Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-11
WITHIN THE TOWN.

- The Yorkville Building and Loan
association held its annual meeting last
Tuesday, and reorsanized with the fol-
lowing board of directors: w. B.
Moore, president; S. NJ. McNeel, vice
president; Geo. w. Williams, secretary
and treasurer; J. S. Brice, w. l. With
erspOOn and Quinn Wallace. The re-
port OF the secretary and treasurer,
showed the issuance of stock up to date
to the amount of SAL 400; on which
amount of $19,55S, and the loans at
the present time, aggregate $2l,5S6.7O.
- The Barkoot Amusement company,
has been making things lively in York
vile during the week, entertaining
great crowds Tuesday night, Wednes-
day night and last night, until cold
rain began falling. 1t is fair to say
that the show people have kept their
promise in reference to good, clean at
fractions and general good behavior,
and it is none the less gratifying to be
able to say that the people have been
showing due appreciation. The wealth
er this afternoon, does not promise
very we'll for tonight, or for tomorrow
night: but the shows will remain open
tertain all comers as usual.
The individual with the Barkoot
Amusement company, who has filled
the public eye to the greatest extent
this week, is Nick Carter the high
diver. Carter jumps from a ladder,
something less than a hundred feet
high and falls into a tank Of water at
the bottom, after having turned over
twice in the descent. 1t Is a thrilling
and daring feat, and looks foOl-hardy
in the extreme. Carter, however, main
tains that the jumping is purely
scientific proposition. He went
through years of training, working him
self slowly. and steadily to jump from
higher and higher attitudes, until final
ly he made jump from railroad
bridge in Kentucky, that was nearly
200 feet high. He says that he
made trip to New York once for the
purpose of jumping from the Brooklyn
bridge; but only got arrested for his
pains. He is satisfied that he could
make the jump in safety, if he could
only get the opportunity. There is
law, however, that imposes a fine Of
81 900 and Imprisonment for five years
for a successful jump from the bridge
and he is not willing to pay the price.
But, notwithstanding his ability to
make higher jumps than the one he is
making now. his present feat is not
unattended with danger. He has to be
very careful about every detail. The
air currents are quite factor, and af-
ter he mounts to the top of the ladder,
he must be sure that the breeze below
is not strong enough to veer him from
his course He says also that after he
mounts To the top of the ladder and
finds everything else all right, he must
wait for the right feeling" to come be-
fore he is willing To venture. Every
thing just right he stands erect on the
little platform and falls slowly back
ward. and as he goes down, down, 1t
looks like deliberate suicide. He
strikes the water with tremendous
splash. and soon comes up with Il bow
to the spectators. People who meet
Mr.. Carter, find him to be quite an
agreeable and pleasant talker, and
they are generally So well pleased with
him. that they are unable to refrain
from the warning that he will yet meet
his death in his perilous business; but
this he turns off pleasantly with the
assurance that he is too careful for
that.