Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-03-18
LOCAL LACONlCS.
More Seeds.

More Seeds.
THE ENQUIRER Is in receipt Of an
other sack Of seeds including about 200
packages. They are from United
States Senator A. c. Latimer, who had
advised US that he could not fulfill
his, recent promise because his quota
had been exhausted. The seeds will
be distributed on applications made In
person or through the mail.
At Standstill.
The Bell Telephone company's long
distance line between Yorkville and
Rock Hill continues on the waiting
list. The line has been practically
completed for several months and al
though there Is good reason to believe
that the company constructed 1t for
ultimate use, as yet nothing has de-
veloped as to probable course Of pro-
cedure.
Applications For School Libraries.
County Superintendent Of education
Carroll has received three applications
for the establishment Of school libra
ries under the recent act Of the gen.
eral assembly on the subject. They
come from the Wilkerson school, near
Hickory Grove, the Glover school and
the Bethany school. Several other
schools have the matter under consid-
Grafton; but have not yet raised the
money necessary for the initial re-
quirement.
Power Company Declines.
The Catawba Power company de-
clines to accept the proposition OF the
county board Of commissioners with
reference to the Allison Creek bridge.
After due consideration the board de-
cided that justice between the county
and the power company required
that the power company should
erect the bridge in dispute at
its own expense, in accordance WIN
plans and specifications to be furnish
ed by the county, and further that
the power company should MAINTAIN
the bridge for five years.
Wires For Electric Power.
The Catawba Power company Is
engaged in putting up poles between
the power house and Rock Hill, Fort
Mill and Charlotte. This work would
have probably been completed some
time ago; but shortly after IT was
commenced it developed that some OF
the land owners were disposed to op-
iect and the company had no power 10
resort to condemnation proceedings
The right to condemn rights or way
was conferred on all power companies
at the last session Of the general as
sembly and there will be no further
trouble on this account.
Interested In Silk.
Mrs. H. B. Buist Of Rock Hill' mas
been engaged in making an experiment
in silk culture, and has become quite
enthusiastic over this industry as the
result of her experiment. A corre-
spondent of the News and Courier de-
scribes the process Of silk culture uh-
der Mrs. Buist's management and says:
She came from a county (AopeVllle)
in which at least one settlement was
formed with silk-raising as the most
prominent industry. This was at Ola
bordeaux, where the colony LED py
Jean Louis Gilbert made it's first home.
The Huguenot names in that commu-
nifty still bear witness to French origin,
while a few silk garments remain TO
show what the first settlers did.
Liberal Gift to Fort Mill Methodists.
Fort Mill special to Columbia State:
Mr.. o. P. Heath of Monroe, N. c., who
is noted for his liberality in contribut-
ing to charitable and other worthy
causes was a visitor to Fort Mill re-
Gently. While here Mr.. Heath was
apprised of the fact that the Fort Mill