Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-02-19
WITHIN THE TOWN.

man Of talent and promise.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
The snow has raised the price Of
cord wood, which was being retailed
about town at 81, up to $3.50 and 50
cord. There has been much inconven-
ience and possibly some actual dis
tress.
The York Cotton Mill company has
declined to sell out to the pro-
posed cotton mill trust. The mat
ter was considered at q meeting of the
directors last Friday. The trust pro-
position was to value the York Mill at
s25O,OOO, and give the stockholders 90
per cent. in bonds or preferred stock
and 40 per cent. in cash for their hold
ings. The proposition appears to be
quite liberal; but the York people were
unable to see it that way and de-
elined.
Lieutenant John R. Hart, Of the
Jasper Light Infantry, received tel:
egram Monday from General Floyd
stating that the bill to pay the trans
portation Of the militia to Charleston
had passed the house and that he felt
confident that 1t would also get
through the senate without serious op-
position. The occasion referred to Is
Military Day." next Saturday, Feb
ruary %, when 1t Is expected that
there will be about 5000 militiamen in
the city. There will be meeting Of
the members Of the Jasper Light In
fantry in the armory this, (Tuesday)
evening, at s o'clock to consider the
situation and make arrangements for
the trip.
EMr. Arthur Black, who lives two
and one-half miles west Of town, placed
many Of his neighbors and considera-
BILE part of the town Of Yorkville un-
der obligations last Saturday with
some good work that he was able to
do with an improvised snow plow. AL
ready having a number Of wood con-
tracts in Yorkville, and foreseeing that
the heavy snow promised an increased
demand, he constructed Of timber a
large V-shaped plow, hitched four
mules to it and drove to town, clearing
out a convenient wagon track as he
came. Noting the satisfactory manner
in which Mr.. Blacks contrivance did
its work, Mayor Willis bargained for a
furrow along all the principal streets
Of the town. Mr.. Black accomplished
the work within a few hours, and the
general benefit Of the operation has
since been quite apparent.
The town council has published
and now has ready for distribution,
codification Of the ordinances Of the
town compiled together with the rules
and regulations of the board Of health,
the provisions Of the constitution OF
the state and all acts of the general
assembly relating to municipal affairs,
brought close up to date. The work
Of compilation was done by w. w.
Lewis, Esq, and the publication Is
from the presses Of THE YoRKvILLE
ENQUIRER. It is in the form Of a neat
pamphlet, Of 81 pages, and the whole
thing is in such shape as to enable any
layman Of average intelligence to de-
termine for himself just what the laws
of the town are with reference to any
given subject. The codification was
officially adopted at special meeting
of the council that was held for the
purpose last Friday night.
The dispensary petition, about
which there has been so much talk OF
late, has not yet been presented to the
town council, and the people who are
opposed to the dispensary are rather
disappointed than otherwise. Although
few anti-dispensary people have seen
the paper-it not having been present
ed, except to such individuals as were
thought to favor the movement
enough is known about the paper to
warrant that 1t can easily be knocked
out on the first round. That Is the
principal reason why the anti-dispen-
sary people have been somewhat i'm
patient. OF course, there is no reason
to doubt that a legal paper-one that
will compel the calling Of an election
can be procured; but 1t Is pretty GER
tain that the movement" will have
to break out in a new place before any
such development can materialize.