Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-03-22
LOCAL LAcoNIcs.

The barn on the premises of Mrs.
Lou Whitesides, on the Brown old
place, two miles north of Sharon, was
destroyed by fire late Saturday after
noon. There Is no information as to
the origin Of the fire. All the forage
and other contents of the building were
burned, but the stock was saved.
The Loss to the Bridges.
Pursuant to a call Of the supervisor,
all Of the township road supervisors of
the county met In Yorkville Wednes-
day to consider the situation as the
result Of the recent flood. Each of the
supervisors gave a tabulated account
Of the destruction In his township and
a summing up showed that in ali fifty
two bridges, large and small, were
damaged or carried away.
Attempt to Wreck Train.
The engineer of No. 118 on the
Southern to Rock Hill, discovered a
cross tie on the track ahead about
four miles east of Yorkville yesterday
morning, and was able to stop in time
to avoid consequences. The cross tie
had evidently been placed on the track
during the night with criminal intent
and railroad detectives have been at
work since trying to get clues to the
miscreants.
Mr.. Jeff D. Whitesides' Homo Burned.
The home Of Mr.. jeff D. Whitesides,
four miles northwest of Sharon, and
about four miles east of Hickory Grove,
was destroyed by fire yesterday after
noon between 2 and o'clock. The 10
was no one at home at the time ex-
cept Miss Whitesides and a younger
brother; but neighbors answered the
farm bell and came to the scene as
soon as possible. 1t was too late to do
much. The flames had already made
considerable headway and only the
piano and few household articles
were saved. The building was a neat
and comfortable seven-room structure
and there Is no satisfactory theory Of
the origin of the fire unless 1t be at
tributed to rats and matches. The
flames started in the ceiling. The loss
Is hardly less than $4,000. There was
insurance to the amount Of $1,050 In
the Farmers Mutual-$800 on the
building and $3.50 on the furniture.
The Cattle Quarantine.
Washington special of March IS to
Columbia State: The secretary Of ag-
riculture today gave notice that on ac-
count Of Texas fever among cattle In
South Carolina the following orders
have been issued and would apply to
that state: 1.-The entire state Of South
Carolina Is quarantined except the
counties Of Oconee, Pickens, Green
vile, Anderson, Spartanburg, Chero-
kee, Union, Laurens and Greenwood,
that part of Abbeville county north Of
the Seaboard Air Line railway, that
part Of Chester county west of the
Southern railway and the Carolina and
North Western railway, and that part
Of York county north Of the Kingville
and Marion branch of the Southern
railway. From the other counties in
the state of South Carolina quaran-
tined cattle shall only be moved or al
lowed to be moved interstate to points
outside of the quarantined area in ac-
cordance with the regulations for i'm
mediate slaughter.
In Bad Condition.
The bridge over Hagan's branch on the
Charlotte road, has been in use since the
freshet Of last Friday; but on going
out and making careful examination
of it yesterday afternoon, Supervisor
Boyd came to the conclusion that 1t
would be best to close 1t, or at least
post a notice that people who crossed
would do so at their own risk. This
bridge was built originally by the late
T. c.. Culp, and was afterward rebuilt
by Supervisor Boyd, during a former
term. The roadway Is about ten feet
above the water and there are rock
abutments at either end Of the bridge.
The abutments were both badly crack
ed by the flood and the south end Of the
bridge went down about q foot. Peo-
pie were hauling fertilizer and other
heavy loads over the bridge yesterday;
but in the opinion or the supervisor
the whole thing may go down at a
slight jar. And II the bridge should
fall when there was q team on it the
consequences would likely be serious.