Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-10-22
WITHIN THE TOWN

Mr.. J. G. Johnson. Of the letter
carrier force, and wife. have been
down with influenza for more than n
week.
- There have been many cases OF in
fiuenza in the cotton mill villages: but
only n few deaths. At one time more
than forty operatives were out OF tne
Cannon mill because Of influenza. The
epidemic now appears TO be on the de-
cline.
- The following are among the lnf1u-
enZa sufferers at the Cannon mill VII
lage: ]. {. Thrift. Clarence Thrift. Miss
Daisy Thrift. Mr.. and Mrs. }. {. RlddIc:
and five children. ]. w. Berryhill and
three Of the family, L. Whitener. I'D
Stricken. J. c. Smith. Miss Lizzie
Moss. Miss Ossie Pruitt, Miss FloSle
Roberts. Mr.. and Mrs. 5. w. Lee, Miss
Massey Blanton. Clarence Narnadore
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Ivey and two chill
dren. :. A. McSwain. Mr.. and Mrs. Z.
X. McSwain and three children. Mr
and Mrs. Meek Carroll, Mrs Harry
Quinn. Miss Ada Curry. Will Adams
Lee Queen. Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Como
lc'. ]. w. Ramsey and two children,
Frank Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
HAYNES and three children. T. l.. Ram
sey and two children. Vernon Quinn,
Mrs. Walter Carroll and son. Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. w. Anderson, Mr.. and Mrs
Will Lockridge, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Ivey, J. d. Ivey, J. r. Price, +. A
Leonard, Ardrey Leonard. j. a. Deas
Miss Ethel Dease. Everette Thrift. Mrs
Lonzo Estes, Lewis. Lyl and Campbell
Carroll, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Wallace,
Cliff and G. T. Quinn.
- The following additional cases OF
influenza were reported In the town up
to yesterday afternoons: Mrs. ). +,
Faulkner and five children, MIR. ana
Mrs. Paul y. Moore and two children,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Dickson and two
children. Master George Laws. Mr.. r..
B. Lowry. Miss Lydia Richardson. Miss
Ruth Crosby. Miss Bessie Barron
sheriff F. f. Quinn. Mr.. and Mrs j.
q. Johnson. More volunteer nurses
are needed. OF the original volun-
tccrs. Miss Bessie Barron Is down with
influenza. and Miss Mary Cartwright
has been ordered to report 1T the army
training school for nurses. This leaves
only Mrs. s. G. Ashe. Miss Mabel Ashe,
Miss Mary Williams and Miss Frances
Pcgram. All of these have their hands
full 10 tho limit of endurance, and
they are not nearly enough. Miss Ma
mic Mcconnell. in charge Of the vol
untecr nursing force. and who mas Deen
constantly on the 20 for more than
two weeks. is asking for more help'
I'VE are doing all we can: hut there
are not nearly enough OF us. Pleasc
ask for more volunteers" requested
Miss Mcconnell yesterday afternoon.
Almost the whole of the l.ockmore
mill village has been laid up with IN
ilucnZa. and the disease has not YET
shown much signs of subsistence. 80
numerous have been the sick that
there we're hardly enough well to look
after them. and and in several cases
one or two persons still able to GO
have been looking after from three to
four families each that were not able
10 help themselves The mill was clos
cd Tuesday and Wednesday for lack OF
bower Night work was suspended on
Thursday and operation was continued
Thursday and Friday mainly to give
employment to those who were able
TO work and wanted to work. The i'll
ness Of Superintendent McCloud anu
family has already been mentioned
They are now getting along nicely.
other sick not previously mentioned
are as follows: Mr.. and Mrs. r. T.
Wood and two children. White Fergu l.
son, A. NJ. Griffin and family, Mrs
Clark Westmoreland and children, Lee
McCarter, John Nevins. Mrs. Gardner
and Lindsay Gardner, ]. w. Clinton
and children, Jeff Wallace. John Lu-
bin Presley, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Lockridge and three children, Mr.. and
Mrs. Will Stewart. Mrs. Mary Coker
Mrs. r. B. McClain and three children,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Bolin. Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Brown and daughter, Mr'
and Mrs Jack Nevins, Mr.. and Mrs. >,
II. Ncvins. Mrs. Joe Ncvins. Mr.. ana
Mrs. Earle Price, Mrs. Stewart TWO
daughters and son, Fred BrannOn.