Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-06-08


for second crop planting.
Farmers Wholesale Grocery-Has
taken over the laundry business Of
Mr.. T. M. Dobson and solicits your
patronage. Good work and prompt
service is promised.
Orders against York county are per-
fectly good, II properly endorsed.
Treasurer Neil is taking them in at
sight with one hundred cents on the
dollar.
Mr.. c. G. Faris Of Fort Mill. was
among the teachers who were awarded
certificates to teach in the public
schools as the result of the recent ex-
animation. His name was incorrectly
published as &C. G. Falls" The error
was made in this office.
Yesterday was an unusually dull
salesday. There were few visitors in
town from the country. who were not
obliged to come, but not many. The
rains of last week have made it neces-
sary for the farmers to get busy, and
they are busy.
Mr.. J. r. KiIlian Of Yorkville. left
Sunday morning to attend the Imperial
Council of Ancient Arabic Order Mobiles
of Mystic Shrine to be held In Scot
tish Rite Cathedral, Louisville, KY"
on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, June Z, s, 9 and 10. Great
preparations are in order, as they are
expecting over 10000 Masons from all
parts Of the United States. The pro-
gramme indicates a royal good time
for all members.
Mr.. Harry e. Neil, treasurer Of York
county, vice H. A. D. Nicely, deceased,
took charge last Friday and the affairs
of the treasurer's Office are again run
ming smoothly. The transfer came
lust a little in advance Of the annual
settlement, and the balancing of the
books incident to the change will be
made to serve in lieu Of the settlement
that would have to come later The
affairs of the Office are In ideal shape,
the accounts Of the former treasurer
being, as everybody expected, abso-
lutely straight.
II can hardly be said that the engi-
neers and workmen engaged upon the
erection Of the Kings Mountain battle
ground monument have had very
pleasant time Of 1t. The site OF the
monument Is in a rather out Of the way
place, and while there have been visi-
tors from the immediate neighborhood
and from nearby towns to help make
things pleasant for a little while, or
dinarily the work has been quite mo-
notonous. One of the engineers declar-
ed that although he had been engaged
on government work for quite while,
this was about the toughest job he had
ever struck.
A gentleman of prominence and af-
fairs accustomed to take broad view
of things and speak intelligently, re-
marked in the presence Of the writer
yesterday, that the heavy rains OF last
week damaged York county to the ex-
tent of not less than half a million dol
lars. There are a great many people
to whom such a statement will appear
absurd, and there are others who can
see more or less reason in 1t. The es-
innate of damage, Of course, includes,
crops washed away or drowned out,
soil erosion, etc, and things generally
that could not be helped. AS to wheth-
er the loss actually amounts to as much
as half a million dollars, Of course,
we are unable to say; but that 1t Is
very great there Is no room for reason
able doubt.
For the benefit of those who have
not thought of 1t that way. we Will sug-
gest that the whole tariff question Is
pretty thoroughly involved in the prin-
ciple of home trade, patronizing home
industries. Except for the fact that
American protection promotes discrim-
nation in favor Of one section of the
country as against another, and In IA
vor Of one class Of people against an
other, we would be unequivocally for
protection. In q very general way this
principle also applies to the doctrine
of giving home industries and enter
prises the preference over foreign In
dustries and enterprises. But there
enters into this last proposition the
other more important principle OF self
preservation. There are hundreds or
people all around us-our own people
who never give a thought to the i'm
portance Of spending their money at
home wherever possible, even though
one may be able to buy to little bet
ter advantage abroad. Suppose for
instance it Is a suit Of clothes you want,
why not buy 1t from the home mer-
chant rather than go elsewhere? Pos
sibly you may have to pay little more
sometimes, but you will get 1t back
when the merchant spends his money.
Or again, suppose you want little
printing done, the cost of which Is
largely a matter of labor. Why not
patronize your home printer rather
than go to Baltimore, st. Louis, or even
Charleston. If the home printer
charges you little more, which Is very
seldom the case, you will always get
It back when he spends his money.
But you will certainly never see any
indirect benefit from the money you
send to the fellow in st. Louis or Bal
timore. The policy OF patronizing
home Industries, of helping the people
who are most likely to help you. or at
least giving them the preference, Is
one OF the soundest and most import
ant In the whole field Of economics.
But people have still a lot to learn in
this direction, and II will pay them to
do much thinking about 1t as they go
along.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
- Delegates to the 1nterdenomina-
tional Sunday School Convention Of
Al,