Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-08-05
Mr. w. e. Caldwell who represented


lieve he is nearer right than those who
put the figures at 5000 or lower.
There should be trolley line be-
tween Yorkville and Rock Hill. Of
course there are more or less weighty
objections to be urged against the
idea; but 1t would pay. The passenger
and freight traffic to and from the two
towns and originating between them,
would be ample to sustain such an en-
terprise.
The Palmetto Monument Works is
doing quite lot Of work all through
out this whole territory. Under the
sole ownership and management Of Mr.!
Sassi, the establishment is doing a
more extensive business than II has
ever done, and 1t Is having no COM
plants as to the quality Of the work
being turned out.
Mr. r. e. Clinton, of Eastview, says
that IL the now comparatively useless
bottoms on Fishing creek, south of the
lower Rock Hill and Yorkville road
were properly drained, they would be
capable Of producing enough corn to
supply any two townships In the coun-
ty. These bottoms extend for miles
and miles. and are serving no purpose
other than the pasturing of few head
of cattle. They are as rich as cream,
and 1t looks as II something should be
done to bring them into profitable cul-'
tivation.
The managers of the Filbert picnic
are entitled to a vote Of thanks from
the newspapers of South Carolina, and
The Enquirer Is going to take the lib
erty of proposing the same. While as
a general thing the managers Of pic
MICS are as glad to have the newspa-
per men as the newspaper men are to
be there, It is a common omission on
the part Of the picnic arrangement
committee to omit all provision for the
accommodation Of the men who have
to take notes of the proceeding. This
omission to be sure, is invariably O.
matter Of oversight The writer has
never failed to get accommodations af-
ter asking for them: but sometimes
the people who were asked found 1t
awkward to provide a table and chair
on short notice. The Filbert committee
set aside a part of Its big rostrum for
the especial accommodation Of the
writer's. who were amply
provided with tables and chairs. There
were seven newspaper correspondents
present, and there were writing ac-
for more. We have vot-
ed aye on the motion. and 30 far as we
are concerned II is carried.
There was one decidedly unusual
feature in connection with the capture
of that negro, Rob johnson at Hickory,
the other day, and that unusual feature
Is embodied In the fact that the cap
ture was made by negroes While Of
course there are exceptions to all rules,
all public officials in this
section, who have to deal with crimi-
nails, agree on the small dependence to
be placed upon a negro when 1t comes
to running down q negro criminal. 1t
is a popularity of the race that they
will not assist in the enforcement of
the white mans law, and 1t has often
happened In the case Of a shooting or
cutting scrape In the midst of a hun
dred negroes, not one Of the witnesses
will admit knowing a thing bearing
upon the merits Of the difficulty. And
It Is rare that even the most skillful
cross examination will develop a sat
isfactory idea of the truth. OF course
the negroes do not understand; but
this policy or tendency Ia very preju-
dicial to their own welfare and they
should get out of 1t. The conduct of
the two Hickory Grove negroes, whose
exploit Of last week has already been
recited in detail, Is highly commend
able, and 1t Is sincerely to be hoped
that they have set the pace for better
things In this connection.