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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-12-13
WEEK OFF FOR CHRISTMAS.

There will be no issue of The En-
auirer on December 90, or December q,
because of the time -honored holiday
that the working force has always felt
that it was entitled to for Christmas.
According to this arrangement.
there will he only three more issues or
the paper during the present year, that
of next Friday the following Tuesday,
and the last one Of the year on Decem-
Der 80. -.
The omission of the two issues pro-
posed will not in any way interfere
with the publication of such legal ad-
vertisements as it may be necessary
to publish, as there will be an issue
for each week which is all that is re-
uuired by the statutes covering such
advertisements.
AS fair warning to all concerned,
also, it is proper to state that the job
printing department will also be closed
down during the week commencing
December 81, and persons who are able
to anticipate their probable require
ments in regard to such printing are
requested to furnish copy at once.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-12-13
LOCAL LACONICS.
Fifth District Corn Prize.


Mr.. w. S. Garrison of Rock Hill R..
F. D. No. 4, won the prize for the best
ten ear exhibit Of corn at the South
Atlantic States Corn exposition from
the Fifth congressional district. The
prize was $40 cash.
Case of Rev. H. r. Mills.
The committee of the South Carolina
conference appointed to investigate the
domestic affairs of Rev. H. r. Mills of
Rock Hill, last Saturday recommended
that Mr.. Mills be suspended for year
and the report was unanimously
adopted. The verdict Of the committee
was construed in the nature of COM
promise. 1t was thought by some that
the report would have been divided
with a majority recommending the re-
tention of his ministerial functions or
permitting him to get a transfer, re-
lieving both the minister and the con-
ference from any embarrassment, due
to the separation of Mr.: and Mrs.
Mills, but this proved not to be the
case. There was only one report and
this was that the evidence sustained
the specifications and the suspension
was recommended. AS a matter Of
fact, if the committee thought that the
blame for the domestic troubles of the
family rested entirely with the minis
ter, Mr.. Mills would have been dismiss
ed from the ministry but the commit
tee did not regard the matter in this
light and the compromise verdict or
recommendation followed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-12-13
LOCAL AFFAIRS
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Thos. F. McDow--Has flock of hom-
er pigeons which he desires to
Thos +. Mellow. Atty.-Offers to loan
money on real estate mortgages:
easy terms.
j. A. Tate, C. C. C. Pls.-Gives no.
tice of sale of real estate involved
in the suits of |. E. Grimm, Plff.,
vs.. J. b. Martin. Deft.. and 5. c.
Pursley, Indv.. and as Admr. VS..
Emma H. Pursley, INDY. and as
Admrx.. of ]. Meek Pursley, decd.
Star Drug Store-Is showing a large
line of holiday goods and they are
selling fast. You are invited to see
the display.
]. NJ. Brian Co.-Has a full line of
fancy groceries, toys, fireworks. ETC.,
for the holiday trade.
Torrence- Morris Co., jewelers., Gas
tonia-Establishe % years, with a
large stock of holiday goods, in
vites you to see its display and COM
pare its qualities and prices.
Yorkville Hardware Co.-Makes sug-
gestions of articles which it has and
says that they will make practical
Xmas gifts.
Loan and Savings Bank-Points out
the fact that a savings account acts
as a magnet for other savings and
suggests that you start one with 1t.
Carroll Furniture Co.-Has received
a carload of furniture and wants
YOU to come and see what ii has
and it will show you what you want.
National Union Bank, Rock Hill
Tells you that If you save now you
will have something to protect you
in the future. 1t pays 4 per cent
interest. compounded, on savings
accounts.
Kirkpatrick Belk Consists that
YOU come to it's sale Of millinery
and coat suits. New toys added to
it's already large stock.
Ride Auto Co.-Offers secondhand
REQ car at bargain price. A
Hupmobile for sale, used as a dem
onstrator. Oils and greases.
Sam NJ. Grist-Emphasizes the i'm
portance of fire insurance and says
that a majority of fires are caused
by defective flues.
Old George, the Butcher-Wants you
to buy your groceries, fruits. pro-
duce and fresh meats from him.
Thomson Co.-Cuts its prices on coat
suits and talks about cut glass,
dolls. toys and other kinds Of special
holiday goods for holiday shoppers.
York Drug Store-Cordially invites
YOU to come and see its big dis
play of Christmas goods, including
china. brass. cut glass books. pens,
cigars. etc.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-12-13
FIRE AT CLOVER.

Eleven horses, a large quantity Of
hay and grain, about seventy-hVe dol
lars worth of harness and a pretty
good building were included in the de-
structiOn of A. j. Quinn'S livery plant
at Glover at an early hour yesterday
morning.
The fire broke out at about 8 o'clock.
DR.. Marshall b. Neil was the first man
to reach the scene. The entire interior
of the building was already a mass Of
flame He threw open the door and
one of the horses stuck its head out;
but with the fatal perversity that is
characteristic of these an nails under
such circumstances. went back into
the stable and shared the fate of its
ten companions.
Policeman Rankin, who reached the
scene shortly after DR.. Neil, brought
with him a chemical fire eXtinguisher
that belongs to the town, and playing
the stream on a fiercely burning mass
of cOmbustibles, managed to save
some forty or fifty bushels of oats that
would have otherwise been included in
the loss.
With the exception of the oats and
some corn that was in a house close
by. the only other property that was
saved from the fire was several bug
gies that were quickly rolled away by
willing hands as fast as the people
reached the scene of the danger.
OF the eleven horses burned, nine
belonged to Mr.. Quinn. one to DR.. Nj. b.
Neil, and the other To Mr.. Wade Pur-
sl"y. The horses of DR.. Neil and Mr..
Pursley were easily worth something
over 5000 and there was no insurance
on them.
There was peculiar coincidence in
connection with the escape of a fine
horse that DR.. |. j. Campbell has been
Keeping in the stable during the past
three years. The doctor paid 1885 cash
for the animal and values it at over
$4O0 He had been called on profess
sional visit to his sister the afternoon
before. and had been persuaded to re-
main all night 1t was the first time
that the horse had been kept out of the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-12-13

Two 13-months old Poland China
hogs slaughtered by Mr.. NJ. L. Dickson
of Glover, this week, netted respect
lively 800 and AIS pounds.
The pupils of Bellview school, Miss
Susie Brian teacher, gave a banquet
last Friday evening for the purpose of
raising money to help beautify the
school.
Those of us who have no big hogs
to slaughter at this season, feel lit
tie envious of those who have; but 1t
is nobody's fault but our own that we
have no hogs to slaughter. Just any
family could have gotten a pig or two
last spring and raised them with little
or no cost. AS a matter of fact, at the
prices that pork is bringing now-a-
days, it looks as If pig raising ought to
be a profitable business.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-12-13
to say that The Enquirer has for more

to say that The Enquirer has for more
than twenty years been conducting an
earnest. persistent and systematic cam
paign for the enthronement of King
Corn. and we venture that in proof of
it, we could go through our files and
reproduce a sufficient number of en-
tracts to very nearly average one a
week for the whole period.
On May 6. 1905. the Farmers Union
of York county proposed to offer three
prizes for the largest production of
corn on an acre that year. The editor
of The Enquirer was a member of the
committee appointed to help raise the
prize money and to formulate a set of
rules and regulations for the contest.
The banks, the business men, profess
sional men, farmers and individuals
all of which was paid out in three
prizes, awarded the following Decem-
ber.
The Enquirer subscribed and paid
$40 to the fund that was raised for
prizes for the largest yields, and the
same year on the suggestion of Mr.. L.
T. Nichols, general manager of the c.
G. NV. railroad, who offered to pay
half the cost, this paper gave another
ten dollars divided into three prizes of
IS, SO and 81 for the ten first, second
and third best seed corn.
We mention these circumstances
merely, as facts, as the Advertiser sug-
gests, to keep the record straight, We
do not mean to claim credit for the be-
ginning of the movement. We know
that we are not entitled to such credit.
We are only one of hundreds who, ever
since the civil war, have been able to
see that this country could never come
to its own until it began to produce all
necessary supplies at home and raise
cotton as a surplus. Corn being the
elementary basis of all material pros
perity, we have begged, preached and
implored the raising of corn, and we
are going to keep it up until we have
passed away or this glorious country
has come to it's own.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-12-13

The ChivaIrous West.-Twenty years
ago Wyoming served notice on con-
gress that she would not enter the
Union unless she could bring her
women with her"
Wyoming was the first woman suf-
frage state.
Then came Colorado, then Utah,
then Idaho. On November s, Wash
ington enfranchised her women
$50, 900 of them-all in a single day.
Thus the chivalrous men OF the
west share the full rights of citizen
ship with their wives. daughters and
sweethearts. and with any other wo-
men who happen to be within their
borders.
And the Rocky Mountains still
stand. while the Columbia river still
flows on to the sea.
True. the millennium has not ar
rived with woman suffrage, and no.
body expected ii would.
The western man seems TO think
that il is a decent sort Of thing TO
give women as many rights as he en-
joys himself, and that in true dem
ocracy every person Of sound mind
and mature age has a right to a voice
in making the laws under which all
the people live.-San Antonio Light.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-12-13

One of the duties of the next gen.
eral assembly will be to reapportion
representation in the house on a basis
of the thirteenth census figures. The
constitution fixes the membership of
the house at 124, and provides that rep
resentation may be based on the fig
ures of the last preceding census, di-
viding the representation among the
different counties in the proportion that
the population of each bears to the
total population of the state. A calcu-
lation based on these conditions shows
that the following six counties lose one
representative each: Aiken, Beaufort,
Berkeley, Charleston, Chester, Fairfield.
The losses of these counties will be
accredited one each to the counties of
Anderson. Dillon. Greenville. Orange
burg. Richland and Spartanburg.
Charleston, which now has eight rep
resentatives, will hereafter have only
seven. and Spartanburg which has six
will have the same number. Represen-
tation in the other counties will re-
main unchanged. AS to how the states
congressional delegation will he af-
fected remains for future Develop
mentS.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-12-13
MERE-MENTlON.

The Kansas City police a few days
ago, dumped into the Missouri river
fourteen thousand dollars worth OF
opium that they had seized from opium
Joints. .... 1t is estimated that by the
close of the present week more than
10000 foreigners will have sailed from
New York to spend the holidays in
their former homes abroad. "A heavy
earthquake shock was felt at Santa
go, Cuba, last Friday; but there was
no damage beyond alarming the inhab-
itants. .Disregarding the testimo-
ny Of physicians on the subject, Judge
Ten Eyck of Newark, n. j., on last
Saturday, decided that Mrs. Caroline
B. Martin, one Of the two Wardlaw
sisters indicted for the murder of Mrs.
Ocey Snead, is sane. The trial is now
set for January 8. One hundred
and fifty persons were injured in riot
ing between Hindoos and Mohamme-
dams at Calcutta, India, last Friday,
the rioting having been brought on by
ficing cows that the Hindoos regard as
sacred. :. Trade between the United
States and the Philippine islands has
more than doubled during the past year.
The Philippine imports from the Unit
ed States are now about 81 per cent
of their entire imports, whereas in 1897,
the Philippines bought less than per
cent of the foreign goods they consum-
ed from this country. 80. The presi-
dent has appointed Associate Justice
Edward D. White to be chief justice OF
the United States supreme court. .....
This years deficit in the postoffice de-
partment, that is for the year ended
June 30, is only $5,S4S,566, against a
deficit of $17, 100000 for the year ending
June 80. of last year. Frank weber
and Ben Letters, two counterfeiters,
who are supposed to have put large
sum of counterfeit gold coins in circu-
lation, were arrested in New York last
cholera scourge that has been prevail
ing throughout Italy for some weeks, is
supposed to be nearly under control.
....... In order to avoid crushing two
women and child at Norfolk, Va, last
Sunday, George Little, driver of fire
wagon ran his horses into an iron lamp
post killing one of them and badly in
juring the other. One of the lines had
broken and Little was unable to man.
age his team in any other way.
President Taft on yesterday sent NOM
nations to the senate on the new court
of commerce as follows: Martin A.
Knapp, for five years: Robert w. Arch
ibald for four years; William H. Hunt,
for three years; John Emmett Car
land, for two years. The members of
this court also rank as additional cir
cult judges.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-12-13
EPH NEvINS ASSASSINATED.

News was received i'm Yorkville last
night of the assassination of Mr.. f. p.
H. Nevins, a well known citizen Of Fort
Mill township, the killing occurring in
the door of Nevinss store about two
miles from Fort Mill at about 6 o'clock.
The information came through a
telephone message to Sheriff Brown
asking him to notify Coroner LOuthian,
and also to bring the "bloodhounds." "
Coroner Louthian left last night; but
as there were no bloodhounds avail
able, the sheriff did not go.
Very little information has been OBJ
tanned this morning beyond the fact
that Nevins was fired on from ambush
with a shotgun, presumably as he was
entering his store, and the charge en-
tering his body near the heart, he was
instantly killed. Up to last night there
was no clue as to the perpetratOr Of
the deed.
Mr.. Nevins was about 40 years old
and unmarried. He has been living in
Fort Mill township for several years,
and has been having a great deal of
trouble; but as to whether he has been
more of a sinner than sinned against
is, for various reasons more or less
doubtful in the minds of the public.
He was prosecuted few years ago for
assault anu DdlleIS Will Hllelll W MIL,
and was convicted; but as the result
of a unanimous request from the jury
only light sentence was imposed.
During the Christmas holidays of
1909, Mr.. Nevins had a narrow escape
from death at the hands of an assas-
sin, who fired on him from ambush,
while he was sitting in the porch of
the store. A negro named Jordan Nc
Cullough was charged with the crime
and on trial at the last April term Of
general sessions was acquitted.
While Mr.. Nevins was in YOrkville
in connection with the prosecution of
Mccullough, his store was burned by
an incendiary, and practically all Of
his belongings, aggregating several
hundred dollars, were burned in the
fire.
Sheriff Brown left for the scene of
the assassination this morning in an
automobile.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-12-13

1t now turns out that the published
statement to the effect that the North
Carolina supreme court had knocked
out the mileage book arrangement,
whereby travellers must exchange their
with agents for tickets instead
of having the mileage pulled by con-
ductors on the trains, was little too
previous. Chief Justice Clark of the
North Carolina supreme court, merely
let it be known what his decision would
be if the question should come up to
him on the issue outlined. The proba-
bility is that the court will knock out
the railroads present regulation if it
gets chance and there is no reason to
suppose that the public will keep it
waiting long for a chance.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-12-13

The people of Augusta, Ga, succeed
ed in making the census department
revise the population figures recently
given out by it, According to the fig
ures announced by the government,
Augustus population was 1896. The
Augusta people were sure that this
was far too low and with a mighty
stir went to work and took a new GEN.
sus on their own account in single
day. Mr.. Durand has accepted the fig
ures and gives Augusta 41,040, showing
an increase of Al per cent over 1900,
instead of slight decrease as shown
by the first figures.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-12-13
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1910.

Buford street, G. P. Watson, Lime
stone street, w. A. Ferrell; Gaffney
circuit, ]. A. Bledsee: Inman, A. H..
Best; Jonesville, w. H. Ariail; Kelton,
J. H. Manly; Pacolet circuit, r. A.
Brock; Pacolet mills, c. b. Dawsey;
Reidville, J. H. Danner; Spartanburg,
Bethel, j. w. Speake; Central, r. ).
Marion Dargan, supernu-
merary; Duncan and Glendale, d. f.
Camak; North Spartanburg, w. H.
Polk; West Spartanburg, j. w. Shell;
Union, Buffalo and Green street, ElZie
Myers; Grace, w. c. Kirkland; South
Union, J. G. Huggin; Woodruff, ]. H.
Brown. Southern Christian Advocate
S. A. Nettles, editor; J. l.. Ray, as
sstant to publisher: superintendent
anti-saloOn league, ]. L. Harley.
Sumter District.
Sumter District-W. T. Duncan, pre-
siding elder; Bethany, ]. V. Davis;
Bshopville, P. A. Murray; Camden, H.
b. Browne; Elloree, J. E. Strickland;
Fort Motto, J. P. Winningham; Heath
Springs, H. c. MouZon: Kershaw,
George Gary Lee; Lynchburg, J. S.
Beasley; Manning, F. H. Shuler; Os-
wego, T. w. Munnerlyn; Pinewood,
David Hucks; Providence. j. N.
Wright; Richland, L. r. Phillips; St.
Johns and Rembert's, r. f. Sharp; St.
Matthews. ]. NJ. Steadman; Sumter,
First church, d. NJ. Mcleod: Broad
street. ]. B. Wilson, Wateree, o. ID.
Spires.
Transferred.
p. B. Wells to Louisville conference,
C. L. Mccain to Western North Caro-
lima conference.
Superannuated.
w. E. Barre, r. w. Barber, d. P.
Boyd. G. NJ. Boyd, d. A. Calhoun, w.
A. Clarke, N. B. Clarkson. r. r. Dag
nall, d. D. DantZler, r. L. Duffie, g..
w. Dukes, o. L. DuRant, A. w. Jack
son, n. K. Melton, ]. K. Mccain, l. j.
Newberry, G. H. PoOser, w. c. Power,
H. l.. Singleton, r. w. Spigner, j. H.
Thacker, G. H. Waddell. A. c. Walker,
w. c. Winn, ]. A. Wood.
Joint Board of Finance.
Clerical-A. V. Harbin, w. B. Dun
can, G.. E. Edwards, S. o. Cantey, j.
L. Tyler. J. P. Attaway. c. c. Der
rick, B. ]. Guess, T. L. Belvin, d. Ar
thur Phillips. D. E. Camak, r. E.
Sharp.
Lay-w. R. Osborne, H. P. Will
liams, ]. F.. Lyon, r. H. Jennings, NJ.
S. HayneswOrth, B. l.. King, j. D.
Carter, w. NJ. Monroe, A. c. Dibble.
S. F.. Bales, ]. ]. Burnett. r. Y. Nc
Leod.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-12-13

Government Estimate, 11,426,00C
Baes.-The total production of cotton
i'm the United States for 1901 will
amount to1.464.597,O00 pounds (nOt
including linters) which is equiva-
lent to 11,426,00O bales of 500 pounds,
gross weight, according to the esti-
mate of the crop reporting board OF
the United States department of ag-
riculture, issued last Friday. The
1909 crop was 10,004.949 bales and
the 1908 crop, 13.5S1.306.
The estimated production by states
follows:
Virginia, 1900.
North Carolina. $4,000.
South Carolina, 1.ll6.0OO.
Georgia. l.75O.000.
Florida. $4,000.
Alabama, Liza, 900.
Mississippi. 1.16O.O0O.
Louisiana. 100000.
Texas. 3.140.OO0.
Arkansas. $4,000.
Tennessee. 305.000.
Missouri, $4,000.
Oklahoma. 100000.
California. 1900.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-12-13

stable all night since the doctor had
owned it.
The burned building was the prop
erty of Messrs. ]. NJ. Adams and Son,
and was worth about 5000. Including
the building, feed stuffs, harness and
burned horses, the total loss was about
$4,000. On this Messrs. Adams had in
surance to the amount Of $3.50 and Mr..
Quinn to the amount Of of $1,000, both
in the agency of Mr.. S. NJ. Grist, York
vile. Mr.. Quinn's net loss will he
close to $500, possibly little more.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-12-13
CHILDREN OF UNCLE SAM.
Total Population of the United States
Is Now 101 100000.

The population of the United States
on the North American continent, eX-
elusive of Alaska, is 91,972,266. This is
according to the figures of the 18th
census, which We're officially promul-
gated last Saturday. Including outly-
ing possessions the total population
under the flag is 101, 100000. All the
states in the Union show an increase
with the exception of Iowa, the popu-
lation Of which has decreased three
tenths of one per cent. Following are
the figures given out by the census de-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-12-13

The governments estimate of 1l.426,-
600 for the 1910 crop has been some
what of surprise to most Of the spec
ulative talent and has put the trade in
a guessing attitude. This low estimate
seems to make certainly for higher
prices; but with the holidays now on,
it is probable that the situation will
remain rather shaky and uncertain, at
least for some weeks.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-12-13

Several of our contemporaries have
intimated that it was a rather doubt
full compliment that the Daily Mail
paid The Enquirer the other day, in
that there was room for a double con-
struction; but since we are persuaded
that the Mail meant well as it always
does when it speaks of The Enquirer,
we are not i'm the least offended.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-12-13

The very marked increase in the
production of corn in South Carolina is
largely the result of newspaper aglta-
ton, together with the Splendld
achievements of Mr.. Williamson. The
dailieS and many of the weeklies have,
as with one voice, urged the farmers
to produce what corn is needed to run
their farms. 1t is this increased atten-
tion to corn culture that has made pos
sible the great tri-state corn eXposi-
ton which is being held in Columbia
this week.
So far as our information extends,
the Advertiser was the first newspa-
per in this state to begin an active,
systematic campaign for the enthrone-
ment of King Corn in South Carolina.
We make this announcement in order
that the record may he kept straight.
If however. this claim he not true, we
are open for correction
Of course. every newspaper has at
intervals. without any definite purpose
or fixed policy. urged farmers to pro-
duce corn and other necessities at
home. but we do not remember to have
seen any other South Carolina news
paper undertake with a fixed purpose
or plan to bring about the coveted end
until after we had begun in this county.
inaugurated an active campaign urging
the farmers of this county to give more
attention to growing corn, oferlng
prizes To those producing the largest
Yields in order TO stimulate and en-
thuse them. The results from our spe-
cial efforts along this line have been
exceedingly gratifying. Whereas three
years ago the largest yields were in
the neighbOrhOOd of 40 bushels they
are now over 100 to the acre. The re-
port of this years contest on our front
page shows very gratifying Yields
Edgefield Advertiser.
This claim will sound a little strange
to the thousands Of readers of The En-
uuirer who are better informed as to
the facts: but we want To say to them
that the Advertiser is a paper that
would not Intentionally make an unjust
claim. and i'm its statement that if its
claim is not true it desires To he cor
rected. it is perfectly sincere.