Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-06-20
ROCK HILL AND VICINITY.

To Connect Rock Hill With the Sea-
neutrality-suspicious. Of Graded
School FaeuIty-Swimmins Pool
Opened to the Public-Suspeoted In
eendiary Observation-Disclosures Kill
ed.
Correspondents Of the -Yerkville Enquirer. ',rt
! Rock HILL, June 2O.-Quite an imt.
portarit meeting was held In the Com
mefcial club yesterday morning. The
meeting was held for the purpose Of
reviving the movement started q year
or more ago to connect Rock HillSby
railroad with the .Seaboard road. y MI
w. IS. Lee Of Charlotte, on whose sug-
gestion the meeting was held, was
present. Mr.. Lee made II very plain
to all present that II Rock Hill wanted
come ction with the Seaboard now was
the time to get 1t. He stated that the
catar'ba Power company would com.
mer- at once to develop the Great
Falls on Catawba river and In order to
get machinery and other material
hauled to- the works the company Will
build a railroad from the Falls to the
Seaboard taking In the spur line be-
tween Edgmoor and Lando distance
of three miles. This road will be built
at once and the object Of the meeting
Monday morning was to bave the road
extended on to Rock Hill. Mr.. Lee said
the Ca:awba Power people would have
freight enough to furnish business for
the road on their end Of the line for
at least five years, and he thought
there would be no trouble In getti 1g
enough from the Rock Hill end. The
idea Is to use steam power to begin
nd lot ph "a m QlaNf~tG
power When che Great Falls have
been developed the change from steam
to electric power can be made. All
seemed fully alive to the Importance
Of taking action In the matter as out
lined by Mr.. Lee, and Capt. w. Il. Rod
dey. as chairman Of the meeting, was
instructed to appoint committee OF
six to review the situation with view
to making definite arrangements with
the Catawba Power people. Later In
the day Mr.. Roddey named the follow
ing committee: W. B. Wilson. Sr.,
chairman, w. ]. Roddey, r. T. Fewell.
]. r. Barron, ]. B. Johnson, j. M.
Cherry. Rock Hill has long felt the
with the Seaboard and 1t now looks
as II an opportune time to take action
in this matter is offered and our peo-
pie without doubt will take advan-
tage Of the opportunity.
The vestry Of the Church OF Our
Saviour have been notified that the
Rev. R. M. Marshall Of Summeryille,
has accepted the call extended him
several weeks ago to take charge Of
the church here. Mr.. Marshall will
remove here with his family the latter
part of July and will take formal
charge of the work the fourth Sunday
In that month.
At meeting Of the board Of trus
tees Of the Rock Hill Graded school
held Friday afternoon, the resignation
Of Miss Lucy Riser of the fifth grade
was received and accepted, and Miss
Maud Chaplin of this city and an as
sistant teacher In the school, was
chosen to fill the vacancy. The resig-
nation Of Miss Eva Moore, an assist
ant teacher was also accepted. Miss
es Lizzie Forney and Lille Earl Sad
ler of this city, were elected to fill the
vacancies caused by the resignation OF
Miss Moore and the promotion OF Miss
Chaplin to the fifth grade. Miss Gil
lie McCammon of this city, was elect
ed as assistant teacher in the High
land Park school. There were no other
changes or new teachers in the CEN
trail school, nor any Of the mill schools
Miss Riser returns to her home at
Newberry and will teach In the graded
school Of that city. Miss Moore has
accepted a position as teacher In the
gr"ded school in Asheville. N. c. The
repo.. Of Mr.. e. NJ. Robbins, who was
sus of polls and dogs in the district
was received. The report showed
1,146 polls and 3S2 dogs. This is an
increase of something over 400 polls
as compared with the number collect
ed last year. as there was only little
over 700 last year. I have no figures
as to the actual enrolment of polls In.
the district, nor as to the number of
dogs returned to the county auditor,
but the returns Of Mr.. Robbins are no
doubt considerably in excess Of the
number returned by the tax payers.
bunch of eleven gamblers were
surprised Sunday morning near the
Rock Hill Brick Works, by Police Of
fcers Miller and Johnson. The ne
groes were caught red handed In the
game. Seven of the gamblers were
captured, together with q fine ham
merless Smith & Wesson revolver, a
deck Of cards and $1.35 in cash. When
the officers flushed the bunch there
was a frantic grab among them for
the stakes and the four who es-
capped probably got part Of the money.
The total fines collected in the may
or's court yesterday morning was
$66.5O and later in the day S. was col
lected from negro woman for being
drunk and disorderly on the streets.
Walnut Camp No. 4, w. o. W., held
ceremonies at Ebenezer Sum
day afternoon. The Thomas G. Work
man monument was unveiled, and
at.rt. ~ "n1 aoV Nm
participated in the ceremonies. A
beautiful code was read by M. G. Bry-
ant, and the address, which was very
to the occasion, was de-
livered by Rev. DR.. ]. n. Thornwell Of
Fort Mill.
Considerable improvements have
been made recently In the swimming
pool at the Victoria cotton mill. The
pool Is seventy feet long, twenty-five
feet wide and six feet deep and Is pro-
vided with fourteen private dressing
rooms and Is also we'll enclosed. The
pool was originally intended for the
exclusive use Of those connected with
the mill, but the authorities, after re-
peated requests to open the pool to the
public. have agreed to do so condition
ally.
Lee Ash, colored, who is believed to
be the negro who set fire to the barn
Of Mr.. Hiram lookout several weeks
ago In Bethesda township, was arrest
ed last Saturday by Constable M. B.
Dunlap of Ogden. He was at work on
Mick" Johnson's plantation when ar
rested. Some strong evidence was
brought out against Ash In the pre-
liminary hearing before Magistrate A.
L. Nunnery Saturday afternoon and
the prisoner was sent up to Jail to
await trial In the circuit court.
Another one of the large rattlesnakes
that escaped from the American Car
nival people here In May, was killed
Monday morning near the guard
house. The reptile measured over four
feet in length and had nine rattles.
The following young ladies will, I
leave this week for To-
ronto, Canada, to attend the Interna-
tional Sunday school conventions:
Misses Margaret Anderson, Mayme
Steele, Lille Earl Sadler, Pearl Few
ell and Lottie Barron.
WHY COTTON Is RIsINo-On Decem-
Der 20 cotton sold for spot delivery at
So cents per pound. A month ago. 1t
brought 81; a week ago, 50: Yesterday.