Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, July 17, 1906, Image 2
Straps and .facts.
? The report of the division of the
dead letters for the month of June
shows that 834,352 pieces of unclaimed
matter were received, against
761,373 in the same month last year.
The number of unmailable letters received
was 135.625 against 121,780 in
June, 1905; number of letters returned
to senders, 106,092 against
81,621 in 1905. As compared with
June, 1905, the number of letters received
containing money decreased
from 6,736 to 6,360 but the amount
of money contained in the letters increased
from $4,646 in 1905, to $5,557.78
in 1906.
? At a picnic on the river at Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, last weea, eigni cuudren
went wading. The smallest one
slipped into a deep hole and in trying
to rescue her six others were
drowned. Ruth Klersey, the only)
survlver said they were wading when j
little Lucile Sweeting slipped into a|
hole. Hazel Sweeting rushed after i
her, slipping into the hole, then the
next girl after her and so they kept
trying to save each other until all
the girls except Ruth Klersey had
been drowned. She gave the alarm
and four bodies were quickly removed
from the water, but too late
to resuscitate them. One body is
still missing.
?Vermilion, South Dakota, July 13:
For some unknown reason the
steamboat North Alabama. which
struck a snag and sunk in 1870, six
miles below here, suddenly reappeared
on the surface of the Missouri
river last evening, and today hundreds
of people are viewing the spectacle.
The boat was bound from
Sioux City to the Yellowstone district
with flour and whisky when it
sank. It is supposed a change in the
current washed away earth deposited
above and around the boat, allowing
it to rise again. There were
fifty barrels of whisky aboard and
already a hunt has begun to locate
the liquor, which has had thirty
years of ripening. Owing to the fact
that mud and sand have tilled up
much of the interior of the boat it
has been impossible to get at the
whisky as yet. When it is reached
South Dakota's prohibition laws will
undoubtedly be very severely tested.
? Custer, S. D.. dispatch to the
New York Herald: Held an entire
.night by a mountain lion, and her
life saved by singing to the beast,
was the terrible experience of Mrs.
John Underwood of New York, who
was attacked while going to meet
her husband, who is looking after
mining property here. Knocked
down by the lion, the woman screamed
In terror. The echoes appeared
V* onimal Qntl t ho tl'rt
man, remembering that beasts are
sometimes calmed by music, began
to sing. This she kept up throughout
the night. Faint from fear and
exhaustion, Mrs. Underwood faltered
again and again, only to be reminded
of her plight by the restless movement
of the lion. Her songs were
mostly prayers intoned for her safety.
Daybreak was quickly followed
by Mr. Underwood's discovery of her
whereabouts and dilemma. He is a
good rifle shot, but to Are with his
wife's head only about a foot from
that of the Hon was to take desperate
chances. It was the only alternative,
however, and the bullet
pierced the eye of the beast, which
rolled across the body of the woman,
who fainted at the rifle shot.
? Oreensboro. N. C.. Julv 14: One
of the most terrible tragedies in the
history of Rowan county occurred
near Barber's Junction, about forty
miles from this city, this morning.
Between the hours of one and two
o'clock an unknown person or persons
entered the home of Ike Lyerly,
a well known farmer, while its occupants
were asleep, killing Mr. 'Lyerly,
his wife and two of the youngest
children and fatally wounding the
third. The parents and the three children
were sleeping in the front
room on the first floor, there being
two elder daughters sleeping up
stairs, who were unmolested and
were awakened by the smoke and
flames from below. The girls descended
the stairs to awaken their
father and mother. On reaching
their room they beheld their father
and mother and the three youngest
children lying on the bed, their
heads were crushed and their faces
badly disfigured. The two older
daughters. Mary and Addie. aged
fiicrhtonn o irl rocnpntivplv
managed to carry the dead bodies
from the house and extinguish the
flames. Then they ran to the nearest
neighbor, W. B. Barbers, and
told the story of the awful tragedy.
There being no officers of the law at
the place, R. R. Mulliken, train dispatcher
on duty at that hour, was
notified and promptly wired the news
to the sheriff at Salisbury, who started
at once to the scene with bloodhounds
and a posse of armed men.
Bloodhounds were also sent from
Winston-Salem to assist in the pursuit
of the guilty. Mr. Lyerly was a
highly respected citizen and well connected
and it is inconceivable that
any one should have anything against
him or his family. Three negro men
and a negro woman?George Krwin,
Jack Dillingham and Mitchel Graham
and his wife?were arrested
and put in jail at Salisbury on suspicion
of complicity in the case. One
of the younger negroes made a clean
confession and it was necessary to
take the entire party to Charlotte to
avoid a big lynching bee.
? Washington. July 13: The
monthly report of the superintendent
of the rural free delivery of the
postofflce department shows that
during the month of June. 133 new
R. F. D. routes were put in operation
in South Carolina. distributed
among the various congressional dis
triets as follows: first district, seven;
second district, five; third district,
thirteen; fourth district, eleven;
fifth district, thirty-four; sixth district,
three; seventh district, twenty.
There were in all during this month
1,211 petitions filed for routes in
South Carolina; 649 of these were
acted on adversely, and ninety-three
are still pending. There were no
routes discontinued in the state.
Concerning the discontinuance of rural
free delivery routes much has
been said and written during the
past session, but the report for June
at least shows that the announced
. determination or disposition to discontinue
routes, especially in the
southern states, is not materializing
Very few routes were discontinued at
all during June in any of the states,
but the southern states have not
fared worse than any others, in fact
the largest number of routes discontinued
in any one state was in the
state of Kansas, in which twelve
routes were discontinued. In Vir->
ginia five were discontinued, in
North Carolina, two; in (ieorgia, |
three; in Tennessee, six; in Florida,
none; in North Dakota, nine. The
district having the largest number of
rural routes is the tenth Iowa, which
has now In operation 280. The next
largest is the first Tennessee, Mr.
Brownlow's district-?Mr. Brownlow
is a Republican. In this district
there are 277. The third district is
the seventh Kansas with 272, hut
ten of the twelve discontinuances are
in this district. The Kansans have
been trying to overdo the thing.
There are in operation in South Carolina,
in all districts, now 369 rural
free delivery routes, with a daily delivery.
By districts, they are as follows:
fifth (Rep. Finley) 137; third
(Rep. Aiken) 132; fourth (Rep.
Johnson), 109; seventh (Rep. Lev
er), 83; sixth (Kep. caieruej o*,
second (Rep. Patterson), 36; first
(Rep. Legare) 21.
7hc ilorhrillc <?nquirrr.
_YORKVILLE, S. C.i
TUESDAY, JULY 17, I90(i.
Why certainly those editors have
gone down to the Isle of Palms for
business. They have a printed programme
that is as business-like as
anybody could ask Tor. we ve seen u.
We reproduce In another column
what the Abbeville Press and Banner
has to say of Mr. Fraser Lyon. Notwithstanding
the fact that the Press
and Banner has all along been a dispensary
paper, we are not surprised at
what it says. We know it also to be
an honest paper. We are often at disagreement
with it, but years of acquaintance
have confirmed us in the
belief that whether right or wrong, the
Press and Banner is always just what
it professes to be and the fact that
it occupies a given position is evidence
that it believes that position to be
right. Mr. Lyon was also a dispensary
man until aftei* he became a member
of that Investigating committee. He
was accustomed to defend the dispensary
in public and in private against
all comers, and he was honest in it too.
It was not until he got In a position to
see the truth for himself that he
changed his position, and now he
knows that the dispensary won't do.
The only thing strange about the whole
proceeding is that entertaining sucn an
opinion as it has of Mr. Lyon, it is
not convinced with Mr. Lyon that the
dispensary won't do. However, we
think that the Press and Banner will
come around all right after a while. It
is too fair minded to cling to error after
it has been convinced that Its position
is untenable from the standpoint
of right.
"Grrat as is the satisfaction all
honest men must feel that a shameful
judicial wrong has been set right at
last," says the New York Sun. "The
decision of the highest court in France
in the matter of Capt. Alfred Dreyfus
is even more gratifying as showing the
return to sanity of the French authorities
and the French people. The court
of cassation does not merely declare
the innocence of the unfortunate officer
and direct that amends be made; it declares
that the crime of which he was
accused never existed, a conclusion
that was reached long ago by most disinterested
foreign observers of the
case. That the decision cuts off the
opportunity for another spectacular
trial, with its recriminations, digressions
into irrelevant matters and general
hysteria, is something to be thankful
fur. France has uuieted down, and
is likely to accept the decision without
disturbance, though the believers in the
guilt of Dreyfus will be unconvinced,
as that is a matter of faith and not of
evidence or reasoning. Like the Salem
witchcraft or the Popish plot, the
Dreyfus case passes to the alienists of
the future as a curiosity in popular
delusions. It has taken courage on the
part of the French government to bring
the case to a final settlement, and courage
in the judges to render the decision
they have. For this they deserve all
honor."
Mr. W. D. Grist, editor of Tub Enquirer,
left last night to attend the
annual meeting of the South Carolina
Press association which convened on
the Isle of Palms this morning, and
which will continue its sessions until
Thursday afternoon or Friday morning.
The trip. In so far as Mr. Grist is
concerned is something unusual. He
has been editor of The Enquirer since
1891, and has done practically all of
the editorial work on every issue that
has been gotten out during the past
sixteen years, with never a vacation
and only one absence from Yorkvllle
extending over as long a period as four
days. While we are not prepared to
speak authoritatively on the subject, we
are probably safe in saying that there
is not an editor in the state who can
match such a record for steady, continuous
drudgery. In spite of these
facts. Mr. Grist was still reluctant to
avail himself of the pleasure of this
trip and probably would not have done
so except but for the insistence of his
colleagues who, perhaps, better than any
on' else, realize how many times over
he has earned even a much more extended
outing. It is hardly probable
that Mr. Grist will be back in time to
5l>f a Klfill U?ill til USSISlilOCe III lllf
preparation of the n.-xt issue of Tub
Esgi'iKKit, an<l if there should happen
to be any unusual shortcomings, we
hope that they will only be of such a
nature that will admit of their being
forgotten in the issues that will follow.
In the meantime we trust that Mr.
Grist will thoroughly enjoy his welldeserved
breathing spell. '/.
? - % %
Tiibrb have been some remarkable
developments in connection with
the letting by the government of the
recent contracts for furnishing armor
plate for the battleships Michigan
and South Carolina. The bidders
were the armor trust people.
Carnegie and Bethlehem on the one
hand and the Mid vale Steel company
on the other hand. The figures of
the Mid vale people were $f?0 a ton
lower than those of the Carnegie
people and it was supposed that that
should settle the matter. On Hnding
themselves underbid, however, the
armor trust people went to Washing
ton ?nul had a round with the offidals.
They represented that the
Carnegie company had originally
gone into the armor plate business
on an implied guarantee that they
would have a continued share of the
government patronage. This they
claimed because of the great expense
they had incurred in establishing
plants and of assembling expert
workmen from Germany, France and
England. They also claimed to have
to pay heavy royalty on the secret
process used in the manufacture of
Krupp plate and asserted that the
Mid vale people were using these secrets
in violation of the patent laws
of (he United States. The contracts
involved about $2,500,000. After
listening to the Carnegie company's
arguments the president finally decided
to order that the contract be
divided and that each bidder get an
equal share at the price bid by the
Mldvale company. The excuse given
is that ihe arrangement would facilitate
a more speedy delivery of the
armor.
j VINDICATION OF DREYFUS.
Res jit of Painstaking Labor of an Old
Schoolmate.
As a fitting epilogue to the acquittal
of Alfred Dreyfus. M. Philip BunauVarilla,
former Panama minister at
Washington, on Saturday gave the
Paris correspondent of the Associated
Press a remarkable story of how he
lirst discovert d positive proof of Dreyfus'
innocence and the guilt of Major
Count Esferhazy, a story heretofore
known only to a few intimates, including
Dreyfus, who said during a recent
dinner here that while the establishment
of his innocence was attributed to
many causes, M. Bunau-Varllla's
chance detection of the counterfeit borderau,
or the main document on which
the prosecution relied, was the real
cause of the triumph of justice.
"Yes." said M. Bunau-Varilla, "a
document among those old records was
the basis of the whole Dreyfus agitation
and was instrumental in his final
acquittal. Dreyfus and I entered the
polytechnic school together in 1878. I
recall his very characteristic Jewish
look, which was rather unprepossessing.
But he was a good fellow and a
companionable student.
"Our ways parted on our graduation,
he going into the army and I becoming
a government engineer. It was
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rested and convicted before a secret
courtmartial. I first thought he was a
victim of the prevailing anti-Semitic
sentiment, but the conviction appeared
to establish his guilt. Happening to
dine afterwards with my brother, Maurice,
proprietor of The Matin, he spoke
of having a photographic reproduction
of the bordereau, constituting the
only proof upon which Dreyfus was
convicted. All the official photographs
of the bordereau had been scrupulously
traced and returned to the court, but
some one had ingenuously photographed
one of the photographs, and this
was delivered to my brother with the
Idea that its publication would prevent
further assertions that Dreyfus
was innocent. However, Maurice decided
not to publish it as he did not
wish to again call public attention to
Dreyfus, who was then considered to
he a vile traitor.
"When my brother spoke of the bordereau
the idea flashed across my mind
that I might compare the document
with something written by Dreyfus
during our school days at the polytechnic
school. I finally fou >d an old
unanswered letter in which Dreyfus
asked for information relative to the
Congo.
"I began a careful comparison of the
bordereau and Dreyfus' Congo letter,"
he continued. "The first glance gave
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the fame handwriting. But suddenly
I observed something which caused me
profound astonishment. In Dreyfus'
letter to me the words having a double
'S' were written with a long 's' first
and a short 'a* second, whereas in the
bordereau it was just the reverse. The
short 's* was first and the long 's'
second. My brother made an independent
comparison of the bordereau
and the letter, and reached the same
conclusion, namely that the handwriting
of the letter ahout the Congo was
not that of the bordereau. As together,
we realized this discovery we
felt as though an earthquake had
shaken us.
"Maurice immediately announced his
determination to pubiish the photograph
of the bordereau, so that every
one possessing letters written by Dreyfus
would he able to make comparison,
and the following day the people generally,
and the Dreyfus family in particular,
saw for the first time, what
has since heen known as the bordereau.
From the appearance of that
photograph of the bordereau dates almost
everything known as the Dreyfus
affair. Everything of importance which
followed was in consequence of that
discovery, and the publication of the
photograph of the bordereau. But the
three capital consequences were:
"First, the Dreyfus family were enabled
to see the mysterious and only
proof on which Dreyfus was convicted
and they were thus enabled to make
comparisons establishing the innocence
of Dreyfus.
"Second, the appearance of the pho'Ograph
of the bordereau led M. <>
tro. a stock broker, to recognize it as
being in the handwriting of one of his
clients. Count Esterhazy, thus precipitating
Esterhaz.v's trial and the publi
cation of Zola's famous 'I Accuse' letter.
"Third, the appearance of the photograph
of the bordereau permitted Col.
Picquart, head of the intelligence department.
to break his silence and become
the most powerful witness in establishing
the innocence of Dreyfus."
EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS.
We do not think that Senator Tillman's
attack on Mr. Lyon will do the
latter any injury. The Herald and
News had hoped to see Gen. Youmans
succeed himself and we still have that
hope, but such attacks as that by Senator
Tillman can but help the one at
whom it is aimed.?Newberry Herald
and News.
In another direction Senator Tillman
may transgress too far. The tragedy
- * T?:il 1 I.,1 nf Worlo
UI 1 111 lllct II1MII lilt- Iicicai ui ?? uv.v
Hampton. Even should history record
that Tillman was a reformer and a
benefactor, that sacrifice is ever in the
records to confront him as needless as
well as impious. Cannot the senator
see the folly of allusion to it? Though
he may not, cannot understand the affection
in which the immortal^ Hampton's
name is held by his friends and
those friends of the state who believe
that his defeat is an indelible stain, it
seems that the living senator, having
no part nor lot with them, might respect
the silence which they preserve
about an episode that wrote "Ingrate"
on the shield of South Carolina. Let
the senator harangue and let the mob
shout: let him rant and let the wise
tolerantly smile and think upon his
better side; hut let him beware the
sin of desecration, let not his tongue
name Hampton! Let him not trouble
the sleeping: let a South Carolina
which lie never can know he alone with
its dead.?News and Courier.
William I). Heyward is the socialist
candidate for governor of Colorado,
and lie is said to he making a spirited
race. His running, however, is somewhat
handicapped by reason of the
fact that he is in jail at Caldwell,
Idaho, charged with being one of the
assassins of ex-C,ov? rnor Frank Steunenberg.
of that state. Heyward was
iMiiniiiat) <1 after he hinl been locked up
on the murder charge. Voting f?'" ?ip"
ill jail is sntnetliiug of a novelty i i this
country.?Savannah News. True; but
voting for men who ought to he in jail
is not a novelty h.v any manner of
menus.? Anderson l>ail.v Mall.
The Stale tines not agree with Mr.
Manning's views regarding the dispensary.
We do not agree with Mr. Marconi's
notion that he can establish
communication with the people of
Mars. According to our belief it is
about as practicable to conduct a
fraudless. graft less state dispensary in
South Carolina as it is to converse
with inhabitants of the canal planet.
Hut our disagreement with Mr. Manning
and our sincere regret that he lias
what we believe to be chimerical ideas
about the possibility of reforming tlie
South Carolina gin mill, do not warrant
us in entertaining the least sympathy
for attacks on the honesty or
sincerity of his legislative record. That
w ill stand the noon-day light, and it is
but fair and hoin st to say so.?Columbia
State.
? Spartanburg. July 14: The farmers
met here today and adopted resolutions
urging farmers to continue
to hold their cotton for higher
prices. The local market is now several
points higher than New York
spots, a condition never known before
in the history of the cotton business
in this county.
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LOCAL AFFAIRS
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
S. N. Johnson?Is announced as a can
candidate for reappointment as mag
istrate of York township.
J. L. Duncan?Is announced as a can
didute for' reappointment as magis
trate of Bullock's Creek township.
R. L. A. Smith?Is announced as i
candidate for reappointment as mag
Istrate for Broad River township.
James E. Beamguard?Is announce<
as a candidate for re-election to th
house of representatives.
Dr. J. H. Saye?Is announced as a can
didate for re-election to the house o
representatives.
York Drug Store?Has another ship
ment of Lowney's candies and say
It is best by every test.
J. J. Keller & Co.?Want you to writ
them about what you want in con
struction work, building material, etc
First National Bank?Advises you i
deposit your money with it. where 1
will be safe from burglars and fire.
Yorkville Hardware Co.?Tells yoi
about Its line of pocket knives, ra
zors, scissors, etc.
M. W. White?Says belief In sell
should teach self confidence In buy
ing stocks and bonds.
Glenn & Allison?Have just receive!
two car loads of buggies and wan
you to see them before you buy i
buggy wagon or mowing machine.
Foushee Cash Store?Will have a spe
clal sale of table damask and pant
jeans, Saturday and Monday.
Thomson Co.?Invites you to visit It
store during the remaining days o
its clearance sale.
Dogs days begin tomorrow and con
tinue forty days.
The Clemson exhibition car will be ii
Yorkville Friday.
Now, that the farmers are prett;
well sold out of the cotton they ha<
been holding so long, prices will prob
ably take an upward spurt.
The county executive committee hai
about five or six hundred dollars to
campaign purposes last year; but thi
year it is going to be rather hard u]
for funds.
The law providing fifteen days an
nual leave, with pay, for rural carrier:
only applies after the carrier has beei
in the service one year. Carriers wh
have been in the service a year ar
narmltteH tn tflkp off as manv davs a
they desire up to fifteen and the pa;
goes on all the same.
Mr. John Starr on yesterday showei
the reporter an invitation that was is
sued on account of a ball that wa
given on the occasion of the completioi
of the King's Mountain railroad b
Yorkvllle in 1*852. It was the first in
vitation that Mrs. Starr had received t
a social function of this nature. O
the members of the various committee
who had charge of the affair. Dr. J. M
Dowry and Major B. P. Rawlinson ar
the only two who are still alive.
The conference yesterday seemed t
be made up for the most part of **oi<
timers," that is, men who have beei
more or less conspicuous In politics fo
years. Among them were some wh
arc conceded to have large influence a
their respective precincts but th
majority were men who do not seem t<
count for a gr< at deal. Fort Mill prob
ably had a larger representation thai
any single township, except York
Bethel was not represented so far a
the reporter was able to see and ther
were but few representatives from th
western or southern part of the coun
ty.
There are numerous politicians wh<
seem to have nothing to harp on othe
than protestations of their loyalty b
Senator Tillman. They insist that th
senator is still an issue and that ever;
man who assumes the right to hav
vIou-q nf his nwn is trvine to dowl
Tillman. Their attitude is suggestiv
of the fellow who prevented the over
turning of Stone Mountain, a solii
boulder of granite, some four or fiv
hundred feet high, a mile or tw
round, and located about twenty mile
from Atlanta, Oa. The story is tha
one day a visitor who was walkini
around the base of the mountain cam
upon a fellow who had stuck a fenc
rail in a hole In the rock near th
ground and sitting on the end of it h
was bobbing up and down, gruntini
away as If his life depended upon il
"What is the matter," asked the visi
tor, "trying to break that rail?" Th
man at the rail paid no attention untl
the question was repeated, and thei
without for a moment relaxing hi
efforts he explained between gasps a
catching his breath: "Trying to brea'
this rail nothin'?there is a fellow 01
the other side trying to turn thl
mountain over and I am not going t
let him do It." Now, nobody neei
gather the idea that Senator Tillmai
is quite as permanent as Stone Moun
tain: but so far as this campaign i
concerned he is not needing the assist
ance of anybody to prevent his defea
for re-election. He cannot be defeate
without opposition and even Mi
Lumpkin has gotten entirely out of hi
way.
FIRE AT CLOVER.
The two-story building in which th
Masonic KIUKP ruuill tt? ^luvci >1 a., .w
cated, was destroyed by fire at 2.3
o'clock lhis morning, as was also i
warehouse, which was in close prox
imity. Both buildings were the pro
erty of Mr. W. B. Smith, and wer
valued at $800.
The first floor of the two-story build
ing was occupied by Mr. S. M. Falrei
magistrate, as an office and also as
warehouse for grain, feed, hay, et<
The upper floor was occupied as
lodge room by the Masons, Woodme
of the World and Jr. Order Unite
American Mechanics.
The losses are as follows: W. I
Smith, two buildings $800. insuranc
$400; Masonic lodge, loss $150, insur
ance $75: Woodmen of the World, los
$200, insurance $100; Jr. O. U. A. M
loss $225. no insurance. S. A. Falrie:
loss $100, no insurance; J. M. Smltl
and Lynn Hogue, lumber and tools I
building, about $115, no Insurance
Clover Hardware Co., fertilizers an
heavy hardware, in warehouse los
$450. no insurance.
The C. & N.-W. depot, which is clos
in- th? humeri buildings. was slight!
damaged.
The cause of the fire is unknown, an'
is supposed to have originated In th
Masonic lodge room.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? The soda fountains are doing
splendid business these days.
? The court house well has been ar
ranged so that no more cats can get ir
? The prospect for more cement side
walks this summer seems to be fading
? Therp was quite a large crowd o
people in Yorkville last Saturday an'
trade was good.
? Some thirty or forty bales of cot
ton came to Yorkville last Saturdaj
most of it without any previous sale.
? Dollars are going a long way ii
the dry goods business just now. Ther
is no fake about the sacrifice offers o
the local merchants.
? Mr. J. B. Woods of the Unioi
church neighborhood, had two teams o
mules hauling cotton to Yorkvill
yesterday morning. As the teams wer
coming up East Madison street towan
Main at the C. & N.-W. railroad, botl
bams became frightened at the dum|
car. which was going north in charg
of Section Master Summitt, and rai
away. The I earn of which Mr. J. C
Woods was in charge, made a shor
turn and threw Mr. Woods over i
wheel to the ground, severely bruisini
him in the face about the right eye. 01
the right side and right leg. The tean
continued its run to and across Mail
street at a good speed, the tongue of thi
wagon striking an arc light post at th'
Pnbson corner, throwing the mule
down, and knocking the arc light loosi
from its fastening. Mr. Nelson Wood.'
in charge of the second team, manage*
to get his mult s stopped, without mon
serious damage than a broken coup
ling tongue.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mr. R B. Lowry has taken a positioi
in Mr. R N. Moore's cotton office.
Mr. Tscharner DeOraffenreid of Co
lumbia. was in Yorkvilie on Sunday.
Mr. Titos. II. Rludworth is with tin
Yorkvilie It. & M. Co., as salesman.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Speck left thi:
morning for Atlanta for a few days.
Mr. Harry C. Smith of Charlotte
spent Sunday with relatives in York
vllle.
Miss Josie Carroll spent several days
In Cheraw last week visiting her broth
er, Mr. J. F. Carroll.
Mrs. D. E. McConnell of Oastonla
spent Sunday In Yorkville with he
- mother, Mrs. Trawick.
Miss Kate Cody left yesterday morn
Ing for Banners Elk, N. C., where shi
" will spend several weeks.
Supt. and Mrs. J. P. Redmond re
? turned Sunday morning after a visit o
- two weeks to northern cities.
Mr. Mason L. Blair of Chester, 1
J spending a week with his parents, Mi
e and Mrs. J. C. Blair, at Blalrsville.
Miss Margaret Ormand left yester
- day to accept a position as book-keep
f er in Gastonia, with the Singer Mfg
Co.
" Mr. and Mrs. John F. Youngblooi
S; spent Sunday with Mrs. Youngblood'
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gattis in Gas
tonia.
S-; Mr. W. E. Herring, who is wel
ol known in Yorkville, is now engaged ii
P draining a large tract of timber lam
near Charleston,
u Mrs. T. B. Ke-11 and daughter, o
- Fort Lawn, Is In Yorkville, on a vlsi
to Mrs. Kell's parents, Mr. and Mrs
f, Geo. T. Schorb..
Dr. D. L. Shleder received a telegrar
Sunday morning, announcing the deatl
* of his mother on Saturday night, age<
1 seventy-two years.
1 Mr. P. M. Grimes arrived In Yorkvill
Sunday morning from Conyers, Ga., t
~ attend a meeting of the stockholders o
the York Cotton mill this afternoor
s Mr. Grimes will leave for home thi
? afternoon.
CROP CONDITIONS.
Taking advantage of the fact tha
the entire county was pretty well rep
resented In Yorkville last Saturday, th
n reporter made a number of inquirie
as to crop conditions in the respectlv
y neighborhoods and the result was any
a thing but discouraging. Cotton gener
- ally is good, and corn everywhere 1
better man it nas Deen iur yeara.
j Mr. W. S. Wilkerson of Hickor
r Grove, speaking for his neighborhood
3 said that he does not remember a yea
p when crops were better at this tlmt
"We've had just enough rain and no
too much," he said. "The evidence o
that is good crops in the bottoms an
' good crops on the uplands. Too muc!
11 rain, you know drowns out the bot
0 toms, and too little leaves the upland
e dry. Just enough makes it right fo
8 both and that is what we have had u
^ to this time. I don't remember bu
one previous year In which we ha
3 about the same conditions, and I can'
- tell you what year it was."
s Mr. J. P. White, who has been ou
f into the Hickory Grove country say
o that Mr. Wilkerson has two acres o
- cotton that are promising four bales,
o A farmer from Bethel says the crop
t of his neighborhood are very good. <n
s peclally corn. He says Mr. S. J. Clin
' ton has the finest corn patch he ha
e ever seen. "There are only three acre
of It: but It is certainly fine. There I
o one row about 200 yards long tha
j looks like it is good for not less tha
n fifteen bushels."
r Crops In the Ramah neighborhood o
o the plantations of Mr. Jno. J. Matthew
t and others are good,
e Mr. J. B. Barron of Tlrzah, says th
o crops In his section are rather smal
- but they are coming along all righ
n and if nothing happens there will be
:. big yield. He says most of his neigh
s bors are laying by.
e < Mr. J. Q. Howe of Newport, say
e there are good crops throughout hi
- section; but he understands that th
country to the southeast over towar
_ Rock Hill and beyond Is not faring s
r well. He did not think that laying b
0 would become general around Newpor
in than a week or ten days.
The people in the Gold Hiill countr
p are generally in a good humor ove
their crops.
e Mr. J. R. Gettys of Roddey's, gave th
most discouraging report. Re say
j that some of the farmers of his local
Ity are In very good shape; but other
have had a hard fight with the grass o
s account of too much rain and are sti
, badly In the grass.
_ Dr. J. H. Saye, Mr. J. L. Rainey an
* Mr. J. M. Burris are agreed that every
e thing Is all right in the Sharon an
p Ulalrsville country, and reports fror
e McConnellsville are quite satisfactory.
The reporter talked with severs
? farmers who are trying patches of cor
In accordance with the Wllliamso
g method; but they are not yet in a con
II dition to discuss the results.
n *
s TILLMAN AND THE DISPENSAR\
k In answer to the recently publishe
a call, about fifty or sixty people fror
8 different parts of the county assemble
j in the court house yesterday mornin
n for the purpose of "suggesting a legis
- lative ticket in the coming primary
3 and discussing such other matters a
t might be brought up for considers
d tion."
The court house was named as th
S '
place for holding the conference; bu
about half hour before the hour fixe
for the meeting some nrteen or iweni
of the leaders of the movement, Includ
* Ing various signers of the call, assem
0 bled in one of the upper rooms of th
a Allison building, presumably for th
purpose of blocking out and agreeln
e upon a general plan of operations.
The conference convened In th
" court house shortly after 11 o'clocl
^ with fifty-three people present an
?. \yas called to order by Mr. J. R. Hail
a of Fort Mill township. Mr. S. R
|j Epps, Sr., of Fort Mill was nominate
chairman and Mr. W. Thompson Jack
5. son of Yorkville was elected secretarj
e On taking the chair, Mr. Epps too
g occasion to thank the conference fo
., the honor bestowed upon him and t
say that if the body were a conventio
he would be at ease in the chair; bu
In the case of a conference he wa
d somewhat at a loss to know how t
8 proceed. However, with the asslstanc
p of the gentlemen on the floor h
y thought that there would be no troubl
in securing satisfactory transaction c
p such business as might be presented.
Mr. Stewart read the published cal
down to the signers, and moved tha
the chair appoint a committee of flv
on platform and resolutions. The mo
tlon was adopted unanimously and th
committee was appointed as follows
i. W. H. Stewart, J. C. Wilborn. J. F
- Haile, W. Thompson Jackson and M
> S. Carroll.
f The chair announced that the confer
^lence would be at ease during the dellb
eratlon of the committee, and while th
r, committee was retiring, Mr. Jacksoi
took occasion to say: "It looks to m
n that under this call, I do not beloni
t In here. I am a friend of Senator Till
f
man and I am in favor of the dispen
n sary law as it was originally; but i
f this convention was called for the pur
pose of nominating a ticket, I have a
? part in it for I am opposed to that,
h Somebody said that the object of th
P conference was not necessarily to nom
e inate a ticket but merely to discuss th
. advisability of so doing and in tha
t view of the matter, Mr. Jackson decld
1 ed that there was no reason why h
H should not serve on the committee.
,n 1 rt.'vt*! m S t I AO eoni on f a hnil
f) 1 IIP LUium.im iciiiuimcu vn
i ten minutes and Anally reported th
p following:
s We the committee on platform am
p resolutions, beg leave to submit thi
' following:
1. We favor education and believe i
mild compulsory law will be a blesslni
to our people.
2. We believe in good roads an<
think a great improvement can bi
made in our present, public road sys
tern.
1 3. We believe the great question o
taxation should receive more consider
- at ion at '.he hands of our legislators li
the future than in the past.
e 4. We believe in the dispensary sys
tern in controlling the great liquor evil
but we believe further that It has beer
s in the hands of its enemies for the pas
few years; but should now be placet
in the hands of Its friends, and honest
" ly administered.
Resolved, That the sense of this con.
3 ference is that the chair appoint a com'
- mittee consisting of one member from
each township whose duty it shall be
to elect a chairman and serve as an
,1 executive committee in the coming
campaign.
2nd. That we invite candidates for
the house to make announcement on
B this platform.
Mr. Stewart took occasion to say
- that the committee had had but a short
f time in which to consider the many
important matters that might have res
ceived attention and assured the audi .
ence that any suggestion which any
member of it might make would be
kindly received. Mr. Carroll also said
~ in behalf of the committee that he
~ would be glad to hear from anybody
'' who might have a suggestion to offer.
Mr. R. R. Allison wanted to know
d what was meant bv a mild compulsory
8 education law, and Mr, J. C. Wllborn
- took the floor to make a speech on the
importance of education. In brief his
II remarks were to the effect that after
n the war the state was overrun by a
d horde of Ignorant vicious blacks the
whites were too impoverished to estabt
llsh proper educational facilities at
t that time, and there was a terrible
, struggle to regain supremacy. Now
the whites and blacks are on an equal
footing as to their educational advan"
tages, at least to a certain extent; the
h blacks have no other ambition than to
govern the whites and they are going
about the fulfillment of that ambition
e by getting alf the education they can.
o Thousands of whites are giving their
>t sole attention to making dollars In the
l. mills and elsewhere, to the neglect of
s proper, attention to education. The
people must be encouraged, and forced
to education else there Is danger of an
eventual return to negro supremacy.
This, Mr. Wllborn said, is the great
t burning question overshadowing all
- other questions. Mr. Wllborn's ree
marks were received with applause.
s At the conclusion of Mr. Wllborn's
e speech, Mr. Stewart caJled attention to
- the fact that the committee had neg
lected to incorporate in the platform a
s plank declaring in favor of a ten hour
labor law. The matter was discussed
V and such a D'ank was finallv adonted
1, to apply to textile Industries,
r At this stage a resolution was adopted
providing that the different items
t in the platform be taken up and con>f
sidered separately. Item one having
d already been approved, items two and
h three were adopted without discussion.
When the dispensary item was
s reached Mr. Stewart took the floor,
r He began with the declaration that
p this was a burning question, too. As
it Ben Tillman had said at Columbia,
d that so long as grass continues to
t grow and water runs down hill, liquor
will be with us. He was willing to
t admit that there had been corruption
s and graft. He could not specify; but
f with so many rumors of such things
over the state it was useless to deny
s it. However, he had time and again
- challenged anybody to show where
- there had ever been any corruption
s or graft in York county. He was not
s concerned about how the state at
s large had been doing; but the quest
tlon was how it had been in York,
n Then he proceeded to argue that the
dispensary had fallen into bad repute
n because it was In the hands of its ens
emies and the enemies of the reform
movement. The enemies of the dise
pensary had brought discredit upon
I, the Institution in order to bring disit
credit upon the father of the institua
tion. As proof of what he said he re
ferred to the manner in which the
May convention had tabled with a
s whoop the resolution endorsing Tills
man. Next he argued against the
e county dispensary and high license
d ideas, claiming that if the whole state
o could not control the liquor evil, how
y could a county Or art Individual be ex t
pected to do it? Mr. Stewart was applauded.
y Mr. Jackson differed with Mr.
r Stewart as to the propriety of emphasizing
the dispensary as the most
e important issue. He said that so long
s as the government permits liquor to
- be made and the express companies
a are permitted to deliver, individuals
n whn rtpsirp it will have no trouble in
II getting enough to kill them. He
agreed with Mr. Wilborn- that educad
tlon Is the burning question.
When the resolution providing for
d the appointment of an executive comn
mittee was reached, Mr. R. R. Allison
desired to know what the duties
il of this committee were to be; he was
n unable to see any necessity for it as
n the party already has an executive
- committee.
Mr. Haile explained that this committee
would not conflict with the
f regular executive committee; but he
thought it would be necessary to have
d the conference party properly represented
at the polls.
Mr. M. S. Carroll said that the othd
er side, the anti side, Is already thorg
oughly organized and it is necessary
_ for our side to organize also. What
we want is to get things like we used
to have them. We have been negs
lecting our business?plowing on,
. and the other side has slipped in and
taken the control from us. What
we now want to do is to get it back
e again. What we want is for four
it candidates to announce on this plat?
form and then we want to be in a
position to take care of them.
y Mr. Jackson said that from what
- he had seen going on during the past
. week we are up against a slate ticket.
The other side have out five men
with the understanding that if four
e of the five run the fifth will be taken
g down. If that is not a slate I don't
know what it Is. I would like to have
four men on each side and let the
e strongest side win. I am not in favor
c of making nominations in this cond
ference; but as I see it we would be
perfectly justified in so doing as that
e Is what the other side has done. Mr.
t- Jackson was applauded,
d Mr. Blankenshlp said he stood
ready to pledge a candidate from
Port Mill.
r' Mr. T. V. Boyd?I nominate Mr. S.
k H. Epps.
r Mr. Blankenshlp?I did not mean
to make a nomination; but was only
0 going to make a suggestion,
n Mr. W. H. Stewart?I want to sugit
gest Mr. T. M. Allen of Harmony, as
a suitable candidate. He is as good a
man as there is in the county,
o The chair called attention to the
e fact that the resolution had not yet
e been adopted.
Somebody suggested the name of
e Mr. H. E. Nell of Filbert,
if Mr. Stewart went on to say that
Catawba township had another good
.. man for the legislature?Mr. Johnson.
t At this stage the question was put
e on the adoption of the resolution and
. the resolution was adopted. Following
a suggestion from the floor, the
e chair declared a recess of five -min:
utes while representatives from various
townships agreed upon fitting
, executive committeemen. The list
was made up and announced as follows:
- Bethel L. B. Brown.
. Bethesda W. L. Hinson.
Broad River ....John D. Whltesldes.
Bullock's Creek H. J. Sherrer.
n Catawba W. P. Crook.
e Ebenezer T. M. Oates.
Xfill r P Rlankenshin.
S King's Mountain j. A. C. Love.
York M. S. Carroll, j
After the appointment of the exef
cutive committee, Maj. W. B. Moore
. moved the re-conslderation of the action
whereby the ten-hour labor law
? was recommended.
Mr. R. R. Allison was opposed to
e the ten hour labor proposition be_
cause he feared that It might come
home to the farmers. It is not praee
ticable to work farm laborers on a
t ten hour basis, he said, for the reason
_ that it was difficult to get ten hours
In the winter.
Messrs. Stewart and Halle both
held out for the ten hour proposition;
t Mr. Jackson, Major Moore and others
e opposed it. Mr. Jackson suggested
that they were after the manufacturers
warm enough on the compulsory
3 education proposition; that If the
e manufacturers would agree to that,
he was willing to concede them the
right to manage their hours of labor
i as they pleased.
? The hours of labor plank was reconsidered?ten
to no further count,
i and the plank was stricken out of the
e? platform.
Mr. Stewart took occasion to say
that It would not be the business of
f the committee to nominate candidates;
- but it would no doubt see to It that
^ the field does not get too full. He
also suggested that there would be no
- need for action until after the meetI
Ing at Filbert.
i The chair was requested to call a
t meeting of all the members of the
1 executive committee present to be
- held immediately after the adjournment
of t.ie conference, and there be;
ing no furjhpr business the confer
ence adjotfrned. X
EXECUTIVE.COMMITTEE MEETING
The York County Democratic Executive
committee met In the court house
last Saturday morning pursuant to the
call of Chairman Briee for the purpose
of arranging a campaign schedule, fixing
a basis for the assessment of candidates
and transacting such other
business as seemed to require attention.
Upon a call of the roll of the duly
elected executive committeemen, by
Dr. J. H. Saye, the following answered
to their names:
R. M. Barnett Bethel.
J. M. Russell Blalrsvllle.
J. E. Beamguard Clover.
J. R. Gettys Coates's Tavern.
C. P. Blankenshlp Fort Mill.
Tnhn \1 Prater . Forest Hill. I
J. E. Leech Hickory Grove.
P. M. Burris McConnellsvi.le.
J. Q. Howe Newport.
R. M. Wallace Piedmont.
W. B. Wilson, Jr Rock Hill No. 1.
R. W. Whitesides Smyrna.
J. B. Barron Tlrzah.
J. S. Brice Yorkville No. 1.
M. B. Jennings Yorkville No. 2.
After the roll call had been completed,
Chairman Brlce called attention to
the fact that the re-organizatlon had
not yet proceeded beyond the election
of a chairman and called for nominations
for secretary and treasurer. Dr.
J. H. Saye was re-elected secretary and
M. B. Jennings was elected treasurer.
A committee was appointed, consisting
of Messrs. C. P. Blankenship, P.
M. Burris and R. M. Wallace, to consider
and report upon a proper basis
for assessing the various candidates for
campaign expenses. After a thorough
canvas of the situation, the committee
re|)orted as follows:
Probate Judge 116 00
Auditor 10 00
Treasurer 10 00
Superintendent of Education.... 6 00
County Supervisor 6 00
County Commissioner 2 00
House of Representatives 4 00
Magistrate for Broad River
Township 3 00
Magistrate for Bullock's Creek
Township 3 00
Magistrate for Bethesda Towniihln
3 00
Magistrate for York Township.. 6 00
Magistrate for King's Mountain
Township 3 00
Magistrate for Bethel Township. 3 00
Magistrate for Fort Mill Township
4 00
Magistrate for Ebenezer Township
3 00
Magistrate for Catawba Township
8 50
After some little discussion the foregoing
was adopted without change.
Dr. J. H. Saye, Mr. J. E. Leech and
M. B. Jennings. Esq. were appointed a
committee to arrange the campaign
schedule which, upon recommendation
of the committee was adopted as follows:
Tlrzah, Wednesday. Aug. 15.
Forest Hill, Thursday, Aug. 16.
Fort Mill, Friday, Aug 17.
Rock Hill, Saturday, Aug. 18.
Clover, Monday, Aug. 20.
Bethany, Tuesday, Aug. 21.
Hickory Grove, Wednesday, Aug 22.
Blairsville, Thursday Aug. 23.
McConnellsville, Friday. Aug. 24.
Yorkville, Saturday, Aug. 25.
It was decided that as to whether
the meeting to be held in Yorkville on
August 8, for the benefit of the state
campaign party, should be in the court
house or in a grove should be deter'
* " 41 ?1 *?? ? ? ? ? ?v? (1
minea oy me cnairnmn us nc miaui.
think best in the light of future circumstances.
The chairman was also
authorized to have such printing done
as he might deem necessary.
A resolution was adopted closing the
doors to new candidates after 12
o'clock, m., August 15.
There being no further business the
committee adjourned, subject to the
call of the chairman.
LOCAL LACONICS.
We Will Send The Enquirer
From this date until January 1st.
1907 for 92 cents.
Chester Candidates.
The following candidates have been
announced for the various offices in
Chester county: Senator?P. L. Hardin.
Legislature?J. W. Means, B. A.
Ragsdale, J. Henry Gladden, A. G.
Brice, Paul Hemphill, S. A. Rodman,
S. T. McKeown. Auditor?I. McD.
Hood, W. J. Waters, John F. Oates.
Supervisor?J. O. Darby, T. W. Shannon.
Judge of Probate?J. R. Culp, R.
L. Douglas. Treasurer?W. O. Guy.
Superintendent of Education?W. D.
Knox.
Attirlrarl hv a Bull.
The fifteen-year-old daughter of Mr.
Tom Alexander, of the Point neighborhood,
wa9 badly injured on Monday
of last week by being attacked by a
Jersey bull. The young lady was engaged
In milking a cow when the bull,
which previously had the reputation of
being gentle came upon her and
knocked her down. She was unable to
get out of the way and the bull kept
charging on, rolling her a considerable
distance until she fell in a ditch. The
bull went on over. Help arrived about
this time and the young lady was rescued.
Her thigh was broken, a hip
dislocated and she was otherwise bruised.
Dr. T. N. Dulin, who was called to
look after the case, was at first fearful
that the young lady would be crippled
for life; but since he is encouraged to
hope that she will make a satisfactory
recovery.
Death of R. S. Hope.
Chester correspondence Columbia
State, July 16: Mr. Robert S. Hope, a
well known and most highly esteemed
citizen of this county, died at his home
near Lowryvllle this morning, aged
eighty-five years. Mr. Hope was a
life-long resident of that community,
having been born witnin a mne or me
place where he died. His college life
consisted of two years in South CaroUna
college and one year In the University
of Virginia, completing the
course of study in 1840. All of Mr.
Hope's life was spent on the farm and
he made an emphatic success of his
business. He was a man of extensive
and accurate information, high-toned
and honorable in all his dealings. For
nearly half a century he was a elder
in the Bethesda Presbyterian church,
where he will be Interred tomorrow.
He Is survived by two sons, Rev. S. R.
Hope, missionary for the last fourteen
years in Japan, and Mr. John A. Hope
of Lowryville. Mr. Hope was a member
of the convention which organized
the Southern Presbyterian church in
August in 1S61.
The Clemson Car.
Referring to the visit of the Clemson
car to Spartanburg, the Herald of
Sunday had the following: The Clemson
College Extension car arrived in
the city yesterday afternoon and was
shifted on the side track in front of the
Southern passenger station, where the
agricultural exhibits will be shown
Monday. The traveling exhibit Is in
charge of Prof. C. L. Newman, who is
accompanied by Professors Brackett,
House and McSwain, and Mr. Hale, a
Southern railway official. The party
has two cars, which are fitted up for
the tour through the state. Most of
the space is occupied by the exhibits, a
small space being set apart for cooking
and sleeping, and those In charge of
the exhibits live in the cars. Prof.
Newman said yesterday that they had
been out since July 2nd. when they
held an institute at Liberty, and they
have been greeted by large crowds at
nearly all of the points visited. They
came from Pacolet here. They visited
Jonesville and West Springs Friday
and had large crowds, especially at
West Springs. They go from here to
Gaft'ney and Blacksburg where they
exhibit on Tuesday and Wednesday,
respectively. The cars are rigged up
with a large number of exhibits, all of
which are the products of different departments
of work of Clemson college.
The agricultural exhibit consists of
cotton, of which there are sixty-seven
varieties, wheat, twenty-five varieties,
cowpeas, forty-five varieties, Irish potatoes,
thirty varieties, oats, alfalfa.
grapes, pecans and other products of
the farm. The object of these exhibits
is to show how these farm products can
be produced, not only in large yield,
but to best advantage to the farmer.
The mechanical departments show instruments
and machinery made by the
students of Clemson, ranging from the
department of forging, to the highest
attainrmnts in machinery which is a
steel turning lathe for turning out rods,
bolts, etc., of steel and iron. The textile
department contains a loom fitted
up by the students and a varied array
of textile fabrics. There are to be
seen more than a hundred varieties of
cloth, from coarse sheeting to silk fabrics.
Beautiful patterns of table linens
and counterpanes are among the
cloth exhibits. Bottled samples of
dyes, extracted by the students, are on
exhibition.
The Dewey's Trip to Manila.
Washington, July 13: With the safe
arrival 01 the arydock Dewey at Alangapo,
P. I., comes the news that the
paymaster aboard her?B. M. Dobson,
a York county boy?has stood the perilous
voyage ot thousands of miles in
excellent shape and that he will shortly
return to tne United mates and probably
be granted a short leave of absence
by the navy department. Paymaster
Dobson is one of the youngest
members of the pay corps, and entered
the service from South Carolina about
eighteen months ago. When the crew
or the Dewey was being assembled for
her perilous trip to the Philippines he
was chosen by Secretary Bonaparte as
a man without fear. Me was also the
choice of Commander Hosley, the man
that has carried the Dewey safely
across the waters to Manna. wueu
it was proposed that this Immense
steel structure be towed half way
around the world many x>f the wise old
.*.ea dogs shook their heads and predicted
that the expedition would meet
with disaster. As It was the trip was
marked with several mishaps, but none
of them was so serious as to endanger
ihe big craft. The tow lines were
broken several times in the heavy
weather encountered in the eastern
wattrs of the Atlantic, and on one occasion
the dock was lost for almost
thirty-six hours. The towing machinery
became wrenched and part of it
had to be replaced with sections sent
on from the United States. The expedition
started from the plant of the
Maryland Steel company of Baltimore,
at Solomon's Island, Chesapeake Bay,
Decemter 28, last, a.id 196 days have
been consumed in making the trip. It
was thought at the navy department
that the trip could have been accomplished
in from four to Ave months, as
doubtless it would* have been, had it
not been for stress of weather en route.
The Dewey cost |1 124,000; is 500 feet
long and is capable of docking the
largest battleship now owned by the
United States, in about four hours.
The department has cabled its con
gTaiuiauons 10 uormnanuer nuoic; unu
the other officers of the Dewey, congratulating
them on their successful
voyage and complimenting them on being
brave enough to do their duty
against what at times seemed almost
certain destruction to both life and
property. Upon his return to the United
States Paymaster Dobson will
doubtltss be granted his leave of absence,
as stated, and will have excellent
stories to tell the people of his
native state concerning the long and
perilous voyage that he has Just taken.
ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS.
The Chamber of Commerce Organized
?Death of Mr. Crawford Brown?Almost
a Serious Accident?Personal
and Other Notes.
-orrranoudeice ot tin York rill* Knaulier.
Rock Hill, July 17.?The organization
of the Rock Hill Chamber of
Commerce was completed Friday evening.
There was a Very favorable show
of enthusiasm in the meeting, although
many of those who have signed the roll
and are Interested, were not present.
Mr. John O. Anderson, who for many
years has been one of the city's foremost
business men and organizers, was
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as follows: J. B. Johnson and Ira B.
Dunlap, vice presidents; C. K. Schwrar,
secretary; Jas. S. White, treasurer; E.
T. Fewell, J. M. Cherry, EI H. Johnson,
J. B. Barron. C. W. F. Spencer, J- 8.
White, W. J. Roddey, EI E. Poag, W.
L. Roddey, governing board. The organization
starts out with a large
membership of fine personnel and with
a splendid corps of officers.' It is confidently
believed that they will even
increase the pace which the "Magic
City of the Piedmont" has been setting
for her sister towns.
Mr. Crawford Brown, aged about
twenty-three years, whose Illness has
been noted, died at the home of his parents
Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Brown, in
West Main street, FYiday night after
an illness of several weeks with typhoid
fever and complications. He was
brought home from Chester, where he ,j
had been for some time, and for a time
seemed to be getting along favorably.
Pneumonia set in last week and ever
since his recovery has been very
doubtful. The remains were taken
Saturday morning to Richburg for interment.
The deceased was a half
brother of Dr. Willie Wylie of that
place. He is survived by his parents,
two sisters and the brother mentioned
above. He has been for several years
a student at Clemson college.
People walking along Railroad ave.,
between Main and White streets, Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock, witnessed
a small wreck on the Southern main
line just as though it were a "stage affair."
A coal car on the Charleston
division's track got loose in some
way and came scuttling down the
grade toward the main line while a
north bound freight was pulling by.
The car had gained considerable speed
and although the engine of the freight
had gotten well past the point of danger,
the spectators were holding their
breath awaiting the crash. It came
when the freight was about half way
past the intersecting point, a loaaea
car was pretty badly torn up but the
gondola was not badly injured.
Speaking of accidents?an Incident
of great Import to the citizens of Rock
Hill occurred at the passenger station
Thursday night, as the street car loaded
with people, who had been to the
Manchester-Powell recital at Wlnthrop
college, reached that point A serious
accident with the probable death of &
car full of people was only narrowly
averted. The trains on the Charleston
division came into the station on this
Y switch track, those going east backing
in. At 10.30 Thursday evening
the train from Marion was backing
down to the station just as the car
from the college was nearing the point
at the station, where it?the car?runs
on the rails of the Southern track.
Some seeing the train coming at a pretty
lively clip, with no apparent Intention
of stopping and the street car too
far on to get out of the way, yelled to
the people to jump. A small panic ensued
and many of the passengers failing
to note that the train had come to
a stand still did jump. A number of
those who jumped were more or less
bruised up and it Is said by some pres
eni mat me scene was seriu-cunnv w
quite a degree. It is believed by many
people here that an accident at the
point mentioned is only a matter of
time. The Southern's Charleston division
track mentioned above is laid on
the "right of way" of the street railway,
or vice versa, and the two tracks converge
immediately at the side of the
station platform. Something ought
certainly be done to remedy the situation
before a wholesale slaughter of
passengers occurs at that place.
Mrs. Moore, widely known over the
south as "Betsy Hamilton," will next
Monday evening give one of her very
interesting entertainments, reading selections
from her own book, at Winthrop
college, Superintendent Martin
having secured her for the occasion.
Mrs. Moore, whose home is in Talladega..
Ala., is the step-mother of Mrs.
J. W. Willis of this city.
Mr. A. P. Lineberger of this city has
been appointed district deputy of district
No. 6. I. O. O. F. of South Carolina.
The district embraces the lodges
in York, Lancaster, Chester and Fairfield
counties.
Dr. Thos. A. Crawford, one of Rock
Hill's best known and most popular
physicians, has been confined to his
home for the past week with an attack
of indigestion.
Miss Sidney Gage of Union is visiting
her aunt Mrs. D. P. Steele, near
the city.
Mrs. C. E. Peele of Columbia, is visiting
her, parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W.
Hall.
Mrs. Kirk of Columbia, is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. M. G. Bryant,
whose infant child has been very sick.
Mr. Eugene Hutchison of Eastover,
visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
C. Hutchinson, this week. His sister.
Miss Annie Clare, accompanied him on
his return.
Miss Lydia White of Charlottesville,
Va., is visiting Miss Carrie Adams.
Mrs. P. A. Neal has returned from a
visit to relatives in Steele Creek, N. C.
Mrs. W. B. Wilson has returned from
Birmingham, accompanied by Mr. William
Wilson, who has been quite sick ?
there.
Miss Ada O'Bryan left Saturday for
a visit to friends in Greenville.
Mrs. C. S. May with her little daughter.
Carolyn. Is visiting her former
home in Reldsville N. C.
Mrs. Lewis O'Bryan and little son,
of Georgetown, are visiting Mrs. Ada
O'Bryan.