Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-08-03

called to Washington in the interest of
the Second regiment now in process of
organization, and to look after certain
other important public matters. He
writes to friend in Yorkville that he
fears it will be impossible for him to
get to the campmeeting.
A Handsome Pocket Book; But.
Mr.. R. Lee Kerr, cashier of the Saw
ings Bank of Rock Hill, has sent his
compliments to THE ENQUIRER in the
shape of a handsome pocket book in
which large number of bank bills
can be carried. If it were not for the
fact that the pocket book is so neat and
serviceable, we would be inclined to
believe that Cashier Kerr is trying to
guy US.
The Alliance Campmeeting.
Special trains will be operated over
the o. R. & C. road, Thursday and
Friday, for the benefit of all who may
desire to attend the Alliance camp
meeting at Tirzah. The round trip
will be as follows: Catawba Junction,
IS cents; Roddey's, IS cents; Leslie,
so cents; Rock Hill, 80 cents; Old
Point, 25 cents; Newport, 10 cents.
Train will leave Catawba Junction at
$50; Roddey's, 9.55; Leslie, 1905;
Rock Hill, 1925; Old Point, 1885;
Newport, 1o.45. People living west
of Tirzah will be accommodated by
the regular passenger trains.
Clean Out The Streams.
In another column Supervisor Culp
notifies road overseers to put in the
balance of their four days work on
the roads during the present month,
and he also notifies landowners to
clean out the streams running through
their lands as required by law. Spe-
cial attention ought to be given to this
cleaning out of the streams. Already,
compliance with this law has reclaim
ed much fine bottom land that was
previously useless, and continued ef-
forts in the same direction will prove
of incalculable benefit to the county.
An Electrical Storm.
A remarkable electrical storm play
ed over Yorkville last Monday night.
1t lasted from about 10 o'clock until
about 12, and sounded, we imagine,
very much like the bombardment of
Santiago, with an occasional shot from
the Earthquake thrower" Vesuvius,
to vary the monotony. The residence
of Mr.. w. D. Glenn, on East Liberty
street, was struck by lighting during
the storm; but fortunately there was
nobody at home. A hole was torn in
one of the chimneys and considerable
damage was done in one of the rooms.
So far as has developed, there were no
further casualties.
eve Agree to Disagree"
Mr.. T. P. McDill is coming in for a
great deal of criticism on account of
his having been a member of the jury
that "agreed to disagree" AS mat
ter of fact Mr.. McDill is bright, gen.
tlemanly young fellow who gives
promise of being high above the aver
age in ability. This break, it is true,
was an unfortunate one; but very nat
ural. Hundreds of other business men
with far more experience would have
easily fallen into the same error. AS
a matter of fact, there was on that
jury some of the most prominent citi-
zens of the county-men of affairs and
large business experience, who drop
ped into the mistake just as easily as
did Mr.. McDill. Ninety-nine out of a
hundred who are disposed to criticise
the verdict, did not know any better
until after the mistake brought the
matter to public attention. So it
seems that a broad-minded, liberal
spirit, such as ought to prevail in mat
tiers of this kind, would be inclined to
inquire into other points of fitness or
unfitness.
A Question of Quality.
In 1896, for reasons of buncombe,
the proprietors of the local "Cheaper
Advertising-Cost EN- Money" enter
prise, published what purported to be
the report of the county treasurer, and
for the purpose of deceiving that por-
tion of the public which knew no
better, said that the work was done as
well, and gave evidence of as complete
mechanical facilities, as have ever been
exhibited by THE ENQUIRER. We
said nothing in reply, because we did
not consider reply necessary; but,
all the same, we will make PROPOSE
ton. We have on hand a copy of
the report as published by the local
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