Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-12
Wednesday May II, 1897.

of the exercises consisted of eloquent ad-
dresses by Rev. S. P. H. Elwell, OF
Kingstree, and Mr.. J. H. Beckham, OF
Rock Hill.
Importance of the Mills.
AS illustrating the effect of the recent
closing down of the Globe mills in Rock
Hill, one small dealer informed the re-
porter that his sales had been cut down
something like $50 or $50 a month. The
effect elsewhere, in many other lines, OF
course. is practically the same.
Believes In Advertising.
Fort Mill Times: Mr.. Sam NJ. Grist,
of Yorkville, was in Fort Mill yesterday.
Mr.. Grist is member Of the firm of
"Grist Cousins" and while talking of
advertising he said, THAT they spent one
fifth of their entire capital the first year
for advertising and the profits they made
more than doubled their original capital"
Mr.. Grist is also the representative OF the
Monarch Bicycle company for York
county.
Winthrop's Picnic.
Rock Hill Herald, Saturday: Next
Friday, May 18th, exercises at winthrop
college will be suspended in honor of the
birthday of Governor Winthrop, of Mas
sachusetts, the friend Of education for
whom the college was named. Wednes-
day, May 18th, is his birthday; but FRI
day, the l4th, is better suited for the holi-
day. A special train has been chartered,
and the faculty and students will spend
the day at Patterson Springs, 40 miles
north of here on the o. r. & c. road. 1t
has been deemed advisable to confine the
picnic party to the college community
exclusively.
Come OH, Doctor.
DIR. T. R. Carothers, of Newport, is
favorably considering the idea of locating
in Yorkville. He has travelled over four
states in search of desirable location and
has not found point which seems TO
offer more advantages than this. 1t Is to
be hoped that the doctor will not be in
duced to change his mind. The people Of
Yorkville will be glad to give him well
come, and they will take pleasure in prov
ing to him that he has made no mistake
is his estimate as to the general merits
of the community as most desirable
place of residence.
Three Pastors at Once.
There was pretty little reunion OF all
the living pastors of the Fort Mill Pres
byterian church at Fort Mill last Sunday.
The pastors are Rev. Drs. Lieper, Mack
and Thornwell, who have had charge
during the past o years. The reunion
was facilitated on account of the meeting
of the Presbyterian general assembly in
Charlotte. Drs. Lieper and Mack were
on their way to the assembly and took
advantage of the opportunity to stop over
in Fort Mill. The morning service in the
church was conducted by Rev. DIR. Leiper,
and it is the testimony of members OF the
congregation, that the venerable minister
"can preach some yet"
Wreck on the Narrow Gauge.
The northbound freight train on the
Carolina and North-W Western railroad
Captain Hamlin in charge-run into an
open switch at Filbert yesterday, Tues
day, at about IL o'clock. The train was
going at about the usual rate Of speed,
and upon meeting with the mishap'
stopped with crash, the engine careen-
ing over to one side and threatening to
roll down slight embankment. Nobody
was hurt except Negro brakeman
named Holman, who jumped from car
when the engine first commenced jolting
over the cross ties. His injuries are not
thought to be serious. At the time The
ENQUIRER went to press, it was thought
that it would be several hours before the
wreck could be cotton to rights again.
Two Fire Alarms.
The fire alarm has been sounded in
Yorkville twice during the past few
days. The first alarm was last Sunday
night, few minutes before o'clock,
and was occasioned by the burning of
SCOT in a chimney to the residence OF
Mr.. w. J. Waters. The second alarm
was sounded on Monday, at about noon,
the fire being on the roof of the Standard
Oil company's warehouse, near the o. X.
Il c. depot, and being occasioned by
spark from the engine at Messrs. Evans
& Moxon's planning mill. The reel com
panies answered each alarm promptly;
but in each case the fire had been extin-
guished before the alarm became general.
There was no appreciable damage IN
either case.
Let Us have a Library.
There is not a town of its size in the
state which has more private libraries or
finer ones than the town of Iorkville.
At least that this assertion is correct, THE
ENQUIRER has good reason to believe;
but why should we not also have public
library? Why not buy lot, erect neat,
substantial and commodious building,
and fill it with interesting and instructive
books for mutual benefit? We know OF
no more commendable work than this
that can be undertaken by the people of
Yorkville, just now, young and old, and
we believe that if the work is under
taken, it can easily be carried out. York
vile needs a library, she can get one if
she will, and by all means she should
have it.