Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, May 15, 1908, Image 2
Scraps and Jacts.
? St. Puul. Minn., May 14: The Democrats
today formally indorsed Governor
John A. Johnson as the presidential
candidate and at the same time by
a vote of 772 to 166 refused to declare
in favor of William Jennings Bryan
as second choice. The delegates elected
were instructed for Johnson. The
platform adopted insists on the tariff
being revised at once; says strict supervision
and control of the great industrial
corporations is necessary for
the continued welfare of the American
people; that demands of labor for
reasonable hours of work should be
granted; compulsory adoption of safety
appliances in connection with dan
1, ? . liahilUir
5fi uus ciupiuj menu, uaumv
laws; Income tax; postal savings
banks and safeguarding bank deposits
along the lines suggested by William
Jennings Bryan.
? Awards have just been made for
supplies for the warships now in San
Francisco harbor. The supplies will
start the vessels of the Atlantic fleet
on their voyage across the Pacific
next month. More than a million
and a half pounds of meat are contracted
for. This quantity will be
made up of 800,000 pounds of frozen
beef, 185,000 pounds of frozen veal
and mutton, 150,000 pounds of pork
loins, 40,000 pounds of young chickens,
5,000 pounds of turkeys, about
00,000 pounds of Frankfurters, pork
sausages, bologna and compressed
ham, and 250,000 pounds of smoked
hams, 2,600,000 pounds of flour, 100,000
pounds of sugar. Of canned
peaches, pears and tomatoes and evaporated
apples, there will be laid in
about 300,000 pounds. Vegetables,
including potatoes, half million
pounds, onions 50,000 pounds, 7,500
pounds of Lima beans and 300,000
pounds of sauerkraut.
? New York, May 13: Samuel
H. Fullerton, the multi-millionaire,
means to stand by his son, Robert,
who was arrested on Saturday on a
cnarge 01 aouucuon uy hvu iuir
detectives and is now in San Francisco
pending the outcome of habeas
corpus proceedings for his release.
Miss Gladys Hobart, a pretty school
teacher, is the complainant against
young Fullerton, and the affidavits in
the case, geographically as well as legally,
cover an amazing amount of
ground?from the Pacific to the Atlantic,
with Jamaica and a few South
American ports thrown in. Young
Fullerton and Miss Hobart were coeds
at Cornell, graduating together in
1904. Miss Hobart's story, on which
the abduction is based, is that Fullerton
told her that he was to sail on the
steamship Trent for South America
on business for his father. Young
Fullerton had the girl's promise
to be at the dock next morning
for a final goodbye. Miss Hobart
reached the steamer half an hour before
sailing time and was escorted to
a quiet corner of the main saloon by
her old college sweetheart. Fullerton,
she alleges, proposed to her then and
she said '"Yes." While they were talking
the ship moved out. She alleges
f hut TTi11 lortnn nrnmi?afl tn mnrrv hpr
as soon as the ship made its first port.
This he failed to do.
? Pittsburg, Pa., May 12: It was announced
today that the United States
Steel corporation expected that by
July 15 or August 1 there would be in
the Pittsburg district the greatest
boom in iron and steel making ever
known. Orders reached Pittsburg today
which were transmitted to the
superintendents and other officials in
the Carnegie Steel company. They
were briefly that those who intended
taking vacations should do so at once;
that after August 1 there would be no
time for vacations. Another solid
train of bridge material for a new
coast railroad left Pittsburg last night,
and investigation shows that within
the last two or three weeks 150 cars
of bridge work have been sent to the
west. The structural mills are working
overtime to keep up with railway
construction of the far west. Grading
was today started on two new railroads
in the Pittsburg district. They
are the Canton and East Liverpool,
on the Ohio border, and the Ohio
River Northern, which runs through
the famous Ohio pottery district to
the plant of the Midland Steel company,
at Midland, Pa. Each will
prove important freight roads. Business
has opened up on the Wabash
lines west of Pittsburg to such an extent
that orders were issued today to
open nine telegraph stations which
have been closed for several months
owing to lack of railroad business.
? Washington, May 12: Information
having reached the postortlce department
of certain methods by which
the postal laws in regard to mailable
and unmailable merchandise on rural
routes have been evaded, Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General Degraw
has taken steps to prevent future
evasions. Rural carriers are
permitted to deliver as express matter
for patrons of their routes, unmailable
merchandise, and packages
of mailable merchandise weighing in
excess of four pounds. An example
of the abuse of this privilege is that
of a merchant who sent out by rural
carrier as mail matter, u pair of shoes,
to which he added a bag of salt to
make the package overweight and to
avoid paying postage, so that the carrier
mieht carrv the nackage for
him. In view of such abuses Mr. Degraw
has issued the following statement:
"All packages of merchandise
to be sent out by rural carriers
by merchants of the town should be
presented at postoftices for inspection
and in case it is found that extra
matter not ordered by the patrons
has been added to any mailable matter
or package for the purpose of
making such package of matter unmailable,
postmasters should refuse
to permit the carrier to carry any
such matter or packages for hire outside
of the mails, and rural carriers
should not receive any mail matter
from patrons as unmailable matter
for hire which they suspect has been
made unmailable by such devices as
adopted by the merchant referred
to."
? Shreveport, La., May 14: Thirty
dead and 200 injured is a conservative
estimate of the fatalities caused by
the tornado which swept through northwest
Louisiana yesterday evening, destroying
three small towns and leaving
wrecked homes and ruined crops in a
path a mile wide and fifty miles long.
The dead at Gilliam, which had about
200 inhabitants, number thirteen, while
at Bollinger the known death list is
six. These towns are about fifteen
miles apart and nothing has been
learned of the work of the storm in
the country between. At Elmore, a
small town near Gilliam, several
houses were destroyed and it is not
known how many people perished. Several
of the dead were brought to
Shreveport <>n the relief train from
Gilliam this morning and the hospitals
and sanatorlums are crowded with the
injured, several of whom will die. The
injured at Bollinger number about forty
persons, some of whom have been
brought here. Of these, it is believed
that not more than three or four will
die. Only two houses were left at
Gilliam, where ti e force of the storm
was greatest.- Of* the seven members
of the Gardner family, none escaped
without Injury. Mrs. Gardner was
killed by the falling timbers of her
home and the other members of the
family were bruised under the debris,
but were extricated. A flood of rain
following the tornado made the work
of rescue very difficult in the darkness.
A relief train was sent to Gilliam
from Shreveport last night and
returned this morning at daylight,
bringing several of the dead and many
wounded. Another train was fitted
out today and reached the stricken
town this afternoon, but has not yet
returned. Prompt steps have been
taken to succor ail who are in need.
?hr }(orlirillc inquirer.
Entered at the Postofflce In Yorkvillei
as Mail Matter of the Second Class.
YORKVILLE, S. C.:
FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1908.
Bi t if Hemphill and Gonzales are
always pursuing sinister designs, why
not" other people? Surely these two
are not the only ones with selfish ambitions.
We move that Senator Tillman t>e
relieved of instructions to vote for
Bryan, and that he be permitted to
vote as he sees proper. This, of course,
provided the senator goes as a delegate
to Denver.
The senate on Wednesday passed
the house bill restoring the motto "In
God We Trust" to coins of the
United States. It will be remembered
that the motto was some time ago left
off the gold coins of the new design,
with the approval of the president.
That is a sensible communication
that Capt. W. H. Edwards has written
to the Columbia State on the subject
of making registration a prerequisite
to voting in the primaries. There is
no good reason for present conditions
and the people who have registration
certificates should not be willing to
stand for them any longer.
The Charlotte Chronicle says that if
Messrs. Finley and Lever secure the
navigation of the Catawba river up to
the York county line, North Carolina
will see to it that the boat line does
not stop short of Mt. Holly. We believe
there is something in this. The people
who are using the Catawba to turn
the wheels of industry, will, if given
half a show, also utilize it, to bear the
fruits of their industries into the channels
of commerce.
Ok course, everybody knows that
"you can't spin futures," and it looks
like a pity too. Futures are so mucn
lower in price than spots, and then
they can be bought and sold with so
much ease. Futures are booming up- I
ward, and spots continue comfortable.
They are not scared like futures. Of I
course, futures can go to a price that |
will move spots, and they will, no
doubt. But there is no doubt of the
fact that spots now control the situation.
It is too bad that Senator Tillman
should have seen proper to question
the motives of the Columbia State in
its booming of Mr. Bryan. People like
the State and Senator Tillman, working
to the same end with the same incentives,
should not quarrel. In view
of the magnitude of the task of carrying
South Carolina for the Democratic
nominee, whether he be Mr. Bryan or
somebody else, all good Democrats
should stand together. A quarrel between
such factors as Mr. Tillman
and the State might be fraught with
great danger to party success.
It does not follow that the man who
believes that Cleveland can carry the
country over all comers is necessarily a
Cleveland man. That is merely a matter
of judgment as to where the balance
of the political sentiment and
power in this country lays. There are
people who recognize Mr. Cleveland's
policy and platform as winners; but
who would yield to defeat rather than
secure victory along those lines. Mr.
Cleveland himself chose defeat for the
party rather than victory along lines)
that he believed would be ruinous to
the country. It is differences of this)
kind that involve the whole essence of
party government
The bull speculators seem to have
. ,n T11 Iv Jtnfl
during some days past, they have had
July cotton booming. There is not
nearly so much speculation in the new
crop months; but they have all advanced
because of the strength of July.
The price of cotton goods continues to
decline and foreigners insist that trade
conditions are not good abroad: but
still it is conceded that European stocks
of raw cotton are far short of what
they were last year, and notwithstanding
curtailed production there is danger
of a serious shortage before the
new crop comes in. The new itself Is
also a matter of grave uncertainty.
Tiik News and Courier consoles Itself
with the reflection that Mr. Bryan
is not an Ogdenite. Does the News
and Courier know what Mr. Bryan's
position is on the race problem in the
south and elsewhere? Our impression
is that Mr. Bryan has taken a firm
stand on everything else except that,
and that he has always dodged it
throughout^ his long political career.?
Anderson Daily Mail.
Our recollection is that during the
many things he said in his first campaign,
Mr. Bryan expressed himself as
being in favor of granting to every individual
the fullest and freest exercise
of the franchise. It sounded broad and
generous: but the subject was not
stressed. Since then it has seldom
been referred to. The Mail should not
spring matters like this at this time,
anyway.
Tim senate has been giving consideration
for some days past to the
case of Col. William F. Stewart of the
I'nited States army, who is being punished
by tiie president without atrial.
In some way Col. Stewart has had the
misfortune to make himself objectionable
to his fellow officers, and the president
is making' his life miserable. Col.
Stewart was first told to choose between
making an application for retirement
and being sent to an abandoned
post. He demanded a court of
inquiry and the demand was met with
orders to take charge of Fort Grant in
a remote and deserted section of the
west. He appealed to senatorial friends
and when the senate took the matter
up. tlie president claimed that he is
supreme in matters pertaining to the
army and navy. Senator Raynor of
Maryland is trying to probe the matter
to the bottom. The case is being
compared to that of Capt. Dreyfus.
Vox Populi, Vox Dei.
"The voice of the people is the voice
of God."
Politicians who win out in elections
are fond of giving utterance to this
familiar quotation.
It is hardly worth while to deny the
truth of the proposition in a country
like this.
Most right thinking people are glad
to believe that it is true, and really
there ought to be very little doubt of
it.
But do not let us do violence to our
ordinary common sense, and our sense
of decency, by saying that elections always
represent the voice of the people.
It is only the most idealistic conception
of course, that could picture every
individual among the people being
keenly conscious of the sacred significance
and responsibility of the ballot
and of using the ballot in accordance
with such consciousness; but under
such circumstances all would have to
concede that the voice of the people is
the voice of God.
How many elections have ever been
held in this country where each voter
has sought to express in his ballot his
honest judgment, regardless of every
other consideration than the best interest
of himself and his fellowmen?
There may have been such elections,
but we do not fear that many of our
readers will try to hold that they are
the rule rather than the exception.
The rule in this country is that elections
are controlled by a few designing
individuals, or aggregations of individuals,
who work together for selfish
ends, and who deceive . or hoodwink
the more innocent and honest mass of
voters into the support of their designs.
After the result of such elections
are declared, we hear in exultant,
brassy acclaim, "The voice of the people
is the voice of God," and the echo
in most honest hearts is, "the success
of the political schemer is the triumph
of the devil."
But the voice of the people should
be the voice of God. and it can be. All
that is necessary is for every honest
voter to recognize his responsibility
and perform his duty in accordance
with conscientious discrimination between
right and wrong. Of course,
even where all voters try to do only
that which is right, many will make
mistakes; but still under such circumstances
"Vox Populi, Vox Dei" may
be said of the final outcome.
Tillman and Cleveland.
If that Columbia correspondent,
whoever he is, who quoted Senator
Tillman as saying that if the Democrats
had a Cleveland at this juncture,
they could sweep the country so easily
that it would be a shame to take the
money, misrepresented the senator, he
should not have done so.
Senator Tillman says that August
Kohn is the man who is guilty of the
misrepresentation; but the Charlotte
Observer which had the same story
that was printed in the News and
Courier, the Greenville News and other
papers, says that its story did not
come from Mr. Kohn, and at this writing
the personality of the individual
who is alleged to have misrepresented
the senator has not been made known.
We do not pretend to say whether
Senator Tillman was really misrepresented.
We confess that we were a
little surprised to see him in the attitude
of admitting the extent of the
confidence that would be inspired by a
candidate like Mr. Cleveland; but at
the same time we were somewhat
struck with the soundness of the sugcestinn
Of course, Mr. Cleveland is out of
the running. He is no longer to be
considered as a possible candidate. He
is too near the end of his career and
the probability is that he would not be
capable of discharging the duties of
the presidency now, even if he should
be inducted into office without the
necessity of going through a campaign;
but still there is a good deal in the
suggestion under consideration, whether
it came from Senator Tillman or
not.
Grover Cleveland stood for right,
justice, law and order and liberty. He
did not believe in the lawlessness of
predatory wealth any more than President
Roosevelt professes to believe in
it. He did however, believe in the time
sanctioned principle of ownership of
honestly'acquired property, and he believed
that the people who were able
to honestly acquire property were better
qualified than anybody else to administer
the same. He had manhood,
nerve and courage, and while he was
a man of peace, he was not disposed
to submit to the overbearing arrogance
even of such a powerful empire as that
of Great Rritain. In fact, without
fighting, bluff or bluster, he was the
first of our presidents to advertise to
the nations of the earth that the
United States is a world power of the
first magnitude. And his splendid patriotism
rose high above anything ever
known in partisan politics, when he actually
smashed his own party rafher
than allow it to plunge the country into
the ruin involved in the free coinage
of silver.
Yes, whether Senator Tillman said it
or not, we fully believe that if the
Democratic party could find another
Cleveland at this juncture, it would
sweep the country so easily that it
would be a shame to take the money.
Tiuti there are scores anu scores 01
Cleveland* In the country today, there
is no doubt; but unless John A- Johnson
of Minnesota is one, we fear that
none of them are prominent enough in
politics to get the Democratic nomination.
Roosevelt is not half the man Cleveland
was, nor is Taft or an.v other
Republican leader of whom we have
any knowledge.
? Greenville, May 13: H. H. Dill,
former chaingang overseer in this
county, was today acquitted in the
general sessions court of the charge
of cruelly whipping a convict. The
warrant for his arrest was sworn out
by a former convict, who claimed that
he was unmercifully whipped. The
state took the ground it was unlawful to
whip convicts. Judge Prince charged
it was legal to whip them as much as
was neeessaiy to carry out sentence
of the court as to hard labor. The
case was hard fought. The jury was
out only a short time. If the case
was decided against Dill it probably
would have meant that the whipping
post at the penitentiary would have
been abolished.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Many Friends?Announce the name of
Dr. J. H. Saye as a worthy candidate
to represent York county in the
state senate.
W. G. Duncan?Is announced as a
candidate for the office of county
supervisor. He promises the office
his entire attention if elected.
Mrs. Dora Gladden, Grover, N. C.?
Will tell sufferers from cancer how
to be cured.
F. B. Clinton, for Com.?Gives information
and details as to the Fiddlers'
convention to be held in the Clover
opera house on Friday evening1, June
5th.
Broadus M. Love?Is announced as a
candidate for recommendation for
appointment to the office of county
auditor, subject to the primary election.
Hugh G. Brown, S. Y. C.?Gives notice
of sale of various tracts of real estate
under tax executions.
Palace Theatre?Will have "Jim's Apprenticeship"
and "Poor Dollle" in
moving pictures tonight.
Luther Baber?Tells of one man's experience
with Ess-tee-dee, the hair
tonic. He has it in 50c and $1 bottles.
J. L. Williams & Co.?In order to push
sales up to the $5,000 mark within
the next thirty days have cut prices
to rock bottom.
M. W. White?Tells you that successful
business men know it pays to
advertise and to employ a broker.
Real estate offerings.
Carroll Furniture Co.?Advises you to
buy a "Frezo" ice cream freezer. A
full line of hammocks in all qualities
and at all prices.
D. E. Boney?Informs you that the
three mutual insurance companies of
which he is manager has secured licenses
to do business under the state
law.
York Furniture Co.?Makes an offering
for your summer comfort by suggesting
comfortable porch chairs and
hammocks.
Thomson Co.?On Monday will open a
special May sale which will continue
through Saturday. Special offerings
in all departments for the week.
First National Bank?Will accept your
small deposits, give you a, small savings
bank and pay you 4 per cent interest
on what you save.
Strauss-Smith Co.?Is showing a good
variety of "Monarch" shirts for men
?they sell for $1 each. Other shirts
for men and boys at prices from 25c
and upward.
Foster-Milburn Co.?Print a testlmo
nlal rrom a t;nesier man tenuis ui
benefits derived from Doan's kidney
pills. See fourth page.
York Drug Store?Advises you to lay
in your supply of fruit jars early and
have them ready when needed.
J. Q. Wray?Talks about shoes for
men. women and children. New lot
ready trimmed hats, 98c to $2.50 Just
received.
Herndon & Gordon?Have Just received
a car of 10-22 acid phosphate and
ammoniated goods. Also 200 lbs.
best candles.
The commencement exercises of
Clemson college take place June 8
and 9.
It is hardly fair to say that politics
has begun to warm up; but It Is a fact,
that the people are beginning to take
notice.
Yes, the fiddlers will be in Clover
on June 5, and Clover will take care
of all who come to see them. Fine
folks those Clover people.
It is pretty dull In the towns and
there Is very little traffic along the
public roads; but travelers through the
country, report that the fields are alive.
People are working.
There has been some growing weather
during the past few days and vegetation
has been taking advantage of
it. The fact has been also the more
noticeable after a standstill of nearly
two weeks.
Constable Sanders has been busy
working up liquor cases around Sharon
recently. Magistrate Smith has
bound over several defendants and
there are others on the string. The
booze business has gotten to be quite
a nuisance about Sharon and many
people there are anxious to put a stop
to it. Constable Sanders and Magistrate
Smith are doing everything in
their power; but there is a growing
feeling in all sections that such cases
are not dealt with as rigorously in the
circuit court as the best interests of
law and order seem to require.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? Messrs. Mackorell Bros., have a
handsome automobile.
? Four bales of off grade, stained
cotton were sold in Yorkvllle this
morning at 101. The best cotton is
worth more.
? There are fewer negro loafers
around Yorkvllle than there have been
for a good many years. Most of them
drifted off to public works of various
kinds and have not drifted back.
? There has been considerable scattering
of the local cotton mill operatives.
Some have left in search of
employment elsewhere and others are
holding the fort for better times.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mrs. Paul T. McNeel is visiting relatives
and friends at Morganton, N. C.
Mrs. S. M. Jones of Chester, is
spending several days with her sister,
Mrs. J. C. Wilborn.
Mrs. W. M. Kennedy, Jr., and little
son, of Chester, are visiting the family
of Mr. W. Brown Wylie.
Messrs. W. F. and W. R. Thomasson,
with their families of Daytonia,
Fla., are visiting at the home of their
brother, Mr. T. K. Thomassen, in
Yorkville.
Messrs. O. T. Radcllffe and O. W. S.
Hart have been in Charleston this
week attending the annual convention
of the South Carolina diocese, which
met on Tuesday.
Charlotte Observer, July 15: Mr.
and Mrs. R. X. Plexico, of York county,
S. C? of the Bethany vicinity, arrived
in the city yesterday with their
little 4-year-old daughter, Brennie,
who was placed in St. Peter's hospital
to be treated for acute inflammatory
rheumatism. Mr. Plexico will probably
return home today, while Mrs.
Plexico will remain here for several
days.
THE SPECULATIVE MARKET.
Following is a review of yesterday's
developments in the contract market
as summarized in an Associated Press
dispatch of lust night from New York:
The cotton market had a very active
and exciting day, making new high
records for the movement during tlie
early trading and then suffering a
sensational break with the close weak
at a net decline of 6 to 30 points.
Sales were estimated at 450,000 bales.
The market opened firm at an advance
of 5 to 20 points and before
there was any substantial recession
showed a net gain of 20 to 31 points
with July selling at 10.07 and October
at 0.26. The upward movement was
due to very firm cables, big English
spot sales, reports of tornadoes and
excessive rains in certain central and
western sections of the belt, covering
of shorts and continued rumors of a
July corner. At the high point May
contract sold 202 points above tire recent
low record, or a little over $10 a
bale, while July was 1ST points up from
the low record, or $0.35 a bale. At this
level there was very heavy realizing
and during the afternoon the market
became sensationally weak on reports
that Wall street bulls had liquidated,
less favorable private cables from
prominent Liverpool authorities claiming
that shorts had covered while spinners
and speculators were long, and
the more favorable outlook for the
weather. July broke to 9.48, or 59
puints, equal to nearly $3 a bale, from
the high point of the morning, while t;
October declined to 8.98, or 28 points j
from the top. The close was weak at
the lowest point of the session. South- 1
ern spot markets as officially reported J
were 1-8 to to 3-8c net higher. Very ^
heavy rains were reported in some j.
districts and one point in the Galveston
district and over seven inches ac- t
[cording to official returns. .The weath- t
fer in the eastern belt was not con- c
sidered unfavorable and the forecasts
were regarded as more encouraging (!
Receipts at the ports today, 6,296 r
bales, against 29,163 last week and 69,- r
427 last year. For the week. 56,000
bales, against 59,153 last week and 59,994
last year. Today's receipts at ''
New Orleans, 1,456, against 1,592 last c
year, and at Houston, 659, against 1,142 j
last year.
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THE CAROLINA RIFLES.
Captain E. P. Moore of Chester, has '
sent the following with regard to the e
York company that went to the war *
as the "Carolina Rifles," afterward *
company F, Seventeenth South Caro- 8
Una Volunteers, and The Enquirer '
takes pleasure in reproducing it:
"For the benefit of the few surviv- ?
ing members of this old company, ^
"Carolina Rifles," after a lapse of for- i
ty-six years, I will endeavor to give a r
correct roll of the officers and men at
the two organizations. The company v
as first organized in Yorkville, in No- c
vember 1861, had the following offi- s
cers: Captain, W. B. Wilson, 1st lieutenant,
J. W. Avery; 2nd lieutenant, D. P
J. Logan; 3rd lieutenant, . Whisonant,
from the upper part of York
district (county); orderly sergeant, W.
R Metts; 2nd sergeant, E. F. Moore. v
When the regiment was organized at v
Camp Hampton, below Columbia, W. q
B. Metts was appointed regimental
commissary and E. P. Moore became a
orderly sergeant. They were mustered c
into the state service by Gen. John G. s
Preston, of the Confederate war department,
at Camp Hampton, on the
2Uth day of November, 1861. v
"On June the 28th, 1862, company t
F was reorganized at Cainp Simmons, v
St. Paul parish, for tlie war. Capt. W.
B. Wilson and Lieut. Whisonant having
resigned, the reorganization of the t
company stood us follows: a
"Officers?S. W. Avery, captain; D. j
J. Logan, 1st lieutenant: E. P. Moore,
2nd lieutenant; W. S. Moore, 3rd lieu- ^
tenant: O. R. Gunthorp, 1st sergeant; f
J. A.- Wallace, 2nd sergeant; Perry c
Martin, 3rd sergeant; J. P. Cavany, 4th ,
sergeant: William Donovant 5th sergeant;
W. H. Mitchell, 1st corporal; I
G. W. Moore, 2nd corporal; F. Happer- c
field, 3rd corporal; Robert Hayes, 4th f
corporal.
"Privates?Henry Boheler, Andrew "
Boheler, W. T. Boheler, E. H. Bridges, t
J. P. Burns. W. B. Byers, R. T. Cald- 5
well, W. Carroll, Thos. Carroll, Edward ,
Carson, T. B. Collins, R. S. Cavany, W.
H. Clark, W. W. Dameron, J. W. Y. F
Dixon, Asa C. Dover, Felix Dover, E. d
J, Downey, S. C. Gallaher, Jas. Gar- v
vin, J. J. Hayes, W. A. Hayes, James
Hetherlngton, J. M. Hope, A. S. Jefferies,
J. C\ Kirkpatrick, J. C. Latham, v
James Martin, Thos. Martin, William t
Martin, Jas. McLean, Robt. McLean, .
Blanton Moore, G. M. Moore, George
Morehouse, J. C. Moser, W. R. Murphy, 6
R. Mulholland, Edward Owens, R. G. e
Parker, W. A. Parker, James Plexico, n
J. L. Plexico, J. A. Pollard, R. F.
Roberts, Samuel Roberts, J. L Rainey,
R. S. Randall. M. S. Randall, Jas.
Scates, M. Scates, Jacob Seapoch, Jos.
Seapoch, W. B. Sherrer, J. M. Sherrer,
R. S. Stewart, T. S. Tiping, O. L. Wal- 1
lace, John Weaver, W. R. Whitesides, c
J. S. Wllkerson, D. C. Williams. J. L.
WilUams. George Wilson. R. McConnell.
W. M. Caldwell, C. F. Smith. *
"Later in the war, others enlisted in *
the company whose names do not ap- "
pear on this roll. I have frequently 1
been written to by the members of this n
old company asking for this roll, they c
knowing that I at one time had been V
orderly sergeant. I would suggest to
the kindred and descendants of these |
men to cut this out of the paper and ?
paste in a scrap book and preserve it "
for their children."
APPLICANTS FOR CERTIFICATES, p
The regular spring examination of b
applicants for certificates to teach in v
the common schools of York county is y
in progress in the court house this b
morning, under the supervision of the ^
county board of education consisting J
of Messrs. T. E. McMackin, E. P. Cas- c
ties and J. W. Thomson. The number 0
of applicants is unusually large, there jj
being forty-two whites and fifty-two ^
negroes. The names of those present 0
are as follows: ^
Whites: J
Nellie S. Moore, Yorkvllle; Nannie a
P. Ferguson, No. 5, Yorkvllle; Nina
M. Gettys, Lesslie; Bertha Black, c
Rock Hill; Margaret McKenzie, Rock v.
Hill; Clara Rivers. Rock Hill; Claude ^
B. Faris, Fort Mill; Lessie Patrick, ^
Clover; Winnie E. Fltz, Gifford; Mary *
Dobson, Yorkvllle; Eila Carroll, Filbert;
Ruth Ferguson, No. 5, Yorkvllle; ^
Florence M. Whitesides, Sharon; r
Blanche R. Cain, Sharon; Louise Few- s
ell. Rock Hill; John M. Hutchinson, *
No. 4, Rock Hill; Claude L. Paris, No. g
4. Rock Hill; Rosa L. Jacksor., Tirzah; p
Eoline Inabnett, Denmark; P. M. Paris, r
Port Mill; Julia Foster, No. 1, Mc- t(
Connellsville; Alice Clark, No. 1, York- n
ville: Claire M. Crosby, Sharon; Ruth q
Crosby, Sharon; Annie Poster, Mc- r
Connellsville; Virginia Vaughan, Rock ?
Hill; M. M. Ci-elghton, Rock Hill; Mrs. ^
5. H. Mitchell, Sharon; Bessie Sher- r
rer, Sharon; Lillian Mitchell, Green- 0
ville; Sallle McMackin, No. 1, Clever; j.
Delia E. Steele, Rock Hill; Florine 0
Carothers, Rock Hill; Nan Blaine, q
Blackstock; Ina I. Ashe, McConnells- n
ville; May Russell, No. 1, Rock Hill; v
Lily May Poster, Greenville; Mary E. *
Clinton, Rock Hill; Walter H. Sim- j
tnons. King's Creek; Parie Quinn,
King's Creek; Jennie Currence, Clo- a
ver; T. M. Paris, Clover. j
Negroes: ri
Prances Lowry. Guthriesville; Emma a
Rose Moore, Guthriesville; Mary o
Moore, No. 7, Yorkville; Amanda Big- n
ger, No. 8. Yorkville; Mary J. Ram- t
seur. Rock Hill: M. B. Rosemand, o
Guthriesville; Eugene Lowry, Lowry- I)
ville; A. B. Lowry, Guthriesville; S. A. C
Giles, McConnellsville; Augusta Mur- I
ray. Rock Hill; Jennie Spencer, Rock P
Hill: Daisy Murray, Yorkville; Eliza- $
beth McClellan, Yorkville; Clair Alex- b
ander, Yorkville: Paralee Hill, Smith's; J
Cora Roach, No. 2, Yorkville; Rosa ti
Roach. No. 2, Yorkville; Deila Garvin, v
Rock Hill; Jas. Meader, Rock Hill; Wm. ii
Ross, Rock Hill; Daisy Knox, Rock f
Hill; Benj. Williams. Rock Hill; Allie Ii
Vincent, Rock Hill;,Ella Crosby. Rock t
Hill; Geneva Hall. Rock Hill: Nannie c
Irving, No. 3, Rock Hill; Amanda Pen- v
dergrass. Rock Hill; Bertha Buff, P
Ridgewa.v; Hattie Pendergrass, Rock o
..... trin. tr-fflo s
1-1 iiI; rnnei i^amcia, nm, u?>v Henderson,
Rock Hill; Bessie Hall, n
Rock Hill; Geo. Crane, Lesslie: R. D. 1
Beckham, Rock Hill; A. B. Moore, G
Yorkville: Rosa Lewis, Lowryville; o
Arthur Lowry, McConnellsvllle; Mary t:
Nelson, Chester; Simon McLure, Low- P
ryville: Maggie Hardie, Yorkville; n
Mary Leach, Yorkville: Mary Mitchen, v
Rock Hill: Ada Heath. Rock Hill; ^
Maggie Mass, Yorkville; Madeline Orr; "V
McConneilsville; Lizzie Hood, Rock d
Hill: Maiy Guthrie, Guthriesvllle; a
Pauline Lowry, Guthriesvllle; Cynthia w
Hemphill, McConneilsville; Ada Tate, si
Yorkville: Lena Gibson. McConnells- .
ville; Burnett Jacobs, No. 1, Lowry- "
ville. ir
y
Pi
LOCAL LACONICS. *
We Will Send The Enquirer
From this date to January 1st, 1909,
for $1.26.
Baseball at Rock Hill. j
The State Baseball I/eague opened b
its season this week at Rock Hill with f<
a series of games between Rock Hill 'J
arid Chester. Chester rather, got the
best of it. Rock Hill won Monday's it
game with a score of S to 6. Chester b
won the games of Tuesday and Wc-d- ?
nesday, the first by a score of 9 to 0, c|
and the second by a, score of 2 to 0. si
Yesterday's game in Chester was 9 to
7 in favor of Rock Hill. The baseball q
people generally are warming up to p
the spirit of the contest. The outlook a:
for a season of unusually good ball J*
playing is good. e]
Shot From the Roadside. -s<
Rock Hill Herald: Mr. W. G. ,r
oi
WorKman, one of the most peaceful p
and law abiding citizens in the coun- h
y, and who lives about five miles from Si
lock Hill on the Catawba river, while
iloughing In the river bottom last M
forulay was shot in the head with a
mllet from a rifle. The ball glazed
lis skin near the temple. Although a'
If
he wound \Vas not serious, had the
tall entered one-sixteenth of an inch 0i
loser Mr. Workman would have, no di
loubt, been a dead man. Mr. Work- n1
C(
nan says he was near the river al- nj
nost facing the east when he heard ei
he report of what he considered a I*
IHe. and he thinks the rifle was dls- ^
harged from a cane thicket nearby, jj,
iut up to Saturday no clue as to the ri
>arty who did the shooting was obainable.
Mr. Workman stated to us
Saturday that if he has an enemy, w
ither white or black, he does not w
mow it, and he cannot account for w
he mystery in any way. He has run b,
everal parties off of his land lately of
or trespassing, and, unless one of P1
hese parties has a grudge against this
;entleman and wanted to get even y
vith him for running him off of his
and by shooting him, the affair is a e<
nystery to Mr. Workman. The wound CJ
vas not very painful for the first two
lays but since then it has given him a w
rreat deal of trouble.
ai
/lemorial Day at Ebenezer. tc
Rock Hill Record, May 14: The st
spirit of the south" was strictly in ^
vidence at old Ebenezer on Tuesday p
rhen the members of S. D. Barron
Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy, ti
;nd a host of friends of the veterans,
elebrated Memorial Day. The occa- a(
ion was permeated with the patriotic of
plrlt, and the sacred spot resounded rr
rith speech and song appropriate to 'll
he day. The ceremonies were opened p
ritli prayer by Rev. Alexander Mar- n*
in of the First Presbyterian church, J(
Ills being followed by a most eloquent ^
,nd stirring speech by Senator Maul- s?
iin. of Greenville, who enthused his
learers. It was considered one of the b
Inest speeches ever made In this vi- ^
inity. The junior speaker was Prof. r<
Clarence Johnson of Winthrop college. IT
t was in every way worthy of the oc- S(
asion and was received with marked
avor by the large audience present: a
"**?r,rv o^aocqo nf hnnnp ii'At'o nil'fll'dpd on Ol
his occasion?one to Capt. \V. H. ?
Stewart and the other to Mr. J. J.
Cdwards of Ebenezer. They were p
resented respectively, by Capt. Ire- m
lell Jones and Dr. J. P. Klnard, and 81
rere pinned on the veterans by Miss
ignes Fewell. The closing prayer y(
k'as delivered by Rev. A. S. Rogers of tl
his city. There was a profusion of al
eautifui flowers to strew upon the
raves of those who sleep, and In
very way the day was a successful
ne. R
MERE-MENTION. ri
Two yeggmen were . convicted at si
"renton, N. J., Monday, on charges of
racking the safe In the postofflce at d(
:edrlckton and sentenced to serve t>
ight years in the Federal prison at P]
Atlanta, Ga Property to the value
f $150,000 was destroyed by Are at |r
'onopah, Nev., Tuesday. There was tt
10 insurance... .The city of San Fran- nj
isco has voted an Issue of $18,000,000 si
f bonds for civic improvements
'our hundred families are homeless \z
t Madrid, Spain, as a result of a Are, nj
lunday night Congress passed a sv
ill on Monday which prohibits betting p]
n horse races at the Bennings track sl
11 the District of Columbia. The pen- tl
Ityis $500 fine or ninety days in tl
rison Geo. H. Stapeley & Co., ^
rokers, of Cincinnati failed Monday, tl
I'ith liabilities of more than $300,000.
Mount Etna is again becoming w
ery active and many houses have tl
ieen destroyen in ntsaroy vnuica u
like Beacham, an Insane soldier, sta- |r
ioned at Camp Statsenburg, Luzon,
an amuck Monday and killed three 5,
omrades and mortally wounded one 0)
ther James Kennedy, a negro, 8j
Iving near Montgomery, Ala., on Mon- x
lay, locked his seven children in his
lome and set Are to the building. Five
f the seven were burned to death
Wright Brothers, the aeronauts, are
laklng what are apparently successul
trials of a flying machine at Man- te
toe, N. C It is announced from m
Washington -that the leading Republi- jn
ans have agreed that Mr. Taft shall
ie nominated at Chicago on the first st
lallot, and that Mr. Fairbanks will be cj
lis running mate. It is stated that tl.
Jr. Taft now has 509 delegates t0
dedged, while 491 is the required num- dl
er to nominate Several thousand t,
oen were put to work in the iron and
teel mills of the Pittsburg district on at
londay after an enforced idleness of aj
everal weeks. The mills are receiving 0l
nany orders The National Retail
Jrocers' association in session in Bos- ^
on this week, adopted as its prosperity nj
lotto the phrase "Stopurkicken."
'wo train robbers beat the express nJ
nessenger of a Great Northern train
lmost to death, just out of Seattle, m
Washington, Tuesday morning, and jn
obbed the car of a sum of from $5,- {
00 to $10,000... .Seven miners were sj.
;l!Ied and ten injured by an explosion cc
f gas in a coal mine at Wyoming, Pa., yJ
'uesday evening... .Secretary of War
'aft has completed the work for
fhich he went to Panama and is re- eg
urnlng to Washington.... William re
Jontgomery, the defaulting Pittsburg Cl
ank cashier under $50,000 bond was Cfl
urrendered by his bondsman Tuesday cc
or fear that Montgomery would comnit
suicide. He was later released on Dj
bond of $100,000. The total amount L.
f his defalcation is $1,250,000 or
lore.... Eight persons were killed as
he result of tornadoes in Oklahoma H
n Tuesday The battleship Mich- Q.
?an, 16,000 tons, will be launched at
Jamden, N. J., on May 26....The or
)elaware and Hudson Railroad com- th
iany is preparing to float an Issue of ca
50,000,000 of mortgage bonds for h,
mprovements. .. .The government of er
fexico is pursuing a campaign of ex- re
ermination against the Yaqui Indians, ti)
?ho have been making lots of trouble |S(
n the state of Sonora, during the past |0
ew years... .Samuel Cole, a negro, n?
* foreman of the jury engaged in the
rial of the second batch of men ex
harged with grafting in connection c'c
,'ith the Pennsylvania capitol, now in Wi
rogress. . . .The 1907 gross earnings p]
f the Pennsylvania railroad were
5.300,626 in excess of the gross ear- te
lings of 1906, the gross earnings of W|
907 being $57.337,432 Mrs. Hetty co
Teen, the famous woman financier c0
f New York, last week received a -c
hreatening letter from the Black er
land Society, in which it was de- at
landed that she give up $5,000 to the th
,Titer. She hasn't yet complied.... XVJ
steamship arriving at Seattle,
Vash., Wednesday, reports that a tial
wave swept over Hankow. China,
short time ago, and 10,000 persons
ere drowned. Several thousand |f
tores and many junks were destroyed.
"The" Allen, once known as the
wickedest man In New York," died
1 that city Tuesday night, aged 75 Ft
ears The Omaho (Neb.) World- lo
ierald. suggests the name of John to
Iltchel!, the labor leader, as a suitable
tinning mate for W. J. Bryan. is
m fo
w<
? Columbia, May 13: Governor An?1
has removed from office Messrs. be
. L. Bass and J. M. Parker as mem- ca
era of the county board of control if
>r Williamsburg county, on charges m;
referred some time ago. Mr. W. E. ad
nowden, the other member of the H<
oard is not involved in the matter. K<
will be recalled that this matter was yo
rought to the attention of the state hit
fficials by reason of some letters it
ritten to whisky houses by the T1
lerk of the board and that Dispen- wl
iry Auditor West held an investlgaon,
the testimony being taken down wi
nd submitted to Governor Ansel, yo
overnor Ansel then summoned the fel
vo members to appear before him no
nd show cause why they should not m<
e removed from office and the hear- all
ig was held some time ago. The gov- en
rnor now finds that the charges are of
istained and before leaving for Washigton
on Monday night he signed the we
rder removing Messrs. Bass and co
arker and it was sent to Sheriff Gra- ph
am for service, an
I
OUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION
eet? at Hot Springs, Ark., in 53rd
Annual Session.
Hot Springs, Ark.. May 14: Before
n audience that crowded to the limit
le large convention hall of the Eastlan
hotel, and which extended to an
rerflow gathering In the adjacent
mclng pavilion, the fifty-third annul
session of the Southern Baptist
invention was called to order toight
by Vice President Joshua Levying
of Baltimore, in the absence of
resident Stephens, and Dr. W. E.
atcher of Virginia led a brief devoonal
exercise, which was followed
V a welcoming of the Baptists by
,ev. W. T. Amis of Hot Springs.
Dr. Lansing Burrows of Tennessee
invention, made a report of enrolled
elegates today, which showed 1,084
ho had presented their credentials,
ith probably another 500 present
ho had arrived on late trains.
Election of officers Delng the first
uslness of the convention, the name
r Joshua Levering of Baltimore was
ut before the convention for presiunt
by the Rev. J. W. Mlllad of Atmta.
The Rev. W. E. Hatcher of
irginia seconded the nopiination.
On motion, Mr. Levering was electJ,
the secretary being instructed to
ist the vote of the 1,084 delegates
irolled for him.
Among the vice presidents elected
as Henry R. Pollard of Virginia.
ur. Lansing Burrows 01 .nhsuvihc,
rid Oliver Fullery Gregory of Staun>n,
Va., were elected secretaries to
lcceed themselves.
The annual sermon of the convenon
was delivered hy the Rev. H. W.
attle of Kingston, X. C.
The session of the Baptist Educaonal
conference this afternoon was
Jdressed by President H. H. Brooks
f Baylor university, Waco, Tex. The
3dress was followed by a discussion
f the problem connected with the
management of the various Baptist
istitutlons of learning.
The following officers were elected:
resident. W. W. Wright of Rlchlond
college: vice president. M. D.
efferles of the Parson-Newman colge
of Tennessee; secretary, D. M.
Ivers of the Conway college. Arkanis.
The Baptist Young People's Union
eld an interesting day session. In
hich addresses were made by H. H.
[unt of Missouri. Geo. T. Webb, sectary
of the Baptist Young People's
nlon of America, and Otto S. Rus;11
of Hannibal, Mo.
The election of officers resulted as
illows: President. W. W. Hamilton,
tlanta: vice presidents. O. S. Russell
r Missouri. J. T. Watts and James
ore of North Carolina: secretary. L.
. Reveal of Oxford. Miss.
Miss Fannie E. S. Heck of Kentucky,
resided at the meeting of the Wolan's
Missionary union, at which the
nnual reports of officers were read
nd the work of the union was dlsjssed.
Chief Interest centers this
?ar in an effort to raise $20,000 for
le endowment of the training school
l ijOUiHViiie.
WEALTH OF THE NATION.
cmarkable Conference Looking to Its
Conservation.
Two Ideas destined to mark mateal
progress in America's future relited
from the first of the three days'
inference commencing Wednesday
t the White House at which Presient
Koosevelt, the governors of forr-four
states, cabinet officers, sureme
court Judges, senators, repremtatlves
and experts are participatig,
in efforts to reach conclusions on
le best methods of conserving the
itural resources of the United
:ates.
The first is that a permanent organation
between the states and the
ition is necessary and will likely relit
from this conference to accomlish
the end sought. The second,
lggested by Secretary Root, is that
lere is no limitation by the constituon
to the agreements which may be
iade between two states, subject to
le approval of congress. The two
leas fully developed, it is predicted,
ould result in the conservation of
le energies and resources of the naon
through uniform and unconflictig
laws, both national and state.
The idea that the conference should
i perpetuated developed in the form
' resolutions adopted for later conderation
by Governor Glenn, of
orth Carolina, Governor Folk, of
issouri, and many others, but a paramentary
move to save time sent
lem to a committee for consideraon.
The first day was crowded with inresting
and important developents,
and fraught with history-makig
possibilities.
Forty-four governors of sovereign
ates of the union sat on gilded
lairs in the historic East Room of
le White House and chatted from 10
11 o'clock this morning. Five hun:ed
other persons taxed the capaci
of the room. They were cabinet
fleers, supreme court justices, seniors,
representatives and experts in
1 lines of Industry. With a flourish
' trumpets the president entered at
L o'clock and the conference, the
rst of its kind in the history of the
ition, begun.
The setting for the scene was magflcent
and impressive. The assemage
faced the east wall, which was
ade resplendent by a platform done
gteen plush, backed by two large
amed maps of the United States
lowing in colors its various resour,'s,
in the centre of which was a dece
for the production of colored
ass illustrations of the speeches,
Ith a glaring reproduction of a forit
fire on view. Seats of honor di
uuy ill Hum ui Liicac iiitxpa wcic v/cipied
by members of the president's
Lbinet, and justice of the supreme
>urt. The president and vice present
occupied high-backed green
ush chairs on either side of the cene.
The reception of the president was
ie first climax of the opening day.
e entered the East Room at eleven
clock as the Marine band rendered
ie presidential honors. The govern s
arose; they clapped their hands,
iey shouted. The demonstration be:me
tumultuous. Then followed a
ash. The venerable Dr. Edward Evett
Hale, chaplain of the senate,
ad from the Scriptures the descrip3ii
of the fertility of the land promed
the children of Israel, and folwed
It with a supplication for guidice
in the present undertaking.
President Roosevelt here begun his
:planation of the reason for the
inference. His fifty-minute speech
as many times interrupted by apause,
and when he finally reached
s point of praise to the inland warways
commission, and declared
ith characteristic vigor that should
ngress neglect to perpetuate the
immission "I will do it myself," he
aptured" the assemblage. The govnors
stood up and shouted, senators
id congressmen added a laugh to
eir applause, and general assent
is given the sentiment.
HOLD THE SPOT COTTON.
There Ever Was a Time to Hold It
Is Now.
President B. Harris of the state
irmers' Union has issued the folwing
circular letter as to the cot
ii situation:
If there ever was a time to hold it
now. Cotton has advanced threeurths
of a cent per pound in one 1
ek. What is the cause?
Is it because, trade conditions are
tter or a case of necessity? Futures
nnot be spun and woven into cloth,
they could, cotton would not have
ade this advance. Do not let a little
vance in price influence you to sell.
>ld on till the minimum is reached. '
member the cotton broker has sold
ur cotton to the mills; now make
m give the minimum before he gets .
to deliver to the manufacturer. '
ley are calling him for cotton is
ly it has advanced.
Now boys, freeze to it, and the price
11 get right. The spot coton is in
ur hands, and it is yours. The otherlow
is beginning to want it badly
\v. Remember 4,500,000 bales short, ]
?ans something and the shortage Is |
in your favor. We all know that |
op conditions are bad, not only east
the Mississippi, but west also.
The cotton crop is at least three
>eks late and bad stands, and the
Id weather has caused much reinting.
Every day will have to be 1
ideal day from now until the crop 1
is made for us to duplicate the 1907
crop.
Miss Giles says the general condition
of the crop Is 15 per cent better
this year than last. Remember this
is only guess work with her and Is a
guess that is far wrong. She gets pay
for this guessing.
The European mills now want cotton
and they will need 1,000,000 bales
more of American cotton this year
than they have been using. The Egyptian
and India crop is 2,000,000 bales
short and they have been getting
most of that cotton.
High grade cotton is scarce, not
enough to fill orders that have been
contracted for. Holding off the market
has been the cause of the rise.
Hoys. If you hold, the minimum y
will come, so do the right thing at
the right time, hold: remember corn
Is $1.00 cash now, still plenty of time
to plant yet, so raise enough food
crops to do you next year.
B. Harris President,
State Farmers' Union.
Pendleton, S. C., May 13.
SAYS HE DID NOT SAY IT.
Senator Tillman Claims to Have Been 4
Misquoted About Cleveland.
Senator Tillman declares that it
was not his Intention to say anything
further on the subject of politics but
being, as he said, so widely misquoted
on the subject of Grover Cleveland,
he broke over today and expressed
himself freely. "You may set all
minds at rest as to my opinion of
Cleveland by saying that It has not
changed one lota since my first speech
in the senate denouncing him. I
would rather the Democratic party
would now be defeated than to be
victorious with Cleveland or any man
like him at Its head, and I am quite
sure that no matter what the condi- 4tion
of his health, should he be nominated
he would be beaten worse than
Parker was. I am at a loss to understand
how a man usually so accurate
as Mr. Kohn Is, should have so misquoted
me. So far as I now recall I
never mentioned Cleveland to him ^
the other day. I certainly did not say
that under any circumstances I would
favor his nomination or the nomination
of any man like him. What I
did say was that .Wall street would
welcome one of the old plutocrats as
the Democratic nominee, preferring
to support such a socalled Democrat
than Taft, who will be the Republican
nominee, or Bryan, who will be 0
the Democratic nominee, and that if
the Democratic party could unite upon
one of these Eastern plutocrats,
which it will of course not do, then
Taft would be easily defeated.
"I am, of course, for Bryan as the
nominee at Denver, and I am satisfied 4
that south Carolina s delegates win De
for Bryan, but I am opposed to Instructing
them because our convention
is not going to send men to Denver
who can be bamboozled or bought
and Instructions are unnecessary.
"Now, having been goaded into this
thing, I am going to tell you what I
think about this tempest in a tea pot
about instructing the delegation. Gonzales
wants to make it appear that he,
is the biggest Bryan man In the state .
so that if Bryan is elected the editor AM
of The State cap control the South
Carolina patronage. The trouble with
Hemphill Is, that he has never been
able to see anything in Cleveland but
a demigod and he opposed Bryan in
1896, and he is of the kind who never
changes his mind. Hemphill was in '.lithe
wrong then and to support Bryan
now might appear an admission that
he was wrong. That's the whole
cause of the mighty racket over instructions."?Zack
McGhee in Washington
special of Tuesday to Columbia
State.
REGISTRATION FOR PRIMARY.
*
Correspondent Urges That This Would
Raise Standard of Candidates.
To the Editor of The State.
In the Democratic convention of
Chester county a resolution was
unanimously passed setting forth the ?
fact that it was the firm and deliberate
conviction of the Democratic party
of Chester county that the same
qualifications required for voters at
our general elections should be required
by voters in our primary elections.
Our delegates to the state con- *
vention were instructed to bring this
question to the attention of the state
convention and ask for the adoption of f
the rule requiring that only qualified
electors be allowed to vote in our
nominating primaries. This is a matter
of vital importance to the citizenship
of the people of South Carolina,
when we remember that the nomination
of our officers is really the election
to the office.
Recently we circulated petitions in
Chester county asking for a vote upon
the dispensary question and at a certain
large cotton mill in a rural portion
of the county it was ascertained
?U.,4 t..n? a a1aa?a?
iimi iitcic ?aa iiui cl quaimcu cicciui
among that large mill population
from the president all the way down.
Of the 2,000 voters among the cotton
mill operatives In Chester, York and
Lancaster counties I doubt if there ?
are a hundred qualified electors. The
same condition, I presume, obtains in
Union, Spartanburg, Greenville and
Richland counties.
How does this sound to the men of
the counties in the state in which
there are no cotton mills? This vote
Is very large and is the balance of %
power in the election of our state and
county officers. While this is true of
our cotton mill population it is also
true of scores and hundreds of our
citizens all over the state who are
not in our cotton mills. They can
vote in the primaries and that is all
they care for, as they regard that the
real election and so it is. Under this
slack, short-sighted venal rule not
half of the citizens of South Carolina
are qualified electors. The reason so
few votes are cast at our general elec- #
tions is because the personnel of the
officers has been settled at the primary
and more than half of the voters
at the primary could not vote at
the general election if they so desired.
This condition is a shame and a
disgrace to the intelligence of the ^
state and it will exist in a large meas- '
ure so long as our present primary
rules are continued. Adopt the rule
that only qualified electors can vote
in our primary elections and the days
of the demagogue and political shyster
will be almost ended in South
Carolina. W. H. Edwards.
Chester, S. C., May 11, 1908.
? Columbia, May 13: John Bowles,
a carpenter, fell down the steps of the
police station this morning and died
from the rupture of a blood vessel in
his head. Bowles was witness in a *
blind tiger case before the recorder
and left the court room during the
trial with one of the defendants to go
down stairs for a few minutes. When
half way down he fell. He leaves a
wife.
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AT THE CHURCHES.
BAPTIST.
Rev. I. G. Murray, Pastor.
Sunday Services?Sunday school at
10 a. ni. No other service.
CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD.
Rev. J. O. Babin, Rector.
Sunday Services?Sunday school at
10 a. m. Morning service at 11 a. m., f
and afternoon service at 4.30 o'clock.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN.
Rev. E. E. Gillespie, Pastor.
Sunday Services?Sunday school at
10 a. m. Morning service at 11 o'clock.
Evening service at 8 o'clock. 4
TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
Rev. Henry J. Cauthen, Pastor.
Sunday Services?Morning service
it 11 o'clock. Sunday school at 3..'10
!>. in.
ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN.
Rev. \V. C. Ewart, Pastor.
Sunday Services?Sabbath school at # ^
10 a. m. Morning service at 11 o'clock.
L'nion service at 8 p. m., preaching
jy Rev. H. J. Cauthen.
THE YORK CIRCUIT.
Rev. H. Bascom Hardy, Pastor.
Sunday Services?Preaching at
Philadelphia at 11 a. m., and King's
Mountain Chapel at 3.30 p. m.