Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-06-02

3 8EsIQU 11sA8ss,
sion of 80 miles through the noun
tain to the rich coal fields of Kentucky
and. Tennessee etc., connecting with
the trunk lines beyond the mountains
and passing through the finest of fruit
growing, trucking, and forestal regions.
As soon as the northern terminus is
completed, the southern terminus will
be extended to the coast, making a
trunk line crossing the great trunk
lines from the south to the north with
distributing points at Hickory, Gas
tonia, Chester, and other places. The
managers of the road foresee the great
amount of traffic and travel destined to
be done on their road aud the rapid
development of the section through
which it passes, and are justly proud
that the famous little dummy line"
is soon to be developed into a mod
ern road with the latest equipments.
Gazette, May 81: Mrs. NJ. J. Clark,
of Yorkville, and Miss Myrtle Duff are
visiting in Begonia. ''''"Messrs. Marsh
and Holland Morrow and Gus Mclean
returned last week from Rock Hill
where they have been attending school.
."....."The building committee of the
Baptist church, at recent meeting,
decided to make the facade Of oil press
brick, which will make it one of the
handsomest churches of Gastonia's
progressive population. The work of
erecting the building will begin in a
few days.........Dr. J. G. Whitesides,
although much improved in health, is
still a little weak. He left Tuesday
for Hickory to visit his brother, DR..
|B. F. Whitesides, and from there he
will go to Rutherfordton to visit other
relatives. He expects tobe gone about
two weeks, He hopes to be as strong
as ever on his return.
CLEVELAND-The Shelby Aurora,
May 80: The new engine, an immense
one it is; of the Shelby Cotton mills,
was placed and fred up last week,
and the echoes of its siren whistles
alarmed tbe natives. The placing of
shafting and machinery goes along
steadily, and this new monument TO
Shelby progress and industrial energy,
will soon be ready for business. '''''''''
Another case of smallpox developed
last week here, the victim being Ne.
gro named Webb. He was immedi-
ately removed to the pest house, to-
gether with all the inmates of the
house in which he was living. Quite,
if not all the suspects confined, had
been released prior to this case, end
it was hoped the disease had been ef-
fectually stamped out. 1--WE note
with pleasure from some of our ex.
changes that the Daughters of the
American Revolution are endeavoring
to get possession of the Kings Noun
tain battle-ground property. The gov
ernment ought to own and make it
national park, and we hope the con,
gressmen from the Carolinas will join
in their efforts to secure the co-opera.
ton of the government in making this
a national park as a fitting memorial
of one of the most important battles
of the Revolution, that turned the
tide that resulted in American inde-
pendence. ..".After lingering illness,
Mr.. Davis Maunsy, for number of
years resident of this county, died in
Cherryville, on Thursday last, aged
S8 years. He was a remarkable man,
and by industry and frugality amassed
a large estate valued at about $780, 900.
Beginning life with no capital save
clear head and indomitable will, he
overcame difficulties and his business
life was splendid success. A widow,
daughter and three sons survive him.
These sons, Messrs. W. A., ]. s. and
s. S. Mauney are each successful mill
men, the two former living at Kings
Mountain and the latter at Cherryville.
Kings Mountain Oracle, May 25:
The strike of the operatives in the
weave room at the Dilling mill was not
a success as far as the strikers are con-
cerned. The company now has over
300 looms running, and everything is
running on with very little inconven-
ience to the company. We are in
formed that the leaders in the strike
will not be taken back into the employ
of the company. Some of them had
been in the employ of the company
for long time, and were counted as
their most reliable hands. Now they
will have to hunt new jobs, and we
think the most of them are sorry they
struck. As far as we can learn, the en-
ployees of the Dilling mill are paid as
much and treated as kindly as in any
of the mills with which we are ac-
quainted. The strikers were wrong
in thinking they could force the man
agement of this mill in any such way.
They struck at a very inopportune
time, which will not help their cause
in the eyes of the community, as it ap.
parently seems is if they had intended
to strike while the superintendent
was away, but he returned unexpect-
edly to them.