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Turkey creek was also high out of
its banks and the same report comes
from different other streams. That
the rain was Of much benefit there Is
no question; but 1t is also a fact that
II wrought much damage.
Rev. w. c. Ewart was on his way
from Hickory Grove to Yorkville when
the rain came up and the downpour
struck him at a point just beyond
Blacks mill. He found 1t advisable
to turn off by way of the Parish place
and the Kings Mountain road to avoid
the high water that he felt sure would
be in his way along the straight road
and afterward found that he would
not have otherwise been able to COM
plete his trip. The bridge at the water
works branch was flooded and Blacks
mill dam was broken.
A telephone message from Glenn &
Riddles store yesterday was to the ef-
feet that while there was heavy rain
Saturday, neither Crowder's creek or
Beaver Dam was very much swollen,
and that although crops were washed
more or less, the damage was not very
considerable. Allison creek was high
er than it has been for quite a while,
one report, which has not been au-
thenticated, saying for twenty-five
years.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-28
HIGH SCHOOL MOVEMENT.
Chairman McCaw Makes Statement o'
Committees Personnel and Plan.

Chairman McCaw Makes Statement of
Committees Personnel and Plan.
Editor Yorkville Enquirer.
For the information Of all parties
concerned you will please publish the
following:
AS heretofore announced, this COM
mittee is composed of one trustee from
each Of the school districts lying Who'll
ly or in part within York township,
to wit:
No. 11-W. B. McCaw, chairman;
No. S-R. e. Mcfarland; No. 31-J.
M. Campbell; No. 33-R. l.. Devinney;
No. 20-R. D. Hope; No. 19-H. s.
Love: No. 35-J. B. Barron. No. .21-
r. B. Youngblood.
The committee met last Saturday
afternoon, and adopted its plan OF
campaign. The plan is to ascertain,
in advance of the formal election, to
be held as soon after the middle of
next month as practicable, on the
question of establishing a high school
within a certain then fixed territory
around Yorkvile, how many Of said
school districts and Of the school dis
tricts outside of York township, but
touching it on the north or south, de-
sire to participate in said election
within said territory Of which any
school district so desiring is to form a
part And with that end in view the
paper, a copy of which is given be-
low, will at once be put in circulation
for signatures in every school district
so interested.
VIM. B. McCaw, Chairman.
Yorkville, S. c.. May 9th, 1907.
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CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS.

Miss Lottie Steward Of Glover No.
3. writes that her grandfather, ]. j.
Steward, who was a member Of COM
pany B, Sixth South Carolina regi-
ment, is buried in Concord cemetery.
Mrs. P. B. McAfee informs us that
the names Of Pinckney McAfee and
Franklin Ferguson are omitted from
the Beersheba list.
Mrs. Margaret Swami Of Bullock's
Creek, sends the following:
James Minter, Bullocks Creek,
should be VIM. Minter instead.
Omitted from Bullock's Creek: Will
liam Lynn, J. F. Barber, 7. M. Love,
]. M. Galloway, ]. L. Galloway, VIM.
James Parks, -. Herde-
ty, ]. A. Love, S. L. Love, Miles How
ell, ]. Craig Kirkpatrick, Garland
Omitted from Shady Grove: T. M.
Grant, Lumpkin Jackson, James Chill
ders.
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TUESDAY, MAY, 2s, 1907.

him provided Russia was peaceful and
prosperous. "A dozen or more per-
sons were killed, probably a hundred
hurt and large damage to property and
crops was the result Of a tornado
sweeping through portions of Texas,
Saturday afternoon. -. General Lee.
commanding the United Confederate
veterans has sent out an appeal that
all business throughout the south be
stopped for a few moments at 2
o'clock. June Z, the hour Of unveiling
the Jefferson Davis monument at
Richmond, Va. King Edward Of
England Is threatened with a suit for
5000, 200 by the Florentine family
Of Peruzzi, TO recover an alleged debt
contracted by the first, second and
third Edwards. The first loan Is said
to have been made in the year 1900.
An automobile endurance test
ended at Philadelphia, Saturday after
neon with five cars going at the finish.
The winning car made 791 miles In
twenty-four hours. =. The American
flag was torn from the flag staff Of the
American consulate by two English
men at Winnepeg, Canada, Friday, be-
cause 1t had been put above the union
jack, as compliment to the Canadian
people on Victoria Day. Memorial
LAY Will be celebrated throughout the
horthern>and western states on Thurs
day, May 80. ..... The Haywood trial
at Boise Idaho, has been postponed
until. Friday in order that another
special venire of sixty-one men can
be called. Snow and freezing wealth
er prevailed throughout Ohio Michi-
gan, Missouri and Pennsylvania Sum
day and yesterday. .Ffrebugs start
ed four fires at Elkton,. Md, early yes
terday morning. The damage was
small. Eleven men escaped from
the chaingang near Newbern, N. c.,
Sunday night. .... Mrs. Ida Mckinley,
widow Of the late President Mckinley,
died at her home at Canton, Ohio,
Sunday afternoon at Los o'clock, after
being unconscious for several days.
The funeral will take place tomorrow
and will be attended by President
Roosevelt and his cabinet, Vice Pres
ident Fairbanks, and other prominent
national and state officials. Mrs. Nc
Kinley was born In 1S47 and was mar
ried in 1871. 80. Only five Of the If
teen members Of the graduating class
Of tie Oakdale, Pa, graded school at
tended the closing exercises Saturday
night, because a negro boy was ap-
pointed valedictorian Of the class.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-28
THE CONTRACT LABOR LAW.
Additional Details About Judge Braw
IeY's important Decision.

Because Of the very great import
ance of the issue involved, the, follow
ing additional details of the decision
in which Judge w. H. Brawley held
the South Carolina labor law making
a breach of farm contract a misde-
meanor, to be unconstitutional, null
and void. will be of particular interest.
Judge Brawley's decision deals al
most entirely with the law on the sub
ject. The case is, however, briefly
reviewed. showing that the two ne
groes were arrested in January, 1907,
upon a warrant for failure to perform
their contract under section 357 of the
acts Of 1904 and that at this time they
were under a contract for a task Of
provides that a conviction shall not
operate for the release or discharge Of
the viOlatOr, and when the negroes
were arrested in January, it was the
second time that they had been haul
ed up and put on the ChainganS for
the same offense.
The only criminal act" in the words
Of the decision, was the failure to
work
Judge Brawley concludes by decar-
ing the state act to be in conflict with
the 18th and 14th amendments of the
constitution of the United StaeS and
orders the release of the prisoners.
Judge Brawley's decision is an able
opinion and covers many typewriter
pages. The fact is recited in the Opin-
ion of the court that Clements books
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The atorkrille Gnq,lirer.
YoRKVILLE, s. c.,
TUESDAY, MAY 2S. 1907.

THE indications are that the party
which last year stood for the continu-
ance Of the state dispensary will next
year move for prohibition. Capt John
G. Richards, champion during the last
session Of the general assembly, of
the revised version Of the old Tillman-
Raysor- Manning bill, Is reported to
have declared himself for prohibition.
He seems to think there is no ques-
ton of the ultimate success Of the is
sue. But as to whether the people
can be aroused on the subject except
in counties that already have dispen-
saries, remains to be seen. 1t is quite
true that the liquor dispensed by
county institutions Is as harmful as
that dispensed by state institutions,
and 1t is also fact that county dis
pensaries are liable TO the same kind
Of corruption that has been so COM
mon in connection with the state dis
pensary. But at the same time, If any
body should see proper to uphold the
present law they will have a strong
argument in the fact that it permits
each county to have liquor or not as
it Hikes.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-28

Mr.. J. A. w. Mitchell has found the
mule he advertised for in last Fridays
issue Of The Enquirer.
The Gastonia Gazette Of last Friday
reproduced from The Enquirer Of
April 20, 1882, an interesting story Of
the battle of the Crater as published in
Southern Historical papers for March
1882.
The worlds supply Of cotton for 1906
was 100000 bales. OF this amount
the United States produced 13,016,000
tales and the balance came from the
various other cotton producing coun-
tries.
Great is electricity for power pur-
poses! So long as 1t Is available it Is
the mcst satisfactory power that has
yet been discovered; but 1t Is not al
ways the most reliable. 1t will go
back upon you at times, especially
during thunderstorms, and that does
not suit the terribly exacting require
ments of printers and publishers. The
job department Of The Enquirer office
has just passed through an experience
that illustrates the proposition to a
nicely. There was on hand a rush job
in the shape of an important legal
document Of considerable volume, and
was under promise to deliver the work
Saturday night. There were no min
utes to be lost from the time the
copy" was received until the work
was to be delivered. All this had been
calculated in advance and the limo
type machines had been turning night
and day. At about o'clock Sat-
urday afternoon the storm came up
and the electric motor went out Of bus
mess. Failure to come to time meant
tremendous inconvenience to the law
yers who were having the work done
and heavy loss to their clients. 1t is
not unreasonable to say that thou
sands of dollars depended upon the next
few hours, and If there had been no
other way for it than the electric pow
er, failure would have been inevitable
But being provided as The Enquirer
office is with supplementary power,
there was but short interruption and
the job was completed and delivered In
accordance with the promise to the
customer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-28

ALTHOUGH confessing surprise at the
statement of the Newberry News and
Herald to the effect that careful in
quiry has failed to develop information
Of a rural police organization any
where in the Union outside of Charles
ton county, we fully believe with our
contemporary not only that the idea
is practicable, but that there should
be an effort to make a thorough test
of it. We shall make no effort to give
an outline of what we would conceive
to be complete system; but as the
thing appears to us, it would be prac-
ticable to have from four to five po-
licemen in each county and one or more
in each township and let them all be
under the orders of the sheriff. In
these modern days of rural telephone
service there would be no trouble in
keeping in close touch with the police
men and they could be used not only
in the safe guarding Of person and
property; but also in the serving of
various papers, and it is quite probable
that the system could be so arranged
as not to add considerably to present
expense. Anyhow, the rural police
proposition is suggestive Of feeling Of
greater security than now prevails and
ii is worthy of very careful consid-
Grafton.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-28

WAGES on THE CANAL.-Secretary
Taft mas taken q common-sense Tosi-
ton in refusing an increase of Jay to
large class of men on the Isthmus
% Panama, while granting an increasA
to another class, on the recommended
ton of the engineers. The steam
shovel men are receiving $210 per
month, and thought by pressing their
claims they might get $500. 1t is
hardly necessary to say that none of
them could obtain their present wages
in the United States as these wages
are nearly double the union scale. Be-
sides these wages they have six weeks
leave of absence. they work but eight
hours a day, while men in the United
States work ten. If sick, one has
twenty days sick leave with full pay.
Married men have house rent. with
modern plumbing, fuel and light free.
An unmarried man has q room free,
and board at low rates. They get med
icine and hospital service free. The
cost of living is much less than at
home. 1t is difficult to see what more
could be done for them. The SueZ
Canal was dug largely by natives, who
carried the earth away in baskets. and
the actual cost was small because of
the pittance paid for a days work.
Secretary Taft intends to allow the
men who want higher wages to come
home, but few will give up so good
a thing The wages Of construction
locomotive engineers were increased
to those of the steam shovelers. on
the ground that though the latter Is
very high, there is no reason for dis
elimination.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-28

THE News and Courier outlines the
politics Of the prohibition movement
that is now being launched by former
dispensaryites as follows:
The advocates of state prohibition in
South Carolina will ground their cam
paign on the assertion that the county
dispensary law is ignored and defied
in Charleston. Charleston will be the
stock in trade Of their political ora
tors. If they succeed in enacting a
drastic state prohibition law 1t will, of
course, fail of enforcement not only in
Charleston but in Columbia and GER
tain other communities. After a few
years an agitation for return to a
state dispensary system will inevita-
bly, arise. Another element Of the peo-
Pile will demand high license for the
larger cities, but the constitutional
barriers will handicap them, and the
danger of another scandalous state
dispensary regime will confront South
Carolina. On the other hand, a rea-
sonable enforcement Of the law against
blind tigers in this city will incline the
people of the state to view tolerantly
the demand of Charleston for a high
license law adapted to the community.
No other law can possibly be Satisfac-
tory to- Charleston, but II the attitude
Of Charleston shall be defiant Of the
sentiment of the state, a spirit OF
re resentment will be aroused and
strengthened which will render i'm
possible a solution Of the problem in
any degree acceptable to this commu-
nifty.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-28
MecoNNELLsvILLE MATTERS.
Closing of the SehooI-Baseball With
Yorkville-Notes About People.
f,orrasrS.rdepca NJ the Yorkville ENQUIRER


YorkvilIe-Notes About People.
Correspondence Of the Yorkyille Enquirer.
WORCESTERSHIRE, May 27.- The
nigh school closed last Friday with q
picnic which was much enjoyed by all
who were present.
The Yorkville baseball team came
down to play a double game with NC
Connellsville that day. The first game
ended with the scores to In favor
of Yorkville. In the second game at
the third inning the scores were 6 to
in favor of McConnellsville, but rain
prevented them from finishing the
game.
Mr.. Thorton Stearns Of Asheville, N.
c., visited friends here last week.
Miss Constance Witherspoon left
where she will spend the vacation af-
ter teaching school here.
Mr. Adolphus Boney Of Yorkville,
spent a few days here last week.
Mrs. ]. NJ Williams and daughter,
Mary are visiting Mrs. DR.. Crawford
at Smiths Turnout.
Miss Zula Mcknight, who has been
attending school here has returned to
her home near Sharon for the vaca-
ton.
Miss Mary Moore has gone to David
son to attend the commencement exer-
cises.
Master William and little Miss Sa-
rah Jones, have returned to their home
in. Yorkville after a few days visit to
their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. ].
D. Mcconnell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sep Huey are staying
a while with Mr. F. P. Loves family.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. R. Lindsay Of York
vile, attended the picnic Friday.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-28
Authority to sign written Petition for
establishment of High School with
In territory named.

III
Each Of the undersigned resident
electors, or resident freeholders Of the
age of 21 years, or both resident elec-
tors and such resident freeholders,
within School District NO. -, Of said
county and state, does hereby author
iZe and appoint -, a member OF
the board Of trustees Of said school
district, or any member Of said board
as 1t may then be constituted, my true
and lawful agent and attorney for me
and in my name to sign written pc
tition addressed to the proper author
tiles, or to attach this paper to said pc
tition as my act and deed, asking for
vote within the below mentioned ter
ritory upon the question of establish
ing under the laws Of said state,
High School district out Of, and High
school within, such territory; provided
that according to the judgment, In
formation and belief of my said agent,
at least one-fourth Of the resident
electors and such resident freeholders
Of said school district shall first have
signified their consent that such elec-
ton he held for such purpose.
Proposed High School Territory"
THE proposed High School territory
must include my own school district
aforesaid, and also school district No.
-, Of said county and state, other
wise known as the Yorkville Graded
school district. and If these two do not
adjoin it must also include the inter-
vening school district or school dis
tricts; and If practicable. it should
also include all of York township, and
as much beyond said township as may
be necessary to cover any school dis
trict that lies only partly within York
township; and. if practicable, and If
a majority of all the other school dis
tricts interested consent, 1t might also
include any school district north or
south of York township that actually
borders on said township"
May 22nd, 1907.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-28

BIGGEST SHIP AFLoAT-The Adriatic,
the latest huge new steamer, says g.
New York dispatch, created more than
the usual stir when she came up the
river. The huge proportions made her
tower above all nearby objects, caus-
ing intense surprise even among spec
tators who had seen all the other big
vessels. When she unloaded II SEEM
ed as though a small town had been
dumped into West street, and 1t took
a great while for the passengers to get
lost in the crowd. She has on board
1884 passengers, including 700 cabin
passengers, and such a number poured
into the street at once staggered peo-
pie who reflected that they had been
brought over by one vessel. AS she
lay for the week at her berth, she was
visited by a great mass Of people, who
almost invariably spoke Of her in COM
parison with the big sky y-scrapers. She
is built for comfort, and rides the seas
with ease and little motion. Her gait
Is not rapid, as she takes seven days,
one hour and forty-five minutes, at
the average speed Of 1902 knots an
hour. She got in the harbor all right,
which Is a comfort, as 1t was feared
that the leviaChan would experience
difficulty in coming in through the
narrow channel.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-28
LOCAL LAcoNIcS.
W M;II cn,5 The En6ttirar

From this date until January 1st,
1908, for s1.1s.
The First Beans.
Mrs. ]. M. Bigger Of Yorkville R. F.
D. No. 2, has sent The Enquirer some
snap beans that are from 81 to Al
inches in length.
Death of John w. Simril.
MIR. John w. Simril died at his home
at Ebenezer last Thursday afternoon
after a long illness with heart disease.
He had been confined to his bed about
a month. The funeral took place at
Ebenezer on Friday, the services being
conducted by Rev. Dr. ]. H. Thorn
well. Mr.. Simril was born Septem-
Der 18th, 1854, and was we'll known
throughout the county as a man of
much force Of character and good
Judgment. He leaves widow and
three children, one son and two
daughters, William Simril and Misses
Carrie Belle and Louise Simril. He
also leaves three sisters, Mrs. Virginia
Glenn, Mrs. J. A. Matthews and Mrs.
D. A. Lumpkin.
Woman's Missionary Conference.
Chester special Of May 27, to Co.
lumbia State: The annual meeting Of
the Woman's Foreign Missionary con-
ference Of Rock Hill district, M. E..
church, South, began its session in
Bethel church, Chester, Friday night,
under the presidency Of Mrs. s. A.
Weber of Yorkville, with Miss Essie
Jones Of Lancaster, secretary, with
about three -fourths Of the local and
auxiliary societies present. Interest
ing and profitable sessions were held
Saturday afternoon and night and
Sunday afternoon and night. The an
nual sermon was preached Sunday
morning at II o'clock by Rev. DR..
Watson B. Duncan, pastor Of st.
Johns Methodist church Of Rock Hill.
Il was a thoughtful, strong and force
full discourse. During the session of
the conference addresses were deliver
ed by Rev. DR.. J. w. Wolling and Miss
Della Wright on the condition and
prospect Of missionary work in Brazil,
where both have been missionaries,
the former for twenty years, the latter
for the past five years. Both of these
good people are natives Of South Car
olina, Dr. Wolling of Charleston and
Miss Wright of Anderson. Mrs. j. w.
Humbert of Newberry, corresponding
secretary of the South Carolina Wo-
mans Missionary society Of the Meth
odist church. spoke in very interest
ing and instructive way Of the work
being done in China and Korea through
the agency Of the state society. The
conference adjourned to meet next
year at Rock Hill.
Lee Moline.
Fort Mill Times: The following from
the Des Moines Qowa) Republican of
the Sth instant, will be read with in
terest by the people hereabouts: This
morning at II o'clock at the home OF
the brides parents occurred the we'd
ding of Miss Florence E. V. Moline
and James II. Lee Of Fort Mill, S. c.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
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'NNNt
aggregated s132,OOO,00O; copper manu-
features s7O.O0O,000; wood manufac-
lures S56.50O,000 and cotton manufac-
lures were about $15,000,000 below
those for the corresponding period of
last year. while iron and steel, copper
and wood manufactures thereof have
outranked cotton goods, the value of
leather and manufactures thereof ex-
ported in the nine months of the fiscal
year 1907 being $34,250,000, against
$25,5OO, 900 value Of cotton manufac-
lures exported OF the $l32,000.000
worth of iron and steel manufactures
exported in the nine months nearly
$7.00OO00 worth consisted of locomo-
tives: nearly $S.OOO.OOO sewing ma
chimes: $4.5OO,0OO typewriters: over
$6,O0OOOO electrical machinery: nearly
$7.00OOO0 metal working machinery;
over $17,OO0.O00 miscellaneous machin-
cry not separately specified: nearly
$ll.000.000 builders hardware, includ-
ing locks, hinges. saws, tools etc;
more than $6,OOO,OOO steel rails, and
about $5.OOOOOO structural iron and
steel
The marital troubles of Mr.. and
Mrs Howard Gould are creating fu-
TOre in New York. Several months
ago Gould undertook to run down a
story to the effect that at the time he
married Miss Clements. who was a
popular actress. that she already had
a husband, presumably for the pur-
pose of making this basis for a di-
vorce suit. In this work he gained the
assistance of Captain Mclaughlin,
head OF the New York detective bu-
reau, who was a close friend Of Gould.