Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-06-17
NOTE AND COMMENT.

There was good fishing in the Buffa-
10 bottoms in Cherokee township dur
ing the recent flood. The river backed
up into the bottoms and it Is said that
large numbers of fine trout were
caught in the muddy waters.
The recent high water in western
York did a great deal Of damage along
Bullock's creek in this county; but as
the situation appears from the trestle
of the Southern railway, there has
been no material damage along Kings
Creek, in Cherokee county.
During the discussion Of the Pacolet
flood last week it developed that
great many people had the idea that
a bale of cotton would absorb only
limited quantity Of water, not nearly
enough to sink it; but that theory has
been completely exploded. Among the
numerous bales recovered from the
bottom of the river and along the
banks during the past week, some
weighed as much as $500 pounds.
A representative of THE ENQUIRER
passed through. the town Of Blacks
burg on Saturday, and was struck with
the appearance Of things as compared
with a half dozen years ago. Within
the past ten years this town has been
one of the most fourishing in the up
per part Of the state. Quite a num-
ber of important enterprises have been
established and there were numerous
wage earners to make trade lively.
Now, this Is all changed. The popula-
ton appears to be almost as great as
1t has ever been; but business has
dwindled to such an extent that there
is hardly room for hotei except from
the support derived by reason OF the
railroad junction. There are quite
number of vacant business houses IN
the town. The cause Of the decline In
business is attributed to several I'M
portant factors. For one thing the
practical removal Of the railroad shops
was felt seriously. For another thing
the establishment Of a county seat at
Gaffney, has had an important inf1u-
ence, because Blacksburg people are
disposed to make Gaffney in a large
measure their trading point, and again
the building of the Gaffney branch Of
the South Carolina and Georgia Ex-
tension road has deprived Blacksburg
Of quite a considerable amount OF
trade that formerly come from Cher
okee Cotton mills and from the coun-
try Immediately surrounding. Just
now an effort Is being made to
exploit the iron mines in the vicinity
Of the town, and if this effort proves
successful material benefit will, Of
course, result.
The following interesting paragraph
Is from the Yorkvile correspondent of
the News and Courier: Your CORES
pondent had occasion to visit Hickory,
N. c., yesterday. AS everybody who
has investigated knows, that wide
awake town has a population Of about
5000 and is one of the most progress
sive and substantial communities OF
it's size in the south. On numerous
occasions we had heard persons who
had visited Hickory speak favorably Of
the towns principal hotel-'The Hick-
ory Inn"-and after entering the build
ing we were thoroughly convinced that
words of commendation spoken by
others were entirely merited. The
building has a frontage of about $50
feet and a depth Of about 100. There
are three stories, basement and in
the neighborhood Of fifty rooms, and
every room is handsomely and comfor-
tably furnished and the whole building
from the cellar to garret equipped
with all the useful modern conve-
niences. These things, Of course, are
pleasing to the wayfarer and add much
to the attractiveness and comforts of
hotel life, but at last the most at
tractive feature of any well-conducted
hotel is the quality, quantity and
character Of fare served and the din
ing room service. The manager Of
Hickory Inn is Mr.. ]. E. Montague, a
native of New England. but who has
lived in the south during the past