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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-14

bert and Goddard with an effort every
where to tighten and cast doubt upon
the testimony. Orchard told dra-
matte story of the first attempt to as
sassinate Peabody-an early morning
drive through the snow to place the
bomb and await for the victim, VINO
was spared by the unexpected appear
ance of two coal wagons, which, COM
ing from an alleyway. were driven
across the trigger string at the mo-
ment that Peabody was crossing the
mine Orchard brought Mrs Steve
Adams into the play today. He said
that while he and Adams were watch
ing Judge Goddard's house. Mrs:
Adams went with them Il couple OF
times as a blind to divert suspicion
from them. Mrs. Adams, who had a
seat among. the witnesses. laughed
when Orchard told the incident.
Orchard, who confesses that he hes
itated at no crime and took hundred
desperate chances in those he commit
ted, made an interesting contribution
to the psychological study OF his per-
sonality when he called himself cow
ard. He said he was too cowardly to
openly kill Judge Gabbert; that he re-
garded all his acts as cOwardly.
In five minutes today Orchard show
ed more emotion than at any time since
he began his testimony. 1t was when
the defense, in a rough -shod digres-
sion, asked him if he had not desert
ed his Cripple Greek wife and left her
in poverty that compelled the sale OF
her washtub to buy bread. Orchards s
lips quivered, and with tears near he
falteringly denied that he had done so
and said that the Federation leaders
had promised to care for her In MS
absence.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-14

The closing exercises Of Clemson
college took place on yesterday morn
ing. There were seventy graduates,
among them being three from York
county, each graduating with the de-
gree B. S. Following are the names:
Edward A. Crawford, McConnellsville,
agriculture; Eaton l.. Sanders, McCon-
nellsville, civil engineer; William II.
Wylie, Rock Hill, electrical On Mon
day there was q competitive drill par
ticipated in by majority Of the eight
companies made up Of the school, the
prize being the honor Of bearing the
school flag during the next session.
Company G, Of which E. A. Crawford
was captain, was declared the winner.
Lancaster News: Mr. John A. Jen-
kins of Yorkville, for the past three
years principal Of Lancaster's Central
graded school, has accepted a position
in connection with the National Union
his new duties about July /. Much to
Of the school. Mr. Jenkins was not an
applicant for reelection as principal.
A young man Of pleasing manners and
fine moral character and an excellent
teacher and disciplinarian, Mr.. Jen-
kins made an enviable record in Lam
caster, both as citizen and an edu-
Gator, and the community is indeed
loath to give him up. Good, up date,
all-round teachers like Mr.. Jenkins
are in much demand nowadays and
the profession, therefore, upon which
he has reflected credit, as well as the
cause of education, sustains distinct
loss by his entrance into another field
Of endeavor.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-14
CONCRETE VS.. STONE.

There is still some question in the
minds of many builders and prospective
builders in this locality as to the COM
paIative merits Of concrete and ma
sonry, especially as to durability, there
being no room for dispute in the mat
ter of economy.
There are people who hold all kinds
of ideas as to the durability of con-
crete. In times past, 1t was held that
it would not stand permanently in wa
ter Everybody now knows better
Then it was held that concrete would
not stand fire. A circumstance in
with the recent burning Of
San Francisco was that most of the
stone houses crumbled, while those
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-14
THE MONUMENT.

The monument to the Confederate
soldiers of York county, a photograph
of which was published in our issue OF
last Friday, is twenty-five feet high,
and was built and placed by the
Yorkvile Monument Works, princi-
pally of Lancaster county granite
The inscriptions are as follows:
South side die, crossed swords; and
on cap, Lest we forget"
On third base-"1S611S65
On second base-"Our Confederate
dead"
East side-"Those for whom they
died, have erected this monument to
recall to their children and fellow
countrymen how worthily they lived
how nobly they died, and in what ten
der reverence their memory survives
North side-"Erected by Winnie
Davis Chapter, y. d. c., 1906"
West side
I'm eternal remembrance of the SOL
diers tried and true,
Who loved the flag of a nations trust
And died in a cause, though lost, Still
just,
And died for me and YOU"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-14
WITHIN THE TOWN.

The board of directors of the Loan
and Savings bank, has declared a
semi-annual dividend of per cent
payable July 1st.
- Mr.. A. G. Floyd, who died in
Spartanburg on Tuesday, a sketch Of
whom appears elsewhere in this issue,
commenced business after the war in
the room now occupied by Mr.. Sam M.
GriSt as an insurance office, and in
partnership with Mr.. T. M. Dobson.
They brought their goods from Char
lotte in wagons at first; but upon the
restoration OF the railroad began deal
ing direct with New York. They were
doing very nicely here; but in 1870, Mr..
Floyd decided to move to Spartan
burg.
Columbia special to Charlotte OBJ
server, June 12: A unanimous per
curiam order was filed in the supreme
court Tuesday, (the opinion to be filed
later) which is of special interest to
school districts throughout the state,
and incidentally instructive TO taxpay-
ers who oppose school movements on
the ground that they increase taxes.
The case in which the order was filed
was that of Attorney c. f. Spencer
against w. 3. McCaw as chairman Of
the Yorkville board Of school trustees,
in which Mr. Spencer questioned the
constitutionality Of the act of the last
legislature extending the limits of the
Yorkville school district from a radius
OF one mile to Il radius of two and a
half miles, bringing in q cotton mill
and its village, on the ground that this
act was special legislation. Mr. Spen-
Ger appeared on his own behalf while
Mr.. McCaw represented his board. The
contention of the defense, which ap-
pears to have been sustained by the
court, is that the constitution of 1895
specially provides for special legisla-
ton i'm the case of school districts. At
every session of the Legislature for the
past ten years or more such special
acts have been passed, and a decision
in Mr. Spencer's favor would have
created profound stir throughout
the state There has been talk from
thine to time of passing some general
law to relieve this call upon the time
and attention of the legislature, but
this has never been successful in eth
er house.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-14
The Bond Question.

While The Enquirer is decidedly Oh
opinion that the only way to get good
roads in this county is to issue bonds
in sufficient amount to build them, 1t
would not be understood to suggest
that the responsibility of the people
would end with the issuance of the
bonds.
The successful prosecution OF work
of any kind calls for competent effi-
cient management, and work of such
magnitude as the construction Of good
roads throughout this. county must, TO
be successful and satisfactory, be un-
der the supervision of men of breadth
and business experience. 1t is not
task that can be performed with econ
omy or credit by men of ordinary
capacity.
If the people of York county should
decide upon a campaign of road build
ing. the first step suggested by ordi-
nary prudence would be organization
OF the county government along lines
that would insure an administration
that would be equal to such an under
taking. Then we'll digested plan of
development laid before the people as
intelligently and as frankly as possi-
ble
That the proposition of road con-
struction by means of bonds involves
many points upon which objectors
may confuse the people who are really
favorable to action along this line, is
obvious. In the first place, it will be
out of the question to secure the i'm
mediate improvement Of all the roads,
and many people who may not see i'm
mediate, direct benefit to themselves
can be induced to object on the ground
Of favoritism to some other local
ity. Then again, the argument
against placing a debt on pcsterity,
Notwithstanding posterity is to get
the benefit of the value receiV-
ed, and will be inclined to praise
the wisdom of it's fathers rather than
grumble can also be used with effect.
There will also be much kicking from
the people who pay but little taxes, and
with it all the proposition involves
very long, hard campaign.
We have no hesitation in saying
that there is absolutely no hope for eX-
tensive road improvement under pres
ent conditions There must be a rails
ing of standards all along the line,
and this is something much easier
talked about than done, for several
reasons, one of the most important be-
ing that the men of the finest and best
abilities are not inclined to make a
scramble to get into the public service.
1t is a fact, however, that if move
ment were inaugurated that looked
like large bond issue, it would not
be a great while before the leading
business interests Of the country would
begin to take hand. 1t would not be
willing to risk in inexperienced hands
the expenditure of such large sums as
would be involved in a work of such
magnitude.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-14
LESLIE NOTES.
Weather and Crop Conditions Unfa-
vorabIe-Personal Mention.
correspondence OF the Yorkville Enquirer.


correspondence Of the Yorkville ENQUIRER.
LESLIE. June 13.-Owing to unfa-
vorable weather conditions cotton is
very backward in this immediate Sec
ton. The farmers around here are
feeling blue on account of continued
rain, which is interfering with the
harvesting of small grain. Corn is do
ing fairly well. Some hail fell here on
Monday night during a heavy rain
storm, but did little damage to crops.
Mr.. l.. Nj. Pursley, who Is in the
saw mill business at kalb, 5. G., was
ioined there last week by his family,
who expect to spend the summer at
that place.
Mr.. Cliff Gallant of Charlotte, Wis
tied relatives here last week.
Miss Lille ROddey, who has been
visiting here. returned to her home at
Rock Hill today.
Miss Lois Millen of Rodman, who
has been visiting Mr.. II. F. LESLIE, re-
turned to her home Monday.
Miss Martha McAlpine is visiting al
the home of her uncle, Rev. oliver
Johnson.
Rev. oliver Johnson, T. f. Lesslie
and Miss Matte Belle Simpson, at
tended commencement at Due West
last week.
Misses Bessie LESLIE and LESSEE
Simpson, who attended Due West Fe-
male college, are at home.
MeSSrS. G.. B. Belts, r. r. GettyS and
J. n. Lesslie, are home from Erskine
college.
Misses Jennie and Bessie GettyS,
Matte Leslie and Louise Martin, re-
turned last week from Winthrop.
Miss GuSSie Leslie of Rock Hill, is
visiting her grandmother, Mrs. c. j.
LeSSle.
Miss Alma Wright of Rock HILL is
spending few days with her uncle,
Mr.. ID. II. Leslie.
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that were constructed of reinforced
concrete stood intact.

that were constructed of reinforced
concrete stood intact.
During a trip to Great Catawba
Falls some seventeen years ago, this
writer was impressed with the thou
sands of dollars worth Of dressed stone
still to be seen in the old canal locks.
He wondered why somebody did not
haul them away for use elsewhere.
1t seemed that they would bear trans
portation for many miles and still
bring a good price. When going over
the same ground a few days ago, our
representative took occasion to ask
Mr.. A. w. Leland, the Catawba Pow
er company's resident engineer some
thing about the matter.
"Oh, yes" said Mr. Leland, I'VE used
some of those stones in the foundation
of the power house; but we afterward
regretted it. We already knew that
concrete was as good. Now, we are
satisfied that concrete Is not only
cheaper but better"
In view Oh tnlS statement ny oil Gil
gineer Of such recognized ability as Mr.
Leland-a statement that concrete Is
both cheaper and better than stone fol
foundation work, even where the
dressed stone can be had without cost
1t would seem that prospective build
ers need not worry themselves about
the matter any more.
or course, 1t will be understood thai
dimension stone will still have Its
place for building work Of all kinds;
but people who have doubt about the
wisdom of substituting concrete fol
stone wherever stone would have 9TH
erwise been used, may as we'll aban-
don that doubt, especially as to the
standpoint Of durability.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-14
r.oCAG. AFFAIRS
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Herbert l.. Wright, Admr.-Gives no
tice that he will apply for discharge
as administrator Of Emily E. Wright,
deceased, on July 18th.
L. r. Williams, Probate Judge-Gives
notice that l.. B. Brown has applied
to him for letters of administration
on estate of DR.. ID. G. Thompson,
deceased.
Mrs. Sarah c. Ashe-Having made her
final return as Administrative Of es-
tate of Jno. r. Ashe, decd. will ap-
ply to the probate court for final
discharge on July 14th.
d. E. Boney-Invites you to make a
close investigation Of the Farmers
Mutual Insurance companies and
Judge them on their records.
J. L. Williams & Co.-Has complete
line of Crown trousers, ranging in
price from 50 to $5 a pair. They say
Crown trousers are the best the
money will buy.
York Supply Co.-Has Mason's fruit
Jars in pints, quarts and half gal
lon sizes, extra rubbers and caps
and jelly tumblers. See them for
cotton bows.
Thomson Co. Has just opened up
new line Of mems shirts and wants
you to see them. Shirts from soc to
Sl.0U edcll. lAdCt Cul laiiio up W 2O.oV
pair.
Star Drug Store-In taking Of its stock
Of stationery says that quality
counts" and tells you how 1t counts
in business and elsewhere.
First National Bank-Says your bank
account will be carefully guarded
and judiciously handled If placed
with 1t and it will be safe.
Carroll Bros-Reminds you that SOW
ing peas will be easy If you will
use a Buffalo-Pitts or tongueless
harrow for the work.
York Drug Store-Claims that almost
since the day fountain pens were in
vented the Waterman has stood as
the best. Pens at $3.50 to SIS each.
NJ. w. White-Quotes an old adage and
applies the moral to his brokerage
business. Loan and Savings bank
stock WI ed.
Dobson Bros Cash Store-Is ready to
supply you with embroidered and
chiffon hats in the latest styles. Re-
member the laundry basket leaves
Wednesday mornings.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-14
THE CASE OF HAYWOOD.
Defense Subjects Orchard to Merciless
Cross

Boise, Idaho, June 1.-THE attack OF
the Haywood defense on the testimo-
mony of Harry Orchard goes on un-
and the witness Will prob
ably be continued on the stand two
full dayS more Orchard withStandS
the strain with remarkable fortitude
and at the end of six days shows no in
dication of mental or physical tagging.
Today began with the dynamiting of
Fred Bradley in San Francisco. The
defense made Il long and determined
effort to expose several features of 1t
to doubt and improbability, and to
vitiate it all by revealing the hand of
the PinkertOnS.
Then the play went back to Denver
for the winter Of 19O4-05 and the spring
that followed and there was an eX-
tended effort to show that Orchard had
no communication with the
leaders of the Federation; that he re-
ceived no pay for the Bradley crime or
else, and that with Steve
Adams. in a condition of extreme pow
erty extending over period of sever
Ill months. he was reduced to the nee
essity of stealing a sheep from the
Glubeville stock yards that he might
have food.
Orchard, to a laughing court room,
confessed that he stole the sheep, but
StOutly denied that it was because of
want. He insisted that all through
that supposedly hard winter and spring
he continued to draw money from Pet
tibone through Adams. and explained
that if he did not see Federation Of
ficers often it WAS because he was "ly-
ing low" To avoid capture.
This Globeville inquiry depeloped an
other shocking crime. At this Denver
suburb there was Il diabOlical plot
Orchard SwOre il was inspired by Max
Mahalick; the defense claimed that Or
chard was it's authUr-a plot to dyna-
mite a boarding house wherein $50
non-u union men lived, and in prepara-
tion for the murder enblOc Orchard.
Adams and Il man named Joe Mahallch
broke into magazines and stole 6OO
pounds of dynamite which they lugged
home at night and buried in their cell
lar. The crime was abandoned, Or
Chard said, in one of those flashes that
make his testimony remarkable be-
cause Haywood interviewed and forbade
him to have anything To do with it.
Carrying out the lines of testimony
tending To show that Orchard. regard
less of the great hold which it is pre-
Sumcd he had on the Federation lead
erS. was frequently without funds, the
defense showed that from late in 1903
until the middle of 1904. Orchard con-
tinually drew strike relief supplies at
Cripple Creek and then dramatically
invited Orchard to explain the incOn-
sistency To the jury. Orchard replied
that Haywood. Meyer, Parker and Da-
Wis all advised him to draw the sup
plies. because if he displayed money
he would excite suspicion.
The examination next reviewed the
earlier attempt on Governor Peabody
and the making of the bombs to kill
him and the plots against Judges Cab
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THE FINLEY NElGHBORHoOD.
spondence Of the yorkyille ENQUIRER.

Correspondence OF the Yorkville Enquirer.
FINLEY, June 11-Cotton is good in
this Immediate neighborhO0d, and so
is corn. especially on uplands. Bottom
land corn has suffered from overflow,
and bed worms have done lots of dam
age.
Crops generally are very good ana
up to this time there has been no suf-
fering on account of too much rain.
Mr.. Robert Burris has typhoid fever
and his friends are helping his crop
along.
Mr.. Walter Hays has been quite
sick: but is now better.
Mason Smith has returned from
Clinton, where he has been attending
school.
Mrs. Il. a. Correll has returned to
her home at High Shoals. n. c., after
spending some time with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs A. b. Crosby. She Is
accompanied by her little sister. Ruth.
Miss Blanche Love attended the
commencement at Winthrop last week.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-14

good lady claims, her social position
was established a hundred years be-
fore she was born, and it is very hu-
initiating for a lady of her position
to be so treated. That is not all yet
Unable to hold Mrs. Ayres to account,
the offended officers have been talk
ing about court -martialing her hus-
band Mrs. AyreS has met this with
the declaration that she will sue the
officers mentioned, Howe, Scott and
others for Il hundred thousand dollars
damage and then Col. Ayres has said
that he would rather be court mar
tailed by crocodiles than army otf1-
GERS. The mess continues to grow
worse as 1t grows older, and all be-
cause the foolish officers tried to keep
the young cadets from being 100
friendly with the young ladies.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-14
APPRECIATION OF YoRKvILLE.
A Veteran Expresses Himself as to
the Town and the Ladies.

Editor of The Yorkville Enquirer.
feel that we, old soldiers, would ap-
pear very ungrateful were we to fail
to express our thanks to the town OF
Yorkville for the royal manner in
which we were entertained on the day
of the unveiling.
desire especially that the noble la
dies who prepared and served such de-
lightful refreshments with their own
fair hands know Of our appreciation.
Such efforts on their part to give us
pleasure and cherish our memories
make us feel that even though we did
not win, our toll, privation and fighting
were not in vain.
feel proud of Yorkville and OF her
noble women. The influence Of these
splendid women for good will continue
after the last of us have answered tho
great roll call up yonder," and 1t is
a pleasure and satisfaction to know
that they will all be with US there.
An Old Soldier.
Finley, s. c., June II.
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- Eleven members nf the crew Of

- Eleven members of the crew OF
the battleShip Minnesota. including SiX
fresh from Annapolis and
five seamen. were drowned at Norfolk
last Monday night or Tuesday morn
ing. The men started ashore in q
steam launch to attend Il ball, and were
not aftcrward heard from. 1t is
thought that the steam launch may
have been run down by big ship in
the darkness: but this is not known.
The names of the midShipmen were
Philip II. Field. from Colorado: Wal
ter G. Chich. Wisconsin,; +. p. HOl-
comb. Delaware: w. II. Stevenson,
North Carolina. This is the heaviest
lost the navy has sustained i'm officers
since the Spanish war
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The atorkrille enquirer.
YoRKVILLE, s. c.:
FRIDAY, JUNE IA, 1907.

THE development of the Catawba
Power company not only at the Great
Falls. but at Neelys Ferry in this
county are worth all they cost in
money as an object lesson in the value
of brains. And what a source OF pride
it should be to everybody to know that
all this big work has been accomplish
ed by southern brains!
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-14
LOCAL LACONIcS.
We Will Send The Enquirer

We Will Send The Enquirer
From this date until January 1st,
1908, for s1.0S.
Ice Cream at Sharon.
The Young Peoples Christian union,
of Sharon, are to give an Ice cream
supper on the lawn of the Associate
Reformed manse this afternoon and
tonight from to 9 o'clock.
Burned BY Lightning.
A cabin occupied by Andy James on
the farm of Mr.. S. M. Inman on the
outskirts of Yorkville, was destroyed
by fire last Tuesday afternoon. The
fire was set by a bolt Of lightning.
there was no one in the house at the
time, and the entire contents went up
in smoke.
Winthrop Model School.
Columbia State, Thursday: The
work on the model school building at
Winthrop college will be commenced
shortly, according to President ID. b.
Johnson, who was in the city yester-
day. President Johnson was here to
call meeting of the building commit
tee of the trustees but on account OF
the absence of the state superintend-
ent of education the meeting was post
poned. The last general assembly ap-
propriated $50,000 for this building, the
rest Of the money coming from indi-
viduals.
From Catawba Junction to Fort Lawn.
The railroad that the Seaboard Air
Line has been building for some time
past between Catawba Junction and
Fort Lawn is about complete. The
junction between 1t and the line that
the Southern Power company had been
using for more than a year between
Fort Lawn and the river, eleven miles,
was being perfected last Tuesday.
The understanding is that the Sea-
board is to operate the whole line be-
tween Catawba Junction and the
Great Falls, and 1t Is quite possible
that the road may be carried further.
The principal object Of the building,
of course, is because of the develop
ments of the Southern Power COM
pany.
In Her Ninety Third Year.
Fort Mill special Of June II, to the
Charlotte Chronicle: Mrs. S. II. Par
ker died here on Monday morning in
her ninety third year. She was the
oldest woman in York county, having
been born near Mooresville, n. c., Nov.
Is. 1914. For the past twenty years
she has made her home with her
Mrs. Jones, Of this
place, and has enjoyed unusually good
health until the past few weeks when
her system broke completely down
and she died practically Of old age.
For the past seventy years she has
been a widow, her husband having died
before the civil war. She has out
lived her four children and her nearest
kin was her granddaughter with
whom she lived.
Powers on the Catawba.
The Charlotte Observer gives the
list Of developed water pow
ers along Catawba river: The first
plant of any consequence on the Ca
Ia wba is the Rhodhiss mill at Granite
Falls. This plant has developed about
/ 500 horse power. Other plants below
are: The Long Island mill with 300
horse power: the Monbo. $50: Noun
tain Island, 1000; the Tuckaseegee.
$50: the Catawba Power plant, 10000,