Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Scraps and Jracts. ? The newspapers' comic Sunday supplements that picture hayseeds and birds' nests in farmers' beards, and make fun of the horny handed agriculturist. are responsible for the high prices of foodstuffs. So John A. Stewart. a New York manufacturer and founder of the state agricultural school. Morrisville, N. J., testified the other day before the legislative committee investigating food prices at Columbus. O. Mr. Stewart said the comic supplements ridicule the farmer anu nis wora ann s? un*r uic iauner's sons to the cities. So few men are left to raise crops that many farms are being abandoned. Only the older people remain on the farms, said Mr. Stewart, and little food in excess of what Is needed there is being produced. So It Is now comparatively easy to corner the market on many food commodities. He declared the situation is alarming and should be changed by making farm life more attractive. ? A clash In the testimony of Glfford Pinchot and Secretary Wilson, was the feature of the proceedings that are Investigating the Plnchot-Ballinger controversy last Tuesday. It will be remembered that Pinchot was deposed as chief forester, because his famous letter to Senator Dolliver violated an order, that subordinate officials should not address members of congress without the consent of their chiefs. Pinchot was under Secretary Wilson. In his testimony before the committee, he said that his letter to Senator Dolliver had been sent with the consent and approval of Secretary Wilson. Secretary Wilson testified that while he had given Mr. Pinchot permission to write about departmental affairs, he never did and never would have given him permission to write a letter criticising the president of the United States. He insisted that he never saw or heard of the letter in question, until It was read in the senate. Secretary Wilson, who is a close friend of Pinchot, was very much agitated while on the stand, and the Democratic members of the committee subjected him to a searching, cross-examination that proved to be very embarrassing. ? Ogden, Utah, March 1: Flood conditions almost unprecedented have almost cut off the northwest and tied up traffic on half a dozen trans-continental railroads. Thaws in the mountains have caused avalanches that have swept away mountain towns and railroad tracks in various places from Nevada to British Columbia. The exact number of deaths caused by avalanches in the Rockies in Idaho and in western Montana, probably will not be known until the summer sun melts the great masses of snow and Ice in the canyons into which several mining towns were swept. In the Cascade mountains in Washington, a Great Northern train, with thirty or forty passengers, is reported buried under a snow slide. Four trans-continental lines into Washington and Oregon are blockaded. Only one railroad is operating Into Salt Lake City. Several hundred westbound passengers are held in Ogden. Through traffic on the Oregon Short Line was suspended today, but probably will be resumed tomorrow. The Denver & Rio Grande is the only road entering Ogden that reports through trains in operation. Reports from the flooded districts in Nevada say that water is higher than in thirty years. ? Letters from the census supervisors to the United States census bureau, show the erroneous apprehension of a considerable element of the population that their answers to the enumerators' questions in the next census, beginning April 15, this year, will cause increased taxation, legal entan giemem, or injurious uuiisci|u<-iivcs iu their persons and property. In order to quiet such fears, which would, unless removed, materially affect the accuracy of the census, the bureau has prepared an official statement relative to the census, its origin, purpose, and uses. It is emphatically declared by the statement that the Information sought from the people of the United States is used solely for general statistical purposes. It will neither be published nor used in any other way to disclose facts regarding any individual or enterprise. The census is not, never has been, and can not be employed to obtain information that can be used in any way in the assessment of property for purposes of taxation or the collection of taxes, either national, state or local; or for deportation proceedings, extradition measures. internal revenue investigations, or in any way to affect the life, liberty, or property of any person. Replies to the enumerators are and must be held by the census bureau in strict and absolute confidence. All officials and clerks, before entering upon their duties, are obliged to take a solemn oath not to disclose any Information they may obtain, except to the census bureau, and a violation of the United states law in regard to this oath means a $1,000 fine or imprisonment for two years or ooin. ? Washington. March 2: Steps were taken today to incorporate the Rockefeller Foundation in the District of Columbia. The bill for this purpose was introduced by Senator Gallinger and was referred to the committee on Judiciary. The purpose of the foundation is to provide for a general organization to conduct philanthropic work along all lines. It is understood that the foundation will be endowed largely by John D. Rockefeller and that he takes this means to dispose of a large part of his enormous wealth. The incorporators named in the bill are John D. Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. Fred T. Gates. Starr J. Murphy and Charles O. Heydt. These incorporators are authorized to select associates, not to exceed a total of twentyfive and it is provided that there shall not be at any time less than five. It was stated by Senator Gallinger todav that Mr. Rockefeller already had given away $52,000,000. and that he was seeking a method of depositing his fortune that would benefit mankind. The Rockefeller Foundation will be authorized to receive and dispose of gifts of money other than those obtained from the original endowments, the amount of which has not been fixed. The scope of the foundation is very broad, although embraced in a very short section of the bill. This section reads: "That the object of the said corporation shall be to promote the well being and to advance the civilization of the peoples of the United States and its territories. and possessions, and of foreign lands in the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge: in the prevention and relief of suffering and in the promotion of any and all of the elements of human progress." While drawn generally along the lines of the act incorporating the Carnegie Foundation, it goes much further, since the Carnegie Foundation Is designed chiefly to provide for a scientific retirement and pensioning of superannuated teachers. When asked regarding the bill, Senator Gallinger said: "I am not authorized to speak for Mr. Rockefeller. But there Is no doubt that Mr. Rockefeller Intends to give away his money on a scale greater than any other living man. I am not acquainted with all of the details of Mr. Rockefeller's plan, but it Is expected that Washington will be made the headquarters." (The \|orl:nllc (Enquirer. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkvllle as Mall Matter of the Second Class. TORK VILLE. S. C.i FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1910. Goon for Sumter. The people of that honest and progressive town, are determined that the prohibition laws shall be enforced as other laws are being enforced. They will not stand for n..o r.hoor or other slllv fictions Of the kind. AM) Jones, the Union murderer, does not get a new trial. That is good; I but it is not surprising. It will be remembered that Jui'ge Memmlnger preI sided, and he told the fellow very | positively that he need not expect the supreme court to interfere in the matter. "Who is Senator Beverldge?" asks a subscriber. Senator Beveridge is a Democrat, but he lives in Indiana and has to call himself a Republican in order to be elected.?Anderson Daily Mall. Fired off as a joke; but there are whole columns of political wisdom in j the observation. The Columbia State of last Monday, contains the following as a paid advertisement in its want column: "Wanted?The State's opinion (publicly expressed) of the Seminole trustees as trustees. Just imagine it is Tillman, or even Farnum and let us have it. T. W. Berry." A story has been sent out from Washington to the effect that Senator Tillman is to resign from the senate; but whether there is any good foundation for the story, has not been shown. We are not disposed to consider it seriously, until we have information that we consider more definite and reliable. IX the past, ther? have been a great many people who took a very pessimistic view of the present, and these same people are now taking an equally pessimistic view of the future. With all due respect to the opinions of the people referred to, we beg to say that we believe the future is worth a great deal more than the past. There is a good deal of impatience among the farmers about getting to work again. They have been hindered by the long spell of wet weather, and they see so much to be done that they are anxious to get at it. Just as soon as the ground is dry enough, the plows will get to turning up the sod to "beat the band," and everything will be right again. The agricultural department, which has for some time been experimenting with the proposition of making paper from cotton stalks, has reported that this material is unsuitable for the purpose. Paper can be made from cotton stalks; but It is not of good quality, not being strong enough, and also it costs more than better paper made from other materials. THE Enquirer desires to be counted on the side of those who think that the constitution should be amended, so as to provide for an additional associate justice on the supreme court bench. We do not see any objection to the even number, so far as that is concerned; but we think that the work has grown too heavy for four men, and there ought to be at least one more. The story that was sent out from Edgefield immediately after the decision of the court in the case of the Tillman children, to the effect that the "mothers of Edgefield," sent Senator Tillman a bunch of white hyacinths, tied with crepe, is being denied. It is claimed that the flowers were never sent, and the whole story was the in ventlon of a yellow correspondent, which is quite likely. A bill has been introduced in the New York state senate, to provide for an election to test the sentiment of the women of the state on the question as to whether they desire to vote. The bill, however, does not go far enough to sutisfy the suffragettes," who desire that it should provide for a complete registration of eligibles, and stipulate all the conditions under which men do their voting, including a legal holiday, so as to give the working women a full opportunity to come out. The bill seems to have been introduced more as a kind of a bluff to the 'suffragettes," than anything else, and as to whether it will become a law is more or less doubtful. TllEKK is a good deal of complaint at the Columbia papers for keeping so mum about many of the ugly stories that are circulating over the state, about certain prominent citizens of Columbia. Although it is a fact, that many of these stories are being told in circumstantial detail that leaves very little doubt as to their substantial correctness, we confess that it would he somewhat extraordinary should the local papers attempt to tell all they know. We are not excusing the local papers at all, and we are not chaining thetr. with dereliction. We have observed, however, that they are doing their duty about as thoroughly as any of the rest of us are. For instance, is there a county in the state that is entirely free from grafters? Is there a county that does not contain its leeches on the body politic, who are always ; doing dubious things, that cannot be i exposed off-hand for want of the ne^e-*sary information? Take Seminole for | instance. There are plenty of pi ople, who believed Seminole a fraud from the beginning and there are plenty of others who could not have been induced to have touched it with a forty foot pole, because of the very men who were being held out as decoy ducks; J but who would have dared tackle Seminole before it had been allowed to run long enough to itself furnish proofs of its own rottenness? Any newspaper ^ that would have attempted to discreflit Seminole in the beginning, would have V been badly crippled in the damage courts for its pains, and although the ^ public would have been benefited, the newspaper would not have even gotten the credit of conferring that benefit. The sentiment now seems to be that ^ the papers should hold up different alleged offenders to scorn and contumely; but the papers know that this would neither be right nor wise. If c real offenses have been committed, and there seems to be little reason to doubt that such offenses have been commit- ^ ted, it is not the business nor the province of the newspapers to punish. That is a matter for the law. However, thoughtlessly they may be condemned, the Columbia papers are entitled to credit for most of the information that the public now has about the alleged j shady things that are supposed to be trnlny r?n in Pnlnmhln NEW FORCE IN POLITICS. Farmers' Union Most Powerful In American History. The newest and most potential force in politics that his country knows, or has ever known, writes John Temple Graves from Washington, has grown ? up slowly, silently and reslstlessly within the last four years. Strange to say, the newspapers of the east know little of it, and say little about It. But there isn't a congressman who comes from the south or west t who does not know it, and bow to It whenever it passes an opinion across his political way. At this time it is practically omnipotent in legislation, and it is an in- j creasing rather than a decreasing force. The Farmers' Union is a little more than four years old. It is a secret or- ^ ganizatlon that succeeds the old Farmers' Alliance and the National Grange, which rose and fell some ten years ago. The National Grange was the first % organization. It was the first experiment in agricultural organization and co-operation. Its mistakes were many and its years few. It did much good, q but its wisdom was crude and it fell by its own inexperience. The Farmers' Alliance, which followed, was stronger and better. It cut a deep swath in its day, and mowed j dovyn congressmen like grain in its triumphant youth. It swept Georgia for instance, like a hurricane, and left only two congressmen to the regular Democrats out of the eleven in the p state. The Farmers' Alliance fell by its dissensions and its ambitions. Its first successes fired its followers to political aspirations, and it faded. Now comes the Farmers' Union, which has learned wisdom and discre- t tlon by the mistakes of its predecessors. Its members do not seek office as c members of the organization, but ap- li pear to avoid it. Only one United s States senator, (Smith, of South Carolina) lias risen from its ranks to high v official state. a The Farmers' Union is a practical, a hard-headed body that is after results in legislation rather than offices for its members. It has been managed 8 V\ nil ruusuiiuiiaic uuuiiiiuu ncuoc maw u self abnegation by its young and able p president, Charles S. Barrett, and an able board of governors. It is a com- 11 pact, secret organization, in every p county, state and section west of the n Alleghenies, and south of the Potomac, 3 with an advancing growth in the east- ^ ern states. It knows what it wants in politics h and it is going to get it. b And it has three million actual and |, devoted members who are wholeheart- ^ edly behind its wants and its methods! Within the year this magnificent body 1 of farmers has established a working o compact with the American Federation n of Labor, with its three million mem- . bers, and from its advisory councils issue the messages which are sent from 11 the people to their representatives in a congress and the legislatures. s Here there is a compact union of nearly six million farmers and work- 8 ingmen, enlightened, definite and reso- t lute, moving upon the law making bod- c ies for the establishment of such legislation as seems necessary to their interest or prosperity. They are not af- ^ ter honors, but statutes; not working c for offices, but laws. ? I have said that the newspapers do not have much to say about this or- 11 ganized and omnipotent force. t! But let me tell you that congress a knows It, and feels It every day. I was talking with a southern congressman who has long held my un- h limited admiration and respect. He is s a scholar in politics, thoughtful, sa- p gacious, a cool thinker and a careful . adviser. He has opinions deliberately reached and thoughtfully held?one of the very few real constructive states- v men of his section and his party. ^ I was asking his probable attitude toward several of the leading questions on which this congress is to vote, p "It doesn't make much difference . what I think now, Graves," said he. ll "The day of the constructive statesman e seems over, and the publicist who |j thought for his people and led them is p passing, if he has not already passed. I have some very distinct and definite d opinions upon the great questions of h which you ask. I have read, studied p and thought of them for years, and , have consecrated my experience and my information upon them. If I were Ifree to do so, I should love to rise in g my place in congress and give the re- n suit of that long and patient study to help my people to a sure and perma- " nent solution. f< "But when I find my desk laden ev- 0 ery morning with letters and telegrams from the officers of the omnipotent organlzatlon, and from hundreds of in- t< dividual and lllllUtruimi iiinuuris ill LI my district, telling me how they wish me as their representative to vote, I know that I am no longer a statesman, c but merely an agent, and that the only is thing for me to do is to obey the or- n der of the organization, or to pack my trunks for a sure and speedy exit from the congress of the United States. s "And as I feel and will act. so will b feel and act all of us who live within the sphere of these banded and definite . constituents who know what they 11 want, and have the supreme power to X enforce their will either through me y or through some other man whom they , will send to take my place." The Farmers' Union has established a great bureau in Washington to "sit p up with congress" on the measures t| that it desires to pass. The bureau lives with the session, and adjourns ri when congress does. ti Here then is the force that Is ruling fj the country. It is not an unwise or an unpatriotic organization. It comes 1 as near to representing what we cnll v the plain people in this country as any h organization ever did. It is so far p conservative, prudent and considerate, jj It makes a fair and wholesome foil . to the vast and heretofore omnipotent n power of the "interests" and the tl "frusts." p And by all the logic of unity and common sense and success, it seems that it is here to stav. n , m ti ? In the United States circuit court at Florence, last Wednesday. Judge si Brawley. after hearing the testimony, p directed a verdict for the plaintiffs in a suit brought by Alexander Sprunt & Sons, exporters, of Wilmington, 11 against Hurst-Streeter company of e Cheraw. S. C.. for between $6,000 and t| $7,000 difference plaintiffs were required to pay for cotton which defendants had contracted and failed to a furnish October 1. at 10 cents per a pound. Defendants contended that he contract was Invalid under the state law prohibiting dealing in futures. but the court held that In the p absence of any clause providing for a settlement of any differences upon ex- .. plration other than delivery of spot cotton, the contract was valid. This w Is the first of many suits brought in \-i state and Federal courts by this firm In the Carol! nas and Georgia. hi ? Roth Rrond and Catawba rivers are ^ unusually full, and the Conga ret- and Wateree swamps are flooded as the resuit of th<- recent rains. it LOCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ictor Cotton Oil Co.?Announces that they will run their gin only two days more?March 10 and 17. V. K. Erwln?Is prepared to furnish artificial legs that will give satisfaction, at $30 to $50. '. G. Barkoot?Announces the coming of Barkoot's World's Greatest Shows to Yorkville, on Tuesday, March 8th. Many shows and good, free attractions. ,. R. Williams, Probate Judge? Gives notice that Mrs. Maggie J. Stewart has applied for letters of administration on the estate of Geo. M. Stewart, deceased. Jem Studio?Is located next to Dr. A. Y. Cartwrlght's office, and will make twenty-one photographs for 25 cents, and also has novelty post cards. V. B. Good, Admr.?Requests persons having claims against estate of J. D. Hamilton, deceased, to present them, and debtors are requested to settle. tiddle Auto Co.?Is open for business in the Herndon building and wants to talk automobile to parties who are Interested. It sells the Reo and Chalmers-Detroit cars. . L. Williams & Co.?Tell you that you cannot afford to buy clothing before seeing what they have to offer in men's fine clothes, am M. Grist?Publishes a letter of W. F. Stevenson, Esq., which explains itself, and adds a comment for your benefit, ilexander Specialty Co.?Wants to repair your bicycle now, before you need it, and will repair go-carts and baby carriages and put on new rubber tires, ierndon & Gordon?Make a few remarks as to the universal use of bread. Introductory to the good qualities of flour they sell and ask you to order your next sack from them. 'homson Co.?Is showing its spring lines of Crossett oxfords for men, pants for men and boys, wool dress goods, spring coat suits and linonette skirts, fatlonal Union Bank, Rock Hill?Advises that if you would know the value of money, that you try to borrow some. It will help you to save. rorkvil!e Hardware Co.?Reminds you that spring is near, and that you will need turn plows, plow points, shapes and stocks and that it can supply your neeua. Tork Supply Co.?Has Landreth's and Ferry's garden seeds, seed potatoes, onion sets, and cotton and corn planters. Carroll Furniture Co.?Urges those who expect to buy cooking stoves or ranges to see its lines and get prices before buying. It has the variety and quality. . Q. Wray?Announces the display of his lines of spring goods, including dress goods, notions, skirts, clothing, shoes, nats, etc., and invites you to see his offerings, toyal Baking Powder Co.?On page four tells about the economy occasioned by the use of Royal baking powder. The ladies of Chester are preparing o issue a "Cook Book." It is to Inlude more than a hundred pages In arge type, and Is to be quite a handome and valuable work. The Yorkllle Enquirer Is doing the printing, nd will have the book ready In about month or less. While The Enquirer would not be o ungrateful as to suggest that It is ot the recipient of as many nice comliments as it deserves, and perhaps nore, one of the neatest that has been iald us for quite a while was by a ninlster, who has been in the county omethlng less than a year; but who ias already won the confidence and ive, not only of his own congregation; iut of all the extensive territory that i covered by his work. Although, we re sure there would be no objection, here is no need to mention the name f the minister referred to, as he did iot happen to be talking for publica-H ion. What he said was more in the ature of a friendly, personal greeting, nd it ran like this: "1 am not yet a ubscriber to The Enquirer; but I have een enough to realize that I will have o be, if I am to become a full fledged itlzen of York county, which I fully xpect to do. In all my experience, I ave never known a county paper to over Its field so completely and thorughly as does The Enquirer. It seems o me that I find it in every home, and he people read it, too, from the magzine matter on the first page to the ist advertisement. It has frequently appened that I would hear people peak of things they had seen in "the aper," and when I would tell them I ad probably overlooked It In The [mentioning his daily], they ,'ould tell me: 'Why, you ought to ike The Enquirer.'" It is pretty generally understood by itelllgent people everywhere, that here are certain laws which will not nforce themselves. This Is partlcuirly true of the laws against gambng, selling liquor and keeping disorerly places of resort. In the case of iws intended especially for the proection of the person or property of inlviduals, the incentive for enforcement i obvious. The person or persons agrleved or injured, will attend to the latter, but that which is everybody's uslness is nobody's business, and ofenses against entire communities are ften allowed to go unchecked, for the eason that individuals are reluctant 3 take the initiative. In cases where hese offenses become so intolerable s to force the community to make ommon cause, and act as one man, it ) different. This happens at times, but ot often. Liquor selling, gambling nd the keeping of disorderly places ometimes provoke community action, ut ordinarily these offenses are conucted with sufficient caution to avoid tie arousing of general feeling, t'hen the dispensary was run out of 'ork county, those who had most to o with this step, anticipated that un ss they took proper precautions to revent, it would only be but a short ime before illicit liquor sellers, aleady numerous, would begin to muliply indefinitely. In this state of afiiirs, Mr. J. L. Sanders was appointed d look after the situation, and the .ay he has been doing It, and what e has accomplished, is a matter of retty common knowledge. It may also e said that his record as an officer as the appreciation and approval of tie law abiding element of the county, lut right here, we desire to sound a ote of warning. Mr. Sanders's job Is ot an easy one. A man in his poslion must not only keep his eyes open; ut he must carry his life in his hand, 11 to speak, all the while. While maye there is no lack of backing and ap roval among me iaw-aDiuing element, ; must not be forgotten that there Is yen more malice and hatred among ie element that is not law-abiding, he way of the courageous, intelligent nd efficient officer of the law, is not Iways strewn with roses. He meets II kinds of obstacles and many of tem he has to fight alone, while the eople whose fights he is fighting are linost oblivious to what is going on. So rogue ever felt the halter draw ith good opinion of the law." and cry few of the men who cross the nth of Officer Sanders' duty feel any rtter toward him for running them own. There are a great many people, ho would like to have the Job of this fficer for the pay they think there is i it. Officer Sanders is earning all he Is getting and more, and while it is probably true that no man ever so filled a job that it could not be filled as well by some one else, still it would have to be admitted that it will be a matter of very precarious chance to quickly find another man to fill this particular Job as well as It Is being filled. All this is because the reputation of Officer Sanders has gone abroad and other counties are making overtures for his services. If he is allowed to leave, pernapH run piuce win up iiuru wiuiuui difficulty. Or more likely, perhaps, there may be half a dozen or more trials of wrong men, before the right one is found, and In the meantime the violators of the law may have again secured an ascendency. People who stand for law and order, peace and security, cannot afford to go to sleep over the situation that has been outlined. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss E. Marlal Seabrook of Edisto Island, is visiting In Yorkvllle this week. Mr. Floyd Smlthe of Fort Mill, is visiting the family of Mr. J. C. Burge, on Yorkvllle R. F. D. No. 3. Mr. R. R. Allison, Jr., who has been taking a course In telegraphy and railroading at Nashville, Tenn., has secured a position at Langley. Miss Carrie McCuen. who has been working In the postofflce for the past several months, left this morning for her home in Fountain Inh. Mrs. R. G. Kendrick and Miss Cora Edwards of Pineville, N. C., visited friends in Yorkvllle this week, the guests of Mrs. W. H. McConneli. Mr. Walter Gaulden of Yorkvllle R. r. U. iiu. o, iru jrnicuiii} iu vinn inn sister. Miss Daisy Gauldln In Charleston, and If he likes the city, will locate there. Mr. B. B. Whltesldes of Filbert No. 1, la spending some time at Wlldwood, Fla? for the benefit of his health. Information Is that Mr. Whltesides Is better since he arrived at Wlldwood about ten days ago. Mr. A. W. Whltaker, formerly of Filbert; but since 1891, a citizen of Charlotte, N. C., called at The Enquirer office yesterday. He said It was his first visit to Yorkvllle In nearly twenty years. Mr. Whltaker Is In the cattle business In Charlotte and has been quite prosperous. The condition of Mr. Joseph F. Wallace, which has been very precarious for some months past, Is steadily growing more hopeless. Although able to converse with his friends when they called, up to a week or ten days ago, since then, he seems to have been failing more rapidly, and unless there Is a change for the better within a very short time, It Is feared that the end cannot be a great while off. Associate Reformed Presbyterian: Mr. Robert Washington Whiteside and Miss Mary Margaret Schumpert were married in Newberry county, February 21, 1860. At their home in Smyrna, York county, they celebrated on Tuesday, the 22nd, the fiftieth anniversary of this event. Nearly a hundred of their relatives and friends enjoyed tneir nospuamy, oruugm men i"wim of esteem, and rejoiced with them ovei the rare privilege that a kind Providence had bestowed upon them. To this estimable couple nine children have been born, of whom four survive: Mrs. J. E. Castles and Miss Anna, and Messrs. Warren W. and William S. Of those deceased, three grew to manhood and womanhood. One of them was the wife of Mr. Jackson McGill. Mr. Whiteside was a valiant soldier in the civil war, serving as orderly sergeant in the Twelfth South Carolina regiment. He has also served his county faithfully as commissioner. For years he has been a member of the board of deacons of his congregation and he has made an efficient officer. Before the guests took their leave appropriate religious services were conducted by the pastor. Fifty years of wedded life Is a privilege bestowed upon comparatively few. Mr. and Mrs. Whiteside Jiad reached this anniversary at the ages of 73 and 70/ As we bade our kind hosts good-bye, we wished for them that the evening of their lives might be as bright and peaceful as the shining of the sun on their Golden Wedding Day. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Good morning, Mr. McNeel, Yorkville certainly needs an opera house and Is obliged to you. ? Beginning next week, the Tavora mill will curtail to four days a week. The York mill is now running only half Its machinery. The curtailment Is attributed to stagnation in the yarn market. ? Dr. R. L. Douglas, supervisor of the census, for the Fifth congressional district, is in Yorkville today, conferring with candidates for the position of AnnmoMtnr with rpfprnnep tn certain matters In the schedules that many of them do not exactly understand. ? Yorkvllle, a town of 3,500 people, Is policed by a single policeman and a night watchman, and it Is policed pretty thoroughly. It is true that there Is a small reserve force that does duty on "big days" and special occasions; but which is not on the regular pay roll. We consider the situation here somewhat remarkable, and doubt if there is another town in the state of equal size that is able to keep as good order with such a limited police force. The situation is certainly creditable to Yorkvllle. ? Yorkvllle Is to have two automobile garages?one conducted by the Riddle Auto Co., is already open for business, and the other by the York Furniture company which is to have a stock of machnies soon. Both will handle firstclass automobiles and all kinds of supplies, and It Is probable that they will also keep machines for hire. Mr. F. C. Riddle, proprietor of the Riddle Auto Co., and Mr. Ouinn Wallace, manager of the York Furniture companv, are both convinced that the automobile has become an indispensable utility, and that there is bound to be an increasing demand for them throughout this section. That the'- belief is well founded, is easily apparent to all who will review the past few years in the light of present conditions. ? Yorkville is to have an opera house. The thing- la settled. Mr. S. M. McNeel is to build it. It Is to be included In the block of buildings to be erected on the Parish hotel lot. "Have you settled on the plans for your buildings yet?" the reporter asked of Mr. McNeel yesterday morning. "Yes," replied Mr. McNeel. "the plans have been decided upon; but the contract has not been let yet." "And what are we to have?" the reporter asked. "Why. It will be four store rooms Instead of five," said Mr. McNeel. "They will cover all the ground originally intended: >ut they will be larger. Several people have been to me and said they would like to have store rooms; but they want them larger than I had intended, and so I have decided to give them what they want. Also the block Is to be two stories high. Instead of one story, and in the story above, two of the rooms are to be constructed for an opera house. Of course, it Is generally understood that opera houses do not pay; but there seems to be a generally recognized need for It, and It will be of advantage to the town, now and hereafter." "Hurrah for you." the reporter said. "Well, I'm much obliged; but It Is goI ing to cost a good deal. It must have been thinking of this that has given me this crick I have In my neck." concluded Mr. McNeel, with a smile, as he passed on to his den in the Loan and Covlnw hank. BROKE UP THE MAIN. A party of officers, consisting of F. E. Quinn, J. L. Sanders and S. N. Johnson, operating under the authority of Sheriff Brown, made a raid on a big cocking main that was being pulled off at Columbus Parham's, near the North Carolina line last Tuesday, and broke it up. i The raid was instigated by Consta- < ble J. L. Sanders. He saw a number of i men leaving out from Yorkville Tues- i day morning and supposing from cir- < cumstances that were satisfactory to I him. that they were off on a chicken I fighting expedition, reported the matter ! to the sheriff, who authorized proper < efforts to uphold and enforce the law. .< According to a statement of one of < the officers, the party began by notify- I ing Magistrate H. E. Johnson of Beth- c el, in whose jurisdiction the intended u operations would occur, to hold him- a self in readiness for developments, and p then proceeded on up the road after the Yorkville buggies, until they came e to Mr. W. B. Riddle's, where they left s their horses and proceeded the bal- f ance of the way on foot. e The officers had previously figured n out that their search would probably t end at Columbus Parham's, and on ar- a riving there, they found half a hun- f dred or more men collected in an out- a building, which was doing service as f a cockpit. Several fights nad already been pulled off, and one was just end- p ing up as they reached the scene, one fc I chicken having been killed, and the q other still pecking at it. Some of the ? spectators moved away, as soon as I a thev cot lin Intlmntlun i.f th.. onnrnunli I of the officers, and others held their e ground for u while; but within about t thirty minutes, the place was practl- a cally deserted. c The officers arrived on the ground* a at about 3.30 o'clock, and remained v there until 5. They did not see any- r thing, which, under the law would seem t to warrant them in making arrests q without warrants, and their object in h remaining, was to prevent a renewal s of the chicken fighting. They found c several dead roosters lying around and a estimate that altogether there were as t many as forty or fifty chickens at the t pit that would have been used in the r main, had it not been for the appear- t ance of the officers. Leaving Officers Qulnn and Johnson at the cockpit, Officer Sanders followed Columbus Parham to his store. -| Officer Sanders had seen Parham enter, and following close behind, got up to the door Just as It was shut In his r face. The officer demanded admission, a but there was no answer. "If you * don't open this door, Parham, I am 0 going to break It open," said Sanders. ' There was no answer and Sanders * threw his heavy weight against the c door, breaking it open all but a bolt s at the bottom. "Hold on, and I will ' open," said a voice from within, and a after a short delay, the door was open- s ed by Parham himself. Sanders walk- j ed In, and Parham assuring him that there was nothing unlawful about the f premises, told him that he was wel- * come to search. "I know how wel- J come I am," said Sanders; "but I am J going to search all the same," and * straightway he proceeded to look about. j There had been a noise In the store while the officer was waiting on the [ wuiaiuc, aitu iwr uiiitci uciu twusii ucu the noise to mean that something was : being concealed. He went to the oil 1 can first, and finding nothing there, x finally dipped his hand down Into a c box of shelled corn, Into which some axes had been stuck. He cut his hand on one of the ax blades, but at the same time felt a large jug, which he quickly pulled out and found to be r more than hal' full of corn whisky. B "What is this," asked Sanders. ? "I do not know," replied Parham. 1 "Then it Is not yours?" inquired San- 1 ders. "No," said Parham. "Well, c then," said Sanders, "I'll just take it," C and he carried it off with him. t At the April, 1908, term of the court, s Columbus Parham plead guilty before t Judge Watts to the charge of keeping I a gambling place and violating the dis- 8 pensary law. On the first plea he was e sentenced to pay a fine of $100 or go J to the chalngang for three months, and e on the second count he was sentenced 0 to pay $200 or go to the chaingang for fl five months. He paid both fines, and a Judge Watts advised him that there p was still another indictment pending d against him on the contingent docket, c and that if he should come before the s court again, it would go hard with him. h The understanding is that it is the f purpose of the officers to swear out b warrants for all the parties who had y chickens at the cockpit, and to sub- p poena all the spectators who were a present as witnesses; but as to wheth- li er they will be able to find any law to n cover the case, remains to be seen. f 8 $ NEW FIRE INSURANCE LAW. V At its last session, the general as- n sembly repeated Its unsuccessful attempt of 19,06 to make the fire insur- *ance companies assist in the mainten- *1 ance of the fire departments of the towns and cities in which they do bus- t( iness. The act of 1906 was declared to r' be unconstitutional, and the Insurance n companies are trying to Induce Gov- n ernor Ansel to withhold his ap- 0 proval from the new act on the same F ground. Governor Ansel has the d new act under careful consider- T atlon and as to whether he will P sign it or not, will depend upon the n conclusion he arrives at as to its con- f' stitutionality. The text of the act is t< as follows: d '"Section 1. That no foreign corpora tion carrying on a fire insurance bus- c iness shall hereafter engage in, carry h on, or do any fire insurance business a in this state save and except upon k compliance with the conditions in this P act hereafter imposed, as well as all P other conditions now or hereafter im- d posed by law. if "Sec. 2. Every fire Insurance com- P pany, corporation, or association in- T corporated under the laws of any o other state, or of any foreign govern- a ment or country, now or hereafter de- T siring to engage in or carry on busi- a ness in this state, shall return to the vi insurance commissioner a just and true g account, verified by oath, that the same tl is u true account of all premiums re- 3, ceived from fire insurance business q done during the year ending December tl 31 in any incorporated city or town ci of this state having, or that may have, c< a regular organized fire department un- w der the control of the mayor and coun- tl cil or intendant and council of said t! city or town, and having in service- ir able condition for Are duty, fire appar- T atus and necessary equipments belong- n Ing thereto to the value of $1,000 and oi upwards. Such returns must be made y< by said companies, corporations, or m associations within 60 days after the si approval of this act, and thereafter tl within 60 days after December 31 of p each year. oi "Sec. 3. Every fire insurance com- al pany foresaid shall, within 60 days a after the approval of this act, and rr thereafter within 60 days after Decern- di ber 31 of each year, deliver and pay to cl the state treasurer the sum of $1 upon u the $100, and at that rate upon the l amount of all premiums written on fire t within the limits of such incorporated ie cities or towns during the year ending C{ December 31, in each preceding year, te or for such portion of such period as tl said company, corporation, or associa- 0| tion, shall have done business in this hi state. th "Sec. 4. Every such company, cor- ^ poration. or association shall keep ac- f0 curate books of account of all business done by them on fire insurance within pj the limits of such incorporated cities re and towns, and in case fraud or dls- _ honesty in said returns made by such nj company, corporation, or association, fa as provided for in section 2 of act, be apparent, it shall be the duty of the to insurance commissioner to investigate p( such returns and collect the amount he shall find to be due, W "Sec. 5. Every foreign fire insurance ni company which shall neglect to keep pj such books of account as aforesaid, or n( u"n t/i ronnrt or nav Mllitll I.Ill w. ... ?..^v ? w over any of the money due on pre- te miums as aforesaid, at the time and e( in the manner specified in the preced- n, ing sections of this act, or shall be found upon examination to have made a, a false return of business done by pr them, shall for each such offense for- er feit $300, to be applied to the same purposes hereafter prescribed in a. section 8. Sec. 6. In case of making a default y( in payment or in case of failure to *L pay and satisfy any forfeiture adjudg- ^ ed to be due by the provisions of this sp act, the insurance commissioner shall * forthwith revoke the license of such company, or corporation or association. to do business In this state, and after such revocation it shall be unlawful for such company, corporation or association to do business in tills state: Provided, That the insurance Ir". commissioner may, upon compliance . by such company, corporation or association with the requirements of this act. permit it to cto business in ims ? state. at Sec. 7. That the state treasurer shall (10 pay over the amount collected upon the premiums on business done in each 'n city or town from tile foreign insur- Wl mice companies, corporations or asso- tu clations doing business within the cities or towns, having or that may co hereafter have a regular organized C? Are department as aforesaid in section at 1 of this act, to the treasurer of such mi ity or town: Provided, That all money t d so collected from the foreign insurance at companies, corporations or associa- ar 3|B8 oqi uuut.w ssou|snq Sujop suoji th Ities or towns, shall be set apart and sed by such cities and towns solely bs nd entirely for the objects and pur- T oses of this act. PI Sec. 8. All money collected and re- A elved under the provisions of this act d< hall be held in trust and used as a hi und for the purpose of rendering more w fflcaclous and efficient the Are depart- c? lents of said cities or towns, by using 'u he same under such rules as may be si dopted by the city or town council b* or the creation, maintenance, support h< nd encouragement of a skilful and ef- ni iclent Are department. T Section 9. The clerk of any Incor- H iorated city or town accepting the to enefits of this act by ordinance as re- bi lulled herein shall, on or before the si 1st dav of October of each year, make A nd Ale with the insurance comnlssioner, his certlAcate, stating the w xistence of such department, the to lumber of steam, hand or other en- rt ;ines, hook and ladder trucks and hose ti; arts in actual use, the number of or- w :anized companies, and the system of w rater supply in use for such depart- cc nent, together with such other facts as d< ho insurance commissioner may re- n< Iiilre on a blank to be furnished by w ilm. If the certificate required by this tv ection is not filed with the Insurance w nmmisslon, on or before Oct. 31. in pI ny year, the town or village so railing o file such certificate shall be deemed te o have waived and relinquished its cj ights for such year to the annroprla- di ion provided for." oi , w LOCAL LACONICS. li "ick Eradication Work. f'' According to a recently published eport by Mr. Ray Powers, veterinarian ? t Clemron college, the tick eradlcaion people have inspected 1,076 herds f cattle In York county. These herds ncluded 8,814 individual cattle. Alogether 2,850 cattle were quarantined in 330 premises. Up to this time fifty- it even premises have been released E rom quarantine as free from ticks. ,nd 273 premises are still held In quarintine. More Smallpox. Rock Hill special of March 3, to the Charlotte Observer: Rock Hill has anither smallpox patient?a mill opera- , ive named Kimball, who lives in the ?arhartt mill village, right in the city, -le has a genuine case. The local >oard of health at once ordered the nan to the pest house, but that place vas found to be in such poor condi- l< Ion that it later was decided to lei s he man stay at his home in the mill 7. Milage. The house is under rigid luarantine. T MERE-MENTION. The United States senate on Wed- a lesday, passed Senator Carter's bill p' .uthorizlng the issuance of $30,000,100 of certificates of Indebtedness for A rrlgation purposes The Antl-Saoon league, which is conducting a ampaign against the saloon traffic of Chicago, is asking Christian people l( hroughout the world to unite in a E eason of prayer to wipe out the liquor ? raffle City Magistrate Henry J. ~ 'urlong of Brooklyn, X. Y., was found ullty Wednesday, on charges of bribry on the bench, by a jury The z French chamber of deputies has passd a bill authorizing a loan of $30,00,000 to sufferers from the recent oods in France R. M. Shannon, r< lineman of the Southern Bell teleihone lines, died in Charlotte, Tues- {j1 ay, the result of a fall from the top if a 40-foot pole The state in- " urance commissioner of Minnesota ? ias started an investigation among raternal life insurance companies, to ring out the extent to which "grave- _ a?d insurance" frauds are being radioed on the fraternal Insurance ssociations. The commissioner beeves that millions of dollars are an- cj ually paid on policies obtained by u, raudulent applications Burglars g, ot away with between $15,000 and a, 20,000 worth of jewelry from a n Washington, D. C., residence Tuesday ^ light King Edward of England, 12 i an address to a religious body at .ondon, on Tuesday, among other ? hings, said: "The concord of Chrisendom in unbroken, and rarely in his iry has the idea of war seemed more ? epulsive or the desire for peace been lore widely cherished throughout m ly empire." Jose Domingo De at ibaldia, president of the republic of J( 'anama, died of heart disease Tues- Ci ay, after an illness of four days.... H he United States senate on Tuesdiy _. assed Senator Aldrich's business methods commission bill, which has or its purpose the Introduction of bet- _ ?r business methods in government ? epartments with a view to economy. ...Wells county, Ind., joined the "dry" 01 olumn in the local option election a# eld on Tuesday... .An epidemic of virulent fever broke out at Gondo- CI oro, Soudan, a few hours after the R toosevelt hunting party had left that Bl lace on Monday. There was one _ eath and several are critically 111. It i feared that some of the Roosevelt arty may contract the disease y he Allegheny river at Pittsburg, Fa., X n Tuesday, was high out of Its banks, nd large areas had been inundated, he rivers of New York state, especl- ? Uy the Genesee at Rochester, was ery high, and the Ice pack was the r reatest in fifteen years More lan $16,000 in fines and more than f0 ,000 days as Jail sentences is the seuel to a recent clean-up of the blind ? gers of Danville, Ky. Nearly 300 ases were tried in the term of the ? aurt now in session One man y as killed and several are missing as jq le result of a fire which destroyed lie railroad men's Y. M. C. A. buildig at Rotterdam Junction, N. Y., ? uesday morning Engine Foreian Lon F. Irvin at Shreveport, La., y n Tuesdav, was sentenced to five I ?ars' imprisonment on the charge of Kj lanslaughter. Irvine Is held respon- JL ble for a railroad wreck in which ta' iree persons w re killed Three ersons were killed and fifteen more r less injured in a trolley car collision t Canton, 111., Tuesday, the result of heavy fog.... Ex-Governor Varda- -jlan of Mississippi, a defeated candl- j ate for the United States senate, an larges that money and whisky were ^ sed in order to secure the election of t eroy Percy, the successful candidate, he charges will be Investigated by a gislatlve committee The sub immittee of the house nazal commit>e, has decided to favorably report ' le Loud bill providing for the raising A f the battleship Maine, In Havana ^ arbor Fifteen states, including cei le New England and Middle Atlantic ed. oup have been blanketed In a heavy an ig for several days past. Twenty big wI earners were held up In New York or arbor on Tuesday, being unable to iach the docks on account of the fog. Near Hlllsboro, Ga.. Sunday " ght, as J. C. Turner, a wealthy rmer, was leaving his home, he T" opped at the door to say something X i his wife, a pistol dropped from his su jcket, was fired by the jar and the S'1 lllet killed his wife Instantly c?i r. J. Rose of Detroit, Mich., will It ake an attempt to "shoot" the rap- th< Is of Niagara Falls In a motor boat ?xt July. A few have accomplished le trick sealed in barrels Fifen persons were more or less Injur- ~ 1 In a rear-end collision of trains In le of the Hudson river tunnels Tues- T ly Nineteen babies were given X vay by the Judge of the juvenile Pr >urt at Omaha, Neb., Tuesday. The dij >urt room resembled a bargain coun- an r sale and the babies were given o'c vay In thirty minutes Red to dams, a notorious swindler, aged 64 coi ars. was convicted In the Federal tht iurt of New York, Monday, of using go tt_ i_ ,,,1 ? It? Illctll^ 111 ?. nvjncuic i*' urnnuu, anu ntenced to serve four and a half 1 >ars In the Atlanta, Oa.. prison. SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. fj* - Prof. R. Herndon Moore, dean of JL le department of law of the South ani irolina university, died Tuesday at tht s home in Columbia, after an Illness vll about six weeks. 191 -Mr. W. J. Crawford, a well known tizen of Chester, committed suicide hiu t-iikmr. in frtQf nit\r on 1:1st TllP.-i- 1 ty, by shooting himself through the ? art with a revolver bullet. Sickness his family and business troubles ere probably the cause of the unfornate man's rash deed. -A Columbia dispatch says, that ac- * rding to the records In the office of Hector Jenkins, at least 300 corporlons of South 'Carolina have failed to A ake the necessary returns as requlr- XI by the Federal excise law, passed to the last session of congress, and Th e thus liable to fines of not less an $1,000 or more than $10,000 each. 1 ? With the booming of the guns, the ittleship. South Carolina, was on uesday. placed in commission at the hlladelphla navy yard. After Capt. ugustus F\ Pechteler had read the or- * ?rs of the navy department putting m in command, the Stars and Stripe.* ere run to the musthead, while offl>rs and crew stood at attention. Sates were then exchanged between the lore battery at the navy yard and the ittleship. The South Carolina and ?r sister ship, the Michigan, are the ost powerful vessels in the navy. he new ship will sail on Sunday for ampton Roads and later will proceed i Charleston. At the latter place the ittleship will be given a handsome lver service by the Daughters of the merlcan Revolution. -Columbia, March 3: W. T. Jones, the ealthy Union county planter reputed be worth $100,000, must spend the malnder of his life In the penitenury at hard labor for poisoning his Ife, a prominently connected young oman of Union county, the supreme >urt in a unanimous opinion handed j. jwn today denying his appeal for a sw trial. Jones Is now in Union Jail, here he has been since the murder vo years ago, except for a few days hen he was brought before the su'eme court in an appeal on a side lste of the case. The opinion Is wrlt>n by Judge Dantzler, acting asso- fc ate Justice in place of Justice Hyrick who was disqualified by reason ' the fact that he denied Jones ball htle on the circuit. Jones' plantation nd business Is in the hands of his >-year-old son, also the son of the ead woman, who has been a staunch efender of his father in his trial. . . * AT THE CHURCHES. n a nmrom DAr X AO A . Rev. I. G. Murray. Pastor. Sunday Services?Sunday school at ) a. m. Morning service at 11 o'clock. Ycning service at 7.30 o'clock. ' CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD. Rev. T. Tracy Walah, Rector. Sunday Services?Sunday school t 9.45 a. m. Morning service at 11 clock. Evening service at 7.30 o'clock. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN. Rev. E. E. Gillespie, Pastor. Sunday Services.?Sunday school at ] a. m. Morning service at 11 o'clock. * ervice at York Cotton Mill Chapel at 30 p. m. RINITY METHODI8T EPISCOPAL. Rev. J. H. Thacker, Pastor. Sunday Services.?Morning service t 11 o'clock. Sunday school at 3.30 * . m. Evening service at 7.30 o'clock. SSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN. Rev. J. L. Oates, Pastor. Sunday Services?Sunday school at ) a. m. Morning service at 11 o'clock. Vening service at 7 o'clock. $0*tial Jlotires. 1 Card of Thanka. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh White of Smyrna, >turn thanks for the kindness and rmpathy shown them by their friends, uring the illness and death of their * . ttle daughter, and herein express teir gratitude for the same. ?ht (Jfotton JRarhft. New York Market. New York, March 3.?Spot cotton osed quiet, 10 points lower; middling plands 14.90; middling gulf 15.15. lies 2,500. Futures opened steady id closed steady as follows: March 1.71; April 14.64; May 14.69; June 1.52; July 14.49; Aug. 13.84; Sept. 4 1.98; Oct. 12.53; Nov. 12.36; Dec. 12.38. HYMENEAL. Married?At the home of the bride's other, Mrs. S. Jane Hood. March ^ 4.30 p. m., by Rev. J. B. Swann, Mr. DHN A. McALILEY of Bullock's reek, to Miss LUCY T. HOOD of oodtown. OBITUARY. Died?At his home near Woodward, l March 1, 1901, Mr. R. W. BRICE, j red 74 years. * At her home in the Stover section of hester county, on March 1, Mrs. SAAH BLACK, wife of Mr. Leroy D. lack. PRIVET HEDGE PLANTS HAVE 600 well rooted Privet Hedge Plants at J3 per 100. WILL P. SMITH, Clover, S. C. 16 f.t 2t FOR SALE ^ OOD Brood Mare?will work anyT where. Perfectly gentle. Cheap r C&sh. J. R. KILUAN. 10 f tf. ONLY TWO DAYS MORE 1 VE will operate our Ginnery only two days more this season, March and 17. VICTOR COTTON OIL CO. 18 f.t 2t ARTIFICIAL LEGS 1 AM prepared to furnish Artificial Legs at from $30 to $50, that will ve as good satisfaction as the best gs made. They are the closest imitlon of nature to be had. W. E. ERWIN, Yorkvllle, S. C. 18 4-18-1-15 4t FOR SALE OT South Main street, between the I properties of Mrs. J. S. Drakeford g id O. E. Grist, known as the "Old iptist Church Lot." For price apply R. T. STEPHENSON, Abingdon, Va. 17E t.f 4t J DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. i LL persons having claims against L the estate of J. D. HAMILTON, deased, will present them, duly attest, within the time prescribed by law, d all persons indebted to said estate II make immediate payment to me my attorney, J. S. Brice, Esq. W. B. GOOD, Administrator. 18 t 3t TIME TO PAT. f 1 HE time by which we must settle , with the publishers is at nand, and bscrlbers to The Enquirer, who have ?-en their names to us, will please me forward with the money, handing to either of us, or sending it In to i office. 4 JEFF D. WHITESIDES, JOHN K. ALLJSON. 14 f.t tf. >R DISCHARGE AS GUARDIAN HEREBY give notice that I have made a final settlement with the obate Court of York county, as guarin of W. C. and Bessie Lee Clounts, d that on Saturday, March 26, at 11 j lock a. m., I will make application f Hon. L. R. Williams, judge of said art, for a final discharge from fur>r liability in connection with said ardianshlp. J. C. WILBORN, Guardian. 16 f 5t NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS MEETING < HE annual meeting of the stockholders of the Yorkville Building a Loan Association, will be held in ; office of C. E. Spencer, Esq., Yorkle. S. C., TUESDAY. MARCH 8TH, 10, at 5 o'clock p. m. GEO. VV. WILLIAMS, Secty. and Treas. 7 t.f 2t % FOR RENT. |ICKSON HOUSE, King's Mountain street, next Garrison. C. E. 8PENCER. R ft *f TIME TO SETTLE. ( LL subscribers to The Yorkville l Enquirer on my club are requested pay up at once, either to me or at e Enquirer office. A. W. McFARLAND. 4 f.t tf.