs. Allen J. Green and Fred T.
Lockhart, representing A. A. Clip
stein, of New York, who supplied
chemicals, etc., to the mills and has
not been paid for them. The motion
will be heard within the usual 20 days.
The Kings Mountain Road.
"Pike" in Rock Hill Herald, Satur-
day: I found the Kings Mountain
road rougher than have ever seen it
at this season of the year, on the por-
ton worked by the convicts, and no
amount of travel will ever make it
smooth without some other agency is
employed. The same thing is true of
the Saluda road. 1t is folly and more
than folly to try to build public high
ways out of red clay. The more of it
you put in the road the worse the road
will get.
Looking to Future Sport.
Messrs. w. D. and James F. Glenn
have received trio Of English ring
necked pheasants, which they ordered
recently for breeding purposes. The
birds are now to be seen in wire net
enclosure in Mr.. w. D. Glenn's front
yard. They will be kept here for
sometime, probably until they hatch
out at least one brood. 1t is the pur-
pose of Messrs. Glenn, however, to, if
possible, secure hunting rights on q
large tract of land, including several
adjoining plantations, and stock the
same with pheasants for shooting pur-
poses.
Committed to Jail.
Bob Davis, colored, was committed
to jal! last Saturday to await trial on
the charge of assault. He is being
prosecuted by his wife. John Ander-
son, also colored, was committed on
the same day. on the charge of having
borrowed a horse without permission
of the owner. The prosecutor is Mr..
w. H. Stewart, Of Rock Hill. Ander-
son says he only had the horse about
two hours, and on this account thinks
his otfense is of but small Importance.
Under the statutes, however, he is
liable to prosecution for larceny of
live stock.
Mr.. Poag and His Sheep,
81 assess you 81 to pay postage on
the answers to all the letters 1 am
getting on the sheep question:" said
Mr.. J. Edgar Poag to the reporter on
last Saturday. The remark was occa-
stoned on account of the numerous
letters Mr.. Poag is receiving as the
result of his recent statement as to
the large per cent. of profit to be
derived from sheep raising. The state
ment was republished from THE EN-
oUIRER in other papers, and, as the
result, Mr.. Poag is getting all kinds of
letters from all kinds of people, and
he thinks that if be is to be required
to answer them, the reporter who got
him into trouble should at least pay
the postage.
Colored Bicycle Race.
The young Negro bicycle riders gave
a racing exhibition on the track of
the Rock Hill Athletic club last Fri.
day afternoon. Quite a number of
white wheeimen went out to see the
fun, and a member of the club de-
scribes it as rich. He was especially
amused at the initiative genius of
some of the black riders in being pro-
vided with "trainers," as is the Gus.
tom of the white boys, and having
those trainers to lug to the track on
their shoulders creaky old secondhand
wheels, weighing anywhere from 40 to
60 pounds. Several of the contest
ants, however, had frst-class light
racing wheels, hired for the occasion,
and they made remarkably good time.
The collision and fall from their wheels
of two of the riders, made an interest
ing event. The reporter was unable
to get full information as to details.
All Of Which Is True.
"Little as you think of it," remarked
one of Yorkvile's livest and most en-
terprising business men to a reporter
for THE ENQUIRER the other day,
"Yorkville is the most desirable town
in the whole state in which to live,
and people generally are beginning to
recognize that fact. Such improve.
ments as we have seen fit to make 80
far, are exactly along the right line.
Our waterworks not only give US
practical assurance against heavy loss
from fire, and save the stocks of the
business houses from the damage Of
dust in the summer time; but also
confer other benefits too numerous to
mention. Our splendid system of
shade trees everywhere, confers pleas
ures and comforts which are the envy
of our neighbors. Our streets, which
are already irstclass, as compared with
those of most of the surrounding
towns, are being steadily improved.
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