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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-19
TO FINANCE COTTON.
Mr.. Richard !. Manning Explains the
Dian of the Committee:


The plan for financing the cotton
crop as adopted by the financial com
mittee of the cotton congress held In
Montgomery was announced yesterday
by Richard l. Manning Of Sumter, the
chairman of the committee.
The following is the resolution as
adopted:
whereas, a serious condition con-
fronts the south by reason OF the e1ort
to depress the price Of cotton to point
where there Is little or no profit to the
producer:
whereas, every business interest in
the south is affected by these condl-
tions, therefore be 1t
Resolved, First, That every owner
Of spot cotton having obligations con-
fer with his creditors and arrange to
have such part of his obligations car
ried as is consistent with good business
and agreeable to the creditor.
Second, In case where creditor finds
il is not satisfactory to carry the debt
longer, that he, where possible, deposit
his cotton in a responsible warehouse
and use the receipt as collateral with
his neighbor or with his banker to bor-
row funds with which to liquidate his
obligations.
Third, That all farmers not involved
decline to offer any cotton until such
time as prices have reached figures in
line with the recommendation of this
convention, or a figure in accord with
the real law of supply and demand.
Fourth, That all southern men who
have means be urged to invest q
portion of the same in the distressed
cotton at the present low figure now
prevailing and withhold same off the
nf
and substance to win this contest for
commercial independence of the south
Fifth, That every bank in the south
be urged to cooperate with the plan
now being evolved by the national Of
fcials of the Farmers Union to bring
outside capital to the south to assist in
financing the crop"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-19

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Catawba Fertilizer Co.-Says that Ca
tawba fertilizers insure both quality
and quantity in crops because of
available plant food in proper pro-
portions. See page four.
P. w. Love-Wants the party who has
his moving machine to please return
it.
j. E. Whitesides-Calls a meeting of
the Kings Mountain Red Shirts on
Saturday afternoon.
A. ]. Parrott and others, Trustees
Give notice of change of date Of the
holding of special tax election in
the Filbert school district. -
National Union Bank. Rock Hill
Suggests that you open a checking
account with 1t and pay your bills
with checks. 1t Is the safe way.
Thomson Co.-Invites everybody in
Yorkville and vicinity to visit the
fall fashion festival on Thursday and
Friday of this week.
J. L. williams & Co.-Have just open
ed up their fall lines of Zeigler Bros,
shoes for ladies'; prices at SO and
$3.50 pair.
YorkVille Hardware Co.-Sells gasoline
in any quantity, and Polarine oils
and greases.
Sam M. Grist-Emphasizes the point
that he is especially well equipped to
handle all kinds of insurance and
wants your business.
J. c, Wilborn-Offers the Nelson Davis
home place, 29 acres In Yorkville, for
sale. See page four.
Glover Drug Store-Sells Victor talk
ing machines at $40 to 500, and says
that every home should have one OF
these instruments.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-19
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mr.. B. P. Barron of Yorkville, left
last week for Clemson college.
Mr.. John S. Land of Yorkville No. l,
left for Clinton college yesterday.
Mr.. Howard Smith Of Yorkvllle No.
/, left for Clinton college, Monday.
Mrs. B. o. Jennings Of Yorkyllle, is
visiting relatives in Greenyllle.
DR.. and Mrs. S. L. Steele spent last
week with relatives in Lancaster coun-
ty.
Mrs. Frank c. Riddle returned home
yesterday after a visit to relatives In
Aiken.
Mrs. M. A. Niles of Camden Is visit
ing her daughter Mrs. S. G. Ashe IN
Yorkville.
Miss Mary Land of Yorkvile No. !,
left FOR Chicora college. Greenyille.
yesterday.
Mr.. Edward Spencer Of YOrkville, left
this week to enter the University OF
South Carolina.
Miss Rose Sandifer Of Yorkyille.
left last night for the university OF
South Carolina, at Columbia.
Miss Inez Noble of Baltimore, has
arrived in Yorkville and Is in the mil
linery department at kirkpatrick
Belk.
Mrs. ]. A. Shannon has returned
to her home after spending two
weeks in Augusta, Ga, and Clinton
S. c.
Mr.. Sam Moore of Gantt's Quarry,
Ala. is spending some time with his
mother. Mrs. :. r. Moore In York.
vile.
Mr.. Edward Hall of Yorkville. left
last week for Charlottesville, Va,
where he will take course I'm medi-
cine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Moore of
Charlotte spent Sunday with Mr..
Moores mother. Mrs. S, r. Moore In
YOrkvillr.
Messrs Wallace Marshall. Gist Fin
ley and Walter Barron Of YorkVille,
left last Saturday for the Citadel, at
Charleston.
Miss Martha Mcdowell and little
sister, Of Camden, spent several days
this week with their aunt, Mrs. s. c.
Ashe I'm Yorkville.
Miss Margaret Hall left Thursday for
her home I'm Sac Paulos, Brazil, after
spending several weeks in Yorkyille
with her aunt. Mrs. Eugenia Drake
ford.
MIR. Hawkins jenkins, Jr., of Charles
ton, who has been spending several
days with Mr.. Oliver Hart in York
vile, left last night for Hobart col
lege, Geneva, n. Y.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-19
Too Much Credit.

Pay as you go, and if you can't pay
don't go.
That is a good rule that needs to be
instilled anew into the present genera.
tion.
There has been a time in this country
when every man worthy Of the name.
regarded his credit as his most price
less possession, and the thing is true
now, except that there are not so many
men who are worthy Of the name.
There was a time when the deadbeat
speedily became an object of public
contempt; but that is not true now.
1t is not uncommon nowadays to
hear thoughtless, characterless dead
beats, actually boasting Of the success
they have had in robbing people.
Neither the burglar. the yeggman,
nor the highwayman Is as dangerous to
the peace and good order of society as
is the deliberate deadbeat-the fellow
who will take his neighbor's money or
goods on pretense Of an obligation to
pay back when he has no idea or
living up to such obligation.
But il Is a fact, howver humiliat-
ing the fact may be; but fact
nevertheless, that almost every
community in this country Is fill
ed with people who have no other idea
Of getting along in the world than as
leeches on the body polite, than as "old
men Of the sea" on shoulders of honest,
industrious producers.
However, there is no good ground for
complaint along these lines, for other
things, especially intelligence, being
equal, the confidence man is but little
more blamable than the man who will
allow himself to be swindled.
While It would never do to argue
that credit should be abolished, there Is
no question of the fact that credit
should be restricted to those who are
entitled to 1t, and when business man
extends credit to a doubtful creditor.
if there be no other ulterior motive. 1t
is not unfair to suggest that he is prob
ably moved by greed, and If so he is
deserving of no sympathy when he
loses.
There are many poor, honest, strug-
Cling men who are entitled to credit.
and we are glad to believe that all
such are generally able to find all the
accommodation to which they are en-
titled.
1t is a fact that credit generally In
this country is too cheap, and where
credit is too cheap deadbeats naturally
grow more and more numerous.
If business people generally would be
more careful about the extension OF
credit, limiting that favor only to those
who are entitled to 1t. then there
would be fewer deadbeats, and the bur-
dens of honest producers would be
considerably lessened.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-19

A London cable published in the
daily papers recently, told of the as
tonished indignation of an East Indian,
who had murdered his wife and who
felt outraged at the idea of being ar
rested for the crime. He held that to
interfere with a man for killing his
wife was uncalled for meddlesomeness
on the part Of the authorities. From
the manner in which the Henderson
Vile murder mystery has been handled
up to this time, there seems to be good
ground for inference in connection with
some of the facts that have developed,
that the doctrine OF the East In
dian is not altogether foreign to the
neighborhood of Hendersonville. To
us it looks very much like there are
people who know all about the death
of Miss Hawkins, who caused 1t and
why, and the fact that these people
know it is known by many others.
but because of goodness knows what,
maybe a feeling that people who have
not been exposed regardless of what
they are or have been, should not be
exposed, there is very general dispo-
sition to be closer mouthed, especially
in hearing Of the law. In most locali-
ties, however, murder will out.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-19
Dr w;Iev Is GratefuI.-Dr. Harve

DR.. Wiley Is Grateful.-Dr. Harvey
w. Wiley. chief of the bureau OF
chemistry of the department OF agri-
culture, expressed himself more fully
today upon President Taft's letter.
made public last Friday, in which the
chemistry bureau chief was com
pletely vindicated and cleared of the
charges made against him by the per-
sonnel board of the department and
the case closed so far as DR.. Wiley
was concerned.
In a statement to the Associated
Press last Saturday, DR.. Wiley, who is
now at Bluemont, Vermont, said:
II have read the text of the presi-
dents letter and am deeply grateful
for the sympathetic and comforting
expressions contained therein. / re-
joice, too, that DR.. Rusby has been
found free of fault, and am sorry that
it was found necessary to reprimand
Drs. Keber and Bigelow, both faith
full and conscientious workers. TheiI
offense was in the phrasing and not In
the heart.
Il always felt certain that the pres
ident, with his high sense Of Justice
would follow the course which he did
II am grateful also to the press OF
the United States for the practically
unanimous support which 1t has CIV
en- me during this ordeal. ! feel that
the tribute is not a personal one but
to the cause which l have endeaVOred
to eSpouSe.
II cannot now say anything of the
future save that as long as / remain
I'm the public service, | shall endeavor
to carry out the purposes which have
actuated me in the past.
II desire also to take this opportu-
nifty of expressing my gratitude to
the hundreds of friends. known anG
unknown. who have written and wir-
ed to me in the past few weeks apd
whose messages / have yet been un-
able to answer"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-19

There was no truth in the story that
Governor Blease undertook to cane a
negro bell boy in the Hotel Hollander
at Cleveland, Ohio, recently. The sto-
~ looked like a fake on it's face, and
was published by some of the South
Carolina papers merely as a specimen
of the manner in which northern news
paper correspondents seek to handle
visitors of distinction from the south.
The great council of the United States
of the Improved Order of Red Men,
however, has taken the matter seri-
ously and adopted a resolution de-
nouncing the story as without shad-
ow of foundation.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-19

The Yorkville Enquirer does not see
why the hope should be expressed that
there be no other candidates for gov
ernor next year except Blease and
Jones. Does The Enquirer wish to see
the anti-Blease vote split up and con-
fused, as was the case last year, and
with the same result?-Spartanbur
Journal.
You are all wrong. We do not con-
slider that the anti-Blease vote was
split up and confused. on the contra
ry, we think the second primary be-
tween Featherstone and Blease showed
that it was the ti-Featherstone vote
that was split up and confused. And
we do not want the bars closed against
entries now for the simple reason that
we believe that the ProhibitiOnists have
the chance of their lives if they can
only get Mr.. Featherstone to lead them
again. Study this, please neighbor
and see if YOU cannot make it out.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-19
A cartoon that is a pretty good

A cartoon that is a pretty good hit
on the Maine situation appears in the
Cincinnati Enquirer of last Saturday.
No. l represents a magician with a
glass of beer and table cloth. Un-
derneath is the legend now you see
it," No. 2 shows the magician holding
the table cloth with nothing else in
sight, and underneath is now you
don't" In No. 3, the magician is look
ing under the tablecloth at one end and
the spectator is looking at the glass of
beer at the other end, and underneath
is ito be continued in our next" AS
a matter of fact the figures in the
Maine election are very close and it is
going to take an official count to show
whether the prohibition section is to
remain in the constitution or to come
out.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-19

room at her home by Mrs. ]. B. Thom-
son, a married sister of the deceased.
The letter written by Myrtle and ad-
dressed to her mother was as follows:
Dear Mother-I promised daddy to
write and tell you of my misfortune
but l have not the face to tell you the
name of the man who is responsible
for it, He is not entirely to blame,
for he has done all that he could to
help me and will continue to do so.
am going away so that l will not be
any more trouble to you. Tell them
that have gone to Atlas. Good bye"
The Alta" referred to is a girl friend
of the deceased who lives at Concord.
n. c. The hearing was not concluded
Friday, but was adjourned over until
yesterday. Nothing new developed
and the arrests that were expected
were not made. The Inquest is still In
progress today; but as to whether 1t Is
going to amount to great deal, ap-
pears to be quite doubtful.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-19

In that article in another column
about Sergeant McNeel, the eX-U. S.
soldier, who visited Yorkville Sunday,
there is a hint to the wise on the sub
ject of alfalfa. The old man was not
thinking of trying to tell anybody how
to farm. He was not posing as mis-
siOnary. He is not an agent for alfal-
ia seed, or anything else. In telling
his simple and to a certain extent pa
thetc story, he merely related how he
labored along for years on his little
farm without making much headway
but as the result of sowing alfalfa, he
was finally able to realize the earnest.
yearning desire of years to revisit
the place in which he spent an event
full period of his young manhood. AL
falfa can he successfully grown in
York county. for it has been done. and
those who first get good start with
this wonderful crop are going to reap
a rich harvest.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-19
The Clear Field Arsument.-Says
tho Yorkyille Enuuirer:

the YQrkYllle Enquirer:
THE hope has several times been
expressed that no candidate other than
Messrs. Blease and Jones VIII orer IN
the race for governor. We cannot see
why. 1t Is presumably a fair and
open race for whoever desires to en-
ter, and the people can as surely make
their choice between a doZen as be-
tween only two. If Judge Jones and
Governor Blease prove the stronger
in the first primary, then they viii
run to finish in the second. If some
other candidate proves stronger than
either Of these, then, it will be be-
tween him and one Of them or some
other man for the second race. why
It should be argued that circumstances
or conditions have changed SO as TO
exclude any or everybody else from
this race, we do not seer
The Rnquirer's views always COM
mand our respect. In this instance,
however, our contemporary loses
sight of the fact that in free for all
fight, in which there are a. number OF
contestants, animpsities are often en-
gendered, or some issue is pyer-em-
phasized, and that in the short time
which elapses between the first pri-
mary and the second the normal judg-
ment Of the people may fail to reas-
sert itself.
Most of the newspapers which have
expressed themselves regarding the
candidacy of Judge Jones are In frank
disagreement with the Enquirer on
this point. Among those which have
suggested or urged that Judge Jones
should be given a clear field are the
Greenwood Index, the GreenYille
Piedmont. the Summerville Advertis-
er. the Dorchester Eagle, the Rock
Hill Record, the Walterboro Press
and Standard the Chester Reporter
the Abbeyille Medium, the Spartan
burg Journal. the Anderson Daily
Mail, the Chester Lantern, the Flor
ence Times, the Greenwood Daily
Journal. the Laurens Advertiser, the
Spartanburg Herald, the Lancaster
News. the Orangeburg Times and
Democrat, the Greenville Daily News,
the Walhalla Keowee Courier and the
Charleston Evening Post.
There are others, we are sure,
which feel just as do those we have
quoted. but we have not observed that
they have so expressed themselves.
In our opinion, the sentiment of
the newspapers in this matter is the
sentiment Of the great body of the
citizenship from which the support OF
Judge Jones must be drawn.-News
and Courier.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-19

has practically all of his land seeded
to alfalfa and Is raising chickens and
hogs and is milking about twenty five
cows. He sells the milk in New York
city at from $1.20 to $500 a hundred
pounds, $1.2O being the present price,
and Is now getting along nicely. But
it Is because Of the lucky day that 1
hit upon alfalfa that / am able to be
here on this visit about which l have
been dreaming so long. Until went
into alfalfa, 1t was all l could do to
make both ends meet. Now / am rea-
sonably comfortable"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-19
REALTY AND PERSONALLY.

Auditor Love has completed his alb
stract of the personal and real property
of York county as returned by the
owners for taxation and equalized by
the York county board for the year
commencing January l, 1911. In the
aggregate the personally, exclusive OF
railroad, telegraph, telephone, Pullman
car and express property, amounts in
value to $3,59O,S10, and the realty ag-
gregates s4,394,665. The total realty
and personally in the respective town
,.--. - o,,,o $50 . follouo.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-19

The idea that flying machines will
soon be as common as automobiles are
now, is quite general; but in becoming
so common the flying machines will
not have to pass through the process
of educating all the horses and mules
not to be afraid. The horses and mules
will not travel along the same road.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-19

With SO many papers edited by so
many different kinds Of people, 1t is
not surprising that there were some to
suggest that the president would turn
DR.. Wiley down; but the president does
not appear to be that kind of man.
When furnished with all the facts, he
generally does that which is about
right.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-19

The action of President Taft in up
holding DR.. Wiley is to be taken as
evidence of sense, courage and fairness
The secret of the campaign against
Wiley was merely a desire to get free
license to poison people at profit.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-19

If there is any really convincing evil
dence to be presented against Mr.
Blease in connection with the dispensa-
ry business, it is pretty safe to say that
Judge Jones has it we'll in hand. The
campaign can hardly fail to bring out
all the known facts that have hereto
fore been suppressed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-19

The Spartanburg Journal remarks
that the Anderson Daily Mail has
about 1t the touch Of the late lamented
A. M. Carpenter. There are some par
agraphs that seem to have the old, fa-
miliar tWang.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-19

AS we have already remarked about
everything that could be said against
Governor Blease has already been said;
but as to whether Judge Jones can
prove some Of the things that have
been said remains to be seen.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-19

The number OF taXaDIt pUIIS Uy
townships, is as follows: Bethel, sos;
Bethesda, SS7; Broad River, $50; Bull
locks Creek, 5S4; Catawba, 1,S47;
Ebenezer, S72: Fort Mill 642; Kings
Mountain, 9OS; York, l,146. Total
1856.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-19
The atnrkrills Gnqllirrt.
Entered at the Postoffice in Yorkville
as Mail Matter Of the Second Glass.
YORKVILLE. 8. O.,
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1911.

The politicians who look upon a pub
lie office as a private snap instead OF a
public trust, need to be watched. There
are many such.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-19

What the candidacy of the Hon. w.
Jasper Talbert against Tillman may
amount to, we do not know; but we
do not see much to it now.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-19

Mr.. Oliver Hart, who has been
spending the summer with his par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. S. Hart in
Yorkville, left last night to resume
his studies at Hobart college, Geneva,
N Y
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-19

porting prohibition, met In joint de-
bate at Edgefleld, and 1t was not a
school boy debate, either. At the re-
cent meeting Of the Edgefeld Baptist
association, Col Talbert took a prom
inent part In the discussion OF the
temperance question. 1t is understood
to be the intention of Col. Talbert to
enter the race for the senate In the
primary next year no matter what
other candidates are in the contest.
This means, in simple language, that
he will run whether Senator TILL
man Is a candidate or not. That Sena-
tor Tillman cherishes the desire to be
given another term Is very well under
stood throughout the state. His health
has been such since his critical illness
in the winter of 1910 that he has not
been able to spend much of his time
In Washington, but he has recently
visited several sections Of the state
and is hopeful Of more complete re-
covery that will enable him to give
constant attention to his senatorial
duties. Whether he will be able to
take the stump next summer cannot,
Of course, now be forecasted, but his
strongest friends assert that he can be
reelected without making a speech.
Col. Talbert, In the hot days OF the
Tillman movement, was relied upon
as one Of the strongest stump speak
ers of the Reform faction, and he EVIL
IDENTIFY intends to give the boys a sam
pie Of his style next summer, against
all corners. Col. Talbert Is 65 years
old, while Senator Tillman was "a on
August 18th. last.
-Greenville News, Saturday: Has the
Mexican weevil yet made its debut In
South Carolina? is question which is
of great interest throughout this sec
tion of the country just at present. If
the judgment of resident of the state
of Texas Is correct, the Mexican boil
weevil has already made its appearance
in South Carolina and moreover In
Greenville county. There was brought
to the office of the News yesterday
morning a small insect in a glass bot
tie. The bug" was captured on load
of seed cotton at one of the cotton gins
in the city Yesterday morning, and pro-
nounced a genuine. Mexican boil Wee
vii Mr.. Herman Hudson, native of