Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-08-22


The annual Gold Hill picnic is al
ways largely attended, and the prob
ability Is that there will be a big
crowd next Saturday. Those who go
will be assured Of a pleasant time
Because of the unfavorable weather,
the Ogden picnic which was to have
been held last week. did not take place.
YorkviIIe is somewhat ahead Of the
procession on the cotton warehouse
question. Mr.. B. N. Moore's is one OF
the first strictly cotton warehouses
erected in the state. Mr.. w. r. Car
roll followed Mr.. Moore about a year
ago, and the probability is that still
another may be erected soon. Mr..
Moore had q little trouble at first to
teach the cotton producers that
warehouse was a good thing; but now
he has comparatively easy sailing
along that line. Both he and Mr.. Car
roll are able to sell all the storage
space they care to dispose Of.
Capt. w. n. Edwards was In York
some friends in the court house yard
discussed the dispensary question. He
expressed himself as disagreeing with
Senator Tillman in the latter's claim
that the opposition to the dispensary
is directed against the senator The
ca plain claims that the opposition to
the dispensary has no political signi-
fcance whatever. why" he said,
didn't Cherokee vote 1t out to l;
Pickens to 1, and Union to l. All
of these counties have supported Till
man in every campaign In which he
has ever had opposition and will con-
tinue to do So This Is not a political
question" the captain continued. land
1 hope 1t won't become one. The way
to prevent that is for all the counties
to go right on and vote the dispensary
out before the meeting Of the next leg
islature, and settle the question before
1t gets I'm the primaries"
The Enquirer of today Is an all home
product mechanically. This comes
about through our purpose to repro
duce the story of Ellen Campbell, or
Kings Mountain. The serial stories
we have published heretofore during
the past fifteen or twenty years have
been coming to us in the form Of ster-
eotype plates all ready to print. We
have used them for reasons Of both
convenience and economy. A serial
story may be had in plates for less
than a fourth of what 1t costs to put
In type. But the trouble Is that we
have to take what the plate makers
have to sell us rather than what we
want For this reason we have pub
lished quite a number Of stories that
did not exactly meet our approval; but
there will be no more Of that In the
immediate future In addition to the
Ellen Campbell story which commences
today we have in view some other good
wholesome stories that are not to be
had from the platemakers; and 1t Is
our purpose to give them to our read
ers from time to time Notwithstanding
the extra expense involved.
Mr. 3. M. Dobson, paymaster in the
navy. who has been spending some
time with the family of his father, Mr..
r. M. Dobson Of Yorkville, left Sat
urday on his return to his station at
Key West, Fla Mr.. Dobson has been
stationed at Key West for something
over a year, and talked quite interest
ingly about the place to his friends
here. Key West Is a small island
about two miles wide and eight miles
long. The population Is mostly Cuban
and the principal industries are cigar
making and sponge fishing. The is
land Is a little world in itself except
that 1t is dependent on the outside
world for practically everything In the
way of both food and clothes. There Is
some fruit on the island, such as CO.
coanuts, bananas mangoes, alligator
peas, etc, and fish are abundant In the
surrounding waters; but aside from
these things everything else In the food
line comes canned. Mr.. Dobson has
the responsibility Of paying the men
at the navy yards and in the several
government launches at work in the
vicinity, and also buys various kinds
of supplies for the station; but still
has a lot of time on his hands. He had
an attack Of dengue fever some time
ago, but came through 1t very nicely.
The general health of the island Is very
good, and altogether he likes the sit
uation very much; but will be willing
enough to be transferred to some other
station when the time comes, which he
thinks will not be a great while.
BRlCE LAW PETITION.