Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-07-18
LOCAL LAcoNics.
Glenn son Winthrop Train.


Clemson. Winthrop Train.
The Clemson Winthrop train was at
Hickory Grove last Saturday and there
was a large crowd present to see the
exhibits and demonstrations and hear
the speeches.
Red Shirts of '76.
DR.. ]. H. Saye of Sharon, has a
letter from John G. Mobley, command
der-in- chief of the Red Shirt organi-
zation, asking him to organize COM
pany Of York Red Shirts to participate
The understanding Is that there will
be reduced railroad rates to Columbia
on the occasion. DR.. Saye has the
matter under consideration.
Entrance Examinations.
Competitive examinations for the
two vacant scholarships at Clemson
and entrance examinations for the
University of South Carolina were held
in Yorkville last Friday. Those COM
peting for the Clemson scholarships
were as follows: Brevard Blanken-
ship, M. A. Faris, Gary Windle, Fort
Mill; Tom B. Brandon, McConnells-
vile; ]. c. Faris, Rock Hill; John R.
sity of South Carolina: Harry Gwin
and Edward Spencer, Yorkville; Thos.
P. Huger Jr., Orangeburg.
To Remodel Carolina Hotel.
Rock Hill, July Is: Hook & Rogers,
architects Of Charlotte, were here to-
day and they, In company with Mr.. w.
w. Miller, representing the property
owners, let a contract to remodel the
front and put in a new office at the
Carolina hotel. The Wilkerson- Mof-
fatt Construction company Of Durham,
who are at present building the new
Southern railway passenger station at
this place, were the successful bidders,
the amount being something like $10,-
900. The contract for equipping the
building with steam heat was not let
today and will be taken up later.
The Rock Hill Franchise Matter.
Rock Hill, July Is: So far as the
proposed trolley franchise to the Car
olina Traction company Is concerned
It Is all over now but the voting. City
council met in special session late yes
terday afternoon, inserted in the fran
chise amendments demanded by May
or Roddey, put in few OF Its own.
adopted II as amended and issued
call for a special election by the peo-
pie on Thursday, August 10. The
whole matter is now up to the people.
The salient amendments demanded by
Mayor Roddey were the number Of
miles to be built and operated within
a specified time and the amount OF
revenue to accrue to the city In re-
turn for the valuable 50-year fran
chise, IL voted by the people next
month. In brief, these amendments
are: That the company shall build
and operate not less than two and
one-half miles within eight months, nor
less than five miles within three years.
nor less than seven miles within five
years. The revenue clause In the
franchise provides the following IL
cense tax: 500 per year for the first
ten years; $3.50 per year for the sec
ond ten years; $3.50 per year for the
third ten years; $1,000 per year for the
fourth ten years; $4,000 per year for
the fifth ten years, the maximum
amount of license taxes during the life
of the franchise thus being $4,000.
1t Is not known here IL the Carolina
Traction company will accept the
franchise as amended, but 1t Is believ-
ed that 1t will.
The Mail on Trains III and 118
Although we are unable to give par
ticulars to any considerable extent, we
are informed that there Is a quiet eff
fort on foot to do away with the mails
on Nos. 1T and 118 between Rock Hill
and Yorkville. 1t Is represented that
because No. 1T reaches Yorkville af-
ter the postoff1ce has been closed, the
mail brought by 1t Is not opened until
after the arrival Of 35, which would
have brought it, had 1t not come by lit,
and there Is no need for 1T to bring
mail at all. There Is nothing the matter
with that proposition; but the same
rule does not hold good with regard to
mails leaving Yorkville by No. 11S at
$50 a. m. BY leaving on that train,
mails make connection with rural
routes south Of Rock Hill and are de-
livered the same day, whereas II they
had to wait for train No. ia they would
not be delivered to people living along
the rural routes from LESLIE and Ca
tawba until "a hours later. Only few
weeks ago there was complaint from
the rural route out Of LESLIE at the
failure Of The Enquirer to arrive on
Wednesday, and when the matter was
referred to the postoffice here, the eX:
planation was a failure to get the mail
off on train 118, one Of the other trains
having been used instead. There has
been some suggestion Of the alleged
extra cost of this extra mail service
between Rock Hill and Yorkville. We
are advised that there Is no extra cost
whatever. The railroad uses half
length mail car for which 1t gets no
pay, and because the car is used for
express also it has to come just the
same. We know that quite a large
number of people are accommodated
by mail train 11S, and the probability
is that there is some accommodation in
mail train III.