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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-26

ATTORNEY General Lyon says that
Wolfe, the defaulting dispenser in Co
lumbia, must be prosecuted. This is
only right, and we do not see how he
could do otherwise without violating
his oath Of Office. Stripes must be put
on some of these white men who are
short" every now and then II you
want to stop thievery among them
Bamberg Herald.
Yes, that is right; but it is going to
take something more than talk to con-
Wet this man. He is probably only
one among hundreds, all having the
same cause, and all looking for their
turn next. The attorney general and
the solicitor have their work cut out
for them. But if conviction is Sc
cured life. property and liberty will
be that much safer in South Carolina.
However, the people will do we'll to
remember that the attorney general
cannot carry out the end in view sim
gle handed.
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r.oCAx. AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Wonderland Shows-Will be in York.
Vile for the week beginning Apri

Wonderland Shows-Will be in York
Vile for the week beginning April
29th.
Standard Oil Co-Introduce you to
its blue flame oil stove for cooking.
See fourth page.
F. C. Horton. No. 4, Clover-Wants
a buyer for No. 3 Geyser thresher.
in good condition.
Mrs. w. D. Grist-Gives notice that
the ladies of the A. r. P. church will
sell bread and cakes at w. M. Ken
nedy's store next Saturday.
Miss Rosa Lindsay-Invites you to
see her new line Of folders for photo
mountings.
Strauss Smith Co.-Advise you to
buy On. silk gloves at once, and
also tell about straw and fur hats,
underwear, gents furnishings and
Walk-over shoes for men.
M. w. White-Is desirous Of buying
100 shares of Tavora mill stock.
Plow in season, Is the motto Of the
successful farmer.
First National Bank-Says that all
structures must have a foundation.
Saving is the foundation Of for
tunes.
]. L. Williams & Co-Are showing
their second shipment of oxfords
for ladies, In vici and patent colt
feathers. Oxfords at 81 to $3.50 a
pair.
Dobson Bros Cash Store-Reminds
you that Mrs. Dobson is showing
the prettiest Of millinery. They want
you to see Mrs. Dobson before buy
ing.
Sam M. Grist, Special Agent-Insists
that all life insurance companies are
not "just the same" and says the
Mutual Benefit is of the different
kind.
York Drug Store-Calls attention to
the complete line of good cigars
end smoking tobaccos which 1t al
ways carries. All the popular brands
in stock.
J. @. Wray, the Leader-Tomorrow be-
gins a special sale Of seasonable
spring dress goods at reduced
prices. Mems clothing at rock bot
tom prices.
D. E. Boney, Mgr.-Notifies policy
holders that the Farmers Mutual
Livestock association has lost a
fine mule.
Thomson Co.-Announces a special
sale Of seasonable goods for Satur-
day and Monday. Special values in
mems summer clothing.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-26

Says the News and Courier Of yes
terday: 1.-The first honor man" grad
uated at the Medical College Of the
State Of South Carolina last night was
a woman, and, according to the dean
of. the faculty, "a very remarkable
"woman"-Miss Eleanor B. Sanders,
M. D. We congratulate DR.. Sanders
upon the triumph Of mind over mat
ter. She won her honors fairly and in
competition with some Of the bright
est young men in the state, and she Is
entitled to the distinction which she
won wholly upon her merits. We have
no doubt that she will make a most
excellent physician. 1t is hoped that
she will remain at the Roper hospital
in Charleston as chief inferno, and
that she may have the largest success
in the practice of her profession.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-26
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mrs. McElwee Ross and little daugh-
ter, Marlin of McKeesport, Pa, are
visiting Mrs. w. c. Ewart in York
vile.
Rev. w. c.. Ewart went to Rock
Hill this morning to assist Rev. A. S.
Rodgers in communion services. He
will not return until Monday.
Mr.. w. L. Hill of Sharon, was quite
seriously injured last Tuesday by a
kick from a horse, and part of the
time since he has been confined to his
bed.
Mr. w. c. Wherry was painfully
bruised at TirZah last Tuesday after
noon as the result of fall sustained
in an attempt to board a train that
was just moving off.
DR.. and Mrs. J. B. Bowen, Mesdames
d. E. Finley and J. K. Aston and Miss
Agalice McCaw are among Yorkville's
visitors to the Music Festival at
Spartanburg this week.
Col. j. G. Wardlaw left Wednesday
for Norfork to be present with Gov
ernor Ansel's staff, Of which he Is a
member. at the opening of the James
town exposition on Thursday.
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MEcKLENsURG BARN BURNERS.

There was a rumor in Yorkville
Wednesday to the effect that three
Mecklenburg barn burners had been
caught in the act of making an incen-
diary attempt against the barn of Mr..
S. M. Garrison, and that after one OF
them had been shot the other two had
been run down by bloodhounds. The
Charlotte Observer Of yesterday morn
ing gives details as follows.
Since Christmas six barns have been
burned in Steel Creek township. 1t Is
believed that incendiaries are at work.
Last Monday night, the barn of Mr..
Frank Erwin, on the old Erwin place
was burned. The fire started In the
top Of the building and several head
of stock perished in the flames. The
landlords of that end Of the county
are guarding their property. They are
very uneasy, the mystery that sur
rounds the fire seems to grow.
Tuesday night, E. K. Garrison, son
of Mr.. S. NJ. Garrison, and colored
bow. were watching the Garrison barn
when they saw two or three negroes
slim into the bushes and heard them
talking. Instead of waiting to make
sure the boys opened fire on what they
took to be would-be barn burners.
Five shots were fired but no one was
hit. The alarm was given and mes
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-26
The telephone service throughout

The telephone service throughout
this whole section is very poor.
They were catching fish very nicely
on fhe rivers until the cool snap came
along and since then luck has not
been so good.
There was a heavy hailstorm about
four miles west of Yorkville last Tues
day morning: but there being no crops
up, the damage amounted to nothing.
So far as has developed the only
motive so far assigned for the incen-
diarism in Mecklenburg county is a
desire on the part Of the negroes t.
substitute the cropper system for the
wage system. Since cotton has been
bringing more reasonable prices, many
of the negro croppers have been able
to buy rubber tired buggies and en-
Joy numerous other luxuries that they
have never known before, and there
is a belief that the wage workers are
because Of inability to
secure the same opportunities
It would seem that there is not
much sale for bees just now. Mr.. ].
Leslie McGill Of Bethany, has been
forty stands for some
time, and stated yesterday that al
though he had received a number Of
inquiries he had made no sales. Il
offered them cheap, too" he said, ION
an ayerape Of much less than many
of the hives cost I do not know
why people do not want them; but
I'll say this. If can't sell them, I
know how to look after and take care
of them, and the profit in bees is not
so bad after all.
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senger sent post haste for the blood
hounds that were at chaingang camp
Of Capt. Little. An hour from the time
the shots were fired the dogs arrived
and were set upon the trail. The man
hunters went over like they were after
fox, passing back Of the home Of
Squire ]. L. Mulwee, who was up
when the guns began to fire and whose
dogs ran and barked as II after some
one passing near. Turning from the
Mulwee place the dogs hurried on, as
IL they were on a hot track, to the
home of a negro cabin, where VIII
Jackson and Walter Pettus, two young
negroes live. After barking there q lit
tie the dogs circled and struck anoth-
er trail which they carried across the
country to the lodging place of Monk
Cureton, another young negro.
The last track gave out about $3.50
o'clock in the morning. Later war
rants were sworn out and the three
negroes rounded up.
Yesterday. the suspected negroes
were carried before Squire H. d.
Smith and two other justices Of the
peace and given a preliminary hear
Ing. Having heard the evidence the
magistrate thought 1t best to commit
the darkies to Jail until to-day and let
them be tried here. The evidence
against the negroes Is very fiimsy, but
something new may be brought out
here to-day.
Quite a crowd attended the trial at
Squire Smiths but there was no ex-
citement. The good people Of Steele
Creek are nervous but not wild. They
want to see the right persons brought
to trial and convicted. They are anx-
ious to get at the root Of the trouble.
The negroes arrested yesterday are
young fellows, nothing more than
grown boys. One OF them lives
on the farm Of Mr.. Frank Erwin. II
is generally believed that Pettus and
Jackson know something about the
burning Of Mr.. Erwin's barn.
The Observer of this morning refers
to Yesterdays developments as fol-
lows:
The three negro boys, Monk Cure
ton, Will Jackson and Waiter Pettus,
brought up here Wednesday charged
with attempting to set fire to the barn
of Mr.. Serenus M. Garrison, were not
tried yesterday, but were re-commit-
ted to Jail where they will be held
until Thursday next, when they VIII
have a hearing. Many Steele Creek
people, both white and colored, were
mere yesterday lOT Tic liidi, uus ~
was thought best to wait a week and
collect more evidence. Farmers from
all sections of the county came to
Charlotte to attend the trial.
The people Of the county have be-
come alarmed over the incendiary
fires. They think that the county
commissioners should go a step fur
ther than offering a reward and en-
ploy some good detectives and keep
them at work until they ferret out
the cause and catch the guilty per-
sons. The situation demands heroic
treatment 1t is generally believed
that an organized band of negroes are
at work, but no one can lay his hand
on the guilty man. But, II the proper
authorities do not act the people OF
Steele Creek will take the matter In
their own hands and then somebody
will be sorry. Many guns and an abun-
dant supply Of ammunition left here
yesterday. The farmers are preparing
to protect their property at all haz-
ards,
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For a Juvenile Reformatory.

That is a very strong appeal that
Senator Neils Christensen makes in
his paper for the establishment of a
state reformatory for juvenile Offend
ers, and it is to be hoped that the
thinking people of South Carolina will
soon begin to take more wholesome
interest in this very important matter.
1t has been our observation that
most people-people who would nat
urally be expected to take broader
view of things-are disposed to look
upon this reformatory idea as one of
idle sentiment, a fit hobby for meddle-
some people who have very little Of
their own business to attend to; but
this is all wrong, and upon more Sc
rious reflection, we think that many
Of them will come to think differently.
There are thousands of children in
this state, both boys and girls, who
are becoming criminals through neg
lect. In some cases they have no pa
rents at all, and are free to follow their
own inclinations amid influences that
can possibly do them no good, and In
other instances they have passed be-
yond the influence of parents who
have never given them very careful
attention anyway. OF course all such
children do not go to the bad; but
many of them do, and when they start
that way the state reformatory is
their principal chance of salvation.
If one will think about the matter 1t
is not difficult to see that most of the
penitentiary convicts are recruited
from a class that would have been
very different under the training to be
secured in a we'll regulated reforma-
tory, and Senator Christensen's state
ment that less than three per cent of
the people who have matured in re-
formatories ever go to the penitentia-
ries can be easily verified by reliable
statistics.
OF course the most pressing need
for a state reformatory arises out Of
the fact that there is now no way to
punish youthful offenders except by
conflning them with hardened crimi-
nails in the penitentiary; but this Is not
the greatest need, in our opinion. A
much more important use for such an
institution is to serve as a place of de-
tention and instruction for boys and
girls who although wayward and 60
ing to the bad, are left alone because
of the we'll understood fact that even
short term in the penitentiary would
mean their complete ruin.
There is nothing small, narrow or
childish in this state reformatory idea.
The question is as deep and as broad
as the general question Of government
itself, and every we'll meaning man
and woman in South Carolina who has
the interest of his or her fellows at
heart can very we'll afford to take hold
of the matter with an aggressive de-
termination that should take no de-
nial or unnecessary postponement.
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upon the piazza at the home Of Mr..
Bales, and plainly showed by his ac-
tions that something was wrong. Mr..
Bales was summoned by a terrified
call from his wife, and a fight be-
gan which ended in the death Of the
dog. It was the same dog that had
bitten several people who have since
been treated by the application Of DR..
Wyder's mad stone"
Lost Little Finger.
Charlotte Observer, Wednesday:
Master Brevard Bales, the four-year-
old son of Mr. ]. 2. Bales Of Fort
Mill, S. c., had the misfortune Mon
day night to lose the little finger of
his left hand as the result Of the ac-
cidental discharge of a pistol with
which he was playing. The little fell
low came up to spend several days
with his sister, Mrs. Robert M. Bry-
ant. Monday night, while her atten-
tion was called elsewhere, he managed
to lay hold of the pistol which was on
a table in the corner of the room. In
some way ne managed to pull the trig-
ger. the pistol firing and the bullet
cutting the little finger off as IL 1t had
been knife. A doctor was called
in at once and the little fellows hand
was bandaged.
Runaway Adventure.
DR.. M. j. Walker and Mr.. w. 8.
Gordon had quite an exciting runaway
adventure in the Delphos neighborhood
Wednesday morning. The doctor was
driving a new horse, which shied at a
seed roller on the side Of the road and
broke trace. There was a bridge
before, a deep ditch on one side and a
piece Of swampy plat on the other
To go forward meant danger Of run
ming off the bridge, and the doctor
chose the swamp in the hope that the
animal would bog up. But the ami
NAL did not bog. 1t continued through
to a deep ditch, then swerved sudden
ly and threw DR.. Walker and Mr.
Gordon out. The doctor was consid-
erably stunned; but came to all right
Mr.. Gordon was not hurt. The horse
stopped after a short distance and
was easily caught. The harness was
pretty we'll torn to pieces; but the
buggy was uninjured.
Hames- -Corkil.
Chester Reporter, Monday: A very
pretty, quiet marriage took place
Wednesday morning at the home OF
Mrs. Julia Corkill, when her daughter
Miss Ada Corkill, became the bride OF
DR.. Herbert T. Hames, Of Jonesville
The guests were met at the door by
Mrs. Corkill, Mrs. c. A. Morrison and
Miss Annie Corkill and were invited
into the sitting room where the array
Of handsome presents in cut glass, sill
yer, china and linen was displayed. AS
Miss Susie Williams played the pre-
lude OF the wedding march, the guests
gathered in the parlor and as the mu-
sic changed to Mendelssohn's march
Miss Ocey Corkill entered with Mr.
George c. Perrin, Of Jonesville, and
then came DR.. Hames and Miss Cork.
Ill. They were met by Rev. ]. s. Sny-
der, Of the Baptist church, who per-
formed the impressive ceremony.
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COTTON TRADE BOOMING.
Manufacturers Generally Pleased With
the Outlook.

The SD annual meeting of the Ma
tional Association of Cotton Manufac-
turers open in Huntington Hail.
Institute of Technology at Boston,
Mass last Wednesday. Many important
Papers on the cotton industry have
been prepared and for the chief So
cial event of the gathering a banquet
was arranged for the evening at the
Hotel Brunswick.
The first session was called to order
by President James r. Maccoll OF
Providence, r. l.
President MaccOll's address follow
&c, and among the other speakers
were Everett w. Burdett Of this city,
who spoke on Corporation and the
Public Welfare" Harvey Stuart Chase,
Boston. on "The Cost Of Maintenance
and Depreciation in Cotton Mills
and Henry K. Rowell, also of this
city. whose topic was Taxation and
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ROCK HILL AND VICINITY.
Working for BasebaIl-BetheI Presby-
tery-PouItry Association Organ

lied.
Correspondence Of the rorkville ENQUIRER.
Rock HILL, April 25.-At a joint
meeting held Wednesday evening by
the Chamber Of Commerce, the Com
mercial club and the citizens, the effort
to get Rock Hill into the state league
was endorsed and $500 subscribed to-
wards doing 1t. A joint committee
from these organizations was appoint
ed to solicit subscriptions and in their
canvass today have achieved very en-
couraging results. The. prospect is
favorable for Rock Hill to get into the
game.
In the fire which burned the barn
Of Mr. Frank Erwin Of Steele Creek
Monday night, RED Cloud" the valu-
able and well known horse Of DR.. 7.
r. Carothers Of this city perished.
Bethel Presbytery, which convened
at Ebenezer church Tuesday morning
adjourned Thursday afternoon after an
exceedingly pleasant and harmonious
meeting. After the opening sermon
by the retiring moderator, Rev. g. @.
Mayes, Rev. E. e. Gillespie, Of York.
ard T. Gillespie, Jr., was examined for
license and preached his trial sermon
after which he was given license to
preach outside Of his presbytery dur
ing the seminary vacation. Mr.. w. j.
Roach. who at present Is q student at
Clemson college, was received under
the care Of the presbytery as candi-
date for the ministry. After several
sessions were taken up with constd-
Grafton Of the question Of closer re-
lations with other Presbyterian bodies
of the United States as set forth In
the Charlotte conference" the presby-
terry decided by vote Of 33 to 10 to
decline to approve the articles OF
agreement. Rev. Jno. Knox Colt was
ordained as a presbyterial evangelist
and will continue In his good work In
the chapels Of Rock Hill.
A meeting was held Wednesday ev-
ening and 1.-The Rock Hill Poultry as
sociation" was organized with the fol-
lowing officials: ]. e. Parker, presi-
dent; Capt. J. w. Marshall, vice-pres-
ident: w. H. Brice, secretary; j. e.
Pryor, treasurer; DR.. ]. Simpson,
Messrs. Joel Rawlinson, Julian Avery,
w. G. Duncan and ]. B. Miller, exec
utive committee.
The handsome store building, be-
longing to DR.. Crawford and Mr.. j.
E. Roddey, on the former site Of the
old Gordon hotel Is nearly completed.
The big plate glass front was placed
In position Thursday afternoon. About
one tenth of the city's population
stood by and saw that the job was
properly done. The building will be
occupied by w. G. Reid & Son furni-
ture dealers.
In the preparatory services before
the spring communion Of the A. r. P.
church, which begin Friday, the Rev.
w. C. Ewart of Yorkville will assist
the pastor, the Rev. A. S. Rogers.
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The alorkrills Gnqairrr.
YoRKVILLE, s. c.,
FRIDAY. APRIL 26, 1907.

Mr.. A. B. Williams, formerly editor
of the Greenville News and now edi-
tor of the News-Leader Of Richmond,
has accepted an invitation to deliver
the annual address before the South
Carolina Press association on the Isle
of Palms in June. Mr.. Williams is
probably one of the best all-round
newspaper writer's in the south, and
has few superiors anywhere.
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LOCAL LACONICS.
We Will Send The Enquirer

From this date until January 1st,
1908, for $1.36.
The Pension Money.
Clerk Of the Court Tate says he ex-
poets to have check for the pension
money next Tuesday and in the next
issue of The Enquirer will be pub
lished a complete list of all the York
county soldiers and widows who are
entitled to pensions.
Attacked BY Rabid Dog.
Fort Mill Times: Mr.. Zack Bales.
who lives in the vicinity Of Pineville,
had a fearful encounter with rabid
dog a few days ago. The dog sprang
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- Since the re-arrest Of dispenser
Wolfe Of Richland, a second checking
of his accounts has showed that his
shortage was several hundred dollars
greater than was first reported.
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their conservatism and / believe that
advocates of legislative policies in all
the southern states that will insure to
the railways of this section fair and
just treatment and freedom from such
restrictions as would hamper their
ability to so increase their facilities
mands of the SOUTH
- Several weeks ago President Roos-
evelt wrote letter in which he refer
red to Meyer and Haywood, now on
trial in Iowa for the murder of eX-
Governor Steunenberg, as undesirable
citizens" This letter raised howl
of protests from labor unions all over
the country. Scores of unions passed
resolutions condemning the presidents
letter, claiming that he had no right
to try to influence the court in the trial
of the case. A few days ago the pres
ident wrote another letter to Honore
Jaxon of Chicago. chairman Of the
Cook county Haywood-Moyer con-
ference" in which ne relterateS MS
former statements in regard to the
accused. In part the president says:
81 entirely agree with you that 1t is
improper to endeavor to influence the
course of justice, whether by threats
or in any similar manner. For this
reason 1 have regretted most deeply
the action of such organizations as
your own in undertaking to accom-
plish this very result in the very case
of which you speak. For instance
your letter is headed, Cook County
Observation-Disclosures confer
ence,' with the headlines, Death can
not. will not and shall not claim our
brothers, This shows that you and
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SOnlnS. 1.-TWO "Hlle ulSh duu l"S
negroes were drowned in the Cape
Fear river, thirty miles from Raleigh,
n. c., Tuesday, by being carried over
Buckhorn falls in a scow. Sc
we're volcanic eruptions still continue
in southern Chile. The town Of VAL
divan is covered with ashes. -. Rev.
Carter Helm Jones Of Louisville, is
authority for the statement that John
D. Rockefeller has about completed ar
rangements for gift Of 100000
for the education Of the Chinese. -.
The United States supreme court rem
dered a decision Monday holding that
government bonds in which the capi-
tai stock Of savings banks are invest
ed, are not taxable. 49,. About 500
coke workers at Irwin, Pa, are on
a strike for ten per cent increase in
wages. go. The legislature Of Rhode
Island adjourned Tuesday night after
taking the eighty-first ballot to elect
a United States senator. AS a result
of the adjournment, Rhode Island will
have but one senator until January,
1908. The government of Ger
many is to establish school for the
training Of aeronauts. ...... .Ex-C Chief
Engineer Stevens of the Panama can
al has taken a position with the New
York, New Haven and Hartford rail-
road -. The United States supreme
court, rendering a decision on case
surance companies must pay the face
value Of insurance policies held by
persons who commit suicide. ........
Mrs Frances Jane Van Alstyne, bet
ter known as Fanny Crosby, author
of the hymn keep me near the
Cross" celebrated her eighty-seventh
birthday, anniversary at Bridgeport
Conn.,, few days ago. Mrs Van Al
styne is the author Of more than 1000