Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-16

The date py WHICH dh ciupho1heio .
for The Enquirer must make settle
ment is rapidly drawing near. Some
Of the clubmakers have already settled
in full and others are making collec-
tions with as much dispatch as posi-
BILE. 1t is a matter Of much conven-
ience to the clubmaker for the sub
scribers to settle with him without
unnecessary delay.
We have a copy Of the prospectus
of Some "reminiscences of Persons
and Incidents of the Civil War;" by
Major J. w. Ratchford, an assistant
adiutant general in the Confederate
army. Major Ratchford will be re-
membered as a former citizen of York
county, who for many years past has
been a resident Of Texas. His forth
coming pamphlet will be published by
Whittet & Shepperson Of Richmond,
Va, and will be sold at 25 cents copy.
The Farmers Union Sun, which has
been in a bad way from its inception
for lack Of necessary financial strength,
announces the taking over of the pa
per by a new company, of which Mr..
J. Whitner Reid is president, and the
establishment of the publication on
permanent basis. The current issue
shows evidence Of very material I'M
provement both as to contents and
mechanical appearance, and. Is fully
corroborative Of the encouraging and
gratifying announcement in the edito-
rial columns. 1t is the purpose OF this
paper not only to fill the very nee
sary office Of organ Of the Farmers
Union; but also as far as possible, the
requirements of the agricultural in
terests of the state. The current num-
ber contains matter that is we'll worth
the price of a years subscription, and
in view of the general need for such
paper in South Carolina, farmers eV-
erywhere should hurry forward their
subscriptions.
Secretary Reid publishes the follow
ing in the current issue of the Farm
ers' Union Sun: 1.-The financial plan
submitted by Jos. L. Keitt, member OF
the executive committee, third district,
and endorsed by the State Union, Is
being mailed out this week to all the
local Unions in the state. Saturday,
February 27, 1909, is hereby appointed
as the day for vote to be taken on
said financial plan. This Is to be con-
sidered as a regular meeting in case
the local Union does not meet regularly
on that day. The plan is to be read
before the local Union and discussed,
and the vote should be taken on the
question of the endorsement or rejec-
ton of the plan. The vote should then
be recorded and one copy OF the pa
per should be returned to the state
secretary Immediately after the meet
ing. The other copy is to be kept on
file by the local secretary. If any 10
cal secretary should fail to receive this
financial plan for the referendum vote,
notice should be sent at once to the
office of the state secretary and the
paper will be mailed"
Supervisor Gordon is endeavoring to
establish the exact boundaries of the
lot on which the court house stands,
and the matter is now in the hands Of
John r. Hart, Esq, who has been
charged with the work Of looking up
the title. This question was up some
ten years or more ago; but was not
IN
the records in the office of the clerk of
the court has not developed the infor-
nation desired. From the best infor-
nation The Enquirer has, York coun-
ty was formed by an act of the general
assembly out of a strip Of land acquir-
ed from North Carolina by a survey
Of 1872, and for many years afterward
known as the New Acquisition" This
same survey also gave the northern
portions of what are now known as
the counties of Cherokee, Spartanburg,
Greenvile and Pickens. This writer
has seen the statement that the land on
which the original court house and Jail
the present court house. and the lot
across the street opposite-were dona-
ted by William Edward Hayne, "who
at one time owned thousands Of acres
of land in this section, including ten
miles in extent from his furnace on
Allison Creek" The late Col. w. B.
Allison, one of the best known survey
ors of his day, once told the present
writer that the original record would
probably be found at LincOlntOn, N. c.,
or at Raleigh, N. c.: but so far as we
have information. 1t will take quite a
lot of investigation to settle the mat
ter
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