Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-10-08
mfOAD RIVER VETERANS.
Township Committee q
About Getting Up Roll.

About Getting Up Roll.
Correspondence Of the Yorkvile ENQUIRER.
ETA JANE, October 3.-In obedience
to a resolution formed at recent meet
ing Of the United Confederate veterans
of this state. the committee appointed
to get up the names of the men who
went to the war from what is known as
Broad River township, met at Hickory
Grove on the 1st instant to perform
that duty. It was your correspondents
privilege to be present at that meeting
and to take a part in the proceedings,
as we'll as note the proceedings. The
committee, we have no hesitancy III
saying, is a business one. and Will ac-
complish the object for which it was
appointed in so far as 1t is possible FOR
this work to be done.
THE members Of the committee pres
ent were: John Ramsey. Robert w.
Whitesides. John M. Morrow, William
s. Wilkerson, Joseph M. Whitesides and
John Harris Wylie. These, either IN
person, or through sub-agents, nave
made personal canvass of every nook
and corner Of the township and gotten
lists Of all the names it was possible 10
obtain. They compared their lists 10
see that no name appeared on any TWO
or more Of them, and If 1t did, all were
stricken off but one. This done, paper
WAS ruled to suit the requirements OF
the book prepared for the general en-
rollment, and all the names In possess
sion of the committee were entered on
it together with the age, and other IN
formation obtainable by the committee
At another meeting of the committee
to be held soon, this list will be revised
and all omissions and errors Qf any DE
found) will be filled in or corrected.
Then this record will be turned over to
an expert penman to copy In the pooK
prepared for that purpose, thus making
the township enrolment as required pv
the aforesaid resolution. Between thls
and the next meeting Of the commit
foo a list of the names of those of
whom the committee haven't got SUI
ficient information, will doubtless Do
sent to THE ENQUIRER for publication
with the request that everyone VINO can
give the required information as to any
particular soldier or soldiers, Will so
notify the committee either by letter or
postal card, so that this informatlon'
with the rest, can 60 on the RECORD
when fully made up.
The work necessary to accomplish
this enrolment scheme Is no chlldren
play. 1t takes patience and perseVer-J
ance as we'll as lot Of hard work. put
wa believe the committee of Broad RlV-
or township is equal to the task ana
will do their duty faithfully and syste-
matically; so much so that we nave
concluded that an outline of this work.
given through the press. will aid ana
encourage others to perform the same
work with less trouble and more sat-
isfaction. md
To say that this work is popular ana
rnoeting the approval of the pubic,
would hardly express it. The brother.d
hood of the Woodmen of the World, at
Hickory Grove, kindly rendered the use
of their large and beautifully furnish
ed hall to the committee to hold It's
meeting and do it's work. But peIolS
the committee went in the BILLY goat
was taken out and the other parapher-
MALTA was removed or packed up so as
to be out of the committees way.
While on the York side we had the
pleasure of inspecting the molasses1
manufacturing plant Of Mr.. w. S. VIII
kerson, as we'll as a sample of his goods
and we must confess that it Is up-to-
date in every respect. Mr.. WilkersoiFl
cert.inlv deserves praise for his thrift
and enterprise, and it will pay any one
TO visit his manufactory and see his
work and his system Of performing it.
The farmers of this section complain
of very short cotton crops-not over
half crop at the most. J. L. s.