Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-25

Business Frightening up-Public Improve
ments-Ice Factory Will Be Needed
Personal and Other Matters.
Correspondence Of the Yorlrville Enquirer.
Rock HILL, January 23.-The past
few days of fine weather has started
the movement of business for the pres
ent year. Our merchants are daily
receiving shipments of peas from vari-
Gus points in our own state as well as
from North Carolina, for sale to farm
ers for planting purposes, and from
the quantity of them coming in, one
would suppose that the peas that grew
in York county would not do to plant
again.
Three car loads of fertilizers have
already come in, and more is looked
for daily. A big movement of empty
cars is directed south nearly every day
to the fertilizer works at Charleston.
This indicates large sales, which means,
under a favorable season, big cotton
crops, as the fertilizers are used more
for cotton than any other product
grown in this region.
Mayor Waters and the new alder
men have been sworn in, and every
thing is going smoothly as heretofore.
Work will commence on the water
works plant as soon as the legality OF
the sole grant of the franchise is tested
in the courts, which will be done at
once.
And this brings up another ques-
ton, and that is an ice factory; for
water from waterworks in the sum-
mer is very poor for drinking purposes
without ice, especially from an iron
standpipe exposed 10 the hot sun.
Now then, as our electric light and
water plants are about settled into one
company, why not get up fuel and
ice company This is spendid open
ing for some energetic man to work up
a good business for owing to the scar
city of wood near here, along the line
of the railroads, it is only matter OF
a very short time until coal will have
to be used for domestic purposes as
well as for steam power plants.
The addition of spinning mill to
the Highland Park Mill No. 2 (old
Standard milD, will make quite a
decided improvement in the appear
ance of the mill, besides the working
force will be nearly doubled. Super
visor J. A. Maxwell, of the North
Carolina division of the S. G. and q.
railroad, was here on Saturday to
locate new sidetrack for the mill,
as the new building will necessitate
the movement of the present siding.
Prof. Underhill's rendition of "Rip
Van Winkle," at Winthrop college,
was quite treat TO lovers of elocution'
From start to finish he held the atten'
tion of the audience without break,
excepting the short pause which he
made, (after "Trip" was driven from
home by "Mrs. Van Winkle') leaving
the rostrum for few moments only
After returning all attention was given
him to the finish.
Misses Adah Craven and Sallie Car.
ton, two of North Cardinals charming
young ladies, are visiting Miss Carrie
Neisler, on White street.
Miss Julia Simpson has returned
home from Baltimore, where she has
been spending several months with
friends and relatives.
Rev. w. G. Neville, of Yorkville, is
in the city today on business connected
with Bethel presbytery.
Mr.. J. c. Caldwell, of Greenwood
state fertilizer inspector, is in the city
today looking after the fertilizer that
is coming in, seeing that it is properly
tagged with state revenue tax tags anC