Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, July 14, 1911, Image 2
Scraps and ,#acts.
? A heavy tax on the dowries on
American brides in international marriages,
"so that the penurious but titled
fortune-hunters might secure but
a small moiety of the price the bride
pays him for a name which he himself
dishonors by thus putting it up at auction
to the highest bidder," was suggested
by Representative Kahn of California,
in the house last Wednesday
as a means to stop alliances between
American heiresses and "broken-down
foreign noblemen."
? Viterbo, Italy, July 12: Capt. Fabroni,
who has made the accused Camorrists
more uncomfortable than other
witnesses, today went deep into the
political influence of the Camorra and
mentioned names with a boldness tnat
caused the judge to caution him to be
moderate In his statements. The witness
replied: "I must say all and give
, an exact picture of the prevailing atmosphere
in order to strike a deadly
blow at this criminal association. The
Camorrist has no political ideals. He
exploits the elections and the elected
for gains. The leaders distribute
bands throughout the town who use
violence to obtain votes for cand'dates
they support. Those who refuse to
vote as instructed are beaten, slashed
with knives or kidnapped. All this is
done with assurance of Impunity, as
the Camorrists have the protection of
the successful politicians who realize
that they cannot be chosen to office
without paying toll to the Camorra."
? A general heat wave through the
northern and eastern parts of the nation
occurred July 1 to 6. During that
time there were 722 deaths due directly
to the heat. There were 201 victims
in Chicago alone, 125 of whom
were babies, and 100 In New York. 1p
complete as me recora is irum iuc
failure of many points to report specifically
the number of such deaths, it
is as serious a showing as is remembered
for many years, if not a record.
The number of prostrations is still
more difficult to compute, but from
the review of the dispatches it appears
that thousands have been seriously
overcome by the heat in the
great cities. The torrid period will
be memorable in weather annals for
its wide extent, Its long duration, its
record-breaking temperatures in many
places and the long list of fatalities
which It has caused. In many sections
the thermometers registered as high
as 108 or higher.
? Washington, July 13: Senator La
Follette's long-promised wool and cotton
tariff revision amendment to the
Canadian reciprocity bill, proposing
duty reductions which he calculates
would save the consumer $169,000,000
annually on cotton and $172,000,000
on woolens was introduced today. In
a statement accompanying the amendment
Mr. La Follette says that against
this enormous saving to the consumers,
which assumes that the price to
the consumer would be reduced to the
same extent as the reduction of duty,
the loss of revenue to the government
under the two schedules would approximate
$30,000,000. Following are
the duties fixed: Wool and Woolens?
On clothing wools, 40 per cent ad
valorem; carpet wools, 10 per cent
ad valorum; toys, 45 per cent; yarn
50 per cent; carpets 40 per cent; cloths
and other woolen manufactures, 60
per cent. On Cottons?Yarns and
thread, 30 per cent ad valorem; cloth,
unbleached. 20 per cent; bleached, 25
per cent; cloth, dyed, printed or stained,
25 per cent; all manufactures of
cotton cloth, 25 per cent; cotton laces,
embroideries and ornamental trimmings.
35 per cent; hosiery, 30 and 35
% per cent.
? Notwithstanding the frequent reports
from Washington that rigid
economies are being practised, the
public money is apparently poured out
in Increasing: quantity. A statement
of the total appropriations for the last
session of congress, prepared by the
clerks of the various appropriation
committees, has been made public, and
shows that the third session of the
Sixty-second congress appropriated
51,026,682,881.72. The various appropriation
bills carried the following totals
in another billion dollar congress:
Agricultural, 516,900,016; army
593,374,755.97; diplomatic and consular,
53,988,516.41; District of Columbia,
512,056,786.50; fortification, 55.473,707;
Indian, 58,842,136.37; legislative, executive
and Judicial, 535,378,149.85; military
academy, 51,163,424.07; navy,
5126,478,338.24; pension, 5153,682,000;
postofflce, 5259,134,463; river and harbor,
523,855,342; sundry civil, 5142,265,044.14;
deficiency appropriations,
59,740.971.24; miscellaneous, 54,773,306.81;
permanent appropriations, 5129,575,924.12;
total, 51,026,682,881.72. In
addition to the specific appropriations
made, contracts were authorized to be
entered into for certain public works
requiring future appropriations by
congress of 543,454,145.
? Washington, July 13: Harry N.
Atwood, the Boston aviator, flew over
the city in his aeroplane today, played
aerial pranks with the Washington
monument, circled tall buildings, had
fun with an army of automobiles, bicycles,
pedestrians and police by pretending
to land at various points in
Potomac park, and finally, after a
series of sweep circles near the capitol,
soared in the gathering dust to the
army aviation field at College park,
Maryland, whence he had come. Today's
trip will be followed by another
tomorrow, when Atwood will land near
the White House to receive the medal
of the Washington Aerial society. Atwood's
niost spectacular effort followed
his circling of the monument. After
wheeling thrice around the big shaft
he sped away in the direction of the
Virginia hills. Turning sharply, the
aviator drove his aeroplane directly at
the top of the monument, as though
he intended to knock off the aluminum
tip and when almost directly over
the apex, he shut off his motor and
came sliding down. The crowd and
police, who had been decoyed to the
river bank, made a rush toward the
monument, but Atwood laughingly
turned on his engine again and swept
back directly over their heads. After
a number of complicated evolutions he
turned the nose of his plane toward
the Maryland field. The weather was
perfect for the flight and a great
crowd witnessed the demonstration,
which lasted nearly an hour.
? The city of Atlanta is greatly stirred
over the operations of a mysterious
murderer, who has been operating
in that city for the past two months
and claiming a new victim every Saturday
night, or within a few nights
following. The last murder was committed
Monday night, the intended
victim of the murderer Saturday night
having escaped. All of the victims of
the murderer have been women. His
method has been to step up behind his
victim after dark, beat her down with
a blunt weapon, which in three
instances was shown to be a heavy
stone. He would then drag the body
fifteen or twentv feet cut the throat
from ear to ear, and then drag the
body fifteen or twenty feet more. The
same procedure has been observed in
the case of each murder. One intended
victim who escaped last Saturday
night recognized her assailant as a
large, coal black negro, not less than
six feet high. A previous intended victim
and a white man. who came to
her rescue before the murderer was
able to complete his work had identified
the man in the same manner. The
murderer is being commonly referred
to as a "Jack the Ripper," and the
common belief is that he is a homicidal
maniae. The ooliee are making every
effort to run the fellow down; but as
yet no clues have been obtained. The
woman murdered Monday night was
the eighth who had been killed in a
similar manner. The negro women
of Atlanta are in a state of terror and
are ceasing to show themselves on
the streets after night.
iThr \|orkvillr (Enquirer.
Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville
as Mail Matter of the Second Class.
YORKVILLE, S. C.i
FRIDAY. JULY 14. 1911.
We are inclined to the opinion that
the successful consummation of the
mill merger will effectually squelch the
value of common stock.
The Georgia legislature has elected
Governor Hoke Smith to the United
States senate and it looks as if Joseph
M. Brown is going to be elected governor
to succeed Smith.
The Prohibitionists co-operated with
the local optionists and elected Ansel;
but when It came time for the local optionists
to co-operate with the Prohibitionists,
they refused to co-operate.
We imagine that the Prohibitionists
will go rather slow next time.
We are reproducing the defense that
the appointive members of the state
board of education make of themselves
principally because they ask it. They
estimate that they are entitled to have
it published in papers that printed
what Mr. Swearlngen had to say. We
do not agree with the proposition; but ,
notwithstanding the amount of good (
fHx* arftnla tolfpa it will hp found
in today's paper.
Hoke Smith states that he will not
resign his office as governor of Georgia
until next December. He calls atten- (
tion to the fact that a pair can be arranged
for him so that Georgia need
not lose her vote. There is still talk
in South Carolina of asking Governor
Smith to honor a requisition for Felder;
but as to whether this will be
done, and what Mr. Smith will do, remains
to be seen. j
The Yorkville Enquirer is worrying (
about the song of the mosquito in its
territory. No mosquito ever sang (
more sweetly than the Charleston in- ]
sect, not even the New Jersey species. ,
?Charleston Post. (
Each and every one to his taste, and j
if our friend, the Post prefers the music
of the Charleston mosquito to that
of the electric piano, why of course, .
its preference is respected. As for
The Enquirer, it prefers the electric
piano. But really and truly we have j
not heard as many as a half dozen
mosquitoes this year and we are not
sure that they did not come from 1
Charleston, except, that we have not
been able to distinguish any sweetness
in the quality of their music.
It seems to us that those "local option"
papers which are now urging the
consolidation of all opposition to Governor
Blease, should have thought of
that before the first primary last summer.
The Prohibitionists were willing
enough to co-operate with the "local
optionists" in an effort to throttle the
old state dispensary corruption; but
they are not willing to allow themselves
to be used as a tall to the local
option kite?certainly not so long as local
option does not mean anything more
than the establishment of a whisky
business, which the leaders under that
banner desire to control. What the
Prohibitionists want is not to force
prohibition on counties that do not
want it; but the election of a governor
who will not permit minorities to override
majorities in any of the counties.
Time For Foresight.
In view of the now very patent fact
that the corn crop is going to be short
this year, and there is going to be a
general scarcity of all kinds of roughness
that are usually relied upon with
which to feed stock throueh the win
ter, the more prudent and thoughtful
fanners of this country are now giving
their attention to the matter of
practicable substitutes.
While in ordinary years, the amount ,
of good forage in the shape of grasj,
peavines, sorghum, etc., that is allowed i
to go to waste is something sinful, the '
outlook this year is that the best that ,
can be had will be but little better
than that which is commonly neglect- 1
ed and refused.
The supply this year is going to be
scarce?the supply of this refuse stuff
?but such as is to be had should be
looked after, and prudent farmers are
going to look after it. Those who neglect
to utilize everything thai can be
used as forage in the winter are going
to have occasion to regret their neglect.
Ill a recent issue of The Enquirer
it will lie remembered there was a recalling
of the fact that in the fall of
1881, some farmers even gathered cotton
stalks as soon as the cotton was
picked off and before frost, and used
them as stock feed during the winter.
While we have no record of the exact
situation, it is probable that if the
matter had received attention in time
it would have been practicable to have
gathered enough fairly good hay and
other roughness even in the summer of
1881 to do through the following winter.
We feel sure that roughness can
he accumulated for next winter, if the
farmers will only start now, and we
are equally sure that many farmers
of York county are sufficiently foresighted
to avail themselves of all the
opportunities that will he presented
between now and next winter.
In this connection it is very well to
remember that the poor prospects for
a corn cron are not confined to this
immediate section. Reports are to
the effect that the corn crop will he
considerably cut off in the west and
northwest also, and this fact makes it
all the more necessary that we take
every precaution while the opportunity
is with us.
MERE-MENTION.
Announcement has been made in
London of the engagement of Lord
Kitchener, commander-in-chief of the
British army, to Leonora Matilda,
youngest daughter of Lionel Douglas
Hearsey of the Kheri-Oudh, India.
Lord Kitchener has always been regarded
as a woman hater Three
men were killeu by a boiler explosion
in a coal mine at Barnsley, Kngland,
Tuesday Kobt. <?. Ingersoll, a
news-butcher, shot his wife through
the neck, and then committed suicide,
in Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday. His wife
lived until Wednesday The Republicans
of Kentucky have nominated
Judge J. C. Orear for governor, to oppose
former Senator J. B. McCreary,
Democrat, in the approaching gubernatorial
election Thirteen persons
were killed and forty-five others injured
in the wreck of the Federal Express
from Washington to Boston, on
the New Haven railroad at New Ha- J
ven. Conn., early Tuesday morning.
The engine jumped the track on a
viaduct and pulled six cars off with
it. An official statement issued by the
railroad puts the blame on the engineer,
who was killed, saying that he!
was running 60 miles an hour when he I
should not have exceeded 15 The J
body of James Pettit, a Chicago grain
speculator, was found in two feet of
water in Lake Michigan several days
ago. and it was presumed that his
death was accidental. It has since
developed that Pettit had secured more
than a million dollars from Chicago
banks without a scrap of security, and
It is now thought that he committed
suicide because of financial troubles.
Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad,
the New York chorus girls, charged
with attempting to murder W. E.
D. Stokes, have been released on bail
bonds of {5,000 each A Standard
Oil tank containing 24,000 barrels of
oil was set on fire by lightning at
Somerset, K>\, Tuesday E. G.
Lewis, publisher of the Woman's Magagine,
and real estate promoter, has
been indicted by a Federal grand jury
at St. Louis on the charge of fraudulent
use of the mails. It is claimed
that Lewis has cleaned up several million
dollars by his schemes... .John W.
Gates, the New York speculator, is
reported as critically ill in Paris. His
recovery is regarded as very doubtful.
Arthur Newton, a London lawyer,
who defended Dr. Crippen when
on trial for the murder of Belle Elmore
Crippen. has been barred from
practice in the English courts, for
abetting the publication of a bogus letter,
purported to have been written by
Crippen while in prison Thirteen
persons died in six hours from heat in
New York Wednesday. Since the beginning
of the heat wave there have
been a total of 271 deaths, the highest
number ever recorded for a like period
A London dispatch is to the
effect that Germany has eight warships
in Moroccan waters George
Burke, aged 22, and Miss Adelaide McCarthy,
aged 18, were drowned in
Owasco lake, near Auburn, N. Y.,
Tupsdnv Thev were thrown into the
water by the capsizing of their boat
during a gale Jacob C. Newkirk,
a rural delivery carrier of Randolph
county, Georgia, has been arrested on
the charge of having applied to his
own use money entrusted to him by a
citizen on his route to buy a money
order... .Edna Peebles, aged 13 years,
attempted to hold up a bank cashier at
Cuyahoga Falls, O., Tuesday, in order
to get money enough to buy a new
dress.
TIME WILL PROVE.
Swearingen Is Willing to Wait For
Vindication In Facts.
State Superintendent of Education
Swearingen, says the Columbia Record,
returned to Columbia Tuesday
night from Rock Hill, where he had
gone Friday to attend the conference
of county superintendents of education.
He declared that he had no intention
or desire to prolong the controversy
regarding the recent text book adoptions
made by the state board of education.
"If the people of South Carolina
are willing to believe," he said,
"that they can now exchange old text
books for new ones at an additional
cost of only 4 2-3 cents per child each
rear, they will be undeceived when the
time comes to buy new books.
"I have not counted the words In the
primer or in any other book, but the
new basal second reader contains 159
pages and sells for 35c. The new
hasal fifth reader contains 368 pages
and sells for 35c. This difference is
interesting.
"Of the old basal first reader 131,000
copies were sold from 1906 to 1911,
and this book has been displaced. 12,inn
nnnlds nf the nhvnionl ewiernrihv
were sold, and this book has been retained.
As far as the titles on the list
are concerned these two books are
equal, but as far as the pupils and patrons
of the state are concerned there
is a difference of nearly 11 to 1, or
more than 1,000 per cent. Illustrations
might be multiplied Indefinitely, for
readers, arithmetics and geographies
form the most important part of a text
book adoption, and these three series
show that 75 per cent of the mere titles
even were thrown out.
"If the members had made up their
minds as to the best and most desirable
books, I am at a loss to understand
why they were unwilling to point
out the poor books now In use. It is
claimed that ample preliminary discussion
and comparison at the board
meetings led me to suppose and hope
for this condition. They, therefore,
seem to admit the fact that the real
discussion of text books was had in
the Jerome hotel. I do not presume to
set my opinion against the opinion of
3even distinguished educators, but being
the secretary of the board and a
member directly responsible to the
people, I thought there should be a
frank, full and open discussion in the
meetings of the board itself. This admission
proves that the adoption was
decided on before the state superintendent
of education was given a
chance to express an opinion. It must
not be forgotten also that my request
for a record of these changes was
promptly refused. I was prepared to
recommend several changes and to
support these recommendations with
argument. The board made sweeping
changes, but declined to indicate the
necessity for these changes by pointing
out the inferior and undesirable
books now in use. The assertion that
better books have been adopted does
not suffice, but should be supported
by evidence. Every change of text
books is unnecessary unless a logical
reason can be assigned therefor.
"I have not questioned the integrity
i>r impugned the motives of a majority
of the board, because positive proof
of improper influences can not be adduced.
The private character of every
man belongs t<? himself alone. But his
public acts belong to his constituents.
The new policies of the board were
expensive, unexplained, and without
record, and against these three characteristics
I protested.
"There are other points inviting interesting
comment, but I leave them
to be made by others. The determination
of the issue rests with the people."
? Columbia, July 11: Secretary of
State McCown will go to Washington
during the week to confer with Secretary
of State Knox, of the United
States, and the Mexican ambassador
relative to an estate in Mexico, which
is valued at $60,000 and owned by the
Synod of the South of the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian church. Dr.
vv i Presslev of Due West, was for a
number of years treasurer of the estate,
which is used for mission purposes.
He died several years ago and
Dr. A. Seidell Kennedy of Due West,
was named as his successor. The
Mexican officials refused to transfer
the property to Mr. Kennedy, claiming
that under the law it should go to the
children of Dr. Pressley. Several matters
will have to he attested by Mr.
M cCown.
? Dr. Ralph Grace of S East Fiftyfourth
street, who was in a coronation
jam, got hack yesterday by the Hamburg-American
liner Amerika, says the
New York Sun of Sunday, with a story
of how he revived by a popular American
method about a dozen Englishwomen
who fainted in a crush on a little
bridge in St. James's park that was
reported to be breaking. There were
ambulances and nurses a-plenty, but
no doctors, and Dr. Grace volunteered.
He astonished nurses and policemen
by putting the patients head down on
the side of an embankment so that the
blood would go to their heads and
hearts. The crowd had been in serious
mood, but when it saw the women upside
down on the embankment, coming
to one by one and in a hurry, and
grabbing at their skirts, which had
fallen toward their heads, it laughed
heartily. The doctor said the nurses
and tiie policemen said they had never
seen the thing done before, but admitted
that it had been very effective.
Some of the matrons did not like getting
back to earth wrong side up and
wondered why they had been inverted
until they were told. They said they
never would faint in public again.
LOCAk AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
R. C. Jackson, Tirzah?Has a seveneighths
Jersey cow for sale.
J. L. McGlll. Yorkville No. 1.?Will
pay liberal reward for recovery of a
diamond ring lost yesterday.
G. H. O'Leary, Pres.?Calls a meeting
of the Board of Trade at the court
house this evening.
D. E. Boney?Says that it is better to
have a policy and not need it, than
to need it and not have it. See ad.
on fourth page.
York Furniture Co.?Wants you to see
it before you buy a piano or organ.
See ad. on fourth page for particulars.
Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Tells you that
its special sale will end tomorrow,
and quotes a number of extra specials
for the day.
First National Bank, Sharon?Declares
that depositing your money with It
at compound interest is the safest
and best investment.
J. D. Williams & Co.?Want you to
take a minute and read their ad.
Low prices quoted on a variety of
goods.
National Union Bank?Emphasizes
its ability and willingness to take
care of your banking business. It
wants your business.
Thomson Co.?Calls your attention to
the fact that its special clearing sale
continues for seven days more. Prices
reduced In all departments.
L. R. Williams, Probate Judge?GIveB
notice that M. B. Spencer has applied
to him for letters of administration
on the estate of W. C. Spencer, deceased.
J. Q. Wray?Begins a special cash reduction
sale tomorrow and quotes
low prices on all kinds of goods for
the special sale.
First National Bank, Yorkvllle?Insists
that it is your duty to save a
part of your earnings against the
time when your earning power is
gone.
J. M. Stroup?Can supply you with
choice varieties of coffees. Also
represents the Royal Tailoring company
and invites you to see samples
and styles.
The blackberries that used to be so
plentiful as to keep the supply far
ahead of the demand are now very
scarce. The price so far this season
has been only 5 cents a quart; but
there has been ready sale for all the
berries offered.
The understanding Is that the
county home farm, or so much of it as
is to be sold, will be sold at public
auction; but whether it would be better
to sell now or wait until the real
estate situation is a little better is a
matter that should be considered.
There was a pretty good rain at
Bowling Green last Wednesday, the
first of any consequence since last
spring. There was a skip between
Bowling Green and Clover; but from
Clover down to a point several miles
south of Yorkville, the rain was continuous.
The unusual brevity of the term of
the court of general sessions, which
convened Monday morning, has been a
subject of considerable comment during
the past few days, and a very
common idea seems to be that under
circumstances where there was so little
need as there was in this case,
there should be provision in the law
for letting the matter go over entirely.
There may be something to the situation;
but a satisfactory provision of
the kind suggested would be difficult
to arrive at. For instance, > the term
that adjourned Monday was not as unimportant
as it seemed. There were
two homicide cases and each of them
seemed to be of a nature that would
have warranted the holding of the
term. The fact that there were consent
verdicts in both cases, does not
argue at all that either of the cases
was of a trivial nature. As a matter
of fact, there was good reason to think
that both cases were quite serious, and
there is as much reason to think so now
as there was before the cases were
disposed of. The trouble was that
there was no evidence in either case.
As to whether damaging testimony
could have been submitted, is not the
question. The question was that no
such testimony was submitted, 4 and
there was nothing for the court to do
other than what it did do. The lesson in
such cases, if there is a lesson, is that
people must remember that the courts
cannot do anything with such matters
without the help of citizens, who not
only desire to see the law enforced, but
are willing to help. Of course, in these
particular cases there is no reason to
think that anybody has failed to do his
whole duty. But still this recent term
of the court was necessary, and there is
no good cause for complaint about it.
On the contrary there is cause for congratulation
to the county that the
business was no heavier than it was.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? Mr. I. W. Johnson has given up the
management of the opera house, which
will hereafter be in charge of Mr. J. Q.
Wray.
BASEBALL.
The Rock Hill boys having decided
on last Tuesday that they were at
last of sufficient strength to defeat the
Yorkville team, waited until the morning
was well advanced so as to reduce
the chance of getting help from the
outside and proposed a game, coupled
with an offer to come over to Yorkville
after the boys and take them to
Rock Hill. The offer was accepted,
and the issues were joined in the afternoon.
Rain broke up the game at
the close of the seventh inning, when
the score stood 1 to 0 In favor of
Yorkville. Yorkville having made 1
run on errors by Rock Hill. It was the
best game in which the Yorkville team
had participated in up to that time.
There were two games between
Shelby and Yorkville on the Yorkville
diamond on Wednesday and Thursday
afternoons. In the first game Yorkville
defeated Shelby 20 to 7. and in
the second Shelby was defeated 7 to 5.
From the figures of the first day it
looked as if the Shelby team was
weak; but as a matter of fact that is
(not true. It is composed of good players,
who had only been gotten together
and who were unable to work as
J they should. The improvement Thursday
was the result of the practice
Wednesday.
The Yorkville team plays the Fort
Lawn team at Fort Lawn this afternoon.
RURAL LIFE CONFERENCE.
The Rock Hill correspondent of the
Columbia State, wrote Wednesday
night as follows about the first day's
proceedings of the Rurul Life Conference
at Winthrop, Wednesday, another
session of which is to be held at
Hickory Grove tomorrow:
This morning at the Rural Life conference
at Winthrop college the Clemson-Winthrop
demonstration train was
on hand and very Interesting lectures
were given by Miss Hyde, in charge
of the Winthrop demonstration work,
and by Prof. D. N. Barrow, in charge
of the Clemson demonstration work. A
good number were present and inspected
the exhibits, among these being
parties from over in North Carolina,
and all were highly pleased with
the exhibits.
This afternoon at 5 o'clock Prof.
J. F. Duggar of the Alabama Polytech
11 Ic institute spoKe on "The Aims in
Teaching Agriculture;" Prof. J. B.
O'Neale Holloway, state organizer of
the Farmers" Union of South Carolina,
on "Some Reasons for Rural
High School;" Ira W. Williams, state
agent of the Co-operative Demonstration
work 011 "Forces Which Act on
Rural Life for Its Development From
the Standpoint of the People In Rural
Sections."
Dr. C. W. Stiles, scientific secretary
of the Rockefeller sanitary commission.
spoke on "A Reduction of
Our Death Rate," stereoptican illustrations
accompanying his lecture.
Dick J. Crosby, specialist in agricultural
education of the United States
department of agriculture, spoke on
"The Farm Life School."
The exhibit of stock carried by the
Clemson car is very fine, and attracted
a great deal of interest. Among the
things most interesting was a pair of
fine Percheron mares, one weighing
1.710 pounds, and the other 1,650, one
eight and the other five years old.
The object of showing this type of
horse to the farmers of this state is
to explain to them that this breed is
better to raise mules from. Prof
Barrow stated that a pair of these ani
mals could be bought In the fall for i
about (500. i
The cows were Jersey, Holstein, Red l
Polled and Polled Angus. The Jersey i
gave 530 pounds of butter during 1910. i
The Herefords are of the beef type, i
and the pair of Polled Angus calves, i
seven months old, are beauties. There
were four very fine hogs?a Tamworth,
five years old, that weighed 650 pounds;
a Berkshire that is 21 months old and
weighs 600 pounds; then two small- ]
er hogs, one a Poland China and the <
other a Durock Jersey.. ,
Interesting lectures were given by
those in charge of the exhibits, giving |
explicit directions in regard to raising |
each of the animals. A selection of
books for the farmers was also on (
hand. Selection of seed corn, testing t
and germinating, was also dealt with, t
as was cultivation.
Prof. Barrow stated that the Farm- |
era' congress would be held at Clemson ,
college on August 8 to 12, and that a ,
charge of $1 per day for meals would ]
be made, with no charge for sleeping
apartments. i
,
DEATH OF W. D. GLENN.
Mr. William D. Glenn died at his i
home in Yorkville on last Wednesday :
afternoon and was burled in Rose Hill
cemetery yesterday morning at 10
o'clock, after funeral services conducted
at the home by Rev. J. L. Oates.
The deceased was the second son of
the late R. H. Glenn, for many years
sheriff of York county, and was born
on September 30, 1865. He lived
practically all of his life In Yorkville,
and for' more than twenty years preceedlng
his death, was a member of
the firm of Glenn & Allison.
Mr. Glenn had heen in falling health
for a number of years, the trouble
originating with a stroke of paralysis,
and becoming progressive In Its character.
At times he was better and at
times worse, and although he had no
hope for the outcome, he made a
brave struggle to the end, continuing
in the transaction of the various duties
of business man and citizen, as
long as there was left sufficient
strength to permit. If such a thing
be possible, there Is no question that
his-days were materially lengthened
purely by strength of will.
Mr. Glenn was a member of the Associate
Reformed church of Yorkville.
He connected himself with that organization
In 1893, and became a ruling
elder in 1906. He was zealous In his
concern for the welfare of the church,
and stood high In the confidence and
esteem of the congregation of which he
was one of the recognized leaders.
Besides his widow, who was Miss
Ella Carroll, the deceased leaves four
children as follows: Robert Henry,
Thaddeus Lamar, William Darby and
James Francis. He Is also survived
by three sisters and one brother as follows:
Mrs. N. G. Allison and Miss
Margaret Glenn of Yorkville; Mrs. M.
R. Williford and Mr. James F. Glenn
oi sumier. ,
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mrs. M. R. Wllllford of Sumter, Is
spending some time in Yorkville.
Mrs. H. B. Laws of Yorkville, Is visiting
relatives at Reldsvllle, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Dunlap of Yorkville
are spending the week at Tryon,
N. C.
Miss Mary Starr left last Tuesday
for Timmonsvllle to.attend a house
party.
Mr. W. H. Herndon of Yorkville, is
spending a few days at Piedmont
Springs.
Miss Bessie McConnell of Yorkville,
is visiting relatives and friends at
Rome, Ga.
Mrs. Mary Perrin of Abbeville is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Belle McCaw
Alston, in Yorkville.
Mr. and Mrs. John Carroll of Norfolk,
Va.. are visiting relatives In
Yorkville.
Miss Virginia Lewis of Chester, is
visiting her cousin, Miss Prances Lewis,
In Yorkville.
Miss Sudie Allison of Yorkville, Is
visiting her sister, Mrs. John F. Blodgett.
In Atlanta, Ga.
Miss Annie Stevens has returned to
her home in Yorkville, after a visit to
relatives at Monroe, N. C.
Miss Margaret Hall of San Paulao,
Brazil, is in Yorkville, the guest of her
aunt. Mrs. Eueenla Drakeford.
Mr. Edward Crawford of Leesvllle,
Lexington county, is spending a month
with relatives and friends at Yorkvllle.
Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Moore of Columbia
and Miss Fannie Beckham of Rock
Hill, are visiting Mrs. R. A. Bratton in
Yorkville.
Dr. Lee Hart, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. W. S. Hart of Yorkville, now in j
the medical department of the United
States army at Manila, has been promoted
to the rank of captain.
Mr. Manning Stanton, assistant (
cashier of the First National bank of (
Yorkville, is attending the Imperial
council, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles I
of the Mystic Shrine at Rochester, N.
Y., this week. i
Columbia State, July 13: Mrs. W. B. I
Williams, 1413 Pendleton street, and
her granddaughter, Miss Mary Baker <
Gordon of Eagle Lake, Texas, who has 1
been visiting her, have gone to Sulli- >
van's Island for a visit. They will be. 1
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bissell Jen- '
kins at Station 26. '
Cherokee News: Mr. E. P. Castles
has been elected principal of the Fil- 1
bert school in York county, and will 1
commence his duties on the 17th in- |
stant. This is one of the best country
schools in York county and the patrons
are fortunate in securing Mr. ,
Castles. We are glad to announce that ,
the family of Mr. Castles will remain ;
in Gaffney.
TRAGEDY ON TRAIN.
Coroner Louthian and Sheriff Brown
went to Fort Mill this morning to hold
an inquest over the body of John
Reeves, a Rock H4U negro, who was ]
killed on a negro excursion train by a ,
Charlotte policeman between Rock Hill ]
and Fort Mill yesterday.
The excursion train was returning I
from Columbia to points in North Carolina
from whence some five or six i
carloads of negroes had been gathered, (
and Special Policemen J. R. Eskridge <
and J. T. Wilson of Charlotte, were
along to help keep order. They had no |
especial authority; but had been em- <
ployed because of their experience and i
because of the prestige of their uni- <
forms. (
At a point between Rock Hill and (
Fort Mill, It is stated, Reeves, who i
had failed to get off at his home town, i
and who was thought to be going on |
to Charlotte, began amusing himself .
by firing shots from his new automatic <
Colt pistol out the car window, and (
when the policemen were notified of the *
drunk man's diversion they undertook <
to put a stop to it. On reaching Char- |
lotte last night, Policeman Wilson told (
the Observer of his part in the affair ,
as follows: ]
"I was standing on the platform of |
the third coach, when my attention <
was attracted by the sound of pistol (
shots in the smoking car of the train.
I immediately entered and saw a negro I
firing his pistol out of the window of
the car. 1 ordered him to hand over (
the pistol to me, and he replied 'I ]
won't hand over nothing. I'll shoot i
you, d?n you." As he prepared to I
arise from his seat, I struck him with i
my fist, and grasped his wrist. As we 1
were struggling between the seats, the |
negro fired twice, and I heard Esk- t
ridge say 'My God, John, I am dead.' 5
"Up to this time I had not noticed
his presence in the coach. He was
standing in the aisle, and one of the
wild shots from the pistol had struck
him in the side. When I heard his
cry, I looked up and saw him fall, and
drawing my pistol I tired one time,
killing the man instantly. The negro
was left doubled up in the seat, just as
he was shot, and calling the train
crew, we carried Eskridge into the
baggage car. I cannot say whether
Eskridge llred or not. The negro's
body was put off at Port Mill, where I
will attend a coroner's inquest In the
morning. I could not say whether the
negro was drunk or not."
When the train reached Fort Mill
the dead body of Reeves was put off.
and a telephone message was sent for
the coroner of York county.
After the affray, Policeman Eskridge
was made as comfortable as possible
in a baggage car and on the arrival
of the train in Charlotte, was
carried to the Presbyterian hospital on
a stretcher. Investigation by the doctors
showed that the bullet had entered
his right side and penetrated his right
lung. He was able to talk and said
that he fired three times at the negrc
after he was shot, and was satisfied
that it was he who killed Reeves. Wilson
was shot in the hip: but the wound
[s thought to be of trifling consequence,
as he was able to walk up town last
night unassisted.
CAPT. E. P. MOORE DEAD.
Messrs. T. P., B. N. and Walter B
Moore of Yorkville, were summoned to
Chester yesterday by news of the sudden
death of their father, Capt. E. P,
Moore, which occurred at the captain's
home at about 2 o'clock in the
morning.
Capt. Moore had been in his usual
good health up to the past few days,
and there was no apparent cause foi
serious apprehension when he retired
Wednesday night. According to information
received in Yorkville, however
acute indigestion developed suddenly
and the end came after a few
tiours.
Capt. Moore was a veteran of the civil
war, in which he commanded a company.
He spent the greater part of
his life in York and Chester counties
and at Morganton, N. C., and was twic
Win ?>?? ...IIV. Ti.no Uloo Tin
iimi i icu, hid in ol wuv vvao mioo ui/?_
tie Neely of York county, and his second
wife who survives him, was Mist
Annie Wylie of Chester. Three sont
named above were the Issue of the flrsl
marriage, and by the second marrlagt
there are two other sons. Dr. Baxtei
S. Moore of Charlotte, and Dr. A. Wylie
Moore of Chester.
Capt. Moore was about seventy-flvt
/ears of age, and for many years had
been an elder In the Presbyterlar
church. Kind, considerate, courtly and
hospitable by nature and training, h?
was a most delightful man, held in
high regard by all who knew him
News of his death has been received
with much sorrow by an unusually
large circle of friends and relatives.
The Chester Reporter of yesterday
has the following, which gives the circumstances
of Capt. Moore's death and
the events of his life in more detail:
All Chester was shocked this morning
to learn that Capt. E. P. Moore
ane of the city's oldest and most honored
citizens, was dead. Although hit
health had been declining for several
months, Capt. Moore was apparently
is well yesterday as he had been foi
3ome time, and his family and hosts oi
friends were totally unprepared for hit
sudden death. He retired early yesterday
evening, after having complained
of feeling chilly; but at midnighl
when roused was feeling no worse and
was seemingly feeling as well as usual
When Mrs. Moore attempted to roust
him at 3.30 o'clock she found thai
he had passed away.
Capt. E. P. Moore was born at whal
f? r? 1. tt in e? n 1 i 1 oos
is now nui'k niu, o. v., may it, iooi
and was, therefore, in the 75th yeai
of his age. When the civil war brok<
out he promptly offered his service!
to his country, enlisting in the Seventeenth
South Carolina regiment of Infantry,
and serving with valor anc
fidelity until wounded at the Battle ol
Second Manassas. As soon as he recovered
from this wound, although incapacitated
for further service in thii
branch of the army, he enlisted in th<
Beaufort artillery and continued t<
serve with this division of his country's
forces until Lee's surrender put i
termination to the struggle. Quiet ant
unassuming In his demeanor and deportment,
Capt. Moore was an intrepid
Boldler, a true type of the southerr
naladin. Just prior to the war, on October
7, 1858, he was married to Mist
Elizabeth Neely of York county. Three
sons survive this union, Messrs. Thos
Peyton Moore, B. Neely Moore and
Walter B. Moore, all of Yorkvllle. Ir
May. 1875, Capt. Moore was married
to Miss Annie Wylie of Chester, whc
survives him with two sons, Dr. A
Wylie Moore of Chester, and Dr. Baxter
S. Moore of Charlotte.
Capt. Moore was a member and elJer
of Purity Presbyterian church. He
was prominent in all the work of hit
church and denomination. He was
also a splendid type of citizen, always
un the right side in questions of mora!
character and to be counted on to perform
a true man's duty. Chester contained
no better man, and those whc
loved his cheery presence and kindlj
smile will miss him as the days gc
by, and his familiar form is seen nc
more afhong us. A man without guile
courteous and knightly in his bearing
ind inflexibly true and upright in all
the details and transactions that make
up life, he has gone to that rest thai
remaineth for the people of God.
The funeral of Capt. Moore will be
conducted at Purity Presbyterlar
church tomorrow morning at 10 o'cloci
by the pastor, Rev. A. D. P. Gilmour
D. D., followed by Interment in Evergreen
cemetery.
LOCAL LACONICS.
Special Taxes.
The recent special tax elections Ir
school districts 18 and 47 were without
result, the count showing a tie in each
rase. No. 48 gave a majority In favoi
9f a 2J mill tax.
Bookkeeper For Winthrop.
Rock Hill, July 12: Miss Mamie E
CJunter of Aiken county has been appointed
bookkeeper and secretary al
Winthrop college, succeeding R. B
Cunningham, who had held the position
fifteen years and who recently resigned
to accept a position with Agnet
Scott college at Decatur, Ga. Mist
Sunter is a sister of Prof. Lueco Gunter,
recently in Superintendent Swearingen's
office at Columbia, but now
superintendent of the Rock Hil
schools.
Death of Mrs. Mary Grist.
Mrs. Mary Grist, widow of the laU
VV. L. Grist of Yorkvllle, died at th<
home of her son, Mr. H. T. Grist, lr
Rock Hill last Tuesday afternoon anc
was buried in Rose Hill cemetery
Yorkville, on Wednesday morning, after
funeral services conducted at th?
grave by Rev. J. F. Anderson. Th<
deceased was about 70 years of age
ind leaves two sons and two daughter!
as follows: Mr. Lewis G. Grist of
Yorkville; Mr. H. T. Grist of Rocl
Hill; Mrs. Janie Thomasson of Yorkville
No. 5; Mrs. Alice Devlnney of
Rock Hill.
Rock Hill Franchise Matter.
Rock Hill special of July 13, to tht
Columbia State: Mayor John T. Roddey
stated today that he and J. M
Cherry, who is promoting the Carolina
Traction company's interests as to a
franchise In this city for a street railway,
have come to an agreement, th?
matter having been held up for several
Jays by the mayor refusing to sign a
all for an election because the franchise
as being asked fordid not meet
lhe approval of the mayor and a goo<]
many of the citizens here, the mayoi
thinking that the city should haw
jome return from the proceeds of th<
company in return for a 50-vear franchise.
The agreement, Mayor Roddey
mates, is that the city of Rock Hill
ihall receive not less than $56,000 during
the life of the franchise in the way
)f a license tax. A meeting of the city
council Will ue I'ttllfU nui ittici inai
Monday night to consider this latesl
phase of the matter, and if agreed
in that body will no doubt again orler
an election at once.
Involuntary Suicide.
A negro named Milus Archie, was
Irowned in Whitesides's pond, near
Hickory Grove about two weeks ago,
is the result of a foolish notion that
jecause other people could swim he
jught to be able to do so too. A number
of people were swimming in the
pond at a place where the water was
ibout ten feet deep. Archie could not
iwim; but nevertheless he deliberately
lumped in with the others, and alhough
strenuous efforts were made to
escue him, he was drowned. The
drowning occurred practically under
he eye of a half dozen or more responsible
witnesses, and it was not
leemed necessary to hold an Inquest.
The negro while not exactly looney
vas an eccentric character, who was
lot generally considered bright. He
lad no sense of fear about anything
t is said, and made no hesitation
ibout going into places of danger that
irudent men sought to avoid. On a
previous occasion he did the very thing
.vhich this time resulted in his death,
md was rescued with much difficulty.
3risoners In Jail.
There are only three prisoners in jail
it the present time, all of them nejroes.
One is awaiting the decision of
he supreme court on a motion for a
lew trial, another is awaiting proceedt'gs
in lunacy and a third is awaitng
the next term of the court of general
sessions, on a charge of violating
he dispensary law. When the last
lamed was being brought to Yorkvllle
ast Monday by his bondsman for trial,
he made a sudden break and got away.
[ The bondsman came on to Yorkvllle
and consulted Sheriff Brown about It.
I The sheriff was already aware that the
, solicitor had decided not to take up
: any case where the defendants were
out on bond, and advised the bondsman
if he would go back home and put
out such word, his man would be back
at home in a day or two. The advice
was acted upon and it turned out all
I right. On Wednesday the negro show.
ed up at the corn crib and began
shucking corn. The bondsman, not
! caring to take any more chances, se,
cured the necessary help, caught the
negro, tied him so tight as to make es1
cape impossible and brought him to
Yorkville.
1 MILL MERGER8.
Congressman Aiken Thinks Thsy Are
Dangerous.
I Congressman Aiken of the Third
district has given the Anderson 'Daily
Mail the following interview on the
mill merger situation:
This question has been presented to
me from various standpoints and on
i several occasions. Primarily, I may
i say, that so long as the mills merged
: are confined to a single state, and so
s long as the merger is not of such mag
nitude as to constitute a monopoly,
congress may not Interfere. Congress
In my Judgment, could inter>
fere only where the merger affected
I Interstate commerce adversely. As I'
i understand It, the Standard Oil coml
pany, the Steel trust and the Tobacco
s trust come within the scope of the
i Sherman Anti-Trust act, because of
. their extensive holdings in several
I states, making prices in one central
r point for the products of all the states
affected. No man can tell the ultimate
' proportions that the merger plan may
assume: but since the merger here
I referred to could not in its present extent
be subjected to congressional en
actment, anything 1 may say relative
, thereto is only as a private citizen,
Interested with every other good clti
(7an In tha ofa tfi'a hoot mln Ha.
J ??VH III ?j l?iv 0 WVBV VA.WIIWIIIIV/ UVI
velopment. As such I am frank to
r say that I think the merger plan is
fraught with many dangerous probaf
bllltles.
i If ten mills may be run successfully
by a common head, there Is no good
. reason why, in time, a hundred, or all
t the mills of the state, might not be
I brought under one control. The main
. purpose of such a combination, as
> generally understood, Is to regulate
: the output of cloth and to establish
stable prices. This is all well enough,
t but when it is considered that the
, power which is sufficient to dictate the
p price of cloth can in like manner dlc;
tate the price of raw cotton, new light
i is thrown on the situation. And does
. any man doubt this power? Suppose
. all the mills of South Carolina under
1 one management, and every market In
f the state may be closed by the word of
one man, how long before the exporter
would be having cotton at his own
price?
Then again reflect where two-thirds
of the capital stock of the mills of
South Carolina is sold. Scattered under
many managements, it is being
used for the state's industrial development
and for the good of her citizens.
But place this capital under one corporate
head, with no guarantee of the
character of man that the fickle
northern director may put in control,
and conditions such as have debauched
legislatures, and subverted popular
government in many northern states,
will soon prevail here.
I have no patience with the sentiment
that would array labor against
capital; but that the laborer should be
reduced to absolute dependence upon
the fiat of one man would be the greatest
calamity that could befall South
Carolina or any other state. If the
, laDorer nissausnea wun nis circum,
stances In one mill, turns to another
, and another, only to And the door of all
I closed, by a central power, how long
. think you, before his suffrage, his very
, liberty, will be surrendered to save
, his bread?
r It may be safely predicted that the
( merger plan will mark the end of mill
, building in South Carolina. Almost
without exception, mills are built
' largely by northern capital that Is in[
tereeted in this character of invests
ment. All capital is easily frightened,
t and this class especially so. When the
corporate head of the merger in the
, state stamps a project with his dlsap,
proval, that is the last of it. Already
: there exists a combination of mill
presidents in South Carolina to discourage
the building of mills, and the
promoters of at least one proposed mill
signally failed, for this reason, after
the usual home subscription had been
raised. If a mere organization is so
powerful, what would be the power of
a dictator?
i If instead of discouraging mill
t building, and consolidation to rob the
i farmer of a legitimate price for a short
crop, every mill of the south would
contribute to put a dozen or more active,
permanent agents in China and
South America, covering the interior
and important coast towns, these
agents not specially to be sales agents,
t but 10 cultivate friendly relations with
. the people, and advertise the superior
ity of American goods, we would hear
less from the mill men of high cotton
J and low cloth.
s From a business point of view, it
seems very likely that the merger plan
will succeed. It cuts both ways; it
[ may force up the dry-goods man, to
l which we do not object; or it may
force down the farmer, which would
be a calamity.
Probably the most dangerous feature
5 of the mill merger plan Is the inevi
table encroachment on the individual
j rights of a large per cent of our citiI
zens. Granting that the head of the
i merger in South Carolina is a gentle
man who will use his power humanely
* and liberally, there are few absolute
- successions that do not contain tyrants
? at short intervals. Absolute power is
} seductive; some have thought that
' even good men often succumb to its
c charm.
HICKORY GROVE NOTES.
t'urreapondence The Yorkvllle Enquirer
' Hickory Grove, July 14.?Rev. Thos.
H. Leitch, the evangelist, will begin a
[ two weeks* meeting at Mt. Vernon M.
t E. church next Saturday at 11 o'clock.
, He will be assisted in the services by
, Mr. Marshall, the celebrated singer,
I who has been associated with him in
l evangelistic work for the past twenty.
five years.
t These services will be conducted
I along non-sectarian lines and every.
body is cordially invited to take part in
> the meeting.
I Prof. Edgar Long of Ersklne college,
' was here yesterday In the interest of
. the college, for which he is soliciting
I students.
Mr. D. M. Ellen of Bishopville, was
in town this week.
Mrs. J. S. Leech is visiting relatives
! at Waterloo.
Mr. Marcus Wylie has been clear of
I fever for several days and Is doing as
well as could be expected.
Miss Mary Wylie has had but little
fever the past few days, and promises
to be up again soon,
i The finishing touches are being put
on Mr. W. S. Wilkerson's new resl,
dence which is one of the handsom;
est in town. It will be ready for occu>
pancy in a few days.
Messrs. N. M. McDill and T. A. Wil>
kerson took a trip to Montezuma, Ga.,
i last week, for the purpose of purchas:
ing land in that section. They were
very highly pleased with southeast
Georgia; so well indeed that they
i made a considerable investment in real
i estate there.
Miss Ola Wilkerson and Mrs. Nancy
Leech, left this morning for a stay of a
: few weeks at Piedmont Springs.
Mr. J. J. Hood is laying brick and
other material on the ground for buildi
ing a residence on York street, work
on which will begin at once,
i A nice shower fell here last night.
There has not been sufficient rain for
a good season here for nearly thirteen
weeks.
? The following named officers and
men of the First Infantry have been
selected as members of the team to
compete at me state rine corn pen nun
to be held at Charleston, beginning
July 17: Captain P. C. Hundley; Lieutenants
S. W. Parks, G. Williams, D.
R. .Simpson; Sergeants H. D. Campbell,
Otto Duncan, J. Justice, G. C.
Green, E. C. Bell, M. L. Jolly, Y. C.
Gray; Corporals W. Belk, G. Potts. Luther
McBee; Privates S. G. Willis, J.
L. Scott, John Owens, R. O. Stone, J.
B. Langley, B. Blankenship.
HEYBURN AND WILLIAM8.
Mississippi Senator Stands Up For the
Honor of tha South. 4
The reciprocity debate in the senate
yesterday was preceded by a sharp
monologue Incident to the vote on the
Lodge resolution dismissing several
laborers from the senate payroll,
among them "Jim" Jones, an aged
bodyguard of Jefferson Davis.
In supporting Senator Williams, the __
senate overthrew its own committer
on patronage, which had recommended
the removal of Jones from the payroll.
Bitter words were exchanged between gj
Senator Williams and Senator Heyh.mn
a/ T/lnhn Atfot. Ifr UnuhiiMn'a
"ui ii ui iuauu uvri mi. nr/uuin o tiiai acterization
of the Confederacy as an
"Infamous cause," Mr. Williams retorting
that he was unprepared to
hear that expression from a "civilized
man."
"But for the parliamentary rules that
restrain me," declared Mr. Williams,
"I would have a few words to say about
the kind of human being in whose
heart such thoughts can exist."
Senator Williams had asked to have J
"Jim" Jones, the 82-year-old negro
man, who had been Jefferson -Davis*
bodyguard, and to whose custody the
seal of the Confederacy was entrusted,
retained on the senate payroll as a laborer.
Senator Heyburn acquiesced in re- tentlon
of the negro for his service
formerly given to the senate, "but not
because of loyalty to the glory of an
infamous cause."
Senator Williams replied with great
feeling that he was "not prepared to
hear a civilized man in the 20th century
call 'an infamous cause' the cause
for which my father laid down his
life."
"Lee and Jackson may have been
wrong," added Mr. Williams. 'That
the government is now in existence is
a cause for congratulation to the children
of the men who died with Lee
and Jackson, but I canont express the
sentiment I have for a human being
in whom such sentiments can remain
as have been exDressed here." j
"There !s no right of American citizenship,"
he added, "that permits a
man to Insult the dead."
"Well, was it a glorious cause?"
asked Mr. Heyburn.
"There was much of glory in it," replied
Mr. Williams.
The senate sustained Senator Williams
by a vote of 37 to 18, leaving
Jones on the payroll at S700 a year as
a laborer.
Mr. Heyburn, following his bitter altercation
with Mr. Williams, voted
against Jones.
COMING OF BOLL WEEVIL.
Don't Wait For It, But Taks It In \
Tims.
President Charles S. Barrett has issued
the following statement to members
of the Farmers' Union:
To the Officers and Members of the
Farmers' Union:
Reliable and nonalarmlat experts
calculate the cotton boll weevil will
cover the entire cotton belt within five
years. It will probably be in Georgia
in the fall of 1812, perhaps sooner.
The ostrich-head-ln-the-sand policy
is foolish, almost to the point of criminality.
It is better to face facts now
than to suffer the penalty later.
Southwestern cotton states have, by
the loss of many million dollars, discovered
the most feasible methods yet
devised for combating the boll weevil.
Their experience is ours for the taking. \
Unless the portion of the cotton belt
as yet untouched by the boll weevil
takes steps in time the advent of this
Insect is going to produce temporary
panic by wholly deranging cotton culture,
as yet the financial backbone of
the southern states.
It deem it my duty to issue these
plain warnings, and to urge every farmer
in the territory likely to be affected
to go about putting up defenses
this year and without delay.
The detail remedies will be generously
furnished by your state agricul- *
tural departments, experiment stations,
or the Federal department of agriculture.
Roughly speaking, they ar%4?w
and simple. They consist in using an
early maturing variety of cotton, that
the crop may be gathered before the
weevil has attained Its greatest power
for damage; intensive cultivation,
which will produce a maximum fiber
to the acre; burning over of old fields
after the crop is gathered; and above
all, cultivation of other crops not susceptible
to the weevil.
The Farmers' Union News, published
at Union City, recently published
statistics showing that Georgia spends
annually for products other than
cotton more than $170,000,000 a year.
Every bit of these products can be
grown in and every dollar of that sum
should be kept in Georgia. The
amount we virtually give away to other
sections for the food and farm products
our own acres should bring forth
is nearly $20,000,000 in excess of our
return in Georgia, for the cotton crop.
What is true of Georgia is relatively
true of other states not yet touched by 4
the weevil. As I have previously commented,
the trend toward scientific
agriculture, diversification and inten
slve cultivation is Impressive. But it
is only on the threshold of what it '
should be.
And the boll weevil Is forcing our
hands! It is compelling us, in selfpreservation,
to turn to a system we
should long ago have embraced voluntarily
in self-interest.
I feel that the peril is so real that
the warning should be commensurate- 1
ly solemn. Begin to light the boll
weevil now. If you do not It Is going
to dig great holes in southern progress
and prosperity.
Chas. S. Barrett.
Ths Issue Not 8ottlsd.?We have
been looking for it, and it has come no
sooner than was expected. Here it is.
"The whisky traffic issue is settled for
the present. The people are resolved
that local option shall prevail." This
pronunciamento was made in one of
the morning dailies of last Monday.
Which one, It is hardly necessary to
state. We suppose that, so far as that
newspaper is concerned, the question
is settled. It is certainly In a great
hurry to weed out this vital issue
which has not been settled, and which
will not be settled until it has been '
settled right. The people, that is the
majority of the people of South Carolina,
have not resolved that local option
shall prevail. Had the people of
South Carolina been given fair political
treatment our beloved state would
not be in the condition that it is in at
the present time. We have sometimes
felt that the shame and disgrace* that
has been brought upon the state has
come as a rebuke to some people who
were determined to have their way in
spite of everything. They fought prohibition
as long as there was standing
room, and the prohibition candidate
for governor caught It with unrelenting
and unmerciful severity. He was
not given any showing whatever.
Everything that could be thought of
was dragged out before the public to
put him in the most unenviable light
but when he won out in the first round,
I and the idol of these people wont down
then they turned their guns on Mr.
Blease, and sought to boost Mr. Featherstone.
The result was just what
might have been expected. The people I
rebuked such unfairness and such "
bitterness. Many of them voting for
a man they had not intended supporting,
and whom they would not have
supported but for such an unwarranted
course.
We submit that it comes with mighty
poor grace for these same people to
step to the front and tell us that the
whisky question has been settled.
Prohibition may have Its backsets because
of the strong entrenchment of
the enemy, but the principle is eternal,
and it is Just as sure to prevail In the
end as that right will eventually overcome
wrong.?Greenwood Journal.
? Columbia State, Wednesday: The
war department of the United States
will be requested to excuse the national
guard of South Carolina from the annual
encampments. A resolution to
this effect was adopted late last night,
following a long executive meeting of
the military advisory committee, at
which time the general welfare of the ^
national guard was discussed. The
encampments will be called off because
of a lack of funds and an official announcement
will be made by the adjutant
general when the war department
has reached a decision in the
matter. There is only $18,000 available
for encampment purposes.
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