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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-12
WITHIN THE TOWN.

Fertilizers continue to go out ir
large quantities.
The trees are beginning to bud and
the leaves will be showing soon.
- Easter occurs on the fifth Sunday
Of March this year, a rather early
date
The annual inspection Of the Jas
per Light Infantry will be made on
April 16.
Trade is very good for the season
The heavy cotton sales recently have
helped the situation quite materially.
- The congregation of the Church
of the Good Shepherd has found II
necessary to dispense with Lenten SER
vices this week because of inability
to get coal.
The ladies of the Associate Reform
ed church have substituted for the
former lighting arrangement a neat
and pretty electric chandelier The
substitution is quite an Improvement.
Something should be done for the
Improvement Of Main street. The ce-
ment sidewalks make the sloppy trail
between them more than ever a re-
proach to the town.
Treasurer Neely Is working up to
penalty day." which comes around
next Friday. Clerk Tate's office force
is busy recording papers. Sheriff
Brown is not especially busy just at
this time Auditor Hunter has his
hands full getting ready for the coun-
ty board of equalization. Probate
Judge Williams has about enough
work to keep him steadily employed,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-12

THE appellate division Of the New
York supreme court has decided unan-
imously against Mcclellan in the fight
of Hearst for a recount Of the ballots
cast in the mayoralty election OF 1905.
It will be remembered that notwith-
standing the official count there was a
general feeling throughout the country
that Mr.. Hearst had been swindled
out of the election. AS to whether
such is really the fact remains yet to
be seen. But both sides then realized
that whether, Mr.. Hearst had been
elected or not, and no matter what
should be the ruling Of the supreme
court, the term would have expired
before the facts could be definitely
settled, and there could be no practical
contest. Many of the newspapers pro-
Tossing to believe that Hearst had been
fairly defeated, abused him roundly
for taking the matter into the courts.
They urged that there was no good
to come out of the matter, even If 1t
should be shown that Hearst had won.
We have never claimed to be an ad-
mirer of Hearst. We are not sure
what to make of him, whether he is a
demagogue or patriot. If his motives
are honest, we think he Is all right.
His mistakes will be no more numerous
or serious than those of other honest
men. But anyhow, we are glad to see
that fight he is making. 1t is quite
possible that when he gets into the
ballot boxes, he will find the majority
against him; but under all the cir
cumstances, that will not be taken as
evidence that he was wrong. 1t will
not be forgotten that the other side
has had plenty of opportunity to tam
per with the returns, and the public is
liable to believe that a party which
could be guilty of things that have al
ready been proved against Tammany
would be capable of almost anything
el
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-12
Enforce the Law.

1t is pretty we'll understood of al
men that no matter what the laws are
they will amount to little unless they
are rigidly enforced. and under a gov
ernment like ours to secure proper en-
forcement of the law every citizen
must do his duty.
This is true of every law on the
statute books and it is especially true
of the law against the illegal sale OF
liquor.
Unfortunate 1t is that it is so; but
nevertheless it is a fact that most
laws are enforced not so much because
1t is right that they should be en-
forced: but because individuals find 1t
to their interest to enforce them, eth
er for their own protection or profit.
This is true in a large sense Of the
laws against larceny, arson, murder,
etc. The individual moves in the first
place because of his own personal
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-12

Of tho 2a2 prisoners sent to the pen
itentiary last year; there are only four
from York.
The plans of the Public Service cor
poration are for reading and 1t will
be too bad If Yorkville is not to be
tapped by it's network Of trolley tracks.
If the fact was recorded in the pa
pers, as 1t no doubt was, we overlook
ed It; but Congressman Finley informs
us that Speaker Cannon finally relented
in his attitude to the proposition
looking to the establishment Of
an immigration station at Charleston
and the bill was allowed to go through.
There are to be stations at Charleston,
New Orleans and Galveston.
Dr.. r. A. Bratton has some fine
cattle on his plantation on the south
en outskirts Of .Yorkville that are
worth investigating. The doctor is not
crank. along this line; but he be-
lieves that there is lots Of room for
Improvement in the beef and dairy
breeds in this country, and he Is
spending money and devoting as much
time as he can spare to help bring
this improvement about.
On stopping at the Nicholson hotel
on his way through Chester the other
night, a representative Of The En-
quirer noted that the negro walters
have been displaced by white girls.
r.o,,,r,, da,,aIopad tba inform q tion that
the operations of the Southern Power
company at Great Catawba Falls had
taken most Of the negro men walters
out of town, and that the negro men
walters had become so demoralized
that 1t was no longer safe to rely upon
them to do their work. The white
girls had been installed for about three
weeks or a month. They get from
$3.50 to $500 a week and the under
standing is that they are doing their
work quite satisfactorily.
There has probably never been a
time in the history Of the cotton mills
when they were sold further ahead
than at present. The declaration is
made that the yarn mills are sold for
six months ahead on contracts and 1t
is hard to place new business for the
future inside this limit This condition
is regarded as distinctly bullish as far
as the sale Of yarns is concerned, and
the consequence is that the market Is
strong and optimistic. This success
has been reached Notwithstanding the
fact that the raw material is bringing
price that is as high as it was In
periods when the market was higher
than now. The yarns sold have been
placed largely through northern houses
with mills in the same section Of the
country who will draw on the southern
mills for the first half Of the present
year for the yarns to be woven into
cloth for sale to the jobber and con-
sumer
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-12
SOUTH CAROLINA DAY.

State Superintendent Of Education
o. B. Martin has sent out to all schools
a most admirably arranged programme
for the celebration of South Carolina
Day." which, according to an act OF
the general assembly, falls on March
18th, the birthday of our great states
man, John C.. Calhoun.
Mrs. Virginia Mason Bratton, state
regent Of the Daughters Of the Amer
ican Revolution, addresses the follow
ing letter to the various chapters OF
the state in connection with the OBJ
servation of this day:
Recognizing the value Of this pro,
gramme and the benefits to be derived
therefrom, I hereby request every
chapter Of the South Carolina Daugh-
ters Of the American Revolution to CO.
operate with the schools Of their re-
spective towns in making the exercises
of Carolina Day success.
'T also ask the chapters to be rep
resented in the schools on that occa-
sion, both in person and by q stand
of our colors upon the stage-the blue
and white Of Washington's staff.
with cordial greetings to all the
Daughters and reporting to them great
interest, harmony and good work IN
our ranks throughout the state, be-
lieve me,
Very faithfully yours,
Virginia Mason Bratton,
state Regent, u. s. D. A. r"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-12
TO LOOK AFTER CLAIMS.

Mr.. A. H. Plant, comptroller of the
Southern Railway company, announces
that:
For the purpose of insuring prompt
ness and justice to its patrons In res
pect to the handling Of freights at To-
cal stations and the handling Of loss
damage and overcharge freight claims
occurring on freights received or ship
ped by its patrons, the Southern Rail-
way Co., has inaugurated and placed
in service a corps Of travelling freight
claim agents whose duty 1t Will be To
travel continuously the respective ter
ritories assigned to them, visiting al
each station not only the local agent,
but the company's patrons thereat with
the following objects In view:
1. To secure the prompt handling
and settlement Of all fair and honest
loss, damage and overcharge freight
claims against the company.
3. To give assurance Of this to the
patrons Of the company by prompt
courteous and efficient attention to
their rights.
8. To prevent accumulations OF
freight claims and over and refused
freights at stations and to reconcile
as far and as promptly as possible all
over freights with shortages.
4. To educate local agents to the
highest degree CT efficiency in treating
with patrons in resrect to their trans
actions with them both in respect to
the handling Of freights at their sta
tions and the prompt payment or dec
lination Of freight claims.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-12

used for a message, ETC., but that to
the right for the address only.
Very thin sheets Of paper may be
attached to the card, and then only on
condition that they completely adhere
thereto. Such sheets may bear both
writing and printing.
Advertisements and illustrations may
appear on the back Of the card, and
on the left of the face.
Cards without cover, conforming to
the foregoing conditions. are transmits
sible in the domestic mails, including
the possessions Of the United States.
When post cards are prepared by
stationers and printers for sale, 1t Is
desirable that they bear in the upper
right hand corner Of the face an OBJ
long diagram containing the words,
place postage stamp here" and at
the bottom Of the space to the right Of
the vertical dividing line the words,
this space for the address"
Cards which do not conform to the
conditions prescribed by these regula-
tions are, when sent In the mails,
chargeable with postage according to
the character Of the message-at let
ter rate, If wholly or partly in writing,
or at third-class rate, IL entirely In
print.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-12

grievance, and the community moves
out Of sympathy for the individual
aggrieved and for protection to Itself.
The laws against the illegal sale Of
liquor have less backing than they
ought to have. The man who buys is
no more likely to tell than the man
who sells. Both use their utmost ef-
forts to conceal and cover up the Of
fense. and the violation Of such laws
does not usually become community
fight until the whole community be-
gins to suffer from the results.
No man who winks at any violation
Of law, whether or not he suffers d.
rectly from such violation measures up
to the highest standard Of citizenship.
Every criminal offense committed is
directly or indirectly an offense against
every citizen Of community, county
or state, and the man who, knowing Of
1t, neglects to do his duty on the
ground that it is none of his particular
business, fails in his duty to every
other citizen of the community, coun-
ty or state.
It is true that under our system, we
appoint and elect sheriffs, magistrates
and constables to administer and exc
cute the laws; but 1t must not be for
gotten that under this same system
these constables, magistrates and sher-
ifs are absolutely powerless without
the help Of private citizens. No prose-
cution Of any kind can amount to a
great deal except with the assistance
and cooperation of private citizens
and where private citizens fail in their
duty they should not attempt to lay
any part Of the blame upon their pub
lie officials.
And another thing that should not
be forgotten, Is the fact that an
individual may have no sympathy In
the object of any particular law does
not relieve the individual from any part
Of his responsibility, either. morally or
logically. Morally 1t Is lis duty to en-
force such a law because 1t Is law
and logically it follows that II he
should decline to help enforce a law
because he has no sympathy In 1t,
other citizens might for the same
reason refuse to help enforce laws that
are to his more direct concern.
The safest way to protect the in
tegrity and security Of society as a
whole is for every citizen to do all he
can to enforce every law on the stat
ute books. feeling certain that If there
are any bad laws along with the good
ones, this is the best way to have them
repealed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-12
ABOUT PEOPLE,

Captain E. A. Crawford has been
quite i'll for some days past at his
home in Yorkville.
Miss Mary Minis of Fort Mill, is
spending a few days with her grand
mother, Mrs. Douglass Harrison.
Rock Hill Record: Mrs. j. M. Fer
guson and Mrs. j. ]. Keller, Of York
Vile, visited Mrs. w. J. Neely here
last week.
Misses Kate Cody and Wilma
O'Farrell Of Yorkville, have taken
positions in the millinery department
Of John F. Love & Co., Gastonia.
Mrs. N. T. Draffin, who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. M. w
White for the past two weeks, left
yesterday for her home at Riverside.
Messrs. Jas. F. Thomson Of the
Thomson company and c. w. Smith
Of the Strauss-Smith company have
returned from the northern markets
Messrs. John E. Carroll and Dan T
Wood left for Columbia, last night to
attend the meeting of the South Car
olina Head Camp Woodmen Of the
World.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-12

other city and go through the same
procedure with slight variations. In
1905 the great steam and electric
railroad corporations organized the
Alliance Against Accident Fraud, and
have been working with such good ef-
feet that the professional "accidenter'
is being put out of business. During
the past two years the alliance has
secured the records of $4,000 accident
cases and when an accident suit Is
filed the records Of the complainants
are at once looked up. II the plaintiff
happens to be of the professional class
this fact is put before the courts and
the case drops with a thud.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-12
BUSINESS AT HICKORY GROVE.

Mr.. C. S. Moorhead Of Hickory
Grove, was in Yorkville yesterday on
business and met quite number OF
his friends here.
Asked as to the business situation
at Hickory Grove, Mr.. Moorhead ex-
pressed himself as very much pleased.
He said that the cash trade Is better
than he has ever known, and every
body seems to be full Of life and hope
for good times ahead.
In reply to a question as to collec-
tions, he said that his were good, and
he supposed the others were all right
also; but as to that he could not say
definitely for the reason that he makes
It a business not to know much about
anybody's business except his own.
Mr.. Moorhead said that the Bank OF
Hickory Grove has already exerted a
tremendous influence for good on the
business life of the town and commu-
nifty. Much of the money that has
heretofore been deposited at Yorkville,
Rock Hill and Gaffney and great deal
that has been going into old stockings
and other hiding places, now goes to
the bank, where it is available to bus
mess people who are able to furnish
the necessary collateral. AS the result
it is now an easy matter for business
people to get money when they have
to have 1t, where formerly this was
very difficult. Money, therefore, is
more plentiful in the community.
Mr.. Morehead said that the activity
in mining operations which was quite
marked some months ago, has about
died out; but as to whether anybody
has been making any money he was
unable to say for the reason that min
ers are very close mouthed about their
business.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-12
MERE M ENTION.

Mary Davies, a student in a Water
bury, Conn. school last week swal-
lowed a pin, because the teacher re-
fused to allow her to go home.
VIM. ]. Bryan offered his services to
Mayor Dunno Of Chicago, in the ap-
preaching municipal election in that
city. The mayor declined the offer
on the ground that as only local issues
were involved, Mr.. Bryan's services
were not needed. ....... New York
and western manufacturers Of sauer
kraut have organized to control the
price of this product. The Harg1s
trial has been transferred from
Breathitt county to Elliott county,
KY, on account Of the lawlessness
prevailing in the former. Ham
burg, Germany, last week imported
1000 stevedores from London to take
the place of strikers. Baroness
Coutts of London, once the richest
woman in England, died a few weeks
ago leaving an estate Of only $685.
600. She got rid Of her immense
wealth by endowing charitable insti-
tutions, churches, etc.. Chief Will
kie, of the United States secret SER
vice, says Of the Chicago sub-treasury
robbery: AT no time have we ever
had a clue that was worthy of any
great consideration" Senator Knox
Of Pennsylvania, Is being doomed for
the next Republican presidential NOM
nation. The woman's suffrage
bill, which has been occupying the at
tention Of the British house Of COM
mons, was talked to death last Fri
day, when the session Of parliament
came to an end. Fire losses
throughout United States and Canada
last month amounted to $19,S00,000
an increase of nearly S1,500,000 over
the same month last year. Daniel
]. Sully, the cotton broker Of New
York, is said now to be past the dan
ger line from his attack Of pneumo-
mia 49,. "A collision between South
ern freight and passenger trains oc-
CuTTeu III the ydTuS d. 1IyOIJ NJ Sp
last Saturday. No passengers were
seriously hurt. ..... Safecrackers blew
open the safe of the postoffice at
Weston, Georgia, last Saturday
and got away with about $500.
......W. P. Harreil, a prominent cit
izen of Dodge county, Ga, was shot
and instantly killed by Mrs. Sallie
Freeny Saturday evening. Harrell
had threatened to eject Mrs. Freeny
from her home for non-payment Of
rent. .... Italy will be represented at
the opening Of jamestown exposition
by two warships. Will ]. Davis,
charged with manslaughter as mana
ger of the Iroquois theater, Chicago,
which was burned three years ago in
which several hundred persons lost
their lives, has been acquitted at Dan
Vile, III. 49,. The American ship
building company has shut down all
its plants on the Great Lakes on ac-
count of a strike of its employees
The company says 1t will spend $2,-
O00, 900 rather than accede to the de-
mands of its employees.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-12
UNAVAILABLE POST CARDS.

The postoffice authorities throughout
the country, have on hand large
number Of postal cards, that will new
er reach their destination, as the cards
have been held up by the orders of
Postmaster General George B. Cortel-
you and are excluded from the mails.
The cards are partly covered with
mica or glass. for the purpose Of bring
ing out the picture, or to make build
ings appear brighter, and for this
reason the cards will be sent to the
dead letter office and will eventually
be destroyed.
The post card fad has become very
popular and as the demand increases
the cards are made more elaborate.
They contain all kinds Of pictures and
are sent out principally as souvenirs
and no objection was made by the
postal authorities until the cards ap-
peared having pictures finished with
mica and glass. 1t was found that
these substances injure the hands of
the clerks that handle the cards, hence
they were excluded from the mails.
The following Is the order issued by
the postmaster general:
Order No. SO:
Post cards ornamented with particles
Of glass, mica or other similar sub
stances, liable to injure the persons OF
those handling the mails, are hereby
excluded from the mails, except when
enclosed in suitable envelopes.
1t would be we'll for those who in
tend to send out postal cards to take
cognizance Of the postmaster generals 8
order, and not mail cards covered
partly with mica, for the cards will be
sent to the dead letter office.
Another important order issued re-
Gently gives the rules and conditions
under which private mailing cards
must conform. 1t has been the Gus
tom for business houses to send out
advertis ements on very large cards,
but they are now limited in size. The
maximum size Of cards that will be
handled must be 9-16 inches by 5 9-16
inches and the minimum "a inches
by inches.
The following rules must be OBJ
served:
The card must be in form and quail
ity and weight Of paper substantially
like the government postal card.
II NAV be Of any color not interfer-
ing with a legible address and post
mark.
1t may or may not, at the option Of
the sender, bear near the top Of the
face the words, post card"
The face of the card may be divided
by a vertical line; the left half to be
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-12
EOCAG. AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Hugh G. Brown, S. Y. C.-Gives no.
tice Of sale of Yorkville real estate
involved in suit Of E. B. Springs and
S. S. McNinch against John M.
Hope.
F. E. Clinton, Clover-Has sold the
business of the Glover Drug Co., to
DIR. r. L. Wylie Of Clio, s. c., and
bespeaks for him a continuation of
the liberal patronage he received.
M. w. White-Says men are often
sorry for what they do, and that 1t
is too bad that we cannot take both
choices of ar alternative.
York Supply Co.-Has seed Irish po-
tatoes, cane seed, shingles, guano
plows, cotton planters, cultivators,
and the best garden plows.
]. L. williams & Co.-Have just re-
ceived a big shipment Of pants for
men, including all styles, from $2.00
a pair and upward.
Yorkville Hardware Co.--Wants you
to see it before buying poultry or
woven wire for fencing. Has big
stock at right prices.
York Drug Store-Insists that you
take it's compound extract of sarsa-
parilla for your blood. SLIGO bottle
for 75 cents.
w. M. Kennedy-Is now showing the
new spring styles in mems clothing
from Lamm & Co., best on earth
tailors' of Chicago.
D. E. Boney, Manager-Wants three
good men to work as agents for the
Farmers Mutual Life Insurance
company.
Carroll Bros.-Have just received two
cars of guano, and have seed pota-
toes, cane seed, P. D. F. plows,
drag and disc harrows, Oliver and
Imperial plows.
L w. Johnson-Wants you to know
that this is the season for Swifts
hams and breakfast strips, Heinz's
pork and beans, pickles and catsup,
as we'll as salmon.
Thomson Gown have a special sale
Wednesday and Thursday Of muslin
underwear for ladies and children.
All wool remnants, one to six yard
lengths go at half price, same days.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-12

and Superintendent Of Education Nc
Mackin is putting in most Of his time
on his books.
A report went out last Friday to
the effect that Allen White, we'll
known negro Of Yorkville had died
suddenly. The information was that
death was due to heart failure super
induced by asthma. 1t developed
however. that the report was incorrect
Allen had quite severe attack; but he
rallied. Allen White is one OF the
best known and most highly esteemed
negroes Of the community, and the
news of his death caused considerable
concern among his friends and ac-
auaintances. He is still quite sick;
but there are strong hopes Of his re-
covery.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-12
Che alorkrille Gaquirer.
YoRKVILLE, s. c.,
TUESDAY, MARCH II. 1907.

MR.. E. ]. Watson, commissioner OF
immigration, has written a letter In
which he expresses the opinion that
the immigration act just passed by
congress will not materially hamper
the work of his Office. He thinks
that with the good start that has al
ready been made, 1t will not be neces-
sary to advance any more passage
money; that hereafter it will be easy
to accomplish all that could be desired
simply by advertising.