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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-03-23

stood that a member Of the state board
of education has requested him to hold
over at least until April 20, when there
Is to be a regular meeting Of the board.
Common talk has it that Prof. A. r.
Banks will probably have the most
say so i'm selecting the appointee, not
only because York Is in his district;
but because he Is more familiar with
conditions i'm this territory. The cam
didates and their friends are writing
letters to all the members Of the board,
and unless the appointment Is made
without great deal Of delay, the out
look is that quite a warm struggle will
develop out of the situation. Among
the applicants are several who are
thoroughly competent to fill the posi-
ton with credit to themselves and sat-
isfaction to the county, and although
there are some who would be more ac-
ceptable than others, as a matter of
fact, the board cannot very we'll make
mistake by the selection Of any of
those named. 1t Is not improbable,
however, that the appointee may be
some man who has not yet been named
In connection with the place.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-03-23

DISTRICT Attorney Jerome OF New
York. has given out an opinion IN
which he holds that the giving OF pol
itical contributions by the trustees OF
life insurance does not constitute lar
ceny or any other crime. We nave
never thought a great deal of this man
Jerome. AS a matter of fact, we nave
ALWAYS considered him very much or a
fraud, elevated to his present position
over Tammany in the recent election
not so much on account OF what he
really was as on account OF what ne
claimed to be more on account OF the
sins of Tammany than on account OF
Jeromes virtues. This recent holding
with reference TO the insurance trus-
tees looks very fishy. One would think
that either Jerome is in for divide
in accordance with we'll established
New York usage. or some of his most
influential friends are among the trus-
tees. 1t may be that connected with
the board of trustees is some man VINO
knows Jerome as he really Is and mas
the proof. There is nothing in the
constitution or bylaws of any of the
insurance companies that permits the
use of the funds of the members for
political purposes, and while such use
may not be liable to classification as
actual theft, there is no doubt about
the fact that it constitutes breach OF
trust.
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THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR.
Outlook That There Will Be Plenty Of
Room For Choice.

The formal announcement OF Mr.. Nj
+. AnSel of his candidacy for governor
and particularly his liquor platform,
writes the Columbia correspondent of
the News and Courier, might be said
to be the opening guL of the present
campaign. 1t is decidedly early to open
up a gubernatOrial campaign, but when
one thinks how soon the presidential
fighting begins after All inauguration
there is not much surprise.
The point of Mr.. Ansers platform
announced this morning is, Il am OPP
posed to the system of state dispen-
sary." That is the whole thing in q
nutshell. Mr.. Ansel has the platform
and ii now remains to be seen what he
will put back of this platform in the
way of personal popularity and how
his opposition develops.
There has been no announcement on
the part of the opposition since the ad-
journment of the general assembly.
when there was Il very free expression
of public sentiment. and when the dis
penSary situation became quite acute.
There are four announced diSpenSary
advocates i'm the field for governor:
MeSsrS Richard |. Manning. Cole l..
BleaSe, John II. Sloan and Nj. l.. Smith.
How these candidates will all stand
towards the state diSpenSary next sum-
mer is prOblcmatic. There is very good
reason to believe that all of them will
not bc enthusiastically, if at all. in
favor of tn" state dispcnSary. There
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-03-23

will be some who will say they are
OPPOSED to the state dispensary las 1t
has been run" That will not be the
issue.
The issue will be for or against the
state diSpenSary, not as II has been
run or as ii ought to be run. There
has been this talk of Opposition to II
as IL has been run for the past twelve
years and, judging from the sentiment
as reft cted i'm the house by an over
whelming vote, and as indicated by the
votes OF the counties with the white
votes. the question is no longer one of
reform or cure, but of eradication. The
argument is that there is no use to
paIiate or treat cancer. The only
remedy is to cut Ii completely out-re-
move ii entirely If possible.
The liquor issue there appears to be:
First: State prohibition, and on this
A. c. Jones of Newberry, promises to
run.
Second. The removal Of the state
dispensary and county adoption. On
this Mr.. Ansel announces his candi-
dacy.
Third. The dispensary as 1t stands.
The state dispensary ct al.
Fourth. There may be candidates
who will favor a repeal of the Brice
act, with a view of re-establishing the
dispensary i'm the state as a whole.
This view of the situation has sug-
gested. to many that Mr.. Brice OF
York, the author of the bill permitting
counties to vote out the dispensaries,
may be a candidate, and If he ran that
he would make a strong race on his
platform of opposition to the dispen-
sary as a system.
There have been other names sug-
gested as candidates for governor. and
the list of six names that are now be-
fore the public and appear to be recog-
niZcd as full fiedged candidates, does
not represent what many believe Will
be the full list of entries.
The general impression is that the
CUBE rnatorial race will be the only eX-
citing contest 1t is not expected that
Senator Tillman Is going to take any
active part in the campaign. He is
not likely to have opposition. and his
friends and admirers generally are urg-
ing him to keep out of state politics.
and for Heavens sake not to stir up
a factional fight and mess by trying
to lug issues into his campaign when
have no part in 1t, and which Will
force him into a fight, when he can
take life easy, and devote himself en-
tirely to the larger and more important
national issues in which he Is taxing
uch a conspicuous part.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-03-23
WITHIN THE TOWN.

Little Daisy, the three-year-old
mOnds of the York Cotton Mills. died
last night from the effects Of burns
sustained on the Goth instant. 1t
seems that while Mrs. Lemmonds had
gone after water, the child being left
alone I'm the house, got too near the
fire and its skirts were ignited. When
the mother came back she found that
the child had been horribly burned
possible to do was afterward done,
there was no relief except by death.
- Prof. r. ]. Herndon has ordered
the Instruments for the brass band
f. Carroll, Dan Whitener and others
have been promoting for some time
past, and it is now a settled fact that
the undertaking Is to be a go. The
instruments are to cost something
over $500 and are to be first class
i'm every particular. Professor Hern-
don has agreed to give the band
good start by way of preliminary in
struction and to give as much time as
he can spare afterward. He does
not propose to give his services gratu-
itously, of course. The boys don't
expect anything like that; but he is
very much interested, and he feels
willing to guarantee that If the men,
bers will only exhibit the right kind
of interest and work as 1t Is necessary
to work, it will not be great while
before Yorkville can boast of one Of
the best brass bands in the state.
Everybody who knows Professor
Herndon. understands the fact that
he has few equals in his profession
i'm the south, and as to what can be
accomplished will depend on the ma
teriaI he has to work with. Up to
this time only something over 500
has been subscribed to the purchase
of the band instruments; but nothing
like a complete canvass has been
made.
A committee of the Commercial
club appeared before the town council
last Tuesday night to ascertain the
councils reason for refusing to grant
a franchise to the Piedmont Telephone
company, and as the result of the meet
ing the town council appointed COM
mittee to wait on the telephone people
with an ultimatum to the effect that
il must either give better service or
take its poles off the streets. 1t seems
that the Commercial club committee
was laboring under the misapprehen-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-03-23
DEATH OF A GOOD WOMAN.
Miss Eliza Jane Gilfilen Passes Away
at Sharon.
OF the Ymk,ille Enquirer.

Correspondence OF the fUrk'ile Enquirer.
SHARON March 2l-Miss Eliza Jane
Gilfillen. died at her home here on
Monday. and was buried I'm Sharon
cemetery Oh yesterday, the services on
account of the illness of her pastor,
Rev. ]. S. Grier, being conducted by
Rev. w. G.. Ewart of YOrkylle. The
deceased was born March 1885.
She had been in rather poor health
during the winter. but was able 10 be
out at church on her 10Th birthday,
Just two weeks before her death. This
was her last time to be away from
home GaStritis developed, and she
gradually grew worse Till the end. She
and her sister, Miss Mary, have been
living by themselves for more than
twenty years. or course, Miss Mary
will miss her more than any other.
She also leaves two other sisters,
Mrs. Martha Love and Mrs Isabella
Scott: one brother, John Gilfillen, also
is living. and the late r. a. Gilfllen
was a brother. a number of nepheWs
and nirccS are living.
The Gilfilen family have long been
active in church work. Her father,
Robert. came from Ireland. as did
her mother. They Joined Sharon
church while VIM. Dixon was pastor.
He was made elder i'm 1874 or lS45,
and remained elder till his death.
Her brother. r. A. Gilfil!en was also
elder for a long while, and so We're
two of her brOtherS-in-laW. r. a.
Love and = Nj. Scott.
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THE DUMB BULL STORY.

1t gives us pleasure to announce thaI
the dumb bull story about which In
auiry was made In the last Issue OF
THE ENQUIRER has been located, and
although the first publication was for
ty-sevon years ago, 1t will very likely
prove as interesting and laughable
now as it was then.
1t Is Mr.. w. r. Brown Of Chester, to
whom we are under obligations for
being able to make this announcement,
Upon receipt Of his paper Wednesday
he telephoned that he had the story
having clipped 1t from the paper at the
time of it's last publication and by
Yesterdays mail 1t came to hand, and
with 1t the folloWing letter from MT
Brown:
Enclosed you will find the story OF
John Eastman and the Dumb Bull" ]
cut II out of THE ENQUIRER sometime
i'm the seventies or eighties, have FOR
gotten which; but you will see that u
was first published on January ~, 1913
Except for a very few years after the
war l have been taking THE ENQUIRER
almost since 1t was established. hope
YOU will republish this story, and II
YOU do l Will get another copy; but II
Won don't, please send this clipping
back to me for l want to keep It,"
The dumb bull story will be repro
duced next Friday.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-03-23

WE publish in another column d
letter from the author of the H. Z.
B." communication recently repro
duced, with credit to the Greenwood
News and Views. In connection Win
this letter. we beg to say that we do
not happen to be on the exchange
list of the Greenwood News and
Views and our republication OF the
communication referred to, was from
the News and Courier, which we pre-
sumo. used as much of the article as
II thought worth while. Young Mr.
Booker does not appear to have fuily
understood what we had to say, ana
as we are unable to put the matter
any clearer than it has already been
put we will not pursue it further.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-03-23

sion that the meeting Of telephone
subscribers last fall had requested the
town council to give the Piedmont
company a franchise, and there was
an impression that the delay Of the
Piedmont company in improving the
service was because Of the delay Of
the council in acting on the supposed
request of the telephone subscribers.
It developed at the meeting that as
matter of fact, the telephone subscrib-
ers had never requested the granting
of a franchise, and that the town coun-
ell had never given the matter favor
able consideration for various reasons.
In the first place the council was dis
posed to rest on the position that the
franchise already granted to the Bed
ford Phone company, with still four
years to run, included as many priv
ileges as 1t was willing to give up at
this time and in the second place the
council was unable to understand what
the telephone people wanted with any
more privileges than they already had.
"A
the principal thing desired by the
telephone people Is an extension Of the
franchise so as to warrant the expense
of rebuilding the system along the
streets, and there Is objection to this
because of the shade trees which, 1t
was urged would be in more or less
danger. 1t was pointed out that the
telephone people have the right to con-
denim right of way over private prop
erty, and II they do this they will be
practically independent Of the town as
to the matter Of franchise. During
the discussion the question was asked
as to whether the Bedford company
had a legal right to transfer its fran
chise to the Piedmont company, and
John r. Hart, Esq, town attorney and
G. W. S. Hart, Esq, member Of the
council expressed the opinion that 1t
had no such right AS the outcome of
the meeting, Mayor Lowry appointed
committee consisting Of Aldermen
w. E. Ferguson and w. S. Neil. with
instructions to wait on the Bedford
telephone representatives and demand
better service, or the surrender of the
Bedford franchise The committee dis
charged Its commission yesterday, and
were advised that extensive improve
ments are now under way and that
Ethey are to be completed as rapidly
as possible.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-03-23
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Miss Eliza McKesson Of Morgan
ton. n. c., is the guest of Miss Addie
Moore.
Mrs. Herbert D, Wolfe and child OF
Berryville. Va, are guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. f. Lowry.
Mrs. Lizzie Cunningham of Mon
roe, \. c., Is the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. Ernest Heath.
DR.. and Mrs. C. F. Williams and
daughter, Virginia Wallace Of Colum-
bia, have been spending the week
with the family of Mr.. L. r. Will
liams.
Mrs. T. w. Speck, Misses Addie
Moore and Iva Withers returned
home yesterday, after few days visit
to friends at Lowryville.
Miss Bessie Mason left Wednesday
for Charleston, to attend the Mason
O'Mara wedding, which Is to take
place in that city on the 2Sth.
Miss Minerva Burns Is critically III
at the home of her brother, Mr.. w. A
Burns, of the Beersheba neighborhood
Her death Is expected at almost any
time. She has consumption.
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NOTES FROM WoFFoRD COLLEGE
Carnegie Makes Conditional Donation
of $2O,0oo-The Lyceum Course
Other Notes.

Other Notes.
| t,orrespondepce OF the Yorkville Enauiier.
SpARTANBURG, March 2l.-AndreW
Carnegie, the millionaire, mas
given the Endowment Fund Of Woftord
college $4,000 under the condition that
the friends of Wofford raise a sum ot
eighty thousand dollars-the amount
of which about three-fourths has been
secured already. This with the $l0'0Ou
left by Miss Smith in January, proves
that Wofford has some loyal frlends,
and that her future IS bright.
The Lyceum course OF 1908 ana
1906, closed with lecture by Or.
Penniman, dean Of the University OF
PENNSYLVANIA, yesterday evening" Ihe
Lyceum course Of this year has been
an excellent one and Prof. daneWell'
who has had 1t In charge Is to be con-
graduated for the number of excellent
attractions which he has secured.
They have been both entertaining and
instructive.
The men that compose the WoHord
faculty are distinguished not only as
teachers, but are brilliant on other
lines as well. Some are lecturers, some
historians, while others are authors.
Among this last class Is Prof. Clink-
scales, who has announced that he has
a new book about ready to be Issued.
Prof. Clinkscales' former book, How
Zach came to College," was extremely
nopular and it's sales were enormous.
The sophomore exhibition, which came
off the 9Th, was Of great success. An
immense number Of students, with
many friends of the city who helped TO
make the occasion a pleasant one, were
present. ,
DR.. Cooke left Tuesday Oh lectur-
ing tour to the lower part of the state.
His lectures will be on Europe, I'm which
he travelled last summer.
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Friday, March %, 1906.

count from firm which was consid-
ered very "shaky," and was told to get
the money at all hazards. The debtors
gave the lad check for $3.50. He welt
10 the bank at once to cash 1t, and was
told by the cashier that there were not
enough funds In to meet It,
How much shOrt?" asked the lad.
Seven dollars" was the answer.
1t lacked but a minute or two of the
time Tor the bank to close. The boy
fe.t In his pockets, took out 81, and,
pushing 1t through the window, said,
Put that to the credit of Blank & Co."
The cashier did so, whereupon the boy
presented the check and got the money.
Blank & Co., failed the next day, and
thelr chagrin can be better imagined
than described when they found out
The trick that had been played upon
them.-Popular Magazine
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-03-23
PRESENT STANDING OF TlLLMAN
Editor Yorkville Enquirer:

Editor Yorkville Enquirer:
MY attention has been called to an
editorial, which appeared In THE
ENQUIRER of the 18th instant, on a
piece which had written to the Green
wood News and Views, and which was
copied in part by THE ENQUIRER. III
one should read your editorial ana not
cad my article they would think l
stated in that article that Tillman
would be defeated this summer. !
most certainly did not say that. L did
say that Tillman had lost influence
and | stick to my statement l also
stated that the dispensary, OF when
Tillman is the daddy, would be defeat
ed. and still believe that. | beg leave
to disagree with you I'm your statement
that there is no good senatorial ma
terial in the state. In my opinion
there are scores of men who would fill
The place as well as Tillman. There
Is a man on the faculty of Wonord
college, Of which institution l am a
student, who would fill the place with
great credit. both to himself and to his
state, H. c. BOOKER.
Spartanburg. March 15 1906.
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see river and swung him up. Then
they filed his body with bullets. II
is said that when the mob first got
hold of him, the negro confessed his
crime but afterwards he re-asserted
his alleged innocence and persisted
i'm the same to the last. Washing
ton dispatch of Tuesday referred to
the incident as follows: 1T Is be.
lieved that Chief Justice Fuller and
associate justices of the court VIII
take immediate action to determine
where the contempt lies, and Marshal
Wright, who will probably be assisted
by the department of justice, Will be IN
structed to visit the castigatiOn or the
court upon those guilty of the laxity
i'm permitting the person. protected
by order of the tribunal, to be put to
death in violation of law. There Is
reason to believe that the supreme
court will take the case very much
to heart. The justices declined tc
discuss the case, saying 1t was q
matter which would come before the
court for final disposition.
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Thc 4lorkrille enquirer
YoRKVILLE, s. c.:
FRIDAY, MARCH %, 1906.

Now what we would like to know Is
that II all those houses and firms men
toned by Messrs. Lyon and Christensen
as having been guilty of questionable
dealings viii the state dispensary, are
really guilty, what individuals repre-
sented the dispensary on its SIDE ol
the transactions? If these individuals
were not innocent lambs, they must
have also been guilty.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-03-23

JUDGE Andrew Hamilton, former
Legislative agent" of the New York
Life, is the centre of interest in ihsur-
ance circles just now. Hamilton is the
man who had the direction of funds
used to bribe legislatures and also OF
sensational sittings of the Armstrong
legislative investigating committee, he
was in Paris and in the belief that he
had no idea of coming back to this
country, trustees of the New York Life
put lots of dirty things on his shoul-
ders. They made it appear that he
alone knew of all the corruption and
bribery that had been perpetrated In
the name of the insurance company
and that they themselves were as in
nocent as so many newborn lambs
Nobody knew anything but Judge
Hamilton and President Mccall, since
dead. But to the CONSERVATION OF all
the guilty, Judge Hamilton made his
appearance some ten days ago, ana
voluntarily went before the committee
He said he had been induced to speak
only out of justice to the memory OF
President Mccall, who he claimed, had
been bounded to his death by set OF
miserable ours, the trustees who, to
save themselves from the consequences
of acts of which they had all along had
full cognizance, had heaped blame on
the dead man. He denounced the trus-
tees as whole as set of miserable
ours and traitors, and stated that they
knew of everything he did. 1t is un-
derstood that proceedings are to be in
stitut,d against Judge Hamilton for an
accounting az to what he did with va
riOus sums that We're placed in his
hands by President Mccall. He has
announced his willingness to accept
the issue and promises some very SEN
sational revelations i'm connection with
the matter.
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There was both ice and frost Tues
day night, and the general opinion Is,
that II there Is to be any fruit through
out this locality it will be faulty.
Mr.. J. e. Burns informs US that Mr..
George Ross McCarter Is another
overseer, who never fails to put on
the roads the full time prescribed by
law.
Superintendent of Education Carroll
has a letter from State Superintendent
Martin stating that there will soon be
a distribution of about $4,000 of dis
pensary funds, of which York county
will get about $3,500.
Mr.. J. c. Blair, Of Blairsville, was In
Yorkvile Thursday to bring the tax
returns of Bullock's Creek township,
and mentioned the fact that at Sharon
he heard people who had examined In
to the matter discussing the fruit pros
poets. All seem to be agreed that the
destruction had been general along the
creek bottoms; but on higher ground
not more than half the blooms had been
killed. Where the blooms were full
blown they were killed: but where they
were still In the bud they escaped. Mr.
Blair stated that where only about half
the blooms are killed the outlook is
still good for a first class crop; but
where q fourth or more are killed the
crop will not amount to much. He
thinks that apples are still safe.
Mr.. j. E. Norment, private secretary
to Governor Hayward, since the COM
mencement Of the latter's administra-
ton, is announced as a candidate for
secretary of state, and If he does not
make a record run in the primaries
next summer, we will stand ready to
make confession of a most serious err
ror in our estimate of his fitness for
the position and his popularity. Mr..
Norment Is not only thoroughly well
equipped to discharge the duties or this
position: but he Is uniformly careful
and considerate in his relations to the
public as well as to individuals, ana
should he be elected, as he no doubt
will be, every citizen of the state there
after having business with the office
may send or go there in the full as
surance that If he does not already
know just what he is entitled to and
just how to get 1t, Mr.. Norment Will
help him out in both propositions, and
do it in such a way as to leave no sug-
gestion of the tremendous obligation
he may be under to such an efficient
officer 1t is fair to say also that dur
ing the time he has been private sec
retary, Mr.. Norment has performed
service to the state that fully entities
him to the promotion he Is now seek
ing