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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-07-24
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- Mr.. Stanyarne Wilson of Spar
tanburg, formerly a member Of Con-
gress, has qualified as a candidate for
the house of representatives from
Spartanburg county.
Bennettsville special of July 22 to
the Columbia State: There was moth
ing new in the campaign meeting here
today except a dispute between Gen.
Boyd and Col. Thompson about an ef-
fort last winter to disband the Ben
nettsville military company. Gen.
Boyd, who spoke first. said he wanted
to set himself straight before the peo-
pie Of Marlboro. He read a letter
from Col. Thompson dated February
5, enclosing a letter from Col. Thomp-
son to Gov. Ansel dated January 80,
in both Of which Col. Thompson ask
ed that the Bennettsville company be
mustered out "in view of the report
of Col. William T. Brock, assistant
adjutant and inspector general, and Of
First Lieut.. Charles H. Cabaniss, u.
S. A., retired" Gen. Boyd said that
he wanted to give the company anoth-
er chance when the inspectors report
ed 1t to be in bad condition. He un-
derstood that the captain Of the COM
pany was opposing him and he read
the letters to show who made the rec
reply said that he had never inspected
nor seen the company when 1t was
transferred to his regiment without
his knowledge or consent. He began
to investigate and found in Gen.
Boyd's annual report that the war de-
partment at Washington and Assis-
tant Brock had recommended the
disbanding Of this company on ac-
count Of inefficiency. He then asked
Gov. Ansel and Gen. Boyd to muster
out the company as recommended in
Gen. Boyd's own report instead Of
putting the company off on his regi-
ment when another regiment would
not have it. Col. Thompson said that
after they forced him to take the
company he came over and inspected
1t and Is now glad 1t was not disband-
ed for 1t is doing we'll and will make
one of the best companies In the regi-
ment. Both Gen. Boyd and Col.
Thorn nSOn were aDnlaudad
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-07-24

weather and crop advices and private
reports of an easier spot basis in Tex
as. At one time the active months
showed a net loss of 2 to points but
there was a slight recovery from the
lowest in the last few minutes on COW
ering by trailing shorts. The market
closed at 9.35 for October or 3 points
up from the lowest. 1t was rumored
during the day that some German
spinners were offering to resell their
cotton but local spot brokers reported
slightly better demand from north
ern and New England mills for
prompt shipment from the south.
Southern spot markets officially re-
ported were unchanged to 1sc lower.
Private reports stated that old crop
cotton was offered on the basis Of 50
, in Texas.
Estimated receipts at the ports to-
day were 3,053 bales, against 1883
last week and COZ last year. For the
week $4,000 bales, against 25,O04 last
week and 1858 last year. Today's re-
ceipts at New Orleans 242 bales,
against 95 last year, and at Houston
| eI3 bales. against 338 last year.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-07-24
OFF FOR CHICKAMAUGA.

The Jasper Light Infantry, left fol
Chickamauga last Wednesday after
noon. One of the members Of the COM
pany, sent the roll from Blacksburg
as follows:
Captain ]. r. Dickson, Lieut.. w. b
Williams, Lieut. Bert Smith: Sergt. R
Herndon, Sergt. ]. N. O'Farrell, Sergt
Forest Smith, Sergt. George r: Grist
Sargt. Petty, Sergt. E. M. Dickson;
Privates Adams, Louthian, Hedspath
Sandifer, Bennett, Brandon, Andra-
Carson, Johnson S. Carson, Edgar Pet
ty, Baxter Riddle, Harley c. Dickson
Stephenson, L. B. Brandon, Harry A
Nell, T. F. Cartwright, ]. r. Lindsay
Jr., James Barr, John Ashe, Johnson
Jack Williams, Walter Morrison, Cam
eron, S. A. Faires, Saye Ross, P. b
Conner, Jonas, Thomasson, Walker
Whitesides, Powers, Grady A. Fairies
Fay Dickson, Joe Barnes.
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What are you going to do about the

What are you going to do about the
road question?
Only five negroes have been register
ed up to this time.
But there is not quite so much inter-
est in politics as there would be, II
there were more candidates for some OF
the offices.
1t is as sure as shooting that no can
didate for supervisor can make good
roads without money
Not one man in twenty is able to
mention the names of the candidates
for the different state offices.
If there has been any considerable
selling of the growing crop for future
delivery this season, we have not heard
Of it.
Experience has proved in Richland
Chester and other counties that mac
adamized roads are not necessarily the
best; that it often pays better to add
sand where clay predominates and to
add clay where sand predominates
This where the mixture is in proper
proportions, always makes good road
the permanency Of which depends prln-
cipally upon proper drainage
While crop prospects in this county
are generally very good, it must not be
understood that there are nothing but
good crops to be seen. In some local
| tiles there has been too much rain and
the crops have gotten badly in the
grass Where it has turned off dry
after plenty of rain, both cotton and
corn are firing badly. We are inclined
to think that upon the whole the crop
prospect is better than it was last year
There has been a lot Of pressure on
Hon. j. E. Beamguard during the past
| few weeks to induce him to become a
candidate for the legislature. Some OF
Mr.. Beamguards friends are urging
him to come out for the senate and
others are urging him to come out fol
the house. He has had the question OF
being a candidate for the senate under
consideration for quite a while, but has
not yet publicly announced what he
proposes to do.
Cherokee county is not quite so well
off as York in the matter Of Legislative
candidates. She has only two repre-
sentatives in the house, and so far only
two candidates have been announced fol
the places There are many people in
the county who would like to have q
little more choice The situation seems
to emphasize the fact that the candi-
date is not always the self-seekine
proposition that many people are sc
thoughtlessly claiming.
Although we have nothing whatever
to do with the matter, we desire to cal
the attention of the people on the
Rutherford road to the fact that unless
they soon get down to the work OF
laying down rock for macadam pur-
poses, they are going to miss the chain
gang The proposition Of the board
was that the chaingang will go to this
road provided the rock is laid down
There is a general clamOr for the
chaingang, and if the Rutherford road
people fail to comply with conditions
the gang will go elsewhere.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-07-24
Mr.. BRYAN AND THE SOUTH.
Democratic Candidate Up Against :
DANGEROUS Proposition.

It is not an agreeable report that is
sent out from Mr.. Bryan's home by
the Associated Press, to the effect that
no southern man can be considered
for chairman Of the Democratic ma
tional committee, because Of the atti-
tude of southerners on the race ques-
ton. 1t Is said that Mr.. Bryan thinks
the negro vote Of Ohio and other
states of the middle west can be cor
rallied by the right sort of work, but
it is necessary to approach 1t very
carefully. and, in his opinion, 1t would
never do to have a southern man, who
would certainly be an advocate of re-
strictiOn Of the negro's franchise, to
handle this matter For that reason,
it is stated, the idea Of appointing Oh
lie James Of Kentucky, to the posi-
ton of national chairman has been
abandoned, and no other southern
man can be considered. That may be
Mr.. Bryan's idea of playing politics.
but 1t is not the idea Of the southern
people, and it was the south which
nominated Mr.. Bryan and 1t will be
the south which will give him most of
the electoral votes he will receive.
There is not any marked enthusiasm
for Mr.. Bryan in the south now,
though the general sentiment Of the
people of this section was favorable
to his nomination because Of the pre-
vailing conditions and the strong de-
sire to reestablish the Democratic
party in control Of the national gov
eminent. If Mr.. Bryan is to make
open repudiation Of the south's atti-
tude on the race question, there will
be a great revulsion of feeling against
him, and it is not at all unlikely that
Af sic Of ha MIGHT
be swept away from their Democratic
moorings. Mr.. Bryan Is, therefore,
not only making poor return for
friendship shown him by the southern
people, but he is actually playing poor
politics In fiouting the sentiment OF
those people on a question which is
Of greater Importance to them than
any other issue that could be raised.
1t is extremely unlikely that the
Democratic party can attract any
large number Of negro votes In the
north or in the west. The negroes be-
long to the Republican party and
they are going to remain It's chattels.
When they begin to slough away, they
will be brought back. The Democrat
ic party can not expect to have them
and should not want to. The Demo-
cratic party is the white mans party.
That and that alone Is the reason why
it Is the party Of the solid south. This
is a condition which no Democratic
leader whether he live in Maine,
Mississippi or Nebraska, should be
ignorant of, and If Mr.. Bryan does not
vet appreciate the situation he would
do we'll to take a course Of instruction
upon it. Mr.. Bryan has placed him
self correctly upon the record in ref
erence to the race question. and the
people Of the south feel confident that
he would, as president, preserve the
relations that are essential to the
proper maintenances Of society in this
section but it must come as shock
to them to learn that he has deter
mined to bar from the management
Of the campaign any man who be-
lieves in the practical disfranchise-
ment of the negro.-Charleston Post
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Work.,

1t is not a very entertaining subject
we cannot resist the temptation Of re-
ferring again to that exceptionally
timely and able sermon that Rev. w.
c. Ewart preached at the Baptist
church last Sunday night.
1t is often a subject of wonder to us
how some Of the preachers manage to
be so happy and timely in their dis
courses. There is hardly any limit to
the range of material that is available
to the preacher, it is true; but this
would seem to make it more difficult,
rather than easier for him to concen-
trate his attention on things that are
exactly what his people need.
The tendency of humanity Is to
shirk work. 1t has always been so
and it will probably be so always.
Children look upon work as punish
ment, and grown people who are fore
ed through circumstances to work for
living, are generally disposed to look
forward to the time when they can
exist in indolent ease. That is the
rule.
But in his sermon Mr.. Ewart show
ed something that every reasonable
individual should know without being
shown-how vain it is to hope to be
able to get along without being oblig-
ed to work, how it would be a ca
lamity to them if they could, how
those who try it become miserable
burdens to themselves and to society.
Horace Greedy once said that the
darkest hour in any young mans life
is when he begins to dream Of accu-
mulating wealth and power without
working for it, and how true this is
every single individual who has ever
attained to wealth and power, is able
to testify on rejecting back to his
own experiences before he buckled
down to honest toll.
The most practical, self-reliant and
useful men of today are those who
were raised to work. They may not
have liked it at the outset. 1t may be
that as children they were forced by
necessity to work; it may be that
their parents forced them to work for
their own future good. But, however
il came about, for whatever distinction
or happiness they may have subse-
quently won in the world, they are in
debted more than to anything else, the
honest work they were compelled to
do in early childhood.
Notwithstanding the plainness of
the lesson, many an indulgent parent
who may have worked his own way
in the world and acquired more or
less aff1uence, determines that his
children shall never be compelled to
work as he has worked.
Because of the determination that the
child shall not work when it is grown
up, it is not allowed to work while it
is still young. This policy, of course,
arises out of love for the child; but
without exception it brings failure
and ruin.
Most parents who, themselves
learned to work when they were
young and who have attained some
degree OF success In the WoIlu, nave
sense enough to realize the basis OF
that success; but it does not follow
that even these always have the
judgment and firmness to carry their
children through the same course OF
training.
This subject is as important as it is
boundless. Rev MI Ewart got at the
meat of it the other night but he did
not nearly exhaust it, The subject is
| ineXhauStible. The more however,
that parents ponder on it, the better
| it will be for their children.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-07-24

ter singing the Tooth Psalm, the mod
orator made some appropriate re-
marks on the occasion. There was a
short sermon preached by the young
man from Luke xii 1882, which was
accepted without criticism. The in
stallation prayer was made by DR..
Stevenson, father of the young man,
during which the laying on of hands
was performed. Rev. A. S. Rogers
delivered the charge to the pastor,
and Rev. r. A. Lummus to the people,
after which the congregation extend
ed their pastor the hand OF welcome.
The 143d Psalm was sung and Rev. j.
H. Simpson made the closing prayer.
Another Fire at Rock Hill.
| Rock Hill special Of July 23, to the
] Charlotte Observer: Rock Hill was
visited by another-the third-tire
early this morning. An alarm was
turned in about o'clock and the
Ratterree Building, in which Is locat-
ed the Commercial club, law offices of
Spencer & Dunlap and hotel annex on
second floor, and ]. l.. Bird, furniture
Ed Benton's barber shop and ]. Ed
gar Poag's real estate office on the
ground floor, was found to be the seat
Of trouble. The fire originated from
a stove that Is used for heating baths
for the Commercial club, and the
flames ate their way through flooring
and ceiling into the furniture store OF
]. l.. Bird and his entire stock Is ruin
ed either by fire or water, the fire
gaining considerable headway in this
part of the building. The barber shop
In the same building along with j
| Edgar Poag's office suffered loss by
water alone and at this time the dam
age has not been appraised. The fire.
men did good work on this building
and deserve much credit for the quick
ness with which they responded and
the headwork used in fighting the
flames 1t has been only a few
months since this same building had q
similar fire, but not quite so serious
as 1t happened in daytime. 1t was
started from this same store. Mr.
Ratterree, who owns the building
had a barn to burn Monday, and his
father-in-law, Mr.. Friedheim, had his
beautiful home destroyed the same
day by fire.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-07-24
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.

Mr.. w. ]. Bryan has called upon the
newspapers Of the country to assist in
raising money with which to defray
the expenses Of the presidential cam
paign.
There are no two ways about the
proposition that money is necessary
for the running of a campaign, and In
this state where there is but one side
to national politics, those who desire
to be of help to the Democratic party
can only do so by contributing Of their
means.
The Enquirer takes pleasure in ex-
tending its good Offices in the matter OF
acknowledging and forwarding such
contributions as may be made to 1t In
cash or by check.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-07-24
FRIDAY, JULY "a, 1908.
THE FARMERS UNION.
Annual Meeting Held In Columbia
Wednesday and Thursday.

Wednesday and Thursday.
The annual meeting Of the South
Carolina Farmers Union was held In
Columbia on Wednesday and yester-
day.
There were present 1876 delegates,
representing the various counties OF
the state, and these received much at
tention at the hands of the local trades
unions.
This being secret organization, the
various business meetings were held In
executive session; but considerable In
formation In the way Of results was
given out to the press for the beneht or
the public.
Officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows:
President-B. Harris Of Pendleton.
Vice presidential. ]. A. Perritt OF
Lamar
Secretary and treasurer-J. w. Reid
Of Reidville.
Chaplain-w. E. Bodie Of Saluda,
Conductor-W. English Hopkins Of
Richland.
Doorkeeper-A. F. Calvert, Abbevllle.
Sergeant-at- -arms-W. P. Caskey Of
Lancaster.
Executive Committee-W. r. Parks,
of Edgefield, J. L. Keitt of Newberry,
DR.. o. P. Goodwin Of Laurens, j. Frank
Ashe Of York, T. c. Willoughby Of
Florence, L. L. Baker Of Bishopville.
Resolutions were adopted expressing
the sense Of the Union on various ques-
| tions as follows:
l. That the state immigration bu-
reau be abolished and that legislative
candidates be required to express them
selves on the subject on the stump.
2. That the state farm be sold and
| that the state establish a factory for
| the manufacture Of fertilizers to be
sold to the farmers at profit Of 10 per
cent. Candidates for the house and
senate will be requested to declare
| themselves on this subject
3. That 1t is the sense Of the Union
that cotton be compressed at the gins
and packed in cotton bagging.
4. That the Union reiterates its de-
mand for the repeal Of the lien law
and that legislative candidates be re-
uuired to declare themselves in regard
| to the matter.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-07-24

IF it is a fact that the Democratic
party is going after the negro vote in
several of the northern states, the peo-
Pile Of the south may as we'll begin to
wake up to the realization that it is the
beginning of the end of all they have
feared for these last forty three years.
Twist it and turn it as we may, De-
mocracy in the south has meant but
little else than opposition to the negro,
the fear that the negro would again
become a dominant factor in politics.
Except for the negro, the Democratic
party would not be the one great party
Of the south. Heretofore, right think
ing white men have refrained from ap-
pealing TO the negro even as to local
matters involving strong desires that
they believed to be founded upon right
and justice. 1t is very we'll under
stood, that there is no hope of securing
for the Democracy any considerable
number of negro votes, except in
return for material concessions in the
way of participation in the government,
not stand for-not for such a doubtful
compensation as the triumph of the
national Democracy. 1t is sincerely hop
ed that Mr.. Bryan has been misrepre-
sented in this matter or if he has not
been misrepresented, that he will change
his views, for further pursuit of the
proposition will only result in the over
turning and confusion of the dearest
convictions of the people of the south
without accomplishing a particle of
good toward the political advancement
of the country. Even if the southern
people were willing to make the sac
rifce for the end under consideration,
they have sense enough to know that
such a plan could never succeed. The
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-07-24
The SPECULATIVE MARKET.

The developments in the specula-
tive market yesterday were summar-
lied in an Associated Press dispatch
Of last night as follows:
The cotton market was quiet today
with sentiment nervous and fuctua-
ton irregular. The close was steady,
net unchanged to points lower. Sales
were estimated at 100000 bales.
The opening was steady at un-
changed prices to a decline of 5 points
under local bear pressure whlch
seemed to be inspired by the idea that
Liverpool had been supported by New
York bulls in an effort to make pro-
fit talking basis at the opening here.
But selling did not become general;
while the big bulls were not aggres-
sive buyers. they absorbed offerings
at a decline, and after selling at 9.36
for October there was rally to 9.42
for that position which was followed,
however, by a renewed recession in
the afternoon owing to favorable
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-07-24

A pretty story comes from the
peach growing region of Georgia. In
Sumter county the peach growers had
quantities of fruit ready to gather
and ship, but the necessary labor to
pick and pack the ElbertaS was want
ing The AmericuS correspondent of
the Macon News tells how the prob
lem was solved in the following
with spirit commendable, host of
young ladies here came nObly to the
relief of the orchard men yesterday.
At one of the large orchards 1t was
desired by the owners to pack and
ship ten carloads that day. Other help
was not to be had and the peach
growers were faced with d serious di-
lemma. Believing that the girls would
assist them in such emergency, the
appeal for help was made and was
met with ready response. Five farm
wagons were loaded up with some of
the prettieSt young ladies of Americus
and driven to the packing house.
where great piles of ElbertaS were in
readiness. Deft and dainty fingers
not a few Of them Ornamented with
flashing SOltaireS. packed the luscious
fruit into crates. and the cars were
loaded on schedule time for shipment
to New York. Not only was it a
source of pleasure for the fair peach
packers to thus render assistance in
time of need. but Il neat sum was
earned by each one at the price paid
per crate"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-07-24

- At the senatorial campaign meet
ing at Pickens Wednesday, Mr.. ]. P.
Grace stated that: "A gentleman now
in the courthouse had himself an
nounced that Mr.. Rhett, another can
didate, was responsible for the APP
pointment Of w. d. Crum, a negro, as
collector Of the port Of Charleston.
Mr.. Geo. S. Legare. congressman from
Charleston, who is in Pickens for his
health and was evidently referred to,
rose from his seat and asked if he was
referred to. Mr.. Grace said, IF the
cap fits you, wear it." Mr.. Legare
then said, 81 denounce this as an abb
solute lie" The audience cheered Mr..
Legare.
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him that he wasn't afraid of them;
that he had faced gattling guns 40
years ago. Mr.. Shemwell command
ed him to stop at Lexington. Under
the circumstances Captain Smithers
pulled the bell cord, expecting to have
Shemwell arrested there, but the po-
liceman, he said, would not do his
duty.
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THERE is being made an effort tc

THERE is being made an effort to
spread belief that there is some pos
sibility that Georgia will cast her
electoral vote for Thomas E. Watson
this year. While it is a fact that
there is more political tolerance in
Georgia than in any other state, it
is also a fact that there is very little
more danger that the electoral vote
will go for Tom Watson than there is
that the electoral vote of South Car
olina will go for William H. Taft. We
have not the slightest doubt about the
result of the election in Georgia.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-07-24

LONDON insurance people are writ
ing policies against the election o.
Bryan, at odds of about 6 to 1. The
excuse for such policies is the claim o.
certain classes of manufacturers tha
the election of the Democratic candi'
date will injure their respective bust
neSSeS.
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negro anywhere is as much Of a Repub-
lican as the southern white man is a
Democrat, and for the same reason.
There has been lot Of talk about ne
gro votes being driven away from the
Republican party, because of the
Brownsville affair To the people of
the south, that is absurd on its face.
The negroes care nothing about it, and
if they had cared they would have only
gone from Roosevelt to Foraker, which
would have been change Of no con-
sequence.