Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-05-17
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waxener Day Tickets. ~
"Wagener Day" tickets to the
Charleston exposition are to be put on
sale Wednesday next, and be good for
three days. The rate Is the lowest that
has ever been accorded by South Car
olina railroads. The price of tickets
from Yorkville and return Is $2.15.
In the Heart of the Confederncy.
Fort Mill Times: Memorial Day was
observed here as usual last Saturday,
but the observance was quieter and
the ceremony simpler than usual. The
Presbyterian church was the assem-
bling place and from there the veterans
and their families and friends marched
to the cemetery where the graves were
solemnly and lovingly decorated. Con-
federate Park was next visited, where
all due honor was bestowed upon the
silent soldier in statue. Rev. Wright
closed the day with prayer.
noutes From Glover.
Special Agent Howard, Of the rural
free delivery service, has been In York
Vile for the past week In connection
with the work Of surveying the various
routes recently petitioned for in this
locality. He said day or two ago that
he would go to Glover on next Monday
to begin a survey of the routes leading
out from that place. One toward Beth
ell, Zeno, Energy and Enquirer, and the
other in the direction Of Hero and
Ramah. Being subject to orders that
take MIN to first one place and then an
other. however, it Is quite possible
that his programme may be changed
and that he may not get to Glover until
some later date.
Jumped to His Death.
Charlotte Observer, Tuesday: Mr..
Hill Abernethy was killed Sunday night
at Griffith's station, on the Southern
railway, five miles from Charlotte.
For the last three weeks he had been
at work in the blacksmith shop of Mr..
w. NJ. Long, in this city, and frequent
ly spends his Sundays in Rock Hill and
Fort Mill. He spent last Sunday in
Fort Mill, and having missed the local
train which stops at Griflth's, he
boarded passenger train No. "a, a fast
train which does not stop at the small
stations. At Griffith's he sprang from
the train and struck a mile post. The
right side Of his head and right breast
were badly mashed. 1t Is presumed
that he was killed instantly. Mr.. Aber-
nethy was about IS years Of age and
his home was at Alexis, CASTOR county.
A wife and several children survive
him. The remains will be taken to
Stanley Creek today for burial.
Good Work This.
Congressman Finley said ION Wednes-
day, that so far he had filed applica-
tions for about IS rural free delivery
routes in his district. Many Of these
have already been surveyed and estab-
lished, and others are in process of in
vestigation. With the routes already
established and in process of investi-
cation in York county, the outlook Is
that there will be a pretty thorough
county service. 1t should be under
stood that Mr.. Finley does not take the
initiative in the establishment of free
with the people Of a given territory.
They must get up a petition that Is re-
quired by the postofflce department, a
blank for which Mr.. Finley is glad to
furnish on application, and after the
petition is properly signed he makes 1t
his business to see that it receives all
the consideration to which 1t Is enti-
tied. OF course 1t does not follow that
every route petitioned for can be es-
tablished. This matter is governed by
various considerations in the office Of
the superintendent of rural free deliv-
cry, and many petitions are turned
down for good reasons. while others
fail without satisfactory explanation.
The York Cotton Mills company is
engaged in a search for a more liberal
supply Of water. and up to this time it
has been meeting with splendid sue
cess. The artesian well-method Is be-
ing used. The company has secured
the necessary apparatus. and proposes
to continue to bore wells until it has
as much water as it will require. The
first we'll was completed on last We'd
nesday, with the use of a Pinch drill
and at depth Of II feet a copious flow
Of water was struck. A test Of three
hours pumping developed a continuous
supply Of 20 gallons per minute. or 2S.-
300 gallons a day. The indications are
that the drill must have struck pretty
bold underground stream. But few OBJ
structions were encountered In the
drilling and the cost was slight. PreSi-
dent Carroll said. on Thursday. that II
the same good luck follows further op-
erations. the drilling will be continued
until at least six similar wells are avail
able. These are expected to furnish
all the water the company can possi-
bly, require. The work is quite uncer-
tain. however. and 1t may be that in
some cases wells might be sunk to a
depth of several hundred feet without
securing anything like the flow that
has developed from the first experiment.
Also. it is quite possible that the next
attempt may be followed by even bet