Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, May 29, 1906, Image 2
Straps and |acts.
? Rev. Thomas Jefferson Gattis,
for forty-flve years a minister of the
North Carolina conference and colporteur
of the Western North Carolina
and South Carolina conferences,
died In Charlotte, N. C., last Friday
after a long illness. Mr. Gattis came
into prominence several years ago as
the plaintiff in a suit for slander
against Dr. J. C. Kilgo, president of
Trinity college, alleging that Kilgo
had defamed his character by slanderous
statements to conference.
The suit was In court ten years,
went twice to the supreme court and
was finally thrown out of Wake superior
court on a motion of non-suit
It was probably the most famous litigation
in the history of the state.
He Is survived by a widow and seven
children. He was sixty-eight years
old and a native of Durham.
? The tired out house leaders of
both sides are preparing plans to
bring the work of congress to an end
about June 8th or 12th. The last appropriation
measure to be considered
at this session of congress will be taken
up In the house next week. The
diplomatic and consular bill, which
has been before the house as a pretext
for the deliverance of political
speeches, will be disposed of and sundry
civil bills will follow. The only
additional appropriation bill to prepare
is the general deficiency bill,
which will be in readiness the week
after. The house leaders say the
prospects for an adjournment in June
are excellent,. but Republican leader
Payne does not agree with Senator
Aldrich, who says that adjournment
somewhere between June 10 and 15
is probable. Payne puts the date at
least a week beyond that.
? Montgomery, Ala., correspondence
of the New York World: Richmond
Pearson Hobson, hero of the
Merrlmac, has certified to the secretary
of state that it cost him $6,948
to defeat Representative J. H. Bankhead
for the nomination of congress
at the recent Democratic primaries
in the sixth district. Of this sum
$1,275 was spent for printing and
$1,300 for postage. Capt. Hobson
was a naval constructor and resigned
from the navy in February three
years ago. at a time when his salary
on shore duty was $2,975 a year. He
first asked for retirement. which ,
would have carried with It a pen- ,
sion on the ground of defective vision,
but the board of surgeons declined
to certify him for retirement.
He tried for congress two years ago,
and was defeated. In apparent proof
that his lecture tours must have been
fairly lucrative. It Is seen that In the (
recent contest he spent considerably
more than he would have earned In
two years had he continued In the ,
navy, and more than one year's salary
as congressman.
? About three miles from Mobile.
Ala., last Sunday afternoon, during
the progress of a baseball game In an
open field, a thunder storm came up,
accompanied by vivid lightning, which
struck in the midst of the crowd of
spectators, instantly killing five and
injuring some twenty-five more or
less seriously. The dead are: Donald
Touart, aged twenty-one; Stephen
Touart, aged nineteen, sons of Stephen
J. Touart: Arthur Moody, aged nineteen:
two negroes, John Green and
Charles Thomas. Seriously injured:
John Yockers and Fred Johnson.
Among the painfully Injured were:
Fred Burch, Joe Dolbear and George
Cleveland. At least fifteen or twenty
were shocked and knocked down by
the stroke, who rapidly recovered and
were able to leave the field. The field
was strewn with bits of shoes and
clothing from those who were killed
or seriously injured and the bodies of
the dead presented a terrible spectacle,
being burned in numerous places.
A silver dollar taken from the pocket
of one of the victims was melted on
both sides.
? George L. Lane, an employe of the
Standard Oil company, previous to
1901, testified at the inter-state commerce
commission Standard Oil hearing
at Cleveland, O., last Saturday that
his business for several years for the
Standard Oil company was to drive out
the independent dealers, to kill them
off. and he was told that if he could
not do the Job somebody else would be
sent to put the Standard's competitors
out of business. "I was given rigid instructions
and I followed them as close
as possible. I succeeded in driving out
all competition in a dozen big towns
in northern Ohio, and the only failure
I made was in Youngstown, where a
man by the name of Fahey stuck it
out, notwithstanding that we spent as
high as six dollars a gallon to give
away oil. The whole idea was to discourage
the small independent deal
er. buy nis customers up at any nni.
We represented ourselves as independents,
but we got our supplies from the
Standard." A score of witnesses were
examined at this session and the investigation
is already prolific of results.
? Greensboro, N. C? May 24: John
B. McMillan, twenty-five years old,
who was convicted in this city for
forgery and sentenced to two years'
imprisonment on the county roads,
was shot to death near here early
this morning while trying to escape.
McMillan, with four other convicts,
got away from the guards, who
opened fire upon them, killing Jesse
Thomas a negro, instantly and mortally
wounding McMillan. The latter
was taken to the hospital at High
Point, where he died several hours
later. Before his death he admitted
that his right name was not McMillan.
but Brent A. Morty, the son of
a prominent citizen of Lexington, Ky.
McMillan came to Greensboro last
September, and by his prepossessing
appearance and engaging manners
was admitted to membership in the
clubs, and freely mingled with the
best people in society. He was a
welcome guest at many of the homes
of the first families in North Carolina.
He was a man of abstemious
habits and was uuiet and dignified.
Society received a shock when he
was arrested, charged with having
forged the name of the Cape Fear
Manufacturing company, by whom
he was employed. Bogus checks to
the amount of several hundred dollars
were discovered and he was arrested,
just after returning from an
automobile ride with several young
women. He pleaded guilty in court
and had only been a convict for three
months. His body will be sent to his
former home in Kentucky.
? Nashville. Tenn.. May 25: The
grand Jury of the United States circuit
court, which has been investigating
the alleged fertilizer trust for
the past four weeks, today returned
an indictment against about eighty
fertilizer manufacturers, including a
number of local men. The indictment
contains six counts detailing in
specific form alleged violations of
anti-trust laws, and charging the defendants
of combining and being engaged
in a trust or combination. The
defendants live in various parts of
the country, where fertilizers tire
manufactured and certified copies of
the indictment will be sent to the various
districts in which the defendants
live and there served. The defendants
will be required to execute
bonds for their appearance at the
October term of the court in this city,
where the cases are to be tried. The
grand jury examined during the investigation
140 witnesses, arid the indictment
returned is a voluminous
document. The six counts in the indictments
are a double series of three
each. The first charges the defendants
with engaging in a conspiracy,
the second counts charge the defendants
with conspiracy, and the third
with conspiring under Section 5,440
Revised Statutes to commit the offence
of engaging in a combination
as defined by the Sherman law. The
punishment under Section 5.440 is
two years in prison, and a $10,000
fine. The third count is new in form
and proceedure. It charges the committing
of an offence against the United
States by engaging in a combination
in restraint, of trade as defined
and prohibited by the Sherman Act.
The style of the case on the docket
indictment is United States versus
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
et al the indictment Is described as
"InJIntmant fur I'lnlatillf Aft Of COn
gress approved July 2. 1890, and entitled
'An Act to protect the trade
and commerce against unlawful restraints
and monopolies,' and Section
5,440, Revised Statutes of the United
States."
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YORKVILIE, S. C.i
TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1906.
If Major John Black's character Is
all right to begin with, we are unable
to see any reason why he should kill
anybody about it.
Senator Tillman does not under
stand that the committee has any business
investigating the present board
of dispensary directors. Why not?
Is there any reason to believe that the
present board is better than the old
board in any particular? If so we are
unable to see this reason.
Governor Heyward arrived in Columbia
yesterday and took up the
B!ack-Lyon case. The understanding
is that he will investigate the matter
fully before announcing a decision.
The probability is that he will take no
action. We express this opinion because
the governor has impressed us
as being inclined to be ultra conservative
in all matters of this kind. As we
see it there was plenty of evidence to
warrant the removal of the entire old
board of directors, and if the facts In
the present case are as they have been
stated there is plenty of warrant for
the removal of Major Black. What we
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mean to say is mai n majui uia>.a ?
proached Mr. Lyon with threats of
violence on account of anything that
Mr. Lyon has seen proper to do In his
capacity as a member of the investigating
committee, removal from office
is only a mild punishment. It will be
remembered that even Senator Tillman
demanded the removal of the other directors
and there have already been developments
to show conclusively that
the present board is but little if any
better than the oUl board. Of course, it
is right and proper for the governor to
investigate before he acts. If it shall
develop that the attack on Mr. Lyon
was warranted, then it is Mr. Lyon
who should answer to the law.
The Rock Hill Record has justly
made a kick against the manner in
which the county funds for advertising
are being distributed among the papers
of the county, pointing out along this
line that no paper except The ENgi'it
rer is allowed so much as $5 a year of
the patronage from the county seat.?
Fort Mill Times.
This matter is growing really seri
ous. This statement of the Record to
the effect that save Tun Enquirer, no
other paper in the county has received
as much as five dollars a year for advertising
has been reproduced in all
the other papers except the Rock Hill
Herald, and without a word of denial.
In his quarterly report, the supervisor
says he paid the Herald $66.00 last
quarter and the Herald does not deny
it. The presumption is that it must
have gotten the money. The same report
says that the other papers, including
the Record, were paid from
$27.50 to $50.50 each. The Times according,
to this report received $29.75.
All this was in the last quarter, to
say nothing of previous quarters. If
these papers had received this money,
it is not reasonable to assume that
they would have printed the foregoing
statement without some kind of an explanation.
The Times therefore, could
not have received the money it is represented
as having received. The sunawlsnr
hmvever has a bill of the
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Times marked paid. He also has the
bills of the other papers all marked
paid. The treasurer has items on his
books representing that he gave up the
money, and the auditor has the various
orders drawn by the commissioners
and ostensibly endorsed by the people
in whose favor they were drawn.
There is evidently something very
wrong somewhere, and we are at the
end of our row. We can think of nothing
further to do except to suggest
that the whole matter be referred to
the grand jury. And by the way we
really believe it would be a good idea
for that body to look into this, subject
anyway. It may get on to some
information that will prove quite interesting.
Revolution In Russia.
The political troubles that have so
long , been brewing in Russia and
which have been growing more and
more acute during the past few years
have about readied a crisis, and from
the developments of the past few days
it seems that the beginning of the end
is now in sight. Within the next few
weeks the rule of the people will have
virtually been ?stab!ished or blood will
be flowing throughout the empire under
conditions, the like of which have
not been witnessed in the world since
lilt? ciays 01 ciu' r n-ncn rcvuiunuii.
It is now a question of liberty or
revolution.
To inquire when the present movement
started would be more or less Idle,
for the inquiry would take us buck into
the shadowy ages when the spirit
of liberty first began to take root in
ttie soul of man; but during the past
few years, helped along by the recent
war. events have been moving forward
with force and speed that are beyond
the reach of ordinary conception.
Tin* movement for a representative
form of government has taken shape
during tin- past year or two. The czar
lias granted concession after concession
without realizing their significance.
It looks as if he has had an
idea that he could give to the people
anything he chose and take it back as
he saw proper: but tlie people have
been holding on to every concession,
and while it is apparent that the czar
and his advisers are now becoming
thoroughly alarmed it does not appear
that they yet fully appreciate the situation.
The Idea of the Russian people has
been to reorganize the government
along, the liberal lines prevailing In
Great Britain or even In America and
the Idea of the czar and his advisers
seems to have been that It would be
easy enough to let the people think
they were getting everything they
wanted while as a matter of fact they
should have nothing.
The plan of the government Includes
three co-ordinate bodies, consisting of
the czar and his ministers, the council
of the empire, composed of representatives
of the aristocracy, and the Duma,
composed of representatives of the
masses of the people.
The czar has assumed as a matter!
of course, that he should select his own
ministers. It had not oceiirred to him
that anybody could think of suggest
ing anything else. The Duma has all
along had the idea that it could designate
ministers as they are designated
by the British house of commons.
Upon the assembling of the Duma|
recently the czar read his speech, consisting
of a string of meaningless platitudes
and the members of the Duma
listened with silent dissatisfaction.
They prepared a reply in which they
demanded universal suffrage, general
amnesty and expropriation of lands.
The amnesty demand meant the release
of practically all political prisoners.
The suffrage laws of Russia
discriminate against peasant classes.
There are immense bodies of land
owned by the crown, the churches
and the nobility, and the people who
live on these lands are practically
slaves of the owners.
The reply of the crown to these demands
has been awaited with intense
interest, and it came last Saturday.
It was read by Premier Goremkln,
and it was not at all satisfactory. The
universal suffrage demand was acceded
to and there were promises as
to amnesty that would except certain
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demand was replied to In a
homily setting forth the inviolability
of property rights, etc.
With regard to expropriation, it Is
the idea of the Duma that under certain
circumstances where the owners
of the kinds of land already referred
to are unable to utilize them the peasants
may purchase in accordance
with a schedule duly provided and
which seems to be right, and it is also
contemplated that the land owning
class of the nobility must pay its full
share of the taxes, which it is not now
doing.
The refusal of the demands of the
Duma, especially the demand relating
to the expropriation of lands, produced
the greatest possible indignation,
and while the prime minister and other
members of the cabinet sat listening
the thing was debated in a manner
that is unusual for Russia. Members
boldly stated that they would accept
nothing short of complete compliance
with the demands that had
been made and they said also that
they would hold their ground right
there until the Duma is dissolved by
force. One influential member made
the declaration that as the ministers
were clearly out of touch with the
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do but step down and out and allow
the Duma to recommend a new cabinet.
All this would mean but little in the
United States or Great Britain; but in
Russia it is understood to mean a virtual
sounding; of the call for revolution.
Having met the unexpected, the
czar and his advisers see no way of
retreat. The general impression is
that they will have to either dissolve
the Duma by force or yield to its de-l
mands, and the one alternative is)
hardly preferable to the other. The
forcible dissolution of the Duma will
precipitate a revolution at once. For
the czar to attempt to face about and !
go back on the stand he has taken,
will mean an Invitation to the Duma
to go on and on until it has everything
its own way.
MERE-MENTION.
A dispatch from Russia is to the effect
that the government has decided
that Gen. Stoessel must die for having
surrendered Port Arthur A young
man named Stach Wisnokl, aged twen- |
ty, was killed at Houston, Texas, last
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He was playing In an amateur game of!
baseball Eleven persons, including
five children, were killed at Sebastopol.
Russia, last Sunday as the result
of the explosion of a bomb thrown
by anarchists during the celebration
of the anniversary of the coronation of
the czar Hon. W. J. Bryan is now
visiting in Constantinople, and has had
an audience with the sultan. The sultan
offered him a decoration but he refused
it A sergeant and two cavalrymen
of the United States army
were drowned in the Philippines a few
days ago while bathing in a river
Great Britain is trying to secure the
recognition of bribery as an indictable
offense among the powers with which
it has extradition treaties Greece
and Roumania have dissolved diplo?H^loflAno
Twn white men.
11 lei l lU inanv/iitt * ?. w .
named MeAdams and Hosklns fought
a duel at Jackson, Miss., last Saturday,
MeAdams armed with a pitchfork and
Hoskins with a barlow knife. Hoskins
was so badly wounded that he will die"
and MeAdams was also seriously hurt.
....Democratic members of congress
are trying to secure the passage of a
bill providing for the fullest publicity
in the matter of the campaign expenses
of congressmen... .J. V. Johnson.
a white man who some time ago
murdered his brother-in-law, Quinn
Johnson, was lynched at Wadesboro,
N. C.. at about 2 o'clock yesterday
morning. Some 200 men participated
in the lynching... .Attorney General
Moody has taken up the case of the
Chattanooga lynching and will have
tile alleged members of the mob ruled
to show cause why they should not be
ruled for contempt Senator Culberson
has been authorized by the judiciary
committee to report favorably
upon his bill providing that the disclosure
of information by government
officials calculated to affect markets be
made a felony, punishable by imprisonment
for not more than ten years
ami a fine of not more than $10,000....
Eight persons were killed and a number
were wounded yesterday as the result
of a wreck on the Louisville and
Nashville road near Louisville.
The I/xjic ok Graft.?One fact
of more or less importance emerges
from the dispensary investigation at
Columbia: The Spartanburg Journal
got at bast a part of its money for its
support of the dispensary. In the days
of Hill Kemble, in Philadelphia, it was
"addition, division and silence." In
these dispensary times in South Carolina.
according to Manning's ready letter-writer,
"a hint to the wise is sufficient."
when it is "given confidentially."
"It is an old proverb, as true as
Holy Writ. 'Whose bread 1 eat. his
song I sing.'" Mr. Alsbrook, the dispenser
at Manning, appears to have a
welt defined poetical streak in him.
There has been nothing better than
that said in any of the communications
discovered by Messrs. Christensen and
Lyon in their investigation of dispensary
affairs. -News and Courier.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Dr. M. W. White?Wants a few shares
of First National Bank stock at 112.
J. B. Bigger, Adin'r.?Gives notice to
debtors and creditors of Fannie V.
Bigger, deceased, to make settlement
with him.
First National Bank?Advises you to
diversify your crops and deposit
your money with it to insure prosperity.
J. D. McDowell, Chairman?Gives notice
of annual school meeting to be
hul/1 <11 Vin hniiau Tiinu 11th
Miller Drakeford, Agent?Solicits your
laundry business for the Snowfiake
laundry on the merits of its work.
Star Drug Store?Announces that until
June 2d, Dr. A. Littman will test
the sight and fit glasses. Examinations
are free.
J. J. Keller & Co.?Ask you to see
them about builders' hardware before
buying.
York Drug Stoce?Asks you to remember
that its phone Is No. 24. and tells
you to use it when you have wants.
Sam M. Grist. Special Agent?Says
that the best life insurance contract
is written by the Mutual Benefit Life
Insurance company.
Thomson Co.?Calls attention to various
grades of English long cloth,
Egyptian and diamond dimity, white
oxfords, etc.
Loan and Savings Bank?Sets forth
the advantages of managing household
finances with the aid of a bank
account.
Strauss-Smith Co.?Invites you to see
its stock of spring and summer
clothing. It promises best values
for your money.
J. Q. Wray, The Leader?Reminds his
customers that he is constantly receiving
new goods, and calls attention
to seasonable articles.
York Supply Co.?Sets forth the merI
ia nf tVio CanHoro' HIqp nlntr Tt 1Q
guaranteed to do good work with two
mules to pull it.
Victor Cotton Oil Co.?Wants to buy
200 good heart cedar posts.
Foushee Cash Store?Calls attention to
its neckwear sale and dress-making
department.
I. W. Johnson?Reminds you of his
having Tetley's teas, Chase & Sanborn's
coffees, crackers, wafers, and
Swift's hams and breakfast strips.
Withers Adickes?Invites attention to
seasonable goods at competitive
prices. He has glassware, crockery,
flavoring extracts, pineapples, lemons,
etc.
Under the schedule of rates that now
prevail, people are not going to use
either light or power unless th^y are
absolutely obliged to, and the burden
Is rather heavier on the taxpayer than
It is upon the man who Is able to get
along without electric light or power.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? Prof. J. C. Allen has purchased a
part of the Snider lot on Jefferson
street and is arranging to build a home
thereon.
? The work of overhauling the Masonic
lodge room Is nearing completion,
and when It is done it will be
highly creditable to all concerned, especially
to Mr. A. B. Gaines, ttfho had
an opportunity to give some small ex
niDiiion 01 ms arusuc aouiiy. i ne
room has been papered with a very
pretty pattern of bluish tinted paper,
carrying Masonic emblems, and the
various stands have been beautifully
upholstered, while other articles of
furniture have been freshened up with
paint and gilt. It is a handsome Job
throughout. Along with the lodge
room. Mr. WItherspoon is completing
the whole upper story of the building.
? Policemen Sanders and Love, accompanied
by Deputy Sheriff Quinn.
arre.st.ed a negro bling tiger in the
western part of town last Saturday afternoon.
They had gotten information
of two negroes having gotten jugs
through the express office, and 6n following
the matter up found the negroes
retailing whisky to thirsty customers.
Upon the approach of the officers,
the negroes broke for the woods.
Mr. Quinn. who is quite a sprinter, followed
at a long start behind and
caught Dan Jones. The other got
away. Mayor Hart gave Jones thirty
days or $50. He took the days. A
negro woman named Miny vvaru was
recently sentenced to pay a fine of $50
or go to jail for thirty days for selling
whisky. She Is now In jail. 1
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miss Marie Folger left Saturday
morning for her home In Pickens.
Miss Emma Kennedy arrived at
home this morning from Hardeeville.
Miss Fannie Darby of Lowryville, is
the guest of Misses Carrie and Mary
Cartwright.
Miss Mary Williams of Winthrop
college, spent Sunday and Monday in
Yorkvllle.
Miss Lillian Massey of Rock Hill,
was the guest of Mrs. J. C. Wilborn
Saturday.
Miss Mareelle Willis of Winthrop
college is the guest of Mr. M. C. Willis's
family.
Mr. C. P. Couch of Durham, N. C..
is in Yorkvllle on a visit to his daughter,
Mrs. J. J. Keller.
Misses Annie and Emma Neil have
returned to their home near Filbert,
for the summer vacation.
Misses Marion Neely and Mary Aup-nafn
AIoFndden of Chester, are eruests
of Miss Maggie McFadden.
Misses Kate and Klla Cody attended
the funeral of Mrs. McD. Arledge In
Charlotte Sunday afternoon.
Miss Grace Stokes returned home
Saturday from Orangeburg county,
where she has been teaching school.
Mr. W. W. Willis of Barnwell county,
spent Sunday in Yorkville, the
guest of his brother. Mr. M. C. Willis.
Mr. R. C. Caveny and family, of Rock
Hill No. 1. attended the funeral cf Mr.
Bufort Matthews at Beersheba Saturday.
Mrs. M. B. Jennings returned yesterday
morning from a two weeks' visit
to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eateman
in Columbia.
Mrs. John Miller returned to her
home in Lancaster yesterday, after
spending a few days in Yorkville with
her sister. Miss Susie May Cloyd.
Mr. and Mrs. Van Law, who have
been spending two weeks quite pleasantly
with the family of Mr. I. H. Noiris
of Yorkville, left yesterday morning
on their return to their home at
Arlington, III.
Mrs. R. C. All? in left yesterday
morning for Washington on a visit to
friends in that city and in VirRlnlu.
She was accompanied by her daughters,
Misses Lulu and Frances, and expects
to be away about two weeks.
TOPOGRAPHICAL MAPS.
How many people would like a map
of the district in which they live?
Surely there are very many who would
tind convenient such a possession. To
the people of many districts in the
United States such a map?accurate,
detailed, and of moderate size?is
available for the small sum of five
cents.
The United States geological survey
is making a topographic map of the
United States. This work has been
in progress since 1X82, and about threetenths
of the area of the country has
been covered. The surveyed districts
are widely scattered throughout the
country. When the atlas Is finally
completed, every citizen of the United
States may procure a federal map of
his particular environment.
This great map is being published
in atlas sheets of convenient size,
which are bounded by parallels and
meridians. The four-cornered division
of land corresponding to an atlas sheet
is called a quadrangle. The sheets ara
of approximately the same size, the
paper dimensions being 20 by 16J
inches. Three scales, however, have
been adopted. The largest scale of
nearly 1 mile to 1 inch is used for
thickly settled or Industriously Important
parts of the country. For the
greater part of the country an intermediate
scale of about 2 miles to 1
incn is employed, a inira unu sun
smaller scale of about 4 miles to 1
inch has been used in the desert regions
of the far west. A few special
maps on larger scales are made of limited
areas in mining districts.
The features shown on this map
may be classed in three groups: (1)
water. Including seas, lakes, ponds,
rivers, and other streams, canals
swamps, etc.; (2) relief, including
mountains, hills, valleys, cliffs, etc.;
(3) culture, that Is, works of man,
such as towns, cities, roads, railroads,
boundaries, etc. All water features
are shown In blue, relief Is in brown
and cultural features are in black.
The sheets composing the topographic
atlas are designated by the
name of a principal town or of some
prominent natural feature within the
district.
They are sold at 5 cents each when
fewer than 100 copies are purchased,
but when they are ordered in lots of
100 or more copies, whether of the
same sheet or of different sheets, the
price is 3 cents each. Applications
should be accompanied by the cash or
by postofflce money order (not postage
stamps) and should be addressed
to the Director, United States Geological
Survey, Washington, D. C.
LITTLE NEGRO PISTOL FIEND.
A little negro boy, aged about fifteen,
and named Prank Wilson has
been a source of more or less uneasiness
to the people of the Chapel
neighborhood of King's Mountain
township for some time past on account
of the vicious use he has been
making of a pistol that is in his possession,
and Sheriff Brown is anxious
to get him In custody. The boy has
been making himself a menace to the
community for some months and there
has been a warrant out for his arrest
since last fall.
The complaint is that the boy is
in the habit of holding people up on
the road, abusing them and without
provocation firing at them. He has fired
his pistol at no less than three different
negroes at different times and
has drawn the weapon on several
more. When some of his victims
complained to the authorities and
swore out a warrant he went Into hiding
and the officers have been finding
it difficult to get within sight of him.
Learning yesterday afternoon that
the boy was on a plantation In the
Chapel neighborhood. Sheriff Brown
took Depuy Sheriff Quinn and. proceeded
to the place Indicated, gathering
up on the way Messrs. S. C. Smith,
J. B. Parrott and J. Q. Hall, all eager
to assist in the capture of the little
imp.
Arrived in the neighborhood, the
sheriff and his posse held a conference
and decided to attempt to surround
the negro. Messrs. Parrott, Hall and
Smith started on the necessary detours,
leaving the sheriff to hold his
position at the starting point; but before
the plan was carried out fully
me II lilt: negiii gin UII iu numci urns
doing, and broke to run. His course
was in the direction of Messrs. Hall
and Parrott; but they had not come
quite into position, and they were unable
to get closer than fifty of sixty
yards. Mr. Parrott fired at the boy
twice with a shot gun and sprinkled
him with Xo. 8 shot, knocking his hat
out of his hand. The others fired with
pistols but it was to intimidate rather
than to hit. The boy kept running
and the posse followed him about
three miles, catching occasional
glimpses as he passed from thicket to
thicket until he was finally lost.
Before the officers went on the boy
they had been reliably Informed that
he had boasted of having two good
pistols and that he intended to die
before he would be arrested. He also
threatened that If he should be killed
somebody would go along with him.
The members of the posse do not
think that the little negro could have
been very badly hurt by the blrdshot
with which he was hit; but at the
same time they think he may find it
necessary 10 gei somenoay 10 neip nun
pick the shot out of his skin, and the
sheriff will be very glad to receive
further Information as to his where-l
abouts.
LOCAL POWER SITUATION.
There has been tnore or less discussion
among the people of Yorkvlile of
late as to the electric power situation
in its relation to the contract between
the town and the Catawba Power company;
but as there seems to be very
little general information on the subject,
it occurs to The Enquirer that
the publication of a? few facts will not
be out of place just at this time.
The contract between the town of
Yorkville and the Catawba Power
company covers five typewritten
pages, and includes all the provisions
and conditions that properly belong to
such a paper; but the main and essential
features are embodied in a few
sentences to this effect: The town
agrees to take and the power company
agrees to furnish not less than sixty
horsepower nor more than a hundred
horse power, daily except Sunday, for
a period of five years, at the price of
$60 per horsepower per annum. The
term horsepower does not appear in
the contract at all; but this is the
equivalent of the contract and the
shape in which the average individual
will best understand it.
No matter how little power it may
use, the town must pay for sixty horsepower
each month, or very nearly that
ami thi- price for same is $303. If it
should require more power it can get
as much as it want up to 100-horsepower
at the same rate, or for a slight
fraction over $.100.
Kilowatt is the unit designation of
the contract. A kilowatt is equal to
1,000 watts. A watt Is the power required
to lift about three-quarters of
a pound one foot in one second, and
740 watts are equal to one-horsepower.
A kilowatt, therefore, is equal to
vi ry close to one and one-half horsepower.
This contract therefore, as stated, is
in kilowatts, and the town agrees to
take not less than 30,000 kilowatts per
month nor more than 60,000 kilowatts
per month, at the uniform price of 1
cent per kilowatt per hour. To make
this clear to those not familiar with
the terms in use, it is probably worth
while here to explain that while a kll- b
owatt Is approximately one and one- a
half horse-power, a kilowatt hour is ^
the power of a kilowatt exerted for tt
sixty minutes. These explanations being
seemingly satisfactory, hereafter ?
the unit of power will be designated in S(
kilowatts. w
The town then is bound to pay for l'
30.000 kilowatt hours each month at ?
the price of $303 or $3,636 a year, $10.72 a
a day. k
Of the amount of current the town ^
Is now paying for there is being used a
15,000 kilowatts leaving a surplus of
15,000 kilowatts that are going to ri
waste, or awaiting purchasers.
The power that is being utilized is
consumed for pumping, in lighting the d
streets and in private lighting. ?
The cost to the town per annum of ^
the 15,000 kilowatts in use is as foi- tl
lows: 10 per cent depreciation on a f
fifteen thousand dollar plant $1,500; %
$900 salary and wages; $3,636 for cur- ?
rent (the entire 30,000 kilowatts) mak- t
lng a total of $6,036 per annum, or $503 a
per month. This is at the rate of J'
about 3i cents per kilowatt hour.
Included in the 15,000 kilowatts being a
utilized are about 2,000 kilowatts that ^
are consumed in incandescent lights ?,
sold to private citizens, who pay for t
the same at the rate of about 12J cents j
a kilowatt, or pretty close to $250 a j
month. j
As matters now stand the town is j
paying $250 a month for 13,000 kilo- 1
watts and private consumers are paying
$250 a month for 2,000 kilowatts, t
while 15 000 kilowatts paid for by the c
town or rather the taxpayers generally a
are going to waste. At least it costs j
no more to use it than not to use it. t
If the 15,000 kilowatts that are not b
now being utilized were sold to private ?
consumers at the cost price of the 15,- j
000 kilowatts that are now being used, c
the income for the same would be $503 ^
a month, or just enough to exactly pay 0
all expenses, including wear and tear, c
and give the town all the electricity it 1
Is using or can use, without any cost
whatever. e
If the town should be able to sell Its p
surplus of 15,000 kilowatts, not at the r
maximum rate It is asking, 12}. cents ?
per kilowatt hour; but at only 10 cents c
per kilowatt hour the monthly Income
would be $1,500, which would amount b
to $18,000 a year, or $11,964 over and ?
above free power for all the purposes n
it is now using power. h
As to whether or not the town has 'j
any right to engage in this business ^
for profit is very doubtful. It Is clear
that if under the existing schedule all ^
the available power were sold, there '
would be more than enough revenue to g
support the entire town government, g
and it is equally clear that It would be *
very unjust to ask users of light and ^
power not only to pay for light and v
power used by the public but for the f<
other expenses of the municipality be- a
sides. e
From the figures given It would seem g
that about 31 cents per kilowatt is P
about the right price for the town to ?
charge for power under the existing n
contract and arrangement, and after n
the 16,000 kilowatts that are not now *
being'made available shall have been 0
put to work at this rate it will be n
about right to let the town pay one- a
half for the half of the power it will a
be using, the private consumers the f(
other half for the half they will be us- ti
Ing, making the rate about 13 cents J,'
per kilowatt hour. o
This is undoubtedly the correct prin- c
ciple for dealing with the situation. It
is possible that the figures are a little r
too close; but with the entire 30,000 kil- ti
owatts sold, 2} cents per killowatt hour, h
will provide abundantly for all possible ?
expenses that have not yet been taken a
into consideration, including interest e
o:i such bonds as may have been used *
in the construction of the electric a
plant. c
All of the foregoing is based on the t]
present contract between the town of
Yorkvllle and the Catawba Power w
company; but it is well enough to say g
that within the past few weeks doubts v
have arisen as to whether or not the t]
town has as good a contract as it h
might have had. These doubts do not b
involve the integrity of the representations
of the power company; but rath- c
er lack of knowledge and experience on
the part of the people representing the |(
town, and the whole matter Is again w
under Inquiry. a
The town as we understand, was of- tl
fered the option between two con- p
tracts, one providing for a flat rate n
of $33 per horse-power, night and day tl
and the other providing for power over ?
the meter at $60 per horse-power, c
There are certain differences in the p
conditions that we will not try to ex- it
plain at this time; but as explained to a
the commissioners of public works it e
appeared that the meter rate was the it
proper one for the town. It has been fi
I suggested that the town has made a p
mistake, and there is talk of asking the s<
power company to allow a change to tl
mto nnntrapf- hut it is not clear a
yet that the change is desirable, nor is a
it certain whether the power people it
would be willing to agree.
If, however, the flat rate is lower e
than the meter rate, then It follows ?
that the figures outlined above should
be still further reduced. n
is
" a
DR. TAYLOR ON ALCOHOL. "
u
The series of lectures delivered in
Yorkville last week by Rev. Dr. E. O. a;
Taylor of Boston. Mass., on the alco- ^
CJ
hoi question were largely attended j,
and there is no denying the fact that sj
the people who followed the lecturer h
closest got a lot of valuable scientific (
Information that was little short of
startling in its nature. The speaker e
made it clear that he not only understood
all about the origin of alcohol; p
but he also appreciated its effects on
the human mind and the human systern,
and he covered the whole sub- p
ject so thoroughly as to leave practically
no more to be said.
The lectures were all delivered at '
the First Presbyterian church. It b,
had been arranged to deliver the ti
Saturday night lecture, the one that itf
included practical demonstrations in )e
the analysis of whisky, beer, bread, ei
etc., in the court house; but it rained hi
in the afternoon on up until past the ni
time for the lecture to begin and q]
> ..moll attendance the St
uei'ause u? me i>iuui> ?
lecture was abandoned. There were s<
61
two lectures Sunday, one in the afternoon
and the other at night. si
The most interesting and valuable
lecture of the series, probably was |j!
the one in which Dr. Taylor told of
the nature of alcohol. This was Fri- vl
day night. His subject was "Microbes
and Men, or Chemistry of Al- ol
cohol," and the lecture was about hi
two hours in length. It was able, of
course, and well-rounded; but the
most interesting and startling portion
of it is comprehended in the
following: U
The discussion of scientific men re- ?
volves around the nature of alcohol, ?
which is the essential property of all
liquors. If alcohol is good, then the 21
eer and whisky are good, but If
Icoho! is bad. then the beer and
hisky are alike bad in proportion to
le percentage of alcohol they coniln.
There are many alcohols, but only
ne that is used for beverage puroses.
Methyl, or wood alcohol, is
?cured from spruce, birch and beech
oods by the process of dry dlstliaon;
amyl alcohol, or fusel oil, Is the
xcrement of a certain kind of mirobe
which feeds on starch: butylic
Icohol is the excrement of another
Ind of microbe which works in
owy or decaying butter or cheese.
,11 of them are alike deadly poisons
nd nobody thinks of drinking them.
But where does ethyl alcohol come
rom, the alcohol which finds its way
ito beer and whisky, which men like
J wen :
"Few people can give an up-toate
or scientific account of what |
thyl alcohol Is or where It comes
rom. Many suppose It Is every- 1
rhere In nature; call it a 'good crea- i
ure of Ood,' and say that It is to be ,
ound In apples, peaches, pears,
rapes, etc., whereas It Is not found
nywhere In the constructive forces
f nature, but In the excrement of
he yeast microbe which has eaten up
ugar qualities. Brewers' yeast is put
nto barley Juice. The germs eat up
he sugar therein and throw out of
heir bodies carbonic acid gas and
Icohol. In other words, liquor men
lave called It bug Juice, which is
cientlflcally correct if It is designated
bacteriological bug Juice." He said
hat beer is a mild solution of bug
ulce, and whisky is one-half bug
uice, and that the only thing in beer
or which men drink it is the bug
ulce. As to the food value of bug
ulce or alcohol. Dr. Taylor affirms
hat the concensus of scientific opinon
today denies to alcohol any food
alue In any proper sense of the
erm food. The recent experiments
if Prof. Atwater have not furnished
idequate reason for affirming a food
ralue to alcohol, according to the
udgment of Prof. Atwater's peers in
his country and in Europe. It is a
asic principle in science that the toxic
xcrement of one organism Is poison
o that organism and to all higher
orms of life; that alcohol is the exrement
of the yeast microbe, and
:111s the microbe Itself and all higher
rganisms, Including man
You cannot carry forward the proess
of fermentation beyond securing
4 per cent of alcohol in the ferment
ng liquid, Decause wnen me yeasi
nlcrobe throws out of his body
nough of his excrement to make 14
ler cent of alcohol It Is sufficient to
eact upon him and kill him. He
annot live in his own excrement.
)o you know of any anlmaJ who
an?
The term "yeast microbe" Is used
erein for convenience as the better
f rm in place of "yeast ferment." The
erm "excrement" Is used quite commonly
by popular writers as conveying
0 the common mind a more correct
lea than the term "wftste" which
t'ould be the technical term of the
iologist.
Prof. Bunge of Germany, author of
he best work on physiological chemitry
extant, says that man is the only
nimal who persists in taking Into his
tomach the excrement of the yeast
erm. He might have added that the
pe, who, according to some men, is
he original of man, knows better.
rou can't fool the monkey but once
,'ith this kind of stuflf, but you can
001 some men abdut three times a day
nd between meals.
Dr. Taylor concluded this most intersting
and important discussion by
1ving to alcohol classification among
olsons. He said most poisons are
lassed either as narcotic or as irriants.
A narcotic poison attacks the
erves and nerve centers. Opium, 1
nVilAMl OhH PAPQ Ino QPP
IU1 VIIIVI ?l uuu vvvuxix. V.. >
amples of narcotic poisons. An Irrlant
poison attacks the inner linings
f the body like the membrane of the
nouth, throat or stomach, inflaming
nd making them sore. Carbolic acid,
rsenlc aquafortis and prusslc acid
re samples of irritant poisons. A very
ew poisons combine the two characeristics
of narcotics and irritants at
he same time. Alcohol is one of the
ery few and is therefore a more serlus
poison than if it were only a narotic
or exclusively an irritant poison,
ts potency as a narcotic poison places '
: in rank with opium, morphine, chloal
and cocaine. Its potency as an irri- j
int poison places it in rank with carolic
acid, arsenic, aquafortis and ,
russic acid. The logic of this classlfiation
is that we are compelled to treat ;
Jcohol exactly the same as we treat (
very other drug with which it ts prop- ,
rly classed. We have no more reason
i chemical science for using alcohol as I
luxury than we have for using coaine
as a luxury. The cocaine fiend Is
ull of hallucinations and will lie, steal
ell clothes from his wife's back, shoes 1
rom his children's feet to get money ]
;ith which to buy cocaine in order to
Tatlfy his appetite, but he is seldom
lo
ICIUU9. DUl aiLUIIUI, VT1IICII IO UJOOuvu
dth cocaine, will do for its user all
hat cocaine does and in addition, when
e goes home he will blow his wife's
rains out. This is because alcohol
as the two-fold characteristic of a i
arcotlc and irritant poison, which coaine
has not.
The key position taken by Dr. Tay>r
in his lectures was that alcohol,
rhich is the essential property of all ,
Icohollc liquors, and the only thing in
hem for which men drink them, is a
olson and not a food, that as a poison
; is both a narcotic and an irritant;
hat as a narcotic it is in classification
rith opium, morphine, chloral and cosine,
and that therefore it should be 1
ut to such uses only as are suited to '
s nature, and be legislated upon with
s much care and restriction as are
xerclsed concerning drugs with which 1
: is properly classified. This he af- J
rms, is the only solution of the liquor ,
roblem, because it is thoroughly I
cientlflc and incontrovertible. From j
nis point of view the doctor last night
nnounced the following conclusions.
11 of which seem to be sound and log al:
1. There is no more reason In modrn
science for the beverage use of alohollc
liquor than for the beverage
se of opium, morphine or cocaine.
2. The appetite for liquor Is as abormal,
unscientific and inexcusable as
i the appetite of the morphine fiend,
nd the user of liquor ought to be as
luch ashamed of his habit as is the
ser of morphine.
3. The moderate use of alcohol Is
s unsafe In begetting an uncontrollale
appetite as the moderate use of coame
in coca cola, which the courts
ave recently called in question us u
ife beverage although only one-four
undredth of a graine of cocaine was
sed in every average glass of coca
;la.
4. There is no more reason in modrn
science for the legalization of the
lie of liquor for beverage purposes
lan for the legalization, for the same
urposes, of morphine or cocaine.
5. A saloon or dispensary is thereire
as much out of place in modern
Ivilization as would be an opium Joint
r a cocaine den.
6. The policy of regulation by taxaon
of the liquor traffic and the use of
le money for civic purposes is as unorthy
of intelligent citizens us would
e a similar policy if the drug in queson
were cocaine.
" Tho r?nmmnn n'oumont vlv
rhey will have It anyhow, therefore (
t us get some money out of It to lessn
taxes ts as contemptible as would
a the same argument concerning
iorphlne.
8. The violator of a prohibition IIuor
law is as much of a criminal, de rvlng
punishment, as would be the
>ller of morphine or cocaine to a mis able
slave to either of those drugs.
9. The sentiment of a community
tould be as intelligent and strong In
lforclng prohibition of the sale of 11aor
as for the enforcement of any
her drug law.
10. The prosecution of offenders for
ioiating liquor laws is as justifiable
id necessary for the protection of the
lines of a community as is the proseitlon
of offenders of other laws probiting
the sale of other poisons.
LOCAL LACONICS.
it Will Send The Enquirer
From this date until January 1st,
10". for J1.24.
eath of James L. Guy.
Lowryville correspondence of May
3 to the News and Courier: Mr.
lames L. Guy, after several weeks
llness, died at his country home,
tear Lowryvllle, yesterday morning,
dr. Guy was regarded as one of the
nost substantial planters in the
:ountry. having amassed a comfortible
fortune by hard work and close
ittentlon to his business. He reared
i family of boys, all of whom are
luccessful and prominent business
nen, one of them, W. O. Guy, havng
been treasurer of the county for
leveral terms. Mr. fJuv had attained
ills eighty-second year and died as
lie lived, honored and respected by
ill who knew him.
Death of Mr. Samuel Guy
Chester special of May 28. to Coumbla
State: Samuel Guy, a brother
if Mr. James L. Guy, whose death was
innounced in the State this morning,
lied at his home In Lowryvllle, near
the home of his deceased brother at
in early hour yesterday. Mr. Samuel
Suy was sixty-eight years old and
had suffered with dropsy for some
time. He was a good soldier of the
Sixth South Carolina volunteers In
the civil war and since then he has
lived on his farm near here, a most
worthy citizen. He was buried In the
same cemetery where his brother had
preceded him Just two days before, the
services being conducted by Rev. A. H.
Atkins, pastor of Zion Presbyterian
church.
Death of Mr. Bufort Matthews
Mr. Bufort Matthews died at the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mr*. John
J. Matthews, in the Ramah neighborhood
last Friday night and was buried
at Becrsheba on Saturday. The deceased
was about twentv-flve years of
age. He went west about two years
ago. and spent some eighteen months
in Arkansas and the oil fields of Texas.
During his absence he contracted malarial
fever and coming home to recuperate
had an attack of pneumonia.
From this attack he recovered; but
was left a nervous wreck?and has been
lingering in a dying condition for
months. The deceased is survived by
his sorrowing parents, one brother and
three sisters, as follows: Mr. William
Matthews Mrs. Vernon Templeton and
Misses Jessie and Nannie Brooks Matthews.
The funeral service was conducted
by Rev. S. Hi Hay, and was
largely attended.
Death of Mrs. McD. Arledge.
Charlotte Observer, Sunday: Mrs.
Jailey Palmer Arledge, one of the best
known residents of Charlotte, died at
the home of her husband, Mr. McD.
Arledge, No. 603 South Tryon street,
Saturday afternoon at 2.10 o'clock.
For some time Mrs. Arledge had been
in failing health. Thursday last, her
condition became alarming. She grew
worse and worse until death came
Saturday afternoon to relieve her suffering.
The deceased was a native of*
Yorkville, S. C. Soon after the war
she moved to Charlotte, where she has
made her home ever since. She was
seventv-one vtars of aare. and is sur
vived by her husband and three childred,
the lafter being: Messrs. T. D.
and R. F. Arledge, and Mrs. W. L.
Bruns of Charlotte. Mrs. Arledge was
a daughter of the late Thomas Palmer,
and a sister of Mr. Patrick Palmer,
formerly of Yorkvllle, now of Charlotte.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8.
? The Jury In the case of John B.
White, tried at Anderson for killing
John Marlon Ashley at Honea Path on
March 9, returned a verdict of not
guilty at 6.30 Friday afternoon. )t took
forty minutes to reach an agreement.
The trial of the case has been In progress
for the past three days and has
excited the most intense Interest. It
was orderly, no demonstration of any
kind having been attempted. During
the entire trial Joshua W. Ashley remained
In close consultation with the
solicitor and the prosecution's attorney,
offering suggestions as to witnesses
and otherwise taking a most
prominent part in the hearing.
? August Kohn In the News and
Courier: Some of these days, when
the dispensary Investigation is all
over and the records have been completed,
it may be interesting to give a
story of the trials and tribulations of
the members of the committee who
have been most active in the work.
The pistol practice that was threatened
here several days ago is not the
first suggestion of the kind, and while
there is no attempt to make heroes
out of Messrs. Christensen and Lyon,
who have been doing the work that
excited the ire of some people, some
>f these days the story of their
work?the real inside work?may be
told. It will then be related how
liquor firm after liquor firm simply
told the members of the committee
who went to examine books and records,
to go to the other place in polite
language. The dispensary owes some
liquor firms $60,000. It owes other
liquor houses $80,000, and it was
thought that to get this wad of
money the liquor houses, in order to
ulear their skirts and get their money,
would willingly show their books and
records. But the cold reception
members of the committee met with
in many piaces wnere sucn ciaima
against the dispensary are outstanding.
is quite remarkable. The
members of the committee cannot
understand why these firms should
have hesitated to let a duly appointed
and properly authorized committee
lauve a look at their books, especially
when everything is presumed to be
right, but some of the liquor houses
-almly said they would rather lose ail
I hey had on their books against the
itate dispensary than open up their
hooks to outsiders, and others intimated
that they had charged up to
profit and loss what they had against
:he dispensary, and were not worried
about their bills. They evidently expect
either that the excitement will
?ettle down so that after a while they
ran get their money, or that if the
Hate dispensary is killed, that they
ivtll be able to come up and say that
he.r debts were contracted by the
iuly elected officers of the state and
hey want their money and expect to
fet It. Perhaps after a while people
iVlll see why It Is Impossible to get at
hlngs that were expected to be shown
jp by the commmlttee. Again, It Is
dated that some of the claims of IIjuor
houses that have been held up
>y the sub-committee have been cancelled
by the return of liquor by the
iresent state board. It is said that
he committee was working hard on
i Cincinnati firm and expected to get
it the books when suddenly one
nornlng the committee was advised
hat- It preferred to quit all negotialons
with the committee, as it had
jeen paid its claim against the state
?nk/..,. 1 o (1(111 In. ?V,? i>a?nm nt li.
luor. The liquor tlrm was. no doubt,
jlad to get out of its troubles by
jetting Its liquor back. The new state
joard was glad to get rid of high
jrade barrel goods that tt could not
tse. but the committee was left high
iiid dry In Its search for Information
md records, for when the liquor firm
jot its money or the equivalent In
iquor, it had no further need to deal
vith the committee with regard to the
layment of Its held-up claim. But
he committee will have some Inter>sting
things to tell the people of the
itate, some things that no legislation
n the world will be able to cure unless
he right men are put Into the offices
ill along the line, from top to bottom,
t Is a matter of men and not a matter
>f laws, and this, without any reflecion
on any one, simply an observalon
of the real condition.