Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-03-20
ROCK HILL AND VICINITY.
Visit From Judge Parker-Southern
Cotton Assooiation-The New Gov
ernment Building.

Cotton Assooiation-The New Gov
ernment Building.
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Rock HILL, March 18.-Judge Alton
B. Parker was visitor I'm Rock Hill
Tor Sew, raj hours Friday afternoon on
his way from Camden to Charlotte. He
was met at the station by a large del
esation headed by Mayor Roddey, DR..
Johnson OF Winthrop college and 9TH
ers. The Judge, who was accompanied
by Mr.. ID. A. Tompkils and Col. Leroy
Springs, accepted President Johnson's
invitation to visit Winthrop college and
was at once driven there, accompanied
by quite a crowd OF citizens. Judge
Parker made a brief speech before the
young ladies speaking of the very
peasant visit he had had in the south
and OF the evidences OF great prosper
ity everywhere evident. He also con-
graduated the state of South Carolina
upon possessing such an institution as
Winthrop. He was followed by Mr..
Tompkins who brought down the house
when he said that he was a living fall
ure in addressing women, being-~'
bachelor. A brief reception was then
held. The visitors left on the o'clock
train for Charlotte.
The Catawba township meeting Of
met yesterday in the rooms Of the Com
mercial club in response to the call
sent out by Chairman Whitner was
not largely attended, but was never
theless a representative gathering.
The business of the meeting was to
elect an assistant In the township, to
Mr.. w. II. Stewart, the county organ
izer. The duty Of this assistant as ex-
plained by Mr.. Stewart would be to
visit personally every farmer In his
township, to- endeavor to obtain q
pledge from each that he would not
increase his cotton acreage at this
years planting and that he would In
stead plant more grain and food supply
crops. When the matter Of the elec-
tion of the assistant was reached II
was explained that while some OF the
townships had. elected an assistant to
the county organizer, others had fol-
lowed the plan OF having some or the
prominent farmers volunteer to do
this work In their neighborhood. This
plan was thought best In this case and
Crook F. H. Barber. Samuel Friedheim
and d. Preston Leslie volunteered their
| forts In the matter.
| Captain ]. w. Ardrey Of Fort Mil,
was present by invitation and made an
address brimful OF good advice to his
brother farmers. The gist Of his re-
marks was: That the one short year
Of organization on the part OF the
farmer has shown what he can do by
holding together. That the hardest
part of the work is just now begun as
a mighty effort Is being made to crush
this farmer organization. II the farm
er does his duty agaih and continues
1t he will be, triumphant. This they
could only do by being firm and loyal
to the association. They can be able
TO thus stand Arm only by raising their
own supplies. y That is the first and
greatest play they can possibly make.
A hungry man could not obey the de-
mands OF the organization and IL he
boFrows money on his crop to pay
for supplies, he Is liable to lose, by
being forced to sell at an inopportune
time. He warned the farmers not to
be elated by last years success to "go
and plant all the land In cotton" Il
don't believe you WILL" he said, but
II you do II will be blessing IL the
Lord sends rain until June and lets
the grass take the crop" Captain
Ardrey's talk was well taken and much
lapplauded. Hon. F. H. Weston Of Co
lumbia. had also been invited to speak
but could not ibe present.
Postmaster z. z. Poag has just re-
turned from Washington where he
went In the interest of his Office upon
matters looking to the move into the
new government building. He spent
four days in Washington In conference
with postoffice and treasury officials
and was entirely successful I'm obtain
ing the needed improvements. Every
thing necessary for an up-to-date of
Ifice will be granted and he obtained
assurances that two more clerks
which are badly needed, would be al
lowed him. Mr.. Poag was commits
stoned by the. executive board Of the
South Carolina association Of postmas-
tiers EXTEND to Mr.. .Hitchcocls, the
first assistant postmaster general, an
linvitation to meet with them and de-
liver an address on the occasion of
their next annual convention which
will be held In Columbia at a date
not yet decided upon. In delivering
this invitation, Mr.. Poag assured Mr.
Hitchcock a genuine southern welcome
should he decide to come and urged
the acceptance. In reply the gentle
man stated that he would be peculiar
ly pleased to be able to come, and al
though he had heretofore been COM
PEELED to decline all invitations Of this
nature, he would not do so In this case
as yet, especially as the date is yet
open and he may find 1t convenient to
tattand