Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-21
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News and Comment That II of More
or Less Local Interest.
YORK.
Rock Hill Herald, February IS: Mrs.
! A. Tripp. of Blacksburg is spending a
few days with Mrs. A. H. Greene at
the Carolina hotel. Mr.. T. A. Mat
thews and his sister, Miss Matte, of
Old Point, will leave this morning for
a visit to relatives in Arkansas. They
have no appointed time to return. Be-
fore coming back, however, they may
visit Texas, Oklahoma, Indian Terri
tory, and their brother, Edgar L. Mat
thews, in Portland, Me......The house
of representatives on yesterday passed
the claims Of Henry Massey for $500
and his tenant, Ed. Burton, for $500,
for stock killed by the order OF DR..
Nesom, who declared the stock had
glanders. There was some doubt OF his
diagnosis. The committee had made
an unfavorable report. DR.. Lancaster,
of Spartanburg declared that this
seems to be a case where the doctors
had made a mistake and don't want
to acknowledge ...Governor Hey
wood has decreed that there must be
more rigid enforcement Of the dis
pensary law and says that the con-
stables must make a more determined
effort to this end. Messrs Howie, Scog-
gins and Rose, who have been In the
city for several days past, are carrying
out these instructions and have made
several big hauls. Constables Howie
and Scoggins went over to Fort Mill
Friday and interrupted a f1ourishing
business which one Paul Pratt, colored,
was conducting. Paul was arrested,
arraigned before the mayor, convicted
and was on the way to the chaingang
in about an hour after the arrival Of
the constables. The mayor gave him
go days. That night as these consta-
bles were returning to the city they
captured seventeen gallons Of whisky
on the train. The keepers Of blind IT,
gers expect daily visits from the con-
stables now stationed here, and have
commenced to secrete their goods from
the view of the men with badges by
hiding the bottles Of whisky In hooks
and corners. All sorts Of methods are
being adopted to outwit the constables.
49,. The clyconic condition Of the at
mosphere which was made 80 apparent
in this city Monday afternoon and that
night was duplicated nearly all over
the south. The wind spread conster-
nation throughout this city and COM
munity, but there was really no great
amount Of harm done. The tank was
blown off the roof Of the roller mill,
the tin roof Of the Chicora mill was
turned up considerably, one Of the
large window glass was blown out Of
Winthrop college, some Of the shingles
were blown off the roof Of the depot,
few panels Of fence were scattered
about over the ground, and in many
houses there were leaks under doors
and over window cornices. At the
dam on the Catawba the commissary
was partly unroofed and several trees
were blown down. On Mr.. j. F. Reeds
McFadden place near Smiths Turnout,
a seed house 20 by go, was blown down,
as was also the well-house, the chimney
or the dwelling, and other slight dam
age was inflicted.
CHESTER.
Lantern, February II: Mr.. Ralph E..
Grier, who has been local reporter for
the Lantern for several months, left
last week for Uniontown, Pa, where
he will do local work on the Evening
Genius, a Democratic daily. Union
town Is in the southwestern part Of the
state. Mr.. Grier is young man OF
excellent character and fine ability.
Though far more modest than the typi-
cal reporter, he did good work for the
Lantern, and his absence the last few
days has been very distinctly felt. 1t
Is not only in this Office he is missed,
for we have heard many expressions Of
regret at his leaving. We trust that
he will make himself power for good
In the world. :. There Is one very lame
place in the child labor act, and that
Is the exemption Of the children Of
widowed mothers and invalid fathers
from the operation Of the law. We
suppose the purpose Of the law is to
protect children and not their pa
rents, and II 1t Is necessary, and
right to protect children in bet
ter circumstances, then the law
should extend the same protection to
the more unfortunate and helpless
children. If their parents are so indi-
gent that they cannot support them
selves without the labor Of their chill
dren, the help that they need should
be laid upon the public and not upon
their little children. The law, while
from servitude, practically sentences
the children of a neighbor to continued
confinement and labor in an atmos-
phere that has been declared fatal to
the healthy development Of children.
......Mr. L. H. Grant says smallpox
Is epidemic in his neighborhood. There
are a dozen cases on his place. The
patients are all colored. We learn
that the disease is quite prevalent in
the Wellridge neighborhood also, but 1t
is said the patients are all getting over
it. Some of them are white. . The
dead body of Walker Lewis, a young
Negro man, was found Saturday night
about o'clock, near the Seaboard rail-
way track, in a cut between the Cen
tire street crossing and the next trestle.
His skull was crushed, one arm was
nearly torn off and there were other
injuries. Coroner GLADDEN. summoned a
jury, Edward Smering foreman, and