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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-15

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Supervisor Boyd-Gives notice that on
July %, he will let contracts for the
building Of certain bridges.
Strauss-S Smith Co.-Says that more or
those rich bargains they have peen
offering their customers, are coming
to light every day, and enumerate a
number of things that are or interest
to buyers of dry goods.
Loan & Savings Banks-Says saving
money is a habit and then goes on
to tell you how to get In the hapit OF
saving. .,.
Jas. M. Starr & Co.-Have more fruit
Jars on hands than they want ana
will make you special prices on tnem
for cash. They have rubbers anu
fruit powders. When passing tney
invite you to try their soda waters.
w. M. Kennedy, Agent-Has new crop
turnip seed Of the best quality ana
in choice varieties and Invites you 10
buy your seed from him.
York Drug Store-Says that any laoy
can buy good cigars II she Will IN
sist on having nothing but the Clnco
the cigar Of quality.
J. @. Wray-Is making special prices
on clothing for men to close out MS
stock. He also offers to the gentle.
men choice selections in fine shirts at
81 each. He also talks about a gooo
hair brush he Is selling at 5O cents
each. The machine contest.
Foushee Cash Store-Says 1t courts
comparison Of quality and prices on
its goods, and quotes q few prices OF
interest to housekeepers.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-15
WITHIN THE TOWN.

The dry goods trade was very gooo
in Yorkville during Monday and yes
terday.
The cooling effect Of the street
sprinkler on the atmosphere OF the
streets that are being sprinkled is quite
noticeable.
-Yorkville which has the reputation
Of being one Of the best livery towns
in the state, keeps about sixty horses
employed constantly. The liverymen
have a good local patronage.
1t is quite probable that there Will
be a great deal of opposition to the
new dog ordinance just passed by the
town council; but as a matter OF fact
this seems to be the only satisfactory
way of dealing with this rather per-
picking subject.
-Elvira Camp, colored, was arres-
ted yesterday by Constable Rose and
Policeman Whitener for selling black
berry wine. She had quite quantity
on hand. She plead guilty to the charge
and the mayor imposed a sentence or
SO fine or thirty days in jail.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-15
MERE.MENTION.

William Hobbe, the giant Of South
ern Illinois, died last Saturday at Belle
vile, that state. He was seven feet five
inches tall and weighed 345 pounds.
He was only % years old. ..... Paddy
Smith, a young New Yorker, who Is
said to have at different times rescued
100 people from drowning, was himself
drowned in New York harbor last Fri
day.. 1t was reported few days
ago that a Negro had been skinned
alive by a mob as a punishment for
criminal assault; but investigation de-
velops that there is no truth in the
story. There were sixteen deaths
from sunstroke in New York and
Brooklyn last Friday. According to
the records this is the hottest July New
York has ever experienced. Four
white men were killed at Birmingham,
Ala, last Saturday as the result Of a
powder explosion. The town of
Winchester. Va. was almost submerged
by a cloudburst last Sunday. Water
was from three to six feet deep In the
streets. A New York doctor relieved
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-15
LOcKHART LlNKLETS.

An Aged BieycIist-Pound OF Tomato
-PaeoIet Cotton Still on the Shoals.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer
LocKHARr, July 13.-Sometimes we
find men whose vitality Is considerably
above the average. Men who retain
their strength, even when time mas
worn great gullies in their cheeks
Mr.. w. F. McCulloch is man or this
type. He can ride his wheel as grace
fully as many Of younger years. he
has nearly reached three score and ten'
vet he sometimes rides his Wheel 10
visit relatives and friends who live at
Hoodtown and Hickory Grove. When
he has business at Yorkville he does
not hire a turnout, but rides his Wneel.
He Is an Industrious man and works at
a lob that calls for considerable
strength. He served during the civil
war in Co. G. 18th S. c. "; was
blown up at Petersburg; was captured
and remained in prison at Elmlra' N.
y, until the close of the war.
Mr.. P. B. McAbee has presented your
scribe tomato Of huge proportlons
It measured in circumference tWelVe
and one-half inches and weighed one
pound. The seed from which 1t grew
came from the U. s. agricultural de-
partment. 1t was planted and cult
waited in his garden with the above re-
suits. It will not be amiss to state
that Mr.. McAbee Is not only success
full in raising tomatoes, but other
products of, a vegetable garden as wen.
Some bales of cotton that were wash
ed from the mills above here during
the recent freshet are still IN the
shoals. No effort is being made to
take them out. Possibly after belng IN
the water over a month they are not
worth the trouble to get them out.
This place was visited by a refresh
ing shower Of rain yesterday evening:
Married, on the 18th instant, by Rev.
w. III. White, Mr.. William Crick Of
Greenwood, and Miss Beulah Howell,
daughter Of Mr.. T. T. Howell, a former
resident Of the Bullock's Creek sec
tion. Mr.. and Mrs. Crick boarded the
8 p. m, train yesterday evening for
Greenwood.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-15
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mr.. Geo. H. OLeary went to Lenoir
yesterday.
Prof. w. E. Dendy spent Sunday in
town with relatives.
Mr.. L. j. Lumpkin Of Newport, was
in Yorkville yesterday.
Miss jamie Ratterree, Of Rock Hill, Is
visiting Miss Sadie Dunlap.
Miss Olive Walker Is visiting rela-
tives and friends in Gaffney.
Misses Sudie Allison and Ella Nicely
have gone to Chautauqua, N. Y.
DR. A. Y. Cartwright and Mr.. j. M.
Ferguson spent last Sunday In Ches-
ter.
Although doing the best he can with
his work, Solicitor Henry is quite un-
we'll.
Mrs. ]. w. Dobson and children are
visiting Mrs. Dobson's brothers at
Tirzah.
Misses Anna Belle and Sarah Glad
ney Of Kershaw, are visiting Mrs. L.
M. Dobson.
DR.. w. M. Kennedy and Mr.. Carl
Latimer of Chester. spent Sunday with
relatives in town.
Miss Elise Stokes left on Saturday
for Spartanburg. from which place she
will go to Detroit, Mich. to attend the
Epworth League convention.
Magistrate Anderson of Ebenezer
township describes the crops In his
section as looking fairly WELL
Miss Mayme Lou McClain left last
Friday for visit to her brother. Mr..
Felix McClain, at Lincolnton, N. c.
Mr.. Andrew LIouthian Of THE EN-
QUIRBR staff. is confined to his home
on West Liberty street, with fever:
Miss Marion Jackson. Of Asheville,
n. c.. is visiting her sister. Mrs. j.
Oscar Allison. OH Cleveland avenue.
Mrs. Hiram Smith. who has been WIS.,
iting the family of Major Jas. F. Hart.
has returned TO her home In Gaffney.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-15
NOTE AND COMMENT.

There were some refreshing showers
in Bethel township Sunday and Sum
day night The township has not been
having it's share of rain, and the show
ers that have just fallen have raised
the spirits of the farmers very mater
tally.
Mr.. John 7. Latham, who lives five
miles southwest Of Yorkville exhibited
in THE ENoRIRER Office last Saturday
an object of somewhat curious inter-
est, that we were unable to positively
identify. The object in question was OF
burned red clay, not quite two inches
long and slightly less than an inch
square at the base. It tapers gently
from the base to the top, in which
there is a round hole. 1t Is rudely sug-
eestive of bottle, OF rather Of vial.
Mr.. Latham plowed 1T up in the field
one day recently and thinks it must
have been an Indian medicine bottle;
but cannot say certainly for he has
never seen anything like 1t before.
A gentleman whose Judgment about
such matters is good, says that al
though a coat or two Of paint will be
beneficial to the Catawba river bridge,
the structure is not really suffering for
want of such attention. There Is but
little rust on the iron work and the
bridge could stand a year or more
without material damage. The county
commissioners have an idea Of having
the bridge painted under their own su-
pervision. They do not see any reason
why they cannot do the work as cheap
ly as can anybody else, and then they
will have the advantage of learning the
exact cost Of labor and materials, etc.
Nothing has been definitely decided on
the subject.
The state board of equalization meets
in Columbia today for the purpose OF
assessing the property Of cotton mills,
cotton seed oil mills and fertilizer fac
tories. w. w. Boyce, of Rock Hill is
the representative of York county on
the board. The York county mills were
assessed last year as follows: Bowling
Green Knitting mill, $4,000; Glover
Cotton Manufacturing company, $780,
500; Fort Mill Manufacturing company,
sos, 900; Millfort Mill company, $61,72o;
Arcade Cotton mills, $115,83O; Highland
Park Manufacturing company, $685.
437; Manchester Cotton mills, $247, 300;
Victoria Cotton mills. se6,Ooo; Tavora
Cotton mills, s21,7O0; York Cotton
mills, $172,5O0; Chicora Cotton mills,
$4,000. Total $1,1SS,987.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-15

form of a conglomerate ingot in the
bottom Of the pot. This is refined and
enough gold and silver is obtained
from it to pay the housekeeping ex-
penses many times over. Even the dirt
that Is scraped out Of cracks in the
floor contains gold dust and Is care
fully preserved. The report of the
annual house-cleaning at the San
Francisco mint has just been received
in Washington. One item Of interest
concerns an old carpet that originally
cost $3.50, and that had been in use
on the floor of the adjusting room for
six years. Instead of selling the car
pet, as the government usually does
with its partly worn furnishings, it
was burned and the ashes carefully
preserved and refined, with the re-
suit that gold worth more than $500
was obtained from 1t.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-15

JUDGE Buchanan has entered suit
against the state for difference In Wnat
he was paid for his services as 1udge
and what he thinks himself entitled
to. It Is the opinion Of many people
I'm South Carolina and elsewhere tnat
he has already been we'll paid for his
services to the state.-Spartanburg
Journal.
We do not think that Is a just state
ment. When Mr.. Buchanan became
Judge, the salary Of the office was 49,
900. This salary was subsequently re-
duced by the legislature to s2,5OO'
There is a constitutional provision to
the effect that the salary Of an officer
may not be increased or diminished
during his term. Although other
Judges who were elected subsequently
were entitled to only $4,000, Mr.. Buch-
anan should have had $4,000 to the
end of his term, and the legislative
committee has done wrong to deny the
claim. We agree with the Journal that
Mr.. Buchanan has been we'll paid for
his alleged services. We have never
considered him at all qualified for the
position which he held, but that does
not relieve the state from its obliga-
ton to carry out its contract.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-15
Messrs. Toney Kimball and Waite

Messrs. Toney Kimball and Walter
B. Kerr are visiting in Yorkville. They
came over from Rock Hill yesterday.
Mayor M. C. Willis went down to
Barnwell on Monday evening to look
after his farming interest In that
county.
Captain w. B. Smith, says the Clo-
yer neighborhood has been having
plenty of rain and crops are looking
well.
Mr.. A. Frank Woods left yesterday
for Marion, N. c., where he will spend
sometime with the family Of Mr.. Geo.
E. Woods.
Mr.. John A. Nicely and family are
over from Rock Hill, spending few
days with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. II.
A. D. Nicely.
MIR. T. Glib Culp of Fort Mill town
ship, was in Yorkville Monday, having
come over for the purpose Of meeting
his old friends.
Mr.. David Wray Of High Point N.
c., is in Yorkville on a visit to his
cousin, Mr.. J. @. Wray and other rela-
tives and friends.
Mr.. Clark Wardlaw Adicks enter
tained a number of his friends on last
Friday evening. Various games were
played for entertainment.
Mesdames Sam. M. McNeel and w.
B. Moore, and Misses Hulda McNeel,
Bessie Young and Marie Moore, left
on Monday evening for Wrightsville
Beach, N. c.
Misses Florence Thomasson OF Bel
mont, N. c., and Catherine Mobley
McCrorey of Lancaster, are the guests
of Miss Mag C. Thomasson, near
Yorkville.
Mrs. w. F. Marshall entertained on
Saturday night in honor Of her guests,
Misses Wicker and Brown. Anagrams
was the game for the evening. Light
refreshments were served.
Mr.. f. B. Beard continues to improve
and his friends are beginning to feel
every assurance that he Is out OF dan
ger. He himself has been cheerful
and confident throughout the whole
trying ordeal and this fact has contri-
buted much to the success Of the oper-
alton.
Mr.. Thomas L. Smith, formerly OF
Newport, but now Of Washington, is on
visit to his father, Mr.. r. A. Smith;
He Is accompanied by Mrs. Smith ana
the children. Mr.. Smith has been cit
izen of Washington for the past nine
years and holds a responsible position
with the Great Atlantic and Pacit1c
Tea company. This Is his first trip
south within the past five years. and
he is having quite pleasant time with
his boyhood friends. His visit Will
cover about two weeks.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-15

case of lockjaw a few days ago by
opening the skull Of the patient and in
iecting anti-toxin serum. ... e.. There
have been clashes during the past few
days between Turkish and Bulgarian
troops on the frontier Of the two coun-
tries. Gen. Clement A. Evans, pres
ident Of the Confederate Memorial as
sociation, says that the association now
has on hands funds to the amount OF
$204,470, and that the work Of building
the battle abbey at Richmond will be
commenced without further delay.
Fifty houses in the northeastern part
Of Baltimore were unroofed by storm
last Sunday. About twenty persons
were injured and property was dam
aged to the amount of 100000.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-15
BULLocK's CREEK NOTES.
Of the Yorkyille ENQUIRER.

Correspondence OF the forkv1ile Enquirer
BULLocK's CREEK, July 13.-Crops IN
this section are late; but If the seasons
continue they will be fair.
Mrs. J. B. Swami has returned from
a weeks visit to friends In North Car
olina.
Miss Mamie Higgins Of Lockhart'
has been visiting relatives here.
Misses Maggie and Mary Blanken-
ship are spending awhile with their un-
Gle, Rev. J. B. Swami. -,
Miss Minnie Palmer Is In GreenVille'
at the bedside of her sister, Mrs. H.
r. Chapman. who Is quite Ill with ty-
phoid fever.
There will be a choir meeting at Bull
locks Creek church next Saturday az
ternoon.
Rev. Dr. ]. H. Thornwell Of Fort Mill,
will begin a proctracted meeting at
Bullock's Creek on Friday night peiore
the second Sunday in August, and 1t is
expected that the meeting Will continue
through a part Of the next week.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-15
A RUSSIAN newspaper, published

A RUSSIAN newspaper, published at
Port Arthur, is responsible for the
statement that Russia has ADVISED
China that she cannot open the ports
of Manchuria at this time for the rea-
son that the English and Americans
are giving so much trouble with their
espionage; but will open these ports
after five years. If this statement De
true as it probably is, it means that
Russia will not open the ports now for
the reason that the English and Amer
leans will have an even start with
her; but if the English and Americans
will wait quietly for five years, Rus-
sia will be strongly enough entrenched
to defy the world.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-15
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Moved to Lexington.

Moved TO Lexington
Col. J. H. Tillman was transferred
on last Monday from the Richland jail
to the Lexington jail.
Peabody Scholarships.
Columbia State: The Peabody ex-
animation for scholarships will be held
July 18th, at 9 o'clock, at Anderson,
Rock Hill, Columbia, Florence and
Charleston. The state superintendent
of education has requested the county
superintendsnts of Anderson, Florence
and Charleston to conduct the examl-
nations in their offices. At Rock Hill
the examination will be held In con-
nection with the summer school, and
In Columbia it will be held In the office
of the state superintendent Of educa-
ton.
Came South For a Lawsuit.
Spartanburg special to Greenville
News: About three weeks ago a big
black Negro man was a conspicuous
figure on the street one afternoon. on
the left lapel Of his coat was a large
Elk's badge. A number Of people who
saw the Negro did not know what to
make of it. Subsequently several men,
bers Of the local order Of Elks called
the Negro to one side and talked with
him. He stated that he had a perfect
right to the badge, that he was an Elk
and that none of the white men could
ask him questions regarding the order
which he could not intelligently an
swer. He also produced ritual A
glance at this was indicative that the
Negro was not in possession Of the Sc
crets Of the Elk's organization; and ne
was allowed to depart, and admonish-
ed to stay away from here. where he
intended to organize a lodge. Since
his departure several leading Elks
have been notified that the colored
ELK" has instituted legal proceedings
against the Cincinnati and Spartanburg
lodges. Nothing Is expected to come
Of the matter.
Judge Buehanan's Salary.
Columbia dispatch Of July 10: The
claim Of former Judge o. w. Buchan-
an, for arrears of salary which has
now been changed to suit against
the state treasurer came up yesterday
afternoon before Judge Townsend. The
claim was based upon the allegation
that he had been paid $500 for year
less than the salary to which he was
entitled, as fixed by law at the time Of
his qualification as judge under the
constitutional prohibition that the SAL
ary Of circuit judge should not be
diminished during his continuance In
office The claim was also based upon
judgment rendered by Judge Dantz-
ler in this case. The petitioners con-
tentions were sustained by Judge
Townsend. Messrs. R. w. Shand and
G. Duncan Bellinger represented Judge
Buchanan and Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Townsend represented the comp
troller general and state treasurer.
This matter was before the Legislature
at the last session and Judge Dantz-
ler's decision was produced as proof OF
the legality of the claim. but the COM
mittee reported against it and 1t was
not paid.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-15

The Catholic Herald, Of London, mas
been making itself officious by seeking
to present to the cZar Of Russia petit.
ton relative to the treatment Of Negroes
IN the United States. The idea Of the
petition is to offset the American petit
ton in behalf Of the Jews Of Kichinef.
The Russian ambassador at London
refused to receive the petition and the
Catholic Herald says it will be for
warded to st. Petersburg. 1t is quite
probable that the incident has origina-
ted with Russian diplomats, who seek
to emphasize the contention that the
people Of our sovereign government
have no business with the purely do
mestic affairs Of another. There are,
Of course, however, some marked de-
fects in the suggested analogy. For
instance there are no Negroes In Rus
sia, while in America the Jews con-
stitute a large and influential portion
Of the population. Again, America has
never treated the Negroes so outra-
geously as Russia is treating her Jews.
The worst that can be said Of Amer
ica's treatment Of her Negroes Is that
in some cases she has punished them
for crime, without a trial, while Russia
has virtually approved wholesale mas
sacres Of Jews, even when such mas
sacres were without reasonable justi-
fication. But all the same 1t must be
admitted that this policy of interfer-
ence by one nation into the domestic
affairs of another is dangerous. We
did it successfully in the case of Spain
because we had the necessary force.
The principle involved Is the same as
applied to Russia, differing only in the
magnitude of the contract.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-15
The 3terkpille enquirer.
YORKVILLE, s. c.:
WEDNESDAY, JULY Is, 1903.

EXCEPT for the intervention OF Mr..
r. S. Stewart there would have been a
lvnching in Lancaster county last
Thursday. Mr.. Stewart intervened Tor
the regular process Of law in the case OF
a Negro fiend who had sought to carry
out designs against his own sister,
The incident reflects the highest creolt
on Lancaster county, and especially
upon this noble young man who stood
for the law under such terrible provo
cation.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-15
Wednesday, July Is, 1903.

per authorities look into this matter at
once and see If it is not best that the
father be placed in the asylum.
We find that Henry Griffin should
be included among the defendants In
the case Of the State VS.. Columbus
Warren and others, for house-breaking
and larceny with the same witnesses.
We beg to thank your honor for your
kind indulgence and also the solicitor
for the aid given us during the term.
There being no other business we beg
to be discharged.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-15

July was 1871 as compared with 92.9
OH July 1, 1902.
IF the bill introduced by Repres-
entative Overstreet in the Georgia
house last Friday morning becomes
law, it will be legal to carry pistols,
brass knuckles and bowie knives in
that state The bill provides that any
person shall be permitted to carry any
of the above mentioned weapons pro-
vided he first gives bond in the sum
Of $50 to the ordinary Of the county in
which he resides. He is to be taxed a
fee of 81 for the issuance of the permit
by the ordinary. The bond must be
siarod by good citizens Of wealth and
rep tie in the community. In the event
'..e bondsmen should desire to be re-
lieved they must give at least ten days
notice. The measure further provides
that any person caught with weapon
of the kind mentioned without having
a necessary permit shall be punished
as for a misdemeanor. Mr.. Overstreet
does not like the present law, which
forbids the carrying Of these weapons,
and he says he wants to allow persons
to go armed and at the same time add
to the revenue of the state. 1t is esti-
mated that 81 tax per capita for car
rying such weapons would yield a
large sum.
Il Uncle Sam, says Washington dis
patch. has an annual se-cleaning in
each one Of his mint buildings at the
end of each fiscal year. In these an
nual clean-ups the dirt and dust are
not thrown away, but are carefully
preserved and put into melting pots,
where everything that will burn is con-
sumed and the residue is left in the