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Bisbee daily review., 1911-06-01

ico City would never be delivered to Ma5ero: but they would be delivered to Figueroa. who was with the con
 spirators.
 After posting Orozco as to my plans to play into Viiliers' hands nn- tiI we got at the bottom of the plot and secured the names of the prin- cilals. l brought Orozco and ViI- Hers together Capt. Malon, a BoeC who was with me, did the interprer ing Orozco and myself pretendsd to fall in with VilIiersr plans aud Orozco asked him about the money He said he only had a little money with him, but would have plenty of it here in a few days Viiliers then gave Orozco $2O0 or rocket money, gave Capt. Malon s50 and took me 10 the City National Bank. where be deposited Q draft for $4S0, saying that was all he could draw then. This money was placed 10 my credit and was given a deposit slip. ~
 We had two nbre conferences with Villiers and Dunne and at the last one General Orozco demanded to see some of the big money. say ing that small sums were of no ben eft to him. Then it was agreed that Dunne should go to Monterey, for. ward $10O,C00 to Fl Paso and con tinue on to Mexico City to report the success Of the scheme. At by suggestion MT. Madero put Detective Billy Smith on the same train with Dunne with instructions to arrest him when he reached Monterey.
 Gen. Yilioen does not believe vii. iers intended to take any part in the assassination of Madero ''Villiers." said the general. Ifs a good sort of fellow. But he is bright and is be- ing used as a tool. I do not want 10 see him suffer and will help him if he win make a clean breast O: the whole affair"
 On a warrant sworn out before Justice McCHntock by Dan Jackson. ! counsel for Mir. Madero. Deputy Con stable Brown yesterday morning searched Villiers' room at the Orn- dorff for discriminating payers. but ! everything of that character had evi- ! dently been put out of the way.
 In drawer Of the dresser was found a pistol and in his suit case wss found a little memorandum book l a number of unintelliei- ble memorandums, among them the . following.
 ~1 ! 2 million to Ernesto NJ.
 ''1 1-2 million 10 Limantour
 "1-z million to Rafael Hernandez. !
 ~Ambrosia Figueroa. to Pancho M., ! s10G.000 to Fl Pais; to Orozco, Chi.
 "Canto Cardinas. Gustavo Casso. l AdolfO Garza Galan."
 An unopened telegram from Mon. 2 tereY, dated May 2Sth. read
 Everybody well. Mexico City. Mz lam has telegraphed you"
 As there was no telegram from , Madam to Villiers. the officers de- cided 1t was a code message.
 Yesterday Gen V1ljoen received topics of the telegvams found on Dunne's person when he was arrest. sd in Monterey They referred only To money matters, without imDlioai- ng anyone.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-06-01
VILJOEN'S STORY OF
 PLOT VS. MAOERO
Boer Officer Tells How He Was Offered Money to
 Join Others

FL, PASO. May 31.-Daniel de Eir
 Hers. arrested Sunday on a complaint
 sworn out by General B. J. Villoen,
 charging conspiracy to murder, will
 probably have a preliminary hearing
 before Justice McClintock. Nii-
 ;ers refused to talk with re-
 porter who called at the jail yes
 terday, saying his attorney, J. E.
 wharton. would do his talking.
 There is nothing to it of crim-
 inaI naturs." said Judge Wharton.
 If MT. Villiers is guilty Of any of fense against the laws of this cJIn- try it is of a political character nothing more than placing his ser vices at the disposal of a political conspiracy. He had positive assur- ance from responsible parties that the enterprise contemplated no crim- mai act before he consented to 20 into it.
 In fact all that MT. Villiers knows of the enterprise is that It was a conspiracy 10 defeat Aiadero's candidates for governor in several oi the states and to remove his initu- euce by securing the support of hiS military leaders to defeat Ma !~ro's plans for dominating the reOrganiza- ton of the national administrations
 "Vflliers really does not seem to know much about the plans oi his principals. But he emphatically dc nies that the assassination of Ma dero or any one else was ever sus- gested to him."
 When General B. J. Vilioen was asked yesterday for the story of the conspiracy. he said:
 T do not know why iit N-iliCTs seems to have tken it ior granted that I. being a BOer, of the sSrue country as himself. would join '.iih him in betraying Mir MaTc~J irto the hands Of his enemies of il l.ee. peaceful and prosperous Mexico. On the 18th of March I received a tel gram from Mexico City. signed by Dan de Villiers:
 @ Watch rebel chief, rake friends with Orozco. will sulve there on Monday. There Is a fortune In this for us.'
 Undermined to vindicate rlyselt in the eyes of the man -ho h1i ',s',ce me his confidant and ad7iser, awaited the coming of Vilie1s 10 get st the core Of his scheme. Ile ar rived on Tuesday, the 22nd. and met me here at the Sheldon Hotel and without any pTeilminaries r0seedtc to make me acquainted FI.h a rfL- spiracy for the assassination of Mir. Madero and the starting of a counter revolution. It seems that Orozco's . display Of temper and the Madero- Orozco incident in Juarez a few days after that towns surrender gave the the idea of taking Ms- dero's army away from him.
 ~VfIliers asked me to arranee for him to meet Orozco- He said the heart Of the conspiracy for cOun.er revolution was in Mexico with men high UD; that it extended all over the republic and had millions of eoi' lars at it's back. He said he would have s10O.00 in bank in Fl PasO by today or tomorrow to be divided be tween himself. Dunne, Orozco and myself The first open step in the conspiracy he gave me to understand was the refusal of the Coahuila leg lslature 10 elect Senor CarTauza as governor. He said the keys 10 Mex
Bisbee daily review., 1911-06-01
No General Revival.


 the country show that business gen orally has not sU'oreciahly partiei- rated in the enthusiasm shown at .his, the financial center of the country. This. however, is not dis from any reasonable view point of general business prospects. for ii is an acknowledged preroga' tive of the stock market to recognize and act upon and thus discount the future of the country. The trust de cisions being for all practical pur- poses out Of the way; the threat Of extremely radical tariff revision hay ing been measurably removed; the Possibility of international compli- cations in connection with the Mex iean situation having been eliminat ed by the obviously improved pros pects for early and permanent peace -aH these influences that the finan- cial market has been sufficiently to recognize and proper Iy aTrraise, it remains for trade and industry to in turn apraise them at their proper value.
 The fundamental factor in the sit. nation which merits close attention Is the progress of the crops. Wes nave now arrived at a period when his will be the controlling consider ltion in the calculations of experience d operators. Thus far the promise 8 an excellent one. The acreage of si0ter wheat has been largely in 'reased and the condition of the iiant is suggestive of a harvest that will rank well with the best of prev i ous years. The planting conditions i or spring wheat have been excellent ] md 1t is estimated that there has cen an increase in acreage Of TO , CT cent. The monthly report of the department of agriculture, which yill be issued early next month. can .ardly fail to prove satisfactory in
Bisbee daily review., 1911-06-01
Little Uncertainty.

huD are SdilSlieQ WlIu UuueTdle IG- turns instead of waiting for iafge profits.
 The price cutting that has been so spectacularly begun in steel bars and other steel products is a deyel opnent whose intrinsic value as a stock market influence it is difficult 10 promptly s,ppraise. The spectacu lar and open part of the cutting was begun by the Republic Iron & Steel company. which is one Of the lars est competitors Of the United States Steel corporation. and which is cred tied with being largely dominated by interests who. in the past. have oper- ated in the stock market in a highly sensational way. The mills of the Steel corpCration promptly met the cut of their competitor. and thus, so far as steel bars are concerned, the policy of agreed prices has been abandoned. The eVr'anation offered on behalf of the Republic Iron & Steel company is that it has not been receiving its fair share of business because of the cutting Of prices by it's own smaller competitors. Ire market for steel products at tho mo
 
 one, and the developments of the next few days win probably indicate the degree Of seriousness that this derangement in the iron and steel industry should be accorded. The current hreak in the price agreement is a result that fre0uentlv accou- 2 anies such agreements. When the demand for the products Of the mills is active there IS DO necessity to 70 ouce rrices as an inducement to se- ere bTsinese. when 1t is a question. however. Of the mills securing orders or shutting down and thus impairing their organizations as going con cerns. the smaller mills have almost l in1ucement 10 use ev- cry agency in their rower to keen running. Their most effective agency is that of selling equal goods ai cheare- prices than their conpeti- tors. The larger concerns stand the uneven competition as lone as rossi- l hie with the bore of holding out un- fil imrrovenent sets in. Then thev | jump in and name prices sufficiently | low to restore to themselves their | preuous dominating share of the | brsiness The current iron and steel [ situation is therefore merely repeat ! .nv nreviops exreriences.
 The investigation by tho cOmmit- lee Of tho house of representatives |
Bisbee daily review., 1911-06-01
MARKET Is STEADIER AFTER DECISIONS
Trust Questions Out of the Way, Very Little Re
 mains 10 Disturb

NEW YORK.-The financial mar kets have this week shown some Ie action from the enthusiasm created by the supreme courts decision in the Standard oil case.
 But. viewed in a broad sense. the question of trust litigation has been definitely decided and the stock market has little practical concern in future decisions since they will affect individual companies and will merely mean that those of our indus trial corporatiOns--be they few or many--who are not conducting their affairs in proper and legal manner must immediately reform their ways. All public spirited citizens will quite agree that such a condition will prove in the long run of great bene- fit to the business and industrial world at large. and that insofar as under the Oil decision competition by combinations must be fair and un' reasonable, the consumer will be protected against unjust and unnec- essary eXactions.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-06-01

Political friends of William R. Hearst in New York City appear unanimous in the Eelief that MT. Hearst will make every endeavur to be chosen a delegate from New York to the democratic national convention of next year
Bisbee daily review., 1911-06-01

In order to Keep within the sala- ry limit of the New England League Owner Jesse Burkett of the W1r- cester club turned the managerial duties Of his team over to John J. O'Donnel. secretary of the club O'Donnell then signed Burkett 10 play right field for y1OU per month.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-21
DEMONSTRATION WORK.

Mr.. r. H. Mason, Of the dairy d.
vision of the department Of agricul-
ture located at Clemson college, and
Mr.. j. H. McClain of the same de-
partment, but direct from Washing
ton, arrived last night, and are now
making a round among the dairymen.
From what Mr.. Mason said to the
ENQUIRER this morning, the plan of
their operations Is very practical, and
Is very much along the line Of the
farmers cooperative demonstration
work.
What we want now," said one of
these gentlemen, speaking for both,
"is a number Of farmers, two, three,
a half a dozen or as many as we can
get, to agree to handle dairy cows,
sheep and other live stock according
to our advice and instructions. II
the farmers will do this, we will visit
Yorkville once a month, or as often
as may be necessary, and we are sure
that we will be able to convince them
that dairying will pay. And we think,
too, that we can teach you people a
good many things you do not know"
Messrs. Mason and McClain went
to McConnellsville this morning, In
charge Of Mr.. Norris, and they will
visit other localities. giving prefer
ence, of course, to those who speak
first for their services. .r
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-21

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

York Furniture Co.-Again reminds
YOU of the bargain prices 1t is CIV
ing on furnishings previous to re-
moval.
]. M. Ferguson-Quotes Yorkville
lady as to the good qualities OF
Voights Royal flour. He wants you
10 try sack.
Mcconnell Dry Goods Co.-Offers
special prices on domestics. jeans
rain coats. etc. -.
fitzpatrick Belk Co.-lnvites atten-
|. ton to the merits OF Butterick dress
patterns. and also to special sale OF
sheets.
Yorkviile Hardware Co.-Says that tC
make bigger crops you must pillow
deeper and suggests that you use
a Lynchburg plow.
National Union Bank, Rock Hill
Says it's purpose Is to handle al
lis business in a liberal and fail
manner toward the customer.
Thos. w. Boyd. Supervisor-Gives no.
tice of bridge contract that will be
let by the county commissioners or
December 5th.
Thomson Coon page 3 announce.
a mid-winter reduction sale and
quotes low prices on goods in everJ
department for this sale:
MES. o. E.. Grist, for Com.-Invites
the public to an oyster supper ir
the Kennedy store room tomorrow
afternoon and evening.
Sam M."Grist-Will insure your cot.
ton on your farm at low rates ir
the strongest of companies. -.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-21

Mr.. Forest was Joined by others, and
they took their prisoner to boxcar
at the depot and locked him up.
Thinking this might be leaving him
too close to the bank, they moved him
to another boxcar, about 100 yards
down the track. Mr.. Forests long
absence from home aroused his fam
lily, and searchers went out to look
for him, the number increasing until
it reached about fifty. Passing by the
boxcar about daybreak. they heard
Mr.. Forest calling to them from his
prison and liberated him. Then he
told that the bank had been robbed.
and the robbers had imprisoned him.
An investigation followed, disclosing
that the attempt to rob the bank had
been unsuccessful, the safe being too
good for the robbers to blow open.
The outer door Of the safe was split
and considerably damaged by the ex-
plosions, but did not open the hidden
treasure to the robbers. Several tools
obtained from a neighboring black
smith shop were left by the safe. The
robbers were white, and their bun
Cling job leads to the belief that they
were not experts.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-21
JOHN MURRELl.

That note in the letter Of Rev. ]. l..
Oates from Troy, Tenn, about John
Murrell, will no doubt be Of interest
to readers of the "Prodigal Judge" for
while the story does not purport to be
other than a work Of fiction, it deals
with characters who really lived, and
there is in it almost as much history
as there Is fiction.
AS to whether or not there Is any
authentic, detailed record Of MurrelPs
career extant at this time, Is uncer-
tain, so far as The Enquirer is con-
cerned; but the writer recalls the fact,
that an autobiography of Murrell.
written while he was in prison, was
a feature 'of 1.-The Journal Of the
Times" a newspaper published In
Yorkville by the writer's grandfather
between 1885 and 1910.
The autobiography referred to ran
through about a dozen issues OF the
Journal Of the Times, and was pre-
ceded with the explanation that the
manuscript. had been purchased from
a relative of Murrell, who brought 1t
down into this country after the death
of the noted outlaw. and offered 1t to
first one and then another Of the wide
w scattered publishers Of the day un-
til he finally effected sale.
This autobiography would be inter-
esting for reference at this time. II 1t
were still in existence; but unfortu-
nately the files Of the Journal Of the
Times was included among those lost
in the fire which destroyed The En-
uuirer office In 1890. There are how
ever, still many middle aged and old
er men and women OF this section who
remember to have heard their fathers
and mothers, and especially old ne
groes, talking of the exploits Of John
Murrell, who in his day was more
famous than Jesse James. Quantrell
or other noted outlaws Of America az
terward became.
In a letter to congress dated jan
uary %, 1907, President Jefferson
mentions a Mr. Murrell as having
communicated to him through Cen
eral Jackson certain information about
Aaron Burr having passed down the
Mississippi river with a number or
boats. manned and provisioned for a
long expedition, and this Is supposed
to be the Murrell Of the "Prodigal
Judge" except Of course the mans
true character as a murderous outlaw
did not develop until long after that
time.
There used to be stories in circula-
tion In this section about Murrell hav-
ing stolen, deceived and run negroes
away from their masters In Virginia
and North Carolina and sold them to
people in this section, and while stop
ping here he would manage to deceive
other negroes to go away with him on
promise Of giving them their freedom.
only to take them over into Georgia,
Alabama and Mississippi to sell them.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-21
KEEPING POTATOES.


Prof. N. W. Barre, bptanist and
plant patholpgist of the South Cafo-
lima experiment station at Clemson
college, writes to the ENQUIRER as
follows on the subject Of keeping po-
tatoes:
During the past three years ex-
periments looking to the best meth
DDS Of keeping sweet potatoes have
been carried on at the experiment sta
tion here, A careful study has been
made Of the rats of potatoes, and the
thrive. We e'find that the majority Of
the trouble in keeping sweet POTATOES
comes from the presence Of disease
on the potatoes when they are brought
into the bank fro mthe field. The
Black rot and the stem rot, both of
which are very common throughout
the state, are primarily field diseases.
They attack the underground portions
Of the plant while in the field and
cause black and scabby looking areas
on the surface of the tubers. When
these potatoes are dug and stored In
banks or houses these diseases spread
through the entire lot and cause the
potatoes to rot, The most important
thing, then, In connection with stor-
ing potatoes is to see that you have
absolutely healthy potatoes to begin
with, Where the crop is planted from
vines the potatoes are usually found
to be very free from the disease. For
this reason 1t Is we'll to bank the po-
tatoes grown from vines separately
from those grown from slips. This
Is especially advisable where you are
not sure that the potatoes grown from
slips are free from disease.
Potatoes which are free from dis
ease usually keep we'll when banked
in the ordinary way. Care should be
exercised to keep the potatoes from
becoming chilled at any time; the
temperature in a bank should not be
allowed to go below so degrees at any
time during the winter. We find that
where potatoes are once thoroughly
chilled, it Is almost impossible to
keep them. The storage rots, such
as the soft and the dry rot, both Of
which frequently occur In stored pota-
toes. make rapid headway on pota-
toes when they are once chilled. Any
temperature below fifty degrees will
chill the potatoes sufficiently to ena-
BILE these rots to get a start.
Potatoes should never be banked
for two years in succession In the
same bank. The fungi which cause
the diseases in the field and the ones
which cause the rots in storage, will
live over in these old banks and will
attack the new potatoes as soon as
they are stored. The same soil and
the same straw should not be used
for two years in succession for cover
ing the banks for this same reason.
Where potato houses are used they
should be thoroughly cleaned out
and the walls and floors sponged or
sprayed with per cent solution Of
formaline or a 1 per cent solution Of
blue stone before the potatoes are
brought in. Where these precautions
have been followed we have expert
enced very little difficulty in keeping
sweet potatoes"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-21
WITHIN THE TOWN.

- Yorkville and Chester High school
teams are to play football in York
vile on the afternoon of November 80.
Both sides are looking forward to the
game with much interest.
The Yorkville and Hickory Grove
High school teams played in Yorkville
last Friday afternoon. The game re-
suited in favor of Yorkville by a score
of 33 to 0. For the benefit Of those
who do not know, it Is fair to say, that
in football the score figures do not
necessarily describe the relative Prov
ess of the respective teams. That the
Yorkyille team is superior to that of
Hickory Grove in training and skill
there Is no question; but it is also q
fact that the Hickory Grove team Is
making fine progress, and is impraV-
ing rapidly.
At the present rate Of business, the
outlook Is that the pOstoffice receipts
will lack about $500 of aggregat=
ing enough to make the town eli-
gible for q public building, The
amount required Is $4,000. OF course
it does not follow that the govern
ment would give a postoftice building
even with receipts Of $4,000; but under
all the circumstances there should be
no trouble about 1t. A good way to
increase the receipts would be the
same means that have built up the
business of most prosperous towns.
Get in touch with the people through
out the immediate territory by send
ing them circulars and catalogues ad-
vertising your wares. Build up the
postal receipts and your own business
at the same time"
- Prof. Witherspoon of the graded
school, has relented in his determina-
ton not to allow his boys to play the
Rock Hill boys again. 1t appears that
the main trouble over the game Of
some time ago was that the Rock
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-21

Yorkville has a creamery, conducted
on the cooperative plan, which Is a
success. That's the way to make
things succeed in the south these
days. Form clubs. Co-operate.-An-
derson Daily Mail.
That is the idea, cooperation. The
people who became associated to es-
tablish the Yorkville creamery happen
to be people who know how to stand
together, and they have been cooper
ating. They have had some pretty
hard knocks; but from the way they
pulled themselves in shape under cir
cumstances that would have thrown a
less resolute set into hopeless panic
the future seems to be assured. For
there is no question now that the man.
agement is as solid as the backing.