Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-17
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mrs. G. e. spencer Is SICK at ner
home in Yorkville with influenza.
Mr.. Raymond Carroll and family Of
York No. 4, are down with influenza.
Mrs. John e. Glasscock Is critically
Ill at her home at Leslie with inf1u-
enza.
Mr.. and Mrs. White Jackson of Fill
bert, have been visiting friends IN
Shelby.
Miss Addie Wallace of Bethel, is Wis
iting her niece, Mrs. w. H. Coe, in Co.
lumbia.
Mr.. C. Frank Sherer has been con-
fined to his home in Yorkville for the
past several days with influenza.
Mr.. Frank ]. Smith is quite i'll with
influenza at the home of his father, Mr..
g.. w. Smith, on Yorkville No. l.
Miss Mary Youngblood Of No. y,
Yorkville, has been visiting her broth
er, Mr.. w. c. Youngblood. in Char
lotte.
Private William Moreland, from
Camp Jackson, has been visiting the
family of Mr.. w. L. Youngblood, on
Yorkville Mo. 6.
Mrs. ]. C. Lilly Of Filbert went to
Gastonia on Tuesday, on account OF a
surgical operation on her little grand
son, William McCarter, Jr.
Mr.. George W. Knox Of Glover, has
been having O siege Of Influenza at his
home; but all are now up and doing
nicely.
Private r. L. Clinton has received
his discharge from Camp Meade,
Maryland, and has returned to his
home in Yorkville.
Mrs. T. N. Thomasson and family of
Yorkville No. 6, have moved to York
Vile, and are occupying the Miss Mag
gle Moore residence on Main street.
Mrs. James H. Timmie Of Atlanta,
Ca, Is spending a few weeks with the
Misses Cody and other relatives In
Yorkville.
Rev. B. H. Waugh, pastor Of the
First and the Charlotte Street Baptist
churches Of Yorkville, attended the
state Baptist convention in Columbia
this week.
Miss Marie Pegram, who has been
teaching at Seneca, Is spending a week
or two at her home In Yorkville, her
school having been closed again on ac-
count Of influenza.
Mrs. J. M. Ferguson of Yorkville, is
suffering from case Of blood poison
ing that threatens to be serious. II
has resulted from sticking pin in her
foot.
Miss Fredrica Lindsay, who has been
spending some time at the Fennell in
firmary Rock Hill, has returned to
her home in Yorkville, very much i'm
proved.
Col. w. W. Lewis arrived in York
Vile. last Wednesday, having secured
his discharge from his regiment and
will resume the practice Of his pro-
fession.
Mr.. ]. T. Glasscock Of the Harmony
section, has sold his farm to his father,
Mr.. j. S. Glasscock, for $1,000, and
moved to Sumter where he has re-
Gently purchased a fine plantation for
$4,000.
Mr.. r. ]. Withers, who has been In
Columbia for some time past, visited
his family in Yorkville this week, and
met many Of his old friends. He was
looking well, feeling well and getting
along nicely. For some time past he
has been connected with the executive
offices of the Kelley institute, and is
very much interested in his work.
The illness Of Rev. ]. L. Oates and
Mrs. Oates Of Yorkville, with influenza,
has been previously mentioned. Both
have been quite sick: but both are get
ting along very nicely. No complica-
tions have developed. Mr.. Oates was,
of course, unable to preach last Sum-
day. and he does not expect to be able
to preach next Sunday; but rather
counts on being out to hear Rev. Mr..
Mahaffey. Mrs. Oates has had pret-
ty rough time; but Is getting along
nicely.
DR.. w. w. Fennell Of Rock Hill, is
up and about again after having pass
ed through an illness that seriously
threatened his life. While operating
on q "pus" patient not long since, the
doctor had the misfortune to prick his
finger with the lancet he had been u.s.
ing, before the instrument had been
properly sterilized. He did not think
much Of the matter at the time, and
used no precaution beyond applying a
little iodine and other first aid" anti
septics. The next night, some twenty
four hours later, he was awakened out
hand and found his finger swelled over
a ring to point that almost buried
the ring from sight. He called in the
assistance of other physicians, filed the
ring from his hand and began work on
the trouble as best he could. He suf-
fered swelling Of the glands at the
armpits and experienced other symp-
toms Of very bad time ahead. or
course he went to bed and he suffered
terribly, with temperature rising to 103
and above; but he was able to be up
last Monday, whether he ought to have
gotten up then or not, and Is going
about with his left hand in a sling and
swadded in bandages. He has had
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