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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-11-14
WITHIN THE TOWN.

ALL the show-goers are looking for
ward to Humpty Dumpty tomorrow
night. 1t promises to be great. There
Is already a strong demand for seats.
The Kings Mountain chapter, D.
A. R., held meeting with Miss Bes-
sic Barron this morning. Mrs. Moul-
trie Bratton, the newly elected state
regent was guest of honor. The pro-
gramme consisted of a toast to Mrs.
Bratton, "Our State Regent" propos-
ed by Miss Maggie Gist, and a toast
to Mrs. S. NJ McNeel, "Our Chapter
Regent" followed by report of the
D. A. R. convention held in Green
VILE last week. read by Mrs. McNeel
After the program a light luncheon
was served. Those present were: Mrs
A. V. Smell. Mrs. S. M. McNeel, Mrs.
Moul rie Bratton, Mrs. G. H. O'Leary,
don, Mrs. B. N. Moore, Misses Annis
O'Leary, Bessie Barron, Pearl Wal
lace Ella Love, Maggie and Daisy
Gist.
Electrician Barnwell is busy max
ing arrangements for the installation
of the new lighting system. with
electricity from the Catawba Power
company, and the arrangements In
clude a complete reversing of the
wires as now strung. The wires are
larger and heavier, near the source of
the electric energy, and smaller fur
ther out The town wires will be sup
piled from a transformer at the Neely
mill and the large wires will have to
start from there. 1t Is quite probable
that users of electric light will be In
darkness for ten days or two weeks
while the new system is being put In;
hut that Is uncertain. Under the pres
ent system the town has sixteen arc
lights. Under the new system, 1t will
have a minimum of thirty, and the
number may be increased to fifty.
The Increase, however, will have to be
made in sets of five. The location OF
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THE COTTON ASSOCIATION.

There was an emergency meeting OF
the presidents of the County Cotton
associations in Columbia last Friday.
The meeting was called by President
E. D. Smith of the State association,
by mail and telegraph and with but
single days notice twenty-one county
presidents were present. The special
object of the meeting was to raise
money for the needs Of the association,
and after due consideration the follow
ing was adopted
Resolved, That a collector or collec-
tors should be appointed In each coun-
ty by the county president to collect
the three cents per bale assessment in
addition 10 any further assessment that
the county may specially make, and
that twenty per cent of the collections
be allowed for said services, provided
that each collector do first furnish
proper proof that he has personally So
iicited every cotton grower In his ter
ritory.
Resolved, That a committee of five
of which the president Of the State as
sociation shall be chairman do formu-
late a plan for raising revenues. along
such lines as shall not be inconsistent
with the resolutions already adopted;
and that said committee be further
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AFTER WILSON AGAIN.
Cheatham Thinks Congress Should In
vestioate Agricultural Department.

Richard Cheatham Of Atlanta, secre-
tary of the Southern Cotton Associa-
ton, Is quoted by the New York Her
aid as having on Friday night severely
criticised the report Of the cotton crop
issued last Friday from Washington,
in which the condition Of the crop on
November l was stated to be 68.S.
Mr.. Cheatham, who Is stopping In
New York, said. among other things:
1.-THE most absurd piece Of spite
work ever attempted was the issuing
Of the crop report on Friday by Mr..
wilson, the secretary Of agriculture.
In this report he announces the con-
dition' at 6S.S. Now, there is no sane
man who ever saw cotton stalk who
does not know that on November l
and November 10 1t Is not only far
beyond the fruiting or bearing stage,
but in nearly every case is entirely VOID
Of foliage of every kind. 1t has passed
far beyond the increasing stage. Its
condition, 80 far as conditions are rec
ognized in reports, Is the same as on
October l previously. For Secretary
Wilson to make report on condition
of November Is to assist in the oper-
ations Of the bear spectators to ham,
mer down the price Of cotton.
I say to Mr.. Wilson, shame
shame, shame on him and the men
who assisted him in this attempt at
spite work against the cotton produc--
ers Of the south. 1t is a final effort
to get even,' and the attempt Will re-
suit in sure discontinue for the de-
partment of agriculture before the
next session Of congress is far advanc-
ed. That there will be an investiga-
ton of this department by congress
and an uncovering Of matters now
concealed, before which all previous
disclosures will pale in insignificance,
do not for an instant doubt
The Southern Cotton association, In
its bulletin of the crop, issued October
81 estimated the crop for 1905 at g.
444,314 bales, a smaller production than
yesterdays estimate of 6S.S would
promise.
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MERE

Gustav Fuchs the sculptor. who de-
signed the arch of triumph at the Chi
cago Worlds Fair, and who had re-
Gently made a famous atue, the group
Of Russian and Japanese peace ENJOYS
at Portsmouth, committed suicide in
New York. Friday night. No cause
is assigned for the act. Agnes
Pfeiffer, aged 16, an orphan and heiress
to a large amount of property was
kidnapped from a boarding school at
Prairie du Chen, Wis, Saturday, and
no clew 10 her whereabouts can be
le earned. .... An autograph letter writ
ten by Abraham Lincoln, in 1S41, re-
lating to political affairs in Illinois,
was sold at auction in New York Fri
day, for SIPS. Safe crackers blew
open two large store safes at Ball
Ground. Ga. Friday hight and escaped
with 81 900 in currency. -Four per-
IONS were injured, and $4,000 worth
of property was destroyed by fire
caused by a gasoline explosion in Chi
cago. Friday. The Cannon Ball, pas
serger train on the Texas and Pacific
railroad was wrecked near Aledo, Tex
as, Saturday. killing one man and in
juring eight. Governor Pennypack-
er of Pennsylvania, has issued pro-
clamation calling an extra session OF
the legislature, to convene January D,
to consider reform legislation. Ed
ward G.. Cunliffe, the clerk who stole
$101 900 from the Adams Express COM
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- Members of the state dispensary
constabulary under the lead Of Chief
]. C. Hall, made the round Of Green
Vile last Friday and conflscated all the
sweet cider to be found. The cider
was emptied into the street.
There Is another sensation in con-
nection with the Union Cotton mills
failure as the result Of discovery to
the effect that the books bearing on
Mr.. Duncan's future contract transac-
tions are missing. 1t Is known that
Duncan bought contracts aggregating
$4,000 bales, sufficient to last seven
years, at III. These contracts were
closed out at from $50 to 9.96. But
some of the important books are miss
ing, having been removed from the
mill office, and the directors have Of
fered a reward Of $2,500 for their re-
covery with proof to convict the party
or parties who removed them. One
thousand dollars will be paid for the
return of the books and no questions
asked, or $500 will be paid for infor-
nation that will lead to the recovery
of the books.
Chester special Of November
II to the News and Courier: The Rev.
L. C. Hinton, one Of the Oldest and
most widely known Baptist divines in
this state, died at o'clock this morn
ing at his home here. For months
his health has been failing. and the
end which came peacefully and calm
ly, was not unexpected. Mr.. Hinton
was in his seventy-ninth year, and had
been a jealous and earnest minister or
the gospel for over half a century,
during seven years of which he serv-
ed the Chester church. He was a man
of fine mind and talents, and spent his
life and means endeavoring to COM
fort, elevate and strengthen human
ity. He was a native Of North Caro-
lima, coming to this state in 1850, a
short time thereafter marrying Miss
Catharine Kennedy Of Chester, who
died in 1903. He leaves a son and
daughter.
Chapel exercises Thursday morn
ing will never be forgotten by the stu
dents who were In attendance, says a
Due West special Of Friday to the
Charlotte Observer On the rostrum
sat the alumni of Erskine, and in the
seats below, the present students. One
or two had graduated half a century
ago, others at different intervals. With
lips and broken tones these
old fathers Of the church exhorted the
students along the lines Of
right living and a useful appropriation
Of present opportunities. Age spoke to
youth in warning and encouraging
language and youth responded with
grave faces and silent countenances.
1t was, too, a picture Of the present In
outlines of the future. In the course
Of his remarks, Rev. ]. H. Simpson,
who left the institution in 1856, made
the significant statement that, during
the entire period Of his connection
with Erskine, which was five years, he
had never tasted a drop Of whisky,
missed a recitation or stolen a single
chicken No one dared claim a like
record, which is as enviable as 1t Is
rare. Mr.. Simpson now has charge Of
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the new lights has not been definitely
determined; but the understanding Is
that there will be lights at pretty near
ly all the points where they are now
with a number in between. The Zion
church, colored, has made application
for a light, and this application will
TO doubt be granted. The idea Of put
ting two or more lights In the Swamp
town district is being considered.
Rev. G. w. Painter, the we'll
known Chinese missionary, delivered
two interesting and instructive ad-
dresses in the Presbyterian church
Sunday, one in the morning and one
in the evening. There were large con-
gregations out on both occasions. In
the morning the speaker gave COM
prehensive outline Of Chinese political
conditions, and explained the mean
ing and object Of the Boxer uprising.
He said this uprising was not direct
ed against the missionaries, as has
been held by many: but against for
eigners generally. 1t had its origin In
a belief on the part of the Chinese
that the ultimate intention Of the for
eigners Is to overrun the country. In
the evening he discussed the religious
situation in China. He paid glow
ing tribute to the homelife Of the Chi
nese, and said II was undoubtedly the
foundation Of the Chinese civilization
the secret of its long endurance. He
referred especially to the veneratio7
of the young for the old, the obedience
Of children to their parents, etc. The
obstacles to the spread of Chris. ianity
in China are those that are naturally
to he expected when the Christian re-
ligion comes in contact with a heather
religion. A collection was taken uI
for missionary purposes Sunday night
and the response was very liberal
Rev. Mr.. Painter spoke to the children
of the Graded school yesterday morn
ing, and tonight he will deliver ar
address In the Presbyterian church or
the condition Of women In China.
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,pany in Pittsburg, Pa, recently, was
on Saturday, sentenced to six years
imprisonment. and 5000 fine, IN the
Pittsburg criminal court. .... William
D. Owens of Indiana, former congress-
man and formerly secretary of state
and Ferdi and E. Borgess., Boston
promoter, have been indicted by the
grand jury of Suffolk county, Mass,
for securing $25,O60 on bonds OF
fraudulent company. Three new
cases of yellow fever are reported
from Havana, Cuba. II Is claimed that
the germs were carried from New Or
leans in electrical supplies cases. ....
1900 bales of cotton were DESTROYED
by fire in Athens, Ga, Sunday. E. Her
man G. Norgaard, member of the
Council Bluffs, Ia, football team, died
in the city Friday from injuries re-
ceived in a game of football at Harlan
Iowa, a few days before. T. W..
Wood, the head of the well-known firm
of T. w. Woo & Sons, seedsmen, dled
at his home in Richmond. Va, Sun
day
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Tuesday, November IA, 1905,

the orphanage supported by the Asso-
ciate Reformed church and is doing
useful work In her service.
- Says a Union special Of November
12: Notice has just been received here
OF the Incorporation under the laws Of
Maine, of the Union Cotton Mills COM
pany. The capital stock is $4,000, 900,
OF which 100000 is common. $4,000
900 Is first preferred. and 100000,
81 cond preferred stock. The per-
manent officers are Robert +. Her
rick, Boston, president; Francis X.
Carey, Baltimore, vice president; r..
Goodwin Rhett, Charleston, treasurer.
The Buffalo Cotton mills was likewise
incorporated, its capital being $780,
900. Common stock $500,000; first
preferred S2,500,000; second prefer
red 100000. The officers are: r.
Goodwin Rhett, president; Francis x.
Carey, vice president; Robert F. Her
rick. treasurer. These companies are
simply what are known as holding
corporations" for the benefit of the
mills creditors, and are in accordance
wi the plan recently suggested by
the reorganization committee, whose
members. 1t will be noted, are officers
Of the corporations. This, however.
does not affect the officers Of either
the Union Cotton mills or the Buffalo
cotton mills, who remain in charge Of
the active management and operation
Of these big plants.
- Greenville special Of Friday to the
Charlotte Observer: Fletcher Byrd,
convicted together with Palmer Cres-
well, of the murder on May IA, 1904,
Of Magistrate Cox, was hanged in the
jail yard here in the presence Of o
small crowd at 11.09 o'clock this
morning. Death ensued from strang-
ulation in fourteen minutes. Four
teen hours before the execution Gov
ernor Hayward, who had previously
decliied interference, wired q reprieve
for Creswell until Feb. 9th, on the
ground Of after-discovered evidence.
Byrd al along confessed to the
killing, but exonerated Creswell from
completely. The only other witness
was Constable Austin, who said that
Creswell ran. but stopped some dis
tance OFF and fired. hitting no one.
The governors action Is generally ap-
proved, even by those who, at the
time Of the killing, tried to lynch both
| negroes. Byrd was cool and confident
and implored others Of his race to take
| warning from his example and alb
stain from cards and whisky. This Is
the tenth execution In this county on
! the same scafold. Attorneys for Cres-
well ask for new trial and, falling Of
! that, will seek Communication Ito life
imprisonment. The people Of the
| Simpsonville section. once frenzied by
j the Staying Of their neighbcr, are ap-
parently satisfied to let the law take
| its course.
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LOCAL lACONlCS.
Death of James Davidson.

Mr.. James F. Davidson died in York.
VILE, at the home Of his cousin, Mr..
r. D. Alexander this morning after a
long illness. Mr.. Davidson was a car
penter by trade and good one. He
had a spell of pneumonia about two
years ago and never afterward recov-
cred his health, He has been critical
ly Ill for some weeks. He will be
buried at Bethesda this afternoon.
Death of Mrs. w. A. Carson.
Mrs. Mary S. Carson, wife Mr.. w.
A. Carson, died at her home in the
Delphos neighborhood yesterday after
noon at about s o'clock, Of consump-
ton. She had been Ill for several
months. Mrs. Carson was Miss Mary
S. McElhaney, and was married to her
husband in 1865. Besides her husband
who Is In his 88th year, she leaves
six children as follows: Messrs. Samuel
L., James M. and John F. Carson;
Mrs Harriet Isabella Cain, Mrs. Ida
Carson and Miss Laura Carson. The
funeral is to take place at Philadelphia
this afternoon.
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ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mr.. w. E. Ferguson's little son.
Cody, has typhoid fever.
Mrs. Andrew H. Louthian left Sun
day morning for Charlotte.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. P. Lowrance and
son, Master Clyde. are the guests OF
Mr.. A. Roses family.
Mrs. DR.. Glenn Of Tirzah visited her
sister. Mrs. F. C. Harris at Pinevilie'
last week.
Mrs. J. H. Saye and children OF Sha-
ron, are visiting Mrs. r. Brandt IN
Athens, Ga.
Mrs. Moultrie Bratton of Guthries-
willie Is the guest Of Mrs. A. V. Smell
at Mrs. Geo. w. S. Hart's.
Miss Iva Ashe Of McConnellsville'
has been elected teacher Of the Gold
Hill school, near Beth-Shiloh.
Misses Lillian Massey and Marie
Fewell of Rock Hill, spent Sunday ana
yesterday with Mrs. ]. c. Wilborn.
Rev. G. w. Painter CT Hangchow,
China, is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. b.
N. Moore, during his stay in York.
Vile.
Messrs. John B. and r. Newman
Plaxco left Saturday night to attend
the Associate Reformed synod at Due
West.
Mrs. Geo. Richards and son, Master
Ralph, of Stanley, N. c., are visiting
relatives and friends in Yorkville and
vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. D. Andrews of Mon
roe, N. c.. are spending week In
Yorkville, as the guests Of their
daughter Mrs. Ernest Heath.
Mr.. B. M. Dobson. formerly OF
Yorkville, now assistant paymaster In
the navy, is to leave for Manila soon.
Mr.. Dobson has been at Boston for
some weeks past, connected with the
U. s. S. Glacier and will go with the
Glacier to the Philippines, the vessel
having been assigned to help tow the
big floating steel dry dock just COM
pleted at Baltimore to Manila. This dry
dock is one Of the largest in the world.
1t Is five hundred feet long, one hun
dred feet wide and fifty-six feet high.
AS 1t is not difficult to imagine. the
towing of this monster to Manila Is
quite an undertaking. The route Will
be across the Atlantic. through the
Mediterranean sea, the Suez canal, In
dian ocean, China sea, etc. Progress,
Of course, will be very slow, and the
navy department calculates that the
trip will require some four or five
months. Mr.. Dobson expects to leave
Baltimore for the east about Decem-
ber Is, and thinks he will get back to
the United States during next July.
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MAKING FOR PROGRESS.

It Is doubtful as to whether there is
a neighborhood in York county that
can show mere progress during the
past two years. or more promise for
the immediate future than the section
along both sides Of Fishing creek from
three to six miles south Of Yorkville.
Up to the time when Messrs. G. c.
Hughes and Glenn & Allison bought
about two square miles Of land over
in that section there seemed to be
nothing especially attractive about
that immediate section; but since then
Mr.. r. c. Ellis Of Grover, N. c., has
purchased tract Of 270 acres. -(the
w. C. Seagale lands) and Mr.. ]. A. Ell
lis, also Of Grover, has purchased a
tract Of $40 acres, (the London lands)
and other lands in the vicinity have
developed a considerable stiffening In
prices.
There have been very considerable
improvements on the Glenn & Allison
tracts and the Hughes tracts, within
the past year. both in the way Of new
houses and barns, and in improved
methods, and the crops this year are
larger than for years.
Last year Mr.. Hughes built on his
place two first-class four-room tenant
houses, and because Of the strong de-
mand that developed for them, he has
been induced this year to put up four
six-room houses-two on his own
lands and one each on the lands OF the
Messrs. Ellis. All three of these land
owners are satisfied that the way to
get the best labor In the county Is to
provide the best houses.
Mr. r. C. Ellis expects to come down
from Grover within the next few
weeks, as soon as his house Is com
pleted, and settle on his farm. Mr..
]. A. Ellis expects to eventually settle
on the big farm he now owns; but Is
not certain as to just when he will do
50.
Mr.. Hughes had about fifty acres In
corn this season and people who have
seen 1t say 1t Is as good as Is to be
found anywhere in the county. On Mr.
Hughes place, also there will be made
a total Of about seventy-five bales of
cotton.
The one great drawback to the sec
ton in question Is the condition Of the
creek channel. The channel is only
8 or feet deep for several miles,
and because it does not carry off the
water with sufficient facility the bot
toms are subject to serious overflow In
times of freshet. AS the result much
Of the bottom land is Of but little val
ue. With the creek properly ditched
these lands ought to be worth some
thing like 800 an acre. The ditching
will probably be very expensive; but
Mr. Hughes and others, believe that
the situation would justify the pur-
chase of a steam shovel, and they may
eventually undertake just such an en-
terprise.
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empowered to formulate rules for the
operation of the state organizer, It be-
ing the sense Of this body that state
organizer should be appointed at once.
Resolved, That the county president
be empowered to appoint a collector in
the several towns to solicit contribu-
tions from friends of the association,
and that commission Of ten per cent
be allowed on all moneys collected.
President Spencer of the York Coun-
ty association was among those pres
ent at the meeting in Columbia and
since his return he has issued a call
for a meeting Of the county executive
committee to be held in his Office on
next Friday, Nov. II, at II o'clock, a.
m. He thinks the case is an urgent
one and hopes for full attendance
of the executive committeeman.
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IN THE SUPREME COURT.

The South. Carolina supreme court
convenes November %. The sixth cir
cult will be called on December 4, and
will have five days. The following
cases are to be considered:
1. keenan, vs.. Leslie.
2. York Cotton Mills In re Latimer
VS.. York Cotton Mills.
8. Brickman vs.. Southern Railway
Company.
L. Watson VS.. Hoke.
s. Caldwell vs.. Seaboard Air Line
Railway.
6. Jackson VS.. Southern Railway
Company.
7. Stockton in re Caldwell VS.. Rice.
8. Caldwell VS.. Seaboard Air Line
Railway.
All of the foregoing cases except the
last are from York county.
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NOTICE OF SALE.

I'm NOVEMBER 2sTH, 1905, begin
~ ming at 10 o'clock a. m, at the res:
idence Of the late ]. STARR MOORE,
Sharon, s. c., the following personal
property will be sold at public sale:
Three young Mules, several Hogs, one
Surry, one Deering Harvesting Ma
chine, / Favorite Grain Drill, 800 BUSH
els Of Corn, 1000 bundles of Fodder,
lot of Peavine Hay, all Farming I'm
plements.
w. T. MOORE. Administrator.
Nov. IA [. 2t
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Ing the corresponding period last sea-
son of 214293. Including stocks left
over at ports and interior towns from
the last crop, and the number Of bales
brought into sight thus far from the
new crop, the supply to date is 4,45O,-
1877 against 4,730,171 for the same per-
iod last year.
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In a convention that included south
ern governors 1t was naturally to be
expected that the states right question
would be raised even in connection
with effective quarantine regulations;
but 1t is extremely gratifying TO note
that the delegates who assembled at
Chattanooga last week, had the good
hard sense to see that no quarantine
regula lions that could be enforced by
a state would be adequate to keep
down an epidemic Of yellow fever, or
other similar contagious disease.