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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-07
WITHIN THE TOWN.

Mr.. R. M. Plaxco Of Bethany was
in Yorkville yesterday with his traction
engine and pulled out three two-horse
wagons heavily loaded with CONNER
cial fertilizers.
THE dates for the inspection Of the
national guard in this quarter Of the
state, are as follows: Fort Mill, April
7; Rock Hill. April 10; Yorkville, April
1S. The hospital corps detachment at
Yorkville will be inspected April 6.
Mr.. ]. H. Witherspoon, chairman
of the executive committee, is looking
forward with every assurance Of a
successful meeting Of the York County
Teachers association in Yorkville next
Saturday. The teachers generally are
giving favorable answers to the invi-
tation that has been sent them, and
the good people Of YorKville are maxi
ing arrangements to see that all who
come are entertained with the best
that is to be had. 1t is safe to predict
that the meeting is going to be all that
could be desired.
- DIR. ]. H. Witherspoon desires to
subscribe to the proposition that the
name of the street leading from East
Liberty and intersecting with Jeffer-
son at the graded school building Is
college" He says that this street
was known as Church" before the
old college building was erected, and
o;,,1r hot fhn
which refer to what Is now sometimes
known as Railroad street, as
Church" must be an indication of
an effort to change the name Of old
Church street to college" The doc
tor has no recollection Of any formal
change OF the name having been made
at any time in the history Of the town.
Mrs. Maggie Caldwell Williams,
wife of Mr.. H. T. Williams, died at her
home on College street yesterday
morning after a brief illness, and was
buried in Rose Hill cemetery today at
II o'clock, Rev. ]. L. Oates, pastor of
the Associate Reformed church, OF
which she was a member, conducting
the funeral service. Mrs. Williams was
a daughter of the late John Caldwell,
and was married to her husband lit
tie over four years ago. She is sur
vived by her husband and two small
children, Harold and Frances; also
three step children. Her surviving
brothers and sisters are: Messrs. w.
l.. Caldwell, E. N. Caldwell and c. /.
Caldwell; Mesdames L. G. Thompson,
E. Hope Adams, G. B. Flanagan and
w. B. Flanagan. Mrs. Williams was in
the 34th year of her age. She was a
lady of most lovable character and
her unexpected death has fallen as a
heavy blow on family and friends.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-07

Nice, France, March 5: Lieutenant
Bague accomplished a sensational and
daring feat today by flying over the
Mediterranean from Antilles to the lit
tie island of Gargona off the Italian
coast He covered a distance of more
than 200 kilometers (124.5 miles) es-
tablishing a new record for oversee
flight. This he did without the as
sistance of tugs, torpedo boats or any
other craft to guide him or add to his
confidence by their presence. Lieut..
Rague started at 7.30 o'clock this
morning in a Bleriot monoplane, with
the intention of landing on Corsica and
proceeding thence, by way Of Sardinia
and Sicily to Tunis to visit the colonel
of the Fourth Algerian Rifles, from
which regiment he resigned to devote
himself to aviation. In the presence
of a few spectators the aviator left the
ground rising at once to a consider
able height. He shaped his course
southwark and soon vanished. Aided
by strong wind his progress was
rapid, and a dispatch was finally re-
ceived here that he had arrived at
Gargona. This island lies between
Corsica and Leghorn. 1t Is a small
wooded rock, about two miles long, be-
longing to Italy. Bague landed there
at / o'clock in the afternoon, the de-
scent being made awkwardly and with
great danger to the aviator on account
of the trees and rocks. The monoplane
struck heavily and was damaged, but
Bague was not hurt. 1t was his in
tention to land at Ajaccio, on the west
coast of Corsica, but losing his way,
the aviator shaped his course too far
north. AS it was he covered greater
distance over the water than If he had
carried out his original plan.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-07
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Messrs. B. N. Moore and A. NJ. Grist
Of Yorkville, attended the funeral of
Capt. Samuel e. White at Fort Mill
yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Heath and chill
dren Of Yorkville, spent from Satur-
day to Monday evening with relatives
in Charlotte.
Mr.. Hadden Mitchell, formerly the
efficient clerk in the office Of Treasurer
Neil; but who has been in Texas for
some time past has returned to York
vile. Mr.. Mitchell says Texas is a
great state; but there is too much ma
laria there for comfort.
DR.. Thos. N. Dulin, who has been
having such a serious time in the Gas
tonia hospital, with blood poisoning.
continues to get along nicely. 1t was
necessary to slice up one of his arms
considerably to facilitate drainage and
disinfection; but the arm will be
saved.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-07
The lorimer Case.

1t was shown conclusively that large
sums of money were paid for votes to
seat Senator Lorimer.
There was no direct evidence to con-
meet Senator Lorimer with payment OF
the money or knowledge that it had
been paid.
1t is universally conceded that it is
a dangerous thing to convict any man
on general principles, in the absence OF
direct evidence.
If the payment of money for bribery
purposes was recognized as ground for
refusing to seat a public official, es-
pecially when that public official could
not be directly or indirectly connected
with such payment, it would be an
easy matter for enemies to defeat any
man by attempting to bribe that mans
friends to vote for him. If friends
could not be bribed to do that which
they intended doing anyway, then the
conspirators could go about finding
other venal representatives, who would
sell and thus accomplish the same
thing.
This plan of operations would be
possible; but does anybody think it is
probable that it was carried out in the
case of Senator Lorimer? If so, 1t
was certainly a most wonderful
scheme-unusual and remarkable.
There was too much money spent in
this enterprise, and the whole thing
was too serious to have been conduct
ed by enemies.
An effort has been made to show
that all the hullabaloo was raised by
the Chicago Tribune, because Lorimer
would not do what it wanted to do
with reference to the tariff on wood
pulp.
The Chicago Tribune wanted to put
wood pulp on the free list and Lorimer
wanted it taxed.
1t had been known for a long time
that the Tribune was for free wood
pulp, and that it was also opposed to
Lorimer; but there was little to show
that Lorimer was especially interested
in the wood pulp proposition until af-
ter the commencement of the campaign
to unseat him.
That the Chicago Tribune is a pow
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-07

erful paper politically, there is no
question, and that 1t Is a bad paper
there is little reason to doubt. It is
probably as bad as many Of the cor
rupt politicians of Illinois.
But somehow we fail to see the logic
of the effort to show that all these
charges against Lorimer and all the
evidence that has been presented, was
because Of the Tribune's hostility to
the new senator.
Maybe the Tribune's motives were
bad. How does that affect the situa-
ton? If it has come to the time that
the old adage, when thieves fall out
honest men get their dues is no long
er operative, there Is indeed cause for
concern.
Just as the cry Of stop thief" has
for ages past been the most familiar
expedient of the personal offender, so
has it grown common for, criminals
who are subjected to the white light
of publicity to inveigh against the
power of the press.
Lorimer sought to make the country
believe that his defeat would add still
further to the already tremendous
prestige of the wicked Chicago Tri-
bune.
The old, old stop thief" expedient
is still new and effective with the
thousands and millions who are still
approaching the stage Of eye-tooth
cutting, and the refuge Of exposed
crooks in inveighing against the pow
er of the press, even though that press
may not have the slightest dream be-
yond the welfare of the public it seeks
to serve, and continues to operate just
as it always has.
We have no idea that one senator
out of twenty has the slightest doubt
that Lorimer's seat was acquired by
bribery; but knowing the whole game
as we'll and as thoroughly as they do,
few of them have any fear that their
constituents will ever realize the
whole truth.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-07
Capt. Samuel e. White.

Because of especial personal fond
ness for this most estimable gentle
man, The Enquirer does not feel equal
to the effort of paying full and just
tribute to his memory.
Rev. DR.. ]. B. Mack said at the fu-
neral yesterday that Capt. White was
not a perfect man. He meant 1t, of
course, in the sense that there are no
perfect men, and in that sense he was
correct; but he went on to show how
in many of the noblest qualities, Capt.
White set standards that are worthy
of faithful emulation, and in that he
was right also.
A man Of large means, with the abil-
ity to have any material thing that his
heart could desire and the power to
order most people to go and come at
will, a condition that would have made
most men selfish and arrogant, he was
generous and consderate in all things,
and the most conspicuous trait of his
character was love for his fellow man.
During many years Capt. Whites
was the leading spirit of the town Of
Fort Mill. He found time even along
with the successful conduct of his own
large affairs to hunt out and help de-
serving people who needed help, and
he found ways to extend that help
without disclosing the source from
which the help came.
One Of his greatest and most parti-
cular cares were the widows and the
orphans of the surrounding commu-
nifty, and it was on this account more
than on account of desire for selfish
gain that he promoted and carried to
success the movement that resulted In
the building of the first cotton mill in
the town of Fort Mill. This achieve
ment, however, was but one of the
many good things that belong to his
credit from the same high motives.
To his last dying breath he believed
in the old order Of things, the order
that existed before the war, and the
monuments to the Confederate SOL
diers, to the women Of the Confederacy.
and the faithful slaves, that stand in
the Confederate park at Fort Mill were
intended by him as permanent express
sions of his sentiments along these
lines. His monument to the slaves
was not to commemorate slavery
however; but rather to commemorate
the faithfulness of the slaves, and his
monuments to the soldiers and the wo-
men were to commemorate their hero
ism and their devotion. These virtues
were all in the strongest consonance
with his noble character, and to our
mind they are the best possible inter-
probation of that character.
In his relations with his fellowmen,
Capt. White was genial and friendly
that is with those whose bearing and
conduct measured up to his estimate
of what he thought they ought to be.
But where he disapproved, and he dis
approved only for what he considered
good and just cause, there could be
no relations at all. He left such peo-
pie severely alone.
A splendid man was Capt. White.
There was very little evil to be inferred
with his bones; but he has left a great
deal of good that will cling to his
memory for generations to come.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-07
FIRE NEAR BETHANY.

The residence of Mr.. w. Lee Purs-
ley, who lives near Santiago school
house, nine miles northwest of York
vile, was destroyed by fire last Sum-
day afternoon at about 2 o'clock and
with it practically all of the contents,
leaving the members of the family not
so much as a change of clothing round.
Mr.. Pursley and his mother had gone
to church, taking with them the two
older boys, and leaving at home Mrs.
Pursley and four children, including
the eldest daughter a girl of II, who
was in bed with grip.
The fire broke out in a closet while
Mrs. Pursley was busy in the cook
room in another part of the house
getting dinner; but when she got the
alarm from a little 3-year- daugh-
ter, the flames had already made suf-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-07
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Miss Rosa ]. Lindsay-Can accommo-
date q few more boarders.
I. H. Norris-Offers pure buff Orping-
ton eggs at 81 per setting Of Is
eggs.
Miss Rosa ]. Lindsay-Will have her
studio open each Monday and Tues
day until further notice.
Sam M. Glist-Is prepared to write
insurance on automobiles in the
London, Liverpool and Globe COM
pany.
J. Mason Wilkerson, Hickory Grove
Invites the public and f1ddlers to a
fddlers' convention to be held at
Hickory Grove, Saturday, March IS.
]. H. Bigham-Wants all subscribers
to The Enquirer on his club, to
please settle at once.
Geo. w. Williams, Sec. & Treas-Gives
notice Of annual meeting Of Yorkville
Building and Loan association, at
Mr.. c. E. Spencer's office on March
IA, at IL m.
J. B. O'Neal Holloway, Deputy State
Organizer-Gives notice Of general
county meeting In the court house
next Saturday at II o'clock.
r. j. Herndon-Calls attention to the
three standard pianos he sells and
also to the Carpenter organ.
Sam M. Grist, Special Agent-Re-
minds you of the continued growth
of the business Of the Mutual Re-
serve Life Insurance company and
its liberal contracts.
Glover Drug Store. Clover--Sells guar
anteed tooth brushes, tooth pastes,
powders and washes.
I. w. Johnson-Has Woods seed po-
tatoes, onion sets, Dent seed corn,
snow white lard, etc.
Yorkville Buggy Co.-Tells you why
you should use Blue Bril- steel
wood for sale.
York Supply Co.-Can furnish Ian
dreth's seed potatoes and garden
seeds. New shipment Of cloth and
leather collars, harrows, etc.
Congaree Fertilizer Co., Columbia
On page four gives you an idea of
the size and capacity Of it's plant.
and it's ability to give you the very
best in fertilizers Of quality.
Thomson Co.'s showing new lines
of dress goods, shirtwaists, skirts.
table damask. doilies, bed linens,
and wants you to come and see.
Kirkpatrick Belk Co.-Has received
big lines Of Oxfords for ladies and
misses. children's blouses. dress, ETC.,
and wants you to see it's goods be-
fore you buy.
National Union Bank, Rock Hill
Puts forth another argument why
farmers should pay cash for what
they buy. 1t is ready to loan you
the money.
Loan and Savings Bank-Wants you
to prepare for old age by saving a
part Of your income. It will take
care Of your savings and pay you
for saving.
Bank Of Hickory Grove-Explains
that no account Is too small for it's
attention and wants your account
whether 1t be large or small.
]. c. Wilborn-Nas the c. c. Hughes
place for sale. 1t Is one Of the best
farms in the county.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-07

be In church or state, or in legislative
bodies comes not from the majority,
but from the minority. l have served
in this body for almost a generation
said Mr.. Cannon, "and to me 1t Is the
greatest body clothed with power on
earth, and with it's coordinate branch,
the senate, supreme in matters Of leg
islation, save alone as limited by the
constitution, the fixed law. and by the
veto of the executive. I have abiding
faith that whatever political body Is in
power the provisions of the house Will
be maintained as defined in the con-
stitution against all corners. In their
maintenance rests the freedom, the Sc
curity and the liberty Of ninety mil
lions of people. l leave this place not
with regret. have performed the du-
ties of this office according to my best
Judgment under the rules of the house.
I do not leave the house with malice
in my heart toward any colleague, to-
ward any member with whom l have
served. My friend, the speaker to be,
the gentleman from Missouri, Mr..
clark, believes that my departure Is
my final departure as speaker of the
house 1 agree with him. At the age
of almost rs, in course of nature, l
could not hope to occupy this great
place again and would not II could;
but / am so fond of my friend from
Missouri, the speaker-to-be, that l
mean to serve under his gentle rule
as a member of the house and to
look on"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-07

Some of the Chester people are al
ter Editor Caldwell for having printed
some stuff that hurt the town." 1t
was reproachful stuff, but true, and
Editor Caldwelrs critics thought he
should not have noticed it. That kind of
stuff makes us tired, very tried. or
course, no editor is going to print all
the reproachful stuff he can find. If
he did, he would have his columns full
and would improve things until some
body sandbagged him; and editors don't
like to be sandbagged any better than
anybody else. But the editor who will
not print reproachful stuff occasionally
is not doing his duty. The editor who
will attempt to whitewash things that
are discreditable is more contemplate
than the people who are actively en-
gagged in doing discreditable things.
The editor who will try to induce peo-
pie to come into a town to be robbed is
on a par with the Judas steer that
they use at the stOckyards to toll the
innocents into the slaughter pens. OF
course, no editor has ever printed any
thing reproachful without stirring up
somebody's condemnation; but gener-
ally speaking as we see it, the howls
that are raised by such publications
are, in themselves justification of these
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-07
The York county board of supervi-

The York county board Of supervi-
sors Of registration held their regular
monthly meeting yesterday; but issued
only few certificates.
The salesday crowd yesterday was
rather smaller than usual for March;
but nevertheless all sections Of the
county were we'll represented.
Mr.. M. L. Thomasson advises The
Enquirer that a petition containing
more than a hundred names was sent
to the York delegation in the house
protesting against the creation Of the
office Of public cotton weigher for
Yorkville.
From the advertisement in another
column it will be noted that the men,
bers of the Hickory Grove band and
their friends are going to hold a "Fid-
dler's Convention" soon. The matter
has been under consideration for some
weeks and good deal Of work has been
done in connection with 1t. The whole
country Is showing interest. The oc-
casion promises to be a big success
both in point of entertainment and in
point of attendance.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-07

flcient headway to be beyond control,
and she could do little except ring the
farm bell for such help as might hap
pen to be in hearing.
Mrs. Pursley drew a few buckets of
water and dashed them on the flames;
but her efforts were taken up mainly
in seeing to the safety of her children
including the sick daughter. Help be-
gan to come after the fire had made
considerable headway, but too late to
be available in saving the contents Of
the house beyond a sewing machine,
bread safe, table, feather bed, and a
few other articles.
1t seems that the fire had it's origin
in a closet that a little tot Of about
three years was using as a play house.
The little girl had lighted a lamp in
the closet and from the lamp lighted a
taper or two, with the result that the
interior Of the closet was soon a mass
Of flames which upon the arrival of
Mrs. Pursley was being fiercely famed
by the wind.
The we'll house was burned, and also
the smokehouse; but most of the con-
tents of the smokehouse, including a
supply of meat were saved by knock
ing Off the Notwithstanding from the
side farthest away from the burning
residence.
Mr.. Pursley's house was a good
7-room structure, and together with the
contents. worth over $4,000. He had
insurance in the Farmers Mutual to
the amount of 1925.
Although badly crippled financially
as the result Of this heavy misfortune
the understanding Is that Mr.. Pursley
will endeavor to rebuild at once. He
has the sincere sympathy of all his
neighbors and they are giving him
such help as they are able.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-07

You newspaper people over the state
did it ever occur to you what a sturdy
beggar the Western Union Telegraph
company is? Whenever this company
desires to make use of the publicity
that is to be had only through the
newspapers, it makes no hesitation in
asking the editors to contribute the
same as news" So far as offering to
pay for an advertisement is concerned,
the Western Union never thinks Of
such a thing. Ii does sometimes get
off the old gag about going to adver-
tise later" but that is about ALL And
the newspaper people generally give
this sturdy beggar what it asks for.
Seems to us that it is about time to re-
sort to the application of business
rules with regard to the matter. The
w. U. Telegraph company ought, may
be, to be under government control
and administration like the postoftice,
but it is not. Even the postoffice,
however, is more ready and willing to
pay for such advertising as it asks for
than is the Western Union Telegraph
company.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-07

Huctlon SaIeS.
At the suit Of Walter b. Moore vs.
John Crawford and others, the clerk
yesterday sold the undivided half in
terest in two tracts of land, one Of AZ
acres and the other of eight acres
Bought by J. s. Brice, attorney, for
$3.50.
Fire In Bethesda.
A corn crib and buggy house on the
premises of Mr.. j. Webb Moore, In
Bethesda township, about five and
one-half miles south Of Yorkville, were
destroyed by fire last Saturday morn
ing at about o'clock and with them
lot of corn and a fine assortment of
agricultural implements. The total
loss aggregates about 5000. There was
no insurance.
Death of James ]. Stanton.
Mr.. James ]. Stanton, died at the
home Of DR.. Dulin, near Bethel on last
Thursday, Of appoplexy, in the 65th
year of his age. He had been in bad
health for more than a year, but his
death was sudden and unexpected.
Mr.. Stanton was a confederate soldier.
He was never married. The funeral
took place at Bethel on Friday, the
services being conducted by Rev. DR..
Adams, the pastor.
Now Route From Kings Creek.
The postoffice department has order
ed the establishment Of a new r. F. D.
route from Kings Creek on April /.
This route will cover part Of York and
Cherokee counties, about half In each.
At it's furthermost reach 1t will take in
Kings Mountain battle-ground. There
are a number of applicants for the po-
sition of carrier, who will be appointed
as the outcome Of civil service exam
ination to be held shortly. This route
will open up large territory, the res
idents in which now have a very poor
way of getting their mail.
Child Fatally Burned.
Little Della, the 3-year-old daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Smith Of
Tirzah, died last Saturday night at
o'clock, as the result Of burns sus-
tanned between IL and l o'clock during
the afternoon. When the accident
happened the little girl was playing
before the fire with some other chill
dren. Her clothing caught from the
fire, and was burned nearly off before
assistance could be rendered. Sur
gical attention was had promptly,
but there was nothing that could be
done. The funeral took place at Ebe-
nezer on Sunday, the services being
conducted by Rev. ]. T. Dendy.
Mr.. Holloway Here.
Mr.. ]. B. O'Neal Hollaway, deputy
organizer of the South Carolina Far
mers' Union, arrived in Yorkville this
morning to begin the filling Of his ap-
pointments with the various local
Unions as announced elsewhere in this
issue. Mr.. Holloway was to have gone
to Cotton Belt this morning and to
Sutton Springs this afternoon; but on
account of funerals in these commu-
mites. it has been decided to hold
joint meeting at Sandy Flat tonight.
The balance Of the schedule Will De
carried out as announced. Mr. Hol-
loway hopes for large turnouts at the
meetings and is anxious to meet all
farmers interested, whether they are
members of the Union or not. He de-
sires us to extend a general invitation
to all to come out and hear what he
has to say.