Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Scraps ami ^acts. ? Harvie Jordan says; "If southern farmers plant an abnormally large acreage In cotton this spring, as usual, and a big crop Is gathered next fall, to whom can they look for support during the selling months next winter? The buying, speculative and consuming world will be combined and organized to hammer prices below the cost of production. The banks will turn a deaf ear to entreaties for loans on cotton until after the debts contracted to make the crop have been liquidated. The time to prepare for freedom and independent action next fall is right now. The man who can do and won't do is likely to wish he had before another new year rolls around. Cut the cotton acreage before it is too late." ? Burlington,' N. J. April 21: Several local churches have proposed a ban upon "Merry Widow" hats in the congregation during service. Pastors declare that men are becoming fewer at the services as the number of big hats increase and that the popular style threatens to make many male backsliders. Ushers in some of the more crowded churches were at their wits' ends to seat their Easter congregations. Pews which have comfortably accommodated six persons would hold no more than four when all the quartette wore flower garden top pieces two-feet-three in diameter. In the prominent churches hereafter it is proposed to request women who wear their big hats to church to check them at the cloak room during the services. ? Washington. April 22: The decrease of $260,957 in the receipts of fifty of the largest postoffices of the country for March, 1908, as against March. 1907, will he used by Postmaster-General Meyer as an argument for the enactment of the hill establishing parcels post on rural routes. Mr. Meyer is calling the attention of congress to the idea tl\at the establishment of a special local parcels post would wipe out the postal deficit besides being a boon to the farmer and the retail country merchants. There are now in operation 39,038 rural routes serving a population of 15.000.000. Mr. Meyer states that should an average of five 11-pound packages be carried on each trip throughout the year, it is estimated that $15,000,000 would be realized and the net return to the government would be more than sufficient to equal the annual deficit. ? Charlotte Chronicle: In its report this week from the cotton belt, the New Orleans Picayune says that the work of planting in the more northerly sections is being rapidly pushed to completion, so that it will soon be possible to arrive at a fairly good idea of acreage. The reports from the various sections indicate some increase in portions of the belt and some slight decrease in others. It is likely that the acreage has'been practically the same as a year ago, with the difference that no replanting has been necessary, hence when the acreage under cultivation is finally calculated it will show up much better than last year, when considerable acreage had to be abandoned owing to failure of seed to germinate, failure of farmers to replant, and excess of grass in the fields. Similar conditions are not likely to be encountered this year owing to the very favorable start the crop has had. ? New York Commercial, April 20: The officers of local No. 16 of the Commercial Telegraphers' union reported yesterday that a large number of locals throughout the country will meet this week to take action oi> the * ? '--A' - ? -J ftrtlo nl?-t rr f Af O t'nicago resolution uc<jiaiiu& ^ general strike against the Western Union Telegraph company on June 1st, if the wages which were paid before the last strike are not restored. A representative of the union said yesterday: "There is a great deal of resentment among the men who remained loyal to the company during the last strike because the wages of a number of them have been cut $4 and $5 and In some cases more a week. The officials of the company have repeatedly gone on record as saying that those who remained loyal to the company would get the best wages and that their wages would not be reduced. Most of them are back in the union again, and are the strongest advocates of a strike in case a strike has to be ordered for the old wages." ? Frankfort, Ky., April 21: Governor Wilson has decided to take firmer steps to bring the night riding outrages in the western part of the state to an end. and has ordered BrigadierGeneral Roger D. Williams of Lexington to report at Murray and take charge of the troops. County Judge Wells of Calloway county has requested Governor Wilson to remove Circuit Judge Cook, stating that he believed another judge would facilitate the prosecutions of the night riders already indicted. He also wants enough troops ordered to Calloway county to protect him and the other men in the county who are aiding the prosecution of the night riders. For two or three days there has been a report that the night riders proposed making an attack on the jail at Murray for the purpose of releasing the night riders in jail there. The fact that Governor Wilson immediately wired for General Williams to hurry to this city for a conference lends strength to the report. General Williams is one of the most fearless officers in the south. ? The tables are now being turned on the "night riders" who have, for several months, had things their own way. Several weeks ago, a young man who had mailed a letter signed "night rider" to it negro citizen, was reported by the postmaster, taken before the court, fined and imprisoned. < m Friday of last week the grand jury of Calloway county returned indictments against twenty-one persons, ten of whom have been arrested, for banding together for the purpose of intimidating or injuring. This is punishab e by a heavy fine and imprisonment. On the same day about 1 o'clock in the morning three wagons loaded with tobacco were captured near Cynthiana. in Harrison county, by a band of about one hundred men, anil one load of the tobacco belonging to an orphan girl was thrown into a near-by pool of water or scattered along the road, while a guard stood over the drivers with leveled guns. The other two loads were then escorted by the riders back to Claysville. Although the riders were all masked and their horses covered with blankets, some of them were recognized. A posse started in pursuit of the body and captured four of them. Other artests are expected. ? New York. April 22: At the opening session of the 22nd annual meeting of the American Newspaper association held here today, a resolution was adopted thanking Presider Roosevelt for his kindly and coura* eous message on free pulp and prir paper. Another resolution was adop ed protesting against "the subterfug just designed by Speaker Cannon an Representatives Payrte and Dulse I creating a committee on paper ii quiry and thereby blocking the St? veils bill for free paper and free pulp The resolution charges that "this d? vice was inspired in bad faith" an that since early in December, 1SH17. committee has been clamoring in vai at the doors of the ways and meai committee for an opportunity to sho the power of illegal combinations c paper' makers to raise paper pric< and the effect of the existing tarif "With the utmost respect and defei ence for the authority of congress, the resolution continues, "we respeci fully state that we mistrust the coir mittee just appointed. We challeng . the intentions of those who have thi e? in siHotrjickiner the St( lai >9UV,VCVUVU lit w vens bill. We charge that action o the Stevens bill has been delayed t the advantage of a combination of pe per makers, who, in a desperate effoi to maintain artificial prices upon a d( clining market, have shut down neai ly 50 per cent of their mills and wh< by throwing into idleness a considei able number of their employes, hav shown the insincerity of their profe.< sion that the tariff duty on paper we needed to protect that paper." $hc \|orkviUc (inquirer. Entered at the Postoffice in Yorkvill as Mail Matter of the Second ClaSs, YORKVILLE, S. C.: FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1908. Thk Baptist Courier in its last issu prints an editorial in which it expresse regret that it had said anything tha could be construed by Mr. Martin o any other candidate as a reflection o himself. We are quite sure mat .... Courier did not mean to butt into th the situation in a prejudicial manner but it ought not to be surprised at th result. Among the politicians are no a few who are always carrying chip on their shoulders, and who are read to take advantage of any and ever opportunity for free advertising. Mi Martin well understands how to tak advantage of advertising opportuni ties, and secular newspaper men woul have been surprised had he neglecte the opportunity afforded by the Cou rier. Orit attention has been called to th fact that we were unjust in endorsin the criticism of Judge Pritchard sug gesting bias on the part of the judg because of his action in requiring bond of $250,000 from the state whil only $10,000 was required of the liquo people, and we beg leave to acknowl edge our fault. It has been explaine that with the dispensary assets in th hands of the state, it was proper to de mand of the liquor people only a suffi cient bond to guarantee the costs; bu in the case of the state it was prope to require a bond sufficient to guaran >,?, a mount that was admitted t be due to the liquor people. We wer led to endorse the criticism referred t because it appeared to us in its fac to be just. As to whether Judg Prltchard was right about the othe and more important matter, that of ju risdiction, will appear with the decis ion of the circuit court of appeals, an whether the court decides one way o the other, jt will not follow that ther is any good ground for charges of bias As the matter now stands, there ap pears to be nothing at the end of th United States court litigation othe than the matter of making the liquu houses refund their alleged over charges, and unless this shall result i evidence to convict some of the stat officials who are suspected of graft, it practical importance is of small con sequence. PLETHORA OF CURRENCY. New York Banks Have More Cas Than They Can Handle. Despite the exportation of $2,000,00 gold to Paris and the short week, th associated banks are reported to hav gained on cash movements $11,3S7,80< Much of this cash gain came from th interior, the How of cash to this centr being on an enormous scale. It place the banks in a unique position. It i a rare occasion when New York bank are supplied with a superabundance c money and foreign trade conditions fa vor their country to the extent tha now exists. In the past seven weeks there ha been a great inward movement of cur rency to this centre and banks hav more cash on hand than they can pu out on loans. Despite the fact thu further exports of gold are pendin and it is likely that the secretary c the treasury will recall United State deposits from national depositories. 1 is more than probable that the re ceipts from the interior will offset th drain from these sources and unles the depression in all lines of trade i lifted the banks still will hold mor cash than they can lend at reasonabl rates. Banks are not profiting by the pie *' * .... intowict i?j 111' IflUlcl <11 a.r* Iiuvivci lukvw M. abnormally low and there are tnan banks unable to place loans at an figure, so that' a gold export move ment of moderate proportions will m be unweleomed. nor will be the with drawal of I'nited States deposit: Hanks can export gold to Europe at profit and it is reasonable to expec this will be done. In addition to the inflow of fund from the interim- this week, the bank gained on operations with the suh treasury, representing increased pay meats for mail transportation an pension payments. The banks als have gained on the sub-treasur through the return of money for na tional bank notes sent to Washingto for redemption in the past two month Shipments of this character have bee unusually heavy, as tile banks did n< ship notes for redemption during tli financial stringency last fall. Just what effect the heavy cash gai will have upon the reserves of tli banks is a matter of much conjectun In the past three weeks the bank gained cash from all quarters, but es pansions in the loan accounts, in cor nection with the increased speculatio in the stock market and financing > tile Erie note issue, almost complete! offset the gain in cash and cause small additions to the surplus fum However, in the past three weeks, dh crepancies between the actual and a\ erage figures have been apparent. The reflection in favor of tin* banks slioul cause a small decrease in loans tli week and the stagnation in the stoc market should cause a further decreas With a contraction of from $r>.000.0( and $10,000,000 in loans, and the ind cated gain in cash fully materialize* the surplus should be increased h $7,000.00(1 to $12,000,000. However, tl: experts do not look for an increase i surplus of the latter nmouqt, but e> it peets an increase of about .$8,000,000. r. From the interior the banks recelvlt ed $10,000,000, against receipts of $9,400.550 last week. Shipments totaled $5,860,400, against shipments ?if $G,fe 427.000 last week and included $2.,1 4:to.ooo national bank notes sent to I Washington for redemption. There ' was a small increase in receipts, from the interior as compared with the preceding week and shipments were slightly smaller, thus broadening the gain by the New York banks. The gain in cash this week is larger than in the corresponding week of 1906 a and compares with a loss in this week ,, of 1007 and 190,r>. Aside from the shipments of national bank notes to 1S Washington, funds chiefly .'.ore sent 'to i w Boston and Philadelphia. The gain on if movements with the interior was $4,4 439,600. Receipts of new gold were $1,428,200, namely, $S32,100 on New York asr say office checks, $588,.100 on San Francisco mint checks, and $7,600 on , Seattle assay office checks. Gold exports were $1,128,200 bars to Paris.? '* New York Commercial. re is TRUTH ABOUT OKLAHOMA. n Sensible and Interesting Letter From ? Former Citizen of York. L_ Editor Yorkville Enquirer, rt I write this for the information of those concerned and especially as information for some of my friends who have written asking about conditions t? flUlnh/vmo Ill uniaiiviiitt. To begin with, take about all you e hear about Oklahoma and put It together and divide it by two or three and you will have something near the IS truth. Of course the country Is one of the finest farming countries in the _ world; but real estate grafters have overdone the thing to such an extent that I advise all you York county folks if you don't understand a little bit about _ grafting yourself and have not got some money to live on the first year, e you had better stay in old York. These two counties, Canadian and Oklahoma, are the banner cou..;ies of the state. They contain more fertile river bottom land than any other port of the state, r This town is about the size of Clover. We have no cotton mill, but We have I three mills and elevators. The largest f mill and elevator in the southwest Is ) at this place. ^ Oklahoma politics are something on the same line as South Carolina. She is straightout Democratic.. and the whisky business is in the same kind of a muddle that is so familiar to the folks at home. Farming here is done on a larger scale than it is in York county. I had to buy two horses and put both to one - plow to keep folks from laughing at me for running a one-horse plow. We are e planting corn here now and I have seen s some fellows work four big horses to a t corn planter. You seldom see a fellow walking and plowing in this country. He is in a seat with anywhere from n two to six horses to the plow, e In this country you can grow about e everything that you grow in York county except clover. Alfalfa takes the place of it. e I hope you farmers back there will all make a good corn crop and will all win a prize. If you had an acre of s this Canadian bottom land there you y could bet on coming out ahead, y The people here are mostly northr erners with some foreigners. One family of our neighbors are Canadians, one e Ir from Illinois, one is from West Vir ginia, and some Bohemians, so you see what a cosmopolitan neighborhood we . have. All the time I noticed you were wad ing through the mud there in York county, we were working right on in the finest kind of weather here. T" /*<?nnliicslnn 1 vt'lll on \? that ffnni tllA e number of indictments in York county g for murder, I think she is a fair rival _ for Breathitt county, Kentucky. This being all I can study up at this e writing, I will bring this to an abrupt a end. John W. Hagins. e Yukon, Okla, April 20. r ' 1 McGILL-KENNEDY. d e Marriage of Two Popular Young People at Smyrna. Correspondence of the Yorkville b'naulrer. it r Smyrna, April 23.?Smyrna A. R. P. church was the scene of a pretty wed ding Wednesday afternoon, when Miss o Bessie McGill was married to Mr. e Porter B. Kennedy of Sharon. Promptly at 4 o'clock, Mrs. J. L. Gates entered and took her place at the organ. Then e the pretty little flower girls, Misses e Louise Gates and Florrle McGill came ,r in and stood by the officiating minister. Next came the ushers, Messrs. Sam ' Kennedy, brother of the groom, and - Mason McGill, brother of the bride, d Miss Maude Whitesides and Mr. Tom Sims, Miss Jennie Plaxico and Mr. r Frank McGill. Miss Lula McGill and e Mr. A. Shannon. Miss Ella Thompson 5. and Mr. George Jenkins. Miss Mamie _ Kennedy and Mr. Mason Blair. Entering the church, the bride with her sise ter. Miss Carrie McGill, and the groom r with his brother, Rev. W. A. Kennedy, i" they met under an arch in front of Rev. J. L. Gates, who in a few wellchosen words performed the ceremony. n After the ceremony the bridal party e went to the bride's home, where a res ception was given them. The bride ttus utrauuiuuy urcwtrii in crepe uc chine over satin and wore the bridal veil. The maid of honor wore blue china silk. Tfie bridesmaids wore white organdy with blue sashes. The church was tastefully decorated in evergreens and white roses, h Mrs. Kennedy is the daughter of Mrs. M. E. MeCJill and is a mofct lovable voung woman. She has a host of 0 friends whose best wishes go with her e to her home. Mr. Kennedy is a worthy e representative of one of the best fam) ilies in York county and is a successg ful business man. They will make e their home in Sharon where the groom s is merchandising. s ? ? ? s ,f ?New York Times: The refusal of - instructions is proof positive of the Lt conviction of the party managers that s Bryan, if nominated, could not carry - this state. Tf they had felt that there e was even a fighting chance for him to carry the state, with its thirty-nine g. electoral votes, they would have tum>f bled over each other in their anxiety to pledge the delegates to him. The 11 Yew York Democrats have therefore e served notice upon the Democrats of is other states that Mr. Bryan cannot s carry this state. The majority against g him in 1896 was 26S.469: in 1900 the majority against him was 14 3.606. In - the last eight years he has lost, not '? gained, in Yew York. His plea for the .. government ownership of railroads - finished him with the Democracy here. Will anybody attempt to point out J" how Mr. Bryan can be elected presi;i dent without the vote of Yew York? 't Such an attempt could proceed only 1 from irresponsible lunacy or defiant ignorance. If the 39 votes of Yew i- York are lost. Yew Jersey with 12. and * Illinois with 27, would just fill the gap in the Democratic column. He canin v not carry either of those states, any - more than he can carry Pennsylvania 11 or Massachusetts. Yew Jersey, C'onn" necticut and Indiana together have >t but 34 votes in the electoral college. ie In a year when Yew York goes Itepublican these three states are nbsolt. lutely sure to support that party. Yoe. where in the union can compensation :s be found for the loss of Yew York. J. The opponents of Bryan in other states n have now a solid basis for their work. ' His supporters might conceivably win ^ over the Y'ew York delegation at Den1 ver. That would not win him the state, with its 39 votes. The highest authoritative opinion has been given U that those votes "he cannot have, and is he cannot be elected without them, k Hjs defeat is demonstrated three months before the convention meets. j_ His persistence and the persistence of il. his friends, therefore, can be aecount' v ed for only upon the theory of some n other motive than a desire for the triuinpli of the Democratic party. Frank Ashe, L. L. Baker, T. C. Wil- j, loughby, O. P. Goodwyn and Secretary J. W. Reed, the following address, prepared by President Harris ^ was issued: l'l "Why should the farmers bo alarmed over the cotton situation when cotton is scarcer than it has been for 30 a years, and there are more people to a wear clothes than ever before in the history of the world? There is a cry on every hand that the mills are cur- v tailing their products. Why, bless ti your heart, the mills will have to s curtail, as there is not enough cotton to go around. There is a shortage of a 4.000,000 bales in the world's supply s ?4.000,000 bales less than is actually ri needed. That means that the mills must curtail 25 per cent because of lack of cotton. Now. ddn't be fright- a ened by the curtailment cry. It's from tl necessity and not choice. ^ "Suppose you have but eight ears of corn to feed your horse. It would be il out of the question for you to feed 10 ? ears. You wouldn't have the corn. * You would have to curtail to eight. That's the condition of the mills. They lack the cotton to run on full time. c "It is a fact that cotton is scarcer a now than it has been in 30 years, and it stands to reason that goods will also be scarcer in proportion. Up to a few months ago the demand for goods p was so great that they could not be ti supplied. Many mills had sold their output up to July 1. The mills have had a custom of laying up a large surplus of goods in warehouses, but at present there is no such surplus. The ^ stock there is daily diminishing. It is true that some mills have stopped, but Cl that Is invariably done to make re- tl LOCAL AFFAIRS, p n NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. c Sheriff's Office?Will'appreciate return ? of 32-calibre Smith & Wesson pis- n to| recently lost. Palace Theatre?Will have "The Lit- n tie Merchant of Chalk-Town" on to- j night. Loan and Savings Hank?Explains that ^ after a burly boy becomes properly ^ adjusted he is a frequent depositor f at its receiving window. M. W. White?Tells you that It is a c good thing to take advantage of the _ experience and facilities .of a broker in buying or selling. . r Yorkville Hardware Co.?Has a large ^ line of fly screens for windows and doors and advises you to keep the a flies out with screens. York Drug Store?Wants you to plant s for a big crop of melons and wants j( to supply the seeds. It has several j, I good varieties. Herndon & Gordon?Invite you to buy v your tobacco, groceries, hardware, glassware, crockery, etc., from them. h Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo?On the y fourth page of this issue publish a ^ testimonial from a Rock Hill man q relative to Doan's kidney pills. ? First National Bank?Says that the way to avoid paying a bill twice is to deposit your funds with it and pay with checks, keeping cancelled checks for receipts. , Miss Rosa J. Lindsay?Is back from Atlanta and is ready to make photos * for friends and customers. c Carroll Bros.?Have a large shipment ^ of Purina chick feed and advise you to feed it to your chickens. Bank of Hickory Grove?Quotes a I Scotchman on sheep growing 'and b applies the moral to a savings account. J. C. Wllborn?Offers real estate near s Smyrna and Pinevllle. See him for t real estate wants. n Thomson Co.?Itemize a number of the d values it Is offering its customers, including embroidery, laces, lawns, e etc. b q Who said there were no fiddlers in E York county? Hugh Brown knows a t great deal better than that, n The corn prizes being offered under t< the auspices of the Farmers' Union of > York county are attracting attention ^ in all parts of the country and the ? York county farmers who win these 1 prizes will also win considerable fame. J The various Democratic clubs ^ throughout York county will meet at \ their respective precincts tomorrow J afternoon,. April 25, and re-organize for ? the work of the approaching campaign, j The election of delegates is to take 1 place between 3 o'clock p. m., and 6 ^ o'clock p. m. The county convention ? is to be held on Monday, May 4. "S Commissioner Watson has sent to "V The Enquirer a number of copies of the ^ "Cereal Manual" recently prepared by ? the state contest committee and also a C number of copies of a pamphlet con- J taining the "Williamson Plan" of corn ? culture, as prepared for the public by j Mr. Williamson. These pamphlets I will be furnished to people who may J call for them free of charge, or will be q sent to the address of any subscriber \ to The Enquirer on receipt of 2 cents ? for postage. ( c E WITHIN THE TOWN. J ? The Moving Picture Palace is prov- ^ ing a great attraction. The people are j going out every afternoon and even- \ ing in considerable numbers. ? While he was bringing in a thou- ^ sand pound cow for slaughter one day 2 last week, the animal jumped into the E rear part of Mr. Walter Rose's .buggy * and broke It down. j ? To vote in the coming school tax F election next Tuesday every voter must have a state registration certif- ^ icate. The municipal registration p certificate is not necessary. The polls are to be open from 12 m. to 5 p. m. * o ABOUT PEOPLE. a Mr. C. P. Davis, representing the a Columbia Dailv Record is in town to- 9 F day. Mr. T. Baxter McClain of Camden, is spending a day or two in Yorkville on business. Mr. L. C. Harrison of the Southern a Power Company, is in Yorkville today T on business. n Miss Estelle Mclver of Gulf. N. C., is E spending sometime with Rev. and Mrs. E. E. Gillespie. ti Mr. Philip W. Hunter has returned c from the Charleston Medical college n for his summer vacation. Sl Mr. T. C. Dunlap left yesterday for A Columbia to attend the meeting of the " State Banker's association. Rev. Edgar Tufts, principal of Lees- 0 McRae Institute at Banner Elk, N. C., a visited Rev. E. E. Gillespie this week. 0 Mr. Louis Roth, who went to Green- b vilie last Monday as a juror on the P Federal court, returned home last night. b Mrs. W. Mason McConnell and chil- '' dren, left last Wednesday afternoon Sl for Memphis, Tenn., where Mrs. Mc- n Connell will spend some time with her sisters. 11 Rev. and Mrs. Alva Hardie and two a children of Campinas, Brazil, are P spending a few days in Yorkville with f< Mr. Hardie's aunt, Mrs. Eugenia Drakeford. Rev. and Mrs. Hardie are mis- u sionarles and are on theii* way back Cl to Brazil after spending a year in the n Pnited States. P Rock Hill Herald: Hon. and Mrs. W. B. Wilson, Sr., accompanied a by Miss Fannie and Master York, returned to the city Monday night after a most pleasant stay of a month in ? Cuba. Mr. Oscar B. Wilson, who has Cl been in Cuba for six months or more. also accompanied them home. Mr. 11 Wilson says lie is glad to get home '' again, although he hated to leave the P beautiful island of Cnba. tl ADDRESS TO THE FARMERS. 8 At a meeting of the executive comSi mittee of the State Farmers' union in Columbia Wednesday, attended by President Harris, J. C. Stribling, J. ' airs on machinery or to put in new lachinery, which is very essendal to heir future success. Along with the urtailment cry comes the information f new mills being built. "Our mill men are good business neii and, can not be blamed for sloping their mills when they can not lake a profit. It Is good business udgment to do so. "The producer should use the same usiness sense and curtail his producion when there is no profit. Every armer should cut his cotton acreage t least 35 per cent and plant food rops instead. This will solve the iroblem and give the farmer a profit. "The holders are urged to bear in nind that the shortage of 4,500.000 tales in the world's supply in itself rteans a curtailment of 25 per cent. It !so means that cotton goods will be ilgher than they have been in years. Ihow your wisdom now by planting at east 25 to 35 per cent in peas, as there ?o trnnH nan priin 3 TTl'jre Iliuncjr <11 u. ovvw r han there is in cotton, no matter i'hat the price of either. "In conclusion, let me urge you to mid on for the maximum. Curtail our present crop and raise all your lome supplies, and success is yours, 'he maximum is not unreasonable nd should be had. THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY. The undersigned have subscribed he amounts opposite their names for he use o:f the Farmers' Union of York ounty in offering premiums for the est acres of corn in a competition reently instituted by that organization, t Is desired that the aggregate fund e not less than five hundred dollars, nd when that sum is reached the ubscriptlon will he closed. Should hat amount not oe reached the comnlttee will use for the purpose inIcated such sum as may be subscrlbd. All promises of subscriptions will e promptly acknowledged in The Enuirer. and be furnished to Mr. A. L. tlnek, secretary and treasurer of the Tnlon for record. Payment Is to be lade to Mr. Black on or before Sepetnber 1, 1908. Jat. Union Bank, Rock II1II*...$10 00 'irst National Bank, Yorkvllle.. 0 00 . Frank Ashe, McConnellsville.. 5 00 .. M. Grist's Sons, Yorkvllle.... 10 00 tank of Clover" 10 00 . B. Scott, Yorkville No. 3.... 5 00 V. S. Wilkerson, Hickory Grove 5 00 'he Thomson Co., Yorkville.... 10 00 V. H. Herndon, Yorkville 2 00 . E. Lowry, Yorkville 5 00 )r. M. J. Walker, Yorkville .... 2 00 I. I. McCaw, Yorkville* 1 00 . A. Tate, Yorkville 5 00 'hos. F. McDow, Yorkville .... 2 00 I. A. D. Neely, Yorkvllle 5 00 .. R. Williams Yorkville 5 00 *. W. Love, Yorkville 5 00 - - -- ir?i...in,. r nn fork .f urniture uu., iuimiuc .. ? V. W. Lewis, Yorkville 2 00 I. B. Jennings, Yorkville 2 00 ". B. & M. Co., Yorkville 10 00 ). L. Shieder, Yorkville 1 00 r. H. O'Leary, Yorkville 5 00 ohn W. Miller, Yorkville 1 00 , W. Johnson, Yorkville 1 00 ,'arroll Bros., Yorkville 5 00 . W. McFarland, Yorkville .... 1 00 >r. W. G. White, Yorkville 1 00 !. M. McNeel, Yorkville 5 00 no. R. Hart, Yorkville 1 00 ilenn & Allison, Yorkville 5 00 V. R. Carroll, Yorkville 5 00 (lack Bros., Yorkville No. 1 .... 5 00 . Edgar Poag, Rock Hill 5 00 C. Hughes, Yorkville No. 7.. 5 00 )r. A. Y. Cartwright, Yorkville.. 2 00 . C. Wilborn, Yorkville 5 00 . R. Logan, Yorkville 5 00 V. I. Witherspoon, Yorkville .. 5 00 t. "N. Moore, Yorkville 2 00 V. B. Moore, Yorkville 1 00 'orkville Hdw. Co., Yorkville.... 5 00 I. C. Willis, Yorkville C 00 lOuis Roth, Yorkville 5 00 I. M. Neill, Clover* 1 00 ). A. Matthews, Clover* 1 00 ,'ampbell & Jackson, Clover*.. 1 00 ohn and G. W. Knox, Clover*.. 1 00 . E. Beamguard, Clover... 1 00 toddev Mercantile Co.. and W. L. Roddey. Rock Hill 10 00 "ork Drug Store, Yorkville .... 5 00 ? t,* 1 oo V. I\. Digger, rvnig a .. - - t T. Castles, Smyrna 5 00 ?Subscriptions paid. All subscriptions of one dollar or ver of whjch The Enquirer may be dvised will be acknowledged above, nd the list will be placed in the hands I Mr. A. L. Black, secretary of the 'armers' Union for record. SEWERAGE CONTRACT LET. The contract for the construction of sewerage system for the town of 'orkville was let last Wednesday torning to Mr. C. M. Burkhalter of tirmingham, Ala., for $17,116.50. There were quite a number of contactors and engineers here on acount of the b'dding. They came from II parts of the country, and spent everal days studying plans and specloations, going over the grounds and aklng estimates. The proposed system, counting two utfalls, one at Fishing creek, and one i the jail branch, includes' a fraction ver six miles of pipe lines. It is in?nded to cover practically all that ortion of the town that is now covered y water mains, and provision is made r the plans and specifications for subequent additions and extensions. The rain sewer pipes are to range in size rom 12 inches In diameter to 6 inches l diameter, the 12 inch pipes to be long Main street, and the smaller ipes along other streets not calling r so much capacity. The contract involved two separate ndertakings, one to furnish the terra otta pipe required and the other inking necessary excavations, laying ipe, constructing manholes, flushing inks, etc. There were twelve bids in II. two for furnishing the pipe and ten ir doing the construction work. The town some time ago voted $25,00 worth of bonds for the purpose of (instructing the sewerage system, and lis constituted the limit of the comdssioners in considering proposals, here were two bids for furnishing the ipe. the lowest being that of a Cliatmooga concern for $5,660.72, and of le ten bids for the construction work, II but a few came within the limits. The three lowest bids for the contruction work were those of the Perry bckrane Construction company, of anajoharia, N. Y., $19,597.92; Southrn States Constructing Co.. of Rome, a.. $19,199.29; and C. M. Burkhalter. f Birmingham, Ala., $17,116.50. Mr. Burkhalter's bid being unquesonably the lowest, was accepted. The rist of the necessary pipe added to the west bid for construction, puts the ggregate cost of the proposed worn t $22,677.22. All of the bids were quite low. The arious contractors were united in the L-stimony that work in their line is lack everywhere, and most of them re at such a heavy expense standing till and waiting. that they would save ather than lose money by sharing hat would ordinarily be considered fair profit. They are agreed that lie work can be done for anywhere rom 2f> to 4h per cent less than a year go. Many of the contractors present, ere railroad men. general operators, pecialists. etc. Mr. Rurklmlter, the uccessful contractor,, makes a speialty of paving and sewerage work, nd has a reputation among his cometitors as si very close bidder. The understanding is that work will robably be commenced on this confact within the next thirty days or ueh it matter, and it will be pushed ) completion as rapidly as possible. The task of securing rights of way as not yet been completed; but no msiderable trouble is anticipated on liis account. The board of public work consists of of Mr. M. C. Willis, chairman, Mr. J. prl J. Wray and Dr. W. O. White. we The bonds voted by the town of ph Yorkvllle some time ago for sewerage A1 purposes have not yet been sold; but to] they will now be put on the market as ca soon as practicable. co: " wa COMMON PLEAS. elf The case of D. M. Evans against the all Southern railway on which the court br was engaged when The Enquirer went th; to press Tuesday afternoon, resulted In tei a verdict for the defendant. th> The next case taken up was that of ml D. L. Shieder vs. the Southern rail- tei way. This was a suit for losses on he account of shortage in a consignment lig of cigars and damages because of the ha failure of the railroad to deliver the ^ cigars promptly. On demurrer by the ( defendant, the court struck out several 0O essential paragraphs from the com- co, plaint, and the case was passed pending the filing of necessary amendments. h() Wednesday morning was devoted to an the case of W. L. Hill against D. L. Kl Good and H. G. Brown, sheriff. This gjt was a suit to determine the ownership of three bales of cotton involved be- ga tween a rent lien held by defendant and tj1( a supply lien held by plaintiff. Henry jjV Montgomery produced the cotton on pn Good's land and turned it over to Hill for supplies Hill and Montgomery sa claimed Montgomery had contracted to buy the land from Good and conse- j2i quently the rent lien did not exist. ex There was evidence showing that there ya had been at least a tentative trade between Montgomery and Good; but It ^e was not shown that the trade had been m< actually consummated. The jury found ex for the defendant, and also gave tin* defendant a consent verdict against j,a Montgomery. Wednesday afternoon was taken up , in hearing argument on an appeal from gr a magistrate court in Rock Hill. Judgment had been entered against the rn( Southern railroad in fifteen penalty ()f cases?failure to settle claims within jo, the time prescribed by law?$.r>0 in each case. The railroad came in at the last moment with a motion requiring the m( plaintiff to make the complaint more s|( definite and certain. The cases were pa sent back to the magistrate on a technicajlt.v involved in the procedure. m< The first case taken up yesterday g was that of B. M. Fails, W. F. Boyd m( and W. H. Wlndle, a committee acting 0f for themselves and Flint Hill congre- se gation against the American Telegraph nf and Telephone company. This was a jp suit for damages because of the alleged action in cutting a wide swath through a grove belonging to the church without permission. The defendant admitted that It had cut a right of way sa' through the church property but claim- th ed that it had the permission of the an trustees. The plaintiff alleged In the first place that the trustees had no ^ power to act for the congregation in such a matter, without specific permis- te< sion, in the second place it claimed that m' the intention of the defendant had * been misrepresented to the trustees, and In the third place It claimed that the defendant had exceeded the alleged pn rights that the trustees had granted. *' he The suit was for damages in the sum PO of $2,000. The jury took the papers yesterday evening and this morning ^ brought in a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $1,500. Mr. Nelson gave |y notice of a motion for a new trial. The next business taken up was the case of C. S. May plaintiff against the ^ Southern railroad. This case grew g^ out of the hitting of an automobile the pa plaintiff was driving by cars attached jg to a shifting engine. The machine was ^ injured and the plaintiff asked for j damages in the sum of $500. The defendant denied responsibility. W. M. Tf. Dunlap, Esq., for plaintiff; J. E. McDonald for defendant. ex LOCAL LACONICS. ^ We Will Send The Enquirer w< From this date to January 1st, 1909, Te for $1.38. Lfl Ebenezer Calls Rev. G. G. Mayes. ^ Ebenezer congregation has extended 'n| a call for the pastoral sendees of de Rev. G. G. Mayes of the Blackstocl^ Presbyterian church. The decision of *ei Rev. Mr. Mayes as to whether he will accept will probably be made within a few days. 1 Chester Candidates. zu Candidates have announced in Chesan ter county for the various offices as jn follows: Clerk: S. B. Lathan, J. E. ^ pe Cornwell, J. B. Westbrook. Sheriff: Jn Byrd E. Wright, John L. Miller, D. E. rQ, Colvin, Andrew Peden. Auditor; * kii McD. Hood. Supervisor: John O. Darby, T. W. Shannon. Coroner: W. M. Leckie. Treasurer: W. O. Guy. House p. of Representatives: J. G. Wolling. Supt. of Education: W. D. Knox. at Republican Convention. p, The Rock Hill Herald says that a call pr has been made for a convention of the to Union Republican party of York coun- su ty to be held at Yorkville on the 25th wj at 12 o'clock M., for the purpose of th electing four delegates and two alter- cls nates to attend the state convention as which is to be held in Columbia the un 28th, and seven delegates and four al- th termites to attend the Fifth district M< convention to be held in Rock Hill, $i May 5. on Rattles of a Big Rattler. cr The Enquirer has received from Mr. foi E. W. Pursley of King's Creek, the at rattles of a big rattler killed by the th saw mill force of Messrs. Pursley & ?f Falls near King's Mountain battle- da ground a few days ago. There are lif teen rattles and a button on the bunch, and Mr. Pursley says that the snake 'ts was about four feet long. Mr. Pursley states that Messrs. Thos. Mullinax tw and Elani Falls killed another large ha rattler at the King's Mountain inonument Sunday. It had seven rattles and a button. ag' # # JUJ Pastoral Relations Dissolved. bu Rock Hill Record. April 23: There was a called meeting of presbytery of ^ the A. R. P. church held at this place yesterday to dissolve the relationship between Rev. Oliver Johnson and the . , bei congregation of Neely's Creek, he havsul intr resigned to accent a call to Winns born. Those present were Rev. C. E. A" McDonald of Chester; Rev. A. S. Rogsh? ers of this city, and Rev. Oliver John- . ter son of Lesslie's, together with Elders pp D. P. Lesslie of Neely's Creek, and W. W. Boyce of this citv. Rev. Oliver . str Johnson was asked to moderate a call ,, lin for Neelvs Creek. ~ . Gr Big Carp In Catawba. Rock Hill Herald: "I noticed your xe correspondent from Ogdeti in the last pe] issue of The Herald stated that Mr. (-;0 Steele had caught a large carp, weigh- (ur ing eight pounds, out of Fishing creek. va, Well, that's a pretty big tish. but only str last week I saw one that was caught out of the Catawba river twice as 80j large." said Mr. W. C5. Reid to us Sat- Th unlay morning. Continuing Mr. Reid set said: "It was one day last week when pre I visited a friend's house on the hanks est the Cktawba, and much to my sur Ise I spied there a German carp that 'h ighed sixteen pounds. The whop- re ig ilsh was caught with a pole too. ^ though I. was not present my friend d me of the experience he had in tehing it. About the time the fish mmenced biting my friend knew it T1 is a carp. After the hook had et nched the fish he began pulling for le he was worth. Presently the pole Pr oke half In two. My friend, rather an be outdone, plunged into the wnr and succeeded in catching hold of ~ e remainder of the pole. Not many nutes passed before he had the six-1 sl ;n pounder safely on dry ground. I 1,1 Iped to eat the fish and It was de- se ;htful. It was the largest carp I m ve ever seen." 111 ng's Mountain Monument. as Charleston special of April 23, to lumbia State: Capt. E. R. Stuart, rps of engineers, U. S. A., opened Is today at this office at the custom use building for furnishing materials er d constructing the monument on er ng's Mountain In York county. The te e of the monument, to he erected by Cl T1 e government to the soldiers who ve up their lives for the liberty of elr country was fixed some time ago '? Capt. Stuart, when the plans were 1,1 epared bv Architects McKirn, Meade w White. The abstract of the propoIs giving the names and address of e bidders, height proposed for the ^ 5,000 monument, material, excess of cavation and of concrete per cubic rd and time for completing the work, se ows the following, stated in the or- n( r given, save that the York Monu- r ?nt Works' bid gave no figures for cess costs or time of completion of d i* contract: R. (\ Rye CSranlte com- 'Sl ny, Rlon. S. ('., 103 feet, Wlnnshoro u' unite, $1.10, $io, twelve months; ^ nit hern Marble & fJranlte company, lartanburg, 11.1.3 feet, granite or junt Airy marble, $3.30, $9, eight >nths; General Contracting company New Orlenns, 83 feet for gmnlte or (K [) feet for Bedford sandstone, $6.50, s' <j V 5, five months, or for Bedford stone, U ,50, $15, twelve months; York Monu?nt Works of Yorkville, 107, WhiteSi le granite; Norcross Brothers comny, Worchester, Mass.. 118.6 feet, irble or granite, $2, $6.50, five ^ >nths; Childs & Edwards, Chester, .. C.. 100 feet, marble, $2, $12, five . te Jnths; Van Arlnge Granite company . Boston, 110 feet, granite, $1. $8.50, P ven months; Wells Granite company " Redan, S. C., 88 feet, granite, $7.50, hi O.O. twelve months. I*1 PJ tl % MERE-MENTION. a< One of the men who went to Pen- di cola, Fla., as a strike-breaker in w e street car strike, was shot from in ibush on Tuesday. All the state b< iops except one company had left vi e city Jacob Ashoff fatally tl< ot his young wife and then commit- |n i suicide at Bellalre, O., Tuesday c? ornlng. They had had a quarrel, et ....A bill providing for full reports Sl campaign funds received by polit- tl il parties has been favorably re- p) rted to the lower house of congress. ei . . Harry K. Thaw's attorneys have w gun his fight in the' New York urts for his freedom from Matte- p in insane asylum. Thaw says he ^ 11 fight his wife's suit for divorce, g ..The battleship Connecticut, recentcompleted at the New York navy ^ id cost the government 56,38V,- ^ 0.05. While the Louisiana, a sister j ip, was built by the Newport News ^ ilpbuilding and Dry Dock com- _ ny, a private concern at a cost of h, ,057,647.60... .Two Italians were ^ lied and forty more or less seriously lured by a premature explosion of namite at Bebee, Ark., Tuesday.-.. ^ le home of Mr. and Mrs. John Reed Monaco, Pa., was destroyed by an tfl plosion of illuminating gas early ^ lesday morning. The family escapwith injuries Two tramps j ire killed and another injured by a ^ xas and Pacific train near Bunkie, ^ u, Tuesday. They went to sleep on e track.... The government printg office at Washington is facing a ficit of 5600,000 for the current ' fr cal year The Layman's Conrence of the Methodist church, with ^ 0 delegates in attendance, convenat Chattanooga, Tenn., Friday es ght Bubonic plague Is alarmSly prevalent at LaGuayra, Vene- M ela. Scores of deaths are reported C( d the disease is said to be spread- ei g to other cities Forty-one SI rsons were killed and sixty Injured M a collision on an Australian rail- n' ad, Monday One spectator was ** lied and seven were wounded, in- 1* iding the duelists in a street duel at ^ >rnlce, La., on Monday Three I' larleston fishermen have been land- se in New York having been rescued M sea from their sinking craft last a' iday by a private yacht Two ench journalists, both women, are al light a duel with pistols as the re- ui It of a quarrel over the question jj^ aether or not women should wear ^ eir hats in a theater... .San Fran- M ico had a $100,000 fire on Monday the result of an explosion of gaso- cc le There was a slight snowfall w roughout northern New York on ot onday Clover seed is selling at 3.50 a bushel in York county, Pa., account of the failure of the 1907 st op Woodford D. Harlan, for rty years a clerk in the land office fj1 Washington, confessed on Monday ut at he had received many hundreds VV; dollars in bribes for divulging boun- W ries of proposed forest reserves. TI Hi ....The Republican convention of ?w Hampshire refused to instruct w delegation to the national conven- Pi n by a vote of 700 to 35 Be- ?J een 20,000 and 30,000 coal miners pt ve resumed work after an Idleness pt several weeks In the vicinity of 'n ttsburg. Pa Max Shinburn ^ ed 75. said to have stolen as much js? {3,000,000 during his career as a so rglar, was released from the New * Linpshire state prison last Sunday. inburn is said to have never earned pi honest dollar since he was 16.... Cleveland, O.. girl, despondent over ng unable to find work, attempted xi Icide by jumping in a lake Tuesday, gr e "merry widow" hat she wore at 1)6 CTcl ; time acted as a life preserver and ? couldn't get her head under wa- Rl before she was rescued The In f r nnsylvania Railroad company is m ating {40,000,000 of bonds for conuction and equipment work on its pc es The Easter offerings at co ace church, New York, totaled ^ >8,000 Longshore & Co., a w York Cotton Exchange firm, sus- po nded business on Tuesday ^ vernor Haskell of Oklahoma, has ected the bringing of suits against w. ilous papers in that state to re- of ain them from printing advertise nts of liquor houses and breweries | iciting business in Oklahoma lo1 e pension bill as reported to the nn late on Wednesday, carries an apm ipriation of {163,053,000, the larg- tp amount on record for this purpose, of ....President Roosevelt has signed e employers' liability bill which was cently passed by congress. .. .The dorado river in Texas Is high out of ( banks, the rise in some places beg as much as fifty-three feet. Severpersons have been drowned lomas O'Connor, a New York buckshop operator, was on Tuesday senneed to fifteen months In the state Ison for fraudulent use of the malls. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. - Spartanburg, April 23: Miss Carols Boon, an agent of the government, >ent today In the city investigating e stores of the cotton mills in this i ction. Several months ago governent agents made investigations in the ills as to the labor conditions and the :aith in the mill villages, and now rents are being sent through the state camining into the business methods the company's store. ? Greenvljle, April 21: Safe crack's this morning about 3.30 o'clock itered the branch store of Carpenr Bros, and blew open the rafe, selling In the neighborhood of $300. fie sub-postofflce was located in the lilding and part of the money benged to the government. The bulldg is located on Washington street ithin a few yards of the Southern ?pot and the robbery was a daring ece of work, as there is constant issing on the street at all hours of ie night. It is thought that the rob;rs blew the safe open Just as a pasinger train rolled into the yards, the )ise from ^he train drowning the port from the explosion. ? Lancaster special of April 22 to harlotte Observer: J. B. Simms, a rmer, was shot from ambush this ternoon about 3 o'clock by some >rsou unknown. A charge of bucklot entered Slrnms' left side, near ie heart, and it is not probable that f will recover. The tragedy is irouded in mystery. The shooting :eurred within a few yards of the )ot where, a short lime ago Simrns lot and killed J. Hampton Stogner. e was tried for the killing at the last rm of court and a mistrial resulted, mms heard the explosion of the gun at says he saw no one. Dr. Elliott, ' this town, was summoned to attend Im. Simins is a well-to-do farmer, ring about three miles from Lancasr, and the tragedy occurred near his ace. ? Attorney General Lyon has won . s injunction cases brought in the suerne court against certain Charleston it-tics, alleged to have been violating ie provisions of the Carey-Cothran :t, in that by dispensing alcoholic rinks they created a nuisance. It as pointed out in the petition for an Junction that this step was necessuty icuuse of the inability to secure conictions in the ordinary way for viola- A on of the dispensary law. Temporary Junctions were granted in all of the ises, and the decisions of the supreme >urt on Tuesday, although short, istained the action of associate Jusce Gary in every particular. The aces in Charleston now perpetually ljolned from dispensing liquors in any ay are: the Palmetto Bowling club, 1 o A fcriflo o 1 IKA Pharleotnn Vi^ 1 anny Dixon, S. E. Welsh, Charleston urnverein, German Rifle club and C. . Schiaderessl. ? Bishop Ellison Capers, of the Prostanl Episcopal diocese of South arolina, died at his home In Columbia t 2.30 p. m. last Wednesday. Bishop apers had been in feeble health for lany months and for several days ad been sinking gradually. Wednesly morning his physicians announc1 that he could not survive the day. ishop Capers was 70 years of age and ad presided over the diocese for the ist fifteen years. He had been secretry of state of South Carolina, brigaer general in the Confederate army id held other positions of rank and ifiuence that had made him one of le best known in the south. He was le father of John C. Capers, comlssloner of internal revenue and naonal Republican committeeman for juth Carolina. The funeral was held om Trinity church, Columbia today ; noon. Confederate veterans, vlsltg bishops and many clergy acted as icort of honor. ? Anderson Dally Mail, Tuesday: r. H. M. Stackhouse of Clemson )llege, secretary of the state fertlliz board, was In the city today. In jeakirtg about the fertilizer business, r. Stackhouse said the state revenes from the sale of fertilizer tags lis season had been in excess of what was last reason. Last year, he said, te receipts were $157,000 up to June while the receipts so far this year ive amounted to $167,200. The sason is about ended now, however, r. Stackhouse said there is a generimpression that the fertilizer deirtment will be asked to redeem ore unused tags this year than usu. Last year about $7,000 worth of lusued tags were redeemed, he said, id many people think the amount to ; redeemed this year will be larger tan usual. Some southern states, r. Stackhouse said, refuse to give it the amount of fertilizer tags sold, it he said he saw no reason to try to mceal it In this state. Anybody who anted to ascertain the facts could itain them from the books of the ate treasurer's office, which are open the public, and all the money from le sale of tags passes through the ate treasurer's hands. ? Columbia State: At a meeting of le executive committee of the South irolina State Farmer's union yesterly the Farmers' Cotton Union News as transferred to the union by Mr. r. C. Moore, former business agent, tie paper will be published under the ime of the "Farmers' Union Sun." id for the present the place of issue ill be at Spartanburg. Mr. S. Frank irrott, formerly editor of The Chercee News of Gaffney, will be In large of the paper. It is the pur>se of the company publishing the iper to-capitalize at $10,000 and put a good plant. A charter will be iked for at once. The paper will be iblished as a weekly, and the first me under the new management will on appear. There is a demand for union paper in this state, and has en since the union was first organ?d. Mr. Parrott has not stated his ans in detail, but will begin at once e publication of the paper. He will ake an announcement in his first me of the policy of the publication. ie Farmers' union in this state is owing very rapidly and the memrs of the committee report new ormizations perfected and a number of !W counties organized. Sumter and ichland counties will be organized a few weeks. A representative nm the union will likely attend the eeting in Sumter on May 7 and 8. ? Spartanburg, April 21: An lm rtant conference of a number of tton mill presidents in this city was - - * ? r n >1(1 #nere looay in me tnucc m o. t>. eveland, president o# the Whitney anufacturing company, for the purise of discussing the serious situation at now confronts the cloth manucturers. The questions that came ? for discussion were a reduction of iges, shorter hours and shut down the mills. The general opinion aong the mill men is that the mills II be operated on shorter hours. The III men declare that owing to the w price of cloth and the small deand for goods the situation has ached that point where some action ust be taken by the mills to meet e situation. The present condition the cloth market has existed for