Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-07-28
WITHIN THE TOWN.

VIII Tin ] TIE IO"Ns
- Superintendent Hunter, in charge
Of the sewerage contract, received the
ditching machine for which he has
been looking for quite a while, yester-
day The machine will be put to work
at once.
- The candidates for the various
state officers will be in Yorkville to-
morrow and the probability is that
quite a crowd will be in from different
parts of the county to hear what they
have to say.
AT the annual meeting Of the stock
holders Of the Tavora mill held last
Monday, directors were elected as fol-
lows: ]. F.. Wallace, DR.. w. G. White,
H. A. D. Nicely, S. M. McNeel G. H.
O'Leary, B. N. Moore, w. B. Wylie.
Mr.. McNeel having accepted the presi-
dency year ago with the understand
ing that he was to be relieved after a
single term. declined reelection and
Mr.. w. Brown Wylie was elected in
his stead Mr.. Wylie is also treasurer.
Further reorganization will be deferred
until another time.
A scccessful York county farmer
said to a Yorkville merchant Friday;
DO you know that there Is move
ment on foot to establish a dispensary
in Yorkville?" The merchant replied
that he had seen such statement and
heard such a rumor. "Well just want
to tell you that it Is fact that there Is
such a movement going on, and I'll tell
YOU this, if a dispensary is established
in Yorkville you people will be to
blame, because the people In the
country are not going to give the
movement much assistance. and
surely hope the effort will fall"
Rev. J. L. Harley, superintendent
Of the South Carolina Saloon
League, filled the pulpit Of the Baptist
church Sunday morning and in an ad-
dress Of about forty-five minutes
length held the close attention Of his
hearers while he told about the work
Of the Anti-Saloon League in South
Carolina; what 1t had accomplished,
what it was doing and what 1t hoped
to accomplish. Among other things
Mr.. Harley said: II want to tell you
people something. Some Of you may
the fact upon you. I have been over
considerable portion of York county
during the past three weeks in carry
ing on my work, and l know 1t to be
a fact that there Is at work In this
county an organization to fasten a
county dispensary upon York county.
You may be surprised at this, but 1t is
n fact and you people will soon have to
face the problem"
- The entertainment presented in the
court house last Friday night under
the auspices Of the Juvenile Missionary
society Of the Methodist church was a
most delightful affair, hugely enjoyed
py all present. The main feature OF
the entertainment was rather faithful
burlesque Of the events Of the day at
the "Village Post Office" There were
number Of hits on the habits, char
acteristics and conduct Of some popular
local individuals, and most Of them
were conceived with a cleVerness that
compelled the keenest enjoyment. The
cast of characters in the presentation
Of the play was as follows: Hosea
Howe, the Postmaster" David V. Bush;
Bill Bluster, Carrier r. F. D. No. :"
F.. P. Mccain; Benz. Bullitt, Relic of
the War;" T. C. Dunlap; "Obediah
Wayback, Oldest Citizen" w. N.
Wallace; Deacon Skinner. Town
Pessimist," George w. Brown; "U.
R. Wright, Drummer" NJ. C. Will
lis; &C. D. Dooless, Town Shirk, "
Philip Hunter; Prof. Sleeper a
Hypnotist," David V. Bush; "E. z.
Mark, Victim Of Advertisement" Lowry
Jenkins; Miss Dick Quill, Town Edi-
tor" Miss Anna McCaw; "Artie Wise
boy, Dude" David V. Bush; Seth
Swallow. Town Cut Up" Arthur Hart;
"Arabella Tittletattle, Village Gossip"
Miss Julia Smith: Rose Highcrown,
the Milliner," Miss Mabel Berry; Ma
zle Ketchum, the Village Cut Up" Miss
Olive Walker; Aunt Mirandy, a Good
Old Soul" Miss Frances Falconer;
Mrs. Dooless, Victim of C. d." Miss
Leon White; Cleopatra Jones, Would
be Novelist" Miss Mary Walker;
"Dorothea Dimple, Village Belle" Miss
Bessie Pegram; washington Snow
ball." Will Dixon; Weary Willie" w.
G. White: Chewing Gum Sallie," Mrs.
T. w. Speck; sly Ferrit," Luther Ba-
ber; Miss Willow" Miss Mary Dob
son; Sophie Titterington," Miss Win.
Wheeler Willis; Teddy Johnson" w.
c. Erwin. The specialtles included a
recitation by Miss Olive Walker: a
quartette by Mrs. Carroll, Mrs. Nc
Corkle, Mr. Carroll and Mr.. Barnwell; {;
a piano solo by Miss Ashe; piccolo solo
by Henry Brimm; vocal solo by Mrs.
NJ. l.. Carroll; violin solo by Bedford
Moore; quartette by Miss Wilson, Mrs.
Speck, Mr.. Carroll and Mr. Barnwell.
Then in addition there were three pref
ty drills, a doll drill by thirty little
tots, a jumping jack drill by fifteen
boys, a garland drill by seventeen
young ladies. The entire entertainment
was presented in a first-class style,
everybody was we'll pleased and the
door receipts were something we'll
worth while.
On the first page of today's Enqui-
rar liSh
statement from Surgeon General Wy
man, of the public health and marine
hospital service on the mosquito ques-
ton. We are reproducing this article
for the especial and particular benefit
of the people of Yorkville and the COM
munites generally within the bounds
Of the circulation of The Enquirer In
practically all of it's manifestations
malaria has been identifiable as far
back as medical history extends. 1t
has been most familiar in the form Of
fevers, and it's secondary and tertiary
effects are too numerous to mention
Though the great white plague is gen.
orally charged with responsibility for
more deaths than any other one dis
ease, If malaria got credit for all that
was coming to it directly and indirect
ly, especially in those localities that are
infested with mosquitoes, the record Of
tuberculosis would go down beside the
records of whooping cough and mea-
sles. AS the name, mala, bad" aria,
air" indicates, the world thought for
ages and ages that the disease owed
it's origin to peculiar forms Of impure
air. But less than twenty-five years
ago, an English doctor, who had been
working on that theory for quite a
while, proved beyond a doubt that
whether mosquitoes are the only cause
of malaria, protection against mos
quitoes protects against malaria. The
swamps of Campania, Italy are known
as the deadliest malarial district of the
world. Up to a few years back for a
foreigner to go into these swamps and