Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-14
Within THE TOWN.

The Yorkville Baptist church
during the present week has and plac-
ed in service a splendid new Estey
church organ. The instrument has
rich mellow tone and a volume
sufficient to more than satisfactorily
fiji the building in which 1t is doing
service. Experts express the opinion
that no more desirable instrument can
be found in this section. The Rap-
lists are highly pleased with their
purchase.
- All Democrats who vote at York
vile should see to 1t that their names
are properly included in the club
rolls. There are two club rolls at
Yorkville-Nos l and g People liv-
ing on the west side Of Congress street
belong to No. l and people living on
the east side Of the street belong to
No. 9 This division is for convent
ence. Mr.. F. E. Quinn in the sherff's
office has charge Of roll No. and Mr.
r. F.. McMackin, In the office Of the
superintendent Of education has
charge Of roll No. 2. Both Of these
gentlemen stand ready to look after
enrolment and to give any desired
information. Club enrolment has
nothing to do with registration.
The protracted meeting at the
Baptist church continues with in
creasing interest. Mr.. Wright has
been quite unwel since reaching
Yorkville and was unable to conduct
services on Tuesday night or Wednes-
day but is now much better and was
In charge on yesterday morning and
last night. and on the latter occasion
delivered a powerful sermon on the
subject Of Wages Of Sin" The
meeting is to continue indefinitely
Last night Mr.. Wright announced
that on tomorrow morning at ten
o'clock a String service" would be
held. He did not explain what he
meant by string service, but urged
every person who attended to bring
string-either piece Of rope, hemp,
MANILA, cotton, or silk string, or a
ribbon. Services at the regular hours
morning and evening on Sunday. In
the afternon at o'clock there Is to
be a special service for women only.
The ditching machine is going
down Main street this week, and Is
having a rather rough time of It,
among the heavy black rocks with
which the street was paved many
years ago. This paving was done be-
tween 1850 and 1860, much Of 1t while
the late General Micah Jenkins was
mayor of the town. The science Of
road making had evidently not made a
great deal of progress in this locality
in those days. A strip Of the surface
paving, about four feet wide had to be
torn up to make room for the ditcher,
and the tearing up discloses that the
street was originally laid with stones
weighing from 200 pounds down. On
top there is a six inch dressing OF
crushed rock and clay; but under
meath this top dressing, the apertures
between the stones are still wide open,
not having been filled up after all
these years. On other streets, the
ditcher has been travelling at the rate
Of from 600 to 1000 feet day; but
along in front Of The Enquirer office,
the progress was much slower, hard
ly more than 200 feet being made dur
ing yesterday. The trouble was due
principally to the fact that the stones
went on down to a very considerable
depth. Just how long 1t will take the
contractors to get through Main street,
it is not safe to venture a guess; but
the probability is that the street Will
be more or less closed to traffic for
some dayS,