Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-10
ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS.


Work on the Waters Hill-The Road
From Rock Hill to the Bridge
Other Notes.
Correspondence Of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Rock HILL, July 8.-The roller mill in
this city, which has been doing a fine
business. has closed down for q week or
ten days in order to repair machinery.
Several of the enterprises In this
town paid very handsome dividends
during the present month. Among
them were the Arcade and Manchester
cotton mills each Of which paid a semi
annual dividend Of per cent.
A congregational meeting will be
held at the Presbyterian church next
Sunday. to call a pastor. Your cores
pondent has had no intimation as to
who would receive the invitation.
Mrs. ]. B. Ferguson and Mrs. T. B.
Reid are both sick at their homes near
Edgmoor.
The rock crusher recently purchased
by the county, Is at work near the Wa
ters hill stockade. The machine seems
to be doing very fine work, and the
convicts are now engaged In placing
the broken rock on the bed which has
been thrown up for distance Of near
ly a mile and a half. The force Of the
stockade was augmented today by the
addition of two law-breakers who were
sent there by Mayor Waters for go days
each. Ernest Massey, colored, one Of
the convicts, Is an old offender and
was sent up for very indecent behavior
on the streets. He ought to have been
given a year, and would have been II
the mayor had had the authority to
send him up for that length Of time.
w. L. Merritt, white, the other convict,
was sentenced for drunkenness and
disorderly conduct. A warrant was
also lodged against him in Magistrate
Beckham's court, the charge in this
case being driving another mans horse
without permission. It seems that he
made a trip to the North Carolina blind
tigers, and stole the horse for that pur-
pose.
At a meeting Of the county commits
sioners to be held in this city on Thurs-
day, Of this week, 1t Is reported that an
effort will be made to change the pro-
posed new road from Rock Hill to the
river bridge, via the state farm, and
thence direct to the river, to a route
that will run from the old Berry house
in Oakland, via. the Matthews mill
pond to Dutchman creek, and thence
by the old Neely's ferry road to the
river. Such change would be a mis-
take, as your correspondent believes
the commissioners will conclude after
riding over the grounds, and examin-
ing the conditions. The commissioners
are advised to go slow in this matter
of changing the road, (if any road Is to
be built). There Is something back of
this which the commissioners will un-
derstand later on.
Two young white men by name. Wal
ter and Fred Hanson, were before
Magistrate Beckham today; charged
with killing and carrying off three
chickens belonging to an old neighbor.
They were given S. or 20 days on the
chaingang for the annoyance. They
will appeal to the higher court.
The Musical club Of this city, gave a
royal reception to a number of their
friends at the home Of Mrs. B. M. Few
ell, in this city, on last Friday night.
1t was an affair of much eclat, but it
was nevertheless, homelike in the hos
pitality so lavishly dispensed.
Now and then, your correspondent
meets farmer who says that his farm
have improved considerably,
but usually the cry is that there has
been no change in the unfavorable con-
dition. The extremely hot weather fol-
lowing the protracted rains, has had a
bad effect. Much vegetation has been
scalded and there will not be much
outcome, it Is feared.
Trade conditions are as satisfactory
as usual at this time Of the year in this
city. The merchants are not busy
They are doing a fairly satisfactory
business, however.
There were no Fourth Of July casu-
alties, but the North Carolina whisky
dealers had a fine trade from this Sec
ton, and the glorious Fourth was made
less glorious in many instances. by the
too free use Of the ardent.