Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-09-28
Wednesday, September 28, 1895.

at home at the time, was able to quick
ly administer antidotes which neutral
lied the poison. At last accounts the
little fellow had almost recovered his
normal condition.
For Pure Water.
A leading physician of Yorkville in-
ssts that the water supply of York
vile is not nearly 80 pure as it ought
to be, and he is willing to contribute
800 out Of his own pocket toward
drawing supply from an artesian
well.
Charter Amended.
Columbia Register, Saturday: The
secretary of state amended the charter
of the York Cotton mills this morning
so the capital stock could be increased
to Sl5O,O00, and also granted the
company the privilege of conducting
general mercantile business.
Sent Up For Fifteen Years.
Will Simpson, the York county Me-
gro who was arrested by Chief of
Police Love, of Yorkville, some weeks
ago, for the assault of Mrs. Hanna,
of Gastonia, was convicted at Dallas
last Saturday and sentenced to Is
years at hard labor in the North Car
olina penitenliary.
The County Board Meeting.
The next regular meeting of the
county board of commissioners will he
held in the office of the supervisor on
next Monday-salesday in October.
AS 10 whether the board will have for
consideration other than routine busi-
ness, The ENQUIBER has no informa-
ton.
Burned to Death. 49,
A little Negro boy, aged four or five
years, was fatally burned in one of the
houses that front the Carolina and
North Western railroad, between Mad
ison and Wilson streets, last Sum
day morning. The child's. mother,
who is of the abandoned class, had
left it in an upper room while she went
off about her business, and its clothing
became ignited. Physicians were sum-
moned but they were unable to over
come the effects of the burns. The
child died Monday afternoon.
Destroyed BY Fire.
The cabin of Tom Grier, hard
working Negro who lived with his
family ON the Pinckney roud, about
one and half miles beyond the in
corporate limits of Yorkville, was de-
stroyed by fire last Saturday morning.
Grier was at work in Mr.. T. B. Nc
Claims brick yard at the time and the
other members of his family were pick
ing cotton. Clothing, furniture and
household goods were destroyed. The
loss was complete. The origin of The
fire is unknown. None Of Grier's peo-
pie had been about the cabin for sever.
al hours.
The Winnie Davis Chapter.
The organization of the local chap
ter of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy referred to in the last
issue of The ENQUIRER, was COM
pleted at the residence of Major James
F. Hart on Friday afternoon. Fifteen
ladies gave in their names for enroll
ment as members, and officers were
elected as follows: Mrs. J. ]. Hunter,
president; Mrs. J. w. Humbert, vice
president; Miss Daisy Hart, secretary,
and Miss Belle Crepps, treasurer. 1t
was while the bells were tolling for
the funeral of Miss Winnie Davis that
the organization was in progress, and
the suggestion that the chapter be
named "Winnie Davis" was adopted
unanimously. The election of histo-
rian was postponed until another meet
ing, as was also the question as to the
particular lue Of work TO which the
chapter will devote its activity.