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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-06
GuT11R1Esv1LLE SCHOOL QUARREL

There has been quite a strenuous
contention and much feeling in School
District No. over the question as to
whether there should be two white
schools in the district or only one
Two Of the trustees and a number OF
patrons have been contending for a sin
gle school, while the other trustee
backed by a number of patrons, wants
two schools.
It seems that formerly there were
two schools in the district-one at Be-
thesda church and the other at Guth-
riesville. In their discretion the trus-
tees, or rather a majority Of the board
discontinued the Guthriesville schoo
with a view to using all the money
available on the Bethesda school. and
some Of the patrons, after protesting
against this arrangement and suffering
an adverse decision at the hands Of the
trustees. appealed the matter to the
county board Of education which held
a special meeting in the court house
last Saturday for the purpose Of hear
ing the case.
There were about rs people from
School District No. at the hearing
and both sides were represented by
counsel-W. w. Lewis, Esq. for the
two-school advocates, and w. B. Nc
Cav, Esq, for the one school advo'
Gates. All of the members Of the coun'
ty board were present, and Superinten'
dent of Education Carroll presided
The whole matter was ventilated thor.
oughly on the basis Of statements made
by Mcssrs. J. ]. Clinton, Mansfield Cor
don, r. ]. Caldwell, Robert Wither.
sDoon and Parks Curry.
According to the information deyel'
oped, the school district includes 1:
square miles. Bethesda school house IL
within a quarter of a mile of the cen.
tire, and no child in the district Is re.
quired to travel more than q miles tc
reach the school house. The public
funds as now apportioned, is sufficient
to support a single school six month,
out Of the year; but If divided among
two schools, will support them only
about three months each. The advo'
Gates Of the Guthriesville school com.
planned that many Of the children had
to cross a branch and go through
woods to reach the Bethesda school
and it was because of these and othe,
objections that they wanted a schoo
at Guthriesville.
Counsel argued along the line Of the
facts as stated above, and after q
patient hearing of the whole matter
the county board sustained the actor
of the trustees in discontinuing the
school at Guthriesville.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-06
STATE CAMPAIGN NOTES.
What the Candidates For Office Are
Saying and Doing.

Although w. B. Wilson, ESQ.,, con.
siders the acquisition Of the Philippines
a God send to the people of the south
he takes care to explain that he ap-
proves the Democratic policy which
contemplates the retention only Of ne
cessary naval stations. He holds that
these are all that Is necessary to give
the United States a full say-so in the
eastern question.
At Chesterfield, last Saturday, Col
J. H. Tillman charged that Editor N
G. Gonzales is a warm supporter Of
Hayward. and as evidence cited the
alleged fact that Mr.. Gonzales is dis.
tributing Hayward buttons over the
state. Mr.. Hayward denied that he
had ever met Mr.. Gonzales more thar
twice and said that this gentleman is
not distributing Hayward buttons
Then Col. Tillman said it was Mr.. w
e. Gonzales who is engaged in distrib-
uting the buttons, and Mr.. Hayward
expressed qualification at the friendly
interest Mr.. Gonzales was showing ir
behalf Of his candidacy.
Replying to Mr.. Latimer's claim that
he Is getting something for his constit.
uents, Col. George Johnstone charac-
terizes this as McLaurinism, and says
that If it is only seeds that the people
want they may as we'll send a Negro
to congress.
In referring at Laurens last Thurs.
day to Mr.. Latimer's boast about what
he had accomplished in congress, Col
tombstone, with whitening sarcasm
turned to him and said: "It is SAID
that the inhabitants of the Chinese
empire and the American Indians bury
with their dead some slight element Of
human food, in order that on the resur,
awake to hunger and fatigue. Elk.
claims my amicable friend from Ander.
son: Shades of McDuffie, of Hayne
and Calhoun, to thee I, thy successor
come to thee. come, oh mighty dead
bringing to thee my contribution oi
nutgrass roots and pumpkin seeds.
The audience got up on it's hind legs
and simply howled.
Mr. John Gary Evans is getting quite
personal in his remarks. At the cam
paign meeting in Greenville. last Fri
day, he begged the people not to yoke
a jackass with such a thoroughbred
T..
senate. He referred to Mr.. Latimer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-06

A WASHINGTON VIEw.-As the time
for the election approaches in South
Carolina, the feeling is becoming more
and more bitter, and it is estimated
that that vote will be the largest ever
polled in the state.
The situation in South Carolina is ex-
tremely interesting. because Lieuten-
ant Governor James H. Tillman, a
nephew of Senator Tillman, and Repre-
sentative Talbert are the Tillman can
didates for the governorship, while
Captain D. c. Hayward is the anti
Tillman candidate. At Senator Till
mans suggestion the two Tillmanites
have settled their differences, which
had reached the point Of bitter per-
sonal fight. and they are now working
together. The probability. however.
with two Tillmanites running, is that
Captain Hayward will lead in the pri-
mary election. No candidate is eX-
pected to have a majority, and the final
contest will be between Hayward and
either Talbert or Tillman. In that
event. the strength of the two men will
be concentrated upon the candidate
who opposes Hayward. and then the
latter's defeat is likely.-Washingto
Post
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-06
NBOUT PEOPLE.

f6 Mr.. S. E. Lowry has been appointed
! carrier on r. F. D. No. 8.
,<Nfr. and Mrs. ]. J. Keller are board
ing with DR.. A. Y: Cartwright.
Miss Anna Belle Gladney left Mon
day for a visit to friends at Kershaw.
Mr.. Harry C. Smith, Of Charlotte, is
in Yorkville, on a visit to relatives and
friends.
| SMessrs. C. E. Dobson and R. Latta
Parish are spending few days at
Gaffney.
SMr. and Mrs. A. G. Brice, Of Chester,
spent Monday at the home Of ]. S.
Brice. Esq.
lz<Mr. George Jenkins, of Rock Hill, is
Visiting the family of Mr.. w. w. Jen-
kins this week.
Mr.. Dan T. Woods left Monday for q
weeks visit to Charlotte, Davidson and
Huntersville. N. C.
| 2,Miss Jennie White, Of Louisville, Ca,
| Is in Yorkville on a visit to the family
of DR.. w. G. White.
| mr. Robert Latta, Of the Atlantic
Coast Line engineering corps, Is in
Yorkville for a few days.
Rev. E. A. Ransom, of Charlotte, filled
the pulpit of the A. R. P. church last
Sunday morning and evening.
| XMiss Alice Mcconnell, Of Rock Hill
is visiting friends in Yorkville, the
guest of Miss Ethel Lasimer.
K Miss Mary Williamson, Of Guthrles;
VILE, Is in Yorkville, visiting Misses
Marion Logan and Bessie Sandifer.
lSMessrs. John Conrad, of McConnens-
willie and Sam Strait, of Ogden, visited
friends in and near Yorkville this week
| Master Robert Faulconer, of Char
lottesville, Va, is in Yorkville on WIS.,
it to the family Of Geo. w. s. Hart
Esq.
Misses Anice O'Leary, Mary and Rose
Hunter, left last Friday for visit to
Niagara Falls, N. Y, and other north,
ern points.
| Master Fulton Jones, of Beaumont
Tex, who Is attending school at Aiken
S. c., is in Yorkville on a visit to his
aunt, Mrs. w. H. Mcconnell.
Mr.. Withers Adickes left Monday
night for Columbia to attend the fune.
raj of Colonel Moorman. his brother-in-
law, who died in Asheville on Monday
Miss Elveree Barron, the eldest child
Of Mr.. Walter Barron, Is quite Ill with
typhoid fever at the home Of hel
grandmother, Mrs. Fewell, near Fod-
der.
HbMrs. W. o. Guy and Mrs. George
Steele. Of Lowrysville, and Mrs. Sue
Johnson and son, James Guy, Of Ches-
ter. spent Monday in Yorkville with
friends.
Thomas F. Mellow, Esq, went up tc
Blowing Rock last Friday to join Mrs
McDow, who has been spending some
time at that place; but on arrival
learned that scarlet fever was epidem-
ic and because of this Mr.. and Mrs
Mellow went to Charlotte.
Kings Mountain Democrat, July 81:
Mrs. Barber, mother of our clever
townsman, Robert Barber, died at the
home Of her son in this place last Sat-
urday, and was buried in the town
cemetery Sunday evening at o'clock
Mrs. Barber was quite old, "a, and had
been in failing health for many years
we think about Is since she was in good
health. Old age was the main cause
Of her death.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-06
THE DRUNKENNESS ORDINANCE.

The rigid construction that the towr
council has been putting on the ordi'
nance in relation to public drunken.
ness, has failed to stand the jury test
The matter came up last Monday in the
case of the Town of Yorkville against
Mr.. R. C. Caveny, and the verdict Of
the jury was against the town.
During last Friday, Mr.. Caveny was
arrested by Policeman Mendenhall or
the charge Of violating the ordinance
with relation to drunksnness. Mr.
Caveny insisted that he was sober, had
violated no ordinance, and refused tc
put up money demanded for his ap.
pearance before the mayor. Instead, he
demanded a trial before a jury and
gave bond to secure his presence or
Monday.
The case was taken up in accordance
with appointment. w. B. McCaw
Esq, represented the defendant, an6
w. w. Lewis, ESQ.,, appeared for the
prosecution. Because the testimony
had to be taken down in longhand, the
proceedings lasted all day and until
we'll in the night, and because the sub.
ject has been receiving great deal ot
consideration Of late, especially since
the establishment Of the dispensary
much interest was manifested.
Policeman Mendenhall's statement
was to the effect that while the defend
ant had not been disorderly or bolster
Gus, he knew that he was drinking and
disposed to be somewhat lively, and
that he made the arrest in pursuance
Of the general instructions covering
such cases. From his testimony, 1t was
quite clear that there was no undue
feeling in the matter nor no effort to
exaggerate or minimize the facts to
the favor or prejudice Of the defendant
The defendant put up a number OF
witnesses to testify as to his condition
Immediately before his arrest, at the
time he was in custody Of the police
man and Immediately afterward. This
testimony went to show that while
there was no question Of the fact that
he had been drinking whisky previous
to his arrest, and while he was feeling
it to a greater or less extent, he was
not indulging in undue hillarity or dis
orderly conduct and there were nc
special indications that he would dc
so, even If let alone.
The argument of counsel was directed
principally at the question as to what
constitutes drunkenness, the right OF
an individual to take a drink of liquor
If he sees proper to do so, provided he
does not interfere with or make him
self a nuisance to other people, and the
fine lines which mark the departure
from q condition of strict sobriety.
The jury listened patiently to every
thing that was said, and after a few
minutes deliberation, about long
enough to write it, returned with a
verdict Of not guilty.
There has been and there still is
much division of opinion over the ques-
tion as to what is the proper policy to
be pursued by the town council with
reference to the enforcement of the or
dinance against drunkenness. There
are those who hold to the idea that
when a man takes one drink Of whisky
he has commenced to get drunk, and
that so soon as he begins to show signs
Of feeling his whisky, he should be ar
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-06

In his Laurens speech, last Thurs
day, Mr.. ]. J. Hemphill denounced the
lien law because it enabled merchants
to charge 30 or 40 per cent. profit for
their goods. At least that is the way
he is reported. We agree with him in
the belief that the law Is a bad one
and ought to be repealed; but we do
not think that Mr.. Hemphill has hit
upon the principal objection. 1t may
be true, and no doubt is true. that
many merchants charge 80 or 40 per
cent. profit for their goods; but that
Is not the rule. Merchandising gen.
orally has never been such soft snap,
and If the facts were looked up we
have an idea that as many merchants
have been smashed on account Of the
failure of the lienors to pay this or
any other profit. as farmers have been
smashed by being required to pay such
exorbitant charges. But as suggested,
this is not the principal objection. The
objection lies in the speculative feat
ure. The lien law not only puts credit
within the reach Of the deserving;
but within the reach of the undeserv-
ing. BY the deserving. we mean the
honest man without means. and by the
undeserving, we mean the dishonest
man with or without means. The hon.
est man without means really does not
need the lein law very badly. That Is,
it Is not a necessity with him. The
dishonest man Is enabled to use it for
the purpose of swindling. 1t Is natural
for the merchant to seek to do all the
business he can. and it is just as nat
ural that he should overreach himself
and take bad paper, or rather paper on
bad people. 1t is here that both the
merchant and the honest farmer suffer,
and it is because Of dishonest people
that credit Is high. The repeal Of the
lien law will remove to large extent
this element Of chance, and to an
equally large extent do away with the
dishonest class of so-called farmers
who are millstones about the necks Of
honest farmers and merchants also. 1t
is true that If the lien law were abol-
ished. it would be more difficult for
dishonest people to get credit; but then
the credit of honest people would be
all the more valuable to them. So far
as the agricultural necessity Of the lien
law is concerned, it has none. There
never was q great deal of necessity for
this institution except during the first
few years after it was established.
Since then the county has, in various
ways, been able to build up enough ac-
tual values to serve as securities, if
not for all the credit that may be desir-
ed. at least for all that is really needed.
and the wiping out of the lien law,
would put us down on a solid basis that
would prove far more beneficial to all
kinds of development, especially moral,
intellectual and industrial.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-06

court upheld this contention; but the
finding was overruled BY the state su-
preme court.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-06

THE GROWING CORN CRoP.-A Neck
lenburg farmer, who was in The OBJ
server office Saturday, made the re-
mark that he had the biggest corn crop
this year that he has known since the
war. Talk of large corn crop is gen.
eral throughout this section. Statisti-
clans all over the country have been fig
uring on a record-breaking crop and the
figures generally accepted as approx
mately correct are $500 100000 bushels.
This is billion more than the crop of
last year, which was 1,522,000,000 BUSH
els. The railroads, whose agents keep
pretty we'll posted with crop conditions,
evidently have faith in the big crop
prediction, for they are already making
preparations for carrying the grain. 1t
is evident that despite the recent floods,
the corn crop this year Is going to be
an enormous one.-Charlotte Observer.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1902-05-02
HOWS THIS.

We offer one hundred dollars reward
for any case of catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHDNEY & co.. Props. Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
Cheney for the last is years. and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax. wholesale druggists.
Toledo. Walding. Kinnan & Marvin,
wholesale druggists, Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per
bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testi-
monials Free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1902-05-02
am easy way

soy beans, the vetches and clovers,
alfalfa, the sorghums, corn, rape and
cabbage as in the far-famed blue
grass.
Prof. Thos. Shaw, at the Mime
sofa Experiment Station, has grazed
sheep from May 1st to November 1st
on such drops as rye, sorghum, rape,
corn, oats and peas, barley, COW peas
and cabbage and obtained results
which would astonish a blue grass
farmer.
"The time is ripe for Southern men
to take hold of this business and push
it as they are pushing their manu-
featuring interests. ~
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1902-05-02
And Travel Via the S. A. L.

Special rates are offered to the In
dependent Order of Foresters, Los
Angeles, CAL, April 29th, 1902, Con-
vention of Federation of Womens'
Clubs, at Los Angeles Cal, May 1-8,
Imperial Council, Mobiles of Mystic
Shrine, San Francisco, Cal, June 10
to ID. Biennial meeting Knights OF
Pyttias San Francisco, Aug. HIP.
Rate from Southern Pines for round
trip $65.25. For further information
call on G. E. Peck, agent, Southern
Pines, N. G.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1902-05-02

Try the new remedy for costiveness.
Chamberlain Stomach and Liver
Tablets Every box guaranteed. Price
Is. cents. For sale by Johnsons Phar.
macy.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1902-05-02
For Sale.

Two small type writer's, two gramo-
phones with 80 records and one large can
of mixed white paint. Fifteen dollars will
buy the entire outfit including severrl bot
t es of type writer ink
THE FREE PRESS.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1902-05-02
Early Lambs For
Northern Markets.
'sst
A. D. McNair, Of the North Carolina
Experiment Farm says there is
Profit in such an Industry.

Profit in such an Industry.
We notice that the Superintendent
of the Experiment Farm, Capt. A. D.
McNair, says ian industry which
should be taken up by the Southern
farmer is the industry of raising hot
house lambs, so-called. The name is
really misnomer, for no hot house
is used nor any artificial heat, for a
hot house lamb is only lamb
which is dropped in November or De-
cember and forced to be ready for
market in February or March. The
raising of Christmas lambs is only
another phase of this business. That
the South has great advantages in
this business, ought to be apparent to
any one who knows sheep. Early
vegetables and early fruits are already
raised on large scale in the South
for the Northern markets and there is
no reason why early lambs should not
also be produced on large and prof
liable scale
LET the reader bear in mind that
hot house lambs sell every year in
the big Northern markets during Feb
ruary and March for prices which
range from IS to $12 per carcass; such
carcasses dressing from 80 to IS
pounds.
with the mild winters which the
Southern States possess; climate
which permits much open field graz
ing and which calls for only small!
expense to provide suitable shelter it
is singular that the Southern farmer
has not developed this business al
ready. It cannot be said that the
South lacks the right kinds Of grasses
and forage crops for sheep, for it is
not true. On the contrary, the South
can raise as many pounds of good
sheep feed per acre as the North and
probably more. The South may not
have as good grass for permanent
pasture as the blue grass of the North,
but the day has passed when it is nee
essary to depend upon permanent pas
lures either for sheep or cattle.
"More feed can be raised on each
acre of ground by growing a success
sion Of forage crops, each in it's sea-
son, than by depending upon any
permanent pasture. 1t is the 'ignis
fatuus of modern agricultural
thought that permanent pastures are
a necessity in the live stock business
or even that they are advantageous
except in special cases or over limited
areas. It has scarcely dawned upon
the average farmer that there can be
produced three times as many pounds
of digestible nutrients per acre in
such crops as COW peas, velvet beans,
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1902-05-02
Town Commissioners!
.3''3'.3..s'
Synopsis Of the Meeting Held at the
Mayors Office Monday Evening.

Mayors Office Monday Evening.
A regular meeting of the Board
of Commissioners held on the %
Mayor Grout in the chair, and
commissioners Leavitt, Geyer,
Beck and Weaver present. Min
utes of last meeting were read and
approved.
Communications from Partridge
Banking House, Geo. E. Beard and
E. D. Oslin were read and placed
on file.
On motion it was decided to-
declare insolvent J. G. Bland, j.
w. Weldon, and j. A. Wicker,
and that they be relieved Of 1900
taxes.
r. M. Couch appeared before
the Board in behalf of the I'm
provement Society, with a request
that all mud holes be filled up.
Referred to committee on street
and public works.
It was voted that cash to the
amount Of $210 be appropriated
for payment Of note of Fabric Fire
Hose company due may 9, 1902.
Bills OF J. 7. Dillehay $3.50,
VIM. Baldwin $3.50, |. F. Chand-
Ter $125.00, Thurston & Parker,
50 ga, IL. Weber 25c and City
Telephone Company 1910 were
ordered paid.
1t was voted that bid of r. W.
Brown for putting in sewer pipe at
filter beds be accepted.
An ordinance was reported re-
gula,ing the speed for driving
or riding on west Railroad
street from Connecticut avenue
New Hampshire avenue be not
over four miles an hour and be-
tween west Railroad street from
New Hampshire to New York
avenue not over six miles an hour,
also providing for six miles an
hour on Bennett street from New
Hampshire to New York avenues.
The fine to be same as in ordin-
ance No. 81 regulating speed of
bicycles.
E. Leavitt reported the pro
position from M. B. clarke in re-
gard to town advertising, the re-
port being accepted.
R. M. Couch appeard before the
Board in regard to taxes. In re-
gard to same the clerk was in.
to correspond with town
attorney and ascertain if the col
lector has the authority to collect
the cost of taxes.
L. E. Grover, A. P. Maddox, F.
B. Thomas, and A. E. Brown were
declared delinquents and the col.
[ector so notified.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1902-05-02

ARE you WISE great many People aSs t for ~ n noa
nation there remedy equal Mexican Mustang Aen''
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-05-10
Order Of Pendo.

A Council composed of 33 charter
members was partially organized in
L. o. o. F. Hall, last Friday even
ing, by Mrs. Maud r. Wheeler, Supt
OF Organizing department for the
state of Idaho.
This order pays sick and acct
dent benefit Of $40 week as we'll
as life insurance. The Order of
Pendo is member of the National
Fraternity Congress of America,
hence of first class standing Ii
starts out in Weiser with a first class
charter list and with bright pros
poets.
Besides being the organizer of this
order here, Mrs. Wheeler is clerk
of Kalos Circle and very enthusi
astic Woman of Woodcraft. The
Circle has added 16 new members tC
its ranks in the last two months
bringing its membership up to A.
A MEMBER.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-05-10

The proper thing in cutting bread Is
noted thus by the Boston Cooking
School Magazine:
Bread for luncheon and breakfast
should be cut from one-fourth to one
third Of an inch thick, then cut In halves
from top to bottom. Pile evenly on
plate with the cut edges close togeth-
er. Place only six or eight layers on
plate.
Dinner bread should be thicker than
that used for breakfast and luncheon.
Cut slices Of bread three-fourths Of an
inch thick and trim them until they
are three and half by three and
half inches. Cut In halves and place
a piece in the folds Of each napkin.
If the bread must be cut long before
serving, it may be kept fresh by GOV
ering with a napkin that has been dip
] ped in water and wrung nearly dry.