Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-08

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News Happenings In NelghbOrlng
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Dealing Mainly With Local Affairs OF
Cherokee, Cleveland. CASTOR. Ian.
caster and Chester.
Gaston.a Gazette, Oct. 5: In renew
ing his subscription to the Gazette,
Dr. o. P. Rein (Rhyne), Of this coun-
/ ty who holds a position on the facul-
ty Of the state university, where he
| teaches German, adds the following
postscript: II suppose you will be
able to recognize me in the spelling
| (Rein). I make this change not be-
cause I think myself above my people
| (Rhynes), but as a protest In my
feeble way against this outrageous de-
famation Of the German people. am
proud to be descended from them.
AT a called meeting Of the city
board Of school commissioners Sun
day night an order was issued closing
the primary and intermediate grades
for the present week. Whether the
shutdown will continue longer than
this week depends upon developments
in the diphtheria situation. During
recent weeks there have been cases OF
this disease in seven families, all OF
them living uptown. Sunday a child
Of Mr.. w. M. Boyce, living on West
Airline avenue, was found to be suf-
fering from this disease. The child
had been attending the Central school
and the board, desirous Of taking every
precaution against an outbreak Of this
disease among the school children, de-
cided on q weeks suspension. Supt.
]. s. Wrays little son has been quite
i'll from the same disease, but his con-
dition Is improving. So far there have
been no fatalities and it Is hoped there
will be none. ...... Following a long
period Of i'll health and a serious ILL
ness Of several weeks, Mr.. A. ]. Long
died at o'clock Sunday afternoon at
the home Of his son, Mr.. ]. B. Long,
on East Long avenue.
Rock Hill Herald, Oct. S: The many
friends of Miss Nettie Wysor Of the
Winthrop faculty, will regret to learn
that she Is suffering from an injury
received Sunday. She tripped on the
stone steps at the college and fractured
a knee cap. The injury is quite pain
full. ......M. G. Bryant, J. E. Parker.
Judd brennan, Will Conner, w. H.
Curry, ]. w. Wilson, George Ayers
and W. s. Nicholson went down to
Great Falls last night to attend q
meeting Of W. o. w. lodge 636. They
report rousing meeting. Thirty
eight candidates rode the goat success
fully, while there were twenty-five
applications to be passed upon. AS a
result Of the work Of Rock Hill Wood
men, the interest in the work has been
greatly revived and the Great Falls
camp is getting, up much enthusiasm.
The local degree team will go down
again for the next meeting to admin
lister the goat to the % candidates.
AS result Of a span Of the approach
to the county bridge across the Ca
tawba giving way this morning, q. ".
Bradford, Forrest Blankenship and
Earl Roach Of this city, were more or
less seriously injured, while John
1 Thomson, a negro, and Joe Sanders, an
Indian, were injured, the former more
seriously. With the exception of
Thomson all were brought here and
taken to the Fennell infirmary for an
examination Of their wounds. In con-
sequence Of the CAVERN in the bridge
it cannot be used for some days. The
workmen, under the direction Of Mr..
Bradford, had just completed remov-
ing the floor and were removing a span
Of the sleepers at the far end Of the
iron work when the whole structure
gave way and fell. Luckily the men
were on top and were not hit by fall
ing timbers. Several had just come
from under the structure. Mr.. Brad
ford and Mr.. Blankenship each had
their right foot badly hurt, but a
cursory examination led to the belief
that no bones were broken. They
were unable to walk. however. Mr..
Bradford said he had pains in the side
also. John Thompson, the negro, was
badly hurt. Joe Sanders, the Indian,
fell into the river and with the ex-
ception Of several splinters striking his
face and the ducking, appeared all
right. The injured men, Thomson
excepted, were taken to Fort Mill and
brought here on the midday train.
None Of the injuries are of serious
nature and 1t is expected that they will
be able to resume work in couple Of
weeks. After an examination Of their
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homes. Mr.. Bradford stated that 1t
appeared as If the uprights had rotted
to a considerable extent, but just
what caused the whole structure to
tumble, he does not know.
Chester Reporter, Oct. d: At the
meeting Of the county board this
morning. Mr. s. o. McKeown was re-
elected superintendent Of the chain
gang, Mr.. J. E. Orr was reelected
superintendent Of the county farm,
and Jim Woods was reelected ferry
man at Woods Ferry. The election Of
county attorney and county physician
has been postponed until the next
meeting. .Wylie Brice, negro under
sentence Of death in Mecklenburg
county, N. c., for criminal assault is
believed by the authorities here to be
negro wanted in this county on a
similar charge. Miss Jennie White
Of New York, who has been in Eng
land several months, returned to this