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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-03
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

r. A. Rowe, Rock Hill-Offers a few
bushels of Simpkins' prolific cotton
seed at 81 a buShel. {. o. b., York
Vile
l.. X. Williams. Probate Judge-Gives
notice that j. l.. TempletOn has APP
piled for letters of administration
on the estate of Mrs. c. f.. Temple
ton, deceased.
First National Bank, SharOn-Insists
that you cultivate the habit of saw
ing your money by depositing sur
plus funds with it. to insure you
against want in old age.
Yorkville Hardware Co.-Talks about
pocket knives, raZors. shears and
scissors of Quality-the kind it sell:
and guarantees.
J. L. Williams & Co.-Are showing
big line of "Nufangl' trouser:
for men, ranging in price from $;
to 80 a pair.
York Drug Store-Calls attention tC
the desirabiity of disinfectine
your premises against disease and
vermin and recommends chlro.
naptholeum.
Kirkpatrick Belk CO.-Announces &
special white opening" of mllin.
cry at special prices, and includes
silks and other dress goods for the
sale days-Friday and Saturday.
National Union Bank, Rock Hill
Points out that the first step to-
wards success is a savings account
and wants you to make a start with
it now.
Thomson Co.'s making a display OF
Eclipse shirts for men and wants
you to see them. It also has
something to say about straw hats
D. l.. Shieder-Has a good mule that
he wants to sell quick and will make
the price right.
L. NJ. Crisis Sons-Make a specia
premium offering to club makers
and subscribers during May See
fourth page.
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history of the exchange. InasmuCn as
the shorts have until May 81 To meet
their contracts, it had been predicted
by some that tOday'S transactions
would represent only part of tn" cot
ton to be delivered, but as the day
progressed it was the OniniOn in the
trade that the bulk of the staple they
must produce was brought out today.
Although the Big Four" are known t"
have cleared large sum. no authort-
tative estimates of the amount could be
obtained. None of the bull leaders
would indicate the amount of cotton
which he had under contract. or which
was to be delivered on Monday. Their
ultimate profits will depend largely on
their success in disposing of their hold
ings to spinners Nevertheless. the
May situation is regarded as being
fairly well cleared up and ii is expect
ed that the bulls will turn to the July
market in which they are already
heavily long, with the hope of repeat
ing successful operations Covering by
scattered short interests today sent up
prices sharply and the advances for the
day in the general market ranged from
2 to &c points above yesterdays clos
ing. while May contracts closed at
1476, or $1.25 a bale above the close of
Yesterday.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-03
Bridae Over the CataMba.

Rock Hill special of April 30. to
the Charlotte Observer: At the last
session of the Legislature there was a
bill passed apprOpriating $4,000 for
bridge across the Catawba river be-
tween here and the Van Wyck and
Belair sections of Lancaster county if
there was $4,000 raised by private
subscription by the first day of May
A committee was appointed recently
by the Chamber OF Commerce Of this
city and it had raised a few hundred
dollars. Friday morning Mayor John
r. Roddey asked the committee to
turn the petition over to him and he
thought that he could raise the amount.
so he got busy and by night had the
amount subscribed. The money had
to be in YOrkville by 4 o'clock Satur-
day afternoon, so Mayor ROddey took
the responsibility of putting up his
own individual check for the amount
and sent it to Yorkville. which makes
the bridge an assured fact. This will
open up a territory to Rock Hill that
has been cut off from it by the river
ever since it has been town and 1t
Is thought it will be very beneficial to
this place and to the people Of the
|above-named sections.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-03

men of strong. upright character are
peremptOrily challenged when the
cases are called for trial Men who can
be manipulated are wanted, great
premium being placed on ignorance.
Wnen we consider the personnel Of
the jury must we be surprised at the
results? Should we expect verdict
free from prejudice. and consistent
with the evidence and law in the case?
The working Of the system is also
discredited by the laws delay" 1t is
literally true that indictments are
quashed. and new trials granted, on ac-
count of some error in crossing It,
dotting an t." or msspeling of some
insignificant word.
In allowing this state Of affairs tu
continue we are but furnishing fuel 70
|, the sparks of anarchy that. lying more
or less ahame beneath every govern
ment, we can but know are beneath the
very dearest institution of our own
country.
The first change necessary relates to
the attitude of the public toward jury
service Citizenship places upon the
individual certain obligations to the
commonwealth. and one of these in
cludes jury service. The number OF
challenges granted must be lowered
Clean, comfortable jury rooms must be
provided, and every incidental Objec-
ton to jury service must be removed.
AS a result of these improvements a
wholesome fear of the law will prevail
The rights of our fellowmen will be
held more sacred and all over our coun-
try even-handed justice shall reign
SlIprcme
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-03
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mrs. Mary Woods of Aiken, is the
guest of her sister Mrs. D. f. Boney
in Yorkville.
Miss Mamie HOllCr Of Rock Hill, is
visiting Mi. s Ollie J&ukwsOn on r. f
D. 6, Yorkville.
Mrs. ]. |. Vance of Newark, N. j., is
spending sometime with friends and
relatives in YOrkville.
Mrs. r. c. Dunlap and Miss Lottie
Belle Simril of Yorkville r. f. d. No
{, are visiting relatives in old Point.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. II. Ferguson and lit
tie son. Billy, of Taylors, are visiting
friends and relatives in York county.
Misses Louise Guy of Lowryville and
Eta Mccullough of Chester, are the
guests of Miss Bessie Pegram in York
vile.
Mrs. w. A. Clanton of Johnson City
Tenn, and Miss Annie Clanton of Lam
caster, are in YOrkVile on a visit tC
the family of Mr.. J. +. Johnson.
Mrs. d. w. Hicks and son, Master
Fred Simms of Gaffncy. visited rela-
tives and friends in Yorkville this
week, guests Of her brothers, the
MeSsrS. Grist.
Rev. J. L. Oates and Elder j. P. Plax-
co, of YOrkville. went up to GaStOnia
yesterday, to represent the YOrkville
A. r. p. church at the spring meeting
of the First Associate Reformed pres
bVtprV
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-03
Novv Don,t Get Excited.-Do yo,

Now, Don't Get Excited.--Do you re-
member the campaign Of two years
ago? Do you remember the names of
ell who were candidates for governor
and other state officers that year?
The chances are that you not only
cannot remember the names of all who
were candidates, but you cannot re-
member the names of those who were
elected.
And yet it was a hot campaign. We
were all more or less worked up, and
we thought that unless we landed our
men the whole state would go to the
dickens. We were all very much In
earnest, and some bad feeling was
manifested.
We have forgotten whether our IA
vorites of ten years ago were elected
or not. but the state has gotten along
very well. We have all prospered.
The point is that we are going to
have another campaign this year.
There will be candidates, and they
will spring issues upon us, and they
may get us wrought up again.
But let's go slow. Let's not get ex-
cited and fall out with each other. For
whether our favorites are elected or
not, we are all going to keep on living
here and in all likelihood we will
prosper. We believe that reasonably
good men will be elected to office-at
least they will be as good as we de-
serve-and that is all we can hope for.
Anderson Daily Mail.
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1.-THE JURY OF THE FUTURE"

Mr.. Henry Grady Hardin of Glover
won the first prize in the twelfth an
nual Intercollegiate OratOrial contest
at Greenwood last Friday. and Mr.. NJ. G
Mcdonald of ErSkinc college. won the
second prize.
Mr.. Hardin Is the third brother to
represent WOffOrd at the intUrcOllegi-
at" contest. and the third to come off
with the first honor of the occasion
Mr.. Hardn'S subject was The Jury of
the Future" In discussing which he
argued that the one feature I'm our
American government that has done
much to make 1t successful is that one
which grants To the individual man
such great personal freedom. as Il bull
Wark To this liberty stands the cOnSti-
tutional right of trial by jury.
The idea of trial by jury has appealed
tn liberty-lOving people for ages. but
nevertheless i'm the practical working #
this apparently ideal system of law
there has arisen large cause of COM
paint The verdictS rendered recently
have drawn public attention to the de-
fcctS i'm the judicial side of our govern
mcnt. and the trouble seems to be
largely in the method of trying cases
before jurieS.
Our law requires the selection of men
for julymen who ar" qualified electors
and men If good moral character. Il
seems this would produce Il competent
jury, but unfortunately such Is far from
the rule Previous to the opening of
court the list of qualified iurnrS is pub
liShcd to the world. and these men be
come the target of all the wilpS of
Shrcwd attorneys. Those found to be
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-03
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

| The biennial convention of the Dem
Ocrats of York county met in the cour1
house yesterday, pursuant to the cal
| of the executive committee, and com
pleted the business that devolvcd upon
| il in harmonious session of about two
hours.
After the convention had been called
| to order by w. b. Wilson, Jr.. chairman
| Of the executive committee, tempor-
ary organization was effected by the
| election of w. w. Lewis. chairman
and w. R. Bradford. secretary. and the
work of permanent organization was
| entered into by the appointment OF q
committee on credentials. consisting Ci
| one member from each precinct as fol-
lows:
Bethel, r. C.. Barnett: Bethany. D.
NJ. Hall: Blairsville. II. ]. Sherer: Bull
locks Creek. J. G. Kirkpatrick; Glover
IL. T., Beamguard: CoateS'S Tavern. ID
| p. Leslie: EbeneZer, ]. F. Williams;
Fort Mill. J. r. Halle; Forest Hill, w.
p. Boyd Hickory Grove, W. :. Will
kerson: McConnellsville, ]. T. Craw-
ford: Newport, ]. l.. Sanders: Ogden,
| w. H. Dunlap; Piedmont. r. NJ. Wal
lace: Rock Hill No. l. r. Lee Kerr:
Rock Hill No 9, II. NJ. Dunlap: Sha-
ron. ]. H. Saye: Smyrna, r. II. Cas-
ties: TrZah. F. f. Smith: Yorkville
| No. l.. r. r. McCOrkle: YOrkville No.
=, G.. II. O'Leary.
The committee on credentials retir-
ed during a recess taken for the pur-
pose and after ten minutes returned
with a report of the following list OF
duly accredited delegates:
Bethel entitled to three. all pres
ent-H. f. Johnson, J. w. Jackson.
T. C. Barnett.
Bethar ,n,.Ied to six. all present:
| ]. A. Ratteree. b. r. Smith. d. NJ.
Hall, a. l.. Lineberger. NJ. r. Bibber,
| d. r. Quinn.
BlairsviIIe, entitled to three. all
present: ]. l.. Rainey, ]. F.. Latham.
Bullock's Creek. entitled to two: f.
NJ. Bankhead.
Glover. entitled To nine: J. \. c.
Love. ]. r. Jackson. J. r. Robinson,
J. b. Jackson, f. r. Price. f. c. Jack
son. A. J. Quinn. j. T.. B"amguard w.
y. Jackson.
Coates's Tavern entitled to three. all
present: II. w. Boyd, J. S. Glasscock.
| d. p. Leslie.
EbcneZer. entitled to two. one pres
ent: ]. F. Williams.
Fort Mill. entitled to twelve, all
present: s. III. Epps. Sr.. C.. p. Blank
pnSlllp, Il. NJ fdIlS. w. III Nli'h. ~
\. Pennett. W. r. bradford. :. 7. SUIT
ton. J. Fl. Sutton. Pert Nevins. w. II.
Jones. w. II. Windlc. j. r. Halle.
Forest Hill. entitled to two. both
present: w. p. Boyd, l.. Il. Brown.
Hickory Grove. entitled To eight
all present: G. S. Cobb. Jeff d. White
sides. w. s Wilk"rSon. j. w. f. Good.
Jonathan Ruice. ]. NJ. Whitesides. +.
f. Scoggins. J. y. McGill.
McConncllsville. five. all present: j.
r.. Crawford. O. l.. Sanders. j. f.
Ashe. J. r. Lee. G. T.. Lindsay.
Ncwport. entitled to two. both pres
ent: ]. NJ. Campbell. J. l.. Garrison.
ogden. entitled to three. all pres
cnt: w. NJ. Nrwsnm. ]. w. Scnggins.
w IT. Dunlap.
Piedmont. one. present: r. NJ. Wal
lace.
Rock Hill No. |. twentv-one. ten
present: r. Lee Kerr. J. O. Hull. j.
II. McFadden. II. &. RaWlinson. G. w.
f.. Spencer. +. II. Mcdaniel @. i.
Gordon. F.. $. Love. ]. Friedhcim. j.
\. Nicely.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-03

historical system that YOU represent.
The inaccurate. unfair and misleading
character of journalistic comment on
many kinds of current events is a
matter of common knowledge. In
warning you against it. ask You to re-
member that the reporters function is
| to tell story that will attract attention.
He has tn compel the inattentivc. busy
public to stop. look. listen. Your func-
| tiOn is different. 1t is to decide on the
evidence, however dull it MAJ be, or
however difficult"
Proceeding Judge Hough ordered,
toned to read the morning papers or
who desired To read them, should be
permitted to do so and that all should
| be allowed, while in the service of the
each is accustomed in private life, even
to the drinking of whisky in accordance
with ordinary habits.
Commenting on this rather remark
able attitude of the judge. the New
York Sun remarks:
Their usual lives, There is indeed
| the substance of this strange concep-
ton, and could anything be more start
| ling. In the words of the spellbinder
we rise to inquire whittier are we tend
| ing. If this sort of civiity and decency
| to jurors is allowed to go further. If
| they are to enjoy coffee, tea, whisky
and newspapers like honest and res
pectable citizens, who knows but that
we will some day expect them to
| Think"
1t strikes us that there is a lot of
good. hard sense in the comment of the
Sun, notwithstanding the fine irony of
it's language. OF course, there is a
question as to whether man VIII"
drinks whisky is capable of making an
| ideal juryman: but if he is a whisky
drinker it would seem that he is more
his natural self SO long as he has access
to his usual beverage than otherwise.
And by the same token, it would seem
that men who are sworn to decide an
| issue strictly in accordance with the
law and the evidence. are not to be in
huenced by newspaper statements. or
other outside matters. This is certain
" the theory of the whole idea of trial
by jury, however, it may work out in
practice. and the instructions of this
Judge seem to show implicit confidence
in the theory of the system.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-03
Numbering the People.-"How m

Numbering the PeopIe.-"How many
people will Uncle Sans census takers
find in the count which began on April
1872" asks Lesslie's. Where will this
count place us, relative to the other
great nations?" These questions will
suggest themselves to many Ameri-
cans, now that the decennial enumera-
ito date has arrived. An answer is
lik. y to be furnished within few
weeks The count began earlier this
time than 1t did in 1900 or in any
other recent decennial year. Census
Director Durand expects to be able to
announce the total for the United
States by the beginning Of June. An
aggregate of 90,000,000 population
would be a safe guess. This would be
a gain of 14,000,0 900 since 1900, which
was the same as that in the preceding
10 years.
The only countries in the world
which will lead us in population are
China and Russia. China's total Is
uncertain, because ii never had
count of inhabitants. 1t is probably
between 350,000,000 and 400,000,00O.
Russia's Is 130,000,000. In point Of
efficiency, Of course, the United States
population Is far ahead Of that OF
those two countries put together. The
volume and variety Of its activities
are greater than those Of the two 9TH
ers in the aggregate. It's wealth Is
three times as great as that OF botn
those countries combined.
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- The new state board of law exa..l-
iners has been announced by the su-
preme court as follows: w. d. Mel
ton, of Columbia, for three years; W.
| r. Miller of Charleston, two years:
Frank B. Grier, Of Greenwood, one
year. The first examination will be
on May 6. The new act takes the ex-
,amination out of the hands of the su-
preme court and raised the standard
of requirements.
- Columbia, April 20: r. NJ. Davis,
an inmate of the Soldiers Home, is
| i'm Jail on the charge Of assault and
battery with intent to kill, because of
an alleged attack upon Commander
| Startling at the Home yesterday after
noon. The fight became known today.
when the warrant was sworn out for
the old soldier. 1t is stated that Da-
Wis attacked Capt. Startling with a
knife, and that Capt. Startling had to
strike the soldier down with a chair
| in order to protect himself. Capt.
Startling is Ill in bed. as result of the
fight, and the hearing will be held just
as soon as he Is able to attend.
In the omnibus claims bill just
reported to congress for passage, are
l. the following South Carolina items:
Trustees Baptist church, Of Beaufort,
$4,000; Trinity Protestant Episcopal
church, Edisto Island, $1,000; Mount
Zion Society, Fairfield county, $4,000;
Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal church,
south, Hampton county, $l,71O; Bap-
| tist church, Hardeeville, $1,050; Stony
Creek Presbyterian church, McPher-
sonville. $2,500. These claims arose
out of the loss and damage done to
property by Federal troops during the
civil war. 1t Is probable that they
l,Hi at nraSpnt session
OF congress.
- Columbia, April 20: The supreme
court Of South Carolina today render
ed a decision sustaining the judgment
of the circuit court in which w. b.
Avant and DR.. G. c. Bigham were
sentenced to serve three and a half
years i'm the penitentiary for killing
Mrs. Ruth Crisp Bigham, the wife of
the latter, at Murrelrs inlet, in George
town county, in the fall Of 1908. Mrs.
Bigham was killed about dusk while
walking from a cottage on the beach
toward the water, dressed only In her
bathing suit and a cloak which she
had thrown around her. Avant, who
with DR.. Bigham saw Mrs. Bigham
emerge from the cottage in the gath
ering gloom, admitted firing the fatal
shot when DR.. Bigham gave the word.
The two men set up the defense that
when Mrs. Bigham failed to respond
to their cries of who goes there"
they believed 1t to be some one on
mischief bent and the shot was mere
ly intended to halt her. Bigham was
released under bond after the trial
pending an appeal, but Avant was
committed to the penitentiary follow
ing the expiration of the period allow
ed for notice of appeal without either
of the defendants having given such
notice. He remained in the peniten-
tiary for several months.
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| WE congratulate Mr.. Henry Grady
| Hardin of Glover, on winning the first
| honor at the intercollegiate oratorical
contest but we congratulate him still
more heartily upon his choice of sub
| ject and the admirable manner in
| which that subject was handled. Mr..
Hardin has no doubt done most Of his
study of jurors and juries in York
county; but the premises he lays down
and develops in connection with the
subject are applicable to every county
in South Carolina. That he has the
theory and practice down right. there
is no question. and he is as clear on
the strength of the system as upon its
weakness. That the jury system is the
greatest bulwark of human liberty
there is no satisfactory denial, and il
is equally true that its effectiveness
depends upon the character of the men.
who are called upon to serve as jurors.
With the best men of jury district
drawn to serve on juries, the results
of the judgments of sucn jurics will be
in keeping with the character of the
highest intelligence and best moral de-
velopment of that district. and with the
Sorriest men down for service. the ad-
ministration of the law will be in ac-
cordance with the lowest standards
As we see it. the character of jurors is
dependent largely upon the will of the
men who make up the jury boxes. The
men who make up the jury boxes are
usually men who know personally ev-
cry eligible juror in their counties. and
who are capable, if they so desire, of
selecting the names of men. who can
not be included in that diSreputable.
but true classification that is so prop
that merely requires that q jury box be
made up of one out of three of the eli
gible voters, leaves ample room for
this. at least in most South Carolina
communities. That community in
which the proportion Of honest. upright
men is not as great as to 3. is indeed
in a bad way. OF course. under the
law. there is room for putting any kind
of men on jurieS Let the box be filed
IN the first place by the weakest and
queereSt of men to be found. and the
venreS will be made up in a like man
ner. But so long as there are nCnH
among the men 50 drawn. who have
not been convicted of crime. no matter
how much they may have deserved to be
convicted. who of the outside public
is going To challenge their uniitneSs?
one: but as Mr.. Hardin argues the ef-
fectivenesS of it depends upon the quail
ity Of the men who are to carr it out.
The quality of tn" men drawn to carry
desires of the jury commissioners. and
this is the point to which tn" voters
should give their attention. Let the
jury commissioners be held response
BILE for every name that comes out Of
the jury box. If tin" names are those
of good men and true. give the jury
commissioners credit. and if the names
are not those of good and true men. let
the situation hay" special and thorough
consideration. Venires should be made
up entirely of good and true men. and
there should be no weak ones for "S-
pecially bad cases. 1t is a splendid sub
ject Mr.. Hardin has chosen and he has
handled it well.
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Mr.. w. M. Stowe of No. |, Yorkvill

Mr.. w. M. Stowe of No. /. YOrkville
brought to The Enquirer office yester-
day morning magnificent specimen OF
glow worm that is about three inches
long. He found the worm in his yard
Tuesday night, being attracted to it a
distance of twenty YARD by it's splen-
did brilliance. Mr. StON ( Is not famil-
lar with the name of the worm, and
The glow worm as described in Web
ster's International Dictionary being
less than an inch in length.
A correspondent has sent us a news
item about baseball game. The item
is all right and would be published, ex-
cept for the fact that no name is sign
ed. OF course the name would not have
been printed if we had it. Names OF
correspondents are never printed in
connection with ordinary news items
We do not print the correspondents
name, even if ne desires it, except in
special cases: but the paper has to be
responsible for the news it prints, and
il must know the source from which
it's news emanateS. We are always
glad to get news items from any res
ponsible source: but every item, how
ever, trivial, must be accompanied by
the name of the author. Otherwise. ii
goes into the waste basket.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-03
YORKVILLE. S. c.:
TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1910.

TIE Columbia Democratic conven'
ton adopted a resolution declaring
that there is danger of Il Republican
victory. because of failure of the Dem
ocrats to register. We believe that sucl
a contingency may some time arrive
and that all Democrats should register;
but somehow we have little sympathy
for the resolution when the Democratic
party has it so completely in its power
to compel the registration Of all Dem
ocrats by requiring that otherwise they
shall not be entitled to participate ir
primary elections.