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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-11
eENsys APPEleAr!!9N FORMS
Thsse For Engmsrateri Received BY
the District Supervisor

Census Supervisor 5th district. South
Carolina, DR.. r. L. Douglas, whose Of
flee is at Rodman, s. c., has received
from the census bureau supply OF
blank applications for persons apply
ing for positions as census enumera-
tors. These will be fofYarded to his
list of applicants as soon as possible.i
The applications properly allied eut,
must be.r6tuSned to the Supervisor not
latter than Jafiaary' 3f;s the census dit
rector haEing extspdsd the fihs f6rr
filing from JanlafY' IS, which was the
date first set fer closing the c9Hstaera;;
tion Of applications: The atsst' VIII
occur February 5, as previously an=
nounced.
The instructions printed on the ap-
plication form state that a definite an
swer Is required to each Of the ques-
tions. which are:
6Are you q citizen Of the United
States? If naturalized citizen, when
and where were you naturalized2
"Of what State or Territory are you
a legal resident? How long have you
been q legal resident thereof? OF what
county and Of what town or city and
ward sarer you g. resident2 .,How long
have you been a resident thereof?1 2
! VWhat is your sex and color2,t What
wasYour age at last birthdayI' Where
Were5 you born? ''st rtl ay = c
3sWhat :tsfy6ur education? (Gtve
the principa al facts.}" ~ rs
What IS yodr present occYpation?
'"What Is your Professional or b4S-
ness experishce? lGiye the principal
facts, and, If at present an efaceheldeF,
name the office you hoid.)
Have you ever been employed on
census work, either national or state?
If so, in what capacity and for how
long a period? If an enumerator. for
what territory or district? Describe
as accurately as possible.)
Are you physically capable Of
full discharge Of the duties Of a CEN
sus is saumaffrer9 HaYe,yog anYsdefect
of either sight, hearing, spesch, OF
limb? If so, state nature Of defect.
DO you speak English? Do you,un-
derstand and speak any language 9TH
er than: Hnglish2. Il 90, what llangH:-
ageg ,,(Specify, languages spoken, rs
Bohemian Chinese, Danishr French
German Greek. Hungarian. Italian,
japanese, Lithuanian, Magyar Nor
wegian5 Polish, Portuguese Russian,
SlaSic, Spanish, Yiddish' etc. :;
COM aASSf eSaAo BsH9sn srtaY q SnsWst pssss
tYes1 or fSq,} b4t Dc nst Indicate
what party,)
"In view of the fact that you may be
required to take a test before post
master, state what, post office would
be, most convenient. to you for this pYr.
pose, :(This rt4St Is of: a, practical
character consisting. chiefly orrwholE
of the filling out Of a sample schedule
af population from information" fur
nisled tegafding typical famllles, anG
Viii be In rural districts. the filling out
at . saHpie schedule Of agriculture}
"Are the answers to each Of the
foregoing questions true to the best
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-11
BARRETT TO THE FARMERS.
President of the Union Gives Sensible
Advice.

President of the Union Gives Sensible
Advice.
President c. s. Barrett Of the Ma
tional Farmers Union has issued the
following address to the members Of
the organizations:
To the Officers and Members Of the
Farmers Union:
Members of the Farmers Union ev-
erywhere, in the south particularly,
have Just concluded one Of the most
prosperous and progressive years In
| the history Of the organization.
Interest in recruiting members. in
terest in the active problems Of the
order. is at all points vigilant, and ag-
gressive The organized farmer fs
alive to his own rights and the way to
obtain them, as he has not been within
my recollection.
In the south particularly, the lesson
Of the year just passed should point
powerful and significant lesson for this
year and the years to come.
Cotton has sold, uniformly, at prof.
table figure, mainly because there was
net too much Of II. The crop was well
within the demands of worldwide con.
sumption, and as q result but little was
sold at a loss, as has been the cage In
years gone by.
We can insure the same measure OF
prosperity for the new year. We can
even increase that prosperity. II we
diversity intelligently and keep the
cotton acreage within reasonable
bounds.
It would be wretched business policy
for ourselves and the south, to be
lured by the attractive prices Of the
fall and winter into planting a huge
acreage for the coming season.
know Of no better way to undo
our own prosperity and to play into
the hands Of the cotton gamblers.
These latter gentlemen have been
unable to hammer the price Of cotton
man knows for himself that the crop
was not of abnormal proportions.
To trade on the prosperity Of last
season and tempt Providence with
record-breaking crop, would be to
court sure and heavy loss for our
selves and sacrifice much Of the gain
recorded recently.
I therefore urge upon you 70 Faiee
at home your food supplies, the sup
plies for your family. for your help,
and for your stock.
There Is not one state In the south
but can adopt this policy. freeing II
Sell OI TIC Hdy aiio WhO&s 0s@N >P~.--
domination of the other sections, and
also avoiding the laying Of q mort
gage on cotton to pay other people for
the products We should paise for
ourselves.
We have had before US the lesson
of hard years and tremendous crops,
and profited by them. We have now
before US the lesson Of prospern".
year. Let US see II we cannot a.Sa
profit by its teachings. -
look for 1910 to be the most weP-
derful year in the history Of south
ern farming. That prophecy will be
fulfilled II the organized farmers Of
the south practice diversification re.
ligiously, at the same time avoiding.
as they would the plague and death
itself, the foolish temptation to plant
heavily for cotton.
Let us more than duplicate 1910.
We can accomplish that II We OBJ
serve scrupulously the programme I
have outlined. Chas. 8. Barrett.
Union City, Ga.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-11

DEVELOPMENTS Of the past few days
in the Pinchot- Ballinger controversy
have confirmed the anticipaticns OF
those who have been expecting the
whole thing to involve the Republican
party in big row, or rather to add
1anbe 70 a row that was already brew
ing, and which seems destined to reach
large proportions. as we understand
it, this row had its origin "a ths ef-
forts Ct Clifford Pipchot, the chief fof:-
ester. TO prevent certain Land grabbers
from getting hold Of large bodies Of
coal lands in Alaska that, In the epiR-
ion of Pinchot. should be preserved TO
the government. Mr.. Ballinger had
been identified with the matter before
he AseaWe secretary Of the interior,
his identifica,tloE being in the capacity
of legal adviser AID aqvocaats of the
CuRninghams, the people who were af-
ter the taHds In question. L. R. CLAWS.
one Of Pinchot's subofdinates, had
made a thorough investigation Of the
pending claims, and reported adversely
to Ballinger's clients. Afterward Ballin-
ger became secretary of the interior
and SAW to 1T thst tne Cunninshams got
a large part of what ithey were after.
CLAWS continued the fight and went to
the publie with tRe result that hs was
put OUT of qftiee, aHa last week Pinchot
had Senator Bpliivef to feaa iH the
senate letter In which he 4phela
CLAWS, criticised BaiiBger aRd inti-
mated that even the president had been
pisinformed about the whole matter.
Some ti.;e ago the president issued an
order that sYoTdinate officials must
not report 10 congress q tfe public ex-
cept through their supeFiors. Pmeh?ts
letter to Senator D9lliver was in dis
obedience to this cotntnahd. and fol-
lowing the instructions of the presi-
dent, Secretary Wilson, in whose de-
pat+pcnt Pinchot was, wrote him a let
ter dfsnu ssIng ttr from the service.
Pinchot is a very strong HIa., l,Ttellect-
ually, financially, politically, and oth-
erwfse. Although several times a mir-
lioaaile. he !Aas t}seF giving his service
TO the government for ply $1,000 a
year. and there is Rq question Of ths thss
fact that he is very BBpu!laa4r with the
people of the northwest. who under
stand how much he has done to check
any festrict the operations of the land
grhbbseIs. WIZ is known as the in
spfgent elemenpl Of the tKattS. the ele-
meht that aisagrees with the prsstde,n,1'
Aldrich and taHtoR nR the tariff ana i!F
other questions, is showing af7 iRclffna-
ton to get behind Pinchot. and OF fti--
day succeeded in defeating a resolution
providing that the speaker of the house
shou,d appoint the house members of
committee on ln~estisation of the whole
coal lana controversy, arranging the
matter ~ thai the 4ous;e rep e$.nt.t ~ :
tions on the committee sh8ud be elect
ed from the floor OF the house: As
matters look now. the whole contro-
vc,sy is to be investigated on its mer-
it's. and IL n2ay result in an upheaval
of more than ordinary SgGiflcance
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-11
LOCAL lACONlCS.
petition Dismissed.

In. supreme court has dismissed the
petition for reheafMg' II the case ot
Susan A! Stesis vs.. 'Aliee sttntA Thf
is the Rock Hill case involving the b.
tie I'd a lot of land !
New County Agitation.
se4A!!sslr aissstsfn It m prints m m state
ment to the eaeet tf4t TIE suesHtleas, a =,
Of new county with H9ek Hiil ~ ting
county seat, is being nsitated IN tfe
northeastern part of Chester, the pro-
posed new county to be formed out OF
parts 4 fo,A, Casster and Lancaster
"They are Going After "t;"-
.:Fheter is a stronger inquiry for i'm
proyea 4e lfPl fRP PIemehtts n, St than han
have kRpwn siRce ths suil} yyssaii' yysi' re-
n,arked d fprkviiie dealer 4 fey days
ago. 1T looks to me-" he continues,
Notwithstanding the alleged demofatl=
cation cf business because of the re-
peal of the lien law. the disposition Is
to go right Oh after it, the same as
heretofore, and / am looking for more
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-11

A ROW has developed as to the distri'
button of the money, amounting te
more than $25O,O00 received by the
state from the dispensary winding-ui
commissis4 for educational purposes
Comptroller Jones' commenced last
week to apportion the money among
the schools, first making up dsficten-
cies in the weaker districts and thet
distributing the balance according tc
enrolment. Report has it that politi'
clans objected 10 this arrangement anS
the understanding was that steps
would be taken 70 eajoiH the comp
troller general from moving further
until after the general assembly shouia
have an opportunity to further eoH=
slider the matter.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-11

The small grain crop has had pref
J ty severe test of 1t during the past ten
days; but up to this time we have
heard no reports that seem to indicate
that it has sustained serious injury.
The FIVE dollars offered for the
largest number Of new subscribers re-
turned and paid for between December
%, and January 8, went cheap enough
only ten names. There is only one
week of the contest for the second five
dollars and the probability is that 1t
will be "easy money" for somebody.
In renewing their subscription for
1910, Messrs. Porter Bros, Of Hope,
Ark, take occasion to mention that at
the time of writing the ground was
covered with snow to a depth Of ten
inches, something that had not occur
red before within the memory Of the
oldest inhabitant.
The prospective Improvement OF the
Parish hotel property. a reasonable
certainty Of the immediate future, is a
matter of no little significance to the
town of Yorkville. 1t cannot be claim
ed that there Is any pressing demand
for store rooms at this particular time;
but it IS a fact that every available
store room is now occupied, and at
least two or three more would nave
been rented this year had they been
available. But that is not altogether
the point. There must be rooms before
one need reasonably look for anybody
to occupy them, and the building Of
these rooms will mean that eventually.
probably by the time they are COM
pleted, there will be somebody to oc-
cupy them.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-11

A NEW Orleans dispatch Of last Sat
urday, announced that Frank P. Hayns
and w. p. Brown, who have for the
past ten years been the biggest fac
tors, in cotton speculation, left on tina,
day for New York for the purpose o'
still further ppshiag the bull movement
and that before leaving they intimateo
that they would put the price Of c9ttoF
to 20 cents Il pound. AS to whether
they will succeed in their announceG
purpose, or as to whether they really
mean to try is not altogether to be
baDked upon; but it is reasonably cer-
tain that as the result of the operations
they are absut to take there Will be
some interesting fluctuations in cotton
within the next few days.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-11

As we understand the Ballinger-
Pinchol controversy, the whole issue
hinges on whethef OF pot Mr.. Ballinger
showed too much pelSoHn$ft MI interest in
securing for his friends apq eheNtS
property that should have been con-
served to the government. Mr.. Pipchatt
seems to have been working on tho
theo.y that this was the case. We do
not understand that President Taft has
,ider with Mr. Balhnge4 in the matter.
He caused the dismissal of Nj. PHI chot
because Mr.. Pinchot committed insuo-
orainatio in going to the public after
he had been expressly commanded not
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-11
REPORT sF sENsUs RYREAH:
Nearly Three MiIlieR Bales less Than
Last Year,

The report of the census bureau
issued yesterday shows that 9,646,2s5
bales of cotton, counting round bales
as half bales, were ginned from the
growth Of 1909 to January l, 1910,
as, compared, with 12,465,2s8 bales
ter the crop Off 190S;. 9,951,505 for
the crop of 1907, and 11,741,93s for
H tss etSg st. 1sSs; 3or d tho ,dst tbres
cr9pg gffRs4 70 'Janaartr1 isa g5. 3aper
cert f@s tRs cF8R 8f -fS$s; g tSE'tsQII
FOUND bales incfuded this year Is H.!
S47 compared with a39,572 last year
and 1864 for the season Of 1907:
0s. Sea Island this year aggregated
S9,499, last year S6,b2S and 7S,4ab
for 1907-08. '''
The number Of bales of cotton,
counting hound as half bales and ex-
sssas ta 5shuas PF fss tie GaHf sHa esmpas 81
ed with the report of 1903 falloWsi
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-11
TUESDAY, JANUARY II, 1910.
# your knowledge and belief? Are

of your knowledge and belief? Are
they in your own handwriting?"
Endorsements of each applicant
must be secured from two represen-
tative citizens Of the community In
which the applicant resides. They
must be at least 81 years Of age and
acquainted with the applicant not
less than one year. Endorsements will
not be accepted from any person who
Is In any way related to an applicant.
The Endorsement certifies that the ap-
plicant "is a thoroughly trustworthy
and honest person, of good habits,
and, In my opinion, is fully capable Of
discharging the duties Of census
enumerator, II appointed"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-11

ANSWERING the argument that the
ship subsidy provision should not be
hitched on to the postal system, friends
CT subsidy are claiming with logic that
is hard to answer, that the rural free
delivery system is maintained solely by
subsidy: that the system does not
maintain itself. and without subsidy II
would have to be abandoned.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-11
YORKVILLE. s. c.;
TUESDAY, JANUARY II, 1910.

THE price of hogs reached 50 hun
dredweight on the Chicago market
last Friday, the highest price since
the war with the exception Of 1892 for
a short period during 1882. 1t is pretty
generally claimed that the high price
is due to the scarcity Of hogs rather
than to speculative influences.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-11

to do so. President Taft Is really not
mixed in the affair. He merely stands
in the position of disinterested exec
utive, who desires to see the truth pre-
vail. And it is to be hoped that the
whole thing will be fought to finish
and that the naked truth will be shown
up Just as it should be.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-11
Che alorkrillr enquirer.

entered at the Postoffice in Yorkville
as Mail Matter of the Second Class.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-02-04
Autos Kill One Boy and Main
Another

Automobiles claimed two schoolboy
victims last evening, in widely sepa-
rated parts of Greater New York. In
Jamaica, L. l., Edwin A. Merwin, aged
eight, was run over by the car of DR..
John H. Rob, and died twenty minutes
later In the Bronx Joseph Clayman,
thirteen years, was painfully injured by
a runabout carrying two men, who after
the accident put on high speed and es-
capped before the number of the car
could be taken. Both boys had just
been promoted in school.
Young Merwin was playing in the
street at the corner of Jamaica and
Shaw avenues, when DR.. Rob's ma
chine, driven by Clarence La Porte, a
chauffeur, struck him. DR.. Rob leaped
from the car and carried the boy to the
nearest drug store, where he worked
over him until death came. Coroner
Schaufer held the chauffeur pending an
investigation, though he said that the
driver did not appear to be at fault.
The Clayman boy was on the way to
a butcher shop for his mother when the
unidentified car hit him in front of 1862
Washington avenue, the Bronx. His
leg was broken and he suffered many
cuts and bruises.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-02-04
A GREATER Loss

Here is laughablc experience of
Lord Sheffield. He was once walking
down Piccadilly with friend. to
whom he explained that it would be
impossible for any one to pick his
pocket without his knowledge. Lord
Shefield's pocket handkerchief was
hanging out. and his friend. having di-
verted his attention. quietly distracted
it. Instantly Lord Sheffield colared Il
seedy looking man who was passing
and charged him with the theft. but,
the friend producing the handkerchief
and explaining the joke, the unfortu-
nate individual whom his lordship had
TO unceremoniously seized was released
with many apologies. The man beat n
hasty retreat. and shortly afterward
Lord Sheffield discovered that he had
lost his pocketbook. London Express
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-02-04

per acre. AS the trees draw moisture
from the soil, permitting evaporation,
this energy is proportional to the num-
Der of leaves. Consequently reforest-
alton is the only natural remedy.
This is so exactly in line with the at
titude of the Hearald on this question
that it needs but slight comm ent. M.
Meunier establishes his position very
reasonably on the question of waters
running directly into the river, without
chance of being absorbed or evaporat-
ed, then he sets up the remedy, re-
forestation, which would create huge
capillary surface to take care of the ex-
cess of water.
Floods will come, now and then, but
these sentences seem to point out the
reasonable remedy, or at least something
that will tend toward conserving the
rainfall, which otherwise flows idly into
the water-courses and is not only lost
but creates condition of positive dan
ger, and the latter adds merely another
detail to the case against the stripped
woodland, surely the conservation
newspapers have made out their case. -
Rutland Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-02-04
The Governorship.

We notice this week that Mr.. John
A. Mead of Rutland has an extensive
notice of his life published in different
papers of the State, in which he an
nounces himself as candidate for Gov
ernor.
We send marked copy of this Regiser
to Mr.. Mead and shall be pleased to
give his opinion regarding each of the
preceding suggestions made in regard
to automobiles. This is by far the most
important question coming up before
the people at this time, as is being rec
ognized throughout the country.
Massachusetts started on Jan. l with
new automobile law after having had
1000 automobile accidents the past year,
many of them resulting in death, Gov.
Hughes, too, of the great State of New
York-a man that the people of the
whole country admire for his integrity
of character and fearless determination
to sustain the rights of the people, has
recently seen fit to refer to this in
message suggesting far more string
ent regulations of automobiles in which
he is sustained by the Mayor and the
police force of the great city of New
York.
On this subject the New York World
in an editorial recently said ''No day
passes that the automobile does not, by
defying public sentiment and outraging
the general sense of decency, demand
it's OWL better regulation. The
automobile is the storm centre of an ir-
I repressible issue. The problems it has
raised will never be settled until settled
right"
Mr.. Mead is an intelligent and able
man. But unless he gets rid of his
automobile and stands in with the pc O.
pie in this matter for the protection of
their lives and property, we believe that
either Mr.. Fleetwood or Mr.. Hapgood
will beat him by large majority.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-02-04
Three Dead in Auto Crash.

Denver, Col, Feb. 1.-Two women,
who were killed here late last night in a
collision between a trolley car and the
automobile in which they were riding,
have not yet been identified.
One other person was killed, James A.
Baker of Attleboro, Mass, travelling
man. Russell A. Talbot of New York
also travelling man, was fatally in
jured.
The four were guests of Morris Mayer,
owner of the machine. Mayer was at
the wheel when the collision occurred,
but he suffered only minor injuries.
The two women who were killed were
later identified as Miss Virgil Cain and
Mrs. William j. Heating, both of Den
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-02-04
Floods and Forests .

The comment on the terrible floods of
Paris has been of rather illuminating
character as it relates to rainfall, forests
and freshets. One of the causes,
perhaps the principal cause, of the
recent disasters is set forth thus by
a French scientific authority
Etienne Stanslas Meunier, the emf
nent geologist, considers the phenome-
non to be more of a geological than a
meteorological nature After explaining
the action and reaction of the water in
the strata below the surface, he de-
clares that the soil of the entire basin
of the Seine and the other big rivers of
France had become imperceptibly filled
to the point of complete saturation dur
ing the proceeding three months of
gentle rains with moderate tempera-
lures, which retarded evaporation.
When the heavy rains came last week
the ground was absolutely impermeable,
and the water ran off as if from a ce-
ment floor. M. Meuner's conclusion is
that the power given to an area of
country to take care of the water, out
side of considerations as to natural soil,
is measured by the evaporation energy
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-02-04

his horses, which plunged into the ditch
and caused quite serious, though fort
unately not fatal, accident.
We cannot see why any town in Yer
mont, and especially Cornwall or any
other farming town, should appoint a
man as highway surveyor who cared so
little for the lives of his fellow citizens
as to purchase an automobile; neither
can we see why the citizens of Vermont
should nominate any man for governor
or any other important office, who should
care so little for the safety and comfort
of his fellow citizens as to buy and run
an automobile.
He knows and every man knows that
it may result in the death of some citi-
zen at any moment when in use, as did
the automobile of Governor Prouty at
Burlington although at the time not
being run by him.
Of course the owner of the auto
should be required to pay all damage
caused by the machine; but in case this
cannot be collected, the State which
licenses autos to be run on the highways,
should be responsible for the damages.
This is the case of towns licensing dogs;
the town is held for damage caused by
the dogs.
The automobile question should be
carefully considered by our Legislature
and laws should be framed not by an
automobile lobby as has been largely
the case in the past, but by representa-
tives chosen to represent and who dc
represent the great majority of the peo-
pie on this very important question.