Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-20

stand at Kings Mountain that will
seat five hundred people.
Mr.. r. L. Devinney, harvested II
bushels of wheat from three bushels
and three gallons sown.
DeIphos High school began work
yesterday with Prof. c. B. Belts of
Leslie, as principal and Miss Kate
Ratchford as assistant.
The predominatins opinion Of the
cotton market in Liverpool is, that a
considerable portion Of the next crop
will bring 14a cents or more in Amer
lea.
Capt. Jim Bell Of Gaffney, came over
to Yorkville In an automobile last week,
and went back home and put it in the
papers that the York county roads are
bad.
Unless there is very material i'm
provement in some Of the roads lead
ing to Kings Mountain battle-ground
before next October, the reproachful
advertising that York county will get
in all parts Of the country, will be
something terrific.
We have a letter from Prof. Ira w.
Williams, advising that he has been
called to Washington and expressing
regret and disappointment at his ina
bility to be at Filbert next Saturday.
Commissioner Watson WHY be there,
however, and also Congress man Fin
ley, unless the latter Is detained in
Washington. The outlook Is for big
crowd and a big time at the picnic.
There is as much need for a comfort
able pavilion at Kings Mountain as
there Is for monument Considering
the difficulties Of getting there and the
lack of comfort after one arrives, there
is surprisingly strong stream Of Wis
itors to Kings Mountain. But If the
roads were fairly good and there was a
comfortable shelter available in case
of a rain storm, the place would be
much more popular as resort
The Columbia Record has half
dozen or more automobiles investigat-
ing the best roads from the various
county seats to Columbia. 1t is quite a
big idea, being put into execution at
the expense of considerable thought
and money, and it will not only do the
road question good, but it will help the
various counties and it will help Co
lumbia Mr.. Hoyt, as we have taken
occasion to remark before, is proving
quite a factor on the newspaper fam
lily of the state.
What very nearly approaches a
-four famine is prevalent throughout
the country. The stocks IN Yorkville,
though low, are not entirely exhaust
ed; but information from Hickory
Grove, Sharon and Smyrna, a few
days ago, was that flour was hardly to
be had at any price. Many Of the mer-
chants had bought flour on contract;
but when the price began to rise, took
their profits at the mill, and now the
real stuff is hardly available at any
price. 1t is not expected that the ex-
listing condition will continue more
than a few days; as new flour will be
in shortly. The flour situation in vari-
Gus parts of the country is very SINH
lar to that which exists here.
Mr.. w. H. McCaw, the we'll known
Columbia newspaper correspondent,
spent a few hours in Yorkville last
friends. Mr.. McCaw Is connected with
the Columbia Record in the capacity
of city editor; but his principal bus
mess is representing a number Of
papers outside of the city, and we have
no hesitation In saying that he is one
of the most thorough going cores
pondents in the state. 1t Is very well
understood among newspaper men
that the news that is Of the greatest
interest and value to the public Is tine
very news that individuals are most
interested in suppressins. And 1t fol-
lows as matter Of course, that this
news is necessarily handled at the
greatest personal hazard. Mr.. McCaw
is a correspondent who will suppress
nothing. His enemies, and they are
numerous, try to make 1t appear that
he delights in getting people in trou-
BILE; but that is not true. He does not
even delight in exposing people, who
have gotten themselves in trouble;
bat there is something in him-that
tue instinct Of the real newspaper
nian-which will not allow him to run
from his plain duty. Mr.. McCaw has
sent out various important items Of
news that would have probably been
suppressed entirely, except for him.
AS we understand it, he is responsible
fer the exposure of the alleged Semi
mole fraud. and we know that he has
sent out information about dispensary
crookedness that would never have
otherwise seen the light of day. Mr.
McCaw has been attacked by thugs
on more than one occasion: but such
attacks had no effect on him. He keeps
on doing it again just the same. II
he were doing his work through a
newspaper Of his own this would not
be especially remarkable; but suck
persistent fearlessness as he exercises
as an independent correspondent. is
certainly out Of the ordinary.
SPECULATIVE MARKET.
The fluctuations In the cotton mar
ket Yesterday Were summarized from