Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-02-23
ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS.
Piedmont Tobacco Works Destroyed-rhe
Case of Miss vessie Poag-Captain Dick

Piedmont Tobacco Works Destroyed-Ths
Case of Miss vessie Poag-Captain Dici
at the Armory.
Correspondence Of the Yorkyille Enquirer.
Rock HILL, February 2.-The Pied
mont Tobacco works were destroyed bJ
fire last Friday morning, shortly aftel
5 O'Clock. Nothing Of value was saved
except some articles OH the lower floor
including the safe, books, and some
papers. The loss was in the neighbor
hood of $4,000, on which there was in
surance to the amount of $500. There
is strong suspicion that the fire wa:
of incendiary origin. The understand
ing is that the building will be rebuilt
and operations resumed as soon as prac
ticable. A tenement house owned by
Major A.. H. White and occupied by
Mr.. F. A. Clark and family was also
destroyed. Much of the household fur
niture was gotten out safely, but some
of it was afterward. stolen. The build
ing was insured for $3.50. T.
DR.. w. A. Presley returned on las
Thursday from Baltimore, where he went
to place Miss Vessie Poag, who was
bitten by a supposed mad-dog recently
in the Pasteur institute. Miss Poag viii
not be home for some two weeks vel
as the treatment requires not less thar
three weeks.
There was to have been a football
game between the town boys and the
High school boys this afternoon ; but
the High school boys, I understand,
backed out.
The Catawba Rifles having recently
fitted their armory up as an operahouse'
opened it last Thursday night with the
new military play, "Captain Dick"
The play was repeated on Friday night
with great success. The cast OF char
acters was as follows:
Captain Dick, Mr.. j. n. Spann; Lieu
tenant Bob Smalley, Mr.. Bassett Will
lard; Colonel Stafford, U. s. A., Captain
Frel Mobley; Mr.. Merritt, Mr.. w. H,
Hetfner; Baron LIE MARITIME, army con-
tractor, Mr.. Eugene Bertram Hans GU
gleheimer, army contractor, Mr.. l.. C.
Harrison; O'Flynn. Mr.. J. c. Wither-
spoon Leon Vespucci, prisoner OF war
Lieutenant w. NJ. Dunlap; Pete, Mr.
J. H. Beck ham General Mexia, Mexico,
Sergeant ]. f. Parker; Dan Wheeler, L,
S. army, Sergeant Herbert Dunlap; Billy
Nulty, L. S. army, Mr.. J. w. Rawlinson
Sergeant, Mexican army, Mr.. Morris
Cobb: Corporal, Mexican army, Mr.. I,
A. Moore; Kate Moreland, Miss Helen
Tompkins; Beatrice, Miss Amelia Beck
ham: Angie, streak of American SUM-
shine, Miss Pauline Davis; Samantha,
Miss Mary Caldwell Aunt Hannah, Mr.
A. E. Holler.
Over the Phone.
At recent meeting of the city council
1t was decided that the franchise for the
construction Of water plant would be
given 10 the private corporation that
would undertake the work on terms most
advantageous to the city. A meeting was
held last night to further consider the
matter, and, as the result, resolution
was adopted providing that the city's
proposal be advertised in three differen,
newspapers.
The council also awarded the CONTRACT
for placing the city clock in the tower O.
the new Methodist church to Mr.. +. f.
Bradie for the sum of $50.
Miss Emma Roach, of the graded
school, has been quite unwell this week.
Mr.. White, the sewing machine agent
had quite difficulty with a Negro named
Mobley on Monday. The Negro owed
Mr.. White the sum of $3.50 and Mr.
White was trying to collect it. An alter.
cation arose, and AS the result Mobley
struck Mr.. White i'm the face with paii
of brass knucks. Up to IL o'clock Tues
day, Mobley had not been arrested.