Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-06-07
HEARD, THOUGHT AND SEEN.

day, most Of them confidently expectV
ing to return next session
HEARD, THOUGHT AND SEEN.
rs Sandy Watson, Negro who lives
on Mr.. ID. G.. Stanton's place, In Bethel
township, had a rat killing one rainy
day recently and destroyed 227 OF the
rodents, most of them grown. In San
dy's neighborhood this is considered a
record breaker.
"a It Is quite probable that large
number of people who live along the
proposed free rural delivery routes are
going to be rather slow about provid-
| ing themselves with boxes. With theya
| it will be a question Of cost. OF coyfse
there are numerous patrons Of the mail
service who care nothing about the cost
of a box. They would not hesitate 70
pay half dozen times the price II nee
essary, There are others who get but
| little mail, for which they have never
been at any expense, and many OF these
are unable to see how they would be
Justified in spending a dollar or two
| for boxes to put their mail In. But Il
will be very we'll for all these people TO
make up their minds about the matter
at once. Boxes will be cheaper when
bought in quantity than If bought only
| a few at a time. Almost every family
that can read will have box sooner or
later, and it will be so after awhile that
absence of a mail box along the road
will be taken as evidence that the own
ers of the premises do not count Tor
great deal. No family In the country
white or black, can really afford to be
without box.
81' There is no end to significant dis
pensary stories, and to. print them all
would be impossible; but two nave Deeh
brought to the attention Of the report
| er during the past few days that ought
| to 20 on record. One Of them Is told
| by a lady living on one Of the streets
| lea ading out of town and 1t Is true. The
other is hearsay, and the reporter does
not youch for 1t further than to say II
| Is plausible. The lady's story Is this:
"Whie was sitting In my piazza dur
ing Saturday afternoon, noticed Ne
gro woman going by followed by poy'
and in the road was q wagon IN Whlch
there were several drunk Negroes. The
woman was in high temper, evidently
because Of her husband, and heard
| her say to the boy, Couldn't git you
thing today. That trifiing DADDY OF
yours promised me this morning that
I could do some trading, and he has
gone and spent all the money he had
| for whisky for him and them other
niggers to git drunk on" The other
story Is that a white man brought q
dollars worth Of meat. had 1t charged
up against his lien at fourteen cents
a pound, traded 1t for cents pound
cash, and bought whisky with the
proceeds.
SaT The little Negro boy who was so
Tbrutally beaten by the Negro, Will Err
win, recently, and who was sent to the
County Home at the instance Of Major
James F. Hart and others, is In dying
condition Magistrate Barron went out
to see the boy Wednesday afternoon,
accompanied by DR.. Miles Walker, and
after an examination, DR.. Walker ar
rived at the conclusion that the boy
could not live longer than few days.
The boy Is not very bright mentally,
and could not give very clear account
of how he came by his injuries or Of
his previous injuries. Both DR.. Walk
er and Magistrate Barron examined him
closely. He said that VIII Erwin had
whipped him because he had dropped
Erwin's baby, and he had dropped the
baby because 1t was too heavy for him
to hold. He could give no satisfacto-
ry information as to the condition Of
his health before the whipping. DR..
Walkers examination disclosed, how
ever, that he was badly sweled up with
dropsy. In an affidavit, DR.. Walker
said that while the boys then condition
could not have been due to the beating
he had received. 1t had been very much
aggravated by that beating. On the
strength Of this affidavit, Magistrate
Barron issued another warrant for the
Of
him to Jail to await the result Of the
boys injuries. If the boy dies, Erwin
may be tried for murder.
a8' There Is an interesting story from
Glover, Of which Mr.. Fayette Ford.
furniture dealer, undertaken and hu:
morist, is one of the principal charac-
ters. The story goes like this: A we'll
known man of the place had made HIM
self reputation as a confirmed hypo-
chondriac by reason of his continued
complaints as to the state Of his health.
The man had been complaining for
years and was certain that he was go
ing to die Of consumption. Having got.
ten accustomed to the mans habit.
there were, Of course, those who did
not regard his situation as really seri-
GUS, and Mr.. Ford was one of them.
One day the hypochondriac went into
MIR. Ford'S place to Duy bureau. Mr..
Ford looked at his customer curiously.
hesitated a moment, and said: why,
you don't need a bureau; what you
need Is a coffin. Come back and let
me show you some. The customer fol-
lowed mechanically and pulling down
a handsome case, Mr.. Ford expatiated
on it's merits. Now this one is built
neat and stout. I can trim 1t with
brass, nickle or silver, just as you like.
and guarantee it to give you entire
satisfaction. You can't possibly get a