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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-25
ABOUT PEOPLE.

M. B. Jennings, Esq, left last night
for Columbia .s.... .s..g,...,..
Mr.. H. T. Williams was over from
Lancaster last Saturday on business.
DIR. and Mrs. w. G. White left this
morning for a visit to the Worlds
Fair, st. Louis.
Mrs. w. Mason Mcconnell Is spend
ing a few days with relatives in Ches-
ter and Fairfield counties.
Capt. w. B. Moore went before the
State Board Of Health few days
ago, passed an examination as an
embalmer and received a certificate
Of efficiency. He is now authorized
and prepared to practice embalming.
Cards are out for the marriage OF
Miss Rebecca Philips Bird Of Charles
ton, to Mr.. Thomas Jefferys Ashe OF
Yorkville, on Wednesday, November 3.
The ceremony is to take place In
Grace church, Charleston. The bride
to be is the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Styles Bird. The groom Is son
Of the late Mr.. John r. Ashe, a recent
graduate Of the South Carolina Mil
itary academy, and has just completed
a course in electrical engineering In
New York. He has many friends in
Yorkville and is we'll thought Of by all
who know him.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-25
SOLD HIS PROPERTY.

Mr.. ]. o. Walker has sold his house
and lot on Kings Mountain street,
Yorkville to Mr.. r. ]. Caldwell, Of
Guthriesville. The information comes
from Mr.. Walker, who told the report
er about 1t last Saturday.
"Well. I have sold my house and
lot" he said, land that last advertise
ment is what did the work"
"Why not give the first advertise
ment a part Of the credit also?" the
reporter inquired, following the ques-
tion with the suggestion that such
sales usually require time: that peo-
pie don't usually jump into such trans
actions hurriedly, and in this case the
purchaser may have been considering
the matter from the beginning.
NO" asserted Mr.. Walker, 1T was
this way. The first advertisement
brought a number Of inquiries and I
was several times pretty close to a
trade; but in each the deal was left
unclosed. However, reports got out
that I had sold to this party or that
party, and these reports discouraged
further inquiries. The last advertise
ment, you remember said my house
and lot are still for sale and that Is
what did the work"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-25
WILL GO TO CLINTON.

| Rev. DR.. w. G. Neville Is to leave
Yorkville. He has accepted the pres
idency of the Presbyterian College Of
South Carolina at Clinton, and will
probably enter upon the discharge Of
his new duties within a month or six
weeks.
DR.. Neville announced his proposed
change from the pulpit last Sunday
morning. There had been whispers
Of the matter for some time; but there
was nothing definite so far as the
Presbyterian congregation was con-
cerned until DR.. Neville broke the
news himself.
At the close of his morning sermon
DR.. Neville explained the situation.
He told how the presidency Of the col
lege had been offered to him before he
started on his European trip. He de-
cIined the offer at once; but yielded
to an earnest request to withhold
final decision until he reached New
York. There came another request af-
Ter He TcdChCu biNCkpO0i eAAo sAAS w.
lege authorities continued to persist
after his return home. He had given
the matter most careful consideration
and had at last decided that 1t was
his duty to accept, notwithstanding
the personal sacrifice involved.
Rev. Dr. Neville has had charge OF
the Yorkville Presbyterian church
since August, 1893, and during his
residence in Yorkville he has endeared
himself not only to his own people;
but to all Of the Christian people OF
the country surrounding. His infiu-
ence for good has been great and
news Of his intention to leave will
cause widespread regret.
During DR.. Neville's pastorship the
Yorkville Presbyterian church has in
creased its membership more than a
hundred, there now being nearly $50
names on the rolls.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-25
Fathership of the Dispensary.

The old saying that "the child Is the
father o. the man" contains a truth
that is too self-evident to need elab-
grafton.
When Senator Tillman was running
for denomination to the senate with
out opposition four years ago, and Col.
]. H. Hoyt was running for governor
in opposition to the dispensary, Sem
ator Tillman justified his interference
with the claim that "his baby was in
danger"
At Gaffney last Saturday, Senator
Tillman admitted again that he was
the father of the dispensary;" but
claimed that he is not responsible for
the characteristics that have been de-
veloped in his child since it's care and
control have been intrusted to others.
At the cotton picnic at Harmony, in
this county a year ago. Senator Brice
attributed the dispensary to Ben
Tillman and the devil" and in the
light Of developing testimony it would
appear that Mr.. Brice has it about
right, the only need for further evil
dence being on the question as to
where the responsibility Of Senator
Tillman ends and the responsibility
of the devil commences.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-25

ted that there is no question Of the
fact that dispensary officials Of almost
all grades have the opportunity to
reap dishonest gains from their posi-
tions.
Referring to rumors to such effect,
he admitted that members Of the state
board Of control are in a position TO
secure rebates from liquor houses on
purchases Of whisky. He stated that
he had heard it charged that county
dispensers frequently received from
the owners Of certain brands OF case
goods, a bonus of 80 cents on each
case Of such goods sold. This, he was
kind enough to explain, was to In
fiuence the county dispensers to push
these special brands Of whiskies to the
exclusion Of other brands whose pro-
prietors do not pay the dispensers such
bonuses. All this he admitted could
be done; but he did not believe there
was a dispenser in the state who
would do such a thing.
To make the thing perfect, the SEN
ator suggested a return to the prac-
tice inaugurated by himself while he
had control. He had four grades of
whisky, which he called 1, 2, 3, and
x. These grades about covered the
range. All the whisky Of particular
grade was purchased In bulk from the
same house and packed In Identical
bottles. If the state would arrange to
buy a years supply at a time, deliv-
erable as needed, pack 1t as he packed
it and require the use Of request
blanks, there would be no chance for
rebates to the purchasing officers and
no chance for dispensers to make
money by pushing certain brands. or
refilling bottles and selling on their
own account.
On being asked the direct question
by one Of his friends as to whether
there was any authority Of law for the
so-called beer privilege arrangement
that has sprung up, the senator said
no. He said he did not have any beer
dispensaries when he was running the
business and he did not see where the
board got its authority for this insti-
tuition. He admitted that the screws
Of the dispensary machine generally
are getting very loose and declared
that they need a Tightening up all
around. .-..... ......
Admitting that he was the father
of the dispensary SYSTEM" that he
had instituted 1t in the face Of the
fact that $4,000 voters had asked foI
prohibition, against $4,000 for the con-
tinued sale Of whisky, he claimed tnal
the object Of the law was to restrict
the sale Of liquor rather than to In
crease 1t; but since then the law has
been changed so as to emphasize the
profit idea, and that the remedy for
the bad state Of affairs into which the
machine has fallen lay In return to
original principles. He said that the
state board Of control should be COM
posed Of the governor and other state
officers and II necessary all the su-
preme court judges.
Upon the conclusion Of Senator Till
mans speech, Rev. F. c. Hickson
spoke for about thirty minutes. Mr.
Hickson's position was that Senator
Tillman's proposed remedy Is imprac.
ticable for the reason that the best
people of South Carolina are not will
ing to engage in the whisky business;
that in fact 1t Is impossible to find q
set Of honest men anywhere who VIII
consent to have anything to do with
such a traffic.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-25
WITHIN THE TOWN.

Gentry Bros. dog and pony show
brought a big crowd of people to
Yorkville yesterday, and their big
tents were crowded during the after
noon performance. The audience was
smaller at night. There were no skin
games connected with the show and
as the dispensary was closed good or
der prevailed throughout the day.
There was an alarm of fire this
morning at about o'clock on account
of the burning Of some fencing in the
yard Of Thos. F. McDow, Esq. The
fire department responded promptly;
but the danger was over before its ar
rival. The origin Of the fire has not
been definitely ascertained; but Mr..
o. E. Grist, chief Of the fire depart
ment thinks 1t was probably acciden-
tai.
The dispensary sold s421.S5 worth
of whisky last Saturday. Upon in
quiry Of Dispenser Snider yesterday
1t developed that the sale for the cor
responding Saturday in 1903 amounted
to $343.45, and for the same Saturday
in 1902, $4,000. The sales Of last
Saturday were materially stimulated
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-25
LIFE OF COLONEL LACY.

At any early day, sometime within
the next few months, THE ENQUIRER
will begin the republication Of the life
Of Colonel Edward Lacy, written by
the late DR.. Maurice Moore, and is-
sued by him in pamphlet form In 1853.
Edward Lacy was a Revolutionary
hero, who emigrated to Chester coun-
ty from Pennsylvania a short time
before the war for American inde-
pendence, and who did his full duty
in that most notable struggle. He
commanded York and Chester men In
many notable conflicts with the Brit
ish and Tories, and played leading
part in the battle Of Kings Mountain.
The author Of the pamphlet to which
we refer lived in the days when there
were still numerous surviving partic-
ipants in the campaigns and battles
that made this country free, and had
the advantage not only Of the infor-
nation that came directly from the
mouths of those patriotic men them
selves; but also had access to many
old letters and manuscripts that have
since passed out Of existence.
There are a few copies Of this old
pamphlet to be had; but not many
and their owners generally prize them
so highly as to be unwilling to sell
them at any reasonable price or even
loan them. THE ENQUIRER has been
able to get a copy through the kind
interest Of Mrs. Celina e. Means OF
Columbia, the daughter Of the au-
thor, and she was able to secure II
only by transcribing it from an orig
inal that she borrowed from an ac-
quaintance.
The pamphlet is not very lengthy
It will make only about fifteen COL
umns of THE ENQUIRER; but 1t Will
give the present generation much In
formation about Revolutionary hap
penings in York and Chester counties
and it will go far toward reviving a
wholesome and well founded inter-
est and pride in the highly creditable
traditions of our people.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-25
HoIdino For 10 Cents.

That cotton growers are holding for
10 cents seems to be evidenced by cir
cumstances. AS long as the price was
10 cents and over cotton came in free
ly, and when the price fell below lO
cents the receipts fell off with sharp
jolt.
Ten cents Is a good price for cotton
and that the farmers should be anx-
ious to realize that figure is natural
That they should be reluctant to take
any less is not at all surprising.
THE ENQUIRER would not like to be
understood as trying to say what the
price Of cotton is going to be. There
are so many elements entering into
this proposition that under ordinary
circumstances all attempts at predic-
ton are worse than foolish.
We believe, however, that there Is
good crop this year. There is certainly
good crop in York county. Reports OF
bale to the acre are common and there
are many authentic cases Of still larg-
er yields. 1t does not necessarily fol-
low that because there is a good crop
in York county, the same condition
prevails throughout the south; but still
It must be admitted that all Of the
more reliable reports so indicate.
A great many people are Of opinion
that it is good policy to try to conceal
the size Of the crop. The idea would
be good IL its execution were possible;
but it is not possible. The people who
make 1t their business to know have
a way Of getting pretty close to the
facts, and while they have to depend
to some extent on speculation the
margin Of doubt is not wide.
The leading cotton men Of New
York and New Orleans have estimates
varying from 100000 to 100000
bales, and If the correct figures are
anywhere within these limits 10 cents
is probably a good price for cotton.
We would not be understood as ad-
vising anybody to sell at less than 10
cents, because we would not be will
ing to assume the blame If the price
should shortly go higher; but to us 1t
seems that the man who can get 81
cents under present conditions and
who will not sell runs about as much
risk Of having to take cents as ne
does of getting 10 cents or more.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-25
E.0CAI. AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

]. 8. Brice, Plaintiffs Attorney-Pub-
fishes summons for relief In the
case Of w. Banks Good ct al. vs..
Kate MCGOWAN Good ct al.
Mrs. Jane A. Thomas, Sharon-Will
sell her household and kitchen fur
niture, garden tools, etc., at her
home next Saturday morning at IL
o'clock.
l.. M. CRISIS Sons-Want to buy q
quantity Of oak or pine wood and
will pay highest market price for
wood promptly delivered.
Hickory Live Stock Co., Hickory-An-
nounce that Messrs. 4. M. and w.
H. Whisonant are in the west buying
mules and horses for the trade and
invite inspection when they return.
]. M. Heath Il Co.-Tell about the
immense stock Of goods they have
on hand, and call especial attention
to clothing for men, for boys, over
coats, blankets, millinery and their
wholesale department.
Ferguson & Clinton-Have new crop
New Orleans molasses, a fresh lot
Of choice hams, and mill feed.
Foushee Cash Store-Has large stock
Of low priced millinery and will
trim hats to suit your taste. Also
have mems woolen sweaters at low
prices in plain and fancy colors.
G. H. O'Leary-Has a full stock of
heating stoves for coal and wood
and also has the popular old style
box stoves.
Dobson Bros.-Have received large
line Of wells in all the popular COL
ors and shades at low prices.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-25

A COPY of the thirty-first annual
edition Of Latham, Alexander & Cos.
Cotton Movements and Fluctuations
came to hand a few days ago. This
volume which is gotten up for graf
tuitous distribution among the GUS
toners and acquaintances of the old
established firm that sends it out, is
one Of the most valuable compilations
on cotton to be had anywhere. 1t in
cludes a review of all manner Of cot
ton statistics of America since this
staple began to take its place as the
leading article Of American commerce.
1t contains exhaustive and reliable
information as to cotton production,
receipts, consumption, stocks, exports,
fiuctuatic rs, ETC., along with special
articles If interest and value. To say
that the last edition is better than
any Of its predecessors. would hardly
be correct for each issue has been per-
feet, and this last comes up to the
high standard of the others.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-25
mERE.MsNrIoN.

In an encounter in st. Louis Friday
between five detectives and three men
suspected Of Implication in a train
robbery several weeks ago at Gen.
tralia, Ill, two Of the detectives were
killed and one fatally wounded. and
one Of the suspects was killed and the
other two seriously wounded. The
town Of Gordon, Ala, one Of the most
important shipping ports Of the Chat
tahooche valley, was destroyed by fire
Friday. The courtmartial to In
vestigate the conduct of the militia
at the Statesboro, Ga, lynch!ng, ad-
journed Friday after being In session
in Atlanta two weeks. It recommend
ed the dismissal Of Captain Hitch. In
charge Of the state troops at States
boro, for gross neglect Of duty, and
the public rsprimandiHg Of Leuten-
ants Nell and Griner. who left their
commands without az :hority.. 172
Russian officers. incluaing one major
general and seventeen field officers
were killed in the fighting Of October
l1th to 18TH. A SPECIAL board ap-
pointed to appraise the damages suf-
fered by the farmers {. the neighbor-
hood of Manassas at I hands Of the
militia during the Sept> mber nance
vers. has fixed the approximate amount
at $4,000. Three men were kill
ed and two severely hurt in a head-on
collision between q northbound pas
senger and southbound freight train
on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley
railroad near Natchez, Miss, Sunday.
..... The plant Of the Mobile, Ala,
Lumber company, including offices
and sawmills and nearly a million
feet Of oak and cypress lumber, was
destroyed by fire Sunday morning.
The loss is not yet estimated, but 1t
will probably be several hundred
thousand dollars.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-25

So apprehensive was Senator Till
man las" Saturday that his expose at
Gaffney might be taken as personal
reflection on somebody connected with
the dispensary. that after reaching
Spartanburg he got Mr.. August Kohn
to telegraph the News and Courier a
statement in which he disavowed any
thing Of the kind. 1t is certainly a
fact that in the absence Of this disa-
vowal the people who heard his speech
were warranted in concluding that he
believed there was something decid-
edly rotten somewhere.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-25

THE total value of last years cot
ton crop-the crop Of 1s03-4-was
s61S,797,339. The largest amount re-
ceived for any previous crop was
1892, 2,4O2,263 for the crop Of 1s02-oS.
The crop Of year before last amounted
to 1O727,559 bales, while last years
crop was 716,2S5 less than the crop Of
the year before. The largest crop ever
made was that Of 1S9S-9s. That year
the crop was 11,274,S40 bales, and the
amount received for it was only $685.
772, s74. The crop Of 1SS4-S5, which
included only 5,706,165 bales sold for
$2Ss,245,503. These figures would go
to show considerations other than sup
ply and demand enter largely into the
price Of cotton.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-25
NOTE AND COMMENT.

A correspondent Of the Columbia
State reports that Mr.. R. M. Ander-
son, who lives near Rock Hill, has al
ready picked forty bales Of cotton
from forty acres and is not yet done
picking. '-
II is currently reported that people
are shooting partridges out Of season
in all parts Of the county. 1t Is case
Of they say" however, and 1t Is not
practicable to get anything more defi-
mite than that the reports Of guns are
to be heard in all directions. The open
season does not begin until November
1st.
II 10 gratifying to note that the
flower show instituted by the ladies OF
the Yorkville Presbyterian church a
few years ago, has developed into a
permanent institution. 1t has been
we'll patronized heretofore, and the
probability is that its success this year
will be greater than ever.
Reports from Rock Hill are to the
effect that the sales Of cotton have
been larger there during the past week
than in Yorkville, notwithstanding the
fact that Yorkville buyers have been
paying higher prices. A Yorkville
buyer said yesterday that while he
was paying $50 on this market last
Saturday he bought fifty bales on
neighboring market for $50. The ex-
PLANTATION Of it was that $50 was real
ly above the legitimate market; but
for some reason some Of the buyers
got the price up to that figure and
others followed.
There are some Japanese acrobats
with, the dog and pony show that ex-
hibited here yesterday-father and
son. The father borrowed a daily pa
per from the reporter and immediate
ly began to devour the war news. He
to be very much interested,
but when asked If he would not feel
better satisfied II he were in the Jap
anese army, frankly admitted that he
prefers to remain where he Is. He
the conviction, however,
that his countrymen would be able to
finally get the better Of the Russians;
but expected the war to last at least
three years.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-25
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

DIR. Won Telberg- Huffman, a prom
inent citizen Of Sumter, committed
suicide yesterday by blowing his head
off with q shotgun. Et
Hon M. F. Ansel of Greenvilie, has
announced himself as a candidate for
governor In the primary Of 1906. He
says he expects to be the next gov
ernor.
The grand jury Of Lancaster courl-
ty has presented the Southern railroad
trestle over Bear Creek as unsafe, and
the railroad commission Is investigat-
ing the matter.
Col. James H. Tillman Is said to
be studying for the ministry, and 1t
Is being reported that he will prob
ably apply for admission to the Vir-
ginia conference.
The Spartanburg negro, Dogan,
who has been working q pension fraud
on the negroes Of Spartanburg, was
convicted in the United States court
at Greenville last week and sentenced
to eighteen months imprisonment.
Clarence Thraillxill, who, with his
father was charged: with the murder
Of Benjamin Burton, was tried at Sa-
luda on Monday and convicted OF
manslaughter. The elder Thailkill had
aleady been convicted and sent to the
penitentiary.
The office of the Columbia State
had a narrow escape from destruction
by fire last Saturday night. The fire
originated In the basement Of the
building and had been smouldering In
large stock Of paper for several
hours before 1t was discovered. The
fire department mastered the flames
after a hard fight. The damage iB In
the neighborhood Of $4,000.
Believing that Aaron Williams
should not be hung at Camden on No
vember 4, large number OF the
prominent citizens of Kershaw county
have petitioned the governor for a
reprieve for thirty days. Aaron
Williams was tried for criminal as
sault on a Mrs. Langley, white
woman, some months ago, and was
convicted and sentenced to be hung
on November 4th. Those who have
petitioned for the pardon tell very
peculiar story Of the conditions ex-
isting In the matter. The husband
of Mrs. Langley committed suicide
Just after the alleged .ccurrence and
there was a lynching threatened at
the time, the affair. taking place at
Boykins, not far from the home Of l.
w. Boykin, the member Of the state
board of dispensary directors. Ii
was argued by some that the negro
was entirely innocent and that there
were hints of blackmsil on the dar-
key II he did not tell where he had q
certain amount Of money hidden.
Rev. w. B. Gordon, L. w. Boykin and
G. T. Mcdowell have appeared before
the governor and asked that the re-
prieye be granted until certain facts
could be brought to his attention that
would convince his excellency OF the
negro's innocence. AS the statements
were not supported by affidayits, how
ever, the governor refused to consider
the petition and those interested re-
turned to Camden to prepare these af-
fidavits in order that some action
might be taken in the matter.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-25

CITIZENS Of Oconee county to the
number Of 112 have signed a request
for the resignation of Governor Hey
ward because of the communication Of
the sentence Of Hoyt Hayes, and the
paper has been forwarded to Colum-
bia. There are great many level
headed men in the state who have
doubted the wisdom Of the governor
in comm uting the death sentence Of
Hayes, but the ill-considered action Of
these Oconee citizens is we'll calcu-
lated to make them hesitate more
than ever. No reasonable man Is go
ing to cuestion the integrity Of the
governors motives in this matter, but
this absurd paper seems to give a
very good idea Of the judicial poise Of
the men who may have signed it.