Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-04-19
LOCAL LACONICS.

From now until January l, l9O3, 1or
$1.3S in advance.
To the State Convention.
The railroads have granted cheap
trip rates to the state Democratic con-
yention, to be held in Columbia on
May q. Tickets are to be sold on May
20 and q with final limit to May % in
elusive. The round trip rate from
Yorkville is $40, and from Rock Hill,
s4.Q5.
Stamped Out.
! A telephone message from Glover on
Thursday, stated that the smallpox
has about been stamped out at that
place. Almost everybody is now pro-
tected by vaccination, and there Is
feeling that there is nothing more to be
feared by the disease, which, by the
way, mas found but few victims in the
Clover vicinity.
The Wheat Crop.
FIR. L. R. Williams, Of Yorkville, Is
Of the opinion that there Is poor pros
pect for a good wheat crop this year.
He has been about considerably Of late
and has seen but few crops which seem
to promise very satisfactory yields.
He says that wheat generally is quite
thin and he does not believe that 1t
can develop much outcome.
Bowling Green Knitting Mill.
tThe main building of the Bowling
Green Knitting mill is about completed
ready for the machinery, which has
been ordered. It is hoped that the
wheels will begin to turn on or before
the first day Of June. Ladies under
wear will be the principal product OF
the mill, especially at the outset. All
of the buildings in connection with the
plant are we'll constructed.
RepOrt of the Supervisor.
Pursuant to recent act of the gen.
eral assembly, the supervisor today
publishes a statement Of his expendi-
lures during the past three months,
giving the amounts paid out, to whom
paid and what for. This statement
will be followed by others at the end OF
each quarter, and taxpayers, who are
interested in the matter, Will thus be
enabled to keep closely up with the
important matter Of where their money
>goesy
PaHmaster at Yorkville.
fine president, on Wednesday, sent
fin to the senate the nomination OF MISS
Maggie M. Moore to be postmaster at
Yorkville. She has been postmaster
since 1893. An Associate Press dispatch
of Tuesday, says that the president
was induced to make this recommen-
dation on the strength Of information
gained during his recent visit 10
Charleston, and despite the fact that
Miss Moore was without Republican
endorsement.
Sehnlarship Memorials.
Rock Hill Herald: The family OF
Judge I. D. Witherspoon, at .Yorkyille,
has founded a scholarship at the Pres
byterian college at Clinton, OF which
Rev. DR.. J. H. Thornwell is chancellor
This scholarship will be known as the
Donom Witherspoon Memorial. DR.. L.
B. Mason, of Brooklyn, has founded
another in honor Of his wife, who was
Miss Fannie Witherspoon, Of York
VILE. This will be known as the Fan
ME Witherspoon Memorial; and still
another has been founded by Mr.. ]. M.
Cherry, of Rock Hill, to be known as
the ]. M. Cherry Scholarship. In addi-
ton to the above. persons In Rock Hill
have contributed about $1OO, this
amount being in addition to the sub
scriptions to the general fund. So 1t
will appear that York county Is sus-
tanning the college well.
of New Routes.
The following letter from Congress-
man Finley in answer to question as
to when certain free delivery routes,
recently petitioned for, would be es-
tablished, will be of interest to many
others besides the party to whom 1t Is
addressed: Your letter Of the 14th is
at hand. There Is special agent OF
the postoffice department in the Fifth
district now; but it Is impossible for
me to tell when he will reach the two
particular routes that you refer to.
hope it will not be very long, however.
endorsed the petitions, and the papers
were forwarded to the special agent.
and the rest lies with the department.
One of the annoyances about the es-
of free rural delivery
principal one, for there is
not much trouble otherwise-is the de-
lay in getting them In operation. Thls
is caused by the very large number OF
petitions that are coming In from all
parts of the country. Please explain
this matter to such parties as may
make enquiries of YOU"
Those who heard the speech of Solic-
itor Henry in the prosecution of Jim
Lindsay, charged with the murder If
another Negro near Bethel, about
year ago, were particularly struck with
the earnestness and vigor of this able
officer It appears that the quarrel
that led to the killing was about wo-
man. Lindsay p.ead self-defense, and
his case was plausible one. The tes-
timony showed that the other Negrp1
fired first, and had not Lindsay done
some shooting also, he would have been
killed. On the face Of the testimony 1t
looked as II the jury would be fully
in an acquittal. But 1t was
in the analysis Of the situation that