Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-01-19
Wednesday, January 10, 1898.
swollen out of proportion and causing
him much pain.

Trial of Newbold.
The case of w. H. Newbold, for the
murder of ]. Henry Turner, was called
for trial in Spartanburg on Monday.
The attorney for the defence made a
motion for continuance on the ground
of absence of certain material witness
es, including Senator Tillman, who
could not be arrested because of his
attendance on congress. The prose-
cution offered to admit that the wit
nesses would swear as stated, provi-
ded their statements were admissible,
and Judge Benet refused to grant the
motion for a continuance. The trial
was set for Tuesday morning. Attor-
ney General Barber, G. Duncan Bel
linger, J. X. Henry, w. A. Neal, j. G.
Wilborn and D. E. Finley, Esq, are in
Spartanburg to testify as to Newbold's
character.
Sale of Newspaper.
The Columbia Register was sold at
public auction last Friday under fore
closure of a chattel mortgage held by
Henry Lindenmeyer & Sons, of New
York. The only bid made was one of
S., 900 by VIM. Stuart, a New York
lawyer, who is said to be the repre-
sentative of VIM. Hatfield, an adver-
tising agent Of the same city. The
property was knocked down at the
price mentioned. Whether or not
Hatfield has any connection with the
Lindenmeyers has not satisfactorily
developed. The Register announces
that it's publication will be continued,
as heretofore, and The State talks as
though the question as to whether or
not publication will be continued is
very uncertain one. According to the
Columbia State, during the last seven
years, The Register has been run at
an aggregate loss of about s70,500.
Whipped BY the Teacher.
A sensation was caused in the city
graded schools here by legal proceed
| ings being threatened against Prof. B.
L. Jones, principal of the city schools,
for whipping Alfred Martin, a son of
w. T. Martin, one of the best known
business men of the city, says a CO.
lumbia dispatch of last Saturday.
Young Martin persisted in whispering
in his class. Professor Jones called
him up and gave him severe fog
ging. On reaching home, Mr.. Martin
examined his son and found stripes on
his body as large as a mans finger.
Next morning he went before magis-
trate for the purpose of taking out a
warrant for Professor Jones on the
charge of assault ard battery. The
school trustees got him to desist on
the promise that the matter would be
investigated. The affair caused a
great deal of excitement among the
patrons of the school, and the situa-
ton is still somewhat ruffled.
Smallpox or Chickenpox.
The controversy as to whether the
Claf1in cases, in Organgeburg, are
smallpox or chickenpox, is still unset
tied. DR.. Stuart, representative OF the
state board of health, said they were
certainly smallpox; but DIR. Lowman,
president of the local board, still not
being satisfied, sent for DR.. James l..
Beckett, of Summerville, who is known
to have dealt with dozens of cases of
smallpox on the coast and elsewhere,
and asked him to make a careful in
vestigation. After looking into the
matter patiently, DR.. Beckett. submit
ted the following signed report 81
certify that the cases Of eruptive fever
examined by me at the Colored Me.
chanical college are typical cases of
varicella or chicken pox. My conclu-
sions are based on the following symp-
toms: The eruptions in the eight
cases examined are ofsuccessive stages
of development; in those pustules
where desquamation has taken place
the scars left in the skin are destitute
of that peculiar hardness, kernel like,
of tubercular elevation which is dis
tinctive characteristic of smallpox.
In smallpox the scab falls of in one
solid piece; those scabs examined are
coming off in scales or flakes, the erup-
ton in these cases being superficial,
in the cellular tissue, elongated, or
globate in spots; whereas, smallpox
pustules are deep seated, with hard
unyielding bases, which nodular or
tubercular feeding remains consider
able time after the patient is up and
attending to his duties. The papulae
smallpox are hard, resisting and NOV
able in the cases referred to eruptions
are soft, yield under the touch and en-.
tirely destitute of the tubercular hard
ness. In the Negro after desquama-
tion the eruption, without single ex-
ception, always leaves circumscribed
white spot on the surface. In the
case of Student Hicks, who is entirely
recovered, the marks of the eruption
are shade darker; therefore, in my
| Judgment, these cases examined are
chickenpox of an aggravated type"
Opinion in Orangeburg is still divided a;
but in order to be Oh the safe side, the
people are taking every precautlon
the same as if they We're assured that
the disease is smallpox.
As TO BEET SUGAR.-The Wash
;nuton corresnon0ent of the Columbia