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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-07
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Miss Annis O'Leary-Has a pair Of
church chandeliers and a pulpit
lamp for sale.
C. L. Kennedy, Sharon-Offers white
leghorn cockerels and pullets for
sale, and also eggs for setting.
Loan and Savings Bank, Yorkville-
Publishes its statement showing
condition at close Of business Feb
ruary 3rd.
Bank OF Hickory Grove-Prints it's
statement of condition at the close
Of business February 3rd.
Church Home Orphange-Will appre-
ciate information as to whereabouts
of an estray yearling.
Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.-Continues it's
anniversary sale all this week and
offers seasonable merchandise at
unheard Of prices. Hundreds Of
satisfied customers are being served.
Loan and Savings Bank-Points out
the fact that by saving your money
you will become Independent and In
every way improve your condition.
1t wants to help you to save.
Bank Of Hickory Grove-Invites you
to invest your idle money in its GER
tificates Of deposits. They pay four
per cent interest and your money Is
perfectly safe.
l. HOIllSOH SO.-ftcIllluo yOu VI llo ui6
clearing sale which continues for
thirteen days. Bargains in every
department with reductions from 10
to so per cent
Winthrop College-Announces the
coming Of Creatore and his band to
the college next Saturday. This
musical organization Is world ia
nous.
Carroll Bros.-Can furnish molasses
in barrels, half barrels and 10 gal
lon kegs at very low prices. See
them for corn. oats, corno and other
other feed stuffs.
J. M. Brian Co.-Headquarters for
coffees, teas and postum; choice
syrups and molasses, canned goods,
evaporated fruits, pure vinegar, etc.
York Supply Co.-Calls attention to
the good qualities Of Vulcan turn
plows and John Deere middle
breakers. A carload Of shingles
just received.
L. R. Williams, Probate Judge-Gives
notice that Anderson Chamblin has
applied for letters Of adminfstra-
tion on the estate Of Ann Hunt, de-
ceased.
J. B. Whiteside, Hickory Grove No.
HAS Appler seed oats and lot
Of corn for sale.
Yorkville Buggy Co.-Wants you to
use a steel turn plow for turning
your land and wants your orders for
sawed wood.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-07
SALARIES OF COUNTY OFFICERS.

There Is a statute requiring every
county officer to file with the county
supervisor at the end of each fiscal
year an itemiZed statement Of the
amounts received during the previous
fiscal year as salaries and fees, and
following up a recent inquiry on the
subject a representative Of The En-
quirer went to the county supervisor
to procure the information with a view
to publishing the same for the benefit
Of the public.
Supervisor Boyd made search of
his office, and being unable to find any
records on the subject or a book for
the keeping Of such records, said that
in order to comply with the law, he
would procure the necessary book at
once. The law as laid down in the re-
port Of the code commissioner for 1910
Is as follows:
Sec. 671. Each county officer shall
be required to purchase and keep in his
office, open to public inspection during
office hours, a book in which shall be
kept an itemized account Of all moneys
received by or due him, whether re-
ceived by him or due him as salary,
fees or costs, or in any other manner,
as pay to him by virtue of his office:
Provided, That nothing herein contain
ed shall be construed to require any
officer to demand the payment Of his
fees and costs in advance. At the close
Of each fiscal year, each county officer
shall transmit an itemiZed copy Of the
said account, under oath, to the office
Of county supervisor. The county su-
pervisor in addition to other books
kept in his office, shall keep a separate
book in which he shall enter upon his
books the total amount of each account
so furnished, opposite the name of the
officer furnishing the said account, and
file the account in his office as other
county records are kept: Provided,
That the provisions Of this section
shall not apply to the counties Of Sum-
ter, Lexington, Newberry, Kershaw.
Lancaster, Abbeville and Marlboro.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-07
MERE-MENTION.

Because of an epidemic of scarlet
fever at Petersburg, ILL.,, the schools
have been closed, and all church, So
cial and public gatherings prohibited.
Warrants have been issued for
eight men, charging manslaughter, in
connection with the dynamite explo-
sion at Jersey City, N. j., wharf We'd
nesday, when seven or more men were
killed. "A national convention OF
hoboes is in session at Milwaukee,
Wis, with 300 delegates in attendance.
The hoboes are under the care of j.
Eads How, the millionaire hobo Of ST.
Louis. go. The eruption of Mt. Taal,
the Philippine volcano, has begun again
and Is more violent than the first one
ten days ago. Latest reports from in
vestigators say that the death list will
total $500. The Old Bay Line pier at
Baltimore, was destroyed by fire, Fri
day with a loss Of $500, 900. .... Grave
fears are felt throughout Georgia for
the next peach crop on account of the
advanced condition Of the trees, due to
mild weather. .....L Lord Decies Of Eng
land, Is to marry Miss Vivien Gould,
daughter of George Gould, in New
York today VIM. Donegan, an in
mate Of the soldiers home at Danville,
ILL.,, SAYS that Speaker Cannon Is re-
sponsiple for the abuses practiced In
the recent election in Vermilion and
other counties in his congressional
districts President Taft will make
an address at Springfield, ILL.,, on Feb
ruary II, when Lincoln day will be
celebrated. Richard L. Ashhurst,
postmaster Of Philadelphia, disappear
ed at Atlantic City, N. j., last Monday,
and it Is feared that he fell from the
board walk and was drowned. .... AT
ter being on a strike for 1873 days, the
$4,000 garment workers Of Chicago be-
gan going back to work yesterday.
The strike cost the workers about $3,-
100000 in wages. MRS. AMANDA
Harrison Is under arrest at Stanford,
Ky.. charged with opening the grave Of
George B. Sanf1ey in the Stanford cem-
etery, Monday night of last week. 49,.
Thornton Greenwood, a negro mail
carrier of Atlanta, Ca, has been dis
charged from the service after thirty
years. for failure to turn In amounts
collected from postage due" mail. 80.
A baby boy was born on fast Penn
sylvania railroad train at Kenton, o.,
Saturday morning. -. A st. Louis and
Southwestern train ran into a drove or
deer near Brinkley, Ark, Friday
night, and killed five Of the animals.
Senator Joseph Terrell of Geor-
gia is critically i'll in the Washington
University hospital in washington.
An ordinance of the city Of Baltimore
intended to prevent white and blacks
from living together in the same quar-
ters of the city, has been declared in
valid because of certain defects In the
drafting. The Southern's new rail-
road shops at Spencer, N. c., are near
ing completion. -. Gen. Piet Cronje
the noted Boer leader in the Transvaal
war, died last Saturday.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-07

Mr.. FinIeys Exposition vote.-Some
surprise has been expressed at the fact
that Congressman Finley Of this state,
voted for San Francisco rather than
for New Orleans in the exposition fight
on Tuesday. Mr.. Finley explained his
vote at the time. He and Mr.. Johnson
both answered the criticism of Mr.. Gill
lett of Massachusetts, who stated to
the house that South Carolina, after
giving assurances that no appropria-
ton would be asked of congress, sub
seuuently log-rolled such an appro-
priation through congress. Mr.. john
son declared that there was no log
rolling about it. He and Mr.. Finley
both declared that no appropriation
would have been made for the Charles
ton exposition had not congress desired
to make a deficiency appropriation or
$500, 900 for Buffalo. Mr.. Finley who
led the fight for the Charleston appro-
priation declared that he did not raise
his voice in it's behalf until it was
settled and sure that Buffalo would get
the $500, ,OO0," and that then he did all
he could ito have fair dealing prevail,
that fish should not be made Of one and
fowl of the other" Il won that fight
for Charleston" he continued, because
the house of representatives, because
the speaker at that time, Mr.. Speaker
Henderson, because the membership OF
this house almost without exception,
realized they could not decently give to
Buffalo $500 900 and then refuse $780,
600 to Charleston" Mr.. Finley declared,
however, that he had made up his mind
then never again to vote for another
appropriation to any exposition COM
pany and that his reason for support
ing San Francisco against New Or
leans lay in the fact that New Orleans
was asking for $1,000,000 and San
Francisco not for cent.-News and
Courier.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-07
coIIeqe Trustees as "officers."

Under this caption, the Newberry
Observer has a splendid editorial. 1t
follows:
I'VE do not believe that the state
constitution ever intended to prevent a
public officer from serving on the board
of trustees of a state college. Take the
case of trustee of Clemson, for in
stance: The Clemson bequest, with its
provisions for life trustees, had been
accepted before the constitution was
adopted, and of course was accepted
with the provision in it.
IF the constitutional convention had
been so very desirous of keeping pub
lie officers off these boards, why in
the name of common sense did it pro-
vide that the governor, the state su-
perntendent of education and two
members of the legislature, viz, the
chairman of the educational commit
tees in the house and senate respect
lively, should be members of these
boards?
I'VE are no lawyer, and therefore do
not undertake to go into a learned
constitutional argument; but that is
the way it strikes us.
And another thing that strikes us
is that there is a good deal of per-
sonal and political spite and preju-
dice at the bottom of the whole busi-
ness"
We think the Observer has inter-
preted the law correctly, and that 1t
has given the right explanation as to
the cause of the agitation that has
been going on. There is nothing more
to be said on the subject-Anderson
Daily Mail
Here is a case where we have to diff
fer with two newspapers for whose
judgment and honesty of purpose we
have the highest regard.
AS we have said before, we do not
see any good reason why man should
be prohibited from holding the office of
school trustee along with another Of
flee. That there is wisdom behind the
idea we do not deny; but we are una
BILE to see it. To our view there is just
as much reason why the exceptions of
the constitutional provision should in
clude school trustees as notaries public
and officers in the militia; but with us,
that is not the question.
More important than anything else in
the matter is obedience To the law.
We do not think that the meaning of
constitutional provision admits of ar
gument. The point the Observer seeks
to make instead of bolStcring up its
contention bears the other way. If
when the makers of the constitution
made special provision for the service
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-07
THEY HOLD TWO OFFICES.
Governor Blease Thinks These Are
Violating the Constitution.

AS the result of the recent message
of the governor to the general assem-
bly, on the subject of holding two Of
fees, the following committee was ap-
pointed to look into the matter.
Senators Mauldin and Legrand
Walker, and Representatives T. P.
Brown, George S. Mower and F. B.
Gary.
In a letter addressed to Senator
Mauldin last Friday, the governor
mentioned the following as all he could
think of at the time as holding two
offices in violation of the constitution:
In reply will state that l am In
formed that the Hon. B. R. Tillman IS
a United States senator and trustee OF
Clemson and winthrop colleges
That the Hon. Frances H. Weston
Is a state senator and trustee of the
University of South Carolina.
THAT the Hon. John G. Richards Is
a railroad commissioner and trustee OF
Clemson college.
THAT the Hon. Alan Johnstone Is a
state senator, a trustee of Clemson col
lege and president Of the board OF
trustees of Clemson college.
That the Hon. D. ]. Bradham Is
trustee of the colored college and a
magistrate.
THAT the Hon. D. w. McLaurin is
land agent of the sinking fund and
trustee of Winthrop college.
AT the time of the message you
speak of in your letter, the Hon:
Hartwell M. Aver was a member of
the house of representatives and a
trustee of the state reformatory.
The Hon. l.. M. Gasque was MEM
ber of the house of representatives and
a member of the board of fish commits
sion for South Carolina
wv. w. Bradley is private secretary
to Congressman Aiken and also trustee
of Clemson college, and that Mr.. Raw,
who holds a position under the United
States, in the city of Washington, D.
c., is also a trustee Of Clemson COL
lege.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-07
HICKORY GROVE NOTES.
,orr.sDsndeoce Of tn. Yortvill. Enquirer.


Hickory Grove, February IA lot
Of cotton amounting to something over
200 bales was delivered here to Mr.. ].
P. White Of Yorkville last week. The
price paid for most Of 1t being 14ac.
Mrs. Laura Allison, who has been
quite sick with bronchitis, the result
Of a relapse from grippe; while some
better, is still confined to her bed.
Miss Jane McCarley has so far re-
covered from the injuries sustained six
weeks ago, as to be able to leave the
hospital at Rock Hill. She Is now at
the home of her sister, Mrs. R. A.
Brown.
Miss Ruth Martin, teacher of the in
termediate grades in the high school,
has been confined to her bed since last
Thursday with pneumonia. Although
she Is quite sick, her condition Is as
favorable as could be expected. Rev.
G. L. Kerr has kindly consented to
take charge Of her grades for the pres
ent.
Mr.. ]. N. McGill recently moved into
his new home, the Mitchell house."
near the depot.
The many friends Of Miss Ella
Whiteside will regret very much to
learn that she Is to leave this afternoon
for Oklahoma, where she expects to
make her home with her brothers,
Messrs. Sam, Tom and Richard White
side. She will be accompanied as far
at Atlanta, Ca, by her sister, Miss
Nellie Whiteside. During her resi-
dence of several years here, Miss Ella
has been Jealous in the discharge OF
every duty, and especially faithful In
the work Of teacher in the Sabbath
school, where she will be sorely missed.
While very sorry to have to give her
up, her many friends will join in wish
ing her prosperous journey and much
success and happiness in her new
home.
Miss Carrie Holiday is staying with
her brother, Prof. r. H. Holiday and
attending school here.
Mrs. W. B. Good Of Bullock's Creek,
Is visiting relatives here.
A baseball team has been organized
by the boys of the high school; tailor
made suits ordered, and will soon be
ready for business.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-07

One of the most startling things
about that special judge controversy
is the evident tendency on the part Of
those who are doing the most talking
to express themselves without due con-
sideration. For instance, among other
elimination Of Messrs. Ray and Cald-
well, the governor appointed Judge
Watts" but this is not correct. Hav-
ing found out in the meantime that
Judge Watts was disengaged, the gov
ernor merely notified the chief justice
of the fact, and the chief justice an
nounced that he would assign Judge
Watts to the vacancy. This is strictly
in accordance with the constitution
and statute. So long as there is an
available regular judge to fill Il vacan-
cy, there is no warrant of law to ap-
point q special Judge; but there has
grown up a custom whereby it has been
the regular thing to appoint special
judges in almost every case where the
regular judge on the particular assign
ment is unable to fill that assignment,
Notwithstanding that there may be
several other regulars disengaged. OF
course, we would not be understood as
intimating that this is unnecessary, or
that specials have been unnecessarily
appointed. The fact that a judge may
be disengaged so far as actual service
on the bench is concerned does not ar
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-07

Chicago, February 3: Three mil
lion pounds of butter must be shipped
abroad during the next few weeks In
order to prevent heavy losses in cold
storage holdings, according to commits
sion men. One dealer who is credited
with holding 10000 tubs Of highest
grade butter for which he, paid thirty
one cents a pound, is selling 1t at twen-
ty-five cents a pound. Low grade
butter is affected much more than the
better creamery products" said well
known Chicago commission merchant.
THE great trouble with the butter
market is that too high price Is ask
ed for stock not worth it. For years
the commission men have been fight
ing each other and now that they have
brought about this condition they must
take their punishment. The second
grade butter generally quoted at 81
cents should sell under normal condi-
tions for not more than II cents a
pound"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-07

We are under the impression that a
great many thoughtful people have
been under a conviction for quite a
while that this thing of appointing spe-
cial judges has become too common
anyway. Special judges have been ap-
pointed at times when it would have
been easily practicable to secure the
service of regular judge, If absolute
ly necessary.
Tho one thing most indispensable to
business development is intelligent ad-
vertising. The man who has some
thing to sell or who wants to buy some
thing must let the fact be known by
means of some kind Of advertising
and the best possible way Of advertis-
ing is through the medium of a news
paper that reaches the people whom 1t
is desired to reach. So far as this To-
cality is concerned, The Enquirer is
such a newspaper.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-07

The Christensen-Vincen drainage
bill is a measure that has been receiv-
ing much less attention at the hands
of the general assembly than its i'm
portance deserves, although it is likely
to pass with a large number of coun-
ties including York, exempted. The
bill proposes the enactment of a canal
and levee law much like that which has
wrought wonderful results, in the way
of conducting to the public health, con-
venience, utility and welfare, in Mis-
sissippi and Louisiana. The bill has
passed the house, without debate or
division, and promises to pass the SEN
ate substantially unimpaired. The bill
empowers the clerk of court in any of
the counties covered to establish in
his county a drainage district or dis
tricts and after the prescribed process
has been carried through, he will have
authority to cause the proper assess
ment of taxes against the lands af-
fected, to pay for such Improvements
as may be decided on. These improve
ments will consist of the location and
establishment of levees, drains or ca
nails; the Strengthening, widening or
deepening of any existing ditch or wa
tercourse; the building of embank-
ments, tidegates and pumping plants,
and other work looking to the drain
ing or reclaiming of tidal marshes,
freshwater swamps or lands subject to
overflow The original bill as printed
contains 81 legal cap size pages. Such
a law could be used to tremendous ad-
vantage in developing York and other
Piedmont counties if public sentiment
were only ready for it, and these coun-
ties would not be hurt if they were al
lowed to take advantage Of the pro-
visions of the law as it stands. There
is nothing obligatory in the law until
substantial majority has given its
consent to go into the undertaking, and
then the work can go on with tre-
mendous advantage to all concerned.
The main idea of the law, Of course, is
to furnish the means whereby united
effort can be secured for that which is
impracticable through private enter
prise.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-07

Now, if after having been officially
designated as the place for the holding
of the Panama exposition, San Fran
cisco does not come again next year
and ask for an appropriation, we are
going to be little surprised. And If
San Francisco goes after that appro-
priation she will be pretty apt to get it.
This sounds like an attempt at proph-
ecy; but it is not. We are merely judg-
ing the future by the past. New Or
leans came with an honest plea for
help; but even she would probably
have been asking for more money be-
fore the big show was completed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-07

there are no known precedents cover
ing the case Senior Carlos Pereyra,
the Mexican charge d'affaires here to-
day expressed qualification over the
purpose of the American government
to adopt energetic measures to enforce
neutrality. With the neutrality Of the
United States strictly enforced by
American troops aligned along the bor-
der" the charge d'affaires declared,
the struggle will come to an end
speedily"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-07
Murder Excitement at Wilson, N. c.

Murder Excitement at Wilson, N. c.
The country surrounding the town of
Wilson, N. c., has been very much
stirred up during the past few days be-
cause Of the killing Of George Num-
ford, deputy sheriff and A. o. Glover,
chief of police, last Friday afternoon
by an unknown negro. The officers
were looking for negroes who broke
into a store the night before, and as
they entered a negro cabin to make
an arrest some one from within opened
fire, wounding Mumford so badly that
he died within an hour and wounding
Glover so that he could not recover.
The people Of the town and surround
ing country gathered for the purpose
of hunting down the criminal and dur
ing Friday and Saturday and yesterday
it seemed certain that there would be
a lynching If the right man could be
caught.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-07

Senator Root made powerful
speech in the senate the other day in
arraignment of the state of Illinois in
connection with the Lorimer election
scandal. The matter has now been
brought to the attention of the coun-
try in a way that is likely to bring re-
suits in the shape of cleaner election
methods.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-07
After our explanation as to wha

After our explanation as to what
was meant by the expression mems
and boys clothing one-third off, we
were in hopes that our friend the An
derson Daily Mail would come over;
but as yet he has failed to show up.
And we regret it. Anderson is great
town-greater in most respects than
Spartanburg or Greenville; but when
it comes to clothing, dry goods, no
tions, ETC., it cannot yet outrank York
vile. The very best business talent Of
this town is in the dry goods line.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-07
WITHIN THE TOWN.

There are a number Of new homes
going up in Yorkville or contracted
for, more than there has been at any
one time for many years.
-Yorkville is growing steadily In
business volume and general import
ance; but it is not growing as rapidly
as it might grow with little more in
telligent help.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-07
Chr 4torkrille Gnqairtr.
Entered at the Postoffice in Yorkville
as Mail Matter Of the Second Glass.
YORKVILLE. s. c.:
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY Z, 1911.

The marriage license bill needs to
be ratified in joint assembly and to be
approved by the governor before 1t
will become a law.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-07

The National Corn show at Column
bus, O., has awarded a ribbon to Jerry
Moore, the boy who produced 22S
bushels of corn on an acre-quite a
distinguished honor for South Caro-
lima
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-07

1t has been suggested that the cobs
from Jerry Moore's 22s bushel crop be
made into pipes, and that the idea has
commercial shrewdness in it is appar-
ont
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-07

But before they can get their issue
joined fairly and squarely the governor
and the chief justice must find ap-
pointees who will stick.