Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-03-04
ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS

Important Law-Suit-Interesttn Un-
ION MeetinE-Wreck on the South
Correspondence Of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Rock HILL, March 1.-THE heirs OF
Alexander T. Black have taken the nrst
step in a suit against the SoutneIll
RAILWAY company, and they hope TO
secure four acres of land with the I'M
movements thereon, lying In the pusi-
ness section Of the city. The properly
extends along both sides or the soutn-
ern road: and Is divided by Main street.
II Is. of course, very valuable, and the
ownership means q great deal TO the
town. The heirs of Mr.. Black claim
that the deed was granted on certain
terms. which required the railroad peo-
ple to use the land for railroad pur-
noses alone, and that when sucn use
was not made the property rlgnts pc
came forfeited. The company mas al
lowed warehouses, offices ana STORES
TO be built on this Land, and the helrS
viii hold that therein the original
Grant has been violated. On the other
hand. all of these buildings are used. at
least to some extent, In ways whlcn
are supposed to be for the beneht OF
the company. For instance X. I. rev
ell g. Co. have an Office building on
this property; but in the rear or the
office building Is a coal yard and lum-
her warehouse. The case will pe
watched with a great deal OF interest
by our people.
The several different churches united
IN a special service at the First Pres
byterian church last night There was
present a large congregation, and the
evenings worship was indeed enJoyaole.
The pastor of the church, Rev. w. l..
Lineie. presided in his delightfully."-
frank, simple. whole -souled way. The
sermon was preached by Rev: Wa9oy
T. Duncan, of st. Johns Methodist
church. The preacher selected for tne
subject of his discourse Christian char-
acter and he announced as his text,
Friend, go up higher" In a mastery
way the subject was developed. The
discourse was strong, scholarly ana
helpful. This was the first time that
many Of the congregation had heard
Rev. Mr.. Duncan, and the rapt atten-
ton given the preacher gave evidence
of high appreciation. The preachers 8
commanding presence, his impressive
gestures. his pleasing voice; his use OF
words, his power Of thought, and clear
ness in development, all go to make an
interesting and attractive speaker.
A wreck on the Southern, about g.
mile and a half south Of Fort Mill,
caused the trains to be tied up about
five hours here today. The engine and
two cars Of freight south bound, were
derailed, and the fireman injured. 1t
required several hours to repair the
track so that the mail trains could
pass. In this way Solicitor Henry was
detained in the city several hours.
The Curry Literary society, OF WIN,
throp, very appropriately had memorial
services Saturday in honor Of the late
DR.. J. L. M. Curry. Miss South read
an excellent essay on the life Of this
great southerner. An address was
made by DR.. Kinard, and President
Johnson made a good talk on personal
"reminiscences of the man. DR.. Curry
was a special friend to Winthrop.
Lenten services are being conducted
this week in the Church of Our Sa-
viour by the rector, Rev. ]. c. Johns.
Miss Marion Harshaw Is spending
few days with her sister. Mrs. w. j. +.
Wylie.
4 Cadets Willie Moore Patrick and AL
bert Freidheim were at home Sunday
from the K. M. M. A.
Rev. w. L. Lingle leaves Wednesday
for Waycross. Ca, where he will con-
duct special services for several days.
w. B. Wilson, Jr., who has been
spending a few days in Charleston,
came home this morning. Mrs. Wilson
will prolong her visit to her parents
for ten days or two weeks.