Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-26

Rock Hill district measured II recently
and reported the circumference to be
fifteen feet. and one incll. The tree Is
of; symmetrical proportions and per-
fectly sound from bottom to top.
Chaingang, County Home. Etc.
In compliance with a recent recon-
mendation Of the grand jury, the coun-
ty supervisor at this term submitted
itemized statements as to the expenses
Of the chaingang, county home, and
outside poor charges during 1905. The
road account aggregates $5,527S3. The
chaingang account aggregates $5,316.65.
The county home account aggregates
$2,S49.26. The outside poor account
aggregates $1,611O7. ~
After Foreign Hunters. - ~.
Columbia special Of Friday to News
and Courier: Mr.. B. F. Taylor, presi-
dent Of the Audubon society, received a
letter from Game Warden Wylie OF
Rock Hill, stating that four men from
Charlotte were hunting at Lewis Turn
out, in Chester county, on the 18th.
This was in violation Of the game law,
and Mr.. Taylor will have each Of these
pay a nonresident license of $10.25,
and IL this is not paid he will issue a
warrant for them and get requisition
from the governor of North Carolina
and get them here. Mr.. WyIie did not
give the names Of the alleged violators.
Broad River High.
Blacksburg special to Spartanburg
Journal: Saturday night the high wa
ter did much damage to the Dravo
company's works at CASTOR Shoals on
Broad river. 1t was reported here that
the water had damaged the works to
the extent Of $4,000, but when your
correspondent called up the works by
phone this was found to be false. The
power house was flooded and consider.
able damage was the result, which
could not be fully learned owing to-
the poor condition Of phone service.
and the roads are In such condition It
is hard to reach the works from this
side OF the river This Is one of the
electrical plants that VIII enter Spar
tanburg and furnish power for facto-
ries and lights, etc.
Dangerous Duc<ins.
Blacksburg special to Spartanburg
Journal: One Of the bridgemen work.
Ing on the Southern Railway company's
Broad River bridge had very narrow
escape Saturday afternoon. The
bridgemen board In town and every
afternoon when No. IL passes the men
string out on the side Of the bridge
and get on the train as 1t crosses very
slowly, and ride into Blacksburg, e.
Of four miles. Saturday one
Of the men, as he mounted the steps Of
the coach, knocked against one Of his
comrades on the edge Of the bridge,
so or so feet below. Many thought
they would find the man dead, but by
the time the train was stopped the man
had swum out and was making for the
train and nothing resulted from his
high dive except good watting.
The Scrip Issues. i
While of course 1t cannot be claimed
that the scrip issues of the banks are
as satisfactory as Uncle Sans cur
rency, still 1t Is fact that the objec-
ton is principally sentimental. Local.
ly scrip will buy as much or pay as
much debt, dollar for dollar, as gold.
And also we understand that the cir
is not altogether local. York.
Vile scrip has been circulating In all
parts Of the county, and as far away
as Gaffney, Chester. Gastonia, Char
otte, Columbia and Charleston. Gaff-
ney, Columbia and Charleston scrip
mas passed current in Yorkville the
some as local scrip. The first prejudice
against the emergency money seems
10 have pretty generally passed away,
and although everybody Is hoping for
l return to normal conditions, there
are very few cases where there has
been q disposition to do without rather
han take scrip. .....
Six Best Rural Routes. ~
The following item Is from Zach Nc
1hee's Washington correspondence tol
The Columbia State: Just six rural
'ree delivery mail routes in South Car
If mail during the three months ending
June 80, 1907. This Is according to a
statement prepared by the fourth as-'l
sistant postmaster general, Mr.. Nc
5raw. With the statement Of the num-
Der Of pieces OF mail Is given also the
amount Of postage cancellation during |
he three months. These routes are as
follows. Anderson, route No. Z, which
handled $685. pieces OF mail and can
,elled $152,56 Of postage; Darlington, |
-oute No. 1, 1886 pieces, $S5.44 can
,elled postage; Enterprise, route No. !,
,4,337 pieces Of mail, postage $53.0s;
route No. !, 25,193 pieces, |
,6179 postage; Spartanburg, route No. |
|, 26,554 pieces, $4S07 postage; York. |
Vile, 27,904 pieces, $34.67. Generally |
speaking the amount Of postage can
,elled In a postoff1ce or on any route Is
AIKEN as the measurement Of the value |
If the route. That this Is q just way
o estimate the worth Of either post
,ffice or a rural delivery route is open
o serious question. Still the postoffio
department. in determining whether or
lot route pays counts the postage
To get the average
lmount for year multiply the amount
# cancellation by four. For instance,
n the above, multiply the amount OF
on Anderson route No.
~ four and the result Is $610.24. That
s by far the largest amount on any Of
he routes in the above list which are
he most active In the state" The
1orkville route referred to Is No. 8,
Tohn W. Miller carrier. From the fig
Tres given 1t appears that No. 6 York
lille ranks third in the state for the
lumber Of pieces Of mail delivered.
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