Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-12-19
ROCK HILL AND VICINITY.
Another Tiger cauaht-New Banking
Enterprise-Fire In Refrigerator
Court House News-Drank carhelie
Acid-The Railroad Situation,

Court House News--Drank Carholto
Acid-The Railroad Situation,
Correspondence of the Yorlxville ENQUIRER.
Rock HILL, Dec, l8,-Frank Sawyer,
colored, was arrested at an early hour
last Sunday morning on the charge OF
selling liquor and released on bond
Of $25. Rather than run the risk Of
a sentence Of 800 or thirty days Nom
day morning, he failed to appear,
There was row at the Victoria
mill Sunday between two men named
Simmons and Hammond, Hammond
cut Simmons. When the two men were
brought before Mayor Roddey the for.
mer was scntenced TO $2b or 80 days.
punished,
Some weeks ago In this correspond.
ence there was mention Of new
building and trust company being
formed here by some Of our popu-
lar young business men. Their plans
are being perfected and 1t will be
only very short time until they will
be in shape to be made public. This
Is not the only new enterprise OF the
kind on foot. however. The directors
Of the National Union Bank at their
meeting, the 18th, decided that they
would add a new feature to their bus
ness and they will at an early date
open up an allied institution to be
known as the First Trust and Savings
Bank, Of Rock Hill. The committee
appointed from the directors Is COM
posed Of j. M. Cherry, w. ], Roddey,
T. L. johnson and Iva Dunlap, When
the National Union bank gets this
latter business into running order 1t
expects to reduce its interest rate
from seven per cent to six per cent,
which will no doubt have very SAL
utary effect upon the business In our
community. ,s,.
A very peculiar fire occurred here
Tuesday morning In V. B. McFad.
denis meat market and 1t looked like
the building was doomed when the
fire was first discovered at about ]
o'clock. The department responded
promptly, however, and, while the
loss is still quite severe, it is less
than 1t then appeared II would be.
The peculiar part Is that the fire orig
mated in the big refrigerator. Since
the cold weather set In 1t had not
been In use and number OF coats,
aprons. etc., were thrown inside. A
box Of matches lying on the window
sill had fallen on these articles and
had no doubt been set of by rats.
The damage to the building is slight
and covered by insurance. On the
refrigerator and other contents OF the
+ lilding there was only $3.50 insur-
ance, while the refrigerator itself
was worth several hundred dollars.
The entire loss on both building and
contents was about $500.
The very latest development Of the
Western district bill Is that the dele
CATION Is practically settled upon
Rock Hill as the disputed point where
n ,,-t nyil off Thno-
ter will have an appropriation for
postoffice building amounting to $751;
900, which certainly ought to pacify
them. Our people would be glad to
see Chester get an appropriation and
have all along deplored her butting
into the court bill which originally
included Rock Hill and In which Ches-
ter had not figured at all.
Edwin r. Robertson, aged about so
years, died at his residence on White
street, Sunday evening at o'clock
from the effects of drinking about
one ounce Of carbolic acid mixed with
about the same quantity Of turpen-
tine. The deceased was a quiet, in
offensive citizen and had many friends
here where he had lived for many
years. He came here from Lancas-
ter county and during his residence
in Rock Hill has either conducted a
meat market of his own or has been
employed by some one as meat cutter.
Recently, and until a few weeks ago,
he had been In the McFadden market.
For several weeks, however, he had
been drinking heavily. For several
days he had seemed very much de-
pressed, mentally, and 1t Is thought
that when he drank the deadly drug
he was temporarily insane. He spent
the most of the Sunday In bed, but
late in the Afternoon arose and went
to an out house where he secured the
bottle Of the mixture referred to
which he had used in treating sore
on a horse some weeks ago-went
back to the house and after drinking
the stuff placed the empty bottle
between the mattresses and lay down
again. Members OF the family soon
saw that something was wrong and
questioned him, but he insisted that
he had drunk nothing but whiskey.
Later on and just before he died, he
admitted what he had done and told
where the bottle was hidden. A
physician had been sent for and had
arrived but he was too far gone to be
saved, although every thing possible
was done. He leaves a widow and
five children and four children by
former marriage. All of the latter
are married. He was insured in the
Fraternal Union of America for
$1,000. The funeral was held from
the residence Monday afternoon at
o'clock by the Rev. ]. w. Willis, OF
the Baptist church.
l was shown a map, just completed,
of the profile Of the survey between