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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-08-25
TELEPHONE SITUATION.

The local telephone situation still
stands about where 1t did a few weeks
ago when the citizens Of Yorkville un-
dertook to raise a protest against a
proposed increase in rates; but moth
ing has been permanently settled.
It will be remembered that the COM
mittee appointed in mass meeting to
draw up and submit such a contract
as It would deem just to both sides
made its report and the report was
duly adopted.
The subsequent conference between
the committee and representatives of
the Piedmont and Bell telephone COM
panies, developed that the report Of the
committee was not acceptable to the
telephone people; but nothing was
done one way or the other to disturb
the status quo.
The telephone people gave 1t out
that they would allow rates to remain
as they were before the change of
ownership from the Bedford to the
Piedmont until they shall have been
to the expense Of putting the system
into first -class condition; but as to
when this would be done they have
not given out anything definite.
There Is a we'll defined conviction
among the people Of Yorkville that
they can best get a good serviceable
telephone system at a reasonable rate
by building 1t: but so far as informa-
ton has developed there Is no disposi-
ton on the part Of any Of the people
interested to take the initiative in the
matter.
There was a representative Of an in
dependent telephone system here q
few days ago. He made some esti-
mates as to the cost Of establishing
a first class exchange in Yorkville. and
put his figures at from s35 to $40 per
phone. He stated that $3.50 a month
for residence phones and 81 a month
for business phones would be a fair
rental and stated that at these figures
the town was entitled to a first class
system. He was sure that $40 phone
would give a better exchange than the
Bell Is maintaining In any Of the sur
rounding towns.
This agent, Of course. was not
friendly to the Bell people. He made
no secret of that because he was In
square competition with them. He
urged, however, that as common
sense proposition, the Yorkville
people could far better afford to
own their own system than to allow
It to be owned by foreign corpora
ton like the Bell why pay high tri-
butte to the Bell" he argued, when
you can operate your local system
cheaper than outsiders can, and keep
all the profits at home besides?"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-08-25
THE TlRZAh MEETING.

Senator Tillman will be at Tirzah on
September Z, he having 80 announced
In a telegram received here by Mr.. ].
C. Wilborn on Wednesday.
His coming is the result of move
ment that was started in Yorkville on
salesday, the occasion Of the mass
meeting with reference to the Brice
law election.
Several people who favor the re-
tention of the dispensary conceived
the idea that Senator Tillman might
be able to do something to stay the
rising tide Of sentiment against that
institution, and the invitation was
the result.
There was talk on the streets that
the senator was to come here to
defend himself against accusations
that were made by Senator Brice
and Thos. F. McDow in the mass
meeting: that this was the reason
of the invitation. However this Is
not stated as a fact. The reporter
has not been able to get any definite
statement as to just exactly what
the occasion of the invitation may be.
Shortly after the invitation had
been extended to Senator Tillman,
there was a rumor to the effect thai
Senator Brice was also to be invited
and this rumor has been confirmed as
fact by the actual extension of
the invitation.
Senator Brice has accepted the
invitation. and will also be at Tirzah
on the 7th Of September. Just what
the programme Of the occasion Will
be-whether joint debate-whether
Senator Tillman will be expected to
speak first and Senator Brice In re-
ply, or vice versa. THE ENQUIRER has
not yet been informed. These details
will be arranged later.
Mr.. Wilborn has written to Col.
r. w. Hunt asking for a special
train to bring people up the Southern
railroad from points as far down as
Kershaw and take them back the
same day; but has not yet been ad-
vised whether the arrangement can
be perfected. ."'~s.. ''..
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-08-25
WITHIN THE TOWN.

The board Of trustees Of the York.
Vile Graded school held a meeting last
Wednesday evening and considered
several matters In connection with
the school. It was decided that the
next session will open on the first
Monday In September.
- It Is due to the people Of Yorkvllle
that the Southern railway erect a de-
cent freight depot at this place. York
Vile pays to the Southern from $4,000
to $1,000 a month for freight. The
depot, which can be called such only
by courtesy, Is an old she'll Of build
ing put up originally as temporary
warehouse and left by fire which de-
stroyed the depot building proper.
which was really not much better.
The so-called freight depot Is hun
dred yards or more from the passen-
ger depot, and very inconvenient of
access. 1t is utterly inadequate for
the purposes for which 1t Is being
used. The railroad people have had
plenty of time in which to put up a
decent building and they should at
tend to the matter without any fur
ther delay.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-08-25
EDITORIAL BULLS EYES.

Charleston Post: TX liquor is made
to look like Ak by a process Of skill.
full sophistication," says the state
chemist. The same plan Is employed
by Senator Tillman to make the dis.
pensary seem like a great moral in
stitution."
Chester Lantern: There can be but
little doubt that much of the corrup-
ton in the dispensary, at least the
boldness with which 1t has been
carried on, is due to the policy to
shield dispensary officials from pun
ishment for violation Of the law
Whenever charges were brought
against them the state would rush
to their defense, and If the case
came to court at all, such influences
were brought to bear that the tria
was little more than a farce.
Union Times: Perhaps there has
never been a time in Senator TIL.
mans life when his peace of mind
and reliance in the loyalty and al
has been so shaken as by the EFFORTS
and movements Of the people at this
time to bury his baby. the dispensary
When we consider the fact that the
ldispensary Is not Of the peoples
choosing, but a substitute for theiI
vote for prohibition and considering
the revealed rottenness Of the In
stitution 1t Is not at all surprising
that the people now seek to RID
themselves of this debauching ma
chine.
Gaffney Ledger: Last Friday we
told how we would have acted had
we sold space To the dispensary ele-
ment and our motives had been
Questioned. The Spartanburg Jour
nal, having been accused of selling
out, gave a detailed statement Of the
amount of matter printed. and said
1T received 80 cents a line for pub
fishing the matter in the Journal and
The Freelance (weekly edition of the
JournaD This was about SO an inch
| All we've got to say is that the gen
tleman who bought the space at thai
price had a very poor idea as to the
value of adverrising space. we
venture the assertion that no busi'
ness house in Spartanburg pays any
such rate, and yet the Journal says
the matter was inserted as an ad-
vertisement at the regular rates
We wish to congratulate the Journal
upon the very magnificent rates II
gets, and trust II will maintain them
| so that when the next patent medi'
cine vender comes along he Will mol
desire to beat us down with the
argument that he gets 1t In the dallS
and weekly Spartanburg Journal foi
less than we ask him for little ole
semi-weekly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-08-25
ELECTION WILL BE ORDERED.

The Brice law election petitioned fol-
in York county will be ordered, unless
Messrs. Evans and Melton or other at
torneys undertake to get ahead Of the
desire Of the people and try the In
junction racket, or some other like ex-
pedient. The petitions contain the
necessary names and to spare.
Just exactly how many names there
are on the various petition blanks can
not be stated exactly; but from the
best information obtainable there are
more than 1900, and out Of this num-
ber Supervisor Boyd has found LIZ
registered voters. This Is by no means
all the registered voters there are on
the petitions; but it Is more than one
fourth of the entire number Of names
on the books, counting blanks, deceas-
ed voters, those who have moved away
and all, and the supervisor decided
that 1t was unnecessary to pursue the
investigation any further.
AS has already been explained the
precinct books were numbered before
the names were entered, and In the
subsequent entering Of the names
many numbers were skipped. Adding
the numbers Of the last registered yo-
ters at each Of the various precincts
the books would indicate that since
1896 when they were commenced, 4,76l
voters have been registered, and one
fourth Of this number Is 1,1S7a.
In going over the petitions the su-
pervisor found that In some cases
the same voter had signed twice
All of these were carefully checked
off so they would not be counted but
once. There were not more than
fifteen or twenty of them however.
Also some Of the names were 80 bad
ly written that 1t was impossible to
decipher them. and 1t cannot be
stated whether or not they are names
Of registered voters. ..
OF the remaining six hundred
names not counted, 1t Is quite GER
tain that many are properly regis
tered. 1t is possible that fully half
Of them are duly qualified to vote;
but to ascertain the exact status of
each would require weeks and weeks
Of tedious painstaking labor, and the
supervisor can very we'll be excused
for having called a halt after ascer-
tanning beyond a doubt that the ex-
act letter of the law had been fully
complied with.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-08-25
ABOUT PEOPLE.

E. E. Thornwell, Esq, is at Chick
Springs.
Miss Sallie Mcdonald is visiting In
Marion, N. C.
Mrs. ]. ]. Keller is visiting in AL
bemarle, N. C.
Mr.. M. L. Mitchell is visiting rela-
tives In Chester.
DR.. and Mrs. S. A. Weber are visit
ing on Sullivan's Island.
Miss Mabel Gaines Is visiting Miss
Pablita Gorham in Gaffney.
Miss Matte Caldwell of Glover, is
visiting Miss Rose Lindsay.
Mrs. Mary ]. Ingold Is visiting Mrs.
C. C. Randleman in Clinton.
Miss Corinne Jones Of Lancaster,
is the guest Of Mrs. r. ]. Herndon.
Mr.. N. ]. n. Bowen Is home again
after spending several weeks in CO.
lumbia.
Mr.. Edward Hanahan Of Birming-
ham, Ala, is visiting his sister, Mrs
E. B. Beard.
Master James Campbell Of Gasto-
MIA, is visiting his aunt, Mrs. John
|O'Farrell.
Miss Emily Wright Of Glover, is the
guest of Misses Mary and Carrie
Cartwright
Mr.. John P. White Is spending a
few days with relatives and friends
at Jonesville.
Miss Margaret Miller left for CO.
lumbia last night, accompanied by
Mr.. S. L. Miller.
Miss Sue Estelle Thomas of
Charleston, Is the guest Of her SIS
ter, Mrs. w. B. Williams
Mr.. T. N. Kendrick of Gastonia, came
down to Yorkville yesterday on busi-
ness, returning this morning.
Masters Harold and Joe White, and
Claude McDill of Chester, are visiting
Masters w. G. and Harold White.
Mrs. John F. Blodgett and daugh-
ter, Mary Allison, returned to Atlanta
Wednesday, after a visit to DR.. j. B.
Allison's family.
Miss Vera Randleman has return
ed to her home in Clinton after Wis
1t of several weeks to Mr.. Brooks In
mans family.
Mrs. John D. Mcconnell returned to
her home at McConnellsville yester-
day. after a short visit to Mr.. John
S. Jones's family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Stokes of
Asheville, NJ c., and Mr.. and Mrs.
Covington of Bennettsville, are the
guests Of Rev. ]. L. Stokes's family:
Misses Annie McPheeters and Kit
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-08-25
I.oCAI. AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Dobson Bros Cash Store Invites
you to risk one eye on the offerings
made today. 1t has a big stock OF
fall millinery and more is coming.
Star Drug Store-Calls your attention
to the good qualities Of paracamph.
It Is superior to menthol prepara-
tions for cuts, bruises, burns, ca
tarrh, cold in head, etc.
Carroll Bros.-Make a special offer
ing Of certain goods for ten days.
Special prices are offered on soda,
baking powder, tobaccos and fruit
jars.
w. D. Glenn. Chairman Board Trus.
tees-Gives notice that the Graded
schools will be open for the 1905
'06 term on Sept. 4th.
York Drug Store-Tells you to make
yourself more comfortable by using
Wright's talcum powders. A nice
chamois skin given free with each
CSC box, while they last.
]. @. Wray, The Leader-Has big
stock Of mems negligee shirts a,
low prices. He also offers mems
and boys underwear at low prices
Ladies' corset covers at reduced
prices.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-08-25

Supervisor Boyd requests us to an
nounce that the next monthly meeting
of the county board Of commissioners
will be held on the first Monday In
September, instead of on Wednesday
after the first Monday.
Through a telephone message from
Fort Mil' Wednesday, THE ENQUIRER
was advised OF an error in the date OF
the Gold Hill picnic advertisement
printed Tuesday. The picnic was ad-
vertised for Saturday. 1t should have
been for Friday. We regret to ac-
knowledge full responsibility for the
error. The copy for the advertisement
was handed In by Mr.. D. ". Epps Of
Fort Mill township, and the date was
inadvertently changed In transcript
ton. Our friends will appreciate no
doubt that we are deeply concerned
at the occurrence Of such errors.
There is no doubt about the fact
that Supervisor Boyd has had quite a
large sized undertaking In comparing
the Brice law election petitions with
the registration books to see whether
or not one fourth of the qualified vo-
ters had asked for an election. In the
first place. as has. already been stated,
the registration books are not gotten
up in the best possible shape. There
are two books for each precinct and
they are supposed to be identical. The
names appear as the voters applied for
registration without regard to alpha
betical arrangement and Ii Is often
quite a tedious task to determine
whether or not a given name Is on a
given book. But that is not all Of the
trouble. Many Of the petitions include
names from a half a dozen or more
different precincts without anything
to indicate where they might probably
be found and this often involves a
search of the entire registration list
before the supervisor could say posi-
lively whether or not the signer Is a
qualified voter. That many names
have been skipped or overlooked fol-
lows as a matter Of course. To dis
pose Of each and every name with
absolute satisfaction would be a mat
ter Of weeks II not of months. But
out of the large number Of names sub
mitted 1t has not been especially DIFF
ficult to find enough to make the su-
pervisor absolutely certain that the
law has been fully complied with, and
that Is what he has been after.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-08-25
BROKER PEcKHAM ARRESTED.
He Was Indicted on Account Of Cotton
Leak Scandal.

F. A. Peckham, one Of the New
York brokers connected with the cot
ton report leak scandal, was arrested
at Saratoga last Wednesday on q
bench warrant issued by Chief
Justice Clabough, Of the supreme court
Of the district of Columbia. charging
him with conspiracy to defraud the
government.
Mr.. Peckham's name had been asso-
ciated very closely with Moses Haas
of New York and both of them declined
to testify before the grand jury here.
Secretary Wilson reported that l. e.
Van Riper Of New York said that Haas
acted as a go-between In conveying
information from Holmes, the dismiss
ed associate statistician, to other New
York brokers. Correspondence between
Holmes and brokers found by the Sc
cret service agents contained the ini-
tial "P." which Is said to have been
the way In which Holmes referred to
Peckham According to the report OF
Secretary Wilson on the investigation
he made, Holmes admitted that he and
Peckham had close relations and were
at one time associated In business
venture in which Holmes was to have
an interest equal to the sum OF S6O,OOO
which he was to receive as gift from
the other members Of the firm"
Secretary Wilson said that Holmes
admitted that when he had occasion
to visit New York he frequently found
that his hotel bills were paid by Peck
ham or by Ran Ripper. Secretary Will
sons report charged Holmes with
communicating advance information
to Van Ripper and Moses Haas Of New
York The names Of any others In
dicted in connection with Peckham on
the conspiracy charge have been with
held.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-08-25

GuNTER's DENIAL.-Attorney Genera
Gunter is sick with fever in the Co.
lumbia hospital. In reply to the tes-
timony yesterday to the effect that he
had sold positions on the constabulary
force, he gave out the following state
ment through his assistant. Mr. w. H
Townsend:
THE hearsay statement of the wit
ness, FAINT was shown Attorney Gen.
eral Gunter at the Columbia hospital
this evening; and he said 1t was most
UNANIMOUSLY false that he had ever ask
ed received, expected or wanted any
compensation or reward for aiding
anybody anywhere to obtain position
or office connected with the dispensary
on any other governmental agency
Why his name should be connected
with such statements he cannot con-
ceive. That he has never fmportuneo
any Of the governors for such favors
as will be borne out by the governors
themselves. No truthful man can be
found who will say that he ever paid
him anything or course, his name
may have been hawked without his
knowledge by designing persons; II
so, such person should, and must be
held accountable, and he intends to use
every effort to find out If such Is the
case, just as soon as he is able to leave
the hospital"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-08-25
MERE NJ ENTlON.

An instance of a case Of leprosy'
cured by the X-ray, apparently well
authenticated, is reported from Manila
The quarantine regulation that
every vessel from Colon, Panama. 10
southern ports must be detained hVe
days at the port of arrival, is expected
to transfer all the cotton trade from
southern ports TO New York for the
time being. ..... Three persons were
killed In a head-an collision between
two freight trains near Rossvllle. Kan
Wednesday. Mrs. Mary Mapes
Dodge, editor OF st. Nicholas MaSa-
zine for the past twenty-five years
died ut her home in TannersVille, y.
Y, Tuesday, aged seventy-four years
Three fremen were fatally m :
iured, several pei sons are missing ana
supposed to have perished, and Sl5O.- :
600 worth of property was destroyed
by fire at Orville. Cal, Wednesday,. =.
A family consisting of seven persons
were drowned by the capSizing OF
their houseboat In the Ohio river near
Mayesville, KY. Tuesday. .....: Two
non-union miners were killed and one
fatally wounded as the result OF riot
about the opening Of the mines OF the
Tennessee Consolidated Coal company
at Tracy City, Tenn, which had been
shut down for over a year. .One
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-08-25
BOOKER DENIES IT.
Did Not Escort Wanamakers Daush.
ter to Dinner. "
Montgomery Advertiser.


NEW YORK, August 20.-Special: Ed
itor the Advertiser, Montgomery, Ala; {;
I have just seen for the first time the
misleading and false reports In south
ern newspapers referring to my escort
ing female members Of Mr.. Wanama-
ker's family into the dining room OF
Saratoga hotel.
have not referred to these reports
before, because they have just come to
my notice. ! did not escort any female
member Of Mr.. Wanamaker's family
to, or out of the dining room. l did
dine with Mr.. Wanamaker and men,
bers Of his family at a hotel at his re-
quest, for the purpose Of talking on
matter of business, but at the time
was q guest myself at colored hotel
In Saratoga.
During the last fifteen years / have
been at the hotel where Mr.. Wanama-
ker was on three different occasions
when / was to speak at public meet
ings, as l was this time and no COM
ment was made Of 1t.
When in the south / conform, like
all colored people, to the customs OF
the south, but when In the north, l
have found it necessary, during the
last twenty years. as stated fully In
my book, up from Slavery" to come
into contact with white people In the
furtherance of my work in ways l do
not In the south.
BOOKER WASHINGTON.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-08-25

stances transportation companies have
said that there has been q falling of
in the shipments Of American goods
to China. No further reports indi-
eating the progress Of the boycott
have been received at the department,
and it is not believed that there is
any progress of the boycott outside
of Shanghai. One instance Of an
attempt to insult the American flag
was reported from Annoy. This hap
pened month ago, but the governor
of the province promptly made
amends and ordered all attempts at
a demonstration directed toward
Americans to cease. The Washing
ton government has no complaint to
make Of the local authorities In
China, as the reports indicate that
they have been prompt and efficient
in the protection of American inter-
ests
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-08-25

NIXON says L.anahan offered him
$50, 900 a year and Lanahan says 1t Is
a lie; that Nixon makes the charge
because he tried to connect with
the Lanahan house and couldn't. Now
of course, 1t is next to impossible to
decide the issue between these gentle
men, especially since Mr.. Lanahar
would have 1t appear that Mr.. Nixon
Is as much interested as he Is. How
ever II Mr. Nixon failed to connect
and that was his grievance, we can't
see why he waited until this late day
before telling about 1t. Mr.. Lanahan
would have drawn more blood, or cut
more ice, no doubt, If he had owned
up and charged that Nixon turned him
down because the other fellow was
paying a better bonus"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-08-25

WE have no complaint to make as
to government by injunction" Judge
Townsend was no doubt within the
scope of his proper duties when he
restrained the Union dispensers from
closing their places in obedience to
the Brice law election. The showing
made by Melton and Evans is at least
sufficient to becloud the issue in the
mind of layman, and for that reason
1t Is proper to hear argument. But Is
the court going to allow the sovereign
will Of the people to be thwarted by
a few flimsy sophistries? AS to
whether there will be such an attempt
remains to be SEN. There Is no tell
ing what will be attempted these
times; but 1t is just as we'll to remem-
Der that the people are still sovereign.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-08-25

Not A CANDIDATE.-In the daily
papers of last Sunday there appeared
a card signed by several gentlemen OF
Landrum suggesting Hon. Jno. L. Nc
Laurin as a candidate for governor
on an anti -dispensary platform. Mr.
McLaurin has replied as follows:
To Messrs. T. M. Belen. Alex Frew-
ette, G. w. Plumby, L. r. Fisher, Lam
drum, S. c.: Gentlemen: j thank you
heartily for the compliment which
you pay in your card, published In Sat
urday's State, and trust that no act
Of mine will ever lessen the confidence
which you express in my integrity, and
patriotism. The platform, which you
declare, Is the only one upon which
would care to stand were l candidate
for governor, and hope that the right
man will come forward and carry the
principles, which you lay down, to sue
cess. Personally l do not wish to be-
come a candidate for any office but, II
felt that / were needed, / would not
hesitate to respond to the call. l am
sure, however, that the present situa-
ton Is such that my candidacy Tor
office would give the opportunity to
confuse by making the contest personal
and I wish to see this campaign made
without regard to the personal or po-
litical fortunes of any individual, look
ing solely to the public good. With
kindest personal regards, am,
Ever yours, sincerely,
JOHN LowNDEs McLAURIN."