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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-26

- Washington. April %: Congress
will adjourn before the middle Of June
and possibly by June |. it is believed by
President Taft and administration
leaders. And before that time it is cX-
pectcd most of the SO-Called admins
tratiOn measures now before congress
will have been passed. or if not. they
will be in such shape that they can be
enacted into law soon after congress
meets in December. Operating i'm ia
vor of the early passage Of the five ad-
ministratiOn bills. which are the rail
road bill. the statehond bill. the postal
savings bank bill. the conservation bill
and the anti-iniunctiun bill. are two
factors. one is the fact that a number
of Republican members of each house
wish to get back home as soon aS pos
Siblc to prepare for the coming congress
Sional election. Another reason why
most of the measures mentioned are
is tnat the leaders feel they must do
something to offset the Democratic vic
tories in the Fourteenth Massachusetts
and the Thirty second New York dis
trictS. The paSSag" of measures adN"-
Gated in the Republican programme is
the surest way. the leaders believe. OF
preventing further Democratic inrUadS
TIL" statehood bill has passed the house,
one conservation bill has passed tine
Scnat" and the anti-injuncti"n bill is
almost ready to be reported fav"rably
to the house. OF the five measures the
postal savings bank bill. the president
has been told. is in the greatest danger.
for. although it has passed tn" senate,
it will have Il rough time. it is said in
the house committee on prStottiCeS and
pOStroadS t. which il WAS referred.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-26

| the strongest stomach: but now II is
perfectly clean, and the visitor detects
| no unpleasant odor whatever. The only
noticeable defect in the work that was
| recently done is observable in the
| cracking Of the cement floor, which
| cracks allow water to seep through to
the rooms below. 1t was intended that
the floor could be easily and convent
emily secured with floods of water pour
| ed on through hose; but on account of
the cracks in the concrete. this method
Of cleaning Is no longer as satisfactory
as was expected. Taken as whole.
however. the prison portion of the jail
Is now in admirable condition.
Shelton Gets Damages.
| Columbia State, Saturday: verdict
for $13,500 has been affirmed by the
| supreme court in the case Of w. J.
Shelton against the Southern railway.
The case was decided on an appeal
from the judgment of the York county
| court, where a verdict was found
against the railway company. The
opinion in the case is by Associate jus
tice Hydrick. 1t was claimed by Shell
ton that he was seriously and perma
nently injured when a passenger train
of the Southern railway jumped the
track at Clyburn's crossing about five
miles from the town of Camden. The
wreck occurred on February 25. 1905.
Shelton had purchased a ticket from
Cheraw to Camden. He asked the York
county court for verdict of $4,000
but only $12.500 was given. 1t was
| charged by Shelton that the train was
running at too high a rate Of speed and
that this caused the wreck. The opin-
ion reviews the case in full and comes
to the conclusion that the wreck might
have been caused by high speed or by
a broken fiange, yet the fiangs might
have been broken by high speed. The
case was first tried in the court of COM
mon pleas for York county on June .13
1908. Judge Klugh heard the case. An
appeal was later taken by the attor-
neys for the Southern railway
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-26

THREE of the justices of the Tennes-
see supreme court have refused to go
into the snap primary ordered by the
state Democratic committee, which Is
dominated by Gov. Patterson. and the
split in the party in that state has thus
begun. The Patterson wing will. ii Is
said. put out other candidates who will
receive the primary nomination. 1t Is
charged that Patterson desired the de-
ciSion in the Cooper case handed down
by given date and when the supreme
court refused to take orders from the
governor. not only as to the date. but
as to the character of the decision. he
proposes 10 turn the majority of the
court out of office. The man must b"
mad.-Columbia Record.
The logic of this situation seems to
be not whether the CooperS had legal
justification for the assassination Of
Carmack: but whether the majority Of
the voters in the primary will approve
that assassination As to what the vo-
terS of Tennessee will do under the cir
cumstances, we do not know: but no
one need consider it impossible that
they might be led into an attempted
justification of Patterson. Under the
| lead of bad mcn, voters sometimes do
some horrible things. There is famil-
lar story of now frenzied nation once
| insisted upon the murder of an Inno-
to have the blood of that man upon
their own heads and tn" heads Of their
children forever.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-26
SOUTH IN GRIP OF FREEZE.
Prospect That Millions of Acres of Cot
ton Must BE RepIanted

Atlanta Ga, April 25.-With millions
of acres of young cotton destroyed by
the cold weather which today over
spread the entire cotton belt with the
unusual April accompaniment in many
sections of snow and sleet. the south
has suffered it's most disastrous finan-
cial setback perhaps since the civi
war. Besides cotton, young Vegeta
ton of every description suffered from
the freezing temperatures and fruit
was more or less damaged in every
southern state except Florida.
Reports received tonight indicate tina,
the cold snap has not abated in Geor-
gia. South Carolina, Tennessee, north
ern Alabama. Louisiana, Mississippi
and even further west and for much OF
this territory heavy frost and freeZ-
ing temperatures are predicted fol
Tuesday morning. In Atlanta anC
throughout the northern half of Geor-
gia, except near the Atlantic. the ther-
mometer has been below forty degree:
above zero all day. with falling tenn
peratures recorded tonight.
Atlanta awokc this morning To fine
snow covered houses and the ther-
mOmeter down to 81. an experience
never before recorded after the frs,
few days of April. Snow fell as fal
south as Selma. Ala. Columbus. Miss.
and Columbus. Ga. and in north Geor-
gia. Tennessee and parts of north Ala.
bama and Mississippi the fall ranged
from one to four inches. Cotton seed
oil mills In this state and Alabama to-
day were appealed to for seed for re-
planting purposes and state officials
implored the mills to crush no more
4 h.. Gov hnN n
piled. 1t is doubtful. however, if sufti
cient seed can be- secured, even at the
record prices being offered. to replant
one half of the area of young cotton
destroyed by the cold.
At Columbus. Ga. tonight one cotton
seed oil mill announced that their en-
tire supply was at the command of the
planters and would be sold for 81 pei
bushel Today a carload of seed was
shipped from that point to the MiSsis-
sippi delta and manv kilograms were
received from all sections of the south
asking for an allotment Of seed sup
plies.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-26

The present cool snap recalls that Of
the 18th of April. 1S49. when the earth
throughout all this section was covered
with snow to depth of several inches.
Through the kindness of the comp
troller general. we are able to repro
duce the York county pension list. as
the same comes from Columbia. We
note quite a number Of errors in the
list. but as we are lacking in the infor-
nation necessary for the correction Of
all of them. we deem II just as well to
print it as it is. without trying to cor
rect any. The printing of the list we
believe will be Of interest to those di-
rectly concerned as well as to their
friends, and will assist in tine more
speedy distribution of the money to
those who are entitled to it.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-26
Sprinas G. Co., Suffer Loss.-Among

Springs & Co., Suffer loss.-AmOng
| the many sensations being sent out re-
garding the recent failure Of knight,
Yancey & Co, special interest was at
tached to the report over the wire yes
terday that Springs & Co., had lost
$22S,000 on account of the failure.
| Knight. Yancey & Co. was an Alabama
cotton firm, which. it is said. went to
the wall because of the use Of alleged
| fraudulent methods. 1t Is said that the
method Of using false bills of lading
was to append fac-simile carriers sig
natures to bills of lading sent with
drafts to this side before the cotton
was delivered by carriers and that i'm
porters in many cases paid such drafts,
Knight Yancey & Co.. doing the bulk
Of their business in foreign markets.
This practice was discovered and the
ship companies withheld deliveries
until the bills of lading were verified.
Here the practice was uncovered and
the firm went down with a crash. Be-
sides the foreign losers $3S0,000 was
dropped by New York dealers, Dick
Brothers losing $4,000. Miller & Co.
$26. 900 and Springs & Co. $22S,OOO.
Locally a fiutter was caused in Cot
tonopolis at the loss of Springs & Co.
which is composed of Charlotte men.
Some of the local men think this is an
old debt owed them by Knight, Yam
cey & Co. but those in the local circles
familiar with the situation say the loss
can be met without their failure. The
company is composed Of Messrs. Ell
Springs. r. A. Springs and w. ]. Mar
tin. three former Charlotte residents.
The Springs brothers were here two
weeks ago and are brothers of Mr.. ID.
B. Springs Of this city and Col. Leroy
Springs Of Lancaster. The company
in which they are interested is one Cf
the leading New York firms and Is
strong enough to stand the loss II the
rumOr over the wires is true.-Char-
lOtte Observer, April 25.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-26
DISASTROUS WEATHER.

Although it is quite certain that The
cold weather of the past few days
has not been beneficial 10 the field
vegetables. ii is not practicable to eS-
innate the extent of the damage that
may have been sustained.
Cotton planting has been pretty gen
orally completed all over the county
but SO far as The Enquirer has been
able to collect Information. only small
proportion Of the crop is up, and con-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-26
LOCAL lACONICS.
The Entertainment at Glover.


The young society folks of Yorkville.
gave their vaudeville entertainment at
Glover last Friday night in accordance
with the published announcement. the
company going through from YOrkville
to Glover in the afternoon in autOmo-
bies and other conveyances. Quite q
large party went up from YOrkville.
and the Glover people met them In their
usual hospitable style. and gave them
a great time. The performance which
took place in Smith Bros opera house,
was largely attended. and was very
much enjoyed by all present. The pro-
ceeds amounted to nearly $50, all of
which goes to the Church Home Or
phanase, at Y6rkville.
The Weather.
Washington, Anril 25: The cold wave.
frost and storm, which has been
sweeping easternward. leaving destruc-
ton of crops and fruit in its wake. has
not yet spent itself. the observers in
the weather bureau believe. Tonight
frost may be felt even in northern
Florida. Moderate secondary disturb
ances," is the official designation #
the weather condition. 1t was over
northwestern Mississippi valley early
yesterday morning, which suddenly
shifted east and allowed the colder air
of the north to move southwark. Rain
~. 1,,1y IN1
continue tomorrow, with rain in the
Atlantic states.
To Bridge the Catawba.
Rock Hill special of April "a. to the
News and Courier: President ]. B.
Johnson of the Chamber of Commerce.
has appointed Messrs. w. G. Stevens,
Ira b. Dunlap and Thomas l.. John
ston on committee to raise $4,000
for building 4 bridge over the Catawba
river. This amount must be in hand
by May l In order to secure the $4,000
appropriated by the legislature for the
above purpose. 1t is believed that the
money will be forthcoming as required.
The proposed bridge is to be built at
Il point east of the city which would
connect Rock Hill with that portion
of Lancaster county known as the
Panhandle 1t is Il rich section and
would greatly benefit Rock Hill Ia Sc
cure its trade.
The County Jail.
Since the recent remOdcling of the
interior of the county Jail, conditions
in that institution have been improved
almost beyond comparison. Formerly
the Jail was so unsanitary as to test
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-26

THE appeal of the cotton bears tc
the national government to save them
from ruin at the hands of Frank B
Hayne and his colleagues, would be lu-
dicrous If it We're not so contemplate
Mr. Haynes fight has been largely &c
give the farmers of the south a fail
share of the proceeds Of their own la
Dor. and he has accomplished more in
that direction than any other man since
the great civil war. The south is going
to stand behind him and he is going
to win.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-26

member of the military took prece-
dierS employer the result wOui! have
been a condition which would send en-
ployerS after employees. who are not
connected with the military. IN the
other hand. it is clearly impossible to
maintain an effective military force.
unless that force is amenabii Ia mill
tary discipline.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-26

Governor Noel of Mississippi, who
was in Washington last Friday, declar-
ed that the proposed primary election
agreement between Senator Leroy
Percy and former Governor Vardaman,
his defeated opponent, to test the con-
fidence Of the people on the action of the
legislature. which absolved friends Of
the former of charges Of bribery in the
senatorial election, was against the law
of Mississippi: that the party partici-
pating in such primary could nave no
safeguard under the law. and that the
result of such primary would he
worthless.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-26

II there is any difference in the cul-
pability of bulls and bears, there seems
to be no escape from the proposition
that the man who undertakes to sci
that which he does not possess, should
be held to the strictest accounting.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-26

PRESIDENT Taft has appointed Gov
ernor Charles E. Hughes of New York
to the vacancy on the bench of the su-
preme court of the United States
caused by the recent death of Justice
Brewer and Governor Hughes has ac-
cepted the appointment.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-26

MR. Frank B. Hayne of New Or
leans. has done more than any other
one man in America to release the
south from the industrial and financial
slavery under which it has labored fol
so long
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-26
Ths aturkrillr enquirer.
Entered AT the Pnstutfice In Yorkville
as Mail Matter Of the Second Class.
YORKVILLE. S. c.;
TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1910.

ALTHOUGH il is but short time
since Mr.. wickershdm took the bull by
the horns, it is now becoming evident
that he would be glad to have some
body help him to turn the animal loose
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-26
The County Jail.

interior of the county Jail, condition
i'm that institution have been improves
almost beyond comparison. Formerl
the Jail was so unsanitary as tn ties
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20
IN UNCLE SANS SERVICE
Notes of a Woman in Office at Wash
ington.
CONTRAST BETWEEN SECRETARIES
S~elf-Sacrifice OF Women in the De-
pRrtmcnts-Mcn OF science Seen
Close at acknowledgements
emit WOmen

WASHINGTON, Feb. lS-one thing about
our department that impressed me very
torcibly at the start was the fear that
every one seemed to have OF the secre-
tary, and finally / asked a friend why
there was so much fear Of the chief, as
he seemed to me to be Just a mortal man
Ike anyone else. He told me that the
secretary was a very proud, naughty and
oonceited man and that one had to be
very careful when In his presence, / re-
marked that / did hope he would come
into our office some day so that l might
get a closer look at his high mightiness.
lie came one day when I was all alone,
my chief having gone to lunch, and the
first I I new OF his presence was a thunder
ing roar that ] took for a human voice,
ana I became aware that he was asking me
where my chief was at that time Of day.
/ answered very politely without rising
from my desk that he was having lunch
and thought would return In about half
an hour
Unfortunately / had not been told that
he was deaf. so Of course I did not raise
my voice IN speaking to him. He advanced
a few steps 70 my chair as though he was
going to eat me up, but I looked him
s~auarcly I'm the eye and waited, not in the
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20

least afraid. Then he Numbered, "What?"
as though l instead OF himself were deaf,
and very calmly repeated what l had
just said.
Secretary Came Down.
He evidently tumbled to the fact that
I was not afraid of him and that l did not
know he was deaf. so he took a few more
steps and came quite close to me, putting
his hand to his ear, and in a very polite
tone informed me that he was a little
hard OF hearing and did not understand
me when I spoke, I again repeated what
l had said in a louder voice and he under
stood. Whirling around so quickly that 1
feared / might have to assist him onto
his legs again, he stalked out Of the room
as though he wanted to walk through to
the cellar beneath.
My friend, the question answerer, was In
the outside room safely hidden behind his
desk, and when the secretary had departed
l ventured out to let him know that l stiTl
breathed and we had a big laugh over 1t.
But then and there | learned this, that one
gains nothing by being afraid OF another,
even though that person may be in a high
position and possess the power to remove
ones bread and butter, and that the afore-
said lifted one has ten times more respect
for one who isn't afraid than for those who
tremble and cringe in his presence.
Hasn't Learned IL All.
The things that / learned that first year
were invaluable. and / am still learning.
What really allied this poor. unhappy, be-
nighted man was the fact that he had
lived all his life for self. had thought Of
nobody but self. cared nothing for any
body but self, Consequently he was an old.
white-haired man with a lonely home. no
wife and children to make him happy and
to Cheer his lonely hours. and he grew
meaner and more selfish very day and
finally died a disappointed man.
Quite different was the hea OF another
department TO which ~ was transferred
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20
HAWAHS BIRD ISLANDS
Scene of the Recent Raid Of the Jap
anese Plume Hunters.
QUEER ANTICS OF ALBATRossEs
Laysan Called the Most Remarkable
Bird Island In the World and
Resort of InBumernbIe
Birds.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 1s.-Recent news
dispatches from Honolulu reported that the
revenue cutter Thetis, which had been or
dered to visit Laysan and the other bird
islands belonging to Hawaiian group in
order to investigate rumors that japanese
were slaughtering the birds breeding on
these islands. had returned with twenty
three Japanese prisoners and 10000 pairs
Of wings valued at 800 O0. which had been
taken from birds killed by the laps nese
and seized BY the cutter officers as evil
dence.
These bird Islands are among the most
remarkable In the world. The Hawaiian
islands proper number twelve. Eight Of
these. Hawaii, Maui, Oahu, Kauai, MoiO.
ksi, Lanai. Kahoolawe and Nilhsu, are liz
habited, while Molokini, Lehus, Kaula and
Nihoa are uninhabited. In addition, there
are a number OF small islands and reefs,
many Of the latter awash at high water
running nearly a thousand miles TO the
northwestward, some Of which are famous
as breeding places for birds, and are tenn
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20
NESTING PLACE ON LAYsAN ISLAND.

Nb0l Inv EIACh YIN LA BAN 1SlAA l.,
their nest and scold soundly before finally
slipping off. When at last driven they
limp away, dragging their wings just as
Is done by some birds in this country when
trying to lure a human being way from
their young. Sometimes as many as a
dozen at a time would be struggling on
ahead OF us and trying TO draw us away
from their nests.
Whenever we drew near the eggs Of the
white tern, or love bird, as it is sometimes
called, the parents came and lowered in
front OF our faces and peered intently at
us as IL trying to divine our intentions.
Just out Of reach they would ~flutter, turn
ing their heads from side to side, occa-
sionally uttering a droll and wheezy little
cry. They did not offer to peck at us,
but were content to stare and wheeze.
They lay their eggs in all sorts Of odd
places; we found one on the bare limb of
a bush, a precarious and insecure spot. A
remarkable thing about the old mother
bird is that she brings two sllvery fishes
to the young and Invariably carries them
crosswlse in her bill. An earlier observer
reports seeing an old bird with four fishes
IN her beak at one time. 1t Is surprising
how the bird manages to retain the first
fish while capturing the second, and yet
the bird with the four fishes in its beak
had a vastly more difficult feat to &C
complish.
AlbatrOss n Queer One.
The dazzling white plumage of the alba
tross makes 1t the most striking of all the
birds which frequent Laysan. They are
absolutely fearless and do not seem 10
mind the presence Of man, and one can
walk among them without disturbing their
various occupations and amusements in the
least
They hav an innate objection to idle
ness, and consequently seldom stand
around doing nothing, but instead spend
much lime in a curious performance, which
by some has been called counting. AS the
antics are carried on during the birds
residence of about ten months on the is
land they are probably an amusement in
which the albatrosses indulge in lieu OF
other diversion.
According to Fisher, two slbatrosses