Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-26
WITHIN THE TOWN.

WITHIN THE TOWN.
- The Yorkville and Chester graded
school baseball teams played a game
on the local diamond Saturday after
noon. The game resulted in a victory
for the Yorkville team by a score Of
IA to 2.
There are eleven privately owned
automobiles in Yorkville as follows:
w. B. Moore. F.. C.. Riddle. Mackorell
Bros, w. w. Lewis. Carroll Bros. w.
R. Carroll, S. c. Wood NJ. ]. Walker,
A. S. Barron. ]. Q. Wray, l.. G. Baber.
- Meetings Of Yorkville Democratic
urday afternoon. pursuant to call, AMI
although the attendance was small. re-
organization was effected and dele
gates were elected to the county con-
vention to be held next Monday.
| AT a meeting a few days ago, the
| Winnie Davis Chapter L. D. c., ar
ranged a programme for the celebra-
ton of Memorial Day on May 10, and
adopted resolution providing for
dinner to be given to the Confederate
veterans of the community on Jefferson
Davis's birthday, June 3.
A pronounced precipitation of sleet
morning from daylight till about Z
o'clock, and early gardeners were
| thrown into considerable CONSERVATION
by the unseasonableness of the wealth
er, which in the recollection Of most Of
them was unprecedented.
A protracted meeting Of unusual
| interest, which was commenced by
Rev. /. G. Murray pastor of the York
VILE Baptist church, on Sunday night
April 10, at the York Cotton Mill Chap
el came to a close on Sunday night
AS a direct result of the meeting, twen-
ty-two members are to be received into
the Baptist church. The ordinance Of
baptism is to be administered to a
number of candidates at the church on
next Friday afternoon at 3 olock. Mr.
| Murray was assisted in the meeting by
Rev. ]. E. McManaway. one of the
evangelists laboring under the auspices
Of the Baptist State Mission Board
Mr.. McManaway Is an earnest. forceful
and eloquent preacher and Is meeting
with much success wherever he goes
He occupied the pulpit Of the Baptist
church on Sunday morning.
-Yorkvile special of April %. to the
Charlotte Observer: The statement
was made in this correspondence some
time ago that Mr.. S. NJ. McNeel. pres
ident of the Loan and Savings bank.
Yorkville's largest and oldest financial
institution, and one Of the wealthiest
and most successful business men In
this section. had bought the lot on the
west side Of Congress street on which
| the Parish hotel formerly stood, and
would erect several store rooms. At that
| time 1t was the understanding that Mr.
McNeel would erect five one-story brick
store rooms, the total frontage being
| 119 feet. Subsequently he abandoned
| this plan and contracted with Archi-
tect ]. s. Starr of Rock Hill, to prepare
plans for a twO-story building. The
plans have been adopted and the con-
tract for erecting a building according
to their specifications has been award
| ed to that veteran contractor and
builder, Mr.. A. D. Holler, also of Rock
Hill, who has already commenced oper-
ations. The plans provide for four
store rooms, 27xS0 feet on the ground
| floor and also a five-foot entrance from
| front and rear to tine second floor. On
the second floor provision is made for
an opera house Ca lOnsfelt wanD with
an auditorium 55x60 feet, with an addi-
| tional space of 55x2O feet reserved for
the stage (2Ox3O feeD and dressing
| rooms. There will be two exits from
| the auditorium, and one from the stage
| to the lobby from which there will be
two stairways leading to the outside,
On the second floor there will also be
nine large, Lighted and ventilated
office rooms. There is to be lObby
19x60 feet on the second floor from
which are to be the entrances to the
opera house, and adjoining the lobby
will be a hall 25x42 feet from which
seven of the nine offices will be enter
ed, while the other two will open on
the lobby. The building is to be equip
ped with all modern cOnveniences and
comforts, including electric lights. sew
erage and steam heat. While it is not
claimed that this Is to be the largest,
finest, most expensive, etc, building in
the state, in the Piedmont" or even in
York county, its erection certainly
marks another long step forward in the
substantial, permanent growth Of the
good old town, and by its erection Mi.
McNeel, who previous to acquiring this
property already owned considerable
Yorkville real estate is demonstrating
in most practical manner his implicit
faith in the future Of the town. Since
his original purchase of ll9 feet front
age of the old hotel lot, Mr.. McNeel has
bought an additional lot with about 40
feet frontage on which stands a two
story brick building, with two store
rooms on the ground floor, which was
originally part Of the hotel lot, maxi
ing his frontage about 100 feet. and eX-
poets in future to so remodel the build
ing as to make its front conform to the
strikingly handsome one of the new
structure, which it will adjoin. 1t is
said that when completed and equipped
the investment will represent in the
neignbOrhood Of $4,000.
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