Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-07-17

Dogs days begin tomorrow and con-
tinue forty days.
The Clemson exhibition car will be in
Yorkville Friday.
Now, that the farmers are pretty
we'll sold out Of the cotton they had
been holding so long, prices will prob
ably take an upward squirt.
The county executive committee had
about five or six hundred dollars for
campaign purposes last year; but this
year it Is going to be rather hard up
for funds.
The law providing fifteen days an
nual leave, with pay, for rural carriers,
only applies after the carrier has been
in the service one year. Carriers who
have been in the service a year are
permitted to take off as many days as
they desire up to fifteen and the pay
goes on all the same.
Mr.. John Starr on yesterday showed
the reporter an invitation that was is
sued on account of a ball that was
given on the occasion of the completion
of the Kings Mountain railroad to
Yorkville in 1852. 1t was the first in
vitation that Mrs Starr had received to
a social function of this nature. OF
the members of the various committees
who had charge of the affair, DR.. j. M.
Lowry and Major 3. F.. Raw!inson are
the only two who are still alive.
The conference yesterday seemed to
be made up for the most part OF "old
timers" that is, men who have been
more or less conspicuous In politics for
years. Among them were some who
are conceded to have large influence at
their respective precincts but the
majority were men who do not seem to
count for a great DEAL Fort Mill prob
ably had a larger representation than
any single township, except York.
Bethel was not represented so far as
the reporter was able to see and there
were but few representatives from the
western or southern part Of the coun-
ty.
There are numerous politicians who
seem to have nothing to harp on other
than protestations of their loyalty to
Senator Tillman. They insist that the
senator Is still an issue and that every
man who assumes the right to have
views of his own is trying to down
Tillman. Their attitude Is suggestive
of the fellow who prevented the over
turning of Stone Mountain, a solid
boulder of granite, some four or five
hundred feet high, mile or two
round, and located about twenty miles
from Atlanta, Ga. The story is that
one day a visitor who was walking
around the base of the mountain came
upon a fellow who had stuck fence
rail in a hole in the rock near the
ground and sitting on the end of 1t he
was bobbing up and down, grunting
away as If his life depended upon 1t.
What is the matter" asked the visi-
tor. trying to break that rail?" The
man at the rail paid no attention until
the question was repeated, and then
without for a moment relaxing his
efforts he explained between gasps at
catching his breath: Trying to break
this rail nothin'-there is a fellow on
the other side trying to turn this
mountain over and I am not going TO
let him do It," Now, nobody need
gather the idea that Senator Tillman
is quite as permanent as Stone Noun
tain: but so far as this campaign Is
concerned he Is not needing the assist
ance of anybody to prevent his defeat
for reelection. He cannot be defeated
without opposition and even Mr.
Lumpkin has gotten entirely out OF his
way.