Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 29, 1905, Image 2
Scraps anil .farts.
? The burning at the stake of Tom
Williams, a negro, for attacking a
white woman, was commended at the
Texas State convention of Negro Baptists
at Dallas last Friday. Rev. Jackson
of Dallas, declared that if any action
were taken by the convention In
reference to the lynching a resolution
should be passed commending the
whites. Other pastors asserted that
negroes aided the whites In the capture
of Williams. Every law-abiding
negro was said to be In favor of a
lynching law in cases of the kind.
The convention refused to pass resolutions
denouncing the burning.
? The Associated Press has good reason
for stating that a new Anglo-Japanese
treaty of alliance has been
signed. The foreign office declines to
give official confirmation or denial, but
the Associated Press understands that
the treaty was signed some days ago.
The new treaty was broader In scope
in some respects than the former
treaty, notably where it Includes the
recognition by Great Britain of a Ja
panese protectorate over norra uim uu
other points which It was not necessary
to Include In the old treaty. In
some respects the new treaty contains
limitations as compared with the old
treaty. For Instance, the latter contained
a clause to the effect that Incase
of a combination of the powers against
Great Britain, Japan would be obliged
to assist her ally, while the clause in
the new treaty only requires the assistance
of Japan so far as the British
colonies In the far East and the Pacific
are concerned.
? It seems to be pretty generally
conceded that the Portsmouth conference
will not bring about peace and
that the Russians have rather the better
of the situation as to moral position.
The last proposition under consideration
was the question of cession
of the Island of Sakhalin and indemnity.
Russia agreed to give up the Island
entirely If Japan would forego her
demand for Indemnity. Japan refused,
and that left her In the position of
standing out for a purely monetary
consideration. There Is a probability
- that Japan may come back again with
another proposition, In order to regain
her lost precedence on the money question;
but there Is no good reason to
believe that there will be an agreement.
During the progress of the
peace negotiations both sides have
been making all possible efforts to
strengthen themselves at the front
with reinforcements, supplies, etc., and
the outlook is that the fighting will
soon be resumed on a large scale.
? The grand Jury of the District of
Columbia has Indicted E. S. Holmes
former statistician of the department
of agriculture, along with Frederick
Peckham and Moses Haas of the New
York Cotton Exchange for conspiracy
against the government In connection
with the cotton report leak scandal.
? President Roosevelt took a dive In
the submarine torpedo boat Plunger
off Oyster Bay last Friday afternoon.
The president's intention was announced
in advance, and the newspapers
expressed a good deal of uneasiness.
It was then given out that the
idea had been abandoned, and nothing
more was heard of the matter until
it was all over. The manholes of
the boat were closed soon after ths
president went aboard, and the bom
steamed out Into the bay where the
water was twenty feet deep. There
the boat cruised about and the presl
dent was shown how it worked. The
boat was submerged and it remained
under the water for about forty minutes.
Everything worked nicely and
the president expressed himself as
very much delighted with the mechanism
of the boat.
? John Moore, a negro, twenty years
old. was taken from Craven county
Jail in Newbern, N. C.. last Sunday
and lynched by a mob of 100 masked
men, armed with rifles and revolvers.
With his hands tied behind him, the
negro was led out about a third of a
mile to the draw of the Neuse river
bridge, hanged to one of its braces
and his body riddled with bullets.
The mob attacked the Jail between 1
and 2 o'clock Sunday morning. Entrance
to the jail was effected by
forcing the jailer to surrender the
keys. As soon as the attack was dlscovered,
the naval reserves were called
to attempt to prevent the lynching.
Crowds rushed to the bridge.
Sheriff J. W. Biddle was quickly on
the scene pleading that Moore be left
to the law, but his efforts were unavailing
and the mob carried out its
plans. Moore entered the store of
Geo. Eubanks at Clarke's, seven miles
from Newbern, last Friday, when the
proprietor's wife was the only one in.
The negro attempted robbery and
struck the proprietor's wife on the
head with a meat axe. fracturing
bones and inflicting injuries which, it
they do not prove fatal, will at least
cause not only disfigurement but lifelong
suffering. Mrs. Eubanks screamed
and people came to her rescue.
The negro fled, but was captured in a
sw-am d after a chase of a few miles
and was placed in jail.
? Carefully guarded by a force of
trusted men. armed with loaded Winchester
rifles, says the Philadelphia
Ledger, nearly $5,000,000 in gold bullion
arrived here on Tuesday from
Seattle, and Is now securely stored
away at the United States mint, where
it will be made into coin as fast as
required. So secretly were the movements
of the shipment of the precious
metal guarding that no one bui
employes of the express company and
mint knew of Its transfer across the
city, and it was denied yesterday at
the mint that the gold had been received.
The hundreds of gold bars
were stored away in four express cars,
which formed a special train from
St. Paul to this city. The shipment
was made through the Adams Express
company over the Pennsylvania
railroad, and the train arrived in
Broad street station early Tuesday
morning. At the doors of each car
stood two guards, each with a Winchester
in his hands. They received
the gold at St. Paul from the Northern
Pacific Express company, which
transported it from Seattle. The
gurads who accompanied the big
shipment did not rest from the time
the train left St. Paul until the express
company had received receipts
from Director Landis at the mint.
When the train reached Broad street
station the train was sidetracked in
the rear of the express -company's
building, in Market street, west of
Sixteenth. A force of employes carried
the gold bars from the cars to
the wagon, and a messenger officially
delivered each wagon load into the
custody of the government officers.
The run from Chicago to this city was
made in fast time, although without
incident. Few railroad employes
other than those in charge of the
train knew the contents of the cars.
Stops were made only to change locomotives
and take water. Where
curious persons cro<vded about the
train and asked what was In the cars
the guards assured them they were
only taking care of ' fast horses," and
few learned of the great value of the
train.
?hr ^forhrillr inquirer.
YORK VILLI:, S. C.:
TUESDAY,AUGUST 29. 19(5.
The testimony in the investigation
suggests that some of the officials attend
to the state's business Just as
they would attend to their own. In
fact one Is at a loss to determine
whether these officials consider the
business their own or the state's.
Mr. John Wood, who has been editing
the Rock Hill Herald for some time
past, since shortly after Mr. Hull became
critically 111, is to continue In
charge of the paper >ermanently. Mr.
Wood has had considerable experience
In the newspaper business and can be
depended upon to hold the Herald up
to a high standard.
The Columbia Record charged that
the druggists of Oaffney have paid
the United States Internal revenue
tax required of retailers. The
Gaffney Ledger has offered to
pay the Record one hundred dollars
for each case it Is able to prove; but
the Record does not appear to be anxious
to make money that way.
A Paris newspaper, the Matin, suggests
that since the end of the war
between Russia and Japan now depends
entirely on the question of
money, Mr. John D. Rockefeller might
settle the whole matter by putting up
the necessary billion dollars, Mr.
Rockefeller, however, has not been
very much Impressed with the Idea.
There is good reason to believe
that Richard I. Manning of Sumter, Is
to be centered upon as the dispensary
candidate for governor. He Is to undertake,
the Indications are, sponsorship
for a revised dispensary law very
well calculated to open the way to a
new era of debauchery similar to that
which Is now believed to be coming to
an end.
When we used to Intimate corruption
In the dispensary, some of our
contemporaries would InRlst that we
prove It. We venture now that the
greatest wonder with most of the people
in the state Is not that evidence
of so much corruption has developed;
but that it ever came out. We venture
also that hut few DeoDle In South Car
ollna believe that even the half has
been told.
Commenting on the disgraceful conduel
of Mayor Woodward In Toledo,
the Atlanta Journal says:
"There would be no disposition on our
part to curtail the Mayor's bibulous
pleasures so long as he worshiped
Bacchus in private. If he gets drunk
In Ms private capacity It Is his own
business chiefly. But in this case he
was representing Atlanta and the
council should call him to account for
his failure to uphold the dignity and
prestige of Atlanta. Atlanta wanted
the League of American Municipalities
to meet here next year. Is it any wonder,
after the scene created by Atlanta's
inebriated mayor, that the proposition
was turned down as a rather
humorous proposal? Woodward has
forced Atlanta to share his disgrace
before the eyes of all the world, and
the council should act promptly."
But after all It Is Atlanta's own
fault. She should arrange matters so
as to make it Impossible that such men
as Mr. Woodward can be elected to
the mayoralty. The facts of his case
were like this. There were several rival
factions striving for the 6.000 votes
that gave supremacy in the city. They
went to the general election with their
differences and Woodward slipped In
with only 2,000 votes. The decent element
of Atlanta should have chosen
its candidate In a primary.
The Tirza;i Meeting.
While we confess our inability to see
any good reason for the proposed dispensary
meeting at Tirzah on September
7. especially In view of the fact
that our people understand the dispensary
question so well, and a majority
of them have pledged themselves
against the state liquor business, still
we deem It Important that there be a
full attendance at that meeting.
Just why, we shall not attempt to
explain beyond the statement that It
1 Is no doubt because of righteous principles.
based deep on the teachings of
Christianity, York county has, for
more than fifty years, been the most
uncompromising enemy of the liquor
traffic in South Carolina, and from
what is generally believed to be the
character of her people, there is but
f little reason to think that they will
1 ever surrender their convictions along
this line.
The whisky question had been pret1
ty well settled in York county previous
to the enactment of the dispensary
law. and except for that law. with the
prugirns 11 111 l llir ruilnr.il irivn.i/K^M
ists of this section were making, It Is
1 quite probable that the year 1882
would have witnessed the last legal
sale of whisky, and by this time the
abominable traffic would have been
completely banished from the borders
of the county.
While York has s ways been willing
to leave other counties to deal with
the whisky question as they chose,
it is not fair to say that a majority of
the people of this county have, within
the last fifty >tars sanctioned the
liquor traffic either under the saloon,
blind tiger, or dispensary system, and
' the very history of the dispensary in
this county illustrates clearly that it
was established against the will of the
people.
Blacksburg. originally dry by legislative
enactment, became a liquor town
again by a trick of legislation. The
general assembly, tipon request of the
citizens prohibited the sale of whisky
In Black's Station. Afterward some
shrewd schemers had the name of the
town changed to Blacksburg. Nobody
had dnamed of a probable double
motive. Black's Station having thus
bte.i wiped out of the statutes and
there being no law against the sale
of liquor in Blacksburg. saloons were
re-opened. Thus was the way cleared
for the dispensary, but at the first op
portunity. the people, years afterward
closed It up.
The original dispensary law provided
that dispensaries could not be established
in towns which had previously
decided for prohibition. This was afterward
amended so as to allow these
'.owns to vote on establishing dispensaries;
but no provision was made for
the removal of a dispensary In case
It should prove unsatisfactory. Under
this law there was an effort to secure
a majority vote for the establishment
of a dispensary In Yorkville. The people
would have nothing of the kind and
with a view of forcing them to it, a
dispensary was established at Tlrzah,
with about a dozen votes.
The history of the Tlrzah dispensary
is still fresh In the memory of most
of our people. It would fill a volume;
but a brief outline will be sufficient at
this time. People wno rrom inrancy
had been taught the dangers of Intoxicating
liquors iearned to believe that
there was no harm in whisky sold by
the state and In the course of time
whole neighborhoods were debauched.
The Influence of this dispensary was
felt In every direction, until the people
were forced to arise In their might to
put it down. Petition after petition
was submitted to the proper authorities,
but the authorities returned the mocking
answer that they had no power to
remove the objectionable institution.
At length the people of York county
sent a representative to the legislature
with the especial object of securing
the removal of the dispensary, and
the matter was about to become a state
Issue. Mr. deLoach had a bill to give
the people the right to vote out dispensaries
and was about to introduce
It. To prevent the introduction of this
bill Hon. W. A. Barber, then attorney
general and connected with the dispensary
board, took the responsibility
of removing the dispensary In violation
of the law.
The relief of Tlrzah was a signal
for renewed efforts to secure the establishment
of a dispensary In Yorkvllle.
There is reason to believe that
the whole dispensary machine combined
with local influences to this end.
and the thing was finally accomplished.
with the result that the Tlrzah agitation
was promptly renewed. A majority
of the qualified voters of the town
petitioned the removal of the dispensary;
but unable #to get relief In this
way Senator Brice began his fight to
give the people the right to vote dispensaries
out where they so desired,
and here we stand with a majority of
the white people of York county de
mondlne that the onlv disoensary in
the county be removed and that no
more be established.
Maybe Senator Tillman thinks the
people of York county don't understand
this question. We have met people
to whom the attitude of York county
on the whisky question was Incomprehensible.
but we think that the people
of York county understand the whisky
question better than Senator Tillman
understands them. There is not
a gTeat deal of hostility to Senator
Tillman in this county. There is some,
we admit; but not a great deal; but
a majority of the people hate the liquor
traffic as they do the very devil
In hell. They hate it because of the
harm they have seen it do and because
of the harm they know it still may do
to themselves, their fathers, their husbands,
their sons, their sweethearts,
and they are not going to compromise
with it on account of Senator Tillman
or any other man on earth. This is
our firm belief.
However, notwithstanding the fact
that a majority of the people of York
are against the whisky traffic, we want
to take occasion to advise them to be
at Tirzah on September 7. We do not
question the moti' es of Senator Tillman
in coming to Tirzah. He is to be
there by Invitation: but underlying
that invitation we believe there is
hope of saving the dispensary. It has
been claimed on the floor of the South
Carolina senate that Senator Brice
did not represent the people of York
county on this question and there is on
foot an ill-concealed effort to pack
this meeting with people who will
root for the dispensary, with a view
to making it appear that the people
of the county in which the Brice law
originated are really indifferent on
the subject. We are not charging
Senator Tillman with complicity In
anything of this kind; but we are satisfied
that there Is something in the
suggestion.
Senator Brice goes to Tirzah, not
because he wants to, but as the representative
of the dispensary opposition
in York county. That everybody
knows his position goes without saying.
He declared at a public picnic
in 1903 that the dispensary owed its
origin to Ben Tillman and the devil,
and since that time he has been fighting
for the right of the people to settle
this question for themselves. It
Is because of his efforts that now for
the first time since the Inauguration
of the dispensary law the people
are to be allowed the right of saying
whether or not they sanction the
state conduct of the liquor business,
and Senator Tillman comes to persuade
them that they should have no
such right.
Every effort is being made to rally
the dispensary forces at Tirzah. The
dispensary opponents owe it to themselves
and to Senator Brice to be
there also.
? Gen. John D. Frost announces
that he will not be a candidate for
another term as adjutant and inspector
general. He says he will quit politics
and try to make some money for
his family.
? Spartanburg special of yesterday
to the Columbia State: The leaders
of the prohibition movement, through
their attorney, Mr. S. J. Simpson, turned
over to the county supervisor today
the petition for ordering the election
on the issue, dispensary or no disptusury.
along with the revised lists
of 20 of the largest precincts in the
county, which Is one-third of them.
The petition has 2,800 signatures. The
anti-dispensary people are confident
that they have away over the requisite
one-fourth of the voters, and will
await the action of County Supervisor
Miles. Mr. Miles was not in his office
this afternoon when the papers
were presented and they were turned
over to Clerk F. C. West of the board
of county commissioners.
? Receiving a number of new petitions,
which placed the verified signatures
at 1.998, Chairman Joseph A.
McCullough, of the anti-dispensary
committee, decided not to delay the
fight for prohibition in Greenville
oounty and filed the records with Supervisor
Walker at 11 o'clock last
Saturday, with a request that the petition
be acted on as soon as possible.
In view of the fact that the members
of the supreme court are to meet in
Columbia on the 1st of September for
the purpose of hearing the Pickens
election case, it is believed that the
decision will be forthcoming in the
course of a month or six weeks, because
the nature of the proceedings
makes this imperative. Should the
court adopt such a course the committee
would then have the benefit of
its decision before the Greenville election
actually takes place, which is
very much to be desired.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8.
J. F. Ashe, McConnellsvllle?Has 600
bushels seed oats for sale.
W. D. Glenn. Chairman?Gives notice
that the Graded schools will open
on Monday, Sept 11, instead of on
the 4th as previously announced.
Stewart & Jones, Fort Lawn?Want to
sublet portion of grading contract
and want to hire 50 mules for work
on grade.
York Drug Store?Tells of the merits
of D. D. D., as a remedy for all
skin diseases and eruptions. Call
for proof of the claims rpade for It.
See fourth page.
Woolson Spice Co.?Says to "Let
common sense decide" for you In
buying coffee, ard sets forth its
claims for Lion coffee, sold in sealed
packages?see fourth page.
L. R. Williams, Probate Judge?Gives
Notice that J. M. Campbell has applied
to him for letters of administration
on the estate of N. B. Campbell,
deceased.
Thos. W. Boyd, Co. Supervisor?Gives
notice that an election will be held
In York county on the question of
"Dlspensary"_ or "No Dispensary"
on Tuesday, sepi ze. i?uo.
G. W. Sherrer?Is ready to serve you
with choice groceries at live and let
live prices. Riding bridles at 86c
each.
E. Earle Thornwell?Is In a position
to make connection between buyers
and sellers of real estate. He desires
your business.
Glenn & Allison?Have a complete
line of buggies and harness, and
want yoO to remember that they
sell Studebaker wagons.
Foushee Cash Store?Offers gingham
and cheviot remnants at bargain
prices. Special values in suspenders.
Remnants of embroideries.
Fred C. Black, Agent?Points out the
advantages to be had in a policy of
the Security Life and Annuity company.
Sam M. Grist?Is prepared to insure
cotton either at your home or at
any place at which you may store
it. He wants you to see him for
life, fire, accident or health insur-1
ance.
Carroll Bros.?Have an Improved
well fixture which sells for 812.50,
and gives users universal satisfaction.
They Invite you to see them
about it.
J. Q. Wray, The Leader?Makes a few
remarks about *he good qualities
of "Superb" clothing, of which he
has a complete fall and winter line.
W. M. Kennedy, *gent?Has barley
and rye seed and wants to supply
you. Also has a full supply of all
kinds of school supplies.
Cotton picking is daily becoming
more general; but has not yet fairly
opened.
It is getting time to make arrangements
to put In a wheat crop. In view
of the general failure this year the
, next crop ought to be good.
A gentleman who was in Lancaster
county a few days ago informs the reporter
that strong feeling has been
aroused because of the suit against
the county on account of the Morrison
lynching. The probability is that the
first move of the plaintiffs attorneys
will be for a change of venue.
There is a continued gratifying in
crease In the business of the local
banks and new customers are an
every day business. It Is a fact, however,
that not a few owners of cash
money still Insist on the old time custom
of carrying it to their homes and
hiding It as best they may, Instead of
leaving It safe subject to check or
bearing 4 per cent interest on certificate
of deposit. Both the local banks
are as safe as any similar Institutions
In the country.
FORT LAWN TO CATAWBA.
Work on the new railroad to be built
in connection with the development of
Great Catawba Falls, is to be com*menced
forthwith and pushed to corr*ph
tlon without delay.
As has already been announced the
grading work Is to be done by Messrs.
Stewart & Jones, the well known contractors
who helped in the double
tracking of the Southern and who have
been engaged on the extension of the
C. & N.-W.
Mr. Stewart was In Yorkvllle a few
days ago making arrangements to get
such labor as Is to be had In this vicinity,
Including a large number of
additional mules. From the advertisement
In another column It will be
seen that he is willing to sublet a part
of his contract.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? The date of the opening of the
Graded school has been postponed to
September 11.
? New crop sweet potatoes are coming
on the market. The opening price
was one dollar per bushel.
? Local cotton buyers are making
their arrangements to figure during
the opening cotton season with their
usual energy.
? Cement paving work has been suspended
for the present: but the Improvement
has been most marked.
? Mr. W. P. Harrison has bought
a lot on King's Mountain street next
to Mr. R. T. Allison and will build a
residence soon.
? Work on the O'Leary building,
which has been delayed for some time
because of the trouble of getting material,
has been resumed with great
activity. The walls have been rising
rapidly this week.
? Rev. W. C. Ewart announced Sunday
that there would be no preaching
at the Associate Reformed church next
Sunday or the Sunday following. He
will be absent by presbyterial appointment.
Prayer meeting service will be
held tomorrow afternoon as usual.
? Messrs. P. B. and W. A. McAfee,
had quite a narrow escape from a
serious accident on the Southern railroad
this afternoon at about 12.30.
They were on railroad street with a
wagon retailing country produce, when
a shifting freight train frightened their
mules. The mules became unmanageable
and stubborn and backed the
wagon toward the train up against the
approaching engine. Engineer Crow
heard the commotion and stopped the
train with the emergency brakes. One
of the wagon wheels was crushed; but
* ' ? 5 ? 1 ..n/tn nrlt LaiG
ine men anu muicn rnta^cu ?tuuuui
Injury. Messrs. McAfee attach no
blame to the railroad people; but the
latter will probably pay for the repair
of the wagon.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mrs. R. D. Alexander and children
are visiting in Gastonia.
Miss Kate Cody returned home last
night from Blowing Rock.
Mr. J. Q. Wray spent Sunday and
Monday in Union county.
Master Sims Smith of Blacksburg,
Is visiting Mrs. L. A. Johnson.
Mr. C. B. Smith is visiting friends
in Chester county this week.
Mr. E. E. Corry of Gaffney, spent
yesterday with friends in Yorkvllle.
Mrs. M. J. Walker returned home
from Cleveland Springs last night.
Mr. J. M. Schorb of Cheraw, spent
several days in Yorkvllle last week.
Mr. A. B. Hammond of Columbia,
spent Sunday with friends in Yorkvllle.
Miss Mattie Thomas of Charleston,
is the guest of her sister, Mrs. W. B.
Williams.
Miss Mary Ashe Is at home after
a visit of several weeks to friends in
Lancaster.
Miss Pearl Whisonant of Wilkinsville,
is the guest of her sister. Mrs.
J. P. White.
Mrs. W. O. Rawls and sons. Masters
Willie and Edward, are visiting at McConn?
llsville.
Mr. Boyce Comer returned home
Sunday after a stay of several weeks
in Charlotte.
Mrs. J. D. Rainey of Blacksburg
spent Saturday in Yorkvllle with Mrs.
L. A. Johnson.
Miss Mary Williams visited hei
sister, Mrs. W. W. Miller, In Rock
Hill this week.
Master Ottman Rose Is with the
Geological survey party in Bullock'!
Creek township.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Bateman ol
Columbia, stopped over In Yorkvllle
last night with Mr. and Mrs. M. B
Jennings, on their way home from
Cleveland Springs.
Misses Nannie and Mary Eunice
Grist are visiting at Clover, the guesti
of Mrs. J. D. Gwln.
Misses Willie and Lee Williams returned
home Saturday after a twc
weeks' stay at Blowing Rock.
Miss Llda Tall of Baltimore, Md., it
spending a few days In Yorkvilh
visiting her sister, Mrs. W. D. Grist
Dr. John B. Bowen left this morn
Ing for Charleston, where he will Joir
a party of friends going to New Yorl
by water.
Misses Bertha Jenkins of Mt. Holly
and Emma Jenkins of Stanley Creek
N. C., are guests of Mr. L. E. Dame
ron's family.
Mrs. Prank Slmms and three soni
of Columbia, spent last night ti
Yorkvllle on their way to visi
friends at Brattonsvtlle.
REAL E8TATE INQUIRY.
The Inquiry for real estate li
stronger than it has ever been in th<
history of the county, especial!:
since the war, and the activity I;
greater.
People In a position to know wha
Is going on along this line are im
pressed with the number of would-b<
Investors who seem to be huntlni
something nice In dirt.
The demand for agricultural land
Is rather more pronounced than fo
town lots; but either kind of prop
erty Is more readily salable at thl
time than It has ever been.
There have been numerous trans
fers In different parts of the count;
of late at prices that were especlall;
satisfactory to the sellers, and whlcl
must necessarily have had the ap
proval of the buyers.
The number of farm mortgages 01
record at the clerk's office Is smalle
than it has been for many years an<
few new mortgages are being re
corded except to secure purchas<
money. There Is no good reason ti
look for a great many foreclosure
this year, because in the case o
most maturing paper, where th<
holder Is unwilling to renew there I
generally somebody to take his place
As matters now stand the proba
blllty is that the majority of the sale
to be made by the clerk this fal
and next spring will be for the pur
pose of partition.
LOCAL LACONIC8.
We Will Send The Enquirer
From now until January 1, 1906, fo
74 cents.
Death of Mrs. H. A. C. Walker.
A telegram received here yesterda
by Mr. Withers Adlckes, announce
the death of Mrs. H. A. C. Walker, a
her home at St. George's yesterda;
morning. Mrs. Walker lived In York
vllle during the. time her husband wa
superintendent of the Graded schoo
and had many friends here who wll
be grieved to hear of her death. Sh
was only about thirty years of ag<
and Is survived by her husband and i
daughter about one year old.
York County Medical Association.
The regular bi-monthly meeting o
the York County Medical assoclatloi
was held In Yorkville yesterday wltl
quite a general attendance of th<
members. There were a number o
visitors, Including Dr. Legram
Guerry, of Columbia; Drs. Cox, Wylie
McConnell and Johnson, of Chester
In the absence of Dr. Bigger, thi
president. Dr. W. M. Love presided
Dr. Guerry read a paper on gal
stone, and the paper elicited an in
teresting and instructive discussion
The members generally were ver;
much pleased with the meeting a
It was, all In all, the best that ha
been held up to this time.
ROCK HILL AND VICINITY.
Cotton Controversy With SouthernBaseball?Reward
For the Do
Slaughterers?The Union Warehous
Matter?The Picnic at ML Gallant.
OorrMpondeQc* of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Rock Hill, August 29.?The cottoi
buyers of this city are very mucl
wrought up over the recent ruling o
the Southern Railway, that no cottoi
be placed on the company's platform
until the same Is ready for shipment
Mr. John T. Roddey took the matte
up with Superintendent Williams, o
the Savannah division; but as yet h
has no promise of any relief from th
restrictions. The buyers here will b
greatly Inconvenienced by the rullni
as nearly all the cotton bought on th
market is weighed on the platforms o
the Southern railway.
There is talk of placing a few bale
on the platforms in order to make i
test case and carry the matter Into th
courts. Some of the buyers are ver;
Indignant over the matter, claimlni
that the position of the Southern 1
arbitrary and would not be taken 1
they had competition here.
The Rock Hill baseball team whlcl
has gained quite a reputation all ove
the state for playing good ball sine
Its organization about two months age
went down In defeat at the hands o
the Belton boys last week. Thre<
games were played, one Friday af
ternoon and two Saturday. Thi
visitors won the two first games, thi
score in the first game standing 7 ti
0. and the second game 16 to 5. Th
third game was won by the home tean
by a score of 5 to 3. Just how the lo
cals came to lose has been a matter o
much debate, but all of the followlni
probably had to do with the result
1st. The visitors had a strong tean
and played good ball. 2nd. The homi
team made a few costly errors an<
were also minus some of their bes
players. Had the contest taken plac
a few weeks ago the result might havi
been different. It Is understood tha
the team has disbanded for this sea
son. The first base and field worl
of the Belton team was pronounced thi
finest ever witnessed on the Rock Hll
diamond.
The recent wholesale slaughter o
dogs In Rock Hill still remains a mys'
tery. There are numerous rumori
afloat, but none of these have beei
verified and nothing has developed t<
throw any light on the affair in an]
nknili tfii
way. rwrwuiua U551 rgauug auvui tv<
have been offered for the apprehenslor
of the guilty party, but so far the po
Ilee are without any clue.
The reg-ular annual meting of th<
Farmers' Co-operative Union of East
ern York will be held Wednesday
morning in the rooms of the Commerclal
club. The meeting will be callet
to order at 11 a. m. Beside the electlor
of officers for the ensuing year othei
matters of more than ordinary Inter
est to all the members will come before
the meeting. The union warehouse
question will be finally decider
and all details arranged. A lot or
White street has already been securec
for the building which will have t
storing capacity of 2.000 bales Bid!
for the erectlor of the building will b<
presented at the meeting Wednesday.
The "Veterans' picnic," given by Catawba
camp U. C. V. in honor of th<
Anne White and Sam Barron chapt
rs of the United Daughters of the
j Confederacy, will take place today ai
Mt. Gallant. The various committeer
I have spared no pains in their effort.*
to arrange a programme that will entertain.
amuse and instruct everybodj
and a large crowd and a dellghtfu!
time is anticipated. Special entertainment
has been provided for the
members of the two chapters of the U
D. C. as special guests of the veterans
The protracted meeting which was tc
have started at Antioch church on the
2nd Sunday In this month, was postponed
on account of the pastor. Rev
W. C. Winn being ill, and will start on
the first Sunday In September.
Mr. Jim Heath who has been confined
to his bed the past two months is
much better and will soon be able tc
be out again.
THROUGH THE COUNTY.
, Gleanings of Interest to Dwellers
i Along the Rural Routes.
Yorkville No. 1.
Mr. R. L. Brown of Chester Is
! spending a few days with relatives and
friends In the Beersheba nelghbor1
hood.
j Yorkville No. 4.
i Visitors to Mr. C. H. Smith's flsh
pond this summer have Invariably been
. struck with the anbearance of a re>
markahle water plant that never falls
to excite careful notice. The leaves
s are great round disks, some of them
? seven feet In clcumference and He
. flat on the water with nothing to In
dicate their connection with a common
i source except here and there some
i beautiful pale pink blossoms almost
as large as cocoanuts. The leaves
; tiid (lowers are those of the Egyptian
; lOtUS.
Yorkvillo No. 5.
Crops along this route are In fairly
good condition, and cotton, which Is
1 opening rapidly promises a good yield.
There have been 21 cases of typhoid
fever at Sharon during the past six
weeks up to date. All the sufferers are
getting along very nicely. Mr. Youngs
blood and Mrs. Burgess have the most
t severe cases at this time. The exact
. source of the fever has not been defl
1 nltely ascertained. It is generally ats
tributed to infected well water or an
accumulation of decayed vegetable and
t animal matter under a large warehouse.
near the depot.
YorkvilU No. 3.
Mrs. Jane E. C'lnton died at her
5 residence near Bethesda on August
22. aged 81 years and 9 months. She
B was buried at Bethesda, the services
being conducted by Rev. A. H. Atkins
r of Lowryville.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Rlckard, who
8 have been visiting near Bethesda, returned
to their home in Newberry
last Friday.
Miss Ethel Clinton is visiting relay
lives at Sligh's and Newberry this
Y W<Dr. W. T. Hall, of the Theological
1 Seminary, Columbia, S. C.. preached
- at Bethesda Sunday.
Sharon No. 1.
i Saye Love, who stabbed Luther
r Brakefleld at the Bullock's Creek plc.
nlc has been bound over to answer
to the charge of assault and battery
~ with intent to kill at the next term
e of the court of general sessions. Love
0 was first arrested on a warrant charging
him with simple assault. He
9 plead guilty and Magistrate Duncan
f Imposed a fine of (5. Mr. Brakefield's
e father was not satisfied with this and
asked for a warrant charging a more
serious offense. Magistrate Duncan
> declined to change the warrant until
- he could get Information that would
? satisfy him of his right to do so. In
the meantime Mr. Brakefield procur'
ed another warrant from Magistrate
- Comer at Yorkvllle, and the case was
disposed of for the time being as
stated above. There has been some
feeling about the matter in the neighborhood.
Mr. Brakefield's friends are
Inclined to hold that Mr. Duncan has
r been inclined to be partial. Mr. Duncan
Insists that he acted in accordance
with his understanding of what
was proper, and without prejudice.
y The matter will no doubt be satlsfac*
torily settled at the higher court.
Hickory Grove No. 2.
1 One of the oldest, most prosperous,
y and most respected families of West
ern York is that of Uncle John B.
B Whltesldes, In early life he was mar.
ried to J ine Caroline McGili and a
'> Inn* onH nnnnv llf?? came to both of
II them. In 1899, Mrs. Whltesldes was
e called away from earth, and 9tnce that
? time Mr. Whltesldes has lived with
his youngest daughter, Mrs. Amanda
a McGlll. Mr. Whlusldes will be 80
years old the 25th of December. In
his eighty years, he has probably done
more hard work than any man in the
f county, always noted as an industri[i
ous man, he seemed actually tireless;
. all the summer busy with his farm,
all the winter hauling logs, cutting
f ditches, working with machinery,
* building dams, and if he worked hard,
he saved the product of this labor; for
, years he has been recognized as one
* of our most substantial farmers, and
I now In his old age, after his children
j have each secured a portion, he still
conducts the business of his own farm.
As a citizen he has always figured
[ on the side of pure and honest govern?
ment, and upright business methods
? In the same. In his religion, he has
worked hard, just like he has In his
business; and he has been successful
In it too. Men have confidence In him,
and his church has never called on
him for help, of any kind in his power
to give, but that it has been given
_ freely. In his family, he has not only
trained his children in the nurture and
" admonition of the Lord, but has also
* trained them to be diligent in business,
and they are with him as arrows in
the hands of a mighty man. A few
days ago, his children and grand-chilu
dren with a few friends, gathered at
f the old home place and spent the day
with their grey-haired sire. An abundance
of good things, served picnic
. style, In the yard, was enjoyed by all
' present, and the day was spent in
{ social enjoyment in which not only the
_ present figured, but the past was recalled.
Uncle John has three sons dead
and five of his grandchildren have
passed away. He has six children liv?
tng?all of them married and they tof
gether with their wives or husbands,
and their children are, R. M. Whitesides,
and his first wife, Miss Martha
Scoggins, his second wife Mrs. Mcp
Fadden. To the first union there were
born and are still living Arthur. Luther,
y Addle, Carl, Bruce, Ida, Wayne. Mrs.
* Emma Whltesldes McGlll and her husf
hand Wm. McGlll. Their children are
Bessie. Mason, Claude, Frank, Cassle,
. Grady, Fred, Julia. W. M. Whltesldes
and his wife. Miss Lizzie Plaxlco. Their
? children are Bertha, Maud, Llna, Horace,
Jessie Jennie Llnd. Mrs. Lizzie
, Whltesldes Plaxlco and her husband,
' Rev. W. A. M. Plaxlco. Their children
are Mason. Jennie, John, Moffatt,
" Mary, Willie Belle Brice, James. Jeff
? D. Whltesldes and his wife, Miss Nan:
nie Plaxlco. Their children are Wlster,
? John, Quinn, Willie, Andral, Lois,
Henry Saye, Eula, Irene, Lena. Mrs.
Amanda Whltesldes McGlll and her
husband, John A. McGlll. Their children
are Waldo, Irby, Blakely, Flossie.
Of the grandchildren the following are
married. Miss Bertha Whltesldes to
Mr. J. W. Castles. Miss Addle Whitesides
to Dr. B. N. Miller, and Luther
Whltesldes to Miss Belle Whltesldes.
ATLANTA'S MAYOR.
Drunken Jim Woodward Diagusta
Mayors' Convention.
Just before the close of the afternoon's
session of the League of American
Municipalities at Toledo, O., last
week, Mayor Woodward of Atlanta,
Ga., who was a guest of the league,
attacked Mayor Dunne of Chicago,
with such abusive remarks that the
session broke up without action on a
motion of adjournment.
The afternoon's session had been
devoted entirely to the discussion of
municipal ownership, and several papers
were read by delegates. Mayor
Dunne's speech. In which he reiterat~J
u 1" 1/wAiifn vIau'q nn mnnlnlnnl
j t*U 1110 ncil'anunii nvn? v???
. ownership, evoked rounds of applause
j and Intense interest was shown by all
, of the delegates. As he concluded
r Mayor Woodward appeared upon the
. stage, and, walking slowly to the foot.
lights, opened his remarks by saying:
"Mayor Dunne, do not take any of
1 my remarks as personal; I am going
) to express my opinion on municipal
1 ownership."
t Commencing in loud tones and
, staggering from one side to the other
> he abused Mayor Dunne and other
prominent advocates of municipal
. ownership, declaring that Mayor
? Dunne had espoused this cause in or!.
der that he might ride into office on
, a rainbow. Pointing at Mayor Dunne
| and screaming at the top of his voice,
3 he said:
i "You tell the people of Chicago
. what you will do with municipal ownr
ershlp when you get Into office, but
I when the time comes to act and ful.
fill your doctrine, you are at a loss to
? accomplish what the people want."
The audience arose In Indignation,
, and there were shouts of "Put him
) out!"
> President Crolius of Joliet called
. for order and requested Mr. Wood,
ward to confine his remarks strictly
i to the subject and not be so personal.
Mr. Woodward, however, again started
off Incoherently, declaring himself
i to be the representative of the wealthi
lest real estate and corporation owners
in Atlanta, Ga.
"There was Just one man who was i
ever able to practice municipal own- I
ershlp honestly," he said, "and that \
was the late OoMen Rule Mayor
Jones of Toledo. Jones asserted that
there was graft and boodle in municipal
ownership, the same as there
was In the political arena." Then
turning to Mayor Dunne, he added:
"You know It, too."
The delegates could stand it no i
longer and left the convention hall. '
Mayor Dunne said: "This is a
shameful occurrence, but let us consider
it as a joke."
The antics of Mayor Woodward
created lots of Indignation in Atlanta
and the city council is trying to im?
peach him.
DR. CROMER'8 LA8T 8AY.
Had No Intantion of Misrepresenting
tho Law in the Case. j t
The following is Df. Cromer's re*
ply to the contribution of Senator Tillman
published elsewhere in this issue:
Hon. B. R. Tillman,
Dear Sir: Your letter published this
morning calls for an explanation and
a disclaimer.
it Brreativ surorised me that anything
In my last letter seems to warrant the
inference that I am trying to mislead
the people. I took it for granted that
all who have intelligence enough to
follow the discussion knew already
that the supreme court had upheld the
constitutionality of the dispensary
law, Including the profit feature. I
said that the supreme court and the
prohibitionists are together In the proposition
that "liquor in its nature is
dangerous to the morals, good order,
health and safety of the people," and
that "from that point of view the state
may take control of the traffic to police
it. but not to profit by it." That
.language means, if it means anything,
that the state may take control of the
traffic for the purpose of controlling
it but not for the purpose of profiting
by it. Under the decision of the supreme
court control must be the main
object: trade and profit must be merely
Incidental. I "was combatting the
position of those advocates of the dispensary
who urge the profit feature
"as a justifying fact," and who are
virtually teaching the people that we
should 8U"nort the system as a profitable
revenue measure. The argument
stated in logical form is as follows:
If liquor in its nature is dangerous
to the morals, good order, health and
safety of the people, it is wrong for
the state to take control of the traffic
to profit by It. But the supreme court
holds that liquor in its nature is dangerous
to the morals, good order,
health and safety of the people, therefore,
It Is wrong for the state to take
control of the traffic to profit by it.
I was arguing the question on the
ground of public morals, but nothing
was farther from my intention than to
conceal or misrepresent the law of the
question.
Tour comments on the extract from
the Charlotte Observer are not in fe~
ply to anything that I have said; but
since you have brought it. into tl\is
correspondence, I am moved by my
high respect and esteem for the members
of the supreme court to say that
I am not In sympathy with the spirit
of that extract.
cfceo B. Cromhr.
Newberry, Aug. 26, 1906.
MERE-MENTION.
A Japanese transport vessel was
sunk in a collision with a British
steamer In the Inland Sea on Aug. .22,
drowning 127 Japanese 'soldiers
Twenty-five persons lost their lives,
and thousands of dollars worth of
property was destroyed by a cloud*
Durst wmcn swept uuwu uie utugo
canon In southern Colorado, Thursday
night Miss Sadie Ooe, composer
of several musical selections,
among them "Hiawatha," died- in San
Francisco, Thursday Four persons
were burned to death, and live seriously
injured In a hotel Are at Lake Maranacook,
Me., Saturday Five persons
were drowned and thousands .of
dollars worth of property was destroyed
by a flood In the Elk river, above
Charleston, W. Va., Friday... .Bishop
C. B. GaJloway, president of the board
of trustees of Vanderbllt University,
has gone to New Orleans to offer his
services in fighting the yellow fevtr.
He is an Immune, having had an attack
of fever In 1878 Forty Russians
and six revolutionaries were
killed in a skirmish between Russian
troops and revolutionaries in the Retlmo
district on the island of Crete, Friday
One man was killed, one fatally
Injured and several Injured in a,'
collision between a freight train and
an excursion train near Logansport,
Ind., yesterday Twenty of the
crew of the coal steamer Peconic were
drowned by the sinking of the ship off
the coast of Florida yesterday
A man named Williams fell 1,200 feet
from the trapeze bar of a balloon in
ascension, and every bone In his body,
was broken at Cahokla, 111., yesterday.
EDITORIAL BULL'S EYE3.
News and Courier: The man who
says "moral institution" in South
Carolina these days has to go out to
the woodshed to do it; and even then
he does not dare speak above a whisper
for fear he will kick himself for
being such a large, dun-colored ass. '
Spartanburg Journal: Under the
practice of the dispensary investigating
committee the most abandoned
vagabond in Spartanburg or in any
other town could go to Columbia and
before this committee In solemn conclave
charge the most respectable or
exemplary citizen of this town with
selling himself, body, mind and soul
to the worst whisky house In the
country or with any other crime that
might come Into the mind of the witness.
Such testimony would be heard
by this committee, printed in every
newspaper in the state under flaming
headlines and Irreparable damage
done to the name and reputation of
the best citizens in the state. Such
recklessness on the part of this committee
endangers everybody.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? A special from Florence to the
News and Courier says: A "writing
spider," it is said, has aroused considerable
excitement among some of
the colored people of the city. Some
of the superstitious believe that this
spider has appeared as a warning to
the colored race, for it has been observed
to work In a way that to some
appears as if It were writing, hence
its name. The spider has a large ,
web. In this web is to be seen a
white substance spun by the spider \
and some of the "darkies" have figured
out the following letters In the
web, "W. B. U. T. C. R." which they ]
interpret to mean "Woe be unto the
~J T? I a nmuolncr tn hour
cuiurtru i awe. n io uuiu.>niD %w
some of them talking of this phenom- '
enon.
? WInnsboro special of yesterday to
the Columbia State: A mass meeting
of the citizens of Fairfield county
opposed to the dlsnensary system of
controlling the vhlsky traffic was
held In the county court house on
Saturday. The meeting was presided
over by Mr. T. K. Elliott, and Rev.
J. L. Freeman acted as secretary. The
following resolution was offered by
Rev. J. L. Freeman; "Whereas three
counties In the stp'e having already
voted out the dispensary by large
majorities, and whereas, other counties
are taking the necessary steps
to rid themselves of the corrupt Institution.
and believing the time Is
opportune for Fairfield to enter the
fight, It is moved that immediate
steps be taken looking to the ordering
of an election *n the county for
the purpose of voting out the dispensary."
This motion was favored
by Revs. J. L. Freeman and J. B.
Campbell. Messrs. T. H. Ketchln, J.
E. McDonald, J. W. Hanahan, T. K.
Elliott, C. T. Wray and Dr. T. B.
McKlnstry. This motion was unanimously
carried. Mr. J. W. Hanahan
moved the appointment of the following
named gen?'emen as an execu:ive
committee, to carry out and put
Into effect the above resolution. Rev.
C. E. McDonald, chairman: Rev. S.
C. Eyrd, C. T. Wray, T. L. Johnston,
W. J. Turner. Rev. O. T. White, Dr.
J. J. Robertson, E. B. Price, O. A.
White, Rev. W. W. Williams, J.
Frank Fooshe, W. R. Rabb. The
meeting was well attended and
everybody seemed to be determined
to get rid of the dispensary.
IMT FOR
MAIM, '
Investigation Shows Where M....
. .t 4 : - \
quor Profits Go.
?
l\U\ UIVES INTIKK-STINIi IXmUlTlOl.
\ i
Blaaaa and Lyon Coma Naar Having
*a Fight?Mora About tha Lanahan
Buainaa*?How Oiapcnaara Maka
Monay?Harria 8aya Fant Lia<i?
Mr. Evans Implicatad by Elimina* y,
tion. . The
following nummary of t&st Fr\day's
' dlsDensarv investigation Dfo
ceedlngs Is from the Charlotte Observer
of Saturday:
As the morning session of the dispensary
investigation was' drawing to
a close rather listlessly, a surprise was
sprung In an entirely unlooked' for f
tilt between Senator Cole L. Blease of
Newberry, and Representative J. Fraser
Lyon of Abbeville, which would
have resulted In a personal encounter
except for the fact that Chairman
Fraser stepped between the two men
and prevented them coming to blows.
Mr. Lyon was examining Secretary
Charles, of the dispensary directorate.
when Senator Blease moved to
adjourn on the ground that the sten- f
ographer, who was sick, had been on
duty four hours and a half. Mr. Lyon
took exception to this In a mild sarcasm
about his being In the hands of
the committee, when Chairman Fraser
asked him If it would be agreeable
for him to suspend.
"I Intended nothing personal by my
remarks," said 8enator Blease, rising.
"The chairman himself will tell you
that it was at his suggestion that I
made the motion'. '
"If I chose to make any personal
reference to you," he added, "It would
be plain enough for you to see."
"Yes, and when you do it, I will
smash your face," Mr. Lyon called
back, shaking his list over Chairman
Fraser's shoulder.
"You won't get a chance; you will
never get to me."
"Oh. I know you carry your pistol
with you, but that makes but Uttls
difference." "I . .
Oanaine Ploooa hnifithH Hlfl tfiilH
and Insisted on the marshal searching
him for a weapon. "I have no weapon,
but I meant I would kill him before
he got to me."
The room was crowded and the men
were prevented getting to each other.
There has been bad feeling In the
commission for some time. r ;j
Colonel Mixon Makes Statement. 4
Co!. Mixon asked and was granted'
the privilege of making a statement
without being cross-examined. His
statement was to the effect that, ad
far as he knew, neither Mr. Towill "nor
Mr. Boykln had' ever met the Silver
Springs people and Clerk Charles of
the. board, was also Without their acquaintance.
Capt. R. B. Blakely, an assistant
bookkeeper under ex-Commissioner
Mixon, testified to overhearing an Interview
between Commissioner Mixon
and Mr. Sam J. Lanahan, the purport
of whICh' was that Lanahan came in
to talk" up his goods and Mixon told
him that he would have nothing to do
with him In a business way, as he had
his whisky flooding the state for the
tigers. Witness never saw any letter
from Mixon advising the board of
Lanahan's attempt to bribe him.
Never heard of the bribe being offered
until this lhvestlgation. ' " t
4<M?i Ml Oil Stand.
Mr. H. W. Richardson, a revenue
officer at the time of Col. Mlxon's administration,
was the next wttnesd.
He was a friend of Col. MIxon and his
duties as a revenue officer kept him
frequently at the dispensary. He said
he was approached on one occasion
by a whisky representative, whose
name he could not recall, remembering
merely that he 'was from Cincinnati.
The representative opened the
conversation by asking Mr. Richardson's
opinion of Col. MIxon, and after
getting a very high estimate, said:
"Well, I have formed an opinion of
him; he is either an honest man or a y
damn fool."
The representative explained by
saying that Mixon had refused an offer
of |6 a barrel on goods - bought
from this Cincinnati house. "He can
order as much as 100 barrels a month
from me, which would amouiit' to
$6,000 a year for him."
Witness said he reported the matter
to Colonel MIxon next day. Col. *
MIxon was agitated and said the man
had made him the offer, but that he
had always striven to make an honest
living and didn't propose to break
over at this late date.
Whisky Men Visited Board Room.
Mr. D. H. Charles, secretary of the
board, testified to whisky representatives
visiting the board room, and explained
some financial matters.
So far as he knew, Director Boyklq
had never represented Lanahan.
In answer to questions, he gave the
names of a dozen or more whisky
houses who sent him cases of goods
from time to time, with the bottles
marked for various employes at the
dispensary. The names of those firms
showed that three of them had a
"communlty-of-lnterest" stock in the
Richland distillery.. I. W. Bernheim, ^ '
9. J. Lanahan and J. S. Farnum are
directors in the Richland concern and
connected with big outside concerns.
Witness then touched on the old
row of years ago, when the contraband
room was entered by a "hocuspocus
key" by members of the board,
and when Clerk Seth W. Scruggs was
indicted for breaking Into it and
dealing a pair of slippers.
Unable to Locate Mixon'e Letter.
Mr. W. M. Bradley, the commission's
expert, has not been put on the
itand, but answering a question from
the Observer's correspondent today,
tie says he has been unable to locate
the letter Col. Mixon says he wrote
* - J l- 1 ??II IfiOfi nntlfvlnslt
ine ouaru in ajiih, i?v?.kJl.i0 lv
>f I^anahan's attempt to bribe him.
He was told that all these old letters
nad been dumped into a box and that
t would take him two weeks to find
t. Gen. Wille Jones, chairman of the
)oard at the time..told the Observer
:orrespondent today he had no recoLection
of any such letter, though it
nay have been sent.
Mr. Charles, answering a question
'rom Senator Blease. said that it was ,
he understanding that Mr. J. M. Can- I
ey. of this city, who is a brother-inaw
of Director Boykin, represent-*!
-Melschman & Co., through Mr. Early.
A supplemental statement from the
ixpert, Mr. Bradley, and the testimoly
of Mr. Charles, explained satisfacorily
the apparent discrepancy of