Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-09-07
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FROM CONTEMPORARIES.

FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That II OF More
or Less Local Interest.
YORK.
Rock Hill Herald, September 4: Mr.
Henry r. Sharp, of the New York Sun
is In the city for few days.. ..Arcnl'
Itect ]. ]. Keller, of Yorkville, was II
the city Monday on business. .....J. L
Thomasson lost mare last week tha'
had attained a very unusual age. she
was foaled April S, 1875, and was rider
through the campaign of 1876 by Mr.
IW. C. Wherry and was afterwards trad
ed to Mr.. Thomasson, who valued mel
lhighly for her faithfulness. There
was some alarm .on the streets Satur'
day night when four pistols shots rang
out upon the night breeze. Jim Whit
taker and Cicily Rodman had f1s,
and skull scrap; but Whitaker coulo
not stand the pummelling he received
He yanked out his pistol and pulled
down on Cicily, who burned the vino
and is still absent. So is Whitaker
He fired along Black street, endanger'
ling the life Of any pedestrian who
might be passing, and for this he will
doubtless crack rocks for the county
if he be captured. There is no i'm.
provement in the diptheria conditions
There are three recent cases In the
family Of Mr.. E. B. Cook, and yester-
day two of Mr.. w. ]. Caveny's chill.
dren developed the disease, and in ad.
dition there is another case in the
country-on the farm Of Mr.. w. G
Hutchison. Another case Of scarlet
fever has developed at the Arcade mill
It is in the family of Mr.. Hoze Garri'
son. In addition, Prof. J. w. Thomson
in whose family case of scarlet fever
developed while they were in Abbe.
Vile, returned to the city Friday night
with his children. The child who was
attacked is better; but has not yet
passed the time when the disease may
be communicated to another child. In.
deed, no disease is more infectious thar
scarlet fever, authorities agreeing that
it is still highly contagious for month
or longer after all signs Of the disease
have disappeared. There is fear Of ar
epidemic of these diseases; but il each
parent will begin by keeping his chill
dren at home until the danger is passed
we may be able to prevent such a ca
lamity. If parents will not do this, the
board of health ought not to hesitate tc
quarantine any home in which there
may be a patient. But, Of course, nc
good citizen will act so as to require
that this should be done.
CHESTER.
| Lantern, September 8: The exposi-
ton commissioners went before the
county board yesterday and asked fol
an appropriation to defray the expen-
ses of collecting an exhibit for the
Charleston exposition. An appropria-
ton Of 5000 was granted. While this
is not what was asked and is but a
fraction of what will be necessary, yet
| it will do to start on, and the work
will be pushed. Everybody in the
county should make a contribution
and every one who has good specimens
of agricultural products, worthy hand
|iwork of any kind, or interesting curios
should report to A. M. Aiken, j. T. Nc
Dill, S. M. Jones or R. G. Mills. ......
Captain Joe S. Hardin left Saturday
evening for New London, Conn.,, to re-
port at Fort Trumbull, where he will
be first lieutenant in the coast de-
fense artillery. He waited day or two
for his uniform; DIt failing to get II
before he left would have to repoN IN
citizens clothes. ......Will stevenson
the Negro shot by Mr.. o. L. Potts last
Thursday night, is still alive; but the
physicians have but little hope Of his
recovery. The bullet Is still in his
head. In our account Of the affair Fri
day we reported him dead; but we had
misunderstood the information given
us. Friday afternoon the distress
ing means and shrieks Of the oil mill
whistle, followed by the fire bell, caused
much running too and fro. 1t turned
out that those who sounded the alarm
had seen water instead Of fire, or rath-
er steam instead of smoke. The blow
off valve on one of the Chester Machine
and Lumber companys engines burst
and permitted the discharge Of the
steam. Fortunately no one was near
and in range. Two Negroes, however
were somewhat scalded. Several
of the little boys in town have Shet-
land ponies. The latest one to arrive
is a grey one purchased by Gene and
Melvin Samuels, and very shapely
animal it is. Joe Frazer has had one
quite awhile. Sometimes as many as
four children find room to sit on Its
back at the same time. 1t Is red and
white spotted. Lex Neal has a black
and white spotted one that is smaller
than Joe's. Lex does not have mo-
nopoly of it's service as we see persons
a good deal larger making it useful In
harness. The little Nichols boys have
the smallest pony in town. When II
first came it was taken to Mr.. Frazer's
stable; but there was no stall there
little enough to fit it, and it had to &c
somewhere else. Little boys like
ponies better than anything else. Their
second choice is a goat. ...An poll
ticians are funny at times when trying
to reconcile past and present utter
ances. 1t is Senator Tillman's turn
now. The wicked newspapers wouldn't
let the dead past bury Its dead; but