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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-30
WITHIN THE TOWN..

THE York cotton mill, which has
been shut down for some time past,
putting in weaving machinery, expects
to resume operations within the next
few days-about September 5.
The carnival seriously crippled the
Amuse-U theatre last week, most of
the patrons of the AmuseU. spending
their money at the carnival to see
shows that were not nearly so good.
Mr.. John Dobson is giving the people
of Yorkvlle a good clean show, and
his patrons are showing growing ap-
probation.
Rally day was observed at the
York Cotton Mill chapel last Sunday.
There is a large and fourishing Sun
day school at the cotton mill and the
attendance was good. The features of
the occasion were an able and enter
tanning address by Mr.. Grady Hardin.
and excellent music by the children
under the direction Of Miss Ida Or
mand, who has charge of the cotton
mill school.
The st. Louis Carnival company,
which played in Yorkville last week,
and which left for Rock Hill SunCay
morning, Is a we'll ordered and well
managed aggregation. Mr.. Weaver.
the manager, was the manager of the
first street show that came to York
vile, and he found on his arrival that
he was still pleasantly remembered
by most Of the people with whom he
became acquainted at that time. The
show only did fairly well here. There
was a large attendance on the grounds
afternoons and nights; but money was
rather scarce and receipts were slim
The balloon failed to go up Saturday
The reason was that on Friday the gas
bag fell in a tomato patch and was
torn by the tomato stakes. Repairs
were not completed in time for Satur-
days ascent.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-30
RACES FOR MAGISTRATE.

There were contests for magistrate
in only four of the nine townships to-
day. Bethel, Bethesda, Fort Mill and
York, and the results as far as 1t was
practicable to collect them tonight
were as follows:
At Bethel precinct the vote was 43
for j. D. Boyd and &C for II. E. john
son. There was no report from For
est Hill, the other precinct in Bethel
township.
In Bethesda township, d. P. Curry
was nominated over r. ]. Morrow and
r. f. Conrad. the vote being as fol-
lows: Morrow, IA; Conrad, 81; Curry,
90.
In Fort Mill township. John w. Nc
Elhaney was recommended over V. B.
Blankenship. 212 to 81.
In York township, the vote was j.
C. Conner. 3O6 r. L. deLoach. 272, and
]. ]. Wallace 70, necessitating a sec
ond race between Conner and deLoach.
The other magistrates were recon-
mended without opposition as follows:
r. l.. A. Smith in Broad River; ]. L.
Duncan in Bullock's Creek: T. c.
Beckham in Catawba; T. B. Glenn in
EbeneZer. and A. j. Quinn in Kings
Mountain.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-30
THE ELECTION.

Although there was but little excite
ment in connection with the county
campaign this year and the general
opinion was that the vote would be
comparatively light, the result of the
election yesterday showed the surpris-
ing total of 1886 votes against S,3l2
two years ago-a gain Of 1876 votes.
The weather yesterday was very
much like that of two years ago. 1t
commenced raining during the morn
ing and showers fell at intervals dur
ing the day. The down pour was not
nearly so heavy as two years ago.
when many of the streams, especial
ly on the western side OF the county,
were so badly swollen as to prevent
many voters from reaching the polls.
The rain yesterday was benefit rath-
er than a hindrance to the voting. be-
cause II put a stop to fodder pulling
and other outdoor work and eliminat-
ed all excuse for not going to the polls.
There was unusual activity on the
part of the candidates, especially dur
ing the few days just previous to the
election. Rock Hill was regarded as
the key to most of the different con-
tests and that city was made the bat
tleground. especially during Monday
and yesterday.
The work of collecting the returns
was greatly facilitated by the kind ac-
commodation of the Piedmont Tele-
phone company, and all the figures
were in, in record breaking time. the
complete result being known by IL
o'clock p. m.
According to the figures as tabulat-
ed In detail elsewhere the result is as
follows:
Messrs. Thos. F. McDow, j. HI.
Saye, o. L. Sanders and ]. F.. Beam
guard have been nominated as repre-
sentatives in the house.
Messrs. B. NJ. Love and ]. ]. Hun
ter are to run a second race for audi
tor.
Mr.. H. f. Neil has been elected
treasurer over both of his opponents.
Messrs. Thos w. Boyd and Glenn F.
Gordon will run a second race for su-
pervisor.
Messrs. w. A. Aycock and L. j..
Lumpkin have been elected county
commissioners.
Mr.. John Warren Quinn appears to
have been elected superintendent OF
education over Mr.. Minor r. Biggers
by a majority Of 81 votes.
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commissioners by suit in any court
of competent jurisdiction.
Approved the Goth day of February.
A. d. 1907.
In addition to publishing Of due no.
tice of the law in the newspapers, the
township supervisors have been nOti-
flying each land owner interested in
dividually, serving upon them through
the mails or personally the following
fair notice.
Public notice having been given by
the county supervisor to all land own
ers, by publication, as required, in the
newspapers of the county during the
month of July, 1910, to remove from
| the running streams of water upon
! their land all trash, trees, RATS and
timber during the month of August;
1910, in accordance with the provis-
ions of the above act, and the general
assembly of South Carolina having
further provided in section of act No.
1876 of 1909 that the township super
visor shall see that the law in refer
ence to keeping the streams free from
RATS is complied with IN township"
I hereby further notify you that un-
less the streams through your lands
in this township are cleaned in ac-
cordance with the provisions Of the
above act, the said streams will be
cleaned Of all trash, trees, RATS and
timber through your lands by the
county and the expense thereof made
a first lein upon your said lands In ac-
cordance with the provisions of the
above act.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-30

Yorkville r. +. d. No. 6. left yesterday
to attend school in Laurendale, n. G.
Mr.. William Patrick of White Oak,
Fairfield county, has been spending
some days with Mr. S. A. Mitchell and
other relatives and friends in Bull
locks Creek township.
Mrs. Alex. Little and children, left
yesterday for their home in Cornelius,
n. c.. after spending a week with Mrs.
Little's sister, Mrs w. II. Chambers, on
Yorkville r. F. D. No. 6.
Prof Joseph McClain, who has been
spending the summer abroad, stopped
over in Yorkville this week, to spend
few days with relatives, before taxi
ing up his work again, in Agnes Scott
institute, Decatur, Ga.
Mr.. Robert |. Howell of Cussetta,
Chambers county, Ala, is visiting rel
atives in and around YOrkville. Mr..
Howell is a native OF the HOwells
Ferry section, in what is now Cherokee
county. He left this country about
Kuklux times and has lived in Ala
bama ever since.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-30
LOCAL. AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Glover Opera HDuSe-AnnOunceS the
presentation of The Deacon" on the
evening of September 6.
Cosmopolitan Magazine, New York
Wants a representative to look after
Yorkville subscriptions and renew
ais.
DR.. Davies-Eye specialist. can he
found at DR.. NJ. w. Whites dental
office on Saturdays and Mondays.
All work guaranteed.
Committee-Invites the public to a
picnic at Beersheba church next
Friday, September 2. Refreshments
will be served.
Will Cameron and Robt. Dunlap-In-
vite the public to a picnic at Phil
adelphia church on September 3rd.
Carroll Bros.-Have fresh home
ground meal, fresh lot flour, PERI
Walla tea at so cents a pound; six
pounds good coffee for $1.00.
York Supply Co.-Advises you to
plant southern grown rye seed. viii
receive crimson and red clover, hairy
vetch and rape seed this week.
Bank of ClOver-Will pay IS in gold
to the person selling the first bale
of new cotton on the Glover market.
w. M. Kennedy, Agent-Has a full
supply of school books and wants
to supply you with books and school
supplies.
j. NJ. Brian & Co.-Talk about coffees,
teas, baking powders, canned goods,
shoe polish, fiavoring extracts, etc.
National Union Bank, Rock Hill
Tells you that per cent interest,
compounded quarterly, is good in
vestment for idle funds. 1t wants a
visit from you.
Kirkpatrick Belk Co.-Fall goods Of
all kinds are arriving. Mr.. Kirkpa-
trick Is in the northern markets
buying large quantities of goods for
the fall trade.
Yorkville Hardware Co.'s determin-
ed to quit handling cook stoves and
ranges and offers it's entire stock at
cost prices.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-30
A PRODIGY IN FIGURES.

If Mr.. Joe NJ. Taylor Of Newport,
had been as smart as politician as
he Is expert in figures, he would prob
ably have been elected as auditor of
York county, or at least have gotten
a much larger vote than he did get,
for there is no question Of the fact
that he is an arithmetical wonder.
Mr.. Taylor can receive dictation of
a column of numbers, containing three
or four figures each and give the cor
rect sum Immediately on demand for
a total. Asked as to how much any
given number of pounds Of cotton will
come to at any given price, he will
give the correct answer Immediately.
Ask him the amount of the tax on any
number of different pieces of property
at any desired levy and without hesi-
tation he will name the correct figures
as soon as the example has been stat
ed. 1t is so with almost any strictly
arithmetical proposition that may be
presented to him. He does not need
pencil and paper. He has slate or
blackboard in mis- head, and he is al
most infallible.
In his rounds of the campaign, Mr..
Taylor frequently had people around
him testing his powers and he never
slipped up. He astonished everybody
with the quickness and readiness OF
his answers, and there was very
general opinion that if he had given
his exhibitions from the stand, instead
of more privately, these exhibitions
would have become quite feature OF
the campaign, and redounded to the
very great benefit of Mr.. Taylor in the
way Of votes.
Mr.. Taylor Is not able to explain his
remarkable faculty as a lightning
calculator except as gift. He
can see the figures in his mind al
most the same as if they were on q
blackboard, and can put them through
the operations necessary to get the
desired results.
Discussing the matter with The En-
quirer last Friday, Mr.. Taylor said
tnat ne naQ IlTSl ulScDNeIeu Ills po"
ers in this direction when boy of 16,
while going to school to Mr.. ]. Fl. Will
son. The class to which he belonged
was being trained in mental arithme-
tic, and as he had no book, he had to
borrow from others, until finally he
began to realize that he could work
most Of the examples in his head and
he has been doing it ever since.
When asked why he did not give
exhibitions on the stand during the
campaign, he said that he did not care
to seek election on the basis Of this
remarkable gift alone, and as the re-
suit of his exhibition, a good many
people might have been led to declare
that the fact that he could make light
ming calculations in his head was no
evidence of his fitness for the respon-
sible duties of auditor. The fact is
that Mr.. Taylor is a man of good, all
round practical sense, and Is well
qualified in various ways to fill res
ponsible position.
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The National Farmers Union CO

The National Farmers Union con-
vention will be held in Charlotte, be-
ginning September 6.
George N. Wilson of No. 1 Filbert,
left at this office yesterday a raddish
that weighs 81 pounds.
The state and county campaigns have
not been without certain depressing
effects on business; but after the next
two weeks things will begin to look
better.
The registration books will be open
next Monday for the last day previ-
Gus to the general election. People
who are not now registered and who
fail to get their certificates next
Monday will be unable to vote in No
vember
The scattering of nails along the
Chester road recently, was the result
of accident, rather than design. Kegs
that were being hauled along the road
in a wagon were broken open by being
knocked together, and their contents
were spilled on the ground.
Mr.. J. D. Clark Of Yorkville No. /,
found the new breeches" he adver-
tised last week as having been put in
somebody else's buggy. Mr.. w. T. Nc
Claim of Yorkville No. 5, was the man
who would have been 'in" another pair
of breeches had Mr.. Clark not insert
ed an ad. in The Enquirer. Immedi-
ately on seeing the advertisement, Mr..
McClain sent Mr.. Clark a card on
which was written: Il have your new
breeches."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-30
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Miss Nancy Witherspo0n of Guth-
riesville. is the guest Of Miss Ola AL
lison in Yorkville.
Miss Margaret Barron of Shelby, n.
c., is visiting Mrs. w. ]. Fewcll on
Yorkville r. +. d. No. I.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Hill of Spar
tanburg. visited Mr.. and Mrs Geo. T.
Schorb in Yorkville this week.
Mr.. Alex Bigger Of Yorkvillc r. f.
d. No. ., has taken a position with
the First National bank of Gastonia.
Misses Annie Davies of Atlanta, Ga.
and May Russell of Rock Hill. are
the guests of Mrs. ]. +. Sadler in
Yorkville.
Miss Leila Dunlap of Yorkville, r. F.
d. No. 3. visited her sister, Mrs. ].
NJ. Hubbard in Huntcrsvlle, N. c..
last week.
Messrs D. W. Bell of Gaffney. and
r. J. Bell of Savannah. Ga. spent last
Saturday with Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ.
Brian in Yorkville.
Miss Margarite Smith, who has been
visiting her aunt, Mrs. j. r. killan,
for some time, has returned to her
home in Shelby.
Messrs. J. l.. Williams and W. Mason
Mcconnell of J. l.. Williams & Co.. of
Yorkville. left last Saturday for the
northern markets.
MeSsrs. Claud and Ralph Rhyme of
Waco. n G., spent few days i'm
Yorkvillc last week visiting their sis
ter, Mrs. J. II. Killian.
Master Rhyme Killian of Yorkvillc,
has returned home after a visit to his
grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. b.
Rhyme of Shelby, \. G.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Withers and
children of Norfolk. Va, are the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Speck
and other relatives i'm Yorkvillr.
Messrs. Joe " umasson, Burtin
Youngblood and Hugh Jackson of
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-30

river to tread on Georgia's trade.
And we are unable to see in this a
purely local question. We think that
the responsibility for that North
Augusta dispensary devOlves upon all
South Carolinians alike, and we would
like to see the thing removed. We
will anticipate the State in its fur
ther points by stating that we under
stand how. under statewide prohibi-
ton, Columbia, Charleston and proba-
bly, a few other towns will be prohi-
bition just as the State says that
Macon, Savannah and Augusta are
now: but we do not see that these
towns will be any worse off in con-
sequence. Tiger liquor is no more de-
bauching than dispensary liquor. 1t
has not been our observation that any
town has ever been helped from whis-
ky revenue.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-30

have contained a covenant running
with the land that it should never be
sold, but should be held by the gran
tees in perpetual succession for the
purpose of conducting a high school
thereon.
THE cause Of action for reformation
was abandoned on circuit and the
facts are mentioned here merely 10
explain the presence Of some or the
parties to the action.
Injunction against the sale by the
school district was prayed for on the
allegation that the price agreed upon
was grossly inadequate and that the
sale Of the property under the circum-
stances alleged was an abuse OF the
discretion so gross as to amount to a
breach of trust; and against the COL
lege, injunction was prayed for on the
allegation that there was no necessity
for the acquisition of the property by
il. and that it was without power ana
authority under the statute to make
the contract. The alleged want OF
power was predicated upon the ground
that the college was prohibited py
statutes from making the contract,
and that, having no funds with when
to pay for the property at the time OF
the making of the contract, 1t was
mutually"
After setting out several legal mat
ters that would not be OF interest 10
the general public, Justice Hydrick
sums up the questions raised in the
grounds Of appeal as follows:
/. Was the college prohibited by
statute from making the contract?
.. If not, was the contract void for
want of consideration and therefore
for want of mutuality, because the col
lege did not have in hand at the time
it was made funds sufficient to pay
for the property, and if so, could the
plaintiffs take advantage OF II ana
have the contract annulled, even
though the college was, at the time of
the hearing on circuit able and willing
to buy and pay for the properly.
without using any funds in which the
plaintiffs as citizens and taypaXers
were interested?
3. Were the plaintiffs preJudlced pE
the amendment allowed and the de-
creeing of specific performance be-
tween the contracting parties?
4. Can plaintiffs nOw-on this ap-
peal-raise the point for the first time
that it does not appear that the con-
sent of the county board of educa-
ton had been given to the sale OF
the property by the district trustees,
as required by the provisions of Sec
ton 1918 of the code of 1902?
Setting ou1the powers conferred on
the board 81 trustees of the college
Ly the aT of Incorporation and con-
cluuingt that the board was competent
To make the contract, Justice HydrlcK
then takes up each of the above ques-
tions and makes answer.
The Judgment of the circuit court IS
affirmed, which means that winthrop
college will have the new school built
on the land.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-30

"A VOTE for Mr.. FeathrrstOne,' says
The YorkVille Enquirer, means a vote
for the removal of that grug shop at
North Augusta with which the people
of South Carolina are standing in the
way of prohibition i'm Georgia"
There should never have been a dis
pensary at North Augusta and the
State protested with all the vehe-
mence of which ii was capable"
against its maintenance there, but the
assertion that the North Augusta dis
pensary is bar to prohibition i'm Au-
gusta is in the nature of the gro
teSQue.
If The Enquirer is seeking the
truth let it investigate Augusta. We
do not know all that ii will find, but
this much we do know. 1t will find
that whisky TASKS are shipped into
Augusta i'm carloads lots. 1t will find
brewery i'm full blast. and that Ii
quOr and beer are shipped from Au-
gusta into E,dgeficld and Greenwood
and as far away as SpartanhurE,
South Carolina. The Enquirer will
find that beer drunk at harbecues in
one or two diSpensary counties in
South Carolina is not infrequemtly
shipped from prohibition Augusta; !;
sometimes from prohibition Savannah.
The nose of the North Augusta dis
pcnSary has been out of joint since
Augustans got busy at home.
The Enquirer. if seeking light.
might also visit with profit, Savan-
nah. Macon. Brunswick, and Atlanta.
Columbia State.
We have noted all that the State
has to say: but we are not very much
impressed with its points.
OF course. we do not doubt that
Savannah, Augusta and other Georgia
cities are getting beer and whisky in
abundance and selling ii wholesale
and retail. and they would probably
he able to get as much as they want
ed even though there was not drop
tn h" had i'm South Carolina; but that
i'm no wise relieves the Cuntemptihle-
ness of South Cardinals c"urs" in
maintaining a groggery across the
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compared with last year of 452,604,
and a decrease compared with year
before last Of 227.627. OF the worlds
visible supply of cotton as above there
is now atloat and held in Great Britain
and Continental Europe 711,0O0, against
1881 900 last year and $4,000 year be-
fore last; in Europe $4,000, against
1.431 900 last year and $4,000 year be-
fore last; in India 455,0O0, against
POI 900 last year and 100000 year be-
fore last, and in the United States
2S2. 900, against 253,OOO last year and
2S4,00 year before last.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-30

IN our issue of July IL last, we re-
marked that we believed the prOdu-
GERS of raw cotton would have the
refusal of 16 cents a pound before
they were compelled to take 124 cents,
The suggestion has been realized. We
are now among those who believe in
the possibility Of Is cents for a good
portion of the crop just coming in, and
if the farmers were half as well organ
lied as are the spinners they would
get Is cents for all of it.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-30
Helms Granted Bail.

An account Of the killing Of Aubrey
Culp by Gate Helms was published In
the last issue of The Enquirer, the
same being taken from the Charlotte
Observer of Friday. The boys got IN
to a fight while on their way to the
Gold Hill school on Tuesday of last
week and Helms struck Culp with
dinner bucket, and Culp died from the
effects of the blow on Thursday. Mag
istrate McElhaney Immediately issued
a warrant for the arrest Of Helms and
he was committed to jail. Congress-
man Finley was retained for the de-
fense and procured an order from
Judge Gage admitting young Helms 10
bail in the sum Of $1,000.
Death of Mrs. Jeff D. Whitesides.
Mrs. Mamie Whitesides, wife OF Mr..
Jeff D. Whtesides, died suddenly at
her home ten miles west OF Yorkville
last Saturday morning at II o'clock.
Death is supposed to have been due
to malarial trouble, but it came as a
sudden and unexpected shock % the
family, neighbors and friends. MT.
Whitesides was i'm Yorkville when the
news came to him, and the blow was
all the more overpowering because ne
had left his wife only few hours pe-
fore apparently in the best OF spirits.
Mrs. Whitesides was the daughter OF
the late VIM. Plaxco, and was "A years
of age. She was a lady Of many ad-
mirable traits of character, and was
held i'm the highest esteem by all who
knew her. She leaves eleven children
as follows: Wistar, Minnie, John, Will
lie, Andral, Lois, Saye, Eula, Irene, Lee
Oates, jeff d. Her surviving broth
ers are Rev. w. A. M. PlaXco of Bar
tow, Fla, Mr.. ]. b. PlaXco of York
Vile, and Mr.. r. n. Plaxco of Bethany
There is also one sister, Mrs. Lizzie
Whitesdes of Hickory Grove. The in
terment took place at Smyrna on sun
day, the services being conducted by
Rev. G.. L. Kerr, assisted by Rev. j.
L. Oates.
Baseball Row.
There was quite a serious row
among some young men at a game OF
baseball at HoOdtown last Saturday,
as the result of which one of the
young men is laid up at his home at
Hickory Grove with dangerous wounds,
and four others are under bond to an
swer to charges Of assault and bat
terry of a high and aggravated nature.
The row grew out of the usual guy
ing inseparative from the game. ana
baseball bats and possibly other wea-
pons figured prominently. The game
was between Hoodtown and Hickory
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-30

AT Cleveland, o., the other day, for
mer President Roosevelt said to the
people: Il will make the corporations
come to time and l will make the mob
come to time. l shall insist upon
honesty if it breaks up the best busi-
ness of the land and shall insist upon
order under all circumstances" This
sounds very much like Mr.. Roosevelt
business again.