Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-06
Mistellaneons 8eading.
FROM HEIeHBoRIHe CONTEMPORARIES.

News and Comment That Is Of More or Less
Local Interest.
YORK.
Rock Hill Herald, April 8: A petition
was sent to the council by Mr.. ]. T.
Thomasson asking the council to order
an election on the question of estab-
fishing a dispensary in this city. The
petition contained 11S names; but only
Ill were qualified voters. Under the
law, however, one-fourth of the quail
fed voters may petition the council to
order an election on the subject refer
red to, when the council "shall order"
such election, and as more than one
fourth Of the qualified voters Of the
city had signed the petition presented
by Mr.. Thomasson, the council had no
discretion in the matter and ordered
an election to be held on Friday, April
18th. On Sunday last tragedy oc-
Cured at the extensive camp Of the
Catawba Power company, near the
dam now being constructed across the
river by that company. We hear con-
f1icting rumors as to the facts Of the
case; but from what we have learned
it appears that a colored woman, one
Ida Watts, from Charlotte, and char
acter of Ill repute, was a visitor at the
camp and became involved in a quar-
rel with one Reuben Stewart, who, for
some reason, which has not been ex-
plained to US, shot and killed the wo-
man. The police at Rock Hill and
Fort Mill were notified Of the murder
and kept watch, but so far have been
unable to obtain any information con-
cerning the whereabouts Of the muir
derer. We understand that a great
many Negroes, men and women, infest
the woods in that neighborhood every
Sunday and that gambling and whisky
drinking and carousals with drunken
women is the chief pastime. The COM
pany and it's managers do not allow of
this conduct; but it is almost impossi-
BILE to be prohibited where there are
so many laborers thrown together in
camp, to which women of Ill repute
will always find a way to have access.
.... Miss jamie Massey is visiting rel
atives in Charlotte. Mr.. S. j. KIM
ball spent Monday in Columbia, on
business. Mrs. J. G. Hollis, of Hol-
lis, is visiting her sister, Mrs. w. H.
Fennell. .. Mrs. w. B. Kerr and child
rem are visiting Mrs. Kerrs parents in
Lancaster. Mr.. John Barron, of the
Manchester cotton mill, went to New
York Monday night. Miss Lizzie
Robbins, Of Sharon, visited her broth
er, Mr. J. A. Robbins, here this week.
Mr.. N. B. Workman, of Boykin's,
visited friends and relatives in the
county last week. Colonel e.. j.
Pride, who has been quite sick with
la grippe for sometime, is improving.
Mr.. Hal Pride, of the postoff1ce force,
has been kept from his post for the
past week with measles. Mr.. Alex
Fewell, who Is attending school IN
Clinton, spent Monday night with his
parents in EbeneZer.. Mrs. D. A.
CASTOR and Misses Alice and Mamie
CASTOR, Of Blacksburg, spent Monday
in the city,. .Messrs. Jeffries and
John Ashe, Of Yorkville, spent Sunday
here the guests Of Capt. j. w. Mar
shall, returning to the Citadel in
Charleston Little Edwin Connor,
son of Mrs Mamie Stradley is serious
ly sick with pneumonia in both lungs
at the horne of his uncle, Mr.. E. R.
Avery in this city,. Mr.. B. j. Bar
Der, of the Vienna bakery, for short
time past kept a pretty selection OF
ferns and palms. He now has palms
Of 19 varieties, all of which are beau
tiful. The Southern road ought to
annul it's schedules. The daily delay
of the mail trains is very annoying to
the public and hurtful to the business
interests of the people along Its line.
The Herald is now published in
the store building opposite the Central
hotel recently the Andrews furniture
store. March went out like a lion
and April was ushered in with it's rain,
and there has been continuous down.
pour since. Those of our farmers who
intended to commence planting last
Monday, must now wait at least a
week longer. Mr.. Walter Simpson
was brought home from Due West on
Saturday night by Mr.. Hazel Mobley.
Mr.. Simpson has been quite sick for
sometime with congestion Of the brain
and it was thought advisable for him
to be brought home and at present is
doing very WE'LL. ....At meeting of
the Mems Christian Union on last Fri
day evening, two very prominent Bible
characters were discussed, Daniel and
st. John. The exercises were enter
tanning and instructive as we'll. Both
sides were ably discussed and the
judges decided that while both were
great men, yet John was the greatest
of the two, therefore the gold medal
was awarded to Mr.. T. n. Balfour, the
leader of the winning side. This body
has one meeting each month, at which
time some Bible character is discussed.
They also have a devotional meeting
every Sunday afternoon at 8 p. m, to
which all men and boys are cordially
invited.
Fort Mill Times, April 4: Miss Carrie