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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-07

Mountain Military school grounds. IL
was nearly IL o'clock before everything
was gotten in readiness for the start;
but there was no unnecessary delay
and the long line presented a proud
and thrilling appearance as 1t moved
down the street, the mounted mar
shals twenty-four strong in front un-
der direction Of Mr.. ]. c. Wilborn,
chief, followed by the Yorkville cor
net band, with beautiful martial music
Next came a battalion Of the First
regiment including the Catawba Rifles
and the Jasper Light Infantry under
command of Major Moore and staff,
and then the carriage containing Gov
ernor Ansel, Col. Coward, DIR. j. H.
Thornwell, Col. J. G. Wardlaw and
Col. T. B. Butler. Col. Lewis and staff
Of the First regiment followed the gov
ernor's carriage, and a long line OF
carriages brought up the rear. In this
order the procession proceeded to the
public square, where it was Joined by
a detachment of Confederate veterans,
1913 strong under the command of Capt.
]. ]. Smith. The members Of the U.
D. C. also joined here, and there was
along with them a pretty float, carry
ing the little girls who are to pull the
cords by which the monument Is to be
unveiled.
The procession brought up at the
monument at a quarter past twelve
o'clock, and when all the immense
crowd got together it seemed to in
clude not less than 1000 people.
The exercises at the monument are
still in progress while The Enquirer is
being printed; and a report Of fur
ther details will appear in the next is
sue.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-07
UNWILLING CEREMONIES.

Yorkvile has all day been alive with
happy, patriotic people who have come
from all parts of York and surround
ing counties to participate in the cere-
monies in connection with the unveil-
ing of the handsome monument that
the daughters Of the Confederacy, as
sisted by the people generally, have
erected to the Confederate soldiers
who went to the war from this county.
The first comers began to report at
various homes to which they had been
invited and to register at the hotels
and boarding houses yesterday after
noon, and this morning the crowds
were swelled by all the incoming
trains and by means Of private con-
veyances from the country. The at
tendance Of old soldiers is very large
in proportion to the number still left
but there are only a few hundred In
all, and by far the greater number Of
those present are of later generations,
generally children and grand children
Of those for whose special honor the
ceremonies of the day have been in
augurated.
The exercises Of the day were COM
menced in accordance with the pre-
viously announced programme, by the
formation Of a procession on the Kings
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-07
FISH IN THE CATAWBA.

Mr.. G. L. Suggs Of the Wright's fer
ry neighborhood, was in Yorkville last
Wednesday on business before the
county board of commissioners and
during his stay in town the reporter
had a short talk with him about op-
portunities for fishing sport in his vi
cinity.
mo fishing now," he said, and none
for two weeks yet. The river is away
up. and you can't do any good fishing
in muddy water"
What about the situation when
conditions are favorable?" he was
asked.
"Oh. there has been some pretty
good fishing. especially during that
warm weather the latter part of
March: but as a general thing fishing
has been pretty poor this season."
And what do you catch when you
have luck?"
BLACK bass and carp. principally.
There are plenty of both; but unless
they happen to be in notion to bite,
you can't do much good with either"
THE black bass you know, have
only been in the river a few years and
the largest of them do not weigh more
than from about three to three and a
half pounds. If you strike them right,
however, when they are in a humor to
bite, you can catch them right now.
| have known as many as twenty-five
or thirty pounds to be caught in few
hours.
Carp are not so plentiful as they
were the first year after the building
of the power dam. Just why this Is,
don't know except 1t be as some
think, because of the changed condi-
tion Of the water level. You know the
carp is a sluggish fellow and likes to
stay in the mud. For some time after
the building of the dam the demand
for power was not very heavy and the
water stood pretty well at one thing.
The carp would run up the small
creeks and branches to spawn in shall
low water, and few hours afterward
the water would go down and leave the
eggs to be killed in the sun. / think
this is probably the reason for their
growing scarcity. Anyhow you don't
see many real small ones now. Most
of the smallest appear to be two or
three years old"
There are some pretty good fishing
points in the vicinity of Wright's fer
ry: but the understanding is that the
fishing is better further down at the
mouth of Allison creek.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-07
WITHIN THE TOWN.

Margaret Helen, the infant daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Neil. died
Wednesday night after tedious ILL
ness with whooping cough and dysen-
terry. The funeral took place from the
home yesterday afternoon, the ser
vices being conducted by Rev. E. E.
Gillespie.
Mr.. ]. Q. Wray has a pair of shoes
worn by Mrs. Wray's uncle, Parks A.
Jackson, during the war. Mr.. Jack
son was a member Of company G.
Eighteenth regiment and was killed at
the battle of Clay Farm in Virginia, on
May 20, 1864. He was killed by a
bullet through his body and after his
fall another bullet went through his
foot. The shoes are still in good
state of preservation. and although the
leather Is as hard as bone, there is no
break except that made by the bullet
which passed through Mr.. Jackson's
left foot, leaving a hole in both sole
and upper.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-07
PIEDMONT SPRINGS.

From the advertisement in another
column 1t will be seen that the hotel at
the White Diamond Lithia Springs,
formerly known as Piedmont Springs,
is to be opened on Wednesday, June 19.
with a grand ball.
The Piedmont Springs company,
which has heretofore been leasing the
hotel, has arranged to run 1t this year
itself, and promises to do everything
in reason to give this splendid water
ing place the popularity that It's re-
markable merit deserves.
The springs are easiest reached from
Kings Creek, and Mr.. ]. S. Wilkerson
of Hickory Grove is to see to 1t that
all visitors are promptly transferred to
and from the railroad station and hotel
at 25 cents trip.
There is no question Of the supe-
rior quality of the White Diamond
Lithia water. Hundreds Of people
throughout this section-people who
have been to many Of the most famous
resorts-are willing to testify to its
valuable properties, and with the hotel
managed as it is to be, in a way to
draw guests from everywhere, the
probability is that the resort will be
full of pleasant life during the whole
of the coming season.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-07
CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS.

The Enquirer does not feel war
ranted in ceaSing its efforts to COM
plete the list of Confederate dead bur-
led in the cemeteries of York county
so long as the people interested con-
tinue to offer the necessary assist
ance, and the book in which correc-
tions and additions are being entered,
will be kept open until there are no
more communications. 1t Is especially
desirable, however, that all corrections
and additions come in writing. Verbal
communications are likely to lead to
confusion.
Mrs. M. P. Faris writes that her
grandfather, Thomas Whitesides, was
buried in Sharon cemetery.
Mr.. R. B. Davidson Of Yorkville,
notes the omission Of Robert Davidson
from the Bethany list.
Miss Tollie Funk writes that the
name of her father who was a Con-
federate soldier. buried In the Yorkville
cemetery and not previously enrolled,
was Pthomy Funk. instead Of Peter
IS recently published.
Mr. w. A. Burns writes that the
names Of w. A. Robinson, Jr., and
G.. Robert Venable have been omitted
from Beersheba cemetery.
Mr.. M. w. Harper calls attention to
the omission of the name Of his broth
er ]. R. Harper, from the list of Con-
federate dead buried in Bethel ceme-
terry.
Mr. Frank Robson gives the name
IF Eber McBee as having been omitted
from the Kings Mountain Chapel list.
Mr. f. c. Alexander calls atten-
ton to the omission Of J. j. Alexander
from the Yorkville list.
Mr.. j. S. Meek gives the names of
A. A. Barnet and S. II. Davidson as
having been omitted from the Bethel
cemetery list.
Mr.. J. M. Caldwell calls attention to
the omission of the name Of r. P.
Caldwell from the Bullock's Creek
list.
Mr.. R. w. Whitesides calls attention
to the omission Of r. A. McKoy and ].
B. Harrison from Beersheba, and
Miles Wallace from Smyrna.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-07

COTTON FIGtRES.-The following are
some round comparison figures relat-
ing to trade and trade relations. The
production and value of cotton since
the civil war has been:
First decade, 100000 bales at "a
cents-$300, 100000; second decade, S.
100000 bales, at II cents-$300,0 600, 900;
third decade. 100000 bales at 6
cents-$300, 100000
Here ends the carbet- govern
ments and their consequences.
Fourth decade. 100000 bales, at
II cents-$600,000, 0,00O.
Now the price is higher and the
crop some larger. making Il value of
the cotton crop now Of $750,0O0,OOO.
Roughly speaking we may compare
some current values as follows:
American cotton crop. $3.50, 900, 900
American wheat crop. ...... 100000, 900
English income from deep
sea shipping ............ I5O,OOO,OOO
England receives as much freight
money from her ships annually as we
receive for our entire wheat crop or
cotton crop.
We pay out annually more than
$200,0O0.000 and this is absorbed by
England and Germany Il large block of
the value of our wheat or cotton crop.
Charlotte Chronicle.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-07

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

L. r. Williams, Probate Judge-Gives
notice that w. H. Giles has applied
for letters Of administration on the
estate Of John A. Giles, deceased
Piedmont Mineral Springs Co.-An-
nounce opening of it's hotel, and in
vite you to the opening ball on June
18th, Wednesday evening.
Standard Oil Co.-Tell you again of
the advantages of an oil stove for
cooking. See fourth page.
Strauss-Smith Co.-Continues its sale
at 10 to 25 per cent discount for
one day more.
York Furniture Co.-Wants you to
see 1t for bedroom suits, parlor suits,
chairs, tables, side boards, paints,
oils, etc.
J. Q. Wray-Has received large ship
ment of negligee shirts for men and
boys. Prices from 25c to 81 each.
Sam M. Grist, Special Agent-Calls
your attention to the reasons why
the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance
company pleases its policy holders.
First National Bank-Protects it's de-
positors with every security. Four
per cent paid on money deposited on
certificates.
M. w. White-Advises you not to
worry about the things about you,
and to employ a broker to do your
trading.
D. E. Boney, Agent-Directs your at
tention to the advisability of insur-
ing your horses and mules against
loss by cyclone, lightning and fire.
J. ]. Keller & Co.-Have secured the
services of Mr.. N. Gaillard Walker,
an experienced architect and engi-
neer and invite you to consult him
about building matters.
Thomson Co.-Reminds you that Its
special 10 per cent discount sale
ends tomorrow evening, Saturday.
York Drug Store-Has complete as
sortment of talcum powders, which
are toilet necessities during the hot
weather. "Eas' EN-" for tired feet.
Carroll Bros.-Say that poultry raisers
who raise chickens for profit should
feed Purina chick feed-made OF
selected grains and seeds.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-07
The Road Question.

If there is any question that is re-
ceiving the consideration of the peO-
pie of York county to a large extent
to less apparent purpose than the road
question, We confess that we are un-
able to say what it is.
There is hardly man in York cOun-
ty of the class that is sufficiently intel
ligent to take a lively interest in his
own comfort or the public welfare, who
is ont heartily ashamed of the present
of the roads and still more
ashamed to have to confess, after SO
many years of talking. that there is
no we'll defined plan under considera-
tion for the Improvement of the situa-
ton.
Of course everybody knows that the
present horrible condition of the roads
is a fearful drain on the resources Of
the county. 1t is no longer necessary
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-07

to tell people that the road tax now
being collected from them involunta-
rily by existing disgraceful conditions,
is the heaviest tax they are paying
and that the only way to escape the
burdens of this tax is to go down in
their pockets after voluntary pay
ments. 1t is pretty generally under
stood that the voluntary payment or
a few mills on the dollar each year
will in a short time relieve us of the
involuntary tax that we are now pay
ing of few cents on the dollar.
As we have seen the situation for
good many years, the only way to
get good roads is to pay for them.
The only way to get anything good Is
to pay for it. And the way to pay
for good roads is by means of county
or township bonds.
OF course, there are numerous peo-
pie who will object to the bond propo-
sition. If there were no objectors,
the bonds could be issued at once and
with little difficulty. But because of
the objectors, it is next to impossible
to even get the matter before the peo-
pie of the county.
We would not be understood as dis
couraging any reasonable plan for the
betterment of the roads. We very well
understand that if the people will only
use the means they can get much bet
ter roads than they have: but if it
is first class system they want, and
that is the cheapest in the end, the
thing is to issue bonds in sufficient
amount to do the work and do it right.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-07

In Spartanburg last Tuesday, Mr..
j. +. Floyd was reelected mayor over
Mr.. j. b. Lee by a majority Of 10 votes.
The total vote cast was 1,692, OF
which Floyd received S51 and Lee SAL.
- Capt. John G.. Capers has been ap-
pointed commissioner of internal rev.
enue, the appointment to hold good un-
til January l. next. Capt. Capers has
accepted. This is generally esteemed
to be the highest office outside of the
cabinet. Pearl Wight of New Orleans,
is to take charge in January.
- Columbia. June 4: In an opinion
to the governor today. Attorney Cen
eral Lyon finds that the four year
scholarships at Clemson may be used
for post graduate courses. President
Nell of the college was in doubt about
the matter and wrote the governor for
an opinion. Under the opinion rem
dered holders of scholarships who
graduate in less than four years may
use up the remainder of the time in
post graduate courses. The scholar
ships are worth 800 each. The act in
question is that passed by the legisla-
ture of 1904.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-07
Mae, to Mr.. Crook Mason Ferris, on
the 18th instant.

the 10Th instant.
Capt s. J. Benton, a prominent cit
izen Of Kershaw, and one of the most
popular hotel landlords in the state,
IS in Yorkville today, the guest Of Mr..
and Mrs. ]. L. Williams.
Mr.. VIM. Banks of the Columbia
State. is here to write. the story in con-
nection with the unveiling ceremo-
nies, and his paper Of tomorrow will
be full Of matter of especial interest
to the people up this way.
Misses Ida Dunlap and Mary Scott
Of the Due West Female college, and
Mr. Dan Moore Of Erskine college,
have returneu to their homes near
Delphos. for the summer vacation.
Miss Jane Swami Of Bullock's Creek;
Mr.. James Erwin and Miss Violet Err
win Of Steele Creek; Miss Maud
Sledge of Chester; Mrs. ]. L. McElwee
and Master Lewis Frew of Rock Hill,
are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Pc
gram.
The following young ladies have re-
turned to their homes in Yorkville
from Winthrop college: Misses Mary
Dobson, Winnie Crawford. Bessie Pc
gram, Mary and Olive Walker, Ollie
Dobson, Mary Eunice Grist, Kate
Hunter, Gerald Lowry. Lottie Belle
Simril and Nellie Russell.
Statesville, N. c., special Of June A.
to Charlotte Observer: Rev. ]. NJ
White of Lancaster, S. c., has accepted
a call to the pastorate Of New Stirling
and Perth churches in this county
and was in town yesterday en- route to
New Sterling. His family will arrive
next week and they will occupy the
New Sterling parsonage. Mr.. White Is
a native OF York county, s. c., and has
had charge of a pastorate at Lancaster
seven years.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-07
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mr.. r. J. Perkins Of the Chester Re-
porter, is in Yorkville today.
Miss Kate Blair of Blairsville. is Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. A. M. Grist.
Mrs. J. ]. Keller of Rock Hill, is
the guest of Mrs. ]. M. Ferguson.
Miss Amy Garrison Of Pineville. is
the guest of Miss Bessie Mcconnell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew H. Louthian
of Charlotte, are visiting Mrs. Russell.
Miss Jennie Shannon Stony Of Cam
den, is the guest of Miss Gerald Low
ry.
Mr.. John M. Rawlinson Of Charlotte,
Is visiting his daughter, Mrs. w. w.
Lewis.
Mrs. John l.. Bryan Of Gastonia, Is
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. T..
Thomson.
Hon. D. E. Finley and DR.. NJ. w.
White attended commencement at
Winthrop this week.
Misses Kate Mcconnell and Dollie
McElray of Chester, are the guests Of
Mrs. Mason Mcconnell.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Dendy of Doug
lassville, Ga, are guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. c. Latimer.
Misses Marie Moore and Fredrica
Lindsay are visiting Rev. w. G. New
ille's family at Clinton.
Miss Bessie Gilbert Is at home from
the Columbia Female college, where
she graduated this week.
Misses Annie Scott and Marion Har-
shaw Of the Delphos neighborhood,
spent this week in Due West.
Mr.. w. Meek Faulkner Of Kings
Creek. attended the commencement
exercises at Due West this week.
Cadet John R. Blair of Clemson
college, has returned to his home at
Blairsville, for the summer vacation.
Mrs. R. w. McCreary, her two
daughters. and Mrs. James Abercrom-
bic of Aiken, are visiting Mrs. d. +.
Boney.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walton Hand and
daughter, Isabelle of Columbia, are
guests Of Misses Willie and Lee Will
lamS.
Miss Mary Ashe. who has been in
Columbia for several months past,
arrived in Yorkville Wednesday after
noon.
Mr.. William Finley, who has been
living in Texas for many years, Is on
a visit to relatives and friends in this
county.
Mr. George Hart of Greensboro. N.
c., and Mr.. Carl Hart of Columbia are
visiting their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. w. s. Hart.
Messrs. Robert and Will Jenkins
spent this week in Due West, in at
tendance on the commencement exer-
cises of the colleges at that place.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Kimbrell Of Fort
Mill have issued invitations to the
marriage Of their daughter, Beulah
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-07
EVIDENTLY GEORGE PETERS.

The man in the Carroll county, Va,
Jail on the charge Of having murdered
the Rev. Joseph Easter recently. is
evidently the George Peters who for
merly lived in this county.
The first dispatch to go out descrip-
tive of the killing was published in the
Charlotte Observer of May 25, and was
as follows:
Rev. Joseph Easter had retired,
when some man called him up to in
Quire the nearest way to neighborS.
The preacher came to the door and
walked around the house with the
man to show him path through the
plantation, when another man short
distance away emptied u load of buck
shot into him, killing him instantly. 1t
is learned that the victims wife rec
ogniZed the man who did the shooting,
as the moon was shining brightly and
the arrest Of the guilty party Is eX-
pccted. The shooting is supposed to
have been the outcome of the preach
er's fight among his church members
upon the blOckaders of that section.
a large crowd gathered at the dead
mans house today and it is said that
if the guilty party is apprehended he
will be promptly lynched
The Charlotte Chronicle of June 3,
contained the following additional de-
velopments as to the Identification of
the accused, by the widow of the MUIR
dered preacher. The story came to the
Chronicle in a dispatch from Winston
Salem. n. c.:
Dispatches We're sent out from Mt.
Airy Il few days ago telling of a hor-
rible crime committed in Carroll coun-
ty, Va. how Rev. Joseph Easter, an
aged and respected citizen of that
county. was shot down after dark at
his home. A white man named George
Peters is accused of the crime and he
has been identified by the wife of the
murdered man as the one who killed
her husband. Mrs. Easter was carried
to Hillsville. Va, last week to see If
she could identify the guilty party.
She had said that there was something
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-07

ONE of the principal reasons for 50
much crime in South Carolina is the
disposition on the part of so many
prosecuting officers To compromise
with criminals. That is a point in
which public sentiment needs to be
strengthened. 1t was Cleveland who
said that a public Office is a public
trust" and he was probably induced
to say it because of the fact that so
many public officers are inclined to
look on their places as private snaps.
The duty of executive officers is not to
make, but to administer laws. There
are many, however, who are unable to
appreciate this distinction and who
allow themselves to be influenced by
friends, and hundreds Of cases that
should be prosecuted are pigeon holed
in the exercise of discretion" OF
course, there is always somebody to
know of these cases, and the practice
necessarily brings the law into con-
tempt.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-07

IT is an interesting fight that the
Spartanburg Herald has made in its
city against secret sessions Of the city
council; but the most surprising thing
about it was that such a fight should
be necessary in a city as large as
Spartanburg. The city polls 1000
votes, and it would seem that in a
city of that size every public official
should be big enough not only to be
willing that the whole people should
be informed of his every public word
and act; but to be willing for any
kind of fair criticism. That the men,
bers of council in smaller towns should
object to publicity is natural. 1t is
often the case, and almost necessarily
so, that a majority of them are men
without experience in the direction OF
public affairs and even without train
ing in ordinary parliamentary usage.
They dread criticism, and especially
ridicule from people who know more
than they do. And that is one of the
reasons they put up the claim that
there is much public business that
should be transacted in secret" AS
matter of fact there is very little foun-
dation for such claim. The public
has lost thousand times more on ac-
count of secret transactions than 1t
has ever gained, and it will always be
so. 1t seldom loses anything from
f,-o, ntin ptnt iS n ~
other side to this secret session mat
ter. one which the public does not ap-
preciate as it should Take for in
stance Il deliberative body of half Il
dozen or more men, some of whom are
smart as briarS and well up in the
tricks Of intrigue, while others are un-
trained and unSuspecting. When such
bodies have a rule to meet in secret,
it is also a rule that no member Of it
afterward divulge what occurs; but
all be responsible for all that is done.
Under such circumstances it is easy
for the smart and knowing ones, some
times a single individual, TO push
through Il selfish scheme and remain
completely under cover as to motive,
etc. OF course, it does not follow
that because the meetings of such Il
body are held in secret that it's pro-
ceedingS and actions are always to be
impugned. Honest and capable public
servants may be trusted as implicitly
in secret as in public: but still it is
just as we'll that all public business be
transacted in the open, and a town the
size of Spartanburg should not be
willing To put up with anything else.