Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-03-15
NOTE AND COMM ENT.

$4,000 for the establishment of a IL
brary at Winthrop college.
Mr.. J. e. Hart Of Yorkville. was the
winner Of the Annapolis cadetship In
the competitive examination that was
held in Yorkville last week by direc-
tion Of Congressman Finley. That is,
Mr.. Hart made the best average. Mr..
Finley. however. must appoint not less
than three alternates, and the final
test will take place at Annapolis.
While it is not necessary to go into
details, THE ENQUIRER has positive in
formation that an increasing number
of farmers are financing their opera
tions with the help Of the banks. That
Is, instead of giving liens, they are
borrowing money with which to pay
cash for both labor and supplies. Both
of the local banks have made more
loans to farmers this year than ever
before, and the demand seems to be on
the increase.
Although the town Of Yorkville can
not hope to get any direct benefit
from the power to be furnished by the
Catawba Power company, 1t seems to
us that there are sufficient interests
here to warrant at least the investiga-
tion Of the practicability of establish
ing a general electric plant to be
operated by steam power. The expert
ment, We understand has proved sue
cessful in the case of the big Olympia
mill of Columbia. There electric power
generated by steam Is being used more
economically than the steam could be
used If applied direct. The establish
ment of a steam operated electric plant
of sufficient capacity to furnish all the
electric power that could be consumed
in Yorkville would no doubt involve
considerable outlay Of capital; but it is
quite probable that 1t would prove
economical, and properly managed 1t
would no doubt pay good dividends to
the shareholders.
Quite a knotty problem has arisen
between Mr.. w. o. Rawls and Mr.. I.
S. Kidd over a horse trade that occur
red last Friday. The facts were about
like this: MIR. Rawls sold the horse to
Mr.. Kidd for $65 and guaranteed the
animal to be perfectly sound. He had
owned the horse for more than a year
and thought he knew all about it. The
trade occurred at 2 o'clock and Mr..
Kidd started home. Three hours later
La ha r
Kidd says that it had not been driven;
but had been led along behind his
buggy. The cause Of the animals
death has not been ascertained. The
question now is, who Is the loser Of
the animal? There are those who
hold that o. Sound price warrants a
sound article" and others who insist
that at the time Of the trade the horse
was to all intents and purposes sound;
that Mr.. Rawls certainly knew moth
ing to the contrary and that his guar
antee could not extend beyond his
knowledge. The matter Is still open.
The reporter is advised that the
county board Of commissioners Is not
disposed to accept the representations
Of the Catawba Power company to the
effect that it's expenditures on the AL
lison Creek bridge amount to as much
as $7OO. At least some Of the members
of the board are inclined to the opin-
ion that If the said expenditures have
reached that figure the power company
has failed to get full value for its
money. The commissioners have been
advised also that the materials put on
the ground are Of inferior quality, and
that the construction work Is hardly up
to the required standard. Again, as
another reason why the board Is not
to accept any proposition that
has so far been made by the power |
company, it Is a fact that the power
company owns the land both above
and below the bridge for quite dis
tance and is more interested than Is |
any one else in the maintenance of
the structure. The bridge is of course, |
quite a convenience to many people in
the neighborhood; but in view Of the
of the power company
for the present situation, and it's pre-
interest in the mainten-
ance of a proper crossing, the COM
missioners think that their offer to
maintain a. proper bridge after the
power company has constructed the
same and kept 1t up for five years, Is
quite liberal.