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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-15
An Informal Affair.

Mr.. Harry CraNlIC e0t6rta1ned a Few OF
his friends very pleasantly at his home
on East Fifth street, Wednesday even
ing. Mr. Gavitt's pianola furnished the
chief amusement OF the evening, and
many Of the popular airs of the day were
enjoyed The floors were canvaSed and
an informal dance INDUCED in.
Those present were: Miss Katherine
Paxton, Miss Lulu EWaIt, Miss Grace
fSilpin, Miss Blanche Bear, Mr.. George
VIII Roberts.
NOIes and Personal Mention.
Miss Gussie Fuller returned Tuesday
from a two months visit in FL Reno,
Okla She was accompanied by Mrs
Richard Gundry, who is the guest of
Mrs ]. S. Lauck.
Mrs. D. p. Elliott and daughter Emily
have returned from Marion, where they
went to attend the funeral of Mrs.
ElliOtt's sister, Mrs S. P BOwn-
The Golden Rule club viii hold its
regular meeting Friday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Emma NJ. King. at Col
lege Hill
Mrs. Ellis Thompson has returned
from St. Joe. and is the guest of Mrs.
w. A. s. Bird
Mrs f. f. Anderson has invited
guests for next Tuesday afternoon in
honor of her little son PauPs sixth birth
day.
The Shakespeare and Art club, "As
You Like It." will hold its regular meet
ing Monday afternoon at the home of
Mrs Ralph Cav.
Mr.. and Mrs J. N. Dugan, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Whitmer and Miss Barnett
left Wednesday for their future home in
Detroit. Mich
Mrs. T. B. Dixcy's second at home, -
which was held Wednesday afternoon,
was a delightful affair. She was as
sisted by Mrs T. c. Gay and Mrs. Alice
Clugston-
Mr.. Cornelius B. Burge and Miss Della
May Evans were married Wednesday
evening at the home of the brides par
ents, 1923 Fillmore street, Rev. J. d.
COuntermine, pastor of the First Pres
byterian church, officiating.
Mr.. and Mrs Herbert Armstrong en-
tertained their card club very pleasantly
Wednesday evening at their home on
Van Buren, street
E Junior Bennett left Wednesday for
a business trip in the north.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thomas will
leave this evening for a trip to Ber-
muda- They expect to return about the
middle of January.
Mrs. F. 3. McKercher returned to
Peabody today after a short visit in the
city with Mrs. B. T. Lewis.
Mrs. David Palmer is entertaining a
few friends Informally this afternoon
complimentary to Mrs ]. s. Hobson.
Miss Maud Ranney Of Arkansas City
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-21
special Term For Barnwell.

A special term of the court of gen.
eral sessions will convene in Barnwell
on May l. That has about been de-
termined by the authorities. The OBJ
iect of the special term is to try Ne
gro named George Thomas on the
charge of criminal assault. 1t seems
that some days ago a young woman
came by rail to Hardeeville and started
for short walk in the country to visit
her parents. She was waylald by the
Negro, who intimidated her with q
pistol and assaulted her. A mob got
after the Negro, caught him and made
preparations for lynching. 1nfuen.
tial citizens interposed with a promise
that they would use their influence fol
a special term of court. Governor
McSweeney is exceedingly anxious
that no lynching shall take place dur
ing his term of office, and to that end
he is endeavoring to have the special
term held as soon as possible. May ]
is fixed as the date for the term to
convene.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-21

Topeka Capital, outran the limits of
discretion in refusing to admit adver-
tisements of corsets into the columns
under his control. The reasons given
for this action are as follows: l. MIR.
Sheldon believes that tight lacing is
injurious to the health, and that
women should not wear corsets. 2.
The picture of a woman fitting on
corset is not proper for publication.
The Record says: We traverse the
inference conveyed by reason No. l
that corsets necessarily mean tight
lacing. Mr.. Sheldon's position is
untenable. 1t is as just to say that
the lighting of a match means the
burning down of houses and loss
of valuable lives, therefore, no matches
should be used, as to premise that
corsets mean tight lacing, therefore,
no corsets should be used. Mr..
Sheldon bases his decision on an
entirely wrong opinion. Even were
he right about the tight lacing he
would hardly be justified in the action
taken. AS for reason No. 2, "That a
picture of woman fitting on corset
is not proper for publication" this is a
position which-as a clergyman, and
and, therefore, 1--WE say it with respect)
an extremist in these matters-Mr.
Sheldon is entitled to take. We will
not, therefore, criticise it in detail,
though it would be easy to show that
the principle is unsound. Some
announcements of the kind may be
Objectionable; but we know of none
controlled by reputable manufacturers
to which exception can be taken.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-21
MERE-M ENTION.

A dispatch from St. Helena says that
the Boer prisoners were landed there
last Sunday. .......'"The city of Chicago
has imposed tax of SIS year on tel
egraph poles. '.'.'''.'The new Philip
pines commission sailed from San Fran
cisco last Tuesday on the transport
Hancock. ...'.'.". Mafeking is still hold
ing out against the besieging Beers. '''''
Andrew Carnegie has just donated $3,-
100000 to the Pittsburg Pa, library.
.........The Populists of Nebraska have
agreed to support Bryan no matter
who is nominated for vice president.
1.-THE rainfall in Southeastern Mis-
sissippi, from last Sunday at noon to
Tuesday at noon, was 13a inches. ''''''''
The British government has published
a telegram from Lord Roberts severely
criticising Generals Butler and Warren
for incompetency in connection with
the operations around Ladysmith,
especially in the conduct of the battle
of Spion Kop. p...'..'...The United States
supreme court has decided the revenue
stamp matter in favor of the express
companies. 1t is the customer instead
of the express companies who has to
pav the tax. x..........The result of the
Cuban census has been announced as
follows: The total population of Cuba
is 1,572,797, including S15,205 males
and 757, ,592 females. There are Al, )
972 white males and 462,926 white fe-
males of native birth. The foreign
whites number 115,760 males and 26,-
459 females. There are II, 1898 male
Negroes and 122,74O female Negroes.
The mixed races number 125, 500 males
and 145,3O5 females. '.'"'Representa.
tive Leary, of New York, introduced
bill on Thursday for the repeal of
the war revenue tax. '''''' A bill has
been introduced in the senate to give
General Longstreet pension of $50 a
month for his services in the Mexican
war.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-21
WITHIN THE TOWN.

The Yorkville German club gave a
delightful german in the Opera house
Tuesday night.
About the only people who have
been in attendance on court this week
were those who had business there.
Mr.. R. H. Cloaninger and Miss Maud
Parish are to be married at the resi-.
dence of the brides mother, Mrs. jamie
Parish, at 8.45 p. M, May 2.
Messrs. w. R. Carroll, E. B. Beard
and NJ. L. Carroll have applied for a
commission to organize the York Oil
and Fertilizer company, with capital
stock of $4,000. The application was
made to the secretary of state on last
Wednesday.
Owing to the condition of Mr.. ]. B
Pegram's health, the firm of Riddle q
Pegram has been dissolved, and from
now on will be conducted as formerly
in the name of J. H. Riddle. The pat
rons of this wellknown house will bs
in nowise Inconvenience by thi:
change but will be accorded the same
courteous treatment and the same
accommodation as heretofore.
Mr.. S. L. Hobbs has rented the store
room that has been occupied until re
Gently by Mr.. ]. J. Hunter, and is ar
ranging to open within the next few
DAYS an establishment that is to b
known as the "Parlor Grocery" A
choice stock of goods have already
been purchased, and Mr.. Hobbs pro
poses to give some further information
on the subject through THE ENQUIRER
later on.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-21

necessity of buying pound of meat.
] have often heard our county home
held up as self-supporting and return
ing an income to the county treasury.
While, as a matter fact, I believe we
are able to make better showing
along this line than any county in the
state, still, from the best information 1
have been able to obtain, that alleged
income is all moonsbine, and, instead,
the county is not only out the interest
on the capital it has invested in the
farm but has to pay money out of the
treasury each year to keep the con-
Germ running.
"Iu my opinion, the disposition has
all along been to run the institution
too cbeaply. believe that modern
methods would net better results, not
only to the paupers, but to the tax
payers"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-21
CIRCUIT COURT.

In the case of Amy Buchanan,
charged with violation of the dispensary
law, upon which the court was en-
gagged last Tuesday at noon, the jury
returned verdict of not guilty.
John Little was convicted of vio-
lation of the dispensary law, and SEN
fenced to pay a fine of 500 or spend
three months on the public works.
Walter Gather plead guilty of viola.
ton of the dispensary law, and was
sentenced to pay fine of 500 or
spend three months on the public
works of the county.
The case of Sylvester Jones, charged
with the murder of Ben Jenkins, was
disposed of Tuesday afternoon. The
defendant and the deceased were two
little Negro boys, aged about ~ years.
The facts showed that they had quar-.
relied over stories alleged to have been
told about the defendant by the de.
ceased. The defendant went after the
deceased, who denied that he had been
talking, and they started to the house
of a small Negro girl, to get the
straight of the thing. The quarrel,
according to the defendant, developed
into fight with stones and knife
the deceased using stones, and the
knife being used by the defendant.
According to the defendants story, the
stabbiug, which caused the death of
the deceased, was done in self.defense.
According to the mother of the de-
ceased, the defendant slipped up be-
hind the boy and stabbed him in the
back. After giving the case due con-
sideration the jury returned a verdict
of not guilty, largely on account ofthe
"infancy" of the defendant. MIR.
Brice conducted the defense.
Eph Leech was convicted of riding
a horse without the consent of the
owner, and sentenced to pay fine of
$40 or 90 to the changing for five
months.
In the case of Missouri Fewell and
William Fewell, charged with attempt
to poison, the jury returned verdict
of not guilty as to the former, and
guilty. as to the latter. William Few
ell was sentenced to the chaingang
for period of five years.
In the cases of Walter Kerr, James
Smith and George King, charged with
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-21
HOAR'S PLEA FOR THE FILIPINOS.

Senator Hoar, Republican, of Mas
sachusetts, the leading anti.expansion-
ist of his party, made a great speech
in the senate last Tuesday in opposi-
ton to what he is pleased to call i'm
perialism. The speech, which was
carefully prepared, was about $4,000
words in length; but was somewhat
abridged in delivery by reason of an
attack of grip from which the senator
was suffering.
According to the Associated Press
report, the most effective part of the
speech was fancied roll call of some
distinguished American statesmen, be-
ginning with Washington, and ending
with Mckinley on the question of re-
tanning the Philippines. Along with
each name was a sentence giving a
reason for the vote supposed to have
been cast, and every vote was in the
negative except that of Aaron Burr,
who approved the proposition and ex-
planned, "You are repeating my buc-
caneering expedition down the Missis-
sippi. am to be vindicated at last. "
Upon the call of the name of William
KcKinley, the reply was:
"There has been cloud before my
vision for a moment; but see clearly
now. I go back to what said two years
ago: FOrcible annexation IS criminal
aggression. Governments derive their
lust powers from the consent of the gov
erned, not some of them ; but all OF them.
l will stand with the fathers OF the repub-
lie. I will stand with the founders OF the
Republican party. No."
This sounds pretty well as purely
imaginative sentiment to put in an
other mans mouth but the sentiment
applied to the facts makes Senator
Hoar's good Brother Mckinley ap-
pear quite ridiculous. For instance,
what juggling is these with the "con-
sent of the governed" 1t has never
been disputed that it is only the Ia
gals, of the Philippines, who object to
the government of the United States.
All the other tribes object most serl-
ously to the government of the Tagals.
If the United States had never gone
to the Philippines, there certainly
would have been some governing with
out the consent of the governed, and
if the United States withdraw now,
our Declaration of Independence will
get some rude violence upon these
islands, where we have undertaken
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-21
ABOUT PEOPLE.

DR.. C. F. Williams left Thursday for
a short visit to Baltimore and Wash
ington.
Mr.. Clarence Glenn came down from
Henrietta, N. c., yesterday morning
to visit relatives and friends.
Mrs. L. Geo. Grist and daughter
Miss Mamie Lee, visited relatives and
friends in CASTOR county this week.
DR.. R. A. Bratton, of Yorkville, has
been reelected as member Of the
state board of health from the Fifth
district.
Lieutenant James B. Allison, recent.
ly promoted from second to first lieu
tenant, has been transferred from the
Seventh to the Sixth infantry.
Mr.. NJ. F. Jones has situation with
the Union Cloak and Suit company, Of
New York, and will travel principally
in Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Charles Christman, formerly a
resident of Yorkville, but who went to
Spartan burg with his brother while still
youth, was in Yorkville on Wednes'
day visiting his old friends. Although
not enjoying the best of health just
now, Mr.. Christman has otherwise been
we'll treated by Dame Fortune. As he
grew up to manhood he became tele.
graph operator and was for long time
located at Gaffney City, where he mar
ried Miss Lipscomb. He lived eco
nomically and saved enough money
with which to begin merchandising in
moderate way, and by lucky stroke
he invested in a lot that was afterwards
very much desired by the Spartan Cot
ton mills. In partnership with his
brother he had already built up a large
business. His brother, Fritz, known
to his Yorkvile playmates as Feedee,
died some time back, and few weeks
ago Charlie sold out his store and prop
erty to the Spartan mills for a large
sum. Mr.. Christman is worth some
$25, 900 or $50, 900, and has in trust for
bis brothers. son about $4,000 more.
Mr.. Christman is not enjoying good
health just at this time; but he hopes,
with the rest he now proposes to take,
to become his former self again.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-21
The Strike In Fort Mill.

The Strike In Fort Mill.
Fort Mill Times: Until Sunday
evening the strike of the telegraph
operators on the Southern railway was
known to Fort Mill only through the
newspaper reports of it. But those
who wished to transact business at the
depot in this place Sunday night and
Monday, were able to observe that
there was a strike in progress, and
that Fort Mill was feeling the effects
of it. Mr.. L. f. Ligon, who was oper-
ator and agent at this place until Sun
day evening, closed his Office immedi-
dietely after the northbound train
passed and refused to transact any
business for the railway company,
stating as his reason for refusing to
act for the company that he was a
no ember of the order of Railway Tel
egraphers, and that upon a just griev-
ance against his former employees he
had been ordered to quit their service.
Sunday night he left for Columbia to
consult with an official of his order
concerning the progress of the strike,
etc. He returned to Fort Mill Mon
day evening, however, and was accom-
panied by several railroad officials and
two operators, to whom he gave the
keys of the Office. The non-union
men who have accepted the position
which he vacated are w. Mishoe, OF
Loris, S. c., and S. O. Sistrunk, OF
Due West, S. c., both young men.
Train Dispatcher Williams was one OF
the railway official, who came to Fort
Mill Monday evening, and he Informed
the reporter that the strike had occa-
stoned his company little inconveni-
ence and that they had been able
to promptly ill the places OF the
strikers. Mr.. Ligon, however, does
not agree with him in this statement.
He says that the Southern has been
unable to move its trains on schedule
time since the strike was inaugurated,
and that before it is at an end the com.
pany will re-employ its former opera
tors and accede to their demands of a
specified number of hours to consti.
tute days work, with an increase in
salaries. Aside from the claims of the
company and the strikers, the facts in
the case seem to justify the statement
that the strikers are making losing
fight.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-21

"We would like to ask The Herald what
it takes to make Democratic paper."-
YoRKvILLE ENQUIRER. The first re.
quisite and the supreme test, is support OF
Democratic minees.-Spartanburg Her
aid.
Then, with The Herald, it is ques-
ton of men not measures. The man
who secures the Democratic nomina'
ton is all that the voter has right to
demand After all, the party is only
machine, the business of which, is to
apportion out political jobs. In view
of all the fnespun sentiment that has
been emanating from The Herald Of
late, we expected much more of it than
this. We are really disappointed. We
fear that it is willing to accept our
definition of Democratic or Republi'
can newspaper but we sincerely hope
that it is not willing to comply with
the conditions necessary to qualify ii
as either.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-21
JOHNS ON VS.. ROCK HILL.

The Columbia State of Wednesday
publishes the following synopsis of the
Rock Hill franchise case, prepared
for that paper by Mr.. John S. Rey'
nolds of the Columbia bar:
This action was brought by certain
resident taxpayers of the city of Rock
Hill to vacate franchise to construct
and maintain waterworks, granted by
that city to the Rock Hill Water, Light
and Power company, upon the grounds
of ultra wires and fraud. The circuit
court, holding that plaintiffs had failed
to make proper showing for judicial
interference, dismissed the complaint.
The plaintiffs appealed.
The evidence does not show any
fraud in any of the proceedings here
called in question, nor was any bid
ding for the contract either cut off or
chilled as alleged.
Under section of the act to incor-
porate the city of Rock Hill, (22 Stat.
374) only corporations were competent
bidders, and so far as the evidence
shows, none sought to bid or did bid
except the Rock Hill Water, Light and
Power company.
The time for receiving bids having
been extended 80 days, plans and spe-
ci6cations were furnished to all parties
who applied therefor; but there was
no bid of any corporation except the
Rock Hill Water, Light and Power
company.
Section 8 of the act referred to con-
fers on the city council of Rock Hill
ample power to grant such franchise
upon submitting the question to the
qualified voters of the city. This was
done and majority of the voters sane
toned the grant.
The fact that after such vote the
city council at after consideration made
certain notifications of the specifica-
tions relating to the franchise and then
without resubmitting such amendments
to the voters accepted the offer of the
defendant company and adopted the
ordinance granting the fanchise, does
not show any act ultra wires. Such
change in mere matter of detail, not
vitality changing the nature and object
of the franchise, was within the large
discretionary powers conferred on the
city council.
Such an exercise of discretionary
power, made in good faith, ought not
to be interfered with.
Judgment below affirmed. Opinion
by Mr.. Justice Jones. Filed April l6.
Messrs. Jas. F. & Jno. R. Hart, W..
J. Cherry for appellants; Mr.. 1. D..
Witherspoon for respondents.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-21

to establish our ideas of liberty. So
we are unable to see how Mr.. McKin.
lev could base his "no" vote upon any
such reasons.
And then there is another little in
accuracy in Mr.. Hoar's roll call. Aaron
Burr has long since been vindicated,
and his vindication came from no less
a statesman than Thomas Jefferson.
Burr saw the possibilities of the great
Southwestern territory and sought to
establish an empire there. Whether
he wanted that empire for himself, or
whether he merely wanted to start a
row that would result in its annexa-
ton to the United States, has never
been made exactly clear. But the
historical fact remains that very short
ly afterward jefferson, against the
protest of such men as Senator Hoar,
acquired by purchase the territory that
Burr had sought previously to acquire
by conquest. And having purchased
the Philippines from virtually the
same power that sold us the Burr
Jefferson territory, if there is any ma
terial difference in the title, we would
be glad to have it pointed out.
However mixed he is as to facts,
sentiments and principles, Senator
Hoar's final recommendations are such
as do not admit of reasonable objec-
ton, for after all, they are tantamount
to ownership and control and that is
all that is necessary. Here is what he
proposes:
"Require all foreign governments to
keep out of these islands"
"Otfer the Filipinos our help in main
tanning order until they have reasonable
opportunity to establish a government OF
their own.
"Aid them by advice, if they desire it,
to set up free and independent govern
ment.
"Invite all the great Powers of Europe
to unite in an agreement that their indie
pendence shall not be interfered with.
"Declare that the United States will en-
force the same doctrine as applicable to
the Philippines, that we declared as to
Mexico and Hayti, and the South Ameri-
can republics. ,
"Then, in a not distant future, leave
them to work out their own salvation, as
every nation on earth, from the beginning
of time, has wrought out its own saliva
tion."
The principal objection to the above
is that while it sounds as kind and
benefcent as the oft quoted sentiment
from the declaration of independence,
it will prove no more acceptable to
the Tagals who want to rule their
neighbors in Luzon. Congressman
Cummings, Democrat, OF New York,
gave expression to the more sensible
idea few days ago, and in doing SO
elected the applause of Democrats
and Republicans alike. He said that
after the last sign of armed resistance
had been put down in the Philippines,
further proceedings could be consider
ed with more propriety.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-21
THE COUNTY HOME.

From their report, published else
where, it is evident that the grand jury
is of opinion that there shall be some
changes in the manner in which the
county home is being conducted. Said
one of the members of that body to the
reporter on Tuesday:
"In my opinion, the county can do
a great deal more with the county
home than it is doing. The institution
is not run on the right methods. The
idea of great, big farm, like that
backed by, you might say, S5,ooo,OOo
or s6,O00,O00 capital-and unable to
feed 25 or 80 paupers, except with
bought provisions out of grocery
store, why the thing is absurd.
"Here we are, each year, hiring
labor with which to work cotton, plant
ing 10 acres of corn, where we ought
to have hundreds; no milk or butter
to speak of; but small portion OF tne
farm sown down in small grain only
about l 900 pounds ofhomeraised meat,
where there should be 10000.
ut occurs to me, that the poorhouse
farm should be the model farm of the
county. There should be on it at least
dozen COWS, of the finest breeds to be
had, and there should be no end OF
chickens, ducks, and poultry, along
with enough fine hogs to obviate the