Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, March 11, 1903, Image 2
?m|>$ and |?cts.
? The Democratic senatorial caucus
met last Friday and organized by electing
Arthur P. Gorman, of Maryland,
chairman. The chairmanship of the
senatorial caucus carries with it the
virtual leadership of the Democratic
party. This is the position that was
formerly held bv James K. Jones.
Gorman used to be the recognized leader
of the Democrats of the senate. He
held the position for many years up to
his defeat for re-election six years ago.
During Friday also the caucus selected
the members of its steering committee
as follows: Senators Moran, Maryland;
Cockrell, Missouri; Martin, Virginia;
Bacon, Georgia; Dubois, Idaho;
Money, Mississippi; Bailey, Texas;
Blackburn, Kentucky, and Tillman,
South Carolina. The new members on
the committee are Messrs. Gorman,
Blackburn and Tillman.
? While no advices have been received
in the Chinese legation in Washington
regarding the serious condition
of affairs which is approaching a crisis
in the interior of China, as a result of
the renewed activity of the Boxers and
of other rebels in various parts of the
country, it is the understanding that
the new minister, Sir Leang Chentung,
who sailed from Hong Kong on February
27, on the steamship Korea for
San Francisco, will bring to Washinging
important instructions bearing on
the subject. In addition to the uprising
of the rebels and the Increased importa"*?
- * a*tAr?lAn nmciic^d
lion UI turns, we vmv. ?
by the viceroys in the collection of the
indemnity is said to have caused the
most distressing conditions in many
provinces. European advices that have
reached Washington in the last few
days show no evidence of weakening
on the part of the powers in their demands
for the payment of the indemnity
in gold. This problem will be the
first which the new minister will grapple
with upon his arrival in .Wfekhington.
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? Mail advices received hi I^ondon
from Kabul say the Ameer of Afghanistan
has divorced all but four of his
wives. The divorced women are allowed
to re-marry at their pleasure and the
ameer has promised life long support to
those who do not marry again. He has
also decreed by beat of drum that none
of his subjects shall hereafter have
more than four wives, and that all In
excess of this number must be divorced.
The ameer Is also suppressing evil doers
with an iron hand. It a recent proclamation
he ordered that any one convicted
of taunting another on account
of his religion shall be blown from a
cannon's mouth. This punishment has
already been inflicted. Robbers are
placed In cages which are hung prominently
in the thoroughfares as a warning
to others. Another proclamation of
the ameer, evidently aimed against
those who attempt to corner grain, decrees
that every one possessing grain in
excess of what is absolutely necessary
for the support of his family for four
months shall sell it If he fails to do so
his whole supply will be taken by force.
? The United States navy now consists
of 109 vessels "in being" and 44 vessels
under construction, according to figures
collected by Capt. Sigsbee, chief intelligence
officer, U. S. N. From these
figures it appears that the "fleet in being"
consists of ten first-class battleohirva
119 39Q tons- ton other battle
ships and coast defence ironclads,
41,002 tons; two armored cruisers,
17,415 tons; two first-class portected
cruisers of 14,750 tons displacement;
twelve second-class protected
cruisers, 47,100 tons; twenty-three
unprotected and partially protected
cruisers, of 31,111 tons; six gunboats,
4,020 tons; twelve torpedo boat destroyers,
5,259 tons; twenty-five first-class
torpedo boats, 3,913 tons; six secondclass
torpedo boats, 285 tons, and one
submarine of 75 tons displacement.
The vessels building are nine first-class
Daiuesnips, aKKiegtLuiig iuuo,
two other battleships and coast defence
vessels of 6,428 tons; eight armored
cruisers, 111,800 tons; three flrst-class
protected cruisers of 28,880 tons; six
second-class protected cruisers, 18,600
tons; four destroyers, 1,620 tons; five
flrst-class torpedo boats of 1,115 tons;
and seven submarines of 840 tons. We
are building no unprotected cruisers,
no gunboats and no second-class torpedo
boats.
? Gen. Crozier, chief or ordnance, has
made preliminary arrangements for
arming the entire organized militia
force of the United States with the
Krag-Jongenssen musket of the regular
service, in accordance with the provisions
of the new militia law. As a
means to that end, he has already col
lected about 60,000 of these arms at the
government arsenals at Augusta, Ga?
Benicia, Cal.. Rock Island, 111., and San
Antonio, Texas, and more will be shipped
to those points as needed. The
guns are manufactured at the armory
at Springfield, Mass. Nearly 35,000
Krag-Jorgenssens have been sent to
the arsenal at Rock Island, a larger
number than was sent to any other
point. The explanation of that action
is that Rock Island is the central distributing
point for almost the entire
middle west. The plan adopted by Gen.
Crozier is to have the muskets at the
different points where they can be distributed
to the militia of the various
states within the least possible delay.
These arms will replace the Springfield
muskets now in the hands of the militia,
which latter arms are to be returned
to the government. The National
Guard of the District of Columbia
is one of the very few militia organizations
equipped with the KragJorgenssen
at the present time. It is
stated at the war department that the
ilist ritiilt ion Of thp Km p..Tnrrens?onQ tn
the state troops will begin as soon as
the necessary preliminary information
has been acquired by the adjutant general,
especially with respect to the real
organized strength of the various organizations.
(Jen. Crozier says he can put
the muskets in the hands of the militiamen
as soon as he receives the necessary
information from the war department.
Under the law, the organized
militia is entitled to the new musket,
and the officials of the war department
are gathering information on that point
in order to determine the allotment of
arms to the various organizations. According
to the latest returns received
by Adjt. Gen. Corbin, the organized
strength of the militia Is 115,749, including
1,260 in the District of Columbia,
fcujt the Impression prevails at the war *
department that the 60.000 Krag-Jorgenssens
already collected at the arsenals
named will be sufficient to meet
all demands for several months to C
come.
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11,1903.
The Alabama officers who killed the
desperado Jeffcoat last week wjll not
receive any reward from South Carolina
for their work. They have made a
claim for WOO offered by this state for
the arrest and conviction of the desperado;
but Governor Hey ward has reminded
them that the conditions of the
South Carolina offer have not been
nnmnlldrt with. t
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The senate committee on foreign re- ^
lations resumed consideration of the s
Panama Canal treaty last Saturday; 8
but took no final action on it because of f
the absence of the Democratic mem- c
bers. Senators Morgan and Bacon t
were the only Democratic members pres- ^
ent. Senator Morgan had the floor for ^
the greater part of -the time Saturday. (
He has studied the treaty carefully and
finding it in unsatisfactory form, has ^
submitted a large number of proper r
amendments. It is his purpose to fight
for these amendments to the last, and r
while he will'vefy likely get many of
them adopted, there is very little pro- a
babllity that the treaty will ever be t
amended exactly to his notion. J
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SENATOR uurmau a appuiiiiiu^iii. ? ?
Senator Tillman as a member of the ^
Democratic steerin* committee of the t
senate, has been made the subject of i
more or less criticism on the part of ?
various senators. For one thing many c
of the senators consider Senator Tillman t
too radical for safety, and they fear a
that by reason of his position he will J
constantly keep the committee in hot g
water. Others urge that Senator Till- 1
man was difficult to locate In the recent ?
statehood fight, being first on one pol- ^
ley and then on another, and they do t
not consider this record as being a good ''
recommendation for membership on 8
such an important committee. How- t
ever, Senator Gorman's action is not t
entirely without endorsement. Quite a *
number of level headed senators are of j
opinion that the placing of Senator e
Tillman on this committee was a wise ?
stroke of policy for the reason that he f
will be more completely under the In- r
fluence of senators who have a more t
firmly fixed reputation for conserva- j
tism. We are inclined to the idea that a
this last mentioned class has taken the (
oonaiKio viou; of tho nltimtion. There is -
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no doubt of the fact that Senator Till- r
man is somewhat radical at times; but p
nevertheless, it must be admitted that *
he is a remarkably shrewd politician v
and he will be of no little value to the t
committee. t
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The Unbusted Trust.
Editor Yorkville Enquirer: c
Only one year ago, the state press, *
daily and weekly, were hurling their ?
thunderbolts at the Virginia-Carolina
Chemical company. Today that same ;
press is as silent as the grave In regard
to this great trust. Can you give the ?
explanation? Citizen.
Yorkville S. C., March 6, 1903. j
As The Enquirer does not happen t
to have been one of the papers that T
hurled "thunderbolts" at the Virginia- |
Carolina Chemical company a year f
ago, or at any other time, we would r
suggest that our correspondent, in
selecting it to answer the above question,
has proceeded without mature
discrimination. However, since the j
query is directed here, we will be
pleased to offer such suggestions as
occur to us.
If we remember aright, the attack
on the Virginia-Carolina Chemical t
company originated with the general (
assembly. Just what was behind it we ^
do not know. At the time, there were ^
some suggestions that certain members i
of the general assembly had been in- a
fluenced by rivals of the Virginia-Car- ?
olina Chemical company. At the insti- t
gation of the general assembly, Attor- c
ney General Bellinger instituted pro- v
ceedings in the state courts to annul ?
the charter of this company, and when e
the company sought to protect its 6
rlrrhto I n fha TTnHo^ Ctotoo nnnpfo Mr 1
AAA tllW W At A VV.VA tJkUkVO VVUI AU| *?* ^
Bellinger invoked the arbitrary aid of r
the general assembly. A bill was in- ii
troduced in the senate to carry out Mr. a
Bellinger's recommendation; but it was ?
killed 20 to 10. At the time there was
a very general belief on the part of t
people who are inclined to be more or
less skeptical about the professions of r
the average politician, that the whole li
thing was bluster?that certain politi- *
clans, including Mr. Bellinger, Sena- ?
tor Graydon and others, were only j
playing to the galleries; but as to c
what were the real facts in the case we
c
are unable to say. We do not hesitate j,
to say, however, that in our opinion the c
general assembly would have acted un- a
wisely and unjustly had it repealed the
company's charter.
Although we are not prepared to say
that such was not the case, we fail
to remember that any newspaper of
importance in this state has made any
especially strong fight against the
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company.
If, however, such a fight was made
and the paper has not already
given its reasons for subsequently
modifying its views, such reasons
would probably be interesting. It e
would be more interesting in our
opinion, however if we could get j!
an honest statement from certain ?
members of the general assembly r
why they became so quiet after '
raising so much dust. Perhaps our r
correspondent can give some informa- r
tion along this line as well as some- S
thing more specific about the alleged t
attitude of the "state press, daily and c
weekly." If so, we will be pleased to i
give it space. v
ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS.
Crushed Negro's Sknll With ShovelElectric
Fire Alarm Under Consideration?Recent
Marriages?Telephone
Ont of Commission.
Correspondence of tbe Yorkville Enquirer.
Rock Hill, March 9.?Last Friday
ivening at Old Point, Emerson Smith,
kit a Negro, Joe Steele, in the head
vith a shovel, crushing the skull to
luch an extent that death may result.
Toe Steele is a young Negro man about
0 years old. Young Smith is about the
tame age, and a son of Mr. .A. H.
Jmlth who is held in high esteem
hroughout this section. The occurence
is very regrettable. The story
uns thus: Smith had summoned the
lands for road duty, and as is custom
try was thereby excused irom iurmci
oad service. Joe Steele was among
hose who were put to work. He stuck
o the work though complaining of beng
unwell for he wanted to put in the
ull day. In the afternoon, about 5
'clock, the road force reached the home
>f Mr. Smith. Steele had been using a
loe part of the day, and he sat down
>n the side of the ditch to rest. Smith
>rought out a shovel, and told Steele to
lse it instead 01* the hoe. Steele reused.
Words were passed and Smith
itruck Steele over the head. Doctors
vere sent for, and such help as was
>ossible was given. Smith at once fled,
aught a train going south at this
dace, and, of course, has not been ar ested.
Squire Anderson says he did
lot know anything about the matter
intil about 10 o'clock that night.
Sveryone regrets the unfortunate afair;
and it is earnestly hoped that
Steele will get well. Dr. Fennell says
his afternoon at 5 o'clock, that Steele
s getting along very well.
The Ladies Aid society of the Metholist
church made quite a nice little
um last Friday evening. The admision
fee of 25 cents paid for bountiful
efreshments. It was intended that
'An Evening With NoalV' should see
ne of the old time spelling matches,
>ut the spellers declined with thanks.
L very pleasant feature was a recita
ion by little Miss Marion Koddey wno
lelighted those present with "The
Clown's Baby."
A dance complimentary to Miss Lona
Tillman, daughter of the senator, wap
riven in Ratterree's hall last Friday
light.
The Bank of Rock Hill is to be the
lame of our new bank. Mr. R. T. Few11
will be made president.
The city fathers are having consider*tble
work to do. At a recent meeting
he tax levy was fixed for the ensuing
rear as follows: 8 mills for ordinary
?urposes, and 5 mills for the town's
londed Indebtedness. The tax books
trill be opened on the 1st of May.
Dr. A. S. Lynn has been elected a
hember of the board of health to fill
he resignation of Dr. J. Roddey Miller.
Another vacancy made by the death
if Major A. H. White, was filled by the
lection of Mr. Jdhn R. Barron. The
ouncfl also referred to the fire commltee,
with power to act, the question of
i fire alarm. It is the purpose of the
>roposition to fix a gong at the mayors
fflce and another at Kimball's livery
table where the hose wagon is kept.
These gongs are to be operated by
antral, and when the alarm is given
hey will be rung, the number giving
he ward from which the alarm has
>een sent in. This seems to be a good
dea, and would doubtless be of great
n4>iafonHAn In nonnlp
Supt. J. C. Cork and Mrs. Cofk enertalned
at dinner last Friday the
eachers of the city schools. The afalr
was the occasion of one of the
nost delightful teacher meetings ever
leld In Rock Hill. To say the teachrs
enjoyed and appreciated the kind
lospitality of their superintendent and
its wife is to express a self-evident
act. Those present were Mlsse^ Emna
Roach, Mary Roach, Claude Godrey,
Roberta Wadlaw, Mary Mealing,
dargaret Anderson, Ella McDaniel,
dary Love, Mrs. Robblns, Mrs. Hand,
ind *Messrs. E. W. Hall and J. K.
)wens.
Three marriages took place here on
Sunday evening. This Is, of course, a
ecord breaker. Rev. W. T. Duncan
lerformed two ceremonies, urtlting
diss Ida Wilson and Mr. George McCenzle,
Miss Dora Melton and Mr. Daid
L. Wallace. The latter couple
>eing from North Carolina. Miss Matie
McCameron and Mr. Campbell Walace
were married by Rev. A. S.
togers.
Our telephone service is suspended
in account of the cable box having
* A. en j -1-V.i mkA
een Durnea out ounuay nigm. .mc
iccident was due to the fact that the
elephone wire and the electric wire
ame in contact with each other. Coniderable
blaze resulted and the fire
ilarm was given which caused the
isual crowd to gather.
To a splendid audience "Our Mutual
friend" was presented at Winthrop
onlght by the Curry Literary society.
?he performance was highly creditable;
ind the presentation greatly enjoyed,
n fact the reception was altogether
lattering, each scene was greeted with
ound upon round of applause.
CLOVER CULLINGS.
!oy Over Better Railroad Facilities
?Financial Conveniences Suggested?Reminiscences
of the Old C.
C. & A.
Clover, March 9.?It is not probable
hat any town along the line of the
Carolina and North-Western railroad
las taken a livelier interest ba.'the
hanging of the gauge than has Cl<v
er. It has greatly desired the change,
>ut in view of the time that elapsed
:fter the discussion of the scheme was
ommenced five or six years ago many
lad almost dispaired of its consummaion.
Now that the gauge has been
hanged and trains are being operated
vith reasonaDle regularity as to pasenger
service, and one or more freight
rains go by every twenty-four hours,
verybody realizes that railroad contitions
are very different from those of
he previous twenty-six years of the
own's history. Everybody seems to
ealize that the management is doing
ts level best and that it will only be
. short time until trains will be operaed
as nearly on schedule time as beore
the gauge was changed.
Mr. M. L. Smith, secretary and
reasurer, of the Clover Cotton Manuacturing
Co., expresses himself as beng
delighted with the change, as the
oaa is now in pusiuun to imouic mc
arge traffic of the cotton mill without
he necessity of transferring cotton,
oal, manufactured goods and other
upplies'bought and sold in car lots, at
unctlonal points, thus avoiding much
if the delay that at times in the past
las occasioned him much anxiety, espeially
as to coal when the supply on
iand was running low. About three
arloads of coal are used each week,
ind it is probable that the quantity
vill be increased to at least four durng
the present year, provided the balince
of the new building is filled with
nachinery.
General Manager Nichols, Trainmaser
Davidson, Roadmaster Fletcher,
Auditor Reed, and several other em>loyees
and officials of the C. &. N.-W.
vent up the road one morning last
veek in Mr. Nichols's handsome, new
>rivate car. The car is said to be as
ine and complete as to every detail as
iny car of its character in use on any
ailroad anywhere. It is a veritable
alace on wheels and has every comort
and convenience that one would
xpect to find at a modern hotel.
The demand for additional residences
ind business houses here continues unibated
and so far unsupplied. So far
is the writer knows the only store
ooms contracted for are the three to be
ncluded in the brick block which is
ilso to include a handsome and comnodious
office for the Clover Cotton
nill, to be erected by Capt. W. R.
tmith ilist 11 a snnn n? wpnthur r-nnrll
ions will permit. It is evident that
>ther business houses will be erected
n the near future as our town has al
vays tried to meet all legitimate de
mands along this line, and we realize
that we must go forward.
There is some talk or organizing a
building and loan association here. We
have never had one, but know that lo- <
cal associations, properly managed,
and operated solely by home people
for the benefit of the community where
located, have proven exceedingly prof- <
itable to other towns, helping both
the lenders and borrowers, and we are
unable to see why one would not do !
well at Clover. Suitable timber for
officers is here and all that is necessary
is for the ball to be put In motion. <
Another thing that Clover needs is a
bank. The business for such an institution
is here. At present this class of
business goes to Gastonia, Yorkville ,
and Asheville and Wilmington, N. C.
Nobody has any complaint to make of
the Institutions patronized, Put tnere
is no doubt of the fact that conditions
would be much more satisfactory If we
had a bank in our town, with at least
$25,000 capital, owned and managed by
our own people. If properly managed, :
and there is no reason to imagine that
it would not be, a nice profit would be
made from the start and business wonderfully
facilitated.
While Capt. W. B. Smith is an up-todate
man and has accomplished as '
much if not more for this town and
section than anybody else, still he has
a, habit of becoming reminiscent occasionally.
He was in one of these
moods a few days ago and said, "It
was Geo. Williams's fault that the C.
C. &. A. road did not come to Yorkville.
At the time the road was chartered by
the legislature, George was a member.
In those days there was no rivalry as
to location, as there is now, because
railroads were a new experience and"
their value not fully appreciated. The
act chartering the road provided that l
it should run from Columbia to Winnsboro,
and from there to Chester, and
the balance of the route had not been
designated. When the question was
asked as to where it should go from
Chester, if George had said to Yorkville,
why to Yorkville it would have
gone." .
A listener said, "Yes, Captain, that Is
true, but you must remember tnat it's
all right anyway, because If the road
had come to Yorkvllle, there would
have been no Rock Hill, Fort Mill or
Clover, and Yorkvllle Is doing fairly
well p.nd what would York county be
without the three other towns?"
Clover approves of General Manager ;
Nichols's proposed plan -of operating a
train frortl Gaston la to Chester, to go
down In 'the morning' and return at
night; It-.tvlir give our people the opportunity
to visit YOrkvIlle as well as
Gastonla and return the same day.
PLOODS IN THE WEST.
M1?1rm1pj?1 Higher Than It Has lleen 1
Since 1807.
The weather bureau at Washington
on Monday issued river bulletins as follows:
The heavy rains of Saturday and
Sunday have materially Increased the i
volume of water in the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers and their principal tributaries.
Dancer line staees Drevail from Cin
cinnati to New Orleans.
The greatest height above the danger
line Is at Evansvllle, via: 6.8 feet.
At Memphis the rise continues steadily
at the rate of one to two tenths of a
foot in 24 hours, while at New Orleans
the stage this morning is 18.1? a rise of
.5 during the last 24 hours, and within
1.4 foot of the highest water on record.
The Mississippi above Cairo is rising
rapidly.
The Arkansas river is rising, while
the White, Black and Red rivers are
now at flood stage. Another disturbance
now over the uppeh* Missouri valley
threatens to caused damage today ,
and Wednesday in the Ohio and lower
Mississippi river valleys.
If this rain should fall in considerable
quantity it will still further intensify
flood conditions, and all preparations
should be made for still higher stages.
The official river gauge at New Or- 1
leans on Monday showed a stage of <
18.1, a rise of half a foot during -24 j
hours, and lacking only one foot under
hlch#>st noint reached bv the erreat
flood of 1897. " )
The levee forces are quietly at work
strengthening the front In anticipation
of the flood promised by the weather
bureau within the next three weeks.
As there has been a vast Improvement
in the levee system since 1897, when 19.5 ,
feet of water was successfully held, the
fact that a twenty-foot stage is pre- (
dieted gives no reason for grave appre- :
hension here. 1
Heretofore the river has never reach- ,
ed its present stage without a break
somewhere in Louisiana and Missis- 1
sippi. The absence of crevasses to date
is taken as evidence of the marked improvement
in the levee system. Old
river men say that the current passing
here is ususually strong. If the levees !
hold this will expedite the discharge of
the flood and reduce materially the pe- .
riod of high water here. Planters have ,
large forces at work to protect the embankments
and reports received here ;
are generally of a favorable character. ,
Bayou Laforche is extremely high, the
water being near to tops of the levees
in many places, but no crevasse has yet
occurred in that section.
The New Orleans levee board has employed
a large force of men who have i
been put to work to fill sacks with earth.
These will * be held in readiness to .
strengthen weak points as they appear.
Several thousand sacks were shipped
down the coast Monday. The levees in j
that quarter are considerably endangered
by the flood.
Sensible and to the Point.
The Wisconsin legislature recently '
adopted a resolution proposing that a .
convention be held in Atlanta, Ga., on ^
July 4, for the consideration of the Negro
question, the convention to be com- '
posea or delegates irom an mc siam
of the Union, said delegates to be appointed
by the respective governors.
A Chicago paper telegraphed to Governor
Heyward asking for his views ^
on the subject. The governor replied '
as follows: "Your telegram, request- '
ing brief summary of my views on the
proposed convention asked for by the
Wisconsin legislature, to discuss the '
race question, has just been received.
I think from every standpoint that this !
action of the Wisconsin legislature is
worse than meaningless. Such a con- i
vention could not possibly bring any result,
so far as the proper aspect of the '
subject is concerned. Of all available '
reasons for the consideration of the
race question I know of nothing more
directly aimed in absolutely the wrong 1
direction, so far as the proper solution <,
of the problem is concerned, than would
be such a convention. The personel of
such a body would be a heterogeneous 1
mixture entirely without proper knowl- 1
edge of the subject they were supposed ,
to be able to discuss. The interference
and ignorance of long-range, would-be
nhnnnthrnnists has rinnp more to create
-r
a "race question" where none exists
than all other combined agencies that
have ever come within my observation.
I have always been a friend of the Negro,
and never spoke with more sincere
friendly consideration for his interests
than in what I am now saying. Right
thinking white men and right thinking
Negroes have always, with proper understanding,
gotten along well together.
The other type of Negro needs to
be dealt with. This outside interference
involves many conflicting dangers
and displays absolute ignorance of the
fundamental principles of the question.
It is a charitable reflection, mildly expressed,
to remind these champions of
such vapid nonsense how the streets of
Jerusalem were kept clean. I shall
take no official notice of the action of
the Wisconsin legislature, and shall
certainly not appoint delegates unless
urged to do so by my constituents.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
I
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. j
Dpera House?Announces the appear- A
ance of Chas. Boyle as Chauncy De- .
pot in "The Star Boarder" for Saturday
night, March 14.
Seo. W. S. Hart, Attorney?Offers the <
Hartwell farm, in the eastern suburbs (
of Yorkville for rent.
5. H. Love, McConnellsville?Offers 1
vineless or bunch yam seed potatoes#
at $1 a bushel, f. o. b. McConnellsville. i
C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Ask you to see
them for seed potatoes. They have
several varieties and offer true seed *
at close prices. , j
las. M. Starr & Co.?Give their farmer ,
friends notice that they have several ,
carloads of fertilizer on hand and '
enumerate the kinds.
W. B. Moore & Co.?Call your attention ]
to their stock of trunks, suit cases, ,
etc., and also remind you of their
crockery reduction sale. ,, 1
Rldrllp A Parrnll.?Havp a larce minnlv i
of red Bliss seed potatoes on hand, ,
and say they bought them right and .
will sell you what you want at the ;
right figures. They have a carload 1
of corn, and also have seed oats.
T. W. Speck, Jeweler?Has recently re^
ceived a dozen nice hanging lamps at
from $2.50 to $6 each, and invites you
to come and see them.
York Drug Store?Asks you: to get Landreth's
fresh garden seed there. Also
has seed com, onion sets, and several
varieties of beans and peas.
J. Q. Wray?Says he is proud of his
stock of summer clothing?proud of it (
because of the excellent qualities, low
prices, style, etc. He also calls the
attention of good dressers to his stock 1
of shirts. . ,
Strauss-Smith Co.?Tells its friends of
Mr. Strauss's intention to go to the
markets, and also gives a short state- j
ment in regard to the goods they ex- .
'pect to have when Mr. Strauss returns.
Heath.Tillllntt Mule CA.?Sav that their
last bunch of mules are up to specicatlons
In every particular.
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THESE GET CERTIFICATES. '
As the result of the recent examination
of applicants to teach In the public
schools of the county, certificates
were awarded to white teachers as follows:
First Grade: Mable Arrowood, Kate
Ratchford, Mary Cunningham, Lllla^.
MoConnell, B. O. Shannon, Julia Guyton,
Elise Stokes.
Second Grade, "A": J. G. Shannon.
Si-E. Barron, Sallie Martin, S. F. MasBey,
Agnes Gertrude Sherrer, Beulah
Crowder, Ethel McAfee, Anna Creasman,
Alice Wood.
Second Grade, "B": Vlolpt Orr, Agnes
Wylie, Mamie Whltesldes, Arthur
McAfee.
The following Negro applicants were
successful:
Second Grade, "A": M. M. Murray,
J. H. A. Neely, Hattle Ramseur, J. C.
White.
Second Grade, "B": Lizzie Hood, W.
R. Williams, Jarile Clark, Francis
Barber, Sylvia Wheeler, Ella A. McLure,'
Lula D. Medlock, Thomas Davis, .
Nerza White, Laura Bratton, Carrie E.
Brown, Mattie Murray, Ell Crosby. ' <
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? The Lehr & Williams Comedy company
played to very good houses last
week and left a good impression. The
town has since been billed for the ,
"Star Boarder," which is an unusually ,
funny comedy.
?The baseball season has begun at .
the K. M. M. A. un Monday aiiemuuu
the sub-4th class played against the j
1th and 3rd classes, beating them 7 to
5. The campus was alive with visitors
to see the game and the whole made up
an attractive scene.
Miss Marie Carroll entertained the
"N. V." club on Saturday afternoon. <
The color scheme was yellow, and it 1
was* prettily carried out in Jonquills
and daffodils with ferns, while the score
cards were decorated with hand painted i
yellow fans. Progressive euchre furnished
tVio ramp nf aklH. The first
prize, a lovely fan, tied with yellow
ribbons, fell to Miss Margaret Daniel,
while the consolation, a deck of pretty
Priscilla cards, was drawn by Mrs.
Withers Adicks. Those present were: 1
Mrs. Adickes, Miss Wardlaw, Mrs. H. j
A. C. Walker, Mrs. S. M. McNeel, Mrs.
W. S. Neil, Misses Margaret Daniel, (
Elise Moore, Sudie Allison, Hulda McNeel,
Mary Schorb, Maggie Glenn, Bessie
Barron and Marie Carroll.
^ ABOUT PEOPLE.
Dr. C. F. Williams is in Washington j
for a few days. '
Magistrate Comer has appointed Mr. ,
W. S. Peters as his constable.
Mr. Mason Blair, of Sharon, spent 1
Sunday with friends in Yorkville.
Mr. John A. Glenn, of Bethel, was in ,
iforkville yesterday on business.
Mr. Edward Thomas, of Sharon, was '
In Yorkville last Monday on business. j
Mrs. S. W. Guy, of Lowrysville, is in i
STorkvllle visiting relatives and friends.
r Mr. J. A. Tate, principal of the Fort
Mill school, spent Saturday in Yorkrtlle.
Mr. T'Charner DeGraftenreid, of Davidson
college, spent Sunday in Yorkville
with friends.
' Miss Jennie Hart returned last Friday
from a three weeks' visit to Washington
and New York.
Mrs. George Foster, of Greenwood, is
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
B. Steele, on East Liberty street. ,
Miss Nellie Hobbs, of Tampa, Fla., ]
irrived in Yorkville last Thursday on a
visit to her sister, Mrs. M. A. W. Smith.
Congressman Finley returned from
Washington last Saturday morning, i
ind will be at home until next Decern- <
&?r. (
Miss Nannie Grist, of Winthrop col- i
lege, was up this week on a visit to i
ler parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam M. Grist ]
ind other relatives. 1
Mr. William Porter, * for sometime j
past employed as a carpenter by J. J. t
teller & Co.. left Tuesday for Hope, (
\rk., with the intention of locating. c
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Strauss returned s
ast week after spending a month in f
Florida. Mr. Strauss expects to leave j
Friday to buy a spring stock of goods, i
<HIr. W. F. Marshall arrived home on r
Vfonday night after an absence of
ibout two months in Birmingham, Ala. s
fle will probably remain here for a c
nonth or two. ?
The friends of Mr. W. M. Allison, of i
Henrietta, N. C., will be pleased to r
earn that he has about regained his f
isual good health, and is getting down h
o steady business again. a
Cadet Raphael Ramirez has been sick t
vtth pneumonia for several days at the e
esidence of Col. W. G. Stephenson, t
le is getting along very nicely, and t
t is hoped that he will soon be conva- v
escent.
"Rev. W. E. Hurt Is arranging to
nove Into the S. L. Miller residence on
Bast Liberty street and Mr. J. C. Elliott
vlll occupy the Cartwrlght cottage to
)e vacated by Mr. Hart.
Mr. S. V. Wallace was In Yorkvllle
>n Monday looking after business mat:ers
and shaking hands with his nunerous
friends.
Mr. W. L. Wallace, who has been
working at Camden during the past
sight months as a Journeyman carpeh:er,
has returned to York and will enroot
jn forminc this vear. His present
sddress is R. F. D. No. 1, Rock Hill,
3. C.
Mr. W. B. Steele, Jr., son of Mr. W.
B. Steele, of Yorkville, who has been
ivith the Southern railway at Rock Hill
Tor the past eight or ten years, has recently
been given. the position of passenger
agent and operator of the Blue
Ridge railway at Anderson, and will
leave for that place in a few days.
5 The following Woodmen of the
World from this county are respesenting
their respective camps at the annual
meeting of the head comp of Jurisdiction
I, now in session at Pensacola,
Fla.: John E. Carroll, Yorkville; E.
Meek Williams, Tirzah; Wm. Beamguard,
Clover; J. K. Allison, Hickory
Grove; A. J. Evans, Rock Hill.
Mrs. J. D. Belch and children, of
Gaffney, has been spending a few days
at the home of her brother-in-law, Mr.
C. C. McMurray, on East Madison
street, near the Southern depot, where
she was quite sick for several days.
Mr. Paul Steele, of Lowrysvllle,
o/hnnp rritical illness at Clemson col
lege was mentioned recently, died last
Sunday night, and his body was taken
through Yorkvllle to Lowrysvllle on
Monday night. The deceased was a
son of Mr. Q. J. Steele, of Lowrysvllle,
and he was aged about 17 years. His
death was due to pneumonia. Mrs. R.
J. Withers and Mrs. L. A. Johnson, of
Yorkvllle, accompanied the remains to
Lowrysvllle, where the interment took
place on yesterday.
FACTS AJiD FANCIES.
X3T The Carolina and North-Western
railroad people have completed the
work of removing the rails of their old
narrow gauge track; but have not yet
quite completed the work of substituting
new steel rails for the old iron
rails on the southern part of the line.
The trains have been making better
time during the past few days than
they did for the first week after the
standard gauge was completed though.
When the new track is properly spiked
down, the process now being in progress,
it will be practicable to make
the schedule much faster than it has
ever been before. In fact it is. believed
that the time between Chester
and Gastonia will be reduced nearly
one-half. It is practically certain that
the time between Yorkvllle and Chester
will not be more than 35 minutes.
There Is every reason to believe
that the entire service of the road will
be greatly improved.
tsr Although the county commissioners
gave out a contract for a bridge
over Dry Fork, between Yorkvllle and
Sharon, almost immediately after the
narrow escape of rural free delivery
carrier, J. S. Jones, at- the ford last
summer, the bridge is not yet ready
for travel. A representative of The
Enquirer passed along the road last
Friday afternoon, and crossed at the
ford that has such a well earned reputation
for treachery and danger during
high water. The water was not
high at the time, and the ford was, of
course, quite safe. The bridge is there
all right; but It stands some five or
six feet above the ground on either
side of the creek and cannot be crossed
except with the help of a ladder. It
seems that the contracts for the bridge
and approaches were let separately..
After the bridge men completed, their
contract the approach men claimed
that the bridge was two feet higher
than specifications called for and they
were unwilling to do the extra filling
in work occasioned by this situation
at the price originally agreed upon.
The necessity for the bridge is very
great and the public should have the
benefit of it without unnecessary delay.
ts" Dr. J. H. Saye, of Sharon, appeared
before the county commissioners last
Wednesday in the interest of the Yorkville
and Sharon road. He asked the
commissioners to send the chalngang to
this road after it fulfills its engagements
in Bethesda township and around
Rock Hill, and by way of inducement
promised the hearty co-operation of the
people along the line of the road, especially
between the town of Sharon and
the incorporate limits of YorkviHe.
The commissioners gave the doctor a
virtual promise that they would accede
to his request. A dozen years ago this
road from Yorkville and Sharon was of
but little Importance; but few people
traveled between the two towns that
way, via Sutton's spring. Now, however,
it Is doubtful If there Is another
eight miles of road in the county that
Is traveled more than this. It is used
to a greater or less extent by peqple
'rom the entire southwestern part of
the county, and this notwithstanding
Its horrible condition. There are places
In the road now where a buggy will
3ink down to Its hubs, and to haul an
ordinary two-horse wagon load over it
oalls for not less than four good mules.
The people along the line of the road
are keen for an Improvement and they
are willing to help. There Is good reason
to believe that If the ohaingang
ever gets Into the locality in question,
It will receive as much help as it has
ever received anywhere else in the
eounty, and It will not be allowed to
Leave until after It has made a road
that will be a credit to the neighborhood
and the county.
"GOD AND MAMMON."
In his morning sermon last Sunday
morning, Rev. W. E. Hurt, of the Baptist
church, devoted himself more particularly
than usual to what he considers
the shortcomings of the town of York/ille.
He thinks that many of the peo3le
here are too greedy about money
making, and he went to a greater or
ess extent Into specifications. Because
:here has been a good deal of local
lommenf. upon the sermon, The Enquirer
has taken the trouble to get a
jynopsis of it. "Ye Cannot Serve God
ind Mammon," were the words of the
jreacher's text, and a gentleman who
istened carefully to the sermon sumnarlzes
It from memory as follows:
"The worship of mammon is responilble
In a large measure, for the lack
>f Interest in spiritual afTairs. God has
riven us the history of Abraham and
_?ot as a proof that the worship of
nammon was responsible for the downall
of Lot and his family early in the
listory of the world, and that the Initant
Lot decided to "pitch his tent
oward Sodom" the fatal step was takn.
Men and women from that day to
his have continued to "pitch their tents
oward Sodom," and the result is always
the same.
The preacher said that he had before
him some statistics compiled by the U.
S. government, and that they stated
that the people of the United States
spent nine-hundred million dollars annually
for rum?more than for the support
of the gospel, education, bread and
meat combined, and that statistics also
showed that nine-tenths . of all the
crime committed was due to whisky.
He said that this being true the perpetuation
of the traffic could not be explained
on any other hypothesis than
the worship of mammon.
"Wealth," he said, "is supposed to
convert its possessor from a very common,
and often immofal individual into
a refined, 'blue-blooded' aristocrat.
Should a young man, who today has
no social standing in Yorkville go out
in the world and in the course of time
return with a few hundred thousand
dollars, no matter how questionable the
means by which it came into his pos
session, society would welcome mm
as one of its very own, and do him and
his, honors. This is the worship of
mammon.
"Should there be a young man in
this community who was as a
"whited sepulchre" provided his father
had a few thousands of dol- lars,
he could if he saw fit, escort
nine young ladies in ten of Yorkhls
rottenness might be the talk of the
town. "I know," Mr. Hurt said, "this
to be true, because I have seen the
same thing done in other communities
where I have lived, and where society
doted on itself even as complacently as
it does in Yorkville."
"The worship of mammon is responsible
for the desecration of the Sabbath.
Why right out here at the York Cotton
mill work in some departments is carried
on on Sunday the same as on Monday.
I know it to be a fact that men
are engaged on Sunday out there in In- spectlng
yarn and, of course, the work*
is done with the knowledge, if not by
the orders, of the management. It is
the custom out there to put in' at least
a part of every Sunday in doing repair
work on the machinery. I was' told
that a majority of the stock in the cor<poratlon
was owned or controlled by
prominent church members, and thht if
they saw fit the work would be stopped
on the Lord's Day. I took it upon myself
to investigate the matter and
found that it was true. The worship of
mammon is responsible for this Sunday
work."
"Recently I had a talk with a citizen
of this town and urged him to attend
services at least occasionally on Sundays.
He made various excuses, but
they did not satisfy me, and finally I
pinned him down so closely that .he
said, "Well preacher, I will tell you
why. I do not attend church. I have
my business to look after, and I am
afraid that if I should leave It and go
to church I might lose a dollar!" How
many more stay away from the-house .
of God for the same reason, but are
not honest enough to admit the fact
I have examined the revised code of
South Carolina, of 1902, and And that
the law amply provides for the punishment
of those who desecrate the Sabbath.
The law is strong and covers
every detail. Tou will find It in section
500. Like a great many other,laws It . ,.
will not enforce itself. It needs public
sentiment behind it If somebody reports
a blind tiger and he is arrested
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ana punianeu, yuu nay iuai o imuv,
and so do I, but I say the welfare of
the community, the church and humanity
demands that the laws providing for
the punishment of those who violate
the Sabbath shall be enforced to the
letter, and I will say here, publicly,
that I will not hesitate to put the officers
of the law in possession of any
facts that I may have as to violations
of the Sunday laws."
LOCAL LACOHICS.
Four Legged Chicken. ^
Mr. D. C. Clark, rural delivery carrier
on route No. 1, left a four legged
chicken at this office last Friday. It
was sent in by Mr. E. G. Pursley. The
chicken was dead.
A Prolific Produce.
Special attention is called to the advertisement
in another column of vineless
or bunch potatoes. Mr. Love has
been raising these potatoes for several
years and has demonstrated their superior
producing qualtlties to his entire
satisfaction. He is in a position
to spare for seed about 100 bushels.
The Board of CoatroL
Capt. J. R. Lindsay and Mr. J. S.
Drakeford having tendered their resignations
as members of the county
board of dispensary control, the York
delegation in the general assembly has
recommended as their successors,
Messrs. James M. Starr, of Yorkvllle,
and John A. Shurley, of Old Poirn.
Commutation Road Tax.
The number of people who paid the
commutation road tax in York county
up to March 1, the last day on which
the tax could be received by the county
treasurer, was 665. The commutation
taxpayers are divided among the townships
as follows. Bethel, 52; Bethesda,
39; Broad River, 126; Bullock's Creek,y
115; Catawba, 99; Ebenezer, 38; Fort
Mill, 26; King's Mountain, 83; York, 87.
Moved to the County Home.
The chalngang which has for some
time past been working a road that
connects the Armstrong Ford and Charlotte
roads, is being moved to the stockade
on the county home farm. The immediate
purpose of the move is to repair
a piece of road leading from the
Chester road to the Landsford road.
There is a bridge to build and some
macadamizing to be done, the rock for
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Mixture of Namei.
In the statement about the Negro
homicide In Bethel as printed in the
last issue of The Enquirer, there was
a confusion of names. The name of
the NegTo who was killed was Bob v
Johnson and his slayer was Tom McCollum.
It appears that there was a
lively battle during a short time and
that many shots were fired. McCollum
is now in jail and thinks that he
will be held blameless because Johnson
was a good friend of his and the kill-.
ing was entirely unintentional.
Homicide at Blaclf*burir.
GalTney Ledger, March 10: Saturday
evening in Blacksburgg, Rich Hale
and Will Sarratt, both Negroes, became
involved in a difficulty about ten
cents, the result of which was that Sar