Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-04-18


1t strikes me that II such place were
furnished and properly policed, 1t
would be a considerable improvement
upon present conditions"
y NOTE AND COMMENT.
Mr.. J. s. Jones, rural carrier on
route No. 5, reports that the bridge
over the DRY Fork" of Turkey creek,
has been put in flrst-class condition
by the contractors, and that he can
now cross this heretofore dangerous
place in. safety in almost any condition
of weather.
An Easter entertainment was given
at the York Cotton mill chapel on last
Sunday night by members of the Sun
day school. The principal features were
number Of appropriate recitations and
songs, and the entertainment Is re-
ported to have been most enjoyable
and successful affair.
The court of general sessions has
had six murder cases to deal with
during the present term. This Is very
serious, and suggests the necessity of
more careful consideration. The dispo-
sition to murder Is entirely too strong,
and the idea that self defense" Is
justification should be discouraged. for
in large per cent. Of cases 1t was
the murderer who was the real aggres-
Sor.
1.-The weather of the past few days
has reminded some Of the older citi-
zens Of this section Of the spring of
1S4s, when there was three inch snow
on the 18th Of April. Mr.. j. D. Gaul-
din, superintendent of the county
home, says that wheat and oats were
of hof
seem to be affected this year. That Is,
they were attacked by rust. Notwith-
standing this injury, however, two
thirds crops Of both were realized.
While in YorkviIIe last Thursday,
Col. Robt. w. Hunt, in charge of the
passenger department Of the Charles
ton division of the Southern railroad,
took occasion to remark that Charles
ton will furnish more attraction this
summer for the up country visitors
than ever before The Isle Of Palms,
he said, will be famous resort. It
has been leased by Mr.. Bryon Law
renee, of Augusta, who has both abun-
ant means and experience, and who
has set out to make this resort the
most popular and attractive summer
ing place on the entire south Atlantic
coast. The restaurants and amuse-
ments will open on May /; but the
Hotel Seashore will not open until the
first Of June. In the meantime the
attractions and advantages offered are
Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
There will be frequent excursions from
different localities and no doubt sew
eral from the Piedmont section.
Solicitor Henry has done some es-
pecially good work in the various mur-
der cases that have come up this week.
1t Is fair to say that his work has been
good all. the way through with all the
cases tried but the murder cases have
received his best efforts. He appre-
ciates fully the cheapness Of human
life in South Carolina and has but
slight patience with the f1imsy excus-
es that are generally offered by de-
PENDANTS, or with the manufactured
testimony that Is frequently offered in
support Of these excuses. He fights
every case with as much earnestness,
energy and ability as is displayed by
the especially retained counsel on the
other side and often with a great deal
more. His knowledge and grasp Of the
true inwardness Of each particular case
is remarkable, and although he does
not always get what he Is after, the
fullest penalties Of the law for guilty
offenders, he comes about as near to
1t, no doubt, as any prosecuting attor-
ney in the state.
Noting the suggestion of our Glover
correspondent with reference to a
change Of schedule on the rural routes
in order that the subscribers Of THE
ENQUIRER may continue to get their
papers on the day Of publication, not
withstanding the change Of schedule
on the Carolina and North Western,
we desire to say that the matter had
been anticipated at this office. Acting
on the suggestion Of Postmaster Gwinn,
of Glover, application was made to
Miss Maggie Moore, postmaster at
Yorkville, for an arrangement whereby
THE ENQUIRER could be sent up to
Glover on Tuesday and Friday nights
SO 1t would be on hand Wednesday and
Saturday mornings In ample time for
the carriers. Miss Moore was obliging
enough to send the papers to the depot
last Tuesday evening and they should
have gone up on the freight train that
night; but for some reason 1t was left
behind until next morning. The mat
ter has been reported to the proper
authorities, and 1t is expected that
an order for the carrying Of the papers
on the freight trains will be received
within the next few days. Should this
arrangement not prove satisfactory,
and should the patrons of the rural
delivery routes, desire a change of
schedule so as to keep the carriers un-
til after the arrival Of the northbound
passenger train, that can probably be
accomplished.
Col. Robert w. Hunt, passenger
agent Of the Charleston division Of the
Southern railroad, was in Yorkville
last Thursday. He had no special
business here; but just called because
this place Is within his passenger ju-
riSdictton, to meet some of the repre-
sentative people and to pick up such
ideas as might prove of future value
In the perfection Of transportation con-
Veniences. In a conversation with the
reporter Colonel Hunt gave out the
very gratifying information of a pro-
posed change of schedule that will 20
into effect tomorrow. AS the result of
the change, the train from Columbia
and Charleston will arrive at about II
O'Clock a. M, instead of. p. m., as now,
while the schedule of the southbound
train will remain practically as it is.
There will be no other passenger
trains for the present. From what he
said, Mr.. Hunt Is sincerely desirous of
giving the people up this way the best
service that is possible under existing
conditions. You can have no idea,"
he said, how difficult it is to arrange
a satisfactory schedule for a road like
this, with our other lines interesecting
every 30 or 40 miles. We have spent
a lot of thought on the subject and
we cannot say that we are entirely
pleased yet. We will try this new ar
rangement during the summer, how
ever, and I hope that by next winter
we will be able to give you a service
that will be more satisfactory than any
you have ever had" 1t seems that
all the work that has
already been done on the roadbed and
track, these still lack a great deal Of
being what they ought to be, and 1t
will probably be next winter before
they are gotten in shape to warrant
up to date schedules. Although he
had but a few hours in Yorkyille. Col.
n11nohar 0f leading