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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-25
MORE CRIMES ON SATURDAY NIGHT

A college professor that the reason more crimes
Saturday nights than other nights is due OF
the WEAKNESS and muscle He thinks that temp
taon easily resisted in weakened state than when
norman strength certain that Saturday night is
the frequent crimes How about the crimes of
holidays? vice perhaps is prevalent Saturday
nights the week and the next
ay will recuperaton But the professor forgets
physical temptation generally
is decreased His theory will hardly pass current
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-25

Special sale at cost for two weeks.
Everything in our beautiful Millinery
line. M. A. Wolfe.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-25
It Is a Well Known F..

that whenever a meritoriops ,,,
comes into the market and eniovs 90.
patronage some one will try to INIT.
it and thereby destroy the remit.
ton OF the original article. To ,,.-,
against this I caution the lovers =,
good Cigar to look out sharp and o..
the genuine article and no substitn,.
FIEDLER's LONG ONES uuz n,
oRo), lNVINcIBLE and swr.s
ERIN are made of the best imno,..,
tobacco in the market.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-12-05

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

John M. Thomasson-Has 10000 feet
Of lumber for sale at his saw mill at
81 per hundred feet.
J. Edgar Poag, Broker-Makes an an
nouncement of an auction sale OF
whisonant town lots on Dec. 18th.
John E. Carroll, Clerk-Calls for full
attendance at the w. o. w. meeting
next Friday night.
John A. Latta, President-Calls a
meeting of the York Township
Southern Cotton Growers associa-
ton for next Friday afternoon at 3
O'Clock. Members are urged to at
tend as business OF Importance Is 10
be attended to.
Loan and Savings Bank-Gives you
three reasons why 1t is to your in
terest to do your banking business
with 1t.
Foushee Cash Store-1nvites you TO
visit 1t for special bargains in ladies'
hats which are being sold at reduc-
ed prices. Has lots Of Christmas
goods and more coming.
Dobson Bros Cash Store-Has just
received a big haul Of toilet soaps to
sell at SC, worth 10c. 1t Is now Of
fering big bargains in hats for the
ladies. .-
First National Bank-Wants you to
know that money deposited with 1t
is safe. It says 1t will make your
banking a pleasure. =.
w. M. Kennedy, Agent-Has a full
line of all kinds Of good things for
the holiday trade, including fruits,
nuts, crackers, candies, etc.
Strauss-Smith Co.'s selling all kinds
of cotton, wool and leather goods at
old prices, regardless Of heavy ad-
vances Of raw materials. Special Of
ferings are made Of calico and un-
bleached sheeting..
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-12-05
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mr.. ]. B. Mackorell returned home
Saturday from Oklahoma.
Mr.. L. B. Foushee took a flying trip
to North Carolina this week.
Miss Daisy Guy Of Lowryville, spent
Saturday with friends in Yorkville.
Miss Lou P. McIver Of Darlington, is
the guest Of Miss Mamie Mcconnell. :.
Mrs. j. B. Pegram is on a visit to
her former home in Mecklenburg
county.
Miss Alta Fewell Of Rock Hill, spent
Sunday and Monday with Miss Bessie
Mcconnell.
Mr.. Chas H. Carey, who was here
on Thanksgiving day was a 32 de-
gree Mason.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Roth returned
last Saturday from their bridal trip
to the west.
Mr.. John A. Jenkins Of the Lancas-
ter Graded schools. spent Saturday in
Yorkville with Mr.. w. w. jenkins
family.
Mr.. L. r. Williams and daughter
Miss Bessie. spent several days In
Columbia last week with DR.. and Mrs
Fred C. Williams
Misses Mary and Olive Walker, Josie
Carroll, Marie Moore, Leon White and
Kate Hunter, came over from Win
throp Friday on a short visit to rela-
tives.
Mr.. Jos. w. Alexander for several
months past night engineer at the Ia
vora Cotton mill, left yesterday for
Gastonia, to take a similar position
with the Trenton mill Of that city.
Mr.. John S. Jones, carrier on York
VILE r. F. D. No. s. had his leg filled
with birdshot on Thanksgiving day
DR.. D. E. Mcconnell, Of Gastonia
brother-in-law of Mr.. Jones. did the
shooting accidentally while they were
out hunting together. Mr.. Jones lost
only two days from his work. He Is
not seriously hurt.
Washington special Of December 8
to Columbia State: A pleasant party
from Glover. in York county. has been
here for the past few days seeing
Washington, registered at the St
James. They are DR.. and Mrs. E. w
PRESLEY, Mrs. ]. w. Campbell, Mr.. F,
F.. Clinton and Capt. w. B. Smith. The
party left Glover one day last week for
trip north, spending about a week In
Baltimore. They are returning home
| today.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-12-05
WITHIN THE TOWN.

There was a large crowd of people
in town yesterday, a good deal of busi-
ness and lots Of horse swapping.
- The horse sale advertised to take
place at Barron's stable yesterday did
not come off, The people who adver-
tised the sale sold out before they got
here.
The county board of registration
supervisors held their regular monthly
meeting in the office of the sheriff yes
terday: but they did not do a great
deal of business.
THE circuit court for York coun-
~, now in recess, will resume active
business next Monday. The jurors
for the last week of this term will be
drawn on Friday morning.
- Philanthropic Lodge No. 80 A. F.
NJ, last night elected the following Of
ficers to serve during the same year:
]. r. Logan, w. M; w. B. Moore, S.
W.: ]. ]. Keller, j. W.; Withers
Adickes, secretary; NJ. C. Willis, treas
urer. The S. D., D, tyler and stew
ards are to be appointed.
- The Methodist conference compos-
ed of colored ministers, which met in
Yorkvi,le last week, adjourned Sunday
night after the reading Of the appoint
ments for the ensuing year. The next
annual conference Is to be held in
Florence. Rev. S. D. Williams, who
has been pastor Of the Yorkville church
for the past two years, goes to Colum-
bia, and he will be succeeded by Rev.
f. w. Adams, who comes from the
church at Mayesville, S. c.
Master Paul James. the three-year-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-12-05
BRICE LAW HEARING.
Supreme Court Will Take Up All the
Cases on January 8.

The hearing on the constitutionality
of the Brice law has been set for jan
uary 8th. When the case came up
this morning in the supreme court
Mr.. r. H. Welch, who represents the
parties bringing the suit, suggested
that as there were a number OF the
cases they all be taken together. This
did not apply to the Pickens case,
which is simply a test Of the valid
ity of the election In that county.
1t was decided to argue this case
after ii was stripped Of all of Its
constitutional questions.
After some discussion ii was deter
mined that all Of the cases involving
the validity Of the Brice bill should be
read on the Sth day Of January. The
court, after consultation, signed the
following order:
In the supreme court, Spartanburg
county-W. w. Murphy VS.. B. G
Landrum, ct al.
In the supreme court, Greenville
county-Louis r. Cox VS.. James
Hodge. ct al, as county board of
control.
In the supreme court. Newberry
county-Adam L. Aull VS.. A. w
Jones, as comptroller general.
In the supreme court, Newberry
county-Adam L. Aull VS.. Jacob Sem,
ct al, as county board Of control.
In the supreme court, Oconee coun-
ty--Oconee county VS.. A. w. Jones'
as comptroller general.
In the supreme court. Pickens
county-Pickens county VS.. A. W.
Jones, as comptroller general.
Upon motion, Messrs. Rellinger &
Welch and John G. Capers Gn the
first four cases) and Messrs. r. T.
Jaynes and J. e. Roggs in the last
two. it was ordered that the above
cases be set for argument on the Sth
day of January, 1906, at 10 o'clock
a. m.-COlumbia Record, Monday.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-12-05
MERE-M ENTloN.

Eighteen miners were killed in an
explosion In q coal mine at Diamond
Vile, Utah, Friday night. John
C. Mccall, son Of President Mccall Of
the New York Life Insurance COM
pany, left New York for Paris. Satur-
day, for the purpose Of inducing An
drew Hamilton, former attorney for
the company, to come back to New
York to testify before the Insurance
investigation committee. The DEM
ocratic caucus Of the house Of repre-
sentatives. met at noon saturday In
Washington and nominated John
Sharp williams Of Mississippi as
speaker, for the coming session Of
congress. The Republicans also held
caucus meeting Saturday and re-
nominated Jos. G. Cannon as speaker.
..... Mrs Sarah M. Perkins, leader
Of the woman's suffrage movement In
Ohio, was run over and killed by q
coal wagon in Cleveland. o., Saturday.
She was eighty-one years old. John
Mitchell, president Of the United Mine
Workers Of America, is seriously Ill In
Springfield, Ill. Robbers dynamited
the safe of bank at Carrollton, Ga,
Friday night and escaped with sew
eral thousand dollars "A passen-
ger train on the Erie railroad dashed
lUTOu6H q SOlloli uSIiOh ia kAN
Jersey City tunnel Saturday, killing
five Of the workmen and injuring two.
The British steamer, Myrtle Leaf.
collided with a steam launch contain
ing four persons in the river near Nor
folk, Va, Saturday, drowning Captain
Levi Atkins Of the Myrtle Leaf. ......
Russian bonds have been showing no.
ticeable weakness on all the exchanges
Of Europe during the past few days.
"A Constantinople dispatch says that
Americans In Turkey are receiving no.
tices to depart at once. Japan has
invited Russia to resume diplomatic
relations. -. Because It has been dis
covered that the Russian postal au-
thorities have been tampering with
American diplomatic communications,
1t has been arranged that such cores
pondence be hereafter carried by the
special representatives Of the king Of
England. One Of the first appro-
priations of congress this week Will
provide for deficiency Of $16,500,000 In
the funds at the disposal Of the Pana-
ma canal commission. .... Russia was
generally cut off from telegraphic COM
munication Sunday; but there was a
report from Warsaw to the effect that
Moscow was In flames.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-12-05

There has been an increase in the
amount of tobacco and snuff manu-
featured. and in the production of
beer. The internal revenue receipts
for the fiscal year on the principal
items of taxation are given as fol-
lows: From spirits S135,95S,913, an
increase over 1904 of $14S,497; to-
bacco $45,659,91O. increase $1,000
1O1; fermented liquor $50,36O,55S, in
creas S6,277,O94; oleomargarine
$6O5,47S, increase s121,3S1. The
quantity of grain used for the pro-
duction of spirits during 1905 was
29,927,325 bushels, an increase of
2,239,642 bushels over 1904. The
yield for the next preceding year was
4.46 gallons per bushel. The guam
tity of molasses used for the produc-
ton of spirits was lS,SS7,650 gallons,
producing 12,OS6,S2s gallons Of spir-
its
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-12-05
Comptroller General Jones has called

Comptroller General Jones has called
a meeting Of the county auditors to be
held in Columbia Wednesday Decem-
Der 10, for the purpose Of considering
the tax assessment problem.
Second crop apples are unusually
plentiful this fall. We have had spe-
cimens from a half a dozen or more
different individuals. June apples have
been more numerous than any other
kind; but there have been specimens
of other varieties.
A local cotton manufacturer says
the demand for cotton yarns has not
been better in all his experience. He
is actually getting some orders that are
to be shipped by express. The price
of yarn is better than when cotton was
selling at 13i cents a pound.
There is a plan on foot to invite
Richard Carroll, the well-known negro
lecturer of Columbia to Yorkville TO
deliver a lecture for the benefit of the
Confederate Monument fund. Major
w. B. Moore offers the use Of the opera
house free, and the idea Is to allow
the proceeds of the lecture to be diVid-
ed between the monument fund and
the charitable institution that Carroll
has under his care.
Referring TO the heavy loss OF Messrs
Glenn & Allison by fire last Saturday II
seems no blame attaches either to the
owners Of the destroyed property or
to their superintendent who was IN
charge of It, There might have been
more insurance Oh the building and
contents: but even this Is no reflection
Insurance rates on property Of this KIND
are practically prohibitive. and there are
but few barns in the country that are
insured for as much as this one was
one third of it's actual value. But
there Is one slight lesson In connection
with this disaster that seems to be de-
serving Of some consideration, and
that lesson involves the idea OF keep
ing property Of this kind divided OF
scattered. Instead of having a single
barn on so large a scale as this, II
would seem a more prudent policy 70
have a number of smaller barns separ-
ated by sufficient distance 20 guard
against one being endangered by an
other. But this plan also has Its OBJ
iections and a satisfactory solution OF
the trouble Is not easy to find.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-12-05
BULLocK'S CREEK NOTES.
correspondence Of the Yorkvills Enquirer.

correspondence VI tHe
BUILoCK's CREEK, Dec. miss
Margaret Blankenship is teaching the
Broad River school.
Miss Jane Swami has returned from
an extended visit to Steele Creek, N. G.
Mr. Reggie Bankhead Of Wofford
spent Thanksgiving with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. NJ. Bankhead.
Mrs. Lizzie Crawford Is spending a
while with her daughter, Mrs. w. G.
higgins at Lockhart.
Mr.. w. L. Crawford has moved from
Mr.. s. L. DavidsoI's to his own planta-
ton near this place.
Mr.. W. NJ. Earwood has moved his
family to Lockhart.
Mr.. Jos. f. Feemster had an out
house destroyed by fire Thanksgiving
afternoon. it contained a quantity of
hay. fodder. and shucks. The origin of
the fire is unknown.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-12-05
gun to collect in the neighboring

begun to collect in the neighboring
trees.
This barn was probably one Of the
largest and best to be found on any
plantation in the county. It was built
by Messrs. w. D. Glenn and r. t. Al
lison on their purchase Of the $40 acre
plantation some three years ago, and
was 68 feet wide by 80 feet long and
three stories high. 1t was literally
packed with various products OF the
summer and fall harvest, and its con-
tents aside from stock, machinery and
implements represented several thou
sand dollars of value.
Among the burned mules was a pair
that had been sent out to the farm the
evening before and which had mark
ct value Of 5000. The horse that was
burned was one kept for the personal
use of Mr.. w. ]. Whitener.
The probable origin Of the fire Is un-
known. Mr.. Whi;ener went out al
about 8 o'clock with a lantern and
moved a wagon from the barn to make
room for some cattle: but he Is sure
that this had no connection with the
subsequent burning He and others In
touch with the surroundings are at
complete loss to hit upon satisfac-
tory theory as to the cause OF the dis
aster.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-12-05

THE great powers Of Europe which
are engaged in a naval demonstration
against Turkey have suddenly found
themselves in the position Of the man
who climbed a tree after wild cat.
They want somebody to help them let
loose. 1t seems that although the ships
of the allied powers are making a for
midable show at Mitylene, the sultan
refuses to comply with the demands
of the powers. and now 1t is up to the
powers to begin shooting, and this
they do not want to do. Unless they
can find some way out Of the dilemma,
they will make themselves very ridic-
ulous. The understanding is that the
sultan would gladly comply with the
desires of the powers in the matter at
issue: but he is positively unwilling to
take any action that could be con-
strued as in the least affecting his SOW
ereignty in Europe.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-12-05
WORK OF THE FIRE FIENp.

The big three story barn on Messrs.
Glenn & Allison's plantation four miles
south Of Yorkville, was destroyed by
fire last Saturday night and with 1t
were burned, six mules. one horse, for
ty-one head Of cattle, twenty-eight
hogs, 700 bushels of corn, $50 loads of
hay, $50 loads Of stover, and a lot Of
agricultural implements, including
some expensive machinery. The total
loss was somewhere between $1,000
and $4,000. and the insurance was only
$500.
The fire occurred shortly before IL
o'clock, and was not discovered until
there was no longer any possibility OF
checking the flames or saving any OF
the contents Of the building. Mr.. w.
]. Whitener, superintendent Of the
plantation, lives in house about one
hundred yards from the barn lot. He
had been asleep about two hours, and
was awakened by the shouts Of fam
lily of negroes who occupy cabin In
the yard, and hurried out to find the
work Of destruction practically COM
plete.
The rear of the building had already
fallen in and the front was almost
ready to fall. Much Of the live stock,
with which the lower floor Of the
building was crowded had already
perished, and the balance was making
a great commotion: but rescue was
out of the question. Because Of the
fierce intensity Of the heat, 1t seemed
impossible for a man to approach
within twenty or thirty feet Of the
building and live.
There Is a we'll in the corner Of the
barn lot, and a negro man made des-
perate effort to get some water to
throw on his cabin near by. But the
rope was already burning when he
commenced the attempt and it parted
before he could raise the bucket to the
surface. The rain, however, was all
the while coming down In torrents and
by damming the runways water was
SeCuTeu Ill SuhlClchl QueiltitJ W PtosSSS
the negro cabin and save the fencing
around the barn.
OF all the live stock in the barn only
two head escaped, a fine bull and a
large boar, both kept for breeding pur-
poses. The bull was not hurt; but the
boar was more or less seriously scorch-
ed. Both animals made for the open
fields. There were a large number Of
fine chickens in the barn, and they
were all burned, and two chickens
were burned to death off their roost In
a tree some fifty or sixty feet away.
When the reporter went down to the
scene Sunday morning, 1t was a
gruesome sight that he witnessed. The
fire was still burning fiercely in a great
pile Of corn, and in load Of oak timber;
but elsewhere the dimensions Of the
building were marked only by thick
bed of cinders, among which lay the
charred bodies Of mules, cattle and
hogs The bodies had only been partly
consumed. In most cases the feet and
legs and little above the knees were
consumed as were also the hides and
flesh about the heads. Exposed bones
appeared white and bleached, and
s;omachs had invariably swelled up
and burst. The buzzards had already
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-12-05

1T would be rather bad taste to at
concentrations that Comptroller Jones
makes to county auditors, assessing
boards and equalization boards, as to
next years tax assessments; but as to
whether these recommendations can
be carried out Is to our mind a very
doubtful proposition. That property
should be assessed for taxation at it's
real value is plain, and what founda-
ton in reason there is for the social
ed 60 per cent valuation, we are un-
able to see. The practical operation
of this 60 per cent idea has been to
teach the average tax payer to look
upon 60 per cent as par and he would
make his return on basis Of some
thing like two-thirdS Of that. The
property of this state is assessed at a
ridiculously low figure-hardly a
fourth of what it is worth but then
how is the assessment to be raised? :?
For instance, the people of York coun-
ty feel and know that they are paying
as much taxes in proportion to the
value of their property as are the peo-
pie of any other county in the state.
They are paying more than many of
the counties. Almost everybody has a
more or less definite idea of the
growth and development of the tax
lodging habit. and almost everybody
understands that if the assessment
were raised to actual values the levies
may be materially reduced and no.
body need pay more taxes than they
are now paying. Certainly there
! would be no increase in the taxes of
any man who is now making a return
that is honest as compared with that Of
other people. But the question is,
can those people who are now return
ing their property at the highest pro-
portionate valuation be convinced that
if they increase their figures to actual
values. other people will do the same?
Does it not appear clear that if they
now feel that they are paying larger
proportion OF taxes than they ought to
pay. If they make their returns more
liberal, they will only have to pay so
much more? Under these conditions
this class of taxpayers will be reluct-
ant to take any risks and so it goes.
Those who have all the while been
notorious tax-dOdgers are going to
continue to dodge, and the comptrol-
Ter is going to find 1t uphill work to
bring them to time. Then again, there
is another factor that enters into the
situation. There are lots Of people
who believe that no matter what the
assessment might aggregate, the gene
raj assembly will continue to base its
expenditures on so many mills levy,
and there will be no material relief.
So along with all these things the
comptroller has a big job on his
hands: but he is right and if he re-
ceives proper support at the hands of
the people. he will be able to accom-
plish a much needed reform to the
very general advantage of everybody.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-12-05

TRICKS OF THE LAWYERS"
tricks Of the lawyers are wonderful.
Those five North Carolina wagoners
who were put on trial In Yorkville
Monday for violation Of the dispensary
law and acquitted were, as the Her
AIDS Yorkville correspondent expressed
1t, "shaven and shorn" and otherwise
brushed up" until not one Of the
States fifteen witnesses were able to
positively identify them and the sher-
iff had he met them on the street,
would not have recognized them.
These men, beyond a doubt, were
guilty The State had number Of
witnesses who had bought brandy from
the men, but when the State had
made out its case, Solicitor Henry
could do nothing but quietly submit
the case without argument and accept
a verdict Of not guilty, for no matter
how strong his case may have been
otherwise. such a wonderful change
had been wrought in the personal ap-
pearance of the defendants that they
could not be identiied.-Rock Hill
Herald.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-12-05

THERE Is quite furry at Winthrop
over the Christmas holiday question.
President Johnson few years ago de-
cided that it was not the right thing to
put the patrons of the school to the
expense Of having their daughters and
wards come home Christmas. Many
can afford the expense all right; but
the effect is not good on others who
cannot Recently the students have
been interesting themselves in getting
up petitions from parents and guar
dams and at the last meeting Of the
trustees such a petition was presented
with 326 names on it. The trustees de-
clined to grant the petition and the
young ladies are very much disap-
pointed. While there is much sympa-
thy for the students in their desire to
spend the holidays at home, still there
is a general feeling that President
Johnson is correct in the position he
has taken.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-12-05

Dispensaries of South Carolina. The
opinion was delivered by Justice
Brewer in the case of the State Of
South Carolina VS.. United States.
This action was instituted by South
Carolina to recover $4,000 paid to
the revenue officers Of the national
government on account Of the sale
of liquors by the State and County
Dispensaries under the Dispensary
L
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-12-05

A NORTH Carolina congressman is
seeking to secure the passage Of bill
providing for daily reports Of crop con-
ditions. His idea is that a reliable
daily report Of crop conditions, under
government supervision will go a long
way to do away with the violent fiuc-
tuations now so easily brought about
by spectators.