Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-23

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canal for the purpose Of lighting all
public buildings and furnishing power
for the penitentiary. On this commits
sion the speaker appointed Altamont
Moses, George E. Prince and J. E.
Beamguard. :. :. Married, on February
IN, by ]. P. Sifford, notary public, at
his residence, Mr.. John N. Barber and
Miss Addie Hagans, of this place. By
the same on the same days, Mr.. o. E.
Kee and Miss Margie Lawrance, OF
GastOnia, N. C....... Worcesters and
Webster's dictionaries tell us that the
word rattle means lottery. The Unit
ed States government tells us that no
lottery shall be tolerated within her
bounds; and to put her seal of disap-
proval upon it, has forbidden mail
matter to be delivered to any person
or persons known to be engaged in that
business. This being the case, there
must be some wrong in it. This mat
ter has been brought to our attention
very recently by hearing so much said
about rafting. 1t is becoming so COM
mon that boys from 10 years old and
upward are now engaged in raft1ing.
They will rattle anything from 1O-cent
pocket knife to any other amount.
Right here in Glover hardly day
passes but what we hear something
about rafting. Older men ought to re-
frain from this kind Of trade or traf-
fc, or whatever they want to call 1t, for
the sake Of the boys. Who can tell or
who has any idea Of the effect this
thing has on boys. There seems TO pe
wonderful fascination anyway In lot
terry games, but instead Of being en-
couraged by parents and older people
everything possible should be done to
discourage it. Rafting is lottery; lot
terry is gambling; gambling Is wrong;
therefore all good people should do all
they can to prevent 1t.
CHEROKEE.
Ledger, February 10: Representative
McCraw was the first of Cherokee
representatives to return from Colum-
bia. He left Columbia Friday night.
Mr.. McCraw reports quite a prevalen-
CIV of smallpox in the city by the Con-
garee. Representative Butler and Sen
ator Sarratt came in later. All look
we'll. the burden Of law-making SEEM
ing to have rested easily upon their
shoulders. DIR. T. M. Bailey, OF
Greenville, secretary of the State Mis-
sion Board Of South Carolina, occu-
pied the pulpit of the First Baptist
churcn last Sunday morning and even
ing. He was greeted by good sized
CONGREGATIONS and preached two
thoughtful sermons. Rev. w. L.
Thompson occupied the pulpit Of the
Second Baptist church Sunday even
ing. He was greeted by large congre-
CATION, who gave the best of attention
to a pointed discourse. The singing
was, as usual, of that hearty and soul
stirring kind characteristic Of this
church. Rev. w. H. Hodges preached
to the Buford Street Methodist congre-
CATION at the city hall in the forenoon
and to the Limestone Street Methodist
congregation in the evening. Both
ulscourses were attentively listened to
by an appreciative congregation. =. The
mayors court presented quite lively
appearance yesterday morning, when
the hour came for his honor to don his
official robes and take to task the Of
tenders against the city ordinances.
The crowd Of spectators was larger
than usual, and the cases on docket
something more than the ordinary
drunk and disorderly." A young
white man in the city had been detect
ed disposing Of forty rod" without a
license and in violation Of all laws
made and provided against such. Of
fcers Lockhart and Gilmer, who are
ever on the alert for offenders against
the city ordinances, located the lair of
the tiger and captured the festive an
imal Upon investigation by the city
court the unlawful dispenser was found
guilty Of the charge against him, and
fine Of $100 was placed upon him,
with the alternative Of 30 days on the
chaingang. Next on docket was case
against five young white sports who
had violated both the laws Of God and
man by gambling on Sunday. The
officers Of the city have for sometime
suspected that this Sunday gaming
was going on in secluded spots around
the city; and Sunday, officers Lock-
hart and Gilmer swooped down on
gang over in the "Stumptown" district
and arrested five Of the players They
were each fined SIS for their fun which
they paid. The officers are constantly
on the lookout for these "skinners,
and others Of that ilk, who indulge in
gaming as a Sunday pastime. would
better take warning and stop their ne
farious conduct before they are caught.
|. The selling Of the "Dick" Thomp-
son property is developing some val
liable real estate in Gaffney. Already
number Of lots have been sold.
Among the early purchasers were Mr..
VIM. r. Lipscomb and Mr.. j. A. Car
roll. Both these gentlemen have pur-
chased desirable lots. Mr.. Lipscomb
will build at once, that is in the spring,
but Mr.. Carroll will probably defer
building for sometime; but it is under
stood that he intends to erect on his
new possessions one of the handsomest
residences in Gaffney. AS a result of
putting his property on the market
Petty, Johnson and Pine streets, and
Rutledge and Fairview avenues have
been opened and extended. The streets
have been decided to the city and forces