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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-09-26
ROCK HILL OPINIONS.

The Manufacturers Record has been
collecting the views of southern manu-.
facturer's on the money question, in an.
swer to the following: l. What, in your
opinion, would be the effect upon bust
ness if the gold and protection ticket
should win? 2. What, in your opinion
would be the effect upon business, if the
silver and free trade ticket should win
The last issue Of The Record contains
quite a number of answers to the ques
tions from South Carolina manufacturers
The answers seem to indicate that the
manufacturers generally are in favor o.
gold and protection. Here are the re-
plies of two cotton mill men in this coun'
ty:
D. Hutchinson, treasurer Rock Hill Cot
ton Factory Co., Rock Hill, 5. c., II.
We believe the success Of the gold ticket
will result in an increase OF confidence
and revival Of business. q. We very
much fearil silver wins, the result viii
be very disastrous, particularly as to the
south. We are unable to see how free
silver can help the SOUTH"
J. r. London, president of the Stand
ard Cotton Mills, Rock Hill. s. c., ~
do not see that the gold and protection
ticket would improve the general bust
ness Of the country !; it may in certain
lines. We have gold now. 2. Any
change would be relief from the present
bad condition of business; l6 to l coulo
do no more harm, if reality, than has
already been DONE"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-09-26
OUT OF THE SCRAPE.

Bob Adams, the Yorkville Negro who
was arrested at Kershaw last week and
carried to Camden on the charge OF hav-
ing shot a white man on the excursion
train, returned to Yorkville last Tuesday,
having just been released from custody.
Bob says he was in a powerful close
place for q time. When the KershaW
people dragged him of the train, he was
satisfied it was their intention to lynch
him, and had it not been for Mr.. P. G.
McCorkle of Lancaster, they would have
carried out their purpose. Mr.. McCor-
kle, it seems. telephoned to friends in
Kershaw telling them that he was posi-
tive that they had the wrong man, and
asked them to see that Adams was pro-
tected. AS the result, Adams was hur-
ried off to Camden on freight train.
He was kept in Jail 4S hours, and as al
the end of that time nobody had seen fl
to swear out warrant, he was released.
1t has developed that the man Trues'
dell was shot sure enough; but it seems
that nobody yet knows by whom. 1t is
not believed that Adams had anythin
whatever to do with the row.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-09-26
A SYRIAN ON SYRIA.

A large congregation was delightfully."-
entertained and instructed in the Preshy-
terian church at this place last Thursday
night, by an interesting lecture from
Rev. Sabib B. Jureidini of Mt. Lebanon,
Syria, on the manners, customs and reli-
gion of the Syrians.
Rev. Mr.. Jureidini spoke for about an
hour. He was attired in Syrian costume,
consisting of an elaborately embroidered
Jacket, gray Turkish trousers, cream
colored sash and fez cap. His shoes,
collar and cravat were of the European
style, which he explained has been pretty
generally adopted throughout Syria.
Syria, Mr.. Jureidini said, is nominally
under Turkish rule but really under
the protection of the Christian powers.
The climate is rather milder and more
salubrious than in this latitude, and the
people, with the help of the Europeans
and Americans, are rapidly breaking
away from their old traditions and en-
bracing true Christianity.
Although brought up to speak his ma
tive language only, Mr.. Jureidini's En-
glish IS perfect. He is never at loss for
the right word at the right place, and il
required close attention for listener to
detect even the slightest suspicion OF
foreign accent. He commenced the study
of English in the Christian mission schools
of Syria, and has been continuing it in
this country, to which he came first as
visitor to the Worlds Fair. He is now a
student in the Presbyterian seminary at
Clarksville, Tennessee.
Mr.. Jureidini is rather below the medi-
um size, has dark eyes, complexion and
hair, and might fairly be called hand
some man. He made a fine impression
OH his hearers and should he ever find it
conven lent to return to Yorkville will be
more than welcome.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-09-26
POLITICS IN NEW YORK.

Mr.. Tom Thomasson Of Yorkville, re
turned last Monday from short visi
north. He was in New York city fol
about five days and talks interestingly Of
the politics there.
"When I first got to New York." say:
Mr.. Thomasson, II was struck with wha
appeared to me to be wonderful enthu'
siasn for Mckinley. 1t seemed thai
almost everybody was talking politics
and it was all one way. This was espe'
cially the case as I moved among the
houses with which we do business, and
was frequently told that it was the same
way all over the city. And 1 was pre-
pared, too, to believe that this was the
situation. The streets are decorated from
one end to the other with flags and bunt-
ing. Stretching across from store to store
on either side are great streamers con-
tanning the names of Mckinley and Ho-
bart, and every now and then you see an
immense flag with picture of Mckinley
waving from the top of some high build
ing. or over the middle of the street.
looked and looked but single Bryan
banner is all that saw. I began to feal
that Bryan was not in it even a little bit
zone night I stepped into restaurant
and while was waiting for something tc
eat, the waiter began TO talk politics. He
said he belonged to Tammany and was
for BRYAN and Sewall. 1t was relief tc
find somebody on my side, for 1 hao
begun to feel lonesome, and l was glad tc
talk to him.
"'They are going to lick you this time
amt they?' I suggested.
"You've just come to town, L guess,
was the walters reply, and when 1 adj
mitted that such was the case, he said he
thought so, and went on to say that the
rank and file of the voters of New York
are stronger for Bryan and Sewall thar
they have ever been for any Democratic
candidates, for it is the first time tha
they have been given an opportunity tc
vote for exactly the kind of men thai
they wanted.
".Well, 1 don't see that you people
have out any flags
"No, that is right; there are only two
Bryan and Sewall flags in the city. Bu
that is not because we are not in it. 1t is
because the Bryan and Sewall people
don't own the buildings. They won't lei
us put up the flags. However, let me tel
you something; there are moro people
who do not own buildings than there are
people who do own them, and you must
remember that flags don't vote.'
"A night or two after was strolling
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-09-26
OCTOBER WEATHER.

Those of our readers who will take the
trouble tn look up the predictions of our
Chester weather prophet for September,
will find that although there are some
slips, upon the whole, they are remarka-
bly, accurate. Indeed there are few indi-
viduals who could write now, from men,
or,, as good a review of the months
weather as was the forecast that was pub
lished in August. The prophet has sent
in his predictions for October. Here is
what he says:
"From l to S, clear and somewhat
windy, with pleasant days and cool
nights. From to 10, warmer but change
able, with some rain. From II to IA, still
warmer, but unsettled, with storms brew
ing in the north. From Is to 1S, heavy
storms on the gulf coast with their effects
felt in this section. From 19 to %. cool
with light frost. From "a to 27, blustery
and colder. From % to 81, clear, cool
and frosty"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-09-26
ROCK HILL HAPPENIN GS.
Lecture by a Perslan-Church Matters
Notes About People Who Are Well

Lecture by a Persian-Church Matters
Notes About People Who Are Well
Known.
Correspondence Of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Rock HILL, September A.-Last night
in the Presbyterian chu rch, the Rev. I.
NJ. Yonan lectured to large audiencein
which were representatives of all denomi-
nations. Mr.. Yonan is native Persian
and his connections are now in that Sec
ton so distressed by the cruelty of the
Kurds. In his lecture he spoke of Per-
sia, its systems Of religion and its needs.
He speaks clearly and forcibly, and was
heard with interest and pleasure. Mr..
Yonan is licentiate of West Lexington
presbytery Of Kentucky; has taken a
course in theology in the seminary at
Louisville, and intends to offer himself to
the board Of foreign missions for service
wherever they think best to send him.
Last Monday night the officers court
met at the residence of the pastor where
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-09-26

Rev. v. M. Browder, pastor of the
Christian church of Greensboro, Indiana,
has resigned his charge for the purpose
of taking the stump for Bryan. In his
farewell sermon last Sunday, he spoke at
length upon the attitude of the church
toward the laboring people. AS one OF
the reasons for retiring from the pulpit
the reverend gentleman said that the
sleading members of the church recog-
nize money. and not Christ, as king"
Elder Browder was at one time men,
ber of the Texas legislature, and is q
talented and popular orator.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-09-26
In the Dark Corner.


News reached the city this evening
of the killing of Pink Plumbley, d
noted moonshiner, in the dark corner
says a Greenville special of Tuesday
to The News and Courier. Luther
Durham, another moonshiner, is sus'
pected, as the two had had difficulty
On Monday morning early Plumbley
was in his COW lot starting to the pas
ture with his COW, when he was fired
on by some one in ambush. He fell
pierced by 40 slugs. He was short
distance from his house when shot
Plumbley was brave, generous fel'
low, wellknown and liked both in this
city and in the mountains. Durham
is on bond at this time, charged with
killing Dispensary Constable Petit
grew, near Spartanburg. The Plumb
leys are good haters, and will hunt
down the man who killed Pink, and
bring him to justice. They will try
the courts first.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-09-26

down a side street and heard some loud
talking going on in little den that fronted
the street. From curiosity, / stepped in
A big redfaced fellow was harrangueing
a crowd of loafers about sound money.
The fellow was hot for Mckinley, and
called Bryan an anarchist. He turn ed to
me and asked "Isn't that SOP" hardly
knew what to answer, and replied with
a question:
"'See here, my friend, do you know
how much cotton is produced in the so nth
each year, and how much money it brings
to this countryF
"The fellow looked kinder puzzled and
said no.
"Then I asked him if be knew how
much corn was produced in this country.
He said no.
"When I started, did not know what
I was going to say next; but wound up
with We'll, what are you trying to talk
about anyway
"The crowd began to guy the big fell
low and hurrah for Bryan. Then several
of the men told me that they were with
me, and in minute or two the Mckin-
leyite stuck his hands into his pocket
and dodged out on the street. found
out afterward that every man in the
crowd-about 80 of them-was Demo-
crat; but not knowing how to argue with
the politician, they were just letting him
have his own way.
THAT is how it is all over the city,"
concluded Mr.. Thomasson. 1.-The mon
eyed people are for Mckinley, and the
little fellows are for Bryan; but as the
waiter in the restaurant suggested, the
men who do not own houses are in the
majority and the flags cannot vote"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-09-26
LOCAL LACONICS.
Until January 1897,

Until January 1897.
THE Tw1oE-A-WEEK ENQUIRER will
be furnished from this date to January
1st, 1897, for 50 cents.
And the Effect Is Felt In Town.
Mr.. ]. R. Ashe, general manager OF tht
York Cotton mills, informed The EN-
oU1RER on Thursday, that he is now pay
ing out $500 a week for labor about the
grounds.
Frost Sure Enough.
Since writing the story about the katy
did, elsewhere in this issue, the reporter
has been informed that sure enough
there was frost on Wednesday morning.
For Violating the Dispensary Law.
State Detective Newbold informed
reporter few days ago that DR.. Meacham
a Fort Mill druggist, had been bounc
over to the next term of the court OF gen
eral sessions to answer to a charge o.
violating the dispensary law.
Wanted In Birmingham.
A company has been organized for th'
building of the largest cotton factory II
the south at Birmingham, Ala. Messrs
Evans & Moxon, who are erecting tht
York Cotton mills, have been asked tt
make bid for the contract to erect the
buildings, and will probably do so.
Some Changes.
Mr.. H. G.. Strauss has got to the poin
where he needs more room in which t.
handle his constantly increasing trade
and has arranged to connect with hi:
store the big room now occupied by MIR
George T. Schorb. Mr.. Schorb is to e
to the office building formerly occupied
by Mr.. w. B. McCaw.
DR.. Thornwell In Scotland.
THE ENQUIRER is requested to an
nounce that Rev. DR.. Thornwell Of For
Mill will deliver, in Yorkville, next Tues
day night, lecture on Scotland. Jus
where the lecture will be delivered, hai
not yet been decided, but there will b'
charged at the door small admission fee
The doctor was at considerable expense
on his recent trip and it is but fair tina
those who share in the delights OF the
beautiful story he has.to tell, should helI
him pay the bill. 1t is unnecessary tt
tell those who know DR.. Thornwell tina
the lecture will be rare treat.
Almost Hundred.
Chester Reporter, Thursday: Mrs
Sally Wallace of the Pleasant Grove
church section, was in town Tuesday o
last week on her way to Yorkville, te
visit her daughter, Mrs. Gordon, neal
that place. Mrs. Wallace is the oldes
person in the county, being now in hel
9th year. She is quite active and able to
do some domestic work of which she j:
very fond. One day last week she walked
a mile to visit a neighbor and returned
home in the afternoon of the same day
Mrs Wallace is the daughter of a Revolu'
tionary soldier, Hugh Knox, one of the
patriots of the dark days of 17S0 and l7S1
MAY she live to complete her century!
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-09-26

unable to retain possession of the
Democratic machine in New York by
virtue of majority, Senator Hill and bis
crowd are endeavoring to hold on to it by
treachery. The question now is. will the
honest Democrats of the state permit such
q thing? It is to be hoped that they will
at once arise in their wrath, pull Thatcher
down, and d'put up man who will not only
vote for Bryan and Sewall but who from
the bottom of his heart, can and will sup
port the Chicago platform.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-09-26
ACCORDING TO THE KATYDID.

Mr.. f. B. Beard of Yorkville, is about
to get up reputation as weather proph-
ct. On last Friday, while everybody
was perspiring from the heat, and feeling
as though the summer had only just conf
menced, Mr.. Beard predicted that there
would be frost on Wednesday, and show
ed sufficient faith in his Judgment to offer
to lay several small wagers.
From the best information obtainable,
it did not frost exactly; but the contrast
between the weather of Wednesday and
Friday was certainly very marked, and
about the only reason that it did not frost
was probably on account of the wind.
But anyway, everybody who had heard
of Mr.. Boards prediction was mystified
as to where he got such straight tip, and
a reporter took occasion on Wednesday to
ask him about it.
Don't put me down as posing as a
weather prophet" requested Mr.. Beard,
"for that is not exactly in my line, and
will tell you all about it. went altogeth-
er on the sign of the katydid. The late
Captain II. S. Jetferys told NE year or
two before he died, that it was an old say
ing, and according, to his observation, a
pretty true one, that you may always
look for frost just so days after you hear
the first katydid. The first katydid was
heard this year on the 22d Of June, and
according to that looked for the first frost
Oh last Wednesday,"
Continuing, Mr.. Beard said that he had
been watching up the matter for several
years, and the frost had always come
pretty close to time. Last year the katy
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-09-26
MERE-MENTION.

The Republicans have begun to claim
that they are going to carry Texas for
Mckinley. ...'..'.Thomas R. Gibson OF
Georgia, died in Syria last week. He
was United States consul at Beyruth. "''''''
Bob Fitzsimmons, the pugilist, was ar
rested in New York last Saturday for
making a contract few days before to
fight with Corbett' tt''''''''''The Bank of En-
gland has raised the rate of exchange to
per cent. with view to preventing fur
ther exports Of gold. .'.'''''Tom Watson's
newspaper threatens that unless Sewall
retires from the race, it will throw Geor-
eia to Mckinley. ......''"Callais Bey, who
recently married the widow of P. T. Bar
mum, died in Constantinople last Mon
day. .'.'''"D. NJ. Ferry & Co., the we'll
known seedmen, have applied for an in
junction against the agricultural depart
ment to restrain the free distribution OF
seed. .'.'.'''"Queen Victoria completed the
Goth year of her reign last Wednesday,
and broke the record Of England's sover-
eigns. '...'"..Tom Watson is said to have
ceased his complaints against Sewall. "'''''
Ed Green, chairman of the Republican
party in Texas, claims that he has per-
fected fusion arrangement whereby the
Democrats are to have the congressman,
the Populists the state offices, and the
Republicans the electoral vote. ''''''' a
terrific storm swept over England last
Wednesday, doing great damage. ''''''''
General Palmer, the gold candidate fol
president, delivered an address in Madi-
son Square Garden Tuesday night. ''''''''
The annual convention Of the American
Bankers association is in session at st.
Louis.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-09-26
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

H, C. Strauss-Talks about the rush
which has commenced at his store and
tells what the ladies have to say about
his goods.
Grist Cousins-Call your attention to their
stock of hardware, pure cream cheese
at Is cents per pound, their guaranteed
razors at Sl.50, and announce their
readiness to furnish you with a surrey
for less money than any one else In
this section.
D. e. Finley, Assignee-Announces that
the assigned stock of goods of Kennedy
Brothers g. Barron will be sold at clos
ing out prices until next salesday, when
the balance on hand will be disposed OF
by auction.
Fred Black q Brothers-Talk about their
new Pratt gin.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-09-26

- At New Haven, Conn.,, last Thurs
day, Mr.. Bryan was howled down BY
Yale students. When he realized that ht
was not to be allowed to speak, in very
dignifed manner he told the idiotit
toughs that he would save his overwork'
ed voice for the producers of wealth
rather than waste it on those who "dis'
tribute'' what others create. When SEN
timent begins to crystalize over the Incl
dent, it will develop that the Yale hood
lums have made more powerful Bryan
speech than Mr.. Bryan even could have
made himself.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-09-26
Saturday, September 26, 1896.

to resume their studies. Mr.. c. Eldred
Dobson will leave about the same time
for Wofford college, Spartanburg.
Mr.. Jno. w. Beamguard of the Clover
neighborhood, left Yorkville last We'd
nesday night for Quincy, Fla, where he
goes in the interest of the Domestic Sew
ing Machine company. Mr.. Beamguard
expects to be absent until about the first
of January,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-09-26

did vast heard on the lst of July and he
won knife on the proposition that the
first frost would be on the lst day of Oc-
tober. Year before last frost came within
81 days after the first katydid was heard.
Really, according to Mr.. Boards testi-
mony, it looks like the katydid theory is
something more than a superstition.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-09-26
The atorkpille. enquirer.
YORKVILLE, 8. G.:
SATURDAY, SEPT. rs, 1895.

- Mckinley is doing almost as much
talking as Bryan; but he is not saying as
much. He can't.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-04-02

II amounts to many millions of dol
lars annually in the state of New York
alone. Probably one-half of the dairy
men would plead guilty to this indict-
ment. But there sire many honorable
exceptions. Some keep their manure
under a shed cover, and the more able
have their COW barns so constructed
that they can drive a team through
behind two rows OF cows. A vehicle
is kept standing in the stable, and
when load is obtained it is driven
to the field and spread. This is the
most sensible way. When the coun-
try was new the soil filled with
sweet native grasses and the butter
made had n delicious flavor. BY the
lax system OF dairying the soil gradual
~ became depleted of fertility, the
tame grasses slowly went out and
weeds and coarse grasses came in. The
butter made now is not of as good quail
~ as formerly. A few of the best
dairymeli, observing whence they were
drifting by this system of depletion,
changed their methods, fed more grain,
especially cottonseed meal, carefully
husbanded and applied all the solid
manure made, and now the tame
grasses are driving out the weeds and
other wild growth. This is farming on
right lines. 1t must be understood
that most dairy lands are not tillable.
The dairymen might go further now
and utilize the liquid manure, which
is almost wholly neglected.-Galen Will
son. in n. Y. Tribune.