Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 14, 1903, Image 2
Scraps and Jacts.
? The proposed issue of $200,000 of
road bonds in Mecklenburg county, N.
C., was defeated last Tuesday by the
stay-at-home vote. The law requires
the casting of a majority of the vote of
the county to make a bond issue legal.
While a majority of the votes cast was
for the issue and while the country
vote was almost solidly in the affirmative,
the issue was defeated because
the returns did not snow tnai a majority
of the vote of the county had
been cast.
? The Island of Jamaica was swept
by a terrible West Indian huricane
last Tuesday. -Port Antonia, on the
north coast, was completely overwhelmed,
only six houses being left standing,
and the southeastern, portion of the island
was almost completely denuded of
crops. The loss of life is estimated at
about fifty, which is very small, considering
the tremendous property loss,
which is put down as being hardly less
than 110,000,000. The storn swept
over Cuba with less severity; but did
more or less damage in the eastern
part of the island.
? The Macedonian insurrection is increasing
in strength and volume daily.
Turkish trooris have been sent into
the country in large numbers, and they
have already committed many excesses.
In some localities of the province
the Turks are in the majority while
in other localities the Macedonians
outnumber the Turks. The Turkish
army is operating against the localities
where the Macedonians are strongest
and where the Turks are strongest it
is understood that they are preparing
to massacre their Christian neighbors.
A dispatch of Wednesday from
Sofia, Bulgaria, represented the Turks
as gathering at their mosques in large
numbers, and that is taken to indicate
a general uprising. The dispatch had
it that widespread massacres might
commence within a few days and certainly
within two weeks.
?Paris and France are interested in
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bert swindlers, which trial was commenced
this week. Than that worked
by Mrs. Humbert, the present generation
has not seen a more remarkable
swindle. About a dozen
years ago this woman represented that
a rich American named Crawford had
left her a fortune of twenty million
dollars for some alleged service, and
by shrewdly manipulating a counterfeit
will she managed to borrow some ten
million dollars from many hundreds of
people. The fraud was kept covered
up first one way and then another until
it could be concealed no longer,
when Mrs. Humbert ran away. She
was arrested in Spain about a year
ago, and now the French people are
trying to punish her for the hoax she
put upon them. Her victims range
from poor laborers up to high government
officials; but she still has some
money with which to fight to the last,
and as to whether or not she will be
convicted of her clever swindling remains
to be seen.
? There is a feeling of confidence
here, and on the part of some of elation,
over the situation in cotton, says
a New Orleans special of Tuesday to
the New York Times. The men who
have engineered the bull movement
and cotton dealers generally throughout
the south are satisfied that the situation
is perfectly legitimate, and that
it benefits the south and will inure
to its prosperity. Furthermore, they
believe, that high prices will continue,
or, rather, that the period of low prices
for this great staple has passed never
to return. The bull movement has the
svmDathv of nine-tenths of the peo
pie of the south generally. It Is estimated
that a good crop at present
prices is worth $200,000,000 more to the
south than at former prices. The people
generally must have been benefited,
for evidences of prosperity are apparent
on every hand, and the changed
sentiment of the people is even more
apparent. The prevailing opinion is
materialized in the undertaking of
many improvements, such as new office
buildings, schcolhouses, storehouses,
electric light and water plants, street
railways, etc., and the general sprucing
up of private property. Values of
bank stocks and other securities on
southern enterprise have also increased.
All this is so contrary to the
poverty ana lassituae mamrest wnen
the bears in cotton are in the ascendant
that the satisfaction is widespread
that the market has been wrested from
New York influences, and it is hoped
and expected that the latter have been
permanently dethroned.
? President Roosevelt has granted
a pardon to a man under peculiar conditions.
Bill Follis of Texas, is the
man, and his pardon is granted so that
he may convict his own nephew of
murder and bring about the execution
of the latter. About twelve years ago
Bill Follis was convicted in the northern
district of Texas for having counterfeit
money in his possession and
passing it. He was sentenced to two
years' imprisonment in the Detroit
house of correction. He served his full
term and was discharged from prison
just twelve years ago. He went back
to Texas, and so far as known has
been a good citizen. He has not been
able to exercise his rights as a citizen,
however, and his pardon was granted
by the president so that his testimony
rmght be used in bringing about the
conviction of Jim Follis, his own
nephew. Jim Follis has confessed to
the butchery of Hamp McDonald, an
old and well to do farmer and ferry
tender in Henderson county, Tex. He
knocked the old man in the head with
an axe and then sunk his body in Trinity
river. Two weeks alter the murder
there were floods iti the river and the
body rose to the surface and lodged in
a drift. Jim Follis tusked his uncle to
go with hint to get a skirt" that had
lodged in the drift. They went to the
drift and Jim Follis pulled the body of
old man McDonald out. saying, "This
is the skftf I tokl you about. I want
you to help nte put a large piece of
iron around the old man's body and
sink him into the river again. I don't
want anybody finding his body around
here." Bill Follis knew McDonald and
recognized the body as that of the old
man. From information furnished by
Bill Follis the nephew was arrested
and confessed to the murder. Under
the laws of Texas, however, there can
be no conviction upon the confession
of a defendant. Furthermore, what is
called the corpus delicti must be proved
by other evidence than the conlession
of a defendant. As Bill Follis was
the only person who could testify that
the body was that of McDonald his
testimony is needed to convict his
nephew.
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YORKVILLE, S. C.J
FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1903.
It does not cost much to plant and
grow fruit trees; but they can easily
be made a source of considerable
wealth.
If the price of cotton will hold at
present figures or thereabouts for two
or three seasons, the south will not be
asking any further odds of the high
protective tariff or any other draw
whir>h shp has heen subjected.
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A good solution of the asylum problem,
probably, would be a reduction of
the dispensary stock. If the liquor
sales were materially decreased, there
would be less need of enlarging the
asylum.
We venture the suggestion that Mr.
T. Y. Williams of Lancaster, would be
a good man to raise the banner of reform
against dispensary rottenness.
Mr. Williams is an honest, fearless man
of ability, and he has already been
forced to cry out against the rising
stench.
Among all the absurd propositions
that intelligent men are called upon to
swallow, none is so absurd as that
capable men of character would be
willing to incur all the doubt and suspicion
that is involved in superintending
the gigantic whisky business of
this state for only $400 a year. There
is certainly no honor in such an office
as that of dispensary director, and the
salary allowed by the state is not sufficient
to tempt any competent man.
Booker Washington's doctrine that
the Negro should eschew politics and
confine himself to efforts to acquire
property by habits of industry and
economy is meeting with much opposition
from the race in the north. That
is said to have been the real cause of
the riot at the Washington lecture in
Boston recently. The northern Negro
has the idea that he should be placed
in a condition of wealth, and authority
at once, and he is not willing to
brook anything that is contrary to this
notion. But the spirit evidenced on the
subject is not necessarily racial. It
would be better described as anarchistic.
The Mexican boll weevil has appeared
in the cotton at the United States
agricultural department experiment
station at New Orleans. The discovery
was made a week ago, and the officials
were very much surprised as they had
no reason to believe that the weevil
had yet gotten within several hundred
miles of New Orleans. An investigation
is now being made for the
purpose of determining whether or not
the weevil is to be found in the cotton
plantations adjoining the experiment
station. If there are no weevils
in the plantations adjoining, all of the
vegetation on the experiment station
lands will probably be destroyed.
The Seaboard Air Line railroad has
formed a community of interest with
the Rock Island, St. Louis and San
Francisco system. The consummation
of this new deal was officially announced
in New York on Wednesday
last. According to statements of controlling
officials in the two great properties,
there has been no sale of one to
the other; but merely an alliance, and
it is given out that the object of this
alliance is co-operation rather than
competition. J. P. Morgan & Co., will
have general control of the policy of
the new combination as well as of the
Southern system. As to what effect
this new deal is to have on the south
remains to be seen.
It is all right to run down escaped
convicts with bloodhounds. It is even
lawful to shoot them under certain
conditions. It is not lawful however,
to shoot an unresisting: fugitive from
justice, no matter what his offense
may have been, and it would seem that
there is just as little warrant for putting
a fierce bloodhound on the track
of such an individual. According to
the story published in the Times, the
fugitive, Norman, lost his life the other
day solely through fear of the
bloodhound that was following him,
and the practical result is virtually
the same as if he had been shot down.
It might be well to have some proper
legal regulation of the use of bloodhounds
in such cases.
The rapid elevation of Leonard
Wood from the position of army sur
geon to major general, has created no
end of dissatisfaction In the army. It
is remembered that when the Spanish
war broke out Wood was stationed in
Washington. He is not a West Pointer,
but was appointed by President Mckinley
to colonel of the Rough Rider
regiment that was raised by Roosevelt
and himself and of which Roosevelt
was made lieutenant colonel.
There is no denying: the fact that Wood
did very good service as also did
Roosevelt: but neither of thein did any
more to win especial distinction than
did hundreds of other regular army officers,
and the idea that Wood's rapid
pi amotion from one grade to another
up to ranking general of the army on
a basis of superior merit is absurd. It
is true that the kite President McKinley
was responsible for a part of this
favoritism: but behind it all was no
doubt the personal friendship of Mr.
Roosevelt. Mr. Roosevelt is certainly
responsible for the present situation
and it is not at all creditable to him.
He has passed all along as a civil service
champion, advocating promotion
by merit alone, and this one incident
is easily sufficient to prove the hollow
sham that lay in all his professions
along that line. There is justice in
the complaint of the regular army officers
and to some extent, at least, this
complaint will no doubt be sustained
by the people of the country.
THE PROBLEM OF THE RACES.
John Temple Graves Argues That It
Can Be Done Only by Separation.
Unique among all summer gatherings
is the "mob conference," now in
progress at Chautauqua, N. Y. The
increase of the mob spirit so noticeable
throughout the country, gives great
importance to this conference. The
leading speech of last Tuesday was
made by John Temple Graves of Atlanta,
Ga. ""
Mr. Graves spoke on "The Mob Spirit
of the South." He defended lynch
law as a remedy for the crime of rape,
holding that though lynching is a
crime it is justified by the crime which
provokes it and will never be discontinued
until that crime is eliminated.
The remedy for lynching must be the
elimination of the crime of rape, and
this, he maintains, could be done only
by the separation of the two races in
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"The problem of the hour Is not how
to prevent lynching in the south but
the larger question: 'How shall we
destroy the crime which always has
and always will provoke lynching?'
The answer which the mob returns to
this vital question is already known.
The mob answers it with the rope, the
bullet and sometimes, God save us,
with the torch. And the mob is practical;
its theory is effective to a large
degree; the mob is today the sternest,
the strongest and the most effective
restraint that the age holds for the
control of rape."
"The lyncher does not exterminate
the rapist," Mr. Graves contended, "but
he holds him mightily in check."
As a sheer, cold, patent fact, he said,
the mob stands today as the most potential
bulwark between the women of
the south and such a carnival of crime
as would infuriate the world and precipitate
the annihilation of the Negro
race. The masses of the Negro, he
held, are not afraid of death coming in
a regular way. iney iove display aim
the spectacular element of a trial and
execution appeals to their Imaginations.
Expediting the processes of the law
would not be adequate to eliminate
lynching. The repeal of the amendments
and the establishment of the
Negro's inferiority in law and society,
said Mr. Graves, though desirable, are
not sufficient, "for the Negro," he added,
"is a thing of the senses and with
this race and with all similar races
the desire of the senses must be restrained
by the terror of the senses,
if possible, under the law." No influence
of supression so mighty and effective
could be brought to bear as a
law making amputation the penalty for
the crime of rape. But this, like curfew
edicts, separate laws for white
and black or the treatment of the
crime of rape as separate and outside
of all other codes are but expedients,
he maintained; there is no real remedy
but one. No statute will permanently
solve this problem. Religion
does not solve it. Education complicates
it. Politics complicates it. "The
truth which lies beyond and above all
those temporizing expedients," he concluded,
"is that separation is the logical,
the inevitable, the only solution of
this great problem of the races."
EARLE AND TILLMAN.
What They Did When the Railroads
Sent Them Free Passes.
It seems to be the custom when a
man lands in the United States senate
or house of representatives for various
and sundry railroads, telegraph and
express companies to present him with
passes and franks. Why do they do
this? Because they love, honor and
admire the recipients of these favors?
Not by a jugfull. They are not in business
for their health. When they give
one man something for which they
charge others coin of the republic it is
safe to bet your last cent that they
expect returns. When they gave Tillman
passes and franks they expected
returns in the shape of favorable legislation.
He has sense enough to
know this, and, knowing it, if he took
the passes and franks with no intention
of favoring the givers, he was
guilty of receiving goods under false
pretences. But the Southern railway,
at least, has no cause to complain that
it has not received adequate returns for
the celebrated "Free Pass No. 1," and
the others which followed it into Tillman's
possession, for Tillman has been
a consistent advocate of payment of a
big government subsidy to this railroad,
and on one occasion forced payment
of the subsidy when, but for
him, the senate would have cut It off
from the Southern. Tillman cannot
complain if he be measured by the
same yard stick he applied to others,
and all remember how he said those in
public life in this state before 1890 had
been "bribed, bamboozled and debauched"
by gifts of free passes. Their disclaimers
he brushed aside, why should
not his be?
One of the highest types of ante-1890
statesmanship in South Carolina was
Joseph H. Earle. He was of those
whom Tillman abused to get into office.
But in 1896 the people of South Carolina
sent him to the United States senate.
Temptation came to him, as it
did to Tillman, in the shape of offers
of passes and franks, but, unlike Tillman.
he did not accept them. He returned
them to the givers, with short
and simple letters, to the effect that ac
ceptanee of such favors would in no
way affect his vote upon questions in
which interests of the givers were on
stake, but that the people of South
Carolina, through their general assembly,
had expressed their will that their
public servants should not accept
passes, and while that law was not
operative outwide' the state limits, still
he respected the will of those whose
servant he was too much to disobey
even the spirit of a law passed in accordance
with their will. That was all,
and he said nothing of it. Had Tillman
done such a thing the letters
would have been given to the public
and political capital made of them.
Our information as to Earle's course
tries vesica siftec his rlenth from :i
South Carolinian who happened to see
his letters.?From the Columbia Record.
Whv Was This??Orr's Ritles, of this
state, was a Confederate regiment of
which every loyal southern man must
be proud. At the battle of Gaines's
Mill the regiment carried 537 men into
action. Of these 81 were killed and
134 wounded, making a total loss of
215 men. During the war 334 officers
and men were killed or died of wounds.
201 died of disease and tlie total of
deaths amounted to 535. Wounded,
but not mortally, there were 791 oflicers
and men, and the total number
of casualties in battle was 1,125.
The egiment was in line of battle or
engaged in the following places.
Mechanicsville. Gaines's Mill, Fra/.ier's
Farm. Malvern Hill, Cedar Mountain,
Second Manassas, Ox Hill. Harper's
Ferry. Shurpsburg, Bottler's Ford.
Fredericksburg, Ohancellorsville, Gettysburg,
Hagerstown, Funkstown, Fall
ing- Waters, Bristow Station, Mine Run,
Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House,
May, 1864; Spottsylvania Court House,
May 12; Jerico Ford, Cold Harbor,
Riddle's Shop, Petersburg, Deep Bot
torn. Gravelly Run, Dutch Gap, Fussell's
Mills, Ream's Station, Jones's
Farm, Bellfleld, White Oak Road,
Southerland Station, Amelia Court !
House and Appomattox.
And yet the chairman of the board of
trustees of Clemson college refused to
allow this honorable command to meet
in annual reunion at the college, in
connection with the Farmers' Institute,
to be held there this week. Heroes in
thirty-seven of the bloodiest engagements
in history, and yet the denial
comes from a South Carolinian.?
Rock. Hill Herald. * !
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
The First Bale.
The first new hale of South Carolina
cotton was sold last Wednesday by H.
C. Folk of Bamberg, to an Augusta
firm.
Columbia Mills on Short Time.
Columbia correspondence of the
News end Courier: Mr. W. A. Clark, ,
vice president of the .Olympia, Granby
and Richland mills, of this city, stated
today that the directors of these mills
had decided to begin with this week
and run on three days' time; that is
operate the mills the first three days
of each week, and shut down for the
remainder of the .week. The authorities
of the Whaley mills, by close calculation
have found out that by running
three days a week until the new
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able to get along without buying more
cotton. Mr. Clark does not anticipate
any trouble with the mill operatives,
as three days' pay will be sufficient to ,
provide for their wants, and this being
the hottest season of the year, the
operatives are glad to get a rest. By
using this schedule of time,'the cotton
now on hand, will enable these mills
to get along until the first week in
September, when the new crop of cotton
Will begin to come in. '
After it With Searchf Warrants. I
The Pacolet ManuYacfuripg^cDmpany i
is stiil. recovering property... that was i
lost in the flood of several,.weeks ago.
For the last several Jdays pie company ,
has had a wagon going through the
country gathering up cloth .that waa j
carried from along the river banks
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It seems that, many people went to the j
river and helped themslves, says the ]
Journal, both white and colored, to i
cloth and other things from the wreckage,
all of which was entirely wrong
and now they are having to give up
their booty or be prosecuted and
brought before the majesty of the law.
The company is prepared to Issue
search warrants for all houses where
they are refused admission. They have
a magistrate with their wagon ready ;
to issue warrants when they meet re- |
sistance. They bring a wagon load, ,
anywhere from 40 to 125 bolts of white j
cloth, every day. This cloth Is found ]
in many houses where it would be ,
least expected. It is a little funny to
hear how some people have the goods
hid away. The cloth is returned to the .
mills and what is not damaged is re- 1
arranged and sold and the damaged Is |
worked over and disposed of with the ,
other damaged good*. (
Drowned In the Catawba. <
Winnsboro special of August 11. to 1
News and Courier: This community <
was startled and horrified to hear on 1
Monday that Fred Habernieht had been 1
drowned in Catawba river. The story <
is short, but a very sad one. Early
Monday morning a party of young men 1
and boys left town for Catawba river, I
intending to spend the week camping.
As stated, the sad story is brief. The i
boys had gone in the river near a place
called Point Rock. Edwin McDonald {
and Fred HabernlcWt had walked some
distance into the river and the former, I
being the better swimmer, suggested I
that he would swim across the water 1
immediately in front of him and That <
Fred would remain where he was until '
he was called. Edwin swam nearly 1
across, finding the water very deep and
rough. Just as he was about to warn
his friend not to attempt to cross he
looked back and saw Fred about halfway
across, calling for help. He swam
to him. Fred, not physically strong,
and known to have a weak heart, and
exhausted, caught Edwin around the
neck, sinking him: In some way. Edwin
got loose, but again: Fred grabbed him
around the neok for the second time,
sinking him. -..Again releasing Fred's
hold, Edwin succeeded then in, catching
him by the hair, but, after the desperate
struggle, being himself almost
exhausted, he watj unable to save his
friend's life. .
Governor Heyward on Lynching.
In reply to a request for his opinion
on the president's letter to Governor ^
Durbin of Indiana, Governor Heyward
today said: "Now that it is an admitted
fact that lynching is no longer con- i
fined to the south, but has become a
national evil, I am glad to see that the .
president has taken such a strong '
stand in opposition to it. The views of
the highest official in the land will have ]
great weight in all sections of the
country. I feel sure, prompt, speedy
trials will go further than anything 1
else to check the reckless purpose of
an irresponsible mob and in my judg- i
ment it is the duty of all states to provide
for such trials. In cases of rape,
I realize the fact that a speedy trial i
will not totally eradicate the evil, but
I feel sure they will greatly minimize |
it. There is force in the suggestion of
Mr. Roosevelt that when colored people
throughout the country appreciate '
more the horrors of the commission of 1
certain crimes and exercise every possible
measure to prevent the occurence
and bring the perpetrators to immediate
justice, this will have a tendency to '
prevent mob violence, for it is well
known that the offender is usually (
made a martyr by his own race. That
there are more Negroes than whites 1
lynched in the south, is because of the
obvious reason that they are by rar ;
more frequent offenders and not on ac- ,
count of their color, for it is the crime
that is so repugnant to people and not
the color of he who commits it." I
Cash Raimioaij Fares.?The Southern
railway has just issued a new cir- (
cular. dated August 1. and regulating
the collection of cash fares by the conductors.
The table given is as fol- '
lows and is, as will be seen, based on
fractional miles: <
(Rie and one-tenth miles or less 3
cents.
One and one-tenth to one and five- i
tenths miles inclusive, 4 cents.
one and six-tenths to one and eight- .
tenths miles inclusive, 5 cents.
One and nine-tenths to two and one- '
tenth miles inclusive. 6 cents. 1
Two and two-tenths to two and fivetenths
jniles inclusive, 7 cents. ,
Two and six-tenths to two and eighttenths
miles inclusive, S cents. 1
Two and nine-tenths to three and t
one-tenth miles inclusive, 9 cents. . (
Three and two-tenths miles and
over, same as now shown in current
local passenger tariffs. 1
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. Q. Wray?Gives the standing of the
four leaders In the sewing machine
contest and tells the gentlemen of a
nice line of shirts he has in stock.
Strauss-Smith Co.?Makes some short,crisp
remarks to users and buyers
of sewing machines, setting forth the
merits of the Harlem machine, which
they sell at $15.
York Cotton Mills Store?Offers another
lot .of bargain values that are
to be had next week at their store.
The goods offered are seasonable
ancl will no doubt be attractive to
careful buyers.
Loan and Savings Bank?Makes some
more suggestions regarding their
methods Of saving the dimes and Invito
> you to come and let them talk
the .natter over with you.
w. u. Kawis, une PiumDer?warns 10
know if his ad is for you and has a
few remarks to make to people wl^o
owe him for work or supplies.
W. D. Lesslie,' Administrator?Gives
notice to the debtors and creditors
of the estate of T. H. Lesslie, deceased
to make settlement and present
claims at once.
T. w;. Speck, The Jeweler?Has a very
special offering to make to anyone
who is looking for a bargain in Hav-.
elind chinaware. He offlers a $34 set
of china below cost?$25?offer is
good until Tuesday.
York Drug Store?Announces the arrival
of Mr. Turnipseed with .aH the
family. It gives the name of the family
and will sell you what you want
at 5 cents an ounce.
Jackson Brothers, Clover?TeH their
friends that they will open up a furniture
and undertaking business on
about September 1st, and invite your
patronage.
Foushee Cash Store--Has received another
bargain shipment and has a
number of "rich, rare and racy" values
for your consideration.
Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Tell you about
pocket knives and razors, which they
have in slock. They sell these articles
under a guarantee as to quality.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? There was an unusually large attendance
on the funeral of Mr. E. B.
Beard last Tuesday afternoon. Business
houses were closed and--people
generally turned out to pay trihuite to
the deceased and show respect for his
bereaved family. The religious services
were conducted in Trinity- Methodist
Episcopal' church by Rev. Dr. J.
L. Stokes, who also took occasion to
make some very appropriate remarks
touching the life and character of.the
deceased. Practically the entire congregation
accompanied the remains
from the church to the cemetery, and
the whole attitude and bearing, of all
present was such as to indicate the
profound impression that had been
made by. the uhtimely taking of one
who stood in such high estimation of
the entire community. .
.. NOTE AND COMMENT.
From such information as is obtainable,
it is hardly probable that- the first
bale of this year's crop of York county
cotton will be put on the market before
the 15th of September; but it will
no doubt be offered within a few days
of that date.
The time worn custom of bleeding
"candidates" at picnic gatherings
seems to show no signs of abatement.
There are people who evidently think
that the candidate is lawful prey for
every subscription pa.per, and if It ever
occurs to tnese people tnat candidates"
are frequently men of-small
means, unequal to such unreasonable
demands, the fact does not deter them
from inflicting their unjust impositions.
The practice of bleeding "candidates"
should come to an end. It Is
ill right that these gentlemen should
toe required to pay their way on a business
basis; but that they should be
subjected to a species of blackmail is
all wrong.
The publication today of. the roll of
Confederate soldiers who went to the
war from Bethel township completes
the list of York county veterans with
the exception of one township--Catawba.
Although these rolls are
complete, none of them being '^effect,
we do not think there is any doubt of
the fact that they are fuller than have
been prepared by any other county in
the state. In fact so far as we have
Information, but few of the other counties
have paid any attention to the
matter at all. As to the real value of
the work present or prospective, there
lo lIHla tn ho oafri ovoont tliflt it fnrms
the most complete record now in existence
as to who served in the war.
But at any rate there is some satisfaction
in the fact that the York veterans
havUig started out to prepare these
rolls, will have soon carried the work
to a creditable completion. '
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mr. J. J. Keller spent Wednesday in
Rock Hlil.
Mr. John Youngblood is visiting relatives
in Columbia.
Mr. a^id Mrs. R. A. Dobson are visiting
relatives in Yorkville.
Mr. C. E. Spencer is down from
Blowing Rock for a few days.
Mr. Irving B. Cairnes and son, visited
friends in Gastonia last week.
Mr. Ed Hanahan of Birmingham,
\la.. spent Tuesday in Yorkville.
Miss Kate Blair of Blairsvllle, visted
friends in Yorkville this week.
Miss Dollie Ford of Gastonia," is visiting
Misses Willie and Lee Williams.
Mr. Robert. Carson of Spartanburg,
is on a visit to friends in Yorkville and
vicinity.
Messrs. Harry Ruff and John Gelzer
)f Rock Hill, spent Wednesday night
In Yorkville.
Miss Elise Stokes has returned from
Lhe convention of Epworth Leaguers
it Detroit, Mich.
Mr. J. C. Elliott and daughter, Miss
Hattie, areVisiting relatives and
friends in Lancaster.
Miss Josle Fewell of Rock Hill, is
:he guest of Misses Bessie and-Mary
Williams on Kings Mountain street.
Mrs. W. F. Bray and children, left
in last Wednesday night, for a visit
to relatives and friends in Montgomery,
^la.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Brown Wylle, and
laughter, Miss Rachel, are at home
lfter spending several weeks at Blowng
Rock.
Mrs. Rudolph Brandt and son, Maser
Rudolph, of Athens, Oa., are spendng
the month of August with Mr. John
L. Rainey's family near Sharon.
Cards are out for the marriage of
Dr. D. G. Thompson and Miss Effie
filouise Culp of Fort Mill. The bride
dect is a daughter of the late T. G.
Htlp.
Misses Lottie McFadden and Lillian
'""lowers, .and Master Ralph McFadden i
of Rock Hill, are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
John F. Cordon of the Fodder neighborhood.
Mrs. J. T. Sawyer of Salley, is visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
. Dobpon, near Yorkville.
Fort Mill Times: At its meeting
Monday night the Fort Mill Graded
school board elected Miss Minnie Garrison
of Pineville, and Miss Wren Harris
of this place, as teachers of the prl
niary department ot tne scnuui uuriug
the approaching session. Miss Garrison
-"takes the place of Miss Maud
Marion, who was recently elected but
declined the position. Miss Harris will
hare charge of the classes formerly
taught by Miss Mary Young, who is attending
school hi Savannah, Ga, Prof.
,J. A. Tate was sometime'ago re-elec,tad
principal of the school with' Miss
Nan Thornwell teacher of the intermediate
classes.
.' jBtey. B. H. Grler, formerly pastor of
. Yorkvilje and Tirzah churches, but
now oi Ora, Laurens county, was in
Yorkville last Tuesday and Wednesday
having come up from Tirzah, where he
pleached on Sunday. He met quite a
number of his old friends here, all of
whom, were pleased to see him. An
effort was made to have him consent
to remain over until Sunday and
preach; but he was unable to remain
away from home for so iong a time.
Mr. Grier is very pleasantly situated
in Laurens and is pleased with his
charge; but he still has a kindly interest
in the people of this section, and
he remarked during his stay here: 'T
would lust liko to loin von neoDle in a
fight for the removal of that old grog
shop. I believe the people have seen
enough of It to be willing to put it
down."
THE EDUCATIONAL RALLY.
The "educational rally" at Tirzah on
Wednesday and Thursday, was an unusual
success, especially In point of attendance
which, according to people
who have been at every gathering at
this place since the first, breakp all
previous records. They estimate the
crowd of Wednesday at fully three
thousand, including not less than one
thousand children. The attendance
was hardly so good on the second day;
but the same well qualified judges have
it that the falling off was hardly more
than one-third. Good feeling and good
order prevailed during both days, and
there was no untoward incident to mar
the pleasure of the occasion.
It was a typical York county crowd,
Willi repieaciuaiiicis ul cvcij uvibu><v>
hood between Broad and Catawba rivers,
and between the Chester and Gaston
lines, and _the polite hospitable
element was represented In large proportion.
There were hundreds of
baskets of good things to eat, and although
there was no pretense -of a
common spread, everybody was properly
taken care of at meal time.
The Gold Hill band, under the leadership
of Mr. C. T. Crook, furnished
the instrumental music, and the large
choir of trained voices under the direction
of Mr. W. M. Stowe, was a
most successful feature of the entertainment.
It received many compliments
from appeciative members of
the audience.
There were six educational speeches
during the rally?three on the first day
and three on the second. All of the
speeches were of a high order containing
much that was of practical value
to the audience; but unfortunately the
crowd contained few good listeners.
Most of the young people preferred to
seek entertainment that was more to
their liking, and the crowd around the
speaker's stand was discouraglngly
small.
Hon. O. B. Martin, state superintendent
of education, was the first speaker.
He.'explained the working of the
common school system of the state
briefly and intelligently, and told of the
efforts that were being made for its
improvement. He is a strong believer
in the benefit to be derived from rural
libraries, and advocated their establishment
in every neighborhood in order
that both young and old might
have easy access to helpful books. He
argued the advantage of stronger
scnoois over wetuvei unco a.nu out?cated
the policy of consolidation, showing
the benefits that were to be expected,and
how. He also deplored" an
objectionable tendency that is to be
seen in almost every school district of
the state in the shape of short sighted
smallness on the part of individuals,
who without good reason, would raise
embarrassing questions as to the location
of schools and as to the fitness of
teachers, etc. He characterized such
people as clogs on the wheels of progress,
and stated with emphasis that
there could be no first class schools in
c ? ?*? Xla olan
lilt* lace Ul 9ULU UUOiatlCOl iiv. aiov
gave his hearers to understand that it
was foolish to expect anything good
without cost and told them that they
should,, by all means, suppliment the
local school funds by special taxation.
Prof. A. G. Rembert made an able
scholarly address in which he discussed
the possibilities of the child with reference
to what could be done by means
of education. He did not underrate the
importance of the common schools; but
looked upon them only as a means of
attaining to higher things. He gave
his hearers to understand that in his
opinion a little education is a good
thing; but no parent should ever be
content with the idea of allowing the
education of the child to stop with the
common schools.
Prof. J. G. Clhikscales; although he
came last and contended with the disadvantage
of speaking after dinner,
made the hit of the day. He illustrated
a good speech With amusing
Jokes and anecdotes, and had not proceeded
very far until the scattered
crowd began to collect around iiim.
His evmaral thpmp was the industrial
habits of the people south as compared
with those of the north. His argument
was that the northern people had earlier
appreciated the practical value of
thorough education, and had devoted
more attention to preparing themselves
for the requirements and responsibilities
of-Jife. He drew an amusing picture
of the energy and thrift of the
average yankee in converting all
kinds of apparently worthless raw
material into articles of value and
showed how this characteristic was
a development of educational rather
. than of ' superior natural ability.
' He reproached the southern
people for- their unwillingness to
deny themselves in behalf of their
children, and also condemned a short
sighted policy which sought to make
children work for a present 50 cents,
which labor, if properly directed through
the channels of education, would yield
incomparably greater- returns in the
future in the shape of greater happiness
and more material wealth. :
President Lee Davis Lodge of Limestone
college, was the first speaker of
Thursday, and his address'was of an
unusually high order. He treated education
from the standpoint of profit?
mercenary and otherwise. He showed
how the educated man is better fitted
to get along In the world than was the
man who Is uneducated; but he made
It clear that mercenary considerations
are of secondary importance. The object
of education, he declared, is not to
make money; but to make men?men
of the highest order. He is confident
that the natural ability* of the southern
people is not inferior to that of any
other people in the world, and he is
also confident that the development in
the south of literary, scientific and
mechanical giants is only a matter of
time. His entire address was prepared
with the most thoughtful care, and
his delivery was highly pleasing to his
hearers.
Hon^ M. F. Ansel of Greenville, followed
the president of Limestone in a
nice, smooth, carefully prepared' address
on the general subject of education
and in conclusion, at the request
of the audience repeated his famous
"Brother CroiTord" story.
Hon. D. E. Finley followed Mr. Ansel
in a short, well-considered speech
that was also along somewhat general
Mnes. He referred to the fact that
soutn Carolina is irequemiy neiu uui
as an example of illiteracy. He explained
that the state's low rating
came from the fact that the large
number of former slaves pulled down
the average; but showed that . there
had been wonderful improvement during
the past ten years; and argued
that the progress of the past ten years
was a promise of still more satisfactory
progress In the future. He devoted
himself for a few moments to the
question of Negro education. He was
of opinion that Negro education in the
south had been misdirected. This is
evidenced in the fact that even a limited
common school training seems to
unfit him for the labor that he is best
qualified to perform.
Superintendent of Educational Carroll
presided over the exercises during
both <lays of the rally, and the other
members of the committee did their
full share in providing for the comfort
and entertainment of the big crowd.
LOCAL LACONICS.
We Will 8end the Enquirer ... >
From now until January 1, 1M4, for
76 cents. _
IYIr. mcuuire s nonasnn buiiwu
The residence of Mr. J. T. McGuire,
who lived just across Catawba river in
Mecklenburg county, N. C., was destroyed
by fire last Monday night. The
fire is thought to have been caused
by rats, and matches and it had made
such a* headway by the time it was
discovered that practically everything
in the house was destroyed:
Big Whisky Capture.
State Constable A. Rose, assisted by
Policeman W. J. Whitener of Yorkville,
and Magistrate S. N. Johnson of .
Bethel township." captured'two barrels .
of moonshine whisky a few miles east
of Bowling Green last Thursday afternoon.
A Negro woman advised Magistrate
Johnson of the presence of the
moonshiners in the neighborhood, and
he immediately reported the matter to
Constable Rose who - secured the assistance
of Policeman Whitener and
lost no time in getting on the trail.
The moonshiners took alarm-on the approach
of the officers, cut their mules
loose from their wagon and ran for it
to North Carolina. The wagon was
found to contain two barrels of unstamped
corn whisky, about one hundred
gallons in all and some other articles
of more or less value. The wagon
itself was comparatively new and
worth $30 or $40. The whole outfit
was brought to YorkvlUe .without delay,
and the whisky was put In the
county jail for safe keeping. It will
probably be turned over to the U. S.
revenue authorities, who claim all unstamped
liquor that may be seized
by the dispensary officials^ Constable
Rose and Magistrate Johnson had quite
a dangerous experience in Crowder's .
Creek during the chase. The creek had
been very much swollen by a heavy
rain a short time before, and when
they drove into it they found much *
difficulty in getting out again. '
Watson-tsratton.
Rome (Ga.) Tribune, 13th: The wedding
of Mra. Laura Seay Watson and
Mr. Clarence Stuart Bratton yesterday
on the lawn at Illahee, was a beautiful
and impressive ceremony. Canvas was
spread from the porch to the great
tree beyond, and beneath that shade
the vows were assumed. The two little
nephews of the bride, Myron and Seay
Sandlfer, bore the ribbons. Little
Madge Harrison passed down the Improvised
aisle bearing on a silver waiter
the wedding ring. Following came
the bride, leaning on the arm of her
father. The groom, with his best man,
Mr. McCants, awaited their coming;
stepping forward he Stood with his fair
bride before Rev. CI B. Huggins, who
in the beautiful language of the Episcopal
church pronounced them man
and wife. The bride' never looked
handsomer than in her exquisite wedding
gown of moussaline, trimmed
with elegant real lace. All about the
lawn were floral tables and Just near
the centre the bride's table, simply ornamented
with rich Battenberg ornaments
and a vase of bride's roses was
placed. At the table with the bride
and groom were seated the groom's
mother and sister, the bride's parents
and the best man. At 7.15 p. m., Dr.
and Mrs. Bratton left for Lookout
Mountain, where they will spend a few
weeks before going to Texas. Legions
of friends extend congratulations to
Dr. and Mrs. Bratton, and wish for
them all the happiness that can be
crowded into a lifetime.
Hounded to His Death.
Fort Mill Times, Wednesday; The
dead body of J. R. Norman, whose
marriage of last Sunday is noted In
another column, was found floating in
Catawba river yesterday evening at 8
o'clock. The ghastly find was made by
Mr. W. H. Jones and others at a point
a fau- hiinHrpH vnrrts nhrvva thf? .Tnnes
ferry. Upon Inquiry It is learned that
after his marriage Sunday, Norman
returned to the home of his bride's parents,
who had bitterly opposed the
marriage, and a row ensued in which
Norman abused and cursed the old
people in a most violent manner.
The matter was reported to the town
authorities, and Monday morning Officer
R. G. Johnson went In search of
the young man, but learned that he
had just left, going In the direction of
Rock Hill. Loosing his bloodhound,
Officer Johnston gave chase apd striking
the trail of the fleeing man there
began an exciting contest of speed between
the man and brute. Catawba
river was soon reached and here the
dog hesitated not a moment, but plunging
In, swam to the west bank and endeavored
to again strike the trail, but
failed. Johnson had reached the river
by this time, according to reports, and
failing to find the young man along the
bank, the officer felt confident that he
was hiding behind a cliff of rock about
mlddleway of the stream. The chase
.. 1 a i a ...nn
\\ uuaiiuuneu iinu iiuimug >vtw iitraru
of Norman until yesterday when his
dead body was found. Gorman was
about thirty years old and had lived
here only a few weeks. He came to
this place from Belmont, N. C., and
had been at work in the mllU He Is
said to have a brother living in this
place at present. The dead body was
brought to this side of the river at a
point near the home of Mr. Harks
Jones, where It still lies at this writing,
pending an inquest.