Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-02-09
ROCK HILL AND VICINITY.
The Suggested catawba Valley Rail-
road-New Industries Municipal
Matters-Personal and Other Notes.
Iiorrespondence Of the Yorkville ENQUIRER.


Matters-Personal and Other Notes
Correspondence Of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Rock HILL, Feb. 8.-A question
which is of great interest here al
present is what are the intentions
Of the corporators of the Catawba
Valley Railway. AS stated In the
notice of application for the charter
the road is to start at Lugof In Ker-
shaw county and Is to traverse some
Chester county townships and Ca
tawba,, Ebenezer and Bethel in York
to a point on the CASTOR, n. C.. county
line. The natural deduction from
this Is a pleasing one to Rock Hill
citizens. Such would indicate thai
this city Is in the path Of the pro.
posed line. Also the connection OF
Mr.. ]. A. Pride, a Seaboard official
with the matter would indicate that
the scheme is backed by that cor
poration and as such would be most
welcome in these parts. No further
information as to the plans Of these
people can be obtained just now.
The Rock Hill roller cover shop
Is a new industry opened up near
the Victoria mill by w. w. Wilson
He has had quite a lot of experience
in the business which is great con-
venience to the mills.
While no definite Information Is to
be had either as to the character OF
the enterprise or Of the names OF
instituted here by parties who are
thinking of locating. The plant
should it come here is a valuable
one to the community, being a six
hundred thousand dollar affair.
At the meeting Of the city council
routine matters were considered and
number of requests as to building
etc., were attended to. Mr.. w. w
Miller was reelected city surveyor
and, engineer and Messrs. Hugh
Smith and John Davis were added
to the fire department. Mr.. Chas
S. May, who has filled the position
of secretary and treasurer for six
years was also reelected, as were
Messrs. Devinney, Wallace and
Beach. The filling Of the vacancy
death of R. E. Johnson was not con.
cluded at this meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. G. Harrison and
little Miss Nab of Lancaster, spent
several days here this week. The
work on Mr.. Harrison's new bank
Peoples Banking and Trust Co..
is rapidly nearing completion and they
hope to be ready for business in 9
very short time. Three rooms In the
library building formerly occupied as
offices have been thrown into one
large hall and a vault and directors
room built on to the rear Of the old
building. The walls have been hand.
somely done over in paper and up.
to-date bank partitions in dark oak
frosted glass and copper installed
The entire front has been fitted with
plate glass and with the fresh paint
the building Is now very attractive.
Three residences on Black street
were bought by Mr.. w. ]. Neely, the
home bringing $4,000, and the smaller
houses $1,000 each.
The Dye tract, near the graded
schools. was bought by Prof. ]. c
Cork at $3.50 per acre. The Clark
tract on the Saluda road, two miles
out, was bought by Neely and Moore
at $3.50 per acre. The farm neaI
Smiths T. O., was bought by Mr.
Eugene Neely at SIC per acre. The
Gordlock place was sold to Mr.. S. A
Rodman at $3.50 per acre.
the mayor Monday morning or
charge of storing contraband whisky
the officers having searched his
house and found in a trap in the
wall a jug Of II gallons. He was
fined 500 or 80 days on the chain
gang. There is nothing different ir
this case from many others that are
noted here from time to time ex.
cept that Tom stands only about
thirty inches high. having had both
legs cut off short by a train years
ago. He runs a barber shop on rail-
road street and has figured in whisky
cases before. Neither Tom nor his
wife claimed the whisky from the
"hole in the wall"
Mrs. G. K. Schwrar was called tC
Charlotte Tuesday evening to see hel
sisters child.
Mrs. Herbert Dunlap and children
are visiting relatives in Yorkville.
Misses Edith and Kittie Stewart
are visiting in Yorkville.
Mrs. Annie Anderson Of Fort Mill
spent Thursday in the city with rel
atives and left that night for Jack
sonvillle, Fla, where she will visiI
relatives and friends.