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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-09
WITHIN THE TOWN.

The court Of general sessions con-
venes next Monday, with his honor r.
w. Memminger, presiding.
= But holidays really are demoral-
izing, especially to people who are ac-
customed to regular routine.
= The soda fountain people say they
had the best day last Monday that they
have ever known in the town.
The Yorkville baseball team really
got in some good work last Monday.
1t had considerable advantage of the
opposing team in several important
respects, but 1t won. ...... ...
Pursuant to notice an election was
held last Tuesday to fill the three va
cancies on the board Of trustees Of
school district No. II, (Yorkville Grad
ed). Messrs. w. Brown Wylie and
Geo. w. Brown were elected for four
years each, and Mr.. r. c. Allein was
elected for three years, to fill out the
unexpired term Of Mr.. w. B. McCaw
deceased.
The commissioners of public works
have little hitch with the county
over the payment Of a claim for water
and fire protection furnished by the
town. 1t seems that shortly after the
water plant was established, there was
a contract between the town and coun-
toy, whereby the town was to furnish
water for the court house and Jail and
hydrant for each, (the one at the Jail
being exclusively for the protection Of
that institution) for 500 year. Not
long ago 1t was discovered that owing
to an oversight, the town had present
ed no bill to the county during 1906,
1907 or 1908, and the board was ask
ed to pay the arrearage. Under the
law, bills must be presented during
the year In which they are contracted
or the year following. The board
raised objection to the alleged con-
tract; but the commissioners substan-
tiated its provisions by showing that
the 500 had been paid each year up
to and including 1905. After some
discussion the board proposed that it
would pay the bill for 1908 and ask
the legislature to authorize the pay
ment Of the bill for the previous two
years on condition that the board of
public works would agree to a. new
contract, more to the liking of the
board of commissioners. Chairman
Willis, however, representing the COM
feel authorized to make such an
agreement, and the final settlement Of
the case Is still pending.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-09

SOME of the newspapers that have
nothing else to worry about are won
dering IL negro census enumerators
will be appointed in the south. There
is nothing to fear on that score.-An-
derson Daily Mail.
We think the Mail is entirely correct
in its observation. In the first place
we hardly think the census supervisors
would want to appoint negroes and In
the second place such negroes as might
be intelligent enough to do the work
would have sense enough to know
that it might be very unpleasant. We
do not think there is much danger OF
negro enumerators being appointed
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-09

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Box 4O3, Yorkville- a 15-horse
power and a 40-horse power engine
for sale.
M. c. Willis, Chairman-Publishes a
notice for the benefit of water con-
sumers. The water rates are rals-
ed to 15c per 1000 gallons.
Loan and Savings Bank-Advises you
to stop and think Of the future
of the trouble that may come to-
morrow. Save today and be pre-
pared for the unexpected.
]. L. williams & Co.-Ask II you are
trying to economize and tell you to
trade at York's cheapest store.
They do no credit business.
Herndon & Gordon-Have the jars
rubbers, extra tops, tin cans and
wax strings for fruit canning. New
shipment choice candies, new Irish
potatoes, groceries, hardware, etc.
]. C. Wilborn-Offers for sale the
Marshall Campbell place, 200 acres,
in Bethel township.
York Drug Store-Wants you to pro-
tect your premises from foul odors
and yourself from disease by the
use of chloro-naptholeu for dis
injecting.
D. E. Boney, Agent-Recites the case
Of loss that came to a York county
farmer who suffered from procras-
tination. He failed to insure his
property.
Yorkville Hardware Co.-Has va
riety Of sizes in ice cream freezers
and will be pleased to show you and
quote prices. Also wants to show
you hammocks.
First National Bank-Calls your at
tention to the earning" capacity
Of a dollar as compared with Its
buying" capacity. 1t wants to help
you to save and will pay you inter-
est on deposits.
Star Drug Store-Gives you an idea
of the annoyance that comes from
the use Of an ink bottle and advises
you to use Mercantile fountain pen
81 and upward.
Thomson Co.-Has q line Of linonette
coat suits, $5 values, at $2.9S; white
linonette skirts at $1.25; parasols In
linen and silk at s1.50 to $5 each.
Louis Roth-Still has several choice
varieties Of molasses at 30c to 60c
gallon, including homemade, Porto
Rico and New Orleans molasses.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-09
Tariff Bill Passes.-The tariff bill

Tariff Bill Passes.-The tariff bill
passed the senate just after IL o'clock
last night by vote of As to "a. Re-
publicans voting in the negative were
Beveridge Of Indiana; Bristow Of Kan
sas; Brown of Nebraska; Burkett, Of
Nebraska; Clapp of Minnesota; Craw-
ford Of South Dakota; Cummins of
Iowa; Dolliver of Iowa; LaFollette Of
Wisconsin,; Nelson of Minnesota. Nc
Emery Of Louisiana, was the only
Democrat recorded in the affirmative.
AS it passed the senate the bill con-
tains almost 400 paragraphs. The
senate made $40 amendments to the
house provisions, many of which were
added today
The closing scenes in the senate
chamber were tame indeed. Mr.. La
Follette's three hour speech last night
was earnest, but not especially animat-
ed. He had a slim audience. Sena-
tors remained in their seats only when
required to be there to vote.
The results of the vote on the bill
had been long discounted. There was
no doubt of it's passage by the usual
finance committee majority
Following several hours of monot-
onous discussion of the general feat
ures of the tariff bill, the closing hours
were characterized by a spirited con-
troversy between Senator Aldrich on
the one hand and a number Of
the insurgent senators on the other
as to the standing Of Republican SEN
ators, who might cast their votes
against the bill.
The bill being put on its passage
was passed.
Upon motion of Mr.. Aldrich, the
vice president announced the senate
conferees as follows: Senators AID
rich, Burrows, Penrose, Hale, Cullom,
Republicans; and Daniel, Money and
Bailey, Democrats.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-09

The Prosperity Of spain.-America
enriched Spain in the two centuries
following the discovery of the New
World by Columbus. Then America
impoverished Spain by her attempt TO
retain the colonies, until finally Cuba
became a drain on the treasury OF the
mother country. Not only was money
poured into the island, but Spain was
robbed Of her Drawn, her greatest as
set, in the young men who were con-
scripted for military duty and wasted
the best years Of their life. once more
American has enriched Spain py going
to war with her, depriving her or her
colonies both in the west ana In the
east cutting off the necessity for a
large military establishment, and let
ting the young men stay at home to
deyelop the rich resources Of their ma
tive land. Perry Belmont, who was at
one time the United States minister
at Madrid, points the moral Of SPANS
debt to America in an interview based
on observations in the land Of the
hidalgos. He found the nation re-
created. It's industries are fouri5hinS
in a remarkable way. Agriculture is
encouraged by the introduction Of new
methods. In short time Spain will
be among tne SrdndrleS OF the WoIiu.
Barcelona Is taking $90,000,000 worth
Of raw cotton from America every
year. This is being woven into fabrics
which are being sent over the world.
Spain, which for half a century or
more seemed to be a dying nation,
floats on the topmost wave Of prosper
ity. She Is looking abroad for new
markets for her products. Unlike Ger
many, she has no military aspirations
in connection with the development Of
her foreign trade. For that reason II
Is quite certain that the people OF the
United States will welcome treaties
for the extension Of trade relations be-
tween the two countries. In all history
there is nothing more paradoxical than
the rejuvenation Of Spain. She has
actually been beaten in war to the end
that she might realize the victories Of
peace.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-09
From such reports as have come t

From such reports as have come to
The Enquirer about the celebration Of
the Fourth last Monday, the people
generally were quite well pleased with
the days entertainment
We don't believe the York county
cotton crop Is going to be nearly up to
last year. People who are pretty well
informed as to such matters, advise us
that they have never known so many
crops to be thrown out.
The South Carolina Press associa-
ton convened in Greenville last Tues
day evening, and the editors have been
having their annual good time since.
There was an excursion to Clemson
college on Wednesday and during yes
terday and today the Greenville people
have been so lavish with their hospi-
tality that here has been very little
time for business.
We have received from Commits
sioner Watson a copy Of the new cul-
tivation season crop report just sent
out by him. The report is very ex-
haustive, containing statistics for the
past several years that will be Of i'm
mense benefit to cultivators Of the soil.
In his general summary of conditions
In this state, which was recently pub
lished, Commissioner Watson points
out some facts, which should be
a source Of pride to this state. 1.-The
agricultural industry in this state"
says Col Watson, has reached the
point now where the cotton crop alone
has reached the aggregate value Of
about seventy millions Of dollars, rails
ed on an acreage Of over two and a
half million, and the corn crop has
reached the handsome figure Of twen-
ty-six and one-half millions, raised on
an acreage of approximately two mil:
lion and one hundred thousand, while
the tobacco growing industry has been
rehabilitated and grains are being
planted as never before, over two hun
dred thousand acres being devoted to
oats, and the trucking industry Is be-
ing developed upon a sound basis"
The crop report contains data touch
ing the condition Of the crops for the
past six years, average rainfall, etc.,
reports by counties, and the 1908 cot
ton crop in this state, with data, Also
on the corn and tobacco crops.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-09

THE Fort Mill Times, which has al
along been a great admirer Of Senator
Tillman, seems inclined at last to part
company with the senior senator. In
it's issue of July s, it says:
From time to time things do come
to pass" And these things are not al
ways what we would have them. Fol
instance, this good year 1909 finds
Senator B. r. Tillman standing at his
seat in the senate Of the United States
boldly advocating q protective duty OF
10 cents the pound on tea, which means
that he would force every tea driIkeI
in America to contribute this amount
on every pound of tea consumed in
the country primarily for the benefit
of a measly little industry located in
Charleston county. 1t matters little
that when the vote was taken on Sen
ator Tillman's amendment to the tar
If bill he was able to secure the sup
port Of only one alleged Democrat and
just sixteen Republicans of the ninety
odd members Of the senate. This was
an ignominiouS defeat, to be sure, but
worse than that is the fact that Sem
ator Tillman has put behind him the
principles Of the party and the inter-
ests Of the people. He Of all men was
the last We expected to see embrace
the Republican doctrine that puts
money in one mans pocket at the ex-
pense of another without Offering any,
thing in return therefor He has sc
long claimed to be the champion of the
peoples interests that not only prac-
tically all Of his constituents but hun
dreds of thousands of his friends and
admirers throughout the country gen.
orally have thought of him as the one
man who could be depended upon al
ways to stand up for the right. What
rude awakening this last perform
ance Of Senator Tillmans has pro-
duced! He can no longer claim to be
either strict party man or the rep
resentative Of the peoples cause Hi:
advocacy of a protective duty on tee
and his votes on the iron ore and lum.
Der schedules will continually bob uI
to create confusion and doubt in the
| minds of those who otherwise woulC
have accepted readily his long record
us peoples man without further as.
surance of his sincerity.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-09
SPECULATIVE MARKET.

The course of the speculative mar
ket yesterday, as summarized by a dis
patch of last night from New York
was as follows:
The cotton market recovered part
of yesterdays loss during the days
trading owing to less favorable wealth
er reports and while late fluctuations
were somewhat nervous and irregular
the close was steady at a net advance
of to 10 points. The market opened
firm at an advance Of to IL points on
better cables than looked for and re-
ports that heavy rains had fallen in
parts of the eastern and central belts
After selling about 10 to II points net
higher right after the call, the mar
ket eased off to points under renew
al of heavy realizing and local bear
pressure, but when the detailed wea-
ther reports began to come in showing
that precipitation had been rather
more general and heavier than sug-
gested by the early map, the market
again rallied on covering by people
who had sold early for turn, and
re-buying by sold-out bulls. This ad-
vance carried October contracts up to
1928 and December to 1896, or about
Is to 10 points net higher but was
followed by increasing nervousness
and irregularity, as each bulge seemed
to bring out a larger volume of real
izing Offerings were very well alb
sorbed on a scale down but last prices
were some to 10 points below the
best level of the day. Southern spot
markets as officially reported early
were unchanged to &c higher. Reports
of high temperatures in Texas, where
wet weather would be considered de-
srable, helped the midday advance,
while the eastern belt forecast was
for continued local showers or rains
i'm sections where warm, dry weather
is supposed to be needed. Certain New
York state mills are said to have
shipped few hundred bales Of cot
ton here for delivery on July con-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-09
LOCAL lkcONiCS.


Until January I, 1910.
We will send The Yorkville Enquirer
from this date till January l, 1910 for
96 cents.
Western York Wheat Yields.
A correspondent from Hickory
Grove writes that Mr.. w. M. Faux
ner made 164 bushels of wheat, Mr..
J. C. McGill made 119 and Mr.. Robert
j. Love made 1879 bushels. On one
field Mr.. Love sowed 81 bushels and
harvested sc bushels.
Bethany Votes Special Tax.
The special tax election at McGill
Bros. store Wednesday, on the ques-
tion of levying three mills on the tax
able property of Bethany school dis
trict No. 2, resulted "a to 9 in favor of
the tax. There was considerable in
terest in the election and the vote was
very full.
York's Cotton Crop.
According to Commissioner Of Agri-
culture Watson, the York county cot
ton crop from 1901 up to and including
last year has aggregated as follows:
22,156 bales in 1901; 30,744 bales in
1902; 2S,106 bales in 1903; 40,267 bales
in 1904; 37,342 bales in 1905; Bats
bales in 1906; 43,53S bales in 1907;
43,132 bales in 1908
Glover VS.. Rock Hill.
Rock Hill Record. The game of
ball between Glover and Rock Hill
Monday was quite interesting, in fact
up to the 7th inning neither side scor-
ed. At that juncture the Rock Hill
boys got in two runs, and by an over
sight (unintentionaD of Mayor Rod
dey, who was umpiring, mistaking a
foul ball for a fair one, Glover
made one score. Wesley Anderson,
who was doing the twirling for Rock
Hill, got vexed at his jumps" deci-
sion and went tossing them over any
old way and allowed Glover to get
one over the fence with several men
on bases and they succeeded in piling
in five more runs netting them six to
Rock Hills two. In the last inning
nobody got a look in. The batteries
for Glover were Will Smith and Or.
Neil. For Rock Hill, Wesley Ander-
son and Mr.. McCaw, of the National
Bank. The balance of the Rock Hill
team was composed Of Albert John
son, 1st base; Haman, right field; Hol-
lis, shortstop; Sid Poag, End base;
Tom Sandifer centerfield; Will Kim
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CLOVER CULLINGS.
Manufacturing Company Pays Usual
10 Per cent-People Who Enjoy
Baseball and Who Will Not Pay.

Baseball dnO VINO VIII NOG ray
Correspondence OF the iorkvilie Enquirer.
Glover, July 9.-The annual meet
ing of the stockholders Of the Glover
Cotton Manufacturing company, was
held in the office Of the company yes
terday afternoon. The report Of the
secretary and treasurer was read by
Mr.. M. l.. smith and showed the af-
fairs Of the company to be in fine
cent was declared, payable immedi-
ately. All the old directors were
elected, and one new one, Mr.. ]. Meek
smith, to succeed his father, Capt. W..
B. Smith, deceased. subsequently
the directors reelected the officers.
The contract for the erection Of all
the buildings Of the Glover Cotton OIL
and Ginning Co., except the hull
house, which had been previously
contracted for, was on Wednesday
awarded to Capt. w. I. Brison, and it
is expected that the work will be
pushed throuh to completion with as
little delay as possible.
Messrs. M. L. Ford, s. w. Robin
son and Cleveland Jenkins have so
far threshed nearly 5000 bushels of
chased this season. They calculated
on threshing about 5000 bushels
when they started out, but now the
outlook Is that the total will more
likely be 5000.
The Glover baseball fans were
somewhat surprised at the poor
showing made by the Rock Hill team
l.. the game with Glover on last Mon
day, when the latter won by a score
of 6 to 2, and those two scores were
the result of an accident-a wild
throw to third by Marshall Neil, Clo-
ver's catcher, and who rarely ever
fails to put a ball exactly where he
, intends it shall go. The opinion is
freely expressed that Rock Hill can
not lick the Begonia team.
from Commissioner Watson's office
was here yesterday afternoon and in
spected the cotton mill. He stated
that he had inspected none as yet that
impressed him more favorably and
was especially pleased with sanitary
conditions, as we'll as with exception
ally favorable physical appearance of
the operatives.
There has been a very decided i'm
provement in the condition Of the
cotton crop in this section during the
past two weeks, and the outlook now
points to an average crop, provided
vorable from now on.
Recurring to baseball-this town
and surrounding country can boast as
many cranks who really enjoy game
Of ball as any similar section any
where. 1t frequently happens that
our friends will come here from a
distance Of 10 to IL miles to see a
game. 1t costs something to keep up
a good team and because Of the fact
that the grounds are not enclosed,
and there is no way to demand pay;
the custom prevails Of asking for con-
tributions, and it is fact that while
some will pay dime, others quarters
and a few half dollars, there are very
often scores who actually refuse to
contribute anything, basing their re-
fusal on the ground that they cannot
be made to do so. These are the
same fellows who turn their heads
the other way when the collection
plates are passed at the churches
when they are members or attend.
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ball, left field, and Roy Neil, Sd base.
Mr.. NJ. L. Smith, of Glover, remarked
after the game that Rock Hill did not
need to hire any professional team to
play, that with a lineup like they had
yesterday they could go up against al
most anything in this section. And
was surprised when told that the line
up had never played together before
and some Of them had not played a
game in two or three years. There
was quite a good attendance at the
game, and the weather was fine. The
Glover people came over in automo-
biles and some drove over in buggies
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-09

Charleston. July I: News has been
received here that last night, at Raw
enels. small station in Colleton
county. John w. Messervey killed
Constable c. Pinckney Fishburne and
seriously wounded Mr.. j. d. Altman.
The constable was attempting to pre-
vent Messervey from driving off with
a keg of alleged contrabrand whisky
and had called Altman to his assist
ance. Messervey, who has been lodg-
ed in Jail at Walterboro, claims self
defense. Altman is 81 years of age,
but has a wonderful constitution and
may recover. He IS now in a hospi-
tai here. 1t is reported that Fish
burne, who is survived by wife and
several children, had no revolver.
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tracts. Late cables from Liverpool
reported a better demand in the Man.
chester market.
Receipts at the ports today 1908
bales against 2,702 last week and A.
061 last year. For the week $4,000
bales against 27,706 last week and
33,7S7 last year. Today's receipts at
New Orleans $40 bales against 1852
last year, and at Houston 401 bales
against 1,249 last year.
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YoRKVILLE. s. O.:


THE Anderson Daily Mail is grateful
for the fact that there are no more
holidays until Thanksgiving.
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The alurkrillr Gaqairer.

Entered at the Postoffice in Yorkvillt
as Mail Matter of the Second Class,
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ed the following officers for the COM
ing year: President, Thos. E. Wick
er, Newberry; vice president, E. w.
Cromer, Rock Hill; secretary, Paul
K. Crosby, Ruffin; treasurer, A. w.
Hill, Greenville; E. w. Cromer, dele
gate to national conventions; p. K.
Crosby, delegate at large; T. e. Wick
er, delegate ex-off1cio; alternates, ID.
c. Clark of Yorkville, P. NJ. Hough
of Piedmont. Newberry was chosen
as next place of meeting. The con-
vention then adjourned. The state
convention Of the rural free delivery
carriers met here Monday and was in
session morning and afternoon. Pres
ident Peterson of Newberry presided.
The convention was opened with
prayer by Rev. r. T. Marsh of the
First Baptist church. Mayor Roddey,
Postmaster Poag and Mr.. D. c. Clark
made addresses of welcome In behalf
Of Rock Hill, the postoffice and coun-
ty of York, respectively, and their
speeches were responded to by Messrs
]. H. Keel, Thos. E. Wicker and A.
W. Hill. The programme was some
what changed, which allowed Con-
gresham D. E. Finley of this district,
who is a very Jealous advocate of the
R. F. D. system, to make his address
in the morning and return to York
VILE in the afternoon. His speech
was a very fine and practical one,
and was we'll received. Congressman
Aiken of Abbeville was not able to be
present, but there were good talks
made by Mr. Wicker and others. Mr.:
Wicker read his report as national
delegate. Today it was expected that
Mr.. William R. Spillman Of Wash.
ington, D. c., the superintendent VI
the R. F. D. service, would be pres
ent and address the convention, put
he was unable to make the trip at the
last moment. In his place, however,
came Mr.. w. d. Brown, editor of The
r. F. D. News, the monthly organ or
the association published at wash
ington, who will address the carriers,
large number of whom are present.
The meetings are quite enthusiastic
ones and very interesting. Messrs.
Paul Crosby Of Ruffin and Thos.
Wicker Of Newberry made good ad-
dresses on Good Roads" and lively
discussion followed.