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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-01-28
WITHIN THE TOWN.

Court convenes next Monday, and
will probably be in session two weeks
The regular monthly meeting Of the
York County Farmers Union is to be
held next Monday, salesday for Feb
ruary.
There is to be another change OF
schedule on the Carolina and North
Western railroad on February 2. Un-
der this change the northbound passen-
ger train will pass Yorkville at S.53 in
stead of SIS as now, and the south
bound train No. 9, will pass here at 5.52
instead of 5.45 as now.
john Hughes, a negro WAGNER was
badly hurt in a runaway last Saturday
evening He was driving two mules tc
a load Of wood up Kings Mountain
street when the mules got beyond his
control and ran. He was thrown from
the wagon and dragged some distance
At first it was thought that the poor
fellow would die; but his condition Is
now hopeful.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-01-28
LOOKS LIKE REPEAL.
House of Representatives Will Do Away
With Lien Law.

News and Courier:
Columbia, January 24.-The house
to-day again recorded It's conviction
that the lien law should be repealed.
BY vote Of 75 to 29 the motion to Kill
the Richards repeal bill was killed.
Last year the same bill was passed by
a vote of 7S to 80, there being practi-
cally no change in the vote compara-
lively. The Richards bill last year was
killed In the senate by vote Of 20 to
16. It Is thought there will be differ
ent lineup in the senate this year and
that the repeal bill may go through.
The debate in the house this morn
ing was very earnest. The opponents or
repeal were extremely urgent in their
opposition, and Mr.. Garris and Mr..
Rucker especially made fervent ap-
peals to the house not to strike down
what they considered the poor mans
basis of credit. Mr. Garris spoke very
rlajnly and, without being dema-
gogic, he stressed the point that the
movement for repeal was in the inter-
ests of the landlord class, and not In
the interests Of the poorer men, who
have no representation, he said, in the
general assembly.
Mr. Rucker made an effort, after the
vote had been taken on the motion TO
kill the bill, to have the measure
amended so as to make the repeal ef-
fective on approval of the bill. His
purpose was to force the issue, and 1t
was evident that he and others
thought If the repeal went into erect
now the results would be so disas-
would
called to re-enact the law. But the
house voted down all amendments and
the bill passed in its original shape. IT
is as follows:
Section /. That Section 3,069, Vol
ume l, Code of Laws, 1902, relating to
liens for advances, be, and the same is
hereby, repealed.
Section 2. That all acts inconsistent
with this act be, and the same are
hereby, repealed: Provided, this act
shall take effect on the first day OF
January, 1909.
The bill had the right of way when
the house met this morning, debate
having been adjourned yesterday with
Mr.. Rucker on the floor. Mr.. Rucker
resumed his argument against repeal
of the lien law, and was followed by
Mr.. Werner in favor Of repeal. For
years Mr.. Werner has advocated this
action, and eight years ago, when a
member Of the house, introduced
bill to repeal the lien law, which at
that time failed to pass.
Mr.. Harrison, Of Greenville, one of
the best farmers in the Piedmont,
made a busness-like argument against
repeal.
Mr.. ]. P. Gibson, of Marlboro, OPP
posed repeal.
Mr.. Brantly, of Orangeburg, favor
ed repeal.
Mr. Richards, Of Kershaw, the antlI-
or Of the repeal bill, made an extend
ed argument for repeal.
He was followed by Mr.. Garris, Of
Bamberg, who made a very outspoken
speech, full of fire and eloquence, OPP
posing repeal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-01-28

chattel mortgage on it could do so with
impunfty. The merchant who would
take a chattcl mortgage on a crop that
has proceeded no further than the
planting stage, would be under the ne
cessity of looking after the mortgagor
much more closely than he has to look
after the lienor. But with it all, 1t Is
very we'll to remember that there Is no
intention to change the law except in
it's application to merchants liens. The
landlord will still have all the rights
that he ever had. . and these rights In
clude all the rights that are now pos
sessed by the merchant. Where the
landlord is unable to furnish supplies,
he will turn his lien over to the mer-
chant who will proceed very much as
he has been doing heretofore.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-01-28
HUMBUG INSURANCE.

DR.. ]. H. Saye has introduced a bill
in the house intended to 'protecte the
public in a measure from humbug in
surance propositions. The bill is out
lined and explained in the Columbia
correspondence Of the News and Cou-
rier as follows:
Representative Saye of York county,
has introduced bill which Is intended
to cure evils in the matter of buying
and selling life insurance that are said
to prevail in South Carolina to great
er extent perhaps than any other state
with the possible exception Of Georgia
and Florida, where conditions are said
to be very similar.
Section l Of the bill provides that any
company officer director or agent
thereof who shall misrepresent the
terms or conditions Of any life insur-
ance policy shall be guilty Of misde-
meanor and be punished by fine of
$500 or Imprisonment in the county jail
for sixty days, or by both fine and i'm
prisonment, and If a company violates
or participates in the violation it shall
have its certificate Of authority to do
business in the state suspended for
period of not exceeding six months for
each offence.
Section prohibits what Is known as
rebating, which means that the prac-
tice of agents of some companies who
make a habit of dividing" their COM
mission with prominent citizens in
exchange for their influence in working
the ordinary citizen must, If this bill
basses, cease 1t Is said that this prac-
tice on the part of agents and officers
Of the prominent New York companies
was largely responsible for the graft
and corruption revealed by the investi-
CATION conducted by Governor Hughes
two years ago. Since that inVestiga-
ton the New York legislature as we'll
as that of perhaps a score Of other
states have passed rigid laws on the
subject of rebating, and all the more
prominent and reputable companies
have materially reduced their commits
sions to agents, in many instances as
much as so per cent thus greatly bene-
filing the policy-holders.
Section refers to what Is known
as special or advisory board" agency
company stock" or company stock
schemes. It Is said that these schemes
have been worked to the limit In this
state during the past two years. Sew
eral of the companies practicing one or
all the schemes are not allowed to sell
similar cOnlTdclS III lle StdleS pS "hiSii
they were chartered, and the insurance
commission of Tennessee on January
1, Of this year. refused to renew the IL
cense Of one Of them in his state that
did not propose to write any except or
dinary contracts in that state, because
the law prohibits it on the ground that
the writing of advisory board contracts
and stock schemes in states that did
permit it was detrimental to the inter-
ests Of Tennessee policy holders to
whom had been issued what purported
to be plain, honest contracts by the
same company, in that allowing of spe-
cial privileges to any class in other
states was detrimental to the interests
of his constituents. The bill Is said
to have been copied bodily from the in
surance laws Of Colorado, which are
recognized as being among the best in
force in any state in the Union.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-01-28
Sunday night was remarkable for the

Sunday night was remarkable for the
many kinds Of weather 1t developed
There was wind, rain and hail, accom-
panied by rumbling thunder. The rain
fall was quite heavy and the hall would
have been destructive If there had been
anything for it to damage.
Winthrop college is now. issuing
Quarterly Bulletins with reference to
matters of interest to the institution
and the people of the state. The first
bulletin, issued in December last, was
from the department Of science and
was devoted to plain cookery. 1t was
prepared by Miss Catharaine Mulligan
head of the Department Of Domestic
Science" and was filled with useful in
formation as to the preparation OF
dishes in common use on South Carroll
ma tables. The second bulletin, just
out, is devoted to reproduction Of the
formulation Reports" Of the college
they having become very rare.
York county postmasters desire us
to call attention to the practice of some
patrons Of rural delivery Of placing
loose coins in their boxes each time
they desire to dispatch letters instead
of supplying themselves with postage
in advance of their needs. This prac-
tice imposes undue hardship on rural
carriers in removing loose coins from
boxes and delays them on the service
Of their routes. The postmasters, there
fore, urgently request that patrons OF
rural delivery provide themselves and
keep on hand a supply Of stamps con-
sistent with and in advance OF theil
needs. 1t is also very desirable that
rural patrons place in their mail boxes
small detachable cups Of wood or tin In
which to place coins, when necessary
in purchasing supplies Of stamps.
What is known as the merchants
lien law was first enacted by Demo
cratic legislature Immediately after the
war, and was ratified September 20
1866. The reconstruction legislatures
did not interfere with it. The Demo
Gratis, under Hampton, repealed 1t by
an act passed June Sth, 1877, but re-
enacted it at a special session called
for another purpose the following
March. The agitation for repeal was
renewed shortly afterward and kepi
up until 1886 when a compromise was
reached by the passage Of an act Civ
ing the landlord priority over all other
liens The effect Of this was to make
the merchant decline to advance sup
plies to the cropper until after he had
secured a waiver, or satisfactory un-
derstanding from the landlord. The
difference between merchants and land
lords soon adjusted itself along natural
lines and the system proceeded very
much as before. 1t is understood, OF
course, that there is no intention or de-
sire to interfere now with the lien thai
the law gives to the landlord.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-01-28
SAYS q columbia special of Friday to

SAYS a columbia special of Friday to
the News and Courier:
Representative Robinson Of Lancas-
ter, has introduced in the house Dill
to provide for the erection of stone
to mark the site of the. house wherein
Andrew Jackson, seventh president OF
the United States, was born in what Is
now Lancaster county, this state. MT
Robinson asks that the legislature ap-
propriate $500 for this purpose.
We hope the general assembly Will
make such an appropriation. If the
state is too poor to thus perpetuate the
truth of history, the general assembly
should at least pass a resolution that
will put the matter on further official
record 1t will never do to leave the
whole thing to the files Of the Char
lotte Observer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-01-28
A GOOD BILL THIS.
Corporations Should Not Use Fake
Dividends as Traps For Suckers.

Senator Mauldin Of Greenville, has
introduced a bill In the Legislature
making IT unlawful for any incorpor-
ated company to pay dividends unless
the same have been actually earned.
The measure has been favorably re-
ported by the judiciary committee and
there is every reason to believe 1t will
become a law. ;@
Such a statute Is needed in South
Carolina, and the text of the bill is Of
interest. 1t follows:
BE 1t enacted by the general assem-
bly, of the state Of South Carolina:
Section /. That 1t shall be unlawful
for any incorporated company to pay
any dividends on capital stock Of such
company unless the same have been
actually earned.
Sec. g That 1t shall be unlawful
for any officer or director of any cor
poration or company to. make any false
statement in regard to the financial
condition of such company or corpora
ton.
"Sec. 8. That any violation by the
officers or agents Of such company shall
be punished by fine Of not less than
800 or imprisoned for not less than 80
days and the charter Of such company
shall be forfeited. ."-Greenville News.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-01-28
AS SULLY SEES IT.
Ex-BuIl Leader Talks of Cotton Situa.
ton.

There has been good deal of talk
lately to the effect that Daniel j. Sully,
the ex-cottOn king, is arranging to take
another big flyer into the market. 1t is
a fact that Sully is operating on the
New York Exchange; but he denies
that he is in business for himself, or
that he intends to go into business for
himself. Some days ago, he gave out
the following:
II am certainly very bullish on cot
ton 7 am buying cotton and will con-
tinue to buy. l was asked by certain
interests if could do certain things
and l thought that | could. L am now
going to do them The interests l rep
resent are strong enough TO support
all my transactions. AS | view, there
was never more bullsh cotton situ-
alton. The answer to the question as
TO what cotton is worth is to be found
i'm the prices which the world will pay
for cotton. Every man who knows any
thing about cotton knows that futures
have all this season been away down
under spots. No one in fifteen years
ever knew the situation that has been
existing all this season with the con-
sumers of the world paying such
ridiculouSly high premium over lu-
lures for the real stuff.
"It is now down to a three-cornered
fight for the cotton that is left between
the spinners of the north, and the
spinners of the south and the foreign
spinners. The American spinners have
held back and allowed the foreigners
to get the best of the crop, but even
with all they have the foreigners are
buying just as eagerly as ever. The
American mills have no cotton. The
northern mills are in particularly bad
shape. they have no stocks at all ana
the cotton wanted is not in the south;
so that it is not question of the far
mers holding cotton: it is question
of the cotton, which the mills
need not being there to hold. am not
going TO attempt to say at this time
how high l expect cotton to go, but
am more than confident that it Will go
very high"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-01-28

JOE McCullough's in the race for
Senator Latimer's place-poor Joe, alas
poor Joe. For when Latimer starts to
running-gets down to work and quits
his funning-and goes to cutting rings
and curleycues and other things around
this same poor Joe, then Joe and all
his friends will think that all the IN
fernal fiends must have conspired to
show what a weakling he is, poor Joe
Anderson Daily Mail.
The Mail makes no secret of the fact
that it is for Mr. Latimer against the
field. and if it does not mind it will have
people believing that poor Joe" is
about the only one Of the opposition
candidates who counts for a great deal
in its estimation. But If we had been
writing that paragraph from the Mails
standpoint, we would not have referred
to poor Joe as a "weakling" If it Is a
fact that poor Joe is a ''weakling," then
we would consider it idle to think about
him.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-01-28
YORKVILLE, S. c.:
TUESDAY, JANUARY 2S, 1908.

No. we don't blame any man fol
wanting office On the contrary, we
think every we'll qualified man wro Of
fers himself is entitled to public graf
itude for so doing. Of course, there are
men and men, fit men and unfit men,
The public is sometimes sadly deceived
in making a choice; but where Is has
a fair show it generally gets pretty
close to the bullseye.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-01-28
THE SPECULATIVE MARKET.

|. An Associated Press dispatch of last
night reviews the development in the
speculative markets yesterday as fol-
lows:
The cotton market was nervous and
unsettled. and while the closing tone
was steady, last prices showed a net
loss Of ( 10 19 points. Sales were esti-
mated at 100000 bales.
The market opened st tdy but ire
gular at an advance of points to de-
cline of ! point. the gains on near
months being due to somewhat better
cables than expected. 1t turned easier
almost at once, however, and showed
a generally declining tendency until
March sold at 1896 and May at 11.O5, or
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-01-28
TUESDAY, JANUARY as, 1908.
Mr.. wyche spoke in favor of repeal,

Mr. Wyche spoke in favor Of repeal,
as did Mr.. A. G. Rrice.
On motion of Mr.. Nichols the prev
ious question was ordered and the de-
bate was closed. The vote was then
taken on the motion to strike out the
enacting words OF the Richards bill.
and the motion was lost by a vote OF
29 to IS, as follows:
Yeas-Railey, Beattie, Carey, Car
rigan, Clary, Clinkscales, Derham,
Doar, Douglas, ]. p. Gibson, Goodwin,
Hardin, Harley, Harrison, Minton,
Little, McMaster, Nichols, Norton,
Parker. Patterson, Reaves, Rucker,
Sellers. Kurtz P. Smith, Thomas, Won
Kolnitz, Wallace, Wimberly-29.
Nays-Speaker Whaley, Aull, Aver,
Baltentine, Bethune, Boyd, Brantly.
A. G. Brice, J. S. Brice, w. d. Bryan,
F. NJ Bryan, Carson, Carwile, Cos
grove, Courtney, Croft, Cutler, De-
Wore, Dingle. Dixon, ]. H. Dodd,
Bowling. Epps, Frost Gary, Cause,
w. ]. Gibson, Glasscock, Gyles, Hall,
Hartman, Harris, Hughes, Hydrfck.
Johnstone. Jones, Kellahan, Kershaw.
Kirven, Lane, Lawson, Lester, Legare,
Major, McKeown, Mann, Miley, Miller,
Morrel, Nash, Nesbit, Nicholson, Nj
yer, Richards, Richardson, Sawyer,
Saye, Scarborough, Sharpe, Slaughter,
]. E. Smith, Stillwell, Stubbs, Tatum,
Todd, Tompkins, Wander Horst, Yer
ner, Wade, Wannamaker, Virgins,
Wingard, Wyche, Yeldell-75.
The following pairs were announc-
ed:
Fraser, aye, with Leitner, no. e..
Arnold, no, with Walker, aye.
Robinson, no. with Spivey, no.
Garris, aye, with Youmans, no.
Cox, no, with Greer, aye.
Mr. Rucker offered an amendment
putting the bill into effect at once in
stead of January /, 1909. This amend
ment was rejected by vote OF IL to
81.
Mr.. McMaster then offered an
amendment putting the bill into ef-
feet on January 1,1910. This was re-
jected by a vote of 23 to 81.
After all amendments had been
voted down the Richards bill was pass
ed to third reading and the clincher
was put on. -a..
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-01-28
Of Rock Hill. s. c., Sunday morning by

Of Rock Hill, S. c., Sunday morning by
unanimous vote extended q call to
Rev Alexander Martin. pastor Of West
minister Presbyterian church Of Char
lotte. This information was officially
conveyed to Mr.. Martin yesterday. but
as yet he has made no decision as to
the course he will pursue in the mat
ter. Mr.. Martin is very closely identi-
fed with Charlotte church interests and
commands the unqualified regard and
esteem OF his people who would consent
to a severing of the ties which bind
them only with great regret.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-01-28
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Miss Florence Cody left this after
noon for Tampa, Fla
Mr.. D. C. Clark, carrier on Yorkville
route No /, has been laid up for sew
eral weeks with rheumatism. He has
suffered a great deal.
Mr.. w. L. Porter, formerly Of York
vile: but now Of Hope, Ark, Is visit
ing friends and relatives in York and
Chester counties.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-01-28

LABOR troubles in the Manchester
spinning district have had considerable
influence on the speculative market
during the past few weeks The bear
people claimed that a strike or lock-
out in Manchester would cut the de-
mand for cotton so considerably as to
warrant a reduction of a cent pound.
When positive assurance was made last
Saturday that the labor differences had
been amicably settled, the bears main
tanned that the situation had already
been discounted by the recent advance
Of three quarters of a cent. Outsiders
have all along wondered how prices on
futures can be held down from cent
to a cent and half below actual pay
ments for spots in the south, and they
are still wondering. The most plausible
explanation of this is to be found in
the theory that the only legitimate eX-
cuse the exchanges have for existence
is because Of the part they play as
price regulators and just now they are
playing under the actual market be-
cause the effect is more depressing than
otherwise. 1t is quite evident, OF
course. that the speculative market
could not be maintained for long over
the actual market
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-01-28

TILLMAN ON THE LIEN LAw.-While
in Columbia last week, says the cores
pondent of the News and Courier, SEN
ator Tillman expressed himself as fol-
lows on the lien law:
Merely speaking as farmer and as
one familiar with all conditions In
South Carolina for twenty-five years
past l must say that I have always felt
that the lien law, while a benefit to a
certain class of the poor white people,
was a great drawback and curse to the
land owners, because it put them in the
power of the negroes to demand rent
rather than to submit to the superVis-
ion of the. landlords, the result being
destruction Of land and fertility OF SOIL
and absolute destruction where the
country was hilly by the washing away
of the soil. Labor is growing more and
more demoralized as cotton rises in
price. because the negroes can easily
gather the little money they want for
clothing and the qualification of their
appetites. The repeal of the law VIII
injure no honest white man or no hon
est negro, and it is certainly not our
business to look after the dishonest
ones"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-01-28

choice but against Bryan, l. Assembly
For Johnson, 8; for Bryan, 2; for
Douglas, A. for Gray, 2; for Chanler,
.; for convention nominee. s; for any
one who can win, g no choice, 9; no
choice but against Bryan, IL.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-01-28

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

George Plexico, Sharon-Wants the
owner to call for three head of stray
cattle which he has taken up.
C. E. Spencer, Pres.-Calls meetings
of the county and townships cotton
associations. ..-...
w. E. Ferguson-Will have 10000
cabbage plants for delivery next
Saturday. Order early.
Dr.. Earle Sloan. Boston-Advises you
to keep Sloan's .liniment always on
hand for emergency use See fourth
page.
Thomson Co.-Talk about new arrivals
Of ginghams, white goods, brown lin
en-, embroidery and Insertions.
First National Bank-Gives the esti-
mate of the U. S. treasurer Of the
amount Of money kept out of banks.
Strauss Smith Co.-Calls your atten-
ton to the fact that its big clearance
sale will end Saturday night and ad-
vises you to buy now.
National Union Bank-Has combined
capital and surplus of $190,000. II
also tells about its four departments
Of banking.
Star Drug Store-Asks you If you have
thought why it sells more candy than
any one else. Nunnally's fresh every
week.
York Supply Co.-Received yesterday
carloads of shingles, hay, corn, oats
and fertilizers. Has full line Of gro
cerieS, etc.
Loan and Savings Bank-Reminds you
that money in bank at lower inter-
'ests is often safer than some loans
that can be made.
w. NJ. Kennedy, Agent-Tells you to
bear in mind that he can furnish you
with school books and supplies
Spring clothing samples now in.
j. w. Dobson-Says that people are
learning that it pays to trade with
him. A square deal assured every
customer.
York Drug Store-Insists on your using
Dr. Hess's stock food and poultry
pan-a-ce Sold under positive guar
antee.
Glenn & Allison-Mr. Allison has ar
rived and our car Of mules and horses
will be here this evening. See them
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-01-28
FOXES. AND THE BIRDS.

Editor Of the YorkvilleT Enquirer.
II the fox hunters club turns loose
all those foxes and succeeds In securing
for them the protection Of the law,
what is to become Of the partridges?
Friend Of the Birds.
Yorkville, R. F. d. No. 8, Jan. 27.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-01-28

A movement is on foot to erect an
other $4,000 dormitory for Wofford
college.