Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-03
WITHIN THE TOWN.

- The Yorkville cornet band Is erect
ing quite a handsome band stand In
the court house yard. 1t will be ready
for the next Saturday afternoon con-
cert.
Although there were quite a num-
Der Of people in Yorkville yesterday
salesday for September, there was little
doing except among the horse-swap-
pers. They were quite busy, especial
| ly during the afternoon.
The plant of the Yorkville New
Era was re-sold yesterday by w. 8
Peters, agent, under a distress warrant
taken out by the Loan and Savings
bank, and was bought by ]. s. Brice
attorney, for one dollar.
| = The first bale of new cotton was
sold on the Yorkville market last Sat-
urday The seller was E. H. Revels oi
Guthriesville, and the purchaser was
w. R. Carroll. Thirteen cents was the
price. The cotton was pretty badly
stained, or it would have brought q
little more.
| Rev. H. ]. Cauthen preached at the
union service in the Associate Reform
ed church last Sunday night to large
congregation. He took his text from
Christ's counsel to the rich young
ruler, and his sermon was along hu-
manitarian lines. He referred again to
| ttol
the duty of every county in the state
to have a public hospital, and he
thought such institutions should be
maintained by taxation, as are jails
poor houses, etc. In the course OF his
sermon also, he took occasion to tell OF
recent visit to the county chaingang
at the poor house, and his description
Of what he saw there was distressing
in the extreme. There were four OF
five negroes suffering from incurable
diseases, and one was dying from con-
sumption. The room was filled with
myriads Of flies and horrible stencil
so sickening that the preacher was
unable to stand 1t. The doctor asked
the consumptive negro IL he could
come out. The negro said he was
afraid he could not The guard volun-
teered to make him come; but the doc
tor would not allow it, going Instead to
where the negro was. The negro died
the next day. Mr.. Cauthen urged that
because these people were convicts was
no reason why they should not be
treated with humanity and by implica-
ton he fixed the responsibility on the
people in whose name such things were
done.
- From such information as has been
gathered by The Enquirer, the town
council has left the matter Of fixing UP
Main street largely to the street COM
mittee, consisting Of Messrs. /. W.
Johnson, ]. P. White and DR.. A. Y
Cartwright. The committee is inclin-
ed to the advisability of putting the
street in first class condition by mac
adamizing 1t from curb to curb and
| to a depth of twelve inches. The idea
Is that the cutters on either side shall
be finished in concrete. We do not
understand that the committee has de-
cided definitely and positively to do the
work. From a conversation with one
Of the committeeman we gathered that
the question Of cost will enter largely
into the matter. 1t also developed that
certain citizens who were not named,
think that the work should not be un-
dertaken until after the installation OF
sewerage; that sewerage will have to
come after a time anyway and that the
macadam will have to be torn up. The
view of The Enquirer Is that the town
council cannot undertake a more i'm
portant work than the macadamization
Of Main street. We do not believe 1t
can find anything to do that will give
better returns in the way of comfort,
convenience, health and sanitation. 1t
Is impossible to keep the street clean
now in either winter or summer, and 1t
Is impossible also to keep it free OF
mud. II the street were macadamiZed
as well as Kings Mountain street, and
the cutters were lined with concrete,
it could be kept clean both winter and
summer and could also be kept free
of dust and mud in all seasons, at COM
paratively small cost. There Is no
question Of the fact that there are a
number Of buildings that are In sore
need Of a sewerage system; but we
doubt very much as to whether the
town Is ready to undertake such a
work After all the connections that
| are likely to be made are made, there
will still be scores and scores Of houses
that ought to be connected; but which
will not be for various reasons OF i'm
practicability. There will be but little
Improvement either as to sanitation or
convenience except in the case Of a
very few houses. Again, while the town
is so located as to greatly facilitate the
construction of a sewerage system, the
probability Is that rights Of way to
outlets and the outlets themselves Will
prove expensive beyond the ability OF
so small a community to pay. But
however, all tnlS may De, tne toWn cdii
very well afford to leave the sewerage
que:tlon open until after the street
question has been settled. 1t is hardly
probable that an attempt will be made
to macadamize Main street and put In
a sewerage system at one and the same
time. The attempt would involve too
much money. Because Of the manner
in which Main street is now construct
ed, ii would cost as much to take up
the rocks and put them back for
sewerage system, as it would cost to
remove macadam for the same pur-
pose In the circumstances, therefore,
a possible sewerage system later on