Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-13
LOCAL LACONICS.
Bethel PreSbYtt

Bethel presbytery will meet in Lam
caster next Tuesday night at o'clock
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Fire Near Hero.
Mr. James McCarter, who lives in
this county, about a mile from Hero
having his barn, stables and corn
crib, together with his carriage, about
so bushels of corn, 1000 bundles of fod-
der, a lot of hay and straw and several
sacks of fertilizer, destroyed by fire
on last Wednesday evening about
o'clock The cause Of the fire is not
known. The loss is about $3.50, with no
| insurance.
Clover Has the GraniteIA
Aiken Journal and Review: Charles
McVeigh and VIM. Shea, Of Westerly,
R. l., are in Columbia. They are ex-
pert stonecutters and quarrymen, and
having formed a copartnership as Nc
Weigh & Shea, they will develop a fine
quarry they have leased at Clover, 5.
EC. Mr.. McVeigh had charge Of the
stone work on the government build
ings in Charleston, Savannah and Den
yer.
Still Mystery.
The Smyrna people are still mystified
about that grave-like hole that was
mentioned Wednesday, and nobody is
able to give a satisfactory theory as
to why it was dug. It was evidently
dug at night though, for nearby there
was found the embers of fire that
was used by the diggers. This might
possibly be taken as indicating that
there was no special object Of secrecy.
SClll II "OUIu US w nav"
who dug that hole and what for.
Turkey Creek Bridge.
Supervisor Gordon and Commissioner
Wilkerson spent last Tuesday investi-
eating the bridge situation on Turkey
creek. The Carroll bridge, on the
Pinckney road, had been washed away
and tangled up in the underground
along the creek bank. 1t was decided
that the bridge can be replaced by the
chaingang. The Mcknight bridge, be-
tween MIR. ]. C. Meningitis and Mr..
Wylie Haffner's was destroyed. This
bridge was 213 feet long, and the lum-
Der alone for it cost S263. 1t was de-
cided to replace it, not as it was, but to
put in a small % foot bridge to be con-
structed of the old timbers, and to cost
about SIS. The Robinson bridge will
also be rebuilt from timbers from the
Mcknight bridge at cost of $40.
For Water, Lights and Sewage.
Rock Hill special of April II to Co.
lumbia State: At an adjourned meeting
of the citizens this afternoon, Mr..
Bordman, an expert from Raleigh, N.
c., made his report in the matter OF
the valuation Of the Rock Hill Water,
Light and Power company. His estl-
mate of the waterworks plant was
s37, ,5OO The valuation made last year
upon the electric light plant was $l7,-
500, making a total Of $55,000 for the
plants and franchises. After lively
discussion a motion was carried that
the city council should order an elec-
tion. as early as practicable, to say
whether an issue Of bonds to the
amount of $95,0O0 should be made for
the purpose of. buying these plants
and franchises, and in addition, If nee
essary, to put in a system of sewerage.
The Dispensary Fight.
The Rock Hill people have been tre-
mendously stirred for the past ten days
or two weeks on the dispensary ques-
tion There was an enthusiastic anti
dispensary meeting in the Armory hall
last Tuesday. Talks were made by the
| ministers of the city and several lead
ing business men urged united front
against the establishment of a state
barroom in the city. But the best
! work was done by number of ladies
! who secured the names of 557 ladies
to a protest against the establishment
| of a dispensary. The election TOOK
place Yesterday and up to O'CLOCK
! in the afternoon 213 votes had been
cast. Of these it was estimated thai
81 were in favor of the diSpensary and
156 were against it. There seemed to
be no probability that the dispensary
could win' NJ
Recent Deaths. \
Two we'll known and prominent old
people died near Bullock's Creek
| church last Saturday. One was Mrs
Lettie Blair, and the other was Mr.. D.
]. Good. Mrs. Blair was in the S9th
year Of her age, and was the widow OF
the late James Blair, to whom she was
married in Ireland. where both were
born. She was the mother of Messrs
j. P. Blair Samuel G. Blair. Er.
win Blair, Andrew Blair, David
Blair, w. ]. Blair T. f. Blair
and Miss Sallie Blair. Death was due
principally to the general breaking
down incident to old age. Mr.. D. j.
Good died quite suddenly the same
day. of heart failure, aged 10 years. HE
leaves an aged widow and the follow
ing children: Mrs. w. G. Palmer, Mrs
Lizzie Crawford, Mr.. w. b. Good, Mr.
| ,I,.+;.o,, Good opd Mrc m z Rotch-