Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-28

Representative Sanders of York, has
introduced bill declaring disorderly
houses a nuisance, and prohibiting
their operation In this state.
The 2 per cont penalty attaches af-
ter next Friday, and the probability Is
that there will be a somewhat brisker
rush of tax payers this week.
The north and south road Is well
sanded for about four miles out of
Yorkville; but 1t is bumpy and full of
holes and in need Of dragging.
Senator Beamguard has introduced
ing and inspection Of cotton and the
fixing of the fees therefor. The bill
was introduced last Thursday.
When the last issue of The Enquirer
went to press, 1t looked as If another
six page paper was going to be aDso-
lutely necessary today; but since then
It has developed that all the news that
really had to be handled can go in the
usual four pages.
The demand for cabbage plants was
running unusually strong before the
bad weather set in and many thous-
ands Of plants have been put In the
ground in this vicinity. There are a
good many patches in the vicinity that
were started to growing more than a
month ago and are now looking fine.
The house last night adopted the
concurrent resolution already adopted
by the senate, requesting the governor
to grant permission to such military
companies as should ask to be allow
ed to go to Washington, D. c. 1t Is
understood that this puts the matter
in such shape that all any military
company that wants to go to Washing
ton has to do, is to ask the governor.
Il is reported in Yorkville that Mr..
G. K. Schwrar, editor of the Rock Hill
Record, is a candidate for the post
mastership at Rock Hill. The story as
we get 1t, Is that he has been promised
the job by parties who are in a posi-
ton to help. Beyond this, we have
nothing definite; but in view Of the
fact that the Democrats will soon have
entire control Of the pie counter. we
deem 1t entirely fitting that the editor
of the "only Democratic newspaper IN
the county," should have the very best
Job the Democratic party is able to
give--if he wants 1t.
We are printing elsewhere in to-
days paper quite an interesting article
written by DR.. Woods Brown for the
d1ckOry Democrat. lHerS lS oHe stdle-
ment in the article, however, that is
not correct. The c. & NV. was not
built as a narrow gauge road original
ly. That portion of the line from Ches-
ter to Yorkville was originally broad
gauge" we do not say standard" for
we are not sure about that. In those
days there was no such thing as stand
ard gauge, we believe. The change
from broad to narrow gauge was made
when it was decided to extend the road
on from Yorkville to Lenoir about 1875.
That portion Of the line that was be-
ing operated from Chester to Yorkville
was changed to narrow gauge, and
the narrow gauge construction was
continued on to Lenoir. For long
time the c. & NV. was the largest
narrow gauge railroad in the world.
The imported chain rails were used on
the old Kings Mountain railroad be-
tween Chester and Yorkville only.
They were heavy enough to stand the
weight Of almost any engine; but the
rails bought for the narrow gauge con-
struction were very light and are not
nearly strong enough to hold up the
heavy engines in use today.