Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-12-22
ROCK HILL AND VICINITY.
DR.. Taylor on Temperance-Mayor
Roddey and the Tisers-Winthrop's
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;,orres,,ondence OF the Yorkville Enquirer.
Rock HILL, Dec. 22.-Rev. DR.. E. O.
Taylor of Boston, Mass, has been In
the city all week and on Sunday af-
ternoon and evening and each even
ing since has been lecturing at the
different churches for the cause OF
temperance. DR.. Taylor is not a
temperance lecturer in the ordinary
sense Of the word, yet he Is about
the most convincing advocate or tenn
perance that one could hear. His
method is to reason, to analyse ana
to illustrate and his chemical exper-
iments are certainly startling. NOT
withstanding the inclement weather
there have been good audiences at
his lectures. He will close the Sc
ries tonight.
Will Barron, colored, has been an
object of suspicion to the officers OF
the city for some time and yester-
day they got him good and square,
doing a regular land office business
in dealing in whisky. He was ta-
ken before Mayor Roddey this morn
ing and was convicted both as to SELL
ing and transporting. He was given
500 fine or 80 days on the chain
gang on each charge and not having
the dollars he was sent to the gang
for 60 days. He pleaded earnestly
to be let off, saying that If he was
ever taken up again he would De
willing to have a sentence OF six
months on the gang. His honor told
him ii was only his inability under
the law that prevented him from
imposing the six months at this sit
ting. And so it goes merrily on
Tigerism is undoubtedly and very
perceptibly on the decrease owing to
the mayors decided stand in the mat
ter. His stand in this and other mat
ters is being talked Of a great deal
and also quoted. In an interview
published in the Rock Hill Record
he gives vent to some expressions
Of his mind in regard to municipal
affairs that are pretty warm. He
discourses on the subject of taxpay-
ing and gambling in a way that is
calculated to make one Sit up ana
take notice and asks few straight
out questions which would be rather
uncomfortable to answer. If his
ideas were to be carried out there
is no doubt that this land would bios
som as a rose. 1t would be advan-
tageous If other municipal rulers
would follow suit and it certainty
would be interesting to see the an
swers to such questions as these:
Would you call this stealing or only
living, If when a number Of people
whole man does
not return his property In equal
proportion. For illustrations: three
men own a dollar, one man owns
fifty per cent and the others each
twenty-five per cent, and they all
swear to and return thirty-three per
cent; does the fifty per cent man only
lie about his return or does he steal
eight and one-third per cent from
the others?"
Messrs. L. c. Harrison and Chas.
the new trust and banking institu-
tion, mention Of which has been
made before in this correspondence,
have perfected their plans and to-
morrow will make application for
their charter. The exact style Of the
name has not yet been decided upon
under which they will do business.
They have secured the two rooms
in the library building next to the
Western Union Telegraph office and
these will be put in shape at once:
1t is expected that the business Will
be opened up in about 80 days. Both
of these young men are exceedingly
popular and have many friends.
The kindergarten department or
Winthrop college will have the annu-
al Christmas tree exercises FRIDAY
afternoon at four o'clock This af-
fair Is always immensely popular
with the parents and friends; to the
little tots themselves it is simply glo-
rious for they have labored faith
fully with their own hands to pre-
pare the presents for father and
mother, and, although each has told
these dear little ones at home that
he is preparing a present for them,
wild horses could not draw from him
what the useful article is. They have
exercises along with the
distribution Of presents.