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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-13

quirements has not read Charles
Dickens books. The explanation OF
the poverty of Dickens grandchildren
is to be found in the fact that by the
expiration of the copyrights, they get
no benefit from royalties. IAN au-
thor" says The Sun, "leaves beyond
his own lifetime little estate in his
works. Perhaps not one in hundred
thousand Of those who read his stories
ever devoted a thought to his descen-
dants. If each publisher would con-
tribute one penny of royalty for every
volume of Dickens he sells, 1t would
be enough to save his grandchildren
from poverty and distress. And 1t
would be a very small tribute to a
man who has enriched the world with
the most varied and interesting gal
lery of characters of any English wri-
ter since Shakespeare" But this Is
a day of greed. ]. Pierpont Morgan
is said to have paid recently 100000
for a de luxe edition Of Dickens
works, and neither the purchaser, nor
the publisher to whom the money
went, had a thought for the poverty
stricken descendants Of the great au-
thor whose work they were traffick-
ing In.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-13
WITHIN THE TOWN.

There are now thirty-five connec-
tions with the sewerage lines.
There is just about a court house
full of people in attendance on court.
There are not many people here who
have no business here.
AT a meeting of the town council
last week, an ordinance was adopted,
giving the Piedmont Telephone and
Telegraph company franchise to 10
cate it's lines along the streets Of
Yorkville for a period of twenty years,
and a resolution was adopted provid-
ing for the macadamization Of the road
bed along Congress street from the
Madison street crossing to the Liberty
street crossing at the court house. The
franchise to the telephone company is
q considerable modification Of the one
originally proposed, with ample pro-
vision for the satisfactory adjustment
of any real grievance that may arise
among the patrons. and is generally
satisfactory to the committee Of citi-
zens appointed some time ago to look
after the matter. The macadam paw
ing 1t Is understood, is to be put down
over the whole roadway from curbing to
curbing and laid so as to do away with
the present cutters. This will probably
involve some more or less expert en-
gineering; but that it can be done with
very considerable advantage there is
no doubt. The work under present
consideration will cost about $4,000,
and it is suggested that so soon as the
council sees it way clear to do so, the
macadam paving will be continued on
down Congress street, from Liberty
street to Jefferson street.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-13

1T is very pleasant indeed, to read
the predictions that practically all of
the counties that now have dispensa-
ries will vote them out next month.
We sincerely hope to see such a result;
but We are not looking for such clean
sweep that no county dispensaries will
be left for seed. The issues involved
include some very peculiar considera-
tions. In some Of these counties the
political influences that stood for and
fattened off the old state dispensary
system, are working against the coun-
ty dispensaries. Their principal OBJ
lection to county dispensaries lies in
the fact that they are in control of
opposing political interests and they
do not control themselves. The people
who honestly and earnestly desire the
curtailment of the liquor traffic are
also against the county dispensaries
just as they were against the state
dispensary system. But these two
classes, actuated by different motives
are not likely to work together after
the dispensaries have been voted out.
Then, We fear, when the blind tigers
begin to work, the people who are now
actuated purely by political motives,
whether for or against, will be with
the tigers, leaving the burden Of en-
forcing the laws to the honest Prohi-
bitionists alone. Anyhow, the voting
out Of the dispensaries will eventually
do good, and we hope to see them all
voted out. However, we beg to again
send q note Of warning to our people
up this way. Although the condition
Of our country and people Is immeas-
urably better than when liquor was
more plentiful, it must not be forgot
ten that there is strong class Of pol
iticians who still banker after the re-
establishment Of the liquor business,
because they regard this business as a
great source of easy money, and there
are lots Of people who want easier IL
quor merely for the qualification of
their own appetites. We have observ-
ed that when the sale of liquor has
been more or less unrestricted for a
while, it Is reasonably easy to arouse
the people to put it down. In the
same manner, after a period Of prohi-
bition, it seems that it is hardly more
difficult to turn them back to whisky.
The responsibility for the situation
rests more largely with those who ap-
preciate and would avoid the dangers
of unrestricted whisky, and these
should exercise eternal vigilance in or
der that they may not be caught nap
ping.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-13
TARIFF BILL IN CONFERENCE.
House and Senate Try to Get Together
on the Revision.

The tariff now has been shifted
from both houses Of congress to a
conference committee. The house
last Friday adopted a rule whereby
all of the eight hundred and forty
seven amendments of the senate were
disagreed to and the conference re-
quested by the senate granted. Eigh-
teen Republicans voted against the
rule and one Democrat voted for 1t.
When the house met at noon inter-
est was at fever heat. The leaders on
both sides had notified their respec-
tive forces to be on hand.
The debate, which at times waxed
warm, disclosed the fact that there
to the so-called insurgents, who were
yet to be pacified before they would
give their votes on the final passage
of the bill. The Democrats accused
the majority party of having violat-
ed it's ante-election pledges. A fea-
ture of the discussion was an appeal
by Chairman Payne to his colleagues
to send the confereeS to the senate
unhampered by instructions. He
promised to rigidly exact an eXplana-
ton of every amendment made by the
senate, in order that the house confer
ees might report back a bill which
would meet the approval Of the ma
jority and Of the country at large. His
appeal was granted.
In the course Of the debate Repre-
sentative Mann, of Illinois, declared
he would vote against the bill on the
conference report If the senate pro-
vision on wood pulp and print paper
was retained.
Messrs. Randall, of Texas; Pou, of
North Carolina, and Henry, Of Texas,
characterized the measures as break
ing the Republican pledges to the
American people.
In pleading for the opportunity to
vote separately on the various amend
ments Mr. Bartlett, of Georgia, de-
clared he was in favor of the amend
ments providing for free cotton bag
ging and the drawback on cotton ties;
but as to the corporation tax, he said
il was "a subterfuge, a pretext, a
sham" placed in the hill to defeat the
income tax.
Speaker Cannon announced the fol-
lowing as the house conferees:
Payne, of New York; DalZell, of
Pennsylvania; Mccall, of Massachu-
sets; Boutell. of Illinois: Calderhead,
of Kansas; Fordney, of Michigan, Re-
publicans. Clark, Of Missouri: Un-
derwood, of Alabama; Griggs, of
Georgia, Democrats.
Senators Aldrich, Cullom, Hale,
Burrows and Penrose, Republicans;
and Daniel Money and Bailey. Dem
ocratS were appointed conferees on
behalf Of the senate.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-13
SPECULATIVE MARKET.

The developments in the speculative
cotton market yesterday, are summar-
lied in an Associated Press dispatch
of last night as follows:
A heavy, general buying movement
in the cotton market today inspired by
unfavorable weather reports from Tex
as sent prices to new high records for
the season with all new crop deliveries
selling at the highest they have reach
ed for years at this period of the sea-
son so near the new crop movement.
The market closed firm at a net ad-
vance of 25 to 81 points. The market
opened firm at an advance of to 13
points on over-Sunday buying orders
and steady cables. At first there was
some hesitation owing to a crop report
by leading New Orleans authority
indicating a distinct improvement in
the condition of the crop since the last
report but after selling off to within 3
or points OF the closing figures of
Saturday the market rallied sharply on
the detailed weather reports from
Texas. These showed a continuation
of dry and very hot weather over the
weekend and with the western belt
forecast holding out no hope of imme-
diate moisture, serious apprehensions
as to the welfare of the Texas crop
quite overbalanced the more encour-
aging general condition report men,
toned above. Early sellers became
buyers, and many of the people who
had taken profits on long cotton to-
ward the close Of last week appeared
to be re-entering the market on the
long side. At any rate trading became
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-13

Mr.. z. L. Barnes has been chosen by
the city council of Rock Hill to sue
ceed Mr. Chas. s. May, as clerk and
treasurer
The pocket book lost in Yorkville
on July S, by, Miss Eunice Plaxico
was found by Mr.. R. e. Mcclure, and
returned to The Enquirer Office on last
Friday.
II was MIR. ]. e. Burns instead of
Mr. w. B. Burns, who was elected to
go with Mr.. ]. Frank Ashe to repre-
sent York county at the state meeting
of the Farmers Union, TO be held in
Columbia on July %.
Mr.. J. e. Burns Of the Beersheba
neighborhood tells of a neighbor, who
found his sweet potato patch so grassy
that it could not be cleaned, and hit
upon the expedient of moving the patch
to another place, cleaned and prepared
for them in advance.
We are reproducing from the Rock
Hill Herald Of last Saturday the re-
port Of the supervisors disbursements
for the quarter ending June 80. This
report tells where the public money
goes and who gets It, and is, Of course,
Of very considerable interest to all the
taxpayers.
Manager Darlington Of the Piedmont
Telephone and Telegraph company, a
mighty nice man himself, says that his
company Is going to be just as good
to the people Of Ycrkville and York
county as it knows how to be. AS a
matter of fact the telephone has been
behaving very nicely, and we can only
hope that it will continue to be as good
as it has been.
Interested through the wonderfully
attractive advertisement Of Childs, OF
Floral Park, New York, last fall and
winter, quite a number Of people In
and around Yorkville bought seeds of
the wonderberry, described as new
creation of Wizard Burbank, that is
something like the whortleberry In
shape, size and color; but better than
any other known berry for the reason
that it began to produce early and
continued until frost, producing delight
full berries suitable for pies, or eating
raw. These berries are now beginning
to ripen, and while not complete
humbug are really more or less disap-
pointing. They are not very sweet and
not very acid; but are rather insipid
to the taste; and while interesting "a
a curiosity, do not appear to have much
practical value. People who have ex-
perimented with them this year will
hardly do so again.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-13

ABOUT a year ago some Of the Rock
Hill squib artists were inclined to gel
a little jocose over the Chester news.
papers lenient way Of dealing with
certain defalcations, etc., down here
and gave the impression that II occa-
sion ever arose the world should be
promptly and startlingly informed Of
ANYTHING Of the kind that happened
in Rock Hill. Now we awake to fint
. that there has been a matter OF this
character on the boards at Rock Hill
for several weeks that threatens to bt
of considerable proportions when 1t !!
finally threshed out, but which ha6
until Saturday been religiously KEEP
out Of the public prints. 1t all de.
pends on whose OK 1t Is that is gored
Chester Reporter.
The Reporter is hardly to be blamed
for the shot it has seen proper to take
at the Rock Hill paper, which ever one
1t was; but we do not think 1t gets
quite to the meat Of the matter in 1t;
application Of the old story Of the gor;
ed OK. II the Chester papers were
lenient over any case or cases they
may have had, 1t was hardly altogeth.
er because they were Chester cases
There was something else behind 1t
More often than otherwise these case:
come as a great surprise to the COM
munities interested. They are gen.
orally preceded by mere rumors thai
cannot be substantiated, for the reason
that the people who know will not tall
unless compelled to, and the newspa-
per has no way Of compelling them
A newspaper that makes a mistake II
a matter Of this kind is apt to find It.
self in worse position than the mar
who Is accused. 1t is liable to be
mulcted for heavy damages, and II
really ought to be so mulcted. Tht
alleged Chester cases and the alleged
Rock Hill cases are not the only onei
Of their kind. The plain, blunt truth 1:
that such cases are common. AS g
rule, however, what is everybody's
business Is nobody's business, and
since the people who are threatened
with loss by such defalcations arr
generally willing to let the matter
drop on their being saved whole, there
are not so many prosecutions as there
would otherwise be. We are not ex.
cusing or accusing. We are merely
stating what we believe to be an un.
fortunate fact without any definite
idea of an adequate remedy.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-13
JUDGE Memminger's remarks to til

JUDGE Memminger's remarks to the
grand jury yesterday on the subject
of the noticeable development Of per-
jury on the witness stand are both
timely and appropriate. There Is some
qualification to be found in the fact
that he has not been so impressed with
this alarming development in this
part of the state as elsewhere. This
means that false swearing has not
grown so common here as to be a rule
rather than the exception; but still 1t
is a lamentable fact that deliberate
perjury is not unknown even in York
county. OF course, every man who
has been in a position to know, is aware
that full many a lie has been deliber-
ately told from the witness stand here,
and the record of isolated cases ex-
tends so far back behind the memory
Of the oldest inhabitant as to leave
room for the inference that there have
been cases of this form of crime from
our earliest history. If such a thing
were permissible, we could mention,
from hearsay testimony, that seemed
satisfactory to us, specific notable in
stances of false swearing that were
not only allowed to go unrebuked, but
were allowed to prevail in the issues.
Since the development of the damage
suit industry in this section, dating
back to a few years previous to the
Fishing creek wreck, false swearing
has become more common. Indeed,
there are some instances where men
have almost made a joke of it. We
have heard people who ought to know
better, actually laughing at the way
some particular professional witness
was able to outswear some other wit
instance of situations like those refer
red to by Judge Memminger, where
the parties at interest were concern
ed, not so much by what the facts were,
as by what it was necessary to prove.
And as his honor took occasion to say,
this is a most horrible state of affairs.
Unless it is checked, the tendency is
to make the administration of justice
most pitiable farce. While it is true,
and truth to be proud of. the average
York jury can be depended upon to lay
aside personal considerations and find
verdicts in accordance with the merits
of the cases they have in charge, even
the wisest and most exalted juror is
necessarily at a terrible disadvantage
when confronted with the necessity of
trying to find the truth in maze of
perjury. And as we see it, there is no
greater or higher work for the grand
jury or the good citizenship Of this
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-13
THIRTEEN CENTS, COTTON.
How the Rise In the Market Affects
1hinos In Charlotte. ~

Thirteen cents for middling cotton
was offered on the local platform
yesterday, the first time In two years,
and there were no takers, save for q
few scattering bales here and there.
The records on file show that the last
time 13 cents was offered for cotton
was September 10. 1907. On the
corresponding date last year, cotton
brought lii cents.
The future market jumped about
80 points yesterday, October closed
Saturday Afternoon at 13.41. The I'm
al quotation yesterday was 1871.
This Is but 20 points Of H. cents, Mr..
Theodore H. Prices prediction.
There are but few who do not believe
that 1t will be realized New York
spots yesterday were quoted at 1910.
The effect Of the high price Of spot
cotton and the low price Of yarns
upon the mills and manufacturing
establishments generally is being
much discussed. There was q meet
Ing In Charlotte Friday Of the exc
Spinners association for the purpose
Of considering the situation. A gen.
eral meeting Of the association was
called for August 6, in Asheyille.
1t is the consensus Of opinion that
many Of the mills will close down for
repairs to machinery, holidays to
operatives, ETC., during the months
Of July and August in order that the
production may be curtailed as much
as possible, It is generally under
stood that this will be the system
employed in order that the help may
be kept intact so that when better
and October, after the new crop Is
moving. the tariff question settled,
etc., all will be smooth sailing. Eff
fort will be exerted to hold the prices
where they now are SO that no extra
handicap may be encountered when
things begin to improve. There are
many who believe that the present
price Of spot cotton Is a blessing In
disguise for 1t will force all the mills
to curtail whether they want to or
not and. while this period OF short
supply is pending the surplus stocks
can be gotten rid Of %
One Of the best known mill men of
this city remarked to q friend q few
days ago that he was going to visit
one OF his plants in a nearby town
and that he intended closing 1t down
for time. al
what is going to be your excuse
for shutting down the mill? Low
price Of yarns or high price Of cot
ton or what?" 46f
Repairs to machinery" was the
curt reply. IF can't find anything
wrong. am going down into my
boiler room with sledge hammer
and knock hole In one Of my en-
gines"
This is the general attitude. It is
believed that IL the mills can manage
to pull through the present distress
ingly dull season that the fall will
bring better times.
The panic, the tariff, the low price
Of yarns and the condition Of stag
nation obtaining in the markets,
combined with possible oyerpro-
duction and other contributing
causes, 1t is believed to have made It
impossible for the general situation
to improve. However, suficient time
has now elapsed and better times
cannot but be near at hand, The
end Of the tariff is In sight, the panic
has about passed and there you are.
Glad tidings OF great Joy are ex-
pected early In the fall when times
improve.-C Charlotte Observer, Friday.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-13
ABOUT PEOPLE.

| MISS mary brOOhS lnIldIl Is NlSil-
ing relatives in McConnellsville.
Master Jack Faulconer is visiting
his father at Haw River, N. c.
Mrs. J. M. Starr Of Yorkville is
spending some time at Montreal, N c.
Miss Alec Starr has returned home
from visit to friends in Rock Hill.
| Mrs Ann Starr Of Rock Hill, Is In
Yorkville on a visit to Miss Agne
Moore.
Mr.. Paul T. McNeel and DR.. John B.
Bowen Of Spartanburg, spent Sunday
in Yorkville.
| j. s. Brice, Esq, has returned from
ten days stay at Blowing Rock,
N. C.
Miss Reba Cain Of Yorkville Is the
guest of her brother in Gaffney, this
week.
Miss Mamie Turner Of Yorkville, is
the guest of Miss Daisy Dameron in
| Charlotte.
Miss Mamie Squier of Columbia, is
visiting in Yorkville, the guest Of Mrs.
e. B. Beard.
Misses Nellie Hart and Louise Bar
ron have returned from a visit to
friends in Guthriesville.
Mr.. S. ". Meek and daughter, Miss
Mabel Of Warren, Ark, are guests
of Mrs. w. B. Wylie in Yorkville.
Messrs. Joe Reinhart Of Lincoln
ton, and Rob Lee Reinhart Of Forest
City, N. c., are visiting Mr.. ]. W. Nc
Farland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Starr M. Mason of
Charleston, are in Yorkville on a
visit to Misses Agnes Moore and Bes-
sic Mason.
Mrs. Ralph Gotham and son,
Ralph, Of Monticello, Ark, are the
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. John s. Jones
on Wright avenue.
DR.. Miles ]. Walker leaves this
evening for Antietam, Md, to attend
the military. medical and surgical
lectures there during the next two
weeks.
Mr.. James Marshall Of Anderson,
who has been visiting Mrs. w. F.
Marshall returned home yesterday.
He was accompanied by his daughter
Miss Lalla.
Mr. H. M. Abernathy, the we'll known
expert card room boss, has returned to
his old place at the York cotton mills.
Mr. Abernathy has the reputation Of
being one Of the best men in his par
ticular line to be found in either North
or South Carolina It is claimed that he
can get as much product as anybody,
II not just a little more, and his pro-
duct Is always up to standard. His
many friends both in and out of the
mill settlement are glad to know Of
his return to Yorkville.
Rock Hill Record: While return
ing to the city from Tirzah on Sun
day afternoon, Rev. A. S. Rogers got
in a runaway mix-up which, however
had no serious consequences. Mr..
| Rogers was leisurely driving along
| in his buggy and behind him were
| driving Mr.. Frank Adams and his
two daughters. Mr.. Adams horse
| auto, plunged forward and dashed
into the buggy ahead. Mr.. Rogers
was thrown out over the dashboard
and was considerably shaken up and
bruised. The buggy limped into
town with a broken axle and wheel
and had to go to the shop for re-
pairs. The many friends Of Mr.. Ro-
gers are rejoicing at his narrow es
cape.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-13

tremendously active. October con-
tracts sold up to 1912 and December
at 1915 or 20 to 81 points net higher
and very nearly half a cent a pound
above the low prices of last Friday.
The market closed within a point or
two Of the top, in spite Of heavy real
izings and offerings were so we'll abb
sorbed during the entire session as to
suggest a remarkably strong bullish
average Of opinion as to the ultimate
course Of prices. Southern spot mar
kets Officially reported early were un-
changed to IA higher. In addition to
the outlook for continued dry weather
in the western belt, local showers are
forecasted for parts Of the eastern belt,
where rains are not considered desir-
able.
Receipts at the ports today 2,419
bales against 2,217 last week and 6,065
last year. For the week 10000 against
1887 last week and 25,504 last year
Todays receipts at New Orleans $50
against 715 last year.