Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-28
ROCK HILL AND VICINITY.
Good Weather Puts Everybody In Fine
Humor-Wreek on tho Southern
Tho Pig Pen Problem.

Good Weather Puts Everybody In Fine
Humor-Wreek on tho Southern
Tho Pig Pen Problem.
Correspondence Of the Yorkvills Enquirer.
ROCK HILL, Feb. 2S.-The beautiful
weather We have been having the past
few days was hailed with much de-
light by our people, who have been
shut in for the past month by the un-
usually severe weather. The effect
of the change in the weather is very
noticeable. People look pleasant and
seem to be inspired with new life
Business Of all kinds is picking up and
all out door work, which has been
practically at stand still, has been
resumed. The sound Of the carpenters
saw and hammer and Of the mason's
trowel Is heard all over the city once
more and Rock Hill Is the same busy
and hustling little city she has always
been.
Freight conductor, H. B. Collins OF
this city, whose train was wrecked last
Friday afternoon about mile below
Westville, Kershaw county. has been
laying OFF, a few days as the result
of INQUIRIES received in the wreck.
He, however, was not seriously hurt
The wreck occurred about o'clock
Fridav afternoon while the train, which
was in charge Of Conductor Collins
and Engineer Smith, was making
about thirty miles an hour down a
slight grade. Eight cars jumped the
track and turned topsy-turvy leaving
only the engine, two cars and the cab
on the track. The accident Is attri-
buted to a broken flange Of one of the
wheels. There were Ave passengers
in the cab, some Of whom were consid-
erably bruised and shaken up and bad
ly frightened; but none Of these nor
any one of the crew was seriously
hurt. The track was blocked from 5
o'clock Friday evening until 10 o'clock
Saturday morning, all trains from
Kingville going around by Columbia
to reach Rock Hill.
Rock Hill has not vet granted the
Rock Hill Telephone company a fran
chise. Mr. Paul Workman, president
of the company, met with the city
council last Thursday night pursuant
to the request Of that body and sub
mitted a copy of the franchise he de-
sires. The franchise was not accept
ed and adopted by the council, how
ever, inasmuch as it developed that
Mr.. Workman proposed to put into
force the increased rates authorized
by the franchise, on the first of
March and to require fee Of 20 or 25
cents for all out-of-town messages.
The council adopted motion postpon-
ing final action in the matter indefi-
nitely, and unless there Is an unex-
pected turn in affairs 1t will be some
time yet before the telephone people
are granted a franchise. They, how
ever, have proceeded to raise their
rates, franchise or no franchise, and
subscribers, all of whom have receiv-
ed notice that on and after the first
day of March, 1905, and until further
notice rates for telephone service will
be 81 per month for residence phones
and SO per month for business phones,
which Is an increase Of SO cents per
month over the present rates. Notice
has also been given that flat rates"
will be discontinued and all messages
to out of town points will be charged
for on a toll rate basis. This Is caus-
ing no end of dissatisfaction and Judg-
ing from the present status OF affairs,
a large number Of the subscribers will
have their phones taken out and will
discontinue the service altogether
rather than pay the increased rates
and be deprived Of the out-of- town
service too. What the end OF 1t all
will be, does not yet appear.
The new hog ordinance will go into
effect the first day Of March and the
board of health will no doubt encounter
some trouble In enforcing 1t. Pens
are unlawful unless they are forty
feet square and are situated one hum
dred feet distant from any house