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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-18
CHESTER FAIR.

All signs are hopeful and highly
encouraging for the Chester county
fair and horse and cattle show on the
18th and 27th inst, writes a cores
pondent. This will be the first move
for some years toward a county fair;
it Is the fourth horse show. The es-
innate Is that there will be on exhi-
bition not less than $50 cattle and
about 200 horses, and all of good
quality. The buildings are in course
of erection for housing the collection
Of farm produce and poultry, which
Is expected to be large and choice.
The railroads are furnishing favor
able rates. Visitors can come on the
regular trains on the Southern, Sea-
board and Lancaster & Chester. The
Carolina & Northwestern will operate
a special train on Wednesday morning
and If sufficient patronage, train also
on Thursday. There will be likewise
attractive music and other entertain
ments.
The premium list for the fair is as
follows:
Best half bushel with six ears white
stock corn, first prize 81; second
prize, so cents.
Best half bushel with six ears yell
low corn, first prize 81; second prize,
so cents.
Best half bushel with six ears bread
corn, first prize, 81; second prize, SO
cents.
Best half bushel white wheat, first
prize, 81; second prize, SO cents.
Best half bushel oats, first prize, 81;
second prize, SO cents.
Best half bushel peanuts, first prize,
ST. second prize, so cents.
Best half bushel cowpeas, first
prize, 81; second prize, so cents.
Best half bushel sweet potatoes,
first prize, 81; second prize. SO cents
Best half bushel Irish potatoes, first
prize, 81; second prize, SO cents.
Best bale Of peavine hay, first
prize, 81; second prize, so cents.
Best three stalks of cotton. first
prize. 81; second prize. so cents.
Best bale of upland cotton, short
staple, first prize, $5; second prize,
$3.50.
Two largest pumpkins, first prize,
81; second prize, so cents.
Poultry.
Premiums of 81 for the first and
so cents for the second will be given
for the best trio Of each breed of
chickens and turkeys.
Cattle.
Best herd of Guernseys, $40.
Best herd of Herefords. $40.
Best herd of Shorthorns, $40.
Best herd Of Devons. $40.
Best herd of Red Polled, SO.
Ribbons will be given for the best
bull, COW. heifer and calf in each of
the above classes.
Hogs.
The following premiums will be
given for each of the following
breeds:
Berkshire, Essex and Poland China,
best boar over one year old, first prize
50. second 81: best boar over six
months and under one year old, first
So; second 81; best SOW over one year
DID, first 50, second 81: best SOW over
six months and under one year old,
first 81. second 81: best pair Of pigs,
one of each sex. under six months old,
first 50. second 81; best display. not
less than 10 head. first IS.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-18

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

d. b. Wallace-Offers pure Appler oats
at 20 cents bushel.
r. NJ. and II. +. Ferguson-Want
chickens, geese, turkeys and veal
calves.
w. r. Carroll-Offers 7-rOom house on
Lincoln street for rent after Decem-
ber l, at $3.50 a month.
J. A. Tate, G. G. G. Pls.-Gives notice
of sale of realty in the case of British
American Mortgage company against
Albert Whitener.
o. T.. wilkins and others, Board of Cor
porators-Give notice of opening of
books Of subscription of Yorkville
Creamery association at First Ma
tional Bank of Yorkville, October 20,
1910.
]. S. Brice, Plaintiffs Attorney-Pub-
fishes notice to absent defendants in
case of VIM. NJ. Patrick, plaintiff vs..
#. G. Patrick and others, defend
ants, and Adaline Ward ond others,
plaintiffs VS.. ]. G. Wallace and 9TH
ers, defendants.
The Amuse-U Theatre-Announce
three fine pictures for tonight, one of
them hand colored, and the most
beautiful ever shown in Yorkville.
J. L. Williams & Co.-Say that now
is the time to buy dress goods, cloth
ing. etc, and their store is the place.
Louis Roth--Has seed wheat and onion
sets for fall planting.
York Supply Co.-Offers hog feed, r.
R. P. oats, Appler oats. fertilizers,
etc.
First National Bank of Sharon-Makes
a showing of $4,000 capital, 100000
of deposits and total assets Of $145,-
900.
Kirkpatrick k-Belk Co.-Announce spe-
cial embroidery sale for next Thurs
day, beginning at 1890 o'clock a. m.
The Thomson Co.-Give some infor-
nation about women's tailored suits
and call especial attention to a long
list of seasonable goods.
National Union Bank-Tells how per
cent compounded quarterly grows,
and volunteers some valuable advice
to young men about saving.
J. C. Wilborn-Offers 62 acres of the
M. C.. Latham property at $15 per
acre.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-18
Boys Scouts of America.

The Boy Scout movement that be-
gan some three years ago in England
is being organized in the United
States, mainly through the efforts of
the American Playground association.
and soon, no doubt, says the Atlanta
Journal, will claim thousands of eager
followers throughout the Union.
What chivalry, as a social system
meant to the world ages ago, the Boy
Scout movement, in a moderniZed and
more practical form, means to the
present time. 1t takes the fire of ro-
nance and adventure that burns in
the blood of every real boy and turns
them to warmth and radiance not on
ly for himself, but also for the COM
munity about him. It's object, as re-
Gently stated by the editor of the
London Daily Express is to make the
boys of a nation self-reliant, resource
full, able to look after themselves and
others i'm an emergency-in short to
make real men of them.
gan. Back in 1900 when the little
town of Mafeking i'm Africa. was be-
Sieged by the Beers, SO many of its
defenders were either killed or
wounded that the boys of the town
were got together, talked to, drilled,
put into uniforms and then employed
in carrying messages from fort to
fort and doing hundred other use
full things Col. Robert Baden-Pow-
ell. now a general. observed that the
boys were as pleased as they were
valuable and that many an urchin
who hitherto had appeared dull and
ne'er- lowell, fairly blazed forth
into Il young knight errant.
When the siege was over and Cen
cral Baden-Powell was back in Eng
land he remembered all this. The
plan that worked so well at Mafeking
in time of war should work i'm Eng
land, in any community in fact, in
times of peace. And so he collected
a band of youngsters. taught them
of King Arthur, took them into a
camp, taught them woodCraft, the
names of birds the secrets of the
forest. and also he showed them how
To take care of themselves in moments
of danger and To aid others in an hour
of need. 1t was only a little expert
mcnt the general was making for his
own interest and the pleasure of the
boys. but before the year was over
there had sprung up in England Il
hundred thousand Boy Scouts.
That shows how true and big must
be the idea behind the movement. 1t
has spread spontaneously and it is
more than justified in what it has ac-
tually done for England. 1t is relat-
eel that on the occasion Of King Ed
wards funeral, when more than Il
quarter of Il million people wcr"
packed i'm Hyde Park and when al
most every moment some woman
would faint from the intense heat,
there were boy scouts at every am
bulancc center and that they not only
aided in revivimg patients, in bringing
water and Keeping back the crowd.
but that they also saved many lives.
That is but one sort of service the
scouts render. Almost every week
news comes that the scouts have saw
ed somebody from drowning and tn"
thousands of little kind acts they do
could never be recorded.
This movement promises To meet
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-18

Mr.. s. B. Tanner, the well known
mill man of Henrietta, is out in an in
terview in which he makes the asser-
tion that the building of new cotton
mills at this time is criminal. He re-
fers to the time when the cotton farm
ers over-produced the supply until
the mills were unable to manufacture
it, much less the world to use it,
and recalls how conditions were not
changed until the farmers had almost
exhausted their producing power. He
says that the cotton mills are now
facing the same situation, and unless
they bring up a halt they will soon be
to where the cotton farmers We're.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-18

wood. s. c.: r. d. Zeigler of McCor-
mick. :. c.: Miss Alma Williams.
Greenwood. :. c.; Lorenzo Rivers,
Augusta. son of Engineer Rivers; Jen-
ME Payne. Greenwood, :. c.: Ross
Dawson and Peter Lynch. All of the
injured passengers were en- route TO
Greenwood and were sent to that city
IN charge of a physician. \ relief
train sent from Augusta is expected
To return about 2 o'clock. Shortly af-
ter the wreck. Operator Browden at
Mccormick. it is said. telegraphed the
Augusta office Of the wreck and stat
ed that he was so busy selling tickets
that he forgot to show the signal to
stop the SouthbOund train for Angus
Ia for orders. This train registered
at Mccormick and left at once. CON
ductor f. L. Foster of the south
bound escaped injury and walked
back to Mccormick with the news OF
the wreck.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-18

1t is to the very great advantage of
the state of South Carolina that the
port of Charleston he developed to the
utmost. There are many broad, intel
ligent, we'll informed, honest men, who
believe that there has been discrimi-
nation against this port for years. We
believe it, but we cannot prove it. We
would not recommend any injustice to
the railroads; but we think that the
people of South Carolina and the p"o-
pie of Charleston have rights in the
matter that should he considered If
there is any lawful and just means of
making the railroads give Charleston
proper consideration, we would like to
see it applied. We believe the best
interest of the state of South Carolina
calls for the fullest development Of
the port of Charleston.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-18
Within The TOWN.

The price of cotton on this market
on October 10 of last year, was 13i
cents.
The Yorkville Graded school re-
sumed work yesterday, after a suspen-
sion Of two weeks.
Local merchants report that last
Saturday was the best day for sales
and collections they have had so far
this season.
AT a congregational meeting of the
Associate Reformed church last Sun
day, after the morning service, Messrs.
]. M. Stroup, ]. f. Gettys and r. R.
Love were elected elders, and Messrs.
]. w. Kirkpatrick and d. T. Woods
were elected deacOns.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-18
HICKORY GROVE NOTES.
Societies of the School Debate Com
puIsory Edueation-PersonaI Men,
Correspondence The Yorkyille Enquirer

Correspondence The Yorkville Enquirer
Hickory Grove. October 1.-THE
societies of the Hickory Grove High
school rendered a very interesting
programme Friday afternoon, October
i4th. The most interesting feature of
the occasion was the debate. The query
was: Resolved, That South Caro-
lima should have compulsory educa-
ton" The Suyden society upheld the
negative and the Moffatt, the affirma-
tive. The judges were, Miss Eva wy
lie, Miss Sallie Allison and Mrs w.
H. Whisonant. Mrs. WhisOnant was
the chairman and rendered the deci-
ison in favor of the negative which
was very gratifying to the Suyden So
ciety This was the first public meet
ing of the societies and the prospects
for a success in the future are prom
ising On the last Friday of each
month the societies will render a pub
lie programme. The public is cordi-
ally invited to be present.
The Woman's Missionary society
gave an oyster supper in the w. ..
w. Hall Friday evening October 14th.
The proceeds amounted TO twenty
dollars. which were given to the sup
port of foreign mission work.
The Rev. w. II. Whitaker, pastor
of Vernon church of this place Is
visiting friends in the country this
week.
Mrs. Amber of Greenville, S. c.,
is visiting Prof. w. T. Slaughter of
this place.
Mr. w. II. Whisonant has accepted
the position as night guard on the
county chaingang, which is now re-
pairing the Bullock's Creek bridge.
Mrs. sam Kell is visiting her moth
er at Lancaster 5. c.
Mrs. r. ID. Smith has left for her
home Lincolnton. y. G.
Mrs. Lizzie Burris of McConnells-
vile is visiting her sister, Mrs Bob
ScOggins at this place.
Mrs. c. :. Moorhead. who has been
sick for sometime with typhoid fever.
is improving
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-18

with an exceptionally cordial response
i'm America for the reason that about
ten years ago Mr.. Ernest Thompson
Seton organized here a similar insti-
tuition for boys. known as WoOdcraft
Indians. His idea was that the growth
of cities had gradually deprived the
country's boys of that intimate con-
tact with nature and outdoor life
which their forefathers on the farm
had known. To revive the earlier,
hardy American spirit was his pur-
pose. This idea and that of the Boy
Scouts are so closely akin that they
have merged and are now at work
side by side in America.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-18
TUESDAY,, OCTOBER 1s, 1910.

The underlying reason why sucn
teaching is desirable is because II
brings the school in touch with t,, the
home life. AS Mr.. Warren of Cornell
saws, THE teaching of agriculture
will make better farmers. who VIII
make more money" and it Is only by
this means that we can build up our
schools and make our country nle
what it should be-the most pleas,
ant. profitable and independent Oh All
lives.
"Since it will not be possible. as
above stated. to visit all the schools
of the state, it will be necessary for
the teacher. or any one interested. to
make application for the work. This
can be done by writing the Superin-
tendent of the Extension Work
Clemson College S. c.. as this work Is
directly under the extension division.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-18
PRICE OF COTTON.

For a week past, the Charleston
News and Courier has been gathering
reports of prices paid at the various
cotton markets throughout the state.
Here Is a summary of the reports of
prices paid at the places mentioned
last Saturday.
Union-14.50.
Orangeburg-14.70.
Camden-14.75.
Rock Hill-14.75.
Yorkville-14.75.
Darlington-14.S15.
Lake City-14.50.
Anderson-14 SIS.
Laurens-14 SIS.
Barnwell-14.75.
Greenville-14 5-S.
Spartanburg-14.75.
Florence-14.65.
Columbia-14.S5.
Jonesville-14.50.
Manning-1475.
Marion-14.75.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-18

Although it appears that Wade
Hampton Sellers was not guilty on the
criminal side of the court of the muir
der of Constable Farmer, the civil side
of the court seems to think that he
should pay $4,000 to the widow. We
have an idea that if Mcdonald and
Henry had been after him in the first
case. things would have been different,
and a civil suit would not have been
necessary.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-18

Notices have been sent out to differ
ent leading farmers throughout the
state. that the agricultural depart
ments of the state and Federal gov
ernments have arranged to have at the
state fair four car loads of the best
horses that it is possible to obtain, for
sale to the farmers of South Carolina.
The object of the undertaking is to
improve the breed of horses in this
state. and the animals are to be sold
to those who care to buy at actual cost
to the government.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-18

1t is said that while the Episcopal
convention was discussing the ques-
ton of miracles at1the convention at
Cincinnati last week, J. p. Morgan got
up and left the house in disgust, say
ing that he would look after business
matters which were at least worth at
tention. There seems to be ground for
the suggestion that Mr.. Morgan has
begun to think that he is pretty close
TO the limit himself.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-18
YoRK,s PERSONAL PROPERTY.

Auditor Hunters abstract as filed
with the comptroller general recently,
shows that the aggregate assessed
value of personal property in York
county, as returned for taxation for
the year commencing January l, 1910,
was $3,519,73S, as compared with 3d.
625,1S0 for the year commencing jan
uary l, 1909. a decrease of $105,442 this
year as compared with last year.
The assessed value OF the personally
in the different townships this year,
as cnmnared with last is as follows:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-18

- Washington. October 16: Missis-
sippi's corn crop this year is the larg-
est i'm the history Of the state, accord
ing to the United States department
of agriculture. The yield is large and
in many sections on small acreages
more than one hundred measured
bushels an acre have been gathered
For the first time considerable corn
will be shipped from the counties
where grown. Heretofore SO little
corn was grown for shipping. that
rates never had been asked for. but
this year rates on corn To elevators,
etc, were made.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-18

is very little real advantage to the far
mer in the rise except in tie ability
to more easily pay debts that were
contracted before the rise commenced
There is really no more profit in rails
ing IA cents cotton today, than there
was in raising cents cotton seven or
eight years ago. The proposition as to
13 and 25 cents cotton is about correct.
A farmer cannot make money raising
either except in connection with an
abundance of other supplies.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-18

There has been no news last night
or today from Walter Wellman and
party. who last Saturday started in the
airship America, to sail across the
Atlantic. There is much uneasiness
for the party because of the terrible
storm that is now sweeping the At
lantic.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-18

Notwithstanding the fact that the
correctness of the statement has been
frequently refuted, newspapers con-
tinue to print the assertion that the
price of cotton is higher than at this
season since the war.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-18

If Walter Wellman succeeds in his
trip across the Atlantic in his dirigible
balloon, he goes down in history as a
great man, and if he fails, he will
eventually be forgotten along with
thousands of other fools who were un-
able to make good.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-18

The Anderson Daily Mail gives Mr..
]. r. Miller credit as the record corn
raiser for Anderson county, Mr.. Miller
having this year harvested 112 bush
els and % pounds from single acre.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-18
Chr alurkrille enquirer.
Entered at the Postoffice in Yorkville
as Mail Matter of the Second Glass.
YORKVILLE. s. c.:
TUESDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1910.

II has been said that the roads of a
country are an accurate test of its civ
ilization. York county then is becom-
ing rapidly civilized.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-18

The Spartanburg Herald admits that
it put it's editorial page to press the
other day before the receipt of the An
derson Daily Mail. How rash!
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-18
Guilty Party Not Captured.

Sheriff Brown, Chief Of Police Love,
Deputy Sheriff Quinn and Constable
Sanders, have made a faithful and
diligent search Of the recent shooting
into the Southern train on the out
skirts Of Yorkville; but have not yet
been able to fix the responsibility on
the party who may have fired the
shot
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-18

The total number of taxable animals
i'm the county shown in the abstract
this year as compared with last year is
as follows:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-18
Accidental KILLING.

Rock Hill special of October Is. to
News and Courier: The 16-year-old
son of Wesley Harris. a negro tenant
on Mr.. ]. F. Reids farm, six miles
south of the city, while working with
shotgun discharged 1t accidentally
and the load literally tore the leg off
his little 6-year old brother. A physi-
clan was 'phoned for, but the child
died of hemorrhage in ten minutes af-
ter being shot. The affair was purely
accidenty and no inquest was held.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-18

Until January I, 1911.
We will send The Yorkville Enquirer
from this date till January /, 1911.
for AZ cents.
Woodmen Lose.
The supreme court has affirmed the
finding of the court below in the case
of Sovereign Camp of Woodmen of the
World, appellant vs.. Mpllie Fincher
Means, respondent.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-18

The various classes of personally
with the aggregate value Of each class
to fnllnwS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-22

who means to follow Jesus may not
stop short of cleansing the temple of
the Most High. To purify the church
is, the most direct method of anchor
at1ng the condition of the world.
The Grand Assize.
The comfortable and easy going
habit of our day is to disregard a here
after. We hear little about heaven
and less about hell The issue of the
final estate of man is generally lodged.
In happy-go-lucky fashion we trust
the future to take care of itself. None
the less, in the review we are con-
fronted by the fact that five of the
quarters lessons have to do with the
last judgment and the eternal life
Cut out of the scheme of Christian
ity the conception of a future state,
wherein all of earth's iniquities are
made right, and the whole fabric col
lapses. If there is no other judiciary
than we know in organized human
society, then the tears of the defraud-
ed widow, the wailings of hungry chill
dren, the groanings of myriads of OPP
pressed and imprisoned, the anguish
of the defrauded weak, all cry out in
indictment of the whole. vast scheme
of things. The history of mankind is
an inexplicable riddle unless wrongs
are to be made right, and rewards and
punishments to be apportioned justly,
somehow and somewhere. Jesus
plainly taught, cline upon line and
precept upon precept' that there is
a day of reckoning. The Great Judge
would be less than just and omnipo-
tent If he did not hold a final assze
That truth is a necessary comfort and
admonition to humanity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-22

private ceremonials, the 2,461st ami
versary of his birth
Funds are being solicited for the
purpose of erecting a statue to per-
EFT Hale.
Reports of impending revolution in
China disturb foreigners. A second
Boxer uprising is feared, and our
forces in the Philippines are held in
readiness to protect American inter
ests in China.
During the last decade nearly ten
million immigrants have come into the
United States One and three-fourthS
millions of these came from South
ern Italy while Jews and Poles ex-
ceeded that number.
A suggestion which has received
the endorsement of President Lowell
of Harvard, is that the celebration of
the hundred years of peace between
England and the United States, which
will occur in 1914, should be kept free
from all military display, making it a
centenary of peace by a gathering of
the powers of peace and brotherhood.
The prince regent of China, by i'm
perfal decree, has made English the
official language in all Chinese schools
of modern learning" The effect can
not but be far reaching in making
English more than ever a world Ian
guage; and the indirect help to mis-
sions, which are themselves in a very
real sense the original cause of the
decree, must be very great also.
The Vacation Bible schools have re-
Gently terminated their tenth year.
with a record of $1,000 boys and girls
of eleven cities gathered in ninety
schools to be taught bv more than 800
college men and women, recruited
from sixty institutions as volunteers
in the social and religious service.
The teachers were selected from more
than 500 applicants for their adapta-