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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-12

Forty cents hundred is the ruling
price for cotton picking around York
Vile, and there are lots of pickers busy
at the work.
The MeconneIIsviIe Telephone COM
pany is taking the necessary steps to
increase its capital stock from $500 to
$1,000, and the understanding Is that
Yorkville people and people along the
line are to be asked to subscribe. The
need of telephone line between York
vile and McConnellsville is pressing.
Court has dragged along until now,
mainly because of the patience Of
Judge Watts, who out Of the goodness
of his heart has been making more al
lowances than usual. Had his honor
followed his usual custom, and ordered
an adjournment as soon as he ran out
of business, there would not have been
one full week Of the present term.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-12
COMMON PLEAS.

When The Enquirer went to press
last Friday, the court was engaged on
the case of Gwin against Wylie and
Wylie against Gwin, cross suits con-
solidated and involving the same Is
sues, ownership to tract Of Ill acres
of land and the right to damages. The
Jury gave Mr.. E ]. Wylie the land
and gave Mrs. c. L. Gwin damages In
the sum Of $128.33.
A number of second week jurors
were excused and the following were
drawn from the five mile box to take
their places: r. r. McCorkle, r. T..
Allison, ]. H. Carroll, R. L. Devinney,
r. E. Mcfarland, A. l. Robinson, w.
H. Caldwell, ]. R. Stephenson, VIM.
Gettys, ]. G. Wardlaw.
The first case taken up yesterday
was that Of Collins vs. the Arcade Cot
ton mills, a suit for damages because
Of injuries sustained by the fall Of a
defective elevator. The case was nom
suited on testimony of the plaintiff, ad-
mitting that he knew that the elevator
was defective and that there was a
convenient stairway through which he
could have made his errand.
In the case Of Ruff vs. Patrick, taken
next, the jury found for the plaintin IN
the sum Of $155.36.
The court was engaged during yes
terday afternoon on the case OF A. f..
Perminter vs.. the Fort Mill Manufac-
turing company, a suit for damages on
account Of hand mashed In machin-
cry. The papers went to the jury yes
terday evening, and the sealed verdict
opened this morning gave the plain
tiff $425.
After hearing some motions and
passing some orders this morning,
Judge Watts found that no more jury
cases were ready, aLS in accordance
with previous warn 6, adjourned
the court sine die.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-12
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. F. Spencer of
Rock Hill, are visiting relatives IN
Yorkville.
Miss Annie Stevens of Yorkville, left
this morning to enter the Presbyterian
college of Charlotte.
Mrs. A. q. Bearon Of Asheville, n.
c., is visiting Mrs. j. c. Dickson on
Yorkville r. F. D. No. !.
Mrs. ]. c. Wilborn and daughter,
Miss Elizabeth, Of Yorkville, spent
several days last week In Charlotte.
Mr.. Will Mccullough of Lockhart,
spent Friday night and Saturday
night with Mr.. Elijah McSwain near
Hoodtown.
Mrs. O. A. Jeffcoat and three chill
dren of Whitmire, are visiting Mrs.
Jeffcoat's mother, Mrs A. B. Crosby In
Yorkville.
Miss Georgia Burke Of Baltimore,
has arrived In Yorkville and will have
charge of the millinery department at
Kirkpatrick -Belk's this season.
Mrs P. B. McAbee, Of Sharon. No.
/. has been visiting her nieces, Mrs.
]. W. Bankhead Of Lowryville, and
Mrs. S. V. Aycock of McConnellsyille.
Misses Barnett Miller, Helen Thorn
asson and Kate Jackson of Yorkville.
R. F. d. 6, and Miss Hattie Lilly OF
Filbert, left today for Linwood college.
Mr.. D. Edward Finley and Misses
Maggie and Daisy Gist, who have been
spending sometime at Blowing Rock,
have returned to their homes in York
vile.
Messrs. William Belts, Howard
White, Foy Dickson, Rodney and
Lyle Love and Miss Marilla Ewart OF
Yorkvile. left this morning for Due
West colleges
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-12
LOCAL AFFAIRS,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

]. B. PlaXco, Yorkville 4-Offers seed
wheat and oats for sale.
E. r. shannon, Yorkville No. Has
a grade Jersey COW for sale.
c. w. Wallace-Wants a buyer for
moving machine and rake.
r. f. MontgOmery-Wan you to pay
him first, instead of waiting until
you have paid everybody else. &
J. r. Crawford, Pres.-Calls meeting
of the stockholders of the McCon-
nellsville Telephone company to be
held on October 7th.
Mrs. w. B. Moore, President-Calls
the annual meeting Of the Fannie
Miller Book Club to be held Thurs
day afternoon at O'Clock at the res
idence of Mrs. G.. II. O'Leary.
j. l.. Williams & Co.-Are showing
new fall goods and want you to see
them when shopping.
First Presbyterian Church, Yorkville--
A series of revival meetings will be-
gin tomorrow evening and the public
is cordially invited to attend.
York Supply Co.-Has bagging and
ties. cotton sheets, flour, seed rye,
oats and crimson clover.
Thomson Co.-Talks about the advan-
tages that come to the man who is
particular about his clothes and rec
OIllUleHuS llldl YOU "S1l lie SioliiiiiS 5
made by Schloss Bros.
]. M. Brian Co.-Tells you about new
arrivals including cheese, hams.
Velva Syrup, Wesson cooking oil, etc
Loan and Savings Bank-Calls atten-
ton to the fact that 1t Is a good
thing to teach your children to save.
An education is incomplete without
the saving habit.
Kirkpatrick Belk Co.-Invites the ear
ly shopper to make it visit and see
the new goods that are now coming
in. See the new coat suits and the
ladies' footwear.
]. M. ENTHUSIASTICALLY recon-
mends Voight's Royal flour to peo-
pie who want the best. He has
seed rye and oats and feed for cat
tie, horses and hogs.
National Union Bank, Rock Hill-So-
licits your banking by mail. 1t will
be pleased to give you details upon
request.
Carroll Pros-Have a car of Galligo
flour, every sack guaranteed per-
feet Also seed rye. red and Appler
oats. bagging. ties, corno horse and
mule feed, etc.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-12
WITHIN THE TOWN.

There were about hundred bales
of cotton sold on the Yorkville market
last Saturday.
There were more people in York.
vile last Saturday afternoon than for
several Saturday afternoons previous,
and they had more money-cotton
picking is on.
The total enrolment in the white
public school Is now 3O7, distributed
among the grades as follows: First
grade, 40; second grade, 30; third
grade, 81; forth grade, SO; fifth grade,
q; sixth grade, 32; seventh grade, 49,;
eighth grade, 80; ninth grade, 80; tenth
grade, "a. If
There will be a called meeting of
the First Associate Reformed presby-
terry in Yorkville next Monday morning
at II o'clock, for the purpose Of dis
solving the pastoral relations of Rev.
DR.. R. M. Stevenson with Bethany,
Clover and Crowder's Creek congrega-
tions.
During the moving picture show
fire, among the heavily charged elec-
trio wires, observers could see sharp
flashes of electricity as the streams of
water being thrown by the firemen
made short circuits. 1t looked danger
Gus, and was dangerous, but fortunate
ly no one sustained any Ill effects.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-12
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS,

- Chester, September 10: s. B.
Morgan, the white man who was ar
rested on warrant charging MIN
with burning his property for the
purpose of collecting insurance, was
given a preliminary examination pc
fore Magistrate Mcclure and dis
charged. The examination lasted all
day, Deputy Insurance Commissioner
Wharton appearing for the state,
while CASTOR & Hamilton represented
the defendant. 1t is rumored that
further steps In the matter will likely
be taken before the grand jury at the
coming term of the court Of general
sessions.
Lancaster special of September 9Th,
to the News and Courier: At negro
camp meeting last night at Mount
Carmel, this county, Ed Juren was shot
and killed by Paul Crawford. The row
started over a negro, whose name 10
unknown, shooting In front OF Dud
Wattss horse when Crawford fired
over the back of the buggy, the bullet
taking effect in Juren's head. Juren
lived about an hour. Crawford and
Watts were arrested this morning Dy
Sheriff Hunter and lodged In jail. The
coroner's Jury rendered q verdict that
Juren came to his death by q gunshot
wound at the hands Of Paul Crawford.
- Columbia, September 9: The at
torneys representing the defendants IN
the dispensary cases and the attor-
ney generals office have not yet reacn-
ed an understanding as to the time for
calling the cases for trial. 1t Is likely,
however, that an open conference will
be held before Judge Wilson In court
of general sessions Wednesday. 1t Is
probable on that date, definite un-
derstanding will be effected. Whether
the state will be ready for trial at the
present term of court can not be lore
told now. Attorneys Nelson, Nelson q
Gettys, and Edwin l.. Asvill, counsel
for the defense have appeared before
Judge Wilson stating to the court that
they are ready to go to trial. Ihe
prosecution asked for furtner thIie
before making reply.
- Columbia, September b: Man
damus proceedings lnVolvlnS the
right of a former student OF the pre-
naratory department Of Clemson COL
iage IN become a scholarship student
have been instituted against Cole l..
please. chairman, John e. Swearin-
gen. secretary. of the state board Of
education, and w. NJ. Riggs president
and the faculty of Clemson college by
Guy B. Taylor, young boy Of Lex
ington county. The above named Of
fcials have been ordered to show
cause in the Richland county court
tomorrow before Judge Wilson why
they should not be enjoined from
giving the scholarship to another
boy. State Superintendent of Educa-
ton Swearingen held that the boy
had been a student of the prepara-
tory department of Clemson and,
therefore, under the law was not ELI
gible for appointment to a scholarship
in the college. The state will be rep
resented by Attorney General Lyon:
The case is one of the most unusual
ever brought with reference to the
state college. and its settlement Will
affect Winthrop.
Judge Memminger on last Thurs
day signed an order revoking his pre-
vious order enjoining the Charleston
Democratic executive committee from
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-12
JUDGE JONES RESIGNS.
Indications That Chief Justice Will
Be Candidate For GoXernorship.

Ira B. Jones of Lancaster, chief JUS
tice of the state supreme court, yes
terday telegraphed u. r. Brooks
clerk of the supreme court, the an
nouncement of his resignation. to take
effect January 8, 1912. In many quar-
ters this is taken as very strong in
dication that Mr.. Jones will announce
his candidacy for the governorship In
opposition to Cole l.. Blease, the in
cumbent. who has stated that he in
tends to seek reelection.
Justice Jones announcement as
sent to Gen. Brooks follows:
Lancaster, Sept. IL, 1911.
~. r. Brooks, Clerk, Columbia.
Resignation to take effect January
8. Mailed governor today.
(SignedD IRA B. Jones'"
1t had been rumored for some time
that Justice Jones might take the field
for the governorship.
Mr.. Jones has been q member Of the
supreme court since 1896. He was
elected chief justice upon the resigna-
ton Of Y. ]. Pope in 1909. Since that
time he has served with no little dis
tinction as head of South Carolina's
tribunal of last resort.
Justice Jones, who was born in
Newberry. December 29, 1851, is a
OI fsISh!It COllt6t. Ilt at
tended Newberry college for two years
but went to Erskine to complete his
education. After leaving college, he
taught in Newberry and Edgefeld
counties. at the same time studying
law. In 1872 he was admitted to the
bar and opened an office in Newberry.
He also became assistant editor of the
Newberry Herald. In 1875 Mr.. Jones
moved to Lancaster.
From then on he began to interest
himself actively in politics. He was
elected to the legislature from Lam
caster county and in 1890 was APP
pointed chairman of the ways and
means committee of the house. Sub
Sequently he was chosen speaker,
serving I'm that capacity until 1896. In
1886 he was made chairman of the
Democratic executive committee OF
Lancaster county and also Of the exc
cutive committee for the fifth congress
Sional district He was vice president
of the constitutional convention OF
1895.
He was elected to the supreme court
by the legislature i'm 1896 and became
chief justice thirteen years later. In
1875 he married Miss Rebecca H
Wyse of Edgefield county.-Columbia
State.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-12

The Saturday Evening Post is print
ing a series of sketches covering the
history of a northwestern newspaper
that sought to fight its way on basis
Of duty to its subscribers rather than
through commercial considerations. The
foundation idea of the story seems to be
that behind anything that Is real news
there is more often than otherwise,
some powerful influence that is inter-
ested in the suppression of the facts,
and if that influence does not happen to
be an advertiser itself, it can control
other advertising that it can use as a
club on the heads of the newspaper.
These particular newspaper men did not
allow advertising or other commercial
considerations to interfere with their
duty, and although they managed to
increase their circulation tremendously,
their advertising all dropped out, and
because there was no profit in the SUBJ
scription price, the paper eventually
lost all of it's working capital and had
to go to the wall. The owners, how
ever, being thorough going newspaper
men, were able to console themselves
with the gratifying fact that they at
least did their duty while they were
still in active work. This story is no
doubt based upon facts from start to
finish, as all the incidents dealt with
involve occurrences and principles with
which every conscientious newspaper
man of experience is familiar. But If,
before he gets through, the writer does
not mention incendiarism and thuggery
as means of coercion in addition to
withdrawal of advertising patronage,
his story will not be complete.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-12

That is a strong plea that James
Henry Rice makes for the protection
of the birds, and we believe that the
plea has a good foundation in fact.
Common sense and experience teach
that the laws of nature are perfectly
well balanced. and when man under
takes to interfere with those laws the
penalty is inevitable. To many of us
the birds appear to be of small con-
sequence; but all of us have noticed
that as the birds disappear, there come
a flood of insect evils that give no end
of trouble. We believe that the silly
slaughter of the birds in South Caro-
lima has already cost the state hum
dreds of millions of dollars and that we
continue to pay big damage bills an
nually, not only in dollars but proba-
bly, also in health. The great difficulty
in this case is ignorance; but in this
respect the laws of nature are similar
to the laws of man. They do not take
ignorance as an excuse.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-12

satisfied, quit and went to doing their
own churning again. In little while,
they saw the difference and went back
to the creamery. All this being true,
as IL certainly Is, then 1t Is reasonable
to assume that when the price Of butter
fat Is raised to % or 80 cents again, the
advantage in favor of the creamery
will be all the more unquestionable.
Mr. Morgan of the livestock depart
ment Of the Southern railway, called
at this office some days ago and in
conversation with the writer urged
that the most important need Of the
dairymen of this section in the intro
duction of some fine stock bulls Of the
most generally recognized dairy breeds.
| The wisdom and the propriety OF Mr..
Morgan's suggestion were admitted;
but the writer felt constrained to offer
| one objection and II was this: OF
course what we need Is to improve our
dairy cows, and the sooner the better.
The proper thing to do Is to get busy
right now; but in view of the discour-
aging little furry that our most enter
prising cow owners have passed
through recently 1t Is doubtful as to
whether they can be induced to take
I'D the experiment at this time. 1t Is
very probable, however, that as soon as
they are convinced that the creamery
is a money maker, they will be willing
to make the venture"
This objection was offered out Of an
abundance of caution. AS to its real
wisdom, we are doubtful. We we'll un-
derstand the fact that many Of the
customers of the creamery are Feeding
cows that do not pay for their feed
cows that do not give enough butter
fat. These probably would not be
toh a. QaUarQ1 times
the present price Of butterfat, whereas
much better cows would be profitable
even at a less price. The thing there
fore is to weed out the poor cows and
put in good ones. Good cows are al
ways most profitable.
Now here Is an "if." We honestly
believe that the creamery Is now get
ting along splendidly. We are quite
sure that II the milk receipts were
larger, the profits would be greater, and
| it would be practicable to pay a still
better price for butterfat. There Is no
good ground for complaint on account
of the manner in which the stockhold-
ers and customers Of the creamery
have been standing to 1t. We have
never known a cooperative corpora
ton in this community that has In
cluded q better personnel. We do not
know of one that we believe would
have been able to stand such a jolt as
this creamery got little more than
two months ago. But Notwithstanding
all this, what the stockholders and
customers generally want to do is to
get more customers. The butter out
put last month was a little over 1000
pounds. Run that output up to 5000
pounds, and then we may begin to feel
as If we have started to become dairy
country.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-12

If it is a fact that there is as much
corruption on one side of that Charles
ton election as on the other, why should
fair minded people care which side
wins? Suppose it is admitted that
there is little corruption on one side
and a little more on the other, then
what? We can see no difference. OF
course, Mr.. Hyde and Mr.. Hughes may
both be better men than Mr. Grace. 1t
is possible. We really don't know
But this is not the point. Even though
any one of the three be the best man
in South Carolina, if he be elected by
fraud. the idea of being governed by
him should be repulsive to any self
respecting American citizen. Although
it is a fact that men do govern in South
Carolina, it is all wrong. We are sup
posed to be governed only by the con-
stitution and laws, and when under the
assumed authority of a majority of the
voters. or otherwise, men undertake to
govern by other means, they become
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-12

and Mr.. Thompson states that the
deal was put through in the best pos
sible manner for the policy-holders OF
the company and that it will result In
their favor and the benefits of the
consolidation will accrue to them. The
Carolina Mutual was formed in this
city some five years ago and for some
time was quite prosperous, doing
great deal Of business. Mr.. Thompson
has, since his election to the position
of manager. striven hard to make the
business of the company successful
and it Is to be deeply regretted that
he was unsuccessful in his attempts.
The policies of all the holders in the
Mutual will at once be transferred to
the York association without expense
Mr. d. E. Boney, of Yorkville, is man.
ager of the association there and it is
stated that the company Is in a most
prosperous condition and gaining
more business every day. 1t Is prob
able that a majority of the policy
holders in the Mutual Of this city will
be retained by the new company.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-12

- Columbia Record: Mr.. MCGOWAN
Holmes has decided not to accept the
place as official cotton weigher, to
which he was recently elected by the
county commissioners. AS there Is
doubt as TO the legality Of that portion
of the act requiring that all cotton
sold i'm Columbia township be weighed
at the township scales. buyers pa
troniZe other scales and there is not
sufficient business to make the position
profitable. i'm view of the requirement
that the weigher give a $1,000 bond
and furnish an assistant The first
cotton buyer act was declared uncon-
sttutional and Il substitute was pass
ed at the last session of the legiSla-
ture Applications for the position
will be received until Friday, Septem-
Der Is. by Clerk Thomas at the super
visor's office Meanwhile the place Is
vacant. The first cotton buyer for the
township was Mr.. r. f. Kelley. who
served until about four weeks ago. He
resigned for the reason that business
was falling off as the result of many
sellers patroniZing other weighers
The law allows fifteen cents for each
bale weighed and if all sellers patron
iZed the official scales the place would
doubtless prove remuneratiVe. But
they do not and the authority of any
one to compel them to do so remains
an open question until the supreme
court passes on the matter of the con-
stitutionality Of certain sections of the
creative act.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-12

Scenes similar to those witnessed at
Gioca del Golfer also are reported
from Massafra, a town in the Italian
province of Kecc. While the munich
pal council was in session today dis
cussing the best measures for combat
ing the cholera, thousands of demon
strants shouting Death" gathered
about the city hall. The mayor and
councillors attended the meeting. The
mob then moved toward the cholera
hospital, keeping up a running hgnt
with the police. who endeavored TO
stop the massing of the crowd. The
patients, some of whom were in a dy-
ing condition, were carried trium-
phantly through the streets. The
general belief of the people is that
doctors inoculate cholera stricken per-
sons with poison. Troops have been
ordered also to Massafra.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-12

But notwithstanding all the scientif-
ic knowledge that has developed with
regard to the tremendous economic
value of bird life, the slaughter Of
birds continues. The mystery to us is
that the civilization of the day will even
tolerate the short open season that
some of the more advanced states al
low as a concession to sportsmen. If
the killing of birds by the million does
a lot of harm then the killing of only
a few birds does some harm. Argu-
ment that the killing of a few birds
stimulates rather than discourages in
crease is bosh.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-12
Realizing that in time of wa

Realizing that in time Of war a
foreign foe under cloak Of darkness
might creep close to the coast line OF
the United States and destroy the
ocean line defenses, the war depart
ment has planned q programme OF
extensive night target practice exer-
cises for the coast artillery corps. One
of the biggest drills will take place at
Fort Terry, n. Y, September 10 to
81. They will fire at q moving target
ten by twenty-four feet, towed far out
into Long Island sound by tug. The
target will be found by mammoth
searchlights and the projectiles. fired
from three-inch guns, will be equip
ped with tracers specially designed to
show the trajectory Of a shell and
aid the gun crews in accurately aim
ing the rifles The exercises are re-
garded as fraught with such impor-
tant possibilities that Brig. Gen. Eras-
tus M. Weaver, chief Of the coast ar
tillery corps, and Capts. Percy r.
Bishop and James F. Howell have
been detailed to observe them. The
navy for some time has been drilling
it's gunners in night firing, but In the
past the army has given the matter
only intermittent attention. This poll
cy has now been changed and the
exercises at Fort Terry will later be
followed by similar practice at Fort
Caswell, n. c.