Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-18
The Clemson Car.

this week. All Of the necessary grad
ing and excavation work for the tail
race Is expected to be completed
within the next six weeks or two
months.
Tragedy at Grover.
Grover, N. c., correspondence Char
lotte Observer June IA: The eight
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. H. A.
Turney shot and kill his baby sister
early this morning. The parents Of
the children whose home is over mile
from Grover were in town doing some
shopping and left the lad and an older
sister to take care Of the baby, seven
months old. The boy managed TO get
hold Of a gun from its rack over a
door and in playing with the weapon
1t was discharged, the entire load en-
tering the baby's side and nearly sew
ering it's arm from the body. The child
died in ten minutes after the accident
The Assessment of the York Mills.
The state board of equalization has
announced its assessment Of the va
rious cotton mills and cotton oil mills
In South Carolina. The assessment Of
the cotton mills is as follows: Aragon
Cotton mills, $37,310; Arcade Cotton
mills, s134.OOO; Belleview Mills compa-
ny, 100000; Bowling Green Knitting
mills, $1470O; Glover Cotton mills,
$241,360; Fort Mill Manufacturing
company, sl25.OOO: Highland Park
Manufacturing company. 100000;
Millfort Mill company. s74,6O0; Man
chester Cotton mills, $23S,500; Nicely
Manufacturing company, 100000; Vic
toria Cotton mills, $4,000; Tavora
Cotton mills, $30,S75: York Cotton
mill, $175,O00. The oil mill figures are
as follows: Highland Park Manufac-
turing company, 100000; Victor Cotton
Oil company, $4,000.
Blockade Still Destroyed.
Charlotte Observer, Saturday: Mr..
Judd D. Albright, deputy United States
collector Of this station, went down to
Kings Mountain yesterday and, as
sisted by Policemen Eliot and Hoard
Of that historic town, captured and de-
stroyed a still, almost on the very top
Of the mountain. One julius Felmet,
blockader, was arrested. The still
was located about eight miles from the
town. When the officers were within
a mile and a half Of their destination,
they met white man and a. negro, who
broke and ran in opposite directions up
the mountain. Mr.. Albright and the
police followed in hot pursuit. Half
way up the flying fugitives fired their
guns, as If to give note Of warning.
When the officers got where they could
see the base Of operations about fif-
teen negroes and a number Of white
men were seen dishing out liquor.
Everybody was busy claiming the good
stuff, except the distillers and two or
three darkies who were picking chick
ems for a feast. A man by the name
OF Collins was taken with Felmet. The
still was destroyed.
The Blacksburg Connection.
Yorkville correspondence Of The
News and Courier: For several weeks
the matter Of the failure Of train No.
1876, due to pass this place at 7.15 a.
m. to connect at Blacksburg with No.
SO, the east-bound mail train for Char
lotte and points beyond, including Bal
timore, Washington and New York,
has been occupying the attention OF
those Of our business men who appre-
ciate the value and importance Of GER
tain, quick and convenient connection
with the outside world, but as yet there
has been no relief, Notwithstanding the
fact that both the railroad manage
ment and the railroad commission has
been appealed to- Your correspondent
was advised this afternoon by the
gentleman who is responsible for TAX
ing up the matter, that the railroad Of
ficer who has charge Of such matters
had written that it appears from the
published schedules of No. 1876 and No.
36 that we are making this schedule,
as the former Is due at Blacksburg
three minutes before the latter" The
citizen, In discussing the matter, stated
that the official knew when he wrote
the statement that as a matter OF fact
the schedule Of No. 1876 from Smyrna
station, nine miles south Of Blacks
burg, could not be made by that train
and that he also knew that No. 135
was forced to kill twenty minutes be-
tween Yorkville and Smyrna, a dis
tance Of about eighteen miles because
Of the fact that the schedule maker
had allowed that much too much time
between the points named and not
enough between Smyrna and Blacks
burg. AS stated, the distance Is nine
miles. The actual time for running It,
making a stay Of from one to three
minutes at Kings Creek, the next sta
ton, and after reaching Blacksburg.
transferring from the track Of the
Marion and Kingville division to the
station on the main line (Which your
correspondent has known to consume
twenty minutes by reason Of an extra
heavy grade, a poor engine and a wet
track, is fifteen minutes, and conse-
quently a physical impossibility. 1t Is
said that it often happens that No. 1885,
when it has extra good luck after get
ting away from Smyrna, actually ar
rives as near as one-fourth Of mile
of the Blacksburg station and meets
No. SO with that much start for Char
lotte and very often No. 1876 has from
two to a half dozen passengers VINO
had hoped to go north on No. 80. IL
would appear from the foregoing state
ment of facts that If the maker OF the
schedules actually desired that the
connection be made and the travelling
public saved the annoyance and trou-
BILE Of waiting from two to three hours
at Blacksburg for the next train he
could do so by changing the schedule
Of No lax cO as to leave SMYRNA ten