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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-31

The use of commercial fertilizers in
creases steadily.
With good seasons this year, the
harvest promises to be the heaviest in
the history of the county.
Several Yorkville dealers have sold
considerably more than a thousand
tons of fertilizers each this year.
The date of the cow show has not
been definitely determined; but 1t will
probably be about the middle Of May.
Boys who expect to participate in
the corn club should remember that
tomorrow Is the last day for enroll
ment. 1t Is our purpose to publish a
complete list of the members next
week.
Ladies at the cow show? Why. GER
tainly. If it were not for the interest
and attention shown by the ladies, the
COW would not have been here now.
Except for the continued interest and
attention of the ladies the cows
would soon disappear. May as we'll
let the truth be acknowledged. OF
course, the ladies are expected to take
part.
Don't lose sight Of the fact, that
the COW show to he held this spring
is only the initial organization. There
Is to be a permanent organization,
composed of those who are sufficiently
interested in this important subject
to give their time and attention.
Among the things this organization
can do, will be to stimulate an inter-
est in fine stock that will eventually
give this locality a prestige that will
he worth while. 1t is not to be for
gotten that a good deal has already
been done.
The price OF cows has advanced very
considerably. Animals that could
have been bought for $50 a year ago,
now bring $40 to $50. Seventy
dollars Is not an unusual price for a
real good COW. But 1t Is a fact that
the advance has not settled down to
anything like a conservative basis.
Good cows are probably no higher
than they should be; but owing to the
fact that many people have but slight
information as to the elements Of value
they are asking for poor cows more
than they are worth. The intelligent
and experienced cow owner has very
reliable means of determining the
value of COWS and he Is not apt to
pay more than they are worth.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-31
TOWNSHIP BONDS.

In another column Is published an
advertisement asking for proposals
for the purchase of bonds Of Catawba
and Ebenezer townships. The mean
ing Of this advertisement has been full
ly set forth In articles previously pub
lished in The Enquirer, and further
details are explained in the following
interested capitalists. who make in
quiries:
Sealed proposals will be received by
the undersigned until April 25th, 1911.
at IL O'clock m., for the purchase or
$50, 100000 SO coupon Catawba town.
ship bonds and $14,400.00 so coupon
Ebenezer township bonds, both of the
county Of York. South Carolina; said
bonds to bear date Of May 1st, 1911,
maturing May lst, 194l. with the
privilege reserved, however, to retire
the same or any part thereof at any
interest period after the expiration OF
fifteen years from their date.
The purchaser Of said bonds may
have the privilege of designating the
denomination of said bonds and the
place Of payment of the interest there
on-the principal to be payable at the
office of the county treasurer OF YORK
county. Interest payable annually at
the rate of five per cent per annum,
on May 1st of each year. Both prin-
cipal and interest payable in legal ten
der of the United States.
No bids can he considered for less
than par, and all bids must be accom-
panied by a certified check, for two
per cent of the amount Of bid. The
right is reserved to reject any and all
bids.
These bonds are authorized under
act of the legislature, duly approved,
February 18th, 1911, authorizing the
county board of commissioners or
York county to issue and sell said
bonds. The act provides for the levy
and collection, annually. upon all the
property In said townships. sum sui.
ficient to pay the interest on said
bonds and also the levy and collection,
annually, upon all the taxable prop
erty In said townships, of One-halt or
one mill to constitute a sinking 1und
for the payment of said bonds when
they mature, The act further provides
that said bonds shall he exempt from
all state, county and municipal taxes.
These bonds are issued In order 10
nav off the present bonded indebted-
ness of Catawba township, amounting
to $50, 10000, and of EbeneZer town
ship. amounting to s14,400.OO. incur
red in aid of the construction OF the
c., C. & C. railroad, which bonds ma
ture on May 1st, 1911.
The purchaser Of the new issue OF
bonds will be required to advance tne
sum of $74.400.00, on May lst, 10 taKe
I'D said maturing bonds, and may nolu
said maturing bonds as collateral uh-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-31

think for themselves and resent an
attempt Of the newspapers to think
for them. The average man Is as
capable Of forming judgment OF.
concrete fact, such as an official ac-
ton. as the average editor.
AS far as The Piedmont Is con-
cerned. its course of conduct Is un-
changeably mapped out. 1t will give
uncolored reports Of the official ac-
tions Of Governor Blease and not COM
ment on them editorially in an at
tempt to control the Judgment of it's
readers. If such actions do not merit
e-election as governor, or election to
a higher office, The Piedmont believes
the people, If informed as to his ac-
tions, will repudiate him without in
structions from the newspapers so to
do.
If Blease be half as bad a governor
as some of the papers charge, the
easiest and surest way to retire him
to private life Is to be let his own ac-
tions speaks his own condemnation
Greenville Piedmont.
That is all sensible and to the point
We have no hesitation in saying that
If Mr.. Blease Is really the kind of
governor the people want, then we are
not in touch with the majority. But
we learned many years ago, that we
could not have things as we wanted
them. We learned that we could not
always make people see things our
way, even when there was no possible
question of the correctness of our po-
sition. In connection with this lesson,
we also learned that nothing was to
be accomplished by either sulking or
scolding, just because we could not get
what we wanted. 1t has been our OBJ
servation that when thinking men make
a mistake, they are not usually con-
vinced of the fact by merely being
told. They have to be shown. 1t Is a
fact also that the average man resents
even being shown. AS much as it
pleases him to have ii demonstrated
that he Is right, 1t eXasperates him to
have it proved that he Is in the wrong.
The people who know enough not to
kick against the pricks," are as few
as they were in Paul's day. In this
case 1t Is well to be patient. If a ma
jority of the people Of South Carolina
want Mr.. Blease, they are going to
have him whether he be good or bad,
and the minority may as well make
up it's mind to that effect. So far as
the newspapers are concerned, they
can do no better than to present as far
as they can a correct record Of the
facts and leave II to the people to come
to their own conclusions.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-31
JAPAN MUST KEEP AWAY.
Intelligent View Of interest Of United
States In Mexico.

Mr.. Lincoln c. Cummings. honor
airy vice president Of the Navy League,
has just returned from the Mexi-
can frontier and is now at his resi-
dence on Harvest road. Roland Park.
During his absence from Baltimore
Mr.. Cummings made the principal ad-
dress at the Navy League convention
at Los Angeles and also spoke on the
worlds leadership on the Pacific be-
fore the Merchants Exchange Of st.
Louis. His Los Angeles address was
prepared after conference with Colo
mel Roosevelt and Secretary of the
Navy Meyer, and reflected their views
on the duty of the United States to
maintain an adequate navy.
Does it look like war;" an Amer
lean reporter asked Mr.. Cummings
yesterday.
What I saw on the Mexican bor-
der was surely not suggestive Of any
thing else," replied Mr.. Cummings.
If one enjoys such pictures in real
life he can see plenty Of war and
its preparedness along the Rio
Grande today. Trains Of United
States soldiers, horses and equipment
having the right Of way over all traf-
fic, the camps and military condi-
tlons and the Incidents thereto ap-
pertaining are present from the Pa
cifc to San Antonio along the Mexi-
can border. The encampment at FL
Paso is laid out on broad lines. The
United States is evidently not to be
caught mapping. nor are we so un-
prepared as many critics have aver
red. 1t looks as If, on the contrary.
the United States was prepared, and
is preparing for any eventuality.
Every citizen will appreciate the
prompt wisdom of President Taft In
his mobilization Of all available
forces, and will doubtless soon dis
cover good and sufficient reasons
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-31
FOR THE COW SHOW.

The proposed COW show referred to
In The Enquirer of last Tuesday. is
now to be spoken Of as the assured
cow show, the only remaining essen
tials to be settled being the date of
holding, and certain details as to ex-
ecutive management, etc.
Following the request Of the meet
ing held Monday afternoon, the direc-
tors of the Board Of Trade met Tues
day night, gave the proposition favor
able endorsement, appropriated $50 to
help pay expenses, and appointed
Messrs. J. c. Wilborn and s. c. Wood
to cooperate with Mayor Hart,
Messrs. NJ. L. Carroll and T. NJ. Fer
guson In canvassing the town for sub
scriptions.
The committee referred to got to
work Wednesday morning, circulated
among the business people Of the town
and met with heartiest encourag cement
all along the line. Almost everybody
they approached was right in for the
whole proposition. and subscriptions
were prompt and liberal. Within a
few hours the amount in sight looked
very much like $500, rather more than
had been estimated as being absolute
ly necessary. The subscription list as
1t now stands, with other subscribers
to be heard from Is as follows:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-31

that unless they bestir themselves
many of the boys are going to teach
them a thing or two"
Although, Of course, there is going
to be lots of cotton planted, l don't
think there is any doubt Of the fact
that there Is more general interest In
corn than there Is In cotton, and am
impressed with the conviction too, that
the farmers are also coming right
along in the deep plowing and second
application of fertilizer principles.
Speaking Of the boys. l ran across
one boy who has plowed his acre al
least ten inches, pulverized it thor
oughly and has already put on ter
horse loads of stable manure
1t is his purpose to break this land
again, put in a ton of commercial fer
tilizcr and then another ton as he
works it. The common sentiment over
the county is that the boy who gets
the prize will have to make a good
deal over one hundred bushels OF
corn"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-31
WITHIN THE TOWN.

He will he loose tomorrow. Be
careful
Remember the cow show meeting
in the court house this afternoon at
o'clock. Everybody is welcome, and
there should be a good attendance.
The people of Yorkville have come
to the support of the cow show beau
tifully. There is splendid opportu-
nifty to make 1t an event worth while.
A number of local merchants have
stores at 6 p. m., except Saturdays.
The early closing arrangement takes
effect Monday, April 8, and continues
until September Is. Several have de-
clined to sign the paper at all and 9TH
ers have signed "conditionally." Fol-
lowing the rule as it has obtained
heretofore, it is to be presumed that
those who care to close at 6 o'clock.
will do so and those who care to keep
open after that hour, will do so.
Fire at the residence of Messrs.
Z. NJ. and H. E. Ferguson on Kings
Mountain street caused considerable
excitement last Tuesday afternoon.
The fire originated between the wealth
er-boarding and plastering of the cook
room in the rear of the house, in some
litter that had been accumulated by
rats and was burning fiercely when
discovered. The fire department an
swered promptly and reached the scene
within a few minutes after run of
nearly three quarters of mile; but
the flames were already under control
before the fire wagon arrived. The
loss, which was small, was covered
by insurance in the agency Of Mr.,
Sam VI. Grist.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-31
LOCAL AFFAIRS
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

w. ]. Stanton, Admr.-Requests all
persons indebted to estate Of Jas. j
Stanton, deceased, to make settle
ment. Those having claims will
present them.
#. W. Boyd, Supervisor York Co.
Gives notice that sealed bids will be
received up to April 25th, for cou-
pom bonds Of Catawba and Ebenezer
townships.
Administer rugs, 9x12 feet, yet or
hand at SIC each. New furniture
next week.
J. l. Williams & Co.-Have many
new spring goods on display, in.
Guiding percales, ginghams, white
goods, lawns, oxfords, etc.
York Supply Co.-EmphasiZes the
the value Of harrows on the farm
1t has both disc and smoothing har-
rows. John Deere corn planters.
Thomson Co.-Calls special attention
to mems clothing. hats and boys
clothing, for Easter. Millinery fol
the ladies.
Louis Roth-Will receive a shipment
of shad tomorrow. The price will
be lower than last week.
Carroll Bros.-Offer their customers
"Galligo Superlative" flour, made
ny anu 6ooi uiltcO ~
to please.
Herndon & Gordon-Want you to
plant Irish potatoes and talk about
the big variety Of fresh groceries
they have for you.
York Furniture Co.-Says that you
should use metal beds, besides 9TH
er advantages they are more sani-
tary. 1t Is showing big variety.
Yorkville Hardware Co.-Advises you
to begin fighting the pesky flies
now. before they get start on you.
See 1t for screens, wire, hinges, etc.
First National Bank, Yorkville-Just
reminds you that you are not too
old to change from bad habit to q
good one and applies 1t especially
to starting a savings account.
j. NJ. Stroup-Is receiving large guam
titles of new goods, including gro
ceries, dry goods. notions, ETC.. and
offers you right qualities with low
prices.
Co.-Announce a
variety Of special offerings for to-
morrow and Monday, in order to
give it's April business a boost.
New hat shapes in the millinery de-
partment.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-31
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

The Ministerial Union Of Colum-
bia has launched a movement looking
to the closing Of the city postoffice on
Sundays.
A Spartanburg jury has awarded
Mrs. Johanna Ladshaw a verdict OF
1893 for getting a cinder in her epe
The Southern railway was the defend
ant.
Prof. Wilkerson, the only remain
ing member of the original faculty of
the State Normal and Industrial COL
lege at Orangeburg, has been elected
president, vice Tom Miller who re-
Gently resigned under pressure from
Governor Blease.
The governor has refused to par
don John j. Jones, the Branchville at
torney, who was recently convicted of
the murder of Abe Pearlstine, and who
Is in the penitentiary awaiting the re-
suit of an appeal to the supreme
court. The governor says that the
petition is premature, and had no bus
mess being presented until his appeal
to the supreme court had been dis
posed of.
-. Columbia. March 2S: Gov. Blease
today paroled W. H. Brigham. a
wealthy planter convicted in Marion
county in the spring Of 1910 and sem
fenced to eighteen months for un-
mercifully beating an old negro wo-
man who was working on his place.
The charge was assault and battery.
Brigham is paroled during good be-
havior. The trial attracted unusual
interest in the state.
- Columbia Record, Wednesday,: IF
you newspaper men could see," said
Governor Blease, In a conversation
with two reporters, IF you could see
the letters l get every day from diff
ferent parts Of the state, you would
know / am stronger now with the peo-
pie than ever was and newspaper In
fuence is growing less and less.
get 25 and 80 letters daily, telling me
to go ahead and pay no attention to
the courts and the newspapers. I'm
going as straight to the United States
senate as If l was already there"
- Columbia, March 30: Letters to
President August Kohn indicate that
prominent business houses Of New
York city will do much toward max
ing pleasant the visit of the South
Carolina Press association to New
York early in June. Among the let
ters received are, one from the Metro
politan Life Insurance company, one
from the New York Life Insurance
company and one from the manager Of
the American Type Founders compa-
ny, Mr. Charles S. Conner. Mr.. Con-
ner Is anxious that the editors visit
his company's plant In New York.
Hon. Young John Pope, formerly
chief justice of the South Carolina
supreme court, died at his home ~
Newberry last Wednesday afternoon,
after an illness of several months.
Hope for his recovery was practically
abandoned a month ago, when news OF
his extreme sickness was made known.
He was in his list year. Judge Pope
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-31

All classes Of men have their weak
nesscs The peculiar weakness OF
newspaper men is their slowness in
learning things-their seeming ina
bility to be taught by and to proft
from experience. II anything has
ever been made plain in this state. II
is the ineffectiveness Of newspaper
denunciation as means OF turning
voters away from seeker after their
suffrages That such is the case
ought to be clear from the political
careers of Ben Tillman and Cole
Blease. And yet the newspapers
fought Blease as they had Tlllman-
or a little more so. The lesson OF
Blease's election seems not to have
been learnt. for some of the papers
have kept right on fighting him and
others, which appeared to be holding
off give signs of an intention of re-
suming their prediction tactics.
What's the use? If he could not be
kept out of the office of governor by
such a fight as was made on him,
what reason is there to believe that
continuance of that fight Will turn
him out of the office?
Either Rlease is or is not making
the kind of governor majority OF
the people of South Carolina want.
If he is. newspaper Remuneration VIII
seem unjust to such majority and It's
only effect will be to strengthen its
determination to stick to Blease. But,
if the contrary be the truth as to
popular estimation Of his course as
governor. newspaper denunciation Will
enable him to muddy the waters and
to appeal for public sympathy. turn
ing attention from the real issues.
The philosophy of this seems to be
that the people have sense enough to
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-31
BOYS CORN CLUB,

:rhr unusual interest that was shown
a the reorganization meeting of the
Boys Corn club held in Yorkville on
February 25, is not showing any sub
sidence. accordingg to Mr.. John r,
Blair, the demonstration agent.
Mr.. Blair was in Yorkville yester-
day, and said that by the winding up
time tomorrow, there will be at least
dozen names to be added to the list
as already published, and from what
he has seen in his rounds of the ooun-
ty during the past months, the boys
generally are working,
Il am rather impressed with the
idea" said Mr.. Blair, that 1t might
he very well to warn the boys fathers
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-31

There developed in the trial of the
coca-cola case at Chattanooga, Tenn,
an incident that throws more corrobor-
ative light on the value of so-called
expert testimony. One of the points
brought out against coca-cola was that
it contains caffeine in much larger
quantities than does tea and coffee, and
that the effect of the drug as contained
in coca cola Is not counteracted by
natural oils as in tea and coffee. Then
came up the question as to whether
or not cocaine is really injurious. The
government experts testified to pad
effects IL produces, especially in the
case of small children, and then the
coca-cola experts were put to work
testifying just the opposite. One ex-
pert who defended coca cola as alb
solutely harmless, was DR.. R c. With
ares Of New York. After he had sworn
as though he would have the court
believe that caffeine, of the coca-cola
kind Is as harmless as sugar, counsel
for the government brought out that
he was the author Of a medical work
in which the danger of caffeine was
exploited in the citation Of no less
than thirteen different cases. The
doctor undertook to get around this by
saying that he had copied the Incl
dents related from other books and
went on to say that he had changed
his mind about caffeine poisoning.
The government attorney wanted to
know when the change came about,
and when he could not say exactly,
the attorney very aptly suggested that
it was probably not until after he had
been employed by the coca-cola COM
pany. Of course, there is not much
use commenting on this expert tes-
timony matter, because most practical
men of ordinary information and rea-
sonable perception understand how
much humbug there is in It, 1t is
very we'll understood that as a rule
experts" testify for their side, and
about the only way to handle them is
to trap them into saying things that
are obviously untrue, and prove 1t on
them. But somehow, there is one Sc
rous wrong in connection with the
matter that ought to be rectified, and
that relates TO the matter of allowing
so-called experts extra pay for such
testimony as they give. We think
that in civil actions they should be
be paid by the side they represent, and
in criminal cases they should be re-
quired to testify just as other people
testify. We don't think that the So
called expert really has much business
in the witness box, anyway. That fell
low at Chattanooga certainly talks like
an unmitigated fraud.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-31

We are not going to quarrel with
ANYBODY about Governor Blease going
to the senate. We would just as lief
see him as the representative Of South
Carolina as either one of the gentle
men who are there. Honestly, and
really, and truly, we believe he would
in every respect make az good and as
creditable a representative as either
of the present senators are making
now. or have ever made. We are not
trying to compliment anybody, and
neither do we seek to detract.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-31

1t gives us pleasure to note that
several Of our contemporaries have
shown interest in the cow show to be
held in Yorkville by reproducing the
in The Enquirer. We
beg leave to assure all our exchanges
that the people of Yorkville and COM
will be duly appreciative of all
the publicity that they may find 1t
to give.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-31

of $l,500,O00, and the same sum will
represent the loss on the contents of
the state library. No trace has yet
been found tonight Of Samuel j. Abb
bott. the aged night watchman In the
state library. The fire was still burn
ing tonight in the ruins beneath what
was once the beautiful cloud painted
ceiling Of the state library reading
room, and the water kept pouring In
from seven lines of hose.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-31

1t is just as we'll to remember that
a parole is not pardon, and that there
is nothing new in the idea Of paroling
convicts. OF course, even the parole
can be abused; but there are hum
dreds of cases in which the parole can
he used in the interest Of humanity
and without injury to the real majesty
of the law.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-31

Just what anybody might have eX-
pected of Mr.. August Kohn. He has
perfected arrangements, whereby the
members of the press association, who
60 on the trip to New York will not
have to spend their time on the benches
in City Hall park. unless that be their
preference.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-31
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Congressman Finley left this MORN
ing for Washington.
Miss P. L. McIver Of Darlington, is
visiting in Yorkville, the guest Of Miss
Mamie Mcconnell.
Miss Hattie Lilly Of Filbert, is the
guest of Mrs. w. D. McCarter on York.
vile r. F. D. No. Z.
Mr.. P. w. Love has been confined to
his room for several days on account
of an attack Of the grip.