Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-22
LOCAL LAcoNicS
Broad River Bridge.

Broad River Bridge.
Now that the weather has cleared
up. the contractors who are building
the York Cherokee bridge are max
ing very good progress The con-
crete piers have been about complct-
ed and the steel work is moving along
The new bridge will be about four
feet higher above the water than the
old one.
Hog Walks Across Broad River.
Mr.. J. W. Brown. who lives near
the York Cherokee bridge site. said
yesterday that the water in Broad
river was so low last sunday week
ago that one Of his neighbors hogs
walked across to the other side. The
low water was due to the complete
shutting OF Of the flow OF the stream
at the Cherokee Falls and Davis
dams.
Tax Return Time Extended.
Auditor b. 81. Love on yesterday
received a telegram from Comptrol-
Ter General Sawyer notifying him OF
the extension OF the time in which
tax returns may be received without
penalty until March l. The exten-
sion. however. is of hut little import
ance 50 far as the property owners OF
York county is concerned. IS they
have already made their returns al
most as close up as usual.
War Savings Campaign.
In the amount OF sales OF war saw
ings and Thrift Stamps. York county
stands fourth. Those leading York In
the order OF standing are: Beaufort.
Charleston. Spartanburg. Beaufort
and York to the amount of $i0.i42.50
In the number Of agencies where
stamps are on sale. York stands No.
l9. having thirty agencies. This af-
fords one agency to every seventeen
hundred and thirty seven people In the
county. Horny leads in the respect to
number Of agencies being one hundred
and thirteen. That gives one agency
to two hundred sixty-two people. The
average Of the state now Is one to
every five hundred and fifty-six. The
aim of the National Committee is to
make this one to three hundred or less
Piedmont Telephone Company.
iastonia Gazette: The annual meet
ing Of the stockholders and directors
Of the Piedmont Telephone & Tele-
graph Company was held in the COM
panys offices here last Wednesday
Reports from the officers showed that
the company had done satisfactory
business during the year. The regu-
lar quarterly dividend of per cent
was paid during the year. Directors
for the coming year were chosen as
follows: W. T. Love. J. White Ware
and r. B. Darlington. Of Gastonia: w
T. Gentry. Addison Maupin and J. Epps
Brown. of Atlanta: W. Is. Moore. York
vile, 5. c.: 81. B. Spier, Of Charlotte
and Leland Hume. of Nashville. Tenn
The directors reelected all of the old
officers. as follows: W. T. Love, presi-
dent; w. T. Gentry. vice president
Addison Maupin. secretary and treas
urer: II. b. Darlington. assistant treas
urer and general manager.
Meningitis in Gastonia.
Gastonia, February 20: Gastonia has
genuine case of cerebro- spinal men
| ingitis. the victim being Woodrow
the flve-year- old son of l.. r. Padgett
who lives near the Loray mill. The
family Is under strict quarantine and
Is guarded day and night. The men
ingitis anti.toxin serum has been ad
ministered and a sample Of the spipa
RGid has ben sent 70 the state chem
LIST at Raleigh for microscopical ex.
animation. No report has as yet beer
received from him. City Physician J
A. Anderson and the attending physi.
clan, DR.. Lee johnson, agree that the
| case Is plainly a genuine one Of this
disease. Another suspected case, which
| the physicians are now PRACTICAL,
sure Is the Sc me disease. has develop.
ed in the home Of Rev. A. T. Lindsay
president Of Linwood college. six mile,
west Of the city. The anti-toxin was
| administered this afternoon by DR.. w
f. Lindsay. CT Chattanooga. Tenn, who
| arrived today in response TO a mes
sage calling him in consultation. The
victim Is Eugene. the 13-year- old sor
OF Rev. Mr.. Lindsay.