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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-18
Wednesday, February Is, 1903.

Dobson; Elise Latimer with j. H.
Blackwell; Mary Walker with G. M.
Trammel: Hattie Elliott with Joe Hart;
Lenora Williofrd with W. A. Searson;
Kate Hunter with D. Wyatt Neville;
Geraldine Lowry with Bedford Moore;
Virginia Neville with Helvetio Bos-
chetti; Leon White with T. H. Adams;
Marie Moore with r. Ramirez; Helen
Lowry with M. Moses; Ollie Walker
with Clark Adickes; Mary Dodson with
George Cartwright; Marion Logan
with M. Morrow; Bessie Sandifer with
8. e. Jacobs; Maggie Sandifer with
Philip Hunter; Marie Crosby with Roe
Willis; Ella Carroll with Philip Hun
ter; Elizabeth Hunter with s.. M.
Rhodes; Cornelia Elliott with Charles
Moore; Mamie Lee Grist with A. B.
Hammond; Lyl Parish with ]. H. Nor
row; Mary Schorb with A. E. Bennett;
Emma Neil with Philip Hunter; Mary
Gill with A. Freidheim; Lizzie Lowry
with ]. w. Powell; Louise Lowry with
Capt. Wolfe; Amanda Clawson with
w. M. Patrick; Margaret Daniel with
w. F. B. Johnson; Bessie Williams
with A. B. Sinkler; Hattie Hunter with
Joe Heath; Mary Starr with II.
Boschetti; Bessie Gilbert with James
Fulp; Fredrica Lindsay with Arthur
Beale; frankie Clawson with Sam
Miller; Mary Eunice Grist with Frank
Riddle; Misses Mary Hunter, Rose
Hunter, Maggie McCorkle, Josie Car
roll, Ethel Latimer. Chaperones:
Mesdames w. G. and r. T. Stephen
son, w. B. Moore and Miss Maggie
Moore.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-18
DOG BILL PASSED.

The house has finally passed dog
bill, the first that has ever met the ap-
proval Of that body. OF course, the
bill is not yet law and it may never
be; but the action taken by the house
is some encouragement to those people
who have for years been working to
secure some reasonable regulations
along this line. AS the matter is of es-
pecial interest in this part of the
state, we reproduce in full the News
and Couriers report Of what was said
and done. The action was taken last
Friday:
The perennial dog bill was taken up
in the shape of Mr.. Forde's bill to pro-
vide a capitatiOn tax on dogs.
Mr.. Dennis wanted the bill promptly
killed.
Mr.. Wingo favored the substitute bill
and insisted that 1t was high time to
pass some law on the dog question.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-18

the other two contesting roads have
apparently dropped out Of the fight,
while the Carolina and Northwest
ern has done sufficient grading to lay
claim to that favorite expression Of
railroad builders-"the right to emil
nent omain"-whatever that means.
At any rate the constructors claim
that they have blazed trail sufficient
ly plain to hold the gap against ali in
truders. The plan Of the promoters Of
the line, the Observer correspondent
is further informed, is to let the con-
tract for construction to q point near
Boone, via Cofrey's Gap. with the idea
that in three years trains can be run
over the line. A railroad man says
that, while comparatively good route
has been established, the work will
be very heavy, and that much time
will be required to make way for the
iron horse.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-18
THE WILSON MURDER CASE.
Bishop Intruded q House and KILL
ed the Owner.

Bishop Intruded q House and KILL
ed the Owner.
The case Of Arthur L. Bishop, on
trial for the murder of Thomas ]. Will
son has been Of all absoring interest
in Charlotte during the past few days.
The case Of the prosecution was con-
Quoted Saturday afternoon. The prin7
cipal witnesses was Ada Wilson,
daughter Of the deceased. According
to her story, corborated in most Of its
details, she and Lena Shultz, had been
members Of a party Of carousers. the
night of the killing. Bishop was also
one Of the party. There was some
wine and whisky drinking. When the
party broke up, Ada Wilson and Lena
Shultz, started to the Wilson home.
Bishop went with them, without be-
ing invited. Arriving at the house,
the party entered the parlor and Bishop
bolted the door. He then produced
whisky and wine. About that time
Mr.. Thomas J. Wilson appeared and
demanded admittance. Miss Wilson
unbolted the door. Mr.. Wilson order
ed his daughter to her room, and told
Miss Shultz and Bishop to leave the
house. Bishop protested; Wilson in
sisted, and Wilson had stick in his
hand when he first appeared but put it
down. Bishop was offended at being
ordered out Of the house and shot Will
son, killing him almost instantly.
The testimony Of the defence was to
the effect that when Wilson came into
the parlor he assaulted Bishop with
his stick. and continued the assault
until Bishop had to shoot in self-de-
fense.
The latest advice was to the effect
that no verdict had been rendered: but
that the jury would probably reach
a conclusion today.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-18
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mr.. John G. White, of Chester spent
Monday in Yorkville.
Mr.. D. c.. Boyd, of Balloon, was in
Yorkville Saturday.
Mr.. w. o. Guy, treasurer Of Chester
county, spent Monday in Yorkville.
b Lieutenant James B. Allison is to go
to the Philippines within few weeks.
Master Eugene Elliott is quite sick,
having been confined to his bed since
Monday.
to Riverside, Lancaster county, on a
visit to her parents.
Mr.. Geo. L. Riddle and grandson,
Master Joe Riddle, Of Zeno, spent last
Saturday in Yorkville.
Mr.. Eugene Waters, Of Henrietta, N.
c., came down on Sunday night and
spent Monday with his friend, Mr.. w.
M. Allison.
|A(Mr. and Mrs. E. R McElwee, Of Co.
lumbia, have been up this week on q
visit to Mr.. McElwee's father, Mr.. s.
A. McElwee.
X Mrs. Sam w. Guy, of Lowrysville
came up to Yorkville last Saturday on
a short visit to her sister Mrs. J. B.
Pegram, who Is quite i'll.
Mr.. A. T. Hardin, son Of Mr.. Ira
Hardin, Of Blacksburg, has been ap-
pointed engineer Of maintainance of
way of the New York and Hudson
River railroad.
A telegram received here last Satdr-
day night from DR.. C. Fred Williams,
announced his arrival in San Fran
cisco. He is just from the Philippines,
and is expected to arrive in Yorkville
within a few weeks.
kTSupervisor Boyd, who was in York
vile yesterday, reported that the con-
dition Of Mr.. Sidney Robinson, Of Edg-
moor, who has been down with pneu-
monia for some days, Is extremely
critical. His relatives and friends fear
that he will not recover.
Mrs. S. C.. Ashe was called to Cam
den last Thursday by news Of a fright
full railroad accident in which one of
her brothers lost his life and another
was seriously injured. The brothers,
Messrs. John and Joseph K. Niles, were
employed on the G. C.. G. N. railroad,
one as a fireman and the other as a
flagman on freight train. The accident
was in the nature Of a rear-end collis-
ion. Mr.. Joseph K. Niles was killed
and Mr.. John Niles was badly hurt.
Mrs. Ashe returned from Camden Sat-
upday afternoon, but was called back
again Monday by news to the effect
that the condition of her brother John
was more serious than was at first
supposed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-18

FROM the daily papers Of yesterday,
It appears that the rough weather Of
Monday and Tuesday covered pretty
nearly the entire country. Traffic was
paralyzed in New York. In Chicago
the mercury went down to zero and
the ground was covered with a thick
carpet Of snow. Omaha, Neb., reports
the mercury at degrees below zero
and the coldest weather Of the winter.
Dallas, Tex, reports the heaviest snow
in seven years. Mobile, Ala. reports
unprecedented wind and rain, and a
dispatch from Rawlins, Wyo., says that
thousands Of sheep have perished in
what Is known as the red desert. The
thermometer there is reported as reg
istering 80 degrees below zero. All Of
the south Atlantic and gulf ports were
warned Of approaching gales, and it is
quite possible that later advices will
bring news Of serious disasters.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-18
FACTS AND FANCIEs.

IA The Rock Hill Herald says there
is a good deal of dissatisfaction over
the case Of Mr.. w. G. Duncan, who
was recently non-suited in his claim
against the Southern railroad for cap
turing and convicting Negro for
rocking the train near Ogden. From
what this writer understands Of the
case, there is no doubt Of the fact that
Mr.. Duncan was entitled to the amount
claimed and he ought to have 1t. Still
it is hardly propeS to lay the blame on
the courts. If the case of Mr.. Duncan
was not properly brought, the court
could do nothing but throw it out.
However, this writer and the Her
aid are not the only people who
hold to the idea that Mr.. Dun
can should be paid. Mr.. c. P.
Sanders, attorney for the Southern,
thinks so. This writer is reliably in
formed that before he left Yorkville,
Mr.. Sanders expressed himself to the
effect that he fought the claim only on
the ground that MIR. Duncan, did not
make it in the right way and through
the proper channels; that he brought
suit before the proper authorities had
been given an opportunity to say what
they would do. This does not clearify
the situation great DEAL. The aver
age individual does not know a great
deal about how to find the proper
channels for the collection of claim
against a. railroad company. But the
understanding is that Mr.. Sanders
went still further in this matter, and
stated that it was his intention to rec
ommend that this particular claim be
paid. 1t is to be hoped that he will do
80. The railroad will certainly not lose
anything by such actiop.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-18

The great number of dogs was the
cause of the failure of the poultry in
dustry. He did not want the dogs kill
ed with guns and strychnine. Let the
dogs be killed out in a legal way. He
saw no possible excuse for this sup
posed sentiment in favor Of the dogs.
This was no laughing matter and he
pleaded for the suffering farmer
against cur dogs.
that one male dog be allowed each per-
son and each female dog be taxed 81.
Mr.. Efird favored the bill and said
1t was becoming a necessity. The
trouble is that most dogs are kept by
those who are least able to keep them.
He kept dogs and was willing to pay
the small tax for the support Of the
schools.
Mr.. Holman said one dog could suck
two or three dozen eggs. There would
be more game If there were not 30
many poor dogs, He was the poor
mans friend and was himself poor
man, but the poor man did not need
SO many dogs. The poor men elected
him here. N
Mr. Mauldin, Of Greenville, said he
really thought there were too many dogs
in the state. He was opposed to so
many dogs. Other folks do not have
so many dogs.
Mr.. Dorroh proposed an amendment
that no dog that Is, so reported for tax
alton shall be regarded as property.
He wanted to clear the law.
The house refused to kill the bill.
Mr.. Mauldin's amendments were
killed and the bill was ordered to Its
third reading as reported by the COM
mittee.
Mr.. Mccain wanted the fund used
for road purposes instead OF for school
purposes.
Mr.. Dorroh's amendment making
section g. was adopted. A string Of
other amendments were lost.
The bill as finally ordered to it's
third reading provides:
Section 1. That there shall be i'm
posed and assessed on, all dogs in this
state a capitation tax Of fifty cents
annually on each dog, the proceeds OF
which tax shall be expended for school
purposes In the several counties In
which it Is collected.
Sec. 2. That dogs shall be returned
in the same manner and at the same
time that other property Is returned
for taxation.
Sec. 8. That the capitation tax on
dogs provided for in this act shall be
collected at the same time and In the
same manner that other taxes are now
collected.
Sec. 4. That the eapitation tax I>pro-
vided for in this act shall be and con-
stitute q first lien in favor Of the state
Of South Carolina on all the property
owned by any person who owes any
such capitation tax.
Sec. S. That the collection, Of the
capitation tax provided for In this act
may be enforced against any property
owned by the debtor Of such tax In
the same manner as If 1t were a tax
assessed on that specific piece Of prop
erty.
Sec. 6. That no dog which is not re-
turned for taxation as provided in this
act shall be held to be property In any
of the courts of this state.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-18

ACCORDING to reports from Washing
ton, President Roosevelt Is not exactly
satisfied with the action of the COM
merce committee in the Crum case;
but wants the senate to vote on the
matter. He says he will be governed
in this further action in this case by
the vote Of the senate. It is possible
that II the senate has to vote on the
question, Crum may be confirmed; but
this is by no means certainty. There
are not few Republican senator's who
are Of opinion that the president has
gone just a little too far in this mat
ter.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-18
THE YORKvILLE DOG LAW.
Editor Of Enquirer:

Editor Of Enquirer:
While 1t Is not my desire to pose as
a critic or a kicker, still I am persua.
ded that 1t is the duty Of somebody to
enter a protest at the failure Of the
town council . to enforce the dog law
enacted last fall. I am informed that
although the tax is only $1.O0, less than
100 licenses have been paid, and It Is
estimated that there are not less than
300 dogs-the four legged kind-in the
town. It strikes me that the council
should either enforce the law against
every dog in the town or refund the
tax to those who have paid. l. am
aware Of the fact that the enforcement
Of the law is a difficult proposition,
but each member Of the council was
aware Of that fact before the law was
passed, and II it was not the purpose
Of the Lawmakers to see to its en-
forcement, they should not have passed
it. ONE WHO HAS PAID.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-18
NOTES FROM CHEROKEE.
Phone Service Being Installed
Yorkville Cfti.ens of Cherokee
Other Matters.

Other Matters.
Correspondents Of the Yorkviils ENQUIRER.
Eta JANE, February 14.-Our peo-
pie have at last gotten telephone con-
nection with the outside world, aud It
Is, as yet, much Of novelty. The
phone fever has been raging in this
section for sometime. Mr.. w. 8. Will
kerson says the only remedy for 1t Is
to get phone, and we think he is
about correct.
We learn this morning that Mr..
H. F. Horizons child, which was 30
badly burned sometime ago, Ii still
living, and some hopes are entertained
Of its final recovery. Mr.. Horton and
his family have the sympathies of this
entire community in: their great trou-
BILE.
We note with pleasure the fact that
some Of the most useful and prosper
GUS Of Cherokee county's men are
from York county, and still they come.
To say nothing Of Cherokee township.
with Blacksburg and Cherokee Falls
Manufacturing company, York county
gave Cherokee county valuable ter
ritory filled with good, honest, hard
working and intelligent people. Be-
leading members Of the Cherokee coun-
ty bar, and has q constantly increas-
ing law practice as he becomes better
and better acquainted with the peo-
pie. Mr.. Bell was raised In Yorkville,
and has many friends in the old coun-
ty who will note with pleasure his
success in his chosen profession, He
lis a son Of the late Thomas J. Bell,
ESQ.,. and his wife Is member Of one
Of the best families Of York county.
and these, Of course, may be counted
by the hundreds If not by the thou
sands.
An inspector was around last week
looking out for rural delivery routes in
this county. We haven't heard his re-
port yet as to how many he will rec
ommend.
To Congressman Finley we are in
debted for an abstract Of the twelfth
census, together with other congress-
ional records.
Mr.. ]. F. Wallace was down In Bull
locks Creek last week looking after
his farm.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-18
MERE-MENTION.

DR.. ]. L. M. Curry, former ambassa-
dor to Spain, died at Asheville, N. c.,
last Thursday night Of Bright's dis
ease. %. Mr.. VIM. J. Bryan suggests
Governor Garvin, of Rhode Island as q
suitable man for the Democrats to
nominate for the presidency next year.
..... The Democrats Of Delaware have
introduced q bill making forty lashes
on the bare back the statutory punish
ment for bribery Revolutionary
bands Of Macedonians have been in
conflict with Turkish regulars during
the past few days and the indications
Of uprising in Bulgaria and Roumania
are more marked than ever. ....Sen-
ator- Elect Reed Smoot, Of Utah, says
he will certainly present his creden-
tials to the senate and that he has
no other idea than that he will be per-
mitted to take his seat. move
ment has been started in Washington
to bring the body Of James Smithson,
founder Of the Smithsonian institute, to
America and give 1t permanent rest
ing place in the grounds Of the insti-
tuition. Smithson's body is now buried
near Genoa, Italy,: The Virginia
legislature has passed a bill providing
for an appropriation to place a statue
of General Robert E. Lee in the Capt.
tol at Washington. "A member OF the
Texas legislature has introduced
joint resolution to thank Mrs. Roose-
welt for the cotton handkerchief that
she sent to the Free kindergarten as
sociation of Dallas. Miss Blanche
Boies, who distinguished herself last
year by publicly horsewhipping Mayor
Parker, Of Topeka, Kansas, smashed
seven liquor saloons in Topeka last
night, and was arrested
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-18
ExPOUNDs NEGRO QUESTION.
Tillman Delivers Characteristic Ad-
dress Before the New York Press
Clnh.

dress Before the New York Press
Club.
Senator B. r. Tillman was one Of
the speakers at the banquet Of the
New York Press club in New York last
Saturday night. His subject was the
as follows:
II cannot understand why should
have been the only representative Of
the august body of which I am a men,
ber to receive an invitation to be with
you tonight. Now have no message
which I have come to deliver to you.
In my experience have found that the
better acquainted the gentlemen Of the
press become with me the better they
like me. But I ask no favors Of you.
come from a state where the people
do their own thinking and their own
voting.
II think this is an occasion on which
I ought to get even with the press.
You have 365 days in the year in which
to make and unmake public men but
you don't make and unmake them In
the state Of South Carolina"
Referring to the Negro question, he
said that President Roosevelt had
raised subject that will not easily
down. 1t had brought forth num-
ber Of comments from prominent men
Of the north and had raised a storm in
the south. After mentioning q num-
ber of these comments and the men
who made them he said:
You have had this subject Roose-
velted, Hannaed, Irelan6ed and finally
Smooted, and now 1t seems to me 1t Is
about time that we had some one who
knows something about it, say some
thing. What are my qualifications"
First, he said, he had been nursed
by Negro nanny. Then although
he had not served in the Confederate
army, he had tried to join it, and had
been prevented only by an accident
that deprived him Of his eye. Lastly
he had been upon the ground and seen
the ravages Of the war.
II know something Of what this race
question has cost this country. Many
Of you who write so fliprantly about it,
know nothing about it." he continued,
"and IL you write about so grave q
subject when you know nothing Of 1t
you are no less than criminals.
"Mr. Roosevelt was very wise in say
ing it will take the best thought Of
both sections of this country to solve
the problem"
After an impassioned recital of the
south, threatened by the increase Of
the power Of the Negroes in the past
few years he said:
I'VE were compelled by the exigen-
cies of the situation to use the shot
gun and the tissue ballots, and we used
both. Why? Because in the state of
South Carolina there were 10000 more
Negro voters than there were white
voters"
He said that they in South Carolina
had established their free schools and
that ever since there have been more
Negro children in those free schools
than white children.
do you think it was our purpose TO
raise these Negro children to a ccndi-
tion of enlightenment in order that
they may govern us?" he asked.
by the Holy God no." he cried.
Three months ago." he continued,
1.-The president wrote a letter in which
he said that when a Negro showed
himself qualified to fill public office he
was unwilling to shut the door OF hope
in his face.
Commenting on this Senator 'rilman
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-18

THE dispensary investigation by the
senate committee has not amounted to
great deal yet, and it is not expected
that 1t will amount to a great deal.
The committee has not gone about the
matter in way that would indicate
that it is really trying to find any rot
tenness. The idea seems to be that the
investigation is another whitewashing
job intended to satisfy that portion Of
the public which really wants to be-
lieve that this institution is all that it's
management represents it to be.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-18
Ths Itorkpille Gnq,.irer.
YoRKVILLE, 8. c..
WEDNESDAY, FEBR'Y. lS, 1908.

WHEN the Hampton monument bill
came up in the senate last Monday,
Senator Johnson offered an amend
nent providing that instead Of building
a. column Of granite and marble. the
general assembly provide a number Of
Hampton scholarships for Winthrop.
There is something practical in this
idea, and If carried out it will likely
prove a, more worthy memorial to the
dead soldier and statesman.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-18
McCAW DOWDLE DEAD. ~
Well-Known Citizen Of Bullock's
Creek Township Passed Away
Last Thursday.
Of the Yortyills Enauirsf.

Correspondents Of the Yorkvills Enduirsf.
BULuocK's CREEK, February 16:-
On last Thursday evening about 8
o'clock, the soul Of Mr.. William Nc
Cav Dowdle quietly passed away.
The funeral was preached at Bullock's
Creek church on Saturday at uo'clock,
by Rev. P. B. Ingraham, assisted by
Rev. J. B. Swami, and the body was
laid to rest in Bullock's Creek ceme-
terry in the presence Of a large num-
ber Of relatives and friends. In the
death Of McCaw Dowdle this commu-
nifty loses one Of its best citizens. He
was a true friend and kind neighbor.
The deceased has been q member Of
Shady Grove Methodist church for q
number Of years, and said in his last
hours that he was ready and willing to
die. He was AZ years old; but was
never married, and leaves but one sis
ter, Miss Pennie, to mourn for him.
The sympathy Of this entire commu-
nifty go out to her in her sorrow.
Mrs. w. B. Good has been sick for
the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. F. Duncan, Of
Blacksburg have been visiting. relatives
here.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-18

Shaw Is understood to be In favor Of
drawing out at least Is per cent. Of
this money and putting it into the
treasury vaults as matter of princi-
pie. The deposits of government money
with the banks have been increasing
steadily for the last three or four
years, and Mr.. Shaw believes that
with the present ease Of the money
market he can withdraw is per cent
without causing the least trouble.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-18
Murder In Walhalla.

! Christopher T. Kunsinger, formerly
of Lockhart, was killed at Walhalla
last Friday night by a Negro named
Bud Priestly. Priestly made his es-
cape.
Caught and Jailed.
William King, the man who so bru-
tally murdered James Rogers and his
son in Florence county recently was
captured at Denmark last Thursday,
and he is now in Florence county Jail.