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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-08-19
WILL ENFORCE THE LAW.
But Does Not Care to Incur Unnecessary
Expense.

But Does Not Care to Incur Unnecessary
Expense.
Governor McSweeney is seeking tc
still further reduce the expense of en-
forcing the dispensary law. Within
the past few days he has addressed the
following letter to the mayors and in
tendants of towns and cities through
out the state:
Dear Sir: As the head of your mu'
nicipal government, take it that you
are interested in the maintenance Of
law and order. 1 feel that I can and
that 1 have right, as governor of the
state, to call upon you to aid in any
effort that is made for the public weal
and the proper enforcement of law
1t is contrary to the ordinances oi
your municipality, because it is for
hidden by the constitution of the state,
that any liquor should be sold other
than as provided by the dispensary
law. If you have dispensary you
share in the profits from the sale of Ii
quors through the dispensary. In
view of this fact, if not on the higher
ground that to sell whisky in any other
way is a violation of law, 1 feel that
you should, through, your police force,
put down the illicit sale of whisky in
YOUR city or town. I desire to know
if can depend on you to see that the
dispensary law is enforced and viola.
tors of it are arrested and brought be-
fore the proper legal tribunals for trial
1 ask your aid in this matter and
would be glad to have your views on
the subject.
desire to further reduce the con-
stabulary force, and, if possible, to re-
move them from the cities and towns,
except it may be to aid the local police
in working up special cases. If in
your judgment your local police is un.
able to stop the illicit sale of whisky
in your town, would be- glad to have
you say so frankly. In that event
I will then know how to proceed.
desire to have the dispensary law
enforced, and shall spare no means
within my power to see that it is. l
hope to have it done with as little
friction as possible and by the ordinary
legal machinery Of the state. In case
that cannot be done, then I shall use
the constabulary force with all the
power given by the law. Our business
is to see that the law is enforced.
If any city or town is unable to en-
force the law and to stop the viola
tions of it, and state constables have
to be sent there, shall recommend to
the state board of control that the
expenses of these constables be paid
out of the city's or towns share of the
profits. If there is no dispensary in
your town, the dispensary law must be
enforced anyway and violators of it
brought to justice, and provision will
be made to have it done if your local
authorities are unable to do so. am
satisfied that with the proper effort on
the part of the cities and towns of this
state, with their local police, the dis
pensary law can be better enforced,
and with less friction than by state
constables. The only question is will
the city and town councils give that
aid which is necessary. That is the
information I am now seeking through
you as the head of your municipal gov
ernment. Your early attention to this
matter is desired"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-08-19
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Louis Roth-Says the governor was not at
Next yeer eeraqe Reb botnS baks THAT % business
will probably take the governor there,
while business elsewhere will probably
keep Roth away.
Mrs. T. M. Dobson-Wants everybody to
remember that she sells all kinds of no.
tions, hosiery and millinery cheaper
than is sold elsewhere, and gives list
and prices of number Of articles which
she is ready to sell now.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-08-19

- Henry M. Neill, the cotton crop
prophet, is at it again, and in the face
of his failure last year, to put crop
of 12, 900, 900 bales upon the market, he
is out in prediction for the coming
crop, remarks the Charlotte Observer.
He missed it last year by over 1,OO0,-
900 bales, and the chances are that he
will miss it by nearly 100000 bales
this year. His "prediction" just is
sued for the crop now maturing will
reach 10000 900 bales, and despite his
bad break last year, the market mani
pulators will go to work upon the Neill
cue, and regulate prices accordingly.
How true this is, is evidenced by the
fact that since Neill's prediction was
published two days ago, cotton has
dropped off As points, which repre-.
sents loss of 1925 per bale. Neill
may mean we'll ; but he is the best
friend the cotton spectators have and
the worst enemy the cotton producers
have ever known, as The Observer en-
deavored to show some months ago.
There is the smallest chance in the
world that the coming crop will ap-
proximate 100000 bales but Neill
has said it and the market is being
warped accordingly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-08-19

of value, or has been guilty of fraud
or intimidation, bribery or corrupt
practice, etc., endorses the Chicago
platform aud Bryan for president in
1900; denounces the Goebel. election
law favors the regulation of railroads
so as to prevent extortion, and con-
demns Mckinley for alleged advance
ment of the interests of the trusts.
Hon. Theodore Hallman, of Kenton,
nominated John Young Brown for
governor, and the nomination was
made by acclamation.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-08-19
BEATING A RETREAT.

The army worm, which appeared in
the northern part of the county some
two weeks ago in such large numbers
and which threatened so much dam
age, has about disappeared as mysteri'
ously as it came.
Mr.. D. G.. Stanton, of Bethel, was in
Yorkville on Wednesday. He said
that the worms were on his plantation
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-08-19
OUTLAWRY IN GREENWOOD.

Rufilans Trying to Bear the Price of Farm
Lands.
]. A. Hoyt, Jr., writing to the Co.
lumbia State from Greenwood, under
date of August Is, sends the following
sensational story:
A portion of this county between
Greenwood and Phoenix, has for more
than week past been terrorized by a
gang of so-called whitecaps engaged
in whipping Negroes. The whitecaps
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-08-19
Until January 1st, 1900.

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ed with the best and most reliable
news, will be furnished from the date
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rs cents. For two dollars we will
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1899.

- The Gaffney Manufacturing COM
pany made contribution of 5000
yards of shirting for the benefit OF
Porto Rico storm sufferers, and Secre-
tary of War Root returned his person
al thanks.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-07

ent silent letter Is often indispensable
to indicate the proper sound of its
nelghbor.
Not only do follcs in spelling take
their own time in passing away, but
you cannot hurry them with the lash
No step in the progress of orthography
has been made possible or easier by
any sort Of coercion or dictation. The
movement has been spontaneous, and
will so continue. You cannot hasten 1t
by edict, any more than you can stay
1t by jest. II Il man wishes to write
though" for "tho," using Just 100 per
cent more time, work. paper and ink
than necessary, do not fine him, but
humor his whim. Wisdom is justified
of her children. Thoughtful men and
women become impressed with the un-
reason Of such spelling, and little by
little change their practice. Others
follow, influenced by the example of
the first. All is voluntary. Innovators
and laggards alike are derided. The
first spelling reformer who wrote
music" for "musick" was pronounced
crank. After little any who added
the IL" were considered cranks. And
so the reform has spread, never swift
ly enough to pacify faddlsts, ridiculed
by the thoughtless and the ultra con-
servative, but not really retarded by
any.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-07
HOW THEY RAISE MEN IN
GEORGIA.

From the Philadelphia Post.
During a recent visit to the army camp
in Savannah General Joseph Wheeler was
entertained by party of northern men
at the De Soto, when, in the good humor
Of after dinner cigars, one of the gentle
men said laughingly:
"How is it, general, that the sleepy
farms of the South produce such whirl-
wind fighters in such small packages?'
"Well, general" said the little general,
putting at large mans cigar, Il believe
III have to give you the answer an old
cracker woman once gave me when |
asked her a similar question. Not many
years ago 1 had occasion to make a
saddle journey through the pine barrens
of Georgia, where most everybody is a
cracker and mighty shiftless. One day,
however, | rode into a little community
that showed such signs of thrift as to be
quite out of keeping with the general
charaC Cter of the barrvns, do assure you,
gentlemen. l rode up to a cabin where a
gaunt old woman stood in the doorway,
and asked her who owned these little
farms that were SO well kept.
That farm on the left belongs to my
son Jabez,' said she, and the next one
to my boy Zalim, and the next to my lad
Jason. and the next is my boy Poti-
phars place, and
".Hold on, sister, said /. How did
you manage to raise such a fine lot of
boys way off here in the woods?'
"'Wal, stranger she answered, L am
a WILDLY woman, and all had to raise
'em on was prayer and hickory, but !
raised 'em powerful frequent
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-07
A NAVAL SOLOMON.

From Spare Moments.
Captain McB., canny Scot, was once
in command of a troop ship returning
from India. on board he had as passen-
gers three ladies, all wives Of officers in
her majesty's service.
Now it fell cut that the cabin allotted
to them was fitted up to accommodate
four, and consequently 1t contained four
wash basins, one Of which was far lar
ger than the other three.
For the right TO use this especial basin
each lady put forth her claim, citing her
husbands S position in the army. But the
husbands, unfortunately, all proved to be
of equal rank, so to clinch the matter
the trio bearded the captain in his cabin.
1--WE will leave 1t entirely to you, cap
tain" they said, land abide by your de-
cision."
Captain McB. cogitated duly, and then
declared solemnly, with the faintest
twinkle in his gray eyes:
"Leddes, as 1t Is no a matter o. rank,
1 think 1t wull be that the Oldest amang
ye suld have the beegest bowl"
With murmured thanks they filed out
again, but that basin was never used dur
ing the voyage.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-07
Two Changes Suggested.

The recent executive order giving
General Wood command over the pro-
vince of Puerto Principe as well as
over the province of Santiago puts him
in charge of the largest subdivision
of the island, considered as to area,
and likewise the hardest to handle.
General Wilson, who has Santa Clara
and Matanzas provinces to govern, is
meeting with splendid success and in
point of natural gifts and varied ex-
perience is probably the ablest of our
officers in Cuba, or, for that matter
elsewhere; but his difficulties in that
pastoral region are few in comparison
with the turbulence and intrigues
characteristic of the Cubans inhabit-
ing Santiago province. His fine abili-
ties are not wasted, but they are not
put to the highest use. General Lee,
in command Of Havana province lex
elusive of Havana city) and Pinar del
R!o, has relatively little to do, but
does that little well.
There are two changes yet to be
made, however, in order to bring the
adjustment Of our colonial relations up
to the highest efficiency consistent
with the unavoidable limitations of
military rule. General Wilson should
be made secretary of war and General
Wood governor general with practi-
cally absolute power in Cuba. The
prOpricty of the latter suggestion is
generally admitted; that of the for
mcr is none the less capable of de-
mOnstra;iOn. General Wilson was a
corrs commander in the Civil war and
was one of the best of generals devel-
oped toward the close of that great
struggle. AS a senator of the United
States he took rank with the ablest
and i'm his other civic relations he has
shown an uncommon mixture of schol-
arship and high principles with tact,
executive ability and common sense.
In the office now unsatisfactory filled
by General Alger, General Wilson
would be an advisor upon whom the
president could lean with implicit
confidence a man equally at home in
civil or military matters; man of fine
character and excellent discretion; in
short, a great improvement in every
respect and a secretary who would
possess the full confidence Of the army.
Let us hope that these changes will
soon occur.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-07
Profiting by Experience.

Such announcement as it has made
of plans for augmenting the army in
the Philippines shows that the admin
istration is profiting by experience.
OF the ten volunteer regiments which
are to be recruited in this country not
one is to be otfiCered by volunteers.
ColOnels, lieutenant coloEels and ma
tors are to be appointed from among
the captains and lieutenants of the
regular army and only the company
officers from captain down will be
filled by volunteer commissions. While
nOminally the entire ten regiments will
be volunteer regiments they will in
all practical purposes be as regular as
the regulars. Their organization will
be identical with that of the perman-
ent regular regiments their arms and
equipment will be similar and in stand
ards of discipline the rules of the reg
ular service will be enforced resolute-
ly. There is to be no play soldering
this time; no dictation by politicians
with its trightful waste of human life; :;
and no undue concession to the spirit
which among some of the volunteers
of year ago, tried to decide the con-
ditions of enlistment and organization
and threatened to make trouble if fav-
orite officers were not handled with
kid gloves.
The volunteer army of a year ago,
which had to be assembled in extra
ordinary haste and rushed to the front
somewhat regardless of preparedness
for difficult campaigning on danger
Gus foreign service. included many
mistakes and none worse than the pre-
judice which was shown in many quar-
ters against the appointment of regu-
lar officers to volunteer commands.
This prejudice was not unnatural
ly preferred to take their own officers
along with them. But hard expert
ence in camp and on the battlefield
in great many instances taught the
fallacy of this preference. There were
competent volunteer officers and in
competent regulars, but on the whole
1t was soon discovered that the regu.
lars eXcelled in accurate knowledge
of their business, The regulars knew
how to get supplies. They knew how
to locate camps. They instinctively
watched over the sanitary conditions
Of their commands and, finally, wher
it came to fighting, the seasoned regu.
lars were the officers who accomplish
ed results with the greatest economy
of human life and with the most pre-
cision and directness.
Last years need of haste no Longer
existing, and the lessons of last years
experience standing out with unms
taxable Yividness, the administration
simply does its duty in putting tn,
new call for a volunteer supplement
tary army upon a basis calculated L
insure the maximum efficiency. Fur
ther proof exists Of its capability I,
accept the teachings of experience 4
given in the fact that the physlca
qualifications of applicants for enlist
ment in the ten volunteer regiment
will be greater than those OF appli
cants for enlistment in the regular ser
vice. No man will be accepted VIII
does not possess a vigorous constitu
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tion, and soldiers who were discharg-
ed from the regular or volunteer SER
vic, on account of disability contract
ed in the war with Spain will not be
taken. The coming campaign will be
one of exceptional severity. 1t will
require physlques of iron with nerves
OF steel. The enemy is to be not sim
ply beaten, but overwhelmed. Within
three months after the subsidence of
the rainy season the island Of Luzon
is to be cleared Of organized resist
ance to American sovereignty and the
foundations are to be under course Of
erection for a reconstructed govern
mcnt on principles of Justice and hu-
manity. This is a duty which re-
quires in its performance the best
manhood that the nation can COM
mand.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-07

get away with his money or he would not
get away at all. So. under inspiration,
he rushed into Colonel Bleckley's Office
one morning and said sharply:
give me a ticket to Portland"
Colonel Bleckley looked at him coony
and asked:
maine or Oregon?"
81 don't give a darn which"
Colonel Bleckley reflected. His CON-
mission on ticket to Portland, ore,
was $3.50 moro than his commission on a
ticket to Portland, Me. He said to the
man.
II get more for a ticket to Portland,
Ore, and I'll serd you to Oregon"
So that man got away from the boom
and went to Portland, Ore. Out there
he went into business and now owns
one of the big establishments of that
city. He ascribes his lucky strike to Col
onel Bleckley, and his recent letter was
one of gratitude that he had not sent
him to Portland, Me.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-07
DEADHEADs AS KIcKERs.
From the Columbian,

From the Columbian.
Fate, with wonted levity, had thrown
the sour and taciturn man into the COM
pany or the talkative citizen in the rail-
Wa s.r
- cutie an interesting game
wasn't it?' said the latter as
hr .EJNCd newspaper into the inside
pocket of his fur-trimmed overcoat.
II never read about football" was the
solemn reply. How true it is" he added
almost tearfully, that this world is but
fieeting show"
"Of course. That's one way of looking
at It, I've felt that way about 1t my
self. But let me ask you something
Are you putting in your money and hust-
ling around to make this world any bet
ter?'
whats the use?"
well, you'll excuse me for question
ing you. But you referred to the world
as a tieeting show. I'm a theatrical man
ager, and I'm interested in anything in
the show line. Now, 1 notice that you
amt in any hurry to get out of this
world, are your
mo, I can't truly say that I am"
That's all right. You didn't pay any
thing to get into this fleeting show, did
you?"
Certainly not"
There you are. There's the old, old
story right in a nutshell. l never in my
life saw a deadhead who wasn't a kick
err
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-07
Russell Sage.

II is reported that the life of Russell
Sage has again been threatened, and
simultaneously, by an interesting coin
cidence, announcement is made by the
attorneys for William r. Laidlaw, the
clerk in Sages office whom Sage used
as a shield against Norcross' bomb and
afterward refused to recompense for
the damages thus incurred, that Laid
laws case against Sage will be retired.
This case has already had four trials,
In two of which Laidlaw was awarded
heavy damages, but in each case Sage
has won out on appeal.
In effect, Russell Sage is probably the
most dangerous citizen of the United
States. We say in effect, because it is
evident that he does not intend to be
dangerous he simply cannot help it..
He was born mean and he has taken no
steps since to overcome the inherited
characteristic. He is dangerous be-
cause his small ways and contemplate
exhibitions Of selfshness and stinginess
contribute immensely to the formation
Of a class prejudice among the poor
against the rich. The anarchist Nor
cross did not aim his bomb at one of
the Vanderbilts, although If his enmity
had been inspired by wealth alone
there were Vanderbilts far richer than
Sage was at the time of Norcross' at
tack, Norcross assailed Sage, perhaps
in a not wholly insane belief that of
all rich men Sage was the meanest and
least useful to the community at large;
and bad as the crime was, we don't
know which Of the two men. anarchist
or plutocrat, was in morals the guiltier
Men possessing the wealth of Russell
! Sage owe large debts to the community,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-07
HIS DOUBLE DEMISE.


From Harpcr's Bazaar.
"Wull, wull" calculated McLubber-
ty, in the midst of his perusal of a news
paper which he had carelessly picked up.
"Bedad, poor Duffy is dead again! An
ut sames to have happened in the same
way as ut i'd prayvously-he has been
blown up by a prematoor blast. Oi
shud hov fought that vance wud hov
been enough to satisfy him, but thin
he always was one av thin fellers thot
niver know dheir own moinds."
"Phwot are yez talkin' about?" asked
Mrs. McLubberty, in some surprise.
Duffy dead again? Is ut crazy ye are?''
mo; OF de be radin' ut roight here
in de papy, am
Lave me look at thot dockymint,
Whoy, yez hlurd'r-head, dhls is a two
year-owld pap 'N.; OF laid out to spread
on dhe shlf!'
"Is thot so? Wull ut relaves me moind.
OF was sorry to tink av such bad luck
happenin' to poor Duffy"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-07
A PLEA FOR ECONOMY.
Hon. Theo. Strong in PittstOn Gazett

Hon. Theo. Strong in Pittston Gazette.
Somehow, there seems to be an unac-
countable ambition with public officials,
when once warm in their seats, to make
taxes higher, when the wise policy would
be to make them lower just as rapidly
as could be done without detriment. A
stranger coming into the county, wish
ing TO locate, first enquiries after the tax
rates, and many are frightened away be-
cause of the heavy burdens laid on prop
erty. Is ii not time to call halt? Our
people should demand that all needless
expenditures should cease and that con-
slant effort should be made towards re-
duced taxation.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-07
THE PEACE CONGRESS.

The colonels and the majors found they
had some time to spare,
So they hied them off to Holland and the
public paid the fare:
They tilted back their chairs and In q
vastly solemn way,
They talked of war and numerous kin
dred topics of the day.
They took up various subjects with boil,
gravity and wit;
The world stood by and listened, then il
yawned a little bit.
The chat proved rather lengthy, though
results were nothing great,
But every one admitted that the speech.
es were first rate.
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