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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-02-22

compelled to travel the Howell's Ferry,
the Lincoln, the Charlotte or the
Rock Hill road, is trying to the soul
Of tine traveller.
How is your road now?" the re-
porter asked one of the rural route
men few days ago.
Tough, tough-very tough" was the
reply.
The road in question was one that
was highly complimented last fall as
having been unusually well worked,
and the reporter went on with:
you don't mean to say that all Of
that good work mas gone for nothing?"
well, that's about it." he started to
say, and then hesitating concluded
with, mo, not exactly, but pretty near
It,"
What then, do you think is tine
trouble?"
81 don't think they gave enough at
tention to the ditches-they did not
take the water out of the road often
enough and then again, the land own
ers on either side turn the water into
the road too often. There are places
where the water was allowed to con-
tinue down the road for too long, with
the result that great slues have been
cut in the right Of way, and again the
road is cut to pieces by water that Is
poured into it from terraces starting
away back quarter Of a mile or more,
in the adjoining fields"
It is not pleasant to print matter Of
this kind about the roads, especially in
view of the fact that the whole country
was 80 much encouraged by what was
being done last summer; but facts are
facts. There is nothing to be gained
by nursing an error with vain imagin-
ings that 1t is the truth. The only
way to secure real Improvement, is to
look actual defects in the face, and go
in and correct them.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-02-22

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

T. M. & H. e. Ferguson-Want few
good milk cows and beef cattle.
j. A. Page, w. /. Brison and M. L.
Smith-Give notice Of the opening
Of the books of subscription to the
capital stock of the Glover Mutual
Building and Loan association of
Glover.
Alexander Specially Co.-Will shoe
your horses and mules all around at
60 cents per animal.
Curtyce Latham, Pres.-Invites the
public to an oyster supper at Sharon
High School building, benefit Of Y.
P. c. U. of the A. R. P. church, on
February 25.
]. D. Clark-Gives notice that he will
apply to Circuit Judge Gage on
March 2, for the appointment Of L.
r. Williams, probate judge, as guar
dian of Baxter, john, Florence, Will
lard, Lawcey, Mary and Ethel Nee
land.
First National Bank, Yorkville-Re-
cites little story in which It tells
what a young farmer, a bank de-
positor. did in the way Of investment
in York county real estate.
W. E. Ferguson-Asks you to phone
him for all kinds Of fancy groceries,
provided you want the best In quail
tiles. Cabbage plants Of choice va
rieties.
]. c. Wilborn-Has offerings Of town
and country property that should in
terest investors.
First National Bank, Sharon-Re-
marks that no matter how satisfac-
tory your banking facilities may
have been in the past, it would be
pleased to try to make your bank
ing business more satisfactory.
Yorkville Hardware Co.-Carries a
full line Of pocket knives, shears,
scissors and razors and guarantees
the qualities Of its cutlery.
Herndon & Gordon-Talk about the
necessity of brooms-new brooms
sweep clean. They have brooms-
good ones and they are cheap-20,
25, 20 and 35 cents.
], L. williams & Co.--Are showing the
newest spring patterns In mems
suits. Blue serge suits at $3.50 and
upward. Worsted suits at $3.50 and
up to $40.
York Supply Co.-Have line Of leath-
er goods including horsecollars, bril-
dies, lines, breech bands, etc. A full
line Of farm implements.
Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.-Talk about
shoes for men and women and quote
prices on all kinds Of footwear from
the coarse everyday to the finest
dress shoes. Rubbers for men and
women.
Farmers Wholesale Grocery = Says
that nearly third Of the year Is
gone and wants to know IL you are
feeding your stock and poultry Pu-
rina feeds-the best Of Its kind.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-02-22
WITHIN THE TOWN.

The graded school had appropriate
exercises yesterday in celebration OF
Washington's birthday, and Is taking
holiday today.
Miss Annie Thomas and Rev. Ell
sic Myers are to be married at the
home Of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jos. G. Dickson, on Kings Noun
tain street this afternoon at o'clock.
The ceremony Is to be performed by
Rev. ]. H. Thacker, pastor of Trinity
M. E. church, and will be witnessed
by the immediate family and few es-
pecial friends Of the contracting par
ties. Mr.. Myers is the pastor In charge
of the York circuit Of the Methodist
church, and he and his bride will make
their home at Glover for the present.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-02-22
YORKVILLE. 8. c.,
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY %, 1910.

ONE Of the most gratifying items OF
state news that has come to our at
tention for some time past, is the in
formation that the c. c. & o. railroad
has definitely selected the city or
Charleston as its most suitable termi-
nal for the expectation Of its mighty
stores Of coal. The statement just sent
out, is to the effect that the c. c. & o.
has perfected the necessary traffic ar
rangements with tine Atlantic Coast
Line and the Southern, and that the
new order of Things will be instituted
within the next sixty days. The idea
is not only to make Of the city great
coaling port for passing vessels; but a
depot from which coal will be exported
abroad, particularly to the West In
dies and South America. This will
mean that hundreds of great ships that
do not now touch at Charleston at all,
will have to run in there for coal, with
which to fill their bunkers, and regular
coal carrying ships that come there for
cargoes, will have to bring with them
various foreign products for distribu-
ton through this port. We think that
the new order of things will mean lots
for Charleston, and If 1t means a great
deal for Charleston, 1t will have to
mean much for the balance Of the state
also. Although there may be more or
less opinion to the contrary, Charleston
is full of big, broad, enterprising men,
the peers of the best to be found in
any city in the Union, and with the op-
portunities that seem to be offered by
the new order Of things now pending,
we predict that these Charleston peo-
pie will give a satisfactory account Of
themselves.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-02-22

fused to allow the removal Of his body,
fearing that the mob would take ad-
vantage of the opportunity to rush to
the court house. Members Of the mob
claim that Holiday was allowed to die
in the freezing cold; that If he could
have been removed to a hospital, his
life might have been saved. There
was great indignation also at the sher-
if for swearing in negro deputies; but
the sheriff excuses himself on the
ground that he could not get suffi-
cient number of whites. 1t is said tnat
an autopsy on the body Of Holiday
showed that death was instantaneous.
Cairo was the scene Of a sensational
lynching last November, and there
have been several murders in the city
since. The race feeling runs high, and
the probability is that the end Is not
vet
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-02-22

ALTHOUGH grown people are very
naturally disposed to take a patroniz-
ing view of the Boys Corn club idea,
it Is proper to remind them that the
experiment is anything but joke on
several thousand acres worked by the
boys throughout the south last year.
the average yield was well up into 20
bushels, while the average yield made
by the daddies Of the boys, was only
something over fourteen bushels. Prof.
williams, in telling about what was
achieved in the state last year, cited
the case of a father in Clarendon coun-
ty, VINO was unwilling to allow his boy
to go into the contest on the ground,
that those book professors couldn't
tell nobody how to farm" and 1t was
not until the farmer had been talked
to and persuaded by the local minister,
that the boy was permitted to try. The
boy went to work under instructions
furnished from the agricultural de-
partment, and the father went in with
his time tried, superior methods to beat
his son all to pieces. The boy made
something over 100 bushels on his acre,
and the father made little over thir-
ty bushels. The boy was the winner of
the prize for the county. On the day
the contest was decided, the father
was very much in evidence, Dragging
on what "he and John" had accom-
plished; but declared that they had not
been more than half trying, and that
the next year they would show people
how to make corn sure enough. 1t is
a fact that there were many cases
throughout the state last year, where
boys who worked in accordance with
the instructions of the agricultural de-
partment made more corn than did
their fathers working along the line Of
old methods; but. Of course, the boys
did not do any better, as rule or even
as we'll as the grown up farmers, who
faithfully followed the instructions Of
the demonstration work.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-02-22
Rural Polioe.-A few wears 6

Rural PoIioe.-A few years ago
there was quite a bit OF newspaper
talk, no little Of it originating In this
office, and some remarks from pubic
men on the need of a rural police sys-
tenn for the state. After a brief reel
tai of the good such force or con-
stabulary could accomplish most OF
the talk was about the impracticabil-
ity Of the scheme.
A recent report Of the work or the
Northwest Mounted Police in western
Canada might be of interest at this
time as showing that under the most
adverse conditions such force could
be wrought into a powerful factor for
law and order. The Northwest Mount
ed Police force have attracted atten-
ton in all parts Of the world because
of the high efficiency Of their work.
There are only one thousand of these
men, but yet they cover a territory ex-
tending from the American boundary
line separating the United States from
Canada to the Arctic circle, an area
comprising one million and a half
square miles, and there never has
been a lynching In that vast jurisdic-
ton" This police sees that the law Is
enforced, gives protection to life,
makes property safe and makes JUS
llCe Oll lHC CNli
1t can not be said that this vast ter
ritory contains inhabitants of a more
peaceful disposition than we have, nor
can II be said with truth that the pop
ulation is so sparsely settled as to
make police protection superfiuous
AS a matter of fact the sparsely set
tied sections require more protection
than the thickly populated ones,
where a sense Of law and order devel-
ops more or less with the growth or
the community. AS matter Of fact,
however, the 1000 mounted police
have about as many inhabitants to
look after per man as the same num-
ber would in South Carolina.
1t Is worth noting that this mount
ed police force Is not political or
ganization, it's members do not have
to depend upon political pull for ap-
pointment Probably some explanation
of it's efficiency may lie in this fact
Greenwood Index.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-02-22
TO REoReANzE ASYLUM.
A 100000 Appropriation and Com.
mission of Five.

| - YtSStSSS SNPP'SP''es'S" @''S - ~~'''
mission of Five.
During the closing hours last Sat-
urday night, the general assembly
passed in free conference the follow
ing:
Be it resolved by the general assem-
bly, of South Carolina:
the approval Of this resolution the
governor shall appoint commission,
consisting Of five members, to be
known as the state hospital commits
sion, two Of whom shall be the super
intendent of the state hospital for the
insane and the chairman Of the state
board of health, and whose term Of
office shall be one year from the date
Of the appointment, unless sooner re-
moved by the governor.
Sec 2. Said commission shall i'm
mediately organize by the election Of
a chairman and a secretary from their
number.
Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of said
commission to purchase for the state,
suitable lands for the use of the state
hospital for the insane; to nave made
plans, specifications and estimates for
said hospital.
Sec. 4. That said commission shall
adopt such plans and specifications as
may be necessary and shall erect such
buildings on said lands as 1t may de-
eide upon which will relieve the con-
gested conditions now existing in said
hospital.
Sec. S. That said commission in or
der to carry out the provisions Of this
Joint resolution, are hereby authorized
to borrow on the credit of the state
the sum Of 100000 from the sinking
fund commission or elsewhere in case
the same cannot be obtained from said
sinking fund commission, at rate OF
interest not to exceed per cent per
annum, said sum to be borrowed in in
stallments only as needed for the pur-
chasing of said lands and erection of
buildings thereon: Provided that
nothing herein contained shall be con-
strued as limiting the said commission
as to their plans for the enlargement
Of the hospital for the insane: Pro-
vided, further, That no member Of the
general assembly shall be eligible for
annointment on the commission Gre
ated by this act.
Sec. 6. The compensation of each
member Of said commission shall be
IS per day for each day actually en-
ployed about the business Of the COM
mission and actual expenses for the
time engaged.
Sec. 7. That said commission shall
make a report to the next session of
the general assembly Of their work
baranpdar
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-02-22

Columbia State: The farm demon
stration agents Of the central counties
of South Carolina met yesterday for
session of two days. The sessions are
being held in the city council chamber
and at Wright's hotel. About 25 agents
are in attendance. The agents are
here for conference with DR.. Brad
ford Knapp and ]. p. Campbell of the
United States department of agricul-
ture. Ira Williams is the state agent.
Clarence H. Poe, a farm magazine
writer of Raleigh. n. c., is here. The
meeting was opened yesterday with
an address upon the farmers cooper
ative demonstration work generally,
by Mr.. Knapp. Mr.. Campbell spoke
of special demonstration farms and
the reports of the several local agents
were received At the evening session
stereopticon views of special demon
stration work were shown by Mr..
Campbell and Mr.. Poe made an ad-
dress on progressive farming. Today
further reports from local agents will
be heard, and by special invitation, E.
J. Watson, the state commissioner of
agriculture. commerce and industries,
will deliver an address. At the gener-
al meeting, beginning at noon. when
visitors will be cordially welcomed,
Mr.. Williams will preside.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-02-22
LOCAL LACONlCS.
The Board of Supervisors.

Upon the recommendation of the
York delegation in the general assem-
bly,, the governor has appointed Mr.. j.
e. Burns Of Yorkville No. 1, to men,
bership on the county board Of super
visors of registration, vice Mr.. r. T.
Beamguard of No. 1, Fflbert. Otner-
wise, the personnel of the board re-
mains unchanged. The other members
are: A. M. Black of Rock Hill, and r.
M. Wallace Of Piedmont.
Homes For the Catawbas.
The following adopted at the ses-
sion Of the general assembly just ad-
journed, is now law: whereas, the
Catawba Indians now occupy about
six hundred acres of state lands, and
have requested that said lands, with
additional lands, be allotted to them
I'm fee in lieu Of the annual approprf-
ations usually made; therefore be 1t,
Resolved by the senate, the house or
representatives concurring, that the
governor shall on or before the first
day Of July, nineteen hundred and ten,
appoint three commissioners, neither
of whom shall be member OF the
general assembly, to investigate the
amount anu Qudllly VI idlloo ~ " "
cupied by said Catawba Indians; the
amount Of lands necessary for the use
of said Catawba Indians; and If the
same can be secured. and at what cost
to the state, and that said commits
sioners be authorized and directed to
take options for the purchase of lands
by the state of South Carolina and In
such form, and upon such terms as
may be prescribed by the attorney
general: and shall report their find
ings, together with their conclusions,
as to the most feasible plan to aid the
said Catawba Indians to become self
supporting and useful citizens Of the
state. The compensation of each
member of said commission shall be
five dollars per day for each day act
ually employed about tine business Of
the commission, and actual expenses
for the time engaged, provided said
time shall not exceed five days"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-02-22
The alurkrille Gnqllirer.

Entered at the Postoffice in Yorkville
as Mail Matter Of the Second Class
The Greeley tribune., 1910-03-24
WANT FIVE HUNDRED
MEN WITH TEAMS

/ Hudson, March l9.-ln order 10
secure a sufficient force OF men and
.feams for Immediate work on Barr
lake reservoir the contractors for
that part Of the Denyer-Greeley Val
ley system have advertised widely
for 500 men with teams Now that
spring work Is under way it has be-
come a hard matter to get farmers
who can work on the irrigation pro-
jects
In order 20 secure the necessary
force very liberal terms are offered.
especially in the matter OF signing
up contracts. Men are being taken
on for almost any length Of time
desired. and are even employed by
the half day when they cannot spare
more time from their own work.
The Greeley tribune., 1910-03-24
FAIR AND CONGRESS
DATES CONFLICT

Weld county's fair and the Ma
tional Irrigation Congress are to be
held on the same dates, the lrriga-
ton Congress holding forth from
Sept. Goth To 3Oth. In looking over
the Board OF Directors OF the Irri-
cation Congress it will be seen that
there is but one man, J.. g. Car
penter of Fort Collins. from North
ern Colorado, while the western
slope is represented by nearly n score
This fact has given rise to the
opinion in many quarters here that
the affair is one big boost for the
western slope as opposed to the east
ern part of the state and for this
reason it is not believed that any
iota of effort which the people of
Weld county can put in the fair here
will be held back for the Irrigation
congress at Pueblo.
Greeley, nor Longmont, nor Ber-
thoud nor Boulder are represented
on the lists of the directors and this
fact is looked upon suspiciously by
the farmers of the northern part of
the state. 1t is pointed out that
The Greeley tribune., 1910-03-24
CONTRACTS FOR GREELEY
POUDRE DITCH ARE LET

Num-. March I9.-Last of the con-
tracts on the Greeley-Poudre ditch
in the immediate vicinity of Num-
has been let to E. e. McCory and G.
5. Eastlack by Knowlton and Bolen.
The contract is for a strip nearly
two miles in length, extending from
a point in section five to the Union
Pacific tracks. This completes the
gap between the Harding and the
Lemonds contracts.
Construction work on the big
ditch is now in full swing; and, ow-
ing TO the favorable weather, much
is being accomplished. The compile
tion of the big ditch" means every
thing to Num- farmers ard is anxi-
ously awaited.
The Greeley tribune., 1910-03-24
OVERHEARS CONVERSATION
OF PASSENGERS ON DEATH

Miss Pierson had gone to Denver
and had stepped aboard train for
Hudson In casual conversation
with other people from Hudson Miss
Pierson heard regret expressed at
the death of Mrs. Berkeley 1t was
the first intimation she had obtained
OF the death of her friend
AT the next station she alighted
from the train and waiting there
took return train for Denver and
came on back to Greeley. Miss
Pierson Ia suffering severely from
the shock
The death of Mrs. Berkeley was
very sudden and she was taken Ill
but few hours after she had writ
ten the letter asking Miss Pierson to
come to visit her
Miss Pierson had replied that she
would come and stated the train on
which she would arrive. In the grief
over the death OF his wife Mr.. Berk-
eley forgot to inform Miss Pierson
of the death.
Everett Berkeley is the head OF
the Boulder Lumber company in
Hudson and is well known In this
city.
The Greeley tribune., 1910-03-24
FIRE CAUSES pESTRuC-
TION OF PROPERTY

= with a wall OF fire moving =:
!. at a friehtful rate OF speed =
:. and bearing down upon them, =
:. Albert Wassonaar a raneher =
:. living near Kuucr and crew =
:. of ten section men made dcs- :
:. perate EFFORT yesterday after :
:. noon to establish fire Euard =
:. before the blaze should reach :
:. the ranch buildings Their eff =
= forts proved vain and barn, =
:. buggy shed and eight tons Of :
:. hay and other property asgro- 3:
:. gatius over $1,000 was COM :
:. pleteIy destroyed "
!. A few sparks rom the moon =
:. nier" set fire % the grass along =
:. the track a ban. mile irom the :
!. Wasseuaar buildings. :"
:. :. :, :. :. = :. :. !: : :, :. : =. :. : =
The Greeley tribune., 1910-03-24
HEARS OF DEATH
ON HER TRIP

:: To have her journey cut ::
= short when on the train be ::
= tween Denver and Hudson she I:
:: learned that Mrs. Everett Berk- ::
X eley at Hudson whom she was !.
!: going to visit had been buried !:
= the day before was the expert !:
= ence last Wednesday OF Miss !;
:. Edyth Pierson. daughter OF ::
: Mrs. Lillian Pierson, OF Sl4 :.
\ Tenth street, and the young =
X lady is now confined to her bed !.
= suffering from the shock which =
:: the news brought her. Ever ::
:: EFT Berkeley is we'll known in =
= Greeley and the death OF his !.
= wife came suddenly of blood ::
= poisoning. Miss Pierson had +
= intended spending a few days =
= with Mrs. Berkeley while her ::
I: husband went on a trip. Let ::
= ters were exchanged and Miss ::
:: Pierson left to visit Mrs. Berke- !:
= ley on Wednesday, ::
4 = = :: = ! ! !. =. !. \ !. !. !. ! !. :.
The Greeley tribune., 1910-03-24
HEAVY WIND MAKES
FIRE DOUBLN FIERCE

Kuner. March IS-The dre was
seen from the ranch as soon as i
was started and, because of the
wind. Wasseuaar saw that mo time
was TO be lost if his ranch was 20 be
saved The section crew was on
hand and four horses that were i'm
the barn were taken out and har-
messed with all possible speed Then
in the face OF the steadily adyanc-
ing flames an effort was made TO-
plow a fire guard but men ana
horses were beaten back by the heat
and the wind There was no water
on the ranch with which 20 fight
a fire of such magnitude and the
barn and hay were doomed the
minute the flames l5aped the guard
Many neishboTs hurried TO the scene
but they were powerless TO stay the
eonflagration.
Besides the barn and hay buggy
shed. a chicken coop new beet
drill, fifty bushels Of corn all his /
seed oats and seed wheat We're de-
stroyed The ranch is a sorry scene
of desolation today and the replac-
ing of the seed and the new beet
drill will mean immediate outlay at
the time of year when O farmer can
least afford extra expenses.
II the wind had not been blowing
with such velocity it is probable tho
would have been saved
The Greeley tribune., 1910-03-24

there Is no portion OF the state |al'n '
is more of an agricultural district
h,n Weld county and for ihls feu'
SON n is asked why tuir rrpl''o".
t9t,on is NOT given to this district as
IL is ALLEGED is not the case under
present conditions u,,
Representatives from lhs N',l."'
irrigation congress viii le 2" VT,
Iey in the near future y mas, ~ Nv
eaort TO interest Greeley ana wen"
county In the anair but IN view u'
thought worthy of representation ON
The board OF directors and lhAl ou'
own fair comes at that time, II Is
said that no large effort VIII DC
made to forward the Interests OF lhe
Pueblo anair to the detrlment or the
Greeley meeting,
The Greeley tribune., 1910-03-24
nilINRY & CONWAY
AhIstrand Gets Properly

c. T. Ahlstrand has oO'''u ',,,
of the lots in Arlington ,,I1
formerly owned by tae OO m1
Mortgage 4 Investment Iv'a| 'sa
which he is going to put on w
keet at prices as low as S'Oy' ,,.
are but three blocks ifo'" w. -,
NAL. Terms 10 per eeh' w :
10 per cent every sly 'uo" are N
per cent interest. lhe' = " cssI
one hundred Of these '''. "a !
strand at once ii you wan N n
on the choice ones or 'D' nd
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