Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 24, 1906, Image 2
Straps and |arts.
? Indicative of the growth of the
manufacture of concrete blocks for
building purposes it may be mentioned
that this industry has now reached
the "convention" stage. That is to
say, there are so many manufacturers
devoting their entire attention to
the production of artificial building
stones from concrete, and they are so
widely distributed over the country
that it has been deemed expedient to
call a national convention, to meet
during the early part of September, at
Detroit, for an exchange o{ ideaa
There is no Industry changing so rapidly
as the application of cement to
building construction. ' According to
the Engineering Record, there are
no less than forty-six concerns that
manufacture the machinery for making
concrete blocks.
? The Illinois state Democratic
convention at Peoria last Tuesday
was a turbulent affair. The convention
enthusiastically passed a resolution
endorsing Mr. Bryan for the presidency,
declaring that the times needed
a man of his "political philosophy,"
and then hissed and hooted the
attempts to pass a resolution which
Mr. Bryan had ordered from London
banishing Roger Sullivan from the
National Democratic Executive committee
by demanding his resignation.
The resolution calling on Sullivan to
resign was laid on the table by a vote
of 1,038 to 570. During the progress
of the convention a free-for-all fight
broke out between the Bryan and Sullivan
factions and a force of policemen
was required to restore order.
The convention by acclamation nominated
Miss Caroline Grote for state
superintendent of education. Miss
Grote Is the first woman ever nominated
for a state office in Illinois.
? An insurrection began in Havana
province, Cuba, last Monday, when
General Quinton Banderas, the negro,
who distinguished himself- in the war
for independence, took the field with
a small force. Since Monday insurgent
leaders have appeared in other
provinces, and the insurrection seems
to be growing to quite formidable
proportions. The revolt under the
leadership of Pino Guerra is the most
threatening against the government
up to the present. He has a force of
about 2,000 men. He marched across
the province of Pinar del Rio and encamped
before the city of that name,
unfurling a banner' bearing the legend:
"Country in Mourning! Viva
the Constitution! Down with the
Government!" The government of
Cuba is doing everything possible to
bring the insurrection to an end.
Should the Insurgents prove too formidable
for the Cuban government to
handle successfully, the United States
government will send troops to the
island to assist in quelling the insurrection.
*
? Congress, says a Washington let**
*- to Iro ov.
ter, mougm it. ncteswi j v.
ery means possible to prevent boys
under ace from enlisting, and for this
reason requires naval recruiting officers
to see the certificate of birth of
every candidate for enlistment. Very
few native Americans have their certificates
of birth where they can be
submitted as evidence of their age, ,
and as a result over forty per cent
of the eligible candidates for enlistment
are now being rejected. It is
said at the navy department that
aliens will have to be enlisted in
much greater numbers to keep the
enlisted ranks anywhere near the
maximum. The department is doing
its utmost to tempt American boys
to enlist, realizing that many men
will have to be enlisted during the
next few months to provide complements
for the new warships, and arrangements
have been made to place
a biograph outfit on the road to exhiKi*
?<-, vonnsr men in the interior
states the Interesting features in a
sailor's life.
? The war department has ordered
the removal of the negro troops stationed
at Fort Brown, near Brownsville,
Texas. For some time there
had been friction between the whites
and the negro soldiers. The whites
would not patronize barber shops patronized
by the negro soldiers nor
drink at saloons that would serve negroes
over their counters. The negroes
resented this. Recently a negro
soldier spoke disrespectfully to a
white woman and the citizens ran all
the soldiers they found off the streets.
Later a negro soldier fired a gun on
the street and the bullet went near
some white men. That brought matters
to a focus. The whites armed
themselves and served notice to the
negroes that they must not come Into
the town. There was more or less
excitement all over the state of Texas
and companies of state militia asked
| to be sent to Brownsville. Representations
were made to the war depart
ment and after due consideration the
authorities decided to send the negroes
to Fort Reno in Oklahoma.
It is understood, however, that Fort
Brown is to be entirely abandoned.
? According to a statement issued
last Monday by Thomas P. Cleaves
and James C. Courts, chief clerks
respectively of the senate and house
committees on appropriations, congress
at its last session appropriated
for the fiscal year 1907 nearly a billion
dollars. The exact amount is
$879,589,185.16, representing an increase
of $59,404,550.20 over the sum
appropriated the last session of the
fifty-eighth congress for 1906. The
largest item is contained in the
appropriation for the postofflce department,
the amount allotted being
$191,695,998.75, The next largest
sum was given for pensions, the
money appropriated amounting to
$140,245,500, or nearly twice as much
as was allowed for the suport" of thel
nrm" onA nvfr fortv millions morel
than was granted for the naval bill
establishment. Of the net Increase of
159,404,550.20 over 1896, it Is stated
$42,447,201.08 was for the Isthmian
canal, the balance being accounted
for through appropriations for the
carrying out of the meat Inspection
law, the continuance of contracts
for river and harbor work, the reorganization
of the diplomatic and consular
service and the extension of the
rural free delivery service.
? Southern Pines special of August
21 to the Charlotte Observer: A curious
ailment has attacked the stock
in this section of the state. Many
horses and hogs have died from it.
The wet weather has resulted in an
enormous crop of mushrooms, and
the crop is persistent, as the rains
have followed each other from day to
day since the early spring. Cattle
and hogs are fond of mushrooms, and
as the stock roams the ranges no discrimination
appears to be made between
the varieties that are edible
and those that are poisonous. At first
the farmers began to find sick hogs
in their cattle yards. The sickness
was usually fatal. Then horses begai
to be attacked by a strange diseas<
and several died from it. It was no
tlced that those which were affectet
had been permitted to run the rang<
or on old pastures. Those kept ii
the barn escaped. Finally examina
tions of the carcass after death wen
made and the mushrooms eaten wen
found to be the cause of death
Farmers are keeping their horses li
the barn now, or on pastures that an
watched carefully to see that th<
poisonous mushrooms are not pres
ent. The crop during the presen
hot, damp spell seems to be large
thqn ever.
?hc ^orkvillr (Enquirer.
YORXVILLE, S. C.i
FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1906.
In Clemson college there is the mak
ing of a great irstltution but befon
anything good can be accompllshe<
there must be a new start.
John J. McMahan has shaken ui
Clemson about right. Nobody but Mc>
Mahan would have had the courage t<
talk as he did from a political stump.
It "looks as if the war departmen
proposes to say to the Texas peopli
that unless they are willing to put ui
with a negro garrison at Fort Brown
the fort will be abandoned. Because
the fort is on the Mexican frontiei
however, it is important tnat it ue g?.rrlsoned,
and the Texas people are no'
willing to leave the matter where it Is
More distinctively than any othei
man in the race, Mr. J. Frazer Lyor
represents opposition to the corruptlor
and graft in the state dispensary machine
and the people who vote for Mr
Lyon not only express their approva
of the best man who has been before
them for years; but record themselves
against political corruption o!
whatever kind.
Farmers from all over the state whc
attended the Institute at Clemson college
recently, found the professors living
like princes and the students living
*" J rr,*~ ? ??\o??4lAr? A# all
llKe aoRS. 1 lit- giraici |a? huu ?
the vast sums that have been appropriated
by the state for the benefit ol
the college has been going to create
luxuries for the professors while the
students were treated as though they
had no right to common necessities
And these farmers are beginning tc
make things warm.
The issue in next Tuesday's election
is, Are you for or against the continuation
of the state dispensary machine 1
Messrs. Ardrey, Beamguard, Massey
and Saye stand for the abolition of the
state dispensary machine at Columbia
Those who vote for these four will vote
for the abolition of the state dispensary
machine. Messrs. Epps, Neil, Glasscock
and Slaughter, stand for the continuance
of the state machine in Columbia,
and people who vote for them
will vote for the continuance of the
state machine. People who mix theii
ticket will do so for personal reasons
in disregard of the issue. .
Of course, we expected a strenuous
denial of the statements attributed tc
Director Wylie, of the state board ol
dispensary directors in the last issue
of The Enquirer. But we had beer
careful not to overstate the versions ol
Dr. Massey and Mr. McCain as to th<
impressions they had gotten from Mr
Wylie, and we cared nothing as to th(
row that might follow. As to what
Mr. "Wylie actually said in the presence
of Drs. Massey and Saye and Mr
McCain, we do not know. Not one ol
these gentlemen could be expected t<
remember his exact language. But ir
their speeches at Clover, Dr. Massej
and Mr. McCain left no doubt as to th?
Impression that Mr. Wylie made or
their minds. And after all. that is the
vital point. The impression conveyer
is of more importance than the words
used. We are free to say that we d<
not consider Mr. Wylie as being anj
better than the other members of th<
board of directors, nor do we think thi
other members any better than he is
They are. in our opinion, three of ?
kind. But from what has come out w<
are satisfied that Mr. Wylie was tryin*
to make Drs. Saye and Massey, espeMoiiv
think he was the best man ir
the bunch, and that he was having: t
great deal of trouble keeping thing;
clean. That is the impression that ha;
been made upon us. Also at the sam<
time we are impressed with a susplcioi
that when he was getting off his littl<
story, Mr. Wylie never had any idet
that it would ever get into the newspapers
or to the ears of his colleague;
on the board.
Rural Police Idea.
The proposition to establish a rura
police system, which proposition ha;
been advocated by different newspapers
during a great many years past
seems to be gaining more friends jus
at this time than it has ever had befori
and the reason is not difficult to arriv;
at.
While we would all be glad to thinl
otherwise, there is no doubt of the faci
that the negro degenerates who hav<
been such a source of terror to south
ern white women during the past thirty-five
or forty years are increasing it
number. To satisfy himself of thi;
fact one has only to pick up a dailj
paper and read the reports of outrage;
that are printed in almost every issue
The lynching of offenders of thi;
kind does not have a very deterrent ef
feet on them. This has been mad;
clear. It has come out time and agait
that Hends have said beforehand tha
they were certain to be lynched, an<
yet even this knowledge does not res
train them. This is proved by the fac
that crimes of this kind are showing t
steady increase.
We will not attempt to suggest ax
infallible remedy. We do not know o;
one. But nevertheless we are satisfiex
that a well-organized rural police system
would help the situation wonderfully.
We believe that such a systen
would have a deterrent effect on offenders
of the kind referred to generally.
Suppose we should convert the present
constabulary of the magistrates into
a rural police force. Give these constables
sufficient pay to compensatx
them for all their time, xequire them tf
be mounted, and put them under th?
i general orders of the sheriff, with
? whom they could be kept In touch by
- telephone and they could be made a
1 most effective force for use in any
p quarter on short notice.
i With a good rural police system
- much could be done to break up gambp
ling, liquor selling, corn and seed cotp
ton stealing and various other annoyances
to which the farmers of the out
* of town districts are constantly subp
jected. At the same time these policep
men could be used for the service of
- all kinds of papers, processes, etc., and
t the matter could be so managed that
r the system would cost very little if any
more than is being paid out on account
of the present system.
ThJo rural nnllt-p nrnnosition Is well
worth careful and thorough consideration,
and its institution would add no
- little to the security of life, property
and good order.
TESTIMONY "ROM THE BENCH.
\ Judge Klugh Gives Evidence of Lyon's
Ability.
, In its editorial columns yesterday
morning the Columbia State published
a strong letter from Judge J.
C. Klugh, testifying to the legal ability
of Hon. J. Fraser Lyon. The letter
was sent to The State by a gentleman
from Latta with this explanation:
"I heard the statement made by
some of Ragsdale's friends that Judge
Klugh said Lyon had never had a
" case in court. These people are
. prominent In local politics and were (
a making these statements publicly. I
" asked Mr. Beth^a to write to Judge
1 Klugh. I enclose his reply." Judge
Klugh's letter is as follows:
Mr. Jno. C. Bethea, Latta, S. C. i
Dear Sir: I have Just reached
y home from Edgefield court and find
your letter of August 8th Inst.
> I fully endorse the estimate made
by the members of the Abbeville bar
as to Hon. J. Fraser Lyon's legal
ability. Of the cases he has had in i
t the supreme court I recall at random:
? Watson vs. Southern Rwy. C., reported
in 66 S. C. Reports.
} Childs vs. South Rwy- Co., report- i
. ed in 69 S. C. Reports. i
i Lltes vs. Southern Rwy. Co., reported
in 69 S. C. Reports.
Pressley vs. Southern Rwy. Co., re"
ported in 69 S. C. Reports. i
t Pratt vs Frazier, reported in 72 S. ,
C. Reports.
He was successful in all these '
cases except one. If I had time to go
r through the volumes of Reports I ,
i doubt not that I could find numerous
other cases which Mr. Lyon has con- 1
ducted ably in the supreme court. <
Those that I mention are In books
. that happen to be on my desk as I
. write. Thev were all tried first, of
course, in the circuit court, but none 1
" of them before me. I could name >
from memory quite a list of cases
j besides these, which Mr. Lyon has
had in the circuit court, some of 1
which were appealed to the supreme I
court. 1
> In the face of the list of cases
, which I have mentioned and which
may be found in the printed books 1
' of Reports in almost every lawyer's ,
f office in the state, the statement to
I which you refer, that Mr. Lyon never
had a case in the courts, Is absolutely 1
, untrue, and Is maliciously false to ]
1 couple my name with it. .
> I do not know whether you are fa,
vorable or unfavorable to Mr. Lyon's
' candidacy for the office of attorney I
general, but I feel indebted to you |
. for advising me of the currency of ,
> the statement which you mention and
that it is attributed to me, thereby <
giving me the opportunity not only to
deny my connection with It but also t
, to show the falsity of the statement
itself. '
I request you to deny that I <?? ?r i
' made any such statement, and you j
- have liberty to use this letter In any
. way you see fit.
Yours ver> truly, 1
J. C. KUJOH. I
MERE-MENTION. I
Wm. R. Hearst of New York, has <
. been invited as one of the speakers ,
at the banquet which will be tendered
by the Jefferson club of Chicago, to ]
1 Wm. J. Bryan early next month.... ]
! A seat in the New York Stock Ex- i
. change sold recently for $93,000
Winston Churchill, the novelist, is a
' candidate for governor of Massachu
setts There nave Deen inree suicides
as the result of the failure of ,
the Milwaukee Avenue bank of
Chicago last week Fifty-three of>
ficials were murdered and forty-three
f were wounded In Russia 1*2* week.
, Twenty-three hundred persons were
banished from St. Petersburg last
1 Saturday The island of Juan
f Fernandez, off the coast of Chile,
? made famous by Daniel DeFoe, as
the scene of "Robinson Crusoe's" ad*
ventures, has disappeared as the re
suit of the South American eartht
quake. .. . ...During the past eleven
weeks 1,188 cases of typhoid fever
have been reported in Philadelphia.
There have been 157 deaths
t Pat Crowe, the notorious kidnapper
, of the Cudahy boy of Omaha, a
couple of years ago, is doing newspa1
per work in New York Burgt
lars at Pittston, Pa., chloroformed
? the guests of a hotel last Tuesday
night, and plundered the rooms at
their leisure Reports from
1 Texas indicate a record breaking cot1
ton crop in that state There is ,
3 a case of yellow fever at New Iberia,
La Several men were killed by
' the explosion of an unsklllfully placed
r blast in a rock quarry, near Laredo,
} Texas, last Tuesday. .. . ...The prop1
~" no ?- r,.. i?11 nf tho Philftnn 1
8 earthquake Is estimated at $50,000.- 1
' 000 The Illinois Republican i
i State convention has endorsed Joe ,
e Cannon for the presidency A
negro named Will Laurence was
> lynched near Tampa, Fla., last Tues- i
- day for attempting to kill a white j
! man The big bucket shop concern ,
of M. J. Sage & Co., New York, went
to the wall last Wednesday, with 11a- 1
* bilitles of more than $2.000.000... .The
3 latest information from the Chilean (
} earthquake Is to the effect that hardly
less than 2.000 people were killed 1
1 The Brazilian congress has approprli
ated $660,000 for the relief of Chilian ]
i earthquake sufferers Capt. Geo.
Boynton former resident manager of
the Orinoco corporation of Venezuela
5 and Lewis M. Thompson, a lawyer,
were arrested in New York Wednesday
on the charge of making dies to counterfeit
the standard silver dollar of
Venezuela... .Harry K. Thaw's defense
1 when brought to trial for killing Stan- |
ford White in New York several weeks |
ago. will be emotional Insanity
" Gen. Qulntin Bandera, leader of the
, Cuban Insurgents, was killed yestert
day morning The Georgia primary i
election held last Wednesday resulted i
" in the overwhelming nomination of I
i Hoke Smith for the governorship. Hoke
Smith carried 115 counties. Clark <
c Howell, ten counties: Russell, ten '
counties. James M. Smith three counties.
and Estill, four counties The
- city of San Francisco has subscribed 1
- $10,000 to the relief of Valparaiso )
earthquake sufferers.
?Ashevilie special of August 22 to i
f the Charlotte Observer: Charles R. (
3 Evans of Madison county, has given ,
out a story to the effect that he and
3 a number of other North Carolinians, I
natives of Buncombe and Madison j
counties were enticed by false prom?
ises to McDowell county to work
i for the South & Western Railway
t company, ordered to work under con- i
j dltions materially different from what '
they had been promised, that they
" who refused to work were beaten
t until they bled, told to leave and keep ,
l their mouths shut, and others were
guarded with Winchester rifles to
prevent their escape. It is believed
i that this allegation of facts is prece- <
f dent to damage suits that will be In!
stituted against the railway company
by those who complain of peonage,
and that steps have already been
taken toward the institution of such i
suits. According to Evans' story he |
and twelve other men went to work
for the South & Western between 1
Marion and Spruce Pine in February 1
of this year, and that when several
of the party attempted to leave the .
day after they had gone to work they
were overtaken and forced to an- 1
other camp, confined in a house with {
a guard and whipped. Evans' state- (
ment is that Woodfln Wheeler,
Chapel Wyatt and Charlie Beckmen (
were the three men whipped. t
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8.
J. A. Tate?Will pay reasonable reward
for return of lost pocket book.
York Cotton Mills?Wants 500 cords
'good pine wood.
Dr. W. W. Fennell, Rock Hill?Will
pay a reward for return of "Tick
Boy," a pointer dog, which he lost
three months ago.
J. Q. Wray, the Leader?OfTers men's
dress shirts, underwear, lawns and
organdies, and sheeting at reduced
prices.
I. W. Johnson?Sells all kinds of soaps
fdr all kinds of uses. His stock inIi/apv
folrv Aflrnn numlM.
etc.
Strauss-Smith Co.?Has exclusive sale
on this market of the Monarch brand
shirts and Arrow brand collars. New
...stock Just In.
Yorkvllle Hardware Co.?Invite farmers
who contemplate buying a mowing
machine, to see the Johnston.
York Supply Co.?Revises Its prices
on flour as quoted in its Ad. of Tuesday.
First National Bank?Advises you to
cultivate the habit of saving, and
deposit your money in the First National
bank.
Mary A. Simril, Admx?Will on Sept.
26th, apply to the probate court for
discharge as administratrix of estate
of N. A. Simril, deceased.
M. W. White?Asks if the money you
have invested in stocks and bonds
pays you as much as it would if invested
otherwise.
York Furniture Co.?Tells you not to
wait until you need it before putting
In a coal grate. All kinds of
ftirniture. Mastic paint sells for
$1.60 a gallon.
Sam M. Grist, Special Agent?Tells
you that all Insurance companies
will have to change their policies
after Jan. 1st, except the Mutual
Benefit.
Carroll Bros.?Have received a carload
of Oliver plows and say that
A 4 A Via "Kaaf A n
tne UUVCI piuw is mc ucai vii
earth."
Lota of fodder has been lost within
the past week or ten days because of
the rains.
Look out for the campaign stories
that are getting into circulation. There
are lots of them; but they are not deserving
of attention. .
There is a good deal of open cotton
throughout York county and the first
bale ought to be on the market within
the next week or ten days.
The rural carriers of York county
should organize an association. They
are sufficiently numerous to get up
quite a respectable organization.
"If I had no more sense than Wharton,"
declared Cansler at Greenville the
sther day,, "I would stick my head in
an auger hole and set my feet on fire."
Dr. J. H. Saye was not accounted I
mucn UK a apftuvci iwu ycai a6u, uuv
It is admitted on all sides that he has
been making effective speeches during
the present campaign, especially
wherever his opponents have sought to
disconcert him with questions.
The Chester Lantern is very bitter
against Mr. Finley as to that court
bouse matter, and the outlook is that
is the result of feeling that has been
worked up along this line, Mr. Finley
Is going to lose a great many votes in
[Chester. The Lantern claims that a
k'ote for Finley is a vote against Chester
county.
Just for variety we venture a guess
is the result of next Tuesday's voting
tor governor and attorney general. We
nay miss it a mile and a half, but here
roes. Lyon will be elected attorney
reneral on the first ballot. Ansel will
lead for governor and Blease will be
n the second race with him. Manning
will be the third man, McMahan will
?e a close fourth, Brunson will be fifth.
Sloan sixth, Jones seventh and E4wards
last. We are not clear as-lD
Manning and Blease; but rather thlBk
Blease will have the best of it. Tbe
race will be very close between them.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? The county campaign meeting
will be held here tomorrow.
? Help the ladles of the Civic association.
Let everyone clean before his
>wn door.
? The Civic association is a very Important
matter. It looks not only to
beauty but to health.
? The street committee Is at work
cleaning things up, and the results so
far are quite refreshing.
? A fine Jersey bull belonging to Mr.
C. E. Spencer was killed by an extra
train on the Southern railroad on the
Whisonant property night before last
it about 12 o'clock. The bull had gotten
out of its pasture and was roaming
at large. Jeff Williams, a negro, says
he saw the animal near his place
J 1?- - tvio/ln q allorht
weanesuay aiieniuuu auu mou? <?
effort to put It up; but It threatened
him In such a way as to lead him to
the conclusion that it would be Just as
well to let it alone.
THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
Although as yet it cannot be claimed
that there is any widespread interest
in the operations of the Ladies
Civic association of Yorkvllle, still
there are In the lead a number of ladles
who appreciate the very great importance
of the work in hand and they do
not propose to let the matter drop.
They hope to get the active co-operation
and support of every lady in
Yorkvllle, and they also propose to
enlist the financial assistance of the
men as well. Following is the constitution
as adopted at the organization
meeting.
Article I?Name.
The name of this organization shall
be known as the Civic Association of
Yorkvllle, S. C.
Article II?Object.
The object of this association shall
be to beautify the town and do all in
Its power toward uplifting and ennobling
humanity.
Article III?Officers.
Section 1. The officers of this association
shall be a president, a first
and a second vice president, a recording
secretary and an auditor.
Section 2. The officers shall be elected
by ballot at the annual meeting of
the association, which shall be held in
April.
Section 3. No member shall be allowed
to vote unless they are present
at the meeting during the election.
Article IV?Membership.
Section 1. The members shall be
active and associate.
Section 2. The active members shall
be females and are expected to do active
work and attend the meetings.
Section 3. The associate members
may be male and female and are expected
to encourage the work and to
pay their dues.
A rtinln V?TillPQ
The dues shall be 50 cents for active
members and $1.00 for associate members,
payable at annual meetings.
Article VI?Quorum.
Seven members shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business.
Article VII?Meetings.
Meetings shall be quarterly or at the
jail of the president.
BURNED HIMSELF OUT.
Will Hunter, a white boy, about sixteen
or seventeen years old, burned
himself out of the Yorkvllle guard
louse Wednesday night, and had a
rery narrow escape with his life.
It seems that the boy was arrested
for misconduct at the merry-go-round.
Fie would get on the machine as it was
ibout to start and pull other smaller i
joys on with him. Then as the machine
was getting well under way he
vould throw off the hats of the small
cr boys and make them get down.
Chief Love decided that he would do
better in the guard house and took
him there.
Along about 12 o'clock a negro man
who was passing the guard house,
heard screaming and yelling within
s.nd observing the place to be on Are
notified Sheriff Brown, who with Deputy
Sheriff Quinn, at once went to the
rescue.
All the noise had subsided when
Sheriff Brown readied toe guard
house; but as he opened the door
young Hunter staggered out and fell
down on the grass. The sheriff and
deputy left htm alone while they devoted
themselves to extinguishing the
flames. After a little the boy got up
and ran away. Sheriff Brown and
Deputy Quinn followed him a short distance,
but soon lost him in the darkness.
Investigation of the interior of the
guard house showed that Hunter had
broken up an old bucket that he found
there and had kindled a fire up against
the door jamb with the pieces. The
draft from under the door blew the
smoke Inward and the room was soon
so filled aB to almost stifle the desperate
young prisoner.
Hunter has not since been heard
from. He has quite a reputation with
the police here, having been arrested
once or twice before; but as to whether
there will be any hereafter with
reference to this last escape, probably
depends upon whether or not he is
captured again.
PICK THE WINNERS.
After the publication of last Tuesday's
issue of The Enquirer, it developed
that we had left the office of at
torney general on me Diana 10 oe useu
In our proposed guessing: contest, and
as the best way to correct the error,
we have decided to reproduce the
blank with attorney general Included.
Those who have already sent in their
guesses may supplement with a guess
as to attorney general. Those who
have not yet guessed and who desire
to do so will please use the corrected
blank below. All .guesses must be in
before the opening of the polls next
Tuesday morning. The guesses are
being numbered 1, 2, 3, etc., consecutively
as received, and priority will be
determined on this basis. Here is the
corrected blank:
For Governor:
Secretary of State:
Attorney General:
Comptroller General:
Adjutant General:
Kauroaa commissioner;
Congressman:
Representatives:
Auditor:
Superintendent of Education:
Supervisor:
County Commissioners:
Name
Address
THE SOUTH AND WESTERN.
The Charlotte Observer of Wednesday
has the following about the railroad
operations referred to In The Enquirer
of last Tuesday:
The South and Western railroad Is
owned by the same people who own
the Seaboard Air Line and its Interest
is identical with that of the Seaboard.
It owns the Clinchfield coal region in
Virginia and Kentucky some 300,000
acres. The coal is said to be in quality
second to that from the Pocahontas
mines, and the primary purpose of the
new railroad is to get its coal to the
South Atlantic states and to a convenient
noint for ernort.
The termini between which active
construction Is going on are Elkhorn,
Ky., and Rutherfordton. An extension
to Spartanburg, S. C., Is already decided
upon, and from Spartanburg It
will tap the Seaboard somewhere on Its
Atlanta line. From Rutherfordton it
will operate its trains over the Seaboard
to Wilmington, and will build a
branch road to Southport. This will
be one of its export yards.
The history of the road is interesting.
In 1887 the old Three C's?Charleston,
Cincinnati and Chicago?undertook
to build a road from the Ohio river to
Charleston, S. C. The company had
more backbone than sense, for it did
not begin at one end and finish its road
as it went, so that some of it might
have been operating and bringing in
revenue to offset a part of the expense;
but it began at the Ohio and built to
White House, Ky. At the same time it
was building from Blacksburg, S. C.,
to Marion, N. C. In the middle ground
between White House and Marion,
some of its bed was graded and
some of its track laid. But the Three
C's went under, and the bond-holders
took its work in hand, changing the
road's name in 1891 to the Ohio River
and Charleston. In 1893 the Southern
bought the road betv/een Blacksburg and
Marion, and the southern part of the
old Three C's was sold to the C. & O.
This left the middle still on the market,
and in 1901 Mr. George L. Carter, president
of the South and Western, bought
It. From Johnson City, Tenn., to the
North Carolina line the road had been
completed and it had been graded from
Johnson City north to St. Paul, Va.
Mr. Carter thus became the nucleus
of the present company, which undertone
the hulldinBT of the rnnd nnlv last
year.
And it has set Itself to build a good
road. From Marlon to Spruce Pine
there will be no trestle, but everywhere
fills, that Is embankments. The maxi- !
mum curves are six degrees, except
two, in a strenuous place, which are .
eight degrees. On the west side of
the valley of the North Fork of the
Catav.-ba there is a loop of ten miles,
embracing eight tunnels (one of them
1,540 feet long, another 2,150) in order
to preserve a grade of twenty-five feet
to the mile. The lines of this loop are ,
nearly parallel, so that the lower Bridle
Path tunnel Is almost under the up- ,
per, and the lower Pine Ridge tunnel ,
almost under the upper. \ In all there ,
are on this section of the road eighteen .
tunnels, to say nothing of one in Virginia.
two and one-half miles long. The
engineering is hardly so spectacular as
that on the Southern between Asheville
and Old Fort, and will not show to pas- .
sengers on trains its full skill; but one
who plods along it will see that they
have planned and are building a road
against the ravages of time and, with 1
long-sighted economy, are sparing no
expense in its construction. It 1b costing
$180,000 a mile.
Within a month, so Hr. C&ples, the
general manager, told me, they will
have established camps between Ma
rion ana Kumenoraion ana win u?
pushing that section along with the
others. "We have got to get done in
twelve or eighteen months." said some
official.
There are in operation twelve air
compressors and thirty-six boilers, for
drilling in the tunnels, running more
than 100 drills; there are material
trains running on seven miles of "dinky"
track; there are four or five miles
of pipe line, conveying compressed air;
an electric plant for lighting tunnels;
a machine repair shop under construction;
six steam shovels, and so on. It
is a wonder how they ever got thoee
boilers and compressors across the
mountains to the camps; it muBt have
taken a legion of mules to pull them.
Mr. F. Powell estimated that the hauling
up to date has cost the company
something like $300,000. What the
steam shovels can do they must do
near the ends, for it would be impossible
to haul them into the Intermediate
valley. Between the two mountain
ranges or ridges the dirt and rock must
be removed by human and mule muscle.
"Think of moving that mountain
with one mule!" said a member of a
party of spectators the other day, looking
on where Italians were scooping
dirt Into a dump cart. That is why the
company wants all the laborers it can
get.
At the crossing of the Southern and
the South and Western near Marlon,
the latter will run twenty-six feet under
the former. It will have a T"
connection with the Southern. Not far
from this point is Rollins branch, the*
valley of which is spanned by an enormous
embankment (Supt. Dagett said
222,000 yards) and a concrete arch (6,000
yards.) The fact that the cost per
mile is so amazingly large Indicates
that it is remarkable work. There are
no level stretches at all; from cut to
embankment and from embankment to
tunnel, Is the way it goes. Horsemen
ride through the long culvert over the
McNeely branch, and have plenty of
room to spare. But details would make
too long a story. One who is on the
spot will be Inclined to agree with the
guide, Mr. Floyd Gardner: "A set or
people who are fools enough to undertake
to build a railroad through a place
like this oughtn't to be disturbed no
way."
From Elkhorn to Spartanburg will
make the line of the South and Western,
proper 300 miles long. Whether or
not It shall go on to Spartanburg, Its
connection at Eutherfordton with the
Seaboard will make a trunk line of
the Wilmington and Eutherfordton
branch and will thus be a boon to
Charlotte.
DISPENSARY CORRUPTION.
The story about Director Wylle
and dispensary corruption in the last
Issue of The Enquirer was published
Just as It came to us. Our representative
at Clover heard the speeches
of Dr. Massey and Mr. McCain, and
after the speaking asked Mr. McCain
as to the name of the director referred
to. Mr. McCain said It was
Mr. Wylle. There has been no denial
of the 3tory to The Enquirer; but The
Columbia Eecord, the state dispensary
organ, naturally became very
much exercised over the matter and
had a long distance telephone conversation
with Mr. Wylie at Cleveland
Springs. In its Issue of yesterday
The Eecord gives what purports to
be the result of that conversation as
follows:
in reply Major wyue saio; i was
on the train on the day mentioned
and in company with Dr. Massey
and Mr. McCain, but the gentleman
quoted by The Enquirer possibly misunderstood
me or did not catch my
exact words.
"In discussing the dispensary, Dr.
Massey said that he wanted to keep it
clean and with that idea he had voted
for me in the legislature.
"I told him that I thought as long
as the whisky houses kept putting off
mean liquor on us, it would be impossible
to keep down talk, and that in
my opinion county dispensaries would
be no better. I went on to say, further,
that my attention had'been called
to the quality of some goods we
had bought, and I got some samples
and carried them to Columbia myself,
Intending to have them analyzed; but
when I got to Columbia, I found that
Commissioner Tatum had already
given samples of these goods to the
chemist to be analyzed; that the
chemist had reported unfavorably upon
them, saying that the goods were
of low grade in alcohol percentage
and every other way, and that the dispensary
force had been instructed by
the commissioner to return them.
"Mr. McCain then asked me how
much we were going to return. I replied,
'Something like 2,000 gallons in
cases and barrels.' The barrel goods
were some of the old board's purchases.
"I never have said that the other
members of the board were corrupt;
nor have I dreamed of saying that I
had to make threats to Induce the
commissioner to return this liquor.
On the other hand, as I have just
stated, when I suspected the quality ot
the liquor and started to Columbia to
have it analyzed, I found that the
commissioner had already ascertained
that It was unfit for use and ordered
it returned.
"I told the gentlemen that ever
since I had been on the board I had
been in favor of better whisky, and
that the board had put into effect a
resolution to buy good, pure whiskies
from bond and blend and bottle them
at the dispensary, thus making sure of
their purity.
"Somebody started a discussion of
prohibition. I stated that I had always
been a prohibitionist, on principle,
and that whenever I should be
convinced that we can have prohibition,
I will be heartily in favor of it;
but if it is simply a question of state
dispensaries or county dispensaries, I
will take the former every time.
"You cannot too strongly quote me
in denying the false statement I am
credited with having made regarding
the other members of the board, l
am at a loss to know how The Enquirer
could have received such a distorted
and wholly incorrect version of
my conversation with Dr. Massey and
Mr. McCain."
The State of this morning contains
statements from Mr. Wylle and Mr.
McCain. Mr. Wylie's statement is as
follows:
In reply to yours of last .night, I
was on the train a few days ago with
Dr. Saye, and we were discussing the
state dispensary. He said he had voted
for me and hoped that we could
keep it clean. I replied that so long
as the board allowed the whisky houses
to put this cheap mean stuff on us,
there would be talk and dissatisfaction
and charges of corruption, and if we
had county dispensaries it would be no
better. Since I have been a member of
the board, I have been contending for a '
better grade of goods and we had recently
passed a resolution to buy only ,
from bonded warehouses and to blend
and bottle at the state dispensaries.
Some time ago I had my attention call- 1
ed to some bad liquors we had bought.
I carried a sample of it to Columbia, ,
and the commissioner had it analyzed ,
together with a lot of other brands.
The chemist reported some of it un- >
favorable and low in percentage of alcohol,
and we ordered it returned, to- j
gether with some others, which were j
then on hand.
Dr. Saye and I also discussed prohi- <
bltlon. I told him that I was a prohibitionist
from principle, and when
we could have genuine prohibition, I
was ready to vote for it. Since I have
been on the board, I have endeavored
to enforce the prohibition features of
the dispensary, which, J think, are as
near prohibition as we can ever get.
i also mentioned the fact that we had
some good whiskies in the dispensary,
which Dr. Burney pronounced all right
In every respect, not only case goods,
but whisky in bulk, which we are buying
from the Richland distillery. The
train was in motion and a lot of baseball
boys continually passing through
the aisles and the gentlemen evidently
misunderstood me, for they are all
personal friends of mine and would not
intentionally misquote me. I did not
charge corruption in the board and had
to make no threats to get the whisky
returned.
Mr. McCain puts the matter like
his: a
"In my speech at the campaign meeting
at Clover on Monday, to show the
corruption In the state dispensary
management, I stated that Mr. Wylle of
the present board of directors had
stated to Drs. Massey and Saye and ,
myself on the train that morning that
the board of directors of the state dispensary
had purchased 2,000 cases of
whisky over his protest. That It was
found on arrival to contain only about 1
2 per cent of alcohol and was returned i
to the house from which it was purchased.
I made the deduction from
this that there was still corruption In
the dispensary management. Mr. Wylle
did not say to me in so many words
that the bo<vrd was corrupt"
ABUU I ftUrLC.
Mr. J. J. Keller went to Charlotte on
business yesterday.
Mr. Robert Jenkins is with the T.
B. & M. Co., as salesman.
Mr. Otto Baber of Gastonia, visited
friends in Yorkvllle this week.
Mrs. M. J. Clark is at Mr. G. T.
Radcliffe's and is seriously 111.
Miss Addle Moore is at Virginia
Beach, Va., with a party of friends.
Mr. James Heatherly, clerk at the
Southern depot, is visiting in Charleston.
Mr. G. L. McNeel has been confined
to his bed for some days. He is quite
sick.
Miss Agnes Bludworth is visiting
relatives and friends at Statesvllle,
N. C.
Mr. J. R. Stewart of Ashevllle, N. C..
Is the guest of his sister, Mrs. H. H.
Beard.
Mr. Raymond McClain of Gastonia,
is visiting friends and relatives in
Yorkville.
Mrs. J. S. Jones and children, are visiting
relatives and friends at McOonnellsvllle.
Miss Louise Wharton of Columbia,
is visiting in Yorkvllle, the guest of
Miss Bessie Gilbert.
Mrs. D. E. McConnell of Gastonia, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Margaret
Traywick in Yorkville.
Miss Bessie Sandlfer is spending a
few davs in Rock Hill, the guest of
her uncle, Mr. Green Sandlfer.
Mrs. Jane Howe of McConnellsville,
and Miss Aggie J. Love of Union, are
guests of Mr. John S. Sandlfer's family.
Colonel and Mrs. Nenl A. McLean of
Lumberton, N. C., spent Tuesday night
in Yorkvllle as guests of Mrs. H. H.
Beard.
Mrs. Leona Burrls and daughter,
Miss Julia, of Chester, are the guests
of Mr. H. H. Beard's and Mrs. E. B.
Beard's families.
Miss Cora Clark arrived In Yorkvllle
last night from Brunswick, Ga., having
'come to Yorkvllle on account of the
Illness of Mrs. M. J. Clark.
Mrs. W. O. Guy and Mrs. George
Steele and son,. Master Paul, of Lowryvllle,
spent today In Yorkvllle on
their way ,home from Cleveland
Springs.
Dr. A. Y. Cartwrlght left yesterday
for a visit to his old home at Columbia,
Adair county, Kentucky. He does
not know yet exactly how long he will
be away; but will probably be gone at
least three weeks.
Mr. Geo. L. Riddle and Miss Heler.
Riddle of Bethel, came to Yorkvllle
Tuesday, on account of the Illness c.f
Mr. Riddle's sister, Mrs. M. J. Clark.
Mr. H. C. Strauss returned home on
yesterday from Charleston, where he
had been In attendance upon the funeral
services of Mrs. Leonora Strauss.
Mr. H. T. Williams has moved his
family from Lancaster to Yorkville,
and Is occupying the C. P. Lowranee
cottage on East Jefferson street.
Mr. and Mrs. Q. W. Brown were called
to Blacksburg Wednesday afternoon
on account of the critical Illness of
Mrs. Brown's sister, Mrs. Sam J. Poteet.
Mrs. Poteet died shortly before
their arrival.
Mr. James B. Kennedy of Yorkville,
has been notified of his appointment
as Instructor of political economy at
the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore,
for the year 1906-07. This, as Mr.
Kennedy's numerous friends will at
once appreciate, Is a rare distinction
to be conferred upon so young a man;
but no one who knows him will doubt
for a moment his ability to fill the
place with credit to himself and this
world-famed university.
Judge S. E. Stephenson of Covington,
Tenn., who is visiting the family
- ? ' ? *1 *i? i-*- vir T
or nia orouier, me urn; vy. j. oic^ucuson,
will return to his home next Tuesday.
During his stay In this section
he has taken very considerable Interest
in the political light that is being
waged on the whisky question. He has
been through very much the same
thing out in Tennessee. When he first
went to that state as a boy, whisky was
legally sold in every crossroads grocery
store; but the tendency everywhere has
been toward prohibition and now there
is nd legal liquor traffic except in the
towns of more than Ave thousand inhabitants.
His own town of Covington
has gone for prohibition within the
past few years, and conditions have
very much improved. "Of course, there
is still some illegal liquor selling,"
Judge Stephenson says, "but no more
than there was under the license re
glme. The bar-keepers sold as much
whisky in violation of the law to minors
and on Sundays as is being sold
in violation of the law now." As between
the maintenance of the state dls- i
pensary, and the establishment of local |
option as between county dispensaries
and prohibition, Judge Stephenson said ,
that if he lived in this state, he would i
certainly be In favor of the abolition
of the state machine.
Chester Lantern: If "all the world
loves a lover," it also .delights in loyal ]
friendship. Several weeks ago a plan j
was formed by hi* friends to give Mr. ;
Paul G. McCorkle a handsome striking
watch. The greatest secrecy was
maintained and not a hint of the proposed
gift was allowed to reach Mr. :
McCorkle. The watch, made by Paul |
Jeannot of Geneva, and purchased :
through our progressive jeweler, Mr.
J. C. Robinson and his expert assis- !
tant. Mi*. Wise, arrived several days j
ago. Or. the afternoon of August 16th, j
while Mr. McCorkle was in his office i
all unconscious of the pleasure await- j
Ing him, he heard a cordial greeting j
and upon turning from the telephone, |
was immediately presented by Mr. i
Dupre Anderson on behalf of friends ;
In Chester, Lancaster, Rock Hill and (
Charlotte, with this elegant token of
their regard. Overcome with amazement
and appreciation, Mr. McCorkle could l
snly utter a few broken sentences, for 1
when the heart feels most, the tongue j
Falters and deep emotion sweeps all j
words from the lips. This gift is in- i
Jeed a* triumph of the watch maker's '
art. In a handsome pebbled-gold case j
s hidden a delicate and perfect me- <
:hanlsm, whereby on the touching of J
i spring is sounded the hour, the quarter,
the half, three quarters and Intervening
minutes, so that the exact time
nay be known in a moment. This
seautlful gift will be to Mr. McCorkle
i constant joy, and as its musical tones
:ell the fleeting hours they will speak
ilso of friendship which is eternal and
>f gratitude which will never pass
iway.
LOCAL LACONIC3.
We Will 8end The Enquirer
From this date until January lit,
1907, (or 74 cents. 4
The Election.
It is the purpose to publish in the
next issue of The Enquirer a tabulated
statement of the result of the primary
election to be held on Aug. 28, and because
of this purpose we will not be
able to get to press at the usual hour.
The polls will not be closed until 4
o'clock and it will be close on to midnight
if not later before all the votes
can be counted at the larger boxes.
Instead of coming out at 8 o'clock on
Tuesday afternoon, therefore the paper
will not make its appearance until
morning
A Bouquet For the First.
Greenville special to the News and ,
Courier: It is said on good authority
that the First regiment was the best
military organization sent by any
state to the manoeuvres. The men of
Col. Lewis's command stood the work
better, did less kicking and seemed
more alive to the duties of camp life
than the soldiers of any other regiment.
The regular army officers
were not permitted to make any comparisons,
of course. That Is, they
could not speak officially, or for publication,
but several admitted in private
conversation that the First regiment
was the best they had seen in
the camp, excepting regulars. This ?
belongs to the men, who Jent themselves
to the training of their officers,
but too much cannot be said in praise ' ^
of Col. Lewis and the men working
with him for the excellent showing
made by the First South Carolina.
CoL Lewis is a graduate of the Cita- ^
del. He has had considerable experience
in things military' He inspired
the utmost confidence of both
officers and men. He was me Hardest
worked man in the regiment, and
a careful, conscientious student; one M
of those officers who never curse or
drink, and invariably make the best R
soldiers.
Kb
The Examination Fee Business.
In Its report of the Rock Hill meeting
the Herald prints the following *
interesting paragraph: Dr. J. E.
Massey, In closing his speech, said
that the $6 fee business, which was
causing a stir among the fraternal
societies, was sprung in Fort Mill Praajg
Friday. He had reference to the resolution
passed by the Tork County
Medical association at their last meeting
In Rock Hill, raising the examination
fee from $2 to $5. He explained
that the question had been
on the books for several months and
he voted in favor of the resolution
with the understanding that the fee
was to be paid by the head lodge and
he did not stand for the raise if the
applicant had to pay it. He also
stated that the association did not
pass the resolution until one of the
members was assured by a man who
is high up In the Woodmen of this
state, that he was confident that the
head camp would pay the fee. The
reporter was told afterwards by Dr.
Massey that the man he referred to
was Mr. W. T Slaughter of Hickory
Grove, state organiser of the Woodmen,
and that he came down to Rock N
Hill on the train with Dr. Bratton of
Torkviile the day the association met
here and told him to go ahead and
pass the resolution and he would use
his influence to get the head camp to
pay the fee and he felt sure he would
succeed.
asBBBBiaate . GRAFT
13 THE I88UE.
I - - - - - - - Editor
Torkviile Enquirer.
No true reformer can vote for a currupt
institution like the state dispensary,
or support men for the legislature
to do the bidding of those in charge
of that corrupt system.
Again, it would make no difference
to Senator Tillman if every vote cast
in the primary next Tuesday were an
antl-dispensary vote. Senator Tillman
will be nominated without opposition.
He will take his seat in March, 19<?7,
and hold it until March, 1913. The
idea of an anti- dispensary vote affecting
Senator Tillman in any way is so
far fetched that it must have originated
with those who are supplied with
money by the Liquor Dealers assoda- f
tion as it is a well known fact that the
big liquor dealers are making a strong
enon 10 save tue iiuuiuiiuub iu vulumbia
on which they are fattening at
the expense of the people of this state.
Oman.
80UTH CAROLINA NEW8.
? There was another lynching yesterday.
It occurred In Dorchester
county. A negro boy named WllUe
Spain attempted to enter the residence
of Mr. S. L. Conner manager ?
of the stores of the Dorchester lumber
company; but was frightened
away by the screams of Mr. Conner's
11-year old daughter the only person
at home and the approach of a boy,
another negro who saw Spain running
away reported the matter to
Mr. Conner. Mr. Conner caught the
negro In a sorghum field but was unable
to hold him. A mob was collected
quickly and the negro was
caught and shot to death.
? Candidate A. C. Jones disgraced <
himself at Oreenvllle by striking onearmed
Joel E. Branson. Mr. Jones
made a bitter attack on Mr. Branson's
prohibition record and when he
was through Mr. Branson laughingly
told him he was as crazy as a bee in
a tar bucket. Mr. Jones told Mr.
Branson to shut up or be would make
him. Mr. Branson told him to do It
and Mr. Jones struck him. Mr.
Branson lost the use Of one hand in
a saw mill accident years ago and
was physically unable to defend himself.
He was not expecting the as- *
sault and it is doubtful if he would
have been able to defend himself anyway.
The crowd took the matter up,
and several people wanted . the privlege
of standing for Branson. Jones,
however, was arrested and taken to
the lock-up. Shortly afterward he
was released on putting up $5. The
people were very indignant at the action
of Mr. Jones in the matter. At
Laurens Jones gave his version of
the Greenville Incident and said that *
because Branson had only one hand
he could not fight him. There was
-?*UI M VI 4a k..t ulnn
IIULIIIUB 1UI III1I1 tu uu uui iv oiaji
Brunson, which he did In defense of
his honor, and if he lost votes by It
he could not help it. Mr. Brunson
said he could not swear at Jonea but
he painted his picture like this:
"Take the character of Quilp from
'Old Curiosity Shop,' and transform
his greed for gold into greed for of- r
(ice. Then take the character of
Corker from 'Dombey and Son' for
his hypocrisy: then take the charter
of Arbaces from Edw. Bulwer
Lytton's 'Last Days of Pompeii' for
his shrewd low cunning; then take
From the Gospel as written by Luke
the character of Judas Iscariot and
roll them into. one human skin, and
[ present to you Adam Crane Jones."
rhe crowd cheered Brunson and jeerfd
Jones derisively.
Scratching Bauxtts.?A farmer from
the county said he did not want to
rote for Tillman for the United States
>enate, but there was no one else to
rote for. According to primary rules,
f only 100 men in the state should
rote for Tillman, he vould be the nomnee
of the party. In the primary no
>ne Is obliged to vote the whole ticket
In the county for instance, if a voter
ieslres to cast his ballot for the legisature
only, he can either scratch all
:he others, or where there are two or
nore candidates for the same office, the
)allot will not be counted if there is no
icratchlng. Where a candidate has no A
>pposltion scratch his name if you do
lot wish to vote for him In Senator J
riiimnn'n r*<u> that will not Drevant hia
lomlnation. but if all who do not like
he man and his ways were to scratch
lis name from the ticket It would rive
he self-centered boss to understand
hat there is a hereafter.?Spartanbur*
Spartan.
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