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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-10-16
SEED SCARCE IN ALABAMA.
Looks As II There Will Be Trouble In
PLANTING Next Crop,

Looks As II There Will Be Trouble In
Planting Next Crop.
The cotton market last week was
very good to the farmers, but 1t was
very annoying to the merchants. The
price would be jumping from one
price to another so fast that they
were kept busy all the time making
explanations to their customers about
sales that had been made.
The rain has done some damage to
the crops In the cotton belt. The COM
missioner Of agriculture of Alabama
has given out statement to the et-
feet that he is afraid there will not be
enough seed to plant next years crop
The following is what he had to say
on this matter:
"One of the most serious situations
is the ruin of the cotton seed, and
am afraid there Is going to be a grea,
deal Of trouble to get enough to put
in the crop of next year. AS have said
before, they have rotted in the cotton
bolls and are valueless when so AFFECT
ed. This will make 1t hard for the
farmers to secure seed for the suppl,
Of next year, and will, l believe, be
cause for a short crop the following
season.
"The latest item of storm damage
talk is the harm done the cotton SEED
crop of the state, which experts now
place at $1,000,000. This Is In add.
ton to the lowering Of the grade oi
the cotton and the destruction OF the
staple open in the fields.
Cotton seed men from every Sec
ton of the state are agreed that the
loss will exceed 81 a ton on seed
which will mean great deal TO the
state in the final wind-up. 1t Is
shown in many cases where the seed
have been exposed to the weather that
they have rotted and are Of no value
They can be taken In the hand and
crushed easily.
"It Is estimated that seed would
have brought $13 ton this year II II
had not been for the storm. but thai
the mill men will not be able to pay
more than 50, and that at that price
they will be taking great risk. II
the seed are as badly damaged as
was thought they will be worthless
for oil, as they will be for planting
This will cut every way, not only tax
ing away the value Of the seed, but
cutting down the working time OF the
laborers at the cotton seed oil mills.
"Along this line 1t Is estimated that
the loss to Alabama farmers because
of the storm Of September 26 Will be
Sc, 100000, and that 1t Will take
twelve months of good time to gel
them back on a solid footing. ."-Au-
gusta Chronicle, Sunday.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-10-16

THE entire expense Of the state con-
stabulary for the quarter ending Au-
gust 81, was s1S,2O1.S1 and Of this
amount s12,4O3.05 was expended in
Brice law counties. II there was any
way to get at the facts, we would
wager that there is more tigering In
the dispensary counties than there Is
in the Brice law counties. 1t does not
appear that any of the constables are
making enough seizures to pay their
hire. The justice Of such a condition
of affairs does not appear on the sur
face. Is this situation the result Of an
effort to punish the Brice law counties.
or is the dispensary management mere
ly reluctant to surrender unnecessary
power? That there is something bad
rotten somewhere is very evident.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-10-16

merry Of Bethesda township this morn.
ing for practicing dentistry for mon
ey without a license. When brought
to Jail he had In his possession bot
tie of liniment and pair Of shears.
It is understood that he used the
shears instead of forceps and that he
had pulled and priced out lots Of teeth
for the negroes of Magistrate Nun
nery's neighborhood.
Monument to w. T. Mcknight.
A monument to the late w: T. Nc
Knight was unveiled at Bethany last
Saturday by the Woodmen of the
World, the exercises being under the
especial direction Of Filbert camp, Mr..
j. b. Neil consul commander Thos.
F. McDow, Esq, delivered an elo-
quent eulogy on the life and character
of the deceased. The attendance was
quite large. there being representative
from nearly all of the camps in the
western part of the county.
Charged With Horse Stealing.
H. w. Stewart, white man from
Fort Mill township, was committed
to Jail a few days ago on the charge
Of stealing a horse from c. C. C. Belk,
white. The testimony at the prelimi-
nary was to the effect that Stewart
took the horse to Wilkesboro, N. c.,
and traded 1t to a Mr.. Smoak for an
other horse and $3.50 boot What
he did with the horse he received in
exchange has not developed.
The Bethany Picnic.
There was a large crowd Of people
at Bethany last Saturday to particle
pate in the educational picnic given un-
der the auspices of the Bethany High
school, The principal feature of the
occasion was an address by Prof. w.
II. Hand of the South Carolina univer-
sity. Prof. Hand spoke about two
hours and held the close attention of
his big audience from start to finish.
There was a picnic dinner and the day
was spent most pleasantly throughout.
Killed by the Train.
Gastonia Gazette, Oct. 16: Train
No. 81 struck Mr.. w. w. Mclean Sat
urday evening and inflicted Injuries
which caused his death at IL o'clock
Sunday morning. Mr.. Mclean was
leaving the market near the East
Baptist church as the fast mail swept
into sight. He hurried up to get
across the track ahead Of IL. The
train was twenty minutes late, 1t was
on a down grade and was coming like
the wind. The unfortunate man had
miscalculated the distance or speed
Of the train--and was possibly misled
by the glare Of the electric headlight.
He crassed the rails just in time to save
himself from being crushed, but not
in time to avoid the. long crossbeam
across the pilot. The end Of this
struck him on the side or hip and
tossed him twenty feet He leaves
one brother, Mr.. Jno. C. Mclean OF
Shopton; one sister. Mrs. Jno. d.
Rudssill of Lincolnton; two half
brothers, Mr.. s. w. Mclean of Lin
colnton and Lean Mclean, now in the
west; and one half sister, Mrs. Mckee,
whose husband was killed a few years
ago at the Old Mill. Seven children
survive him. They are Mr.. John Nc
Lean, now of Rock Hill; Mrs. Harvey
White of Madison, Ca; Misses Mary
Willie, Katie, winifred. and little Alex
and Clyde at home.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-10-16
COTTON SITUATION.

The statistical position Of cotton as
shown by the figures Of the New York
Sun last Saturday was as follows:
The statistical posities is as follows:
Visible supply. 2,344,64S bales, or 9S1.-
824 less than at the corresponding time
last year: visible supply during the
week gains 1858 bales, against a
gain of 235,76S during the correspond
ing week last year; brought into sight
for the week, 453,593 bales, or 1872
more than the corresponding week last
year; brought into sight to date, 1,7S2,-
12S bales, or 3O9,966 less than last year:
visible supply today, 1,609,64S bales
or 979,S24 less than last year; visible
supply during the week gains 216,51S
bales. against a gain of 237,768 last
year; spinners' taking for week, 237,-
O75. or 22.7S2 more than last year;
spinners' takings to date, 1,OS7,4S0
bales, or 5S,142 less than last year.
Eward Moyse & Co., who are at this
time buyers on the New York Cotton
Exchange, sized up the situation Sat-
urday as follows:
1T looks as II this measure of the
situation Is a correct one. Temperatures
ranging all the way from 80 down to
26 over nearly one-half Of the cotton
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-10-16

belt mean that all further growth has
been stopped and that the plants will
mature only the nearly grown bofls on
the stalk. To make matters worse a
rainy spell is following fast on the
heels of the cold wave. Since midnight
IL has been raining in Texas and the
Territories, and the wet weather Will
spread over the balance Of the belt
within the next forty-eight hours. 1t
seems almost a foregone conclusion that
by Monday or Tuesday the market VIII
be flooded with reports Of half grown
bolls becoming soft and mushy, and a
stampede Of the shortages may be the
immediate result. Outside Of that pos
sibility, however, there are enough
bullish factors-spot demand Is ur-
gent exporters are. taking every bale
! of good cotton that comes out, farmers
i are becoming more Independent as
/ prices advance, and last but not least,
very bullish ginners' report seems
ahead of us. All these conditions may
be temporary, but to the operator VINO
is short they are none the less serious
/ and menacing."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-10-16

Just exactly what the intention OF
the administration is with regard to
these counties and the amounts charged
against them, we do not know; but 1t
is reasonable presumption that an
effort will be made to collect from the
counties named the amounts indicated
under pretense of enforcement Of the
dispensary law.
The Columbia Record, with its ac-
customed breadth, generosity and fair
ness points out the amounts refer
red to as indicating the farcical nature
of prohibition in the counties concern
ed: but as we see the matter, we think
there is better Illustration Of the gen.
eral smallness of the people who have
control of the situation.
We are told that Constable Hammet
has adopted a system under which he
gives the counties credit for the value
Of the liquors seized within their linn
it's and only charges them with that
portion of the expense not betrayed by
the value of the seizures.
Let US take the case Of Spartanburg
county for instance. If there is enough
blind tigering going on over there to
warrant an expense Of $3,101.96 for
constables, is 1t not a strange thing
that those constables are not able to
capture enough liquor to pay their SAL
aries? 1t looks so to us, and we pro-
test that If the state machine charges
like that for alleged services, it is man
ifestly demanding money under false
pretences for it is certainly not giving
anywhere in the neighborhood of value
received.
Cherokee and Lancaster show up as
having enforced the law and come
out with small balances to their credit;
but the real secret of this is that by
some kind of favoritism fewer con-
stables have been quartered on them,
and the small amount of liquor seized
by local officers shows up better be-
cause there Is no Offset.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-10-16

What we had to say in this col
umn last Friday about the Yorkville
cotton market was based on complaints
that we have heard from different
sources, and our idea In printing what
we did was to bring the matter to
head. From the nature Of the case, no
local buyer can attempt a refutation OF
the stories that have been in circula-
ton. 1t Is a fact that higher prices
have been paid in certain surrounding
markets than were at the same time
being paid in Yorkville, and that Is
situation that can be counteracted on
ly by higher prices. But local buyer
In whom we have confidence assures
us that Yorkville has not been nearly
so badly behind as the common talk
would indicate. II buy cotton In Ches-
ter and Rock Hill as we'll as in York
ville," he said, land I am paying as
much for the same grades here as In
either Of the other places. But as
matter Of fact we have not been get
ting the grades here. Most of the cot
ton that has been sold on this market
has been below middling. 1t has only
been occasionally that we have been
getting good cotton in a reasonably
large proportion. Out Of lot OF hfty
bales recently was able to put only
about twenty on an order, and out OF
another lot of seventy-five bales the
proportion was no greater. But better
cotton has been coming in within the
past few days and we have been able
to pay better prices. I am aware that
other markets have paid higher
prices than we have; but 1t has been
for better cotton than we have been
buying. / think we have been coming
as near giving full value for the cot
ton we have been buying as has any
other market In this territory" -,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-10-16

ELECTION RETURNS BY MAIL.-In his
letter of instructions to the managers
of election, Mr. r. Maxcy McCown, as
sistant secretary Of state, calls atten-
ton to the following provisions Of the
election laws, an amendment passed in
1905 after the last general election:
Section 221. After the final adjourn
ment of the board of county canvassers,
and within the time prescribed in this
chapter, the chairman of said board
shall forward, addressed to the govern
or and secretary of state. one copy by
mail and one copy by express, the re-
turns, poll lists and all papers apper-
tanning to the election"
This section was passed in order to
save expenses. The law had required
the returns to be brought to Columbia
by the messengers Of the county board,
and this was too expensive for mere
formality.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-10-16

THAT was an outrageous affair at
Seneca the other day. AS to who blew
up that negro college, Of course, is not
known; but correspondent says that
the act was committed by people who
alleged that the negro president was
teaching incendiarism. If it is a fact
that the negro was teaching incendiar-
ism, then there would have been no
trouble about securing his punishment
by law. He can be punished yet. But
a man is not supposed to be guilty Of
any crime until after he has been tried
and convicted. The people who blew
up the college are very probably guilty
of incendiarism. and 1t would be good
thing for the community in which they
live, If they were arrested and tried
on the charge.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-10-16
YORK COUNTY TAX BUDGET.

The net increase in the gross reve-
nues from the tav levies in York coun-
ty this year will be $9,612.0O. This is
shown in the abstract of duplicate for
which Treasurer Nicely receipted Audi
tor Hunter, when the latter turned over
this years book recently. Last year
the book called for $11,4S5.S9, and this
year 1t calls Off $121,O97.Ss. making
the difference in favor of this year
against last year as stated above.
Here Is a recapitulation Of the lead
ing items last year as compared with
tho 90 mo itame fbfo war.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-10-16
MERE MENTION.

Frederick c. Fairbanks. son Of Vice
President Fairbanks, and Miss Nellie
Scott of Pittsburg, eloped last Wednes-
day night and were married at Steu-
benville. o. Twenty-Five applica-
tions for information in regard to the
contract for digging the Panama canal
have been received by the war depart
ment from American firms. .... Eight
persons were killed in headon colli-
sion, near Ridge, Wyo., on the union
Pacific last Thursday. .....A violent
eruption of Mont Pelee threw ashes
over nearby islands last Thursday.
Postmaster General Cortelyou is con-
sidering the advisability Of substitu-
ting automobiles for horses and wag-
ons for collecting the mails in the larg-
er cities. Miss Bertha Krupp, the
richest woman in the world, was mar
ried last Sunday to Herr Won Bohlen
Halbad, a pepniless German nobleman,
The marriage took place at Essen
city of 250,0OO inhabitants owned by
the bride. The German emperor was
present. "A runaway engine smashed
into a freight train on the Asheville d.
vision of the Southern yesterday and
injured six persons. 80. The supreme
court Of the United States has denied
the motion of former Senator Burton OF
Kansas, for an appeal, and Burton Will
have to serve six months Imprisonment
and pay fine Of $500. Two hum
dred men were entombed in Wingate
colliery, near Durham, England, yester-
day as the result of an explosion. "A
dispatch Of last night from New York
represented Mrs. Jefferson Davis as In
a dying condition, and the belief was
that she could not last longer than a
few hours. She has pneumonia. The
registration books of Greater New
York closed yesterday with total OF
662,090 names as against 643,744 In
1905. 80. Three quarrymen were killed
near Roanoke, Va, yesterday by pre-
mature explosion of dynamite.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-10-16

CONSTABLE Hammet seems to con-
slider the tax he has charged against
Brice law counties as synonymous with
enforcing the law" We are unable to
see that he has enforced the law any
where"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-10-16
Total .........$1O4,647.Ss $11S.644.3S

The railroads, insurance, telegraph
express, Pullman car and other levies
of a like nature, added to the aggre-
gate of the amounts levied on the diff
ferent townships make up the grand
total of the amount levied against the
county as a whole-$121, ,097.S9.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-10-16
The alurkrille enquirer.
YoRKvILLE, 8. O.,
TUESDAY, OCTOBER l6. 1906.

THERE are two sides to the parcels
post question: but II the express COM
panies are not more reasonable in their
charges the people will be forced to
demand the parcels post in self de-
fense.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-10-16

The preliminary abstract Of last
summer showed considerable loss Of
acreage in several townships; but the
abstract Of duplicate shows that most
Of these losses have. been recovered
and that the aggregate this year is
greater than It was last year. The
acreage returns by townships now
stand as follows:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-10-16
What's the Game?

In his report for the quarter ending
August 81, Chief State Constable Ham
met gives the various amounts charged
against twelve Brice law counties for
alleged enforcement of the dispensary
law in Brice law counties. The coun-
ties with the amounts charged against
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-10-16

The average assessed valuation OF
lands. last year amounted to $4.57 per
acre ard this year this average has
been increased to $3.50. The value Of
the farm lands in the different town
ships as shown by the abstracts of du-
plicates last year and this year is as
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-10-16
LOCAL LACONICS.

We Will Send The Enquirer
From this date until January 1st,
1907, for "A cents.
For Practicins Without License.
A negro named Alonzo Walker was
committed to jail by Magistrate Nun
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-10-16
Total ......... .S1,s54,95O ,s2,s4s.4so

The total value of. real estate In cit
les, towns and villages last year was
$1,111,S3S against $1,0S4,Os5 this year,
a falling off Of $27,53S.
Here is the total value Of all real es-
tate in the county this year as COM
pared with last year:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-10-16
otai .ss,s4S,S7s $s,s44,44O

Along with the personally goes all
the property Of the insurance compa-
nies, Pullman car companies, telegraph
and telephone companies and the as
sessment on these Is credited to the
county as a whole. The assessment
of these properties this year as COM
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-10-16

The total assessed valuation OF all
personal property in the county is 3d.
257,71s this year against $2,s3012S last
year.
The railroads are assessed separately
from other kinds of property and cred
tied to the county as whole. The as
sessed value of railroad property last
year was $7S2,S2O and this year 1t Is
$S36,S20.
The number Of polls assessed In the
various townships last year as COM
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-10-16

The total number Of dogs assessed
last year was $3.50, and this year the
total number Is 3,603.
Here is the aggregate of all taxes
for all purposes collected from the
townships last year and to be collected
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-10-16
ROCK HILL AND VICINITY.

Mr.. Greene sandifer In Critical Con-
dition--Rev. Young Will Not Remain
In AbbeviIIe-Band For Highland
Park-Imported Mill Help Dissatis-
fied-The Graded Sehool--other
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-08-22
HU1S0N MAY RESIGN
Seat in Senate in Jeopardy Be-
cause OF Position in States
Attorneys Office.

Assistant United States Attorney c
T. Hutson has taken no action on the
question of his resignation from the
state senate and is not apt to announce
any decision before the delegates to the
state convention are elected. He repre-
sents Franklin. Adams and part Of
Walla Walla counties. Any successor
would have to be chosen by the dele
gates to the state convention.
Both OF District Attorney Sullivan's
assistants, Walter Christian and G. T.
Hutson. were in the state senate. Since
the position Of second deputy had been
created on the ground that extra help
was necessary. It was impossible for
both to retain their places in the state
senate, being away from the district at.
torney's Office for two months. Mr.
Christian gave up his seat. but it has
been explained that Mr.. Hutson may re.
tain his if he desires. There has been
no ,ntimaton from his district that the
retention Of the seat is not perfectly sat.
isfactory.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-08-22
Young Wife Leaves Home.

Mrs. Alvs Boyer, highly respected
young woman Of this town, has caused
a sensation in the history of Adams
county. While Mr.. and Mrs. Boyer
we're camping at Fish Trap lake with
a number Of friends it became mecca
sary for Mr. Boyer to make a short
visit to this town and while here 4
painter Who has been employed by
Boyer for couple OF months, recently
from Ohio, together with Mrs. Boyer,
boarded a train and started for San
Francisco. Mr.. Boyer followed the
couple to Portland, but was unable to
20 further as his business interests
here as . painter demanded his atten-
ton and he arrived here Tuesdsy
night broken hearted over the con
duct Of his wife. 1t ia believed that
the youthful age OF the woman was
the cause, as she is only IS years old.
This man, whose name we are unable
get, also tried to induce snothe young
girf Of the party to go with him and
when he failed in his attempt he in
duced Mrs. Boyer to go with him.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-08-22

Manager Robt. H. Cosgrove has as
signed each day of the two weeks of the
Spokane Interstate Fair to some order
orr some special purpose. The Shriners
have been given September 26 and will
have great doings on that day. The
Chamber of Commerce day is Tuesday.
September IS, when commercial bodies
will send delegates to convention
which will be held in Spokane to organ.
ize the Pacific Northwest publicity
movement. Monday. September "a. is
10000 Club day and opening carnival
night. Thursday, Septemer II, is Live
Stock day. Spokane day is Friday, Sep.
TENDER 20. Washington State College
day is Saturday. September 70. The
days of the second week are as follows:
Everybody's day. Sunday. September 80;
British Columbia day, Monday, October
IT.; Woodmen of the World day, Tuesday.
October 2; Couer d'Alene day, Wednes-
day. October 8; Derby day. Thursday,
October 4; Eagles day. Friday. October
s; Modern Woodmen day. Saturday
Octoher