Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 21, 1906, Image 2
Scraps and jgatts.
? The Democratic primary of Georgia
will be held tomorrow. There are
five candidates in the race for governor
as follows: Cl?rk Howell, editor of
the Atlanta Constitution: Hoke Smith,
Atlanta: J. H. Estill, editor of the
Savannah Morning News; Richard B.
Russell of Jackson county, and James
S. Smith of Oglethorpe.
? By an almost unanimous vote of
the Grand Army of the Republic,
In session at Minneapolis, Minn., last
week, the resolution censuring the
Daughters of the Confederacy for
proposing to erect a monument to
the memory of Henry Wirtz, commandant
of the Andersonville prison.
was turned down. Only one vote
was cast in favor of the resolution.
The next Grand Army reunion will
be held at Saratoga, N. Y.
? Ocala, Fla., August 19: R. E.
Wlshart of this city, was killed at
San Antonio, Pasco county, this
morning, by a turpentine man named
Burton. Wishart operated a tie
camp at Ehren, and with his two
daughters went to San Antonio to have
some dental work done for one. While
the lady was in the dentist's chair,
and Wishart was waiting in the office.
Burton, who had a grievance against
the dentist, whose name is Nichols,
came to the door and asked if Nichols
was in. Wishart replied that he
was, and Burton thinking it was
Nichols who spoke, fired a load from
a shotgun into Wishart's heart, killing
him instantly. As Burton fired
he called out: "Nichols, you have
ruined my wife." Wishart came to
Florida from Lumberton, N. C., eight
years ago and owned property on the
west coast.
? Advices received at Manila, last
Friday indicate that strong repressive
measures are being enforced in
the northern part of the island of
Leyte. The district is inhabited by
the Pul&janes, who recently fell upon
a detachment of the Eighth infantry
under Lieutenant James, killing him
and four of his men. It is reported
that Lieutenant Sweeny, with a
company of the Twenty-fourth inrantry,
has .had a sharp fight with a
band of natives which he met there.
He wounded several, captured sev-l
-enty four, and there is an unreported
number killed. The island appears
to be practically under martial law.
The northern part has been divided
into three military districts in order
to facilitate field operations. Brigadier
General Lee is in command and
troops in large forces have been sent
there. Scouting parties are watching
the movements of the tribes, and
the presence of any considerable
number of natives in one place is
reported.
? London Spectator: Observers of
the west were somewhat surprised
that the dissolution of the douma
was not immediately followed by a
popular uprising or an immediate
panic in Russian securities. They
forgot that Russia is an agricultural
continent rather than a kingdom;
that its capital is fettered in bonds
of steel; that its swiftest means Of
internal communication are in the
hands of the government alone, and
that, with its douma suppressed, its
people, the peasantry especially, have
no organ through which their united
will can be expressed. From the moment
of the convocation of the
statesgeneral the people of France
were never without a mouth and until
the "bronze artillery officer" shot
down the "sections" they were never
without an "army of revolution."
The Russian nation moves heavily
and may take years before its general
will is effective, its movement
DWng mat 01 a glacier nuner 111j.11
the avalanche. Still, it is moving.
? An ingenious conspiracy on the
part of Polish revolutionists to assassinate
the governor general of Warsaw,
culminated in failure last Saturday.
A few days previous a revolutionist
wearing the uniform of a
Russian officer, called upon the German
consul provoked a difficulty and
assaulted him viciously. When the
matter was reported to the governor
general that official supposing that
the assailant of the consul was really
a Russian officer, called upon him
for the purpose of making an apology.
This was what the conspirators
were calculating on. In the meantime
they had hired a house near
the consulate and when the governor's
carriage arrived they began to throw
bombs at it, throwing three in all.
Two of the bombs exploded behind
the carriage without injuring it but
smashed the windows in the neighboring
houses. It is said that the
governor general was badly shocked.
Bystanders said that the bombs were
thrown by a light haired girl and all
the light haired girls in that neighborhood
were arrested; but nothing
could be proved.
? Havana, August 18: The rumors
of uprisings in Cuba are confirmed
in some quarters. A detachment of
rural guards last night encountered
a Dana 01 imny men near mu nundo,
province of Pinar del Rio. The
band, which is commanded by Col.
Pozo, the well-known veteran, fled
after an exchange of shots. It is positively
stated that two other bands
are roaming about Pinar del Rio, led
by locally influential men, but at the
palace here it is said that the Pozo
band consists of fourteen men, and
that no other bands are out. Rural
guards recently encountered a band
of outlaws in Santiago province. It
was led by Enrique Mesa, a notorious
bandit. One rural guard was
wounded, and two of the outlaws
were captured. The secretary of the
Interior declares that the fourteen
outlaws in the Rio Hondo district
have been dispersed and that there
is no truth in the rumors to the effect
that other bands are out. The reports
of uprisings as having been
planned for tomorrow in Havana
province near Marianao have not
yet been verified. There is no serious
apprehension in any quarter, but
many veterans have pledged their
services to President Palma if they
are needed.
? Mrs. Bina ' F. Verault-Hamilton
and Mrs. James Pemberton Brown
hold the center of the sensational
stage in New York just at present.
It seems that several years ago these
women began Inserting "personal"
advertisements in the New York pa
pers, offering marriage if congenial
husbands could be found. Scores of
replies came from all over the country
and they worked each victim to
the limit by promises of marriage.
When the victim would finally become
impatient they would disappear
for a time and then start a hunt
for new victims. But the matrimonial
bureau was but a side line.
They were out for bigger game. Mrs.
Brown promoted the Kentucky Coal
and Fuel company and held spiritualistic
seances, advising her victims
through the medium of spirits to
buy the stock of this company. By
means of these mystic "tips" $50,000
worth of stock was quickly sold.
A Brooklyn brewer purchased $25.000
worth of the stock. At last there
was a kick from a victim and the
United States district attorney began
to investigate, and the victims began
to register complaints. The two
women were arrested and are now
held under charges of fraudulent use
of the mails. Two Wall street millionaires
are among the victims of
the worthy pair.
? The Atlanta. Ga., Evening News,
which is owned by Governor Terrell's
chief of staff, in its Issue of
Saturday editorially commended the
South Carolina rnob for lynching
Hovia in the nrpwnpp nf flftv
ernor Heyward, and offered $1,000 reward
for similar treatment of a negro
committing an assault on a white
woman in Atlanta. The editorial
reads: "Hurrah for South Carolina.
Three cheers and a 'tiger' for the
brave men of that state. They have
_ i vindicated the honor of at least one
community in South Carolina, even
in the presence of the governor of
the state. They have done their duty,
and done it well. A black brute,
whom the state executive appropriately
called a devil and a fiend of
hell, who perpetrated the most infamous
crime above a burning hell?
that of assaulting a defenseless white
girl?went to his fate and doom at
the hands of a public court of patriots,
and today South Carolina
stands at the forefront of southern
patriotism. Tomorrow Georgia may
claim the honor. Those South Carolina
men upheld the honor and tradition
of their great state." The
News then offers a thousand dollars
for a lynching in Atlanta for a similar
crime, and says: "Pour white
women have recently been outraged
in Atlanta by negroes, and but two
of the assailants were caught. Two
out of four of the black devils escaped,
and are still at large, roaming
wherever they will to attack and outrage
other white women whom they
may find in their path. Shall these
brutes In human form be allowed to
continue to devour the womanhood
of this neignhornooa : mere snuuiu
be a placard posted on almost every
tree, post and corner of this country
in large, black letters, putting these
imps of hell and Are on notice that
an awful doom awaits them if they
put their fingers on the white skin
of any decent white woman in this
county."
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YORKVILLE, S. C.i
TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, !!)06.
If it is true that Cole L. Blease admires
a man, we wonder what he
thinks about Mr. Fraser Lyon?
Thk act we call the "Brice act" is
simply a local option law, called by the
name of the man who introduced it.
The legislature would not repeal me
Brice act and then pass another local
option act. There would be no sense
in that; for any local option act must
be, as we have already said, and as
every well-informed man knows, substantially
the same as the Brice act?
precisely the same as to the qualifications
for voting In the local option election,
for the legislature Is bound to
follow the constitution?Newberry Observer.
That Is a complete and correct statement
of the whole situation.
Mr. Richard I. Manning is distributing
throughout the state a card on
one side of which he is advertising his
candidacy for governor and on the other
side his platform, one plank of
which reads like this:
6. A party rule requiring a primary
so that every white Democrat can
vote for the removal of a dispensary
from n county before the special election
under the Brice law.
Now if that Is not a pretty catchvote
subterfuge for a would-be statesman,
we give it up. Why this double
election arrangement. Is not every
white man who is entitled to vote eligible
to registration? Ought a man
who wil not register be allowed to
vote? Can't every white Democrat
who hasn't got a registration certificate
get one? This is simply buncombe and
bosh and Mr. Manning knows it.
Which Is How?
The avowed t)blect of the dispensa
ry conference which was held In Yorkville
some weeks ago was to bring out
candidates in advocacy of the state
dispensary. So far as we are aware
there is no dispute on that point. Nobody
has tried to claim anything else.
It has been understood all along that
the very life of the state dispensary
depends upon the repeal of the Brlce
law. Until within the last week or two
nobody has even thought of suggesting
otherwise.
The object of the Brlce law is "to
kill the damnable dispensary." There
is absolutely no question of that. Its
author so stated openly on the floor of
the senate before it was passed, and
has never claimed anything else before
or since.
Mr. Cole L. Blease, the most uncompromising
dispensary advocate in the
state, Senator Tillman not excepted,
bears testimony as to the purpose of
the Brlce law, freely admits that it is
well calculated to accomplish its purpose.
and declares his intention to continue
to fight it as long as it remains
on the statute books. Senator ^Tillman
has denounced the Briee law and every
legislator who voted for it on every
stump from which he has spoken since
its passage. He has advised that advocates
of the Brice law be left at
home.
That the nominees of the dispensary
conference, called for the avowed purpose
of yielding implicit obedience to
the will of Senator Tillman, should be
opposed to the Brice law, was to be
taken as a matter of course, even without
an expression from them on the
mihWt' hut sinre In renlv to aues
tions at Clover, all of these nominees
have seen proper to declare their more
or less unqualified approval of the
Brlce law, the situation becomes one
which, to say the least, is surprising:.
It was Mr. Epps who, at Tlrzah, told
how, on hearing the local option speech
of Mr. Ansel, he was reminded of the
gourd which, though having the advantage
of not being fit to eat, was
objectionable because it grew on both
sides of the fence at the same time. It
was difficult to see the application then;
but now it seems to illustrate the position
of these "conference" candidates
clearly. As in the case of the darkey
who had such a Jragic piscatorial experience,
it is well nigh impossible to
say whether it is "a nigger a fishing,
or a fish a niggering."
Which is how, anyway?
A Clear Cut Issue.
It has always been the policy of Tub
Yorkvii.lk Enqpiubk to avoid partlzanship
as between Democratic candidates
for county offices, and it is not
our purpose now to depart from that
policy; but at the same time the present
situation seems to involve an issue
about which there should be no misunderstanding.
and we feel it our duty
to try to make that issue as clear as
possiDie.
This issue as we understand it, and
we think we understand it correctly,
is local ftelf-governinent on the liquor
question?whether the qualified voters
of a county will insist on their right
to decide whether or not liquor shall
be.legally sold in their territory, or
whether they shall concede all discretion
and power with reference to the
liquor question to be exercised by central
authorities without reference to
local conditions.
This issue naturally involves the
abolition or the retention of the state
liquor machine. As long as the state
machine continues, the business of those
counties which are willing to permit
the sale of liquor will be controlled from
the central authority. With the abolition
of the state machine, each county
will have the right of choosing between
absolute prohibition and a liquor business
under its complete control with
no danger of outside interference.
The trend of events in York county
has been so as to shape the situation
in such manner that the vote of the
people for representatives in the general
assembly will be taken as an un
inistakable declaration of the attitude 1
of the county on this subject. i
As matters stand there are nine can- 1
didates In the field and four to be I
elected. i
It Is probably fair to say, and we |
certainly believe it Is true when we (
say it, that of the nine candidates in i
the field, but a single one has been 1
announced of his own volition and <
because of a personal desire to go to
Columbia as a representative of York i
county in the general assembly. I
In accordance with their previous i
pledges to the people, Messrs. Ardrey, ;
Beamguard, Massey and Saye, voted |
for the Morgan bill that sought to en- i
sure to the counties the right of local \
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county dispensaries, and against the j
Raysor-Manning bill, which sought to i
perpetuate the state dispensary sys- (
tern under central control. i
The votes of these representatives |
have been challenged by people who I
desire the continuation of the state i
machine. The challenge of these representatives
was In the nature of a
challenge to the people by whom they
were elected. If, under the clrcum- |
stances, any one of these gentlemen i
had refused to stand his ground, he i
would have been disloyal to the people i
he represented. All of them are true
men and that Is why they are candi- i
dates. They stand not for themselves;
but foi the right of local self-govern- i
ment, and If they are defeated they
have no cause for personal regret.
On the other hand Messrs. Epps, '
CSlasscock. Nell and Slaughter are just
as distinctively the representatives of
those who stand for the continuance 1
of the centralized state dispensary. As
we understand it. not one of them Is
a candidate of his own volition. All
have come out at the instance of the
people who have challenged the cause 1
of Messrs. Ardrey, Beamguard, Massey
and Saye. They are up not partlcu- 1
larly because they desire to go to Co
lumbla; but In order to give the people
who desire the continuance of the
state machine an opportunity to give
expression to that desire.
The ninth candidate, Mr. McCain, Is
In the field because he desires to be
and because he has a right to be. He
says it Is a matter of his own volition. 1
He has announced himself In opposl- '
Hon to the state dispensary and In favor
of local option; but under the clr- 1
oumstances such votes as may be cast
for him will be for purely personal rea- 1
sons. The race, as explained Is between
four men standing for local option
on the one hand and four men '
standing for the state dispensary on
the other hand. Mr. McCain can look '
for support only on a basis of personal '
popularity.
The local optionist who votes for three \
of the other local option candidates
and includes Mr. McCain on his ticket, >
gives two-fifths of his vote to the
dispensary side and likewise the dls- ,
pensary man who votes for three of
the dispensary candidates and includes 1
Mr. McCain on his ticket gives two- (
fifths of his vote to the local option
side. i
It Is not proper for us to attempt to
draw any personal distinctions between [
fhoMndidatpq All are men of Intelll- ;
gence. The most practical difference
between them, perhaps, Is In the matter
of legislative experience, and knowl- ,
edge of present political problems.
The Meaning of It.
For a people who have always i
been free and independent to realize 1
that they could possibly be reduced
to any other condition is next to
Impossible; but those who will do
some serious thinking just at this
juncture will hardly be able co escape
the conclusion that the great issue
In South Carolina is not who shall fill
the various offices; but whether the
people shall continue to enjoy the
privilege of self government. 1
The South Carolina dispensary was '
originally established for the alleged
purpose of reducing the liquor traffic
and controlling it in the interest of
morality and sobriety. The experi
ment was in many respects a plausible
one and although there was lots 1
of well-founded objection to It, under
the peculiar conditions that
existed at the time, the people were
willing to submit to a fair and impartial
trial.
The great question with a majority
of the thinking people of the state at
the beginning of the dispensary agitation
was how to improve the condition
of a number of people who had,
by the use and abuse of liquor, reduced
themselves and their denpndpnts
to honpless novertv and
want. It was purely a matter of
humanity, the working of that higher
and better feeling in mankind that
seeks to help and uplift those who
may be in distress. But now the liquor
problem in this state Involves
all that it ever invplved and a great
deal more. Practical experience has
shown that if the dispensary system
has decreased the consumption in
one locality, it has increased it in
another; that any good that may be
marked up to its credit in one locality
is more than counterbalanced by
the harm that has developed in other
localities.
Under the old conditions the liquor
evil preyed principally upon individuals.
Under the new conditions it
has retained it hold on individuals
and entwined its death dealing coils
around the vitals of the state. Formerly
the independent individual
bar-keepers were looked upon as a
menace to present good order and the
future of a good government; but
growing out of the new system there
has developed an organization that
has proved itself ten times more vicious
and a hundred fold more powerful.
People who were fondly imagining
that they had a voice in the government
of the liquor traffic the same
00 nfhor mutfpr? Pun not
have failed to have had their eyes
opened during the fight for the passage
of the Brice law. That fight
showed that the control of the dispensary
machinery had been removed
as far from the people as possible.
Things had been so arranged
that the three individuals called di- 1
rectors could establish the sale of liquor
in any community in utter disregard
of the desire of the voters. *
[The only exceptions were in cases of
counties that were prohibition previous
to the passage of the dispen- <
sary law, and these counties were be- 1
ing steadily and surely violated.
Even though a community might re- i
alize that it was being poisoned
to moral death by state liquor, there ,
was no legal way by which the sovereign
voters could secure relief.
There Mas nothing in the Brice law j
except the right of a majority of the ,
voters to enter an effective protest !
against the continuance of the sale '
of liquor in counties where such sale
had proved a nuisance, yet this law i
was not passed until after years of
agitation, culminating in the bitterest
legislative fight that has been waged
In South Carolina since the war. And
even with all this, the right of the
people to express themselves against
dispensaries was so hedged about
with discouragements as to make
them almost despair of attempting to
exercise that right.
And that is the real issue now,
this same Brice law, this right of
the people to abolish dispensaries
that appear to be working their ruin.
Realizing that the people of the most
Intelligent, prosperous and progressive
portions of the state are
thoroughly aroused to the corrupt
and corrupting influences of the dispensary,
the parasites who have
found in the institution a gold mine
of graft, are bringing to bear all their
resources of sophistry, duplicity and
fraud to have the law repealed that
they might again recover the tremendous
power that has almost been
wrested from their hands.
The real issue, the repeal of the
Brice law, Is bein^ kept in the back
ground as far as possible; but if the
dispensary crowd wfm, the cause
of popular government will sustain
a most serious backset.
The election of a dispensary governor
will be taken by the victors
to mean the endorsement of all the
saturnalia of debauchery that has
prevailed heretofore, the Brice law
will be ignored. Hub Evans will have
a right to claim vindication and restoration,
and the dispensary system
will be extended to every little town
and village in the state that can be
made to help take care of the rebate
yielding floods.
And the people who are blindly
doing most to aid H. H. Evans, and
others to bring about this condition
will eventually find themselves
among the most helpless victims of
their own terrible folly.
STATE OR COUNTY CONTROL.
Two 8ysteme at Irreconeitable Conflict
In Principle and Practice.
Editor Yorkville Enquirer.
From reports of the speeches of the
candidates of the legislature in this
county, I do not understand the position
of the gentlemen who are running
on the state dispensary platrorm.
We have now in South Garollnt a
state system of managing and controlling
the sale of liquor. The man who
believes in this state system cannot
consistently believe in extending any
rights or privileges to the counties, because
it is a state system and not a
county system he Is advocating and
the same law then must prevail in each
and every county in the state. In other
words the man who believes in the
state dispensary system will inevitably
and necessarily destroy the right of
the people of a county to have any
voice in this matter. Senator Tillman
and Senator Cole L. Blease recognize
this fact because they declare openly
and boldly that the Brice law must be
rtpealed. In other words that the
counties must have no voice in this
matter, because it is a state question J
and not a question for the counties.
Therefore, it is pure and unadulterated
nonsense for a man who is advocating
a state system of liquor control
and management to say he would not
force liquor on a county that did not
want it. He is representing a state
system and under a state system the
counties have no rights.
Again, those who take the state as
the unit in this matter instead of the
county must necessarily and inevitably
believe in the principle of centralisation
and consequently oppose thfe principle
of loqal self government. In a
state government the counties correspond
to the states in the national
government. And those who believe
that the state should control the counties
in this matter, to be consistent
should also go a step further and admit
that the national government at
Washington should control the states
in regard to the sale of liquor.
South Carolina is the only state in
this whole Union that has a state liquor
system. All other states give
their counties the right of local option
except those states that have state prohibition.
"Nature has framed some strange
fellows In her time," but I do not see
how any man who pretends to be a
Democrat can oppose the right of local
option, which is synonimous with
the right of local self-government?a
principle which has been written into
every national Democrat platform that
has ever been promulgated.
I have heard on reliable authority,
that Bishop Candler of Georgia, one of
the biggest, brainiest and best men in
the great Southern Methodist church,
declared that he would not give up the
local option laws of Georgia for state
prohibition, because under state prohibition,
prohibition would be forced on
communities that did not want it and
the law would be violated and brought
into contempt and become a by-word
and hissing, whereas under the local
option laws, Georgia was rapidly becoming
a prohibition state and the law
was receiving the moral support of the
people.
Let no good man be deceived into
supporting any advocate of the state
dispensary system. Citizen.
THE REAL ISSUE.
It Is Not Immediate Prohibition, But
Local Option.
Editor Yorkville Enquirer.
It is ever most important, Mr. Editor,
that the real issue of a contest shall be
clearly perceived. We have a multitude
of counsels and of candidates, but
the real issue is very simple and quite
sharp.
As I understand it these are facts,
either already demonstrated, or capable
of quite easy demonstration: 1. That
state prohibition is not an issue in
this campaign. 2. That the tight is
squarely between dispensary and local
option. 2. That the victory of the local
optionlsts means a conservation of
the fruits of prohibition battles already
won, and the ever widening of the prohibition
territory in South Carolina.
4. That the victory of the dispensary
element, however they may seek to
disguise it, means the repeal of the
Brice law, the loss of prohibition territory
already gained, and state prohibition
farther off than ever.
No; let no voter be deceived. These
facts make up the issue. It is York
county under prohibition or the dispensary.
Let no man hesitate or dally in
this crisis of our affairs!
J. L. Stoke*.
Yorkville, August 18, 1906.
GOLD HILL NUGGETS.
Protracted Meeting at Flint Hill?
Fodder Pulling?Back From the En
campment.
('orrrsuondence of the Yorkville hnqunei.
Gold Hill, August 20.?The protracted
meeting at Flint Hill church is
progressing very successfully. The
pastor, Rev. Edward S. Reaves, is conducting
the services.
Many from this section attended the
political campaign meeting at Tirzah
last Wednesday. All report a pleasant
day.
The farm hands can be seen in al- J
most all our corn fields now. Some of
the fodder seems to be badly "parched."
Yet the yield will reach the average.
Mr. Guy Edwards of Braldentown,
Fla., has Joined his family for an extended
visit in this and adjoining seclions.
The community extends to him
a most hearty welcome. We are glad
to have him again among us.
Messrs. G. C., James and D. V. Epps,
P. M. and Claud Faris, Guy Blankenship.
J. K. and Heider Windle have returned
from the encampment at Chlckamauga
Park, Ga. The boys look
somewhat tired, but, nevertheless will
be greatly benefited by the trip.
Rev. M. W. Gordon and family of
Brewton. Ala., are visiting relatives in
this section.
LOCAL AFFAIR a.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
D. W. Read, President?Gives information
in regard to the next session
of Claremont college, at Hickory,
N. C.
R. L. Scoggins and others, trustees?
Give notice of special school tax
election for District No. 4, Hickory
Grove, on Sept 7th.
J. S. Brice, County Chairman?Gives
information to voters regarding the
coming primary election.
Enquirer Office?Seeks the owner for
a loHv'q nurse found on the streets
of Yorkville Saturday afternoon.
"Manager," Yorkville?Wants clerks
v/ho are willing to work?pay according
to ability.
R. W. Hunt, D. P. A.?Gives information
in regard to excursion rates to
New York on account of homecoming
of William J. Bryan.
Fiist National Bank?Wants your
banking business, and assures you
a safe place for your money,
M. W. White?Says its takes a natural
trader to conduct a brokerage
business. He wants to do your
brokerage business.
York Drug Store?Has a nice line of
post card albums at various prices.
You are invited to see them.
Foushee Cash Store?Will on Monday
' sell Coats' spool cotton at 4 cents a
spool. A nice line of "American"
china at low prices.
Yorkville Hardware Co.?Tells the
f irmerB that if they want the best
lurnplow, to buy the Lynchburg.
Thomson Co.?Is showing large line
of dress goods. Just received the
'ladles' Home Journal patterns for
September?all patterns 10c and
I Be.
York Supply Co.?Invites you to see
It before you buy either first or second
grade flour. Close prices and
best qualities are promised.
Voters must have their names en
teiea on ciuo runs ai i?ui H>? ua;p
beiore the primary. Let every voter
in the county see to it that his name
Is enrolled. August 23, tomorrow, Is
the last day.
As surgeon of the First regiment,
Dr. M. J. Walker has been made the
personal custodian of a full surgical
and medical equipment worth between
$2,000 and $3,000. The equipment belongs
to the government, of course.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? There was a rainfall of an inch and
three-eighths in about half an hour
last Sunday afternoon.
? The absence of the military boys
at Chlckamauga left the situation
about Yorkviile a little duller than it
would have been otherwise.
? The Jr. O. U. A. M. excursion for
Charleston, passed through here this
morning with a big crowd aboard.
Forty-three tickets were sold at this
station.
? The old club roll for Yorkviile No.
1, has been lost. Mr. W. T. Jackson
has tried to restore it as far as possible;
but that it is complete is very
doubtful. Every man who desires to
vote in the primary of next Tuesday
should see to it at once whether or not
his name has been enrolled.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miss Rachel Wylie Is visiting friends
in Newberry and Chester.
Miss Iva Withers left last week for
a visit to friends at Morganton, N. C.
Mrs. Edward S. Reaves of Port Mill,
is in Yorkvile, visiting the family of
Mr. M. C. Willis.
Mrs. Lizzie Covington of Monroe,
N. C., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
R. Ernest Heath.
Miss Lucy Knox of Blacksburg, is
visiting In Yorkvile, the guest of Mr.
J. M. Brian's family.
Mrs. R. T. Stephenson and children,
left Sunday afternoon for a visit to
relatives at Kinston N. C.
Miss Blandina Springs of Charlotte,
is visiting relatives and friends in
Yorkvllle, the guest of Mrs. Thos. F.
McDow.
Mr. J. L. Williams has given up his
place with the Y. B. & M. Co., with a
view to going into business later on
.n the season.
Dr. and Mrs. W. G. Neville, and sons.
Masters William and John of Clinton,
are spending several days in Yorkvllle
with friends.
Misses Annette and OUye Dobson
left Saturday morning for Liberty, S.
C. where they nave accepted worn as
teachers In the Liberty Graded school.
Messrs. T. M. Caldwell, Roy and J.
H Carroll, W. B. Keller, Roy and
Lewis Williamson got back to Yorkville
yesterday after a ten days' trip
through western North Carolina.
Mrs. J. O. Pinner of Atlanta, Ga.,
visited in Yorkville last week, the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Youngblood.
Miss Annie Bateman of Columbia, Is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Marion B.
Jennings.
Congressman Finley is still confined
to his bed and Is unable to be out.
Mr. James F. Thomson left yesterday
for Due West, where he Is to be marrind
tomorrow. After the marriage,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomson will leave for
New York and other Northern cities.
ur cm itu Akin U/CQTCDkl
inc. ovu i n niti# wkv teitnn
The South and Western railway, the
hi? double-track trunk line now buildIn?
from Cincinnati toward Charleston,
miy come through York county.
It is Impracticable to give any direct
positive information on this important
matter, but a representative of The
Enquirer who was at Marion, N. C., a
few days ago, picked up a few points
that seem to concern the people down
this way.
Considerable stretches of the South
and Western have been graded between
Johnson City, Tenn., and Marion, N.
C.. and at a point about two miles
from Marion, our representative saw
wiere the digging was going on, on a
large scale. They are using foreign
laoorers, mostly Italians, and they are
miking a most capital road bed, wide
enough for two parallel tracks and with
a very easy grade. Work Is being
pushed all along the line from Vircinin
and several tunnels are now be
Ing driven at various points between
Marion and Spruce Pine.
The route of the road down this way
is largely a matter of speculation; but
people at Marlon understand that the
line will very probably go through
Y)rk county. They said that a corps
oi surveyors was operating In the viclrjity
of Hickory Grove only recently;
but had been called oft to testify in a
peonage case that is beng pushed
against some of the contractors by the
Italian government.
There is talk of a probability that
the accepted survey will follow the
route first proposed by the old Three
C's and come through Yorkvllle by way
of King's Mountain and the Whitesides
quarry, on to the Catawba river
at a point somewhere near Rocky
Mount.
There is also talk to the effect that
the South and Western people are very
much interested in the merger suits
against the Southern, intending if the
Southern loses these suits, to get possession
of the old Three C's and use it
from Marion to Camden.
It was not practicable to get a great
deal of information as to the financial
backing of the South and Western; but
everybody to whom our representative
talked said that the company appeared
to have all the money it wanted and
was not asking anybody for assistance.
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YORK COUNTY SOIL SURVEY.
The report of the soil survey of
York county made by the department
of agriculture about a year ago at the
Instance of Congressman Finley, has
just been issued from the government
printing office, and will be distributed
as soon as Mr. Finley gets able to give
the matter his attention.
This survey, it will be remembered
was made by Messrs. J. A. Drake and
H. L. Belden. Their report is included
in a pamphlet of 28 pages, accompanied
by a thoroughly accurate map
of the county, made on a scale of one
inch to the mile, and showing the
towns, watercourses, railroads, highways
and acres covered by the different
kinds of soil.
Beginning with a very satisfactory
statement of the location and boundaries
of the county, the report next
briefly takes up the history and agricultural
development of this section,
then goes into an accurate and comprehensive
statement of the climatic,
physiographical and geological conditions.
and after a very satisfactory introduction
to the real subject at hand,
sets forth the various kinds of soils,
together with their extent and characteristics,
and winds up with a brief,
but remarkably correct summary of
agricultural methods and conditions.
York county shows up nine distinct
kinds of soli with a small reck outcrop,
and the acreage and per centage of
each is set forth as follows:
Per
Soil Acres Cent
Cecil clay 185,152 43.3
Cecil sand loam 88,768 20.7
Iredell clay loam 40,640 9.5
Cecil silt loam 37,376 8.7
Cecil fine sandy loam .. 35,136 8.2
Cecil sand 25,216 5.9
Meadow 14,720 3.4
Cecil stony clay 1,280 .3
i9# n
I 4VUVII VUiUIUy ?w |
Total 428,416 j
Cecil clay is described ai a formation
brought about by the weathering
and disintegration of the underlying
rocks, often to a depth of fifteen feet or
more. Iredell clay Is what is locally
known as black-jack. The report contains
mechanical analyses of all the
different kinds of soil.
Taken altogether, the report promises
to be of immense value not only
directly to our own people but because
It will facilitate comprehensive descriptions
of the physical condition of the
soil to the outsiders. Mr Finley has
arranged to get a large number of
copies of the report and will see to it
that they are placed in the hands of
all the citizens of York county who
may desire them.
PICK THE WINNER8.
The Enquirer offers a year's subscription
for the first correct prediction
as to what candidates will receive
majorities of the votes cast by York
county in the primary election of August
28. The guesses must be made on
the accompanying blank, and sealed
in an envelope, which must be in this
office before the opening of the polls.
In case there is more than one correct
guess, preference will be given to
the first one received. In case none
of the guesses are exact, the decision
will be in favor of the one that is most
accurate, with due consideration to
the time of its receipt. Use this
blank:
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Secretary of State:
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THE COUNTY CAMPAIGN.
i The county campaign continues to
progress smoothly In accordance with
the programme and without developing
especial interest, except as to the
attitude of some of the candidates on
the dispensary question.
The Fort Mill meeting last Friday
was held in the Confederate Park, and
except for Mr. W. H. Stewart, would
have passed off very smoothly. Mr.
Stewart, however, made a determined
effort to disconcert all of the anti-dispensary
candidates, and devoted him1
self particularly to Dr. Saye.
During his discussion of the dispensary
question, Dr. Saye referred to the
state machine as being in the nature
of a big trust, maintained In restraint
of trade, and Mr. Stewart wanted to
know of Dr. Saye whether in his opinion
the actloh of the York county
medical association with reference to
examination fees in the case of applicants
for insurance was not also In
the same line. Dr. Saye replied that
the Old Line Insurance companies had
formed a trust for the purpose of compelling
the reduction of the fees; that
the fees charged were not excessive
and It was necessary for the members
of the medical association to stand together
for the purpose of defending
themselves. He was not present when
the medical association took action;
but its action has his endorsement. He
did not think the two cases at all similar.
Cur correspondent at that place gives
a full and comprehensive account of
the meeting at Rock Hill.
Although there was quite a large
number of visitors in Clover during
the time that the county campaign
meeting was being held in the High
School building on Monday, hardly
more than seventy-five persons in addition
to the candidates wexe present,
at any one time. The meeting was
presided over by Capt. W. B. Smith
with his characteristic fairness and
impartiality, thus guaranteeing every
candidate full opportunity to state his
position on every question. Aside
from a few words from Messrs. Shurley
and McMackin relative to their candidacy
for county superintendent of education,
no other candidates except the
legislative, spoke. All the candidates
for tne House or represcnwuvco ???;.?=
present e nd each made practically the
same speech as he has at previous
meetings The same set of questions
as submitted at Rock Hill on Saturday
were submitted at Clover and the replies
of all were practically the same
as at Rock Hill, except that all four of
the conference candidates, Messrs.
Epps, Glasscock, Nell and Slaughter,
stated unequivocally that they were
opposed to repealing the Brice law, opposed
to re-opening dispensaries In
any of the counties from which they
had been excluded under the law unless
done according to the provisions of
that law, and were unconditionally in
favor of local self-government. Each
of the candidates named stated that
they were opposed to doing away with
the state dispensary, and on this point
alone they differed materially from the
positions of the other five candidates.
The homes of the people of Clover
were thrown open to the candidates and
each one was assigned to some citizen
at the dinner hour, the assignments
holnir annnnnrpil from the TOStUm by
the chairman.
Today's meeting was held at Bethany,
and tomorrow the candidates will
be at Hickory Grove.
THE SHAM BATTLE.
The First regiment South Carolina
National guard reached home last
Sunday, Company L debarking at
Yorkville about 7 o'clock a. m., and
the other companies arriving at their
respective destinations only a few
hours later. The soldiers were
thoroughly tired and hungry; but
were in good spirits, and well pleased
with the experience of the strenuous
week at Chlckamauga. The most not
able incident of the manoeuvres was
the sham battle on Friday, which the
News and Courier's correspondent
described as follows:
For hours the forests In Chlckamauga
Park rang as the blue and
the brown armies battled with each
other for the possession of a long
train of wagons and supplies. It was
a sham battle, but even sham battles
show to some extent the stuff of
which men are made, and the South
Carolinians of the First regiment are
not different from their fathers who
Aoma^nAfls on
UIU UaiUC III UTTiU. VW> ..W.V..VW.
this same held forty years ago. It
cannot be said that the blue army,
of which the First regiment formed
an important part, won the engagement,
nor can It be said that the
victory was to the browns. The umpires
may have something to say
about the result next week, when
they discuss the manoeuvres with
the other commands that are to follow
those now in camp. It takes
bullets to settle questions worth warring
about, and umpires, whether
they decide or not, are a discount.
When the lines of the blues and
the browns came together, about
noon, after two hours of picket
skirmishes and smaller engagements,
the tactical problem had been completed.
The position of the opposing
forces brought about a theoretical
result. "But," said General Bubb, in
discussing the battle, later in the day,
"I knew these fellows would never be
satisfied unless, they had an opportunity
to shoot some, so I directed
that the engagement continue until
the lines came too near together,
even for blank cartridges. And when
'.hey almost met we had a devil of a
time to stop them. Those fellows
would have gone to fighting with the
butts of the rifles had they reached
each other."
Gen. Bubb described this last
movement as purely spectacular. It
was. Their blood was stirred to fever
heat by the terrific infantry fire,
the South Carolinians, at Col. Lewis's
command charged up the steep hill
into the very teeth of the brown
army. The men were yelling like
fiends and firing as they went The
outposts of the brown army had to
be drawn in and the blues became
frantic in their efforts to capture the
entire brown force. Rifles roared on
both sides, but there was not a sign
of smoke, just the roar and yelling
of the South Carolinians. The umpires
dashed up and down, waving
their arms and shouting to the men
to cease firing. It was a glorious
sight, and something the men of the
First regiment had been wishing for
since the manoeuvres began.
Technically the problem this
morning was what is known as a
"convoy." The blue army was sent
to Alexander's bridge, just at sunrise,
for the purpose of convoying a
train of wagons into the valley of the
Chattanooga, where the main army
was supposed to have been located.
The brown army was found to be
operating in the vicinity. It discovered
the wagon train, and its convoy,
and Immediately began planning
the capture of the train. That
was the object of the engagement.
. One manoeuvre after another followed,
with more or less rifle firing,
for two or three hours. Artillery onj
both sides was brought into play.
Meantime, the wagon train moved on
unmolested until within two miles of
the objective point. Then the fighting
began in earnest, and, last of all,
that particular charge, by the First
Sputh Carolina, which closed the
battle.
The blue army failed to get its
I train through. To that extent the
victory was with the browns. But
"he brown army failed to capture
| the train, and when the fighting was
I naiU/t nif hara wan a chance for
Major Sickel, commanding the blues,
to have moved his train out by another
route, engaging the enemy
meanwhile. This was a mere chance,
of course, but it would certainly
have been attempted in actual warfare.
No doubt the umpires, when
they come to discuss the battle next
week, will have a great deal to say,
but to the layman it was a draw,
neith'er side having accomplished
what it undertook.
Col. Lewis "was everywhere during
the engagement. He was cool and
collected, and manoeuvred his regiment
with the skill and discretion
ot a regular officer. At the close,
when the theoretical part of the
thing was over and there was nothing
left but the charge up the hill,
then Col. Lewis showed his blood
and yelled as enthusiastically as the
men.
LOCAL LACONICS.
We Will 8end The Enquirer
From this date until January 1st,
1907, for 76 cents.
Baseball at Clover.
It is estimated that in the neighborj
-J 1 aaa at tho hall
nugu ui iivuv nv?w ??
park In Clover yesterday afternoon to
witness the contest between the Clover
and Chester teams. The crowd came
from the town, the surrounding country,
Gastonla, Yorkville and Chester.
Soon after the game was called it was
easily apparent to everybody thai
Chester was not in the same class as
'ClQver, and although the former attempted
a stubborn tight at the outset
it quickly realized that there was no
hope of winning, and the balance of
the game showed little spirit. At tht
close of the ninth inning the score
stood 12 to 0 in favor of Clover. It
goes without saying that everybody,
not excepting the Clover team, would
have been better satisfied had the contest
been more equal.
Graft In the Diapenaary.
Mr. Wylle of the state board of dispensary
directors was on the C. &
N.-W. train yesterday morning, going
toward Gastonia and between Yorkville
and Clover he said in the presence of
Dr. J. E. Massey and Mr. F. P. McCain
wl\o were going to Clover with the
county campaign party, that the state
dispensary has always been corrupt
and it is as corrupt now as it has ever
been. He said that the state board is
corrupt; but he is only one man
against two and cannot help himself.
He cited that recently, over his protest
th#> other two members of the j
board had purchased two thousand
cases of so-called case whisky. Upon
the arrival of the whisky he. Wylie, Insisted
on having it analyzed. The analysis
showed 2J per cent of alcohol
and the balance was various kinds of
chemicals. As the result of the analysis.
and Mr. Wylie's threatening to
make a fuss, the liquor was sent back.
Dr/Massey and Mr. McCain both repeated
Mr. Wylie's statement to them
in their speeches at Clover.
Killed on Sugar Creek Bridge.
Charlotte' Observer. Monday: Mr.
Alexander Stewart, one of the oldest
men in York county, who lived with
his daughter, Mrs. Wilson In Fort Mill,
S. d'., was run over and killed on the
Sugar creek bridge. Just south of
Pineville, yesterday morning. The old
man was on his way to the home of a
nephew, who lives in this county.
Train No. 30, northbound, ran Mr.
Stewart down. The old gentleman was
a little deaf and did not hear the train
until it blew and then he started to
run, fell, caugnt his foot and was killed
within six feet of safety on this side.
His body was badly mangled. Coroner
W. A. Gfirham went down and held
an inquer* over the remains of Mr.
stomr. ..id found the foresroinir facts.
His jr.r was composed of T. L. Vail,
Jr., W J. Burnett, S. H. Evans, W. I.
Coi.th&i pe, L. R. Culp and W. B. Gooding.
Dr. C. S. McLaughlin examined
the remains yesterday afternoon. Mr.
Stewart was a good man. During the
war he was a member of the Sixth
South Carolina regiment.
Death of Mra. M. Strauss.
Mrs. Lenora Strauss of Charleston,
widow of M. Strauss, formerly of
Yorkville and step-mother of Mr. H.
C. Strauss of this place, died at Saluda
yesterday, after a long and tedious illness.
Mrs. Strauss was a Miss Simpson
and was born in Charleston on December
19, 1820. Shortly after the war
she became prominent in the movement
that resulted in the establishment in
Charleston of the first home for Confederate
veterans. She became the
second wife of her late husband in 1868,
and came with him to Yorkville shortly
afterward, remaining here until his
death in 1893. During her residence
here she became known as a woman
who could always be depended upon to,
do her full part in whatever good work
that seemed to look to the betterment |
of the condition of humanity. She was
always especially noted for her deep in-1
terest In the welfare of the members
of her race, the Israelites, everywhere.
Her life was a busy one and well spent.
The body has been taken to Charleston
and the obsequies will be held In that y
city tomorrow.
HICKORY GROVE NOTE8.
The Political Situation?Change In
Management of Chaingang?Personal
Mention.
Jurmvondence of Uie Yorkillle Enquire.
Hickory, August 21.?There haa been
but little Interest manifested in the
political situation so far, but as the
state's big moral Institution is brought
more and more prominently before the
public, the question of dispensary or
no dispensary so overshadows all other
public questions that we are almost
forced to ask sometimes, could not
some of the logic and enthusiasm expended
In this cause be given to the
educational cause? While many of us
can see only one real solution of the
bumlnsr Question, this Is a matter for
serious consideration just now.
Miss Ella Whiteside, who has been
teaching in the McFeat Business college
of Columbia, came home yesterday
to spend a few months.
Miss Nellie Whiteside returned yesterday
from a week's vlsft to relatives
it Ridge way.
Rev. J. Lee Oates returned last
week frm Statesvllle, N. C., where he
had been assisting Rev. Mr. Love in a
Sacramental meeting.
The rains af"the past few days have
interfered with fodder pulling, a good
ileal of fodder already being damaged.
Miss Agnes Wylie Is teaching the
summer school here, which will continue
until Sept. 1.
Mr. Jeff Estes, who has been critically
ill from the effects of a congestive
chill at his home at Hopewell, is Improving
rapidly.
Miss Barxtell of Blacksburg, is visiting
Miss Sallie Allison.
Several are leaving this morning on
the excursion to Charleston.
Miss Agnes Whlsonant is at home
on a vacation from her work in Columbia.
Miss Lois McTyene of Columbia,
... ?,IO, Ul?? iffnu Whlannant
^aiuc U|/ nuu uii0u AQU?0 ?? !> ?
to spend a few weeks with friends.
Miss Mary Whiteside of Blacksburg,
8 spending a few days with relatives
here.
Mr. R. E. Whiteside, who has been
superintendent of the chaingang for
the past four years, has resigned, and
has gone to Marion, N. C., to engage in
railroad work. He is succeeded by Mr.
Jcnes of Clover.
A little child of Mr. Bridges of Camien
died at the home of its grand- ^
mother, Mrs. J. L. Hoffman near here
'ast Friday.
0ELPH08 OOT8.
Neighborhood Notes of More or Less
Local Interest.
< lorrMDrtodcoce tit* Yorfcrille Inquirer.
Djslphos, August 20.?The farmers
must lay aside the picnics for awhile, #
ind get back to their crops, as it is
jetting time to pull fodder and pick
cotton. We can gin cotton for everybody
this fall; as we are putting up a
large gin in our town.
Our school opened on August I. Prof.
J. D. Simpson of Rodman is princlped,
assisted by Miss Strauss Walker of
Yorkvllle.
A protracted meeting began at Delphos
church taat Sunday. Rev. Mr.
rn graham is to assist Rev. E. K. Hardin.
Miss Margaret Qlenn is visiting Miss
Mary Scott
Mr. Cleve Dunlap has been confined
to his room for several days.
Mr. John W. Miller of Yorkville, has
been spending part of his vacation In
:>ur section.
.The young people of Delphos spent
lulte an enjoyable time at a party given
at Mr. D. M. Benfleld's last Thurs80UTH
CAROLINA NEW8.
? The coroner's Jury in the Greenwood
lynching case found a verdict to
the effect that Bob Davis "came to his
death at the hands of parties unknown
to the Jury.'?
Mr. M. P. Tribble of Anderson,
candidate for secretary of- state, was
stricken with paralysis at Easley yesterday
and is in the hospital at Greenville
in a precarious condition.
? J. A. Shanklin of Pendleton, has
oaM nlna hnoA r\t notlln InnlnHinty r>AWN
and calves, to the United States experiment
station at Clemson college for
$1,800. Some of the cows brought as
high as $350 apiece.
? Mr. Robert M. Larner, the wellknown
Washington correspondent of
the News and Courier, died at his home
in Washington last Saturday after a
lingering illness. Mr. Larner was a
reliable, trustworthy correspondent,
and a most accomplished writer.
? The Broad River Baptist association,
which was in session at Blacksburg
recently, adopted the following by
a unanimous rising vote: "Resolved,
That this association is highly pleased
with the results of this county's having
voted out the dispensary from the
county, and puts itself on record as
regarding the present situation as that
of real prohibition."
? There was another lynching yesterday,
this time at Saluda. On last <
inursaay a iKigro immeu nuu r,meridge
assaulted the seven-year-old
daughter of T. H. West. He was not
caught until about 9 o'clock. He was
placed on a dry goods box and after
he had confessed he was shot to
death. About 200 men participated
in the lynching.
? Governor Heyward is In receipt of
a communication from the Barnwell
bar asking that a special term of court
be ordered. Governor Heyward will
sign the necessary order as soon as '
Chief Justice Pope shall have recommended
some man learned in the law
to preside at' the term. He does not
Want to order special courts, but the
law requires him to do so. There is no
money with which to pay the special
Judge.
? Charleston, August 20: A special
from Greenwood tonight tells of the
arrest and placing in jail of Bib
r ausi, coiurea, iniriy years 01 age,
who this afternoon went cragy thinking
over the recent lynchlngs and ,
announced that he would assault every
woman he met. Three times he
attacked colored women and was
driven away without doing them injury,
and at last he entered the premises
' of Benjamin King, a whjte
farmer living in the Coronaca section,
loudly proclaiming that he msant to
assault the women of the place. He
had a gun, but King succeeded in diearming
him, and later, securely bound
he was taken to Greenwood, apparently
a raving lunatic.
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? Valparaiso, Chile, the principal
commercial port on the western
coast of South America, was the victim
of an earthquake disaster last
Thursday and Friday aqd the situation
is still being aggravated as the
result of repeated shocks. The first
reports were not published in this >
country until Friday afternoon and
they were quite unsatisfactory as to
detail. Some of the -stories had 1t
that the loss of life was in the neighhood
of 5,000 and there seemed to be
no limit to the value of property destroyed,
but the general result was
much worse than San Francisco. Later
reports have it that the loss <tf
life has been very much over estimated;
but there seems to be no
doubt of the fact that the property
loss runs high up in the millions.
The same shock that reduced Valparaiso
also damaged or destroyed
numerous other South American
towns along the coast, and the destruction
has been simply appalling.
Valparaiso is a wide-awake city with
n n/\nulnt(nn a# o Knilt 1 K A ft ft A rvnnnln
a (/v^uiaiivu ut auuui iuvivw
The earthquake shock, of course,
produced an Indescribable panic, and
the scenes that were familiar In San
Francisco were repeated. The looters
were Soon after abandoned valuables
and it was necessary to turn ?
the situation over to the military.
Numerous thieves have been shot %
Thousands of people have been leav- .
Ing the city and seeking safety !n the *
interior. There was no tidal wave
in connection with the earthquake.*
All the cable communications were Interrupted
and because of the crippling
of the telegraph communication
between various South American
cities, the getting of news has
been and still is a matter of great
difficulty. * .
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