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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-03-01
CLEMSON AND WINTHROP.

The long anticipated visit of the
Clemson college boys to the Winthrop
college girls took place last Friday,
and the occasion made big time at
Winthrop and in Rock Hill generally.
The Clemson boys got up at $50
o'clock Friday morning, took special
train and arrived at Rock Hill at 11.3C
a. No., 1926 strong. There are about $50
of the young ladies, and the boys, OF
course, met with delightful recep'
ton.
The programme of the day included
music, drills, play, social intercourse
and dinner, which last function is
described by August Kohn as follows
"After 4 o'clock break fast, l o'clock
was not too soon for dinner, and when
the glad gong rung the hour there was
prompt response. AS might be expec-
ted, President Johnson had everything
splendidly arranged. Mrs. O'Bryan,
the housekeeper, had everything in
apple pie order, and what was more,
an abundance to eat. For instance,
there were 60 ducks, % hams, $50
pounds sausage, 100 pounds of cheese,
35 gallons of milk, so pounds of but
ter, 60 gallons of coffee, preserves,
pickles and jams, and Mr.. Barber, the
baker, had $50 pounds of fine bread,
275 pounds of cake, and 80 pounds Of
biscuits. The large dining room had
$50 places fixed. There was a seat
for every one, no crowding, and pref
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-03-01
L0CAI. AFFAIRS,
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.


H. C. Strauss-Reminds you that on next
Wednesday, at his store, you will be
able to find the cutter of E. Strauss q
to supply you with suit of spring and
summer clothing, of any style, warrant
ed to fit you. Strauss is also Offering
spring and summer shoes at low prices
and Of different styles. He has just re-
ceived 8 stock of new percals, white
goods and embroideries.
Grist Cousins-Print the prices at which
they will sell you your proprietary and
family medicines and invite you to call
and get one of Hoods handsome calen-
dars.
D. E. Finley and P. ]. Garrison-On the
18th of March, will sell at auction, at the
residence of Mr.. Joseph Gillespie, per,
sonal property belonging to the estate OF
S. j. Garrison, deceased.
w. II. McCorkle-Probate Judge--Gives
notice to guardians, executors, admins.
traitors and other fiduciaries, that II
they do not make their annual returns
previous to the 1st day Of July, that no
commissions will be allowed.
Clarence P. LowSance-Is offering special
inducements in tobacco until next Sat-
urday. He has saur kraut in cans, Am
erican Beauty coffee, seed Irish potatoes
and another keg of cucumber pickles.
Glenn & Allison-Let you know that their
Mr.. Robt. T. Allison has gone to mar
ket to buy horses and mules and ex.
poets to be on hand with them next
Monday-salesday.
James M. Starr q Co.'s prepared to
supply you with seed Irish potatoes,
onion sets, garden and flower seeds, TO-
bacco, snuff and medicines.
w. M. Kennedy-Has onion sets, seed
oats and garden seeds, and two cakes oil
soap for five cents. He can also supply
you with nice suit Of clothes warranted
to fit.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-03-01
WHAT 1T MEANS.

The reporter has been able to gather
some little information as to the origin
and meaning of the peculiar York
county engraftment on the county gov
ernment bill, some information about
which was published in The ENoU1R-
ER of last Saturday.
1t seems that the amendment had its
origin in the senate, and was accepted
by the members of the house without
question, either as to its intention, util.
ity or practicability.
Que of the members explains that
the township boards provided for will
act as township boards Of assessors and
will look after roads, bridges, etc., and
the chairmen will attend meetings OF
the county board of commissioners
four times a year for the purpose of
giving information as TO the state OF
the county. These chairmen are to
have no vote or voice in the meetings
of the county board of commissioners
and no responsibility, power, or au-
thority there or elsewhere; but are to
draw SIS a year each, or an aggre-
gate of $l35 year, for ATTENDING
meetings."
If the amendment had only gone
far enough to specify some official
duties-even those suggested above
then, perhaps, it might be defensible
from some standpoint; but as tits, the
status of these silent, or honorary,
members of the board will be difficult
to define from any legal view of the
matter. It is claimed, however, that
by reason of the amendment having
been engrafted on the act without ref
erence to what goes before or comes
after, and without explicit definition
of the duties of the officials provided
for, there must necessarily arise GER
tain complications which can be ad-
justed only as the result of litigation.
The necessity for the township
boards of assessors, of course, is quite
obvious. Without such boards the
work of equalization of assessme nts
could not be carried on nearly so ef-
fectively, and it is fortunate indeed
that these boards have been provided.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-03-01

that such is not the case. Sometime
ago there came to our attention an in
stance where dispensary constable
sought to arrest Negro in buggy
The constable had the Negro covered
with revolver; but Notwithstanding
this fact, the Negro jumped and ran
The constable could have killed him
easily but did not fire at him for the
simple reason that he had no right to
do 80. On another occasion this same
constable, in the belief that he was
only pursuing his duty, entered an ex'
press car, and was ordered out by the
messenger with insulting epithets
Among the bystanders were number
of people who could only see in the
circumstance question of brute cour'
age and the constable's position there
fore was trying in the extreme. But
realizing that perhaps be was acting
without the limits of the law, the con
stable retired, with as good grace as
possible. Had he not been prudent
he may have killed the messenger, OF
the messenger may have killed him
Either way the bloodshed would have
been entirely unnecessary. That the
constable was man of courage there
is no question among those who know
him, and besides he gave evidence O.
the fact when he showed that he was
not ruffian.
So this is the trouble. 1t has beer
the cause of all the dispensary tragedies
that have yet occurred-ineficiency
incompetency, ignorance, rufiapism
Had. the law been fully and intelligent
ly complied with by Constable Craw
ford, the other night, there would have
been no bloodshed the search woul6
have been made all right, and Consta
Ul6 STdWiOIu uCCu uOU udNC oouOiCs
in the least in his personal reputation
for "courage." The remedy for th'
situation lies now, not in defending
Crawford, the dispensary constable
but in properly prosecuting Crawford
the individual. If the killing was tn,
result of Crawford's strict attendanc,
to his duties as an officer of th'
law, then let him 60 unpunished
but if it was the result of his own per
sonal quarrel, no matter if the quarre
did grow out of his efforts to enforc'
the law, he should not be held a
guiltless.
Several dispensary constables wh'
ought to have been punished hav'
been upjustly acquitted for politica
reasons. The punishment of a con
stable, however, who may deserve
punishment, will do the law more goot
than harm.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-03-01
TOWNSHIP ASSESSORS.

Following is a list of the members
of the new boards of township asses
sors. The members of the respective
boards must meet and organize with.
out unnecessary delay as, under the
law, the various chairmen must as
semble in the Office of the county au-
ditor next Tuesday, for the purpose OF
organizing the county board of equal
ization:
Bethel-D. G. Stanton, w. E. Adams,
I. B. Faris.
Fort Milo. P. Blankenship, R. F.
Grier, D. G. Kimbrell.
Ebenezer-R. G.. Garrison, VIM. Car
others, A. A. Barron.
Catawba-A. n. White, w. s. Leslie,
John T. Spencer.
Kings Mountain-W. T. Mcknight, L.
A. McGill, w. D. Moore.
Bethesda. F. Ashe, G. 8. Gordon, A.
w. Gladden..
Bullock's Creek-J. H. Saye, w. G..
higgins, A. C. Mcknight.
Broad River-J. E. Leech, ]. B. Mar
tin, r. T.. Castles.
York;. L. Moss, R. R. McCorkle,
Jos. A. Smith.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-03-01
THE NEW ARMY BILL.
It Provides For $4,000 Regulars and
$4,000 Volunteers.

It Provides For 66,OOO Regulars anu
$4,000 Volunteers.
There was a compromise last week
on the army bill, with the result that
the measure will become law in q
shape differing in many details from
what was known as the Hull bill. In
the new bill one section covers the
entire increase of the army and it
reads as follows:
"That to meet the present exigen.
cies of the military service the presi.
dent is hereby authorized to maintain
the regular army at a strength of not
exceeding more than $4,000 enlisted
men, to be distributed amongst the
several braches of the service accord
ing to the needs of each, and raise a
force of not more than $4,000 volun'
teer infantry as he may determine,
from the country at large under gener-
al law, or from localities where their
services may be required with regard
to citizenship or educational qualifica-
tions and to form the same into not
more than 80 regiments, organized as
infantry regiments of war strength in
the regular army.
Provided further, that each regiment
shall have one surgeon with the rank
of major; two assistant surgeons, one
of whom shall have the rank of cap
tain and one that of first lieutenant,
and three hospital stewards.
"Provided, that such increase in the
regular and volunteer force shall con-
tinue in service only during the neces'
sity therefor, and not later than July
1, 1901.
The allotment of major and briga-
dier generals is as follows:
"That the president shall have pow
er to continue in service or to appoint,
by and with the advice and consent of
the senate, brigadier generals of vol
unteers who, including the brigadier
generals of the regular army, shall not
exceed one for every 1000 enlisted
men actually in service, and major
generals of volunteers, who, including
the major generals of the regular army,
shall not exceed one for every $4,000
enlisted men: Provided, that regular
army officers continued or appointed
as general officers or as field or staff
officers of volunteers, under the pro-
visions of this act shall not vacate
their regular army commissions, and
provided, further, that no general army
officers appointed under the provisions
of this section shall be continued in
service as such beyond July 1, 1901"
Section 1 provides that the regular
army shall consist of three major gen.
erals, six brigadier generals, ten regi.
ments of cavalry, seven regiments of
artillery apd twenty-five regiments of
infantry. In the cavalry organization
each regiment consists of IL troops
organized into three squadrons of four
troops each. The artillery regiments
are fixed at IA batteries, of which two
may be organized as field artillery.
The infantry regiments are fixed at
12 companies, organized into the three
battalion formation.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-03-01
SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS.

The county board of education has
completed the work of grading the pa.
pers of the white teachers who pre-
sented themselves at the recent exam
ination. The papers of the colored
teachers are still in hand. The sue
cessful white candidates for certificates
are as follows: ....
First Grade-Misses Alma Linda, Clo-
YER; jamie Jackson, Bowling Green
Mary Love, Sharon; Mary Carothers,
Ranalesburg, N. c.; Clara Mitchell, Shs-
rom, Florence Crosby, Sharon; May
Crosby. Sharon; May Belle Sims, Sha-
ron; Leila Leslie, Leslie; Annie Cash
ion, Sharon Messrs. ]. l.. Boyce, Sha-
ron; E. F. Bell, Hickory Grove; w. l..
Hart, Yorkville.
Second Grade, Glass misses Alice
Higgins, Blairsyille; Ida Smith, York
Vile; Fannie Brown, Carp; Carrie Gar
rison, Rock Hill; Mr.. 8. B. Hayes, Les
slie; Mrs. M. L. Blake, Rock Hill.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-03-01

- For sometime past there has been
talk among the politicians about COL
umbia to the effect that Senator Nc
Laurin is working to succeed Judge G..
H. Simonton in the judgeship of the
Fourth United States circuit. 1t is
stated that for more than year past
Judge Simonton has been in very poor
health, and that he will be retired
soon. A Columbia correspondent OF
the Augusta Chronicle reviews the sit
uation at length, and secure in the
knowledge that no responsibility can
be fixed upon him, makes as free with
the motives and desires of Senator Nc
Laurin as if he were able to read all
the innermost thoughts of the sena-
tors heart. He represents that Sena-
tor McLaurin has all along been look
ing forward to the securing of Judge
Simonton's position, and tells how it
was with this end in view that the SEN
ator voted for the peace treaty, and on
other alleged occasions came to the as
sistance of the president. How much
truth there is in the story we do not
know, of course; but it is very evident
that the correspondent was seeking
more for a fabric of plausibility than
truth. The story is really interesting !;
but in our opinion it would be much
more creditable to the writer if, since
he must necessarily be relying upon
his imagination, he had woven his
fabric around a more substantial basis
of facts. For instance, assuming it TO
be true that Judge Simonton is to be
retired and his successor is to come
from South Carolina, where else, ex-
cept in the person of Senator McLau-
rim. is there to be found the right man
for the place? The Republican party
in South Carolina, or in the whole
Fourth circuit, for that matter, has no
material that is better fitted for the cir
cult judgeship. Precedent in the past
has not been against the appointment OF
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-03-01

Smith. Soon great crowd began to
collect on the outside and there was
angry talk of lynching the constables.
Sheriff Cathcart appeared and gave
the crowd some plain talk but he was
unable to make the people disperse.
The military company was called out
and the captain of Rhode Island
company volunteered, with number
of his men, who, acting in the capaci.
ty of private individuals, held them.
selves in readiness to help preserve
order. The crowd remained up all
night.
Neither Stuart or his wife were able
to give statements of the affair. Stu
art has for several years been clerk
in the J. L. Mimnaugh establishment.
He denied Indignantly before the
shooting that he had ever been engaged
in the liquor traffic. Constable Craw-
ford, however, claimed that he had
been watching the Stuart house for
more than a week and that, through
agents, he had made numerous pur.
chases of liquor there. 1t was on this
account that the search was attempted
on Saturday night.
At 4.30 o'clock Sunday morning,
Sheriff Cathcart and Chief Daily, &C.
companied by policemen and the
Richland Volunteers, under Captain
Kirkland, escorted the dispensary
constables to the penitentiary for
safe keeping. The escort was follow
ed by crowd of curious people; but
there was no hostile demonstration.
Mrs. Stuart died Sunday afternoon at
the hospital, and her body was re-
moved to her home. Mr.. Stuart is
still in a very bad condition as the re-
suit of his fearful wound.
Writing about the matter Sunday
afternoon, August Kohn says: "Now,
that the excitement has somewhat
abated, the facts can be accurately an
alyzed. That Constable Crawford was
under the influence of liquor there
appears to be no doubt, and but for bis
disordered brain by reason OF it, the
tragedy probably would not have hap
pened. While in the magistrates Of
fee his breath was heavy with the
smell of liquor, and he seemed hardly
to realize the position he was in. He
would doze away into stupid maps even
when the crowd outside were most
loudly demanding his life. Constable
Dorm, who seemed to realize the situa'
ton while at the house more than any
other constable, did his best to gel
Crawford away, knowing his condi'
ton; but he was just drunk enough
not to pay any attention to the coun
sells of his fellow constable"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-03-01

- The recent statement to the effect
that the Charleston people had sub
scribed $1,000 cash toward the Con-
federate reunion fund referred only to
the sum that is being made up for the
entertainment of the old veterans who
may not be able to pay all of their
own expenses. The News and Cour-
ier calls our attention to the fact that
the total subscriptions so far amount
to considerably more than $40, 900.
This however, includes the subscrip-
tions that have been raised for the
auditorium which is now going up as
rapidly as the workmen can get about
both night and day. We note by the
Associated Press dispatches that Sena-
tor Tillman is about to secure from
the war department the loan of 10000
army cots for use during the re-
union. Taken altogether the out
look for the occasion is most encour'
aging. 1t looks as if South Carolina
is going to have the honor of holding
the most notable reunion the Confed'
crates have had since the war. Every.
body who helps will have occasion to
be proud of it. In honoring her old
veterans, York county has the oppor'
tunity to honor herself. The opportu'
nity should not be allowed to slip.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-03-01

- According to a Washington dis
patch to The News and Courier of
Monday, the story about Senator Nc
Laurin's probable appointment as a
United States circuit judge, is "only
one of a hundred" This is nothing
more than we believed when we pen
ned another paragraph on the same
subject. If it is fact that Judge
Simonton is to be retired, then we re-
peat that if the president is looking
for the right man for the place, he will
find it dificult to improve on Senator
McLaurin. But here is the Washing
ton dispatch to which we have just re-
ferred: "Senator McLaurin says there
is not the slightest foundation for the
rumor that he may be appointed by
the president to succeed Judge Simon
ton in the event of the latter's retire.
ment from the bench. The report
seems to have been started by some OF
Senator McLaurin's political enemies
because of his vote in favor of the rat
ification of the peace treaty. Senator
McLaurin says the report is hardly
worth dignifying with denial, and
the first he heard of it was in a letter
he received yesterday from a personal
friend in South Carolina, who stated
that such report was being circulated
in certain parts of the state"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-03-01
OFFICIAL RJlFFIANISM.

The horrible tragedy that occurred
in Columbia last Saturday night has
been and will be variously commented
upon, and most people will content
themselves by simply charging the
murder to the dispensary law. In q
general way this will be proper; but
strictly speaking it is not fair.
The facts in the case, as in every
other dispensary tragedy that has YET
taken place, fix the responsibility not
upon the dispensary law but upon the
peculiar un6tness, ignorance or ruffian'
ly viciousness of the officials who were
charged with the enforcement of the
law. We do not wish to be understood
as defending the dispensary law, or Of
criticising it in any way just at the
present time. This is not the purpose
of this article. 1t is our desire only to
call attention to the real truth.
From all the statements that have
been published, and the daily papers
have given both sides of the case fully
there was no good reason for the oc'
currence of the bloody tragedy that
took place in Columbia Saturday
night. As to whether Stuart was q
blind tiger dealer we do not know, and
that has nothing to do with the mat.
ter. Whether he was or not, the facts
remain that both be and Crawford
acted fool, and the greater blame lies
with Crawford, in that he allowed bis
feelings, as a bully and desperate, to
overcome his sense of duty and res.
possibility as an officer of the law.
Crawford goes to the house of Stuart
with the necessary warrant authoriz.
ing a search of the premises. This
warrant was not against Stuart; but
against his house. 1t was, of course,
the duty of Stuart to quietly submit
to the search. His position of resist
ance, under the circumstances, was
quite natural but at the same time it
was wrong and in violation of the
law. The remedy of Crawford now,
in this new turn of affairs, was to leave
his constables to watch the house and
swear out warrant against Stuart for
resisting officers in the discharge OF
their duty. Instead, however, he
makes of Stuart's violation of the law
of the state a personal affront to him
self and precipitates a fight that re-
suits in homicide. Reduced down,
therefore, to its last analysis, through
the process of common sense reason
ing, it was not Dispensary Constable
Crawford; but Mr.. Crawford the indi-
vidual who killed Mrs. Stuart and SER
iously wounded her husband.
We do not mean to say that all of
the dispensary constables are fools or
ignoramuses, or rufians, for we know
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-03-01

Democratic judges by Republican
presidents, or Republican judges by
Democratic presidents. From the very
nature of the case, no president should
be governed entirely by party consid'
erations. There are hundreds of able
lawyers in South Carolina and in the
Fourth circuit who would be delighted
to succeed Judge Simonton but we
cannot think of one who, in our opin.
ion, is more able, more competent, or
better qualified generally for this posi-
ton than is Senator McLaurin. We
think also that such is the opinion OF
the able correspondent who has been
interpreting with such facility the
motives of Senator McLaurin's politi-
cal acts. As to whether or not Sena-
tor McLaurin is to be appointed to
succeed Judge Simonton is a matter
for future development, and we confess
that 80 far as we are concerned, such
an appointment would occasion no
surprise. We could only view it as a
natural consequence of fitness and
merit. But we hope that the appoint
ment will not be rendered, or, at least,
if rendered, that it will not be accept
ed. The difficulty of finding fairly
satisfactory successor to Judge Simon
ton is not nearly so great as would be,
come the difficulty of filling the va
cancy that Mr.. McLaurin would leave
in the senate.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-03-01

ty Winthrop girl did the honors at the
table. In the annex Clemson's foot
ball team was especially entertained.
To aid to the pleasure, Clemson boy
was expected to take Winthrop girl
to dinner. and if not, the Winthrop girl
was to make her guest feel at home,
and do the inviting-so it was a thor
ough home.llke affair.""
Everybody who participated is rep
resented as having been delighted with
the day, which lasted until 11.30 p.
m., when the college boys again march.
ed to the train on their return home.