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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-07

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

J. o. Walker-Offers the deLoach res
idence on Wright avenue for rent.
The Enquirer-Wants to recover a dia-
mond-shaped class pin which was
lost on Wednesday or Thursday. Al
reward will be paid to the finder.
John E. Carroll, Supt Education-Pub-
fishes a notice giving the date and
place of the next county teachers
examination, with instructions to ap-
plicants. ... ,
J. w. Moore, J. M. Whitesides and
,others-Request that parties whose
subscriptions to The Enquirer have
been returned by them, to please pay
them or at The Enquirer office by
March 1st.
Jas. M. Starr & Co.-Say that farm
er of western York tells them that
he always makes better crops when
he uses the fertilizers that Jas. M.
Starr & Co. sell. They handle the
well-known Navassa goods.
Strauss-Smith Co.-Give you directions
as to how to secure one or more OF
their Argo portraits, which they give
away free to every customer who
buys goods to the amount Of s15..
Jas. M. Starr & Co.-Say that they
have a fresh supply. of Landreth's
garden seeds, and want you to see
them when you need seeds.
c. P. Lowrance & Co-Offer you Sc
lected Rio roasted coffee at eight
pounds for 81. They also offer to sell
you twenty pounds Of rice for dol
lar.
J. @. Wray-Invites the attention Of
good dressers to a nobby line Of
ties, cravats, bows, ETC., that he has
just received. He asks all good
dressers to come and see them.
Sam M. Grist, Special Agent-Asks If
your life Is insured and If not why
not? He wants to tell you Of the
merits of the Mutual Benefit Life
Insurance CO. Of Newark, N. j.
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LROCK HILL HAPPENINGS.
Mr.. Jenkins Succeeds MIR. Partlow
as Chief of POlice-Dr. Crawford
and the Winthrop Trusteeshfp.

Mr.. Jenkins Succeeds MIR. PartlOw
as Chief of Police-Dr. Crawford
and the Winthrop Trusteeship.
Rock HILL, February 5.-Mr. ]. H.
B. Jenkins has been elected to fill the
vacancy in the police force caused by
the resignation Of CHEZ U. G. Part
low. For some time Mr.. Jenkins has
been the efficient first assistant. and
has shown himself to be an excellent
officer, careful. watchful and con-
stant. The resignation Of Mr.. Part
low was regretted by our people; but
that such a man as Mr. Jenkins Is,
could be elected to the position.
Mr.. G.. P. Miller was promoted to
first assistant, and Mr.. T. F. Rivers
was made night policeman. Including
Policeman Langley, Rock Hill will
have four splendid officers.
Russell H. Cornwell, who delivered
his celebrated lecture, Acres Of Dia-
monds," here at one time, will again
appear at Winthrop college on Friday
night of next week. When here be-
fore the speaker made a wonderful
lecture, and so impressed his audience
that few who heard him then will fail
to be on hand on the 18th.
The folks who like "big game" In
the way Of hunting stories, are being
sufficiently entertained by party of
gentlemen just returned from the low
er part of the state. While Messrs. j.
G. Anderson, w. ]. Roddey, and w.
w. Fennell were with the party, it
seems that Mr.. Pride Ratterree alone
is able to portray the marvellous ex-
periences Of dogs and men. 1t may be
added that Mr.. Ratterree Is no ordi-
nary story teller either.
It is charged here, humorously, that
Officers Jenkins and Langley, played
an Irish trick" upon one gentleman
who aspired to be cop. It is said
that with malice aforethought these
policemen did contrive to take from
this gentlemans home, on the eve OF
the election, a quantity of whisky.
After this, Of course, he stood no
chance of election.
Rock Hill people who are interested
in Winthrop, were disappointed when
the legislature failed to elect DR.. T..
A. Crawford a member o. the board of
trustees of Winthrop college. But 1t
seems that wire pulling and political
trading have no end.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-07

the transaction between the parties,
part evidence (not contradicting or va
rying the writing) is admissible for the
purpose of showing contemporaries
GUS independent agreement entered in
to between them. Chem. CO. Moore,
81 s. G. 1885,
IF testimony, which would otherwise
be incompetent Is received without OBJ
lection, it cannot be disregarded on
motion for non-suit, but its suf1ciency
must be left to the Jury. Latimer v
Trowbridge, So S. c. 1913.
1.-THE written evidence Of the con-
tract before being silent as to the time
in which the money was to be paid,
parol testimony was admissible to show
such fact, as it did not alter, vary or
contradict the writing.
1.-The testimony adduced on the trial
furnished at least some evidence tend
ing to show that the defendant did not
have the right to insist upon the pay
ment Of the $55 before delivering that
part of the wood which 1t hauled.
IF the defendant did not have this
right, its refusal to deliver the wood
until the SIS was paid was a violation
Of it's contract and contrary to law.
Judgment below reversed and the
case remanded for a new trial. Opin-
ion by Mr.. Justice Gary. Filed Jan. 49,
Mr.. w. w. Lewis for appellent; Mr.
J. H. Marion for respondents.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-07

per annum for each agent employed
by companies of the state will be re-
quired and this is in addition to the
regular license fee now required. Out
Of the money so received the expenses
Of the department are to be paid. An
other bill akin somewhat to this was
also passed. It is to provide for In
vestigation of incendiary fires and for
the better prevention Of excessive fre
insurance rates. 1t provides that the
insurance commissioner and the chief
Of the fire department or chief OF po-
lice where there Is no fire department,
shall investigate the cause and orlglp
Of incendiary fires. They are empow-
cred to summon witnesses and II there
Is evidence sufficient against any per-
son they may cause his arrest. They
shall have the right at all times, oay
or night, to enter the premises Where
fires have occurred and are clothed
with magisterial powers. In addition
to this they shall have the right to en-
ter all buildings within their jur1sdic-
ton, at reasonable hours, to 1nVesti-
gate whether there are combust1ble or
inflammable materials stored and on
their order the owner must remove
them. If the owner considers himself
aggrieved he may within "A hours ap-
peal to the insurance commissioner,
VINO snail luVGSllSdle lliIlSulotSiJ oiiA
he may revoke the order, otherwise it
must be enforced. Anyone failing to
comply will be subject to fine of not
less than SO or more than $50 for each
day he fails to comply. Fire insurance
companies are required to defray the
expenses Of these Investigations, tax
Of one-tenth Of one per cent. OF the
gross premium receipts of the compan-
les being assessed for the purpose.
No insurance company is permitted
to be a member Of any association
whose purpose is to fix unreasonable
or excessive rates. On the complaint
of three or more citizens that discrimi-
mating or excessive rates are charged,
the insurance commissioner shall in
vestigate and If the charge is sustain
ed, the company must make correc-
tion Of the rate, refunding the excess
which may have been charged, with
interest from date Of payment until
returned. If any company fails to
comply, its license may be revoked by
the commissioner.
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WITH THE LAWMAKERS.
Notes and Comments Relating te
Work OF House and Senate.

Notes and Comments Relating to
Work of House and Senate.
There was considerable local inter-
est in a joint session that was held
Tuesday for the purpose Of electing a
successor to Judge c. A. Woods on
the board of trustees Of Winthrop COL
lege. DR.. T. A. Crawford, Of Rock
Hill, had been a member Of the Win
throp board since the establishment Of
the college, until year ago. He gave
very general satisfaction to the Rock
Hill people, and they had no idea that
the general assembly would fail to re-
elect him. But when the election came
on he was defeated, much to the dis
appointment of his many friends in
this county. His name was proposed
again last Tuesday as successor to
Judge Woods. The other nominees
were Mr.. D. w. McLaurin, Of Colum-
bia and Mr.. S. M. Hall, Of Chester.
Mr.. McLaurin was elected on the Sec
ond ballot, the vote standing as fol-
lows: McLaurin 81; Crawford 4S and
Hall 9. There were nearly so absentees
and it is possible that If there had
been a full attendance the result
might have been different.
The house of representatives Is not
willing to stand for the issuance Of
bonds for road building purposes. If
the people should tax themselves for
building roads, it Is possible that they
might go into the business so strong
as to leave but little chance of taxing
them for more frivolous purposes.
That Is not the reason given for the
defeat Of an excellent bill that was
introduced by Representative Aull on
this subject; but that explanation will
suffice about as we'll as any other.
The principal reason assigned was
that the people did not have enough
prudence to warrant their being trust
ed with discretion in the matter. One
member held in effect that there would
be a disposition to vote more bonds
than could be paid. Anyhow the bill
was killed, as will be all other bills Of
a like nature until the general assem-
bly advances to a point where it will
be enabled to realize that all expendi-
lures Of this kind increase rather than
diminish the ability Of the people to
pay taxes.
Representative Mccain introduced
two new bills on last Tuesday. one
of them provides that the treasurer OF
York county shall refund to the Bowl
ing Green Knitting mill certain over
paid taxes, and the other relates to the
salary of magistrates.
The house on Thursday passed a bill
to create the Office of insurance COM
missioner. Under the terms of this
bill, such officer shall be elected by
the general assembly and shall receive
a salary of $1,000. He may also have
a clerk at $1,000 a year. He will have
general supervision of all insurance
companies doing business in the state
as such duties are now performed by
the comptroller general. A fee of 81
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-07
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

The county board Of commissioners
held its regular monthly meeting on
last Wednesday with all the members
present Although he had not yet re-
ceived his commission, Commissioners
elect Crawford was also invited to
participate in the deliberations Of the
board.
Commissioner Wilkerson made re-
port on the case of Mr.. John M. Tur-
ner, which had been referred to him
at the last meeting Of the board. He
said that he had found Mr.. Turner IN
desperate condition-slowly dying
from cancer, and that he had made
arrangements to have him cared Tor
at a cost Of 81 per week.
Mrs. Elizabeth Dover widow OF an
old Confederate soldier, was allowed
81 per month.
Henry Reeves, an ex-Confederate
soldier appeared before the board and
asked that the allowance Of "a per
month, given him last year, be con-
tinued. 1t was granted.
Mr.. w. Harry Wylie came before
the board and asked that the county
have some work done on the road lead
ing from Old Point to the works OF
the Catawba Power company. The
matter was left to the supervisor, to
look after and report at the next meet
ing.
A petition was presented by citizens
of Bethesda township, asking that the
cha,ngang be moved to that township
as soon as practicable. The request
was granted by the board.
General Manager L. T. Nichols, or
the Carolina and Northwestern rail-
road. appeared before the board in be-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-07
DECEMBER,
JANUARY.
Do1ix,arod Collpn'6
Route.
by WAY OF SUGGESTION.

AT It has been several years since
this immediate locality has had first
class object lesson as to the value OF
good roads; but the lesson is going on
all right now, and by the time that
the work of hauling fertilizers gets
we'll under way it will be still more
emphatic.
a91 Referring to the suggestion in the
last ENQUIRER with reference to a
better approach to Yorkville over the
Pinckney road, Mr.. "A. F. Mcconnell
has called the attention of the writer
to another idea looking to the same
end which seems to be still more prac-
ticable. He would leave the objec-
tionable hills as they are and have
travel enter town by the Chester road,
which would be reached by way of the
Lindsay place and the Lowry burnt
lot" He is quite familiar with the
topography of the country involved
and Is unable to see how the hills can
be advantageously avoided by any
route that could be laid off on the west
side Of the Pinckney road.
"a Mr.. w. w. Wilson, Of Lowell, N.
c., dropped into The ENQUIRER office
on Monday and showed the writer an
unique old handbill that Is of peculiar
interest to the present publishers OF
this paper. The handbill, or poster, Is
about 12x14 inches in size, of first
class rag paper, and contains pros
pectus Of the Yorkville Miscellany,
published by John E. Grist, In 1S45.
The prospectus sets forth that during
the year The Miscellany would print
the story of an expedition that Capt.
Peter Clinton fitted out in York Dis
trict in 1776, and led against the In
dams in Spartanburg, Greenville, An
derson and Pickens counties. The
public was advised Of the terms OF
subscription, etc. The handbill Is of
more especial interest on account OF
the personality Of the printer, Its age
and its highly creditable workmanship.
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ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mr. J. B. Atkinson, of Lowrysville,
visited friends in Yorkville this week.
DRev. James Mcdowell, Of Sumter,
visited the family Of DR.. ]. D. McDow-
ell this week.
Mr.. w. J. Whitener has moved his
family into the house at present oc-
cupied by Mr.. R. E. Montgomery on
Lincoln street.
oafMrs. Robert C. Moore and daughter,
Miss Caroline Brevard, Of Charlotte.
are visiting Mrs. Rufus Moore and
other relatives in Y6rkville.
Rev. w. G. Neville, whose indispo-
sition was mentioned in the last issue
Of THE ENQUIRER, Is still somewhat
indisposed, but hopes to be able to
conduct services at the Presbyterian
church Sunday morning.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-07
half Of his obligation to complete the
work of staondard gaueing by March

half Of his obligation to complete the
work Of staondard gauging by March
1st. He represented that the work
was being pushed with all possible dis
patch night and day, and that it was
the intention Of the company to come
squarely up to time. It Is possible,
however, that on account Of some un-
foreseen hindrance the contract may
not ,be fulfilled to the letter, in which
event the road would appreciate fur
ther indulgence. Members Of the board
expressed themselves as satisfied that
the railroad people were doing every
thing that lay in their power to come
up to their obligation, and gave Mr..
Nichols to understand that he need
have no fears Of unnecessarily harsh
treatment at the hands Of the board.
The board extended the time within
which the standard gauging must be
completed to March 4, next.
W. H. Dunlap presented a petition
asking to change road on his land,
from opposite his old house, to one
running past his new house. This was
granted.
Jas. M. Starr asked that new set
Of commissioners be appointed to lay
off a road running from T. L. Carroll's
and intersecting the Rock Hill road al
John l.. Starr's. The following COM
missioners were appointed, ]. E. Low
ry, ]. M. Starr and Milan Wyatt.
o. w. Hartness came before the
board and wanted to rent the county
steam engine. His request was grant
ed and a contract duly executed.
A petition was presented by citizens
of Broad River township asking aid
for Mrs. Jane Childers, widow Of q
Confederate soldier. The board grant
ed her 81 per month.
Another petition from Broad River
township was read, asking for aid fol
Mrs. Harriet Gosha. She not being
the widow Of a Confederate soldier
request was not granted.
After auditing a number Of accounts
and ordering them paid, the board ad-
journed, to meet in regular monthly
session on March 4th.
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Tillman's Pistol.

Gen. r. r. Hemphill, editor Of the
Abbeville Medium, writes from Colum-
bia to his paper as follows: Last
Friday afternoon I went around to
the Office Of J. Frost Walker, clerk Of
court, to see the pistol used by Lieu
tenant Gover1br Tillman when he shot
Editor Gonzd es. It is known as
magazine pistol and made IN Ger
many. The balls are put in the stock
is nine inches long and Is of blue steel
color. The stock is rather fiat and
gives a better hand hold than II it was
round. 1t will shoot ten times and 1t
Is said will kill a man 1900 yards dis
tance If it hits him. The Colt pistol Is
also in the hands Of the clerk Of the
court. It is a short one and Is fully
loaded"
Officers of the State Fair.
The annual spring meeting Of the
ciety was held in Columbia last We'd
nesday afternoon. The meeting was
called to order by Hon. A. T. Smythe,
OF Charleston. The report Of the treas
urer showed that the society had q
balance on hand of 5000, including
$2,500 borrowed from the state. BY
resolution the treasurer was instruc-
ted to repay the loan from the state,
and it was decided to ask renewal Of
the loan to be held for use in case Of
necessity. Mr.. R P. Hamer, Of Ha-
mer's, Marion county, was selected to
succeed the late Major A. II. White,
as president Of the society, and Mr.. A.
w. Love, of Chester, was elected to
succeed the late Col. Thomas w. Hol-
loway, as treasurer.
After Vauranta
Greenville News: The war Of the po-
lice against vagrants continues. Ev-
cry few days some object Of humanity
who Is unable to show any visible
means Of support, is arraigned before
Magistrate McBee and sent to the
chaingang for thirty days. Yesterday
the unlucky being was one Allen
Flynn, a white boy about 1S years old.
The young man was arrested at the
instigation Of his mother, who claimed
that her son would not work and be-
ing unable to support him herself she
wanted him to be made to work. The
police accordingly had a warrant
sworn out for his arrest on the charge
of vagrancy. When arraigned before
Judge McBee the young man was CIV
en- thirty days on the gang, the usual
sentence in such cases. In speaking
of the work of the police against the
vagrants, Judge McBee said: Ihe po-
lice press the button and 1 do the
rest"
Two Murdered For a Dog.
James Rodgers and his 17-year-old
son, Samuel, were killed seven miles
from Florence last Monday evening by
William King, who found his lost set
ter dog at the Rodgers house. The
elder Rodgers asked for some remun-
Grafton for caring for the dog, which
had come to his place week before.
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IN AND ABOUT CLOVER.
Correspondence Of the Yorkville Enquirer.


CLOVER, February Cit is we'll
known fact that for several years past
there has been more or less talk to
the effect that the gauge of the Caro-
lima and North Western railroad was
to be changed from narrow to stand
ard gauge. Until within the past six
months several of the more skeptical
Cloverites have expressed serious
doubts of the ultimate consummation
Of so desirable results. Now that the
new steel rails are on the ground and
a large force Of hands are actually en-
gagged in placing them in position, all
doubts have vanished and all are re-
joicing over the early completion Of
the work that promises so much for
the town.
Captain w. B. Smith has awarded
the contract for his block Of brick
store rooms to Mr.. w. T. Beamguard,
Of Clover. Mr.. Beamguard expects to
use homemade brick, Of his own man.
ufacture, and will commence opera
tions just as soon as the weather con-
ditions will warrant. Work was COM
menced on Thursday on one OF the
handsome residences to be erected by
Captain Smith on Kings Mountain
street.
The new depot is being used for stor-
some Of the work in connection with
the Office and waiting rooms has not
been completed, and the management
has not the time to attend to 1t at
present, it Is not likely that Mr.. Meek
Smith will be installed in his new
quarters until after the work Of chang
ing the gauge has been completed.
Mr.. Williams, the new superintend-
ent of the Glover Cotton mill, has
been in charge for about two weeks
and so far as appearances and results
indicate, everything is moving In
that smooth, prompt and satisfactory
manner which characterized the ad-
ministration of Mr.. w. E. Morton, for
mer superintendent.
Mr. Morton and his most highly es-
teemed family left Glover last week
for Millen, Ca, where Mr.. Morton has
taken charge Of a cotton mill. The
best wishes Of the entire community
accompany them and all regret that
Mr.. Morton felt it to his interest to
leave Glover.
While Glover feels great interest In
the question Of good roads, 1t Is easily
probable that the town suffers less by
reason of bad roads than almost any
town in the Piedmont section, owing to
leading into town are sandy and COM
paratively level, instead Of red and
hilly.
for several more store rooms than are
available or than arrangements to con-
struct have been made. Watch Clover.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-07

NOTWITHSTANDING the splendid work
of Congressman johnson and Finley
in getting the bill through congress
providing for the same, there are to be
no sittings of the United States court
at Spartanburg or Rock Hill. The
president has advised the congressman
that Judges Simonton and Brawley
have informed him that there is no
necessity for sittings of the court at
these places and consequently he will
veto the bill.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-07

A WASHINGTON special of Tuesday
to the News and Courier, says that
there is no probability Of report on
the nomination Of w. D. Crum by the
senate committee on commerce. The
committee is represented as consist
ing of ten Republicans and six Demo-
Gratis. All Of the Democrats are op-
posed to the confirmation Of Crum's
appointment and two Of the Republi-
cans sympathize that way to the
extent that they are at least willing
to let the nomination go over without
q report, in which event the president
would have to either reappoint Crum
or let him step down and out.
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OF course, there is no telling what
changes may take place between now
and adjournment; but in the opinion
Of people who have been familiar with
the wishy-washey policy of the gener-
al assembly on this subject for years,
there will be no tax extension this
year. The senate a few days ago
voted to extend the time Of paying
taxes to March 81; but the house re-
fused to agree to the resolution. There
is some encouragement to hope that
the general assembly is beginning to
look at this matter from standpoints
Of common sense and business.
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THAT murder story from Florence Is
horrible in all it's details: but If the
lieutenant governor Of the state has
right to shoot down a newspaper edi-
tor on account Of objectional remarks
in his paper, it does look like it Is no
greater crime for an humble citizen
to murder father and son for stealing
a dog.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-07

SENATOR John T. Morgan made
brave fight for the isthmian canal and
had it not been for him the probability
is that the canal would not have been
by congress; but we fear
that in continuing his fight for the
Nicaragua route after the Panama
route has been definitely agreed upon,
he is only playing the part Of an OBJ