Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-10-27

Wylie, OF chester, has maze anOtner
princely gift to Erskine college. This
time the gift is in the sum of SIS, 900, cash,
to be used in the erection of dOrmitory
for girls on the college grounds. The
building is to be commenced at once.
Mr.. Wylie's first gift to Erskine was a
check for $4,000. This was followed by
another check for $4,000, and this last
princely gift runs the amount of his do
nations up to a total of $4,000, all for the
college.
Worth Investigating.
THE ENQUIRER has information to the
effect that several York county farmers
have, during the past few weeks, been
looking into the possible advantages of
wool growing in this section, and it is
hoped that their investigations will lead
TO something practical. In the mean
time, however, we beg to suggest that Dr..
Barnett. who lives near Thorne's ferry,
on Catawba river; DR.. T. w. Campbell,
of Energy; and Mr.. w. NJ. Faulkner, of
Clark's Fork, are qualified, by reason of
their long experience, to give some val
liable pointers.
The Joshua Simpkins Company.
The Joshua Simpkins company came
last Saturday afternoon with its carload
of players and brass bands and gave its
promised entertainment in the opera
house Saturday night The house was
crowded, there being present quite a
number of people from the country. The
play was generally up to expectations,
and most of the audience was highly
pleased. The statement, by the way,
that this company happened here on ac-
count of having been forced out of the
regular show route by the yellow fever
quarantine, is mistake. Manager Hern-
down informs the reporter that his en-
gagement with the Joshua Simpkins
company dates back several months.
Claims 1t For Catawba.
Rock Hill Herald, Saturday: The an
nouncement of Mr.. w. J. Cherry, can
didate for the house of representatives,
appears in another column. There are
several reasons why Mr.. Cherry should
he elected. First, be is a man Of much
more than ordinary intelligence, and
York county would be proud Of his de-
pertinent as legislator; and then, al
though Calawba township pays one-fourth
of the taxes and has large part Of the
county's population, it has not for years
had a representative in the legislature.
Some may say that that makes no differ
ence. But it does make difference, or
why are legislators elected from the diff
ferent counties? Why not elect them
from the state at large? If care to have
representation by counties, the different
sections of the county should be repre-
sented, and Mr.. Cherry could admirably
represent York county and this imnedi-
ate section.
Mr.. Oates Feels Safe.
Rock Hill Herald: DIR. w. F. Strait
has returned from the Pasteur Hospital,
at Baltimore, where he accompanied MIR.
r. Nj. Oates, who is there for treatment as
precaution against hydrophobia. He
reports that Mr.. Oates is getting along
very well indeed, and has no anxiety as
to the outcome Of the treatment. The
Pasteur treatment for hydrophoba is very
simple. a rabid dog is caught, and the
base of its brain, where it joins the spinal
cord, extracted. A rabbits skull is then
trephined and the dogs spinal cord inser-
ted in the rabbits head. This rabbit will
die in few days, and fragment OF its
spinal cord will be placed III another rab-
bits head. When several rabbits have
been inoculated, the spinal cord of the last
is dried and trested with chemicals. Then
it is powdered, and made into solution,
when it is ready for injection into the hu-
man patient. OF the number of patients
taken to Pasteur, between 16 and 25 per
cent. have been bitten by genuine mad
dogs, although some people claim there
is no such thing. OF those who have
taken the treatment, only one-third of one
per cent, or one in every 3OO, have after
wards shown any signs of rabies.