Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 17, 1900, Image 2
?mp$ and |acts.
? One of the leaders of the Mexicai
Conservative party, Senor Cuevas, i
printing a series of articles in El Tiem
po, taking the ground that Latin
American nations should unite iu
leugue to avoid absorpliou by th<
United States. He argues that th
policy of commercial conquest aud th
requirement of the great properties b
American capital are more perilou
than au American iuvasion.
? There is a strike in the big cotto
mill at Lonsdale, R. I. Last wee
Aft r n : 11 ~ c p
zz weavers irom vjrreeuvuic, o. v/
arrived in the town. The arrival c
the Greenville weavers created constei
nation among the strikers. It deve!
oped that the Greenville weavers ha
not been told of the strike by th
agents of the mill, and they kne<
nothing about it until they arrived o
the scene. Some of them refused t
work. The matter is still in proces
of adjustment.
? There is still a good deal of tal
about the probability of war betwee
Russia and Japan. A Vancouver, I
C., dispatch of the 11th instant says
There is abundant evidence iu lb
Japanese press of the probability tht
* r. ; . ?l> ...
Japan is arming mio a war wiiu xvu.
sia. The Japanese apparently do nc
shrink from the dangers of such a cor
llict, their goverumeut having recentl
given an order iu England for 100,0C
suits of warm winter clothing for Jaj
anese soldiers iu preparation for
campaign in Kussia.
? Charlotte Observer, Sunday : "It
telligence was received here last nigl
that George Gould, the New Yor
millionaire, has become a slockholrit
iu the Loray Cotton mills, at Gastonii
to the amouut of $250,000, and that
check for this amouut has been n
ceived iu Gastonia. It is also state
that auother subscription of $150,Of
from a northern capitalist has bee
sent the promoters of the new mil
These subscriptions, it is believed, wi
raise the capital stock of the mill t
$1,400,000. Contracts for some of th
buildings and machinery were give
yesterday."
? John Barrett, ex-United Stat?
minister to Siam, in a lecture befoi
the students of Lake Forest universil
at Chicago, last Saturday, charge
Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, wit
indirect responsibility for the I'tnlij
pine war. He said tbat the senator
anti-expansion speech of last Februar
was cabled to Hong Kong and subsi
queutly put iulo the hands of th
Filipiuos who at once precipitated tfc
attack. When approached with refe
euce to the matter on Sunday, Seuatc
Hoar declined to take any notice <
Barrett's statement.
? Washington correspondeut New
und Courier : Seuator McLaurin hi
been iuvite<l by a committee of officei
aud members of the American-Asiat:
association to be the guest of the a
sociation at a dinner to be given in Ne
York on the 26th instant. Thisassoc
atiou is comprised very largely of co
ton spinuers, and is formed for the pu
pose of advancing the cotton trade <
this country in the East. The assoc
ation has invited Seuator McLauriu i
a Democrat and a Southern man, an
Senator Beveridgeasa Republican an
Western man, to deliver the chi<
speeches at its dinner, which
scheduled to be a big affair.
? "In His Steps, or What Woul
Jesus Do?" hus been dramatized b
Francis Neilson, the well-known Loi
don playwright, aud the play is soo
to be put upon the London stag
Wbeu interviewed on the subject at h
I ~ W.t.w.L.o XTo., loot Tknrcta,
IJUUiv IU xupcnU) ivuu.y iuot a iiuicumi
Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, the autho
said be had heard the report; but wt
not a party to the dramatization. H
said that he had neglected to copi
right the story in England, ant
therefore, had no control over it then
He expressed the opinion that if tb
story be played by Christiau actors,
will do a great deal of good ; but otl
erwise only harm will come of th
dramatization. He will not perm
the dramatization of the story in Ame
ica for the reason that it may be pi
on the stage by a present day stag
manager, who would likely commit
to immoral actors, incapable of brinj
iug out or impressing the truths tht
are sought to be taught.
? There is no doubt of the fact tht
if the Transvaal government coul
succeed in putting a few well equij
ped privateers into commission, muc
demoralization could be inflicted o
Great Britaiu's merchaut marine. Tb
situation is such as to appeal ver
strongly to the imagination of newspi
per correspondents, aud one of then
in Atlanta, has started a story to lb
effect that a fleet of merchant vesse
is collecting in the Bahamas to be coi
verted into privateers for service ui
der the Transvaal government. It
alleged that the command of the fle<
has been tendered to Captain Charli
Hill, the Atlanta man, who, duriu
the Brazilliau revolution, sailed tb
steamer Nichteroy from New York t
Rio Janeiro, and kent so oarefullv 01
? ? ? J - I - ? of
the way of the Revolutiouary lie*
duriog the trip. Captain Hill is quo
ed as giviug credence to the story <
the collection of merchantmen iu th
Bahamas; but he has not yet said thj
he would accept command of the flee
The story sounds fishy rather tha
otherwise.
? It is now pretty generally uudei
stood that Delagoa bay, and Loureuc
Marquez, the town and hahor thereo
are among the principal problems wit
which Great Britain has to deal in ht
Transvaal war. The bay and tow
belong to Portugal, a neutral power
but still the town is tlieonly harbor c
the Transvaal. There is a railroa
from Lourenco Marquez to Pretorii
and the distance is 348 miles. Fifty
four miles of this are across Portuges
territory, and the balance across Trans
vaal territory. It is known now tha
immediately after the Jameson raid
in 1890, the Transvaal goverumen
immediately began the shipment c
arms and ammunition from Europe t
Pretoria, over the railroad by wa
of Delagoa bay. The sum of $5,000,
000 was thus expended the first yea
after the raid, and there has been n<
appreciable let up since. It is know
that hundreds of cannon, and linnn'iiquautities
of ammunition have gon
to the Transvaal through Delagoa ba
since the war commenced, and it i
also known that many thousands of
European military men, officers and
I soldiers, have also gone to the assist[]
ance of the Boers over the same route,
s The British government realizes that
i- a stop must be put to this state of
i- affairs in some way, and the problem
a is now receiving the deepest considere
ation. Such efforts as have so far been
e made have raised more or less serious
e diplomatic quarrels, and it is possible
y that such final action will he necessais
ry, the forcible seizure of the bay, will
make a great deal more trouble.
k (the \(orkriUc (Enquirer.
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YORKVILLE. 8. C.:
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17,190#.
it ? A bill has been introduced in the
3- senate looking to the sale of the state
farms. There is a growing conviction
over the state that the original pur!q
chase of these farms was a mistake,
j. The present chaingang system is gena
erally giving satisfactory results, and
there seems to be no reason why all
l- able bodied male convicts cannot be
it nn the rn#Ha Tndeed. the
CUI J/IUJ VU VU %MV VMUW.
k general assembly might do well to con*
^ sider the advisability of abolishing the
a' state penitentiary entirely, except posi
sibly for the confinement of certain
d classes of offenders not fitted for road
'0 work.
u , ? ,
|j ? We have beeu unable to keep up
0 with all the details of the great fight
,e that has for sometime been in pron
gress between the Seaboard Air Line
and the Southern. We have gathered
?s the impression, however, and it is a
"e strong one, that the Southern is doing
^ all it can to wreck the Seaboard so as
jj to get rid of the southern competition
-r ?u:? o.isiom Tlio Smithprn has
J. VI I UIO Cjr OKUi, JL UV
's made many unfair assaults on the Seay
board ; but so far without effect more
e' serious than to embarrass and annoy
e the Seaboard people. It is not desirable
that either one of these systems
)r should have a monopoly of southern
jf business, and the southern people
should pay the closest attention to
'8 this quarrel. At this time the South,s
eru appears to be far the strongest of
the two systems, and is generally the
aggressor. The Seaboard is fighting
w altogether on the defensive. It needs
i- all the help it can get, especially in
t- the way of practical sympathy, and in
r" helping it the people of this section
will help themselves.
is *
d ? The Greeuville News speaks of a
d prospective rush of Finnish peasants
ef to the United States during this year.
,s The Russian government having virtually
abolished the independence of
d Finland, a large per cent, of the 2,^
500.000 inhabitants have begun to look
* for liberty aud opportunity elsewhere.
e- One steamship company has contracis
ted to land 55,000 Finns in the United
i', States during the next few months,
r> and it is quite probable that as many
13 as 100,000 will come here before the
e
year is out. The Finns are Lutheran
Protestants, and are generally classed
e. as a thrifty, sober, industrous people.
ie They are mostly farmers and stock
raisers, and have been quite prosperous
under climatic and soil conditions
e
jt that are not to be compared to most
r- parts of this country, especially the
>t Piedmont section. The situation seems
!e to offer an opportunity that our own
11 people should investigate. The cottou
factories are taking many people
from our farms, and, as the result,
t farming lands are depreciating in
d value. The remedy lies in immigraj.
tion of the right kind of people,
b These Finns seems to be the very peoD
pie who are wanted. This couutry
ie would be a paradise for them, and they
^ would help to make it more valuable
3 for us. Why can the matter not be
ie investigated with a view to getting
Is some of these immigrants down our
way ?
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'3 THE OFFICE OF Jl'KOR.
>s Although there is every reason why
,g there should be no misconception of
ie I the office of a petit juror in this couu*
0 try, it is a fact that there are mauy
11 individual citizens who do not fully
understand the responsibilities of the
position.
ie But this situation is hardly to be
it wondered at. When a judge on the
t- beuch, as in the recent case of Judge
D Buchanan, gives utterance to seutiments
so foreign to the spirit aDd
r" written law of the jury system, why
? should we be surprised that there are,
jj in the ordinary walks of life, so many
r people who have no greater informan
tion on the subject?
j The idea and practical operation of
jj the jury trial dates back to the Roman
( republic. The system was estalished iu
r' Eugland in the Ninth century, under
e the Saxon King Ethelred as a common
>- practice, aud it was one of the princi1
pal concessions that was forced from
? King John in the Magna t'harta, since
(j. which time it is supposed to have be0
come an inalienable Anglo-Saxon right
y forever. It is and deserves to lie con,
sidered the principal prop of popular
' government, and as such ought to he
c> understood and held sacred by every
" man who esteems his privileges of citi(.
| z'-nship.
v l io- <-"11.-1 itution ami laws of the
is t'nit?d States ^uaiantee a jury trial
in every case involving liberty and
reputation or property to the amount
of $20, and the principle that no man
can be deprived of life or liberty without
trial by jury, is the mudsill of constitutional
law. When these facts are
thoroughly appreciated, we are in a
position to examine the powers aud
responsibilities of the juror.
Examination of the jury laws shows
that there has been exercised the
greatest possible care to insure the
selection of only the most fit men foi
jury duty. Under the South Carolina
statutes much is left to the discretion
of the jury commissioners; but these
officers are expected to select oufy
intelligent, honest, fair-minded men
The fact that a citizen is a voter and a
taxpayer does not necessurily qualify
him as a juror. The law also contem
plates that he must be a man of intel
ligence and of established characlei
for uprightness of conduct and uucom
promising integrity. The jury com
missioners have a right to demanc
these qualifications of every man the}
euter upon a panel, and when the}
fail to give proper attentiou to thest
requirements, they fail in the discharg<
of duties to which they are bound b}
oath. Even after all these precautions
have been taken, the law goes furtbei
and permits an accused to peremptorily
reject a certain number of jurors anc
to eliminate all others who may, foi
various reasons, be disqualified frou
reudering a fair and impartial verdict
After all these precautions hav*
been taken, the juror is to he consider
ed simply as a judge?a judge of tht
facts. Indeed, he stands on a highei
plane than even the presiding judge
The duties of the presiding judge an
prescribed by statute. He is allowet
but the smallest range of discretion
circumscribed in part by the possibh
reasonable difference of opinion tha
may arise in the construction of i
written- law. With the juror, however
it is altogether a question of conscience
and discretion. He is bound only by
such testimony as he may believe, ant
he has a perfect legal and moral righ
'** ..11 * Un> UA /I AAfi ?1/\f ItuliuttQ
lu irjcui tin mat uc uv/co nvt uvnv?\
He is expected to arrive at a conclu
siou independently of his fellow jn
rors, and whatever that conclnsioi
may be, he is bound by his solemt
oath to announce it as his verdict. Am
over that verdict, in case there is hi
agreement of the 12 jurymen, the pre
siding judge has no power except t<
set it aside when, in his opinion, it i:
not warranted by the law. The tie
meurious responsibility assumed by s
judge iu setting aside a verdict of guil
ty in a criminal case is obvious; bu
in a civil case, of course, the respousi
bility is not so great.
The average juror seems to have ai
idea that when within the courthous*
he is completely subject to the arbitra
ry whims of the presiding judge. H<
does not seem to realize that his owi
duties and privileges are as clearh
defined by the statutes as are those o
the judge, and that so long as hi
keeps within the statutes, the judgi
has no arbitrary authority over him
Often, when listening to the examina
tion of a witness he thinks of somi
particular question he would like t<
have asked ; but it seldom occurs t<
him that he, himself, has just as uiuct
authority to ask that question as bai
the lawyer on either side or the judgi
on the bench. If he will go back t<
the inception of the jury system, hi
will find that originally all of the ex
aminations were conducted by member
of the jury, and the part now taken hi
lawyers in this matter is a compura
tively recent development.
Not infrequently do we hear th<
lightly expressed sentiment that tin
jury system is a farce and should hi
abolished. The profundity of suel
ignorance is inconceivable. It is ti
be taken only as an indication that be
cause of our long enjoyment of civi
liberty we are ceasing to appreciate iti
blessings. Perhaps, too, this account:
in a measure for the too frequent laxi
ty ofjurors in doing their duty. Bu
do not let us think of abolishing th<
system. Let us rather try to raise ou:
standard of the administration of jus
tice. Let us inflict public contempt ot
men who are unwilling to discharg<
their jury duties with absolute justici
and impartiality. Let us look upon th<
administration of justice between met
and society as the highest responsibili
ty of citizenship, and, perhaps, afte
awhile, we may make our jury systeu
as perfect in practice as it is now it
theory.
THE WINKLER HILL
Elsewhere in this issue is printed i
synopsis of the Winkler bill, generally
supposed to include the remedies tha
Senator Tillman, and those who thinl
with him, have agreed upon for tin
improvement of the dispensary law.
Recognizing, as we do, the almos
insuperable dilliculties which lie in tin
way of a satisfucloty practical solo
tion of the whisky problem, we tit
not feel inclined to raise objection:
where we are unable to suggest rem
-IL? l*t?f Kne.? it* ttno ?l t 11 ) ?? nf tllli
1MU UIVI'. in ?/ !v n
new bill which strikes us as being man
ifestly unfair to a strong and respect a
ble sentiment throughout the state
We refer to the feature which seeun
to he intended to encourage and co
erce the establishment of dispensarie;
in counties where they are not wanted
The hill provides, in the lirst place
that dispensary funds are only to go t<
counties which maintain dispensaries
and in the second place counties whirl
have no dispensaries are to he requited
to enforce the laws within tlieii
limits at their own expense. As a
, matter of fact, we do not like either
. IN
i one of these propositions. We think
it would be much better to devote all su
profits to the maiutaiuance of free {j*1
! Keely institutes and orphan asylums. m<
l The second proposition, while having ?am
I the appearance of justice on its face, vi<
really provides a means whereby those wj
j counties which believe the less liquor Kid<
. the less harm, may be coerced into
. accepting legalized liquor shops with y(1
unlimited capacity for debauchery. ,Ias;.
l There is a deep lying injustice in the tb
i whole idea of the discrimination sug- w!
> gested in the bill. Every citizen and t'jc
r every county contributes to the sup- aj1
port of the state government, and it 8t<
, seems that if the state government is h?
r going to undertake to control the li- nc
. quor business at all, it should do it in
. the interest of every citizen and ev- \\
r ery county. If the illegal sale of li- of
. quor, for iustance, is not an offense
. against the sovereignty of the state, ^te
I then it is not a legal offense at all,
t and the state has no business with it. a
! If it is an offense against the whole p,
? state, then it is as much the business W.
of the state to punish it in counties ^
f where there are no dispensaries as in a
j counties where there are dispensa- p{
p ries. Ro<
Sf
f Iu the theory of this bill, so far as it
I applies to the distribution of profits of
r and the appointment of constaoies,
, we are unable to see the slightest rec- jy
ognition of the principles which are a w
. supposed to actuate those citizens who ]y
. believe in prohibition. Indeed those vill
> sections of the bill seem to be drawn A. .
\
r on the presumption that the prohi- ^
bitionists are not deserving of any
; consideration whatever. The clear- ?
\ uess with which this assumption is Kir
} manifested is calculated to give rise to vac
? a feeling of resentment which finds ^
... . bee
t expression in an inqury into the mo,
lives of the advocates of the bill.
> And this iuquiry will naturally be jy
u a very suspicious one. The represen- but
p tative who is not willing to accord to eral
] prohibitionists credit for siucerity of 's a
t motive will not get credit for sincerity
of motive from prohibitionists. Under
* 1*
. the Wiukler bill, for instance,?it will j
. be possible for the governor to appoint Th<
, enough constables to make their sup- wo<
, port very burdensome to a prohibition w>'
1 county. As such county will have ^ ^
j nothing to do with these constables ex- ^
. cept to pay them, the thing can be SUp
j managed so as to allow the illegal bus- his
# iness to flourish without restraint. He
. It can thus be demonstrated that "pro- ^
j hibition is a failure," and how dispen- P'u
. saries will be evolved is easy to see. Pas
J ues
t The spirit of the provisions of the bill eglj
. under consideration fully warrant this has
assumption as to their motive. ues
, Although the proposed discrimina- the
B tion in the distribution of dispensary 0111
funds is unjust, sincere prohibitionists
g may easily bring themselves to toler- 7
, ate it ; but we hope the other objec- tali
. tionable feature will be changed. Let gen
j- the lawmakers set aside something ami
e like 10 per cent, of the earnings in sou
; dispensary counties for the enforce- tior
ment of the law in all counties, or let I
there be a direct appropriation from vio
g the state treasury for the purpose, pec
j But however the matter may be ar- mil
j ranged, eliminate that feature of the diet
j bill which makes possible the coercion is g
3 of prohibition counties into sanction- bee
? ing the legal sale of whisky against seh
j their sacred principles. gen
8 MERE-MKNTION. f?"'
The fighting strength of the Boers,
s ^rwrinulli; 80 000 men is now estimated
U...J UV,VVV , ?
ir at 100,000 with 200 guns. Lady QU1
. Metbuen denies that her husband, the of t
general, has become insane or that he froi
is ill. The total hank clearings in ^y
e the United States last week amounted
b to $1,859,300,836. A Washington "
? correspondent of The News and Cou
j rier says the Republicans are showing Pr0
j indications of weakness in the matter just
of gold standard, and that they will not Ma:
' dare incorporate a gold standard decla- for
' ration in their platform. Thegold ^
s medal provided by the ladies of South
s Carolina was presented to Victor Blue P01'
. in New York last Saturday by ex- ervv
t Governor Hugh S. Thompson. neij
Hon. W. J. Bryan and other prominent tots
2 Democratic leaders are to speak in but;
r Boston ou January 30. The British
parliament will assemble on January
j 30, and one of the first acts of the 1 ?
^ government will be to ask for a further t?o
a credit of $100,000,000 for the prosecu- say
tiou of the war. The American of I
; goods recently seized by a British qUj
1 warship on a Dutch vessel have been ^
- released. The Italian government
r is asking for the punishment of the uri
j persons who lynched the five Italians con
in Tululah, La., last spring. Carter I at
Harrison, tnayor of Chicago, has de- qju
dined the Democratic nomiuatiou for ha9
the governship of Illinois and it is j
understood that the nomination will
i be tendered to ex-Vice President Ste- s
. venson. The First Baptist church of mei
( Augusta, has extended a call to Dr. C. of i
A. Stakeley, of Washington, I). C. cerl
c General George Henry Sharpe, former- con
b ly a member of General Grant's staff j
and the officer who received the parole
I of the army of Northern Virginia, Pen
i died at his home in Kingston, N. Y., W01
last Sunday.
> Last Ykak's Pknsions.- The comp- G
< Holler general, on Friday, submitted %
. to the state printer his report of the fcjt
s expenditures for the pension depart- pjjc
ment. Following is a recapitulation :
Pensioners. A mount.
' class A J", $:t,2-l0.00 tow
Class It 1 (>,177.4(1 ove
(Mass C, No. 1 (HI 7U2.00 r|,
* Class (', No. 2 :t,7!'J 50,054.40 J
(Mass C, No. 4 2,!?lu 38,412.00 villi
5 Total 7.I5S $98,075.80 er *
Back pensions to the amount of of si
t $1,248.65 and $6 to pensions boards for to ]
, 1898 were paid out of the 1899 appro- 'pj,j,
priatiou, and $1,218.19 was paid the
' boards for services in 1S99, making a '
1 total expenditure of $101,366.97.
There was $218.42 left over from ^
i- 1S9S. stor
DCilLi AFFAIRS.
brie!
I?KX TO NKW AOVEHTISEIIKNTS.
& h
t Cousins?Have just received a fresh
pply of Quaker oats, cream cheese, the
linage, Irish potatoes and white beans. aa jf
ley speak of their medicine departjnt.
by
M. Grist, Chairman Hoard of Dea- ?iier
ns?Otfers $5.00 for the proof to conjt
the person or persons who broke the 'at it
ndow glass of the Yorkville Baptist e,j
u rch.
lie <fc Pegratn?Say that their store is clue
iw stocked with supplies for the peo- roi,}
e and that they are ready to talk to
iu about fertilizers. T
M. Starr & Co.?Ilave associated raut
ith them Dr. R. M. Steele, and invite
e public to come and see them. They Que!
tnt to compound your prescriptions, ter
B. Moore A Co.?Give personal atten- ,
>n to their undetaking department, Kno
id say they have coffins and caskets at pr0i
I prices. Robes, gloves, slippers and . '
nckings carried in stock. Also have a ,n(B
.'arse for town and country use. jndi
A. D. Neely, County Treasurer?Gives
itice of the extension of the time for crec
x paying, until January 31. vvill
j, Wilmotb, Manager Factory Branch .
'areroom, Charlotte, N. C.?Speaks 13 e
the Stieff pianos and says that by nres
lying from him, you save the midenian's
profits. He otters convenient cut{
rms to purchasers. is a
is. W. Speck, Jeweler and Optician? ...
lys that in a few days he will receive lllce
shipment of new goods, and wants cat?
KSivi mi/-] rr/. f Ilia
?U IU t'UIIIU ttliu 3CD 1JIIJI ttiiu LUI uio
rices. ca,(
B. Moore & Co.?Say that they have vvitl
st received some bargains in bedding, ,
id advise you to buy now. Also have "UD
lot of furniture at old prices. Farm J|
irdware of all kinds. Shingles at ?1.75
;r M. ago
;k Hill Buggy Co., Rock Hill, S. C.? tity
ty that they make special buggies for
ictors and liverymen, with any kind wer
' tires that may be wanted. dev
ABOUT PEOPLE. tUn
Irs. Johu M. Hope left Mouday for ve
eek's visit to friends in Charleston.
Ir. Egbert R. McElwee is in York- for
e visiting his father's family, Mr. S. the
McElwee. gar(
Ir. VV. M. Propstand family moved |
> their new cottage on King's
UDtaiu street on Mouday. 8|ro
)r. M. W. White has moved into the c'rc
ig's Mountain street cottage just vvitl
ated by Mr. Propst. It
Ir. Felix E. McClain, of Dallas, has are
n spending a few days in Yorkville au(j
h the family of his brother, Mr. .
)t. McClain. 13 n
Ir. D. L. Wrav. formerly of Union; dire
now of Yorkville, has had consid- T
ble experience as an electrician, and last
ssisting iu the work of putliug up on ,
lighting system in Yorkville. ^ ^
Irs. I). Wyatt Aiken, mother of
i. W. G. Neville, of Yorkville,-died ca9t
ler home in Greenwood yesterday. tal1
i funeral will take place in Green- an
jd toduy and Mr. aud Mrs. Neville fin*
I be present. bat<
i. W. S. Hart, E-q., left last night {jsll
Columbia and Charleston. Alter . '
mdiug to some business before the 1
reme court he will pay a visit to bin
mother on Wudmalaw Island, esti
expects to be absent about a week, smu
Ir. F. Happerfield, formerly of this ?rr
ce ; but who has, for some years a j
t, been conducting n marble busis
in Gastonia, has decided to re- ;
tblish himself in Yorkville. He mu<
uot yet secured a place of busi- The
s; but as a residence will occupy larg
Katcbford bouse, on the southern e^C(
skirts of town. _ U
AN OBJECT LESSON. E
'he reporter, a few days ago had a qj(j(
c with a well-known and prominent y
tlemao of the Tir/.ah neigborhood, jQn^
1 that talk developed a striking les- ^
on the dispensary prohibition ques- j
'* by
t is unnecessary to say that pre- ^jg
us to the establishment of the dis- , j
isary at Tirzah, the population for
es around was as sober and as
idy as could be desired. This fact
enerally conceded by all who have
D ill u pusmuu lu iuiuilu lu&uj'es
of it. The testimony of the
tleman referred to was about as
ows:
A short time after the estublishJt
of the dispensary, it began to be
te noticeable that a large per cent,
he people you would meet coming
n the direction ofTirzah had whiswith
them. They were always in ?ss
ood humor, and, naturally, when
y met acquaintances, they would
duce their bottles. The result was W,
, what might have been expected, jp
ny of us frequently took too much ra
our own good, and the progress of I
community from a moral standnt
was backward rather than othise.
Of course there were in the "
;hborbood many people who were
il abstainers and who remained so ; _
most of those who had been ac- .
tomed to "taking a dram when
y felt like it," began to feel like it
often, and the physical effect, to ^ ^
nothing of anything else, on most
:,hem, was bad. On many it was
te noticeable. Since the removal ^
the dispensary the situation has ^
tied back very nearly to the old .g
dition of sobriety and tempeiance. ?
n not prepared to say that the comnity
has entirely recovered ; but it .
very nearly recovered."
ID OS
t is quite likely that if this general .
ement were circulated for endorse- , ,
had
it, it would receive the signatures
... , b ,, tun
raany good citizens who are able to
Lify from facts that have actually
ie under their observation, and a . .
Ler testimonial in favor of the dissary
law without the dispensary,
lid be difficult to find. .Wer
loaf
WITHIN THE TOWN. so
rood cotton is worth 7.', today. edu
leasels has made its appearance. the
everal Negroes suspected of com- of c
ity in the robbery of the store of son:
ssrs. Ferguson and Snider have left Ate
11, presumably until the affair blows shoi
r. \V ir
here is too much idleness in Vork* inio
?, especially among a class of young* mm
fegroes who have no visible means in '
upport, and who are never known brut
put in a day of honest labor, in 1
s kind of thing is a constant men- an c
to the welfare of the community. T
lething ought to be d<ne. part
n effort was made to enter the dete
e of Mr. lirooks Itiman last Friday Wul
it from the rear eud, through t
k wall. The thief, or thieves, duf
ole entirely through the wall, 01
left hand of the door. It lookec
ihe object was to get at the ba
which the door is fastened; bu
e appears to have been a miscalcu
>n, as the bar could only he remov
from the other side. There is m
; as to the identity of the would-bi
)ers.
here ought to be a full vote at th
icipal election to be held on th
Uion of amending the town char
next Wednesday. So far as i
wn, there is no opposition to th
posed change, and on this accoun
fference may be expected. Thi
fference, however, is not especiall;
litable to the community, and i
be much better if everybody wh
milieu 10 ao so win voie. in
sentatioD of a registration cerlifi
s and town tax receipt at the poll
prerequesite to voting. It is quit
ly that many registration certif
:s are either lost or hid away s
ifully that they can only be foun
b difficulty. But they should b
ted up.
a a local grocery store, a few day
, the reporter noted quite a quae
of unusually fine turnips tha
e being offered for sale. Inquir
eloped the information that th
aips were raised by a farmer wh
s about six miles from town, an
tough there is very little deman
them at present, principally fc
reason that most people who bav
dens have turnips in abundant
r on the demand will be muc
mger. As commonplace as tbi
umstance ought to seem, it is nc
bout a certain pleasing significant
suggests mat surrounaiug iaruiei
beginning to realize local demand
are trying to supply them. Ther
3om for lots of development in tbi
iction.
'he minstrel show failed to arriv
Friday nigbf until about 8 o'clock
iccouut of the washout on the fc
ic G. Extension railroad, near Lar
er. The^show came up to expe<
ons upmost respects. There ws
excellent quartette and seven
i soloists. The contortionists, acre
i and tumblers were certainly ai
3. There were only four Aral:
ead of 12 or 14 as promised. Tbei
lbling performance was quite intei
ng; but was interfered with by th
illuess of the stage. The delaye
ival of the company cast a kiud t
amper over the whole performance
! entertainment was not enjoyed a
sh as it would have been otberwist
s attendance, however, was quit
;e, and upon the whole the audi
e was very well pleased.
DR. W. M. WALKER.
>r. William M. Walker, one of th
;st and best known citizens c
kville has passed away. After
; and tedious illness, occasione
icipallly by the general breakin
m incident to old age, rather tha
any organic trouble, he breathe
last on Monday afternoon at
ock. He was aged 75 years,
iths and 6 days.
'bough a resident of ^3ount
:e the spring of 1832, when hi
ents settled about five miles nortl
iforkville, Dr. Walker was a nativ
Chester county. He was born o
dy river, a few miles southwest c
:ster courthouse, on March 9, 182-i
>r. Walker's father, the late Job
Iker, was a blacksmith. Not whs
enerally understood by that teri
his day ; but an all round work
i?something more like a machiti
?capable of fashioning from iron a!
>t any article that was in daily us
his generation. For instance, h
a great reputatiou as a manufat
?r of what was then known as th
irrel riHe. Many rifles made b
were sun prized lor ineir supei
ly as late as 25 years ago. Indeei
held their reputation uutil the
e superseded by the modern breech
ling rifles, which have since becom
common. The son had but fev
cational advantages; hut unde
bringing up of a father like this
:ourse, learned many practical les
s that are not taught in schools
r leaving his father he served i
rt apprenticeship under the lab
i. Youngblood, and then starlei
life for himself as a finished work
i. He set up a blacksmith busines
k'orkville in partnership with hi:
her, the late Frank M. Walker
S4'J, and they continued to operati
stablishment here until 1857.
he dissolution of the blacksinitbiuj,
nership referred to was due to the
rmination on the part of Dr.
ker to take up the study of den
i tistry. Comparatively speaking, this
\ profession was very much in its infani
cy in those days, and the blacksmith's
1 attention was attracted to it by cer- . ^
r tain discoveries and improved methods ^
t that were being applied about tbat
* time. He went into the new venture
with the same earnest enthusiasm that
o was characteristic of his life, and three
e years afterward he was graduated
from the Baltimore Dental college,
e This was in I860. He volunteered in
e the Confederate service soon afters
- ward, served through the war, and
s began the regular practice of his proe
fcssion about 1865. That he was a .
t good dentist, it is not necessary to
s say, for his reputation survives him.
y He continued the practice of dentist
try until 1885, the last few years in
o partnership with Dr. A. Y. Cartwright,
e who, on bis retirement from active
i- work, succeeded to bis business.
9 Though in no sense a politician, in
e 1886, Dr. Walker conceived the idea ^
i- that he would like to represent bis
o county in the general assembly. He
d offered as a candidate for the house
e and was elected by a handsome majority.
But one term was enough for
9 him. During its continuance, he
>- learned that to make a good, effective
it legislator requires especial training
y that should be commenced in early
e life, and although his record was as
o creditable as many who had gone bed
fore and many who had gone since, be
d did not offer for re-election.
,r It was probably as a farmer that Dr.
e Walker achieved his most material
;i success in life. He first began to deh
vote a considerable portion of his time
'8 to farmiog along about in 1872. His
farm was located in the northwestern
outskirts of Yorkville, and on it he
8 made mauy notable experiments with
8 new varieties of cotton and corn seed,
e composts and other fertilizers. Some
18 of the experiments were failuresbut -s.
others were highly successful, and the
e benefits derived from them were wide
:i spread. But the doctor's most nota'
ble achievement in this line was one
for which he deserves a monument.
We refer to his connection with the
8 practical development of the terrace
l' system, which has so largely supplanted
cruder methods of drainage
:* throughout this section of the state.
's It is not claimed that Dr. Walker
r originated the terrace idea. It is cerr*
tain that he did not. With the infore
mation at band it cannot be positively
d stated here that he was the first York
county farmer to make practical use of - the
idea. It is certain, however, that
8 he deserves more credit than any other
one individual for bringing the syse
tern to the attention of bis fellow farl*
raers of York county and the state.
It was about 15 years ago. At that
time all farm drainage in this section
e was done by means of ditches, which ^
if were often the means of destroying
a many acres of valuable land. Dr.
d Walker undertook an experiment with
g terraces. He worked slowly and caud
tiously at first; but after about three
rt years be was assured of the success
3 of his experiment, and he gave the ^
g result of his labors to the public in a
striking interview, in which he maintained
that the key to successful drainage
is "uot how to get the water off
your laud ; but how to keep it on."
This interview was widely published,
not only throughout South Carolina ;
but iu adjoining states, especially
where the farmers bad to deal with
rolling lands. As the result, the hillside
ditch has almost entirely disappeared
from the farm lands of York
county, and terraces are as common
now as were hillside ditches and great **
gullies then.
And Dr. Walker was a Christian.
; He became a member of the MelbI
odist Episcopal church in 1852 and
was a steward for more than 40 years.
He did not profess his Christianity
very loudly; but he was a believer,
j Oue thing he found most difficult to
understand was God's mercy to sinful
mau. It puzzled him to see why man
should be shown such mercy. He dey
delighted in the discussion of such
i8 matters, and was accustomed to treat
^ them in very much the same vein as
e he treated other subjects that were less
n important. But be was never flip- ^
)f pant, or skeptical, though sometimes
^ he may have appeared so. His faith
n in God was subjected to a practical
lt demonstration to which few men are
n equal. It was about a year ago, that
owing to a mistake in his medicine, at
, a time when he was almost at death's
I door, it was thought for a time that he
e was dead. He was resuscitated
e through the application of proper res..
toratives, and when he was informed of
e what had happened, he was not in the
.. least concerned. He expressed a calm
indifference as to whether he should
go or slay. It was not a question of
.. being tired of life; but complete sub*
! mission to the will of God in whom he
e so implicitly believed,
v Dr. Walker was married in October,
r 1850 to Miss Mary Ellen Hudson, who
!, with two sons and two daughters surt
vive him. The sons are Dr. Miles "
i. J. Walker, of Yorkville, and Dr. Geo.
i Walker, of Baltimore. The daughters
e are Mrs. G. H. O'Leary and Mrs. H.
I C. Strauss, both of Yorkville. 4
The funeral services took place at
s the grave in the Yorkville cemetery,
s yesterday morning at 11 o'clock. The
, body was not taken to the church.
.* This was in deference to a request
made by the deceased, previous to his
; death. There was present a large con?
course of people, relatives, friends and
acquuintauces. Rev. J. M. Steadman
read the funeral service and made a