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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-26
THE GENERAL SITUATION.

With September almost gone, II
looks as if business should have COM
menced to boom throughout this sec
ton, but if this is the case at all, it is
not the case tn such an extent that
just any kind of an observer would
notice it especially. This is the way
they looked yesterday, although the
situation is a little better today.
1t is true that business began to
show signs of revivng life a week or
two ago. People were taking cotton to
the gins. selling it, paying their debts,
and things were looking more or less
hopeful. But early last week the cot
ton selling began To slacken, and grow
Stacker and then it seemed almost to
stop.
There was not much doing in York
vile yesterday in the way of cotton
movement There was more business
i'm the stores than there was for some
time previous to two weeks ago: but
it was necessary to go into the stores
to see it. for in merely passing along
one was likely to he impressed with
the idea of Sunday.
OF course automobiles were buZZing
along the streets from time to time,
but as usual, most of them We're on
iuv tripS There were a few double
team surrey turnOuts from the cOun-
try, following and passing the cotton
wagons to and from the gins; but un-
dnubtedly the biggest crowd of people
anywhere on the street at one time
during the day, was made up of school
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-26
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Miss Gilly Nicely of Rock Hill, Is
visiting Mrs. H. A. D. Nicely in York
vile.
Mrs. ]. L. McElwee of Rock Hill, Is
the guest of Mrs. ]. B. Pegram in
Yorkville.
Miss Mamie Mcconnell of Yorkville,
left yesterday afternoon for a visit to
friends at Warrenton. Va.
Miss Zula Stevenson Of Yorkville r.
F. D. No. 5, left this week for Hamp-
ton, where she will teach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew H. Louthian
of Charlotte, spent several days with
relatives and friends in Yorkville last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Rhame Of Sum-
ter, arrived in Yorkville Sunday on a
visit to Rev. and Mrs. F. M. Satter-
white.
Mr.. w. G. Hughes Of Kings Noun
tain, n. c., has purchased the Wilt
ford property around Ogden, including
some three hundred acres.
The condition of Mr.. ]. L. Williams,
who has been quite Ill at his home on
North Congress street, Yorkville, for
some weeks past, does not show much
Improvement.
Deaconess Gadsden of the Church
Home Orphanage, accompanied by
Miss Margaret Drakeford, left York
vile last Friday for New York, where
Miss Drakeford will undergo treatment
in a hospital.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-26
EIppLER,s CONVENTION.

The hall of the Sharon High school
was filled to it's capacity last Friday
night, on account Of the Fiddler's Con-
vention, the audience consisting of
practically all of the people Of the
town and country Immediately sur
rounding and many from a distance.
The contestants for the violin prizes
were: ]. ]. J. Robinson, H. B. Nc
Daniel, A. F. Plexico, ]. E. McAlily, J.
A. McAliley. Mr.. Robinson won first
prize, and Mr.. Mcdaniel second.
Banjoists-Messrs. H. S. Michael, j.
A. Wright and John Michael. Mr.. H
S. Michael won first prize, and Mr.. j.
A. Wright won second.
Dancing-Messrs. G. M. Horton,
Hugh Love, r. M. Whitesides, dncog-
nito). Mr. Horton won first prize and
Mr.. Love second.
Duets-Mr. Ed Shillinglaw and sis
ter, fiddle and guitar; Mr.. and Mrs. j,
E. McAliley, fiddle and guitar; Messrs.
J. A. McAliley and HI d. Crawford fid-
die and guitar; Mr.. ]. ]. ]. Robinson
and Miss Annie PleXico, fiddle and
guitar; Messrs. r. B. Mcdaniel and
John r. Cobb, fiddle and guitar. Mr.
Shillinglaw and sister, won first prize,
and Mr.. and Mrs. McAliley won sec
Ond.
The first quartette prize for sacred
music, was won by Messrs. j. A. Ma
loney, f. r. Maloney, w. A. Maloney
and Mrs. M. II. S. Stephenson, and the
second quartette prize for sacred mu-
sic was won by Messrs. ]. E. McAliley,
J. A. McAliley, Mrs. ]. E. McAliley and
Miss Minnie Palmer.
The rag time quartette prize went to
Messrs ]. f. and ]. A. McAliley. Mrs
J. F.. McAliley and Miss Minnie Pal
mer.
Most Of the music was Of an unu-
sually high class, and the entire pro-
gramme was greatly enjoyed by the
big audience. Revs. w. B. Arrowood
E. B. Hunter and Mr.. P. B. Kennedy
acted as judges in a manner that was
entirely satisfactory.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-26
WITHIN THE TOWN.

The creamery is still turning out a
thousand pounds Of butter a week.
- Mosquitoes are real common about
Yorkville now. There are but a few
people who are unwilling to acknowl-
edge the fact.
Not counting any Of the county
publications, there was delivered
through the Yorkville postoffice from
August % to September 25, 1885 pa
pers and magazines.
The First Presbyterian church was
packed last Sunday afternoon with
men and boys, who gathered to hear
Rev. Mr.. Thacker's ito men only" SER
mon. The sermon, Of course, was only
a good, straight forward gospel talk,
the preacher having adopted the "men
only" expedient as a means OF ensur-
ing a good audience.
There were several cases Of scarlet
fever in town up to yesterday and
some of the physicians-at least two
seriously concerned as to the proba-
bility Of an epidemic, have been ad-
vising the families in their charge
that it is just as we'll to keep their
children home for a few days, pending
developments. Besides the scarlet
fever there Is also one case Of typhoid
and two or three other cases under
suspicion.
-Yorkville people are beginning to
realize what municipal ownership
means. The town has raised the rates
on electric lights and water. Running
municipal plants Is not always easy.
The trouble in small cities Is that they
hire cheap men, who haven't brains
enough to make the operation success
full. We have opposed municipal own
ership for that very reason. The small
cities always start backward on a
proposition Of this sort-they cannot
see the economy of high-class men,
Rock Hill Record. The Record Is en-
tirely wrong in its assumption as to
the cause Of Yorkville's trouble. The
practical operation Of Yorkville's pub
lie service business Is in as efficient
hands as could be desired.
Mr.. Robert Emmett Faulconer, died
in the Atlantic Coast Line hospital at
Rocky Mount, N. c.. last Sunday
morning, and the funeral took place In
Yorkville yesterday afternoon at 6
o'clock. The deceased was a son of
the late w. E. Faulconer, and Of Mrs.
Ada E. Faulconer Of Yorkville, and
vas in the 23d year of his age. He
had been in the employ Of the Atlantic
coast LlIle TdliTOdu dl " lilllili6lOii M
c.. and was stricken with typhoid fe-
yer, which was the cause Of his death.
Mrs. Faulconer went to her son as soon
as the serious character Of his illness
developed and was with him to the
end. Miss Frances Faulconer, a sister,
and DR.. o. Frank Hart, a cousin of
Columbia, and Mr.. w. F. Robertson, an
uncle of Charlotte, were in Yorkville
for the funeral.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-26
PROGRESS OF THE SCHOOLS.

The annual report Of Superintendent
Quinn of York county to the state su-
perintendent of education, deals with
some pretty big figures showing the
amount of money spent, the enroll
ment of white and negro pupils, the
average attendance, etc. The report
covers several large sheets of closely
tabulated figures and contains a lot Of
information that would be of very lit
tie interest to the general public, even
were it practicable to reproduce 1t IN
full. But of course, the fact that any
part of the report Is uninteresting Is
no fault of Mr.. Quinn's, because he
has only sought to send in such in
formation as has been asked for.
The total number of schools in oper-
alton in the county during the year
ending June 30, was 1873 of which 80
were for whites and SO for negroes.
The total enrolment was 1868, Of
which 5,211 were whites, and 1852
were negroes. The average attendance
was 3,S46 whites and 4,544 negroes.
The total revenue for all the schools
from all sources was $S7,931.90 ana of
this $S2,043,44 was expended, leaving
$5,942.21 to come forward into the
present year.
The average expenditure on negro
pupils was $115 and the average ex-
penditure on white pupils was $14.13.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-26
Character and Reputation.

Character is one thing and reputa-
ton is another; but it is not uncom-
mon for the average individual to get
the two terms badly mixed.
Character is what a man Is and
reputation is what people say about
him, and because of this a man can
have a good reputation and bad
character or vice versa.
A man makes his character for him
self and preserves it for himself; but
his reputation is made by his friends
or enemies as the case may be, and
bad reputation may be as easily sad
died on a good character, as a good
reputation on a bad character.
One of the commonest eXpedients in
reputation making is to pick up sub
ject and say all kinds of good things
about him or her, or bad things as
the case may be, regardless of whether
they are true or not, and presently the
acquaintances Of this subject begin to
believe the things that are said and
the reputation is made-for the time
being.
Newspapers do a good deal of this
kind of work. especially political news
papers; but that they are the worst
offenders along this line is not alto
gether certain. Often individuals are
quite as industrious and much more
expert.
AS a rule reputation is not to be
banked upon unless it has it's founda-
ton in character, the truth about
which people generally learn for them
selves if they have time and oppor-
tunity.
AS to whether it really hurts good
character to give it bad reputation
is a subject for a good deal of moral
philosophy Of a high order; but there
is no question that there is much an
noyance about It, At any rate it is pref
ty safe to say that the individual who
seeks to give good reputation to bad
character is no better than the indi-
vidual who seeks to give good char
acter bad reputation. The individ-
ual who undertakes either has but lit
tie to brag on in the way of character.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-26
THE UNIOADED GUN.

Look out, 1 am going to kill you
This, or words to this effect, is what
Charley White. one trusty at the
chaingang. is alleged to have said to
another trusty, Monroe Robinson, just
before he blazed away at him last
Sunday morning.
White is the cook and Robinson is
q useful runabout. Robinson had left
the cook shanty a short time before
and was standing beside another shan
ty forty or fifty feet away, when
White appeared at the window with
the gun and gave the warning as
stated
No sooner had White finished say
ing what he had to say than the gun
went bang" and Robinson went
spinning around like man pretty Sc
riously and Unexpectedly hurt, as he
was, for five or six BIB shot had struck
him in the head, neck and face.
DR.. Miles Walker went out to the
stockade. three and half miles north
of YOrkville,. in answer to a telephone
message. and picked the shot out of
the injured negro. He found, how
ever, that the boy was not badly hurt
One or two of the shot had flattened
of them penetrated very deep.
From such facts as could be devel-
Oped it appears that it was the usual
unloaded gun story. There had been
no quarrel between the negroes, and
they were on perfectly friendly terms
White said that he did not think the
gun was loaded. He had snapped II
before without result, and because of
that he considered it would be per-
fectly safe to draw on White and pull
down with the assertion that he was
going to kill.
1t seems that the gun was an old
one that had about been discarded
and was being allowed to lie around
loose. 1t had last been loaded for use
against a hawk.
Robinson was not seriously incon-
venenced because of his mishap; and
was about his work yesterday as us
ual.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-26

deck slightly forward of the after tur-
ret, which is on the port side. Thus
the tower is on the opposite side to
that on which the explosion took place.
Other portions of the superstructure
were thrown forward, falling upon the
forward deck. The double bottom. as
stated is standing in a perpendicular
position above frame 10. 1t is con-
firmed belief that such a tearing OF the
ships bottom could not have been pro-
duced by an interior e. losion. 1t IS
further said that no r,eulation mill
tary mine could have wrought such
terrific havoc. 1t must have been a
huge mine, as Capt. Sigsbee and 9TH
ers suggested at the time, perhaps a
sugar mill boiler or a large cask load
ed with explosives. Members OF the
Maine board, including Rear Admiral
Capps, are reticent in regard to the
discovery and will not confess that the
revelation is an important one, but any
one with eyes can see the upheaved
bottom and guess it's meaning. 1t de-
stroys all reasonable doubt as to the
blowing up of the Maine by mine.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-26

Postoffice inspectors have run down
another get-rich- quick scheme in New
York and have arrested Jared Flagg,
former United States treasurer, Dan
iel N. Morgan, and several other men
for fraudulent use Of the mails. They
were running an alleged brokerage
concern through which they have
handled millions of dollars, and the
charge is that most of the money has
stuck to their fingers. Unable to give
bond in the sum of $4,000 each, all of
the men have been locked up. or
course, all of the accused are pro-
testing their innocence and asserting
that their arrest has come about
through the jealousy of other opera
tors in Wall street; but, however, that
may be, the probability is that the
government will be able to make about
as strong a showing of good case as
could be made against some of the
other fellows on a proper effort.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-26

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

r. NJ. & H. E. Ferguson-Want veal
calves this week.
Ladies' Society, A. r. P. Church-Will
conduct a bread, cake and rummage
sale at the court house Friday af-
ternoon and Saturday.
Kirkpatrick Co.-Invites the la
dies to it's fall millinery opening and
dry goods display Thursday evening,
Friday and Saturday of this week
]. NJ. Stroup-Wants you to see him
for ladies' coat suits. sweaters, hats,
caps, trunks, suits cases and Appler
seed oats.
]. l.. Williams & Co.-Are making a
special showing of Csc neckwear
and offer it at 10 cents. Have your
measure taken for SIS suit.
Thomson Co.-Invites special atten-
ton to its millinery showing, and
also to new fall coat suits, silks,
dress goods, domestics, etc.
National Union Bank, Rock Hill-Ex-
plains how easy 1t is to open a bank
account, and invites you to open one
with 1t.
Yorkville Hardware Co.-Points out
the special points of merit to be
found in Lynchburg turnplows and
wants you to see 1t for a Lynchburg.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-26
The s,sr+.nbvr. Strike. THE

The SPartanburg Str1ke. e.-Tnere
never was a greater joke than the ap-
peal to Governor Blease to send mill
tia to Spartanburg to control the
''rioting," as the police Of this city
were unable to cope" with the situa-
der in Spartanburg since this strike
started than there usually Is at a
baseball game.
The mob" which is referred to in
the effort to enlist public sentiment
for the railway company, Is composed
of about 30 to 100 curiosity seekers
who stand around the corner OF Main
and Church streets, waiting to see
when Mr.. Knox's delayed answer to
the men will be made. Mr.. Knox fixes
the time to answer at o'clock, then
at $50, then at IL p. m, then for next
morning at $50, then at IL and then
at 1890, then at 6, and finally moth
ing Is done.
The resolutions unanimously adopt
ed by the public meeting Of 1900 cit
izens last Thursday night have been
completely ignored by the company.
Yet Mr.. Knox in interviews says he is
very anxious to take care Of the "in-
terests Of the public"
II crowds stand about the streets
and impede traffic, II Is because the
company ignores the request Of the
citizens meeting to reinstate the men
who were fired for refusing to sign an
agreement not to join a union. BY
reinstating these men In their jobs the
trouble would be over. BY refusing to
reinstate them the trouble Is contin-
ued The responsibility Is very largely
with the company.
The police have done their duty.
There has been little to do. With one
exception there has been no violation
Of the law and in this case arrests
were promptly made. The attack on
the police force Is groundless, spite
full, malicious.
The whole trouble was brought on
by the railway company's brutal treat
ment Of its men. BY reinstating them
and ceasing to interfere with their pri-
vate and personal rights the company
can speedily terminate the trouble
Spartanburg Journal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-26

President Taft's exoneration OF DR..
Harvey w. Wiley carried with 1t to
many minds the impression that WI
ley's authority has been restored.
That Is a mistake. Wiley remains
nonentity as far as the enforcement OF
the pure food act is concerned. AS
this fact becomes more generally
known the popular approval of Presi-
dent Taft's action subsidies, and evil
dence accumulates that the people are
dissatisfied. His exoneration Of Wiley
had been discounted. Even If the
president contemplated dismissing
Wiley at the instance Of the high Of
ficials who sought his undoing, he
might we'll have hesitated to do so In
the face of the universal demand for
his exoneration and left Wiley as help
less as the shorn and bound Samson
in the prison at GAIA. Nothing has
been done to date to change the con-
ditions so graphically described be-
fore the Moss committee. The board
of food and drug inspection continues
in control of the administration Of the
pure food act. 1t still consists of Wi
ley, McCabe and Dunlap, and it is in
conceivable that their relations will be
more harmonious because Of the fall
ure Of the scheme of McCabe and
Dunlap to oust Wiley. The latter tes-
titled that the vote was so often two to
one against him that he generally re-
Trained from voting and the public is
inquiring whether there will continue
to be two to one vote in the future
whenever a question arises between
the interests of the doped-food man.
ufacturers and the interests Of the
people. Without a thorough house,
cleaning at the department Of agricul-
ture the interests Of the people will
have profted little by the presidents
action and the most pertinent ques-
tion now is whether there Is to be
much needed housekeeping, and
whether it will be undertaken by Sec
retary Wilson or his successor, and
how soon. The public demands that
President Taft should go further and
promptly and effectively unbind DR..
Wiley's hands.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-26
Reports from the corn crop indicate
that IL is penerallY nrettY good

Reports from the corn crop indicate
that it is generally pretty good.
The decline in the price of cotton
seems to have checked the rush to
market somewhat.
The man or boy who beats Grover
Robinson picking cotton, will have to
reach out after the staple; but maybe
it can be done.
Nobody has ever known cotton to
open so fast in this section before. 1t
seems to be coming all at once. OF
course, it is very well understood that
cotton is never the same thing twice
in all respects.
So far as has been learned, there is
no clue that points to a reasonable
suspicion in the direction Of the mis-
creant who undertook to wreck the c.
& NV. passenger train last Tuesday.
The railroad authorities are still work.
ing on the case; but the identity of
the people who committed the crime Is
a complete mystery.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-26

A representative of the Augusta
Chronicle, who was sent to Trenton the
other day To interview Senator Till
man as to his intentions with regard
To entering the race next summer,
quotes him as follows: Il will he a
candidate for reelection to the United
States senate if | am alive and not in
articulO mortis. Yes, by God, believe
if | am dead I'll let 'cm vote for me a
little anyhow" The senator stated
that it was his purpose To tote his
own skillet and to use no efforts in
behalf of either of the cOntcndmg can
didatcS for governor. He impressed
the Chronicles representative as be-
lievimg that the race between Bleasc
and Jones will lie close one.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-26

During his tour of the west, Presi-
dent Taft is taking occasion to make
some pretty severe criticism of the
manner in which the law is being ad-
ministered in all parts of the country.
He does not say it in so many words,
but he does not try to conceal the fact
that the people are unjustly exploited
under cloak of law and he suggests
some reform. Like Woodrow Wilson,
Mr.. Taft has a pretty clear conception
of the cause of much of the unrest
that is beginning to manifest itself
down about the foundations of the
government.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-26
More Rock Hill Contracts.

Rock Hill, September 25: At q
meeting of the public works and sew
erage commissions of this city this
morning a contract for the building
of three disposal plants for the sew =
erage system being installed here was
let. Each bidder was required to put
up a certified check for $1,000 as a
guarantee that he would enter into a
contract, and a bond of $4,000 will be
required of the successful bidder that
the work will be completed by May l,
1912 The bidders were as follows:
Sullivan, Long & Hagerty of Besse-
mer, Ala, $65, ,495; G.. A. Dady, Brook
lyn and Atlanta, $64,725; Porter &
Boyd, Charlotte, $4S,475. The con-
tract was awarded to Porter & Boyd.
Peppered With Birdshot.
Charlotte Observer, September 25:
Roy Knight a white youth who claims
Gastonia as his home, was taken into
custody by local officers last night, the
arrest being made at the Southern de-
pot. Knight is wanted in this city
upon a charge of retailing, 1t being al
legged that he sold a pint of whisky to
travelling man Saturday night pas.
He will be tried before Recorder
Smith this morning. The youth has
been a resident of Rock Hill, s. c., for
Knight exhibited at the police station
some time. AS a fond remembrance
Of his stay in the South Carolina city,
last night, some hundreds of shot In
all portions of his anatomy. These
pellets were placed in their present
resting place by some unknown as
sailant, who potted Knight in the dark
with a shotgun. The boy claims that
the shot was fired while he was peace
fully pursuing his way down the
streets of Rock Hill, and that he has
no idea from what source they came,
nor for what reason. The wounds
were received some ten days ago. and
the skin of the youth still shelters
shot innumerable.
Down to His Work.
Rev. r.. p Burgess. who took pastoral
charge of Beersheba, Allison Creek,
Beth h-Shiloh and Ramah churches
about a month ago, has made the
round of all of his different charges,
and may now be regarded as having
fairly settled down to his work. Mr.
Burgess lives with his family, Mrs.
Burgess and their three children. In
the DR.. j. B. Allison old home on West
Liberty street, YOrkville; but because
of the fact that his churches are scat
tered over a wide area has to spend
most of his time in the country, es-
pecially until he gets acquainted with
the members of his different congre-
cations. Allison Creek. about nine
miles northeast of Yorkville, has 100
members. and Beth Shiloh, four miles
from Allison Creek, has $50. Beershe-
la, six miles northwest of Yorkville,
has 200 members and Ramah, three
miles further on has IS members. Un-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-26

Champ Clark is now busy explaining
why his silly talk about the annexation
of Canada had nothing to do with the
defeat of the proposed reciprocity
agreement. 1t would have been better
for Mr.. Clark and for the Democratic
party, perhaps, if the gentleman from
Missouri had been a little more dis
Greet with regard to the annexation
suggestion.