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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-20

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Black Bros.-Will run their gin three
days a week-Wednesda to Satur-
day at noon.
f. w. Adams. Pastor-Announces the
coming Of the Clafiin quartette and
invites the public to attend a con-
cert.
c. E. Templeton. Acknowledgements
persons indebted to or having claims
against estate Of ]. M. TempletOn to
make settlement with her.
J. A. Tate, c. c. c. Pls.-Gives notice
of sale of real estate in the case Of
Robt. j. Love, individually and as
administrator VS.. Margaret Hoffman
ct al.
Loan & Savings Bank-Publishes
statement of condition at close Of
business Sept. II, 1907.
Bank of Hickory Grove-Publishes
statement of condition at close Of
business Sept. II, 1907.
J. c.. Wilborn-Makes additional Of
ferings of farm property for sale.
T. w. Speck-Asks you to come to see
the "Swastika" jewelry. which he
now has in stock, and tells the
meaning Of the word.
Thomson Co.-Have on a special sale
of muslin underwear today and to-
morrow. Tailored suits and skirts.
YORK Drug SlOTt-StillcS COiuplClo
line Of toilet articles and wants you
to call on it for such as You need.
New lot post cards.
]. L. williams & Co.-Invite the Ia
dies to see their fall showing Of
Zeigler shoes, which they have in
latest styles at 50 and $3.50 pair.
York Supply Co-Says oat sowing
time is here and 1t can supply you
with seed Guano, acid, potash for
grain, oat and guano distributors.
Dobson Bros Cash Store-Mrs. Dob
son Is home from the northern mar
kets where she attended the fall
openings and is ready to furnish
stylish millinery.
Z. E. Boney-Tells you to think before
insuring in other companies than the
Farmers Mutual Fire, Life and
Livestock companies.
Miss Rosa j. Lindsay-Will be away
after next Friday attending the con-
vention Of Virginia and the Carroll
mas photographers.
Carroll Bros.-Want You to see them
for lime and cement.
Strauss Smith Co.-Tell about their
fall and winter stock Of dress goods.
shoes, hats, etc.
First National Bank-Reminds you
that progressive business men carry
little money. They do business with
checks.
M. w. White-Tells what Is necessary
to make a successful stockholder In
the next world. Local stocks.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-20
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

-Wofford college, Spartanburg, open
ed the session Of 1907-08 wednesday
morning with about 500 students IN
attendance, the largest in its history.
Dresden A. Smith, publisher OF
the Keowee Courier and also probate
Judge of Oconee county, died at his
home at Walhalla, Wednesday, In his
seth year.
William Martin, a negro, was ac-
quilted of a charge Of murder in the
Richland court Wednesday. Martin
was accused of having caused the
death of another negro by hitting him
on the head with his fist.
A young lady of Barnwell county,
Is under arrest at Orangeburg, charged
by postoffice authorities with using
cancelled stamps. The postal officials
say that the practice of using cancell-
ed stamps Is going on in several COM
munities.
- The fourth trial of G. Wash Hun
ter on a charge of murder at Laurens,
came to an end Wednesday when the
Judge ordered mstrial after the jury
had been out all night On the nrst
trial Hunter was convicted of man
slaughter and the three subsequent
ones have been mistrials.
Columbia State, Thursday: Rev.
]. p. Knox received notice yesterday
that his sisterinlaw, Mrs. j. w.
Baird, wife of a minister of the Asso-
ciate Reformed church at Covington,
Tenn. was seriously i'll. After sever
al communications by phone 1t was
learned that Mrs. Baird was much bet
ter. Mr.. Knox tried to reach Coving-
ton by wire but never succeeded IN
getting a message through on account
of the strike.
- Gaffney, Sept. II: A large number
of the citizens of the Ezells neighbor-
hood came to Gaffney yesterday to at
tend the trial Of ]. b. Cash, q school
teacher Of that community, who had
been arrested and brought before
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-20
FIXING THE PRICE OF COTTON.

"When they talk about the New
York exchange fixing the price Of cot
ton on a basis of supply and demand"
said an enthusiastic farmers organi-
zation man to the reporter yesterday,
"it makes me tired. The exchange has
been fixing the price all right" he
continued; but it has not been on
basis of supply and demand. 1t has
been more, in accordance with the
principles Of poker.
You know how they play poker
don't you? Well. II you don't I'll tell
you. Suppose you had $40 In your
pocket and needed the money so badly
as to be unwilling to let it loose
Maybe I have more money than you
and don't think quite so much OF my
dollars. Or to put 1t another way
suppose l have more nerve.
"Well now you have five cards and
| have five, and the question is which
has the best hand.
You bet S. on your hand at a ven
ture, believing that 1 will not do any
worse than see your SIS, and raise you
SIS more: but see your $5 and raise
YOU SO. You can't meet the raise
and have to lay down, even though you
have four aces and king, and l have
only a pair of jacks.
1T Is the same way on the exchange
Say there are only 100000 bales in
sight and the country is hungry fol
10000, 900 bales. You buy a thousand
bales of futures at 10 cents in the be-
lief that the price is going up to II
cents Other gamblers are selling hun
dreds of thousand bales in order to get
your money, and unable to withstand
the pressure you are eventually forced
to let your holdings go by the board
In the meantime the spinners have run
short on supplies. and the farmers
have gotten on to the situation and
prices go on to II cents. But this is
not until many farmers have sold al
the artificial price, created by the
spectators.
LAS / see it the only way for the
farmers to enforce the operation Of the
laws OF supply and demand is to or
ganize, perfect arrangements to take
care of distressed cotton, keep tab on
the spinners, just as the spinners keep
tab on the business Of the farmers and
decline to let cotton loose except at a
fair price"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-20
Mr.. il. Williams has returned. at

Mr.. J. L. Williams has returned af-
ter spending ten days in the northern
markets In the interests Of his firm.
Mr.. Robert Falconer left this week
for Wilmington, N. c., where he goes
to take a position with the Atlantic
Coast Line.
Miss Daisy Smith of Columbia, Is
here for a few days visiting her aunts,
Mrs. Buggeln and Mrs. Cox at York
vile hotel.
Mrs. r. Ernest Heath and children
returned to Yorkville yesterday even
ing after visit to relatives In Char
lotte and Monroe, N. c.
Miss Mamie Shafer Of Middletown,
Maryland, will have charge Of the mil
linery department of the Yorkville B.
& M. Co., during the fall season.
Mr.. w. Frank Smith left yesterday
morning on his return to his home at
Fowler, Cal, after visit Of several
weeks to relatives in the vicinity of
Yorkville.
Mr.. w. H. Herndon and Miss Lila
Herndon returned to Yorkville this
morning after stay of several weeks
at Baskerville, Va, where they went
on account of the serious illness OF Mr..
Herndon's sister, Mrs. M. E. Camp.
The following young ladies left
Yorkville on Wednesday for Winthrop
college: Misses Ollie Dobson, Winnie
Crawford, Bessie Pegram, Kate Hun
ter, Margaret Moore, Nellie Russell,
Olive and Mary Walker, Kittie Blair,
Fredrica Lindsay, Marie Moore, Mary
and Carrie Cartwright, Helen Wither-
spoon and Helen Lowry.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-20
Salect Your Saed Cotton.

The following from the Progressive
Farmer, is timely, to the point, and
we'll worth careful consideration:
The cotton growers of the south
have lost millions by planting SCRUB
seed-seed selected with haphazard
recklessness at the common cotton gin:
mixed seed Of good stalks. bumblebee
cotton from CALLED hillsides, starved
and misshapen cotton from fields prac-
tically turned out to grass by negro
tenants, all this degenerate, unproduc-
tive seed mixed with seed Of the bet
ter sort, and the farmers planting
seed taken from this disgusting mix
ture only to breed poverty for him by
poor yields of poor cotton. If the seed
used on your farm are carefully Sc
lected, and carefully bred up through
period of Is or 20 years, undoubted-
ly you can increase your yields ~ or 3O
per cent without one extra lick OF work
A very simple plan of seed selection is
suggested herewith by DR.. II. j. Web
ber, of the United States department
of agriculture, and the only amendment
we would suggest is that the farmer go
through his field and select his seed
plants for himself instead of leaving
it even to his best laborers. DR.. Web
ber'S plan or seed Selectlon Is DIS loi-
lows:
Take careful pickers that remain
on the farm plantation continuously
from year to year and train them to
recognize the best plants, that Is,
those most productive, earliest in rip
ening, and having the largest, best
formed, and most numerous bolls.
Each year before the second picking,
have select pickerS go over the field
and pick the cotton from the best
plants only. These pickers should be
paid by the day and not for the
amount picked Preserve such seed
cotton separately, gin 1t separately on
O carefully cleaned gin to avoid mix
ing, and use the seed to plant the gen.
eral crop the next year. If sufficient
seed is not secured at the second pick
ing. the same pickers can be sent over
the field again before the next pick
ing"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-20
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mrs. Irene Alverson of Enoree, Is
visiting Mr.. A. B. Gaines's family.
Mr. c. c. Hughes left last week fol
a visit to the jamestown exposition.
Miss Mary Dobson left this morning
for visit to friends in st. George and
Charleston.
Col. and Mrs. A. Coward came up
to Yorkville from Charleston last
Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. P. r. BrattOn and
Master Paul. are home from visit
to Hot Springs, Ark.
Miss Mamie Rose left this week for
Lenoir N. c., to enter Davenport COL
lege for the fall session.
Mr.. Joe Hart left this morning for
Colm bia, to resume his studies at the
South Carolina university.
Misses Mary Starr, Emma Neil and
Leon White, left Wednesday for Chi
cora college for the fall session.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-20
x. M. MONUMENT.

The memorial that the government
Is to erect on Kings Mountain battle
ground is to be a replica Of the famous
monument that stands on the field OF
Gettysburg as memorial TO the
troops of the United States regular
army who fell there. and the under
standing Is that 1t is to be completed
I'm time to be unveiled with appropri-
ate ceremonies on October Z, 1908.
This information was given out by
Capt. f. r. Stuart of the United States
army engineers at a conference De-
tween himself and the Kings Noun
tain Chapter of the Daughters. OF the
American Revolution at the residence
of Mrs. 1. D. Witherspoon in Yorkville
last Tuesday afternoon.
The Gettysburg monument Is ~
feet high and cost $4S,OOO. AS TO
whether the Kings Mountain monu-
ment will be an exact replica Will de-
oend upon how much cheaper the
v ork can be done here than In Penn
sylvania. If the Gettysburg monu-
ment cannot be reproduced exactly,
the understanding is that 1t Will be
reproduced as nearly as Is practicable
with the means at hand; but on
somewhat smaller scale.
McKim & White Of New York, the
famous firm of which Stanford White
was a member, are the architects and
I.lz ip
supervision will be looked after by the
government, the treasury department
most likely.
Accompanied by Col A. Coward OF
Charleston, a charter member OF the
Kings Mountain Memorial associa-
ton, Mr.. G. H. O'Leary Of Yorkville,
Mr.. w. w. Miller of Rock Hill,
delegation of the Kings Mountain
Chapter Of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, and Capt. Stu
art went to the battle-ground on We'd
nesday and were met there by Con-
gresham E. Y. Webb of North Caro-
ina, Sheriff Shuford of CASTOR coun-
ty, and several other prominent citi-
zens from across the line.
The party went over the situation
carefully in all its details with the as
sistance OF the typographical map re-
Gently prepared by Mr.. w. w. Miller,
and it was decided that the proposed
monument be located on a plateau
that occurs on the side Of the noun
tain about half way between the site
of the soapstone monument Of 1915,
and the granite shaft that was erected
in 1880. 1t was within a few yards
of where, according to tradition, Col
oneI Patrick Ferguson was killed, and
only a few yards away that he was
buried.
The understanding is that plans and
specifications will be ready within
short time and the contract for erect
ing the monument will be let to the
lowest responsible bidder.
The monument, when completed,
will be surrounded by an iron fence or
railing.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-20
LATIMER ON IMMIGRATION.
Junior Senator Opposes Proposed Line
of Won Pills.

Senator A. G. Latimer arrived In the
city from Greenville last evening, and
is a guest at the home Of Dr. Geo. Il
Dean, on North Church street.
Il am not. opposed" said Mr.. Lau-
mer to q Herald reporter last night
Ito immigration Of the proper knu,
and what I mean by the proper KIND
is q class who are able to, buy nomes
and of a moral standing capable oil
being assimilated by our own popuia-
tion. l am opposed to the majority OIL
the immigrants coming to the United
States now from southern Europe and
shall favor further restriction on
their coming.
~ believe our people are better on
with the natural increase Of the popu-
Iation than they would be by encour-
.aging immigration through state AID
or by aid received from corporations
The best thing for South Carolina 70
do is to let immigration take It's ma
tural course. When conditions are SC
in this state that the immigrant can
find equal opportunities with other
states then will desirable immigrants
come Of their own accord"
Senator Latimer thinks that the
state will not be benefited by the pro-
posed steamship line between Charles
ton and Trieste, Austria, because when
the better class of immigrants. VINO
are generally from northern europe
come to this country they do not come
so far down to take ship for America
He said that the immigrants that come
from southern Europe were not desir-
able, and that II the line was estap-
lished that Won Pills was so enthusi-
astic over, this state would come to
be the dumping ground OF the rift-rat'
OF the lower provinces Of Europe. -,
when conditions are ripe In Soutn
Carolina" said Senator Latimer, tine
better class of immigrants Will come
Of their own accord
When asked II he was afraid or the
CIinkscales senate boom, Senator Lat
inner said that II had died out In the
last few days and that he had not the
slightest fear Of 1t whatever. In speak
ing of Congressman Lever as q possi-
BILE candidate for the senate, Senator
I.atimer gave the Herald man to un-
derstand that he did not consider Le
YER a force to be taken into account
II he should enter the race. When
asked II he thought Ex-Governor -
C. Howard would be in the senatorial
race, he said that Mr.. Hayward nae
expressed himself to his friends
throughout the state as having no de-
sire to enter the race, and that ne con,
sidered him a man of honor who woulc
keep his word-Spartanburg Herald
Thursday.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-20
HICKORY GROVE NOTES.
Visitors to the Experimentation
of Mr.. John. B. Whiteside-Person-
Il Manfion

al Mention.
Correspondence OF the Yorkville Enquirer.
Hickory, Sept. 19.-Quite q number
of Hickory's citizens have ATTENDED the
jamestown exposition. Misses Nellie
and Ella Whiteside returned last week
after a tour to Washington, Baltimore
and New York.
Among those going last week. were
Messrs. Joseph Smith, Lunsford q.
Wylie, VIM. c. Whiteside, Jr, and J..
Arthur Wilkerson. Messrs j. Meek
McGill and Pinckney Allison left yes
terday for the exposition.
Mrs. M. E. McGill, who has peen
quite sick with malarial fever, at her
home two miles from here, Is able to
be up again. -,
Mr.. John B. Whiteside, whose Ill
ness has been mentioned. has been In
quite a critical condition the past week:
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hemphill and
little daughter, Of Medina, Tenn, re-
Gently spent few weeks here. Whlle
here, MI. Hemphill visited numerous
relatives in this section, and also WIS.,
tied the home Of his childhood, the
"Jacky" Hemphill place, until recently
owned by Mr.. w. B. Leech, two miles
from here.
Mrs. T. N. McDnI and grandson,
Harry Allison, left the 7th instant, to
visit relatives at Greensboro, N. e.
Mr.. Thos. P. McDill Of Greensboro,
N. c., has been visiting relatives here
the past few days.
Rev. A. r. Lindsay, president OF
Linwood college, was here recently III
In the interest Of that institution.
A protracted meeting began at MI.
Vernon Tuesday evening Of last week,
and continued until Sunday night. The
pastor, Rev. ]. c. Counts was assisted
by Rev. ]. H. Thacker Of st. Matthews,
who formerly preached on this circuit.
Rev. Mr.. Thacker is recognized as
preacher Of ability and the services
were we'll attended for such a busy
season. There were eight accessions
to the church.
Messrs. Whiteside Brothers OF this
place. and Messrs. w. M. Whiteside
and jeff d. Whiteside. have recently
put in a 60-horse power engine, and
other improvements at their ginnery,
and are now thoroughly prepared TO
gin for the public.
The fields are generally white with
cotton, which Is being picked as rap
idly as the labor can be secured.
A fine lot of hay and fodder are be-
ing harvested this season.
On last Sunday, Sept. Is, Mr.. Lem
Mullinax and Miss Sarah Peterson
were married at the residence OF the
officiating minister, Rev. ]. M. Cobb.
On the same day, Mr. John Childers
and Miss Rachel Childers, were mar
ried, the Rev. J. NJ Cobb officiating.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-20

THE task of the Southern Cotton
association and the Farmers union Is
to annIhilate the speculative ex-
changes. About the only defense that
Is made of the exchanges is that they
serve to determine the value of cot
ton. There Is very little to this claim
1t is true that the exchanges nix
prices; but it is often the case that
these prices have very little to do with
values--they are more often the hest
tating, doubtful product Of the fiuc-
tuating nerves Of scared gamblers
With the producers of the country
thoroughly organized in their own In
terests, prices can be fixed far more
eQuitably on a basis of supply and de-
mand.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-20

time supply the Tidewater road with
traffic. w. n. Page is president OF the
Tidewater railway. When completed,
the road will extend from Deepwater,
w. Va, on the Kanawha river to Sew
all's Point, near Norfolk. Va. The au-
thorized stock Is $35.000,000. The
first mortgage per cent bonds. none
of which have been placed on the
market, are issuable as follows: $685.
OOO.O for the construction of the
line from Deepwater to Sewalrs Point,
442 miles, single track. For each ad-
ditional mile of single track on the
main line. $4,000 bonds may be Is
sued; $4,000 mile for branch lines
and $4,000 for main line second
track.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-20

can find and must pay salaries which
will secure the services Of such men
and that they must not be niggard or
grudging in paying out whatever mon
ey may be required for vigorous and
relentless prosecutions. In this very
case the state was weak for lack or
energy and money. That same cause
has saved many a murderer from the
he deserved and brought
the law into contempt so that it is a
generally accepted belief that the man
who can command a few thousand
dollars and who has some influential
friends can kill anybody and In any
with a pretty strong as
Surance of immunity.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-20
THE SEWERAGE IDEA.

Gaffney Ledger: They talk Of put
ting in a system Of sewerage over In
Yorkville for $4,000. We don't see
how they are going to manage 1t; but
they evidently know what they are
talking about. Judging from the topos
raphy Of the two towns 1t would no'
cost a great deal more to put an ade-
quate system Of sewerage in Gaffney
than it would in Yorkville. II we
could do it for twice twelve thousand
dollars it would be the best invest
ment which we could make.
Rock Hill Record: The people OF
Yorkville are talking sewerage. They
could not talk for anything which VIII
tend more to the comfort and health
of the people. Here's hoping that the
citizens over there will follow up their
talk by action. We have found out
over here that talking will not build
sewerage system.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-20
Che iJorkrills Gnq''irer.
YORKVILLE, s. c.;
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 20, 1907.

COLONEL John ]. Dargan, principal
of the Sumter Memorial school al
Statesburg, Sumter county, has an
nounced himself as a candidate for the
United States senate to succeed Sen
ator Latimer. In a published card, the
colonel indicates it as his purpose to
run on a platform that will seek to
uphold the traditions Of South Caro-
lima, and teach to the world the his
tory of the states achievements look
ing to the establishment of universal
peace among mankind.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-20
Why Human Life Is So Cheap.

Commenting on the acquittal of a
white man in Columbia for the recent
murder of a negro hackman, Mr.. A. b.
Williams, editor of the Richmond
News Leader, gives in the following
some OF the reasons why human life
is so cheap in South Carolina:
Last week we printed formidable
and discouraging figures of homicides
from South Carolina. At that time
there was in progress in Columbia a
trial for murder which does much to
illustrate why human life is cheap and
the taking Of ii goes unpunished In
that state.
A white man, rather notorious in the
community for his desperate character
and with a previous record for man
slaughter. walked into a store and shot
and killed a negro hack driver. AT
the coroner's inquest the evidence ot
deliberate and cruel murder was PLAIN
and public indignation, as expressed In
the newspapers, was strong. Yet the
white man, although he had fallen fal
below the general standard of his fam
ily, had influential and wealthy con.
lnections When the case came TO trlal
the principal witness for the state nad
disappeared. Another witness whose
evidence at the inquest bore against
the defendant turned up as witness
for him. When the negro was shot
he was leaning over counter
writing a memorandum. He fell with
his pencil and paper in his hand. but
two or three witnesses developed VINO
found a knife on the floor near the
mortally wounded man and who swore
that he was reaching for it with ms
left hand when they arrived. No wit
nesses for the state had seen these
men or knew OF their presence. Ac-
quittal followed. of course. and the
iurv could not be blamed. All the
money and power were on the side or
the defense. The state had no faclll-
ties and no money for following up and
detecting what looks like rank perjury
and the most important witness Tor
the prosecution had been allowed 10
slip away on small bail bond, which
very likely was straw.
The lesson of this seems to be that
il the people want crime punished they
must select for prosecuting officers the
IStrOngeSt and most fearless men they