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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-06
THE COTTON ASSOCIATION.

The executive committee Of the
York County Southern Cotton associ-
alton met in the office Of the presi-
dent, C. E. Spencer. ESQ.,. today and
adopted the following:
1. Resolved, That 1t Is the sense
of the executive committee OF the
York County Southern Cotton associ-
alton that an assessment OF hye
cents per bale Of cotton grown and to
be grown by each member Is neces-
sary. to defray the expenses OF the
association generally, in the work
that 1t has undertaken to do for the
benefit of the cotton growers.
2. Resolved, That the president
of" each township association do at
once appoint a collector whose duty
1t shall be to call on each cotton
grower in the township, and take his
estimate Of the number OF bales ne
expects to make. and collect the as
sessment accordingly, and turn same
over to the township association; that
each collector be allowed 10 per cent
of his collections for his services; that
four-fifths of the net collections, be
forwarded by the township associa-
ton to the county association; and
that three-fourths Of its receipts De
forwarded by the county association
to the state association.
3. Resolved, That the president do
ascertain from the owner OF every
standard warehouse In the county the
amount of cotton storage 1t can fur-
nish, and the best rate per bale 1t
can offer; and that the information
so obtained be published at once for
the information of the cotton growers
of the county.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-06
HEALTH AND PROPERTY.

The suits mentioned last Tuesday as
having been brought against the Ca
tawba Power company are for both ac-
tual and punitive damages, the plaint-
ifs claiming that not only have they
suffered loss In the deterioration In the
value of their lands; but they have
been seriously injured in the matter OF
health.
The complaints also raise q constitu-
tional question that promises to prove
interesting. The act Incorporating the
Catawba river declares that for GER
tain purposes It is a navigable stream
and II this Is true the state had right
to give away the title to the river bed
The plaintiffs. however, claim that the
Catawba Is not a navigable stream
above the Great Falls and that the
boundaries of their lands extend to the
centre of the river.
Among other things the complaint
sets forth that the defendant power
company Is unlawfully making use OF
the bottom lands of the plaintiffs. te
grow weeds, rushes. shrubbery, etc.
which serve to keep the mud, sand and
driftwood out of the river. The COM
plaint as to health is as follows:
Said bottom lands have been made
uni .habitable by reason Of the grea'
lake or pond in the river, caused by
the defendants said dam, and by rea
son of the said waters of the said riv-
er being made stagnant and by reasor
of the frequent overflows which aaic
lands have been subject to, thereby
causing s:agnant water and ponds up
on the same breeding mosquitoes ir
countless numbers, which attack anc
lnjure plaintiffs family, creating mala.
ria and emitting nauseous gases, anc
polluting the air and water In and ovel
the said plantation, rendering IT un.
healthy and dangerous to life to dwell
upon, causing sickness, pain and SUI
fering to plaintiff, his family, tenants
and servants living upon said planta'
tion."
In connection with the claim thai
they own to the middle Of the river
plaintiffs charge that defendants bull
the dam without securing their consent
running roughshod over their rights
etc
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-06
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

The county board Of commissioners
held its regular monthly meeting in the
office of the supervisor last Wednesday
and was In session pretty nearly all
day.
Accounts were audited and approved
to the amount Of something over VI
800; but the greater part Of the day
was devoted to hearing testimony and
argument for the re-opening OF the
Taylor's Creek bridge case.
People living east Of Taylor's creek
want a bridge that will facilitate cross
ing in bad weather, and they have been
after the county board with regard to
the matter for quite a while.
The building of a bridge at the point
where the present road crosses the
creek is impracticable except at great
er expense than seems warranted, and
there is under consideration a PROPOSE
.ion to change the road so as to cross
the creek at another place. The pro-
posed change will shorten the distance
to Rock Hill by about a quarter OF a
mile, and also avoid two bad hills.
The board some time ago decided to
make the proposed change and provid-
ed for condemnation proceedings, which
were duly commenced; but now
Messrs. E. E. and w. T. Poag are ask
ing for a hold-up on the ground that
the proposed change will operate to
their very considerable hurt.
The road now goes through the lands
of Messrs. Poag, a tract Of some 500
acres, and IL 1t Is changed as proposed,
they will be able to reach 1t only by
opening up a new road at considerable
expense.
In the hearing Wednesday witnesses
for the Messrs. Poag testified that
their plantation would be damaged
anywhere from $1,000 to $4,000, and
even witnesses for the county testified
that in their Judgment the damage to
the Messrs. Poag would hardly be less
than $3.50.
The commissioners are anxious to
do the best thing for all concerned and
they decided that they would go to the
place in body and again look over the
situation with a view to arriving at
some satisfactory solution of the per-
picking problem.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-06

ert H. McCurdy, son Of Richard A.
McCurdy, received as commissions OR
foreign business $1,16S,S29, and on
domestic business $54l,S52. and that
Louis A. Thebaud, a son-in-law OF
Richard A. McCurdy. received an ag-
gregate of $92O,113 in commissions
from the company. 1t was also
brought out that r bert McCurdy
expects his income is year to be
about $4,000. Mr. Jerome an
nounced in court thi the scandals
will be submitted to he grand jury
and said that the inquiry by the leg
islative committee had shown great
er moral obliquity and moral OBJ
tuseness by persons important in the
business world than did the shock
ing revelations regarding the Equit-
able Insurance society" Another in
cident today was the publication OF
a letter from Charles Hughes, counsel
for the legislative committee, that
James H. Hyde, former controlling
stockholder Of the Equitable will be
shown no discrimination before the
committee.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-06

Here is where the warehouses come
in useful.
The YorkviIIe dispensary has about
disposed Of it's cheaper grades of whis-
ky; but people continue to buy so long
as they can raise the price.
The result of the voting In Flor
ence gives rise to a suspicion that
probably the whole movement must
have been in the hands Of the dispen-
sary people from the beginning.
Il is we'll to be on the lookout for foot
pads, safe blowers and burglars. There
seems to be no doubt Of the fact that
this section has been invaded by large
numbers of criminals Of this class from
the north.
Attention is called to certain changes
that Treasurer Nicely has found 1t nec-
essary to make in the dates Of some
of his appointments. The changes have
become necessary by reason Of the In
tervention of court.
Several people who brought cotton to
market last Wednesday morning ex-
pecting to sell 1t at 10 cents or 10t
cents, on finding that they could get
only % decided not to sell. Some
stored their cotton in the warehouses
and others carried 1t back home.
York county policy holders in the
State Mutual Hail Insurance company
are getting together to demand an ac-
counting from the head officers before
paying their notes. There Is general
feeling that the assessment that has
been levied is larger than is warranted
by the losses that have been incurred
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-06
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mr.. R. D. Alexander returned home
this morning from Columbia.
Miss Jessalyn CAN'T Of Burlington
N. c., is visiting Miss Bessie Moore.
Miss Cora Kuykendal Of Rock Hill
is the guest Of Mrs. w. B. Moore.
Mrs. T. L. Hubble Of Morganton, N
c.. is the guest Of Mrs. T. P. Moore
Mr.. H. Wilson Tate of Fairfield, Fla.
spent several days this week in York
vile.
Mrs. o. P. Heath of Charlotte Is In
Yorkville on a visit to Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Heath.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. w. Smith have
moved into their cottage on Kings
Mountain street.
Mr.. and Mrs F. G. Spann and family
of New Orleans are visiting Mrs. S. c.
Ashe.
Mrs. r. E. Montgomery and Miss
jamie Robinson spent Wednesday
and yesterday in Charlotte.
Mrs. G. w. Kunz and little daugh-
ter are visiting relatives in Columbia
and Leesville.
Mrs. H. c. Strauss left this morning
on a visit to friends In Spartanburg
and Laurens.
Mr.. Arthur Wilkerson Of Hickory
Grove is with the Strauss Smith Co.
as salesman.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-06

POLICY holders in the Farmers Mu-
tual Hail Insurance company of South
Carolina are demanding a statement
of the operations OF that company.
The company issued policies with the
understanding that the premiums were
to be paid after the crops were out or
danger; but that in no event would
said premiums amount to more than
per cent of the face Of the policies.
1t was understood that the policy hold
ers were expected to pay only losses
and expenses. The company took notes
conditioned upon such obligations.
About a month ago the officers OF the
company made an assessment that
amounted to about 81 per cent Of the
total amount of insurance in force. AS
matter of fact there have been but
few hail losses in the state, during
the past season and policy holders have
been puzzled to know why the assess
ment should be so heavy. Policy holders
in Marlboro county have been seeking
an explanation. They had President A.
B. Webb of the company on the stand
at Bennettsville last Tuesday, and got
statement from him. 1t was to the
effect that the losses amounted to 49,
47OS5, and the expenses to $22,S21.44,
total of 25,791.29. The 81 per cent as
sessment on all the insurance in force
amounts to $29,750. This would leave
balance of $3,957.71, which the man.
agement desires TO credit to the reserve
fund The policy holders however,
do not, as a rule, see any need for
this reserve fund. 1t Is understood that
the Bennettsville policy holders reach
ed an understanding with President
Webb that was satisfactory; but the
nature of that understanding was not
given to the public.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-06

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Dobson Bros Cash Store-Invites all
the ladies to visit 1t, and see the
pretty hats and get posted on the
latest styles.
Carroll Bros.-Offer cabbage at 2Ac
a pound, Irish potatoes at 81 per
bushel, and sweet potatoes at 75c.
p. w. Love-Wants 500 bushels peas
right away.
Star Drug Store-Has new supply Of
stationery. including Royal crystal
bond and French cheviot in pound
packages. Also has full assort-
ment of school supplies.
L. M. Crisis Sons-Has a pair of
spectacles found on Howell's Ferry
road. Owner can have same by
identifying property and paying for
the advertisement.
Walter L. Jackson. No. 3.-Has three
head of cattle taken up on his plan
tation. Owner may have same by
paying expenses.
w, o. Rawls, Plumber-Advises you
to paint your metal roofs now. He
wants to do the work for you.
Carolina Mutual Life Ins. Asso.-
Publishes a list Of its York county
agents.
Walter Rose-Will have oysters, fish
pork and sausage tomorrow. He
wants to buy green hides.
]. @. Wray, The Leader-Says he will
save buyers Of clothing from a
third to a half on new style. up
to-date and good fitting clothes.
Louis Roth-Will have Norfolk select
oysters tomorrow. Saturday.
]. M. Heath & Co.-Invite you to do
your shopping where you can do II
all under one roof. Special bar
gains in hats, suspenders. shirts.
Foushee Cash Store-Will have 8
special sale Monday Of corsets and
girdles. Also offers torchon lace al
bargain prices as long as 1t lasts.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-06
MERE,MENTIoN.

The American Can campany's fac
tory at Davenport, Iowa, was destroy
ed by fire, Tuesday, with q property
loss Of $4,000, and throwing 300
men out of employment, .,,,.r, ,Madi-
son Barker, justice Of the supreme
court of Massachusetts,, dropped dead
of heart disease in the Union club
Boston, Tuesday. He was aged sixty
six years. The loss In the hemp
growing districts Of Manila, Philippine
Islands, from the typhoon last Satur-
day, Is estimated at Sb,000,000. On
Tycao island the beach is strewn with
dead bodies, among them some Amer
leans. Two women and four chill
dren were burned to death in their
cabin home near Edgington, W. Va,
Monday night. 1t Is not known how
the fire originated. Joseph Ram
sey, Jr., president Of the Wabash rail-
road, on Tuesday filed a suit for In
junction In the st. Louis, Mo-, court.
to prevent George Gould, Walter b
Wilson and s. M. Walker Of the Wa
bash and Iron Mountain railway COM
panies and the Mercantile Trust COM
pany, respectively, from meeting at
Toledo, O., to elect q board Of direc-
tors and a president for the Wabash
railroad. :. $4,000 worth Of prop
erty was destroyed by fire in Port
land, Oregon, Tuesday night. go. An
explosion in the office Of the county
clerk Of Hamilton county, Ohio, In
Cincinnati, Wednesday, killed two as
sistant clerks. One man was
burned to death and two were fatally
injured in a livery stable fire at
Warren, Ohio, Wednesday. -. .Suth-
erland NJ. Provost, third vice presi-
dent Of the Pennsylvania railroad,
died at his home in Philadelphia
Wednesday, aged sixty years.
critically i'll in Wichita, Kansas. -.
Six negro desperadoes entered a
boarding house at Rayland, Ohio,
Tuesday morning and held up and
robbed thirty boarders, killing one
man, who resisted. The negroes
made their escape. .... William r.
Hearst has been nominated for may
or of New York City by the Demo-
Gratis Of that city. .... Three children
were burned to death, five other per-
sons were fatally burned, and two fire.
men were injured in an incendiary
fire in a Brooklyn, n. Y, tenement
house, yesterday. :. August Belmont,
the New York banker and millionaire,
is critically i'll with appendicitis In
that city. Burglars dynamited the
vault Of a bank at Springfield, 8: D.,
Yesterday and made their escape with
SIS, 200 in cash. Jose Marie de Her
dia, the Cuban poet, died in Paris,
yesterday. aged SO years. His Span
ish-American war poems made him
famous, and he was made a MEM
ber of the French academy. The
trial of w. B. Caldwell, conductor on
the Southern railway, charged with
criminal negligence in causing the
wreck at Newmarket, Tenn, in Au-
gust. 1904, was begun In the Knox
VILE, Tenn, courts yesterday. :. The
birthday of the late Frances E. Will
lard, was celebrated by the Woman's
Christian Temperance unions all over
the United States, Thursday.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-06
LOCAL LAcoNlss.
Bio Fire Threatened.

Big Fire Threatened.
There was considerable excitement
in Rock Hill between II and IL
o'clock this morning because of a
fire at the plant of the Rock Hill
Buggy company. A message received
about 1880 was to the effect that
the fire did not occasion considerable
damage.
Wants q Pardon,
Columbia State; Gov. Hayward has
received a petition for the pardon OF
S ]. Smith, who was convicted IN
Greenwood county Of conducting an
immigration agent business without a
license and was sentenced to pay fine
of $500 or be imprisoned for three
months. Solicitor Cooper thinks that
the law has been vindlcated in the con-
viction Of the man and recommends
the granting Of the pardon. 1t Is said
that Smith has a large family In York
county depending upon him for sup
port. The law was passed to protect
cotton mills from having their hands
taken away.
New Trial in Moore Case.
Judge Purdy has granted new trial
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-06
is,rrespondence Of the Yorkville Enquirer.

Spartanburg Herald: The insurance
business is about as demoralizing as
the dispensary. There was a nail In
surance" organized last spring with A.
B. Webb of Columbia, as president.
Some Union county farmers went In
to 1t and already they are kicking
against the high assessments. The
concern will not report the extent OF
the losses, If there were any. but they
say they wish to create surplus
fund against future storms.
News and Courier: Not again for a
long time will enterprising towns In
South Carolina take seriously the
proposal of a college board or trus-
tees to move the college plant and this
we say without the slightest reflection
upon the sincerity Of purpose OF the
board of the Presbyterian College OF
South Carolina, upon whose utter
ances the towns of Chester, Yorkville,
Sumter and Bennettsville found suf-
ficient to justify the outlay Of consid-
erable time, thought. labor and sacri-
flee.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-06

THERE is sore necessity for a cam
paign throughout South Carolina hav-
ing for it's object the promotion OF a
healthier sentiment in support of law
and order. 1t is a fact that In this
state there is a too common disposi-
ton on the part Of the individual to be
a law unto himself In whole commu-
mites it is frequently the case that the
whims and desires Of the more inhu-
entail element is law.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-06

THE citizens of Clinton held a jolli-
fication meeting last Tuesday night, on
account of the retention of the COL
lege there" and during the course OF
a speech, Rev. ]. B. Parrott used the
following words, which according to
a report were heartily cheered:
1T may be night in Chester, Ben
nettsville, Sumter and Yorkville, but IT
is bright sunshine everywhere around
Clinton"
We beg leave to assure our Clinton
friends that although there were few
clouds about Yorkville when the people
first realized that they had been taken
on what the News and Courier calls a
"snipe hunt" those clouds have all
passed away, and now that our good
friends seem to be in LOO good humor
to realize any inequality in the length
of their legs, the qualms some of us
have experienced in having been the
innocent cause are so much the lighter
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-06

THERE Is a report Of the proceedings
of the stockholders Of the Union Cot
ton mill in another column. A latel
report is to the effect that the director:
met again on Wednesday, and re-elect'
ed Mr.. Duncan as president and treas
urer. Mr.. Duncan promptly resigned
no doubt in compliance with a pre-
yious agreement and Mr.. E. w. Robin
son of Columbia, was elected in hii
stead. Mr.. Duncan has been chosen a:
chairman of the board Of directors anc
will have general management Of the
mill
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-06

Mr.. r. B. Garner Of Union, spent
last Friday and Saturday in York
Vile, the guest Of Mr.. Brooks In
mans family. >.. .-n-.-a..s. 81.
Mrs. w. NJ. Kennedy went to Hick-
ory Grove this morning on account OF
the serious Illness Of her sister, Miss
Lizzie McGih.
Mrs. S. H. Buchanan Of Jonesboro,
N. c., and Mrs. ]. Lafayette Reid of
Rock Hill, are visiting the family OF
Mr. L. B. Foushee.
Mrs. w. H. Hand Of Chester and
Mrs. Walton Hand Of Newport News,
Va, spent Wednesday with Misses
Willie and Lee Williams.
Miss Mamie Mcconnell of Philadel-
phia. is expected to arrive In York
Vile this afternoon on a visit to her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w H. McCon-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-06

THERE was big dispensary rail-!
in Florence last Monday night led by
some of the most prominent business
men of the town, including two bank
ers. 1t was expected that the meeting
would be all one way; but after bank
president, a lawyer and two or three
common" citizens spoke for the dis
pensary, two ministers. Revs. Meltor
Clark and John G. Beckwith delivered
a broadside in opposition. The dispen'
saryites fully expected to carry the
town of Florence; but lost it by g ma
iority of fifty votes.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-06
Friday, October 6, 1905.

In the case Of John B. Moore vs.. the
Catawba Power company. The order
was signed on September 80, and filed
on Wednesday. 1t says: This case
was fully presented to me at the trial.
The nature Of the case was such that
1t would be difficult to overlook or for
get the testimony within a reasonable
time, and from the very nature OF the
case have given 1t grave consideration.
Under the facts developed, deem 1t my
duty to grant q new trial, and 1t Is so
ordered" Moore while In the employ
of the Catawba Power company as
quarryman, was frightfully injured by
the delayed explosion Of a blast. He
sued for damages and the case has been
before two juries, both Of which re-
turned verdicts in his favor. The last
verdict was for $4,000. q. w, s. Hart
and D. w. Robinson for plaintiff; w.
B. Wilson, A. G. Brice and c. w. TIL
let for defendant.
They Stand For Ten Cents.
Cotton farmers around Rock Hill
are signing an agreement not to sell
their cotton for less than 10 cents
before January 1, next. The Record
Of yesterday prints the following list
of signers: w. w. Miller, F. H.
Barber. w. w. Boyce, T. c. Rawlin-
son, ]. o. Neely, j. A. Johnson, n. 3.
Williams, ]. L. Johnson, w. B. Byers,
J. A. Crawford. ]. e. Roddey. s. E.
Pyers, Jno. A. Black, ]. F. Reid, J..
s. Stultz, o. s. Poe, H. G. Mobley,
Joe w. Rawlinson, c. E, Cobb A. b.
Fewell, D. Hutchison, ]. r. Williams,
s. B. True, w. ]. Rawlinson, H. Mas
sey, w. B. Wilson, Zeb H. Steele,
w. F. Adams, ]. r. Oates, ]. 8. Glass
cock, w. B. Wilson, Jr., ]. II. Nc
Fadden, o. B. Wilson, A. F. Run,
F. B. Thomasson, w. H. Williamson,
]. R. Miller, j. N. McElwee, T. F.
Leslie, s. ]. Kimball, D. G. Rawls,
B. G. Merritt, r. Y. Roach, ]. I.
Ferguson, H. C. Simpson, j. r. Get
tvs, D. P. Leslie, VIM. Newsom,
Samuel Friedheim, r. H. Cowan, F.
w. Gryder, H. ]. tinker, ]. W. Simp-
son, j. M. Cherry, (not under IL
cents); Jesse NJ. Moore, s. A, Fewell,
w. N. Ashe. ], A, McFadden, H. II,
White, w. R. Neely. w. G. Duncan,
]. NJ. Thorn, s. j. Cornwell, L. A.
Pope, R. M. London, agent; w. n.
Hill, E. B. Biggers, ]. B. Rawls, r.
Hope Cornwell, ]. Friedheim, II. A.
Caldwell, ]. A. Faris, ]. ]. Hoke, X.
F. Milholen, s.. W. Ferguson, w. M.
Carothers, T. N. Oates, John Funk,
E. D. Steele, s. W. Barron, E. L.
williams, R. e. Barron, j. n. Steele,
T. A. Barron, B. F, Rawlinsen, j: +.
Shillinglaw, s. 3. WillifeFd, P: w.
Dye, ]. s. II. FaFis, ]. M. Nesbit, Q.
r. Kenbrue, A. e. Smith, II. b: NC
CURT, B. M. Fewell, v. B. McFadden,
Edgar Jones, w. s. Boyd, W. T: Nell,
r. E. Sadler, T. w. Boyd.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-06

WEEKLY COTTON REPoRT-The week.
ly crop report of the department OF
agriculture, issued last Tuesday, refers
to cotton as follows:
The reports indicate no decided
change in the condition of cotton, as
compared with the previous week, a
slight improvement being shown In
northern Alabama and i'm portions or
Texas. while in other sections OF the
latter state there has been a slight
deterioration. The crop has suffered
from the ravages of insects in Lou
isiana, Arkansas and Texas. boil wee
wills being numerous in the last named
state. Rains caused slight damage In
Georgia, Alabama, southwestern Mis-
sissippi and Louisiana and seriously
injured the crop in Florida. With the
exception of heavy rains in Louisiana,
southern Mississippi and Florida, and
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-06

showers in portions Of Alabama and
Georgia, the weather conditions have
been favorable for picking. In the
Carolinas, Georgia, Florida and Ala
bama 1t is estimated that from 90 to
IS per cent Of the crop has been gath
cred; in Texas, from 55 to 60 per cent;
in Mississippi Louisiana and Okiaho-
ma and Indian Territories from 25 to
30 per cent and in Arkansas and Ten
nessee from Is to 33 per cent.