Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-06-21
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
PenItentiary Epidemic Over


Columbia Record: There has been
no case of meningitis at the peniten.
tiary now for 10 days and the epidem-
ic may be said to be over. There have
been % cases, seven of which were
fatal. Dr. Sturkie, the physician, is
still very sick, and DR.. Griffith, son of
Captain Griffith, is temporarily in
charge Of the hospital.
Didn't Know It Was Loaded.
Mr.. Thomas Watson, bookkeeper of
the bank at Greenwood, was accident.
ly shot by his friend Allie Milan in
the city bank recently. He had two
pistols, one loaded the other not. He
snapped the wrong pistol at his friend
and the ball entered his body near the
stomach. 1t was thought for time
that he would die, but be seems to be
Improving. 1t is the old story of
"didn't know it was loaded"
Enrolment at Winthrop.
Rock Hill correspondence News
and Courier: The total enrolment
this year was 474-345 in the college
classes; 129 in the modern school.
The following figures refer to those
pupils in college classes :. Enrolment
by states: South Carolina 337, North
Carolina 2, Georgia l, Florida 8, Vir-
ginia l, Texas l. By counties: Abbe-
Vile S, Aiken 8, Anderson 10, Barn
we'll 7, Beaufort 5, Berkeley 6, Charles
19, Clarendon 7, Colleton 4, Bamberg
5, Darlington 8, Dorchester 8, Edge
field 7, Fairfield 16, Florence 10,
Georgetown l, Greenville 8, Green
wood 4, Hampton 4, Horny 1, Ker-
shaw 6, Lancaster 6, Laurens IL, Lex
ington 2, Marlboro Z, Marion 15, New
berry 5, Oconee 4, Orangeburg 9, Pick
ems 8, Richland II, Saluda 8, Sumter
II, Spartanburg 13, Union 8, Williams
burg 6, York 81.
The Dog Is Property. =.
Columbia correspondence News and
Courier: The dog, "the yellow dog"
if you please, or any sort of dog, is
on top again. The supreme court of
South Carolina is on his side. The su-
preme court holds that dog has value
and can be stolen, and that the old
common law is out of date and the
modern dog is entitled to legal protec-
ton, and if you steal dog you can
be sent to prison. The case was start
ed in Newberry, where Negro named
Langford was charged with stealing q
dog, dog house, etc. The circuit judge
held, according to the common law,
that dog was not the subject of lar
ceny and quashed the indictment.
Now the supreme court unanimously
holds that the common law does not
apply here; that it is wrong not to
value dog simply because he is not
edible, and that it is not a whim or
caprice to keep dog. The court de-
fends the dog for devotion and attach
ment, and contends that it is entirely
a punishable crime to steal u dog, and
that the stealing of dog may be pun
ished if the facts warrant and the in
dictment be properly drawn. The cir
cult court is reversed on the dog de-
murrer.
Is the Sale of Malt Illegal.
- Columbia correspondence News
and Courier: Are malt extracts bev-
erages or not? That is the question
for judicial determination. 1t may be
very much a matter of taste as to
whether malt extracts be considered a
beverage or not, and it would no doubt
depend very much on appetites as to
what the final decision happened to be
with the ordinary consumer. The
question was propounded to druggists,
then reputable druggists asked the
state board of control whether malt
extracts could be legally sold by drug
gists or not. Then the state board of
troll asked the state chemist for the