Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-05-01

with freckled face and hair the color
Of sunset. The gawky, illiterate, ILL
hammered, devil take me If 1 care
boys and girls will all be there. The
scholarship includes such pupils as Ire
dell Jones, e. B. Mobley, A. H. Greene,
J. J. Hull, and big John" McFadden,
and an assortment of school marms of
various ages and a number of our city
swells.
There is no more beautiful spot than
our own Laurelwood with its wealth Of
spring beauty and fragrance. The SEX
ton, Mr.. Devinney says the cemetery
was never in more excellent condition.
Prof. Buist, who has been a very sick
man, was able to be out of bed Satur-
day.
1t is perhaps not generally known,
but it is true, that Captain A. E. Smith,
of this city, who served as a soldier Of
the Confederacy in a North Carolina
regiment, was one of the detachment Of
North Carolinians at the battle of
Charlottesville, who fired upon and
mortally wounded Stonewall Jackson.
This, of course, was case Of mistaken
identity. Captain Smith was a mere
boy then, but he was gallant soldier,
and one Of the regrets of his life Is that
he was member of that ill-starred de-
tachment. Though he Is not conscious
of having done wrong, as he did his
duty In firing upon what he believed to
be the enemy.
Winthrop's annual outing will prob
ably be at Davidson college this year,
the 18th Of May having been fixed as
the time. The Winthrop beauties spent
a day at Davidson two years ago, and
for this reason it has not yet been de-
termined that they will repeat their
visit so soon. Now that we have direct
railway connection with Sumter, 1t
would be stroke Of good policy to take
the girls to that beautiful city.
< The movement here looking to pur-
chase Of the water and light plants OF
the Rock Hill Water, Light and Power
company, and the erection Of sewer
system, appears to languish. The sue
cess Of an election on this subject would
involve an expenditure of perhaps $685.
0O0-$60,000 of this amount to be in
bonds, and $4,000 to be carried as
part Of the floating Indebtedness of the
city-therefore, many of our citizens are
disposed to go slow. They realize the
benefits to be expected from municipal
ownership. but will hesitate to plunge
the city into a maelstrom of Indebted
ness, as they say. Therefore, their at
titude may prove to be that of the man
who is penny wise and pound foolish.
The streets of our city are dull and
lonesome today. The farmers are at
home preparing for their corn and cot
ton crops during this season of glorious
sunshine. The oat and wheat crops
look fairly well on red lands that were
we'll prepared and literally fertilized.
On sandy lands the present condition Of
both crops betokens failure. Early
corn, too, where it has ventured above
the ground, Is yellow and sickly, and
will perhaps not amount to much.
Mr.. w. T. Poag, of Gaffney, was in
the city today. He has a fondness for
his old home and that longing may
some day bring him back to the land
of his forefathers.
The grippe epidemic seems to have
subsidized after campaign lasting near
ly three months.
from Greenville. Mrs. A. e. Smith, Of
our city, was elected to the office Of
vice president. and she Is worthy Of the
honor. She is one of the Dudleys, of
Marlborough, woman of fine intellect
and splendid intelligence.
Work has been commenced on the
building to be erected on Main street by
Mr.. j. S. White. The first brick was
laid this morning. The building will be
practically three stories in height, hav-
ing great cellar, and will be two
stories above the ground. 1t will con-
tain two storerooms, each 80 by 100
feet, and the upper story will be devo-
ted to offices.
So far we have been unable to hear
of any dissatisfaction on the part Of
the mill laborers in this city. If they
are to engage in the threatened strike
n Of hnan q
to keep the secret we'll. All our mills
are running on full time, with the eX-
ception of the Chicora (the old Rock
Hill milD, which is now largely owned
by nonresident purchasers. 1t is ex-
pected operations will be begun during
the present spring.
The new court house project is Of
course a dead one. This community
for the past two weeks has, however,
felt very sore need Of the court house
being nearer this city or a better ar
ranged schedule over the S. G. and Ga.
Extension road, by which our citizens
can go to Yorkville and return without
50 much personal inconvenience, not to
say anything of cost. At the term of
court before the present one, and at
this term, it seemed that about one
half of the citizens had business at the
court house. 1t would have paid the
railroad handsomely during the last
week to have run special train daily
from Rock Hill to Yorkville and return.
Mrs. M. w. Newton, of Virginia, or
ganizer Of the w. c. T. U. in the South,
lectured in the city several times last
Sunday, her object being to organize
the union in Rock Hill. For this pur-
pose a meeting of our women was call
ed to be held this afternoon in st.
Johns M. E. church.
A four-year-old daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. c. Fincher, who live on Mr.. w.
H. Moore's place in Bethesda township,
was fatally burned last Friday while
her mother was absent about domestic
duties. The child died Saturday morn
ing.
General Floyd has been chosen as Sc
nior orator on the occasion of the Me-