Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-09-04


The New York Cotton Exchanges
estimate of the commercial cotton crop
for the year ending Sept. 1, 1906 is H.
225, 900 bales.
The total vote for attorney gen.
eral was s6,457. OF these Mr.. Lyon
received 45,272, lacking 2,947 Of a ma
jority. Mr.. Ragsdale received 28,210
lacking 2O,0O5 of a majority. OF the
votes cast for Youmans, 1t is reasona-
BILE to assume that Lyon will have less
trouble getting 2,947 than Ragsdale
will have getting 20,005.
On the fourth page Of today's paper
will be found the result Of last Tues
days primary as officially tabulated
by the Democratic executive commit
tee. Those interested will do well to
keep this tabulation for future refer
ence, as 1t is hardly probable that II
will hereafter be accessible from any
other source in such convenient form
Work on the power dam In Broad
river in Cherokee county has de-
moralized the price Of labor in every
direction for miles. The farmers OF
Broad River, Cherokee and Kings
Mountain townships are having the
same trouble that was experienced by
Bethel, Fort Mill, Catawba and Eben-
ezer during the building of the dam
of the Catawba Power company.
The total vote cast for governor was
96,719. A majority of this Is 4s,Sb9,
Mr.. Ansel received 1886 votes, lack
ing 7,1OS Of majority. If in the Sec
ond race he gets two-thirds Of the
votes cast for Brunson he will be elect
ed even with all the balance Of the
votes cast for Manning. Mr.. Manning
needs 25,2O0 votes to secure his elec-
ton, and will require all the votes cast
for all the other candidates save his
opponent and at least one-third OF the
votes cast for Brunson.
A little negro boy was brought be-
fore Mayor Roddey of Rock Hill few
days ago on charge Of violating the
city ordinance against gambling within
the incorporate limits. Mayor Roddey
refused to try the case; but told the
boy to appear before the entire council
The mayors refusal was based on the
proposition that 1t was wrong to pun
ish the little negro and let the bucket
shops conduct their gambling business
without let or hindrance. RIGHT you
are, Mr.. Roddey.
The returns from last Tuesdays
election illustrate in a most striking
manner the value of a single vote
During the count it developed that
Mr.. Epps, through feeling of modesty
voted for DR.. Saye instead Of himself
and that act came very nearly costing
him his election. This vote. however
was offset by a vote cast for MI. Epps
by Mr. Thomas F. McDow,, the latter
feeling under obligation to the Fort
Mill man on account Of past political
favors. These two votes came very
near to making the result Of the elec-
ton read differently.
The state executive committee at Its
meeting In Columbia last Friday to
canvass the returns from Tuesdays
primary, took occasion to pass rule
providing that hereafter there shall be
no more counting of state votes In
county boxes or county votes In state
boxes There was quite a large num-
ber of county votes In the state boxes
and vice versa at the election in this
county last Tuesday. The reason for
using two boxes, Of course, Is merely a
matter of convenience, not to confuse
the voter But it is also a fact that
if votes belonging in one box are to be
counted when cast in another, there Is
nothing to prevent a voter who may
be more interested in one ticket than
the other from voting two tickets OF
the same kind, one in each box. In
counting votes in this county the exc
cutive committee assumed that all
were innocent mistakes, and allowed
them to figure in the result.