Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, November 03, 1908, Image 2
Scraps and 4?acts.
? New York. October 31: Following
the resignation of Hamilton Fish as
assistant treasurer of the United
States, in charge of the sub-treasury
here, a corps of book-keepers under
the direction of United States Treasurer
Treat today began checking over
the books of the office. The counting
of the cash in the vaults will be taken
up as soon as the checking of the
books has been completed. There is
in the vaults approximately $173,000,000
in gold coin: $17,000,000 in currency
and $80,000,000 in silver coin and
this must be counted and verified
piece by piece. The work will probably
take at least a month. The
counting is only done when an as
sistant treasurer leaves the office. Mr.
Fish resigned as assistant treasurer
in order to accept a nomination for
congress.
? Union City. Tenn., October 29: It
is reported today on what is considered
good authority that the constitution
and by-laws of the night riders were
procured and brought here yesterday
and will be placed in the hands of the
grand jury. The constitution and by-1
laws, among other things, it is said,
provide that no bank or trust company
will be permitted to make any loans,
large or small, for a greater rate of
interest than 6 per cent and further
that after the 1st day of July, 1909, no
farmer will be allowed to employ any
colored help on his farm and that all
negroes will be notified to leave the
country under penalty of death; that
all merchants shall sell their goods and
merchandise at not to exceed 10 per
cent profit and otherwise regulating all
wages to be paid by the farmers for
help and regulating the price of corn,
cotton and all farm products. The bylaws
show that the organization not
only comprises the night riders of
Obion county; but includes all night
rider organizations over the entire
south.
? St. Petersburg, November 1: Interest
in the Balkan situation is centred
in the positive statements of several
parliamentary leaders that Russia
has determined to drop the idea of the
proposed international congress and
will refuse to recognize the annexation
by Austro-Hungary of Bosnia and
Herzegovina. This information, although
purporting to be from official
sources, is not entirely exact. Russia
has finally committed herself to the
principle that the question of the annexation
of the provinces may be discussed
in a conference of the powers,
and Austria will permit the status of
Herzegovina to be included in the programme,
but only on condition that
the deleeates will refrain from ques
tioning her action, and content themselves
with registering the abrogation
of the article referring to this matter
in the Berlin treaty. The foreign office
state that the negotiations between
Russia, Austria-Hungary and
other powers on this question are still
in progress and considers that an acceptable
formula for submission to the
congress may ultimately be found. It
is difficult, however, to foresee how a
satisfactory agreement may be reached
without one side or the other withdrawing
its contention.
? New York. October 31: The Financial
Chronicle placed the total world's
visible supply of cotton at 3,367,182
bales as against 3,185,877 bales a year
ago and 3.314,308 bales two years ago.
The visible supply of American cotton
was placed at 2,829,182 bales as against
2,425,877 bales a. year ago, and 2.555,208
bales two years ago. The intosight
for the week aggregated 610,866
bales, compared with 454,462 bales for
the corresponding week last year.
The into-sight to date aggregates 3,619,058
bales as against 2,737,143 bales
for the corresponding period last year,
southern consumption to date was estimated
at 350,000 bales, as against 434,000
bales last year. Northern spinners'
takings to date totalled 481.636
bales, as against 273,520 bales last
year. The world's takings of American
cotton for the week aggregated
275.929 bales, as against 285,712 bales
for the corresponding week last year.
Takings of American cotton to date
total 1.766,858 bales, as against 1,647,110
bales for the corresponding period
last year. Exports of raw cotton from
United States ports for the week total
310,556 bales, against 378,894 bales for
the corresponding day last year, vine
amount of cotton on shipboard not yet
cleared was 302,334 bales, as against
181,007 bales a year ago.
? Reelfoot Lake, Tenn., October 31:
"We know who fired the shot and who
put the rope around Rankin's neck,"
said Gov. Patterson in a statement yesterday
afternoon, just before his departure
for Union City, where a special
grand jury is investigating the
night rider depredations in this section
which culminated recently in the
murder of Capt. Quinton Rankin. The
governor said: "The proof which has
thus far developed is positive as to the
guilt of some of the men under arrest
and implicates others. This will all
be presented to the court at the proper
time and a long step has been taken
to discover and suppress lawlessness
in this region. Conditions have been
extremely bad, the night riders going
from one lawless act to another until the
culmination came with the murder of
Capt. Rankin and the attempted murder
of Col. Taylor. We know who fired
the shot and who put the rope
around Rankin's neck. The number
of men actually at the killing was
probably not more than ten, while
some stood guard and others held the
horses. The whole number engaged
in the undertaking did not exceed 35.
The inquiry will be further prosecuted
and the state will have ample evidence
to convict." The confession
of Ferriner, Hogg and Morris substantiate,
it is said, that of Ted Burton.
They will be taken to Memphis for
safe keeping.
? Daniel J. Sully who is now a bull
in the cotton market, has sent out the
following letter to his correspondents
in the south: "A large number of my
friends throughout the west and
abroad write to inquire if I find conditions
in cotton manufacturing sections
of the south as promising as
those of the northern mills, if the
resumption of full time is contemplated
or has already been adopted by the
southern mills, ana wnetner mey report
any improvement in the demand
for their goods. Boston reports an
active and increasing demand in
spots daily. Business conditions generally
are improving so much that the
treasurers feel justified in paying
present prices for cotton; in fact many
of them are of the opinion that bottom
prices for the year have been reached.
There seems to be sound logic in
this reasoning, in view of the enormous
exports of cotton to Europe, to
Asia and to England. Six million
bales of American cotton of this season's
growth have already been contracted
for and must be shipped out
i
before the first clay of next Septem- i
ber. Do you ever stop to consider
that this means an Influx of $300,000000
in gold to America and that every
advance of one cent per pound in cotton
means $30,000,000 in gold for import
to this country? Can you consistently
under such circumstances,
with a tremendous revival in American
industries developing, believe in
lower prices for the staple, and can
you much longer defer buying cotton
when a delay of a month or two may
mean an additional expense to you of
$5 or more a bale? The Lancashire
strike was evidently a ruse of war
conceived by English masters for the
purpose of buying cheap cotton. Their
object has been defeated, and a settlement
of the strike is now but a few
days away. I unhesitatingly advocate
the purchase of cotton at the
present level, both spots and futures.
It is the cheapest commodity in the
world at the present time under existing
business conditions.
<Thc \(orl;riUe (inquirer.
Entered at the Postnfflce in Yorkville
as Mail Matter of the Second Class.
YORKVILLE. S. C.:
| TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 3. I90X.
And now the country can get down
to business again.
The New York Herald was the only
big daily to issue an election forecast
last Sunday. It gave Taft 306 and
Bryan 177.
Voting machines were used in some
of the states today and the result of
the election was announced within a
few minutes after the close of the
polls.
Well, anyhow, South Carolina made
a good showing for the national Democracy.
Her votes were a foregone <
conclusion; but she helped with her
money.
Although today's election settles
the matter as to who will be president (
and vice president, the president and
vice president are not yet elected, i
Only presidential electors were chosen
today. These electors will meet in the j
capitols of their respective states on ,
the second Monday in January next,
and cast the votes of their states for J
president and vice president. The as- ,
sembled presidential electors of a state <
constitute an electoral college. There i
is an electoral college ior eacn sunt; ,
on the same day. After the votes of j
the electoral colleges are counted, the !
results are sent to Washington and !
canvassed by congress. Should the j
candidates receiving a majority of the <
votes, or one of them, die between this
date and the assembling of the elector- !
al colleges, the electoral colleges could
lawfully choose other men to fill the
offices. As a matter of fact, the electoral
colleges could, even now, lawfully .
elect some one else if they saw proper
to do so. It would be a rather dangerous
proceeding, of course, as they are
virtually pledged to register the will '
of the party by which they were nom- '
inated. '
, m 1
a declaration irom jonn u. kocke- ,
feller to the effect that he would vote ]
for Taft, was the loudest sounding i
political bomb that was exploded dur- '
ing the last few days of the campaign, j
Rockefeller gave as a reason for his ;
intention, the claim that the balance 1
of fitness as to temperament was on the
side of Taft, as compared with Bryan. 1
He said also that he had always been i
a Republican and that the triumph of .
the Republican party promised more
for the conservation of the business
interests of the country. Immediately I
upon the publication of the interview, *
John D. fell under the denunciation of |
both President Roosevelt and Mr. Bry- l
an. Roosevelt said that the announce- 1
ment was a cut and dried Democratic
trick, the object of which was to pre- i
judice the enemies of Standard Oil I
against the Republican party, and Mr. 1
Bryan took advantage of the opportunity
to point out that both the biggest
trusts of the country. Standard Oil and '
the United States Steel corporation,
were hand in glove with the Republi- |
?an party. Just what the facts are it :
is difficult to conjecture. There is no ^
doubt that the big trusts have been j
made possible by the tariff policy of (
the Republican party, and there is no
doubt that the United States Steel corporation
stands in with the Republican .
administration. The position of Mr. ]
Rockefeller is peculiar. For some rea- 1
son the Republican party has been '
hostile to him, especially during the i
past two years. There are those who '
insist that Judge Landis's famous '
529,000,000 fine was a matter of getting ,
even more than it was a matter of jus- t
tice?that is, however just it may have l
been, justice was not the real object. 1
Because of the alleged fight between .
Rockefeller and Roosevelt, some have '
thought that the Standard Oil influ- 1
ence and contributions have been go- j
ing to the Democratic side. This, how- 1
ever, is merely a matter of conjecture, 1
for there has been no evidence to sus- j
tain it. There is certainly very little \
reason to believe that Mr. Bryan would i
be a party to such duplicity. We are
inclined to the view that Rockefeller j
voted as he said he would. But there is ;
one feature of the circumstance that is <
difficult of explanation. During a long
business experience. Rockefeller has ,
established a reputation of keeping his i
mouth shut as to politics. Why he '
should have departed from his rule on '
this occasion, does not appear. .
MAIL ORDER WHISKY.
Postoffice Department Seeks to Prohibit
Misrepresentation.
Since prohibition went into effect in i
many parts of the country a few years 1
ago, says a Washington dispatch, va- ,
I ? ?-* ? U/>/IV>n Konn ft /l/\rvt a/1
ri'illJ** IHCliivun lieween auv/jJi^vt iu i ,
evading the law, one of the best known
of these being the use of the United '
States mails for the purpose of soliciting
orders. Recently, however, the
postal authorities have reached the 1
the conclusion that a little too much
of this kind of business was being
done. The whisky, of course, is not
actually transported through the
mails, but the orders are and to such
proportions has the business been carried
on that the officials are threatening
to come down good and hard on <
the promoters. >
Not long ago the commissioner of
internal revenue issued a regulation <
requiring rectified spirits, or alcohol. 1
to be branded as "imitation whisky." i
The dealers in rectified spirits took
exception to this regulation, which was
new, but made necessary by the oper- <
ation of the pure food and drug law of
1906, and sought an Injunction from a
Federal court in one of the Illinois districts.
The injunction was denied on
the ground that the regulation was
not believed to be unreasonable, and
because rectified spirits are not whisky.
Any liquor dealer who is caught selling
the imitation whisky for the genuine
article will be prosecuted, and
here is where the postal authorities
take a hand. It has been thought
lately that much of the whisky sold
through advertisements was the imitation
stuff, though as yet no bona
fide crises have been made out. It is
the intention of the postmaster general
to have all such cases pushed to the
limit and he said today that if those
who have been imposed upon will report
such cases to him, such matters
will at once be taken up and pushed.
The department declares that it is all
right for the dealers to advertise as
much as they desire and to sell all
the stuff they can, but that when they
are selling the imitation liquors they
must so state and not sell their products
as genuine through the medium
of the United States mails. It will
not be allowed and prosecutions will
follow.
VOTERS SHOULD BE REGISTERED.
Strong Argument For Reform of Primary
System.
Columbia State.
Referring- to the independent candidacy
for supervisor of W. A. Douglass
in Richland county, the Anderson Mail
propounds pertinent questions, and
makes a suggestion that will appeal to
many:
"He [Douglass] says his opponent
received a larger majority at some
precincts in the primary than there
are registered voters at those precincts.
This would seem to indicate that there
was something wrong about the vote
in the primary.
"Why should a man be allowed to
vote to make nominees in the primary
if he is not qualified to vote for the
nominees in the general election?
' What is meant by the oath 'to support
the nominees of the primary?' If
a man is not a qualified voter he can
not 'support' the nominees of the primary,
can he?
The condition which has prevailed
in Richland, where there were more
voters in the primary than there are
registered voters, makes a strong argument
for a change in the laws governing
the primary so as to limit the
privilege of voting in the primary to
bona fide citizens.
"If this is done it will prevent 'pack
ing' the ballot boxes; it will allow only
bona fide citizens to vote in the primaries,
and will not keep any bona fide
citizens from voting.
"It will put a check to 'independentism,'
which is so much dreaded. It
?*-511 nornofno to tho r?H rn a rv evutpm
which just now does not promise to be
much longer lived unless something is
done to purify it."
One would not suppose that a position
so logically strong would be contested.
It seems quite clear that the
voters who elect our governors, United
States senators, members of the national
house of representatives, and
the members of the state legislature
who make our laws, should be "bona
fide citizens;' that each and every one
if them should be qualified to defend
the Democratic nominees if Republicans
or independents make a fight
against them in the general election.
It seems indisputable that it would
place the south in better position before
the country and give this section
stronger ground in election contests
and in repelling attacks by such men
as Gen. Keifer, if every voter in the
primary were qualified to vote in the
general election.
And yet there are those that will
nrotest against such qualification.
Why?
AN ELOQUENT JUDGE.
The Grand Jury Charge In the Reelfoot
Outrage.
Union City, Tenn., Oct. 29.?Judge
Joseph E. Jones, in his charge to the
jrand jury concerning the murder of
Rankin and the outrage of the night
*iders, said:
* * "The blood of Captain Rankin,
which was shed upon the banks of
Reelfoot Lake, at midnight's holy hour,
ay a band of men, alleged to have their
f ? ~ J /lotA/itiAn n??i ac
Ldt'ts L'UVCi'CU IU avuiu ucictm/H, Viivo
lut for legal vindication and the punishment
of the horrible act which has
istonished the world. Our own Tennessee
and the beautiful southland,
vhere the purest and best strain of the
Anglo-Saxon blood flows through the
reins of her people, is mortified and
numiliated by the awful crime.
The law is above and over us all, to
it our adoration must first be paid.
With uplifted hands you. as a grand
jury, and I, as judge and the attorney
general and all the peace officers have
5worn by the eternal God that it should
be enforced. We owe it as a duty to
those who have confided in us to let
the people here and elsewhere know
that God still reigns and the law of
the land survives. May we so act our
;jart today, and through this term of
the court that, when we have finished
ife's battles and played our part upon
he stage of action, we can feel that
,ve have contributed our mite to the
?lory of our country, the preservation
>f our free institutions and the holding
aloft the pure, white, spotless banner
of the law. When the infidel, Emjeror
Julian, in the early days of our
blessed Christianity, was fighting the
irmy of the lowly Nazarene and seekng
to demolish the Christian religion,
be received, it is said, a fatal wound
in the side from the shafts of the
Christian forces, and as his body
swayed and was falling to the ground,
ive are told that he caught a handful
if blood from his own bleeding side
ind threw it in the sunlight toward
beaven, and with his expiring breath
?ried out. 'O! Nazarene, thou hast
conquered at last.'
"In the name of the law and Chriso
*-? rl nnr (ri'OQ t PivlH7?>tlnn TT1A.V
we by strict adherence to duty, call |
riany an erring man back to the shining
path of obedience, to the better
lictates of the human heart, and hear
:he cry from the swelling bosom of our
people that the law has conquered at
ast.
"These are times that try men's
<ouls. None but the just, faithful and
rue need aspire to take front rank in
:he great moral struggle for the supremacy
of the law. In the fight between
good and evil, right and wrong,
aw and anarchy; between those who
pattle in the open and those who hide
:heir faces, to do their devilish work,
laggards, cowards, shrinking, timid,
lime servers, are not wanted, and will
lot rise to the occasion.
"Let duty and patriotism be the objects
of the clarion call, to juries, officers
and people. If there be those
tnywhere in the jury box. or in the
official family, from judge, attorney
general, sheriff, justice or constable,
who are unwilling to meet the highest
obligation of duty, let him here and
now resign, and take off the robes of
>ffice and hide his face in shame. The
spirit of Jackson urges officials everywhere
in these critical days to utter
tnd act upon the sentiment that law
uid order must and shall be preserved."
? Columbia, October 30: As a result
of a conference held yesterday
the physicians, the press and laymen
Of the state will organize to educate
the people on tuberculosis and its
prevention. The meeting was held
in the state library at noon yesterday
and there was quite a large attendance.
It was called by a special
committee of the Medical association
of South Carolina, and after discussion
it was decided to appoint
physicians in each county to organize
county associations and to work along
the line laid down by the National
association at the meeting held
recently in Washington. The association
will be under the auspices
of the State association, and information
and literature bearing on
the subject will be widely distributed.
At the annual meeting of the association
in April reports of the work
done will be made. The meeting was
presided over by I)r. John L. Dawson,
if Charleston, and Dr. Walter Cheyne
>f Sumter, acted as secretary. Among
those present was Mrs. Beall. of Sumter.
president of the Federation of
Women's clubs, who promised the
co-operation of this organization.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
W. F. Roach, Hickory Grove?Has a
3-year-old bay filly for sale.
Jeannette Kllng Recital Co.?Will be
at the Graded school auditorium on
Friday evening, November 6, and
will present an enjoyable programme
of music, song and story.
J. F. Ashe. President?Gives notice of
regular monthly meeting of the
York County Farmers' Union at the
court house next Friday.
Mrs. Janie Parish?Offers her household
and kitchen furniture for sale
for cash.
R. L. A. Smith. Magistrate?Publishes
summons in case of M. B. Spencer,
plaintiff, against Geo. M. Core, defendant.
Jno. R. Hart?Gives notice to members
of company "L" to assemble at
the armory Saturday afternoon at
1.30 o'clock.
Arthur M. Erwin, Admr.?Calls on
the debtors of estate of John A.
McMurray to make settlement, and
requests creditors to present claims.
"XT'?-?* >-* a T. MnPotv A rl m r*v Pq 11c nr\
the debtors of estate of Wm. B.
McCaw, deceased, to make immediate
settlement. Creditors are
' requested to present claims.
Louis Roth?Can supply you with the
necessary ingredients for your fruit
cakes. He has plain and self-rising
buckwheat flour, and good mince
meat.
Thomson Co.?Wants you to let it
show you its line of winter underwear
for men, women and children.
Star Drug Store?Asks you why you
buy inferior talcums and extracts
when you can get the best at the
same price you pay for inferior
quality. "Cold cream" weather.
York Drug Store?Has a new supply
of electric lamps, including 32 c. p.
Tungsten lamps, and ordinary electric
'lamps from 2 to 32 c. p. Leave
your calls for your physician.
First National Eank?Tells you that
its growth has not been by way of
the high dive. It has assets of
nearly a quarter of a million dollars.
York Supply Co.?Thanks its customers
who have paid their fertilizer
accounts, and requests those yet in
arrears to make settlement at once.
Strauss-Smith Co.?Again calls your
attention to the many bargain offerings
it is making, and urges you
to take advantage of them quick.
J. C. Wilborn?Makes additional offerings
of valuable farm properties
for your consideration. See fourth
nae-e for list.
Loan and Savings Bank?Gives you a
number of reasons why it is to your
interest to do your banking business
with it.
National Union Bank?Advises you to
place your money In the bank and
pay your bills with checks. It will
be glad to handle your account.
Yorkville Hardware Co.?Wants you
to see It today about heating and
cooking stoves, ranges, coal scuttles,
vases, shovels, tongs, fittings, etc.
Tax collections up to yesterday
amounted to $2,700. About half of
which amount was collected at Clover
last week.
President Roosevelt on last Sunday
issued his annual Thanksgiving proclamation,
setting apart Thursday, November
26, for Thanksgiving and
prayer.
The national campaign fund raised
by and through the Columbia State
amounted to $8,161.39. There were
other contributions from this state and
the total fund must have aggregated
pretty close to $10,000.
Neighbors of Mr. W. S. Wilkerson,
who sustained what looked last summer
at the time as a total loss of his
cotton crop by an unusually heavy hail
storm, say that he will get about twothirds
as much cotton as he would have
gotten had the misfortune not occurred.
The Brown brothers who are near
neighbors and who were also hard hit
by the hailstorm, but not so badly as
Mr. Wilkerson, are also coming out
much better than was expected. j
With the exception of the rains dup4
Ing the past few weeks, it has been"
an unusually good fall for gathering
the crops. The frost of October 4
was only about heavy enough to
check the growth of cotton and hasten
maturity. The great bulk of the
cotton crop has been gathered and
many of the smaller gins are cutting
down to shorter time. There is some
cotton selling to meet guano notes;
but the most common sentiment
seems to be to hold for better prices.
THESE GET CERTIFICATES.
As the result of the recent examination
of applicants to teach in the public
schools, certificates have been sent
out to white teachers as follows:
First Grade.?Janie Ashe, Julia Foster,
Ora Moore Love, McConnellsville;
Winifred Deihl, Rock Hill; Minnie Palmer,
A. Roger Smarr, Bullock's Creek;
J. M. Wilkerson, Hickory Grove; Annette
Boyd. No. 2. Rock Hill; Willie M.
Grayson. Clover; Hattie Thomasson,
Yorkville; Lela Stephenson, No. 1,
Yorkville.
Second Grade.?W. M. Mitchell, Clover;
Mabel Castles, Ida Whiteside,
Mrs. Maud White, Smyrna; Lottie
Conrad, McConnellsville, Myrtle Hall,
No. 1, Yorkville; Belle Oates, Bessemer
City, N. C.
Third grade certificates were issued
to the following colored teachers:
Laura Cranford, Eliza E. Crawford,
'ouoio t? nnthHp CJpneva Hall. A. B.
Johnson, Lucy Nash, Maud White.
THE GENERAL ELECTION.
From the few scattering precincts
in York county heard from during the
night it is fair to estimate the total
vote of the county at between 1,200
and 1,500.
The total vote at Yorkville precinct
was 293 in the Federal box and 251 in
the highest state boxes. Bryan electors
received 287 votes and Taft electors
6 votes.
Among the other boxes heard from
during the night were: Smyrna, 42;
Blairsville, 58: Sharon, 39; Hickory
Grove, 89; Ebcnezer, 50; Tirzah, 23;
Clover. 135.
Both the constitutional amendments
voted on are unimportant, but the indications
are that yes Is In the majority.
AUCTION SALES.
The auction sales by the clerk yesterday,
salesday for November, resulted
as follows:
In the case of J. M. Griffin and A. J.
Griffin vs. N. A. Biggers and others, a
tract of one hundred acres in King's
Mountain township. Bought by A. J.
Griffin for $8.05 an acre.
In the case of M. E. Johnson vs. J.
C. Chambers and others, a tract of 159
acres in Broad River township. Bought
by J. S. Brice, attorney, for $7 an acre.
Also in the same case a tract of 101
acres. Bought by J. S. Brlce, attorney.
for $14 an acre.
In the case of British and American
Mortgage company against Nancy
Cornelia Leech, individually and as
executrix of the estate of J. E. Leech,
a tract of 363 acres. Bought by Thos.
F. McDow, attorney for J. T. Wilkerson,
for $17.75 an acre.
In the case of H. Maria Whitesldes,
individually and as administratrix of
the estate of Thos. B. Whitesldes, deceased.
four tracts as follows, all
bought by ("J. \V. S. Hart, attorney for
plaintiff: No. 1, containing 294 acres,
for $9.95 an acre. No. 2, containing 110
acres for $5 an acre. No. 3, containing
28 acres, for $5 an acre. No. 4, containing
218 acres for $13.15 an acre.
\V. M. and Jeff D. Whitesldes, executors
of the estate of John B. Whitesides,
deceased, sold lands belonging to
the estate as follows, buying- It in
themselves as executors: Granny Henry
place of 150 acres, for $25.50 an acre.
The Hope place of 170 acres for $10.25
an acre. The Ray place of 130 acres,
for $10 an acre.
SPECULATIVE MARKET.
There was no business on the exchanges
Tuesday, because of the general
election. Monday's developments
in the speculative market were as follows:
New high records for the season
were made in the cotton market today
with heavy realizing for over election
day readily absorbed, and the close
steady at a net advance of 2 to 6
points. Sales were estimated at 225,
000.
The market opened steady at an advance
of 3 to 8 points In response to
better cables than expected and after
selling off to about the closing figures
of Saturday on the more active months,
rallied again, reaching the highest
level late in the day when prices reached
a net gain of 5 to 10 points.
The close was only slightly off from
the top under realizing. Trading was
very active at the beginning of the
day and again toward the close when
large blocks were promptly absorbed,
but was rather quiet during the middle
of the session. Wall street houses
were good buyers on all soft spots.
Estimates of tomorrow's receipts at
Galveston were record breaking, but
the day's exports from that port were
also very heavy and the movement appears
to exert little influence.
Private cables reported that there
was to be a meeting in Lancashire tomorrow
which, it is hoped, will result
in a settlement of the labor troubles.
Receipts at the ;?orts today 61,146
against 61,923 last week and 65,632
last year. For the week 425,000 against
447,682 last week and 366,777 last year.
Today's receipts at New Orleans 10,237
against 18,243 last year and at Houston
25,159 against 9,055 last year.
GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY.
The Jury commissioners this morning
drew the following venire of petit
Jurors to serve during the first week
of the approaching term of the court
of general sessions, which convenes on
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J. M. Bigger Bethel.
Samuel Youngblood. .King's Mountain.
S. F. Roddey Catawba,
G. B. Sandifer Catawba.
J W. Sturgis Catawba.
E. W. Pursley King's Mountain.
I. K. Williams Catawba.
R. L. Qulnn Bethel.
Jos. C. Brandon Bethel.
J. F. Harper Catawba.
W. M. Huey Bethesda.
W. E. Simpson Catawba.
F. D. Davidson Bethesda.
F. E. Whitesides Broad River.
R. L. Ferguson King's Mountain.
W. A. Milling Ebenezer.
T. L. Johnson Catawba.
Sep Huey Bethesda.
E. W. Cook Catawba,
J. C. McGill King's Mountain.
A. L. Black York.
R. M. Love Bullock's Creek.
J. A. Shillinglaw Catawba.
J. B. Wood York.
D. J. Forbes King's Mountain.
P. M. Wyatt Bethesda.
J. B. Neely Ebenezer.
J. L. Carroll King's Mountain.
T. A. Gwin Bullock's Creek.
Claude Inman York.
W. B. Keller York.
W. B. McGill King's Mountain.
J. Warren Moore Bethesda.
L. Roth York.
J. L. Hemphill York.
J. H. Adams King's Mountain.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? The Jeannette Kling recital company,
will appear in the school auditorium
next Friday night at 8 o'clock.
? The regular monthly meeting of
the York County Farmers' Union, will
be held in the court house next Friday.
? There was only a fairly good representation
in from the country yesterday
on account of salesday, for
\Wemh?t Thprp was considerable
interest in the auction sales by the
clerk; but the bidding generally was
confined to the people who w?re
already most interested in the land
sales.
? The chrysanthemum show, given
in the court house last Friday under
the auspices of the ladies of the Presbyterian
church, was brought to a
close at night with a pretty entertainment
that was very much enjoyed.
The gross proceeds of the day amounted
to about $160. The whole affair was
a delightful success, especially in the
increased number of exhibitors, and
the ladies are very much encouraged.
The organization which has flourished
from the beginning, is now in a better
condition than ever.
? Mr. R. El Montgomery, proprietor
of the "We Fix It" shop from which
the burglars who recently broke into
Carroll Bros., store got their tools, said
on Saturday that his shop had been
entered several times previously and
tools were stolen on each occasion. On
discovery that the shop had been
broken into, Mr. Montgomery had taken
note of the tools stolen, and thinking
that the thieves would try to dis-j
pose of them, had warned certain parties
to whom he thought they might
be offered. Otherwise he had kept
quiet about the matter. In the recent
case me imei sioie uniy sume una.
He had his own brace, or one that had
been stolen previously. In Mr. Montgomery's
opinion the successful. entry
of Carroll Bros, store, and the attempt
on the store of the Y. B. & M. Co., was
by local parties.
SEED CORN SELECTION.
While it is true that the average farmer
pays very little attention to the
subject of seed selection, it is a matter
of no little satisfaction that York
county has numerous intelligent and
progressive planters who have been
giving the matter attention for years.
Mr. D. J. Forbes of Clover, has the
reputation of being a corn grower of
more than average success, and when
the reporter asked him about seed selection
yesterday, he was prepared
with an interesting little story as to
where he got the original of the corn
he is now planting.
"I was going along the road one day
with an empty wagon, and passing the
corn field of a neighbor who had already
gathered his corn, I happened to
see lying on the ground a very likely
looking ear. Picking it up and examining
it closely, I was still more pleased
with it, and I took it home. Next
spring I planted it and the yield was
unusually fine. Since them I have
been selecting my corn every year and
I have now a very satisfactory variety.
The original came from Mr. Thos.
Walker, a neighbor, and," Mr. Forbes
concluded with a smile, "I would have
you remember that I did not fall to
tell him about that original ear."
Mr. W. S. Wilkerson of Hickory
Grove, is never behind in anything that
makes for agricultural progress. The
reporter had this conversation with
him yesterday:
"Do you pay any attention to seed
corn selection?"
"Yes, sir. I certainly do."
"Select it in the fall or in the
spring?" the reporter asked banteringly.
"In the fall," replied Mr. Wilkerson
promptly. "I always have my corn
shucked, and I make it a point to be
there when it is being put in the crib,
and I carefully pick out what looks to
me like the best ears. These I put
away in special hampers. Usually
(here is about twice as much of it as
I expect to need. In the spring I go
over this selected corn again and pick
the best of it for planting.
"But," Mr. Wilkerson went on, "I
l ave been pretty badly knocked out
this year, you know. The river took
practically all of my corn and I've got
to change my seed. From investigations
made recently, the people over on
the Winthrop farm have about the best
corn I can get any track of and I will
get some seed there. The Winthrop
farm corn is of a prolific variety with(
a good, heavy, large grained ear."
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mrs. J. J. Keller of Rock Hill, is
the guest of Mrs. J. M. Ferguson.
Mrs. Jas. F. Thomson left yesterday
on a visit to friends at Newberry.
R R Allison Fsn of T^inenster was
In Yorkvllle on business yesterday.
Mrs. J. A. Scarborough of Lane, S.
C., Is boarding with Mrs. D. E. Boney.
Miss Mayme Williamson of Guthrlesville,
is visiting Miss Bessie Sandirer.
Miss Margaret Caldwell of King's
Creek, is the guest of Miss Ruth
O'Farrell.
Miss Nancy Bratton of Bullock's
Creek, is visiting the family of Mr. C.
M. Inman.
Mr. and Mrs. Rembert McCain of
Columbia, are visiting Dr. and Mrs.
S. A. Weber.
Miss Daisy Dameron of Charlotte, is
visiting in Yorkvllle, the guest of Miss
Mamie Turner.
Mrs. Mary Webster of Cowpens, is
in Yorkvllle on a visit to her sister,
Mrs. Janle A. Parish.
Miss Arabella Creighton of Rock
Hill, is visiting Mrs. W. J. Fewell on
R. F. D. No. 7, Yorkvllle.
Mrs. E. B. Beard went to Columbia
Saturday night, on account of the illness
of her daughter, Mell.
Mr. R. H. Gwin of Olive, who has
K miitr. Ill fnr oOvarol tiroclra u*lth
typhoid fever, is much better.
Mrs. James Darby and daughter,
Miss Helen, of Lowryville, visited
Mrs. J. H. Witherspoon last week.
Mrs. John Neely and sons, of Rock
Hill, spent Sunday in Yorkville, visiting
the family of Mr. H. A. D. Neely.
Dr. and Mrs. W. M. Love of McConnellsvllle,
are in Baltimore, where Dr.
Love is attending a series of lectures.
Miss Eunice McConnell, accompanied
by her friend. Miss Valeria Weiss of
Philadelphia, left on last Monday for
Montgomery, Ala.
Mr. W. L. Jackson and family, who
have been living on R. F. D. No. 3,
leave today for Gastonia, where they
will make their future home.
Conyers, Ga., Weekly Free Press,
October 31: Mr. and Mrs. Leonidas F.
Scott announce the marriage of their
niece. Miss Esther Thomson to Mr.
Oscar Dennis Grimes of Milstead, Ga.,
Wednesday afternoon, October 28th,
the ceremony having taken place in
T*\i V f1 of fha hnmo of Mr a r? H
Mrs. G. H. Parker, Rev. Parks officiating.
New York. November 1: A passenger
on board the steamship New York
from Southampton and Cherbourg,
which arrived today, was Dr. John
Miller Moore, once a surgeon in the
American navy, who has been confined
for several months in an asylum at
Ville Everard, France. He was brought
on board the ship at Cherbourg by the
custodians of that institution. The
hospital authorities refused to take the
responsibility of Dr. Moore's release,
but a relative made application to the
American ambassador, who secured
consent for his transfer to America.
He was accompanied by E. H. Fulenwider.
Dr. Moore, who comes ,of a
well known Virginia family, became a
surgeon in the navy in 1892 and served
until 1906, when he was suspended by
the secretary of the navy for six
months, at the expiration of that time
resuming his duties for a brief period,
or until his condition necessitated
placing him in the French asylum. He
'eft later today for Alexandria, Va? in
Mr. Fulenwlder's custody.
. LOCAL LACONICS.
We Will Send The Enquirer
From this date to January 1st, 1909.
for 34 cents.
W. C. Wherry Dead.
William Coulter Wherry, a well
known citizen of Catawba township,
died at his home in Flock Hill last
Wednesday of Bright's disease. He
was a veterinary surgeon by profession
and was considered by many patrons
to be very proficient *ln his particular
line of work.
Mrs. Jackson Is Ninety-five.
In a recent paragraph about our
venerable friend, Mr. J. R. Schorb of
Yorkvllle, The Enquirer stated that
"so far as we have information Mr.
Schorb is the oldest' citizen of the
county." Mr. J. P. Sifford of Clover,
has kindly called our attention to the
fact that we had forgotten. He reminds
us of an article we published
about Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Jackson of
Clover, something over a year ago, in
which article it was stated that Mrs.
Jackson was close to 94 years of age.
Mrs. Jackson will be 95 next month.
Our friend, Mr. Schorb, is only 90.
Death of Mrs. W. B. Riddle.
Mrs. Louisa Vaughn Riddle, wife of
Mr. W. B. Riddle, died at her home
near Bowling Green on Monday afternoon,
October 23, after a tedious illness
of about six months. Mrs. Riddle
was in the 43d year of her age.
She leaves a husband and nine children.
The funeral took place at
Bowling Green, being conducted by
Rev. Win. D. Wylie, and being attended
by a large concourse of sorrowing
relatives and friends. Mrs. Riddle was
a most excellent woman, highly esteemed
by all who knew her.
Stood For Free Speech.
Rock Hill special of October 30, to
the Columbia State: A Socialist orator
held forth on the corner of Main
and Railroad streets Wednesday night,
and there was a crowd of a hundred or
more who heard him. The meeting
was without incident except soon after
the man began his speech. There
were present some citizens who evidently
do not believe in free speech,
and several of these began to try and
annoy the speaker, asking questions
and handing out some pretty rough
talk. The crowd, however, while not
necessarily in sympathy with the
man's argument, believed in fair play
and gave those doing the interrupting
to understand that it had to be stop
ped. It was done, and ' he speaker proceeded
with his talk.
Shooting In Winnsboro.
As the result of a difficulty in
Winnsboro last Saturday night, Herbert
Wood, formerly of Yorkville, shot
and killed Padgett Broom. The shooting
took place at about 9 o'clock and
Broom died last night in the Magdalen
hospital in Chester. Wood left Winnsboro
shortly after the shooting. He
knew that he had hit Broom, but did
not think the wound serious and left
in order to avoid being locked up by
the police. As soon as Broom died,
Mr. B. P. Howe, boss of the spinning
room in which Wood was second hand,
came up to Yorkville to accompany
him back. Wood being perfectly willing
to go. According to Mr. Howe's
nderstanding, the shooting was unavoidable.
Broom and another man
were fighting, and when Wood tried to
nart them, both turned on him, one of
them cutting him severely. He fired
in self-defense.
LANDSLIDE FOR TAFT.
Republicans Win Another Overwhelming
Victory.
William H. Taft is to be the next
president. That Is the information
that came over the wires last night
from yesterday's election.
The first bulletins from New York
and other eastern states seemed to indicate
that the Republicans had lost
but little If any strength as compared
jwlth four years ago, and later bulletins
quickly confirmed these indications
to certainties.
The news began to reach Yorkville
at about 8.30 o'clock, and by 10
o'clock it was evident that Taft had
carried New York over Bryan and
the indications were that Chandler,
the Democratic candidate for governor
was leading Hughes, the Republican
candidate, in about the same
proportion. Later bulletins from the
northeast showed practically everything
for Taft, just like it was for
Roosevelt four years ago, and a little
later the bulletins rrom the west began
to tell the same story.
At 12.30 o'clock this (Wednesday)
morning, the Associated Press posted
a bulletin in New York, giving the
following states with a total of 203
votes for Taft:
California 10
Connecticut 7
Delaware 3
Illinois 27
Indiana 15
Iowa 13
Michigan 14
Minnesota 11
New Hampshire 4
New Jersey 12
New York 39
North Dakota 4
Ohio 23
Oregon 4
Rhode Island 4
South Dakota 4
Utah 3
Vermont 4
Washington 5
Another bulletin received shortly
after 1 o'clock, quoted, the Associated
Press as having credited Taft with
298 electoral votes. The same bulletin
had it that the complexion of the
house of representatives is practically
unchanged.
Reports from Nebraska were meagre;
but the indications were that the
state was very close.
At 2 o'clock this morning the New
York Herald telegraphed The Enquirer
that Bryan hasl72 electoral votes from
the following states:
Alabama 11
Arkansas 9
Florida 5
Georgia 13
Kentucky 13
Louisiana 9
Montana 3
Mississippi 10
Missouri 18
Nebraska 8
Nevada 3
North Carolina 12
Oklahoma 7
South Carolina 9
Tennessee 12
Texas 18
Virginia iz
Total 172
The total number of votes In the
electoral college is 483, and Taft
therefore, has 311.
DISPENSARY LOSES.
Whisky Shops Voted Out In Laurens,
Clarendon and Chester
Columbia, November 3.?The Brlce
law elections in Chester, Clarendon
and Laurens counties, resulted in the
voting out of the dispensaries by
overwhelming majorities.
The State.
MERE-MENTION.
Thirty persons were more or less injured
at Bennett Crossing, Pa., Friday
In a collision between a coal train and
trolley car Theodore Whitmore, accused
of murdering his wife and
throwing her body in Lampblack
Swamp, near Harrison, N. J., on December
26 last, was acquitted by a jury
o f Tftl'ooir PUv FrMov PVlQQ T?
ai uci ocj v/ivj t a.- i luuj *-#.
Bellows, a druggist at Brldgeton, Pa.,
has been fined $1,000 and six months
in jail for violation of the state liquor
laws....Mrs. William Astor, leader of
New York's "400," died in that city
Friday, aged 80 years Henri Farman
made a distance of twenty miles
in twenty minutes in an automobile in
France, on Friday It is . rumored
in Washington that Secretary Wilson
of the agricultural department, will
soon resign to take the presidency of
the Colorado agricultural college
George Cook, white, held on a charge
of murder, was shot to death by a mob
in the raid at Kingston, Tenn., early ]
Friday morning... .The attorney general
of Arkansas has filed suits against
seventeen fire insurance companies to '
annul their licenses to do business in
that state for violation of the insurance
laws Twenty-three persons, including
a number of physicians, were
indicted in Philadelphia last week on
charges of selling cocaine or making i
false prescriptions for the drug
Wm. H. Flictner, a New York lawyer,
66 years, prominent as a churchman, ,
was last week sentenced to a year in
prison, on conviction of diverting to a
risky speculation, $8,000 intrusted to '
him by two women for safe investment. ,
E. A. S. Blake, after being convicted
at San Francisco on Thursday,
of bribing a juror, made a confession t
to the effect that in the event of his i
conviction he was to receive $10,000 in >
cash and his wife was to receive $100
a month while he was in prison. This
offer was made by one of Reuf's lawyers
In. a criminal court of Phil- ,
adelphia last Thursday, four men, ,
charged with murder, were sentenced 1
to be hanged. The victims of the mur- J
derers were all women. One of the <
men to be hanged is a negro Miss |
Katherine Eikins of West Virginia, will '
be married to the Duke of the Abruzzi, ,
Italy, sometime this month Jas. i
C. .Tomalty is under arrest in San <
Francisco in connection with a short- (
age or nou.wuu in ine cuy neasuiy. ,
Torrialty was a book-keeper for ten I
/ears A squad of New York po- 5
lice made a raid on a pool room in that f
city last Thursday and arrested 280 1
prisoners... .The "Army of the Work- 1
less" of England, now numbers 2,000.- *
000 and Is still growing Matthew (
Bernian, a wealthy merchant, died at t
Elberton, Ga., Friday, as the result of >
hydrophobia Winston Green, a J
negro, was electrocuted at the Virginia i
state prison at Richmond, early Fri- <
day morning. His crime was an as- s
sault on a 12-year-old girl Mrs. J
Florence Elbe, accused of being an ac- <
complice of her sister, Mrs. Catherine 1
Beisel in the murder of the former's j
husband, Captain J. Clayton Erbe, in ,
Delaware county, Pa., a few weeks ago, j
has been released from prison on a 1
bond of $500 John B. Jackson, a (
prominent banker of Pittsburg, Pa., t
was killed Saturday by a fall from a <
horse... .Cadet G. Cook Ferebee, died J
at Lexington, Va., Saturday, as the re- t
suit of injuries received in a football <
game Dave Edwards, sentenced ?
at Knoxville, Tenn., on Saturday, to be j
hanged December 10, for a murder f
committed several months ago, said t
to the court: "Thanks, gentlemen, that
suits ine all tight."..... .D. A. Kitchens
was shot to death by his cousin.
W. N. Kitchens at Macon, Ga., Friday. r
after a slight personal difficulty
The monument of the Georgia Daughters
of the Confederacy to Captain
Henry Were, is to be erected In Richmond,
Va A Pittsburg, Pa., "mammy,"
painted her boy a pale white, so
as to make him look like his white
companions The naval sppply ship
Celtic will carry to the American battleship
fleet, now encircling the globe,
a ship load of supplies for the Christmas
dinner of the 14,000 men of the
fleet. The Celtic will probably meet
the fleet at Gibraltar During the
first month of the Maine hunting season,
which ended Saturday, nine
hunters were accidentally killed
Candidate Taft traveled 15,000 miles
In his campaign travels. One million
photographs of Taft and 1,500,000 Taft
buttons were distributed from his
train during the trip Ward building
B, of the state asylum for women
q t Tfnma "V V was HpqfrnvpH hv fltv*
Sunday with a loss of $125,000. More
than 150 patients, many of them helpless,
were safely removed from the
building The schooner Lulle N.
Pollard, lumber laden, bound from .1
Fernandlna, Fla., to New York, was
burned at sea Saturday night The
crew of the burned vessel was rescued
by a passing steamer.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Columbia State, Tuesday: Commissioner
Watson is preparing his report
on the entries received In the
state corn contest. There arc a large
number of these entries and the prizes
offered are tempting enough for any
planter in the state. So far the largest
yield is reported from Marlboro,
which shows 137 3-8 bushels to the
nccre. The result will be announced
shortly.
? Sumter special of October 30, to
Columbia State: Among the many
prominent men who attended the state
fair at Columbia this week, none received
more attention at the hands of
the visitors than did ex-Senator Richard
I. Manning, so declare the Sumter
people now returning from the capital
city. Quite a considerable "boom" for
Mr. Manning for governor two years
hence to succeed Gov. Ansel was apparent
at every hand, and from all
sections of the state as was represented
In Columbia this week. Mr. Manning
would make no positive declara+/>??stVi<ner
+ Vio ^ffnr-ta Hplncr ma Hp .
to induce him to announce his candidacy
further than to say: "It is too
early to announce candidacies. The
people have just gone through a heated
primary and the general election is
upon us. We are surfeited with politics
at the present. Later I shall make
a positive statement as to my intentions,
though at this time I am not
willing to say more than that the
strong probability is that I shall make
the race."
? Spartanburg October 31: John
Gary Evans and S. G. Finley, two well
known lawyers engaged in a personal
encounter yesterday afternoon in
the office of Xicholls & Xicholls, at
a reference that was being held to
wind up the law business that formerly
existed between Messrs. Evans
and Finley. The reference was being
heard before several well known lawyers,
who separated Mr. Finley and
Mr. Evans before either of them sustained
injuries. Messrs. Evans and
Finley were associated in the practice
of law at the Spartanburg bar
for several years. A few months ago
they dissolved the partnership, and
and there was a disagreement as to
a settlement. It was finally agreed
to leave the matter to several members
of the local bar, and several
references had been held. Yesterday
the reference was resumed in the office
of Xicholls & Xicholls, and Mr.
Finley took offense to a statement
made by Mr. Evans and they came
to blows, but were separated before
either of them sustained injuries to
speak of.
? Columbia special of October 30,
to the Charlotte Observer: In a per
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lui idiii uiuci uicu iwuaj wiiv
supreme court ordered the dispensary
commission to violate its orders
from the Federal court which has all
the funds enjoined, and pay a Judgment
of A. W. Ray, amounting to
about $350, which Mr. Ray bought
from the Louisville Distilling company,
which secured the Judgment on
account of an unlawful seizure of liquor
in Charleston. Attorney Stevenson,
for the commission, who had
all his papers ready for such a decision,
immediately appealed to the
Federal Supreme court on a writ of
error, which the chief justice signed.
The appeal papers went on to Wash- j
ington this afternoon by express so
as to get the case up along with the
appeal from the decision of the court
of appeals affirming Judge Prichard's
decision. The hearing today was in
special session, called for the purpose
of passing upon the petition.
The court reaffirms Its decision made
when Attorney General Lyon applied
for a mandamus, after Judge Pritchard
had assumed jurisdiction, to compel
the commission tov pay over $15000
appropriated by the legislature
out of the dispensary funds for prosecution
purposes. This was paid out,
Judge Pritchard of his own volition
setting aside this amount when the
court made its decision. In Its decision
today, as In the former case, the
state supreme court holds that the
Federal court has no Jurisdiction.
Thus the point whether the Federal
court will follow the decision of the
state court, as the state court contends
it should, it is to be put squareiy
before the Federal supreme court.
? Columbia special of Saturday to
News and Courier: Proceedings
will likely be instituted in the courts
within the next few days to put periods
to the insurance operations of
A. M. Alexander with his mutual Are
insurance companies at Spartanburg
and of L. M. Ridgeway and his Equitable
Industrial company at
Charleston, who according to complaint
to the insurance commissioner,
continue to do business regardless of
his revoking their licenses. While
the supreme court was in session yesterday
on the dispensary mandamus
case, Attorney General Lyon asked \
permission to bring suit in the name
af the state to revoke the charters
jf the Charleston concern, and said
tie would likely want to institute
similai proceedings against the Spar:anbuit
companies, but the court suggested
that the better practice might
je to have the companies show cause
ivny mese suits snouia not oe orougni
io as to give tiie officials a chance to
nake a showing. Mr. Lyon concluded
not to take this latter course with
;he supreme court, as It would entail
.00 much inconvenience on the memiers
of the court to come back for a
special session. He has written Mr.
VlcMaster giving him permission to
ipply for orders to show cause. There
seems to be much general misunderstanding
over the state among the
lolicy-holders of the Spartanburg 1
companies as to how to cut loose from
:he concern under the provision of
he policies making the premium
liens against the property insured.
\ttorney General Lyon says it is a
simple method to get out. All the
lolicy holder has to do is to send In
lis policy with the request that it be
ancelled. There has been complaint
hat this has been done in a number
if cases, the< companies neglecting
;o acknowledge receipt and contlnung
to demand the premiums under
hreats of suits, etc. But Mr. Lyon
says that if the registered mall Is us?d
there should be no difficulty along
his line. It is even doubtful whether
he companies have a right to collect
assessments to meet losses accruing I
>efore the license was revoked. 1