Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-10-12

nard pup which he prizes very highly.
The last he had seen of the pup was
on Friday evening, when it followed
him to the Masonic meeting in the hall
over his store. On Monday morning
it was found in the garret of the build
ing, in great distress, having been
without food or water since Friday
evening.
New Crop Pecans.
Miss Mamie Scott has left at THE
ENQUIRER office some fine specimens
of York county pecans, grown on the
premises of her father, Mr.. S. M. Scott,
near Sharon. In size and appearance
the pecans compare most favorably
with the southwestern product; but
not being thoroughly ripe yet, are not
especially pleasant to the taste. A
month or two of seasoning, however,
if they should escape for so long
time, will bring them up to the most
rigid specifications in every require
ment.
Lots of Chills and Fever.
Mr.. G. e. Leech, of Hickory Grove,
was in Yorkville OIL Monday. He re-
ports that there is more sickness in
his neighborhood -chills and fever
than he has known for years. Here
tofore people who live along the creeks
have been the principal sufferers but
this year the trouble is extending
considerable distance from the creeks,
especially to families that are using
water from shallow wells. He does
not recall any cases of chills far away
from the creeks where drinking water
is procured from deep wells.
Loss to MIR. Thompson.
Mr.. E. D. Thompson, of Point, met
with serious misfortune last Thurs
day in the loss of his house by. fire.
From such information as the reporter
has been able to procure, the fire orig
mated in the roof, probably from a
spark or defective fue. There were
no means available with which to ex.
tinguish the flames, and but little, if
anything, was saved from the upper
floor of the building, which was two
story structure. There was some
salvage from the lower floor. The
property was insured in the New York
Home for $500.
A York County Boy.
The Trades. Unionists, published In
Washington, contains in its issue of
October 6, cut of Mr.. w. R. Brad
ford, aud the following sketch: "W.
R. Bradford, who was recently elected
financial secretary of the Central La
Dor union, is a member of Columbia
Typographical Union No. 10l, and is
compositor in the fifth division of
the government printing office. He
came from South Carolina, his native
state, in the summer of 1898, and at
that time was probably the youngest
printer in the government service.
His ability and integrity and strict ad-
herence to the principles of organized
labor resulted in his election as dele
gate to the Central Labor union last
July. or the seven candidates he was
one of the honored FIVE, receiving S1S
votes out of total of 1875. Only
one other candidate received more
votes than Mr.. Bradford. At the frat
meeting of the Central Labor union
attended by Mr.. Bradford, he was elec-
ted financial secretary, there being but
FIVE votes cast against him. With the
southern intensity of purpose the new
secretary unites the northern energy
and aggressiveness Of action, and there
fore not only conceives but executes
whatever he deems will be of benefit
to those he represents. Notwithstand-
ing many other duties Mr.. Bradford is
a member of the Columbian University
law class, and his future career will
unquestionable prove a credit to that
institution" Mr.. Bradford was born
and raised in Fort Mill and is neph-
ew of Supervisor Culp.