Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-17

antine the stock that has been exposed
to the disease, and went out to All
Healing yesterday and is in that sec
ton again today. Mr.. Carnes stopped
also at r. w. Carson's and Jno. b.
Carson's. The disease is contagious
among stock and Is said to be some
times communicated to people. The
disease in its early stages Is similar to
distemper; but Is followed by ulcers.
No remedy has been discovered for the
disease, and the best thing to do when
a horse becomes diseased Is to take
him out and shoot him at once, as the
disease will be communicated to other
stock, and the horse will be sure to die
anyway. Every effort will be made to
prevent the spread Of the disease. .......
We learn from a reliable source that
while H. S. Sellers thresher was pass
ing the home of his uncle, Newton
Sellers, yesterday, north of Bessemer'
that sparks flew into the wheat stacked
around his uncle's barn and that the
entire crop was burned. There were
two crops. The barn was full and
wheat was stacked around the barn.
We do not know the amount; but Mr..
Sellers is a large wheat farmer, and
raised big crop this year, and the
amount must have been considerable.
LANCASTER.
Ledger, July 13: Mr.. VIM. Hays, of
the o. K. section, made 25 bushels OF
wheat on his brag acre this year. La
ter on he cut four big two-horse loads
of clover from the same acre. His en-
tire wheat crop measured up 176 BUSH
els and his oats only about 225 bushels.
Mr.. Hays usually makes about 700
bushels Of corn, but doesn't expect 200
bushels yield this year. On so acres of
cotton he doesn't think 1t possible to
make ten bales. Mr.. Hays's crops are,
if anything, above the average in that
section. On Wednesday afternoon.
last, Mr.. John Gettys was shot by Mr..
A. T. Ferguson. The ball entered Mr..
G.'s left thigh, passing through the
outer part inflicting a slight flesh
wound. The shooting occurred in j.
B. Mackorelrs store. From what we
can learn the parties had had a pre-
vious difficulty some years ago or there
was some feeling between them on ac-
count of a difficulty between Gettys
and a brother of Mr.. Ferguson. DR..
w. M. Crawford administered to the
wounded man.. On Wednesday last,
after short illness, Mrs. Catherine
PIttman, wife Of Mr.. A. T. Pittman,
died at her home near the cotton mill.
She was about go years Of age and
leaves a husband and several children
surviving her. Her remains were in
tered Thursday in the Town cemetery.
Mrs. Mary Blackmon, widow of
the late Joel Blackmon, Of the Fork
Hill section, died early yesterday MORN
ing. The machinery Of life simply
gave out. She was IS years Of age,
having passed the S5th anniversary the
day before. She leaves five children
surviving her, viz: VIM. Blackmon,
Mrs. W. G. Ellis, Mr.. M. A. Blackmon,
and Miss Tidy Blackmon. She was
a member for many years of Fork Hill
Baptist church and her remains will
be buried there today after services by
her pastor, Rev. Judson Blackmon.
UNION.
Times, July IL: We regret to learn Of
Rev. Davie Hucks' misfortune in los
ing his horse last Sunday morning. He
had an appointment to preach at a
church some distance from his home at
Jonesville. He went to get his horse
and found that it was gone. He did
not have time to hunt for the horse,
and meet his appointment, 80 he bor-
rowed a horse and went to his appoint
ment. Upon his return his horse wa
found to have fallen into an old unused
we'll and was dead. 1t was a consider
able loss and Mr.. Hucks' has our SYM
pathy. .. Mr.. J. S. Smith died at his
home in Union Monday afternoon. He
had been confined to his bed with
fever for sometime. He had about
recovered, but left his room too soon,
and a relapse followed which resulted
in his death. He was about 1S years Of
age, and leaves mother, father, two
brothers and three sisters, also many
young friends in town to mourn his
untimely death. Mr.. Smith was en-
gagged in the merchantile business be-
fore he was taken sick. His place of
business was near the postoff1ce. The
family have our sympathy in their
bereavement. There seems to be a
regular mania among the Negroes
around the West Spring neighborhood
for house breaking, thieving and burn
ing. The latest instance is the break
ing into Mr.. w. J. Betsill's provision
room by his girl house servant, and
stealing therefrom several articles. 1t
seems that the girl must have done
this in a spirit Of revenge. She had
been told to do some chores about the
house, and had taken fit of stubborn
ness, and was slow to mind, saying at
one time she would do so when she
got ready. Mrs. Betsill threatened to
have her discharged when Mr.. Betslil
came to the house. She apparently got
over her sulky mood, however, by the
time Mr.. Betsill arrived, and she was
not discharged. Mr.. Betsill returned to
his work, and as it was the Fourth of
July a picnic was in progress at the
Spring, and Mrs. Betsill went down to
the spring, leaving the Negro girl at
the house. This was apparently the
opportunity the girl was waiting for
and she took an axe and broke into the
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