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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-04-10
Tuesday, April 10, 1905.

man said he returned as a gift for the
gratitude he felt to the liquor concern
crediting the state of South Carolina.
Besides this there had come to my ears
a rumor-the sources Of which / do not.
now recall! but q rumor which i think
should be looked into-that Senator
Tillman when governor was presented
with a piano by a liquor concern.
1T may be that receipts may be
shown for the rebates which may have
been returned and also for payment OF
this piano which may have been re-
c,ived as was rumored to be the salts
factory explanation In the case or the
Towill horse matter"
Mr.. Lyon heard my testimony in
Columbia and he knows / said moth
ing about returning any money, for /
never received any," said Senator TILL
man. IF the books do not show that
any money was ever paid they certain
ly will not show that any was ever re-
turned.
II want to reiterate and emphasize,
In tha most positive way my belief that
the investigating committee, charged
with such a great responsibility, should
do its duty by deciding at once what Is
lawful to be done about these whisky
claims; the more lawyers they write
greater Is the danger that there will be
a mean scandal
While am on the dispensary," said
the senator Il want to give the new
board friendly warming too. 1t can
not purchase liquor under the law un-
less the bidding is clearly competitive,
and the lowest priced. Without defin-
ing the article to be bought by some
thing other than * Is not competitive
bidding.
Then I notice that while fourteen
county dispensaries have been closed,
there is no reduction in the force OF
salaried inspectors and other employees.
Il am earnestly desirous, both for
their own sake and the dispensary,
that the new boards actions shall be
approved by the. people, but there can
be no excuse for continuing to pay
for men who are not needed. Either
the old force was overworked or one
third of 1t ought to be dispensed with.
I'm my efforts to keep the dispen-
sary from being assassinated, ] shall
spare no man, be he f~iend or foe,
whose actions do not square with the
law and Indicate desire to carry 1t
out loyalty"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-04-10
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mr.. Sam p. Pierce went over to
Charlotte yesterday on business.
Mrs. N. B. Bratton of Guthriesville,
is the guest of Mrs. G. w. S. Hart.
Miss Virginia Miller of Rock Hill,
visited Mr.. L. r. Williams family this
week.
Miss Margaret Glenn of Gastonia,
spent Sunday with the family of Mr..
r. ]. Caldwell.
Mr.. E. r. McElwee of Columbia,
spent Sunday with friends and rela-
tives in Yorkville.
Miss Mary Williams of Winthrop,
spent Sunday and yesterday with Mr..
L. r. Williams family.
Mrs. S. M. Jones of Chester, spent
several days last week in Yorkville,
with Mr.. j. c. Wilborn's family.
A great majority of the patrons of
YorkVille Graded school will be de-
lighted to know that at a meeting of
the trustees last Friday night, Prof.
j. &. Allen was reelected superin-
tendent for the ensuing year. Mr..
Allen has given very general Satis-
faction i'm his capacity as superin-
tendent and there is no question of
the fact that he is doing good work.
The teachers for the various grades
will be elected later.
Captain James b. Allison, of the
Seventh Infantry, United States army,
is in Yorkville, on visit to the family
of his father, Dr. James b. Allison. He
arrived last Sunday from Fort Mis-
soula, Montana. and will probably re-
main here during several weeks.
Capt. Alison's last visit to YOrkville
was i'm the fall of 1902. He was then
a second lieutenant, and had been sta
toned for quite long while in Alaska,
helping to keep order among the gold
miners up that way. Since then he
has seen service i'm the Philippines and
has spent two moaths travelling in
China and Japan. He was at Manila
when the two Russian warships took
refuge there just after the battle of
the Sea of Japan, and witnessed the
Gag, rncss of the Japs to get the Rus
slams out and the anxiety Of the Rus
SLAMS to remain where they were. On
his return to the United States, Capt.
Allison was first stationed at San
Francisco for short time. Then he
was sent to Fort Missou!a where he
has been for several months. Fort
Missoula is an old post that was orr
ginaly established on account of the
Indians: but since then a rich mining
town has grown up within few miles
and kept the same name. The town
has about 10000 inhabitants, and Is full
of wealthy people who are able to have
they want. The garrison has
no special duty to perform except that
it is kept hard at work with various
exercises and practice marches. Capt.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-04-10

We are not conscious Of any feel
ing of partizanship in the row be-
tween Messrs. Tillman and Lyon; but
il did look to us like Mr.. Tillman had
reflected on the committee in his ad-
dress. and while we are not going to
contend that Mr.. Lyon had any right
to hit back, he certainly had a right
to feel that he was the object of an
insinuation. This may be due to the
unfortunate habit Senator Tillman
has. of saying things that are suscepti-
BILE of more than one construction.
OF course, Mr.. Tillman cannot be held
to be guilty in the absence OF proof,
and it is fair also to say that the
same is true of Messrs. Evans, Boy
kin and Towill. Mr.. Evans is re-
ported to have declared that anybody
who asserts that he was ever guilty
of any wrongdoing in connection with
the dispensary, is all kinds of liar.
But in the meantime let the work of
go on, and If It be
found that the general assembly has
hampered the committee by failure
to provide sufficient funds, 1T may be
possible to supply the lack by pri-
yate subscription. 1t would never do
to let such a good work languish on
account of the expense.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-04-10
EQUALIZATION OF TAXES.

The York county board Of equali-
Zation consisting Of one representa-
tive from each of the various town.
ships and one member each from the
towns of Rock Hill and Yorkville,
met in the court house this morning
for the purpose of hearing individual
complaints as to alleged excessive as
sessments, and Of equalizing assessed
real estate valuations as between the
various towns and townships Of the
county.
The board fs constituted as follows:
]. Frank Ashe. Bethesda: ]. w. Jack
son, Bethel: w. M. Carothers. Ebene-
ger: w. s. Leslie. Catawba; ]. C.
Blair, Bullock's Creek: ]. E. Leech,
Broad River: John M. Thomasson.
Kings Mountain; G. p. Blankenship.
Fort Mill: r. r. McCorkle, York: T.
l.. Johnson. Catawba; w. B. Moore.
Yorkville. Organization was effected
by the election of Mr.. ]. F. Ashe as
chairman.
Several individual complaints, in
Guiding one from the Catawba Power
company. were heard this morning;
but the understanding was that
no decision would be arrived at until
later. Although there had been a
large number of individual raises. the
Indications are that there will be
but a few specific complaints. From
such information as can be gathered,
the main work Of the board. after
disposing of the individual COM
plants, will be to try to arrive al
some reasonable basis Of equalization
as between the assessed values OF
town and country property especially
with reference to the towns of Rock
Hill and Yorkville on the one hand
and the country surrounding on the
other. It seems to be generally con-
ceded that the assessment OF these
towns is much higher In proportion
than Is country property anywhere
and the contention is that the town
assessments should be lowered or the
country assessments should be raised
The situation Is generally conceded
to involve serious problems. and how
the whole matter Is to be satisfactor-
ily settled remains to be seen. The
board may get through with It's work
TODAY or It may have to remain In
session several days.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-04-10

WHEN Senator Tillman sought to call
the attention of the public to the whis-
ky advertisements in the newspapers
of counties that have voted out dispen-
saries Under the Brice law, he was only
firing at random, and with a blank
cartridge. There may be some cases
where papers that stood for the aboli-
ton of dlspensaries are printing whis-
ky advertisements; but outside of the
dailies. we don't know of them. These
same papers have been printing whis-
KY advertisements all along, some OF
retail dealers out side The state and
some of whiskies sold in the dispeasa-
ries. THE ENQUIRER however, Is not
one of them. This paper. in the last
fifteen years, has turned down scores
and scores of whisky advertisements.
We don't want them under any cir
cumstances. dispensary or no dispen-
sary.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-04-10

New aovERTIsEMENTs


York Drug Store-Has just received a
fresh line of Lowney's and Wiley's 5
chocolates and bonbons for the Eas-
ter trade.
j. Q. Wray, The Leader-Tells about
the good qualities that go to make
up his line Of Superb clothing.
Thomson Co.-Invites you to see 1t
and get your supply Of clothing,
hats, etc, before Easter Sunday-it
is '.just around the corner"
Foushee Cash Store-IS making low
prices on ladies' underskirts and
night gowns. Girdles and corsets,
csc and upward.
Piedmont Tel and Tel. Co.-Wants to
put phones in the homes OF 200
York and Cherokee farmers.
]. c. Wilborn-Wants you to remem-
ber the Jones auction sale. A 10
room house for sale.
Enquirer Office-Wants to recover a
gold cross, lost on streets OF York
vile last Saturday.
r. W., care Enquirer-Has a store
room close to cotton mill for rent.
First National Bank-Tells you what
good bank customer has to say of
banking.
]. ]. Keller & Co.-Say 1t is not fair
to compare other paints with Devoe
because there are none In its class.
Glenn & Allison-Have full stock of
buggies and want you to see them.
Also full line of farm tools.
]. E. Lowry, Mayor-Gives notice that
a municipal election will be held in
Yorkville on April Sth, 1906.
Sam M. Grist, Special Agent-Quotes
a saying of Andrew Carnegie and
applies it's moral to life insurance.
L. r. Williams, Probate Judge-GiVes
notice that S. w. Mcknight has ap-
piled to him for letters of admins
tration on estate Of w. T. Nc
knight. deceased.
M. w, White-Gives a list Of stocks
he has for sale and wants to buy.
First National Bank-Publishes Its
statement Of condition at close OF
business April 9Th, 1906.
Star Drug Store-Advises you to puri-
fy your butter by feeding your COW
it's milk and butter purifier. Its
guaranteed to do the work.
Carroll Bros.-Say they are headquar-
ters for buggy and wagon rims and
spokes and a great many other ar
ticles in heavy hardware.
Withers Adickes Co.-Quotes prices
on various kinds of garden and field
seeds. Wants eggs, butter and peas.
G.. H. O'Leary-Has new line or mat
tings and invites you to see them.
Also has nice line Of rugs.
]. A. Tate, C. c. c. Pls.-Calls on all
persons having claims against es-
tate of F. d. Horn, deceased, to pre-
sent them on or before April 21st.
York Supply Co.-Has sweet potatoes
for bedding. also has seed irish po-
tatoes, Landreth's garden seeds, etc
G w. Knox, Clover-Wants orders Tor
eggs for Matching. $1.00 per set
ting of Is eggs.
I,ouis Roth-Has seed sweet potatoes
Including Georgia Buck and Pump
kin yam at $1.10 bushel.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-04-10
MERE-MENTIoN.

Two hundred, carpenters went on
strike at Tampa, Fla, last Saturday
out Of sympathy with striking paint
ers. -. The forty-fourth anniversa-
ry Of the battle of Shiloh was observ-
ed last Sunday, at Corinth, Miss,
with appropriate exercises. There
Is case OF yellow fever at Kenner,
La. -. Mayor Weaver Of Philadel-
phla. has commenced proceedings
against the contractors who built the
filter system OF that city, and who are
alleged to have gotten some five mil
lions Of dollars more than they were
entitled to. 1T Is charged that
John Alexander Dowie, former fore
man Of Zion City, lost more than a
million dollars OF the city's money In
Wall street speculation. The up
per story Of the Portland, Oregon,
Chamber Of Commerce building was
destroyed by fire last Friday. Several
people were injured, and Homer H.
Hallock was killed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-04-10
SOUTH cARoLlNA NEWS.

= The state press association will
meet at the Isle Of Palms, in June.
- Charleston, April z: The appraise-
ment Of the Union cotton mills. Union,
3. c., adjudged bankrupt on Feb. IA,
was filed today with e. W. Hughes,
referee, by L. w. Parker Of Green
Vile. W. j. Britton of Spartanburg
and j. E. Shrine of Greenville, ap-
praisers. The total value of the
plant real estate, accounts due, stock
Of goods, ETC., is appraised at $1,727.-
4S9.69. In the schedule of assets and
liabilities filed some weeks ago. the
liabilities were stated to- be $3,244,-
S71.72. The appraisements summed
up, are as follows: Plant, Of the Union
'otton mill. including real estate, ST.
250, 900; accounts due $464,339.6S;
bills receivable $500; stock OF goods
100000; live stock and vehicles $3.50.
Total $1.727, ,4S9.6S. The next step
will be setting OF a date of sale by
the United States court and the. fix
ing g-of am upset price.
= Columbia. April s.: At the regu-
lar meeting of the State Democratic
executive committee here tonight, res
olutions were adopted calling for the
May State Convention, to be held on
the 10th of that month, and directing
the county chairmen throughout the
state to call club meetings on the 28th
of April, for the purpose Of elecsing
delegates to the county conventions,
which will meet on May z, to elect
delegates to the state convention, each
county being entitled to double the
representation 1t has In the general
assembly. A resolution by d. II. Nc
Gill of Greenwood, caused some COM
ment. II denounced as untrue, the
statement In Tom Watson's Magazine
for March, that II make no differ
ence whether the south's representa-
ton I'm congress and the electoral col
lege Is reduced, as proposed In the
bill Of Congressman Keifer OF Ohio,
and went on to "denounce the author
and those that go hand in hand with
him along such lines, as enemies or
the south and the southern people,
such declarations being unbecoming
southern white man." Mr.. McGill de-
Tended his resolution with warmth and
earnestness, but the other members
Of the committee took the view that
as Tom Wason was not Democrat
any way, to adopt the resolution
would be undignifled and would give
him undue prominence and his mag
azine undeserved advertising. A mo-
ton was made to table the resolution,
but Senator Cole L. Blease or New
berry, wanted to save the committee
voting on the subject and moved to
adjourn. This inspired Mr.. McGill to
withdraw the resolution. Tom Watson
got one vote when he ran for presi-
dent In the last national convention.
This vote came from Spartanburg,
but the voter never made himself
known,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-04-10
KINGS MOUNTAIN MONUMENT.

At last there is substantial ground to
hope that some measure of justice Is
to be done to the memory of the long
neglected battlefield of Kings Noun
tain. Congress is close to the point of
placing a proper monument there. The
Washington correspondent of the Co
lumbia State writes that paper under
date Of Saturday as follows:
The house committee on libraries to-
day reported favorably the joint bill
of Mr. Finley and Mr. Webb of North
Carolina providing for the erection or
a monument on Kings Mountain in
York county. The bill appropriates
$4,000. Mr. Webb was Interested In
il because many of the soldiers killed
there were from North Carolina.
This committee had one hundred
bills for monuments referred to 1t, but
they decided to report only four. 1t Is
recalled that few years ago Speaker
Cannon, then on the floor, said In a
speech that he was opposed to loot
ing the treasury for any such purposes
as the erection of monuments solely to
decorate little measly aspiring places
where the people were too stingy to
spend their own money for them
But" he added there Is one place,
though, where | want to see a monu-
ment erected. That is at Kings Noun
tain, to commemorate the valiant deeds
of the heroes who died there
In view of this and the committees
unanimous report, there seems little
doubt that the bill will be passed and
the monument erected
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-04-10

through a collection of antiques last
fall, Mr.. Gray took out the bond and
handed it to the Clinton man, remark
ing: Keep this. 1t may be worth
something to you some time" A
newspaper item about it went the
rounds at the time. and Mr.. Morgan
was offered 500 for the bond by a
Boston business man. Until then he
had valued it only as a relic. but in
quiry among bankers brought out the
fact that the yellow scrap of paper
is probably worth a small fortune.
1t is now in Washington under inves-
tigation by treasury officials.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-04-10

factory answer advised them that un-
less they complied forthwith, he would
advertise the land for resale at their
risk
Country Phone Service.
That Is an interesting proposition
that Mr.. Darlington, OF the Piedmont
Telephone company Is making to the
farmers of York and Cherokee coun-
ties, and 1t seems worth an immediate
investigation. Mr.. Darlington made
such an offer to the farmers Of CASTOR
county not long since, and within a
very short time scores and scores or
phones were added. AS we understand
the offer, where neighbors work to-
gether and bring a line to the corpor-
ate limits of Yorkville or Blacksburg
the Piedmont company Will sell them
phones and give them service at so
cents a month, against the present rate
Of two dollars a month, and where the
metallic connection Is desired 1t may be
included for 81 a month. Mr.. Babing-
ton says that he desires to cover both
these counties with a network OF
wires, and the rates he Is offering seem
very we'll calculated to accomplish
that end. Mr.. N. Craig McCorkle of
Yorkville, or Mr.. A. M. Bridges of
Blacksburg, can give full and detailed
information as to the advertised prop
osition.
Death Of Mr.. r. c. Adams.
Mr.. Robert Campbell Adams. eld-
est son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Adams,
Jr., died in a hospital at Tucson,
Arizona, on last Saturday. April Z
the immediate cause Of his death be-
ing pleurisy. The deceased was
twenty-five years of age on the 18th
of last December. He had been suf-
fering from pulmonary affection for
more than a year and left Gastonia
where he had been successfully en-
gagged in the drug business for several
years, on the 3rd Of February. 1906,
for Arizona, In the hope that the
change to that climate would result
In his restoration to health. Mr.
Adams was well-known In Yorkyille
where he spent several months OF his
boyhood as a clerk Ia the drug store
of Mr.. ]. M. Starr, and by reason OF
his bright mind and genial, accommo-
dating disposition was a general IA
vorite. After leaving Yorkville he
went to Gastonia where he continued
in the drug business, first as clerk
and later as proprietor OF the bust
ness. He was married on August l6
1905, to Miss Ada Evans. who was
with him at the end. The father
was summoned to the bedside OF
his dying son on last Friday
night, and left for Arizona on Sat
urday morning. but on reaching New
Orleans was notified Of his death, and
went no farther 1t is expected thai
the remains will reach Glover or
Thursday morning on the southbound
train, and that the funeral will take
place during the day, the hour moi
vet being fixed. Besides his father
mother and widow. Mr. Adams Is sur
vived by one brother and five sisters
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-04-10
Tillman INDIGNANT.

Senator Tillman came down from
Washington Saturday, to attend a
meeting of the board of trustees or
Clemson college and between Charlotte
and Greenville, he was interviewed by
a correspondent Of the Columbia State.
After reading the Lyon letter, Senator
Tillman was indignant and grew more
so as he talked.
81 am surprised" he said, that a
gentleman, such as / thought Mr..
Lyon to be would go In the papers In
such a sneaking way as this. Even
the name of a lawyer to whom ne
wrote Is not given, but whether he au-
thorized its publicity or not, l assume
Ii to be authentic.
Il have not attacked the investigat-
ing committee; 1 only warned 1t In
friendly spirit. And why? Either the
100000 worth Of claims against the
state board are valid and binding or
they are not. 1 say they are not, be-
cause the whisky was bought contrary
to the law and the state Is not legally
bound for payment.
THE committee knows this now as
well as 1t will ever know It, Messrs
Lyon and Christensen have blacklisted
certain firms; the presumption Is they
have discovered evidences Of fraud. III
those firms have acted dishonesty the
old board cannot be clean; but leaving
Messrs. Lyon and Christensen to hunt
for proofs, to which l do not object,
again | ask: Why the delay"
Whether fraud Is proven or not, no
decent lawyer will contend that these
large purchases Of whisky are legal:
First, because there was not competi-
tive bidding as the law requires; sec
ond because the law expressly limits
81 hat hand
$4OO. 900 and instead of dickering with
lawyers employed to collect the money,
1t Is the investigating committees plain
duty to repudiate the whole transac-
ton, forbid the new board to pay for
any liquor and thus have an end to 1t.
Messrs. Lyon and Christensen will be
to the taxpayers OF the
state If they o. K. a single purchase
that was illegally bought"
What about the piano." Senator
Tnlman was asked.
We'll" he replied, ~ have heard 1t
said If you throw a rock In the dark
and dog hOwls you may swear he is
hit.
Il have not sought to discredit the
committee" the senator
but to warn 1t and when
Mr. Lyon, without provocation, makes
public its dirty and cowardly insinua-
tions that a whisky firm gave me a
piano, 1t is pretty clear to my mind
that he howls because he is hit. 1t
was easy enough for him to have found
out all about the piano. Mr.. Malone,
the music dealer In Columbia, knows
to whom he sold 1t and who paid for
it, and he knows when it was bought.
Il note also Mr.. Lyons pretext for
delay is that he may look into the rec
ords of the Mill Creek Distilling COM
paly to see whether there are any
credits
Senator Tillman's reference to Cred
it's" applied to that part of Mr.. Lyons
letter which reads as follows:
I'VE wish to find the credits on the
books of the distillery showing the
amount of rebates which Senator TILL
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The atorkrille enquirer.
YoRkVILLE, s. c..
TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1906.

IT would be a source of great salts
faction to us If Senator Tillman would
vindicate himself from the
suspicion of having secured for himself
rebates on whisky he bought for the
dispensary. The books of the Mill
Creek Distilling company would no
doubt show where the rebates had been
returned they ever were.