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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-03-14
Saturday, March Il, 1903.

successful. If there is a right way
and a wrong way it Is we'll for the
people to know it.
sE A Yorkville physician, who Is
greatly interested in the road question
and who has talked as much, and
spent as much cash as any other one
man In the county in the interest OF
better roads, inquired Of the reporter
few days ago, You have not been
over the road between Yorkville and
Tirzah lately, have you?" The reporter
had to admit that he had not. "Then
would like to inform you that a re-
cent statement in The ENQUIRER, with
regard to the condition Of this road is
rather misleading. The road is in
much better condition than 1t was for
merly; but it lacks a great deal Of be-
ing a good road at this time. The
quantity Of rock that was hauled was
not nearly sufficient to macadamize all
the places that needed macadamizing,
and when you get into some Of these
unmacadamized places you are in
trouble. But I think that the very
worst road that leads into Yorkville Is
the Chester road. For a few miles out
Of town its condition is simply horri-
hlo -
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-03-14
WITHIN THE TOWN.

- The board Of trustees Of the Graded
school on yesterday accepted from the
contractors, Messrs. ]. J. Keller & Co..
the school building that has just been
completed for the use Of the Negroes
of the Yorkville school district. The
building for the whites has been COM
pleted, ready to turn over, except the
grounds have not been cleaned off. II
Is probable that this building will be
formally accepted within the next few
days.
The Kings Mountain Chapter D.
A. r. was entertained on Thursday
morning by Mrs. Withers Adickes
The house had been decorated with
potted plants, vases Of hyacinths
banks Of violets and ferns and with
flags. The regent, Mrs. B. N. Moore,
being absent, the vice regent, Miss
Rosa Lindsay, presided. Pretty pro-
grammes Of red cardboard tied with
the D. A. R. colors were passed around
by Mrs. r. J. Herndon who, with with
Miss Maggie Gist, composed the pro-
gramme committee. The principal en-
tertainment feature Of the programme
was the talk given by Mrs. r. Moultrie
Bratton on the recent session Of the
Continental Congress. This was sup
plemented by remarks from Miss Jen-
ME Hart, her alternate; Miss Hart was
also a page. These talks were much
enjoyed. Refreshments were served
by the hostess. The Daughters present
were Mrs. w. B. Moore, Miss Rosa
Lindsay, Mrs. T. F. Mellow, Miss
Wardlaw, Miss Daisy Gist, Mrs. r. M.
Bratton, Mrs. r. T. Stephenson, Mrs.
r. J. Herndon, Miss Jennie Hart; WIS.,
itor, besides the hostess, were Mrs. w.
w. Lewis and Mrs. Piersall, Of New
York.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-03-14
FACTS AND FANCIES.

SJ The farmers Of this section are
now on the anxious bench. Most OF
them have made arrangements to
plant large crops Of cotton; but the
wet weather is holding them back in
the preparation Of their lands.
3Y It Is estimated that something like
three thousand bales Of cotton have
been sold in York county since the
price passed nine cents, and dealers
who are more than ordinarily we'll in
formed on the subject are Of opinion
that there are not more than 500 bales
still in the hands of the farmers.
,I3A We have cited the experience of
three potato growers who have exper-
imented successfully with the plan Of
saving potatoes by burying them in
the ground. These are Messrs ]. E.
Thomas, J. F. Adkins and H. L. Hoke.
We have heard reports Of others who
tried this plan with the result that they
lost their potatoes; but we have no
particulars. The matter is very i'm
portant, and there should be more light
on the subject. We would be glad to
publish the experiences of those who
may have tried the plan and been un-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-03-14
ABOUT PEOPLE,

Rev: John Bass Shelton and wife
Of Chester, were in Yorkville Thurs.
day.
&c. w. F. Spencer, Of Rock Hill, was
in Yorkville yesterday on professional
business.
5Miss Emma Clinton, Of Bethel, is
visiting Misses Marion Logan and Bes.
sic Sandifer.
Mr.. T. s. Leslie, of Leslie, rep
RESENTED the Leslie camp Of w. o. w
at Pensacola, Fla.
|3 Messrs. John L. Rainey and Porter
Kennedy, Of Sharon, were in York
vile yesterday on business.
Messrs. w. j. and Edward Funder-
burk, of Lancaster county, were ir
Yorkville this week.
Mr.. L. B. Foushee, of Jonesboro, N
c., expects to arrive in Yorkville with
his family. next Tuesday.
h Mrs. 8. K. Wells left last Tuesday
night for an extended visit to friends
and relatives in Birmingham, Ala.
|b Mrs. w. y. RaWlS mas Deen quite H.
during the past week, and Mr.. Rawls
has been spending most Of the time al
her bedside.
Mr.. H. c. Strauss left last night for
Staunton, Va, where ne will spend
Sunday with his brother, Mr.. Lamar
tine Strauss.
Eb Mr.. w. M. Faulkner, of the Kings
Creek neighborhood,. was in Yorkville
Wednesday. He reported large acre
age Of small grain in his part Of the
country and said it was looking fine.
The following Yorkville people went
to Charlotte Wednesday to see Richard
Mansfield in julius Ceasar: Mrs. s. A.
McElwee, Mrs. s. M. McNeel, Mr.. and
Mrs. M. L. Carroll, Misses Kate Cody
Annie Wallace, Marie Carroll, Hulda
McNeel, ard Messrs. Paul T. McNeel
and George Heath.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-03-14

AN OFFICIAL JUNKET.-Secretary OF
the Navy w. H. Moody, with a party
Of officials from Washington, arrived
in Charleston early Wednesday morn
ing and embarked at once on the gun
boat Dolphin for a cruise in West In
dian waters. The party sailed shortly
before noon for the south. Secretary
Moody was accompanied by Postmas-
ter General Payne, Senator Hale, of
Maine; Representative Cannon, Of IL
linois; Representative Foss, Of Illinois;
Judge James D. Dunbar, of Massachu-
setts; Joseph H. Pearl, Of Haverhill,
Mass, Mr.. Moody's law partner, and
F. L. Fishback, Mr.. Moody's private
secretary. The party travelled to Char
lesion on the private car Of the Allan
tic Coast Line. They were met at the
station by Mayor Smythe, who extend
ed a welcome to the officials and had a
short talk with the secretary concern
ing the naval station work there. The
party then proceeded directly to the
phin, which had been lying in the
stream since Saturday. A salute was
fired as the secretary went over the
side. Shortly before noon the Dolphin
weighed anchor and sailed to the
southwark. None Of the party would
talk Of public matters, all declaring
that they were off for holiday and
had left cares Of state behind for the
time.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-03-14

ALTHOUGH THE ENQUIRER is among
those newspapers which believe IN the
very great Importance Of an isthmian
canal, anG which endorses the PROPOSE
tion to complete such work at the ex-
pense Of the government, it does not
pretend to understand great deal
about the merits Of the controversy
between the respective advocates OF
the Panama and Nicaragua routes.
From such study as we have been
able to make Of the subject, we
are disposed to a partiality for
the Nicaragua route as against the
Panama route; but that partiality
does not go to the length Of al
lowing the canal to go by the board
unless the Nicaragua route be chosen.
Senator Morgan, the father Of the ca
nal, has all along favored the Nicara-
qua route, and he has hopes that If the
canal Is ever dug that is the route that
will be finally chosen, notwithstanding
the fact that everything now looks to
a virtual settlement Of the question in
favor Of Panama. But this Is not the
reason the senator Is fighting the pres
ent treaty. Senator Morgan Is not
built in SO small a mould. He sees in
the present treaty numerous. pitfalls
and dangers, and he desires to have it
amended so as to guarantee to the
United States the position it should oc-
cupy with regard to an enterprise 1t Is
binding itself to carry through at such
tremendous expense. He Is looking
more at the future than at the pres
ent, and our confidence in Senator
Morgan Is such as to lead us to the
conviction that he Is right in his every
contention. Those people who may
have gotten the impression that the
senator is merely filibustering will do
we'll to disabuse their minds Of any
such idea. 1t must be remembered
that notwithstanding the fact that the
newspapers are giving pretty full re-
ports Of the discussion on the treaty,
officially the proceedings are secret,
and except with the consent of the
senate, there Is no way for Senator
Morgan to get his exact views on this
matter published as an official public
document. He has told the senator's
frankly that If they would agree to the
publication of his remarks as a public
document, he would at once agree to a
time when the question could come to
a vote. This the Republicans have de-
clined on the ground that it would en-
barrass the government Of Colombia:
but it is probable that their real fear
is that it would embarrass them not
a little also. Senator Morgan knows
all there Is to be known about this
canal business, and we suspect that his
knowledge is rather too much for the
complete comfort of his opponents.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-03-14
LoCAI. AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

John r. Logan, S. Y. C.-Gives notice
Of sale of certain property of the
Louise Gold Mining Co., located In
Broad River township.
Enquirer Offlce-Wants to recover q
gold chain with locket attached, and
also q brooch of knot pattern, lost on
Wednesday last.
Jas. M. Starr & Co.-Call your atten-
tion to the cleaning-up season and
advise housekeepers to use STAIRS 8
bed-bug poison, which they say Is a
certain cure for this evil. They have
harness and axle OIL
Jas. NJ Starr & Co.-Tell you how to
make money on the farm by the use
Of fertilizers in larger quantities than
is usually used. They sell the Ma
vassa goods.
Strauss Smith Co.-Announce that
their Mr.. Strauss left for the mar
kets last night, and print a few re-
marks about goods from Mr.. Strauss.
L. M. CRISIS Sons-Say that there Is
nothing slouchy or cheap looking
about their printing and invite your
next order.
J. @. Wray-Announces a special silk
shirtwaist sale, Of which he has hun
dreds Of patterns In all sorts OF
styles. He offers standard apron
| checks at cents q yard. He also
talks about his stock of black and
colored dress goods, and quotes a few
prices.
C. P. Lowrance &. Co.-Have received
a large supply Of fresh groceries and
tell you about them today. They
want you to see them for all that's
choice in groceries.
Sam M. Grist, Special Agent-Gives
some interesting figures and infor.
nation in regard to life insurance
and endeavors to show by sworn fig.
ures why the Mutual Benefit Insur.
ance company Is what he claims II
to be-the best.
Yorkvllle Buggy Co.-Says 1t has 9
/ flrst-class man in charge Of its re.
pair shop now and solicits your work
It also wants to do your shoeing.
Heath Elliott Mule Co-Talk about
mules and things, and the sales they
are making in particular. They say
that they are ready to make a trade
with you when you are ready.
Louis Roth-Wants you to know thai
! he will sure have a shipment OF
| Winyah bay shad today, Saturday.
and wants your order.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-03-14

SNAKE STORY FROM GEoRGIA.-One
of the strangest occurrences that has
ever been recorded came to light here
today. A few days ago an old. Negro
near here captured large rattlesnake
alive. He brought it to town and sold
it to DR.. R. D. Mcleod, who wished
to keep it to experiment with. Several
days ago he put some frogs in the
cage, but the snake refused to eat
them or to molest them in any way.
On Saturday he placed live rabbit
in the cage to see what the snake
would do with it. The snake would
not notice the rabbit till he was mo-
Tested, and then he attempted to bite
the rabbit, but only succeeded in get
ting his mouth full of fur.
Sunday night they both seemed to be
we'll, but not so Monday morning. The
rabbit was we'll, but the snake was far
from well. He was minus his head and
part of his neck. The flesh being
gnawed entirely off Of the bone for sew
eral inches next to his head. His rat
ties were beaten to pieces, supposedly
in his fight with the rabbit, and the
floor of the cage was covered with
blood, showing that the rabbit killed
him, and not that he had eaten the
snake after it had died a natural
death, as there would then have been
no blood. The rabbit seems to be none
the worse for the fray.
The above seems incredible, but
scores Of people that saw the snake
and the rabbit are willing to vouch for
the truth of it, among the number be-
ing the editor Of the Tattnall Journal,
G. G.. Folsom, and many others
Lyons, Ca, special Of Wednesday.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-03-14
MERE-MENTION.

The Anchor Line steamer, Karama-
MIA, arrived off New York last Tues
day from France, after six deaths had
occurred aboard from cholera during
the passage. ......J. P. Morgan denies
that he has purchased the Flagler rail-
road and hotel interests. Kansas
legislators are excited over the Vir-
ginia proposition to set up a statue
of Robert E. Lee in the Capitol at
Washington and say If Virginia
erects q statue to Lee, Kansas will
erect a statue to John Brown. -. There
was a 100000 fire among the docks
Of Portland, Oregon last Tuesday
caused from a cigarette. ........ Gables
from Naples describe the volcano
Vesuvius in violent state Of eruption.
waterbury, Conn.,, is being ter
rorized by street car strikes. A po-
liceman was assassinated few days
ago. virulent type Of smallpox
Is reported in several Virginia counties
......By an arrangement between the
civil and military authorities, the Phil
ippine government Is to get about
100000 worth of money, and plunder
taken from the Spaniards and insur-
gents during the late war.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-03-14
LOCAL LAcoNIcs. &
The Dry Fork Bridge.

Mr.. John s. Jones, carrier on rural
free delivery route No. S. reports that
the approaches to the bridge over Dry
Fork have been completed. He crossed
1t for the first time on Wednesday af-
ternoon. The work has been done in
a good, substantial manner, according
to Mr.. Jones; but the approaches are
rather too steep for convenience or
comfort in getting over the bridge.
Bound Over to Court. .
Three Fort Mill men who are charged
with having committed an aggravated
assault on r. L. Kirby. an employe Of
the Catawba Power company one
night last fall have been bound over
to the court Of general sessions in the
sum Of $500 each. The men are e. p.
H. Nivens, R. G. Johnson and Baxter
Parks. They were before Magistrate
Beckham at Rock Hill last Wednesday
for a preliminary hearing, and Mr.
Kirby delivered his testimony against
them. Messrs. Spencers & Dunlap ap-
PCd4C Aol IilS PlooSSoIiSlA nAa NAoJSA
James F. Hart has been retained for
the defense.
Cylinder Head Blew Out.
The south bound Carolina and
Northwestern passenger train was
caught in an awkward fix at Allison
creek trestle, seven miles north Of
Yorkville last Thursday night by rea-
son of the blowing out Of the cylinder
head. The train passed Glover, the
last telegraph station between Gasto-
mia and Yorkville at the usual time,
and when 1t failed to show up at York
Vile on schedule, considerable uneas-
mess developed. This uneasiness was
accentuated by the fact that there was
quite a party of Yorkville people on
board. Inquiry Of Filbert by telephone
developed that the train had not
reached that point and it was more
than an hour before the train was
finally located. The first definite infor-
nation secured by the anxious people
at the depot was through Mr.. j. L.
Stacy, who lives about three quarters
of a mile from the trestle, and who
kindly complied with a request over
the telephone to investigate the matter.
Shortly afterward there came a report
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-03-14
ANNUAL CLUB CONTEST.

The annual competition contest for
the handsome and expensive premiums
offered by THE ENQUIRER for the larg-
est clubs Of subscribers returned be-
tween the fifteenth Of October and the
second Wednesday in March, came to
a close last Wednesday. A, careful
count Of the names returned and paid
for showed that Mr.. A. w. Mcfarland,
Of Yorkville, had the largest number;
Mr.. John Miller, carrier on route No.
6, the second largest number, and Mr..
D. c. Clark, carrier on route No. 3, the
third largest number.
Under our offer the premium for the
largest club returned and paid for, is
handsome top buggy, the best that
can be made by the Yorkville Buggy
company, and which sells at retail for
$3.50. Mr.. Mcfarland carries of this
handsome prize with 227 names.
The premium offered for the second
largest club, is the best open buggy
manufactured by the Yorkville Buggy
company, and valued at $50 cash.
This goes to Mr.. Miller for 1S0 names.
There was no special premium for q
third prize. If there had been it would
have been won by Mr.. Clark. He had
in all III names, quite handsome club
under the circumstances, and he was
so we'll satisfied with the settlement of
what was coming to him that he said
the man, other than himself who car
ries off the first premium next year
will have to do some unusually good
work. ~
After Mr.. Clark came Messrs. John
K. Allison, Geo. w. Knox, w. II.
Crook, and VIM. Meg. Bailey, with
clubs ranging from 40 to 80. and then
came quite a number of others with
clubs ranging from 80 downward. In
all considerably more than 1000 names
were returned and paid for and our
subscription list counts out something
like 23O more than at this same date
last year.
Although the final settlement Of the
clubmakers has been as complete and
satisfactory as could be reasonably de-
sired, 1t is proper to say that there
still remain few names that have not
been paid for. In all cases where club
makers have declined further RESPONSE
bility, unpaid names have been stricken
from the subscription list. In cases
where the clubmakers have assumed
responsibility, names have been LETT
pending further Instructions. In every
case where names have been ac-
tually paid for the figures on the label
shows the dates of expiration. Those
subscribers who note on the labels Of
their papers, two black dots instead Of
final figures, will understand that the
continuance Of their paper is in the
hands Of their club-makers:
The publishers Of THE ENQUIRER feel
that they are under special obligations
to the clubmakerD for the splen-
did work they have done, and the
business-like manner in which they
have done it. In this same con-
nection also the publishers desire to
express appreciation Of the unusually
liberal patronage that is being accord
ed to the paper, and to say that no eff
fort Is being spared to merit this pa
tronage to the utmost
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-03-14

ALTHOUGH this is good country to
live in as it is, it would be a much
better country If we had better roads.
We could have more communication,
and we could do profitable work during
times we now have to spend in idle
ness. If we would put on the roads
some of the idle times we are other
wise wasting in the summer, we would
be in a position to do more good work
in til, winter. The thing Ia important
and we should think about it.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-03-14

If Kansas wants to erect in the Cap
itol at Washington a statute Of John
Brown as an offset to Virginia's Rob-
ert E. Lee, we don't see that the south
should have any objection. OF course,
Brown was nothing but murderous
fanatic; but that cannot be reflection
on Lee, for the time will come when
even Kansas will honor Lee and try to
forget that it ever harbored such a
man as Brown within her borders We
make this prediction on the assumption
that the general American tendency Is
in the direction Of enlightened civili-
zation.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-03-14

plainly to him and told him that he
would be compelled to enforce the law
and advised Chicco and all others in
his position to close up at once. He
told him plainly that there could be
no compromise with the open or secret
sale Of liquor. Chicco said he wanted
to get out of the business, but seemed
to think If he could sell ION the quiet"
it would be all right. But, Of course,
such a proposition, If 1t had been d.
rectly made, would not have been en-
tertained for a moment. Although
Chicco protested that he was on the
verge Of ruin, he appeared very cheer
full, when introduced to Chief Consta-
BILE Hammett, and he was glad to
meet him, and asked him pleasantly to
call when he came to Charleston.
The VIC. Trust Case.
Spartanburg Herald: A case Of con-
siderable interest in political circles
and in the courts, is that Of the State
vs. the Virginia. Carolina Chemical Co.
AS has been frequently stated in the
press this case was instituted by the
attorney general to determine whether
that corporation was organized and
operating in violation of the antitrust
laws Of the state. The case is now in
the court of common pleas for Rich
land county. The general assembly
two years ago appropriated twenty-five
hundred dollars and the following leg
islature appropriated three thousand
dollars as a special litigation fund fol
the aid of the attorney general
in prosecuting the action. The last
session struck out an appropriation fol
that purpose, but made an appropria-
tion Of five hundred dollars to pay
some expenses Of the suit. The action
Of the legislature in discontinuing the
appropriation has been construed by
some newspapers as a suggestion fol
an abandonment Of the suit. In res
ponse to a question as to what effect
the action Of the general assembly
would have in the matter, Attorney
General U. x. Gunter, Jr., said 1.-THE
suits would be prosecuted with all the
energy that can be- brought to bear
OF course, the present administration
feels somewhat handicapped that the
aid that former administrations had
Is no longer available. However
whatever may be the intent Of the gen.
eral assembly there is but one thing
for the Office to do, that is to exhaust
its resources in an active investigation
and prosecution. That Is what we are
paid for. Should we fail 1t will not be
our fault"