Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-18
news About SHARON
News Of Tragic Death Of Erwin {.
RatChfOfd IS Received by Relatives.
DISEASE BREAKS OUT IN SCHOOL
Citizens Are Worried Over Unsafe
Condition Of Bridse-case Of Scar
let Fever Develops in School-othsr
News and Notes of Metropolis OF
Western York County.
(By a Staff Correspondent.

news and NoteS OF metropoHs OF
Western York County.
(By a Staff Correspondent)
Sharon, Oct. 17-Relatives in this
section on Thursday night received in
telligence of the death Of Erwin E.
Ratchford, 20, who was killed at a
grade crossing one mile below Car
Isle, S. c.; when an automobile in
which he was riding with Laurence
j. Welsh of Herberts, S. c., was struck
by q Southern railway engine. Mr..
Welsh died on the way to a hospital
at Union while Mr.. Ratchford lived
| until about o'clock Thursday after
nooI:. The funeral Of Welsh was held
Friday afternoon at Kellys Chapel
near Carlisle while Mr. Ratchford was
buried Saturday afternoon at Union.
A freight train was derailed at Her
berts just after the train had crossed
Broad river. When the southern pas
senger train arrived in Carlisle, the
locomotive was uncoupled and was
driven to Herberts to bring to Carlisle
number Of freight cars. A string OK
these cars had been drawn to Carlisle
and the locomotive was making an
other trip to Herberts when the acci-
dent occurred. .vf.
Both of the men were prominent IN
their reprective communities. Mr..
Welsh was about 35 years old and Is
survived by his wife, who was Miss
Louise Bates Of Carlisle and son four
years old. He attended A. & F. col
lege at Raleigh. Mr.. Ratchford was
% years old and unmarried. He was
graduate from Davidson college last
June.
Both Mr.. Welsh and Mr.. Ratchford
were of prominent Union county fam
lilies and were both born and reared at
Carlisle. Several years ago after the
death Of his father, Mr.. Welsh moved
to Herberts, which is only a few miles
from Carlisle, where h. successfully
engaged in planting. ,i.t, sD,A a.,
Both men had attractive personals
ties and many fine traits Of character.
They were personally acquainted with
practically every person in this section
of Union county and therefore the
double tragedy came as a great: shock
to the entire Carlisle Herberts COM
munity. .4.a 49,
Disease in the School, ~
Real, genuine unadulterated itch is
said to have broken out in the Sharon
school and according to some OF the
local wags, quite number of pupils
are getting considerably behind with
their scratching. How 1t started. no.
body knows and just how many pupils
have it nobody knows but lots Of lit
tie school children are asking lots OF
other little school children have you
got it% 1t is said that number who
stop to scratch whenever they can find
cover deny it but the more practical
parents are making no denial and are
doing everything to cure their Children !,
and the hunt throughout the commun-
ity for "pokeberry root is a big hunt
while the local drug store is having
quite a run on the purchase of sulphur
and the grocers notice increased sales
of lard. 1t is reported that there is
one case Of scarlet fever in'tfe school
and the trustees and teachers are just
little apprehensive lest II. be- peces-
sary 10 close the institution for a
while. Nv Ntluil =
It is said that some of the school
children have been suffering, with the
itch for q number of weeks but being
reluctant to say anything about 1t.
kept going until others became infect
ed. But nobody knows definitely
where it had it's origin and nobody but
the doctors and the parents know just
what little boys and girls have it.
Building Potato House.
Mason H. Blair, r. M. Mitchell and
other farmers living in the Blairsville}
community have just completed
sweet potato storage house with ca
pacity of 1900 bushels. They say that
they are going to make plenty Of sweet
potatoes to fill the storage house and
| in fact there is need in that COM
munity and in other communities
around Sharon for several moro
storage houses Of equal capacity.
Farmers in Bullock's Creek and Broad
River townships have paid unusual
attention to the cultivation of sweet
potatoes this year it is said, and
bumper crop is now being dug.
Many go to Circus.
Sharon was we'll represented at the
circus that exhibited in Yorkville to-
DAY. Monday is usually an off day for
business in Sharon and numbers OF
Sharon people took advantage of the.
opportunity to go to the county seat
and see the big show and incidentally
to transact such business as they
might have found necessary.
Worried about Bridge.
Numbers OF Sharon citizens are
talking about appearing before the
county board of commissioners at
their regular meeting for November
and making an insistent request that
the bridge over Little Branch" ber
tween Turkey Creek bridge and the
cornOrat re- liy,oitS of tho tOwr, he Wid-