Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, October 06, 1900, Image 2
Scraps and Jactis.
? In a statement Issued from the Republican
national headquarters last
Tuesday, through Committeeman Josseph
Manley, the national committee
claims 266 votes certain in the electoral
colege for McKinley, 112 for Bryan
and 54 were put down as in doubt.
The states conceded to Bryan are Alabama,
Arkansas, Florida, Georgia
Louisiana, Mississippi, the Carolinas,
Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. In the
doubtful column are put Colorado,
Idaho, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana,
Nevada, Nebraska and Utah. Everything
else is put down for McKinley but
Indiana which, with its 15 votes, is admitted
to be in doubt. When shown
this Republican claim, Mr. Richardson,
for the Democrats, characterized
it as only "so much boasting." He
added that the Democrats also had a
poll which was very different from
ine ?epu?iican one, dui inai n. wouiu
not be made public.
? The weather bureau's weekly crop
summary of crop conditions, issued last
Tuesday, says: Rain Is generally needed
In the South Atlantic and East Gulf
states and over portions of the upper
Ohio valley, lower lake region and
Middle Atlantic states, while excessive
moisture, due largely to the rains of
the previous week, retarded farm work
over the region extending from Arkansas
and Oklahoma northward to Minnesota
and the Dakotas. Except where
Interrupted by rains in portions of
Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri,
cotton picking has progressed under
exceptionally favorable conditions and
Is unusually well advanced. In the
central and eastern portions of the cotton
belt, the bulk of the crop will be
gathered by October 10th. Picking is
progressing rapidly in Texas, except
in the lower Brazos bottoms inundated
by the rains of the previous week,
where the crop is almost a failure.
? W. J. Bryan's attention was called,
last Wednesday, to a statement alleged
to have been made by one Kingman
that he received $150,000 for insisting
upon the silver plank of the Kansas
City platform, and he said: "It is hardly
worth while to deny the charge of a
man who hides behind a woman whose
name he will not give; but in order
that the most unscrupulous Republican
may have no reason for repeating
the charge, I will say that It is absolutely
false in every particular. No
one ever offered, promised, or gave me
that sum or any other sum for urging
that plank or any other plank in the
Vofiaoa Pifv nlotfAPm nr onv ntVior
platform. I don't know anything of Mr.
Kingman, but it is said that he is a
cousin of Senator Cullom and I do
know something of Senator Cullom.
The Senator ought to know whether
his cousin is trustworthy or not, and
if the senator will state over his own
signature that he believes what his
cousin says and is willing to represent
him in an investigation of the charge,
I will" make him a propositon which
will give him an opportunity to produce
his evidence.
? Secretary Hester's New Orleans cotton
exchange statement, issued last
Tuesday, covers the monthly movement
to the closfe of September 30:
Compared with last year it shows a
decrease for the month in round figures
of 239,000 bales. The statement
shows receipts at ports for the month,
619,986 against 788,428 last year; net
shipments overland 22,532 against 63,283
last year, southern mill takings,
exclusive of consumption at southern
outports, 113,737 against 130,356 last
year; interior stocks in excess of
amounts held September 1st, 123,071
against 136,645 last year. American
mills have taken during the month 155,200
bales against 236.654 last year, of
which by northern spinners and Canada,
overland, 38,738 against 102,792. Foreign
exports for September were 346,973,
showing a decrease under the
same period last year of 100,842. Stocks
at the seaboard and the 29 leading
southern interior markets at the close
of September were 499,688 against 1,053,341
last year. Including stocks left
over at ports and interior towns from
the last crop and the number of bales
of the new crop brought into sight during
September, the supply to date is
1,001,861 against 1.737,610 '.ast year.
? Wlnfleld Townsend, a Negro, was
burned at the stake in Elmore, Ala.,
last Tuesday, shortly after davlierht.
He was chained to a tree, pine knots
were piled- about him and the fire was
started by the victim's husband. Monday
afternoon Mrs. Lou Harrington,
wife of one of the leading citizens of
the Eclectic neighborhood, ten miles
from Montgomery, was alone In her
home when Townsend entered. He
seized her and threw her violently to
the floor. She screamed once before
the Negro clutched her throat, and
Robert Nichols, another Negro, who
was passing by, heard her and ran to
the rescue. He found her unconscious
with blood streaming from her throat.
The fiend jumped through the window
and fled as Nichols entered. The news
spread, the dozen stores at Eclectic
were closed and all joined the pursuit.
Bloodhounds were secured and they
followed I the trail and at 12.30 in the
morning, panting and exhausted, they
gathered about a big tree in front of
a country store. The crowd surrounded
the tree and the Negro was seen
high up in the foliage. He was
brought down and carried to the scene
of his crime, where he was positively
identified by Mrs. Harrington. A vote
was taken as to how he should die and
by almost unanimous vote the several
hundred present decided to burn
him, which they did.
? Says a Washington dispatch of
Tuesday: Favorable news has reached
Washington from the European chancellories
indicating that a complete
agreement as to China is within sight
and that, too, on the basis of the propo
sltions laid down by Secretary Hay in
his note of July 3, and the subsequent
notes treating of that subject. The
accord of Russia with the United
States is more complete than was anticipated
at first, and the reports show
that all of the European nations probably
are placing themselves in a position
of the opening made by the United
States and soon will be ready to begin
negotiations for a settlement with
the'Chinese government. The Russians
have given notice of such purpose, and
while the text of the French note on
this subject referred to in the day's
press dispatches has not yet reached
the state department, the officials are
satisfied that this is correctly reported,
and France, like Russia, is ready to
negotiate at once. As for Germany,
either the position of the government
has been misunderstood, or it has sustained
a change of mind. Possibly the
former is the case; but, however that
may be,, it is quite certain from the advices
which have reached Washington
today, that the German govern*
ment, upon careful inspection of the
plans for a settlement projected by the
United States, finds therein nothing
inconsistent with the German aspirations.
Therefore, it may be expected
that Germany too, will be prepared
soon to join in this common movement
toward a settlement. It may be stated
that altogether the prospects of an adjustment
of the Chinese difficulty without
resort to formal war, are very much
brighter than they were one week ago.
?Ut ^(orkviUc (Enquirer.
RKVILLE, S. C.: |
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1900.
Three thousand acres of land were
sold before the court house door in Anderson
last Monday for $41,400.
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The action of the Negro Republicans
in quietly ignoring their white brothers
in the leadership of the party, was the
most striking feature of the convention
last Wednesday night. There would
have been lots of trouble saved to the
state if the whites had been relegated
to the rear from the first.
? To a farmer who does not know all
about wheat, that article by Prof.
Newman, published in another columh,
ought to prove very valuable. For instance,
we have no doubt that many a
farmer has killed wheat and corn seed
by putting cotton seed meal next to the
grain and believed ever after that he
ought to have made a good crop because
of his liberality in the use of
fertilizers. There are many little
points like this that are to be learned
from time to time as we go along.
According to The Christian Herald,
the pressing need for contributions for
Indian famine sufferers has about passed.
Recent rains have helped the situation
in the famine districts, and although
there is still much distress,
conditions are on the mend. The Enquirer
will continue to forward such
subscriptions as may be turned over
to it for the purpose; but from such
information as Is obtainable, we would
say that from now on, unless there are
renewed calls, such charities as have
been going to India, might be applied
to better advantage in other directions.
In today's issue, on account of its historical
interest and value, especially
to the people of York county, we reproduce
Rev. Robert Lathan's most
excellent sketch of the battle of King's
Mountain, fought between the American
patriots and the British forces?
tories arid regulars?on October 7, 1780.
The sketch was prepared originally
for The Enquirer, and afterward
published as a pamphlet, in which form
it has served as data for nearly all the
historians who have since written on
the subject. The cut of the monument
is made from a photograph that was
made for The Enquirer a few months
since, and the description is. as published
in this paper on the occasion of
the King's Mountain centennial. The
inscription comes from the same
source, and since it has been printed,
we have discovered an error in the
name of Colonel Williams. The colonel's
name is published "John:" but it
ought to be "James."
We notice some speculation as to
who will be Senator McLaurin's successor.
Senator McLaurin's sinning,
we believe, consisted in adhering to
Bryan's expressed opinion that the
Paris treaty of peace should be ratified.
This newspaper agrees with
Bryan in that opinion, though differ
ing from him In other matters. Senator
McLaurin, we presume, voted for
the ratification from conviction. At
any rate he did not favor throwing
away the valuable islands which we
had acquired. He did not want the
government to dishonor the soldiers
who won such a glorious victory. He
took the proper view of the whole situation,
and voted for the right, regardless
of what his political enemies
thought. Believing that McLaurin acted
bravely and rightly in the ratification
of the Paris treaty, this newspaper
expects to support him against the
field in the next election. We know
very little as to his strength, or his
popularity; but we believe that a majority
of the people favor expansion,
and that they will stand to the man
who has the courage to vote for the
right, and face the unjust clamor
which was* raised against him at the
time. Expansion is good Democratic
doctrine. The Democrats have annexed
all the territory which this country
has acquired, except Alaska and
the islands which we took from Spain.
There is neither sense nor reason in
the Democrats throwing away the best
work of the Republicans, and even if
Bryan was elected he would not favor
so foolish a proposition.?Abbeville
Press and Banner.
This has the ring of good, sound
sense. Senator McLaurin is one of the
few representatives that this state has
had in Washington since the war, who
considers right and the welfare of his
people above party expediency. All
along he has worked consistently and
fearlessly for South Carolina, and
about all the opposition there ever developed
against him comes from small,
disaffected, selfish snappers who are
unable to appreciate true breadth and
patriotism in a real statesman. There
are thousands of people who would
like to have the senator's place for the
money and honor that .are in it, and
there are many who really believe that
they could render a great service to the
state: but in our opinion there is not
much probability of a change. The
voters of South Carolina have learned
lots in the consideration of Senator
McLaurin s character and ability, and
there will be time during the next two
years to learn a great deal more.
LIVING AT HOME.
We wish every farmer in this country
would read, study and profit by the
little story that is published in another
column about the achievements of Mr.
W. S. Wilkerson. For years The Enquirer
has preached the live at home
doctrine, and it has given hundreds of
facts to bear out the correctness of its
theories: but there has been nothing
that comes closer to the point than
this showing of Mr. ^ilkerson.
Wheat worth $450
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Hay worth 250
Oats worth 125
Sorghum worth 140
Cane seed worth 75
All this with three plows, ran primarily
for the cultivation of 25 acres of
cotton and 25 acres of corn. Of course,
without the "side" crops mentioned,
there would have been a larger acreage
of corn and cotton; but probably much
less profit. To produce these side
crops has required intelligent hustling,
we have no doubt; but what Mr. Wilkerson
can do, others ought to be able
to do, and as the farmers of this country
drift more in this direction the
greater will be their prosperity.
VALUE OF FARM LANDS.
To get at the actual value of farm
lands in this county, at any given period,
is a rather difficult undertaking.
There enters into Jhe question the
matter of supply and demand, productiveness,
value of crops that can be raised.
distance to market, condition of
roads and other considerations; but
speaking generally, the tendency is
upward.
In the hearing of the writer, a few
days ago, a farmer of experience and
means that he had dug out of the
ground, made this remark: "It would
be my advice to those who want to
buy farm lands to buy now. I believe
the day of cheap lands Is over in this
country. That is my observation.
Vnrminc land is annreriatiner in value
every year. The appreciation is so
gradual that it can hardly be realized;
but it is positive and steady, nevertheless.
The time is coming, and it will
not be a hundred years from now, either.
when ordinary lands that are at
present to be had at $10 an acre, cannot
be bought for $100 an acre."
We agree in the main with the opinion
here expressed. We have tried to
get some actual statistics to bear out
the theory: but have been unable to
collect anything that is conclusive. In
a general way, .however, we would observe
that the prices of farm lands
seemed to strike rock bottom about
1889 and 1890. During the depression
prevailing from 1892 to 1895 or 1896,
lands, like other commodities, were unsalable;
but since 1896 prices have been
steadily stiffening to such an extent
that land which would have brought
only $8 an acre only ten years ago,
will now as readily bring $12 or $15.
The writer undertook to get some
light on this subject by investigating
the records in the office of the clerk of
the court. The information is to be
found there; but to get it in satisfactory
shape would require, weeks of patient
labor. However, with comparative
ease, two cases that bear on .-the
point were found. One in the case of
a plantation of 589 acres, which sold
in 1896 at $5 an acre. The land was
not mortgaged. It was a straight sale.
Negotiations are now in progress where
an individual is trying to buy 150 acres
of that land at $15 an acre. The land
is in Bethesda township and the appreciation
is not due to extraordinary conditions
of any kind. The other case Is
of 193 acres, that were bought on credit
on December 27, 1890, at $13 an acre.
The purchaser has been working the
land ever since and has about got it
paid for. He could sell today at $20
an acre; but would not think of accepting
any such price.
Probably other instances could be
cited if we would take the trouble to
look for them. It is hardly necessary.
One has only to look about him to
see that farming land in the hands of
the right kind of men is valuable property,
and that it is steadily becoming
more valuable.
GOOD ROADS MEETING.
What the Chester People Are Doing to Get
One of the State's Greatest Needs.
Chester Lantern.
The Good Roads society met Saturday,
according to appointment. The
special business before the meeting
was to near and consider the report of
a committee appointed at a previous
meeting "to devise a plan or plans for
building permanent roads and keeping
in repair all the public roads of the
county." Following is the report of the
committee:
We recommend to the proper authorities:
1st. To prepare a list of all persons
liable for road duty of six days or a
$2 commutation tax, now already imposed
by law, and to collect this tax
through the treasurer's office with the
general tax either in cash or certificates
properly countersigned that said
person liable for the tax has worked
the six days, or so many full days on
the road during the fiscal year, and the
remainder, if any, in cash.
2d. To establish a repair force for
road maintenance in each township, to
be under a roadmaster employed by
the year. This force is to be kept at
work all the year unless weather prevents.
Each township force is to be
supplied with a team of two mules, one
wagon, one small road machine, one
plow, and such other necessary implements
as the county is able to furnish.
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service of an able civil engineer of experience
when such shall be needed, to
direct all permanent work as well as
to instruct the several township roadmasters
in their work. If the county
should undertake to macadamize the
main public roads or do any other permanent
work which would require a
long time to complete, then to employ J
an engineer during this time, that the
work may be more thorough and durable,
4th. That the county board of com- 1
missloners make a levy of one (1) mill
for permanent road work, and that the
chain- gang be used for permanent
work only, and that said board pur- "!
chase, or make arrangements to secure
the use of necessary road machinery
for permanent road work.
5th. That the proper authorities apply
to the penitentiary authorities for
15 or 20 convicts, in their discretion.
The report* was discussed item by '
item, and adopted.
It was moved and adopted that the
committee making these recommendations
be continued to present the matter
to the county authorities, and also
to secure any legislation that may be
necessary. Following are the members
of the committee: T. C. Strong, R.
Brandt, J. H. McDanlel, J. M. McGarity.
J. C. Kirkpatrick. J. M. Wise, W.
B. Crosby, B. A. Ragsdale.
A recommendation was adopted that ;
the county ask the legislature for the '
right to retain all convicts from this
county for work on the public roads.
The meeting then adjourned to meet 1
Monday, November 26th, unless sooner 1
called by the president.
COMMENDING
THE MILITIA.
i
GeneraT Floyd Is Pleased With the Conduct i
of the Georgetown Campaign. ;
Adjutant General Floyd, on last Wed
nesday, issued the following general j
order, which explains Itself:
1. With the profoundest appreciation 1
of the extraordinary promptness with j
which the volunteer troops of the state
responded to the call of the governor ]
in the recent threatened riot at Georgetown,
the alacrity with which they j
moved to the scene of the disturbance,
is a subject of gratification to the gov- !
ernor, the adjutant general's department
and to every worthy citizen of ]
our state. 1
2. It is a subject of pride and congratulation
to the whole state to see !
such evidence of the improvement of ,
the volunteer service and to witness j
it gradually, but surely reaching the
standard of efficiency that bespeaks 1
absolutely the safety and peace of the
commonwealth whatever the emergency.
3. Special mention is due Captain H.
Y. Wilson and the officers and enlisted 4
men of the Sumter Light Infantry,
who, in the short time of 45 minutes (
from receipt of orders, were on the ,
train 37 strong, speeding away to their
destination. *
4. Special notice is equally due Major
Henry Schachte and the officers and (
men of the 1st battalion, of Charleston,
for great promptness and dispatch with
which three companies of the battalion,
the Sumter Guards, Captain Hyde;
the Washington Light infantry, Captain
Cogswell, and the German Fusiliers,
Captain Schroeder, the detachment
from the German Artillery, and
the Naval Reserves, Lieutenant George .
S. Legare, 180 strong in all, with rifles
and additional armament of Gatling
gun and Hotchkiss, were, in less than 1
three hours, en route for the scene of
danger.
5. Great credit is alike merited by
the local companies of Georgetown, at '
and near the city, composed of the 1
Georgetown Rifle Guards, Captain S.
M. Ward; the Imperial Guards, (cavalry),
Captain B. O. Bourne, and all the
forces are entitled to the fullest praise 1
for promptness and coolness, as well
soldierly and gentlemanly bearing 1
throughout the trouble. The governor ;
also desires to note with pride the
timely offer of Captain Black, of the
Governor's Guards, (but recentlv organized),
of the readiness of officers
and men to obey his call. They remained
in the hall about 40 strong un- '
til notified that their services would '
not be needed. He also apreciates the
tender of the sendees of the Richland
Volunteers, Columbia, Captain W. N.
Kirkland.
MERE-MENTION.
A Fort Worth, Texas, dispatch of
October 3, says the latest report made
of cotton damage in the state by high *
water, places the loss at 20,000 bales. :
As an electioneering scheme, Rennhlienns
thrmie-hmit thp crmntrv nrp
making contracts containing a provlt- !
ion to the effect that they are to be
void in the event of the election of
Bryan There is a lively municipal
campaign in progress in Atlanta ,
Ex-Senator Hill is campaigning in Virginia
Immense treasures were
stolen from the palace of the Pope of
Rome last Tuesday, by burglars ,
The population of Arkansas, accord- ,
ing to the recent count, is 1,311,564
The American sugar refining companyhas
reduced the price of sugar to 5.70.
&T" A meeting of the leading rice
farmers, millers and others who are in- ,
terested in the culture of rice, was
held in Beaumont, Texas, last Monday,
to consider a proposition which is practically
to control the domestic rice ,
market of the United States. The
meeting was held at the instance of .
Anderson Herd, of New York, and C.
C. Dusen, of Crawley, La. Mr. Herd j
represents a syndicate of New York j
capitalists which he claims has a capi- ]
tal of $75,000,000. Mr. Herd, in explain- ,
ing his purpose, said the purpose of the i
company is to contract with the rice
farmer for all of his rice for four years
to come, with an option to extend (
four years more if desired by the com- j
pany and to pay a stated price for
the rice during the existence of the i
contract. The farmers are inclined to
sign the contract, and Mr. Herd says
that already over 90 per cent, of the
rice farmers of South Carolina and
Georgia and Louisiana, have agreed ;
to the nlnn.
tvr "Negro Disfranchisement the Par- 1
amount Issue." was the subject discussed
by several speakers at a mass 1
meeting of colored people in Cooper I
Union, New York, Wednesday night. 1
It was conducted by the Colored Citi- 1
/.ens' league. The hall was filled and 1
about half the people present were 1
white. Resolutions were passed pro- 1
testing against the disfranchising of
Negroes in Southern states: calling on 1
congress to reduce the representation 1
of each state to a proportion of votes 1
cast, asking congress to pass laws for
the enforcement of the thirteenth and
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments 1
to the constitution and a "force bill if
necessary," protesting against lynch
ing; asking the president to use mill- '
tary force to prevent lynching; pledg- 1
ing the meeting to oppose the election 1
of Mr. Bryan and favoring the election i
of Mr. McKinley, by way of "rebuke to 1
recent Tammany police methods." i
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LOCAL AFFAIRS.
INDKX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Louis Roth?Tells of new crop buckwheat
flour and maple syrup to
match. He also has Norfolk select
oysters.
Fork Drug Store?Makes a very special
offer on fountain syringes, and also
tells about their supply of hair
and tooth brushes at low prices.
F. O. Allison. Tirzah?Wants information
about a setter dog that has
strayed or been stolen.
Latta Bros.?Want 20,000 bushels of
cotton seed and want them quick,
at the highest market price.
MONAZITE IN DEMAND.
The following letter published in the
last issue of The Manufacturers' Recard,
should be of interest to owners of
monazite deposits in this section:
Consular Service, U. S. A.,
Berlin, Sept. 11.
Editor Manufacturers' Record:?
Knowing your devotion to Southern
manufacturing and commercial interests,
I venture to apply to you in the
following circumstances:
Some years ago when I was at
Frankfort, the monazlte deposits in
North and South Carolina came into
prominence as a source of the thoria,
which is used so extensively in the
manufacture of Incandescent mantels
for the Auer-von Welsbach gas lights.
I obtained samples of the monazite
sand from several parties in the Carolinas
and submitted them to different
German chemists for analysis with excellent
results. About that time the
Brazilian monazite sand came into
vogue, and as it was easily obtained
In large quantities, it took a prominent
hold on the European market.
But the Brazilian monazite sand is
now under a single control, with the
result that its price has advanced until
there is in Germany a real demand for
a supply from another and independent
source.
I am applied to by Messrs. Zeitz &
Bruno, No. Ill Chausseestrasse. Berlin,
manufactures of the highest grade
of Welsbach mantels, who wish to be
put into relations with the owners of
the best Carolina deposits who are
prepared to export their product in
quantities.
I have not these addresses at my
command; but a short paragraph in
The Manufacturer's Record would undoubtedly
give the matter a start, or
If the addresses are known to you,
would you kindly send them to me
and greatly oblige.
Frank H. Mason, Consul General.
? OWNERSHIP OF GAME.
The following communication of J.
R. Hamilton, Esq., of Chester, to The
News and Courier, will probably receive
pretty general endorsement
throughout this section:
It would facilitate the protection of
our wild animals and birds If, in addition
to the present laws, 'it were
clearly defined to whom these belong,
whether to the state or to the landowner,
in or over whose land the
same are found.
At present the game is assumed to
be the property of the state during the
close season: but anyone's property
during the open season.
Under such conditions the farmer
who ventures to prevent the destruction
of the game and birds of any kind
on his land must rely on the laws of
trespass, of posting, etc., difficult to
prove, to detect and to enforce.
In the game and bird life on the land
he has no part or title by statute law
and only a qualified right by common
law.
It will surprise some of your readers
to learn that this inconsistency exists
In the English law, while by the Scottish
law the game on the land is the
absolute property of the landowner.
As a consequence violation of the game
laws in Scotland are comparatively
rare, while In England they are more
frequent.
Our statutes as to game and other
birds are very numerous and scattered
through the volumes of our Revised
Statutes. Some of these laws can be
repealed with adyantage and the remainder,
after being well sifted, should
be consolidated into one general law
for the whole state, keeping in view
the necessity of saving from destruction
the birds and game now remaining
on the land.
'If you make game the property of
the landowner, every farmer will become
"his own game keeper, and will
soon find out the profit there is in
having a good head of game on his
land, and under the same law will be
able to protect the insectivorous birds
that protect his crops. Give the farmer's
game and birds the same protection
as his property, and the law gives
his stock and barnyard fowls and he
will do the rest.
FARMING THAT PAYS.
Wheat, $450; oats, $125; straw, $125;
hay, $250; sorghum, $140; cane seed,
$75. Total, $1,165.
That is the value of the side crops
-aised by Mr. W. S. Wllkerson, of Hickory
Grove, this year, with three plows.
Mr. Wilkerson is one of the largest
land owners in' western York and has
a number of renters. He runs only
three plows himself, however, and the
figures quoted represent what he has
realized without counting his cotton
or corn.
Mr. Wilkerson plants both cotton
and corn, of course. With the same
three plows he cultivated about 25
acres of each, and the prospects are as
good as are those of any of his neighbors.
But everybody raises cotton and
corn, and it is the showing of these
side crops that is especially interesting.
In a talk with the reporter, Wednesday,
Mr. Wilkerson gave the figures
as estimates only. The estimates may
be taken as very nearly correct. They
are rather under than over; but if
there is any dispute Mr. Wilkerson has
the exact figures at home by which
the matter may be settled definitely.
In the opinion of Mr. Wilkerson,
$200 will cover the entire expense of
making the crops mentioned, and he
thinks he can fairly say that they represent
a clear profit of nearly $1,000.
While he was talking he told of u
cropper who cut $12.20 worth of crab
grass hay?sold the hay at that?off
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a siUDDie neui. xne nucai uuu
fertilized liberally, and it was the fertilizer
that caused the grass to grow
so luxuriantly. The grass sold for
enough to pay for the fertilizers that
had been used on the wheat. That
portion of the wheat field that had not
been fertilized, yielded no crab grass
that was worth cutting.
"Speaking of hay, though," said Mr.
VVilkerson, "I can give you an experience
that ought to be interesting.
Last fall, Mr. H. W. Thomson and myself
went shares on some wheat i nd
oats, on means grass land. We sowed
JO acres?ten acres in wheat in November
and ten acres in oats in February.
The means grass grew up with
the wheat and oats and when the grain
reached the milk stage, we cut grain,
grass and all for hay. At the first cutting
we got three-fourths of a ton to
the acre, worth $16 a ton, and at the
second cutting of grass alone, we got
half a ton to the acre, worth $12 a
ton. From the two cuttings we got
hay to the value of $18 per acre, and
there Is still another cutting, though,
of course. It will not be of as good
quality as either of the first two."
PRESBYTERY AT TIRZAH.
Rev. B. H. Grier, pastor of the Tirzah
and Yorkville churches, has published
in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian
the following letter of information
to delegates to presbytery,
which meets at Tirzah on the 30th instant:
<
Dear Brethren: You are to meet with
the good people of Tirzah in your fall
session on the 30th of October, the time
being Tuesday after the fourth Sabbath
of the month. We are looking
for a full delegation and have homes
enough for all who come, with bread
enough and to spare. The last meeting
of presbytery at this church was
In the spring of 1873. The personnel of
the presbytery has undergone a great
change, and the congregation too will
be found1 to be almost new. Nor is this
to be wondered at when you remember
that the period of time since the last
meeting covers almost a generation.
We hope the meeting will be as much
enjoyed as the older people tell us the
meeting in '73 was. We write to invite
the brethren all to come and also the
elders who are appointed as delegates.
The Three C's train going east arrives
at Newport about 10 o'clock, a.m.
Delegates who come down on that
train Tuesday morning will be In time
for the opening session of presbytery:
The train going west arrives at 4 p.
m.. and delegates coming on that train
; will be met Monday afternoon. The
brethren who come to Rock Hill on
the Southern railway will have to lie
over several hours. Those who come
from Charlotte will reach Rock Hill
about 9 a. m., Monday, and those who
come up from Columbia and other
I points, arrive at 8 a. m. The train for
Newport and Tlrzah leaves Rock Hill
in the afternoon at 3.40. We want all
the delegates from lines of Southern
railway and east of Rock Hill, on the
Three C's, to come on Monday". Those
who come on the Three C's Tuesday
, morning from points west of Tlrzah
will reach the church in time for the
opening session.
Now will every delegate, minister
and elder, send me a card by the 27th
of October?mail to me at Yorkville?
that I may have them assigned to a
home, and may have a conveyance af
the station to meet them. The station
nearest the church is Newport: but
delegates will be notified at what station
to leave the train. This will be
determined by the convenience of the'
family, who entertains the delegate.
You will, brethren, find it to your own
comfort and our pleasure, to comply
with the above request. .
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? Trade has been fairly good this
week.
? The South Carolina and George Extension
needs a new passenger depoc.
: ? There are twenty-five boys at the
K. M. M. A. now, with new applications
still comine in. The work of the
school Is progressing smoothly.
? The promptness of the southbound
Carolina and North-Western mall
train, in reaching Yorkville, used to be
proverbial. It has nut been so prompt
of late.
? Mr. McClain is advised that his new
dynamo will probably be here within
the next two weeks. He will then give
the people an electric light that will be
equal to the best^hat is enjoyed anywhere.
^
? By appointment of the town council,
Messrs. G. H. O'Leary, G. W. Williams
and O. E. Grist have been constituted
a committee to revise the rules
and regulations governing the fire department.
*7^
? A local cotton buyer estimates that
, Yorkville's cotton receipts up to date
ar* somewhat In excess of the receipts
ud to the same date last year. Cotton
continues to come in quite freely and
the market continues better than most
of ns competitors. N6
? It has been the custom of the local
police court to fine the parties to a
fist fight indiscriminately, regardless
of the question as to who was the aggressor.
It has been on the theory
> that there could not have been a fight
unless both parties had been more or
less to blame. Mayor Willis has changed
this Inequitable custom, and tries to
dispense even-handed Justice. There
was a fist-fight last Monday between
two horse-traders. One smashed the
other's face and knocked him into the
middle of last week. The police arrested
both 'belligerents and required each
to put up $5 to secure his appearance
on Tuesday. The man who got the
licking failed to appear. The other
man appeared with witnesses and
showed that his antagonist was drunk
and so insultiner that there was nothing
else to do but give him a thrashing. The
mayor ordered that the 55 of the man
who did not appear be forfeited and
that the other man's money be returned.
THE DUST OF COL. WILLIAMS.
There Is a hitch in the proposed arrangements
for the removal of the remains
of Colonel James Williams from
the Mintz farm to King's Mountain
battleground. It developed In an unexpected
quarter, and how It will be
adjusted has not yet been decided
i upon. /
The land on which the tones of Col.onel
Williams lie, belong to Mr. D. D.
Gaston, of Blacksburg, and as a matter
of courtesy to Mr. Gaston, the
King's Mountain Chapter of D. A. R.,
thought It proper to ask his permission
for their removal. As there was
no reason to expect any opposition, arrangements
proceeded pending the reply
of Mr. Gaston, who Is now somewhere
in Virginia, engaged In railroad
work. A reply was received from him
a few days ago, and it is to the effect
that the ladies are welcome to remove
the remains If they will give assurance
that they will erect over them a monument
to cost not less than 5300.
The suggestion has not been received
favorably by the members of the D. A.
R.?at least not all of them. One ex
pressed herself to The Enquirer in
about this wise: "We do not contemplate
the erection of a monument a?
present. We hardly think it approprK
ate. The erection of, a monument to
an individual participant in the battle
would tend to detract somewhat from
the meaning of the monument that has
been erected to all. We had contemplated
the interment of the remains of
Colonel Williams in a brick grave, or
probably, better still, in a receptacle
constructed of native granite, covered
with a slab, lying even with the surface
of the ground and bearing an appropriate
inscription. That was our
plan for the present, and we will hardly
consent to the terms prescribed by
Mr. Gaston?not just at this time."
There was to have been a special
meeting of the D. A. R. in Yorkville
yesterday afternoon, to consider the
situation in connection with new de- A
velopments; but up to the time it was ^
necessary for The Enquirer to go to
press, nothing definite had been agreed
upon. Several of Colonel Williams's
descendants have" indicated to the D.
A. R. that the organization may do as - '
it sees proper with the remains of their
ancestor, and this fact will probably
give the ladles the upper hand from a
legal standpoint. But in view of these v
unexpected complications the remains
will not be removed next Tuesday as
was intended.
THE SAM JONES LECTURE.
The Rev. Sam P. Jones came to Yorkville
last Tuesday night and delivered
his lecture according to programme.
It was a good lecture, and the audience
was well-pleased; but the church debt - i
committee is, as the expression g>es,
"In n ViaIa '' TV?a tiaoolnfa ntAiut a At
in a jiuic. iuc ncic iiui
sufficient to pay expenses.
The contract with the lecturer was ?
that he should be paid $150. The entire
door receipts amounted to only <
aboftt $110, and Mr. Jones generously
knocked $50 off his bill, settling with
the committee for $100.
But it was not the fault of the committee,
nor of Rev. Mr. Jones, that
the lecture was a financial failure. At
least, the committee so holds. The
blame falls on Mr. E. F. Dougherty,
manager of trains for the South Carolina
and Georgia Extension railroad, 4
and the facts, as they have been given
to the reporter by Mr. S. L. Hobbs, of ,
the' committee, are about this way:
Having learned that the committee had
not made arrangements for special
trains for the occasion, Mr. Dougherty
volunteered his assistance and ^agreed
to run trains from Gaffpey and Rock
Hill. He gave the committee a schedule
of leaving and arriving times at
the various stations, and also fixed the ^
rate of fare.' Then, by his instructions,
the committee printed bills and advertised
the matter extensively. Tuesday
afternoon, Mr. Dougherty ordered that
four tickets be reserved foV himself on
Tuesday night. At about 6.30 o'clock he
advised the committee that on account
of the unpromising aspect of the' ,
weather, the trains would not be run.
It is a fact that during Tuesday af-' 4.
ternoon a number of reserved seat
tickets were sold to different people
in Yorkville on telephone applications
from Hickory Grove, Sharon, Rock
Hill and Tlrzah. It is also a fact that
quite a number of people were at the
different stations named previous to
the scheduled leaving time, expecting
to come to Yorkville to the lecture. t
Some few of these after they learn- % w
ed that the trains would not run,
made their arrangements otherwise
and came by private conveyance. The
majority, of course, had to put up with
their disappointment. How many people
were thus disappointed cannot be f
definitely ascertained; but Mr. Hobbs ' , ,
estimates that the number was at *
least 100. i
As to what, if anything, the commit
tee will do about the matter, has not * . .
yet developed: but there seems to he \
good ground for a suit against the rail- *
road for expenses and damages. As ;
seen at this end of the line, the con- . "
duct of Mr. Dougherty appears to have \
been most shameful; whether he was * i,f
acting in his individual capacity or In ^
behalf of the railroad.
I - ? ,
THE NEW YORK MARKET. |
October cotton futures closed quiet
and steady on the New York market
last Thursday afternoon at 10.32van advance
of three points over the opjening. ? %
An Associated Press dispatch of
Thursday night gives the history of
the day's operations on the cotton exchange
as follows:
Bull opinions predominated in today's
cotton market, and as these
views were backed by substantial orders,
improved apace. Jhe opening
was steady with prices unchanged to
four points higher. By midday the advance
had been increased to 9 to 11
points, while at the best figures of the j
day, a net rise of 10 to 13 points was
apparent. The close was steady with
prices 3 to 7 points above the final
prices of yesterday. The conclusions
of the trade and the public were found- V
ed upon bullish cables and disappointing
information bearing upon the crop \
condition. Liverpool advanced in t
sympathy with yesterday's improvement
here and later displayed impatient
strength of its own on a scare of
foreign' shorts following reduced crop
estimates from the south and claims
that cotton shipped by Manchester
spinners' representatives In the interior
of the belt would not reach the
English mills in the time allowed. Buy- .- J
ing orders were cabled to our market J
and helped to strengthen bull convic- -M
tions. News from Texas to the effect
that the damage to the crop In the t/
state by the recent floods would reach
400,000 bales, gave additional strength
to the market in the early afternoon. * .
Firmness in southern spot markets, es
tlmates for small receipts at leading
towns tomorrow and a forecast for wet s
weather over the central and eastern
sections of the belt, were bull influences
of no small importance. Near v p
the close selling for profit broke the *
market several points; but in no way * .
weakened the feeling in general. Trading
was brisk throughout the session. *
about people: f
e i
Mr. John R. Ashe is out of town for ?
a few days. .
(Miss Marie Carroll spent last Wednesday
and Thursday in Gastonia. ? i Jf
Mr. p. A. Browning, of Greenville,
matriculated at the K. m. m. A., Tues- 1
day.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Harrison are''visit- .
ing their daughter, Mrs. Fred Nims, at
Fort Mill. " ^
Miss Norma Strauss, orf^harleston, '
is visiting her brother and friends in
Yorkvllle.
Mrs. Mary Thompson, of Riverside, . \
is visiting her grand-daughter, Mrs. m.
W. White.
Mrs. M. W. White returned from an
extended visit to relatives at Riverside,
last Thursday. , /
Mrs. R. Moultrie Bratton, of Brat- ' * 3j
tonsville, is visiting relatives and I
friends in Yorkvllle. fl
Mr. Job F. Carroll, who has been in I
Savannah, Ga.t for sometime, is spend- I
Ing a few days in Yorkvllle. fl
^Mr. w. M. Kennedy, Jr., will leave I
Monday, for Atlanta, where he will Jfl
complete his course in dentistry. 0
XMrs. Wilson and daughter, Miss May, JPi
who have been visiting Miss Bessie
iiarron, returned home yesterday.
Mr. John L. Davies, of Blacksburg,
was in town this week, shaking hands
with many of his old friends.
Mr. T. P. McDill, of Hickory Grove,
was in Yorkville, Wednesday. He says
the people of his section appear to be
in better spirits than he has known for
years. . j
Thomas F. McDow, Esq., returned
from Gaffney Tuesday night. He went
there to assist in the defense of Dr.
Smith, charged with mal-practice. Dr.
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