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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11
To Increase Earnings.

Mr. Clarence H. Poe, editor Of the
Progressive Farmer, was one OF the
speakers at the meeting of the South
ern Commercial congress, in Washing
lon, this afternoon, and he outlined
some Of the plans by which, according
60 has idea, each farmer in the south
can earn $500 more per year. He hnds
from a census report that the average
annual value Of products per farm IN
Che North Atlantic states as 1884, In
the South Atlantic as S4S4, or exactly
$500 per year less; in the North Cen
Cral states as $1,074, in the South Cen
trail, $536-or $53S per year less
broadly his scheme for getting this
$500 a year more is a system of edu-
cation which embraces young and old
not only the farm boy in the school
out the adult farmer and farmers wife
ds we'll. Mr.. Poe argues that every
man whose earning power Is below par,
below normal, is burden on the COM
munity; he drags down the whole leve
Of life, and every other man in the
community is poorer by reason OF his
presence, whether he be white man, OF
negro or what not. Your unframed
inefficient man." he says, lis not only
a poverty breeder for himself, but the
cOntagion of it curses every man In
the community that is guilty of leav-
ing him unframed. The law of change
less justice DEGREES that you must rise
or fall, decline or prosper, with your
neighbors. You will be richer for his
wealth, poorer for his poverty"
He does not think that the average
business man in the south Is hall
awake TO the possibilities of this effort
to bring the average farmers earnings
up $500 a year with regard to his own
individual prosperity, and we agree
with him. Add $500 to the earnings
If the southern farmers and the coun-
try would take bound toward pros
perity hitherto undreamed Of But
there Is much room for rural develop
ment, and perhaps Editor Poe is not
taking too hopeful a view Of the pros
pect.-Charlotte Chronicle, Tuesday
Intelligent farmers of twenty or more
years experience, have only to look
back over a comparatively short time
to see that their earning capacity has
been steadily increasing, and this seems
to offer about as satisfactory proof as
one could desire as to general correct
ness Of Editor Poes theory. We are
firm believers in the idea that the pres
ent and future prosperity of this coun-
try depends more upon agricultural de-
velopment than upon any other pos
sible avenue Of progress. That the
average farmer has many disadvan-
tages to contend with, there Is no use
crying to deny; but of all these disad-
vantages there is hardly one that will
not yield to the application of better
agricultural methods and the ap-
plication OF better agricultural
methods is only matter OF
knowing how. The average farmer
of today has information that the aver
age farmer Of twenty or even ten
years ago. did not dream of; but there
is no limit to the things that are vet to
be learned That limit will still be
hardly less appreciable than it is now,
even after the present producing ca
pacity of the average farmer has been
doubled.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11
CANAL FREE OF SCANDAL.
So Declares the President and He
Threatens Prosecution.

IF they can be reached for criminal
libel, l shall try to have them reach
ed" said President Roosevelt in speak
ing yesterday afternoon about, those
Americans who have been guilty of in
famous falSehood concerning the ac-
question Of the property and the con-
struction Of the (Panama) canal itself,
according to a Washington correspond
ent.
1t was to a committee of 100 of the
lakes to- -the-gulf deep waterway as
sociation, headed by Governor Deneen,
Of Illinois, who were received by the
president in the East room Of the
White House that he made this declar-
alton.
Governor Deneen had presented a
copy Of resolutions adopted by the as
sOciation and made a few remarks to
which the president replied as follows:
Il have felt, as the governor has well
put 1t, that no more important service
could be rendered to this country than
the building Of the Panama canal be-
tween the Atlantic and the Pacific; and
one thing am proud Of in connection
with the building Of that canal is that
there has not been legitimate cause for
the breath of scandal connected with
any feature Of the proceedings. We
set of Americans in connection with the
building Of the canal, and that is of
those Americans who have been guilty
Of infamous falsehood concerning the
acquisition Of the property and the
construction Of the canal itself. If
they can be reached for criminal libel,
shall try to have them reached. If
not, at any rate all the facts we know
or ever have known are at the disposal
Of each and every one Of you here, and
Of any one in congress or OF all con-
gress If they wish to see them.
Next only in Importance from the
physical standpoint to building the
Panama canal comes the question of
developing the use of our own water
ways. That must be done by the pol
icy Of irrigation at the head waters up
in the arid regions and where you
come from, gentlemen, 1t Is to be
done by making our sea coast take a
big loop in from the Gulf of Mexico
to the Great Lakes: and we will see
that the work Is done just as honest
ly, just as efficiently, as the Panama
canal work has been done, and no
work could have been done from begin
ming to end more honestly or more
efficiently"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

Charlotte Observer: J. j. Hardin
the young man who was checked up
about $4,000 short in his accounts al
Chester, S. c., several months ago by
the Southern Cotton Oil company, was
arrested in Norfolk, Va, yesterday un-
der orders of Chief T. NJ. Christenbury
here Later he was ordered released
when the information came that he
had made good the loss to the New
York Bonding company, the corpor-
alton which in turn had made good
the loss to the Southern Cotton Oil
company. Chief Christenbury acted
under instruction from the officials of
the Southern Cotton Oil company, who
have their district office in Charlotte.
Hardin was Chester representative of
the concern and was a highly popular
young man at the time he slipped, his
charitable friends claiming that he
had been betrayed by circumstances.
Washington special of December
s, to the Columbia State: Among the
nominations sent to the senate today,
was that of ThOS. Hester to be post
master at Gaffney. Hester Is the man
who they say about Gaffney was i'm
ported from North Carolina last sum-
mer to displace Postmaster Folger be-
cause FOlger insisted on attending to
the duties of the office instead of act
ing as political agent under Hitchcock
and John Capers. The administration
wanted man as postmaster who could
attend to political matters for them,
attend conventions, corral delegates
and so forth. Hester's residence was in
North Carolina. His nomination was
held up in the senate. Upon the ad-
jOurnment Of congress President Roose-
velt gave him a recess appointment.
New his name will come up again, but
whether or not his confirmation will be
fought further does not yet appear.
Columbia special to Charlotte OBJ
server: The annual reports Of state
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11
MERE.MENTION.

| Ine Sndn or Persia mas Deen con-
demned to death by a secret revolu-
tionary society of that country. 80. H.
E. Roseberry, a former preacher of
| Wilmore, KY, was last week sentenced
to three years Imprisonment from
| Chattanooga. Tenn, on a charge of
abandoning his family. He requested
that he be sent to the coal mines and
that the word reverend" be not con-
nected with his name. .... "A cargo of
| 10000 canaries reached Philadelphia on
Monday from Rotterdam. .... There
have been eleven incendiary fires in
the lumber yards and woodworking
plants Of Philadelphia during the past
month. ... Frank A. Munsey, owner,
has begun the publication Of a Sunday
Times, displacing the.moming issue of
| that paper. .... The epidemic of ty-
phoid fever now prevalent at Reading,
Pa, Is said to be due to the water sup
the surface drainage at country home
ten miles from the city where there
were several cases Of typhoid fever "a
few weeks ago. The number Of cases
of fever on Wednesday numbered
more than $50. .....A day bicycle
race in which sixteen teams entered,
will be brought to a close at Madison
Square Garden, New York, tomorrow
night. The record Of a six days race
is 2,733 miles. made in 1899. The
East Side bank Of Portland, Ore, was
held up Monday night by three masked
men and robbed Of $4,000. ..... Cath
olic churches, colleges, priests and
nuns throughout the country have been
swindled out Of s5,00O,000 by the Fidel-
ity Funding company Of New York, a
wildcat concern, which failed a few
weeks ago with liabilities of $4,000, 900
10 $5,000,000 and assets Of $4,000.
A woman plaintiff in case at Kings
ton, n Y, has had twenty-five differ
mt lawyers since her suit was insti-
tuted in 1906. The case has never
come to trial . Herman Billik, the
noted Chicago murderer who was to
have been hanged today, has been
granted a reprieve until January 90.
The Reading railroad moved more
than $4,000 carloads of coal from Penn
sylvania mines on Monday. .... The
Chancery court of Virginia has handed
down a decision in favor of Mrs. Flor
ence Maybrick, who served a term in
an English prison on conviction Of
numbering her husband, by which she
regains title to 2,500,000 acres Of land
in Virginia, West Virginia and Ken
lucky, out of which she was swindled
by a New York lawyer. The case has
been in the courts for ten years.
On June /, Of this year, there were
61,15S pOstoffices in the United States.
..... An explosion in a military mag
azine at Calcutta, India. killed eleven
and seriously wounded tweEty-six 9TH
ars. $50. "A. H. Hyde, a millionaire real
estate dealer of San Francisco, and his
confederate, Joost II. Schneider Of Ari-
zona, have been sentenced to terms in
the feueTdl pIlSoH dl EhouiiuSHihei W.
Va, on conviction at Washington on
charges Of conspiracy to defraud the
government in land deals. They ap-
pealed to higher court. .....W. A.
Oldham, cashier, tried to shoot H. D.
Mcdaniel, president Of the National
Exchange bank at Springfield, Mo-,
Tuesday as a result of quarrel over
the affairs of the bank, which failed
to open it's doors for business on Mon
6av
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11

ton for the masses, higher education
for the leaders of the negro race, for
their professional men, their clergymen,
their physicians, their lawyers and
their teachers, will make up system
under which their Improvement, which
statistics show to have been most note
worthy in the last forty years, will
continue at the same rate. on the
whole then, the best public opinion Of
the north and the best public opinion
of the south seems 10 be coming to-
gether in respect to all the economic
and political questions growing out OF
present race conditions"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11
LOCAL LACONlCS.


Rock Hill Record: Mr.. R. S. Cannon
the clever and efficient manager of
the Catawba Power plant, north Of the
city, and Miss Ida Adams, one Of Gas
tonias popular young ladies, were
married yesterday at that place at II
o'clock The ceremony was performed
at the home Of the bride. Mr.. and
Mrs. Cannon came over yesterday af-
ternoon via Charlotte and drove out
to the plant, where they will reside,
Mr.. Cannon has had charge Of this
plant since it began operation, and no
one is more popular among our peo-
pie. Miss Adams is very pleasantly re-
membered in the city, having visited
at the home of her aunt, Mrs. NJ. H.
Adams, a number of times In the past
year or two. Their many friends In
this city will join us in wishing them
most happy future in their new life.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11

- Columbia State, Wednesday: The
county business agents and the county
presidents of the State Farmers Union
met here yesterday The most import
ant business of the occasion was the
election of Mr.. ]. NJ. Holman Of st.
Matthews, Calhoun county, as state
business agent. There were present
representatives from nearly every
county in the state. State headquar-
ters of the Union will be established
in Columbia at 1882 Washington street
on January /. These offices will be
next door to the present offices Of the
Farmers Union Sun. A special ses-
sion of the Union will be called TO
meet in this city during the latter part
of January. 1t is expected that the
meeting will continue for three days.
The cotton acreage for next year and
other important matters will be brought
up, and 1t Is probable that there will
be representatives present from every
county in the state when the conven-
tiOn meets.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11
GETTING FROM UNDER.
Trustees Wash Their Hands of Semi
mole Securities Company.

Trustees Wash Their Hands of Semi
mole Securities Company.
II was the affairs Of the Seminole
Securities company and the Southern
Life Insurance company that was re-
ferred to in the paragraph reproduced
in the last issue of The Enquirer from
the Spartanburg Journal. At least, it
so appears from subsequent develop
ments in the papers. Messrs. W. A.
Clark, Willie Jones and T. S. Bryan Of
Columbia are the trustees in a deal
whereby the Seminole Securities COM
pany purchased a controlling interest
IN the Southern Life Insurance compa-
ny. Since the bursting OF the sensa-
ton quite number of startling facts
nave come out. Darlington, the presi-
dent of the Seminole securities COM
,Jany, insists that everything is all right,
and that If the recent purchasers OF
seminole stock want to hold on to a
good investment, they must sit steady
N the boat. Messrs. Clark, Bryan and
Jones, upon the strength Of whose
names much Of the Seminole stock has
been sold, have become uneasy about
the situation and have written an open
letter to Darlington in which they
charge that both the Seminole company
and the Southern Life Insurance COM
pany are the victims of fraud. Their
letter, which is dated December S, but
which was not made public until yes
terday, is as follows:
Dear Sir: We have just learned
from an authentic source that you and
those associated with you received
from the Southern Life Insurance COM
pany a very large commission, report
sd to be in the neighborhood Of $4,000,
for carrying through the deal between
the Seminole Securities company and
the Southern Life Insurance company,
whereby the former company purchas-
ed of the latter $150,000 of the stock.
This stock was purchased, as you know,
at a very high price and we, as trus-
tees, were informed that the money
would go into the treasury Of the
Southern Life Insurance company, so
that the financial standing Of that
company would be increased and thus
increase the value of the stock. 1t
now appears that this much Of 1t has
been diverted. We regard 1t fraud
upon the stockholders of both of these
companies and a fragrant breach Of
trust on the part of the officers of each
company connected with this transac-
lion. We are, therefore, unwilling any
longer to be associated in any way with
the affairs of the Seminole Securities
company and avail ourselves Of this
first opportunity to notify you that we
withdraw from any further participa-
ton in the affairs of the Seminole Sc
curities company, and refuse to act any
further under the agreement entered
into between the undersigned and the
said company of date January 81. 1908.
except as we may be advised to be
proper and necessary to protect the in
terest of the present stockholders or to
enforce the collection of any causes in
action which may have been placed In
our hands by the Seminole Securities
company, and further forbid that you,
0r any Of your agents, should longer
use our names in connection with the
said Seminole Securities company.
Respectfully,
wv. A. Clark,
"T. S. Bryan.
willie Jones,
Trustees"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11

ONE of the most interesting discus
sions in the newspapers right now is
whether Mr.. Taft will be able to make
political inroads in the solid south.
Northern Republican papers are sure
that Mr.. Taft will be able to accom-
plish more than any of his predecessors
have accomplished, and southern pa
pers and politicians are sure that the
effort will amount to nothing.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11
The SPECULATIVE MARKET.

Following is summary Of yester-
days developments in the cotton mar
ket as given in an Associated Press
dispatch Of last night from New York:
The cotton market more than lost
Yesterdays gain during the days trad
ing, closing barely steady at a net de-
cline Of l6 to 21 points. The market
opened barely steady at a decline of
8 to 7 points with the active months
selling to s points net lower right
after the call in response to disappoint-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11
The aturkrille enquirer.
Entered at the Postoftice in Yorkville
as Mail Matter of the Second Class.
YoRKVILLE. 8. c.:
FRIDAY, DECEMBER II, 1908.

PRESIDENT ELECT Taft is to arrive
in Augusta, Ga, next week to spend
part of the winter. Arrangements
have been perfected to keep him con-
stantly under the protection of secret
service officers.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11
Ghe Cotton Market.

Yorkville, December 11.-Cotton s.
New York, December To- Spot cot
ton closed quiet, 10 points lower; mid
ding uplands, 9.15; middling gulf $40;
sales 27,60O bales. Futures opened and
closed barely steady as follows: Dec.
$50: Jan. $50; Feb. $50; March S.61;
April SOL; May S.6S; June S.65; July
S67: Aug. S.58; Sept. S.44; Oct. S.45.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11
ABOUT PEOPLE,

Mrs. ]. H. Thornwell is quite i'll al
her home in Fort Mill.
Mr.. H. C. Strauss spent Wednesday
in Spartanburg, on business.
Mrs. r. A. Chandler Of Mayesville
is visiting her mother, Mrs. w. B
Steele.
Rev. Henry Cauthen and family, left
Wednesday for their new home in Wal
terboro.
Mr.. NJ. 3. Jennings left for Columbia
Wednesday to appear before the su-
preme court.
Mrs. ]. w. Terrence Of Gastonia, is
visiting in Yorkville, the guest Of Mrs
VI. S. A. Bludworth.
Mr.. E. NJ Stanton was called to his
home in Bethel township yesterday on
account Of the critical illness of his
mother.
Miss Gilley Neely, who has been
spending several weeks with Miss Ella
Neely, left Wednesday for her home
in Edgmoor.
Mr.. l. f. Thomas of st. Peters
burg, Fla Is on a visit to his mother
Mrs. D. E. Thomas at Filbert. He eX-
poets to remain until January Is.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Black have issued
invitations to the marriage Of their
daughter, Miss Mae to Mr.. Frank Les
lie Pickett. The ceremony Is to take
place at the home of the brides pa
rents. at Lockhart on December 16, at
8 o'clock p. m.
Mr. and Mrs. A. c. Pearson Of Ben
nettsville, S. c., have sent out invita-
tions to the marriage Of their daugh-
ter, Miss Clara, to Mr.. James Felix
Walker. The ceremony is to take place
at the home of the brides parents on
"Wednesday afternoon, December %.
Mr.. Walker, the groom to be, is a ma
tive and former citizen Of Yorkville,
and has many friends at this place.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11

WAS ONLY JoKING.-Our esteemed
friend takes us altogether too seriously.
We only intended little pleasantly at
the expense of Yorkville, and a compli-
ment to our contemporary, which, by
the way, is one of the best ever.
Yorkville has enough good citizens In
Messrs. Wardlaw, wilkins, Allen and
Brown to make 1t a good town, to say
nothing Of the natives.-Gaffney Led
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11
S4S.94 AN ACRE.

Mr.. j. L. Wood, who was one Of the
competitors in the Farmers Union
prize acre contest and whose best acre
yielded 81 bushels and "a pounds, has
furnished The Enquirer with state
ment of expenses and receipts which
show a clear profit of s4S.94 cents an
acre. The statement which includes
both acres Is as follows:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11
YoRk's REGISTERED VOTERS.

For the benefit of the public espe-
cially in connection with school and
other elections, it is the purpose of
The Enquirer to publish list of the
voters of the county as shown by the
recent registration. The publication of
all the names at one time would fill an
entire issue of The Enquirer, and 1t is
therefore deemed more advisable to
take up the work by installments,
People interested in these lists will do
we'll to clip them out as thev appear in
The Enquirer and paste them in scrap
books. In the list given below will be
found all the registered voters Of
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11

YEARS COTTON CROP.-The total
production of cotton in the United
States for the year 19OS-O9 will amount
to 6,1S2,970,OOO pounds, not including
linters, which is equivalent TO 12,920,0OO
bales of 500 pounds gross weight, ac-
cording to the estimate announced by
the department of agriculture last
Wednesday. The estimate Of produc-
tion by bales gives.
Virginia $4,000; North Carolina
$4,000: South Carolina l,ll8,000:
Georgia l,S44,000 Florida $1,000;
Alabama l.273,O0O: Mississippi l.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11

Since last January, Seminole stock
has been sold extensively throughout
the state, and there are perhaps several
thousand dollars of it held In York
county. Quite number of railroad
men are among the purchasers. There
is a rumor that can be authenticated
that the railroad people bought largely
On the recommendation Of prominent
gentleman who started in the race for
the United States senate last summer.
This gentleman withdrew from the
race before the opening of the cam
oaign, and there are those who say
that one of the reasons Of his with
drawal was a direct intimation from
the railroad people that they would GER
tainly do all they could to get even
with him for having induced them to
make an investment in which they had
already begun to lose confidence.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11

Taking the total expenses from the
total receipts, we have $97.SS, and di-
viding this by . the profit of single
acre is S48.94.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11

$50, 900; Louisiana 472,0O0 Texas g.
$4,000: Arkansas l,009.000; Tennes-
see 100000; Missouri $4,000; Oklaho-
ma 10000.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11
AT THE CHURCHES.
BAPTIST.

Rev. l. G. Murray. Pastor.
Sunday Services-Sunday school at
10 a. m. Morning service at II o'clock.
Annual election of officers. A full
attendance Of members desired. Even
ing service at o'clock.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11
YORK CIRCUIT.
Sperial Aotirrs.
East View.

Rev. |. G. Murray will preach at
East View school house at p. m
next Sunday, December l3:h
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN.

Rev. E. E. Gillespie, Pastor.
Sunday Services-Sunday school at
10 a. m. Morning service at II o'clock
Evening service at o'clock
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11
ExpenseS,
Receipts.
S143.0S

Fodder at 50 per 100. 14.25
Shucks at ! cent per lb. ...... 1910
Corn at 81 per bushel .......... 1893
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11
Preaching at Sharon.

Rev NJ. p. Cain of Memphis, Tenn
will preach at Sharon A. R. P. church
next Sabbath morning at II o'clock
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11

TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
Sunday Service-Sunday school at
$50 p. m.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11

CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEP-
HERD.
Sunday Services-Sunday school at
$50 D. m. No other service.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11

ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBY-
TERRAIN.
Sunday Services-Sunday school at
10 a. m.
YORK CIRCUIT.
Sunday Services-Preachin at Clo-
YER at IL a. M, and st. Paurs at $3.50
p. m.