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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-12

THE fight over the bull corner tnat
Patten and his associates are attempt
ing to run on May cotton, promises to
be one of the most interesting and eX-
citing contests the speculative market
has known in a great many years.
British spinners have the bear side, and
they are wonderfully aggressive. They
sent over a ship load of five or six
thousand bales of cotton last week,
and on Sunday there arrived 6,799 bales
more. 1t is stated that including what
they have sent, their engagements
for reshipment to the United States
amount in all to about $4,000 bales, and
It will be up to Patten and his asso-
ciates to take all this cotton, If ii
comes and pay for it, or else suffer the
collapse of their corner. There seems
to be no question Of the fact that big
things are doing, and as the fight
seems to be one between the profess
sional giants, rather than one between
opposing interests in the general public
the situation is especially interesting.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-12
LOCAL lACONlCS.
Mr.. Hal Pride Dead.

Mr.. Halcott Jones Pride, a well
known and popular citizen of Rock
Hill. and assistant postmaster, died last
Friday afternoon after a brief illness.
He was AZ years Of age.
Lula Mill to Dissolve.
The Lula Manufacturing company,
a corporation of the state of North
Carolina with a capital stock of
$15O.O00. operating a cotton mill of
10000 spindles at Kings Mountain, Is
to be dissolved. This action was ta-
ken at a meeting of the stockholders
held in the companys offices last Fri
day afternoon. At meeting of the
directors February IS a majority Of
the stockholders adopted a resolution
TO the effect that 1t would be to the
interest Of the corporation to be dis
solved and called a meeting Of the
stockholders to take action upon the
resolution. This was done Friday af-
ternOon and at this meeting, nearly
all the stock being represented the
resolution to dissolve was adopted
without dissent. The Lula Manufac-
turing company was organized in
1899 and began operations in 1900
and for a while did a profitable busi-
ness. but the death Of three large
stockholders and directors, namely
Mr.. A. Portner Of Washington, Mr.. H.
A. Klueppelburg Of Charlotte and Mr..
P. S. Baker Of Kings Mountain, plac-
ed the responsibility Of operating the
mill, through a period OF panic times,
upon the remaining directors. Dur
ing the past two and a half years the
plant has been operated at loss and
the directors who have been carrying
the responsibility of operation refus-
ed to go any further without the aid
Of the other stockholders, and finally
they decided upon a plan to have the
corporation dissolved. The necessary
papers are now being prepared for
filing with the secretary Of state.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-12
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

shannon & Hope, Sharon-Have a
lot of one and two-horSe wagons
which they offer TO close out at de-
lvered prices.
Hugh g. Brown, S. Y. C.-Gives no.
tice of sale of certain real estate
under writs of fieri facias levied
on as the property of r. Lee Kerr, OF
salesday for May.
G.. H. O'Leary-Is showing a line OF
Vudor porch shades and hammocks
and wants you to see them.
j. l.. Williams & CO.-Are talking
about a new line Of Panama hats
at $5 each and want you to see
them for OXfords-all prices.
Yorkville Hardware Co.-Has all the
paraphernalia necessary for the
tennis court-it is a good, clear
game: and also has hammOcks al
from 81 to $3.50 each.
Herndon & GordOn-Give housewife:
a pointer on what to cook these
days. when the question is hard
one to settle.
York Drug Store-Wants you to be
sure to not forget to remember tC
buy your melon seed from it and
plant a big crop.
Farmers Wholesale Grocery-lnvites
tobacco users to see it for the weed
in boxes or by the pound. 1t has
big variety at right prices.
Yorkvile B. & NJ. Co.-Offers reduc-
ed prices on Stetson and Douglas
OXfords for men, and also for boys
and misses and tells you that II
will save you money.
Thomson Co.-Calls special attention
to it's lines of ladies' lingerie waits
in desirable patterns at a variety OF
prices. New notion arrivals.
National Union Bank, Rock Hill-Asks
you to make a suppOsition as to youl
past savings and leaves you to imply
the benefits that would be your;
now.
Standard Oil Coon page four tells
about the new Perfection blue flame
oil stove and it's advantages as q
cooker.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-12
SAYS WILSON is UNSclENTIFlc
Chicago Professor Scores Secretary o.
Agriculture.

Chicago, H., April S.-Character-
izing the teachings of Secretary James
Wilson as "damnable," "abominable"
and "disgraceful," Prof. Cecil G. Hop
kins of the university Of Illinois,
delivered a stinging criticism of the
department of agriculture here to-
day in an address at the city club.
Prof. Hopkins dismissed the secre-
tary himself from his consideration
by simply saying:
HE is an unsciea;ific man."
Here are some direct quotations
from Secretary Wilson cited by Prof.
Hopkins as "abominable and false"
"Practically all soils contain suf-
ficient plant food to produce good
crop yields: this supply will be indefi-
nitely maintained.
so far as the present outlook is
concerned the nation possesses am
pie resources in its soil for any con-
ceivable increase in population for
several centuries.
THE soil is the one indestructible,
immutable asset that the nation pos
sesses. It is the one source that can
not be exhausted; that cannot be
used up.
From the modern conception Of
the nature and purposes of the soil it
is evident that it cannot wear out.
that so far as the mineral food Is
concerned it will continue automati-
cally to supply adequate quantities of
plant food for crops.
"As a national asset the soil is
safe as means Of feeding mankind
for untold ages to come"
After he had cited these quota
tions, Prof. Hopkins said:
Can you blame the farmers for
continuing TO wear out their land
when these are the teachings promul-
gated from the highest authority in the
United States? And these false teach
ings are all tine more damnable because
the common soil type of abandoned
farms in Maryland, only few miles
from Washington, contain only l6O
pounds of phosphorus in the plowed
soil of an acre. while the richest
black prairie soil of Illinois with a
value of 5000 an acre. contains more
than 1000 pounds Of phosphorus in
the same stratum
As a remedy for the rapid wearing
out of the farms. F Frof. Hopkins sug-
gested pulverized phosphorus rock, as
such is to be found on the public do
main.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-12

ficulty could not be averted, but some
rough handling of the two belligerent
senators ended in their being jerked
apart After another wrangle. the
question was withdrawn. Then sever
al senator's demanded that the newspa-
per men be instructed" not to men,
ton either the quarrel or the wrangle
between Senators Banks and Tucker.
1t was stricken from the record" said
President Pro Tenn Dean, and the
newspapers cannot print anything not
in the record, or the result of anything
not in the record, including our little
personal disagreements." Then every
one apologized. Dulaney was excused,
and when things quieted down blt'
the testimony was resumed. Several
witnesses testified to Dulaneys good
reputation for veracity and integrity.
At the night session w. w. Mitchell,
circuit clerk of Poplarville. Senator
Bilbo's home, testified that he knew
Senator Bilbos reputation for truth
and veracity, and that he would not
believe the senator on oath. w. A.
White, an attorney from Biloxi, told OF
trying out Senator Bilbo in 1908. A
bill was drawn and sent by man
named Bob Moseley to Bilbo. Moseley
returned and said: "Bilbo did not give
me a chance to make him PROPOSE
ton. he made us one" Robert Nose
ley, formerly town marshal of Biloxi,
said: Il went to see Bilbo, and when
| explained the bill he took out little
book. figured a while and said, 1T Will
cost you three hundred dollars / Of
fered him a check. but he said he
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-12
THE MULE AND THE AUTO,

While it is a fact that mules are not
so much disposed to be frightened at
automobiles now-a-days as they were,
when automobiles first made their ap-
pearance, still there is an occasional
runaway and smashup, because teams
get frightened at automobiles.
Speaking Of the subject not long ago,
farmer owner of an automobile made
some interesting remarks to about this
effect:
THE law of the road as applying to
automobiles is satisfactory enough to
the automobile owner, and l think it
is equally satisfactory to the driver of
the team, especially as it gives the dri-
yer of the team every advantage. You
know that the driver of the team mas
only to raise his hand and give a sig
nal to make the automobile take the
side of the road, stop and shut down
his engine.
1T is a common thing for team
drivers 10 bring the automobiles to a
stop, when it would have really been
better to allow them to go on. OF
course, the other fellow does not see
it that way; but as a matter of fact,
the average experienced automobilist
can tell better what a team is going to
do than the driver can. l have fire.
quently met teams that l could
have passed without difficulty, and
without frightening them, if the drivers
would have only let me alone, and
saved lots Of pitching and rearing and
breaking of harness after l had been
brought to stop.
1.-The truth about the matter Is that
every team owner knows, and l know
teams better than l do automobiles,
that the management of a team in a
scary place, depends more upon the
driver than 1t does upon the team.
However, l will have to own up that
l did not fully realize this before l own
ed an automobile. Then when l was
driving my best team of mules or my
best horse, l always regarded the au-
tomobile as a holy terror, and would
have driven a mile out of the way,
rather than meet one"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-12

N war between such men as Prof
Hopkins of the Chicago university. and
Secretary James Wilson of the agricul-
tural department. it is probably just
as we'll for the little fellows, VINO in
reason cannot know as much as men OF
this calibre. to take to the bushes: but
somehow, W" are inclined I" think that
the Chicago professor is unnecessarily
harsh. The detached propositions that
the professor quotes. might bear the
construction ne puts upon them, il
taken alone; but whether they car
boast of great learning on not, most
practical farmers in this country know
very well that what Secretary Wilson
says in regard To the matters about
which he has expressed himself. is true
OF course. everybody admits that the
constant taking off of crops will Y
hauSt soil, and nobody knows better
than the cotton farmer for instanc"
that continued planting of cotton with
out the application of stable manure. nl
without rotation in lesumcS t. b" plow-
ed under, will impOVeriSh land. But
Secretary Wilson has never claimed
the contrary. He has been preaching
and is still preaching rotation of crops
and everybody in this country who has
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-12
SUNDAY AUTOMoRlLING.

Automobiling has become quite a
feature of Sunday recreation all
through this section, and as the ad-
vancing spring dries up and makes the
roads better, the number of automO-
bies to be seen is showing Il material
increase.
Nearly all Of the locally owned auto
mobiles are to be seen on the streets of
the town on Sundays, especially i'm the
afternoon, and along with them is an
occasional car from Chester, Glover,
Rock Hill, Gaffney or other surrounding
points.
The Yorkvillc cars in addition to the
run about town, go To Glover, Gastonia,
Rock Hill, Chester, Kings Mountain
battle-ground and other points. and the
cars from surrounding towns suit their
pleasure about stopping over for few
hours or passing on through.
There are three or four times as
many automobiles throughout this To-
cality now, as compared with a year
ago. and as the season advances, the
probability is that there will be still
further increase.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-12
McMACKIN TO RETIRE.

Mr. r. F.. McMackin will not b" in
tine race this summer for recollection to
the office of superintendent Of educa-
ton.
YES" said Mr.. McMackin, when he
was asked this morning for conlirma-
tiun Of Il rumor 10 this effect, Il have
definitely decided that | will not stand
for recollection. and if YOU care to. you
may say il i'm Th" Enquirer, 50 thos"
who may BE- thinking of running need
have no further concern on my ac-
count"
Mr.. McNIackn went on to say that
he is going out of the office. because of
reasons that are satisfactory to him
self and whicn are Of no special public
concern. He likes the work all right,
and wishes things We're 80 he could
go on with it; but it is not that way,
and he has just decided to quit.
That Mr.. McMackin is Il capabl" Of
ficcr. there is no question. II" has
shown himself to be Il hard. conSCien-
tiuus worker. who does his duty as he
sees it. and the people of York county
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-12


the roads this summer as was done
last summer, and there will be pretty
good showing. There is no question of
the fact, that York county is dropping
question, and that much satisfactory
progress is being made.
From the reports that have been sent
out from Chester during the past few
days, it appears that this business of
monkeying with jurors has gotten a
little too common down that way also.
One thing is certain, and that is that
unless the courts put a stop to this in
serve their integrity.
People who have been about a great
deal, say that the Yorkville and Rock
Hill road from Yorkville to TirZah,
mainly through John F. Williams's ter
ritory in Ebenezer township, is the best
road in the county Of equal length.
There is some macadam work on it;
but the "sand-and- clay portion shows
up equally as well.
1.-THE Chester Cook Book" previously
mentioned in these columns, was ship
ped last week to the Ladies' Aid So
ciety of the Chester Baptist church,
under whose auspices it was compiled
and published, and the volume is now
on sale in Chester We have not been
ol1 fn -hof hn will
be; but think the book would be good
value at dollar a volume. People in
terested, should address Miss Edna
Carroll, Chester, S. c.
If people who know how to put two
and two together and draw the only
conclusion that can follow the opera
ton, they can easily look around them
and see that the prospects for Yorkville
real estate and the general develop
ment of the town are better than they
have been for years. AS already point
ed out, the proposed erection of hand
some block of buildings on the hotel
lot is not without significance, and the
erection of more buildings on the Mich
OILS lot will also help. The erection of
these buildings will mean that they
will soon be occupied by business peo-
pie, and the more business people there
are, the more business there will be.
The outlook for Yorkville is fine.
The venture of the Rock Hill Buggy
company into the field of automobile
manufacture, while not at all surpris-
ing to those who know the history of
this enterprising concern, is and should
be a source of qualification not only to
the people of Rock Hill and York coun-
ty; but to the state of South Carolina
as well. 1t would have taken a far
seeing man indeed to have dreamed of
such a thing as far back as twenty
years ago, when the people of this sec
ton had to look so dependently to the
north for every finished product Of skill
ed labor and capital; but during the
past twenty years Mr.. john Anderson
has demonstrated that he is in every
respect abreast with the foremost, and
while many may be more or less aston
ished at the fact of York county turn
ing out automobiles in competition
with the world, and almost everybody is
able to appreciate that since this thing
has developed, it is very natural that
John Anderson should have been the
man to bring it about That the Rock
Hill automobile will be success, we
sincerely hope and heartily believe.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-12

SAYS the Charleston News and Cou-
rier: I'VE reprint elsewhere from The
YOrkville Enquirer paragraph fur
nishing corrOborative proof Of the fact
that old Andrew Jackson was born in
South Carolina, as he always said he
was. Those pesky Chariot" papers
will do their best to bclittle it. OF
course, but they will have what they
themselves would denominate Il sweet
time doing it," The Su-called corro-
borative evidence referred to, is just
like all the evidence the South Carolina
papers have been able to muster up
no accOunt.-CharlOtte Chronicle.
There is no fact that will change the
Inscription on that WaXhaw monument
the record of which would be just as
true as it is, if it should read that
George Washington was born in North
Carolina.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-12
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS,

- Columbia, April I: The new state
map. containing the county of Dillon
will be issued soon by the department
Of agriculture, commerce and indus
tries. There Is no map now with Dillon
on it. There will also be published a
good roads map for this state. The
map will be on plain white paper
showing the roads in color.
Rock Hill, April s: The CORES
pOndent of the News and Courier had
the pleasure today Of spin in the first
automobile built in South Carolina
The Rock HILL" a four cylinder, 80
manufactured by the world known
Rock Hill Buggy company, of this city
is on the streets today, and Mr.. J. Wes-
ley Anderson, superintendent Of the
factory. and Mr.. c. B. McFadden Of the
McFadden Auto company, are showing
the biggest and one of the handscmes;
machines in the country.
Greenville, April IL: Fire resulting
in the destruction of Lewis w. Parker's
residence occurred here early yesterday
morning The building which was
erected at cost of 5000, was a total
loss. Many valuable household effects
were saved from the flames. A stub
born fight put up by the fire depart
ment was unavailing as the fire had
gained great headway before the ar
rival of the fire department. The
amount Of insurance held on the prop
erty is not stated.
A signed statement was given out
last Thursday by Juror n. w. Bigham,
that on the opening day of the present
term, he was approached by man,
who talked with him with view to
influencing him in behalf of Jim Ste
vensOn. who was To be placed on trial
during the term on the charge of muir
der. This juror states that anuther
juror told him that he, too, had been
approached by the same man for the
same purpose. Solicitor Henry has
taken the matter in hand and will con-
duct a rigid investigation by the grand
jury of the whole business. The mat
ter has caused considerable comment
among the people of Chester and over
the county. and the progress of the in
vestigation is awaited with interest
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-12
ABOUT PEOPLE.

w. w. Dixon, Esq, Of Winnsboro,
spent Sunday in Yorkville.
Mrs. J. b. Scott of Yorkville No. 3,
is visiting Mrs. l.. H. Ferguson at
Taylors.
Mrs. w. l.. Frasier and children spent
several days with friends in Rock Hill,
last week.
DR.. S. L. Steele of Yorkville, spent
several days last week with relatives
at WaXhaw, n. c.
Mr. j. w. Williams of Birmingham,
Ala is the guest of the family of Mr.
II. d. Turner in Yorkville.
Mr. Writ Pegram of Steele Creek, N
c., visited his brother, Mr.. J. B. Pegram
in Yorkville last week.
Nh Herbert Wright of Glover, is in
New Orleans this week, attending the
imperial council of the Shriners.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. S. Love and Mrs. f.
r. Love Of Rock Hill, are the guests of
Mrs. J. l.. Sadler in Yorkvile.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Wilborn, and
daughter, Miss Elizabeth of Yorkvillc,
spent several days last week with rel
atives in Chester
Mrs NJ. j. Pursley and little daugh-
ter, jamie Erwin Pursley. of Bethany,
are spending this week with the fam
lily of Mr.. r. E. McMackin.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. A. Raines Of Column
bia, are spending a while in Yorkville,
the guests of Mr.. John c. Dickson's
family on YOrkville No. |.
Mrs. Lou Wilson, and little grand
daughter, Virginia Wallace williams
of Columbia, are the guests Vf Mrs.
w. B. Steele in Yorkville.
Mrs. f. w. Dawson and daughter,
Miss Dorothy of Baltimore spent sew
eral days in YorkvilIe, last week. with
Mrs. Thos. +. Mellow.
Mrs. J. X. Alston, Misses Maggie
Gist. Annis O'Lrary, Lesslic Wither-
spoon and Geraldine Lowry of York
vile, are spending this week in
Charleston.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. s. LesSli" passed
through Yorkvillr yesterday evening on
their way to their home ut Lesslie. af-
ter Il visit to Mr.. and Mrs. Gricr Lcsslie
at Bowling Green.
Miss Grace Dickson, who has been
spending some time in Columbia. the
purst of her sister. Mrs. NJ. \. RainrS,
has returned To ner home on YOrkvilIe
No. l.
Rock Hill Record: Mr.. r. C.. Dun
Ian. of Yorkvillr cashier of the Loan
and Savings bank. spent Friday night
in the city on his return from the
Bankers association at Aiken.
Rev. l.. l.. Gillespie and Mr.. II. L.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-12
Narrowly ESCAPED Three Tariff Wars.

The great thinkers of the American
Protective Tariff league who Joined en-
Enthusiastically in support Of the double
tariff, no doubt hoped and expected that
the additional rate of % per cent ad
valorem would be imposed on the pro-
ducts of some of the countries with
which we deal. The extreme protec-
tionistS discovered several years ago
that it would be great scheme to have
maximum and minimum tariff, the
Dingley rates answering for the latter.
and something like prohibition serving
for the former. Some more moderate
protectiOnists entertained the idea that
we could eXtort special favOrS from
some countries by threatening them
with the extra 25 per cent.
The result of the maximum provision
in the Payne-Aldrich law is that we
have narrowly escaped three tariff
wars which would have inflicted seri-
Gus damage on our foreign trade. and
we have gained nothing. We could not
eXtort special and exclusive favOrs
from foreign nations, because they
could not have made such concession
to us without involving themselves in
difficulties with other countries. We
had reciprocal trade agreements with
Germany and France which had tn be
abrogated under our new tariff law,
but we have avoided commercial wars
with them by what amounts in sub
stance to a continuance of the agree
ments. We have averted a tariff war
with Canada on terms not yet disclOs-
ed. but the intimations are that the
Canadian concessions are very slight
little more than an excuse to enable
President Taft to avoid imposing the
penalty of 25 per cent upon Canadian
goods which must inevitably have pro-
voked retaliation against our goods
Philadelphia Record.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-12

THEY are having a big time in
Charleston this week, in connection
with the presentation of the silver SER
vice that the state has given to the
battleship South Carolina. The great
battleship reached Charleston Sunday
night from Havana, and on Monday
guns of the Notifications. The presen-
tation of the silver service was made
by Governor Ansel today. and these
festivities of the occasion will continue
during the week. There are a large
number Of people in the city from all
parts of the state.