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Scraps and facts.
? Washing-ton. D. C.. August 19: That
the Panama canal can be completed
within five years, and at much less
cost to the government than has been
generally supposed, is the information
which Colonel Goethals, engineer
in charge of the work, is expected to
bring Secretary of War Wright from
the isthmus next month. Colonel
Goethals contemplates a trip to this
country in September for the purpose
of conferring with Secretary Wright
on canal zone matters. One of the
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timates for the next year, to be submitted
to congress at the coming session.
While here Colonel Goethals
will make a trip to Oyster Bay to discuss
the situation with the president.
? Atlanta, August 19: Late today
the police reserves were called to the
Terminal Station to quell a riot which
broke out among two companies of
Uhited States regulars en route from
Fort Slocum to the Pacific coast.
When the local police were unable to
curb the soldiers a call was made
upon Fort McPherson for troops and
Captain Bankhead with a company of
regulars responded hurriedly. The
trouble started when a number of
soldiers broke out of their cars and
began annoying the passengers entering
the trains. Officer Hill, of the
local police, knocked two of the men
down and the trouble became general.
During the fight a soldier named
Frank Smith, was seriously stabbed
and is now In a local hospital. Joseph
W. Bleak, another soldier is under
arrest. The officers had the men under
control at six thirty and under
guard in their cars. Further trouble
is not expected.
? Houston Post: The New York
American has discovered a mares
r\f hncp nronortions and it un
dertakes to discredit Mr. Bryan thereby.
Somebody told The American
that the national committee had on
hand some $300,000 left over from
the campaign of 1904 and the credulity
of that journal was sufficient to
take it in and use the statement as
the foundation of an attack upon the
Democratic candidate. But there was
not a word of truth in the statement
and all the fabric of misrepresentation
and abuse erected thereon falls
to the ground. There was not a cent
left in the Democratic treasury from
the campaign of 1904. The truth is
that the national committee never had
sufficient funds with which to conduct
the campaign against so w^ll
supplied an organization as that over
which Cortelyou presided. The idea
of The American in broaching this
? Afr
monumental xaivc *?ao >v
Bryan of Insincerity, It desired to
show that Mr. Bryan's earnestness in
appealing for a people's campaign
fund was assumed rather than real,
because the large sum remaining
from the Parker campaign was subscribed
largely by corporations.
? Washington, August 19: The
round-the-world cruise of the Atlantic
fleet began from Hampton Roads
on December 16. 1907, and the opinion
of the naval authorities is that
the cruise will have lasted a year
when the fleet bellows forth reply to
the welcome that will be tendered
by the shipping and forts in
New York harbor. On August 9,
Auckland received the naval visitors
and on August 15 the fleet started
for Sydney, where the ships are sched
uled to cast ancnor tomorrow, oocu
days have been allotted for the exchange
of courtesies at Sydney and
the fleet will then pass on to Melbourne,
where It probably will remain
from August 29 to September
5. A few days later will gee the fleet
in Albany, on the west coast of Australia,
where it will remain until
September 17. Then will come the
long jump to the Philippines, where
the battle-ship fleet is expected to arrive
on October 1, remain ten days,
and proceed in two squadrons. The
second squadron will reach Amoy on
October 29, and remain until November
4, when it will begin its three days'
cruise to Manila. The first squadron
will go direct to Manila, arriving there
on October 31. The remainder of the
itinerary, via the Suez canal, back to
by the negroes. On tlie nights of
August 15 and 16. the mobs continued
to burn property until $100,000 worth
had been destroyed and many negroes
injured. One negro was shot and
hanged on the night of the fifteenth.
Four thousand troops are now present,
and it is impossible to tell yet
whether the race war is ended.
? New York, August 18: Courts of
appeal no longer will decide either
civil or criminal litigation brought
before them on purely technical
points, but will base their rulings on
the merits of the cases, if the recommendations
formulated by a special
committee of the American Har association
become law. The committee
was appointed to draft models for
laws to prevent delay and unnecessary
cost in litigation. Its report will
he presented at the annual meeting
In Seattle. August 25 to 28. It opens
with a statement that the most serious
evil is the disposition to dispose
of appeals, or writs of error, upon
technical grounds. In the judgment
of the committee, the rule should not
be based on reversible error committed
in the court below, but upon the
merits as the case appears upon the
record. The report says the tendency
of the courts in common law cases
is to construe adherence to strict le
Hampton Koacis nas not oeen agreeu
on by the department.
? A mob in Springfield, 111., on August
14. infuriated because the police
force had spirited away from the city
jail a negro who had assaujted a woman,
let out its wrath on the city.
Mr. Loper, a restaurant keeper, who
as a deputy sheriff helped to transport
the negro to a place of safety,
in his automobile, had his automobile
destroyed and burned, and his
place of business completely wrecked
by the mob. Then the mob, with
arms stolen from a pawn shop,
marched the streets till 3 a. m., chasing
and beating all negroes found,
and finally lynched one negro. Mr.
Eugene \V. Chafin. Prohibition candidate
for president, was struck with a
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was being beaten by the crowd. Pandemonium
reigned for hours and the
negroes sought every means of getting
out of town. Besides the negro lynched,
two white men and one negro were
killed, and several scores of both were
Injured. Twenty or thirty houses occupied
by negroes were burned. The
police and militia were at first helpless
before the infuriated mob. and
large re-enforcements of soldiers
from neighboring cities were necessary
before order was restored. It is
reported that W. H. Bowe, assistant
county treasurer, was caught and shot
gal rules as the right of each party,
and t<? reverse If there has been any
infraction of these rules. It says:
"This makes the trial of a case a
game, in which the one wins who
plays the most skilfully, the merits of
the controversy having no part." The
unrestricted right to a writ of error
in criminal cases is characterized as
a flagrant abuse. The report adds:
I "These writs are constantly sued out
solely for delay. The punishment of
notorious criminals thus is constantly
being postponed in violation of every
principle of justice. This is especially
flagrant in the suing out of
writs of error from the supreme court
of the United States to review the
decision of the highest courts or
criminal jurisdiction in the several
states. We recommend that no writ
of error returnable in criminal cases
to the supreme court of the United
States should be allowed unless a
justice at that court shall certify that
there is probable cause to believe that
the defendant was unjustly convicted."
She \(orhnllc (gnqttiw.
Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville
as Mail Matter of the Second Class.
YORKVILLE, S. C.t
FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1908.
Vote as you think.
Vote for the best man.
It Is not becoming in any man to be
guided by prejudice.
Mn?r th?n if?t pvprvbodv vote next
?
Tuesday. Give us a full vote and nobody
will have a right to complain at
the result.
If the people of York county do not
see proper to sustain Dr. Saye's efforts
to give them a practical roal law, we
fear that it will be quite a while before
j another representative will have the
nerve to take an advanced step in this
direction.
There are a good many people who
are objecting to the action of the county
commissioners recently in employing
a road engineer at a salary of $2,000
a year, and they are putting the
responsibility on the Saye road law.
As to whether it was wise to employ a
road engineer at $2,000, we shall not
discuss further than to say that in our
opinion the supervision of a practical
engineer is an absolutely necessary
prerequisite to good roads. But in
this matter the Saye law is not fairly
to be held responsible. The Saye law
provides for the surveying and profiling
of all the roads in the county by
contract within one year. The engineer
who gets this contract under the
Saye law, is required to give bond for
faithful service and completion of his
work within the time specified. The
engineer employed by the board of
commissioners was employed for a year
for $2,000 to do such work as he could
do himself and with such help as
should be furnished him within that
time. We have not heard that the
county board of commissioners have
given the Saye law as their authority
for their action in this matter. If they
have given the Saye law as their authority,
we do not think they had a
right to do so. And if they have not
carried out the Saye law exactly, they
have done what they have done on
their own motion.
The Primary Campaign.
The official canvass of the county
comes to a close at Yorkville tomorrow,
and most of the issues of the campaign
will be settled in the primary of next
Tuesday.
The Enquirer has been at considerable
pains to keep its readers as well
informed as possible as to the developments
of the campaign, and we
think that it has done this work about
as well as it could fairly be expected
to do.
When it comes to the voting next
Tuesday, we hope the people will vote
just as they feel like voting. As to
what the outcome may be. will be a
matter of very litle concern to The
Enquirer. All we want is an honest
expression of the will of the majority,
and there will be no good ground to
complain of the result.
MERE-MENTION.
Wm, R. Hearst is making preparations
to publish a morning paper in
Atlanta. C.a An earthquake broke
windows and dishes at Eureka, Cal..
Tuesday morning. The damage was
slight Two men were killed and
two were fatally injured by a boiler explosion
at Draco, Caldwell county, N.
C.. Monday W. Yancy Carter has
been nominated as the candidate of
the Independence party for the governorship
of Georgia Mrs. T. S.
Phillips committed suicide at Madison,
Fla., Tuesday, by jumping into a well
and breaking her neck W. J. Bryan
has denied a story sent out from Pittsb
irg to the effect that'James Kerr,
national committeeman from Pennsylvania,
was to raise $200,000 for the
Democratic campaign fund In return
for the kicking of Colonel Guflfey from
the position of national committeemen
from that state O. L. Taliaferro,
a negro of Chester, Pa., in an address
in that city Sunday night, said that
the only way to check race riots and
negro outrages was for the negro to
indorse the Prohibition ticket and thus
help to close all saloons?the chief
source of the negro's troubles... .The
National Tube company of Pittsburg1,
h.is taken a contract to lay a pipe
line from the oil fields of Illinois to the
Atlantic ocean. The cost of the job is
estimated at S6.0ft0.ft00 Chester
county, N. J., authorities are wrestling
with a trunk murder mystery. The
trunk containing the body of a man.
was found in a ravine, and the coroner's
physician said the man had been
dead from three to six months. The
victim was a stranger in Chester
county Miss Dora Smith, a young
nurse in the insane department of a
Philadelphia hospital, on Monday put
a 61 year old patient, a paralytic, in a
bath tub. turned on the warm water,
and went aoout attending- other patients.
forgetting tlie woman in the
bath tub. When the nurse returned,
she found her patient so badly scalded
that she died soon after B. F.
Yoakum, chairman of the executive
committee of the Rock Island-Frisco
lines, says that there are 400.000 idle
railroad workers in the I'nited States
on account of the business depression.
If working, these men would be earning
{1.000.000 a day French inventors
have succeeded in perfecting a wireless
telephone system by which they have
been able to communicate a distance
of 310 miles The United States
revenue cutter Bear, has arrived at
(Tnga, Alaska, with seventy-five Japanese
prisoners on board, arrested for
poaching on Seal Island Before
September 1st, the United States navy
department will ask for bids on ten oil
i.ii.-nirtcr tfifnwin hnn t rlestrovers. The
vessels are to cost not exceeding $800,000
each The Standard Oil company
on Monday declared Its regular
quarterly dividend of $6 a share, the
same as last year Thos. W. Lawson.
the financier, has at last succeeded
In getting control of the Bay State
Gas company, which he has been
claiming that the "System" has used
every effort to keep out of his hands.
A strike of more than 50,000 Pennsylvania
coal miners is quite probable
during the next thirty days.
THE TELEPHONE FRANCHISE.
Editor of The Yorkville Enquirer:
In your issue of the 18th instant, under
the caption "Telephone Franchise,"
you printed an article signed by Mr.
G. H. O'Leary in which the following
appears: "During the past several
days, representatives of the Piedmont
or Bell Telephone company have been
having private conferences with the
town council with reference to securi
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that company in Yorkville," and referring
further to the mayor casting hie
vote on a tie "against the town and in
favor of this rich corporation." And
still further, "About three years back
this company tried the same game, but
was baffled by the citizens in a public
meeting."
Answering these charges, I desire to
say that no member or representative
of either the Piedmont or Bell Telephone
company had any "private conference"
with the mayor, nor, so far
ns I know, with any member of the
town council. Mr. Maupin of the Bell
company appeared openly before the
committee appointed by the council
and at the council meeting. Mr.
O'Leary knew these parties were in
town. Had he called at my office I
would have been glad to have shown
him the proposed franchise and given
him any information in my possession.
The first I ever knew of any dissatisfaction
on his part, or the first time I
heard of him in connection with the
franchise, was when his card appeared
in your paper.
There was "no game" or trick or
subterfuge in any transaction the council
had. The mayor did cast the deciding
vote, and it haf>pened in this
manner; when the proposition of allowing
the telephone company to
charge $2.50 for a business phone
numKor nf o11 haorlhPrc at thlc
exchange was under 300 (afterwards
changed to 350). the vote stood, in favor
of allowing this charge 5, and opnosed
to it 1. The mayor cast no vote
here. On the second proposition to allow
the teleohone company to charge
$3.00 for a phone at a business station
when the number of subscribers was
over 300 (afterwards changed to 350)
and under 500 (afterwards changed to
600). there was a tie vote and then it
was the mayor cast his vote in favor
of sustaining the report of the majority
of the committee appointed by
council to suggest a suitable franchise,
this matoritv having reported in favor
of allowing the charge.
I have never cast any vote "against
the town in favor of the rich corporation"
so far as lay in me to see what
was right, and anv statement by Mr.
O'Leary. or anyone else, saying that
I have done so is simply untrue. One
of the aldermen suggested that the
nronosed franchise be published. I
stated that mv idea had been to show
the proposed franchise to the business
men and subscribers in Yorkvllle. but
deemed the suggestion that the franchise
be published a better idea than
mine and yielded to it without any
hesitation. This is how much I endeavored
to hide the terms of the franchise.
As to whether this council is "true
to the interests of the town or trying
to subserve the interest of this rich
corooration" is too absurd to answer,
and when Mr. O'Learv, who "fathered"
the card alluded to, recovers from
his excitement, he will realize as fuliv
as do the other citizens of Yorkville,
the absurdity of his question.
T do not desire anv newspaper controversy
and with this I dismiss the
matter. Jno. R. Hart.
Yorkville, S. C., Aug. 20, 1908,
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Spartanburg special to The Columbia
State: Mr. Stanyarne Wilson's action
in withdrawing from the race for
the house of representatives is thought
by many to be the outcome of an event
at a campaign meeting at uowpens,
Wednesday. As Mr. Wilson rose to
speak some one in the audience called
"Hurrah for Spartanburg fire insurance!"
This was greeted with a laugh
that for a few seconds drowned the
speaker's voice. Continuing. Mr. Wilson
stated that he had no axe to grind
and that his object In wishing to go
to the house was that he might fight
the extravagance of the present administration.
If it could be proved
that he had been working for his own
interests when he returned he said he
would leave the county.
? Columbia special to Charlotte Observer:
A negro resident of one of
the big low-country towns today told
the Observer correspondent how the
negroes of that town had quietly got
control of the politics of the town by
slowly building up a negro registered
vote. This is not a majority, but it is
dangerously near a majority, and the
whites fear It to such an extent that
they will not disregard the wishes of
the negro leaders. "Now. of course, we
do not attempt to run the town," said
this negro leader, "but we see to it
that no mayor or set of aldermen is
nominated in the primary that would
do our interests serious injury. The
other side knows that if a seriously
objectionable man were nominated, we
could defeat him in the general election
by combining with bolters. In
other words, we constitute the balance
of power. We have had sense enough
so far to use the power we have gained
wisely."
? Columbia special to the Charlotte
Observer: The race for United States
nruaiw r?uit mir* j'cujnc unwub.?vu?. v..*
state guessing as to which of the seven
candidates for Mr. Latimer's place
is likely to win out. All sides concede
that there will be a second race, none
of the candidates even claiming any
chance of getting in on the first primary.
Who will be in the second race
is the question everybody is asking.
In the beginning ex-Governor Evans
was thought to have a cinch on the
lead, but this idea appears to have
been dissipated. There are five leaders,
opinion being about equally divided
as to which will be in the second
race. These five are Col. George Johnstone
of Newberry; State Superintendent
of Education O. B. Martin of Columbia;
Mr. Evans; Mayor R. G. Rhett
>f Charleston, and Mr. E. D. Smith, the
cotton association man. On the other
hand there are many who think that
Colonel Lumpkin may get into the second
race. The only thing about
the nice that seems to be generally
conceded is that John P. Grace, the
tlier Charleston candidate, will not be
in the second race. Opinion differs as
to what effect he lias b^en able to have
on the candidacy of Mr. Rhett. In the
1 - - 1 ? ~ r*. I
jlUIKlllt'lll ?>i siiiiif, air. vii ULe nuv
ceeded in keeping Mr. Rhett from the
second race, a sentiment that the other
senatorial candidates have industriously
attempted to keep alive. In
the opinion of others, however. Mr.
r,race's work has benefited Mr. Rhett.
LOCAL AITFAXXIS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Wm. Ross, Columbia?Offers the Wm.
Ross home place near Sharon, for
sale.
Mrs. J. M. Ferguson, Manager?Publishes
the programme of the comedy?drama,
"The Deacon," to be
produced in the court house Monday
night.
Palace Theatre?Will present "An Animated
Portrait" and "Rescued from
an Eagle's Nest" tonight and the
"James Boys in Missouri," tomorrow
night.
Mrs. Laura E. Parish?Has unfurnished
rooms, single or in suites,
for rent.
Miss Rosa Lindsay?Will open her
studio tomorrow, after a short vacation.
Bank of Clover?Tells you that $1,000
can be accumulated in five or six
vears by systematic savings. Try
it.
L. R. Williams, Probate Judge?
Gives notice that Mrs. W. C. Ewart
has applied to him for letters of
administration on tne estate ui nev.
W. C. Ewart, deceased.
J. C. Wllborn?Offers, for sale 274
acres of land, six miles from Yorkvllle.
$2,700 will buy It.
J. S. Brlce, Attorney?Wants a buyer
for the Camp store house and lot,
located on Main street, Yorkville.
York Drug Store?Has a new supply
of best varieties of turnip seeds.
Thomson Co.?Calls special attention
to its lines of trunks and suit cases
and says it has the best selection of
these goods ever brought to York-)
vilie.
First National Bank?Advises you to
teach your boys to save?that in
future years they may be independent.
It wants your deposits.
Yorkvllle Hardware Co.?Wants you
to come to it for all kinds of builders'
hardware and carpenters' tools.
Herndon & Gordon?Have a supply of
best cheese and fresh Cove oysters.
See them for groceries.
Strauss-Smith Co.?Call special attention
to bargains in low cut shoes
and underwear. Special offer to buyers
of goods to the value of $5.
Southern Railway?Announces a special
excursion to Charleston next
Wednesday.
What was left of the printing plant
that was brought to Yorkvllle for the
purpose of establishing the York En-J
terprise. and afterward used in the
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PUDllCHUOIl ui liic .
the Yorkville Yeoman and Yorkville
New Era, has been 9old to Messrs. J.
H. Schroeter & Bro? of Atlanta, Ga.
The plant consists of a Country Camp- I
bell printing press, a small job press,
type stands, cases and other materials
In various stages of "wear. Messrs.
Schroeter & Bro. paid J300 for the
outfit. A part of It they will repair
and resell, and a part of It they will
consign to the Junk heap. This old
I nlant has had quite an eventful history
locally; but a truthful review of that
history would hardly add in any considerable
measure to the pleasant recollections
of any of those most directly
concerned.
There is likely to be more scattering
in the voting for the legislative ticket
than most people suppose. At the outset
the general opinion among the politicians
not necessarily in the secret,
was that one ticket would be Stewart.
Epps, Glasscock, Johnson' and
Wilson. The other was generally assumed
to be Saye, Hollls, Hurt and
Sanders. But it has become evident
that there will be a good deal of splitting.
It was assumed that Johnson
was on the Stewart ticket for the purpose
of carrying the cotton mill vote to
that side. It has been noticed how|
ever, that both Stewart and Wilson in
refuting an alleged "campaign lie," about
an alleged combination, would refrain
from mentioning Johnson. Stewart
would say "Sam Epps, Little Black
| Wilson, Jim Glasscock, myself and an*
other man," and Wilson would mention
Mr. Stewart, Mr. Epps, Mr. Glasscock,
himself and another man. It is
supposed that Johnson was left out
through a fear that the farmer element
of Stewart's supporters would not
stand for Johnson. It is generally believed
that Johnson is very strong
among the cotton mill voters and that
he can carry a good many of them
either way he chooses. The supporters
of Sa.ve will, for the most part,
vote for Hollls, Hurt, Sanders and
Glasscock. Some will support Wilson
instead of Glasscock, and some will
throw off on Johnson. Some people
are predicting that the Saye ticket will
be elected entire with Glasscock as the
fourth man and others are predicting
that the Stewart ticket will be elected
entire, including Johnson. Still others
guess that whether Saye or Stewart
be elected, there will be a split in
the balance of the ticket.
BECAUSE OF THE PRIMARY.
The next issue of The Enquirer due
to appear Tuesday afternoon is hardly
to be expected before Wednesday
morning.
The anticipated delay is because of
the desirability of giving the returns
from the primary election to be held
next Tuesday.
The primary poles will not be closed
until 4 o'clock and it will be late in
the night before the returns can be
collected and presented.
We are now endeavoring to complete
arrangements for the presentation of
full returns from all the precincts
within twelve hours after the close of
the polls, and If we fall to do so It will
not be because of the sparing of any
reasonable pains on our part.
THE COUNTY CANVASS.
The county campaigners were at
Piedmont on Tuesday, Hickory Grove
on Wednesday, and at Blairsville yesterday.
Today's meeting is being held
at McConnellsvlUe and the canvass
winds up at Yorkville tomorrow.
There was a comparatively small
crowd in attendance at Piedmont.
Mr. R. M. Wallace presided, and the
various candidates made virtually the
same speeches that they have been
making. There were no unusual developments.
The Hickory Grove crowd was also
small, as Is usually the case at that
place, and the speaking was about the
same as at Picumont. There were
no developments out of the ordinary,
except that the meeting was broken
up in the afternoon by a much needed
rain.
The meeting at Blalrsville yesterday
was the largest of the campaign,
not excepting that at Rock Hill. It
was made the occasion of a big picnic
and the people of the entire surrounding
country, including young
and old were in attendance. Mr. J.
P. Flair presided. There was nothing
new that is worthy of special mention.
LAW OF THE PRIMARY.
Although the following has been
printed once, it is important enough'
to warrant its reproduction. It Is a
law regulating primary elections in
this state, approved March 6. 1905:
An act making certain offenses in
primary elections misdemeanors and
prescribing penalties therefor.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
general assembly of South Carolina:
At or before any political primary
election held by any political party,
organization or association, for the
purpose of choosing candidates for
office, or the election of delegates to
conventions, In this state, any person
who shall, by threats or any other
form of Intimidation, or by the payment,
delivery or promise of money,
or other article of value, procure or
offer, promise or endeavor to procure,
another to vote for or against any
particular candidate Ir. such election,
or who shall, for such consideration,
I offer to so vote, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor.
Section 2. Every candidate offering
for electK-n, under the provisions
of Section 1, shall make the following
pledge and llle same with the clerk of
the court of common pleas for the
county in which he is a candidate, un*??
V\a o oon/IMato In mnrp i
less lie SI1UUIU UC a Lauuiuutv
than one county, In which case hej
shall file same with the secretary of
state, before he shall enter upon his
campaign to wit:
I, the undersigned
of the county of
and
state of South Carolina, candidate for
the office of ...
hereby pledge that I will not give nor
spend money, or use Intoxicating liquors
for the purpose of obtaining or
influencing votes, and that I shall, at
the conclusion of the campaign and
before the primary elections, render
to the clerk of court or (secretary of
state as hereinbefore provided) under
oath, an itemized statement of all money
spent or provided by me during
the campaign for compaign purposes
up to that time, and I further pledge
that I will. Immediately after the primary
election or elections that I am
a candidate in, render an itemized
statement, under oath, showing all
further moneys spent or provided by
me In said election.
Provided, That a failure to comply
with this provision shall render such
election null and void, in so far as the
candidate who falls to file the statement
herein required, but shall not
affect the validity of the election ofj
any candidate complying wiih this
section: And. provided, further. That
such Itemized statement and pledge
shall be open to public inspection at
all times.
Section 3. That any violation of the
Drovisions of this act shall be a misdemeanor:
and any person, upon conviction
thereof, shall be fined not less
than $100 nor more than $500 or be
imprisoned at hard labor for not less]
than one month nor more than six
months, or bqth fine and imprisonment
Ir. fha (tlarrptlnn of the court.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miss Daisy Simril is spending two
weeks with friends at Old Point.
Rev. James Boyce, president of the
Due West Female college, was in
Yorkville Wednesday.
Rev. George Ratchford of Gaffney,
spent Wednesday in Yorkville with the
family of Mr. Jno. R. Hart.
Rev. O. A. Jeffcoat and family, are
visiting Mrs. Jeffcoat's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. B. Crosby, near Sharon.
Mrs. F. R. Barford of Atlanta, Ga.,
and Miss Jessie Milling of Lancaster,
are guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. J.
Mackorell this week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Sherer of Gaffney
have been visiting the family of
Messrs. H. H. and S. H. Sherer of the
Blairsville neighborhood.
Miss Lina Allison of King's Mountain,
N. C., who has been visiting
Misses Mary and Louise Dobson, returned
to her home this morning.
Mr. R. A. Dobson, formerly of Yorkville,
but for the past two years superintendent
of the Laurens city schools,
has resigned his position to take up
tho study of law.
Rock Hill Record: Dr. D. J. Brimm,
the old Catawba Military Institute, and
who last year was superintendent of
the schools at Yorkville, has been appointed
financial agent of Chlcora college
at Greenville, and the Presbyterian
college at Clinton, and Is now at
work. His friends will be glad to learn
of this. Dr. Brimm's family Is spending
the summer at Sharon and later on
will take up their residence at Clinton.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? The telephone row now on in Yorkvine
Ib very little else than the reopening
of an old sore that first began
to matter In the summer of 1905; but
which is not to be finally healed until
the Bell Telephone company gets,
through its subsidiary, the Piedmont
company, a franchise to do business in
Yorkvllle for twenty-five years. The
controversy was preclptated when the
Piedmont company acquired the
rights of the Bedford company and
gave notice of a proposed material
increase of rates. In response to
a call signed by Messrs. J. S. Brice,
u Hort M R .Tenniners. Thos. F.
McDow. W. B. McCaw and W. W.
Lewis, there was a warm meeting in
the court house on the subject on the
night of July 7, 1905. Mr. O'Lcary presided,
and in explaining the object of
the meeting to be to protect the telephone
subscribers from extortion Mr.
Brice had some pretty hard things to
say about tne tseu reiepnoue tumpanj,
declaring that it was a greedy corporation
with no regard for the rights of
the people and that its sole object was
to get money out of the public no matter
how. There was a lively tilt between
Mr. Jennings and Mr. Maupin,
and Mr. John R. Hart suggested
that "we appoint a committee to
go before the city council and
request the annulment of the
franchise, or, in the evrnt the city
council is not able to give relief, to proceed
in the courts on the ground of
poor service." As the upshot of that
meeting it was decided to appoint a
committee of five "to draft a telephone
franchise, calculated to conserve the in
terests of the community in the most
satisfactory manner possible, and to
offer the franchise to the Bell, Piedmont
or any other company that could
give an acceptable guarantee of its
ability to live up to the terms of the
contract. Otherwise the committee
wou.d report back to the citizens for
such further action as might be deemed
proper." The committee took the matter
up and after considerable deliberation
recommended the organization
among the subscribers of a protective
association with the idea of keeping
the telephone company up to good service
and reasonable rentals by means
of withdrawal of patronage in the event
of dereliction. In its recommendation
the committee specified a maximum
rental of 42.00 for business phones and
$1.00 for residence phones. It was required
that all lines coming to the cor
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purine i1u1iis u1 iuimiiic siiuuiu uc uumitted
to the exchange at these rates
and that the $2.00 rate should entitle
subscribers to all connections in the
county. Mr. Maupin met this proposition
with an offer to give all local residence
phones for $1.25 a month, ail
the lines owned by the Bedford Phone
company for $2.00 a month and all
the lines in the county for $2.50 a
month. Later on there was a virtual
agreement with the telephone people
that the rates should be as follows:
"Residence phones with town and
country connections at $1.25 a month;
i 1 ..? ..v. ? ) An .1 mnnlll. all
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connections in the county for 12.50 a
month." After this the committee was
discharged and the telephone people
continued from time to time to importune
for a franchise. From what
had been said all along that was really
what they were after all the while.
The council, however, cohtlnued to re- ,
fuse. The matter comes up again now
after there, was reason to believe that
everybody had forgotten the original
troubles. There are some people In the
town who are unable to see why the
franchise should not be granted under
proper guarantees as to rates and service.
They say a franchise which does
not attempt the exclusion of competition
does not amount to anything anyway.
Others Insist that If the franchise
was not very valuable the tele
phone people would not be so anxious
for It. and If It Is so valuable, there Is
no reason why it should be given away
without a consideration. They say that
they are willing for the telephone people
to make all the Improvements they
want to make; but If the telephone
people are not willing to trust the town
the town Is foolish to trust the telephone
people. Also that telephone rates
will eventually become a matter of
legislative regulation, and If the town
of Yorkville should be bound up In a|
twenty-five year franchise In the
meantime, It could not get the benefit
of subsequent legislative rate changes
until the expiration of Its special
contract. There Is absolutely no
reason to distrust the good intentions
of the town council in the matter or
of any member of it. The sole question
Is whether the town is to derive any
present or future advantage from giving
up this franchise. But that the
franchise will eventually be granted
there Is no reason to doubt. The fact
that some of the most strenuous original
opponents of the proposition have
changed over Is evidence of the old
saying that times change and men
change with them and eventually the'
telephone people will carry their point
just as easy as taking candy from a
baby.
THE TELEPHONE QUESTION.
Following the card published by Mr.
G. H. O'Leary In the last Issue of The
Enquirer, protesting against the granting
of a proposed franchise to the
Piedmont Telephone compuny, a meeting
of the telephone subscribers was
held in the court house Wednesday at
noon to consider the matter further.
There were forty or fifty people at
the meeting, which was organized by
the selection of Mr. J. S. Brice as
chairman and Mr. F. P. McCain as
secretary.
Mayoi John R. Hart took the floor
on a question of personal privilege, and
made a statement of his connection
with the matter. He disclaimed any
secrecy in the deliberations of the town
council, and said that if Mr. O'Leary
had come to him he could have gotten
all the information he desired wilthout
going into the newspaper. The sub
stance of his remarks will De comprehended
in the card he publishes in
another column.
Mr. O'Leary in reply said that when
he had gotten information of what was
going on through a member of the
council, he first asked that member to
secure for him the privilege of going
before the council. Not getting satisfactory
assurance on this j^ne, he
asked that other citizens be aflidved to
appear with him. Then he made an
effort to secure copies of the pending
proposition for publication. He had
been told that he could get them; but
there was delay, and as the only means
he could think of to get the matter to
the people before final action could be
taken by the council, he had gone to
the newspaper.
Mr. J. M. Starr of the town council,
made a statement confirming what
both Mayor Hart and Mr. O'Leary had
[ said, and explaining that he had left
a copy of one of the proposed contracts
In Mr. O'Leary's office during
Mr. O'Leary's absence and had, because
the council had need of it in the meantime,
withdrawn it before Mr. O'Leary
had had an opportunity to see it.
There was a good deal of discifssion
of the whole matter pro and con, Mr.
W. B. McCaw and others, otposing the
proposed action of the town council,
and Messrs. John R. Hart, mayor of
the town, W. W. Lewis, town attorney,
and W. B. Moore, a stockholder In the
Piedmont Telephone company, defend
ing the proposed action of the council
as the wisest thing to be done under
the circumstances. It was freely conceded
in the discussion that there were
no ulterior purposes on the part of
anybody. Some of the expressions
were in favor of the granting of a
franchise at the proposed advance
rates, provided the subscribers could be
assured of better service than they are
getting, and others were opposed to
the granting of any franchise whatever
on the ground they could not see
why the telephone company could not
improve its service as well without a
franchise as with one. It was also
urged that it would be unwise to give
the telephone company any kind of a
franchise that was to have a life of
twenty-five years.
At no time was" there any definite
Dronosition before the meeting, and
the upshot of the whole affair, was
the adoption of a resolution providing
for the appointment of a committee of
three to select a committee of seven to
represent the telephone subscribers in
a conference with the town council on
a basis of settlement and that the joint
action of the council and committee
should be referred back to the meeting
of citizens for further consideration.
The duty of selecting the committee of
seven was delegated to Messrs. S. M.
McNeel, W. B. McCaw and W. D.
Glenn.
The principal features of the proposition
pending before the town council
and under consideration of the meeting
are: 1. The contract Is to hold for
twenty-five years, unless It be revoked
because of inefficient service, provision
being made for such revocation
by arbitration. 2. The system is to
be put in first-class condition in accordance
with specifications set forth.
The scale of rates as agreed upon by
the council until three hundred stations
are included in the Yorkvllle exchange
is to be as follows: Special
line business stations, {2.50 a month;
duplex line business stations, {2.25;
party line business stations {2.00 a
month; special line residence stations,
$1.50 a month; duplex line residence
stations, $1.25 a month; party line resdence
stations, $1.00 a month- When
350 stations are connected, these rates
are to be increased to $3, $2.75, {2.50,
$2.00, $1.75, and $1.50 respectively. At
these prices, privileges extend to the
town of Yorkvllle, farmers lines connected
with the Yorkvllle exchange, .
and subscribers at Hickory' Grove, J
Sharon, Clover and Tirzah. The privilege
to Rock Hill and Fort Mill is to
be discontinued except by special toll.
The present franchise under which '
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the company is doing business, expires
in May, 1909. There was a mo- 1
tion that the franchise matter be kept 1
in statu quo until the expiration of <
me present contract, inis motion tun- 1
ed of adoption.
There has been considerable discussion
of the whole matter on the streets 1
of Yorkville during the past few days; 1
but as yet the majority sentiment does j
not seem to have developed into a
clear cut conviction as to the best so- '
lution of the problem. ?
FUNERAL OF MR. EWART.
The funeral services In connection
with the burial of Rev. W. C. Ewart,
took place In the Yorkvllle Associate
Reformed church last Tuesday evening
and at the grave In the Yorkvllle
cemetery. Notwithstanding the previous
threatenlngs of a thunder storm
and Its prevalence during the service,
there was a great concourse of people
in aiienuu.net: una me uiiurcn was
crowded to its capacity.
Although there were scores of devoted
friends throughout the Associate
Reformed church and a number of relatives
who desired to take part at
the funeral exercises, it was not deemed
desirable to postpone the service for
too long, and the out of town attendance
was confined to those who were
within easy reach. These included a
number of people from the surrounding
country, and the following brother Asciate
Reformed ministers: Rev. Dr. J.
C. Galloway of Gastonla, N. C.; Rev.
Dr. R. M. Stevenson of Clover, Rev. J.
L. Oates of Hickory Grove, Rev. A. S.
Rogers of Rock Hill, Rev. W. H, Stevenson
of Neely's Creek. Rev. O. W.
Carmichael of Lancaster, and Rev. R.
Lt. Robinson of Camden, Ala., now on a
visit to his old home at Lancaster.
The funeral procession from the residence
to the church and from the
church to the grave, included a long
procession of carriages, and many people
on foot. Special friends of the
family served as active ball bearers,
and ciders and deacons of the church
served as the honorary list. There was
a profusion of floral tributes, and these
were borne by the members of the
Sabbath school.
Rev. Dr. J. C. Galloway presided and
tho ovarnloaa urlth a tr\nr*V? I n ct
Invocation for Divine presence and
sanction. This was followed by the
singing- of the 91st Psalm and after
reading the fifteenth chapter of I Corinthians,
there were addresses by the
local ministers.
Rev. E. E. Gillespie, pastor of the
First Presbyte^an church, was the first
speaker. He said:
Yesterday afternoon, the gates of
the Celestial city stood ajar for the
reception of our friend beloved, whose
departure we mourn this day. From
the lips of the Master he so fervently
loved and so faithfully served, he
heard the blessed plaudit, "Well done
good and faithful servant, enter thou
Into the Joy of thy Lord." Great is
his eternal gain, irreparable Is our
loss. The bereavement so keenly
felt by the entire community comes
to me as a personal sorrow. He was
my iriena iriea ana true, my coiaborer
in the .work of the Lord, my
brother in Christ whom I greatly
loved for his own sake. For over
three years it has been my privilege
to know brother Ewart very intimately.
His virtues were many. I could
speak for hours of the beauties of
his Christ-like life. Time forbids the
consideration of all the excellent
traits of character he daily exemplified.
I must, however, mention two
which have forcibly Impressed me in
all our relations, namely, his goodness
and his faithfulness. "Moreover,
it is required in stewards, that a man
be found faithful." He was God's
steward, and we are confident that he
has rendered the account of his
stewardship with exceeding Joy and
has received the approbation, "good
and faithful," from his Lord and Master.
For several months he was my
nearest neighbor, and I esteem it one
of the blessings of my life that during
that period was developed a mutual
friendship which has grown as the
years have passed and which has
known neither doubt nor change.
As a citizen he was ever true to all
that he believed would promote the
betterment of his fellow men. Goodness
and fidelity characterized him in
all his relations to the people of the
whole town. To an aged and loving
mother, to a loyal and devoted wife,
to the dear and precious children God
had given him, he was always faithful
and ever good. i
"How e'er it be it seems to me, 'tis only
noble to be good,
Kind hearts are more than coronets
and simple faith than Norman
blood."
As a minister of the gospel he was
ever faithful In the study of God's
Word and In the fearless proclamation
of the whole truth In a spirit of
love. Fidelity was beautifully manifested
in his pastoral work. The
homes of the sick and bereaved were
never neglected. As an angel of mer
cy he ministered to the sick and dying
the comfort and consolations of
the gospel of Jesus Christ. The bereaved
will cherish as a priceless heritage
the sweet memory of those fervent
prayers commending them to the
Father of mercies, and the God of all
comfort, and invoking the gracious
Heavenly Father "to give unto them
beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for
mourning, the garment of praise for
the spirit of heaviness."
In personal work he was a faithful
"winner of souls." Many are those
who have been led to a saving knowledge
of Christ by his personal solicitations.
His crown of rejoicing will
be studded with many stars emblematic
of the good he has done and
the souls he has won. Great is our
loss in the calling up higher of our ,
beloved brother, but we mourn not as
those who have no hope,
"For he has gone where his Redeem- ?
er is j
To that fair city on the other side, ;
And at the threshhold of His palaces, j
Has loosed his sandals ever to abide. ]
I know his Heavenly King did smil- (
ing wait ]
To give him welcome when he .
touched the gate."
Rev. Henry Cauthen, pastor of the <
Methodist church, spoke as follows: 1
How can I. in five minutes, csti- ,
mate the life of my departed friend? |
How I should like this afternoon to 1
pour out my soul concerning him! I j
could talk for hours about brother ,
Ewart, because I love him and be- <
cause there was so much in his life '
to talk about. I have known him for j
only about a year and six months, but {
during that time I have learned to love 1
him. From the first he drew me to 1
him, and quickly my friendship grew 1
to real affection. Never have I got ?
closer to any minister than to broth- '
er Ewart. My dear friend was a man '
four-square. His life was beautifully ]
symmetrical. I could talk for a long
time about his Christian character.
He always Impressed me as a man
who walked with God; as one who
had in him the mind that was In
Christ Jesus. I was almost dally with
him, and never have I heard from his
ips anything that was inconsistent
ivith his profession; nor witnessed
iny act that did not square with his
liscipleshlp. He was an ideal Christian.
And then I could say so much
lbout him as a minister. He was always
thoughtful of the high responsibility
that attaches to this high cullng.
He had full knowledge of the
Bible, and In his pulpit ministrations
moke as one who heard the whisper
ings of the Great Spirit. I have heard
Brother Ewart preach some really
great sermons. He had tine, powers
of thought and a splendid command
of language. At times he was genuinely
eloquent. He was always heard
with interest in Yorkvllle. As a pastor
he was unusually gifted. He was
peculiarly fitted to mingle with all
classes, and did mingle freely with
men on the streets and In business
houses and with the people In their *
homes. He looked with loving care
after the sheep of his flock. The sick
and distressed will miss his sympathy.
But the most signal gift that
God bestowed upon him was his rare
personal magnetism. While he was
a good preacher and an excellent pas- f
tor and accomplished a great deal
through these gifts, it was his personal
magnetism that made him most
effective. Few men have been similarly
blessed in this particular. Like
his Master he drew men to him. He
was lovable, and everybody loved him.
This great crowd this afternoon attests
the esteem in which he was. held.
Every heart in Yorkville is bleeding.
What a beautiful sight do we behold
in the little boys and girls who come
with flowers to place upon his grave. jfeThe
little children loved him. How ^
I shall miss the man who was indeed
my brother.
Rev. I. G. Murray, pastor of the Baptist
church, was the next speaker. He
said: This is the' second time I have
attended the funeral of a pastor and ? - _|L
the first time to take part in the funeral
of a fellow pastor. I came today
to speak in behalf of my people, bringing
our tribute of respect with all the
people of this community and ask the
privilege of doing honor to him, who
was loved by all. I thank my God upon
every remembrance of him. Among
tsro. juwart s trans 01 cnaracier, i can
only mention two or three. He was a ^
man of purity. He read In God's word JP
how that they who stand In His holy
hill must have clean hands and a pure
heart, and he lived such a life In our
midst. Jesus said "Blessed are the pure
in heart, for they shall see God." and
we feel that he pleased his Master in
this respect, and that today he is be- ?
holding the face of his King. Then
the loyalty of this noble man of God
challenges the admiration of all truehearted
people. He was loyal to his
friends and would stand for their defense
when necessary. He was loyal
to his church and as a pastor, won the
love and esteem of all in his saintly
ministrations. If I were to leave Yorkville
and return in after years, I
would not go to the marble slab mark- *
ing his resting place to read his truest %
and best epitaph, but I would let those A
who loved and honored him as I would ?
take them by the hand, tell me of their ^
love and esteem for this servant of the J
Lord. A man's best epitaph js in the ?
hearts and lives of his friends.' He was
loyal to the message he bore when
preaching the word of God from which
he received it. and the people to whom
he delivered it. He spoke the truth in
love, holding in view the glory of God
and the betterment of his fellowman,
rather than the empty praise of men.
But he has gone from earth and could
he speak to u? from the glory land, he
would tell 11s ??f the hllss of belne with
Jesus and call upon the unsaved to
prepare to meet thcJr God. The speaker 9
here quoted Tennyson's "Crossing the
Bar" as expressing the sentiment which
should fill our hearts upon such an occasion
and closed by thanking God for
the life of the departed, whose fragrance
should abide with him so long
as life should last. A
Following Rev. Mr. Murray, Dr. Galloway
called upon Hon. J. S. Brice,
as a representative of the congregation.
He spoke as follows:
This congregation feeds keenly the
loss of Its beloved pastor. The relation
between pastor and people, so
suddenly severed, was most cordial
and tender. That sleeping man had
the .confidence, the respect, the esteem?aye,
the love, of every member
of this church. He was doing a noble
work here and I believe we appreciat- V
ed him and his work. But doubtless
many of us here this afternoon vainly
regret that we did not encourage him Sk
more than we did, and to my mind ^
one solemn lesson to be learned from
this sad providence by this church,
and by all churches represented here,
is this:?Not to save all our flowers
until our pastor lies In the cold embrace
of death, but while he is living
and working in our midst, go to him
and go with him and encourage his
heart and encourage him in his work
by word, act and deed, in every way
we can. Our Saviour himself com- mended
this course, for He praised
the woman who anointed His body
days before His death by declaring
"She hath wrought a good work."
Following Mr. Brice, Dr. Galloway
Introduced Rev. J. S. Grier of Sharon,
who spoke as follows: ^
I have neither the time nor the in- ?
clination to make a talk? I have known
Brother Ewart for twenty years and
one month, and we loved each other
even as college boys. If there had
been entrusted to me the government
of this world, we would not have been
gathered here on this sad-day. With
my limited knowledge and measured
love, if Providence had been in my
hanas, I would not have bereaved this
congregation of such a faithful and
devoted pastor. I would not have enveloped
in such utter darkness this
crushed widow, and laid such a terrible
cross on her bleeding heart. I would
not have thus laid low this thrice bereaved
mother, trying to follow the
bier of her only son. I would not have V
rendered those precious children or- W
phans as they are today. But then in
not doing these very things, I would
have made a very serious and fjjtal
mistake. It is all so much more tender
and loving and better Just like
Christ has done it, that Brother Ewart
has now f>nterad on his coronation In
perfect rest, and triumph and glory;
that the Saviour's prayers, not ours,
were answered?he has gone "to be
with Christ." We all feel this to be true
of the crowned one, but so hard for our
heart to feel It true of those who are
left weeping by the way. Now. belov- *
ed, it is just as tender and loving for
you that the Saviour has led Just as
H>e has today, and when He explains
to us over there His tender and loving
plan in this thing, we shall fall down
in deepest gratitude and praise His
name for this very day. Beloved, this ^
Is my lesson to you: Reach up and
catch His hand, and follow on, for
He leadeth very tenderly today.
Rev. J. L. Oates, pastor of the Associate
Reformed church at Hickory
Grove, spoke as follows:
I've tried to think of something to
say, but only the thought recurs time
after time that I am very, very vad.
if someone could take me by the
hand and comfort me, It would be
mnro cnomlv thon for mn i/v
J ? ?? ? ?= IV H J W
comfort others. This congregation
has lost a pastor, and I have lost a MM
personal friend. And such a friend! r V
We know that there are two classes
af friends in the world?one the friend fl
3f the sunshine days, the other the
friend all the time. Of the few in the fl
ivorld who are capable of the latter
form of friendship, Brother Ewart
ivas a strong example. I am sure that
f I could say that I had but two
friends among all mankind yesterday,
:hen it must needs be that I have but
>ne today. For eleven years I have
known him, during seven of those we
lave been neighbors, and all the time
'riends. We read of two men long
igo whose souls were knit together
ay a love surpassing the love of wonan;
and one was taken on Gilboa,
ind the other left. And like that ^
)ther, I would call, "Publish it not in
\shkelon, tell it not in Gath," for
'how are the mighty fallen!" Today
he mother sits with bowed head, the
vife mourns, and the children weep.
uet me lane meir nanns in mine aim
veep with them, for tears are the only
ribute now that a friend can pay to at
i friend. *
Rev. Dr. R. M. Stevenson:
Having listened with much Interest
ind pleasure to the tributes paid our
leceased brother by his congregation,
to-pastors in the town and his breth'en
of the presbytery, I feel that the
ieparture of such a man Is a loss not
inly to the local congregation, but to
he entire community. The very presence
of a godly man in a community
s a blessing to it. To what extent ?
hat Is true is shown in the case of
Sodom, which Hod would have spared
f there had been ten righteous persons
n it. The presence of one good man
irotected it while he remained there,
t has been testified that he was pre
mlnentiy a man <n jjiujci. ??nu
mows how much any community is v
ndebted to the prayers of its good