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Scraps and iwts.
? St. Louis. August 17: Three
deaths an attempted suicide and
more than a dozen prostrations were
the results of intense heat that prevailed
over St. Louis today. At two
o'clock this afternon the thermometer
registered 95, but the high temperature
was broke>n tonight by rain
that brought cool breezes. The attempted
suicide was that of Miss An
na Dononue, lib years oia, wno, temporarily
crazed by the heat and attired
only in a night gown, rushed
from her bed room to the yard of
her home early in the day, built a
bonfire of grass and sticks, placed a
chair in the centre of the flames and
sat down to die. She was rescued by
two policemen.
? Knoxvllle, Tennessee, August 17:
As a result of the determination of
the King's Mountain Coal company to
work negroes in the same mine with
white men a race war is imminent in
the mining region adjacent to Jellico,
Tenn. Tonight 70 negroes, heavily
armed, are barricaded in a commissary,
which is surrounded by between
350 and 400 white men. and an attack
is expected at any moment. Sheriff
Huddleston of Campbell county reached
the scene tonight and he is summoning
every available citizen to protect
the negroes. The trouble, which
has been brewing for several months,
broke out Saturday when 150 white
miners went to the King's Mountain
mine and drove twelve negro families
from there. They marched the negroes
all day Saturday, allowing the
women and children to camp and eat
what food they carried with them, but
forcing the men to keep moving. General
Manager John Gormon and other
mine officials are doing everything in I
their power to avert trouble.
? Cebu, Philippine Islands, Courier:
Capt. Carlos Krebbs, commander of
the steamship Dalupaon, reports that
last Sunday afternoon about 3 o'clock,
while en route from Tudela to Iligan,
the ship sighted four Filipinos clinging
to a submerged banca surrounded
by a school of sharks, which, even
after the vessel had come alongside,
persisted in hovering about the banca.
The four men upon being picked
up related a terrible tale of suffering
and agony. They stated that they
had left Basac, Xegros, bound for Barili,
Cebu. and that on Saturday they
ran into heavy weather which caused
the banca to fill, sinking to the water's
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euge aiiu waaiiins ay uicu iwu auu
drink. Shortly after that the weather
cleared, leaving these poor mariners
under the glare of a tropical sun.
Then the sharks appeared and to the
agony of thirst and the pangs of hunger
was added the terriffic fate of becoming
a morsel for a shark's tooth.
They had despaired of relief and every
vestige of hope was gone when they
sighted the Dalupaon.
? Lincoln, Nebraska, August 15: A
suggestion novel in its character and
regarded by Democratic leaders as
one that will strengthen the party in
the campaign, will be acted on by the
Democratic national committee during
the visit of William J. Bryan to Chicago
next week. Much stress is laid by
the Democratic nominee on the plank
in Hanpar nlo tf nrm rolotlncr f Ha
guarantee of bank deposits and this
topic will be discussed fully by him in
his speech at Topeka on August 27th.
If the suggestion is followed every
community in which a bank has failed
during the last year or more will get
especial attention from the literary bureau.
The sufferers from the failures
will be sought out and provided with
arguments through which it * is hoped
to convince them of the soundness of
the guaranty plank. Today a number
of automobilists from Lincoln, among
them Mayor Frank W. Brown, rode
out and paid neighborly visits to the
Bryan family. Politics was not touched
on. As his visitors were leaving,
some one suggested to Mr. Bryan that
he had land enough for a full golf
course, but he expressed a preference
for baseball remarking that the na
tional game was a co-operative one.
whereas in playing golf, one had to
"go it" more or less alone.
? New York, August 15: According
to the tigures of the Financial
Chronicle, the world's visible supply
of all kinds of cotton up to last evening
totalled 1.S63.296 bales, against
2,537.208 bales a year ago and 1,97 2,000
bales two years ago. The visible
supply of American cotton totalled
1.050,296 bales, compared with 1,508,208
bales a year ago and 993,024 bales
two years ago. The amount of cotton
that came into sight during the past
week ' totalled 60,732 bales, compared
with 52,266 bales for the corresponding
week last year. The into-sight for
the season to date aggregates 11,417,
113 bales, as against 13.396,434 bales
f/it* ha OAPeAort/vrtdino a ?
v.. VV/11COJ/UIIU1I1B pn IUU IU31 seu
son; northern spinners' takings at
1,905,931 bales, compared with 2,652,191
bales last season. Exports from
the United States for the week totalled
29,708 bales, as against 7,646 bales
for the corresponding week last year.
The amount of cotton on shipboard
last evening not yet cleared was placed
at 33.656 bales, compared with 21,027
bales a year ago and 36,572 bales
two years ago. The world's takings
of American cotton for the week were
placed at 128,364 bales, as against
145,226 bales for the corresponding
week last year. For the season to date
takings of American cotton total 11,696,601
bales, compared with 12,786,
oot oaif? tor me corresponding period
last year.
? New York, August 15: Financial
plans of the Carolina, Clinchfield and
Ohio railway, the new railway project
of the south, resembling in many respects
H. H. Rogers' Tidewater railway,
have been practically consummated,
Blair & Company will, it Is
understood, buy J 10,000,000 of the
bonds of the company and an announcement
to this effect will be made
soon. The new railway is but little
known to Wall St. It has been known
that the capitalists constructing the
railroad were to a great extent interested
in the Seaboard Air Line. The
ruau was ouiu iu naui coal through
the mountains from Klk Horn, \V. Va.,
to Spartanburg, S. a distance of
245 miles. It traverses and cuts
through a wild and mountainous territory.
The Cumberland syndicate,
comprising Xormun H. Iteam, Thomas
F. Ryan, members of the firm of
Rlair & Company and other capitalists,
acquired several years ago a large
tract of coal land known as the Clinchfield
Coal company property. To bring
mis coai in the most direct route, almost
due south, to the great manufacturing
points of the cotton belt in the
Carolinas and Georgia and elsewhere,
capitalists evolved the idea of building
the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio
railroad. The road is one of the most
expensive pieces of railway construction
in the United States, running
through mountainous territory and
constructed in the most modern manner.
Its average cost has been estimated
at $100,000 a mile. It is the intention
of the syndicate to issue bonds
to the extent of 40 per cent of its cost.
In all $10,000,000 first mortgage bonds
will be issued and Hlair & company
have agreed to underwrite the entire
amount. In railway quarters it is held
that the Carolina, Clinehfield and Ohio
will operate as a feeder to the Seaboard
Air Line, as well as to the Atlantic
Coast Line and the Southern
railway. Connection will be made
with these roads at Marion, X. C., and
Spartanburg.
?h? ilorln'illr (Enquirer.
Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville
as Mail Matter of the Second Class.
YORKVILLE. S. C.?
TUESDAY. AUGUST 18. 1908.
In all fairness, the good roads platform
belongs to Dr. Saye, for there is
no question of the fact that he saw it
first.
If the publishers of The Yorkville
Enquirer thought that the paper was
hostile to the neace. Drosneritv and
well-being of the people of York county
as the Hon. W. H. Stewart and his
close friends would make it appear,
there would never be another Issue.
The most popular dodge among the
"peanutters" in this campaign is to
claim that The Enquirer is supporting
the other fellow. Just who all The
Enquirer's candidates are, we do not
know at this writing; but if our friend
Billy Stewart gets there, we think he
should be generous enough to acknowledge
the obligation he will be
under, to The Enquirer.
If any of the other candidates want
to get elected on the wickedness of
The Yorkville Enquirer, we would remlnrl
them thnt f hn r\r\r%ri r~f 11 n i t v ic cHll
open. We insist that this splendid
advantage should be free to all, and
that it should not be monopolized by
only two or three Individuals. The
Enquirer has been here many, many
years, and the aggregate of its shortcomings
ought to be sufficient for the
elevation of all who have no better
claims upon the favor of the public.
The Anderson Daily Mail of last
Friday printed from what it believed
to be an authentic source, a story to
the effect that the United States court
>f appeals has reached a conclusion reversing
the decisions of Judge Pritchard
in the South Carolina dispensary
cases, and sustaining the state at every
point. The Mail went on to say
that the decree had been written, but
would not be published until Saturday.
There has been no authentic news w ith
regard to the matter since, however.
nd whether, or not there is really
anything in the Mail's most agreeablf
storv. we are unable to snv
And now the Hon. W. H. Stewart
would have the public believe that he
did not say at Ogden that he sacrificed
his home to Winthrop fifteen years
ago for "exactly $3,000," as was reported
in The Enquirer, but that he
said "over $3,000." That is the claim
he made in Rock Hill Saturday in
reply to the card published by "One
of the Appraisers" stating that the
price paid was $3,900. Although Mr
I Stewart was kind enough to refrain
from denouncing The Enquirer for
misrepresenting him as to this particular
matter, intentionally or otherwise.
it is clearly up to us to make
some further observations. Here is
a clean cut contradiction. "One of the
Appraisers" contradicts Mr. Stewart,
and Mr. Stewart is confined to one ot
three courses. He must admit that he
said what he is reported to have said,
or contradict "One of the Appraisers,"
or deny that he said what he was reported
to have said. The fact in the
case being a matter of public official
record, it was not expedient to contradict
"One of the Appraisers." If
the idea of a frank admission and
OnnlAfVI' fAAAtttA/1 i *
upvivb? ICVCOCU t"ll.>iuciauuu, 11 was
evidently abandoned in favor of the
expedient of denying the published
statement. The course pursued therefore,
throws the matter back on the
poor newspaper, and it is up to us to
clear our skirts as best we may. The
publication of the card of "One of the
Appraisers" gave us the first notice
we had of any possible question, but we
were not slow to see from that card
that the matter would come back to
The Enquirer. It did not occur to us
to deny that we had quoted Mr. Stewart
as saying exactly $3,000, for among
other things our statement had become
a matter of public record. It did oc
tui iu men pussiuiy \\r iingm ui"
mistaken and if we were, we owed it
to ourselves, Mr. Stewart and the Ogden
people to set the matter right;
hut at the same time we were not unmindful
of the fact that if we were
correct in the first instance, we must
stand to it for the same reasons. And
again, the people who heard the original
statement would not permit us to
change the true record, "not even for
the purpose of keeping down a disagreement
in the delegation." And so
we began to make some inquiries. Mr.
J. K. Scoggins, a newspaper man of
experience and a high toned gentleman,
born and reared in the Ogden
neighborhood, was present at the
meeting representing the Rock Hill
papers, and was in Yorkville after the
publication of the communication
from "One of the Appraisers." We
asked him his recollection of what
Mr. Stewart said and he said that
there was no question of the fact that
Mr. Stewart said "$3,00t?," without any
qualifications. Mr. W. S. Percival,
another thoroughly trustworthy citizen
of Ogden, the gentleman on whose
premises the speaking was held, and
who heard Mr. Stewart speak, was in
hock hiii nisi r>aiuruay, ami nearu
Mr. Stewart speak again. After the
speaking, the editor of The Enquirer
asked Mr. Percival as to his recollection
as to what Mr. Stewart said at
Ogden. Mr. Percival replied very
positive!- that there was no question
of the fact that Mr. Stewart had said
I "$3,000," without any qualifications.
Also, we have been advised that Mr.
tewait had made the same statement
at New Zion on the Saturday previous.
Our information Is that he did not refer
to the matter again after the pub
lication uf our synopsis of his Ogden
speech, until lie reached Rock Hill. We
are informed that he left it out at
Tirzah, Bethany, Clover. Forest Hill,
d Fort Mill. That he should feel
compelled to refer to it again at Rock
Hill was very natural. The people
there who know the facts as to the alleged
sacrifice, would feel entitled to
some further explanation. So much
for testimony and circumstances. Now
for a little logic. If there was any
other purpose in the New Zion am'
Ogden story than to prove present loy' {fine
thfl nllpprp^
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sacrifices of fifteen years ago, what
was it? If it were a fact that a $3,900
home was sold for $3,000 we can appreciate
the idea of sacrifice. If the
statement had been "nearly $4,000," we
could have seen in it a strong desire
"or reasonable accuracy, to say the
least: but the expression of "something
over $3,000," in describing an
amount that was so close to $4,000
does noi impress us as suggesting accuracy,
and neither would we take it
as emphasizing the idea of sacrifice,
because it might so easily be stretched
to convey tne iaea mai me amoum
received was close to the $10,000 that
the property is alleged to be worth
now. But after all, we do not feel
called upon to vindicate the correctness
of our report. We reported Mr.
Stewart as we heard him, and we believe
we heard him correctly. This
we leave to Mr. Stewart and the people
of New Zion and Ogden.
TELEPHONE FRANCHISE.
Editor of The Yorkville Enquirer,
During several days past, representatives
of the Piedmont or Bell Telephone
company have been having
private conferences with the town
council with reference to securing a
twenty-five year franchise for that
company in Yorkville.
I am reliably informed that a majority
of the council has practically
| agreed to give to this corporation this
valunhlo frnnohise for the sum of one
dollar, arid submit to the cutting off
of a part of the present connections,
Under the proposition, the telephone
company is to be allowed to increase
its rental charges.
There was a tie vote on one scale of
advanced rates, and the mayor decided
the tie against the town in favor of
the rich corporation.
About three years back this company
tried to work the same game, but was
baffled by the citizens in a public
meeting, and several members of this
council have been requested to call a
public meeting of the citizens before
disposing of this valuable franchise.
Is this council true to tne interest
of the town or is it trying to subserve
the interest of this rich corporation?
As a citizen, a tax payer; and business
man, I protest against the giving away
of this valuable franchise.
G. H. O'Leahy.
Yorkville, S. C., Aug. 18. 1908.
MERE-MENTION.
Mrs. Alice L. Webb, divorced wife
of Brodie L. Duke, the millionaire tobacco
manufacturer, was convicted in
a Chicago court last week on a charge
of passing a worthless check. . . . ... A
great reform wave has struck Atlantic
City, N. J., and vice of all kinds Is
being put to rout. The reform wave
is the result of a war between politicians
In the recent general elec
lion in Cuba there were 265,955 votes
cast out of 491,096 names on the registration
books Investigations in
New York have brought to light the
fact that there have been hundreds of
wives deserted by their husbands in
that city, since the beginning of the
business depression last fall The
national convention of the Catholic
Total Abstinence Union of America,
in session at New Haven, Conn., last
vveek reported 100,000 active members
The American Agriculturist
predicts that the 1908 corn crop of
the United States will total 2,850,000,000
bushels, 10 per cent greater than
that of last year The bubonic
plague is still raging in Venezuela,
and but little effort is being made to
fight the disease W. S. Taylor,
formerly governor of Kentucky, and
for several years a fugitive from that
state, will it is said, return to Kentuckv
and stand trial on a charge of
complicity in the murder of Governor
Goebel The legislature of
Texas, which meets in January, is
pledged to submit a prohibition
amendment to the constitution to be
voted on at a special election in 1909.
The department of agriculture
has given out a statement to the effect
that "Alaska" wheat, which Is being
widely exploited as a producer, is poor
in quality and not as productive as Is
?laimed by its promoters At
Tsaritsyn, Russia, there have been
125 cases of cholera and 150 deaths
since the outbreak of the disease. The
river Volga is infected The 1908
Kansas wheat crop is estimated at
S5,000.000 bushels A mule died
near Anderson, Ind., Friday, from an
unknown cause. A post-mortem examination
developed the fact that the
animal had two hearts...?The New
York Press says: "President Roosevelt
has ordered the nomination of
Hughes for governor." The Republican
politicians of the state, opposed
to Hughes were depending on the influence
of Roosevelt to help their
schemes. Mr. Roosevelt saw that the
schemes of the politicians were not
feasible as the people were with Governor
Hughes Ira D. San key,
famous throughout the world as an
evangelist and^ hymn writer, died at
his home in urooKiyn, .\. i., xnurs'lay
night William J. Connors,
Democratic state chairman of New
Vork, savs the Democrats will carry
that state in the November elections.
A gigantic balloon exploded on
the grounds of the Franco-British
exposition in London. Friday, killing
one woman and seriously burning a
dozen or more Norman Fogle,
<-hief of the savings department of the
First National bank of Wilkesbarre.
pa., is under arrest on a charge of
embezzling $6,000 of the bank's funds.
Fogle's downfall was due to an automobile
on a salary of $1,200 a year,
At Amsden, Vt., on September
26, a man named Moote will begin a
week's wood chopping contest to decide
a bet involving $10,000 that he
-an chop, split and pile five cords of
oonh /lotr fnr civ flflVS ... \ 11
No. 4. the largest of the five mills
owned by the Odell Manufacturing
company at Concord, X. C., was destroyed
by fire Saturday, entailing a
'oss of half a million dollars... .Win.
E. Annis. a New York publisher, was
shot to death at Bayside, L. I? Saturday
by Capt. Peter C. Haines, Jr., U.
S. A., on account of improper relations
with the latter's wife.... Eighteen
suits, aggregating $750,000, have
been filed against the owners of the
Darr coal mine in Westmoreland
county. Pa., for damages growing out
of the accident there In 1907, by which
a number of lives were lost.... Frustrated
in an attempt to rob the home
of a wealthy woman at Media, Pa.,
Friday, and pursued by a mob bent
on lynching him, Moses Spencer, a negro,
committed suicide by blowing out
his brains John Richards, accused
of murdering his rival in love.
Maurice K. Frances in Floyd county,
Va.. was acquitted Friday at Roanoke
after being tried five times. He was
convicted and sentenced to be hanged
once; there were three mistrials.
Paul Mauser, the German inventor
of the famous Mauser rifle, has
invented a new gun which carries
twenty-live cartridges at one loading
and loads itself automatically on firing.
. . .Women's clubs throughout the
west are starting a movement to raise
funds for the Bryan campaign, by
means of dances, ice cream festivals.
pink teas, etc A mob of 300 men
made an unsuccessful attempt to get
two negroes, charged with assault,
from the jail at Portsmouth. Va..
early Saturday morning. The mob
was stood off by the sheriff and ten
men until the arrival of the fire department,
which played water on the
mob, putting it to rout A negro
rapist made his escape from a mob
near Pensacola, Fla., Friday by swimming
the Hlackwater river, but was
captured by the sheriff of the adjoining
county. Had he been captured by
the mob he would have been burned
to death A young Italian woman
shot her husband to death Saturday
after he had demanded that she support
him at the cost of her honor. . . .
Pandits held up a Northern Pacific
train at Trent. Wash., Friday night
and made their escape. It is not
known how much they secured.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
R. M. Wallace, Chairman?Gives notice
of appointments of times and
places at which the registration
board will attend in York county.
Mrs. J. M. Ferguson, Manager?Announces
the production of "The
Deacon," a comedy drama, at the
court house, Friday night for the
benefit of Presbyterian and Methodist
church funds.
First National Pank?Explains the
desirable features of its certificates
of deposit as a means of investment.
They pay 4 per cent.
Yorkville B. &. M. Co.?Invite good
dressers to see the fall and winter
samples of the Strouse Bros., highart
tailors, at its store on August
26th and 27th. New line of hats
for men.
J. L. Williams & Co.?Say that the
J. E. Tilt is the best shoe built out
of leather for J3.50.
J. E. Poag. Broker?Tells you that
the earth moves and he wants to
cut a slice to suit your taste as it
turps.
* ? ? 1 ~
L<Oan ana J^hviiiks dhiih iv.cinai iv.->
that it is a pood thing to have a
a bank account simply as a matter
of convenience.
R. B. Davidson Co.?Again reminds
you of Farrand organs and pianos,
of which it has a carload.
J. C. Wilborn?Offers a gasoline engine.
gin and press for sale. See
the 79 acre farm at Tlrzah.
Palace Theatre?Publishes programme
of moving pictures for this week;
the picture for tonight Is "The
James Boys in Missouri."
Thomson Co.?Calls special attention
to a lot of 25c cotton serge plaids
at 10c yard. German China at 10c.
Get your name on your precinct club
roll.
Cotton is opening rapidly in various
sections of the county. The first bale
will be ready for the market soon.
The Clover baseball team is at
Winnsboro this week, playing a series
>f three games with the team of that
town.
If x/onr name is not on the Democrat
ic club roll on or before August 20,
you will not be allowed to vote in the
primary.
This is the first issue of The Enquirer
printed on the new press referred
to in our issue of last Friday.
Our friends have all along1 been kind
enough to praise the mechanical .appearance
of The Enquirer. We have
no hesitation in promising that this
will be better than ever from now on.
Voters may register in Yorkville until
Monday. August 21. Between that
date and the first Monday in October,
there will be no further opportunity except
during the round of the townships
j to be made in September as advertised
in another column. Everybody who can
oossibly do so should register in Yorkville
between this date and September
1.
We have knowi some of our contemporaries
and others, from time to
i time to undertake to throw off on Mr.
Schwrar, of the Rock Hill Record on
the ground that he is a "Yankee." The
only object we can see to such flings
is that those who make them seem to
think that the people they make them
to have no more sense than to be prejudiced
thereby. As a matter of fact,
Mr. Schwrar was born and raised in
the south, and the only foundation for
calling him a Yankee is based on the
circumstance of his having published
a newspaper in Pennsylvania for six
vears. But all this is of no consequence.
True manhood and loyalty to
high principles are of more consequence
than geography of birthplace.
There is no monopoly or them eitner
north or south. We have known Mr.
Schwarar to be rather far afield at
times, because of unfamiliarity with
local history and traditions, and that
is something that is liable to happen
to any newcomer, whether he hails
from Maine or Texas; but we have
never yet known this gentleman to try
to maintain even a doubtful position,
after he has been accurately Informed
as to the facts.
In the death of Rev. W. C. Ewart.
the people of Yorkville have sustained
a loss, the extent of which seems beyond
measurement. Coming here a
stranger four and a half years ago,
Mr. Ewart at once began to grow not
only upon his particular congregation;
but upon the town and the surrounding
community. As time revealed the
beauties of his character, all began to
appreciate him not only as a most lovable
pastor and able preacher, but as
the highest type of a Christian gentleman.
By his conduct in his dally
walks he unconsciously attracted the
confidence, love and esteem of all with
whom he came in contact. There is
tnis morning, i nave Degun to wonaer
whetlier I got the same paper as the
others got. I have seen in my paper
from time to time some pretty hard
things that Mr. Stewart has had to
say about The Enquirer, but I have
never noticed that The Enquirer has
had anything to say that was especially
abusive of Mr. Stewart."
THE SPECULATIVE MARKET.
Yesterday's developments in the
speculative cotton market were sum- '
marized in a New York dispatch of '
last night as follows: After a very irregular
early and middle session to- :
day the cotton market became very
firm on a renewal of strong Wall
Street bull support and covering, with
the close firm at a net advance of 5 to
18 points. Sales were estimated at 1
175,00 bales.
The market opened firm, the tea- '
ture on the call being the sensational
fluctuations in August, the first sale of :
WHICH wus ill iir.?d, uic aecwuu m jv.ou
and the third at 10.48, or 48 points
net higher. The rest of the list opened
5 to 18 points higher in sympathy
with the August advance, better cables
than expected, and continued talk i
of drought in parts of Texas. Only ,
400 bales of August were bought on '
the advance, and right after the call '
that position broke to 9.98, on sales i
of about 500 bales. I
This affected the late months and ,
with local bears inclined to take the
aggressive as soon as the August bulge 1
was over, the market weakened sharply
with October selling off from 9.32 i
to 9.14 during the early afternoon, or 1
about 10 points net lower. At this ]
level there was a renewal of active I
Wall street bull support and the mar- (
ket became very firm in the late 1
trading with October advancing to (
9.42, a new high level for the day and i
4 2 points above the low level of last t
week. The close was within a point t
or two of the best on active months, j
with August closing at 10.10 bid. Private
advices of dry weather and crop <
conditions as a rule are considered i
very favorable. There is talk of cot- i
ton coming here from Galveston for f
delivery on August contracts. f
Receipts at the ports today 4,817 t
bales against 3,963 last week, and 1,- e
361 last year. For the week estimat- t
ed 40,000 bales, against 24,037 last s
hut little to be risked in the statement
that no man who ever lived in the
town reached a higher position in the
regard of all the people, irrespective of
social or business position, or of denominational
affiliation. He was as
Christ told his disciples to be. as wise
as a serpent and as harmless as a dove.
He preached the gospel fearlessly, with
inspiration, power and effect, and concerned
himself with little if anything
else than his duty to his God and
his fellow man. People are asking
why such a man should be cut down
in the full bloom of :s usefulness; but
there can be no answer save that
which this great and good man himself
would have given, "God doeth all
things for the best." The removal of
Mr. Ewart leaves a distressing void in
his family, in his congregation and in
the community, and all are united in
the deepest sorrow.
TWP RAMP PAPPR
"Have you been sending me the
same paper that you have been sending
the other people?" asked a wellknown
Bethesda township farmer of
the editor of The Enquirer in Rock
Hill last Saturday.
The editor was not a little surprised
at the question, but after assuring the
gentleman that the same paper went
out to all subscribers, asked him the
reason of his question.
"Well. I have been taking the paper
about fifteen or twenty years, during
which time I have read every issue,
and when I read not long ago that Mr.
Stewart had said that The Enquirer
had always been his political enemy,
and since hearing him on the same line
week, and 10.98 last year. Today's
receipts at New Orleans 810 bales,
against 816 last year, and at Houston
4.033 against 1,148 last year.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? A number-of people living along
the sewer lines who had expected to
connect from lower floors are disappointed
to And that they will be unable,
to connect only from upper floors. In
many instances along Main street the
sewer is above the floors of the adjoining
basements, cellars, etc. Still
it is being talked that everybody is to
be forced to connect.
'? There was a blaze at the transformer
house of the Neely Mill last Sunday
afternoon, caused by lightning, It
is thought. When discovered, the
transformer house was In flames, and
because of the tremendous current
from the power plant there was danger
in approaching the place. Mr. Jonas,
the machinst, took the risk of shutting
off the current with a long stick from
the outside, and the mill fire squad extinguished
the flames before the arrival
of the town department. The operations
of the town department were obstructed
because of the torn up streets.
The loss was close to $250.
? The protracted meeting at the
Baptist church continues with the interest
on the increase. Mr. Wright's
physical condition is much improved
and he is presenting gospel truths in
an unusually strong and forceful manner.
The pastors of the Methodist and
Presbvterian churches recalled their
appointments for Sunday morning and
their congregations as weil as a goodly
number of the members of the Associate
Reformed church attended
services at the Baptist church. There
have already been a number of additions
to the church and it is believed
that there will be many others. The
meeting will continue during the remainder
of the week and through
Sunday and probably longer. Services
each day at 10.00 a. m. and 8.00 p. m.
? Mr. John A. Shurley and Miss Leon
White, two popular young people of
Yorkville, had quite an unpleasant experience
last Friday night as the result
of a fall into a pit that had been
excavated for a manhole for the unfinished
sewer. They were driving to
a parry at mr. jonn ?. oanuuers, nic
night was very dark and because there
was no lantern to be seen, it was presumed
that the way was safe. The
horse suddenly went down, and the
buggy after it. The pit was divided
into two compartments by timbers put
in to prevent caving. The horse went
down on one side and Mr. Shurley
and Miss White in the other with the
buggy on top of them. Help came
promptly and a rescue was quickly effected.
Both Mr. Shurley and Miss
White were more or less painfully
bruised. The horse was also somewhat
bruised. There seems to be no question
of the fact that the accident was
due to the absence of the lanterns that
should have been there. The superintendent
of the construction work
says that the lantern had been promptly
placed, but that it was stolen. He
has been losing a number of lanterns
the same way.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miss Mabel Berry Is visiting friends
in Charlotte.
Mr. D. J. Mitchell left this morning
for the mountains of N. C. on a business
trip.
Mr. William Betts of Lesslie, is visiting
his father, Mr. J. W. Betts on
R. F. D. No. 3.
Mrs. John (J. Barnwell is visiting
relitives and friends at Boykin.
Mrs. Pelham Morrow of Oastonia,
is in Yorkville on a visit to Mr. and
Mrs. D. T. Woods.
Miss Cora Gregory of Spartanburg,
is visiting Miss Amanda Wilkerson on
Yorkville R. F. D. No. 1.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Mason McConnell
and children are spending a few days
with friends and relatives in Fairfield
oounty.
T?? T T aoo onnnm tvonlnrl Kv
1T11 r?, u. u. iuuoo, auvunipuiiivu MJ
her two children, is visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Ford, at
Dallas, N. C.
Mr. Geo. H. O'Leary returned home
a few days ago from Sparkling Catawba
Springs, thoroughly pleased with
his stay at that resort.
Mrs. Clarence Bennett and two
daughters, Misses Mattie Lee and Ruth
of Williston, are spending sometime
with the family of Mr. A. Cody.
Miss Mabel Gaines returned to her
home in Rock Hill this morning after
spending several days in Yorkville,
the guest of Miss Mary Eunice Grist.
Mrs. Andy Jackson, Mrs. Thomas
Jackson and children, and Misses
Mary and Wilmoth Jackson, are spending
two weeks at the White Diamond
Lithla Springs.
Dr. Lee Hart, contract surgeon, U.
S. A., stationed at Washington barracks,
District of Columbia, is in
Yorkville on a ten days' visit to Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. W. S. Hart.
Mr. Springs Moore, a well known
young man of the Delphos neighborhood,
had his arm broken last night as
the result of being thrown from a
horse while on his way home from
church.
Mr. J. M. Carothers, a native.- of
York county, but since 1871 a resident
of Mississippi, arrived in Yorkville
last Saturday on a visit to relatives
and friends. Mr. Carothers is
a son of the late Rev. W. W. Carothers,
at one time pastor of Beth-Shiloh
church and who also taught in the
old brick academy that stood at the
intersection of Main and Charlotte
streets, Yorkville. His mother is
still living in Mississippi, at the age
of 83 years.
Mr. Sam L. Steele, for the past two
years with the Star Drug Store as prescription
clerk and salesman, left Sunday
for Greensboro, N. C., where he
will pursue a special course of study
in pharmacy. Dr. L. O. Johnson of
Lake City, has taken the position made
vacant by the departure of Dr. Steele,
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V.IIcXI IUIIC V/UOC1 t VI . nt>. ?v. IV.
Miller, pastor of the First United
Presbyterian church of Putler, Pa.,
will fill the pulpit of the Sardis A. K.
P. church during the remaining Sundays
of August for his father. Rev. R.
G. Miller, D. D., who has been forced
to lay aside the active duties of the
ministry on acount of illness. He has
not been able to preach since May
and his physicians advise him to give
up the work for the present with a
view to permanent restoration to
health.
Miss Frances Parish, formerly of
Yorkville, now of New York, is on a
visit to her mother, Mrs. Laura E.
Parish in Yorkville. During the last
two years of her stay in Yorkville,
Miss Parish assisted in the editorial
work of The Enquirer, and for more
than a year past she has held similar
positions in New York. She has won
considerable promotion. She is now
connected with the editorial department
of the Cosmopolitan magazine,
pnd is making splendid progress up
the ladder of literary importance. During
her connection with The Enquirer,
Miss Parish was recognized as a young
lady of unusually fine educational
equipment and native ability, and it
is no surprise to her fellow workers
on Tne Enquirer inai sue nas oeen
meeting with such gratifying success.
She expects to remain in Yorkville
about three weeks.
DROWNED IN THE CATAWBA.
In his efforts to save Miller Strong,
tie young son of Dr. ami Mrs. C. M.
Srong of this city, from drowning,
Mr. Fred Alexander lost his life
in the swift current of the Catawba
river yesterday afternoon at .1 o'clock,
says the Charlotte Observer, of yesterday.
A small party, consisting of the
Misses Ouy, of Chester, S. C.; Mrs.
Dr. C. M. Strong, Misses Hob and John
Miller ami Messrs. Miner ninuig, n.uy
Lee and Fred Alexander, were outing 1
m the Catawba yesterday, the two
last named young men having gone
town from the city at noon. Shortly
ifter dinner they went down below
he dam about one-quarter of a mile,
aking with them young Strong to enjoy
the water.
They had been in the water only a
;hort while when the lad waded too I
'ar into the water and was seemingly
n a hazardous position. Mr. Alexander i
ceeing that he was in imminent danger
of drowning, immediately went .
oward him and was himself envelop- !
d by the water. It happened that
he boy caught a snag anrl saved him-|
;elf until Mr. Lee could reach out his |
hand to bring him back to safety. In
the meantime Mr. Alexander had gone
down to the bottom.
The depth of the water at the place
where they were swimming is problematical.
Being only a short distance
below the dam the water at this point is
exceedingly swift and the bed of the
river is uneven. The party probably
slipped unknowingly into a depth
upon which they had not speculated.
As soon as notification could be
sent to the officials of the Southern
Power company at the dam, a search
for the body of the young man began.
The local officials were notified
and they ordered that the Rock HM1
station be shut down and that all
power be supplied through the Great
Falls station some miles below. This
course was taken in order to drain the
river as much as possible for the
search. A great crowd gathered and j
Kncran tcxllniio vvnrlf At sundown I
a message came to friends in the city
that no trace of the body had at that
time been found and it looked as if the
search would necessarily prolong itself
into the night.
Later came the tidings of the finding
of the body of the young man a
short distance below the dam. The
recovery was made about 6 o'clock.
The remains were then taken to the
home of Mr. Alexander. The party
was expected to arrive there at 1
o'clock this morning. At midnight
arrangements for the funeral had not
been made, but it was supposed that
this would be held some time today.
Tntimate friends of the young man
declared after being informed of the
tragedy that he was a very poor swimmer.
They took the view that he
would have ventured Into deep water
only in the event that he could be of J
service in saving a friend, which was
precisely the case. Mr. Lee, who was
with him all the while, is a much better
swimmer, but Mr. Alexander went
v>nv>f,nri hf? nirt in his attemDt to res- I
^ue Miller Strong from his threaten-j
ing death.
Mr. Pharr Alexander, who lives on
the Providence road, Is the father of
the drowned man. He spent yester-1
day in the city, together with two of
his younger boys. When the sad tidings
came of the unfortunate end of
his son, friends made an effort to get
Mr. Alexander to his home before In-J
'orming him of the tragedy. He left
the city with Mr. Walter S. Pharr
about r? o'clock and arrangements
vere made to notify him and Mrs. Alexander
after he had reached his J
home. Poth the younger boys werel
notified and a daughter, Miss Ola Alexander.
heard the news from a stranger
as he entered the store of the
Stone-Parringer company, where she
is employed. She immediately put on
her hat and left the store.
Mr. Alexander was one of the most
nrominent young men of the Sharon
neighborhood, in which he was born
and reared. He was aged about 22
year3, and had been a student at the
Vgricultural and Mechanical college
'n Raleigh. Later he spent some of
v??o fimo with the Southern Power
"ompany, but was not employed by
this concern at the time of his death.
He is well known in the city, where
he generally spent the summer months
engaged in various duties. The terrible
intelligence of his untimely end
spread with great rapidity over the
' ity, many of his friends from the
country being here yesterday. Universal
sorrow was expressed as well
as sympathy for the stricken family.
REV. W. C. EWART DEAD.
Rev. W. C. Ewart, pastor of the Associate
Reformed church of Yorkville,
died at his home on Wright avenue, in
this place yesterday evening at 7
o clock, after an illness of about five
days; His death was the result of a
complication of disorders, aggravated
by an attack of thermic fever or sunstroke.
Having been granted a vacation by
his congregation during the latter part
of July, Mr. Ewart determined to. spend
the greater part of it in Gospel study
at North field, Mass. He was not in
good condition physically; but hoped
to be benefitted by the rest and recreation
promised at Northfleld. Not experiencing
any improvement, however,
he started home. He fainted In New
York, and after he had recovered
somewhat, was accompanied by a
.o r?n.fnnio ivhprfl ho was met
I I R'llU c?/ uaowi.iu, ?? ..w.w -?
last Friday by Mrs. Ewart and Dr. R.
A. Rratton and brought home the same
evening.
When he reached Yorkville, Mr.
Ewart was still conscious, but his condition
was desperate. The doctor was
able to revive him somewhat temporarily
and he was rather more comfortable
during Friday night, but on Saturday
evening he had a sinking spell
that foreshadowed the end. The
symptoms seemed more hopeful Sunday
morning; but the patient's temperature
continued to rise and fall between 101
and 106 degrees, and although Drs.
Rratton and Rarron remained with him
continuously, exhausting all the resources
of medical skill and learning,
the end came as stated.
During his desperate illness, Mr.
Ewart went through intervals of tinconsciousness,
but at all times while
conscious he was entirely rational. He
seemed to have felt from the first that
he was going to die; but at no time
did he evidence the slightest concern
on his own account. Because of the
nature of the disease he was able to
speak only with difficulty; but he arranged
his affairs and took his leave of
his loved ones with no sign of doubt,
fear or agitation. He died as he had
lived, a perfect Christian in whose
soul there was no room for any question
of the Master's will.
William Cameron Ewart was born
at Huntersville, N. C., on September
19. 1S64. He was the son of Robert
Knox Ewart and Nancy Ann Beard.
He was educated in the common
schools of his neighborhood, at Erskine
college and in the seminary at Due
West. He joined the First Presbytery
of the Associate Reformed Synod of
the South before his graduation from
the seminary, and. was licensed to
preach at Charlotte, N. Ci, in April,
1892. He was ordained and installed
pastor of Edgmoor and Shiloh in 1892,
and was pastor or muse uuuruies uum
189G, when he gave up Edgmoor and
accepted a call for half his time at
Lancaster. After several years at
Lancaster, he went to Abbeville, and
after remaining there about two years,
accepted an urgent call to Yorkville,
being installed as pastor of the church
at this place in January, 1904.
During his residence in Yorkville,
Mr. Ewart greatly endeared himself
to his immediate congregation, to the
congregations of other denominations
and to the people of the community
and surrounding country generally.
His congregation grew and prospered
until the membership of his church
was more than doubled, and the love,
respect and esteem in which he was
held by all and the extent to which he
commanded the complete confidence of
the community were things that were
known and felt by all.
All". WU? IHICt" IllitlliCU, IIIO
first time in July. 1902, to Miss Lucia
\V. Reid of Stoneville, S. C'.. and the
second time to Miss Rachel Alice Ross,
daughter of the late Dr. R. A. Ross,
whose memory is held in such high
esteem in the Associate Reformed
church. As the result of the first marriage
there were four children, three
(laughters and one son, Misses Marilla.
Lucia Reid and Sophy, and Master
rames Knox. Besides these four children,
Mr. Ewart is survived by his
wife, and his mother, Mrs Barnett.
The funeral is take place from the
Associate Reformed church this afternoon
at 5.30 o'clock. The order of
exercises has been arranged as follows:
To preside?Rev. Dr. J. C. Galloway.
Invocation?Rev. Dr. Galloway.
Singing 91st Psalm.
Scriptural Reading?15th chapter of
1st Cor.
Addresses by local ministers?Revs.
E. E. Gillespie, II. J. Cauthen, I. G.
Murray.
Address by representative of congregation?Hon.
J. S. Price.
Address by visiting ministers?Revs.
I. S. Grier. J. L. Gates, R. M. Steven- i
?on. A. S. Rogers.
Song?Psalm 5r>.
Prayer?Rev. R. M. Stevenson.
Benediction at grave.
THE COUNTY CANVASS. '
The county campaign party was at
Fort Mill last Friday and at Rock Hill
on Saturday. Today's meeting is to
be at Piedmont and tomorrow's meeting
at Hickory Grove. The party will
be at Blairsville Thursday, and McConnellsvllle
Friday, and the canvass
will wind up at Yorkville next Saturday.
The election will take place next
Tuesday.
It was not practicable to get a report
of the Fort Mill meeting In the
last issue of The Enquirer without
holding the paper back until after the
usual publication hour, and as there
was nothing to Indicate justification
for anything of the kind, the matter
was not considered. There were reasons
for assuming that there might be
some developments out of the usual
order at Rock Hill, and The Enquirer
had a special representative at that
piace last ouiuruay.
From a number of candidates who
were present, our representative learned
that the Fort Mill meeting was a
very pleasant one. As they always do
on such occasions, the Fort Mill people
extended the splendid hospitality of
their town to the candidates, treating
them all as honored guests. And there
was some good humored fun in the
meeting that was very much enjoyed
by all present, especially because of a
joshing tilt between Messrs. Wilson
and Hollis and a well timed shot from
Mr. Hughes.
During his speech, Mr. Wilson digressed
somewhat to take a fall out of
Mr. Hollis because of the latter's having
given up farming for the law. As the
reporter gathered the story, Mr. Wilson
made it appear that Mr. Hollis had
given some of his lrlends as a reason
for quitting the farm something like
this: "Why one summer when I found
myself plowing in corn as high as my
head, I came to the conclusion that
this would never do, and I was seized
with an inspiration to get an education.
So I just left my plow stock in
the corn row and started out to get an
education." Mr. Wilson thought that
a man who could raise corn high as
Mr. Hollis's head, (Mr. Hollis being
something over six feet) gave promise
of being too good a farmer to be lost
to the business, and that he had made
a mistake in leaving the corn field. It
looked like the spoiling of a good farmer
for a serious uncertainty. The
audience enjoyed the joke very much,
and it was clearly up to Mr. Hollis,
wiiu was to cuiue aiierwara iu n;uiiiate.
When his turn came, he admitted
that he did not like to plow in
corn over his head, and while he did
not know nearly all there was to be
known about farming, he believed
that notwithstanding that Mr. Wilson
was the manager of thirty-four places,
he could give him cards and spades
and beat him. "Why, I'll bet you, Mr.
Wilson does not know the difference
between a straight shovel and a twister,
and I don't believe he knows how
to tie a hamestring. And why he
stands here advocating the repeal of
the lien law is something I cannot understand.
If he should go on his own
resources tomorrow, the very first
thing he would do, would be to hunt
up some merchant and ask him to run
him on a lien next year. And don't
any of you people rent him your land.
If he would farm It all, he would farm
it Into Catawba river, and the next
year it would be so poor you couldn't
raise a disturbance on It." The crovd
was very hilarious over all these hits,
and everything was in a good humor.
While Mr. Hughes was speaking, a
spectator in the back part of the hall
who was leaning too far back ir. his
chair, turned over with a loud crash.
People turned to see what was the
matter, and when it was evident that
nobody was hurt, Mr. Hughes said:
"I didn't know I was speaking quite
hard enough to knock a man over, i
will have to draw In a bit" This
brought another round of laughter.
The only other speaker among the
candidates for supervisor is Mr. Geo.
L. Suggs. He is an earnest advocate
of better roads and bridges, and from
every stump he explains his plan for
improvement by means of bonds to be
voted by townships. As to whether
his ideas are meeting with approval or
not, there is no question of the fact
that he is contributing to general discussion.
After the meeting, the candidates
went about among the people
of Fort Mill and had a first-class time.
The Fort Mill people enjoyed the day
and so did the candidates.
There were more voters at the Rock
Hill meeting last Saturday than at any
other meeting of the campaign. The
meeting was held in Friedheim's hall,
which is considerably larger than the
court house auditorium, and the hall
was filled to its capacity, mostly with
voters. Mr. W. J. Cherry presided, and
the exercises were opened with prayer
by Rev. W. A. Beckham. The proceedings
generally were about the
same as at other meetings, the special
features being applause for Mr. Stew"
CJlAtifnwf'o /?1n irrt f Kft Vl A
ill i, tinu mi. oicnan o tiaim mai nc
did not say what he was reported to
have said at Ogden about selling his
house to Wintbmp for $3,000. He claimed
that he said "over three thousand
dollars."
Dr. Saye was the first speaker of
the morning and made practically the
same speech he has been making- except
that he more effectively pressed
home some of his points. He wanted
it understood that he was not a time
serving politician, trying to cr.tch
votes that would contribute to his political
ascendency. He had made
mistakes, no doubt; but his mistakes
were all the result of honest endeavor
to promote the best interest of his
people, regardless of the personal consequences
to himself. He was before
the people now not as a seeker of political
honor, but at the request of numerous
representative citizens from
various parts of the county, and he i
was asking support, not on the demer- ;
its or shortcomings of any man or institution;
but upon his own record as
a public servant and private citizen.
His private character and public record
were open to investigation. With |
reference to the road law, which he
had introduced In compliance with the
wishes of his constituents as voiced in
the resolutions of the Farmers' Union, ;
he had done the best he could under
the peculiar circumstances. The law i
is not perfect: but he is willing to take i
all the blame for its imperfections and 1
allow others to take credit for all the I
good in it. He believed however, he I
could amend it so as to fulfill every <
reasonable requirement. He called at- |
tention to the fact that at the begin- i
ning of the campaign, he was the only
good roads candidate in the bunch, i
but now his opponent for the senate i
and other candidates are trying to i
arnu'H lilm riff hl? nvvn nljitfnrm T-Ta i
had heard no objection to the road
law until after he had come out for
the senate and In view of developments,
including the virtual endorsement
of his road law by certain other
candidates, he was confirmed in the conclusion
that there was something else
behind the whole business. Just what
it was he was not prepared to say;
but he felt sure that all was not plain.
After discussing the road law in Its
various phases, admitting the justice
>f some of the criticisms that had been
made and exposing the emptiness of
ithers, he referred to the fact that the
opposition is trying to make it appear 1
that he is an enemy of the poor man. 1
This he claimed was most unjust. "I i
have been poor myself, and I can nev- I
er forget the past. I do not want to t
forget it. I am willing to measure arms (
with anv man in my sympathy for the 1
poor. Go ask my people if there has s
ever yet been a night so dark, so cold i
<t- rainy, that I would refuse to an- s
swer the call of the poor, and that c
whether it was money or no money, r
He insists that this law in which there t
ire no exemptions and which taxes a
property and muscle alike, is the most \
just law to the poor man that has ever t
heen enacted. He said that he hnrl cut c
against his character, and denounced
the insinuation as false. He neglected ^
to pull the string and the cheerers
failed to cheer. He went on to say
that his whole life had been before the
people of York county and if anybody
could point out a single dishonest act
he had ever committed, he would withdraw
from the race. RefeiTing to the
communication by "One of the Appraisers,"
published first in the Rock
Hill Record and reproduced in The
Enquirer, Mr. Stewart said: "I did not
say at Ogden that I got evactly three
thousand dollars for my house. I said A
I got something over three thousand m
dollars." He went on to claim that the ^
amount he got was not a big price and
that he did make considerable sacrifice, J
counting the outbuildings and im- J
provements. The big salary that one ^
of the appraisers tried to make it
appear that he got as superintendent
of construction at Winthrop consisted
of $75 a month for himself and horse.
He insisted that he had always been a
friend of Winthrop, and was still a
friend of the institution, and as further
proof cited a recent case when
the ways and means committee had
left off a $3,000 appropriation for Winthrop's
water facilities, he learned of
the situation and had the item restored
to the appropriation bill. It was being
circulated that he was carrying
candidates other than himself, and this
he denounced as false. When he votes
he expects to vc;c just as other people *
should vote and scratch whom he 1
pleases. He said that if necessary, he
would vote $100,000 for the support of
the public schools, and in conclusion
Qqlfpfl tn hp hv hid nnqf rannrH
and promised that If elected he would
go down to Columbia and represent
York county as intelligently as possible
and to the best of his ability. He
promised that he would not come back
to the people in less than a year asking
to be sent back to correct mistakes
in bills of his introduction. When he
sat down the applause was the same as
before. M
It was after 12 o'clock by the time
Mr. Stewart concluded his remarks and
the crowd began -breaking up. Mr. V
W. B. Wilson, Jr., was the next
speaker, and generally his remarks _ M
were about the same as at other places.^
He wanted to sell the state farms and
hire the convict;} to the counties at $10
a month each 10 work the roads. With
the convicts working for the counties
at 510 a month, it would be unnecessary
to retain the state farms to maintain
the convicts. Certain gentlemen
had started reports to the effect that
if he should be elected he would oppose
appropriations for Wlnthrop. i
Such reports were maliciously false.
He would do anything he could to de- ' M
velop Wlnthrop. After declaring that ^9
he was not in the fight as between
Stewart and Saye, or in combination ti
with any other candidates, he discuss- 4
ed the Saye law as it stood, pointed I
>ut certain provisions that appeared to
him as defective, and then took up his
bond proposition. He called particu- J
lar attention to the fact that no bonds P
can be issued except on a vote of the
people and explained that the intention
of his proposed bill was to provide
the means under which bonds
jould be issued when the people got
ready for them. In the meantime he
thought that the Saye law, amended
in its objectionable features, would be
the very thing. He thought the provision
of the Saye law relative to the
employment of an engineer was a mistake.
It is necessary to have an engineer,
but if this matter had been ^
eft to the discretion of the county V
joard of commissioners, they could get V
ill the engineering work that would be 1
required at $250 a year. The board fl
lad not carried out the Saye law in
he matter of employing an engineer,
md he believed it had made a mistake
n what it had done. He said it would
:ost $20,000 to survey and profile the
oads in a year as required by the Saye
aw. He said that under the Saye'
aw there would be available only $15
i mile a year and this would give no
>etter roads than at present. He said
here would be no double taxation unler
the Saye law, this year at least.
!t was impossible last spring for the
supervisor to comply with the requirenent
that he furnish the auditor with
t list of all the people liable to road
luty, and as the capitation tax has
lot been levied, it cannot be collected
his year. He denied that he, Stewirt,
Glasscock, Epps and somebody else
vere In a combination to re-establish
he dispensary' in York county, and
said that if he should be elected, he 4
vould be a party to no such thing. -4
reopie were leaving the hail an the
ime Mr. Wilson was speaking, and
vhen he concluded another large coningent
went off to dinner .leaving Mr.
5. H. Epps, the next speaker to conend
against great confusion and to
speak to less than a fourth of the
>eople who had heard Dr. Saye and
dr. Stewart.
Mr. Epps told how he had voted to
iave every dollar he could, how he had
oted to cut the appropriation for the ^
>ureau of the department of immigra
ion and agriculture down from $10,000
o $1,000 and how he had voted to abolsh
it altogether. He declared himelf
as in favor of education, and cited
aoMaraa * i Vi r? f Via lioil holnA/V f/-v A?
L> C \ lUUIlvC ?> iuu lie H?? li^ipvu \\j UU
or his own school at Gold Hill. He ^
lso declared himself a friend of good
oads and told how he had hauled
>ut the provision for an alternative be- \
tween work and pay, for the reason
that experience had shown In jvery t
country where it had ever been tried \
that the result was neither labor or t
money. In conclusion he said that S
while he was glad to put himself at t
the disposal of the people he did not s
want any man to vote for him except i
in the belief that he could give faith- J
ful, honest and capable service. Those
who did not believe he could do this, s
-should vote for his opponent. He sat \
lown amid generous applause. t
Mr. W. H. Stewart was the next t
speaker and his appearance was greet- t
M with applause from different parts i
of the house. The applause really s
:eenied quite generous: but as It was a
related from time to time during his f
speech, and sounded about the same a
each time. It was natural to conclude r
was not the place to discuss a matter
of this kind. The place for discussion
Is on the hustings before the people,
and that Is what he proposed to do.
Referring to Dr. Saye's statement that
there was something behind the whole
thing other than the road law, he said 4
that so far as W. H. Stewart was concerned,
there was not. He had been
told that there were charges of a
combination between Sam Epps, Jim
Glasscock, Black Wilson and himself,
and so far as he had any information,
such charges were false. He was run- ^
ning on his own merits without reference
to the candidacy of any of the
others. It has been Intimated also that
if elected, he would use his influence
to secure the re-establishment of the
liquor business in York county; but
he wanted the people to understand
that by no vote of his would the Carey-Cothran
law ever be changed so
that liquor can be put upon this county
without a vote of the people. He
did not believe in forcing whisky upon
the people without their consent. That
was one objection he had to the Saye
law. It imposes a two mill tax without
the consent of the people, and he was
opposed to anything of the kind. If
(.lit* IfRIHlitlUlC Ilixs a llglK lu IIU1AKIE a
two mill tax, it has the right to impose
a ten mill tax, and he objected to
the principle of the whole thing. He
said the law was impractical, unjust and
undemocratic. It was impractical in
that it required of the engineer the
impossible task of surveying all the
roads of the county within a year. He
claimed that it was unjust in double
taxing residents of Incorporated towns, <
and it was undemocratic in that it
imposed a tax without the consent of
the people who were to be taxed. He
read from the law to show that the
taxes were levied and collected through
the regular county machinery and that
residents of incorporated towns were " "H
liable the same as others. He said
that even if minors had been working
the road under the old law, that did
not make it right to tax them. Voice:
"Nobody works the roads now." Along
at this point Mr. Stewart pulled his
string by saying he was glad that Mr.
Brice and The Enquirer were not behind
him, and the people who were
there to applaud, applauded. Then
Mr. Stewart went on to declare that
he was on the defensive as well as the
aggressive and he again read the suggestion
from The Enquirer to the effect
that character and reputation are
more important in representatives than
platforms or gift of gab. He again
construed this as an insinuation
that It came from the same people and
that most of them were there for that
special purpose. Statements to this
effect were made openly on the streets
and elsewhere after the meeting1. At
one time the speaker took occasion to
tell his friends that they must not take
up too much of his time with applause
lest he should not be able to
say all he had to say within the limit,
and his friend's obediently desisted
forthwith. It seemed as if they were
there to cheer or keep quiet at the
pu:i 01 ine siring.
Mr. Stewart wanted It understood at
the outset that he was not opposed to
good roads. He said he was In favor
of good roads and he was in favor of
taxing property as well as muscle. He
argued that he was not estopped from
criticising the Saye law because he had
neglected to object to the resolutions 1
adopted by the Democratic convention.
Those resolutions were not introduced
until the convention was near adjournment
and not more than six or seven
people had heard them read. Anyhow,
he insisted the Democratic convention