Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-06-04

but each separate establishment must
have a separate box. People who
should put up boxes, therefore. and who
refuse to do so, will be entirely deprived
of mail facilities except at the nearest
postoffices, and with the establishment
Of the free rural routes, postoffices
promise to become fewer and further
between, especially in the rural dis
tricts.
s1' The reporter has just run upon the
most interesting fish story Of the sea-
son. Mr.. T. M. Martin. of Concord,
told 1t on Monday. giving his brother,
Mr.. G. c. Martin, who lives on Mr.. D.
G. Stanton's Catawba river plantation,
as authority. On the bottoms OF this
plantation there is a pond covereing a
considerable area which, up to last
year had been cultivated in corn. The
pond is the result Of the heavy freshets
of the past season. 1t ranges in depth
from the knee to the waist of six foot
man. Mr.. G. C. Martin had entertain
ed the idea for quite awhile that there
were fish in 1t, and about month ago
he went into 1t with seine. AS the
result Of a single afternoons work, he
caught more than 100 pounds Of fish Of
various kinds, most Of them carp.
sters, one weighing 15s, another 16a, and
the third 1SS pounds. II did not see the
fish," said Mr.. Martin, "but quite a
number Of people did and also saw
them weighed. AS to whether they
were good or not cannot tell you, as
my brother only sent me piece Of
backbone and some scales from the
largest" So far as the reporter has
any record, these are the largest carp
that have ever been caught in this Sec
ton Of the state.
1l The Yorkville postoffice havingf
been notified that free delivery service
will 60 into effect on Routes Nos. and
on July l, and there being but short
time IN which to make the necessary
preliminary arrangements, THE ENoUI-
RER has been requested to assist in the
matter Of getting together the commit
lees whose duty it will be to select the
boxes to be used. The committee sug-
gested for route No. consists Of Mes
sers. ]. L. McGill, M. s. Carroll and w.
J. Gordon; and for route No. 2, Mes
srs. J. r. Cook, Perry Ferguson and
w. T. Nichols. These committees are
requested to meet at the store of Mes
srs. Riddle & Carroll on next Satur-
lay morning, June Z, at II o'clock.
They will find at Messrs. Riddle & Car
rolls samples of the various kinds Of
boxes and information as to prices. AL
though as yet no order has been receiy-
ed for the establishment Of the propos-
ed route to Glenn G. Riddles store, 1t Is
suggested that Messrs. s. N. Johnson,
Jesse Ford and T. ]. Nichols acts as
)ox committee for that route and meet
1t the time and place with the other
committees. While 1t will not be wise
Tor patrons to give orders for boxes.
until after the actual establishment Of
the routes by which they expect to be
served, time will be saved II people who
intend to put up boxes on the two
routes first named, will at once advise
some member Of the committee, having
the route in charge, of such intention.
Messrs. Riddle & Carroll are doing all
they can to assist the free delivery pa
irons in the matter Of getting In shape,
md Mr.. Carroll will take pleasure In
ordering boxes for all who deposit the
cash with him, making no charge for
his services beyond an amount suffl-
,ient to cover the actual cost and ex-
renses. The gentlemen named on the
respective committees have been selec-
ed because 1t Is known that they are
competent and because 1t Is believed
they will serve.
f8' A fine mare belonging to Mr.. R. N.
.dcElwee, broke its leg one day last
week.
sN The Gold Hill school trouble was
strongly in evidence in Yorkville last
Monday. A petition was filed with the
superintendent Of education for the
calling Of an election on the question
If repeating the special tax, and parti-
zans of both sides were present to Sc .,
cure registration certificates in order
that they might vote. In talking with
representatives of either side Of the
controversy, the reporter gathered that
feeling Is running high on the Issue.
md although the trouble evidently has
it's origin and real basis elsewhere, the
battle-ground is to be the tax. The
principal grievence expressed by those
who are fighting the tax, Is at the ac-'
ton of the trustees in meeting without
calling the patrons and arranging for
the continuance Of the school next year.
At this meeting the trustees reelected
Mr.. Jackson Hamilton as principal for
another year, agreeing to pay him a
lump sum of $1,000 and leave to him
the matter Of selecting and employing
assistants. The understanding Is that
a large number Of patrons are entirely.
satisfied with the arrangement, and
so far as can be learned, no objection
from any quarter; but the opposition
holds that the trustees should not have
taken such action without the advice
and consent of the patrons. It Is init
mated even that If the trustees will
rescind the action they have already
taken, and allow 1t to be done over
again at another meeting to be parti-
cipated in by the patrons, there Will be
no further objection. Some Of the pa
irons who have stood by the school
from its establishment and watched 1t
grow into one Of the most notable insti-
tutions Of the kind in this part of the
state. are entirely satisfied with the ac-
tion of the trustees, considering that
they have only discharged their duty.
in a manner that was entirely proper.
There is an intimation from the oppo-
sition, too, that the designations of one
or more of the trustees will be accep-
table, while, on the other hand, those
who favor the maintenance Of the
school desire nothing Of the kind. The
petition filed with the superintendent
of education will, Of course, have to be
acted upon, and the election on the tax
question will be called to be held some
time about the middle Of July. There
seems to be some reason to hope that
all differences will be adjusted before
that time, but not a great deal; and
the probability Is that the issue will be
fought out at the polls. Each side Is
hoping to win; but neither Is confident
as to the final result. Outsiders who
care nothing Of the local quarrel, are
hoping that the tax advocates will win.
LOCAL LACONICS.
We Will Send The Enquirer
From now until January 1, 1903, for
SLIP in advance.