Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-03-15
ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS.
Work of the Commercial CIub-Sue-
cessfuI Real Estate Deals by Mr.
Poag-Recent Fires-Other Notes.
Corraanondence Of the Yorkyille ENQUIRER.

Correspondence Of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Rock HILL, March 12.-Our Com
mercial club has been very successful In
enrolling new members, and has several
projects under discussion for the BEN
eft of the city. In order to carry out
it's policy more energetically and intel
ligently, it's board of governors will be
increased to twenty-five members. 1t
has also been decided to issue a
pamphlet comprehensively setting
forth Rock Hills advantages as a
manufacturing center. The social as
pect of the club has come in for some
notice too. and improvements in this
direction for the benefit Of the resident
and other members, will shortly re-
ceive attention. Mr.. Wood, who re-
Gently gave us such a splendid talk,
has a very tiattering article in the
Bristol (Tenn.-Va.) Daily Herald, on
the enterprising activities of the city
and its magnificent get there" spirit
Mr.. J. Edgar Poag. our real estate
broker, has recently consummated
some very important deals. He has
just succeeded in disposing Of the
Sherrer place to Mr.. Isaac H. Norris of
Princeton, Ill.,, who will in all proba-
bility be down next fall to see his pur-
chase, and perhaps also to locate.
This goes to show the wonderful activ-
ity of Mr.. Poag as live agent and is
quite a feather in his cap. He also
announces a sale by auction Of several
farms, ETC., at Yorkville next salesday
April 4th. which ought to be Of inter-
est to the local buyers.
The Beach-Ihrie Jewelry company
will open it's doors on the 14th instant.
The members of the new firm are we'll
known in this city and they start out
under most advantageous circumstan-
ces. They carry a full line Of jewelry
Of as pretty designs as are seen any
where. Their fixtures are new and
complete and altogether their store is
a beautiful gem of it's kind. That
competition is the life of trade is fur
ther exemplified on the statement of
Mr.. l. Bloomberg, who displays in his
window a $4,000 assortment, probably
the costliest display made for some
time.
Winthrop college will have two spec
ial attractions Of a high order on its
boards. The Ithaca Conservatory of
Music Concert Co., will be here on the
18th. and on the 14th Jenkins Lloyd
Jones of Chicago, Ga substitute for
Walter Page Of the Worlds Work.,
will lecture. Both entertainments are
of a very high class. They come well
recommended and a rich treat is prom
ised the audience.
Several fires have taken place this
last week. They were mostly small in
size. but they emphasize the prompt
ness Of the fire company in its strict
attention to it's duties. Captain 1redell
Jones had the misfortune to have one
Of his tobacco houses, filled with
about 1900 bundles Of fodder, Destroy
ed by fire-a loss that he feels very
keenly and which seems to be Of an
incendiary origin.
Miss Laura Williams. the young girl
who created such a sensation some
time ago by masquerading as man,
and in working in that capacity with
a telephone gang, was married here to
one John Rogers, an operative in one
of our cotton mills last Wednesday
night. She formed Rogers's acquaint-
ance in the Southern depot while
awaiting the arrival of some trains,
and it must evidently have been case
Of "love at first sight" but it remains
to be seen whether they were happy
ever afterwards"