Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-02-09
LOCAL LAcONlCS.
The Postm aster at Filbert.

The Postmaster at Filbert.
Mr.. s. L. Brown has resigned as
postmaster at Filbert and the postof-
fee department Is holding UP his res
ignation pending an effort to get some
body to take his place.
County Commissioners.
The county board Of commissioners
held its regularly monthly meeting In
the office of the supervisor yesterday
All of the members, Messrs. Thos. w.
Boyd, John L. Rainey. and Ladd j,
Lumpkin, were present. There was
good deal Of business transacted in the
way Of the auditing and payment OF
bills; but nothing was done out Of the
ordinary.
Eclipse of the Moon.
There was a total eclipse Of the
moon last night, visible in all parts OF
North America, as we'll as in South
America, western portions Of Europe
and Africa, and northeastern Asia and
Australia. The earth's shadow first
struck the face Of the moon at 1857 a.
m, Washington time, and within an
hour afterward the entire face Of the
moon was covered, and remained In
darkness for one hour and thirty-nine
minutes. The moon then began to
emerge from the shadow and at 4.37
this morning was entirely clear. Be-
cause Of the clouds the eclipse was not
satisfactorily visible throughout this
immediate section.
The Special Term.
AS foreshadowed in the statements
published In the last issue Of THE
ENQUIRER the special term Of the court
went through last Tuesday afternoon.
At the conclusion of the Biggers case
Judge Klugh made inquiry as to
whether or not there would be any
thing further. He was advised Of re-
mote possibility Of another case at 2
o'clock, and took a recess until that
hour. The case did not materialize
and the jurors were discharged. It
was just as everybody expected. When
the special term was called, attorneys
and other court officials freely express
ed the opinion that with the exception
of the Biggers cases, certain cases
against the Seaboard Air Line would
be the only cases called. The Biggers
case was first on the Calendar, and was
In a shape to be tried or continued
as might seem most convenient. The
fact that the Seaboard cases were to
be compromised was not generally
known, until after the announcement
that they had been continued" or
course, there has been no official state
ment yet of compromise. Such
statements are not generally made;
but the compromise inference Is suf-
ficiently warranted by developments to
admit of its being stated as a fact.
There is a good deal Of dissatisfaction
as the result of the whole proceeding;
but 1t seems as II the general public
has no redress In the matter.
Tho Bridge Over Allison Creek.
The trouble and annoyance to which
the people Of the southeastern portion
of Bethel and the northeastern portion
of Ebenezer township were subjected
on account of the doing away with the
bridge at the mouth Of Allison creek
by reason Of the high water caused by
the dam Of the Catawba Power COM
pany, has at last been adjusted to the
pretty general satisfaction OF all con-
cerned. The road from southeastern
Bethel to Rock Hill, formerly crossed
Allison creek at point near the river,
and 1t was used considerably. 1t was
available except when the river was
up. The building Of the dam caused
the flooding of the approaches to the
bridge and destroyed the crossing.
There was lots of complaint about the
matter, and a long drawn controversy
between the county commissioners
and the Catawba Power people. For
a time 1t looked as II there could be
no settlement except by means Of
law suit. Finally, however, largely
through the efforts of Commissioner
Rainey an understanding was reached
whereby the road was changed so as
to cross the creek at point higher
up the creek and the Power company
gave the county $1,000 toward the ex-
pense of opening the road and build
ing the necessary bridges. Messrs, ].
B. Biggers and T. M, Martin furnished
the lumber for the bridges and Mr., w,
T. Long superintended the work Of
construction, and their joint bills
came within $500. The commission
ers used the chaingang in opening the
roads, and proposes to charge the ex-
pense UP to the $1,000 referred to. The
bridges are said to be unusually cred