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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-04

THE newspapers are succeeding IN
filling the atmosphere with a feeling
that there is a good chance for Bryan
and it is quite possible that such Is
the fact. Of course, the south will go
as solid as usual; but that will be
worth nothing unless some of the
doubtful states can be brought into the
Democratic column. This is to be done
only by means Of hard work and lots
Of it. The best way for the south to
help is to contribute money If the
south will contribute literally, it will
do lots of good, and in the event OF
success, it will come in for more gen.
erous recognition than otherwise.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-04
CHANGES OF SCHEDULE.

Rock Hill Record: The following
schedule changes of local interest will
go into effect this coming Sunday:
No. 113 will leave Rock Hill at 500
p. m., arriving at Blacksburg at $40
p. m., arriving at Marion at 1905 p. m.
No. 2S will leave Columbia at 200 p.
n; Rock Hill at ASS p. m.
No. 20 will leave Spencer at LAS p.
m, arriving at Rock Hill at 4.20 a. m,
arriving at Columbia at 6.45 a. m.
BY this arrangement it will be prac-
ticable to leave Columbia at 2 o'clock
p m, and reach Yorkville at $50 p. m.
Heretofore the afternoon train from
Columbia has not been arriving at
Rock Hill until after the departure of
the train for Yorkville, Blacksburg and
Marion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-04
THE ASSAULT ON Mr.. GRIsT.
Comments on the Recent Incident In
the Office of the Clerk Of the Court.

In addition to the various newspa-
per comments already published in
connection with the recent assault by
Mr. w. H. Windle Of Fort Mill town
ship on Mr.. w. D. Grist, editor Of the
Yorkville Enquirer, the following
have been clipped from various sources
indicated in connection with each.
(Yorkville correspondence Charlotte
Observer and News and Courier).
Yorkville, August 27.-Special: Mr.
] w. D. Grist, editor Of The Yorkville
Enquirer, was brutally beaten in the
Office of the clerk Of court here this
afternoon by w. H. Windle, Of Fort
Mill Township, in this county. Mr.
Grist was engaged in copying the ex-
pense account Of the various candi-
dates in the recent primary when
Windle, accompanied by w. Thomp.
son Jackson, stepped up to him. Both
Windle and Jackson had heavy walk
ing sticks in their hands. Mr.. Grist
spoke to Windle, saying: "Howdy
do" and in reply was struck over the
head and knocked to his knees. The
blow was followed in rapid succession
by others and Mr.. Grist given no OPP
portunity to defend himself. He
weighs about 165 pounds, Windle- not
far from 200 and Jackson not less
than $50.
After Windle had struck Mr.. Grist
a number Of blows, Clerk Of the Court
Tate, who owes his denomination to
office on Tuesday largely to the efforts
Of Windle and Jackson, suggested that
the assault had probably gone far
enough, when Jackson insisted that
they be allowed to fight 1t out, and
Windle continued to use his stick and
fists. Finally, Mr.. Grist concluding
that it was their purpose to murder
him, and as all three were his enc
mics, called several times for the po-
lice, but the door having been closed
by Jackson, he was not heard outside.
About this time Windle and Jackson
left the office, and, although suffering
considerably, Mr.. Grist finished his
work and returned to his office.
The alleged reason for the assault
was that Mr.. Grist had slandered him
In his paper, the alleged slander be-
ing that The Enquirer had called at
tention to the fact that Windle, al
though not a candidate, was taking
considerable interest in politics all
over the county. 1t is fact that he
was present at a large proportion of
the campaign meetings, working In
the interest Of certain candidates at
each precinct visited. He was an ar
dent supporter Of Cole L. Blease, who
was opposed by The Enquirer. No ar
rests have been made.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-04
VOTE FOR SMITH.
Senator Applet Says Evans Stands For
Western Union.

Are the people of South Carolina
going to vote to increase the corpora
ton force in the United states senate
Should they elect John Gary Evans,
they have turned upon themselves an
other screw of oppression, if corpora
tiOns are oppressive, and the great
leader of Democracy, William Jen-
nings Bryan, says they are the enc
mics of mankind and must be contrOll-
ed" How can they be controlled when
the paid attorneys of corporations are
chosen by the people?
1t is fOOliShneSS to vote for Bryan
and Kern. and elect men who make
the laws that represent the institutions
BRYAN and Kern regard "enemies OF
mankind" 1t matters not If a man
does claim to be a Democrat in South
Carolina. if he is an attorney for a
combination or trust, he is not the
Democrat wanted by Bryan and Kern,
and. the fact of a candidate denounc-
ing corporations on the stump when
asking the people to vote for him, be-
ing then and there a paid lawyer fol
corporations, should be enough to open
the eyes and awaken the distrust of
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-04

Insects have the greatest lifting power
for their weight. The inventor says
that the faster you go the less lifting
surface you need. The new model Is
expected to make forty miles an hour;
The motor weighs 10 pounds and will
run at 400 revolutions a minute,
which. with the gearing. makes the
two propellers travel 500 revolutions
a minute. There is a horizontal rud-
der in front and a vertical one behind.
This machine has three levers, al
though the one in France has only
two. They are used to bend the planes
and to turn the rudder. The start Is
made from a single rail, and the land
ing is made on skids. Wilbur wright,
continuing his flights in France, has
succeeded in making a speed Of 80
kilOmeters an hour with the wind.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-04
. Spartanburg special of September

- Spartanburg special Of September
to the Columbia State: John Robin
sons circus was tied up here today by
representatives of the bureau Of animal
husbandry Of the department of agri-
culture, and required to thoroughly
disinfect its cars, stock and animals
with the view of destroying Texas few
er ticks, with which the circus might
be infected. The process of spraying
and washing prescribed by the gov
ernments agents was followed and 1t
was late tonight before the work was
done. The first intimation the circus
people had that they were In for this
general cleaning was advice from Mr.
Otis, local agent Of the Southern rail-
way, that his road had been served
with notice from government authori-
ties not to move the Robinson circus
from Spartanburg to Hendersonville,
\. c., until authorized to do so. The
action was taken to prevent viola
ton of the cattle quarantine regula-
tions forbidding stock from tick in
tested district to be shipped into
clean territory Just now the govern
ment Is making an effort to rid Spar
tanburg county Of fever ticks and this
accounts for the presence Of the gov
ernment's representatives here.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-04
(Gaffney Ledger. }

The cowardly and brutal assault on
Editor Dave Grist, Of the Yorkville
Enquirer, by two political heelers last
week cannot be two severely condemn
ed. We do not believe any editor
should use his paper to the injury Of
any man, yet It is within the prov
ince Of an editor to criticise or con-
denim unclean political methods and
when the editor fails in this he fails
In his duty to his constituency. Mr..
Grist believed Windle and Blanken-
ship a bad combination and he Of
Tended them by ridiculing them and
referring to them as the "Windleship
combination" So far as we know he
did not say anything that could be
construed as an insult, but the fact
that they became so exasperated over
the defeat Of their candidates as to
lose their heads and make a deadly
assault upon the editor is a very good
proof that they were a bad combina-
ton indeed. Such methods as adopt
ed by these thugs might frighten some
puppets but no man will alter his
course because Of 1t. We opine that
the "Windleship combination" has lost
some Of its power and prestige by its
unmanly course.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-04

MR.. John Gary Evans stands princi-
pally. for very natural ambition to
receive the highest office under the ma
tional government the people are able
to give him. If there is any other dis
tinctive feature to his claims, we do
not know what it is. Mr.. E. D. Smith
stands for that; but he is sincerely
filed with the idea that he can do
something toward restoring the price
Of cotton to the control of the direct
operation of the laws Of supply and
demand. There is no question of the
fact that Mr.. Smith has accomplished
a great deal along his line, endeavoring
even as a private citizen. If he shall
be sent to the United States senate, he
will be heard from in a way that will
count
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-04
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1908.

son, who was passing the office, heard
CRISIS appeal for help and entered
the room. Seeing that the men were
fighting fair, Jackson told Tate to
stand aside and let them fight 1t out,
at the same time closing the office
door. Unmolested, Windle and Grist
continued to fight for several minutes.
the latter's efforts being almost entire
ly Of a defensive sort. Windle final
ly arose and left the Office and the in
cident was closed. Later in the after
noon Mr. Windle apologized to both
Mr.. Tate and Mr.. Withers for having
attacked Mr.. Grist in the clerks office.
According to The Times informa-
ton neither Of the gentlemen were
arrested for the occurrence. Mr.. Win
dies injuries as a result Of the melee
consisted of a badly bruised right
hand, caused by repeated blows, upon
the face and head Of Mr.. Grist. We
were unable to learn the extent Of Mr..
CRISIS injuries.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-04

THE cotton farmers Of the south car
never hope to come to their own' sc
long as the New York Cotton Exchange
continues to exist, and the general
commercial interest of the south can
not come to a full measure of pros
perity until the cotton farmers come
to their own.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-04

Mr.. George Johnstone is understood
TO have sided with the Hon. John Gary
Evans as against Smith. Mr.. Rhett
has congratulated Mr.. Smith on his
splendid race; but as to whether ne
has made any effort to advise the peo-
pie who supported him in the first race
as to how they should vote in the
second race, we have no information.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-04

EVENTS have so shaped themselves
that it now looks almost like a GER
tainty that there is going to be trou-
BILE between Germany and France on
account Of Morocco. Since the success
Of the revolution that has practically
resulted in the superceding of the for
mer sultan by his brother, Germany Is
anxious to put herself in a position
whereby she will be able to get part
of Morocco.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-04
(Laurens Advertiser }

Editor w. D. Grist of the Yorkville
Enquirer was brutally beaten last
Thursday by w. H. Windle, Of Fort
Mill, York county, for alleged news
paper abuse" With the information
at hand we cannot but believe that
the attack was wholly unwarranted
and that Windle's political acts were
subject to just criticism. The attack
Thursday makes the third assault
committed upon Mr.. Grist during the
two years past, but they have not de-
TERED him from expressing the edi-
torial opin G.5 that have made his pa
per among the hest IN South Carolina.
The mar aer Of GSa..ult upon the edi-
tor was most cowardly and despicable,
Windle Using a heavy stick although
he Is himself much larger and
stronger man than Mr.. Grist; besides
he had three friends present to see
the thing we'll done. The dispatches
say mo arrests have been made"
This we cannot understand. Where
are the police authorities In Yorkville?
Can they give no protection to citi-
zen?
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-04
EVANS AND LATlMER.
How the Vote Stood In Second Pri-
mary of 1902.

The figures by counties in the second
primary held six years ago, September
8. 1902, when John Gary Evans and
Asbury c. Latimer were the candidates
for the United States senate, will be Of
interest at this time to the voters Of
York county Mr.. Evans, it will be not
ed, carried but seven of the forty-one
counties, and most of these were by
small majorities. The vote follows:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-04
Col. SPRINGS loses Heavily.

CONDITION OF CoTTON.-The crop re-
porting board Of the bureau of statis-
tics of the United States department of
agriculture, today announced that the
average condition of the cotton crop on
August 25 was 76.1 per cent Of a nor
NAL crop. This Is compared with 83
on July 25 last, 1871 on August 25, 1907;
77.3 on August 25, 1906, and 1879, the
average of the August 25 conditions for
the past ten years. The report by
states, giving the condition on August
25. last, and the average for ten years
past, respectively, follows:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-04
"E. J. Watson,
DCOmmiSSiOner

If the Information desired by Mr..
Watson is placed in his hands, he will
make use of it that will be Of great
value to the whole state Of South Car
olina. Every individual who has in
formation Of the character desired, will
perform a public service by forwarding
II to Commissioner Watson at once.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-04
Charlotte Observer, September 3).
MIR. TATE'S SIDE OF 1T.

HE FINDS FAULT WITH THE OBsER-
"vER's YoRKvILLE CORRESPONDENTS
REPORT OF ASSAULT oS EDITOR
"GRIsT AND GIVES THE FACTS"
To the Editor of The Observer:
Your Yorkville correspondent gave
an account of an assault on Editor
Grist, in last Fridays issue, which was
very unfair to all the parties mention
ed, except to Editor Grist, and espe-
cially unfair to me.
Your correspondent Is brother to
Editor Grist, and I am the clerk OF
court of York county.
The account states that Mr.. Wfndle
and Mr.. Jackson entered my office to-
gether with sticks and that Windle
jumped on Grist and continued to beat
him over the head with his stick, and
the only interference offered by me
was that 1 Suggested" after awhile
that the assault had probably gone
far enough.
The facts are that Mr.. Windle en-
tered the Office alone and began the
attack on Grist, unexpected by me,
striking him about two or three blows.
was sitting on the opposite side OF
the table and as soon as / could,
got up and got the stick and put 1t out
Of Mr.. Windle's reach. At this juno
ture Mr.. Jackson entered, carrying
his stick, according to custom. Win
die was pounding Grist with his fist,
and I caught Windle's arm and pull
ed him back. He turned on me and
demanded twice that turn him loose.
Jackson said, Turn him loose, Tate,
and let them fight it out" I turned
him loose. Windle struck Grist sew
eral blows with his fist and said, You
draw your pistol on me, you =,
and I will kill you" I could not tell
from my position whether Grist made
any attempt to draw his pistol or not.
Windle choked him and Grist hollered
police. Jackson standing near the
tempts to get his stick. and I would
not let him have it and told him not
to use his stick. Windle and Jackson
then walked out.
The Grist family and I have been
enemies for about thirteen years, but
there has been one or two periods dur
ing that time when we were on good
terms. For the last two or three years
they have been bitter, especially your
correspondent, and they have done all
they could do to defeat me In the re-
cent election, but failed. Your cor
respondent was Influenced to a Won
derful degree in his "write-up" by his
prejudice, and has tried to attach as
much responsibility to me as possible,
for political purposes.
Editor Grist Is a strong man physi-
cally. and 1 think I afforded him all
Of the protection that he could rea-
sonably expect Of me. I am not a
peace officer and have no more to do
with preserving the peace than any
private citizen in such cases. He was
able to proceed with his writing after
the performance. Windle attacked
Grist on account Of offensive publica-
tions about Windle, a matter about
which l was not concerned.
had no knowledge or intimation Of
the attack and was in no way respon-
sible for 1t.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-04
YoRKVILLE. s. c.:
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 4, 1908.

Mr.. F. D. Smith is the best man in
sight. for business and commercial rea-
sons. He stands for something.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-04
(Anderson Daily MailO

1t would appear that whenever the
politicians In York county get asham-
ed Of themselves, they take 1t out by
abusing the editor.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-04
]. A. TATE, C. C. C. P.
Yorkville, S. c., August 31st, 1908.

1t Is fact Windle said, IF you pull
pistol, I'll kill you, - - =" 1t is
also a fact that said 1 had no pistol
It was after I said that, that the attack
was renewed with what seemed to me
increased viciousness, and when Tates
essay at Intervention was checked by
Jackson's counsel ito let 'em have 1t
out" l called for the police.
w. D. GRIsT.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-04
Lancaster News }

II the published reports Of the as
sault on Editor Grist in Yorkville be
true, and they stand uncontradicted,
1t was the most brutal outrage that
has been committed in the state in
years. The grand jury of York coun-
ty should take a hand in the matter.
No one questions, Of course, the re-
sponsibility of an editor for what he
says in his paper, but a resort to
methods akin to those of the coward
ly assassin to obtain satisfaction for
real or fancied grievances should not
be tolerated in q civilized country.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-04

"Q) Money value Of property de-
stroyed, or amount Of damages. includ-
ing railroads, and excluding crops.
"(2) Money value Of crops Destroy
ed. or amount of damage.
"(3) Damage to farm lands by ero-
sion or deposit.
"(4) Money value Of losses occa-
stoned by enforced suspension of bus
mess through flood, including wages OF
employees.
"(5) Money value of property saved
by flood warnings Of the weather bu-
reau.
"(6) (a) Loss Of human life: (b)
loss of cattle, horses, hogs, etc.
Your most careful attention vii
aid in a cause which in a few months
may mean millions of dollars to the
people Of the state, and will be much
appreciated by,
Very truly yours,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-04
LOCAL lACONICS.
Will Send The Enquirer

We Will Send The Enquirer
From this date To January 1st. 1909.
for 81 cents
Heavy Crop Loss.
Messrs. Smith Bros, on Broad river,
lost in the neighborhood Of fifty bales
Of cotton and quite large quantity OF
fine corn by the recent flood. The wa
ter went high over the corn and ruined
it. The cotton suffered in the same
way
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-04
The 4lurkville enquirer.

Entered at the Postoftice in Yorkville
as Mail Matter of the Second Class.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-04
Work on the Monument.

The Enquirer has had no direct in
formation recently as to the progress
Of work on the Kings Mountain monu-
ment; but a gentlemen who lives a
few miles from there said yesterday
that he understood that the headway
was rather slower than the contractors,
make
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-04
CLOVER CULLlNGS.

The Opening of the Schools-cotton
SaIes-Baseball-Mr Wright Loses
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-02-04
oUHEs COLDS QUICKLY

A never failing home remedy for
coughs and colds is made from the fol.
lowing formula to be mixed at home.
1.-TWO ounces Of glycerine, one-half
ounce Of Concentrated pine compound,
one-half pint of good whiskey; mix and
shake thoroughly; use in doses Of q
teaspoonful to a tablespoonful every
four hours"
Thus will cure any cough that is cur
able, or break up an acute cold In.
twenty-ftui hours. The ingredients all
can be gotten at any drug store.
The Concentrated pine is pine prod
uct refined for medical use and comes
only in half ounce bottles, each en-.
closed in round case, which Is air
tight, but be sure that 1t is labeled
Concentrated"
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-02-04
Told Them They Might Search Him.

fined to America alone. The sleeping
in continent which was hers by right
of location and needs, to a race of in
dustrious workers across the sea.
Nor had Germany neglected her
fight for trade at home. There, too,
she found cyclists. SO swollen with
self-sufficiency that by disastrous
tariff methods they had been bested.
England, falling to protect her pro-
ducers had driven her own farmers and
carriers from the field, until, as one dis.
gruntled farmer said: you can't pick
up cabbage in stall which don't
bear the words made in Germany"
and If new crown was needed for the
king, Germany would have stood fair
chance of booking the order. In
natural revulsion which had reached
fever heat before the Japanese-Ameri-
can war broke out, England was try.
ing to obstruct this encroachment.
The feeling thus engendered between
the two nations eliminated in one of
envy on the part of Great Britain and
one of hatred on the part of Germany.
The kaiser, calmly reviewing times
and conditions, decided that the time
had come to strike.
England, with power sadly dimln.
ished through the loss of her great
feet, and at the mercy of the United
States in her richest colony, stood
open to attack. While she was still
mourning defeat, Germany took ex.
ception to the tariff laws In a very
carefully worded message. H. was one
that under normal circumstances
would have provoked demands for
apologies. or. in a refusal Of such. al
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-02-04

He who loveth the danger shah per-
fish thereiu.-The Bible.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-02-04

within "a hours, when the change took
place. At the first days delay the
we'll informed wondered, and when
two days had passed, and finally three,
it became certain that some very I'M
usual event had taken place A Ber-
lin.
Rumors began to creep to London,
to Paris, and soon the. whole world
knew, despite Germany's attempts to
keep the matter secret, that on the
very eve of a crisis the. kaiser, the
most dominant figure in Europe, had
disappeared. Nor was that all.
AS, If to emphasize the fact that 1t
could have been through no mental
alteration that he had gone, the chan.
cellor of Germany had disappeared al
the same time, That something mex.
plicable had taken place was known
within few hours after the kaiser
and chancellor were last seen. On
the night of their disappearance they
had been closeted together with the
empire. This latter officer, fatigued
by duties which had tried him beyond
his years, had left the consultation
at midnight In the room where it
was held there was telephone used
only by certain privileged ones who.
by means of a stated signal to the
switchboard operator, could gain com
munication, Who these were none but
the kaiser knew.
This operator told the secret service
men of the empire that few minutes
past midnight he had answered a call
and received the password which
caused him to make the desired con-
nection with tha emperor's telephone.