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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-29
WITHIN THE TOWN.

The K. M. M. A. football team Is
practicing for the season just COM
menced, and Is at present under the
instruction of Mr.. r. Latta Parish, a
former member of the South Carolina
college team.
Since cotton dropped under ten
cents the receipts at B. N. Moore &
Co.'s warehouse have been on the in
crease. There has been a general will
ingness to sell at 10 cents; but many
of those who are able to hold their
cotton are not willing to part with it
at less price.
A change of schedule went into ef-
feet on the Carolina and North West
ern railroad on Sunday. 1t is not very
material to the people Of Yorkville so
far as the passenger service Is con-
cernad. 1t will be noted, however,
that the northbound mail train and
the southbound freight train, both Of
which carry passengers, meet at York
Vile at 9.35 a. m.
Mr.. j. A. Howe today calls atten-
ton to the fact that he has added an
other chair to his we'll appointed bar
bershop, next door to the First Ma
tional bank, making three chairs In
all. Mr.. G. H. Sherrer, a first-class
workman, presides over one chair, Mr..
r. B. Giles has just arrived from At
lanta to take charge Of a second, while
Mr.. Howe will continue to wait on his
numerous customers in the third. Mr..
Howe's many friends are pleased to
note the steady and healthy growth Of
his business so evident to all Of his
customers.
The First National Bank Of York
Vile Is now paying out over its coun-
ters, brand new money, just from the
bureau Of engraving and printing. The
money came yesterday by express
printed on Sheets containing four bills
each-one twenty and three tens. After
signing up lot Of the bills, President
Wilkins brought them up to THE
ENQUIRER Office to be cut apart on the
big paper cutter in the job room. He
was quite careful to see that none Of
them got tangled up in the machinery;
but Mr.. Allen is now giving them
away promiscuously for cotton and
other things.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-29

other local phone companies. 1t seeks
to be perfectly fair to all, and its OBJ
ject in paying attention to the subject,
was only to see that the interests and
rights Of the public receive full con-
sideration.
The telephone situation in Yorkville
and the country surrounding Is like
this. The Bedford Phone company
owns a franchise to conduct an ex-
change in the town Of Yorkville. The
franchise was granted In 1897, TO be
good for a period of ten years. 1t
therefore has five more years to run.
The maximum rate Of charges allow
ed In this franchise Is 81 per month.
The franchise, Of course, Is transfeTa-
BILE.
to inquire, that the Bedford people will
sell at a price, we have no doubt.
Neither do we doubt that the Bell peo-
pie would be willing to buy, were the
conditions more favorable. For one
thing they do not fancy that maximum
limit Of 81 in the Bedford charter, and
again they realize that If they were
the owners, they would be embarrassed
by the fact that so many Of the wires
of the Bedford company run across
private lots instead of along the pub
lie streets.
The conditions which especially con-
Germ the people of the town Of York
VILE and the country surrounding are
in the first place. justice to the Bed
ford company, and in the second place
justice and protection to themselves.
The telephone has become public
necessity The people are unable to do
without it. They, therefore, have a
right to protection in the matter OF
the maximum charge for given SER
vice. We have understood that the
Bell people are not disposed to main
tain the country lines that are main
tanned by the Bedford people. The
country lines are in some respects
more important than are the town sys-
tens, and 1t seems to US that they
should be provided for In whatever
contract the town may see proper to
make.
The country lines provided for, and
the maximum rate that may De
charged to patrons fixed on reason
able basis, 1t makes but little differ
ence to the local public who owns the
telephone system, especially 80 long
as the Bedford phone company re-
ceives the consideration to which it is
entitled on account Of its having been
first on the ground and on account OF
the labor and capital 1t has expended
in the development of It's business.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-29

son. In addition to these seven were
seriously injured. The trestle was a
long one, in the shape Of letter "S,"
and about seventy-five feet high. The
track approaches the trestle on each
side down a steep grade. The train
was running at the rate Of about forty
miles an hour. and 1t is supposed that
the wreck was caused by the trestle
being struck at this high speed. The
railroad people. in an official account
sent out from Washington, say that
the wreck was caused by a broken
flange The associate Press story
says this was Engineer Broady's first
trip over the road. The official ac-
count says that the engineer had been
running for twenty five years, much OF
which time was spent on the particu-
lar division. The train carried only
mail and express.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-29

CONCERNING the work of the Nor
mons, Prof Richard T. Ely has these
strong words: THE Mormon organ
ization is the most nearly perfect piece
of social mechanism with which 1 have
ever in any way come in contact, ex-
cepting alone the German army. 1t
moves with the impact Of trained reg
ulars and with the zeal Of fiery fanat-
les. It moves to western coasts, to
eastern capitals. Its hypocrisies blind
fold a nation, while it chases, paraly-
zes and strangles. With what easy
indifference we regard its advance! If
we were told there were two thousand
men going through the country, every
one of them infected with smallpox,
the nation would flee or would grapple
with the danger, but to be told there
are two thousand men abroad, trying
with the deftest tact to infect nation
with a religious system that is bias
phemous and with practices that are
subversive of social morality and de-
structive of the national conscience, Is
to awaken a mild protest here and
there. or even to call forth as an apol-
ogy, Are not Mormons industrious?
Look at their schools, their ir-'gat-
ing bitches. their commercial prosper
ity." We go to sleep while their sys-
TEN spreads and its apostles hasten
toward their avowed goal-the control
of the western states and territories,
the ultimate holding of the national
balance of power"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-29
NOTE AND COMMENT.

X has been reported to THE ENoU1-
RER that partridge shooting has al
ready commenced in violation Of the
law. Sportsmen should look into the
matter and punish all who are engag-
ed in such a practice.
The PresbyteriaI High school at
Bethany has fifteen or more boarders
and is getting along very nicely. Prof.
Huggins, Mr.. ]. L. McGill and others
especially interested in the progress Of
the work. feel very much encouraged
at what has been accomplished up to
this time.
The schedule that Yorkville needs
more than any other Is one that will
facilitate connections at Rock Hill
with northbound and southbound
trains going and coming. The town
will be best suited by a train going
east early in the morning and west in
the afternoon. People living on the
eastern side of the county want
schedule that will bring them to York
vile and take them back the same day.
There has been a story in circulation
to the effect that Mr.. Morrow Of
Blacksburg, who was badly injured in
the Fishing creek wreck, has settled
with the Southern railroad for $4,000.
The reporter has 1t pretty straight
that this Is incorrect. There has been
no settlement of the case. There are
various rumors as to what has been
done in the other cases; but 1t Is not
practicable to gather the facts. AS yet
no notices of actions have been filed
in the office of the clerk Of the court.
The Southern railroad is now hur-
rying repairs on the Charleston divis-
ion Of the Southern, between Camden
and Marion with all possible dispatch.
All or the trestles are receiving atten-
tion and thousands of new cross ties
are being put down all along the line.
The Catawba river bridge Is being
overhauled to an extent that suggests
virtual renewal. The heavy engine
drawing the westbound freight train
was not permitted to cross last Satur-
day. Instead a transfer was ordered,
and the balance Of the run was made
with a smaller engine.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-29

THE very general opinion of the
newspaper and diplomatic world is
that inability to agree upon the divis-
ion Of the sultan's estate is the prin-
cipal, and almost the only reason, why
the European powers do not under
take to put a stop to the terrible con-
dition of affairs now prevailing in the
Balkans. Failure on the part Of Eu-
rope to take hand, however, does not
seem to be very satisfactory guar
antee Of the statu quo. An open war
between Turkey and Bulgaria seems
inevitable within the next few weeks,
and that the war can continue Tor
even 4S hours, without involving 9TH
er nations is generally regarded as i'm
possible.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-29
THE TELEPHONE QUESTION.

The matter Of a franchise for the
Bell telephone people in Yorkville is
still receiving consideration at the
hands of the town council and of many
individual citizens; but as yet no sat
isfactory solution of the problem in
volved has been reached.
The diplomatic agent Of the Bell
company was In to see The ENQUIRER
one day last week, with reference to
the article that recently appeared In
this paper on the subject of the meth
ods Of the Bell people, and brought
with him q letter from his superin-
tendent, the object Of which letter was
to show that THE ENQUIRER had put
the Bell people in a false light.
In the letter referred to, addressed
to the gentleman who fills the position
of diplomatic agent" the superinten-
dent sets forth that 1t was not the
policy of his company to starve out
competition by giving free service, etc.
but to conduct a fair and legitimate
business, with charges based upon the
cost Of first class service. In the first
part Of his long letter, he offered to
pay the expenses of the editor of THE
ENQUIRER to such town as would fur
nish an illustration Of the conditions
outlined in the article complained Of,
and before concluding the superinten-
dent admitted that in some cases the
company had been forced to give
free service" to meet the aggressive
and unfair competition of Independent
systems, etc.
When the attention Of the "diplo-
matte agent" was called to this admis-
sion Of the superintendent, that gen.
tleman made the point that THE EN-
oUIRER's article gave the impression
that this free service" business was
the regular policy of the Bell people,
whereas, it had been done only in a
few cases. In order to square up the
whole matter, and to give both sides
of the case, there was an offer to print
the letter Of the Bell superintendent
in full; but this offer was respectfully
declined by the gentleman who had
control Of the letter.
THE ENQUIRER does not desire to be
understood as being hostile to the Bell
people, or partial to the Bedford and
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-29
LOCAL AFFAIRS
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

M. ]. Conrad, Administrative
notice Of the sale Of the personal
property Of the late Robert Conrad,
on October 16.
J. A. Howe-Invites your patronage
and promises to give all his custom
ers first-class service at his barber
shop.
Probate Judge McCorkle-Gives no
tice that Mrs. Macie Robinson has
applied for letters Of administration
on the estate Of A. c. L. Robinson,
deceased.
York Drug Store-Says quarter
bottle means a dollars worth Of re-
lief If you buy coughease.
T. w. Speck, The Jeweler-1nvites at
tention to his superb line Of sterling
silver and cut glass.
c. P. Lowrance & Co.-Tell you that
you owe it to your family to buy
only the best Of canned goods.
J. @. Wray-Talks about the elegant
quality, the style, the finish and the
neatness Of his 81 hat for men.
regard to furniture that will interest
buyers Of household goods.
Jas. M. Starr & Co.-Have received a
choice lot of field seeds and tells Of
advantages Of crimson clover. They
also talk about knives and razors.
York Cotton Mill Store-Offers some
special bargains In crockery. trunks,
shirtwaists, underskirts, etc., for
next Friday and Saturday.
York Implement Co-Has received a
carload of Oliver plows, Is selling
them and asks that you ask your
neighbor about oliver chilled plows.
Sam M. Grist, Special Agent Invites
your attention to some questions in
regard to life insurance, makes some
claims for the Mutual Benefit and
says he Is ready to prove them.
Southern Railway-Announces special
rates for the state fair and also for
the Georgia Confederate reunion at
Augusta.
First National Bank-Tells you to
protect your money from losses by
fire. burglars, etc., by depositing
your money with 1t.
Strauss Smith Co.-Invites the ladies
attention to their large stock Of first
class dress goods ranging In price
from 10 cents yard and up.
J. M. Heath & Co.-Announce their
fall millinery opening for next Fri
day and promise the largest exhibit
Of fall millinery ever shown In this
town. They also have a large stock
of fine dress goods.
Foushee Cash Store-Says the cap
fits you" because 1t has so many that
you are sure to be fitted. 1t also
has large stock Of umbrellas.
C. & NV. Railroad-Publishes the
new schedule, which went into ef-
feet last Sunday.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-29

THERE is a disagreement between
Mr.. ]. E. Mcdonald Of Winnsboro, and
the Columbia State as to the meaning
of the following telegram: "Unani-
nous desire Of Winnsboro bar special
term be held Sd Monday October.
Regular term be called Off" This is
o. w. Buchanan's dispatch
to Chief Justice Pope. 1t has been
established as a fact that it was not
the unanimous desire Of the "Winns-
boro bar" to have the regular term
called off, and the question between
the State and Mr.. Mcdonald, is wheth-
er Judge Buchanan's telegram was cal
culated to give that impression. Judge
Pope evidently gathered such an idea
from the telegram. else he would not
have made an announcement to that
effect at Spartanburg.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-29


street, coming north. I went around
and met Mr.. Tillman. 1 walked up to
him and threw my coat open In this
position. I said, Governor, you know
who 1 am" He said Certainly" I
said, Il will have to place you under
arrest" He said, "All right, sir" He
said, II received Gonzales's message
said, Did you shoot Mr.. Gonzales?'
He said, II did" I said, do you think
you hit him." He said, Il did," l
reached for his pistol he had in his
hand. He pulled back a little. He
said, II don't want to give that up
now" I said could not place man
under arrest and let him remain arm
ed. He said, II want to use 1t for pro-
lection until I get to the station
said, mo, I will protect you.'
Going to the station, I and him,
Mr. Buchanan came running up. At
that time I did not know Mr.. Buchan-
an. 1 wheeled and put Mr.. Tillman
behind me. He said, THAT Is all
right; that is my brother-in-law.' We
then walked down to the guard house.
The chief was sitting in there, and I
turned him over to the chief. l told
him that he had shot Mr.. Gonzales and
that Mr.. Tillman said he wanted pro-
lection. The chief ordered him sent
upstairs In his room. The housekeep-
er who was in charge took Mr.. TILL
man upstairs. In a few minutes the
sheriff came down and that was all
heard.
The other witnesses examined dur
ing the day were Sheriff Coleman, ].
F. Walker, ]. A. Hoyt, Jr, Lewis G.
Wood, Jr.. and M. C. Wallace. The
testimony Of Sheriff Coleman and Mr..
Walker was intended to trace and
identify Tillman's pistol, and that of
the other witnesses to show that Con-
zales was unarmed.
This Mornings Proceedings.
BY Telegraph to the Enquirer.
LEXINGTON, September 2s.-Consid-
cradle progress was made in the testi-
mony today. Most Of the morning
was taken up by the testimony Of the
physicians as to the character Of the
wounds inflicted upon Mr.. Gonzales.
The defense showed clearly that 1t
proposes to combat the introduction
of any dying declarations. After
long fight, Judge Gary admitted In ev-
idence a statement to DR.. Pope by
Gonzales to the effect: 81 am killed"
This was admitted as a link toward
the introduction Of a complete dying
declaration. The dying declaration
itself, however, has not yet been Of
fered in evidence.
Ambrose E. Gonzales was presented
by the prosecution to offer the files OF
the Columbia State in evidence. The
defense traced with Mr.. Ambrose
Gonzales the spats between Mr.. N. G.
Gonzales, the deceased, and Colonel
Tillman, and also their various con-
| tentions.
Mr.. Ambrose Gonzales could not re-
call that his brother had ever abused
Colonel Tillman; but stated that all
that his brother had ever said Of Col
onel Tillman was to be found In the
columns Of the State newspaper. He
said his brother talked more than he
wrote and never wrote anything about
man which he would not say to that
mans face.
The witness also testified that he
never in his life heard the deceased
utter threat about any man. AS to
public men his brother was absolutely
fearless. koHN.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-29
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Fire in Greenville.

Fire in Greenville.
The Ferguson building. in Greenville
occupied by the Daily Herald and the
Brewer printing office was destroyed
by fire last Saturday. The loss was
about $4,000. The Daily Herald has
since been issued from the office OF
the Greenville Mountaineer.
judge Buchanan of Record.
Although Mr.. Croft, in charge OF
the defense of Jas. H. Tillman,
failed on Monday Of last week
to announce Judge o. w. Buch-
anan as being Of counsel associated
with him, he has since taken occasion
to do so. Judge Buchanan Is assisting
in the defense.
The Newspaper Man and the Tiger.
D. E. Bolton, a Greenwood restaurant
keeper, has commenced suit against
Rev. G. w. Gardner editor OF the
Greenwood Journal, for $4,000 for al
legged damage to character, etc. Some
time ago the constables seized 100 half
pints of whisky that came to Green
wood addressed to ID. E. Bolton" and
in referring to the matter, the journal
said Bolton had for some time past
been suspected Of dealing in the con-
traband. D. H. McGill, the well-known
dispensary advocate Of Greenwood, Is
representing Bolton. Editor Gardner
Is a prohibitionist. AS to whether
Bolton is a tiger has not been demon
strated in the courts; that Is, he has
not been convicted. 1t Is probable
that Editor Gardner Is to be put up
against some annoyance.
Cotton Short In Lancaster.
Lancaster special to the News and
Courier: The decline Of a cent a
pound in the price Of cotton during
the past twenty-four hours is having
a depressing effect upon the farmers,
and consequently upon trade. While
not buying many goods, farmers are
continuing to sell their cotton as fast
as they can get it picked, ginned and
hauled to market, presumably in an
ticipation Of still lower prices for the
staple. The majority of farmers with
whom your correspondent has talked
say they will not make more than q
half crop of cotton. Now ad then one
says he is counting" on two-thirds,
but that is the highest estimate yet
heard of. One farmer remarked today
that off Of fifty acres he would not get
exceeding fifteen bales, when at one
time he confidently expected q yield or
forty.
A Little Sensational, Maybe.
Columbia State, Tuesday: Members
of train crews on the old Three Cs
line are making strong efforts to get
on other runs because Of fear OF the
bridges between Camden and Blacks
burg. A Columbia railroad man came
in yesterday, telegraphing his resig-
nation in rather than make another
trip over the road. He had made only
one regular return trip over the ROAD.
Another told his comrades that he
would certainly resign If he did not
get a transfer. He got it last week.
Work is being done on all the bridges
and there is hardly ground for general
fear about the road, especially as
Chairman Garris and the railroad COM
missions expert, Col. ]. H. AVerlll,
have just completed an examination,
the results of which have not led them
to insist on anything radical being
done before the board meets on the 7th
of October.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-29

THE Houston Post publishes a re-
port in which it is represented that e.
100000 bales is a liberal estimate for
the Texas cotton crop. The popular
estimate six weeks ago was 100000
bales; but it is claimed that these fig
ures have been cut down nearly two
thirds by boil worms, sharpshooters
and dry weather. According to the
Post, there is no possible chance for
a top crop, that is worth considering.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-29
There has been more or less dis

There has been more or less dis
cussion in Yorkville and in the country
Immediately surrounding Of the proba-
BILE reason that may have led the rail-
road commission to select Rock Hill
instead Of Yorkville as the place for
holding its investigation Of the Fish
ing creek wreck. The accident occur
red within less than three miles of
Yorkville and hundreds Of Yorkville
people got there before the dead and
wounded had been extricated, while
there were no Rock Hill people on the
ground for nearly an hour afterward.
There were only few present at any
time. Yorkville Is much closer to the
greater number Of witnesses than is
Rock HILL and 1t seems that the COM
mission should have selected this place
for the holding Of its investigation.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-29

SENATOR Can mack Of Tennessee,
says that the story that he intends to
introduce in the next congress a reso-
luton for the repeal Of the fifteenth
amendment is a mistake. He admits
that he said thst he had thought of
doing so for the purposes Of bringing
the subject up for debate; but ex-
plains that he did not say that ne
would introduce such resolution. he
has decided that such resolution, In
troduced for whatever purpose, would
raise sectional issues that would be
disagreeable.