Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-03
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CHESTER.
Lantern, June 2S: At the next meet
ing of the city council, which Will be
held next Tuesday afternoon, the COM
mittee which has charge Of the water
and light department, will report fav-
orably on the proposition to run the
electric light all night instead of about
half the night, as they are now run, and
to have another we'll dug at the power
plant in order to increase the water
supply of the city. 1t is expected that
the council will accept both PROPOSE
tions, and we take the liberty of con-
graduating them in advance. The wis
dom Of each proposition Is too apparent
for comment. Let the watchword now
be- lower insurance rates, and water
and lights in every house in the city.
| Court convened at Lancaster last
Monday, and adjourned that afternoon
Judge Gage presided and the solicitor
was at his post. These gentlemen work
equally we'll in double harness now as
they did when they were law partners.
.. Heretofore the property Of the Lam
caster and Chester railroad company
has been assessed at $1,750 per mile.
Our county board of commissioners
thought that valuation too low. and
brought the matter to the attention Of
the state board Of assessors, who in
vestigated the same and finally placed
the valuation at $2,5O0 per mile. ..On
day before yesterday a deal In real es-
tate was made in this city that means
much, If present indications count for
anything. to our entire county, and es-
pecially to this city and the eastern
portion Of the county. Messrs. Geo. w.
Gage, ]. K. Henry, F. H. Barber, ]. j.
Agurs and T. G.. Patrick sold their Ca
tawba Falls property to Mr.. Jas. @.
Davis, Of Winnsboro. and his associ-
ates for the neat sum of $21 900. Mr. Jno.
J. Stringfellow also sold his one-third
interest in a tract in the same COM
munity to the same parties for $4,000.
This gives Mr.. Davis and his associates
all the property needed for the develop
ment of the wonderful power Of the
Catawba Falls. which has so long re-
mained idle, and we feel sure no time
will be lost by these hustling gentle
men in getting the thing under way.
We are not going to speculate as to
what the outcome of all this will be, but
we want to say to the people Of this
city and county that for them the
present is bright and the future full
of possibilities; and we confidently ex-
pect to see in very short time several
new mills and other manufacturing
plants built in this county and operated
by Catawba Falls power, and also a
first class railway running from Ches-
ter to somewhere via the Catawba falls.
Within the last few days two or
three of our exchanges have published
lists Of McLaurin papers, in which The
Lantern was named. Such a mistake
Is not surprising now when 1t Is so
common for papers that do not endorse
| McLaurin to say as mean things as
possible about him. The Newberry OBJ
server has also been put down as Nc
Laurin paper, and it published a state
ment only a few days ago to the effect
that it favored the measures advocated
by McLaurin, without expressing any
preference for McLaurin himself. The
State was even put down recently by
contemporary as a Tillman paper,
which called forth a most admirable ed
itorial-barring a few unnecessarily
hard expressions in the Introductory
| showing how groundless was the sug-
gestion that 1t endorsed Senator Till
man. The simple fact that 1t would not
abandon the position which it had con-
sistently held because Tillman occupied
a similar position on questions under
discussion. The Lantern cannot go so
far even as the Newberry Observer. 1t
cannot say that it believes in McLau-
rims doctrines. 1t does not believe In
some Of them; but admits that they are
debatable. It believes that some Of
them are as we'll founded as those Of
his opponents. It believes that discus
sion on some Of them Is idle, the issues
having passed into settled policy. None
of these can be taken up just now, but
we are perfectly willing for our position
on all Of them to be known. The talk
about McLaurin, in a majority Of cases,
| is purely a personal matter or re-
sponse to bossism. There Is really 10
fundamental Democratic doctrine in
volved. We believe that the current is
sues should come freely before the
people; and aoout the only condi-
tion that should be imposed on
ones entering a primary should be
a pledge to abide by its result.
AS to Mr.. McLaurin himself, his
general political course has never COM
mended him to our favor. We have
distinctly stated before that we are not
partial to him and assume no respon-
sibility for him in anyway. At the
same time we say that there Is no justi-
flcation for the unreasoning abuse
heaped upon him.
GASTON.
Gastonia News, June 28: G. M. Dixon
lost his silver watch last August some
where about his house. He searched
for it everywhere. He thought 1t pos
sible that he could have lost it. but
failed to find it. A few weeks ago he
brought some wheat to Craig & Will
sons mill. While it was being ground
something clogged the hopper and the
fireman being close by began to search
for the cause, and to his surprise pulled
from the bottom of the hopper nice
bright silver watch. After Mr.. Dixon
had his wheat threshed out last August