Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-02
LOCAL LACONICS.
AK Books Closed.

Tax Books Closed.
Treasurer Nicely issued about doz-
en- tax receipts during Thursday be-
fore finally closing the books.
Pension For Mrs. Wallace.
Says a Washington letter: Congress
man Finley has secured a favorable re-
port on the pension bill for Mrs. Carrie
Otis Wallace. wife Of Captain Geo. D.
Wallace, who was killed at the battle
of Wounded Knee, in 1890. The amount
Is $50 per E!onth.
All Paid Up.
The last of the 100000 bonds issued
in aid of the Chester and Lenoir Mar
row Gauge railroad by York county,
mas been paid-the last save one bond
Of 500. When the last Of the bonds
matured four years ago, all had been
paid but $4,000. They were refunded
with short time bonds to be retired at
the rate of $1,000 year. The last in
stallment has just been taken up. The
whereabouts Of the $100 bond referred
to are unknown. The bond is lost. If
it is ever presented, Of course, 1t will
be paid; but it has been advertised
time and again without result and the
presumption is that it will never turn
up.
Smallpox In Town.
There is a case Of smallpox in town
There is no question Of the fact. Posi-
tive information developed shortly af-
ter 2 o'clock yesterday and THE ENoUI-
RER was put in possession Of it just as
the forms were being prepared for
the press. The patient is Negro who
occupies one of the tenement houses on
the Narrow Gauge railroad, behind the
graded school. DR.. Williams was call
ed to see the case yesterday morning
and as soon as it was possible for him
to do so he called in DR.. Walker. Both
doctors are agreed that there can be
no mistake. The Negro is badly bro
ken out and he is very sick. He was
on the streets Thursday night in con-
tact with quite number of people. A
meeting Of the board of health was
called for yesterday afternoon to con-
slider the situation, and it was our in
formation that the board would rec
ommend that the house be quaran-
tined, with it's inmates, and that new
cases be treated in the same manner
1t did not seem as if anything else
was to be done under the circumstan-
ces. There is no occasion for alarm
over the situation, for the disease has
not proved very fatal at any place
where it has yet developed.
Smallpox In Gastonia.
Gastonia Gazette, February %: Since
last week, there has been only one new
case of smallpox. This was one Of the
persons under detention. DR.. Bunting
ing we'll and that none is regarded as
serious. He believes that he will have
all patients and suspects in the hos.
pital by Tuesday morning, if baG
weather does not interfere. A formal.
dehyde generator, for disinfecting, has
been purchased and is expected Satur.
day. Some of the houses can be safe
ly disinfected, but two will have to be
burned. The town authorities are urg
ing vaccination. Three thousand cop
les of the ordinance so urging were
printed and distributed over town las
week-one going to every residence
The hospital is being pushed to com
pietion by Mr.. Robert F. Rankin witt
all possible vigor. 1t is located in
clump of small trees just beyond Hap
py Hill, on the slope of the hill nea
the branch, the slope facing east an,
north and all in plain view from tn
narrow gauge. There are nine house
in all: Two broom houses for whit
and colored patients; two broom de
tention houses for white and colored
two cook houses; one sleeping hous
for cooks; one dressing house for ply
sician and one dead house.
For What II Is Worth.
Union special Of February q to CO
lumbia State: Quite little stir wa