Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-01-20

promise pointing to no change in this
respect for some time to come.
LOCAL LACONICS.
Postmaster at Rock Hill.
The president has appointed Mr.. A.
J. Pride as postmaster at Rock Hill,
vice Mr.. Posg, whose term of Office
has expired.
The County Commissioners.
The county commissioners were 10
session during Tuesday and up to a
late hour Tuesday night, selecting
names for the jury boxes to be used
during the present year. They put in
a good portion of Wednesday auditing
accounts, and during the day disposed
of everything under consideration.
On Thursday they were entertained
at dinner by Superintendent Gauldin,
of the County Home. X
Mining Operations. -
A company of northerners have re-
sumed work on the Magnolia mine, in
Broad River township. They have an
option for the purchase of the proper
ty for SIS, 900, and it is understood that
this option expires in May. Mr.. Fred
Frank is very we'll pleased with his
developments in Broad River town
ship, and in addition to his work there,
has undertaken to exploit the old Fer
euson mine, near Kings Mountain
Battle ground.
The Chaingang.
The chaingang is still located in
Broad River township, and will be
there for about two months yet. The
operations are confined principally to
drainage, the throwing up of roadbeds,
and the improvement of rough hills.
After leaving Broad River township,
the understanding is that the gang will
60 to Kings Mountain township, next
to Fort Mill, and then again to Cataw-
ba. Some good macadam work was
done in Bullock's Creek township ;
but owing to the failure of the people
to haul enough rock, there are about
200 yards of naked mud between two
long stretches of macadam. When a
heavily loaded wagon strikes this in
bad weather, it is like coming to a river
across which there is no bridge.
Baby In Well.
Rock Hill correspondence Columbia
State: At about noon Thursday, a
celored girl, drawing water from a
well in vacant lot in the rear Of the
Presbyterian church, found a bag
caught on the bucket when it was
drawn up. She called passerby, and
upon examination found the contents
of the bag to be bright mulatto child.
A coroner's jury took evidence at the
inquest, but adjourned without ver-
dict until next Monday, to allow in-
vestigation. The police are at work
and have already found clue, which
they will pursue. There is considera-
BILE talk of the affair, the most serious
aspect of which, in the opinion of the
public, is the contamination of the
water of public drinking place.
Caught In the Fly Wheel.
Just as the big engine out at the
York Cotton mills was being started
last Monday morning, one of the cats
which has been looking after the mice
in the establishment tried to jump
between the spokes, from one side of
the wheel to the other. The cat miss.
ed her calculations, however, and
alighted on one of the spokes. Hesi-
tating about getting off the spoke in
stantly, she was carried around with
the wheel, and by the time the revolu-
tion was completed, she had lost her
opportunity. The centrifugal force
threw her against the rim of the wheel
and her fate was settled. Of course
the mill, having started, was not to be
stopped on account of a cat, and it
was not till noon that puss was res
cued. Report has it there was not a
whole bone in her body and that she
was as fiat as door mat.
Gone Into Bankruptcy.
Mr.. J. J. Hunter, one of Yorkville's
best known dry goods merchants, filed
a petition in bankruptcy last Wednes-
day night, and since then his business
has been closed. Mr.. Hunter has been
pursuing cash system entirely, not
having sufficient capital with which to
do credit business, and the bankrupt
cy proceedings are the result, purely
and simply, of the business stagnation
in his line caused by the short crops.
At the time he finally decided to file
the bankruptcy petition, he had new
goods on the road, previously ordered,
but not paid for. These he took steps
to have returned to the consignors, to