Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, September 18, 1906, Image 2
Scraps and facts.
? In his annual report issued last
Friday. Lieutenant Oeneral H. C. Corbln
of the United States army, makes
a strong plea for the re-establlshment
of the army canteen at army posts. In
part General Corbln says: "It would
seem unnecessary to argue to a
fair-minded person the superiority
of a system which provides a mild
alcoholic beverage at reasonable cost
in moderate quantities under strict
military control, to one which results
in luring the soldiers away from his
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his body and soul are poisoned and
ruined by vile liquors, with the accompanying
vice of harlotry, and where
his money is taken from him by
gamblers and thieves."
? The navy department, says a
Washington dispatch, has received a
report from Rear Admiral Evans,
commanding the Atlantic fleet, in which
he scathingly rebukes the people of
Portland, Me., for their attitude toward
sailors from the battleships Indiana
and Iowa during a recent trip
to that port. The sailors, says Admiral
Evans, were conducting themselves
In an orderly manner on shore,
and were subjected to gross indignities
and set upon by policemen and a
citizen who drew a gun upon them.
The admiral claims that sailors were
denied admittance to places of amusement,
notably a skating rink, because
they wore sailors' uniforms. Secretary
of the Navy Bonaparte, will take up
the subject of Indignities to American
seamen in uniform in his next annual
report to' congress, and will recommend
the passage of a law which will
insure to wearers of the United States
uniform proper recognition of their
rights by civilians.
? Receiver Earle of the defunct Real
Estate Trust company of Philadelphia,
has worked out a plan, which has been
eagerly accepted by depositors and
directors of the concern, that it is believed
will save the institution from
utter ruin and will eventually bring
the trust company out of its tangle on
a dollar for dollar basis. Receiver
Earle's plan Is that the directors of the
trust company shall raise $3,000,000 In
cash, which sum will be used to pay
off the claims of the small depositors,
if they want their money. To the
* large depositors, those having sums
ranging from $1,000 and upwards, it
is the plan to issue to them preferred
stock to the amount of two-thirds of
their deposits, the balance to be paid
in cash If desired. The capital of the
reorganized trust company will probably
not be in excess of 15.000,000. Receiver
Earle's plan, although drawn up
in a very short space of time, is complete
in all its details, and has been
enthusiastically received by both depositors
and directors. The trust
company will resume business within
a few days. The amount of the failure
was $7,000,000.
? The body of Henry K. Wampole,
head of the well-known firm of chemical
manufacturers of Philadelphia,
was found floating in the North river,
opposite Weehawken, N. J., last Friday
morning. Mr. Wampole had been
mysteriously missing since the Saturday
previous, having eluded his two
attending physicians in a New York
hotel, who were taking him to a sanitarium
in the Adirondack mountains.
For the past five years Mr. Wampole
had been failing mentally, as a result
of overwork. His condition was not
considered at all serious, and he continued
to attend to his business up to
a short time ago. The cause of his
final breakdown Is supposed to oe aue
to the defalcation of the company's
representative at Perth, Canada, Henry
M. Brick, who was a favorite of
Mr. Wampole. When this occurred,
Mr. Wampole's mental decline was
rapid, and after considerable persuasion
he consented to go to the Adirondack
sanitarium in the hope that he
would recover his mental balance. In
some way he eluded his attendants and
although every effort was made by the
New York police to find him, nothing
more was heard of the missing man
until his body was found floating on
the North river.
? Officials of the postoffice department,
says a Washington dispatch, are
very much gratified with the results
or me euucauonai campaign inaugurated
through the newspapers, with a
view to reducing the number of pieces
of mall matter received at the division
of dead letters. While the business of
the division is naturally increasing, the
results of the requests submitted
through the press, that writers place
their own addresses in the upper lefthand
corner of the letter or package
mailed, are greatly facilitating the return
to writers of undelivered letters,
many of which contain valuables.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
DeGraw has received a large number
of newspaper clippings, containing
editorials and news items upon the
subject, calling the attention of the
public to the large volume of mail
being lost, especially that containing
valuable enclosures, and emphasizing
the importance of placing the return
address upon all mail matter. The
consensus of opinion among the newspaper
writers is that the daily press
is the best medium of reaching the
people in this connection, and all newspapers
are urged to take up the matter
in their columns. Numerous suggestions
also have been received at
the department from persons who have
read the newspaper articles, many of
the schemes being worthy of consideration
and showing the ingenuity of
the average American. A local postoffice
employee offers the suggestion
that some words of warning, such as,
"Never mail a letter without putting
your name and address in the upper
left-hand corner of the envelope," be
InpliiH^H In thp r*a nppllincr atomriQ thim
appearing on every piece of mail deposited.
Another suggestion is that
similar notices be placed on the street
letter boxes and at the depositing
places in postofflces.
? Developments of the past few days
go to show that President Roosevelt
considers the situation in Cuba as
rather serious. When the insurrection
began three or four weeks ago. it was
supposed to be but a momentary ripple
and would be over in a few days. The
insurgents, however, have been gaining
in numbers steadily and drawing
nearer and nearer to Havana, committing
greater or less excesses in various
parts of the island in the meantime.
The cruiser Denver arrived at
Havana last week and landed 120
marines for the purpose of protecting
American property from an anticipated
insurgent attack. The cruisers Dixie.
Des Moines, Minneapolis, Tacoma,
Cleveland and Newark, with about
2,000 marines on board, are already in
Cuban waters or are under orders to
be ready to go there without unnecessary
delay in case of need. While it
is not the intention of President
Roosevelt to intervene in the quarrel
between the Cuban government and
the Insurgents at this time, the Federal
authorities at Washington have
given the Cuban government to understand
that unless the insurrection
is checked without much more delay,
the United States will be obliged to
take a hand in order to protect American
interests and property throughout
the island. It has been stated that
President Palma would welcome American
intervention at any time, for the
reason that he feels that the Cuban
government cannot afford a long drawn
out conflict at this time because of the
very heavy debt incurred in the payment
of Cuban soldiers for services in
me war wun spam, a spei-iai tension
of the Cuban congress was held
on Friday to consider ways and means
of ending the conflict. President Palma's
message to the congress recommended
the increase of the rural guard
to 10,000 men and the artillery service
up to 2,000. Senator Sanguily opposed
this on the ground that it was a silly
and useless measure. He recommended
that the government authorities
should seek to make a compromise
with the insurgents. Congress adjourned
after a short session.
Site ^orhi'Ulr (Inquirer.
YORKVILLE, 8. O.i
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. 1906.
The only way to get good roads Is
to pay for them.
There should be a law to make
everybody work or move on. There Is
plenty of labor in this country if it
| were only employed.
Within a few years more automobiles
will be as common in good roads
countries as wagons, making possible
and practicable rural express and drayage
service.
Really is it not about time to begin
trying to do something with our public
roads? There Is nothing entertaining
about the subject, but it is a
case wherein hard work will pay.
All or ine iorit t-uum; ?^u?
tlves are especially pledged not to vote
to repeal the Brlce law, and they cannot
vote therefore for any dispensary'
law which does not make provision for
the continuance of the Brlce law.
If Ch&rleston has a return cargo for
the first immigrant ship next month,
other Immigrant ships will follow.
Otherwise the experiment will come to
grief and not only South Carolina; but
all the South Atlantic states will be
among the losers.
Except for lack of quick and easy
transportation facilities, the dweller in
the rural districts has every convenience
that the dweller in town has.
The elimination of this disadvantage
will put the rural resident on a better
basis than the resident of the town.
CSood roads will do the trick.
Next winter will be the time for the
general assembly to pass a bill provid
Ing that only registered voters may
participate In primaries of any kind.
Such a law is In effect in Charleston
and it should be made to apply to the
whole state. With the registered voters
divided, the unregistered voters
have the balance of power to determine
whatever issue. It Is all wrong
to allow unregistered voters to rule the
state and that Is the effect of present
conditions.
Fair Election.
There Is one incident of the recent
r,?-jmorv pipptinn that ought to be very
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gratifying to all the voters of York
county, and that was its absolute fairness.
especially as to the counting of
the votes by the managers.
It is a matter of common knowledge
that ballot box stuffing and flim-flam
counting were generally practiced in
this state In 1876, and the precedents
set then have been followed in many
of the counties to a greater or less extent
ever since. There has been more
or less cheating at different boxes in
York county from time to time, and
there are numerous good men who
have all along been doubtful as to the
integrity of our elections even as they
are now conducted.
The first primary on the 28th of August
was so close as to necessitate an
entire re-count of the legislative ticket.
The recount developed a few errors,
errors that were sufficient to change
the result; but so very small as not to
even give color to a suspicion that
there had been any intentional unfairness.
The work of the managers
throughout the entire county was confirmed
almost absolutely, and to an
exactness that was remarkable.
Of course, there are always some irregularities
in an election of the extent
of this. It Is necessarily so, because
out of so many voters made up
of aft kinds of people, there are bound
to be some who will try to take unfair
advantages; dui me general icsuii
the recount referred to cannot but be
gratifying to the people of the whole
county as illustrating the remarkable
fairness with which their elections are
conducted.
The Trouble In Cuba.
Just what the trouble In Cuba Is It
Is difficult to say with a great deal of
authority; but the probability Is that
It means little else than that the Cubans
have demonstrated their unfitness
for self-government and that they
are about to be annexed to the United
States.
While there are a great many good,
Industrious, enterprising people In Cuba.
the great majority of the population
Is made up of doless malcontents,
who would not be satisfied with
anything. They do not have to work
and they are not going to work unless
they can be made to do so.
The end of the late war left the
country filled with adventurers including
thousands, who If not born on the
island had spent their lives there, and
these have since been engaged in trying
to get soft places wherein they
would not only be vested with power
and authority, but be assured of Incomes
that would enable them to live
in luxurious idleness.
The Cuban politician has but little
idea of statesmanship as that profession
is understood in this country.
Here the politician is generally sup
posed to advance some policy as opposed
to some other policy advocated
jby some other politician; but down In
I Cuba they have little idea of the expedient
of issues. There the game Is
merely the offices for the leader and
his friends as against another leader
and another set of friends.
According to all reports from the Island.
Cuba has never been more prosperous
than now. Laborers are able
to get twice as much for their work as
they could get five or six years ago,
and money is free and easy everywhere;
but the people who would get
money by working for it are not plentiful.
Earned money has but little at
iracuon iui iiicui.
The conditions are all that could be
desired for stirring up discontent. The
present rebellion was Inaugurated almost
without effort, and If It has any
definite purpose that purpose has not
yet been made clear. Indeed the revolutionary
forces consist of but little
else other than the organization of numerous
bands of marauders Into
larger bands that make the whole more
formidable. The government officials
are but little better than the leaders
of the marauders and there the matter
stands.
That Cuba will eventually be annexed
to the United States goes without
saying. Almost everybody In this
country Is looking for such a consummation.
at some time; but as yet there
are some serious obstacles In the way.
For one thing sugar, tobacco and several
other articles are produced more
cheaply In Cuba than In the United
States and the sugar refiners and cigar
manufacturers of this country are
opposed to the annexation of the Island
on that account. But there are
other American Interests to be subserved
by annexation, and the matter
will have to be fought out before a final
conclusion Is reached.
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for I lie present, ocucioij a <*?%
gone over to Cuba to see what he can
do In the way of bringing about some
kind of a reconciliation as between the
contending Interests, and it Is probable
that he will be more or less successful.
Whether he Is successful or not,
however, the probability Is that annexation
will be a development of the
j near future anyway, and In the meantime
this country will keep Cuba In
such shape as will best suit Its convenience.
.As to whether the annexation of
Cuba is desirable Is a serious question
perhaps: but that Is not the Issue.
Americans already own a large part of
the Island and they are not going to
leave their property Interests to the
protection of a people who are not
able to maintain a stable government
for more than a year or two at a time.
Tillman a Loser.
Senator Tillman said last week that
notwithstanding the fact that the men
he voted for were defeated he was
pleased. Just as the senator was formerly
a good winner, this declaration
goes to Indicate that he Is also a good
loser.
However this may be. the fact remains
that the senator has lost. It
was not at all necessary. There was
no reason why he should feel called
upon to stake his fortunes on the fate
of the tottering dispensary, but he
saw proper to do so. and?lost.
It's the fate of the politician. History
is full of the records of men who
have risen to political position and
power in various ways. Many of them
became absolute masters for a time.
But the story of all Is the same.
Whether they followed the golden rule
and governed with kindness and consideration
or whether their sway was
more or less tyrannical, the outcome
has always been the same. Unless
death came first, eventual defeat was
certain.
There Is no doubt about the fact
that Senator Tillman's methods with
his home people have been generally
those of a demagogue. People have to
do his way or not at all. He has never
been willing to concede to the other
fellow the right to have an opinion of
his own. He always insists on being
everything or nothing, and the man
who does differ with him in anything
is, in his opinion, only worthy to be
smashed.
That the South Carolina dispensary
has been the battle ground of lots of
bitter partizan strife is a matter of
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nisiory. n i? m?u a uiaiiEi .w?.>
that Senator Tillman prevailed over
his opponents In every battle, even securing
the subversion of the constitution
In behalf of his cause, and succeeded
at last in firmly establishing
the dispensary' system as the leading
institution of the state.
It is claimed by some that the dispensary
was ruined by its enemies;
but that is not strictly true. It fell as
the result of corruption?the corruption
of friends from within. The "enemies"
who ruined It were enemies only
in the sense that they were friends for
what they could make of it. They were
certainly not political enemies. The
efforts of political enemies had long
since proved Impotent.
And that is where Senator Tillman
made his first great political miauise.
He should not have attempted to uphold
this rotten institution?an institution
which can never be cleansed.
At one time last year he declared that
If the last legislature did not purify It
he would help to kill it. That was
wise, and If he had held to that determination
he would have won out. Such
a humiliating defeat would not have
come to him at this time.
The significance of Senator Tillman's
defeat is greater than appears on the
surface. The populace is made up of
all kinds of elements and a large per
centage of It is fickle?very fickle. It
Is usually more or less content with
the existing situation, no matter how
intolerable that situation may be. In
the campaign just closed thousands
and thousands of people voted for men
and measures championed by Senator
Tillman merely because they considered
that Senator Tillman's championship
of those men and measures made
them invincible. As the result of the
election this illusion has been dispelled,
and hereafter these voters will seek
new alignments.
The dictatorial power of Senator
Tillman has been tremendously weakened.
It Is hardly probable that he
will ever again wield the influence in
South Carolina that he has wielded in
the nasi.
Senator Tlllinan. however. Is safe In
the United States senate for the next six
years. The reputation he has already
made there Is one on which he could
have rested with indifference as to the
fate of the corrupt dispensary at home.
If he devotes himself to the interests
of his people as they may be subserved
in the senate, there Is no reason why
he should not spend the remainder of
his days, no matter how long they may
be. in that body; but If he elects instead
to sink or swim with his disease
infected baby, his political finish is
not involved in a great deal of doubt.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Geo. W. Kunz?firing's to your attention
the Evans' sash holder, which
takes the place of cords and weights.
Xeely Mfg. Co.?Has a pair of Howe
platform scales, 1,000 capacity, for
sale at a bargain.
C. T. Thomas, Adm'r.?Gives notice
that on Sept. 28, he will sell the personal
property of the estate of Mrs.
M. E. Thomas, deceased.
H. A. D. Neely, County Treasurer?
Gives Information relative to the
collection of state, county and special
taxes for the fiscal year 1(06.
Louis Roth?Offers red rust proof seed
oats and bagging and ties for sale.
Thomson Co.?Announces a bargain
sale of kid gloves for this week.
Flannelettes, outings, linens and
clothing are called to your attention.
York Drug Store?Reminds you of the
benefits to be derived by sufferers
from malarial diseases, by the use of
Its chill remedies. Fels-naptha soap
for easy washing.
J. Q. Wray, the Leader?Invites the
ladies to see his new dress goods arrivals,
which are shown in great
variety of quality and prices. Shoes
for everybody.
First National Bank?Suggests that
you deposit your money In the bank
and pay your bills by check.
M. W. White?Tells you to get the
habit of saving and then begin buying
stocks and bonds.
Foushee Cash Store?Announces a
Gigantic opening sale to begin Sept.
26th, and continue for ten days.
Yorkvllle Hardware Co.?Says that the
Lynchburg turnplow is the monarch
of all turnplows wherever it is
known.
Cotton is being gathered very rapidly,
but the producers are not showing
a great deal of anxiety about getting
it on the market. The sales up to this
time are very much less than up to
this time last year.
As poor as is the average condition
of the cotton crop In the lower part of
the state it Is not nearly so poor as in
other localities. People who have traveled
pretty generally over the state say
that in some sections the average yield
of cotton will hardly be more than one
bale to ten acres.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? Rev. E. K. Hardin preached at the
Methodist church last Sunday night,
and there has been much favorable
comment on the able and interesting
sermon he delivered.
? The Yorkvllle graded school
commenced work yesterday morning
with quite a full attendance. The
exercises were opened with scriptural
reading and prayer by Rev. E. E. Gillespie
and short talks by W. B. McCaw,
Esq., chairman of the board of trustees,
Rev. W. C. Ewart, Rev. Dr. J.
L. Stokes, Rev. Mr. Gillespie, and
Superintendent J. C. Allen. The pupils
were Instructed as to the books
they would require and everything
was put In shape for serious work
to be commenced this morning. The
total attendance is 189 pupils, and
the various grades with the number
of pupils in each and their teachers
are as follows: First and second
grades, 45 pupils. Miss Allison;
third and fourth grades, 45 pupils,
Miss Neely; fifth grade, 28 pupils,
Miss Squler; sixth grade, 26 pupils,
Miss Daniel; seventh, eighth and
ninth grades, 15, 20 and 8 pupils respectively,
Mr. Gentry.
THE BRYAN RECEPTION.
Columbia is expecting thousands
of people from all over the state to be
in' that city tomorrow on account of
the Bryan reception. Mr. and Mrs.
Rrvan are to arrive In the cltv early
tomorrow morning, and during the
afternoon Mr. Bryan is to speak from
a stand in front of Legare college
on the grounds of the South Carolina
University. The central Columbia
committee has extended a general Invitation
to all the people of the state
and special Invitations to some 400 citizens
to represent the various counties
on a grand reception committee.
The members of the general reception
committee from this part of the
state are as follows:
Chester: A. M. Aiken, J. H. Marlon,
P. L. Hardin, Paul Hemphill,
A. O. Brice. J. J. Hemphill, S. W.
Guy, Lowryvllle; A. L. Gaston, R.
B. Caldwell, W. H. Hardin, J. H.
Buchanan, Judge Gage.
Cherokee: T. B. Butler, J. C.
Otts, E. H. DeCamp, A. N. Wood,
W. S. Hall., Jr., A. C. Osborne, Gaffney;
Dr. William Anderson, Dr. Jno.
G. Black, N. W. Hardin, Blacksburg.
Lancaster: Mayor R. E. Wylie, A.
R. Banks, LeRoy Springs, C. T. Connors.
Cant. S. E. White. J. H. Fos
ten T. Y. Williams, Capt. J. W.
Hamel.
York: G. W. S. Hart, J. S. Brice,
W. D. Grist. Yorkville; J. T. Roddey,
D. B. Johnson, F. H. Barber,
W. M. Duniap, A Friedheim, John
G. Anderson. Rock Hill.
A great many people have been
looking for announcement of reduced
rates on the railroads: but as yet no
such announcement has been published.
The crowd however, will be
large nothwithstandlng.
THE YORK DIST1LLER8.
While passing through the western
part of the county a few days ago, the
reporter took occasion to talk with a
certain citizen who has long been in a
position to know more or less about
the operations of the moonshine dis
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illiern ui wiai neuiiuu, anu iu get. a mtle
information on the subject.
The party referred to has no particular
interest in the question of breaking
up moonshiners?no more Interest
than any other citizen and he was
unwilling to speak of the matter except
with the understanding that his
name be not published. The ;9tipuiation,
of course, prevents the publication
of the names of the people he
mentioned, because to use the tames
might very easily provoke a demand
for proof, which would have to be furnished.
"Yes, I have positive knowledge that
there are a number of. distillers doing
business in the vicinity of the battleground,
and on some of the smaller
streams that drain Into King's Creek.
There is also some distilling in Cherokee
county, and I expect thai in the
whole neighborhood there are as many
as a dozen plants.
"Behind practically all the stilling
that is done in York and Cherokee
there are two men, both pretty wellknown.
One of them, livir.g in Cherokee
over on Broad river, inakos most
of the stills and the other lleing in
York Is the financial bucker of most
of the distilling operations. Neither of
these men take any risk in the business.
The maker of the stills manages
his business In such a way that it is
doubtful as to whether the government
could do much with him even if it
should catch him In the act. He fixes
up contrivances by means of which
whisky can be distilled without infringing
to a very large extent on the
specifications laid down in the Internal
revenue laws.
"Just what kind of a grub stake arrangement
the man who furnishes the
money has with the people who make
the whisky. I do not know. I can't
say either whether the man who makes
the stills does so on a partnership
bails, or for straight out hire. I do
know that he Is seldom seen about
where the stilling is going on, and he
dots not take much chance of getting
caught."
"What about the chance of breaking
up this business?"
"Oh, It can be broken up, of course;
bui: it Is not likely to be under exist
ing arrangements. I don't believe there
is a distilling plant in this whole section
that is worth more than }l>0 or
such a matter. Most of the stills are
worth much less than that Aa they
make a run the modnshlners Invariably
remove the whisky to a place of security
almost as fast as it is made, and
when the constables come upon
the m, they leave out with the still cap
and leave nothing of value except a
few bushels of fermented corn meal.
The only way to break these fellows
up is for some one to lay about in the
woods for weeks until he gets thoroughly
familiar with the entire surroundings,
get things in the right
shupe and then pounce down upon and
arrest the moonshiners in the act
Such raids as the constables have
been making for some time past have
not accomplished a great deal. As a
matter of fact when the people of this
vicinity hear of constables coming
around and destroying a few tubs of
beer and carrying away still, they
only laugh!"
LOSSES FROM TEXA8 FEVER.
Thomas Taylor, Jr.", chairman of the
Texas Fever committee, writes as follows
on the foregoing subject:
In a previous article it was explained
how the cattle ticks restricted the
market for the cattle produced in this
state. But in recent years these parasites
have had even a more serious
effect and one that is more generally
felt.
Before the operation of the stock law
all our cattle were exposed to ticks
from the time of birth and all acquired
in this way a natural protection
against Texas fever. But after the
passage of the stock law conditions
were greatly changed. The cattle
were all kept up. The ticks disappeared
from some plantations and the cattle
raised on these places did not acquire
the natural protection against
Texas fever. On other plantations the
ticks continued to thrive and the cattle
became proof against the disease,
as under the old conditions.
So that today we have some places
Infested with ticks and others that are
entirely free from the parasite.
When a cow Is taken from a tick-free
place to one where ticks exist she develops
Texas fever and usually dies.
If a town-raised cow Is sent out to
pasture on such a plantation the same
thing usually happens, because townraised
cows do not have an opportunity
to acquire immunity to the disease.
II' a cow Is taken from one of
the tick-Infested places to one of the
tick-free places, the cattle raised on
the latter place take the disease and
most of them die.
In this way enormous losses are sustained
by cattle owners from- this one
disease. The situation also interferes
with the local trade In cattle. One
may desire to buy a certain animal
from a neighbor but cannot do so with
safety because his plantation is Infested
with ticks and the animal in question
has been raised on a tick-free
place, or his own cattle may not be
nroof against ticks and the animal he
desires to purchase is Infested with
ticks and would Introduce them into
his herd.
There Is only one way out of the
matter and that is to eradicate the
ticks from the Infested places. This
will not only overcome the difficulties
mentioned but will also open up a
larger market, for as soon as a part
of the state is free from ticks It can
be placed above the quarantine line,
provided the legislature passes a law
authorizing the establishment of a
state quarantine line.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miss Mamie Devlnney is at Piedmont
Springs.
Mrs. N. J. N. Bowen spent Sunday
with frleads in Rock Hill.
Mr. jo in it. niair 01 r>iaiiovmc, hm
returned to Clemson college.
Miss Plnckney Smith of Charlotte,
N. C., is the guest of Mrs. B. B. Beard.
Mr. J. M. Spann and daughter, Miss
Anna, left Sunday night for their home
In Sumter.
Miss Clara Grist of Lenoir, N. C.,
spent Sunday in Yorkville, the guest
of her brother, Mr. Paul O. Grist.
Mrs. R. L. Devlnney who has been
at Piedmont Springs for about two
weeks returned home last Sunday.
Mr. Frank Noland has returned to
Yorkville after a stay of several weeks
in St. Peter's hospital, Charlotte.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. F. Thomson returned
home last night, after a visit
of a few days to relatives at Due West.
Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Radcllffe and little
son of Charleston, are visiting in
Yorkville, the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
I m
U. l. i\auvuuc.
Miss Nellie Schorb went to Chester
Friday to be ready to begin her work
In the graded schools of that city yesterday.
Mrs. M. W. White returned on yesterday
from the country, where she has
been boarding for the past two months
with Mrs. Walter L. Jackson.
Miss Ada Heyman of Baltimore, arrived
In Yorkville last week, and will
have charge of the Yorkville B. & M.
Co.'s millinery department this season.
Misses Wtlma Logan, Mary Starr
and Leon White of Yorkville, and Miss
Aggie Dell Moore of McConnellsvllle,
will leave tomorrow for Chlcora college,
Greenville.
Mr. W. E. Gallyard and wife of
Jackson county, N. C., have been vis
iting In Yorkvllle, the guests of Mrs.
Gallyard's aunt, Mrs. W. L. Baber. Mr.
Gallyard Is the editor of the Jackson
county, N. C., Journal.
Captain E. A. Crawford, who has
been confined pretty closely at his
home for some months past has been
able to be out a little during the'past
two or three weeks. One eye Is about
useless; but the other is very good.
The captain Insisted on voting in both
primaries. This is something in which
he has never failed If he could possibly
get to the polls. He was at church
Sunday.
Dr. A. Y. Cartwright returned last
Saturday from a three weeks' visit to
his old home in Columbia county, Ky.
He had not been there previously for
twenty-one years, and the visit, of
course, was made from a natural desire
to see hov.' things looked now
around the scenes of young manhood.
The old home place Is thirty-seven
miles from the nearest railroad, and
having been deserted for years, has
gone to ruin. The doctor says he
would not have been able to recognize
the premises had he come upon them
unawures. The apple trees that surrounded
the yard are gone, the spring
is filled up and trees as large as his
body are growing In the fields, in
which he served his apprentice as
plowboy. He saw a great many of
his boyhood friends and acquaintances,
hut it seemed to him that at least
four out of five were gone. Some he
was able to recognize; but to others he
had to be Introduced. He remained
for several days in the neighborhood
of the old home place, and spent the
oaiance 01 lire nine mill u rim it: is unu
sisters in other parts of the state. He
was two days at the Great Mammoth
Cave. He feels very much better, as
the result of the trip, and is now content
to buckle down to hard work
again. I
LOCAL LACONIC8.
We Will 8end The Enquirer
Prom this date until January 1st,
1907, for 60 cents.
Mail on the C. A N.-W.
There will be postal clerks on the
Carolina and North-Western's Nos. 7
and 8 after the 24th instant These
trains have been carrying sealed
pouches heretofore, but no regular mall
service.
Mr. Lumpkin Loeee His Home.
The home of Mr. Ladd J. Lumpkin,
near Newport, was destroyed by fire
last Saturday night at about 11 o'clock.
The Are is supposed to have had its
origin in a defective flue. Everything
was lost.
Special Rates to Lanoir.
The occasion of the big sale of lots,
advertised in another column to take
place at Lenoir next Friday will furnish
a convenient opportunity to those
who desire to visit this growing little
mountain town, and also perhaps there
may be offered some attractive investments.
The Lenoir Realty and Insurance
company proposes to see to It
that all visitors are delightfully entertained,
regardless of whether they
spend money at the auction sale of
lots.
Picnic at McConnsllsvills.
The annual Sunday school picnic of
the Springsteln Cotton mill, Chester,
was held at McConnellsville last Saturday.
A hundred or more people
went up on the morning train and
were met at McConnellsville by the
people of the neighborhood with twohorse
wagons, and driven to Mr. P. M.
Burris's grove about one and a half
miles awav. The dav was scent Quite
pleasantly, everybody having a good
time, thanks to the delightful hospitality
of the McConnellsvllle people.
Marriage In Qastonia.
Gastonla special of Sept 17, to
Charlotte Observer: A pretty home
wedding took place at the Avon Cotton
mill yesterday morning at 10
o'clock, when Mr. Robert Beard, an
employee of the Oastonla Furniture
company, took as his bride Miss Carrie
Arthurs, daughter of Mr. Amos Arthurs.
The groom Is from Statesvllle,
but has been In Qastonia In business
for some months. While here he has
made many friends. Miss Arthurs Is
known not only here, but all over the
state, having at different times conducted
religious revivals under the
banner of the Wesleyan Methodist
church, or the Sanctiflcatlonlsts, as
they are somtlmes called. The couple
left this morning for a visit to the
home of the groom at Statesvllle.
They will stay there a short while and
will then come to Qastonia to live.
The Army Worm.
Reports from different fanners of
that neighborhood seem to indicate
that the army worm Is ravaging a
large part of the territory to the
nnrthnraat nf Wirlr Mr fl?n S. Wll
Hams Informed the reporter last Saturday
that the worm was working
great injury in his pea held, and he
was all the more worried because people
who professed to know advised
him that the worms would continue
to operate on the pea vines even after
the latter had been harvested. Mr. F.
M. Stewart who lives about three
miles north of Beersheba says that the
worms made their appearance on his
place a few days ago. They first
struck a patch of about five acres of
grassy cotton and cleared the grass out
of it to the last spear without doing
any other damage. Then they went
across a pea field cutting a swath
about 100 yards wide. Mr. Stewart
says his turkeys are working on the
worms greedily and great swarms of
winged insects seem to De preying
upon them also. Where the worms
came from Mr. Stewart does not
know; but behind the cotton patch in
which they made their first appearance
there are about fifty acres of
woods.
THE McKINLEY MONUMENT.
Quits a Panic at ths Unveiling Last
Friday.
With panic threatening a crowd of
50,000 persons surging about a stand
erected at the capltol grounds frantic
tn oofnrp a irllmnsA of Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth, the president's daughter,
the oratorical exercises arranged for
the unveiling of a statue of William
McKinley at Columbus, O., last Friday
afternoon were suddenly postponed
until night after the statue of the
martyred president had been hurriedly
unveiled by Mrs. Longworth.
The crowd was so large and cramped
that It got beyond control and the
shrieking of women and children who
were caught In the crush rapidly
worked the crowd into a frenzy. Many
women fainted and were carried out of
the crowd by the police. Mrs. Eliza
Muhn and a negress were trampled
upon and had to be removed to a hospital
in an ambulance. Both will recover.
Mr. and Mrs. Longworth had an exciting
experience in escaping from the
excited crowd. From the speaker's
stand they went through a window
overlooking the platform, into the governor's
office but they were scarcely
Inside when the people began to surge
through the doors from the corridors
and the office was quickly filled. The
Longworths then attempted to reach
an automobile which was in waiting
for them in the street, but once Inside
the building they were caught in a
surging crowd, finding no immediate
avenue of escape Congressman Longworth
fought a way for his wife out
of the capitol grounds and across
Broad street into the Outlook building.
'mere tney remainea unui me police
cleared a way for a carriage, which
took the congressman and his wife to
the hotel. Later the Longworths took
a train to Cincinnati.
The committee on arrangements had
expected an enormous crowd, but In
view of the solemnity and dignity of
the occasion the committee believed
that the crowd would be easily kept
in restraint. Under ordinary circumstances
the police arrangements would
have been adequate but the officers
quickly found they were powerless to
cope with the crowd.
Memorial Hall Friday night was
filled with people. Governor Harris
presided. The speakers were William
K. Day, associate justice or tne supreme
court of the United States;
John W. Daniel, United States senator
from Vlrglna; General Joseph McKay
of Brooklyn, commander of the Union
Veterans' Legion, and Gen. R. B.
Brown, commander-in-chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic. Mrs.
McKlnley was unable to attend the
dedicatory exercises, but she was represented
by her niece, Mrs. Ida McKlnley
Day.
Senator Daniels said In part: Today
we praise God, that He filled with
lnvn r\f nnnntrv anH Invo nf all hid
countrymen the great, good man,
whose Image stands before you.
Around you people of Ohio, representative
not only of yourselves, but
representatives also of the majestic
and far-stretched masses of our fellow-citizens
who are in the mutitudlnous
homes and cities of the greatest
republic of the world, Inhabited by
the freest peace of all the ages. One
language do they speak. One voice do
they utter. It Is the voice of gladness
that William McKlnley lived, mingling
In pathos with the voice of sorrow that
he died.
Ohio gave him to the republic. He
glorified In Its deeds of peace, friend- <
ship, fraternity and charity. The republic
grave him to humanity. The
world is wiser, happier and better that
he lived, and it saw In his death "the
evidence of thing's seen and the substance
of things hoped for."
He brought all his countrymen together
between understanding and
closer communion. He sent forth the
wearers of the blue and the wearers
or ine grwy iu iwiiie, eiuuw iu ciuuw,
heart to heart, rank to rank. In honor
preferring one another. He trusted
all alike, well he might Time and
again I heard him say that his highest
ambition was to make all the people
feel that they were Americans. No
one of the presidents of the United
States ever touched a deeper or tenderer
cord than he did and no one
more thoroughly appreciated the good
will that was given him.
By a dastard, pervent and degenerate
hand he fell. Apotheosis of
folly. Not a being In ah the world
was bettered, not a hope of betterment
was kindled In a single breast.
Not a tie that binds society together
was severed. The foundations of
authority were unshaken. The government
went on Just as before.
"The president is dead," rang out
like a knell. "Long live the president,"
rose on the American voice; stern
commanding, victorious, a warrior,
forward."
This day Ave years ago McKinley
died. The whole people were in
tears and everybody felt he had lost
a friend. I leave you with this prayer
for the gentle companion of his
life, who may go to him who cannot
come to her; and for you all, .men
and women of Ohio, and all our
countrymen:
"May all love, his love unseen but
felt, o'ershadow thee;
"The love of all our sons encompass
thee;
"The love of all our daughters cheerl,h
thu'
"The love of all our people comfort
thee;
"Till God's love ' sit by his side
again."
BIG STORM AT WILMINGTON.
West Indian Hurrioane Swept North
Carolina Coast Yesterday.
WimL*OTO*, N. C., Sept. 17.?Cottage.
hotel and railroad property was
damaged to the extent of $8,000 to
$10,000 and for six or eight hours
upwards of 200 men, women and
children were cut off from the mainland
in Imminent peril by a fierce
northeast storm which swept Wrightsvllle
Beach, nine miles east of Wilmington,
early today. The storm
came without -warning and hundreds
of cottagers at the beach received
their first intimation of danger upon
awakening to find breakers sweeping
clear across the beach to the sound
and rolling high upon the mainland,
two miles beyond. A trolley car
kept on the beach In case of emergency
took about twenty-five early
risers across the sound on the trestle
by which It Is reached and four other
cars- responded from the city to a
telephone message and brought others
across, while waves swept the
trestle. Those left on the beach
were fearful of crossing the trestle
and refused to come across, the
airuviuiv giving wa/ imiiicuiaioij alter
the last car reached the mainland.
The storm Increased In fury
until noon, when the rescue work
was begun by a number of anxious
ones who sent surf boats across the
channel at great risk, bringing first
the women and children and later
the men, the last of the number
brought over at 5 o'clock. Sheriff
Frank H. Steadman was among those
caught at the beach and at once
swore In a number of deputies who
closed the barrooms and are patrolling
the beach to prevent looting of
the places there.
At Carolina Beach, further down
the mainland there was some damage
to cottages, but the residents
had left there the day before upon
the falling barometer,
j At Southport, at the mouth of the
Cape Fear river, the harbor craft had
a narrow escape from the storm, sev
eral of the passenger boats being
slightly damaged.
At old Brunswick, between Wilmington
and South port, the steamer
Atlantic of the Fisheries company of
New York, was blown broadside
ashore on the bank, but it Is not
damaged to any great extent. The
Clyde liner Navahoe, due here at 4
o'clock this morning, has not yet arrived.
She probably encountered the
gale off this coast and put to sea to
escape the fury of it Tonight the
storm has abated and no further
damage Is expected. Wire communication
from Southport has been cut
off since early morning.
MERE-MENTION.
Germany has put In force a meat
Inspection law that practically excludes
all American meats Mr.
Claude Matthews, for sixteen years
city editor of the Charlotte News,
died In Asheville last Thursday
D.tn/ta Uanrv nf Prnaaln has haen Afi
pointed commander-in-chief of the
Prussian navy Pour persons
were killed and two fatally wounded
by a Nebraska cyclone last Friday.
Sir Thomas Llpton Is soon to
visit New York, with a view of making:
another effort to capture the
America's cup Albrecht, prince
of Prussia, and said to be the richest
prince of Germany, died last Thursday
Secretary Taft and Acting
Secretary of State Bacon, left Washington
Sunday for Panama, to make
an Inspection of the canal work
For the eight months ending Aug.
31st, the value of exports from the
United States amounted to $606,847,069
New York's customs receipts
for the last fiscal year were
$200.698,240 Abram Jose Negates,
head of the Mexican revolutionists'
Junta, has been deported from
the United States as an "undesirable
foreigner." Miss Ethel Roosevelt
while driving a spirited horse
at Oyster Bay last Friday, was
thrown from the cart, and was painfully
bruised, but not seriously hurt.
The steamship Manchuria,
which went on a reef at Honolulu,
several weeks ago has been floated.
The empress of China Is having
drawn up a scheme to give provinces
and districts of the empire local self
government The bean crop of
Michigan Is estimated at 6,000,000
bushels George Metcalfe, a Mobile,
Ala., ship broker, was killed Friday,
by a stick of timber falling on
his head ..A London cable says
the Standard Oil company, Is planning
to buy oil-producing properties
in southeast Russia Because of
Insufficient school buildings in Greater
New York, there are 82,600 parttime
pupils Daniel O'Day a
prominent official of the Standard Oil
company, died In France last Thursday,
aged sixty-three years
The Misses Bertha and Barbara
Krupp, daughters of the great gun
maker of Essex, Germany, who are
soon to be married, spent only $260 '
each on their trousseaux Sail- 1
ors continue to desert from the Russian
navy in large numbers
Seven directors of the wrecked Milwaukee
Avenue bank of Chicago,
have been indicted, charged with
embezzlement
ROCK HILL AND VICINITY.
Winthrop Begin* Work Again?Mr.
Sadler Better?Personal and Other
Notes.
cvtrrMoowlence of the YorkrilU tcaounet.
Rg:k Hjll, Sept. 17th.?Quite a
number of Winthrop pupils and
practically all the teacher* are here.
Tuesday the girls in blue will be
rolling In by the carload and all
Rock Hill will welcome them. Every
thing around the college has
been made spick and span for their
coming. While there la dormitory
room for less than 600 there have
been somewhere around a thousand
applicants and all the rooms were
assigned months ago. Such a pity
that all cannot be accommodated.
The splendid new Carnegie library
will be open for use this session and
a gem it is with its splendid librarian.
Mr. W. J. Roddey has returned
from Columbia where he attended a
meeting of the executive committee
of the South Carolina Bankers' association.
Mr. Parker, an eminent florist and
horticulturist of Hartford, Conn.,
spent Thursday In the city. He came
In regard to drawing plans for the
future Improvement of Wlnthrop
college grounds.
Mr. Rufus E. Sadler, whose critical
Illness was mentioned In this
correspondence, has greatly improved
much to the surprise and delight
of his many friends and Is now able
to sit up some. His son, M. Hope
Sadler, who was thought to be with
an engineering party in Canada, was
found to be at his headquarters in
Schenectady. N. Y? and came home
several days ago.
Miss Maggie Lee Sadler, who has
been doing stenographic work at
Clemson, is at home for a few days.
Something unusual in the way of
an express package came here Mon*
day. It was a mammoth Kentucky
jack and was consigned to a stock
farm near, this city. It is a very fine
animal and although only two years
old it is fifteen hands high.
Mr. W. H. Bailey of Greenwood,
brought a daughter to Winthrdp, and
is spending a few days at the home
of his cousin, Mrs. D. P. Steele near
the city.
Miss Helen 8tewart of Tampa
Fla., is the guest of Miss Marion
Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Blackman
and Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Moore,
innnlao morrio.-l IVI PViarldfl.
ton, are In the city with relative*.
Mrs. Nettie Roddey Miller and
children of Micanopy, Fla., are visiting
at Capt Roddey'*. Mra Miller
has a daughter fn Winthrop.
Mr. Arnold Friedheim was on the
street Monday for the first time in
some weeks. He is much better.
80UTH CAROLINA NEW8.
? The fag end of the West Indian ijq
hurricane struck the coast in the vicinity
of Charleston yesterday; but the
blow was only at the rate of about
forty-seven miles an hour and with
the exception of the blowing down of
a number of trees there was no considerable
damage.
? Senator W. E. Johnson of Aiksn,
died last Saturday, and his death is
of some political significance. He
was a dispensary man and as the
dispensary is very close indeed on the
dispensary question, the election of
an anti-dispensary successor will
mean something. Ex-Representative
Toole, a local optlonlst will probably
be a candidate. '
? Spartanburg Herald: Recently
there was born to Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Powers, who reside on a rural
route near Moore, a son. The child
was born on the 11th day of September
and weighed eleven pounds.
Mrs. Power had been married elev
en years on the day of the child's
birth and this is her eleventh child.
There are eleven letters in her name,
Mrs. J. H. Powers. It's eleven for
her not twenty-three. '
? Columbia correspondence of .the
News and Courier: It is already evident
that the dispensary advocate* see
the handwriting on the wall and that
they want to shift scenes in the midst
of the play. They do not think the
dispensary should'be the absorbing issue
at the approaching session but
suggest that it would be very much
more to the advantage of the state if
taxation, immigration, or almost anything
else were discussed and acted upon
than the dispensary. The dispensary
folks are going to try their same old
game of delay. Delay has been the
winning card of the dispensary folks
all these years and that is what will be
done this time, if the dispensary forces
can control by any hook. For two
years they have been talking about
"purification" but nothlnr has haen
done and year after year the cry has
been "five us a little more time to
remedy the admitted mistakes or
evils." The unexpected and unfortunate
death of Senator Johnson of Aiken,
will give the anti-dispensary
forces another member of the senate.
The voters of Aiken county, by their
votes in the last primary, showed by
the election of members of the house
that they favor local option and they
voted nearly two to one in favor of
Mr. Ansel; although it was expeeted
that the large mill vote in the Horse
Creek Valley section would go largely
for Manning. If a few more elections
for senators could be held at this time
the senate would no longer be in any
cloud of doubt. The house is admitted
opposed to the state dispensary.
? vuiumum outie, meiaay: A
large number of executive committeemen
and officers of the 3outh
Carolina branch of the Southern Cotton
association met here yesterday to
discuss the present situation and arrange
for action that would hold the
staple up to the price agreed upon
at the meeting at Hot Springs, Ark.
It was decided at the outset that the
price was low enough, and every effort
will be made to Interest the
farmers in the proposition which is
to their interest to uphold. "The
people," said Mr. Smith, "might as
well make up their minds that cotton
will not be sold for less than ten
cents, and the quicker they realize
this the better for all concerned. As
a matter of fact the southern planter
is tired of furnishing: all the product
and none of the price, and if they
will but stand together I will pledge
them to end present conditions by
the first of the year." It was generally
agreed at the meeting that the
South Carolina crop will be about
forty per cent less than last year,
when the yield was about 1,181,000
bales. When the plan for the formation
of an Incorporated company
to buy all cotton offered at less than
the agreed price, was brought up
there was considerable enthusiasm
and a committee of seven was appointed
to draw up the plans and
f/v *KA nsAnla TKn van_
3UUII1U UlCIIi IU IIIC JAJVJ/iw. a t*v ?v-ueral
executive commltttee of the
south is now at work on similar
plans and the full details will be
published soon. The special committee
appointed yesterday will meet
this afternoon.
? Columbia special of Sept 15, to
Greenville News: Arrangements for
the Bryan reception are proceeding
very well, owing to the activity of the
several committees. The committee
an arrangements had a brief session
last night, at which a tentative outline
programme drafted by the chairman.
Mr. C. M. Galloway, was read
and approved. This was submitted to
the executive committee at noon today
and formally adopted. Mr. and Mrs.
Bryan will be met at the depot by a