Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-01-08

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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
The President at Charleston.
According to a Washington dispatch,
arrangements are being made for the
visit of the president to the Charleston
exposition during February. The pres
ident expects to go to the exposition
along about February 10, and 1t Is un-
derstood that he will be accompanied
by most of the members Of the cabinet
and the cabinet ladies. The party VIII
remain in Charleston two days, may
be three, and will return to Washing
ton direct, without extending the trip.
County High Schools.
Columbia special to The News and
Courier: County Superintendent or
Education Wallace is urging friends In
the legislature to initiate plan to es-
tablish a. high school in each county
in the state. He thinks that first
class high school can be established
and maintained upon an appropriation
Of $4,000 for each county, and expresses
the belief that such a school will do
more to promote the cause Of educa-
ton in South Carolina than anything
else that can be done. Richland coun-
ty, by the way, Is the pioneer county
in this matter of establishment OF
county high school.
Cook County Democracy Coming.
Columbia special, of Sunday, to The
News and Courier: Today Mr.. G. E.
Miller, the secretary Of Robert E.
Burke, the widely known political lead
er of Chicago, is in thsscity on his way
to Charleston, making all necessary
preliminary preparations for the tour
of the famous Cook County Democracy
of Chicago the objective point Of which
Is the Charleston exposition. 1t Is the
purpose Of the party to reach Charles
ton on the evening of the 10th, and re-
main in that city until February 18th.
Next to Tammany Hall, Of New York.
this is the most famous Democratic or
ganization in the United States, and on
this southern tour will be headed by
Mayor Harrison, Of Chicago, who Will
be accompanied by Mayor Rose, Of Mil
waukee, who comes along as the special
guest of the organization. There will
be 200 members of the famous organiza-
ton in the party, and they will be ac-
companied by the celebrated De Baugh
Military band, Of so pieces, one OF the
best military bands in the country and
said to be the finest uniformed organi-
cation in existence. The organization
has now toured every portion Of the
United States except California, and
next year the tour will be through that
state; the year after that old Mexico Is
to be toured. The organization Is to
travel on this tour in eleven Pullman
cars, and the train will be operated as
a special over all the lines used. The
Chicagoans take pride in announcing
that they pay their own expenses at all
points visited. This organization Is one
of the finest marching concerns In the
America. It is composed largely or
wealthy and influential men, yet they
take particular pride in their marching,
and when they make stop they dis
dain to use carriages or cars. They'
prefer to march with the band at their
head. The members all wear silk hats,
black Prince Albert suits, white neck
ties and patent leather shoes and car
ry silk umbrellas, with which they
drill They have attracted national at
tention. In the party, besides Mayor
Harrison, will be Robert E. Burke, the
greatest political leader Chicago ever
had, the man who has managed all of
the successful campaigns of Carter
Harrison and his father, and no end or
others. The band and the quartette
have been for sometime rehearsing all
the southern melodies, old and new, for
use in the concerts to be given at the
hotels on this trip. The visitors, of
course. intend to make a stop at CO.
lumbia, and today Mr.. Miller met the
governor, the mayor, the state chair
man Of the Democracy, the state Sec
retary Of the South Carolina organiza-
ton, the presidents of the various clubs
and others Of prominence in the COM
munity The train will reach Colum-
bia sometime on the afternoon Of the
9Th of February. and the visitors will
remain here until about noon the fol-
lowing day. A local committee Of ar
rangements and reception IS being
formed, and the Chicago men will be
shown things in Columbia that they
can find nowhere else, such as the big
Olympia cotton mill and the state dis
pensary. The legislature will be in ses-
sion at the time. No effort will be
spared 10 make them have a good time
during their stay here. The special
train will leave Chicago on February S,
and stops will be made at Huntington,
Clifton Forge, Va, Charlottesville. Old
Point Comfort, Newport News, Rich
mond and Danville, Va, and Charlotte,
N. c., before Columbia is reached. At
all these points the mayors, the COVER
nOrs and other prominent people have
extended cordial invitations to the visit
ors and reception committees are at
work. When Charleston is reached the
exposition will be given due attention
for three days. and the Chicagoans ex-
pect to have royal time in the City by
the Sea. After leaving Charleston, Sa-
vannah, Jesup, Atlanta, Chattanooga.
Lexington. Louisville and indianapolis
will be visited. stops being made at
each point by invitation. The party
will be absent from Chicago about four
weeks.