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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-13
CORN CONTEST RULES.

Because there has developed more or
less misapprehension as to the require
ments governing the York County
Farmers Union prize contest, the rules
and regulations as reported by the
committee and published last spring
are herewith reproduced:
|. That the competition shall be
open to every citizen of York county,
land owner, renter or crOpper, VINO Is
willing to comply with the conditions
herein prescribed.
9 That no individual competitor
shall be eligible to receive more than
one of the three prizes offered
g. That every competitor must culti-
vate as much as two acres of corn to
the plow on the intensive system, and
IL one of his acres shall be first, second
or third best in the entire competition,
the other acres must show yield up
IN rs per cent of it to enable him to
claim the prize.
4 Every intending competitor must
report such intention to the secretary
of the nearest local Union on or before
the first day Of June, and at the same
time pay to the said secretary an en-
trance fee Of so cents. SO much Of this
entrance fee as may be necessary is to
be used by the local and county Unions
for contingent expenses, such as sta
tionery and postage and any balance
there may be Is to go into the general
Drize fund The local secretaries,
shall, as soon as practicable after their
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-13
CHANGES IN CONSTITUTION.

The voters Of South Carolina, in ad-
dition to choosing state and Federal
officers on November 8, will also vote
upon two proposed amendments to the
state constitution, as authorized by the
last general assembly. Both amend
ments are of little Importance generally
one relating to the town Of Gaffney and
the other relating to a change in the
name Of the office of "adjutant and in
spector general to that Of "adjutant
general"
The amendment relating to the town
of Gaffney provides that the section
Of the constitution limiting certain
bonded indebtedness shall not apply on
certain issue of bonds for municipal
Improvements.
The section relating to the change of
name in the office Of adjutant general
reads as follows: " :
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
general assembly Of the state OF South
Carolina, That the following amend
ment to the constitution of the State
of South Carolina, be submitted to the
qualified electors for representative,
and If a majority of the electors quail
flied to vote for members Of the gen.
eral assembly voting thereon shall vote
in favor of the said amendment and a
majority of each branch Of the cleo
ton. and before another, ratify the
same amendment by yeas and nays,
section 4, of article 13 Of the consti-
tuition of the State Of South Carolina
the said section as amended shall read
as follows:
There shall be an adjutant general
elected by the qualified electors OF the
State of South Carolina by striking out
in the same manner as the other state
officers, who shall rank as brigadier
general, and whose duties and COM
pensation shall be prescribed by law
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-13
HICKORY GROVE NOTES.
,orrespondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.

correspondence Of the YorkVille Enquirer.
Hickory Grove, October 13.-The fall
sacramento, meeting at the A. r. P.
church, closed Sabbath night. Rev.
]. l.. Oates was assisted by Rev. G. r.
White of Mecklenburg county, n. c.
Mr. w. T. Slaughter returned few
days ago from an extended tour OF the
state. in the interest Of the w. o. w.
Mrs. Crockett and daughters, Misses
Salie and Harry Crockett, have return
ed to their home in Tennessee, after
spending the summer here.
At the residence of the officiating
minister Rev. ]. L. Cobb, the q ul-
timo., Mr. Robert Latham Of Sharon R.
f. D. No. l, and Miss Sallie Jackson of
Clover, were united in the holy bonds
of matrimony.
The high school opened the 1st in
slant with quite a fair attendance.
Miss Eva Wylie left last week to
take charge of a school in Florence
county, where she will teach this win
ter.
Mr.. G. NJ. Whisonant expects to move
his family to Chester in a short time.
Part of the lumber has been deliver
ed on the ground to build the new M.
f. church; work at which is to be COM
menced in a few days.
Mrs. Sallie Whitesides, who has been
very sick for several weeks, is resting
some better at this writing.
MeSSrS. Frank McGill and David AL
lisOn of the Clark's Fork section, have
returned to Atlanta, where they are at
tending the Atlanta Dental college.
Mrs. B. A. Bridges, whose illness has
been mentioned, is in quite a critical
condition.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-13

THERE is a great deal more profit in
raising dollar corn than there Is IN
raising s cents cotton. Cotton would
have to be worth about Is cents to
equal dollar corn. Then the corn has
another tremendous advantage. AS
every man who has tried it knows, the
longer one holds cotton the heavier it
gets, and there is nothing else for 1t
but to hold or sell at whatever price
may be offered. But corn does not
have to be sold. No matter what the
market price, the producer can gener-
ally dispose of it in various ways al
still greater profit to himself.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-13

THE presidents son-in-law, n
Longworth, has embarrassed the Re
publican campaign managers with some
very indiscreet remarks about presi-
Dental succession. In recent speech
he said that after eight years of Taft,
Mr.. Roosevelt would come back for
eight years and then it would be Mr..
Sherman's time. After that-"But l
will not go any further now" he said.
AS might have been supposed, the re-
mark produced rather an unfavorable
impression, and when the Republican
managers called Nicholas down, instead
of saying he was sorry he said it, he
followed very pernicious, but growing
custom Of the day and said he never
said it. 1t happened, however, that
several thousand people were present
at the time he gave utterance to his
rather stupid observation and quite a
number of them have come out with
afidavits to the effect that he did say
it. The saying seems to have pro-
duced quite an ugly impression, and
it is still making a good deal Of talk. q,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-13

$500; DR.. John Cox, Connecticut. $780,;
William F. Burns, New York city, $500;
K S. D. Mallory, Selma, Ala, $500;
Nathan Cole, Los Angeles, Cal, $500;
P. w. Burns, Chicago, $500; Joseph
Fels, Pennsylvania, $500; William B.
Rogers. Pittsburg. $500: Carl S. Vroo-
man. Cotuit. Mass, $500; Melville E.
ingalls,, Cincinnati, $500; w. r. Burt
Saginaw, $500; Murray Carleton, st.
Louis, $500; F. B. Lynch, st. Paul, $500;
T. ]. Walsh. Helena, Mon, $500: w. b.
George. Billings, Mon, $500; r. S. Ford
Great Falls, Mon. $500. The major
part of the Democratic campaign FUND
has come from dollar contributions and
from the Democratic press, whlch
started campaign subscriptions.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-13

- Spartanburg, October 12: John
Irby, colored, who is charged with hav-
ing attempted to assault Miss Lille
Dempsey near Saxon Mills last Satur-
day, choking her, she says, until 1t
seemed her eyes would pop out from
her head and leaving her unconscious
in a dense patch of woods and Clar-
ence Agnew, who wrecked passenger
train No. 40 at Wexford two weeks
ago, causing the loss Of two lives, are
now safe within the walls Of the state
penitentiary. The prisoners were spir-
tied out of the county jail today at noon
by Deputy Becknell and Capt. S. j.
Nichols of the Hampton Guards, to the
Charleston & Western Carolina road,
where they boarded the train for Lau-
rens and made connection with the At
lantic Coast Line train for Columbia.
The Trayham Guards of Laurens, one
of the companies that had been on
duty at the Jail since Saturday night,
accompanied the prisoners as far as
Laurens. The prisoners were not re-
moved from the Jail because 1t was
considered unsafe nor because Of any
fear that they might fall into the hands
OF the mob. They were removed in or
der that normal conditions might be
restored and to save the state the eX-
penSe or troops DelnS stationed lnueH-
nitely about the Jail and court house.
Then, again, next Saturday Ringing
Bros circus will show here and several
thousand people will be here from all
parts of the county, especially the mill
towns. There was talk today about
what would be done on circus day and
the authorities. fearing that quantities
Of liquor might be shipped into the
city for circus day and another attack
on the jail might be made. decided to
slip the prisoners out of Jail. All the
troops have been dismissed and the
town is perfectly quiet tonight. One
not familiar with the scenes Of Satur-
day night and Sunday would never
know that anything out Of the ordinary
had taken place.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-13
HoWE's GREAT LONDON SHOWS.
Memories of Youth Awakened d-Our
Girls and Boys Just Like Their Pa

rents Were.
There is nothing more pathetic on
earth than the urchin who stands out
side the Big Tent, views his compan-
ions blithely pass before him to en-
ter paradise, while all the time the
hideous consciousness is his that he
has not been able to muster the price
of admission. He may grow up later
to be a great and good man, and be-
come President of the United States,
but he does not care for that now-he
would give all his chances in this
world for the possession of the little
slip Of cardboard which would put
him face to face with the gleesome,
fieasome baboon. If you meet any
such wistful hangers-on at the outer
pale of the Land of Hearts Desire,
and are moved by the memories OF
your youth to pass him in, you will
do a better deed than if you found
him hungry in the street and fed
him. for he will digest the meal and
need another before long, but cir
Gus is worth missing many meals TO
see.
So go to the circus, and don't be
so ashamed Of wanting to go that
you make the excuse that you are
just going to take care of the chill
dren. Admit that you like 1t. Go
and eat peanuts, and laugh at the
clown and feel young and happy
again. The clown is another test.
He will be, to all intents and pur-
poses, the first clown you ever saw:
and he will have the same jokes; but
if you attend in the proper spirit, you
will laugh in the same old places.
The clown is not meant to minister
to your sense of humor; his is the
higher function Of testing the degree
of youth which you retain.
Howe's Great London Shows are
for two exhibitions in York
Vile, on Wednesday October 81.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-13
WITHIN THE TOWN.

- Although there is but little cotton
selling, trade is picking up some.
Another show coming on the 21st,
and quite a big one it looks like.
- There is lots of complaint as to
the condition of the streets; but very
little promise of early relief.
IF you haf been a Democrat, Wy
you don't gif your dollar?" pertinent
ly asks a well known citizen of York
vile who is taking lively interest N
the Bryan campaign, and who has al
ready subscribed quite literally.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-13
SUBSCRIPTIONS ACKNOWLEDGED

The various subscriptions made to
the Bryan campaign fund through The
Enquirer have been sent forward and
duly acknowledged. On yesterday The
Enquirer received the following:
Chicago, Ill.,, Oct. 10, 1908.
The Yorkville Enquirer:
Gentlemen: Your esteemed favor of
the 9Th, enclosing your check for $500
as contribution to the Bryan campaign
fund, with list Of the faithful givers
as contributors, has been received. A
souvenir receipt will go forward to
these contributors at an early date.
The Democratic prospects were never
better Yours truly,
NJ. G. WetmOre,
Chairman Finance Committee
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-13

ANOTHER COTTON CONVENTION. -
Harvie Jordan, president Of the South
ern Cotton association, announced from
Atlanta yesterday, that in response to
requests from all parts Of the south, he
would call a convention Of cotton grow
ers and allied interests, similar to that
held in New Orleans in 1905.
Mr.. Jordan stated today that he had
decided to undertake an active and
vigorous campaign for better prices
and would this week issue general
call for a mass meeting Of farmers,
bankers, merchants and ginners to be
held at some central point in the cot
ton belt, probably at Memphis. The
to be called, he said, will
not be confined to any particular or
ganiZation.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-13

1T is worth the while of every far
mer in the county to visit the various
acres that are competing in the Far
mers' Union corn contest. All the acres
show what can be done by reasonable
effort, and they suggest how much bet
ter off the country would become with
more general attention to corn.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-13
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1908.

warrants being served by soldiers.
Those who are under arrest are Hilton
Ross, Grover Fowler, Bud McCarty and
Caesar Thomas, all Of whom are being
held in the county Jail on the charge
of rioting. The parties now under ar
rest are residents Of the Spartan Mill
village. A detachment Of soldiers left
here tonight for Drayton mills to make
several arrests, but as yet have not re-
turned to the city. Grover Fowler who
was arrested today, was one Of those
who were shot yesterday. Fowler had
a sledge hammer trying to batter down
the iron gate when he was fired on
from inside the iail.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-13

Spartanburg, October 12: Private
Hoke, a member of the Hampton
Guards. the local military company,
was placed under arrest yesterday on
the charge of refusing to obey orders.
Hoke left the company, it is said, say
ing he would not protect a negro
charged with attempting to ravish a
white woman. Later he was found by
detachment of soldiers and carried to
Jail. He was released today and will
be cOurtmartialed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-13
Yorkville, the guests Of Mrs. r.

Yorkvile, the guests Of Mrs. R. E..
Heath.
Miss Lucille Doggett, who has been
the guest of Miss Matte Caldwell for
several days, left for her home in Char
lotto yesterday.
Gaffney Ledger: Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
w. Brown and children Of Yorkville,
spent the last few days in the city
visiting relatives and friends.
Rock Hill Record: DR.. D. ]. Brlmm,
former Rock Hill citizen, who Is the
financial agent of the Presbyterian col
lege at Clinton, has moved his family
to that place.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-13

F. Kikuchi, a Japanese acrobat
with a travelling show, was murdered
in the woods, two miles from Newton,
Catawba county, y. c., Sunday after
noon. George Sigman, a suburban
citizen, heard six shots in the woods
near his home and started out to in
vestigate. AS he entered a deep gully
800 yards from his home, Henry va
magata, manager of the show, climb
ed the bank and pointing to the gully
exclaimed: There is a dead man
down there" Mr.. Sigman descended
the cliff and found a dead Japanese
lying under a pile of boards, hastily
thrown over the body. He hastened
to town and notified the sheriff. In
the meanwhile Yamagata ran to the
show tent, changed his clothes and
made off. boarding the Asheville
train at the station. BY prompt work
Yamagata was arrested at Hickory
the next station, and brought back
to Newton, Sunday. The dead man
was featured with the show in con-
nection with two little Japanese girls
and his alleged slayer was manager
of the outfit. All were working un-
der the direction of a booking agent
at Buffalo, y. Y, and he was ac-
quainted with the tragedy tonight by
the county officials. The show people,
closely questioned by the sheriff,
knew nothing as to the murder or its
motive. An inquest developed that
there were five bullet holes in Kiku-
chi's body, all entering his back.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-13

- Washington, October II: The
bureau of engraving and printing
has completed designs suggested by
Postmaster General Meyer for new
issue of United States postage stamps.
The new stamps will be Of the fol-
lowing denominations: 1-cent, 2-cent,
Scent, Accent, scent, Scent, Scent,
10-cent, 15-cent, 50-cent and 81. The
50 and IS denominations now in use
will not be reprinted. 1t will be
some weeks before all the denomina-
tions will be put on the market.
However, the 2-cent will be the first
distributed, and it Is expected that
shipments to postmasters will " com
mence some time in November. The
new issue has been designed with the
object of obtaining the greatest sim
plicity commensurate with artistic
result. The profile has been taken in
each instance instead of full view,
giving a bas-relief effect All the
stamps are Of similar design, con-
tanning a head in an'ellipse, the only
decoration being laurel leaves on
either Of the ellipse. The lettering
is in straight lines, at the top being
~. S. Postage. and at the bottom
the words 1.-TWO Cents" The 1-cent
stamp contains the head of Franklin,
while all the others will bear that
of Washington, taken from busts by
Houdon. Thus one of the most not
able differences in the new issue will
be the minimum of lettering. The
colors are the reds and blues of the
early stamps Director Ralph Of the
bureau of engraving and printing re-
CARDS the new stamps as the most
artistic ever issued by the govern
ment
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-13

THE WHOLE SToRY.-If you have two
dollars and you need dollars worth
Of food, and a dollars worth Of cloth,
you will buy both the food and the
cloth, but If you need a dollars worth
Of food and a dollars worth Of cloth
and have but one dollar you will buy
the food, and let the cloth go over
till another time. The whole world
is economizing, and is buying the food
but is cutting down on the cloth.
Therefore, food products, which we
of the south do not raise but buy, are
advancing in price. II we made less
Of the cotton and more Of the food,
we would be that much better Off
Sumter Herald.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-13

IF one out of three of the qualified
voters cast their ballots in the general
election, the record will be better than
it has been heretofore.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-13

we VIII Send ne Enquirer
From this date to January 1st, 1909.
for 46 cents.
After Eleven years.
Rock Hill Record: Eleven years ago,
On Friday last he got the first pecans
off the tree, and they were fine, large
ones, with thin shells.
Harold Gibson Dead.
Gaffney Ledger: Mr.. Harold Glib
son, one Of Gaffney's aged and re-
spected citizens, died at his home in
this city Thursday afternoon at 2
o'clock, after an illness Of some
weeks duration. Mr.. Gibson was
we'll known in Gaffney. He served on
the board Of registration for Chero-
kee for several years. He was well
informed and a great reader Of cur
rent literature. He was in his S0th
year and only lacked one day of Gel
ebrating the fifty-fifth anniversary of
his marriage. Deceased leaves about
eighty-two descendants. The, funeral
was held from the First Baptist
church Saturday morning at 10
siding. The interment was at Oak
land cemetery. The pail bearers
were grandsons Of the deceased. Peace
to his ashes.
Homicide In Catawba Township.
Coroner Louthian went to the River
Bend section Of Catawba township
Sunday, to hold an inquest over the
body Of Ed Heath, a negro, who died
Saturday night from the effects Of a
knife wound alleged to have been in
flicted by Mr.. R. H. Cornwell about
three weeks ago. Only.a few witnesses
were examined at the inquest. The
most important were two negroes
Their testimony was to the effect that
Mr.. Cornwell reproved Heath for plac-
ing lantern too close to the lint cot
ton that was being packed In the press
at the gin. Heath picked up the Ian
tern and gave 1t to Mr.. Cornwell alb
ruptly and probably gave expression to
some impudence for which Mr.. Corn
we'll struck him. it is said with knife
The negro fingered and died as stated
Medical testimony was to the effect
that death resulted from the knife
wound, and the jury found that the de-
ceased came to his death at the hands
Of Mr.. Cornwelf Mr.. Cornwell went
to- Rock Hill yesterday, and surrender
ed to Constable Wingate as the repre-
sentative of the sheriff. He was taken
to Lancaster today on habeas corpus
proceedings.
Death of Mrs. w. A. Metts.
Columbia State, October 12: The
many friends of Mrs. W. Arthur Metts
will be grieved to learn Of her death
which occurred last night just as the
clock was striking the hour Of II
While she had been quite Ill for the
last ten days, yet it was thought al
noon yesterday that her condition
was improving. There was an alarm
ing change in the afternoon, and al
6 o'clock she began to sink very rap
idly. Mrs. Metts Is survived by her
husband, Maj. w. Arthur Metts, and
two sons, Arthur and Leroy, and by
her mother Mrs. Leroy F. Youmans;
one brother, Pringle T. Youmans, and
a sister, Mrs. Dewitt Himrod OF
Pennsylvania. Mrs. Metts was one
Of Columbia's best known women
From her childhood she has lived
here, and was active in the city's
affairs. Her death will be greatly
deplored. The funeral arrangements
will not be announced until tomorrow,
as Mrs. Youmans is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Himrod in Pennsyl-
vania, and had not been called home,
Mrs. Metts condition not having been
sufficiently alarming.
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YORKVILLE. s. c.:
TUESDAY, OCTOBER l3. 1908.

RAPE fiends should be killed; but the
killing should be done by the law.
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AT THE CHURCHES.
Sperial Autifes.
Beth Shiloh and Allison Creek.

There will be preaching at Allison
Creek church next Sunday, October IS,
at il a. m, and at Beth-Shiloh at
p. m, by Rev. w. ]. Wyly. Members
of Beth-Shiloh are urged to come pre-
pared for a liberal contribution for
Foreign Missions.
L. R. Williams.
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Tht atorkrille Gnqltirer.

Entered at the Postoffice in Yorkville
as Mail Matter of the Second Class
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LOCAL LACONICS.
After Eleven years,

We Will Send The Enquirer
From this date to January 1st, 1909.
for 46 cents.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-23
GALLAGHER SAYS HIS
LIFE WAS THREATENED
Regards the DynamitiHg as De-
Hberate Attempt TO Get
Him Out of Way

Gallagher expressed the belief that
the explosion was a deliberate attempt
upon his life He would make no
direct statement as to the probable
source Of the attack, but said that
there was no doubt in his mind that
Il was all a carefully planned plot to
get him out Of the way.
i came home from San Francisco
after leaving the Ford trial at about
$40 o'clock and Immediately prepared
for dinner" he. said. Mrs. Gallagher
and I went TO dinner earlier than
usual this evening and finished our
meal before the others. were through.
We had just gone upstairs when this
terrible thing happened I have heard
Several times, Indirectly, that threats
had been made against my life, but I
did not conceive that there was any
human being who could be fiendish
enough to jeopardize the lives of eight
human beings for the sake of attack
ing one. This is horrible, more horri-
Bile than anything ever dreamed Of
It seems like a miracle that every one
there was not blown into bits.
4 I have not had any direct threats
but I have been told a number Of
times that certain persons had sworn
TO get me-"
The chief witness against the in
dicted bribers would not say who had
made these threats, but he let 1t be
thoroughly understood that he had
no doubt that he was the intended vic
tim Of the dynamite plotters.