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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-03

WILLIAMSON PLAN IN FEW WORDS.
Break land in winter one-fourth
deeper that common; lay off In six
foot rows, leaving five inch balk.
When time to plant break out balk
with scooter, following in same fur
row on this ridge. Ridge then with
same plow, going deeper; run corn
planter with Dixie plow, with wing
taken off. Plant as early as possible,
usually about the middle Of March.
Drop corn grains every five or six
inches. Use no fertilizer. Give first
working with harrow or any plow
that will not cover plant. Second
working with 20 or 12-inch sweep on
both sides of plant. Thin after this
working.
Corn should not be worked again
until sufficiently stunted, so that 1t
will never grow large. When 1t is
about 10 to IL inches high put on fer
tilizer. Mix 200 pounds Of cotton seed
meal, 200 pounds acid phosphate, 400
pounds kainit. Put half in old sweep
furrow, on both sides of every other
middle. Cover by breaking middle
with plow. One week later treat the
other middle in the same way, fertil-
izer and all. In a few days side corn
in first middle with sixteen inch
sweep. Put all your nitrate Of soda
in this furrow, If less than $50 pounds
is used; if more, put half. Cover with
one furrow or turn plow, then sow
peas in middle broadcast, at rate Of a
bushel to the acre, and finish by break
ing out Lay by early. More corn Is
ruined by late plowing than by lack
of plowing. No hoeing is necessary
and middle may be kept clean until
time to break out by narrowing. For
fifty bushels to the acre leave stalks
sixteen inches apart; for seventy-five
bushels. twelve inches. for one hum
dred bushels, eight inches apart.
Do not pull fodder; do not cut tops,
let peas and pea vines die on land.
Value in fertilizer to land Is worth
more than Characterization Post.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-03

THE News and Courier wants Mr.
w. E. Gonzales to go to the Denver
as delegate at large from
this state. 1t urges the propriety of its
suggestion on the ground that Mr.
Gonzales is the leading champion OF
Mr.. Bryan in South Carolina. There
is nothing the matter with Mr.. Con-
zales, and we would be glad to see
him go to the convention. We do not
think that the nomination of Mr.. Bry-
an is calculated to help the chances
of the Democratic party very much;
but if it should happen that there is a
possibility of securing a more available
man, Mr. Gonzales may be depended
upon to use his good judgment in do
ing that which is best.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-03

WHAT ONE NEGRO DID--What
South Carolina negro, who cares
nothing about factional politics, AVOIDS
excursions, attends church, Is hard
working and saving, did on one
horse farm last year Is set forth In
the Augusta (Ga.,) Chronicle for the
benefit of other negroes. From 20
acres he raised % bales of cotton,
which yielded him at III cents a
pound, $1,19O.25. and 759 bushels of
cotton seed. which yielded him, at 29
cents a bushel s220.11. From 13 acres
in corn he raised 1856 bushels, which
at 80 cents bushel, yielded him $14S.
He also got $39 for 1900 bundles Of
fodder and $55 for $500 pounds OF
pea hay, making his total yield ST.
652.36. He spent S211.25 for fertil-
izer. $210 for rent Of land, $24 for 19
loads of manure. $12.70 for cotton
seed for planting, $3.50 for picking
and ginning cotton at $3.50 bale,
$3.50 for pulling and gathering fod-
der, 1855 for cutting pea hay, $3.50
for hoeing 26 acres at $1.05 an acre;
$111.80 for plowing and cultivation
at $4.30 an acre, and SIS for two BUSH
els of peas, making the total cost
$79S.10 and giving him a net profit OF
$S54.26.-Anderson Daily Mail.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-03
Farm work has been progressir

Farm work has been progressing
nicely this week.
There are a few people who insist
on talking hard times: but it is din-
cult to find an individual who is Will"
ing to admit that his own affairs are
in any worse shape than they have al
ways been.
The name of Miss Mary L. Dobson
of Yorkville was inadvertently omitted
from the list of clubmakers published
Tuesday. This was Miss Dobson's hrst
wear and she did not start until late;
but she returned and paid for six
names.
The ladies are going to wear what
ever they like, of course; but large
hats are to be the fashion this season
There will be worn more large hats
than Of any other kind. The Merry
Widow" and the Mary Garden" are
the two leading types.
People who desire to see copy OF
the latest edition Of Webster's Inter-
national dictionary will find one at
The Enquirer office. We are not SELL
ing the book nor have we any pecuni-
ary interest in it's sale; but we will be
pleased to show it to whoever desires
to call for the purpose.
J. Edgar Poag's auction sale next
Monday will furnish a rare opportu-
nifty for people of moderate means seek
ing to invest in small farms, provided
the property is not picked up by ad-
Joining land owners or some large in
vestor. Farms Of the size into which
the Norris tract has been cut are none
too numerous in this part of the state;
but the country would be better off If
II had more Of them.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-03
AFTER THE JUG TRADE-The sub

AFTER THE JUG TRADE.-The sub
committee Of the senate judiciary com
mittee, according to a Washington dis.
patch to the News and Courier, thinks
that it has at last devised a plan which
will seriously interfere with the ship
ment of liquor from another state into
a prohibition state. The committee
has practically agreed to report bill,
the gist Of which is that express COM
panies shall be restrained from hand
ling liquor shipments consigned to
prohibition states.
This is sought to be accomplished by
making it unlawful for express COM
panies to act as agents either for the
consigner or the consignee. Some
states already have a law Of this kind.
1t is held that II express companies
can be prevented from transporting
lottery tickets they can also be inhtb-
tied from carrying liquor. The sub
judiciary committee concluded some
time ago that shipments Of liquor into
prohibition states could not be pre-
vented by subjecting such shipments
to the police regulations of the states,
and as a result all bills predicated upon
that principle were rejected. ...
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-03

THIS comprehensive explanation of
the tobacco trouble in Kentucky is
from the Carolina Spartan:
The American Tobacco company has
antagoniZed the tobacco growers of
Kentucky. There are about thirty
counties in the state that raise GER
tain desirable kind of tobacco. Over
in Illinois there are several counties
that raise the same kind. The Amer
lean Tobacco company is a strong cor
poration. They attempted to get the
crop of 1906 at a low figure. The far
mers would not submit. They formed
holding companies and stored much OF
their tobacco and borrowed money On
it. When the crop of 1907 came in
these holding organizations wished to
keep up the fight and not sell the new
crop until the crop of the preceding
year was sold. But there were many
farmers who slyly sold their tobacco
when the demand was strong and the
price was good. The might riders
have visited many of these farmers
and burned their barns and destroyed
their warehouses. The reason that the
power of the law cannot be brought to
bear on the might riders is that Off
GERS. courts and jurors cannot be Sc
cured to prosecute them. The grow
ing of tobacco has been greatly par
alyZed in certain counties. Farmers
with good tobacco farms are afraid to
plant a crop this year. 1t is a per-
picking problem both from the legal
and industrial standpoint.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-03

CONGRESSMAN Hefin of Alabama
started to a church in Washington last
night and put gun in his pocket On
the way he got into row with a ne
gro on a street car, and shot the negro
and shot a white man ac-
That was a pretty come
off, wasn't it-a congressman going to
a church to deliver temperance lee
ture with a gun in his pocket? Con-
gresham Hefiin has brought disgrace
upon himself and the south. He should
resign.-Anderson Daily Mail.
The Daily Mail is exactly right in
what it says. Congressman Hefiin had
no business interfering with the ne
gro, and his act was that of q ruttian
rather than Of a law abiding citizen.
He should resign; but there is no prob
ability of such a thing. He belongs to
a class that is unable to appreciate
principles of justice and right
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-03

A large number of representative
farmers from different parts of North
Carolina met at Charlotte Wednesday,
and organized the State Farmers Un-
ion. The Charlotte Observer has this
To say about the organization: The
representation of the various counties
in North Carolina was larger than had
been expected. President Barrett de-
clared that the prospects were as bright
for working aggregation in North
Carolina as in any other state where
the organization has been launched.
Mecklenburg sent a full quota of her
farmers to the convention, and these
appeared to be especially interested in
the efforts being made to put together
a substantial set of men TO manage
the affairs of this national organiZa-
ton of North Carolina. The scarcity
of the leaders of the local Cotton
Growers association was noticed.
which evidences the fact that the 9TH
er kindred union has not yet been alb
SOrbed by this new organization. North
Carolina is the 18th state to enter in
to the union. the others being Alabama
Florida, Illinois. Kansas, Louisiana
Mississippi Missouri, Oklahoma, South
Carolina Tennessee and Texas. The
representation at the meeting yester-
day came from the following named
counties in this state which sent large
individual delegations: Alamance, An
son. Montgomery, Moore, Richmond,
Onion. Cabarus, Mecklenburg, Ire
dell. Lincoln, CASTOR, Cleveland, POLK,
Catawba, Rutherford, Macon. McDow-
ell, Haywood. Yancey and Cherokee.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-03

far as the farmers of this county are
concerned, they have not any real or
imaginary grievance against any other
class of citizens in this section. There
is absolutely nothing of the spirit of
anarchy, or even socialism among
them, nor is there likely to be; but
they very generally appreciate the ad-
visibility of keeping in close touch
with each other as TO all matters relat-
ing to their own welfare and the well
fare of the country, and for the fur
therance of these ends the union is a
most capital agency.
The principal need of the Union at
this time is membership Of all Of the
farmers who are eligible to member
shin
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-03
CHE aIorkrille enquirer.
Entered at the Postoffice in Yorkville
as Mail Matter of the Second Glass.
YORKVILLE, s. c.,
FRIDAY, APRIL 3. 1903.

Mr.. s. F. Boney. formerly of York
county. has assumed the editorial
of the Laurensville Her
aid. Mr. Boney is a graduate Of Fur
man. has had experience as a school
teacher, and has been connected with
the Union Times and News and Cou-
rier He is a young man of character
and ability, we'll equipped for the ex-
acting work he has undertaken.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-03

THE Yorkville Enquirer announces
that it has a larger subscription list
than ever before in its history. We
are glad to know our contemporary is
receiving the support it deserves. The
Enquirer is the best county newspaper
in the state, except possibly the An
derson Peoples Advocate.-Anderson
Daily Mail.
Now there comes our good friend
again with the highest compliment it
knows how to pay, as high a compli-
ment as The Enquirer could seek. OF
course, we are not going to claim pre-
cedence over the Peoples Advocate.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-03
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Messrs. ]. S. and Charles Ross, have
returned from Arkansas. Mr.. j. s.
Ross is with the York Furniture COM
pany, and Mr.. Charles Ross will work
this year with his uncle. Mr.. j. M.
Price.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-03
Death of Miss Lessie Barron.

Miss Lessie Barron, daughter Of Mr.
j. p. Barron Of Tirzah, died at the
home of her father last Wednesday
evening, of tuberculosis, the disease
having been contracted about a year
ago while undergoing training as a
nurse Miss Barron had but recently
completed her course Of training. She
spent last winter in Florida. and was
apparently getting along nicely until
attacked by grip, some four weeks ago
and from that time she sank rapidly.
She had been home only about three
weeks The end came rather uneN-
pectly, her father having just gone to
North Carolina to make arrangements
to have her spend while in the noun
tains. Miss Barron was about 25 years
of age. She was an unusually bright
and attractive young lady, with many
friends, and until stricken with the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-03
LOCAL LAcoNlCS.
The Flag Raising.

The Flag Raising.
There is every indication that there
will be a large crowd at the flag rails
ing at Clover tomorrow. One of the
reasons is that whenever Glover un-
dertakes to have any kind Of q to-do,
she succeeds.
In the Supreme Court.
Lucy keenan,, ct al, appellants, VS..
D. P. Leslie, respondent. Affirmed
Opinion by Ira B. Jones, associate JUS
tice. This case involved the title to
land now held by Mr.. D. P. Leslie, un-
der a guaranteed title. Although ap-
pearing as the defendant, he was only
SO nominally. The decision Of the su-
preme court confirms Mr.. Lesslie's IL
t1a
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-02-17
GirOux Gets Patents
to Forty Claims

Patent right to 40 mineral claims
of the Giroux Consolidated Copper
company was received and placed on
file yesterday at the Office of the
county recorder. With this docu-
ment in their possession the way is
clear for the company having now
undisputed ownership to nearly all
of the claims which comprise the
porperty.
The claims named, 40 in number,
are enumerated as follows: The
Taylor. Dewey, Good Enough, Texas,
Pilot Knob. Union. Sacramento, Pcca-
hontas. Schley, Riepe, Flying Dutch
man, Brooks Copper, Bunker Hill,
Kaboony. Humbug, Dexterm Iowa.
Watson No. 2. Washington, Emma
Nevada, White Chief, Redeemer,
Richard. Alpha. Contact. Sam Long,
Easter. Black Jack, Bush Wax, Frac-
ton, Victor. Goldbug, Lexington,
New Yrok. Kentucky. Toledo. Cali
fornia. Tonopah and Giroux.
The description is fulsome In the
extreme, each claim being described
from every bearing. 1t is sufficient
to say, however, that the properties
named lie in and form portions of
sections 3. 6, Z. 8, 3, 16, II and Is,
In township | 6 north, range So east.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-02-17
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF
SToCKHOLDERS.

Notice is hereby given that spe-
cial meeting of the stockholders of
the Bank of Ely, Incorporated. is
hereby called to meet at the Office
of the corporation In the City of Ely,
Nevada, ON Saturday. the 18th day of
February, 1908, at IL O'Clock a. m.
for the purpose of considering and
voting upon resolution submitted
by the board of directors to amend
Article III of its Articles of Incorpo-
ration to read as follows:
"The principal Office and place of
business of said corporation In the
State of Nevada shall be located at
the northeast corner of Avenue d and
18th street, in Ely City, County of
White Pine.
Said corporation may also have
such other Offices and places of bust
Less at which meetings of the board
of directors and of the stockholders
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-02-17

casions compelled his wife to get
up In the night and walk at the end
of rifle to his quarters in his sa-
loon from the hotel she has operated.
Such abuse was protested against by
several, with result that Chapman
declared himself gun man with rec
ord of having killed three men and
threatened to kill any one who in
terfered with him. Succeeding this
threat he was confronted by one man
who had been threatened and warned
that the community would not toler-
ate any further abuse of the woman
and that Chapman could go armed
from his saloon only at his peril.
The trouble in the saloon came
about through Chapman starting to
go after his wife with rife. Doran,
the barkeeper, stopped him, when
Chapman attempted to shoot him.
In taking his gun from him 1t was
discharged, the ball tearing through
one of Doran's fingers. He kept his
grip on the gun, however, and after
securing 1t beat Chapman into sub
nilsson. In hammering him over the
head the gun was twice accidentally
discharged. the bullets lodging in the
floor of the saloon. Doran is known
as quiet. trouble avoiding man. He
could readily have killed Chapman
in the course of the saloon fight had
he so desired. charitable view
taken of Chapman's recent conduct
Is that liquor may have made him
in degree irresponsible.
In letter addressed to the News,
Chapman makes denial that his
trouble with the barkeeper was due
to attempt on his part to abuse his
wife His statement follows:
I'm justice to myself and wife
wish you would kindly rectify mis-
take in regard to my being wife
beaten My wife and | have never
had word nor have | ever raised
my hand to her. was murderously
assaulted by Frank Doran when my
back was turned. in my place of bust
ness. mad | shot his fingers off. This
is a correct statement. and my wife
had nothing to do with the matter in
any respect. If you publish this
written statement, you will oblige,
Yours very truly,
CHARLEY F. CHAPMAN"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-02-17
Weak Was The
Tone of the
Market
At Close of the Week
But Better Things Are
Expected.

The market yesterday exhibited
but few features of interest, al
though the encouraging feature oil
3 sellers not anxious to part with stock
and buyers willing to take up at con
sentative prices all offerings. Thai
phase, while Saturday was as usual
a quiet day both on local and outside
exchanges, leads to belief that with
the opening of the markets this week
brighter times will again be seen.
Throughout the entire week little OF
interest has been noted in rise and
fall of the locals. Slight losses were
visible in all of them from the begin
ming of the week. but this is consid-
cred due to profit taking in the east.
Local buyers are confident of the fu-
ture of the big local issues and buy
ing is result.
The sales yesterday were not large
on the local exchange, only $500
shares changing hands Rawhide
Orc, the local issue, was the banner
stock, as II has been ever since II was
first placed on the boards last Mon
day. $500 snares at cents were
sold yesterday During the week the
whole of the first allotment OF 3d.
600 shares was disposed of. Another
allotment of $4,000 shares has been
made, however. Federal Ely was
second in number of shares sold, 700
changing hands at 16 ~ cents. Rob
inson sold at " cents. The
other sales were Cumberland Sly, 30
at $6.S71a; Butte Ely. 800 at 30
cents; Ely Consolidated, 100 at "a;
Ely Bonanza Copper, 100 at 81; Gil
roux Consolidated, 10 at 1887 II.
The quotations of the larger issues
will he found in the graduated scale
for the week. showing prices for the
six days
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-02-17
Horses Readily Sale.
able in Ely

In spite of the fact that the de-
mand for horses in this section is not
so great at the present time as a
year ago, prices of both saddle and
harness animals are keeping up well,
while feed is as high as last year
during the corresponding period.
'uood horses bring good prices,
an average riding or driving animal
being worth from 500 to $50. ac-
cording to age and ability" said J..
II. McNulty yesterday. Ready sale
for good horse can be found at any
time. The price for common
plug of course is not so large. that
kind of animal being cheap.
"A good draught team will average
in price about $500, while a heavy
team will bring one or two hundred
dollars more. Teams of this kind
can always be sold because few heavy
horses, or practically none, are raised
in this state.
Feed prices at present are about
on the level they have maintained
for months. Baled wild hay averages
1928 ton, while loose hay of the
same grade will average 500. Oats
at present brings about $50 a ton.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-02-17

occasioned considerable enthusiastic
comment in Republican political cir
cles in the city yesterday. Apparent
ly there are not lacking Republicans
who believe that Oddie car ries a
large amount of strength and will
have most excellent show to win the
high post he desires The serious
consideration the announcement oc-
casioned In the Democratic camp was
given expression last evening In an
article written by Lieutenant Gov
ernor Dickerson, the strain of which
was so placating as to indicate that
effort will be brought to bear to in
duce Oddie TO retire from the arena
on the grounds of good fellowship.
Mr.. Dickerson's bouquet was rs fol-
lows:
Senator Oddie is a pleasant, gen
ial gentleman; man of eonsidera-
bic ability and a thorough-going pa
triotic Nevadan, and If we are to
have another Republican United
States senator from Nevada in the
federal congress next year, there is
no one whom the Expositor would
rather see In that exalted position
than Tasker l.. Oddie. We 10 not
believe, however, that Senator Gal
lagher was correctly quoted. We do
not believe that Senator Oddie is an
active candidate for the place. No
one knows better than Senator O1die
the hold that Francis G.. Nevlands
has on the voters Of this state; and
being a shrewd politician it Is not
at all likely that the Nye county SEN
ator Is going to allow his head to be
used as a battering ram against a
stone wall. Senator Newlands is con-
coded to be even by those who differ
from him politically, the best repre-
sentative Nevada has ever had in the
upper branch of the national legis-
lature. He Las accomplished more
for the state in the 12 years lie has
been in congress than all the other
representatives combined have ac-
complished since the state was al
mitted to the union. The voters of
Nevada appreciate his services and
are not ungrateful.'
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-02-17
Wishes For a
RetrdCtiOn of
Story

From information the News has
from reliable source, there came near
being murder as outcome of the trou-
BILE at Mizpah in which Saloonist
Chapman and his harkeeper figured
last week, and may yet be murder,
the situation being far from clear.
Ugly feeling exists and should Chap
man again oyerstep the bounds some
ones life would probably pay the
penalty.
The complete story of the Mizpah
trouble puts very different light on
it than that which Chapman in a
letter to the News, printed below.
would have appear. According to
the information that has been OBJ
tained, Chapman or couple of oc-