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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-29
On the Witness Stand.

To those who get pleasure from that
line of inquiry, human nature is an in
teresting study anywhere; but nowhere
probably is 1t more interesting than in
the witness box.
There are a good many close OBJ
servers who hold that if there is any
true manhood in an individual, the
witness box is the place to prove It,
and there is not little foundation for
the observation.
AS to what kind of impression a wit
ness will make in any case, depends
very much upon the temperament or
the man; but it is a fact that every
witness no matter what his tempera-
ment, makes the best impression when
he seeks only to tell the truth and the
whole truth.
There is widespread feeling of awe
at the supposed ability Of smart law
yers to confuse and tangle witnesses,
and many witnesses dread the ordeal
of cross examination for that reason.
There is very little to this, however.
The witness who honestly tries to tell
the whole truth without equivocation
or evasion is always more than a
match for the smartest lawyer alive.
1t is the man who tries to tell only a
part of the truth and to hold back that
which he conceives to be damaging,
who is in the greatest danger of being
undone. He Is an easy mark. 1t is a
poor lawyer indeed who Is unable to
mix him up in hopeless confusion and
to make of him a reproachful mark of
miserable hopelessness.
1t is a fact-a deplorable fact-that
latter day lawyers sometimes try to
coach their witnesses as to what to
say and what not to say; but 1t is a
rare kind of a man who can sustain
himself on the witness stand with a
cut and dried story, especially if the
lawyer on the other side is of even
mediocre ability. The man who un-
dertakes to conceal the truth comes to
grief in nine cases out of ten, and it is
d llldllSI VI piCllN
standing that the man who makes can
did but truthful admissions against
himself, stands a much better show
with a jury than the fellow who tries
to cover up a damaging truth by means
of obvious equivocation. So well un-
derstood is that fact indeed, that even
rOgues sometimes win out by running
through bold bluff of feigned honesty.
There is a lot of perjury in the wit
ness box. Judges who thoroughly un-
derstand such things sometimes call
attention to this fact and people gen.
orally see it very clearly. There are
laws against perjury; but for some
reason there is rarely any effort to en-
force them. Just why, it would be diff
ficult to explain.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-29

Only twenty-five more days till
Christmas.
York county's hog crop is rather
larger this year than usual.
II is another six page paper today.
Subscribers should see to 1t that they
get it all.
II is anybody's fight in every town
ship as to who gets those valuable pre-
miums that are being offered by the
Enquirer for the largest clubs.
Mr.. B. L. Jenkins Of Bullock's Creek
township reports that his neighbor, Mr..
P B. McAbee, slaughtered a pig the
other day that netted 1S0 pounds at
eight months and eight days old.
So far as The Enquirer has infor-
nation, the corn record of York county
is still short Of one hundred bushels.
1t is up to some of our wide-awake
corn growers to pass the 100 bushels
mark.
CIubmakers are requested to send In
their names as rapidly as possible.
The more time the bookkeepers and
mailing list men have in which to en-
ter names, the less danger there is Of
mistakes.
The article recently published in The
Enquirer on the subject Of waste
Places in the Home" was by Miss
Whittemore of winthrop instead of by
Miss Isles, to whom it was credited,
through inadvertence Of the copyist at
Winthrop.
That is an interesting comparison
that Miss Russell makes between the
ideal school house and the horrible ex-
ample; but in order to secure the best
effect of the comparison 1t would have
been better to have mentioned the hor-
rible example by name.
About the best thing that can be
done with the York county chaingang
is to abolish it and send the convicts
to the penitentiary. The township su-
pervisors seem to have demonstrated
that they can get better results on
the roads from a dollar spent for free
labor than can be had through the
chaingang With the chaingang abol-
ished and the money spent in it's main
tenance applied to the roads through
free labor, there will be better roads
and less cause for complaint.
We have heard of some pretty good
cotton crops this year and in most To-
calities the crops are a little better
than usual. One case has been report
ed where a farmer had made thirty
two bales of cotton on twenty-siX acres.
But in some localities the farmers have
not Jared so we'll. This is especially
true of a strip of territory about two
mile wide and running from a point
four miles northwest of Yorkville to
a point five miles northeast of the town.
Many of the farmers in this strip have
made only from three to four bales to
the plow. The trouble is due to the
fact that they were able to work only
four days in June when they ought to
have had twenty-siX days work. Af-
ter that the weather turned off dry,
and the cotton suffered from too much
drough. Most of the farmers in this
locality, however, have made very good
corn crops,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-29
GENERAL SESSIONS.

The court of general sessions which
was still hard at work when the last
issue of The Enquirer went to press,
did not reach the point where 1t was
ready for a sine die adjournment until
Saturday night.
The case of the State against Sam
uel Hart, colored, charged with the
murder of Walter Jeter, also colored,
near Rock Hill, on September IA, last,
resulted in a mistrial. 1t was repre-
sented that the quarrel that resulted in
the killing grew out of the action OF
Hart in reproving Jeter for his obsti-
macy in refusing to give automobilists
right of way on the roads. Jeter re-
sented Hart's interference and Hart
killed him with a shovel. The jury re-
mained out on the case for several
hours and was finally discharged as
unable to agree. After the jury was
discharged, it was learned that it stood
seven for murder and five for man.
slaughter. All were of opinion that
Hart was highly blamable; but the
disagreement hinged on difference OF
opinion as to how severely he deserV-
ed to be punished.
The next case taken up was that of
the State VS.. Clarence Hood, Mack
Hood. Ernest Mickle and Gather
Mickle. There were two indictments;
but both having grown out Of the same
state of facts, by agreement they were
tried together. The trouble out OF
which the prosecution grew developed
out of a game of baseball at Hoodtown
between the Hoodtown and Hickory
Grove clubs on August q, and was
brought about by the guying, INSOFAR
able from the game. A pistol, brass
knucks and baseball bats figured in a
fracas, which developed between the
defendants named on the one side, and
Wightman, Paul and Walker Whitaker
on the other. Some pretty hard licks
were hit on both sides and Wightman
Whitaker was so badly beaten with
baseball bat that his life was despaired
of for several days after the trouble.
In the testimony it developed that Mack
Hood produced a pistol with which he
covered one Of the Whitaker boys,
and Clarence Hood had a pair of brass
knucks. There was considerable con-
tradition in the testimony bearing on
the question as to who was responsible
for bringing on the difficulty, and after
celebrating on the case for several
hours, the jury brought in verdict of
assault and battery against Gather
Mickle In the case of the others the
verdict was not guilty. Counsel for
the defense asked the court to be as
lenient as possible in imposing sem
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-29

Referring to the controversy in
Spartanburg over the abolition of the
office of food inspector, the correspon-
dent of the Columbia State writes:
While the principal reason advanced
for abolishing the position was that 1t
was necessary for the city to econo-
miZe, the councilmen also argued that
the germ theory of disease was a
bugaboo devised by physicians and that
what was good enough for our faith
ers is good enough for u.s."
From this, it appears that the con-
troversy has become pretty acrid; but
as usual. when men lose their tempers
they are likely to go to extremes. There
is no profession which as a profession.
stands higher than the medical profess
sion-none more honorable-and in at
tempting to slur the whole profession
these councilmen may expect to pay
the penalty Of reaction. That there are
in the medical profession, men who
rely more upon what they don't know
than upon what they do know to impose
on their fellows, there is very little rea-
son to doubt. There are humbugs in
the medical profession, Of course.
Among them are some who have the
full endorsement of their brethren; but
nobody but a fool would denounce the
profession as a whole. However, we
do not believe in the sincerity of those
councilmen, who hold that what was
good enough for their fathers is good
enough for them" On the contrary,
we are inclined to think that if the
children of any of these councilmen
should be attacked with diphtheria
they would ask for the injection of
anti-toxin rather than for the burn
ing out Of the throat with caustic pot
ash. Also we believe that the people
who expressed disbelief in the germ
theory would be very careful about
drinking a glass of strawberry soda
water in which typhoid fever bacilli
were known to have been placed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-29

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

p. w. Love-Wants his log chain.
Williamson Bros. and X. Nj. Bratton-
From now on will gin on Fridays
and grind Saturdays.
Bun Brydges. Manager-Makes an In
troductory price of 35c 10. on
creamery butter to local patrons.
J. ]. Scoggins, Smyrna-Thursday, De-
cember Is, will offer lot of per-
sonalty property for sale at auction
for cash.
r, e. McMackin, Co. Supt. Ed.-Calls
patrons at the court house next Sat
urday morning at IL o'clock. An
address by Prof. w. *. Tate.
T L. Williams & Co.-Announce big
Live; Wire" sale to reduce stock, be-
ginning December l, Thursday, and
continuing until December "a.
large array of reduced prices are
quoted.
r. ]. Herndon-Says prices do talk,
and when combined with right mer-
chandise clinch the argument. He
wants YOU to see him for pianos, Or
gans and repair work
Herndon & Gordon-With large va
riety of staple ar 1 fancy groceries
seek to tempt your appetite. Also
have soaps, washing powders, etc:
M. A. Mcfarland, Yorkville NO: q
Buys as cheap as he can and sells as
low as he can. and wants your pus-
mess on a platform OF fair treatment
and goods of good quality.
Standard Oil Co.--On page 6, says the
famous Rayo lamp gives the best
light at any price. Once a Rayo
user, always one.
National Union Bank, Rock HILL
Gives two ways to wealth. One Is
systematic saving and the other way
by saving for investment. Page 3.
Farmers Wholesale Grocery-Sug-
gcsts that you try feeding your hogs
on rice flour during December and
see how fast they fatten.
Loan and Savings Bank-On page
graphically illustrates the necessity
of protecting your family from want
by depositing your money on a saw
ings account with it. Safety boxes
for rent-$2 and SO per year.
Kirkpatrick Belk Co.-New goods ar
riving every day. Special offerings
in a large variety Of domestic goods
New coat suits and new shoes.
Bank of Hickory Grove-Once started
a savings account is stimulus to
further accumulation. See page
for information.
thomson Co.-AshS YOU ho' ~ toh =.
see it's coat suits, skirts and cloaKs
Ladies' handkerchiefs and holiday
goods now on display.
Yorkville Hardware Co.-Can supply
you with engine and water fittings
piping, betting. roofing and other
hardware needs.
w. E. Ferguson--Has open Kettle n.
o. molasses and large variety OF
Seasonable fancy groceries Phone
him for what you want.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-29

in this locality feeling that they are
not interested one way or the other,
are paying but little attention to the
whole matter; but as matter of fact
they are very much interested. The
city that gets the exposition will have
a tremendous advantage over all other
cities in impressing the entire world
with its Importance, and the new
volume of commerce that is to be
created by the canal will flow in every
direction from it. This section being
closer to New Orleans than San Fran
cisco, is naturally more interested in
the development of New Orleans than
in the development of the California
city. If there is any immediate bene-
fit from the canal, and we believe that
benefit will be great, the effects
are likely to be felt here sooner by
way Of New Orleans than by way of
San Francisco. Of course, San Fran
cisco has long pole with which to go
after the plum; but if the most peo-
pie to be affected consult their interest
and use their influence for all it is
worth, New Orleans will win, as win
she should. If our own Charleston
were in the contest, then of course, we
would be for Charleston; but since
Charleston is not under consideration,
we hope that all of South Carolina's
representatives and all representatives
from the south will not only vote for
New Orleans; but do all they can to
win this tremendous boon for the cres-
cent city.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-29
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul T. McNeel of
Spartanburg, are visiting relatives In
Yorkville.
Miss Lila Herndon of Yorkville,
spent several days last week with rela-
tives in Glover.
Mrs. R. A. Chandler of Mayesville,
is visiting her mother. Mrs. w. B.
Steele in Yorkville.
Mr.. John NJ. Rawlinson Of Char
lotte, is visiting his daughter, Mrs. w.
w. Lewis in Yorkville.
Mrs w. H. Fowler and Mrs. ]. ].
Hunter are attending the L. D. G. con-
vention in Georgetown.
Miss Ollie Stowe of Yorkville r. F.
D. No. l, visited Miss Margaret Smith
in Hickory Grove last week.
Miss Julia Titman, who is teaching
at Sharon, spent Sunday in Yorkvile,
the guest of Mrs. r. B. Lowry.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Harry Spann of Clo-
yer, spent several days last week with
Mrs. w. B. Steele, in Yorkville.
Mr.. w. NJ. Stowe of Yorkville R. F.
d. No. l, attended the dedication of
Mt. Vernon church in Hickory Grove,
Sunday.
Miss Florence McKisson Of Morgan
ton, n. c., spent several days last
week with Miss Margaret Moore in
Yorkville.
Miss Fay Cunningham, who has been
spending several days with Mrs. J. c..
Wilborn in Yorkville, has returned to
her home in WaXhaw. N. C.
Rev J. L. Oates, pastor of the York
vile Associate Reformed church has
been in Winnsboro during the past few
days assisting Rev. Oliver Johnson in
series of meetings.
Rev. J. II. Thacker who has been in
Yorkville during the past year in the
capacity of pastor of Trinity Methodist
Episcopal church, left with his family
last Friday afternoon for Columbia
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-29
MERE-MENTION.

Samuel T. Withers, second vice pres
ident of the First National bank OF
Lynchburg, Va, committed suicide In
a Lynchburg hospital last Friday by
shooting himself in the head with
pistol. He had been i'll for several
months. Uncle Joe Cannon turned
up in Washington last week to make
ARRANGEMENTS for the coming session
of congress. Uncle Joe says that the
country has never been more prosper
Gus than it is now. 80. Eleven coal
miners were entombed as the result OF
a gas explosion in the mines near
Providence, KY, last Friday. The
American Federation of Labor closed
it's thirtieth annual meeting In st.
Louis last Saturday and will hold Its
next meeting in Atlanta. .... Twenty
five girls were burned to death In a
four story brick factory building at
Newark, N. j., last Saturday. -. Sam
uel McKinch of Butler. Pa, lost his
life near Ocala, Fla, last Saturday by
being bitten by a rattlesnake. .... Eff
teen Of twenty-one suffragettes, ar
rested on account Of the recent rioting
in which Premier Asquith and other
government officials were assaulted,
have been sentenced to two months in
Jail without the privilege OF paying a
fine. There was a heavy snowfall
throughout Montana last Saturday.
The New Orleans Times-Democrat es-
Inmates this years cotton crop at H.
445,000 bales. 80. Michael Cudahy,
founder Of the we'll known packing firm
of that name, died in a Chicago hos
pital last Sunday night Of pneumonia.
He was born in Ireland in 1S41.
The American Federation Of Labor in
annual session at ST. Louis, unani-
mously endorsed woman suffrage and
placed itself on record as favoring the
organization of all kinds Of labor, in
cluding negroes. .... Internal revenue
receipts for the year ending June 80,
to $3.50, 1000, 900, which sum has
been exceeded by the receipts of only
three other years since the establish
ment of the bureau. The money has
been collected at a cost of one and
seven-tenths per cent. The net in
come of the 262.490 corporations Of the
United States which are subject to tax
under the corporation tax law was $3,-
125, $50, 900 for the year which ended on
June 80. According to returns made to
the internal revenue bureau the capital
stock of the corporations was s52,371-
626,752 and their bonded and other in
debtedness was s31,333,952, 2,696. -. The
naval cadets beat the West Pointers in
the annual football game this year..
Edwin M. Hadley, millionaire man.
ufacturer Of Worcester, Mass, was as
phyxiated by gasoline fumes last Sun
day, while working on his automobile
in a small garage.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-29

D. Ward King, inventor Of the split
log drag, also known as the King"
drag, says: There are three things
absolutely necessary in order to have
a perfect earth road. Now. it does not
make any difference which one of these
things mention first, because they are,
as near as l can tell, of equal import
ance You cannot take any one of the
three away without destroying the road
in the end. These things are smooth
ness, hardness and conveXity. 1t must
be hard smooth and oval. If it is not
oval it will soon go to pieces. 1t may
be oval and smooth and not hard, and
you know how they are when there is
about a foot or two of soft earth in the
middle of them; when it is compara-
lively smooth and not hard. If you
have them smooth and not hard, as
suggested a while ago, they won't stay
in order. Under all the circumstances
they should be given the three quail
ties. The reasons why we have not
had these qualities in our roads are
two: one is, we didn't know these quail
tiles would bring results; the other is
we didn't know these qualities could be
given except by expensive means. BY
the split-low drag we have learned
very cheap way of improving the
roads"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-29

age He is survived by his second
wife and two sons. DR.. A. A. Moore,
Jr., and c. c. Moore, both Of New York
City. He also leaves one brother, Mr..
E. P. Moore of Chester.
The Stockade Patent Rights.
The county board of commissioners
has secured compromise OF the
claims of Mr. S. T. Stowe of Charlotte,
for alleged infringement of his patent
rights in connection with the county's
portable convict camp on promise to
pay $500. The county Is to have the
future right to use the patent rights
involved.
Death Of J. w. Martin.
Mr. ]. w. Martin, a we'll known Con-
federate veteran of Broad River town.
shin died at his home near Smyrna on
last Thursday. He was aged IA years
10 months and days. The following
old soldiers assisted at the funeral
which took place on Friday: Messrs.
r. w. Whitesides, w. c. Whitesides, ].
M. Caldwell, w. T. Hartness, r. M.
Wallace, r. H. Mitchell, ]. A. McGill.
Mr.. Martin did not have a family.
Mr.. John M. Thomasson Dead.
Mr.. John NJ. Thomasson died at the
home of his son, Mr.. Haskell Thomas
son, about seven and one-half miles
north of Yorkville last night at 8
o'clock He has been in failing health
for several months and in bed about
six weeks. Mr.. Thomasson was a ma
tive Of York county, and was born In
York township rs years ago last July:
During many years up to the time of
the death of Mrs. Thomasson about
two years ago, he lived on the Kings
Mountain road about seven and quar-
ter miles north of Yorkville. He leaves
one brother, Mr.. T. N. Thomasson and
two sisters. Mrs. Jane f. Jackson and
Mrs. John c. Jackson, also one son,
Mr.. Haskell Thomasson, and four
daughters, Mrs. F. A. Thomas, Mrs. j.
M. Miller, and Misses Gertrude and
Bessie Thomasson. The funeral took
place at Union Baptist church today at
12 o'clock.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-29

tence. Judge Moore, however, was un-
able to see it that way. He thought
the jury had been extremely lenient IN
rendering a verdict of assault and
battery when the offense committed
appeared to be considerably more Sc
rious than that and he expressed him
self also as thinking that others OF the
defendants might very properly nave
been convicted on the graver charge.
Under the circumstances, he could not
see his way to give lighter sentence
than the maximum allowed by law
500 or thirty days. He declined also
to allow the matter to stand over Till
Monday without additional bond. De-
fendant's counsel gave notice that the
fine would be paid.
In considering the original indict-
ments in this case, the grand jury got
evidence Of probable cases of carrying
concealed weapons and found true bills
against Mack Hood and Clarence Hood
charging them with that offense. The
solicitor, according to his custom, took
an order remanding the concealed wea-
pom cases to the magistrates court.
The last case of the sessions was that
of the State against George Franklin,
colored, charged with rape. The jury
found an verdict Of not guilty.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-29

In a quarrel like that going on in
Spartanburg over the office of meat
and milk inspector, there are a num-
Der Of considerations. One of the OBJ
jections raised against the MAIN
tenance of the office is on the score OF
economy, it being maintained that the
city is not able to pay the salary. But
it is fact that people who cry econ
omy are not always sincere. 1t is quite
possible that the people who object to
the inspector would be willing to pay
the salary out Of their own pockets If
they could only get rid of the annoy
ance of being made to keep their meat
and milk products up to the standard.
And if the inspector is really a good
one, doing his full duty in fair and
intelligent manner, it is quite probable
that his salary is one of the best in
vestments people can make. Economy
is a great thing and an important
thing; but it is often used merely to
prejudice.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-29

There is but one thing needed 10
make of South Carolina the greatest
state in the world. and that one thing
is the strict enforcement of all laws
without fear or favor, and regardless OF
whether transgressors be rich or poor,
influential or friendless. This condition
does not now exist, and there is no
use in trying to deceive ourselves with
the idea that it does exist. But the
fault is one that can be easily correct
ed. Men have only to eschew parti-
sanships, resolve to do their duty at
any cost and stand by the laws of the
land.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-29
WITHIN THE TOWN.

The creamery turned out one hun
dred and forty pounds Of butter yes
terday.
The Yorkville Hardware company
is moving it's stock into the McNeel
building across the street.
If the Southern railway would only
give the town that early morning and
late night train to and from Columbia!
The McNeel building has proved
quite an eye opener for many Of the
strangers who have been in Yorkville
recently.
-Yorkville now has the offices and
store rooms, and it is up to people who
would do business to get busy. The
business opportunities of the town
have never been better than they now
are.