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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-21

IF our esteemed friend the Colum-
bia State will pardon us, we will sug-
gest that it take a lesson from the eX-
nerience of that poor fellow out in
Macon, Mo, and not require the mem
berS of its staff to go unShaVen untll
Mr.. Bryan is elected president. ork-
vile Enuuirer Do not worry. The
State is neither frantic nor freakish.
II is making a straight. fair, open hght
for what it cOnceiveS to be the pest
interests of the people of South caro-
lima and Of this whole country. 1t Is
certainly fighting for true Democracy
and to keep the party out OF the grip
of stand patterS and anti-refOrmerS.
II would be better for Democracy,
we think. were there more live interest
manifested in the party by some or
our South Carolina contemporaries
The State.
Our contemporary seems to take the
little dig quoted above quite seriously
and in its last sentence reads us quite
a lecture. But somehow, we cannot be
aroused. Mr.. Bryan is a good, well
meaning man. and if elected we have
no doubt that he would make a better
president than Mr.. Roosevelt has made,
along the same general line. AS we see
il. however. it is a fOregOne conclusion
that the South Carolina delegation Will
vote for him in the nominating con-
vention. and there appears to be no
reason why anybody should become
excited over the matter. There is no
question of the fact that the vote of
this state will go to him if he gets the
nomination. just as it would go to any
other Democrat; but there is no reason
to suppose that the people can be
aroused to do anything else than vote.
They were considerably interested in
Mr.. Bryan the first time he was
nominated: but the second time they
were totally Indifferent. They showed
but little interest in the fortunes of
Judge Parker four years ago, and eX-
cept in the case of a very few, we have
seen no evidence of enthusiasm over
the situation now. That it would be
better for the state and the party if
the papers and the people would take
more interest in the situation, we fully
agree: but as To how such an interest
is to be aroused under present condi-
tions is a problem that we are unable
to solve About the only encourage
ment that we have to offer now is that
our esteemed contemporary keep on
pegging away, and whether it gets the
people interested or not it may succeed
in moving the politicians to an extra
turn or 50.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-21
ABOUT PEOPLE,.
The Rock Hill Record notes the seri.
IL Do,

The Rock Hill Record notes the seri-
Gus illness of Mr. f. H. Barber.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Strauss left yes
terday morning on a visit to Newport
Arkansas.
Mrs. H. H. Crosland of Bennetts-
vile, is visiting her parents Mr. and
Mrs Sam NJ. Grist.
Rev. w. A. Hafner of Bowling Green,
preached to the cadets at Clemson COL
lege on Sunday last.
Miss Willie May GraysOn of Beth
any is visiting friends and relatives in
RuthcTfordtOn, y. G..
Dr. and Mrs. J. ID. Mcdowell and
children arrived Saturday on visit to
Mr.. G. +. Spencers family.
Mrs. VIM. b. McCaw left last week
for New Orleans, where she will spend
some time with relatives.
Misses Georgia and Annie Wither-
spoon returned home after an absence
of a year in Rock Hill and Columbia.
Rev. w. A. Kennedy Of Statesville
N. c., Is visiting the family Of his
father. MIR. ]. r. Kennedy at Sharon.
Miss Mary Eunice Grist has return
ed home from visit TO her sister
Mrs II. II. CrOsland. in Bennettsville
Mr.. Rembert Mccain and sister
Miss Laurens. Of Columbia, spent sew
eral days with the family Of Mr.. Fra nix
p. Mccain this week.
Mr.. X. r. Love has erected Il hand
some cottage three miles southeast of
Yorkville, and will with his family
move into it this week.
Mr.. Edw. Finley and Miss Frances
Finley came up from Columbia Sat
urday and spent Easter with York
vile relatives and friends.
Mr.. J. r. Barnwell Of Yorkville No
6, who has been in Richmond for
about five months, studying telegraphy
and Ok-keeping returned home last
Friday.
Mrs. NJ A. Raines. who has been
spending a while with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. j. c. Dickson. returned to
Columbia yesterday morning, accom-
panied by her sister, Miss Grace Dick
son.
Miss Annetta Dobson, formerly OF
Yorkville, was married on Sunday OF
last week to Mr.. Won Lee Livingston
of North, S. G. The ceremony took
place at Salley. the home Of Miss Dob
sons sister, Mrs. Tully Sawyer. and
was Witnessed ny d HulllDel VI lilCiu7
of the young people. The bride is a
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Dob
son, now of Gaffney.
The following young ladies from
Winthrop college spent Sunday and
Monday with relatives and friends in
Yorkville: Misses Jennie McClain
Winnie Crawford, Annie Crosland
Bessie Pegram, Louise Guy, Elizabeth
Wannamaker, Martha McAlpine, Fred
RIGA Lindsay, Mary Gailliard, Florrie
Bates, Marguerite Shief. Margaret
Moore, Clara Barr, Marie Moore, Mel
lie Watkins, Helen Lowry, Mary and
Carrie Cartwright, Norma McNair
Helen Witherspoon.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-21

reason the fact seems to have been so
well established by time that people
have ceased to question 1t.
An incident quite unusual but illus
trative Of Judge Watts's character,
occurred last week at the close Of the
trial of Andrew WitherSpOOn, colOred,
charged with the murder of Link Nc
Cav. The testimony showed that Nc
cav had hold of IL negro woman ana
was forcing her To go with him against
| her will. The woman and another old
er woman. who was with her, were
crying for help. WitherSpOOn appeared
on the scene with a gun and ordered
McCaw to turn the woman loose.
McCaw made for Witherspoon with a
pistol and razor, and WitherspoOn kill
ed him. There was nothing in the
, Testimony against the character of the
woman.
After all the testimony was in
Judge Watts turned to the solicitor
and inquired:
You are not going to ask for a ver-
dict in this case are you?"
I'll not ask for a verdict Of murder
your honor; but do not feel like TAX
ing the responsibility Of cOnsenting to
a verdict Of not guilty"
We'll IN take that responsibility,
the honor to preside over this court
he continued, 1T shall not be said that
a man has been put in serious danger
of life and liberty for protecting a res
Ipectable woman from assault. Here Is
the testimony showing that this fellow
who was killed had a pistol, razor
and bottle of liquor, and was trying to
force this woman against her will
There has been nothing to show that
the woman is not respectable, and Mr.
Foreman, you just write verdict OF
not guilty
on one occasion in Grcenville some
ten or twelve years ago, white mar
was arlaigned before Judge Watts or
the charge of assault and battery. The
pl osecuting witness was young ne
gro woman nurse. The defendan,
plead guilty with the explanation that
his wife had demonstrated with the
negro for keeping the baby out after
dark. The negro offended again, anC
when his wife scOIded her, the negro
slapped his wife's face. As soon as ne
reached the scene he gave the woman
an unmerciful whaling with Il walking
stick. The solicitor snbstantiated the
defendants story, and Judge waits
said:
Under the law you are guilty Of as
saut and battery and II Is my duty tc
impose sentence. If You had not done
what you did do in this case | woulC
have been glad To send you To the
penitentiary. except that the peniten'
tiary is too good for a man who is toe
contemplate to protect the white wo'
men of this country from such out
rageOus impudence on the part or ne
gro servants. In view Of your plea Of
guilty. however, the sentence OF the
court is that you go to Jail for per-
iod Of one minute or pay fine OF five
cents"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-21
CORN CONTEST NOTES.

The attention of all who are inter-
ested in the corn prize contest is call
ed to the letter from Commissioner
Watson and the summary of the state
contest manual, published on the first
page Of tOday'S issue of The Enquirer
From this letter and summary it ap-
pears that the participants in the
Farmers Union contest will also be
entitled to participate in the state con-
test, and in view of the extraordinary
inducements that are being offered to
York county farmers, we think that
they should carry off all the prizes of
the state contest The machinery to
be provided by the Farmers Union for
measuring prize acres, and gathering
and weighing crops will also greatly
facilitate the contest. 1t must be re-
membered, however. that every indi-
vidual who intends to participate in the
state contest must at once provide
himself with a copy of the manual that
has been provided by the state COM
missioners, and which will be furnish
ed on application to Commissioner
Watson at Columbia, without cost.
While it was originally intended to
raise one hundred dollars of the corn
prize money by pro rata assessments
on the contestants. those who have
committee will note that the idea has
been abandoned. There will be no as
sessments upon the contestants what
ever except an entrance fee of fifty
cents. They are at liberty to contri-
butte to the general fund if they so de-
sire: but there is nothing compulsory
about such contribution.
1t appears that there is some misun-
derstanding as to the reason for the
requirement that the participant in the
corn contest who secures the largest
production from an acre, must show on
the other acres required Of him yield
up to IS per cent of the best acre.
The reason is very good. 1t will be
remembered that the contest had its
inception in desire to have every far
mer in the county plant at least two
acres of corn to the plOw on the inten-
sive system. If the prizes had been
offered for the largest yields on in
dependent acres, each contestant would
have been at liberty to devote his
whole attention to a single acre. Un-
der the IS per cent provision, however,
no contestant will be able to neglect
any one of the acres required of him
as a prerequisite to eligibility.
The writer has information that
several of the Farmers Union locals
are to make the collective subscrip-
tions asked Of them: but as yet have
not had time to act. A few members
of the Cotton Belt Union last week
raised a subscription of $500, but de-
cided not to report the same until all
of the members have had an Oppor-
tunity to chip in and the amount is in
creased.
Reports from different sections in
dicate that there will be a number OF
entanrts in the prize contest. Some of
the intending entrants say they have
little hope of winning out over other
corn raisers of which they have knowl-
edge: but at the same time they are
sure that faithful effort will be profit
able to them, win or lose.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-21
WITHIN THE TOWN.

There are quite a number of con-
tractors in Yorkville to submit bids
for the proposed sewerage work. The
bids are tO be opened tomorrow
morning.
- The TavOra mill will close down to-
day. The York mill will probably close
soon. but il is understood that the
Neely mill will continue To operate fol
the present
-- The Schubert symphony club and
lady quartette appeared in the Graded
school auditorium last Saturday night
under the auspices of the Winnie Da =
Wis chapter United Daughters of the
COnfederacy and gaVe.a irSt-claSS en-
tertainment Because of the fact that
il was Saturday night and the business
people were not able to get out earlier
the performance did not commence
until S.45 o'clock. There was quite a
large audience at the entertainment
and everybody enjoyed the splendid
programme immensely.
- Some curious interest was attach
ed to IL marriage performed in the
clerks office yesterday afternoon by
]. G. Wilborn, Esq. The contracting
PARTIES came down on the G. d NV
train from Hickory. n. c.. and inform
tU MI. w. II. lstllIIltl llltll ilI'N ut-
sired to be married. Mr.. Latimer call
ed in Mr.. Wilborn and the knot was
tied in short order and approved style.
The couple gave their names as John
Allen Spencer and Sarah Rector Mil
Ter.
The people Of YOrkville may as
well recognize that it is up TO them to
do something with reference to the
electric light and shade tree problem.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-21
GENERAL SESSIONS.

The court of general sessions which
convened on Monday Of last week, and
the proceedings of which have already
been reported up to last Friday at 8
o'clock, concluded its work Friday af-
ternOOn at o'clock and was adjourned
sine die.
In the case of DR.. G.. w. HILL tried
on the charge of assault and battery
with intent to kill and carrying con-
cealed weapons. the jury found mot
guilty" as to the first count, and guilty
as to the second. The defendant was
sentenced to pay a fine of $65 and for
felt the pistol with which he shot Mr..
Massey.
Rose WitherSpoOn charged with as
Sault and battery with intent to kill.
was convicted of assault and battery
of high and aggravated nature and
sentenced To pay fine of $50 or to
serve four months at hard labor in the
state penitentiary.
Will Dunlap and Robert Johnson,
convicted Of the murder Of Nathan
Lindsay and recommended to the mer-
cy of the court. were sentenced to the
state penitentialY for the remainder
of their lives. Al Williams, convicted
of the murder of Jim Crockett with a
similar recommendation. received a
similar sentence.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-21

REV. f. c. Hickson has Withdrawn
from the joint editOrship of the Union
Times because he and Mr.. Rice were
unable to agree as to what to prlh'
and what not To print. 1t seems tha'
the immediate cause Of the Spllt-ul
was the desire of Mr.. Hickson To jnmI
on q carnival company before it came
to town. and Mr. Rice did not want the
humping done until after the carnival
had left. Mr.. HickSOn insists that MS
editorial conduct must be influenced
bv nothing other than his consclen-
tious conviction of what is right, and
Mr.. Rice suggests that the newspaper
NAV be due some Difference to the
conscientious convictions of the other
fellow as we'll The difference between
the two gentlemen is one that is easily
appreciated by practical newspaper
men. but a practical newspaper man
would hardly be able to adjust 1t "a
the satisfaction of either.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-21

sion that this fact must, in greater or
less measure. account for some i'm
proper verdictS.
The venire Of last week was what is
known as cOnvicting venire. There
is very little doubt of that. No one
was improperly convicted. Every de-
fendant got about what was coming Ia
him except that it might have been
better if there had been no recommen-
datinns to mercy in the murder cases
but it is exceedingly difficult to get a
murder verdict these days. The aver
age juror is more apt to acquit in 4
clean cut murder case than he Is even
to bring i'm a verdict of manslaughter
The conditions described above are
not peculiar to York county. Judges
and solicitors are familiar with then
everywhere. 1t is generally conceded
that convicting juries are more com
mon in York than in most Of the other
counties: but the cOncenSus of opinion
among those best in position to know
is that Spartanburg and Horny coun-
ties lead the list in this particular.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-21
and they do not propose to continue

production.
The shutting down of the mills
means lots Of things that are undesir-
able: but not the less certain of the
undesirable things ii means is the cur
taimcnt of the demand for raw mater
ial. and that iS the matter of the
greatest concern To the people of this
Part Of the country at this particular
time.
In the event the American mills all
shut down. there is no telling how long
il will take To realize on their accumu-
lated stocks. 1t must be remembered
/ that the reason those stocks have ac-
cumulated is because the people have
not been buying. The people could
absorb the last thread of these accu-
mutations within a few weeks or
months if they had the money and the
inclination: but on the other hand 1t
must not be forgotten that the people
themselves have accumulated consid-
erable stocks of old clothes, and these
may be worn indefinitely. So as long,
therefore as the people stay out of the
market the accumulated stocks will
continue to drag.
The farmers of the south have sew
cral million bales of cotton on hand,
and they have started another crop.
They have on hand enough cotton to
| last quite a while without any more
|
remain ut a Standstill there is no prob
ability of an Improvement in the price
Of that already in hand. The outlook,
therefore. suggests the possibility that
producers may eventually find them
selves carrying parts of the crops OF
| two years at once.
For the producers who have held
their cotton thus far to attempt to sell
now would be absurd. They would find
that there is no demand. There really
| is very little demand in this country
and there is not much demand any
where except at lowest notch prices.
Under conditions as they exist
| there is but one sensible thing for the
farmer to do and that is to plant as
little cotton this spring as possible. If he
has good part Of last years cotton on
hand. he does not want to plant an
other seed If he has no cotton on
hand, he does not want to plant half as
much as he would if the outlook was
good for a fair price.
nf nnnnln
ask. But what are we going to do?'
The question is perfectly natural, and
the best way to answer it is by ask
ing others. If you are in debt, how
do you expect to get out by planting a
crop that does not promise to sell for
as much as it cost?
People can wear their old clothes;
but they cannot do without something
to eat, and the policy Of every wise
farmer this year will be to first raise
double supply Of food for man and
beast. A thribble supply will be bet
ter than q double supply and after that
| is assured, let every man raise as much
cotton as he can.
There is no panic among the farm
erS. There has never been and there
can never be. But the individual far
mer is governed by business princi-
Piles just the same as any other indi-
vidual, and in a situation like this af-
fectng his welfare as it does, every
| farmer will do we'll to keep his busi-
ness as nearly as possible within his
own control.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-21
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There are too many wires for the trees
or too many trees for the wires. Many
places are to be found where the wires
have lost their insulation by contact
with the branches Of the trees, and 1t
is evident that many of the trees are
suffering. During fair weather, users
of electricity suffer no Inconvenience:
but with each rainy spell, short cir
cults are more or less frequent and the
current is made unreliable for the
many uses Ia which it is now being
applied The situation looks very much
like Il matter of having the trees cut
or killed away. or having the wires put
under the ground.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-21
Official announcement of the F4d

Official announcement of the Ftd-
dlers convention is published today
The convention is to be held in the
court house at YOrkville on Friday
night, May 8, under the auspices OF the
YorkVille COrnet Band. The band gen
orally and the committee especially
will do everything possible to make
the occasion a complete success and a
great time is expected. 1t is hoped to
gather all of the most famous old time
fiddlers, banjoists and dancers, and
all are cordially invited. Almost every
neighborhoOd has it particular cham
pion and each neighborhood Is urged
to have itself represented.
The picnic at Eastview school house
announcement of which was made In
the last issue of The Enquirer. is to
be on Friday, May !, instead Of Satur-
day. May 2, and it is to be school
rather than political gathering
The advertisement was written under
verbal instruction by third party who
authorized the signing of the narne OF
Mr. r. NJ. Anderson as representing
the committee in charge, and the er-
rorS occurred by reason of a miSunder-
standing on the part of the writer. The
Eastview people hope for a large at
tendance, and if any who are candi-
dates for public office desire to avail
themselves of the pleasures of the day,
they also will be welcome, of course,
just as other individuals. This state
ment is for the purpose of correcting
such false impression as may have
been made in the original announce
ment. The advertisement has been
changed to read as those in charge of
the occasion desire.
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ger of the amalgamation of white and
blacks. There must be perfect sub
mission from the one, he said, and
complete control by the other. This,
he said would result i'm the negroes
gradually becoming educated and
their removal to other states. where
they could have greater privileges. As
the negroes increased i'm numbers i'm
those states. he asserted. they would
be diSfranchiSed "until finally, having
grown strong during these years OF
wandering i'm the wilderness. they
would have the manhood to go out
and with the white mans help cStah-
lish homes for themselves.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-21
THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY.

The undersigned have subscribed
the amounts opposite their names for
the use of the Farmers Union Of York
county in offering premiums for the
best acres of corn in a competition re-
Gently instituted by that organization:
1t is desired that the aggregate fund
be not less than five hundred dollars,
and when that sum is reached the
subscription will be closed. Should
that amount not be reached the COM
mittee will use for the purpose in
dicated such sum as may be subscrib-
ed. All promises Of subscriptions Will
be promptly acknowledged in The En-
quirer, and be furnished to Mr.. A. l..
Black, secretary and treasurer OF the
Union for record. Payment is to be
made to Mr.. Black on or before Sep
tember /, 1908.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-21
LOCAL LACONlCS.

We Will Send The Enquirer
From this date to January 1st, 1909,
for $1.4O.
Big Building and Loan.
Rock Hill has launched a Building
and Loan association with an author
lied capital of 100000. The cashiers
Of the three banks are on the board
of directors.
Case of Hydrophoba.
A horse belonging to Mr.. Brown
Oates of TirZah, was bitten by a mad
dog recently. and afterward became so
| frantic and ungovernable that 1t was
decided best to kill it. This was done
last Saturday.
Wanted For Murder.
Tom Falls, a negro man who has
been working for Mr.. R. NJ. PlaXco Of
Bethany. was arrested by Deputy
Sheriff Quinn yesterday for a murder
committed in Cleveland county, n. c.,
last December. The arrest was made
at the instance of the Cleveland au-
thorities.
Bond Issue Defeated.
An election held in Fort Mill school
district last Friday on the question of
issuing $4,000 worth of bonds to be
used in the erection of a new school
building was defeated by small ma
jority. The town has a brick school
building. but il is old and in poor state
of repair. The advocates of the pro-
posed bond issue urged that the pres
ent building is a fire trap and that the
town should have modern. new build
ing in keeping with present conditions.
The opponents Of the proposition held
that the present building could be put
in satisfactory repair at comparatively
small cost and that there is no prac
tica necessity for new building.
Killed In Machinery.
Mr.. J. NJ Nicely foreman for Messrs.
Glenn & Allison on their plantation
four miles south Of YOrkvlle, died
Sunday morning from the effects of
injuries sustained in ii tragic accident
last Friday afternoon. When last seen
alive and well, Mr. Neely was looking
after the running of an engine pulling
a cotton gin. Shortly afterward he
was found unconscious with frightful
bruises about his head. He did not
recover sufficiently to tell how the ac-
cident occurred. 1t is supposed that
his clothing caught in the belt while he
was engaged in Oiling the engine and
that his head may have been crushed
against the fiy-wheel of the engine or
the gin pulley. Just what may have
happened is a matter Of speculation.
The deceased was about 80 years Of
age and leaves a widow and four chill
dren. He was hardwOrking, indus
trious man, we'll thought of by those