Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-03
ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS.

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The city's Financial Affairs In Good
Shape-status Of Sewer Bonds
Questioned - Interesting 5aptismal
serviee-A Runaway Aocident--Per-
sonal and Other Notos.
Corespondsnce Of the YorkviIis knouirss.
Rock Hill, August 3.-Despite the
defalcation Of ex-Treasurer c. 8. May,
which some seemed to think would
bankrupt the town." the finances OF
the city Of Rock Hill are In splendid
shape, as is shown by an audit male
by the American Audit company, OF
the city's financial condition from jan
uary 1, 1909, to July 1, 1909, report
of which was given out by the city
council for publication in the local pa
pers this week. II Is true that the
bonded Indebtedness Of the city, $106,-
500, looks big on its face, but $4,000
Of this amount is for Winthrop college
and Is hardly considered debt. TAX
ing this of, we have q balance Of $46,-
900. OF this balance $4,000 has been
paid and there is a certificate Of depos-
1t for $4,000 to pay that amount in
bonds, bringing the actual bonded
debt down to $26,500, which is not
such bad showing for city the size
Of Rock HILL
The recent decision of the supreme
court in the Gaffney bond case In re-
gard to sewerage, water plant, ETC.,
has raised the question here as to
whether the bond election held In this
city last February, when by large
majority s250,000 was voted for q
sewerage system and waterworks, will
will hold good, and the supreme court
otoh he oil 20 An
question before any definite steps are
taken toward installing system here.
1t has already been about six months
since the bond issue was voted, and
the people, especially those who are
anxious for sewerage, are growing i'm
patient over what appears to them
unnecessary delay In the matter, but
the city council and the commission
ers Of public works are not inclined
to take any hasty action. Rock Hill,
however, will have sewerage There
Is no doubt Of this fact The people
realize the necessity Of It. They want
1t, demand II and will have IL, though
there may be some temporary holdup
in the matter.
An interesting baptismal service
will be held at ST. Johns n. E. church
Wednesday night, when the pastor,
Rev. n. r. Mills, will baptize fifty or
more infants and children. There are
about seventy In line for baptism; but
The service will be made more inter-
esting by the fact that water from the
river Jordan, brought back by Mr.. ].
q. Anderson from his trip to Palestine
and other foreign countries, will be
used In the service. The children Of
the Sunday school Of this church will
be given their annual outing and pic
mic on Thursday OF this week.
Messrs. Boyce Bigham and Carnes
Sowell, two young men Of this city,
got into bad runaway scrape last
driving and were returning homo when
the horse they were driving took fright
and ran away. Mr.. Sowell was thrown
OF. Of the buggy, two wheels Of the
vehicle passing over him. He escap-
ed. however, with few painful bruis-
es. Mr.. Bigham jumped out Of the
buggy and Is now laid up with q badly
sprained wrist and ankle, besides 9TH
er painful bruises.
Mr.. Mally Roach narrowly escaped
fatal or serious injury last Friday af-
ternoon, while assisting In the work
of cleaning out an open well on West
White street. The water had been
drawn of and Mr.. Roach went down
to take the mud out Of the bottom Of
the well. A tub was filled with mud
and raised to the top Of the well, when
the chain broke and the heavy tub
fell back. On account Of being IN
STOPPING position, Mr.. Roach received
only slight. glancing blow from the
tub, which struck the opposite side
Of the wall with a heavy crash. Had
Mr.. Roach been standing erect, he
could hardly have escaped serious or
fatal injury.
The new addition to the Hamilton
Carhartt mill Is being pushed to COM
pletion by Contractor Holler. The new
addition contains 19,600 square feet Of
floor space, with a large basement,
which will be used for the machine
shops, storage rooms, etc. Capt. Hol-
Ter is also building 81 foot parapet
wall all around the top OF the old
building, and putting on q new roof
and monitor top, much larger than the
old one. Mr.. Carhartt Is spending lots
Of money on his mill property In Rock
Hill and has converted one Of the worst
eyesores Of the town into beautiful
village, and he Is still making im-
proyements.
DR.. Alexander Sprunt of Charleston,
former pastor of the First Presbyte-
rian church Of this city, has been the
guest for the past few days Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jas. 3. White. He preached at
the First Presbyterian church Sunday,
both morning and evening. DR.. Sprunt
left this morning to join his family at
Montreal, N. c., where they will spend
some time.
Rev. Alexander Martin. pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, is able to
be out again after right severe at
tack Of tonsilitis.
prof I a Clinkscales of WofYord
college, delivered an address on edu-
cation at Antioch church last Sunday
morning and at Adnah in the after
noon. Prof. Clinkscales spent Sunday
night in Rock Hill, the guest of M.
J.. B. Sykes, returning to Spartanburg
Monday morning.
There are several cases of what the
local physicians diagnose as pellagra
in Rock Hill and vicinity, but the con-
dition Of none Of the patients Is said
to be considered as serious.