Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, September 08, 1908, Image 2
Scraps and .facts.
? Lemans, Franco, September 5:
Wilbur Wright, aeroplanist, made a
magniticent and highly successful
flight here this morning. His machine
was in the air 17 minutes. 48 2-5
seconds thus approaching within a
fraction of a minute Henry Farman's
record for the longest public official
Might. The distance covered by Wright
was not accurately measured, but it
is estimated at between 141 and 17
miles. The feat was accomplished by
a remarkable series of evolutions, demonstrating
the precision of Wright's
control of the machine. When he
alighted easily within three feet of
his starting apparatus the American
aeroplanist was overwhelmed with
congratulations.
? Atlanta, Ga., September 4: Commissioner
of Agriculture Hudson to>
day. in an interview, stated that in
his belief the cotton crop of Georgia
has been damaged by the recent rains
to the extent of 500,000 bales. The
commissioner said that in only two
counties in the state is the crop up to
the standard of that of last year. "The
heavy rains which were general
throughout the state two or three
weeks ago. followed by the exceedingly
hot weather, acounts for the
damage," said Commissioner Hudson.
"The two excesses caused the cotton
to shed its young bolls and injured
it to such an extent that every acre
of farm land in Georgia was literally
covered with them. The damage is
greater this year than ever before in
my knowledge."
? New Orleans, August 31: Sigmund
Odenheimer, president of the
Textile Mills Corporation, with plants
in New Orleans and at Wesson, Miss.,
announces that a contract has been
signed with J. L. Colliss, business
agent of the Mississippi division of
the Farmers' Union, to supply cotton
bagging to the cotton planters of
Mississippi this season, experiments
carried on at the Wesson Mills having
proved successful. The product will
come In 70-yard rolls, weighing from
11 to 12 ounces a yard, sufficient for
10 bales of cotton. The price is in
excess of jute, but there will be nine
pounds saved in tare, balancing the
cost of jute. Severe tests show that
the cotton bagging meets require
ments as to nre, waier, noon anu
weather resistance.
? Victoria, B. C. Sept. 5: News was
received by the empress of India from
South China of an ambush of 100 i
French troops. Tirrailliers and Leggonnaires.
on the Tokin border. Captain
Fleury. leader of the force, and
Lieutenant DeLattre were shot down
soon after the fight opened. Between
five hundred and six hundred Chinese
had a position on the low hills at
each side of a gully, through which
the French troops entered the village.
The French captured the village
twice, it being retaken by the Chinese.
Shots were exchanged during the
greater part of the fight at from 30
to 50 metres. "When Captain Fleury
and Lieutenant DeLattre, who went
to assist their leader, were shot, the
Chinese threw themselves upon the
bodies not yet dead and decapitated
them, carrying away the heads amid
cheers.
? Charlotte Observer: The Baltimore
News concludes that the Hearst
Independence League is an organization
that is out for mischief. It points
out that its vote of 1,252 in the Vermont
election of last week out of a
total of 66,747, was about 2 per cent
of all, and that a percentage of 3
carried into New York, would mean
about 4 5,000 votes; that in Vermont
it had no backing and no footing,
while in New York, Illinois and California
it has a substantial organization
and powerful newspaper support.
Of course the supposition of The
News that the league means mischief
is undeniable, as also its conclusion
that it derives its support principally
from the Democratic party. It required
no peculiar gift of prophecy
to divine, as much as a year ago that
this organization had one mission in
life and that the defeat of Mr. Bryan
and this is more apparent now than
ever before.
? Fort Worth, Texas, September 8:
At the closing session today of the
annual meeting of the National
r->? rtlonc nrtnntpd
r U I ini*i r* t IIIVII) j'inii>? I*vi V v.?vr
for marketing the crop for the members
of the organization, which would
eliminate the middlemen. It is proposed
that a commission of twelve
members, one from each of the cotton
growing states, with officers at
Memphis, deal direct with the spinners
at home and abroad. This commission
is to have exclusive handling
of the cotton in union warehouses and
when a sale is made the amount to
be taken from each warehouse is to
be apportioned according to the
amount held. It developed today that
the Mississippi Bankers' Association
had agreed to advance sixty per cent
on cotton warehouse receipts and it
is hoped to extend this arrangement
to other states. Other than that it
probably is a sliding scale, nothing
as to the minimum price for which it
is proposed that the crop be sold can
be ascertained. The secret price will
be given members of the union only
and the secret is to be carefully
guarded.
? Washington. September 6: Sur^
n.ikiu
geon uenerai uynmn, ox mc x uu<u
Health and Marine Hospital service,
has issued in pamphlet form a paper
prepared by Assistant Surgeon J. M.
Eaget giving a history of the spread i
of bubonic plague during the last
fourteen years. Xo study presents
more important and difficult sanitary
problems. Dr. Eaget says,than the lines
of march taken by bubonic plague
during the period mentioned in its
advance from the remote endemic
focus of the disease in the province
of Yunnan. China, to the numerous
countries in all quarters of the globe,
where in many instances it has established
itself in defiance of the most
carefully planned preventive measures.
The revival of the plague, Dr.
Eaget says, dates from 1804, when,
escaping from the western Chinese
province of Yunnan, it reached Canton.
Between March and August. 1894. the
number of deaths front plague in
Canton is estimated at 120,000. All
classes among the native population
suffered and rats were found to be
affected, but in the foreign quarter of
Canton, with a population of about
300. not a single ease occurred. During
the next year cases of plague were
reported in Hong Kong. Ainoy. Macao
and Foochow, and in 1S96 sanitary
attention throughout the world was
focused on the threatening epidemic
by its appearance in Bombay. Starting
in August. the disease spread
throughout the whole vast territory
of the Bombay presidency and before
the end of the year showed a total of
2.980 eases and 2.2*18 deaths. During
that year plague reappeared in Hong
Kong, where it has been epidemic
ever since. In China there were epidemics
at Amoy and Swatow with
many deaths in other sections of the
emnire and in the following year there
were 150,000 cases in India with a
mortality of 117.000. In 1900 plague
was present in every quarter of the
world. The Philippine Islands were
included in the march of the disease,
150 deaths occurring at Manila. The
most notable fact in the history of the
plague in the western world was the
appearance of twenty-two fatal cases
in San Francisco. In 1S91 in India
a great augmentation took place, until
in 1904 plague caused the death of
over 1,000.000 persons in India alone
and epidemics prevailed to a greater
or less degree in nearly all parts of
the world. India, the great centre,
suffered terribly in the year 1905. but
in the year 1906 there was a great decrease.
the number of deaths being
about 332,000, but again in 1907 there
was great increase, the deaths numbering
1,200.000. For nine years, Dr.
Eaget says. Hawaii hi 1907 had not
been free from plague, but the Philippine
Islands now seem to be clear of
the disease. During the year 1907, 156
cases of plague with 76 deaths occur?^.ri
Co,-, Vranr>l?pn There were also
a few cases at Oakland and other
close neighbors of San Francisco. At
Seattle, Wash., three fatal cases occurred
last October.
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Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville
as Mail Matter of the Second Class.
YORKVILLE. S. C.:
TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 8, IDOS.
The compliments of the majority of
the voters of York county, Mr. Smith!
Mr. Rhett's campaign bill was pretty
heavy. The big man from Charleston,
however, did not neglect to put
everything down.
There is no question of the fact that
the Hon. John Cary Evans has the
most thorough political organization
that has operated in this state for a
good many years past.
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Now, let the L nited States circuit
court of appeals decide that dispensary
fund matter in favor of the state,
and we will likely see some lively doings.
If the politics of South Carolina
could be raised to the Rhett standard,
it would be much better for the state.
Mr. Rhett's campaign was the cleanest
we have any recollection of. except
that made by Wade Hampton.
Mr. E. D. Smith was kept busy yesterday
sending telegraphic chasers after
an eleventh hour campaign yarn,
to the effect that he ran as an independent
candidate for the legislature
in Sumter county in 1890. In his telegrams.
Mr. Smith denounced the story
as false, saying that he was elected on
the regular ticket.
A significant feature of the campaign
just closing has been the use the
candidates have been making of the
advertising columns of the newspapers.
In a number of cases, candidates have
made free use of the advertising columns
of papers that were opposed to
them. The Columbia State for instance,
was against the Hon. John
rtnry Evans. It fought him hard: but it
fought him fair. Evans' friends were
-' i- l-.of.li- of tho Rtntp tlironirli
its news columns where they were
entitled to do so. and where they had
no reasonable right to the news columns,
they went into the advertising
columns, using these with considerable
effect. It is not to be claimed that
reason and right have yet gotten full
sway in political, any more than in
other matters; but it is not to be denied
that they are making progress.
Tiikrk's entirely too much bitterness
in political races. Why can there
never be opposition without hate, rivalry
without strife, differences of
opinion without prejudice in our politics?
Will the day never dawn when
we shall have an era of good-feeling?
And the worst feature about all of it
is that the most of the political quarreling
is over nothing. Rut in spite of
everything, humanity is going to advance
upward and onward.?Ben
Hope's Filbert letter to the Gaffney
Ledger.
That is a timely sentiment, well put.
It is a fact that there was unusual
bitterness in the campaign just closed,
and we have heard it stated on good
authority that at some of the county
precincts many voters who were not
in accord with the majority of their
neighbors, were actually afraid to let
it be known how they stood. There
were cases where men were intimidated
to vote against their convictions
and preferences. Of course, this was
not general: but such a thing should
not have occurred at all. Intimidation
and coercion are bad enough in the
cities of the north: but they should
not be practiced in South Carolina.
The ballot is the most sacred of our
institutions. It is legitimate enough
to influence it by fair argument or
reason; but when r*'f)ple undertake to
intluence it by force, they commit a
most dangerous offense against the
perpetuity of free institutions. The
observations of "Ben Hope" are both
sensible and timely. We have not
much confidence in the progress of humanity,
however, so long as there is
intimidation or coercion in the use of
the ballot.
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Responsibility of the Newspaper.
The Ledger is grateful to the people
of Gaffney, Blacksburg and Cherokee
county for the very loyal manner in
which they have stood by it duiing its
lifteen years of existence. There have
been times when we have felt like
casting anchor and giving up the ship.
These were when adverse winds struck
our sails and tossed our frail barque
about upon the ocean of uncertainty.
But through it all we have had an
abiding faith in the final triumph of
right. We know we have sometimes
run against the current, we knew at
the time we were, but we believed all
along and we are still firm in the conviction
that we were working for the
best interests of all and if we bad it
to go over again, we wouldn't alter our
course. Time will tell whether or not
we were right. We know we have always
acted from principle and that the
consideration of the dollar has never
entered our mind. If we had chosen
t.i <li> s.i we might have sold out and
thus been the gainer for a moment,
but there are greater things in this
world than dollars?and that is the
consciousness of being right. The
Ledger is today on a firmer foundation
than ever before. We shall continue
to try to make it worthy of the patronage.
esteem and good will of all.
We ask the cordial co-operation of the
entire populace in our effort to make
it the very best newspaper which the
surroundings will permit. There are
hundreds of people in this county who
do not read a newspaper. The political
demagogue comes along and poisons
their minds against newspapers
in general and they swear they won't
read one or allow certain papers to enter
their homes. Kverv man ought to
inform himself and there is but one
way to do it ? that is to read. If your
neighbor does not take a paper lend
him yours until he becomes accustomed
to reading it and then try to pursuade
him to take one of his own.?
Gaffney Ledger.
This article, more or less personal
in its nature, interests The Enquirer
more than it does the average reader,
because The Enquirer is in a better
position to appreciate just exactly what
the Ledger means.
There are newspapers and newspapers;
but the Gaffney Ledger is no ordinary
newspaper. It has always stood
for something, and it stands for something
now. By that, we mean it is
edited by its editor. He has ever stood
ready to advance that which was good
for this town, or county; but he has
never been willing to lend himself or
his paper to the promotion of the selfish
designs of individuals or combina
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[ions UI 1I1U1 VlUUtLlS. .lllcll 10 imc wi
the things he has In mind when he
disavows the "dollar consideration,"
and every real newspaper man appreciates
exactly what he means.
Another situation mentioned in the
article reproduced above, which is to
be appreciated only by newspaper men
of experience and discernment, is comprehended
in the reference to nonnewspaper
readers. There are hundreds
of these not only in Cherokee,
but in every other South Carolina
county. The trouble with most of
them is that they cannot read. There
are many, however, who though able
to read, have no inclination to do so.
It follows as a matter, of course, that
neither class can be properly informed
as to men and things, and both classes
are a prey to the demagogues, who
are making constant use of them in
carrying out their selfish designs. Of
course, all intelligent reading people
understand that the newspaper is the
best possible .medium for the enlightenment
of the unenlightened, and we
can think of no better way than that
suggested by the Ledger, of developing
the newspaper reading habit.
THE ASSAULT ON MR. GRIST.
Comments on the Recent Incident In
the Office of the Clerk of the Court.
(News and Courier, September 1.)
Last week Mr. W. D. Grist, editor
of the Yorkville Enquirer, was assaulted
by \V. H. Windle, with C. P.
Blankenship, and the clerk of the
court of York county, one of the
peace ofhcers of that county, looking
on with evident approval, and locking
the door of his office so that succor
might not reach the victim of the assnilanfs
who cried out lustilv for
help, it was not a brave thing for
Mr. Windle to do, but he did it, and
left his mark presumably upon his
helpless and unresisting victim. The
occasion of the assault was a statement
made in Mr. Grist's newspaper that
Windle had taken an active part in
the political campaign in York county.
There does not appear at this
distance to have been any warrant in
such a statement as that for the brutal
assault upon the editor of the Enquirer.
We are glad that Mr. Grist
was not killed outright, and we have
no doubt that he will keep on printing
one of the best newspapers in the
state.
(News and Courier, September 4.)
Mr. C. P. Blankenship did not take
part in the assault last week upon Mr.
\V. D. Grist, the editor of the Yorkviile
Enquirer. We are informed by
our Yorkville correspondent that Mr.
Blankenship was attending a meeting
of the county executive committee on
the second floor of the court house
building at the time the assault was
made on Mr. Grist in the clerk's office
on the first floor. The chief assailant
of Mr. Grist was W. H. Windle
and the bystanders were Clerk of
the Court Tate and W. Thompson
Jackson, a local politician. The affair
is greatly to be regretted and
just as strongly to be condemned, and
the blame should be placed where it
belongs. It is too much to hope, possibly,
that the law will take cognizance
of the affair. That is the reason
why the law is held in contempt.
It has its favorites.
(Chester Lantern.)
When that fellow Windle kills W.
D. Grist the trial ought to be a simple
matter. Premeditation will not
have to be proven, unless the defense
should attack the defendant's veracity.
lie said he would kill the editor
if his name appeared again in The
Enquirer.
(Chester Lantern.)
We beg a thousand pardons for
meddling, but possibly the supervisor
and commissioners of York county
had not thought what a scheme it
would be to levy a license upon those
statesmen who use the clerk of court's
office as a ring in which to beat liquor
sentiments into the heads of those
whom they cannot convince by metjins
of other arguments. As the business
is a little disreputable they might
make the license pretty steep.
(Spartanburg Journal.)
The assault on Editor Grist of the
Yorkviile Enquirer by a couple of political
heelers was one of the infrequent
features of the newspaper business.
There are still a few deluded
persons who think they can browbeat
the newspapers by making personal
assaults on the editors; but these accomplish
nothing and sometimes even
get the worsb of the battle. In Mr.
Grist's case he was attacked by two
men while seated and engaged in
writing and, of course, had little
chance to defend himself. This made
the attack all the more outrageous
and indefensible.
(News and Courier Comment on
the card of J. A. Tate, C. C. C. Pis.)
It is true that Mr. S. M. Grist, the
Yorkviile correspondent of The News
and Courier, is a brother of Mr. \V.
II. Grist. He has been the correspondent
of this newspaper for nearly a
score of years, and it is simply justice
to him to state now in connection
with the publication of the above card
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News and Courier has always had unbounded
confidence in Mr. Grist's honesty
and veracity, and that it has never
found that confidence misplaced.?
Editor The News and Courier.
Cll Altl.KSTOX'S MISTAKE.?"Ml'. Rhett
did not lose anything by not getting
into tile second primary for the senate,"
says the Spartanburg Journal,
"as with either Smith or Evans he
would have been defeated, and largely
on account of this very thing?the
it00 majority given for Blease in the
county of Charleston." "Ansel's friends
throughout the state," says the Journal.
"would have resented Charleston's
course toward the governor by
scratching Charleston's candidate for
tile senate. Two years from now, and
four years from now, Charleston will
have the burden of this to bear."
The sentiments expressed by the
Spartanburg Journal have been expressed
also by the Anderson Mail
and by the Yorkville Enquirer, two of
the most loyal and helpful friends Mr.
Rhett had in his campaign for the
senate, and representing many of his
most devoted supporters in upper Carolina.
The Anderson Mail says:
"Charleston has declared her preference
for an unworthy man for governor.
and that stigma will remain
upon her."
The Mail had the right to say that
in view of the fact that Mr. Rhett re- |
eeived 1.061* votes in Anderson county.
In the county of Spartanburg, the
home county of Mr. Kvans. Mr. Jtlu tt
received !?.'{!? votes, and in the county
of York, with seven candidates in the
field for the senate Mr. Rhett received
one-fourth of the total vote cast.
These newspaper friends, which have
spoken so plainly in regard to the
Mleuse defection in Charleston county
have the right to speak plainly. Much
as we may r? grot it. the Please vote
in Charleston will lie thrown up
against us for a long time to come.?
News and Courier.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
National Union Bank?Advises you to
save a part of your income and to
begin today. It will help you to save
and pay you 4 per cent on deposits.
First National Bank?Points out that
the saving habit is not so bad as the
drink habit or as expensive as the
tobacco habit. It wants your savings
account.
W. M. Garrison, Pineville, N. C.?
Wants to buy an 8-h. p. Tozer, portable
engine in good condition.
J. T. Crawford, McConnellsville?Has
two good milch cows for sale.
J. C. Wilborn?Offers the C. S. Whitaker
place, 105 acres, and the T. E
Whltesides plantation, 175 acre'?,
for sale.
Sam M. Grist?Explains that he pays
ior iisnes wneii yum in upvi ly i? insured
in one of his fire companies
before the fire takes place.
I?an and Saving- Bank?Says that
interest is the incentive toward saving.
It pays interest on savings deposits
and certificates of deposit.
Victor Cotton Oil Co.?Announces that
it will ffin cotton at $1 a bale.
York Drug Store?Offers $2.50 reward
for overcoat lost between Yorkville
and Clover Monday night.
J. Q. Wray?Is receiving new fall goods
and will soon be ready for fall shoppers.
Thomson Co.?Tells about new Amoskeag
outings in handsome patterns
at 10c yard.. 6ther dress goods attractions.
Palace Theatre?Will show "The Sleeping
Beauty." a handsome hand colored
picture this evening.
M. W. White?Tells you that the use
of "gray matter" as well as hard
work, is necessary to get ahead in
the world. Real estate offerings.
J. L. Williams & Co.?Make especial
offerings of old lots of shoes for
women and children at attractive
prices.
York Drug Store?Always ready to
give prompt service, reliable goods,
fair prices and always appreciates
your patronage.
W. E. Ferguson?Reminds you that
he is ready to furnish you with seasonable
groceries, that are fresh
and of right qualities. Full cream
cheese.
Strauss Smith Co.?Is receiving new
fall and winter goods and will be
ready to serve you in a few days.
Come and see.
Cotton picking has been in progress
in some localities for several weeks
and a number of bales of cotton have
been put <?n the market. Picking, however,
will not become common until
next week.
CAMPAIGN SUBSCRIPTIONS.
The Columbia State of yesterday
acknowledged the following additional
subscriptions sent from York county,
by Frank P. McCain, Esq.:
Dr. W. G. White $ 2 0(5
J. L. Sanders 1 00
D. M. Hall 1 00
John F. Gordon 1 00
Arthur Hart 50
J. G. Dickson 50
Hickory Grove.
Tohn S. Wilkerson 2 00
J. N. McDill 1 00
J. N. McGill 1 00
John D. Whitesides 1 00
N. M. McDill 50
J. W. Castles 50
Dr. C. C. Leech 50
J. H. Wylie 50
R. L. A. Smith 50
Rev. J. L. Oates 50
Total $14 00
YESTERDAY'S ELECTION.
Although good weather prevailed today.
the vote in the second primary
held throughout the county was not so
'arge as that in the primary of two
weeks ago, when there was so much
hinderance on account of rain.
The total vote of two weeks ago was
3.312 and that of today was 3.274. The
falling off is probably due to the fact
that there was a considerable reduction
in the number of candidates, and a
consequent curtailment in interest;
According1 to the returns as published
and they are substantially cor
rect. Hunter has been nominated auditor.
Clem F. Gordon has been nominated
supervisor, and Messrs. W. A.
Aycock and L. J. Bumpkin have been
nominated county commissioners.
The collection of the county returns
was completed at about 7 o'clock, and
up to 8 o'clock no news had been received
as to the result in the state.
Virtually complete returns from
Cherokee. Fairfield, Chester, Chesterfield
and York, including 11,061 votes,
give Finley a majority of about 2,200
over Butler and indicate Finley's renomination
to a practical certainty.
Scattering returns received by the
Columbia State up to 8 o'clock to
night, gave Evans 14,949; Smith, 19,694;
Cansler, 14,576 and Caughman,
11,753.
R. H. HIGH SCHOOL MATTER.
At Chester, on Friday, according to
the Rock Hill Record of yesterday.
Judge Gage handed down the following
order in the High School controversy
:
The State of South Carolina,
County of York
In the Common Pleas.
Alex. Long et al? plaintiff, against Ira
B. Dunlap et al., defendants.
Order.
The defendants move to increase
the bond heretofore required of the
plaintiffs from five hundred dollars to
live thousand dollars. The pleadings
make an issue between Winthrop college
on the one side, and the Rock
Hill school district on the other side;
but the school district, which is represented
by seven trustees, is divided
in counsel?four on one side and three
on the other.
The matter at issue is a parcel of
land containing eight (8) acres, with
the high school building thereon, and
lying directly across thd street from
Winthrop college. The college wants
this property and is willing to pay f'>r
it the sum of twenty thousand do lars.
Of the board of trustees of the school
district, four desire to sell at tha*
pi ice and three oppose the sale. It
the allegation of the complaint te
proved, the college must fail; otherwise,
it wins. For who are the plaintiffs
acting in this case? The high character
of the plaintiffs forbids me to
imagine that they are acting for their
own private interests. If they are not
acting for a considerable constituency
of Rock Hill, then they will soon be
put out of office; but they are in office.
If they are acting for such a constituency,
then they are performing a
public service and ought to be encouraged.
If in such service they fail,
then the burden of failure ought not
to fall grievously on their shoulders.
It is true the school district is in debt;
but so is every school district of consequence
in this state. If this debt
shall be paid, then another will forthwith
be created. That is the history
of the school District of the place.
I am clearly of the opinion that the
bond ought not to be increased. It is
so ordered and the motion is refused.
Geo. W. Gage.
Chester, S. C., Sept. 4th, 1908.
[What the Record cannot understand
is why the learned judge should have
fallen into the error of stating in his
opinion that the minority members of
the school board "could be put out of
office." Judge Gage probably does not
know that our board is a self-perpetuating
body and that nothing save
death or a special act of the legislature
can eliminate any one of these
g'-ntlemen from the board. As mat
tors now stand, should any one or mem
die or resign, the people here have no
voice in the selection of his successor,
but the hoard would elect him.
Another thing: It seems to us that
Judge Gage acts upon a gratuitous
presumption when lie syys that "when
this dfht is paid another one would be
created." This is not a fair presumption
and is not based upon the facts in
the case.]
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WITHIN THE TOWN.
? By a unanimous vote last Sunday,
the Associate Reformed congregation
decided to pay over to Mrs. W. C.
Ewart the salary that would have been
due to the late W. C. Ewart for services
during the balance of the year.
? The salesday crowd yesterday was
a little larger than usual, principally on
account of the interest in the election.
There was very little horsetrading.
Men stood about the streets In groups
during the greater part of the day talking
politics. There was a large amount
of campaign literature on hand for distribution,
and a great deal of it was
carried to various parts of the county.
? The Rural Carriers' Association of
.York county met in the court house
yesterday with about sixteen members
present. Mr. D. C. Clark, the president,
presided and Mr. B. R. T. Bowen,
the secretary, kept the record.
There was no business out of the usual
routine. The next meeting of the association
will be held at Sharon on
May 30, the Federal decoration day.
The visiting carriers were entertained
at dinner at the Bowen house by the
local carriers.
? The meeting at the Methodist
church, which began Sunday morning,
will continue through this week. The
preaching is being done by Rev. D. H.
Comann of North Carolina, and is of a
very high order. Mr. Comann is a
splendid expounder of the Scriptures.
He uses no sensational methods, depending
only on the simple gospel to
influence men. His sermon Sunday
night was heard by a congregation
that taxed the capacity of the church,
and has been the subject of most favorable
comment. The day services
are held at 4 o'clock; the night services
begin at 8 o'clock with song and prayer
and preaching at 8.15.
? The Yorkville Graded school was
opened yesterday morning with an enrollment
of 223. The opening exercises
consisted of prayer by Rev. Henry
Cauthen, the reading of a Scriptural
ltsson by Rev. I. G. Murray, and talks
by Thos. F. McDow, Esq., of the board
of trustees, Revs. I. G. Murray, Dr.
S. A. Weber and E. E. Gillespie, and
Mr. J. H. Witherspoon, the superintendent.
Mr. Witherspoon said he
hoped for earnest, conscientious work,
and assured the pupils of his purpose
to try to give them the best service
that was in him. Mr. R. C. Love of
iMCUonneiisviue, is principal auu uc anu
Mr. Witherspoon are to have charge of
the high school department, consisting
of the 8th, 9th and 10th grades. Miss
Bessie Poag of Rock Hill and Miss
Margaret Hart of Yorkville, have
charge of the grammar school department,
consisting of the 5th, 6th and
7th grades. Misses Ella Neely, Geraldine
Lowry and Sudie Allison of
Yorkville, have charge of the primary
department, consisting of the 1st, 2d,
3d and 4th grades. Miss Pauline
Gwaltney of Hickory, N. C., has charge
of the music department.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miss Ida Dunlap of Delphos, is visiting
in Due West this week.
Miss Mary Fant Herndon returned |
last week from a visit to Union.
Miss Kate Padgett of Gastonia, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. George Sherer.
Miss Nellie Moore, of Yorkville, is
with the Thomson company as cashier.
Miss Wilmoth Jackson, of Newport,
has taken a position at Winthrop college.
Mr. W. T. Moore left last week to
accept a position as drug clerk in
Laurens.
Mr. Raymond Jackson of Yorkville
No. 3, is with the Carroll Furniture
company.
Mr. J. L. Williams of the J. L. Williams
Co.. left yesterday for the
northern markets.
Mrs. G W. Foster of Greenwood, is
spending sometime with her mother, J
Mrs. W. B. Steele.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Howard Riddle of
Bethel township, spent last night with
relatives in Yorkville.
Mrs. Wm. McCloud and two children,
of Columbia, are visiting Miss Mamie
Turner on Wright avenue.
Miss L?e Williams returned to Yorkville
on Saturday, after spending three
weeks in Rutherfordton, N. C.
Mr. W. B. McCaw, whose critical
iilness with gastritis was mentioned
last Friday, is now out of danger.
Mrs. R. L. DeVinney and daughter,
Miss Mamie, have returned home from
the White Diamond Lithia springs.
I'nited States Service Orders, Thursday:
Bussed Assistant Paymaster
Dobson, to naval station, Key West.
Mr. and Mrs. James Beckham and
children have returned from a viist
to relatives and friends in Lancaster.
Master Carroll Grist returned home
yesterday after a visit of two weeks
to Mr. it. B. Riddle's family at Zeno.
Mr. C. K. Spencer and family have
returned from Blowing Rock, where
they have been spending the summer.
Mr. J. D. Witherspoon of Laurens
county, is in Yorkville on a visit to
his parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Witherspoon.
Mis Janie Belle Gaston, of Lowryville,
has been visiting her grandfather
Mr. M. P. Faries, in the Bethany neighborhood.
Miss Daisy Hart returned to Yorkville
last Thursday, after a two months'
stay in Chatham, Va., with Mrs. Jas.
F. Hart.
Mr. Henry C. Strauss returned from
Asheville. N. C., Friday night and reports
that Mr. Chas. W. Smith is improving
steadily.
Mrs. S. Ij. I^itimer came up from
Columbia on Saturday to spend a few
days with her sisters, Misses Georgia
and Annie Witherspoon.
Mr. P. \V. Love is in a serious condition
on account of an abscess at the
back of his ear. Grave fears are entertained
as to the probable outcome.
Miss Marie Moss and Mr. H. P. Al
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lison of King's Mountain, and Misses
Ruby and Pearl Falls of Greenville
are visiting the family of Mr. J. W.
Dobson.
Miss Ida deLoach, after spending
several weeks In Washington, D. C.,
and New York, returned last Friday,
accompanied by Miss Isabelle Erwin
of Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Bratton, who have
been spending a part of the summer at
Asheville, N. C., returned to Yorkvllle,
yesterday. They are at the Parish hotel,
where Mrs. Bratton will probably
remain for a month or more.
Mr. R. G. McCaw of Wilmington, N.
C.. and Mrs. L. W. Perrln of Abbeville,
are in Yorkvllle, having come on account
of the Illness of their brother,
Mr. W. B. McCaw.
Rt. Rev. T. D. Bratton, Bishop of
the Episcopal diocese of Mississippi,
\i*aa In Vnrlfvllla lact u'Pplf nn aonniint
of the Illness of his cousin, Mr. W. B.
McCaw, and conducted service In the
Episcopal church on Sunday.
The following young ladies and
gentlemen left this morning for the
Due West colleges: Misses Florence
and Grady Moore and Leila Dunlap,
and Mr. John Scott of the Delphos
neighborhood and Miss Mamie Byers
of Rock Hill No. 1, and Messrs. W. G.
White and Brlce Dickson of Yorkvllle.
Dr. A. Y. Cartwright. who has been
spending the past six weeks at various
recreation resorts including Sullivan's
Island, the Isle of Palms and the
mountains of North Carolina, returned
home yesterday. The doctor has
been in bad health for quite a while,
and although he finds himself but little
stronger, he has reason to hope
that he has been veery much benefited
by his outing.
Mr. W. S. Smith of Newport News,
Va., paid The Enquirer office a pleasant
visit yesterday. He is spending a
short vacation with his parents, Capt.
and Mrs. J. J. Smith of Clover, and
came down to Yorkvllle to look up former
friends and acquaintances. During
the past two years, Mr. Smith has
been the Associated Press operator for
the Newport News Daily Press, a position
requiring a high order of ability;
but which he fills with credit to
himself and great satisfaction to his
employer. Mr. Smith Is also an amateur
artist of no ordinary attainment,
and has made quite a reputation as a
cartoonist. Besides all this, he is
pleasant and agreeable company, and
his visit to Yorkvllle was very much
enjoyed by all who had the pleasure
of meeting him.
LOCAL LACONICS.
We Will Send The Enquirer
FYnm this rlnfp to .Taniwrv 1st. 1909.
for 60 cents.
Receiver Appointed.
AshevlUe, September 5: On the application
of the Commonwealth Title
Insurance and Trust company, in a
suit brought in the United States circuit
court for the western district of
South Carolina, Judge Pritchard today
appointed P. A. Wilcox receiver for
the Rock Hill Water, Light and Power
company. The complaint charges
mismanagement and insolvency. The
receiver is authorized to issue $50,000,
receivers' certificates to meet maturing
claims.
High Water In Beaverdam.
People living on Beaverdam creek
say that the recent freshet raised that
stream to a point higher than has ever
been known. There is a great deal of
corn in the Beaverdam bottoms; but
the information is that not much of
it was injured. The bottoms of the
creek are wide arid except at a few
points the water did not get up over
the corn ears. There is very little
bottom land on CrowdePs creek from
a point several miles above Riddle's
mill to the river; but further up the
creek corn was damaged considerably.
King's Mountain Monument.
From a citizen of the neighborhood,
who was in Yorkville yesterday, The
Enquirer learns that the progress of
work on the King's Mountain monument
was arrested because of unexpected
trouble at the foundation. The
original specifications provided for
only four feet of excavation at the
foundation; but the slate rock under
the proposed site proved to be seamy
and soft and the engineer in charge
would not permit the erection of such
a tall shaft as Is contemplated without
going down deeper. The contractors
have gone down about 15 feet and
have only reached a satisfactory foundation.
They now have this deep hole,
about 25 feet square, to fill with
concrete before they can begin with
the regular construction work. The
original plan was to have the monument
ready for unveiling before October
7: but the understanding now is
that there is no reasonable probability
that the monument can be completed
by that date.
Killed By Saw Log.
Frank Snipe, a young white man,
aged about 19 years, lost his life last
Wednesday as the result of being
crushed under a saw log. Young Sn'ne
was employed as a teamster bv
Messrs. Kiser Bros., who gre operating
a saw mill near King's Mountain battleground.
While driving along with a
log on the wagon, a wheel struck a
stump and threw him off. The log
fell in such a way as to pin him against
a wagon wheel. Unable to extricate
himself he began to call for help.
This started the mules and the full
weight of the log came down on the
young man's left leg, breaking it and
also mashing him internally. As soon
as help arrived, young Snipe was car- :
ried to his home in Cherokee county,
about two miles away, and Drs. Caldwell
and Miller did what they could
for him, setting his leg as well as was
possible. The accident occurred at
about 4 o'clock in the afternoon and
the young man died at about 12 o'clock
that night. There was a chain on the !
wagon; but from appearances the
young man had neglected to make use J
of it in properly securing the log.
? Columbia, September 5: At five i
o'clock this morning the Seaboard Air i
Lino bridge over Haskell creek was ]
washed away, passenger train No. 3S i
having crossed the trestle an hour .
previously. The Seaboard had just <
gotten three trains across its Savan- i
nah river bridge yesterday afternoon I
and last night. Now the main line is <
blocked again. Train No. 41. with i
about forty passengers is held up at 1
Abbeville. The officials of the road <
state that they hope to have the <
bridge replaced by noon Sunday. ]
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The published statement that the
opening of Clemson college would be
postponed, was a mistake. The college
will open tomorrow.
? Nfne hundred gallons of contraband
whisky was seized at one time
in Charleston one day last week, and
a considerable quantity was also seized
in Columbia on Saturday.
? Learning a lesson from the great
flood, the engineers of the Chicago,
Cllnchfleld and Cincinnati railroad
have decided to raise the track down
Broad River about eight feet higher
than was originally intended.
? Spartanburg. September 4: It Is
an ill wind that blows no good. It
was stated here tonight by one con
?.UL Anrrlnoorlno* Hfinort
llt?UlfU Willi IIIC CIlftlHCVunn V
ment of the C. C. & O. railroad that
the recent record-breaking high water
in Broad river may be the means
of saving that company thousands o'
dollars. It Is this way: The company's
engineering corps now running
a line from Spartanburg to Columbia
down this stream has been
given a very valuable opportunity to
know just how high the river can
rise, and as a result of the demonstration
the whole line will be raised
between 10 and 15 feet. It Is said
the recent waters rose over the line
as previously located.
? Sumter Item, September 5: Mr.
John Gary Evans is spending considerable
money to get his literature
Into the hands of the voters of Sumter
county. A complete poll list of
Sumter county was obtained a few
days ago and today Sumter and Sumter
county was flooded with autograph
typewritten letters from Mr.
Evans, endorsing a varied assortment
of campaign circulars. Every voter
in the city and county appears to have
received one of the letters. If Mr.
Evans has sent the letters throughout
the state as he has In this county, the
item for postage alone will exceed
$2,000, to say nothing of the cost of
the circulars, envelopes and expenses
incidental to sending them out.
? Beaufort correspondence Sumter
Herald: The race down here between
Talbird and Christensen was set at a
high pace. The father of the young
senator came from the north long
years ago, and was in the northern
army, for which he nows draws a
pension from the government. All
possible changes were rung on this
fact, and the iniquities of the father
were piled upon the head of the son.
Then, too, it was charged that Mr.
Christensen had had a hand in the
graft business, and had been paid
ever so much for doing certain public
service, and so the charges went
to and fro like a shuttle-cock. On
the other hand, it is still neia against
Talbird that he was In company with
the notorious Jim Tillman when he
shot down editor Gonzales. Mr. Talbird
declares It was a purely accidental
meeting between him and Tillman
Be that as It may. It defeated Talbird
once before, and did not help him
this time. So, Mr. Chrlstensen goes
back to the senate.
? Chester, September 5: Gus Lee
colored, convicted of the killing of
Lucius Jones at the spring term of
court in 1907 and sentenced to be
hanged, but who managed by the efforts
of his attorney Mr. W. H. Xewbold,
to secure a new trial, was this
afternoon found guilty of murder,
with a recommendation to mercy.
This special term of court was presided
over by Judge Gage. Mr. S. E.
McFadden assisted Solicitor Henry
with the prosecution. The homicide
was committed In June, 1906, but the
defendant was not arrested until January
of the following year. He was
duly convicted and sentenced; but
the case was taken to the supreme
court on appeal. This tribunal refused
to Interfere, and at the next term
of court of general sessions Lee was
resentenced. Mr. Newbold then took
the case to the supreme court on the
ground of after-discovered evidence,
and the case was remanded for a
hearing at the July term of this year,
Judge Gage granted the motion for a
new trial, and fixed September 3 as
the date for a hearing.
? The State, Monday: Owing to the
fact that the delegates who attended
the national convention of the Farmers'
union in Fort Worth, Texas, can
not reach here in time, the meeting
of the state executive committee of the
union, which was to be held Tuesday
has been postponed till the 15th Inst.
At that time business of great imporfonoa
t<-? *ho nnlnn will h#> transacted.
On the 16 Instant at 5 p. rn.p the county
presidents will meet with the executive
committee here in Columbia. The
object In having the presidents to
meet is to give them a report of the
national convention which has Just
adjourned and to perfect the methods
and means in the efforts by the union
to control the price of cotton this fall.
This state was represented In the national
convention by President B. Harris
of Pendleton. Joseph L. Keitt of
Newberry and T. C. Willoughby of
Florence. It will be gratifying to the
many friends of President C. S. Barrett
to know that he was again elected
the national president. It was
President Barrett who held the South
Carolina association together when
there was danger of disruption two
years ago.
? Columbia State: The "Handbook
of South Carolina" for 1908 issued by
Col. E. J. Watson, head of the department
of agriculture, commerce and
immigration, is just from the press,
being the second edition of the work
that shows so completely the state's
resources. The book is most attractively
bound and contains a wealth of
information on the state as to its agricultural,
commercial and'manufacturing
industries, in addition to statistics
along other lines. The book
is divided into nineteen chapters
as follows: "The state of South
Carolina," "The Story of the State,"
"How the state is Governed," "The
Climate," by J. W. Bauer, director of
South Carolina section, United States
weather bureau service; E. J. Watson,
"Tourist Advantages," "Geology and
Mineral Resources," by Earle Sloan,
state geologist: "The Water Powers
of South Carolina," by Gadsen E.
Shand, C, E.; "Education in South
Carolina," by A. R. Banks, member
state board of education; agriculture,
as follows; cotton, trucking, general;
rice, record crops; silk culture; tea
culture, tobacco, good roads, miscellaneous:
horticulture, as follows; general,
fruit growing, pecan groves; live
stock, as follows; general and statistics,
cattle and hogs, dairying, cheesemaking,
poultry, Angora goats, sheep;
manufactures, including general manufacturing;
cotton manufacturing and
special manufacturing; Commerce,
Transportation, Immigration and Emigration,"
"Population," "Hunting and
Fishing," Forestry and Timber Industry,"
by A. C. Moore; "The Principal
Cities," "The State by Counties," Statistics
and General Information Not
Otherwise Classified, "The State at
Expositions" and handbooks.
? Columbia, September 5: More
and more the university authorities
are striving to link the institution to
the common schools of the state. Several
members of the present faculty
have for years been closely identified
with the common schools?teaching
in the state and county summer
schools* for teachers, addressing
teacher bodies and the public on
school matters. Realizing that the
high school situation in the state was
far from satisfactory, the board of
trustees a little more than two years
ago established in the university a
chair of secondary education, and
called to it a man who had taught
for nearly twenty years in the common
schools, most of that time in
South Carolina. Prof. Hand began
by giving half of his time to teaching
in the institution, and the other half
to field work over the state. Within
less than a year the demand for his
? m hoa l-v thai from that
time since he has given almost his entire
time to this high school work
over the state. In the meantime the
legislature has appropriated $50,000
annually to aid the high schools, and
the state board of education made
Prof. Hand its state inspector, further
linking the institution to the
schools. There are now in round
numbers one hundred state aided
high schools, town and rural. These
schools are getting the benefit of his
services in building courses of study,
?lassifying their work, and urging on
the improvement of these schools. For
the first time in the history of the
state all the colleges and the public
it large have access to detailed, tabulated
information as to the actual ,
work done in all of the high schools
;?f the state. The volume of corres
pondence and the number of bulle- <
tins of Information which pass
through this office are heavy and are
growing almost dally. This department
of the university Is devoted to
the educational Interest of the state
rather than to the Individual Interest ?
of this institution.
Chicora College.?Chlcora college
opens Its next session on September
17. Everything in connection with
the buildings, is about In readiness
for the return of the pupils. During
the summer many small improvements
have been made, which add
greatly to the beauty and comfort of
the buildings. The interior, Is attractive,
as well as substantial. The reception
halls, have Just been finished
in hardwood, and the walls beautifully
papered. The parlors, offices and
Infirmary, have all been overhauled
and finished in an elegant, attractive
paper and Ivory enamel paint. An additional
furnace Is being added to the
heating plant, and the athletic courts
improved.
The outlook for the approaching
session is the most encouraging in the
history of the institution. The evl
dence or tne popularity or unicora, is
seen In the very large and unprecedented
number of new applications.
There have been very nearly, If not
fully enough new applicants to fill
the dormitory buildings. The college
authorities have been compelled to
rent additional houses for the accommodations
of the pupils. The prospect
at present is, that the number of
boarding pupils will exceed that of
last year, by fully one third to one
half. Many requests for catalogues
have come from distant states, and
the future of the college is exceedingly
bright. The great need of the
present, is additional dormitory room.
The faculty will begin to return
next week. A number of the teachers
spent thq summer at the various
universities of the country, studying
along their special lines. The music
department will be stronger than ever.
The faculty of last year, will be with
the college again, and will be strengthened
by the addition of Prof. Berghauser,
who is accomplished in both
pianb and voice.
lilt? \ uuuege cxpcuia IU u^cn uu a
standard of twelve units, which Is as
high as any Institution in the state.
Chicora is now certainly offering the
very best advantages in higher Christian
education, and its future is assured.
Together with the other institutions
of this city, it should be the
pride of the community.
An exceptionally large day patronage
is expected, as there have been
many applications and inquiries. It
is the purpose of the president, S. C.
Byrd and his associates to make the
institution a'blessing to the people of
Greenville.?Greenville News.
Erskine Ready to Open.?Erskine
college will open Septembjr 9. It is
evident that the number of students
for the coming season will be larger
than the number last year which num,ber
broke all previous records. Practically
every room in the dormitories
has been rented. There will be, however,
many private lodging and boarding
places at which the young men
can be accommodated. Several improvements
have been mt.de on the
campus. A deep well has been dug Just
In the rear of the main building from
which an abundant supply of pure
water mav be obtained. a snlendid
system of sewerage has been installed
in the dormitory and In the Wylie
Home. The campus and buildings
have all been thoroughly put In shape
for the opening of the college.
Prof. Edgar Long, associate professor
of English, has Just returned from
Columbia university. He spent the
summer there, taking a special course
in the English language.
Prof. L. C. Galloway, of the chair of
history and economics, has just returned
from the University of Chicago.
where he has been studying since the
close of the last session.
At this time there will be no important
changes in the courses of study.
The study of the Bible?two recitations
each week?will be required
in all classes. Heretofore this work
was elective in the junior and senior
years.
Many new buildings have been put
up in Due West this summer. Practically
every store room has been rebuilt.
The old wooden buildings have
been replaced by handsome brick
structures. These buildings add considerably
to the general appearance of
the town.?Due West special of September
5, to the News and Courier.
Campaign Expenses.?There seems
to be some dissatisfaction in some
quarters as to the campaign expenses
of R. G. Rhett of Charleston. Just
why, we fail to see. If a man chooses
to spend a hundred thousand legitimately
in making his race for any office,
whose business is it but his own?
The man who spends legitimately his
money injures no man, and his expense
account is put before the proper
authorities for consideration. We find
no unjust item in Mr. Rhett's account
as published, and doubtless the state
executive committee found it satisfactory,
or they would have been heard
frnm Wp henrri nrtthlnc nf "Rhett
money" coming1 in Oconee, but there
were undercurrents that indicated that
there was other money here. It is not
the legitimate expense of a candidate
that debauches and pollutes politics,
no matter what that expense may be.
One candidate may spend half as much
as another, yet if his expense account
filed before the executive committee
accounts for but one-half or a third
of his actual expenditures, there is
where the pollution comes in. We have
seen no such item published as "$500
sent to heelers in Oconee," yet we have
heard intimations that such was the
case, and we have seen also "the
straws that went with the wind." We
have not heard an Intimation that
there was any "Rhett money" sent to
this neck of the woods. Small, questionable
expenditures are Infinitely
worse than large, legitimate expenses.
?Keowee Courier.
? Paris, September 6: Leon DeLagrange,
president of the Aviation club
of France, established a new world's
records with his aeroplane at Issy this
morning, both for length and duration
of flight. Mr. DeLagrange remain
ed in the air for twenty-nine minutes,
fifty-four and four-fifths seconds, and
circled the field fifteen and a half
times, covering a distance of 24,747
metres, or about fifteen and a quarter
miles. He thus beat the longest
flight previously made, that by Henri
Farman in July, by nine minutes,
thirty and a flf>h seconds, and exceeded
the distance covered by Wilbur
Wright yesterday, by about one and
three-fourths miles. The new records
have been accepted officially. M. DeLagrange's
sensational flight, which
closely approached the longest unofficial
flights claimed by the Wright
brothers in the United States, is rendered
still more impressive by the fact
that he came down only because the
fluid used for his motor became exhausted.
When he cut off the power
he came lightly to the earth. A dead
calm prevailed during the recordbreaking
flight.
? London, September 7: The British
Cotton Growing association Is more
determined than ever to make Great
Britain independent of the American
cotton market, and at a meeting of
West Indian cotton growers at Liverpool
the other day at which many
prominent English manufacturers
were present, It was resolved that the
association would spend one million
sterling annually to encourage the
growth of cotton in Africa and British
West Indies. A resolution was also
passed urging the government to establish
on a permanent basis the imperial
department of agriculture for
the West Indies and to extend the
scope and area of its work. It was
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prosperity of the whole empire
is largely dependent upon the development
of cotton and other raw materials
and agricultural products, it is
essential that there should be a permanent
central department on an imperial
basis for the purpose of investigation,
experiment, Instruction and
education and for the co-ordination,
collection and dissemination of informal'
n Sir Alfred Jones promised
the Wst Indian cotton growers that
In o: der to p )le them to successfully
ompete with American cotton In
the Engilsh market he would carry
all cotton free from Jamaica for
twelve months in the steamers of his
company, Messrs. Edler, Demyster &
Co.