Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-03-24
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Rev. J. c. McKelvey conducted de-
votional exercises at the graded school
yesterday morning, and gave the chill
dren quite an impressive talk.
The voting in the York Drug Stores
bicycle contest started promptly on
last Wednesday. The list now in
cludes quite a number of candidates.
For the benefit of the people attend
ing the series of meetings there, In.
tendant Carroll, on Tuesday, had a
number of electric lights strung along
the sidewalk from Congress street, up
East Madison to the Associate Re-
formed church. The act was
thoughtful one, and the'church people
appreciate it highly.
The regular work of the Yorkville
graded school (white) has been serious
ly interfered with during the past few
weeks by roseola. The disease, though
attacking only few pupils at time
and operating slowly, has now been
pretty nearly through the school, and
everything is in good working order
again. More than rs per cent of the
pupils have had roseola.
Matilda Smith, probably better
known as Matilda Latta, an aged SER
want of the Latta family, of Yorkville,
died last Sunday, aged about 80 years.
She was typical oldtime servant
faithful, efficient, true-and one of the
few Negroes who disregarded the
emancipation proclamation. Having
nursed and helped to raise all the
children, she considered that she be-
longed to the family and remained in
active service until old age robbed
her of her strength. During the last
few years of her life, of course, her
former owners have accorded to her
every attention that her condition
seemed to require. She died of old
age. t-
Although apparently content with
their water plant just as it stands, the
people of YorkvilIe will do we'll to
realize that there is room for consider
able improvement. In the first place,
it was clearly demonstrated last sum-
mer that the water supply is not as
great as it ought to be. Several times
during the summer water famine was
imminent. Again, while there is no
doubt of the fact that there are times
during the year when the purity of
this water supply comes up to all rea.
sonable requirements, still no thought
full citizen would be willing to hold
that this condition obtains at all times.
The character of the watershed from
which the supply is drawn, and con-
temptation of the results following
rains, is sufficient to show the contra
ry. Abundant evidence is to be found
in settlingsin in the bottom of the stand
pipe on periodical cleaning occasions.
These are matters about which it is
not wise for. the people to deceive
themselves. Common prudence de-
mands Improvement. The most prac-
ticable Improvement that suggests it.
self is an artesian well. 1t is quite
probable that such we'll, capable of
furnishing as much water as is now
furnished by the branch, may be had
at q cost equal to the value of the
more than half mile of six inch pipe
between the reservoir and the stand
pipe. With an artesian well located
somewhere along the main pipe line,
the six inch pipe referred to may be
used for extending the water system
to localities where it will do more good.
The improvements need not involve a
considerable amount of expense; but
the outlay will be fully warranted from
either business or sanitary standpoint.
NECESSITY OF POST MORTEMs.