Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-12
ROCK HILL AND VICINITY.
Representatives Of the Public Service
corporation--Runaway cars-other

Notes.
| Correspondence OF the yorkviIls Enouifer.
Rock HILL, March 11.-As scheduled
Messrs. Pinckney, Van Etten and Kel-
sey, Representatives Of the South Car
olina Public Service corporation, were
in the city today and at 4 o'clock me,
number of representative citizens
| in the rooms Of the National Unior
Bank. These gentlemen are pleasant
speakers and have a number or facts
which are exceedingly interesting tc
people Of South Carolina In genera.
and those of the points where the
electric road proposes to run in par.
ticular. Being Saturday afternoon anc
number of our foremost business
men not present at the meeting
committee Of cooperation, such as was
asked for by the promoters, could no,
be appointed. President Anderson OF
the Chamber Of Commerce, who was
In the meeting stated that this would
be done at the meeting to be held next
week.
John ]. Waters, Jr, the little ten
year old son of Col. J. ]. Waters o1
this city took sudden resolve tina,
he would visit the home OF his grand
parents near Woodward, where he hac
spent the first eight years OF his life
and about 1890, without consulting
anyone about 1t walked out Of the YARD
down to the railroad and turning
south began to tramp for his long de-
sired goal. When he did not turn w
at dinner time a search was begun toI
him. After hunting the city In vain
his father suspicioned that the child
might have attempted to 60 to his old
home where he had often talked OF
wanting to be. Col. Waters drove
down to Ogden, q station six miles be-
low here, and learned that a little fel-
low had passed there something after
noon. Col. Waters was not well enough
to proceed further in the darkness
which by that time had come on anc
he returned home. Later on he Wenl
to Chester by rail and telegraphec
home that he had found the boy.
Twenty eight cars standing nearby
the Sylecau Lumber plant on the spur
track running to the Arcade Cotton
mill got loose q day or two ago ano
gathering speed on the heavy grade
between Sylecau and the Arcade: 9
distance Of about three-fourths OF q
mile. dashed into two cars standing
near the mill, ran over the heavy
guard and brought UP against the
loom room Of the mill, tearing up TIE
corner of the mill considerably, but
not entering. Many Of the cars were
loaded with wood and lumber.
DR.. D. B. Johnson, president OF
Winthrop college, has just returned
from the meeting Of the National Edu-
cational association at Chicago. Whlle
there an organization was effected OF
representatives of normal schools OF
the II, 8. which will work to secure
favorable legislation for girls institu-
tions, both national and state. Dr;
Johnson had the honor to be chosen
president Of this organization. he
was also selected as chairman OF the
committee from the N. E. A, Whlcn
will attend the meeting Of the Nation
al Library association at AsheVille, N.
c.. in May.
The Southern railway Is repairing
the roof Of the so-called passenger
station at Rock Hill. This break In
the side Of the roof was caused Dy q
freight car which jumped the track
and crashed into the. overhapging roof
This has happened at that exact point
at least once before and Is caused by
the miserable state Of the roadbed.
The writer saw about one month ago,
the light car which serves our public
as a street car run off at the point
named and the wheels zizzagging
across the track cut a cash eight or
ten inches deep In the soft roadbed:
It has been. freely predicted time and
again that right at that point there is
one day going to be calamity Which
will cost the road or roads many times
what a decent reconstruction woulo
cost.
Messrs. NJ. G. Bryant, ]. E. Parker
G.. w. Ayers and ]. c. Hudson, repre-
senting the local w. o. w. leave To-
night for Columbia to attend the state
convention of that order.
Mr.. ]. Harris Ramsaur OF Shelby n.
c.. was in the city Monday on busl-
ness connected with his mill at the
above named place. He was IN con
ferei1ce with the superintendent Of the
Southern railways Rock Hill division.