Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-06-05
ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS1k
Winthrop COmmencement-Polftfc
To Buy the WaterwOrks.

Winthrop COmmencement-Po
To Buy the WaterwOrks.
Correspondence OF the Yorkville Enquirer.
Rock HILL, June 3.-Our town Is fill
ed with strangers, mostly pretty girls,
who have come to be present at the
Winthrop commencement. Yesterday,
Rev. M. L. Carlisle, an eloquent divine
of the South Carolina conference,
preached a most acceptable sermon be-
fore the Y. w. C. A., at the college, and
last night, Rev. Alexander Sprunt for
mer pastor of the First Presbyterian
church of this city, preached the bac-
calaureate sermon. The great audito-
rum was crowded with the people OF
the city, who were anxious once again
to hear this good man, and they were
not disappointed, as his sermon was In
earnestness and excellence, such as one
would expect of a man as cultured as
he is.
DR.. Sprunr, as was to be expected
received royal welcome as visitor
to his old home, where he and his fam
lily will always be lovingly remember
ed. His daughter, Miss Nellie, is one OF
Winthrop's graduating class.
Tomorrow, at Winthrop, will be de-
voted to the class exercises, when the
young lady students will show how
we'll they have been trained in the in
dustrial as we'll as literary depart
ments.
Saturday last little Calvin, the 5-year
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Sandifer
and grandson Of the lamented DR.. San
differ. of Tirzah, died after few days
illness.
J The heart Of many a friend in this
CITY was saddened when a telephone
message from Lancaster announced the
death of Miss Locke Crawford, daugh-
ter Of DR.. M. P. Crawford. She was
a beautiful young woman, modest and
gentle, and it is so sad that she should
be called hence in the midst Of a glo-
rious young womanhood.
The baseball fever has spread over
the town and the cranks and rooters
are anticipating a royal battle this
week "wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day., between the Rock Hill team and
that from the K. M. M. A. Of your
city. Your boys may expect to meet
foemen worthy Of their steel.
The action Of Governor McSweeney
in returning the designations Of Sena-
tors Tillman and McLaurin is very gen.
orally approved. His fatherly advice to
the "old stagers" meets a responsive
chord here, though it is believed that
Senator Tillman's retort to the COVER
nor that he has no authority to decline
acceptance of the resignation of the
two officials, If they desire to throw off
their burdens, is correct. McLaurin
has a number of smypathizers in
this city, but we do not know
that they would be his supporters
ters in the event Of a tussle with
the man behind the pitchfork. Tillman
understands how to whoop 'em up,
and he would not be slow to employ
his old methods, but with what effect
there is much difference Of opinion. A
number of the old faction are still af-
f1icted with Tillmania, and they bring
forward the Republican bugaboo to
frighten the weaklings. Tillman will
spend several days of this week in this
city and it is expected he will enlight-
on oil rvho will listen
The Children's day exercises at Eben-
ezer church yesterday, was a very in
teresting service, as such occasions are.
Your correspondent could not be pres
gramme.
Notice has been posted for bids for
carrying the mails over a new mail
route from Rock Hill to Concord
church, but so far none have been re-
ceived. The mail is to be delivered
three times week.
The city council will meet tomorrow
night, the requisite number Of names
having been obtained to petition ask
ing the council to order an election on
a proposition to issue $4,000 in city
bonds with which to buy the water
works, electric light plant and to put
in sewer system. 1t is expected that
the council will proceed to order the
election, and that will, in all probable
ity, be the beginning Of a very bitter
contest, as there are people in the city
who think that the success Of such a
scheme would be nothing short of an
outrage. They think the property to
be bought Is not worth anything like
the figures asked for it. and that If the
city were to take hold of the electric
light plant, it would have an elephant
on it's hands, whose maintenance would
prove a very costly undertaking. On
the other hand, q number of the tax
payers maintain that if the citv does
not buy the electric light and water
plants, the people here will be COM
mitting, what the mayor calls, flnan-
cia1 Suicide