Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-06-02
THESE SAW ARKANSAS.
Point People Go to Reunion and Have
A Great Time.
The YorkvnIe Enquirer

Correspondence The YorkvllIe Enquirer
Yorkville, No. 8. May 3O.-Messrs. D.
c. Boyd, A. L. Thompson, B. ]. Cur
renee, w. P. Boyd and Miss Carrie
Currence from the Point, Mr.. ]. p.
Boyd Of Indian Trail, Mr.. and Mrs. p.
r. Currence Of Gastonia, all formerly
of the Point, left Gastonia at o'clock,
May 10, bound for Little Rock, Ark,
on q double mission, to visit the re-
We arrived at Little Rock Sunday af-
ternoon at o'clock. On Monday we
wended our way to our kindred, who
live in the country near Jacksonville.
We found them Ill well and eagerly
awaiting our coming. 1t was grand
reunion with us Of relatives who had
been separated from twenty five to
thirty years. They suspended their
work for q week to entertain US and
they sure did give US genuine South
Carolina hospitality. We feasted on
pork and fowl and all the good things
to satisfy the inner man.
The customs Of the people out In Ar
kansas are quite different from ours.
Their stock still runs on the range and
the crops are fenced. The farmers have
advanced ideas about farming, and
while the land Is fairly productive the
soil Is not deep as ours. It will not
stand as much drought as ours for the
reason II Is underlaid with slate rock.
They have some fine stock and graz
ing land out in Arkansas, and like the
Carolinas, have lots Of pretty women.
They seem to be alive as to education.
The day we left they were voting q
special tax Of mills in one district.
At Little Rock we were Joined by
Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Gordon Of Tirzah
80 Dot
Mrs. Boyd will remain two or three
months visiting relatives.
Our trip was a regular love feast
to our relatives near Jacksonville. /
should have said all of our relatives
went from York county.
A few words for Little Rock. 1t Is
gay city Of $1,000 or 10000 inhabi-
tants. It has street cars, electric
lights and magnificent buildings. 1t
has no cotton mills at all, but other
kinds of manufacturing industries.
They have a magnificent state capitol
building almost completed costing over
of fine granite, the. inner walls OF mar
BILE.
Little Rock had q larger number Of
old soldiers and visitors than any 9TH
er reunion for quite a while. On the
last day Of the reunion trains were
leaving the city every 80 minutes TAX
ing away from 600 to 1000 people.
One deplorable fact about Little Rock
Is it has a number Of saloons.
Mr.. T. N. Alexander from Point also
visited the reunion.
would like to make few remarks
on the government of Arkansas. They
still have in vogue the system we used
to have of venire Of jurymen for q
whole term Of court, whereas we have
a set for each week.
They also still have the plurality,
where we have the majority plan for
electing officers.
They have a clerk Of court for each
court. One for the civil and one for
the criminal. They have one officer
called county judge, where we have
one supervisor and two commissioners.
They have what is known as politi-
cal barbecues.
The candidates Of two or more coun-
ties buy up from one to three thou
sand pounds of beef and have bar
becue at one place and have the polit-
ical debate. w. P. Boyd.