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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-07

days last year and 256.773 year before
last. The movement since Sept. lst
shows receipts at all United States
ports to be 6.719.S14 bales against g.
079,572 last year: overland across the
Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers
to northern mills and Canada. 62O,66l
against 632.S42 last year, interior
stocks In excess Of those held at the
close of the commercial year. 57l,4lO
against 359,100 last year; southern
mills takings, 1,133,OOO against 1,o4l.-
99S last year. The total movement
since Sept. 1st is 9,044,9S5 against g.
1882 last year. Foreign exports FOR
the week have been 1855 bales
against 12S,774 last year, making the
total thus far for the season 5,276,o3l
against 4.6O0,7O1 last year. The total
takings of American mills, north,
south and Canada, thus far for the
season have been 2.526.613 bales
against 2,5S2,S66 last year. Stocks at
the seaboard and the 29 leading south
ern interior centres have decreased
during the week 66,s64 bales against
a decrease during the corresponding
period last season of 3s,175. 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 s,2O6,s52 against S.2s1.S11 for
the same period last year.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-07

viously set fire. .......A radium mine
has been discovered In Saone-et-
Loire. a province in eastern France.
-. The senate. on Saturday, confirm
ed the presidents nomination Of Geo.
E. Anderson of Illinois. as consul at
Annoy. China. 80. An engine attached
to passenger train on the New
York Central railroad exploded near
Whiteboro. N. T.. Saturday, wrecking
the train to which 1t was attached and
another train that was passing 1t, and
instantly killing the engineer and fire
man, and injuring numbers Of passen-
gers. 80. Ex-Governor Hogg Of Tex
as, is seriously III at his home In Hous-
ton, Texas. ..;19s,00o worth Of prop
erty was destroyed by fire in the bus
mess section Of Birmingham, Ala,
Sunday. >. Fire destroyed the Para
gon shirtwaist factory at Fort Wayne,
Ind, Sunday, es,tailing a property loss
OF $120, 0,000.- -. "A negro wot1aii. sged
ITO years, wsls burned to death In
Randolph county, Va, Sunday. w.
L. Goodnow. consul general at shang-
hal, China, has sent his resignation to
the president. =. An opera house In
Salem, Mass, was destroyed by a fire
caused by the explosion Of a moving
picture machine during matinee per-
cormance Monday afternoon. The au-
Hence of 1900 persons escaped with
out casualty. The property loss Is
| ,'55 900.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-07

precincts Is better than organization by
townships. The precincts come nearer
covering every neighborhood, and only
a few Of the townships, namely. Ca
tawba, Fort Mill and York, are able
to muster representative township
gatherings at central points on short
notice. But since the duly constituted
authorities, Messrs. Richard Singleton,
vice president for South Carolina and
E. D. Smith member Of the CEN
tral executive committee for this state,
have seen proper to select the town.
ship as the unit, 1t Is necessary to or
ganize in accordance with their in
structions. Later on, II such step
still be desirable It will be practicable,
to have precinct organizations. In
the meantime, interested citizens In
the various townships should make 1t
their business to see that the best pos
sible attendance Is gotten out to the
township meetings next Saturday, and
that the township delegates come to
the county convention with long
strings Of names of people who are
willing to toe the mark by holding
cotton Off the market and reducing
this years acreage.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-07
MERE.MENTION.

A family Of four persons were burn
ed to death in their home at Johns
town, N. Y. Friday. The house was
totally destroyed. .....One person is
dead and four seriously i'll in Chicago
from ptomaine poisoning caused by
eating canned tomatoes. 80. .$265, 900
worth Of property was destroyed and
several persons were injured by fire
which swept the business section of
East St: Louis. ILL.,, Friday. &C: T.
Beckwith, president of the Oberlln, O.,
bank which was wrecked by loans
made to Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick, died
at his home in Oberlin Sunday night,
Of heart disease, aged 65 years. .......
In attacks on police stations at E'uenos
Ayres, Argentina, Saturday morning,
eight rioters were killed, thirty injured
and about two hundred and fifty are
under arrest. The riot was the out
come of a revolutionary movement
that has been going on in that coun-
try for several weeks. An Armory
Rolling mill Of the Tredegar company
in Richmond, Va, was destroyed by
fire Sunday. The property loss was
$50, 900. ..... Louis Ernst Barrias, the
French sculptor, died in Paris s,atur-
day, aged 81 years. .....A sled upon
which eight boys were coasting crash
ed into a train on the Michigan Gen.
tral railroad at Battle Creek, Mich,
Saturday. killing two Of the coasters,
and injuring the other six, one fatally.
..... Abdul Hamid, the sultan Of Tur-
key is said to be dying at Yeldiz-
Kiosk. his palace near Constantine
pie. -. Buchanon University, near
Fairmount, w. Va, was destroyed by
fire Saturday. After shooting his
wife, a man at Wicks, W., Va, COM
mitted suicide Saturday by jumping
into an oil we'll to which he had pre-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-07
ABOUT PEOPLE.

c. E. Spencer. ESQ.,, is in Columbia;
on professional business.
Mr.. John Ashe Of Kershaw. Is in
Yorkville for a day or two.
Rev. J.. L. Oates Of Hickory Grove
was in Yorkville today on business.
Mr.. Clarence P. Lowrance Of Cam
den, was in Yorkville on business last
Thursday and Friday.
Mr.. John Lindsay of Gastonia, spent
Sunday and Monday with friends and
relatives near Yorkville.
Rev. r. A. Rouse goes to Chester
tonight to attend the Missionary con-
ference of the M. E. church.
Col. R. w. Hunt, passenger agent for
the Charleston division Of the South
ern railroad, spent several hours In
Yorkville yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Paul T. McNeel has resigned his
position as book-keeper at the Loan
and Savings bank, and Miss Lutte
Jenkins has accepted the position thus
made vacant. Mr.. Paul N. Moore Is
now assistant cashier for this institd-
tion. having assumed the duties Of
the position on last Saturday. 80
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-07
TEN CIRCUIT BILL.
How the House Purposes to Divide the
Circuits.
Feb. 5th, 1905.

How the House Purposes to Divide the
Circuits.
The following is the text Of the ten
circuit bill as it passed the house last
Thursday:
Section 1. That the state be, and is
hereby, divided into ten judicial cir
cults, composed as follows:
The 1st circuit shall be composed
of the counties Of Charleston, Colleton
and Beaufort.
The I'd circuit shall be composed of
the counties of Berkeley, Georgetown,
Dorchester and Orangeburg.
The Sd circuit shall be composed OF
the counties of Hampton, Aiken, Bam-
berg. Barnwell and Edgefield.
The 4th circuit shall be composed
Of the counties Of Clarendon, Florence,
Lee, Sumter and Williamsburg.
The 5th circuit shall be composed
Of the counties of Chesterfield, Dar-
lington. Horny. Marion and Marlboro; Marlboro
The 9Th circuit shall be composed
of the counties Of Kershaw. Lexington,
Richland and Saluda.
The 7th circuit shall be composed
Of the counties Of Chester, Fairfield,
Lancaster and York.
The Sth circuit shall be composed
Of the counties Of Cherokee, Spartan
burg and Union.
The 9Th circuit shall be composed
of the counties of Abbeville, Green
wood, Laurens and Newberry. :.
The 10th circuit shall be composed
Of the counties Of Anderson, Green
Vile. Pickens and Oconee.
Section 2. That in no case shall
any special courts be held, but the
governor may commission some one
learned in the law. to hold a regular
term of court when circuit judge Is
disabled by sickness.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-07
ARLuE CORN BREAD"

"A citizen ;ofs-.Yorkville who spent
some time in Columbia recently was
enabled through the good offices OF
an acquaintance to make>an inspection
Of the Richland distillery, and he has
been telling the reporter Of some Of
the things he saw.
"Well, now, I can't begin to tell
you everything about this distillery
because there Is too much Of it,. but
III tell you this. They make terrible
quantity Of liquor and they don't make
near all they sell. They have recti-
fiers' license. you know and under
this license they have a right to man
ipulate high wines and cologne spir-
its SO as to make one gallon Of these
into two or three gallons Of whisky.
"Yes, they really use corn meal and
rye meal to make whisky and they
use tremendous quantities Of 1t. I
saw a great tank that would hold
twenty or thirty thousand gallons
filled with mash, and while I was, there
came to a place where a man was
sitting at the end Of a long trough
through. which a stream Of corn meal
was pouring.
"The man was catching the meal up
In his hand, testing the moisture, and
every now. and then putting 1t to his
nose to catch the :odor. thought this
was the discharge trough Of big corn
mill at first, and that the man was
merely keeping watch on the quality
of meal that was coming through.
II had heard that the immense
quantities of slops supposed to come
from a distillery Of this kind were
used to fatten cattle. and was curl
Gus to see what the cattle looked like.
There were not but twelve or fifteen
head to be seen about the place, and
1 asked the man at the meal trough:
"'What do you people do with your
slops? thought you fed 1t to cattle;
but I do not see any slop or cattle
either
Still working the meal in his FIN
gers the man looked up at me and
smiled knowingly.
II repeated the question because l
was mystified. After a pause ne asked
me who I was I told him and he
went on:
Ibid you ever eat any corn bread
that had a blush cast and slightly
bitter taste?'
"'Yes, a good many times replied.
"'Well, here Is where the meal comes
from. After we have kept our meal
in these watts for seventy hours and
gotten out all the spirits that can be
extracted within the time allowed by
the government, we dry it out like
this and sell it again. The bitter taste
is the flavor of what Is left OF
the hops we put in to make the mash
ferment. This meal Is sorter weak
like by this time; but 1t Is just little
cheaper, and there are lots OF people
who never think. Of the difference.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-07

SILK GROWING IN TEXAs.-In an in
terview B. +. Yoakum. chairman of
the board of the st. Louis and San
Francisco railroad and president of
the ST. Louis, Brownville and Mexico
road, gave out the following details
concerning the recent visit to Texas OF
a number of commissioners from the
Japanese government:
"As the result of the visit Of those
gentlemen great Japanese colony
will be planted in Southwestern Tex
as for the growing and manufacture
of silk. A special tract of land has
been secured and upon each five acres
of this will be settled a single Japan
ese family.
1T was the opinion of the commits
sioners that the japanese with their
methods of cultivation would reap a
profit of at least 5000 per acre in silk
cultivation. The first instalment Of
Japanese. numbering two or three
hundred persons. will leave Japan In
the course of two or three months
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-07
LOCAL LAcoNlCS.
Death of an Infant.

Death of an Infant. O..
Columbia State. Monday: Martha
the 21-month- old daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Caldwell, died ct Z
o'clock yesterday morning Of pneumo-
MIA. She has been i'll for nearly
week and had been in a desperate
condition for the past two days. Mr..
and Mrs. Caldwell have the sincere
sympathy of all in their sad bereave-
ment.
Township Executive Committeeman.
For the benefit Of those interested
who may have forgotten, the names
of the township executive committee
men, appointed at the Cotton Grow
ers' mass meeting held in the court
house on the first Monday In Janua-
ry are reproduced as follows: P. M.
Burris, Bethesda; G. L. Riddle, Bethel;
w. S. Wilkerson, Broad River; Kelly
nman, Bullock's Creek; w. H. Will
liams, Catawba; w. ]. Miller. Ebene-
ger: s. H. Epps, ST.. Fort Mill; ]. M.
Stroup, Kings Mountain; ]. A. Latta,
York.
To Push Real Estate. '...
At a meeting of leading Rock HILL
business men in the office OF Mr.. j.
Edgar Poag last week. 1t was decided
to organize an extensive corporation
for the purpose Of dealing In real es-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-07

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.


]. w. p. Hope-Wants to recover an
estray mule. that left his premises
within past few days.
John A. Latta, Chairman-Issues a
call to cotton growers to organize In
their respective townships and elect
delegates to county convention.
r. r. McCorkle, Administrator-Gives
notice that on March 18th next, he
will apply to Probate Judge Will
liams for final discharge as admin
istrator Of the estate Of w. H. Nc
Corkle, deceased.
Miss Mary Alexander-Requests all
persons who subscribed for The
Enquirer on her club to please pay
up at once. =! .r -.
Star Drug Store-Tells you some facts
about its prescription department,
the purity Of its drugs and chemicals
and fits prices.
J. M. Heath & Co-Sell Armour e.
Co.. and Swift & Co.'s fertilizers,
they have a lot Of broken mules,
and still continue their special sale
of clothing, blankets. comforts, etc.
r. D. Alexander-Is 80 busy with work
that he asks you to wait q short
while II you have repair work that
you want done.
J. Q. Wray, The Leader-Calls your
attention to q number of specials for
the week. He offers some attract
i've prices.
First National Bank-Offers its GUS
toners every facility for banking,
safety. courteous treatment. prompt
service. etc.
York Drug Store-Has a nice line of
valentines, ranging In price from l
cent up to $3.50 each.
Foushee Cash Store-Announces that
1t will have a special ribbon sale on
Monday next Large stock to Sc
lect from.
Sam M. Grist, Special Agent-Asks
prospective buyers Of insurance a
question which he would like to
have answered.
Jas. M. Starr-Wants you to know he
believes the reduction Of the cotton
acreage is the proper thing . to do,
but at the same time he wants you
to remember that the best fertilizer
Is the cheapest to use. q
r. ]. Hendon-Offers many pretty
styles of organs and pianos to select
from, and will be pleased to send
you a catalogue.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-07

but was introduced in duplicate 80
that If one were killed the other would
be left for the further purpose Of the
dispensary people. The principal
change proposed in the law as 1t now
stands is to give the members Of the
state board $500 a year instead OF
s4OO a year. These members are to be
appointed by the governor instead OF
elected by the legislature: but the
present officers are to serve out their
terms. There is an ostensible prohibi-
ton of the indiscriminate purchase OF
case" goods. This, however, is prin-
cipally for effect, as the board Will
have power to buy such goods when
they are Of high grade and standard
reputation" AS to what the house
will do with the new bill remains to
be seen; but it is really matter OF
small concern.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-07

Owing to necessary absence during
the next few weeks, Mr.. Carroll finds
that he will not be able to keep up the
regular reports he has been making
without assistance. and has made ar
rangements to receive such assistance
from Sheriff Brown. Hereafter, there
fore all envelopes containing coupons
should be so marked and addressed to
Sheriff H. G.: Brown. Box 72, Yorkville,
S. c. Sheriff Brown will see that all
votes received by him are properly
credited and will assist Mr.. Carroll In
counting the same and making UP the
semi weekly reports. Coupons ad-
dressed to Mr.. Carroll after next Sat-
urday, are in danger Of lying In the
post Office for a week or more before
they can be counted.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-07
NOTE AND COMMENT.

After the Bible there Is no other
book so necessary to we'll appointed
home as good dictionary, and the most
satisfactory and complete dictionary
to be had Is Websters International.
The old reprint of Webster Is as good
as any other new dictionary; but it
does not nearly approach the Interna-
tional.
After quite a warm debate last
Thursday the house passed the rail-
way mail subsidy bill, giving the
Southern railroad, $4,000 a year for
the maintenance of its fast mail be-
tween Washington. Atlanta and New
Orleans. Most Of the Democrats sup
ported the bill: but a few. including
Congressman Finley. opposed it. Rep
resentative Moon of Tennessee. charg-
ed that every member who voted for
the bill was In the pay OF the South
ern railroad.
There has been misunderstanding
and confusion as to the programme for
the organization of counties in accord
ance with the plans of the New Or
leans convention. This was because
the convention first endorsed one plan,
and the committee charged with the
matter afterward decided that another
line of procedure would be better.
But it is all Strengthened out today, so
far as York county Is concerned. and
the other newspapers throughout the
state will no doubt bring about all
necessary uniformity. The commune
cation in another column from c. E.
Spencer, Esq. makes the situation
perfectly clear in so far as he is con-
cened, and the call by Mr.. John A.
Latta, chairman Of the provisional
executive committee. will serve as
comprehensive guide to intelligent ac-
ton throughout this county. Both Mr..
Spencer and Mr.. Latta recognize that
for obvious reasons organization by
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-07

THE price of cotton has been rising
steadily during the past few days and
every point advance increases the
pressure on the farmers ability to
hold. AS yet the general organization
about which so much has been said Is
only tentative. and there Is danger
that so soon as the price reaches say
8 cents there may be a rush to sale
The marketing Of several hundred
thousand bales at this price within a
few days would be sufficient to de-
stroy all the benefits that have been
gained up to this time. The longer
ever, the greater their chances Of
coming out on top.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-07

THE dispensary doctors who are
constantly seeking to amend the dis
pensary law so as to prevent corrup-
ton are always careful to have 1t un-
derstood that they do not claim any
exists. 1t seems to us that
II the present machinery has stood ten
years without developing corruption
1t would be good policy to let matters
stand as they are for fear corruption
may be developed by some Of the pro-
posed changes.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-07

MEMBERSHIP on the committee ap-
pointed to investigate the dispensary
is a position of great power and res
possibility. If the dispensary man.
agement Is really as corrupt as
so many people believe, and the
members of the committee pre-
fer to make terms with the dis
pensary management rather than
inform the people as to the real truth
of the situation, theY will be able to
name their own figures.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-07

THERE is a bill pending in congress
for the establishment Of new Fed
eral Judicial district in South Caro-
lima, and If the bill becomes a law, II
will fall upon the president to appoint
another district Judge. congressman
Finley and Aiken had a talk with the
president about the matter last Satur-
day. They told him that 1t was COM
monty conceded in South Carolina
that the establishment of another ju-
dicial district is very necessary: but
there is a feeling that unless they can
have assurance that an acceptable
Judge will be appointed. it would be
better to let matters stand as they are.
The president is said to have assured
his callers that he would not make an
appointment until after he had given
the recommendation of the South Car
olina delegation in congress careful
consideration.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-07
THE Charlotte News has the fol-

THE Charlotte News has the fol-
lowing as to the operation of the pro-
hibition experiment in Charlotte:
Prohibition Is proving a most graf
flying success in this city. This Is not
only the opinion Of prohibitionists, but
Of many who were opposed to the
law. The police records for the month
of January show rs cases before the
recorder, as compared with 166 cases
for the same month last year, a de-
crease Of over Sc per cent. And who
can estimate the dollars that have
been put into food. clothing. and the
comforts Of life that have hitherto been
squandered on whisky. Many gro
cerymen report an increase Of from
25 to 100 per cent in their cash trade.
Prohibition is the best Of the many
good things Charlotte has,"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-07

WE hardly know what to think OF
that anti coca cola bill except that 1t
seems absurd. The motive with which
it is alleged to have been introduced
promotion of health. morality. ETC.
would. If taken seriously abolish the
dispensary in less than "a hours, and
for the legislature to seriously consid-
er coca cola legislation in these cir
cumstances looks like straining at
gnat and swallowing a camel. Mr.
Williams. the author of this bill is, we
understand, an honorable high toned
gentleman: but men Of this kind
sometimes unwittingly become the
tools Of other men of the opposite
stamp. The statement that numerous
lobbyists have been attracted to CO.
lumbia by the introduction of the bill
suggests that if the proposition is not
enacted into law something must have
been doing in the meantime.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-07

THE Spartanburg Herald says, pol
tics has carried the dispensary where
the saloon would have never gone
It means probably that the dispensary
has carried the state to point where
II would have never followed saloons.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-07

THE people Of South Carolina are
supposed to be able to govern them
selves in all things except In connec-
ton with the liquor traffic and there
they must be governed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-07

John Atkinson, ST.. was killed by
his son John A kinson, Jr., at his home
in Goldville, Newberry county, last
Saturday night. The elder Atkinson
was drinking and abusing his wife,
threatening to kill her. The shooting
was done with a shot gun.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-07
THE GOLD WATCH CONTEST.

Since the last issue Of THE ENoU1-
RER, about 800 additional votes have
been received in the gold watch con-
test, and according to the last report
Of Mr.. John E. Carroll, the voting now
stands as follows. gr
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-07
The aturkrille enquirer.
YoRKVILLE, s. c.:


SENATOR Cole L. Blease tried last
week to secure the repeal Of the anti
free pass law. but the senate was not
quite willing to accede to the propo-
sition.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-07

THE senate last week passed new
dispensary bill. the composite work OF
Senators Raysor and Manning. The
bill was identical in all essentials;