Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-10-21
PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE.


Rocks" would be of interest to your
many readers 1 send the following
Rock Hill is certainly on the up
grade. as witness the following. DR..
Crawford is building $4,000 house
Miss Sue Smith has just finished a
81 500 house; Miss Sallie Gibson is
finishing 80, 100 house; Mr.. Wroton
is building $500 house Mr.. Whitner
is building $1,000 home Mr.. Paul
Workman is finishing fine three story
store room. Besides, there is number
of smaller residences going up ranging
from 5000 to 81, 200. have lived here
for "a years, and have never seen as
much substantial improvements going
on. Somebody must have money.
Our farmers are prospering, our mer.
chants grumbling, our mechanics have
plenty to do.
We have seven ministers who seem
to live on the fat Of the land, and give
us about 35 minute sermons, and some
of them are long enough.
/ am in my 73rd year. We had a
"golden wedding" at our home on the
18th of August last, and had fine
time with four children and IA grand
children and about $50 guests. Our
friends remembered US with about 81
gold presents, among them fine gold
watch and chain from my Masonic
brethren.
While Illuminating in my mind about
dear old Yorkville away back in the
forties, I call to mind such men as
Colonel McCaw, George Steele, Donom
Witherspoon, H. F. Adickes, John E.
Grist, Star Moore, James Je6reys,
Stanhope Sadler and host of others
who have crossed the river, and won.
der why 1 am spared so long, which
almost makes me Calvinist, and come
to the conclusion that I haven't 60;
anything to do with it but to wait and
see, trust and hope.
1 see France had a great Dreyfus
trial; but we can beat that, for South
Carolina is having a greater wet fuss
trial over the changing of some letters
called the One K and the Three x be-
ing changed on the South Carolina
beverage commonly called "Ben Till
mans Tonic" But I reckon the chang
ing of the letters won't change the
virtue of the whisky, for I am told il
you drink enough of it it will make
both dry and wet fuss. But such is
life and the dispensary is all right il
rightly managed. 1t is said no honest
man will sell whisky. 1 can't tell
never having sold any; but 1 know
some honest men who drink, for have
taken a little for my stomach's sake
myself. We have all kinds of people
for all kinds of work from the presi'
dent of the United States down to a
gentleman saddler. Bill Arp says that
God takes care of children, drunkards
and the United States government, sc
we need not be alarmed ; it will all
come right. I suppose that those who
live through next year will see great
many changes, especially in the politi.
cal world. Some will step down and
some will step up, and the world
moves on and people will die and gel
married until Gabriel blows his horn
if he has one. And such is life.
On last Saturday we had a foot.
ball game-Clemson against Davidson
There was a large crowd of people
Clemson Won by majority of 10 TO O.
80 am told. There was lots of betting
on the game. Hundreds of dollars
changed hands. I heard good elder
in the church say it was game oi
physical strength and not of any
science at all. Some of our ministers
were there who would kill a circus
So it goes
That the preachers in their pulpits
And don't you hear them say,
From the circus and the ballroom,
You had better stay away?
They will hang out their face
AS long as your arm
And hand around the money bag,
And where is the harm?
And such is life, or words to that
effect. UNCLE MILES.
Rock Hill, S. c., October II.