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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-15

THERE was talk on the New York
Cotton Exchange a few days ago, OF
cotton heading toward New York from
the south. The talk was largely for
the purpose Of intimidating the So
called bull-clique that Is alleged to
have cornered most Of the spot cotton
in the city. 1t Is understood, Of course,
that the clique will have to take care
of such cotton as may be rendered
with ready cash, and If It were really a
fact that large quantities of cotton had
been purchased for delivery on Decem-
ber contracts, more than the holders
of such contracts could take care OF,
the holders Of these contracts would
have to stand from under Just what
the real situation is in this regard has
not yet developed. 1t is a fact how
ever. that on Wednesday the talk had
changed somewhat. There was some
cotton coming from the south; but
most of it was coming from Boston,
Providence and Philadelphia" That
sounded more likely.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-15
Jurors for the third week of the ap-

Jurors for the third week of the ap-
preaching term Of the court Of COM
mon pleas will be drawn next Tues
day.
There was q good, heavy frost yes
terday morning, easily the heaviest OF
the season: but there was little dam
age for 1t to do.
Il is anybody's buggy in any Of the
townships. No one has an advantage
that cannot be overcome by energetic
work. And the premiums offered are
certainly worth working for.
Signs of a Ioosening up in the New
York banks are beginning to develop,
and with New York coming normal
again, there Is no reason why the bal
ance of the country should be uneasy.
The Enquirer bess leave to acknowl-
edge the receipt of handsomely en-
graved invitation to the annual con-
ference Of the South Carolina Chapter
Of the National Society Of the Dargh1
ters of the American Revolution, to be
held in Charleston on November 1880.
Of the nearly two thousand sub
scribers that The Enquirer now has,
at least fifteen hundred would be re-
newed on their own motion, with
but little cost to the publishers; but we
offer the clubmaker as much for the
renewal Of an old subscriber as we
do for securing a new one. The pub
fishers of The Enquirer always try to
play fair.
Snow flakes were to be seen in the
air during half an hour or more last
Tuesday morning; but the snow melt
ed as soon as it came in contact with
the ground. There was heavy fall of
snow on November IA, Of last year.
There was enough Of 1t probably to
have covered the ground to depth OF
four or five inches; but it was all gone
before the next day.
Il is not to be denied that Sheriff
Brown and Constable Sanders have
done some good work among the dis
tillers Of Kings Mountain township OF
late. In addition to breaking up sew
eral stills and making some arrests,
they are now in possession Of the
name and record Of practically every
violator Of the law in the township,
and are constantly getting information
that will eventually lead to more cap
lures. The outlook is that the end Of
the liquor business in Kings Mountain
township is in sight.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-15
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Miss Jonsie Kell Of Philadelphia, is
visiting her brother, DR.. T. B. Kell.
Miss LESLIE D. Witherspoon, left on
Wednesday for visit to Mrs. George
Wilson in Charlotte.
Col. and Mrs. M. A. Mclean of
Lumberton, N. c., arc the guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. H. II. Beard.
Mrs. G. Carl Latimer Of Chester,
came to Yorkville this morning to
spend a few days with Mrs. w. C.
I4atimer.
Miss Myrtle McCarter Of Clover No.
8, is spending a few days with the
family of Mr.. w. L. Jackson, near
Yorkville.
Miss Blanche Wilson Of Union, N.
c., has returned to her home, after q
weeks visit to her friend, Miss Matte
Ratteree of Bethany. ..'
Miss Matte, Thomas Of Charleston,
arrived in Yorkville yesterday. and
will spend some time with her sister,
Mrs. w. B. Williams.
Mrs. Cynthia Reinhardt Of Forest
City, N. c., passed through Yorkville
Wednesday, on her way to the bedside
of her father Mr. Thomas Garrison
who is critically i'll with paralysis at
his home near Rock Hill.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-15

Norfolk, Va, November 13: The
fourteenth annual convention Of the
United Daughters Of the Confederacy
began here today for a session Of four
days with an attendance Of several
hundred delegates, including represen-
tatives from every state that formed
the Confederacy and many from other
states north, east and west. The con-
vention was called to order in the au-
ditorium Of the jamestown exposition
by the president general, Mrs. Lizzie
George Anderson Of Gulfport, Miss,
who made the response In the name Of
the convention to addresses Of well
come by President Tucker on behalf
Of the management of the jamestown
exposition; Rear Admiral Harrington,
United States navy; Mrs. James Y.
Leigh of Norfolk, president Of the
Hostess chapter, and Mrs. William r.
McKenney Of Petersburg, president Of
the Virginia division. The reports OF
officers were taken up. The afternoons
feature was a reception at Beauvoir, a
replica Of the Mississippi home Of JEFF
ferson Davis, erected on the exposition
grounds Of the Daughters Of the Con-
federacy. Among the most important
matters to be considered at the present
session Is a revision Of the constitution
and bylaws, with a change In the
time Of holding the annual meetings
from November to October.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-15

Amy woman who wants to get
married has only to so to Panama, ac-
cording to Miss Helen varick Boswell
who recently returned to New York
from that land Of matrimonial oppor-s
runity, after having organized. on be-
lalf of the secretary Of war, canal
zone federation OF womens clubs.
You may not think It." Miss Boswell
said, In talking to the Woman's Re-
publican club at Delmonico's, but no.
woman need remain unmarried IN
gSanama. The activities Of Cupid on
che isthmus are tremendous. There
are scores Of lonely bachelors all long,
ing, no doubt, for the comforts OF q
nome, and so the place Is great ma
.rimonial market" Miss, Boswell also
gave some other interesting glimpses
If unofficiaf life at Panama. OF the
class distinctions she said. There
are the official ladies and the clerical
ladies' and the steam shovel ladies'.
The clerical ladies don't care to know:
The steam-shovel ladies' and the off-
cial ladies feel that their position is
much superior to that Of the clerical
ladies'. That is why 1t needed an out
slider to organize the women's club.
There were women on the isthmus who
could have done the work just as well
as did, but they could not innocently
mix with all classes and appear not to
Anow that they existed"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-15

ruled upon it they would not obey 1t.
The attorney general delayed prose-
cutions until the whisky men should
get up a test case to which he would
agree, so that the supreme court could
decide. He could not prosecute all the
violators Of the law. as he had inter-
preted 1t. for the reason that nearly
every retail whisky dealer in the Unit
ed States is violating the law, selling
So called blended whiskies." But the
backbone of the opposition gives evil
dence Of breaking anew when the
Wilson Distilling company, among the
largest makers Of blended whiskies"
in the country, has notified the attor-
.ney general that it would henceforth
label their mixtures a compound or
straight whiskies with other grain dis
tillates"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-15

THE monthly government statement
of principal domestic exports shows
that the total last month was $99,94S.-
449 as against S10s,57S,S12 in October
of last year. Chief among the factors
in this decline was cotton, Of which
l.176,727 bales valued at $65.S71,54
were exported during October, 1906,
as against 900,630 bales valued at $5S,-
1O4.418 during October 1907. We can
not extract much significance from
these statistics. Figures for Novem-
ber will be much more interesting
Charlotte Observer. r..
Yes, as the Observer says, the fig
ures for November promise to be more
interesting. 1t is very well under
stood that the exports Of cotton for
November are far short Of what they
were for October; but the exact fig
ures cannot be developed until the
end of the month. And cotton, OF
course, is easily the leading article Of
export for any month.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-15
Ths alorkrille Gaqairer.
YoRKVILLE, s. O.,
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1907.
Six Hundred and Fifty Dollars Worth
of Buagies.

of Bussies.
We invite the attention of all our
readers to the unusual premium offer
that we are making in this issue.
1t is our purpose on March 20, next,
or as soon thereafter as possible, to
distribute among clubmakers for The
Enquirer. nine buggies worth $3.50. .
There is to be buggy for the club
maker Of each of the nine townships
returning and paying for the largest
club returned by a clubmaker Of his
township, and the buggy for the club
maker returning the largest club In
the entire competition is to have rub
Der tires, and is to be worth ninety
dollars.
It will strike those who have made
clubs heretofore, along with those who
will make clubs this year, and our
friends and patrons generally that this
is an unusually liberal offer and so 1t
is; but we have faith in The Enquirer,
we believe the people have faith in 1t,
and we make this offer in the full as
surance that the clubmakers and the
people will do the rest.
Heretofore we have been giving
away only two capital premiums.
They were big ones 1t is true, and well
worth working for; but because Of the
fact that the circulation Of The En-
quirer is more general and thorough
in the territory Immediately around
Yorkville, these best premiums have
been going to clubmakers in this town
ship. Under the present offer, the
clubmakers of York township will have
practically as good an opportunity as
they have had heretofore, and those
who see proper to enter the compeu-
| tion in other townships Will nave Us
much to work for as the clubmakers
Of York township.
AS all who have participated In
previous contests during each Of the
thirty. or forty years gone by will be
willing to testify, this competition will
be fair, open and impartial. Each con-
testant will receive full compensation
in proportion to the work he or she
does, and those who work the hardest
and most intelligently will get extra
rewards we'll worth their while.
Any and everything that may be
done by clubmakers, friends and pa
irons to extend the circulation Of The
Enquirer will be heartily appreciated
by the publishers, and this apprecia-
ton will be shown in the continuance
of our efforts to give our readers the
best service in our power.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-15

CHARLES Tracy Barney, the de-
posed president of the Knickerbocker
Trust company Of New York, commit
ted suicide yesterday by shooting
himself. Mr.. Barney has for some
time been considered as being Of great
power in the financial world. He was
interested in numerous enterprises
and the series Of mishaps that culmi-
mated In the failure Of the concern OF
which he was the head, is thought to
have unbalanced his mind He tried
to shoot himself in the heart, but be-
cause of nervousness the bullet went
below. When the doctor came to
probe for the bullet he said that 1t
was an accident; but Of course, no.
body believes anything Of the kind.
The shooting took place in Barneys s
own home at time when his friends
were holding a conference, looking to
the organization Of joint stock COM
pany with view to trying to pick up
the loose ends Of the unfortunate
mans business, and saving all that
could be saved from the wreck upon
the announcement of Barney's DEATH
however, the conference Immediately
broke up.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-15

THE reviews of the operations on
the New York Cotton Exchange sug-
gest that the outside public is not
playing very high. The market Is
evidently in the hands Of profession
ais, and they are working the game of
circus fakirs, digging at each other
with apparently great viciousness in
order to catch suckers on the outside.
There Is real good reason to believe
that many of the transactions are
pure fakes.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-15

THESE are times when it becomes
every citizen to be clear-headed and
Just, and it should be the particular
care of every individual not to make
unfounded accusations against any
body. 1t is easy enough to say that
this man should do this or that man
should do the other; but if there ever
was a time when every business man
had troubles of his own. that time is
now. But still the country has faced
greater problems than it is now fac
ing. and If there is any real cause for
genuine apprehension for the future,
it is difficult to locate the same.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-15

WHILE we are unable to assign any
special reason why the motto In
God We Trust" should have a place
on the new twenty dollar gold piece,
still we think it would have been just
as we'll If Mr.. Roosevelt had allowed
the words to remain there. This mot
to has had a place on various United
States coins for a long time, and al
though 1t may have been discredited
by individuals and by the nation as a
whole, we do not think 1t has ever
been any discredit either to the nation
or to any individual.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-15

THE time has been when a financial
squeeze like the present would have
cleaned the cotton crop out Of the
south at five or six cents pound; but
that time is not now. The farmers of
the south have learned thing or two
by hard knocks, and they are not let
ting loose like they once did. They
don't have to.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-15

OF course. it will be understood that
no one Of these clubs represent any
thing like the total number Of names
returned from the respective town
ships. But that has nothing whatever
to do with the present offer. The pre-
miums go to the clubmakers in the
different townships who lead all other
clubmakers in those townships. 10.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-15
LOOK HOW EASY.

In connection with our offer OF
seventy dollar quarter leather top Rock
Hill buggy to the clubmaker in each
township, who makes a larger club than
any other clubmaker in that township,
those who may think Of entering the
contest will be interested to know
something Of the size of the clubs that
would have been required to carry off
the buggies last year. The largest
clubs by resident clubmakers of each
tnun chin vera aa fnllnMS.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-15

It's q pity and likewise shame that
Tip of the Tongue" of the New York
Press does not know the history Of his
country any better than to credit Andy
Jackson to North Carolina. If Tip"
knows anything at all, he ought to
know that South Carolina was my
native State" But it is in this way
that the' errors Of history are perpet-
uated.-News and Courier.
We will take back our suggestion
that a monument be erected on the
SPOT where stood the house in which
Andrew Jackson was born, to commem-
orate the fact that Old Hickory was
a native of South Carolina. No mon
ument is necessary. Would-be per-
verters of the truth are going to keep
on saying that Jackson was born In
North Carolina and the News and
Courier is going to keep on insisting
that he was born in South Carolina,
and there will never be any danger
that the world will forget the facts.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-15

DOES anybody know what became
of Thomas w. Lawson when Wall
street fell?-Anderson Daily Mail.
Well, we do not know about that;
but it is certainly true that Lawson
had something to say in advance as to
how il all could happen.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-15
Ghe Cotton Warhet.

Yorkville. November 15-Cotton 10.
Cotton seed 21 cents.
New York, November 14-Cotton
spot closed steady; middling uplands
1880; middling gulf 11.05; sales 231
bales. Futures opened steady and
closed steady as follows: Nov. 1920;
Dec. 1850; Jan. 1910: Feb. 1914;
March 1919; April 1922; May 1927;
June 1927; July 1927; Aug. 1920.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-15
EMPLOYEES OF MILLS.

The News and Courier is publishing
a series of articles by Mr.. August
Kohn on the subject of the cotton
mills of South Carolina. These arti-
cles are dealing with every phase of
the mill proposition. and include a lot
Of interesting statistical information.
The article in yesterdays paper con-
sidered the child labor question, and
included, a statement Of the number of
employees in each mill in the state.
The total number Of cotton mill en-
ployes in South Carolina, is put down
at $500. The numbers accredited to
each Of the various. mills in this county
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-15
OBITUARY..

DIED-Of Group, on Tuesday, the
18th instant, CARL, the 3-year-oid
son Of Mr. and Mrs. ]. T. Ramsaur OF
Yorkville. The body was taken'stoT
Maiden, N. c., Wednesday for inter-
ment.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-15

THOSE who do not have to borrow
money from the banks. should not do
so at any time. much less in a time
like this.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-15

WHISKY uSdlST ulS" III Ills SiSAA AAAN "A'
not float it until the churchmen leave.
In the Teddy bear instance the minis
ters declared that they were disap-
pointed in not seeing the clever adver-
tisement.
Washington correspondence Of the
Charlotte Observer: The gospel OF
good Ticker" has permeated the pur-
views Of the presidential mind, and 1t
now seems that it will become enroll
ed among the list of my policies"
The whisky rectifiers-that is those
who mix whisky-have been in open
defiance Of the pure food law, which
declares that everything to eat and to
drink must be labeled accurately, stat
ing exactly what it contains. The
whisky rectifiers have been making
concoction consisting of part straight
whisky and part crude alcohol with a
little coloring and flavoring matter
added, and calling the whole blend
ed whisky" The law declares that
blend" is a mixture of two or more
like" substances, and that when
man makes such a concoction as the
above for shipment into interstate
commerce he must label it com
pound" and not blend" and 1t is
even declared that If the dominating
ingredient is alcohol and straight
whisky then it must be called an "imi-
tation whisky" Now. no man wants
to call a thing which he has been SELL
ing for whisky an limitation whisky"
and he does not like to change the
name of his favorite brand of blend
ed whisky" to compound" The
whisky rectifiers declared that the
construction of the attorney general
was a strained one and that until the
supreme court of the United States
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-03-29
Good Friday

Today is Good Friday, the most solemn
day of the church calendar. Services
commemorative Of the crucihxlon OF
Christ. 10 centuries ago, are held, and
throughout The christian world many
men and women, for at least SONS period
Of the day, put aside worldly thoughts
and give themselves M TO appropriate
meditation.
Tomorrow is known In the church
calendar as Holy Saturday. 1t Is day
Of mourning and waIling, aud common
crates the descent OF Chrisps soul into
limbo, while his body rests in the grave.
10 The Catholic churches the principal
ceremonies are the solemn blessing Of
fire and of the water of the baptismal
font. Those things Of mourning which
mark the churches during Lent will bt
removed during the day 10 anticipation
of Easter Sunday. Prom the FIRE tha
Is blessed is lighted the paschsi light
which is regarded as a symbol OF Christ
risen from the desd.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-03-29

Office continuously from that date to
the present time over strong composition.
When the recent constitutional con-
vention was decided upon, Mr. Gordon
was one Of those who felt that il was Of
transcendent importance to the State OF
Virginia that its suffrage should be
purged of tho corrupt and corrupting In
auence of the purchssable negro vote.
In announcing himself as candidate for
membership in the convention he made
this the chief plank in his platform, -
the others being strict economy In the
administration of the affairs of the State
and the msking of all the interests 10 the
State, corporate and private, bear their
Just, and on. y their Just proportion of
the public burdens. He made 1t plain
that he WAS in favor of submitting the
new constitution when framed to the
vote Of the electorate, which should be
prescribed by il, for adoption or rejee-
ton, but that he was unaterably opposed
10 submitting II TO an electorate which
should include those disfrsnchised by
The instrument itself
Upon this platform Mr.. Gordon Was
elected to the constitutional convention
and there cons isteDtly and ably sdvocat-
ed the positions upon which he WAS elect.
ed thereto. He took al especially active
part upon the suffrage question In that
body, both In committee and upon the
floor.
When the new constitution was
framed Ghe composite result necessa-
rily OF opposing ideas, not in all things
meeting Mr. Gordon's wishes, he ad-
yocated it's submission to the vote Of the
electorate prescribed thereby. When
this was seen to bs unsttalnable he con-
suited his constituency anew upon this
question; and q regularly called and
numerously attended and representative
convention OF the democrats of Louisa
county, by unanimous vote, Instructed
him 10 vote for the proclamation OF the
new constitution; and hence he so cast
bis vote.
Such, in outline, is the life of the
subject of this sketch and upon it his
friends confidently submit his candidacy
for the democratic nomination for Con-
gress 10 the democrats of the Eighth
district.
As will be seen from the above, Dir.
Gordon has won his success In life In
actual contact with difficulties and in
varied yocaiious which have kept him at
ell times 10 close contact with the body
Of The people as whole, rather than
with any particular interests. There
fore, if elected representative in Con-
gress, he can be safely depended upon
to learlessly and fairly represent al OF
the interests of all Of his constituents.
TIE GORDON DEMOCRATIC CLUB.
GEO. V. CAMERON, Pres.
JAMES E PORTER, Let V. Pres.
W. @. BIBB, 2od V. Pres.
JAMES E. HESTER, 6ecy.