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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-20
Quite a Big Farmer.-Perhaps the

Quite a Big Farmer.-Perhaps the
largest farming corporation in this
section is that Southern Power com
pany which has something like 22,OOO
acres of land rented out this year.
Much of this is in cotton but more
in corn as the lands of the company
are situated near the Catawba and
Broad rivers.
Mr.. l.. c. Harrison is the official In
charge of these lands. He makes the
contracts. oversees the work and then
superintends i'm general way the COL
lection of the rents. Some or the
land is on shares while the rest is In
consideration Of a specific sum. In
almost all cases the tenants are those
who farmed the land prior to its pur-
chase by the power company.
With fair seasons and a late fall,
Mr. Harrison is expecting to harvest a
large crop. He will have no end OF
corn and of cotton quite lot.
These farms of the Southern Power
company are located adjacent to the
waterpOwer sites. at Great Falls. Ca
tawba, Ninety-Nine Islands. Lookout
Shoals. LansfOrd, Wateree and else
where.-Charlotte Observer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-20

WHIPPED in the governors race, the
Anderson Daily Mail finds consolation
in the coming of the circus. There is
to be no circus in Yorkville. 1t will
go to Rock Hill, but the Rock Hill
people do not need consolation because
they got what they wanted.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-20

EVERY farmer in South Carolina,
should be a stockholder in the Cotton,
Corn and Live Stock road. Pros
perity is one terminal and Wealth the
other. Good Roads and Better Schools
are thriving stations.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-20

THE most dangerous criminals are
women" said NJ. Etienne de Krouleff
chief of the Russian prison admins
tration, in a recent interview. Nobody
but a Russian would have said such
thing
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-20

THE News and Courier refers to
that indispensable nuisance, the tele-
phone" which suggests the idea that
our Charleston neighbor feels about
some things as others feel.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-20

How Il Was Done.-Featherstone
was defeated because the two leading
dailies in the state discounted him in
the first primary. and in the second
devoted their energies not to boosting
him but to knocking Blease. That Is
the whole thing in a nutshell.-New-
berry Observer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-20

AN irresistible force will meet an
immovable body at the Republican
state convention at Saratoga, n. Y.
September 81.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-20

TENNESSEE will probably elect a Re-
publican governor in November. but
that will not be of especial benefit to
the national G. o. P.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-20

SAY, you Charleston people, there is
nobody mad at you. You voted as you
saw proper to vote, and that is what
the rest of us did.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-20

A MEDICAL society of Missouri pro-
poses the licensing of 'red Ticker"
drinkers. The license clerks would be
busy for awhile at least.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-20

THEY are convicting murderers right
along over in Greenville; but they don't
fail to recommend the white ones to
mercy.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-20

THEY are making the story of that
Spartanburg doctor, who claims to
have been chloroformed and robbed of
$500 look rather fishy.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-20

PRESIDENT Taft has recognized the
insurgents and promised them a part
of the political patronage. Revolu-
tionists sometimes win.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-20

GOVERNOR Ansel did not attempt to
explain the Boyd Brock report. He
merely approved it. Wise in his gen
Grafton is our governor.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-20

TIE Spartanhurg Chamber of Com
mercc is sending out invitations to
leading business men of Gre"nvill",
Anderson. Laurcms, Union. Cherokee
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-20

IT is time to begin getting the land
ready for fall oats, wheat and crimson
clover.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-20
YORKVILLE. s. c.:
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1910.

IT looks like the Republican party
has adopted the hobble skirt.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-20

THERE'S many regular" who will
blame his defeat on Mr.. Cannon.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-20
Death of Starr M. Mason.

Mr.. Starr NJ. Mason, died in Charles
ton this morning at o'clock, of nerv-
Gus prostration following long season
of heart trouble. Mr.. Mason was ma
tive of Yorkville, the youngest son or
the late James Mason, and was about
80 years of age. He lived in York
vile until a few years ago, when he
entered the government service, and
went to the Philippine islands. He has
been back about a year. He leaves a
widow and one child, a brother and
one sister The brother is Mr.. John S.
Mason, and the sister is Miss Bessie
Mason of Yorkville. The funeral and
interment are to be in Charleston to-
morrow afternoon at O'Clock.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-20
The alurhrille enql1ircr.

Entered at the Postoffice in Yorkville
as Mail Matter of the Second Glass.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-20
County Demonstration Agent.

Prof. Ira w. Williams, superintend-
ent of the Farmers Cooperative Dem
onstration work in South Carolina, has
selected Mr.. John R. Blair of Blairs-
vile, as agent for the work in York
county, vice Mr.. c. ]. Hughes, resigned.
The new agent is a son of Mr.. ]. c.
Blair of Blairsville, one of the most
successful and prosperous farmers in
the county, and is graduate of Glenn
son college. He was raised on farm,
has had lots of profitable experience
in agricultural work, and operating
under instruction of Prof. Williams,
who knows his business from begin
ming to end as thoroughly as the next
man, will be of great value to the far
mers of York county. Mr.. Blair will
probably enter upon his work about
I
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-20

ALMOST an entire month has passed
without any new prosecutions for bank
embeZZlements in Pittsburg.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-20
LOCAL LACONlCS.
Death of Dr.. F. w. Fain.
Until January 1, 1911.

We will send The Yorkville Enquirer
from this date till January l, 1911.
for Sc cents.
Death of Dr.. F. w. Fain.
The many friends of Mrs. F. w. Fain,
nee Miss Mary Clark, formerly of
Yorkville, will regret to hear of the
death of her husband, DR.. Fain in
cambridge, Tenn, last Sunday. DR..
Fain had been in bad health for some
time; but news of his death was en-
tirely unexpected. Mrs. Fam survives
with five children.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-20
Killed With a Shovel.


Coroner Louthian was called to Rock
Hill Saturday to hold an inquest over
the dead body of Walter Jeter, who
| died from the effects of blow on the
head struck with a shovel in the hands
of Sam Hart, on last Wednesday. From
the testimony it appears that the two
negroes worked on Mr.. J. NJ. Cherry s
plantation, and there had been bad
blood between them sometime. On the
day of the difficulty. Jeter met a gen.
| tleman in an automobile and failed to
give as much of the road as Hart
| thought proper. Hart reproved Jeter
, for his obstinance and dsrespect, and
as the result of the reproval there fol-
lowed fight, in which Hart hit Jeter
twice with a shovel. When it became
clear that Jeter would die, Hart ran
away.
South Carolina Postmasters.
Rock Hill Record: Postmaster e..
f. Poag has just returned from At
lantic City. where he attended the an
nual convention of the National AssO-
| citation of PoStmaSterS of the Second
| and Third Glasses. He is enthusiastic
over the success of the convention.
Many important subjects were dis
cussed by department officials and
pOstmaSterS. j. o. NarnadOe, OF VAL
dosta. Ga. was elected president. and
Mr.. Poag was again placed on the eX-
| ecutive committee as representing
South Carolina. Mr. POag is now very
busy arranging the programme for the
next meeting of the South Carolina
Postmaster's association, of which he
is president. which will be held at CO.
lumbia on October II and -. Strenu-
ous efforts are being made by Mr.. Poag
and his secretary to secure a large at
tendance and they say they have very
good reason to believe the convention
will be the best, in point of interest
and attendance. in the history of the
association. Some of South Carolina $
abIest pOstmasters have places on the
| programme and those who fail To at
| tend and hear what they have TO say
will have cause for regret-that is, if
they are interested in the betterment
of the great service in which they are
engaged.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-20

Y. which was printed this afternoon in
the Evening Post, tells in an interest
ing manner of his impression at the
time he was shot on the steamship
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. The may
or saws that he has not read a line of
what has been published of the shoot
ing nor does he now remember the
name of the man who shot him. Going
over the incidents of the shooting,
Mayor GaynOr. after stating that Rob-
ert AdamSOn. his secretary, pointed out
that the ship was dressed with flags
for him, said: My next consciousness
was of q terrible metallic roar IN my
head. 1t filled my head which seemed
as though il would burst open. 1t
swelled to the highest pitch and then
fell and then rose again and so al
ternated until it Subsided into a con-
tinuOuS buzz. 1t was Sickening hut my
stomach did not give way. was mean
while entirely Sightless. | do not think
| fell for when | became conscious /
was on my feet. My sight gradually
returned. | became conscious that i
was choking. Blood was coming from
nv mouth and | tried all l could TO
swallow it so those around me would
not see it. But | found | could not
swallow and then knew my throat was
hurt 1t seemed as though it were dis
located. l struggled 10 breathe through
my mouth but could not and thought
was dying of strangulation. | kept
thinking all the time the best thing
to do. | was not a bit afraid to die if
that was Gods will for me. | said 10
myself. Just as well now as few
years from now In some way | hap
pened to close my mouth tight and
found breathed perfectly through my
nose | then believed could keep from
smothering but | kept choking and my
mouth kept opening To cast out the
blood. Though the thing had not en-
tered my head that morning | was not
surprised when | realized | was shot.
| had had a feeling for some weeks
that | might be assaulted on account
of the anonymous threats | was get
ting by mail" Mayor Gaynor, in the
letter scored certain newspapers for
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-20

- Columbia Record: is tnefe 10 DC
another morning newspaper in Colum-
ba? Rumors that such a venture was
under consideration became current
Tuesday night and Wednesday. Mr..
George r. KeOster, whose name some
of the reports connected with the en-
terprise, was asked for a statement
Mr.. Keoster answered without hesita-
ton, when called up by telephone at
his home, saying that he knew there
was a movement to raise capltal OF
S25O,O0O to establish a new morning
paper, but he was not "on the inside
and could give little information about
the matter. He thought 1t not unlike
ly that if the plans of the promoters
were carried out, he would have some
connection with the paper. In view of
the nomination Tuesday of Mr. G. l..
Blease as governor, and the opposition
to Mr. Blease during the campaign by
most of the newspapers of the state,
Mr. Keoster was asked whether the
proposed new journal would be an
administration" paper. No" was the
reply, Il think the idea is to run SIM
ply a newspaper, with the accent on
the news" Mr. Rooster did not care
to say who were the persons promot-
ing the company.
Florence. September II: f. ID.
Smith, United States senator from
South Carolina, in an interview given
out today advised the farmers OF the
south to combine and hold their cot
ton for a fair price. which he esti-
mates at 30 cents a pound. Mr.. Smith
also sharply criticised the trainers of
the PAYNE -Aldrich tariff law and CEN
sured Attorney General Wickersham
for his prosecution of the so-called
bull clique i'm the cotton market. In
regard to holding cotton for higher
nrices. Mr., Smith said: II shall not
attempt to dictate to the farmers of
the south what they shall do. But
under the circumstances, | would be
delighted to see them combine and
hold their cotton from the market
wherever it is possible for them to do
so. until it shall bring such prices as
shall measure the artificial price
placed upon manufactured articles by
virtue of the tariff. My honest con-
viction is that 30 cents a pound for
the present crop is none too high, in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02
MANY NOW BUILD
No Cessation of Activities to Be
Seen.
Realty Men Say Other Homes
Are Contemplated
PROGRESS Is GENERAL
South Side Has Shown an
Amazing Growth.
Part of Taylor Tract Will Be
Put on Market.

II stranger were to take an. auto
mobile tour through the business and
residence districts of Topeka he could
not help being impressed by the
amount of building now in progress.
The clink of the hammer is heard on
all sides. and there is no sign of a
cessation of activities.
Realty men say that there are
scores of new homes contemplated,
and that a brisk business in building
sites is being transacted. Favorable
weather in the last month has made
it possible for contractors to rush con-
struction work. Otherwise the build
ers would have fallen hopelessly be-
hind in the fulfllment of obligations
All portions of the city are bristling
with new homes. It would be hard to
find district, with the exception of
that in the immediate vicinity of the
business section-Where the vacant
lots long ago have been snapped up
In which the signs of general prosper
ity are other than apparent.
College Hill, Elmhurst, Potwin, the
shops district, Highland Park, the
South side, and sections of the North
side are the sections where the ma
1ority of the 200 homes for which
permits have been issued this year
are being erected.
A Topekan who had not visited
the South side in a year would be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02
County Clerk Wilson County. Candi-
date for Nomination for State
Auditor

w. H. Cauble. county clerk of VIII
son county. candidate for the Repub-
lican nomination of state auditor. has
filed his petitions. He has petitions
from fifty-one counties. including
Bourbon county. and is the most for
midable candidate in the race. Mr..
Cauble has gone after the nomination
in the same systematic way that has
made him so competent in the clerks
office at Fredonia and that has given
him reputation for thoroughness and
ability which suggested him as a can
didate for state auditor. He is one of
the cleanest young men in state poll
tics and one of the ablest.s His nomi-
nation petitions in Bourbon county
were willingly signed by hundreds of
the best known Republicans, who will
lead in his support in this county
Fort Scott Tribune. June Is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02

elOucT.
Lem A. Woods of Chanute, who is
asking the Republicans of Kansas to
nominate him for railroad commits
sioner, has lived in the state since
1867. In Chanute and Neosho county,
his home, and Burlington and Coffey
county, his old home, where he is best
known, he will get practically a unani-
nous vote, both at the primary and
election. What more recommendation
could be asked? Mr. Woods has new
er asked for an office before. He is
not rich in dollars, but he is rich in
friends and integrity. and courage and
common sense and honesty. The posi-
ton of railroad commissioner is as i'm
portant to Kansas people as that of
governor. Lem A. Woods is the kind
of a man needed there.
Here is his platform. Read it:
Platform.
If elected, my best endeavor will be
to bring the people and the railroads
closer together. the people need
the roads, and the roads need the
people,. and their. interests should be
mutual. The shipper. the passenger
and the consumer are entitled to an
honest, fair deal, and the roads should
not be injured by unfair or unwar-
gogues who play to the public for
political prestige demand it. With
favoritism to none. and justice to all,
ask the support of every Republican
in Kansas
What the home papers say:
Independence Tribune: Lem
Woods of Chanute, Third district
man, is a Republican, and it is to the
interests of this, the greatest freight
producing district in the state, to have
a man on the board. who can secure
justice for the manufacturing indus
tries"
Erie Record: "Mr. Woods is thor
| oughly competent for the office, and
will receive the united support of the
Republicans of Neosho county,"
Chanute Tribune: Lem Woods
friends who have known him for
twenty-five years know that If elected,
the people fair to the railroads,
fair to the railway employees That
policy Is all chat any one could ask of
candidate"
Leroy Reporters: Lem Woods was
editor of the Burlington Independent
, He will do his duty, and not be owned
or controlled by anyone. Coffey coun-
ty will give him a large vote"
Commander Rickef: "Mr. Woods is
and backbone. and will render Kansas
valuable service as railroad commits
sioner."
ottawa Herald: '.Mr. Woods has
been a close student of railway rates
and those who know him best are sure
he will be an efficient commissioner
and give all parties square deal"
Lawrence Journal: "Mr. Woods has
ability, conscience and intelligence, as
railway commissioner would be palms.
taking and fair. and never "bait" the
roads, nor "grands4 ard" the people.
He would be splendid man for the
board"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02

He. with others. defeated the attempt
for the grain trust" to repeal the
grain inspection law. He always stood
on the side of the people and against
the interests"
Since leaving the legislature Mr.,
Grass has been a member of the Board
of Regents of State Normal Schools.
end a prominent factor in extending
the work Of normal schools and plac-
ing them on a level with the best in
any state.
At home. where he has been a Sue
cessful banker for the past twenty
years, everybody knows him and ev-
erybody is for him for State Treasurer.
His banking experience, together with
his knowledge of state affairs, make
him an ideal candidate
This is the first time his friends have
actively pushed him for this Office, and
reports are coming in from all over
the state that the people are for him.
They want to vote for Harry Grass be-
cause they have found that they can
trust him, and because they like him.
If nominated and elected Mr.. Grass
will devote all his time and ability to
the service Of the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02

The following is reproduced from one
of his home papers, the Stafford Re-
publican:
THAT he should be nominated with
hands DOWN goes without saying. That
he will carry his home county almost
unanimously is a foregone conclusion,
and this latter TACT ought to do more
at making him popular over Kansas
than all else.
We've all known him personally
since the hard years when he was
first brought into. the limelight politi-
cally wnen some Republican leaders
W ere casting about over the county try
enough of manhood and character to
overcome the then tremendous major
ity of the Populists and Farmers Alli-
arce. Somebody beat the hedgerowS up
Lewis. one-armed school teacher
and farmer. He was brought down to
st. john, stood up before the Republi-
can convention and received with IA
vor. So much so in fact that every
member of that convention made IL
personal fight for lin at the subse-
quent election. He won by a substan-
tiaf majority. and was compelled to
decline to run for the Office of treas
urer at the expiration of his time as
county clerk after the convention had
already nominated him.
But he was started on the road to
success politically and he couldn't have
81 Topped had he SO desired. He was
made clerk in the office of Superintend-
ent Church, under the Stanley admin
istration, and he's been there ever
since, finally reaching the next best
place in the office by a series of de-
served advancernents by his superiors.
He has been there over ten years and
ii there's a man in the state house that
knows his job better than Ike Lewis
we'd like to know where he is. He has
been studious and is now without doubt
one of the best Informed men in Kan
sas on insurance matters. It is emf
nently fitting that he should be made
the chief. Kansas would make a grave
mistake tc do otherwise and Stafford
county, in presenting him feels it is
Offering the best. We shall expect
Kansas to accept him by an ovsrwelm-
ing majority, beth at the primary and
at the election
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02

Building and real estate news for
publication in this column to be print
ed on Saturday must not be received
later than o'clock Thursday evening
of each week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02


SO years resident of Kansas. 20 years
in The banking business Member Board
of Regents State Normal Schools. Serv-
ed two terms in legislature, advocated
and voted for progressive legislation.
H. W. Grass, of Lacrosse, is a can
didate for the Republican nomination
for State Treasurer He has given his
candidacy unreservedly into the hands
of all the Republicans. and is glad to
trust them to decide what is best.
Mr.. Grass was elected county super
intendent Of Ellis county twice, and
then quit. Rush county sent him to
the legislature twice and would hay,
kept him there longer. but the third
terms idea is one of the things he in
sists is not for the good of the people.
If elected state treasurer he will in no
case accept tIard term.
When in the legislature he fought for
what he thought was best, regardless
Of factions He was the author of the
law to- compel the railroads to grant
elevator sites to farmers companies
and others when needed, thus winning
for the people a victory over the greed
OF the big grain companies He was
leader in the fight for two cent fares.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02
For Railroad Commissioners
GEORGE PLUMB
OF LYON COUNTY

George Plumb, pioneer in Kansas is candidate for the
very important office of Railroad Commissioner.
Plumb sborni in Ohio Came d
his father settled claim Enpora Lived this claim
the Civil Enlisted when but boy in the Ninth Kan
sas and served than three years in the army.
At the close of the he returned to Empora and formed
partnership with his brother the late Senator Plumb
This firm dissolved
years. and George Plumb has continued
the business this time He of the largest woolgrow
of the first to make of wool
growing the his ranch for thousands of
sheep He president of the Association For
dealt cattle scale, his
Lyon county ranch containing about five thousand For
OF the Kansas State Livestock
Association which important factor securing
able for shippers of livestock
George sought public office and has held