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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-14
THE PRODIGAL JUDGE.

The splendid serial promised some
time back, The Prodigal Judge, will
be commenced in the next issue Of The
Enquirer, and all readers of this pa
per who enjoy a first-class story, are
hereby put on notice not to neglect
to read the opening chapters.
AS already stated, The Prodigal
Judge is a story full of interest. There
is in it some intrigue, some mystery
and lots of love, and with it all plenty
of action.
The Prodigal Judge himself, al
though an interesting character, Is
only one of several characters equally
interesting, and readers will have to
decide at the end Of the story who Is
the real hero, because there are several
claimants to that distinction, and 1t
is difficult to decide which Of them is
deserving of most admiration.
The Dark Deed" story, now being
enjoyed by so many of our readers.
will not be concluded until several
more installments.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-14
THE LONG ROLL.

The Editor of the Yorkville Equirer:
There's q saying, mo two doctors
can agree" l have read Miss Mary
Johnstons THE Long Roll" and 1
consider the book simply fine from
cover to cover. When Col. John 5.
Mosby was asked a few days ago II
he had read the book, he replied that
he had not, and did not expect to, as
he did not think that the portrayal
Of General Stonewall Jackson's char
acter either accurate or fair.
He knew Gen. Jackson we'll. l have
read the book, and 1t seems to me
that the authoress measures the great
general and the gray army up to the
full. I have heard criticisms of the
unwonted profanity throughout the
book, but this seems to me as the
expression of soldiers Injured and
hardened by war-not the thoughts
Of the authoress. Gen. Jackson may
have had peculiarities, but all through
the book he Is shown up by Miss
Johnston as a Christian gentleman, at
times somewhat harsh In duty, but a
sympathetic, painstaking. hardwork-
ed and deeply religious man; a great
general who stayed awake all night
and "let the poor boys sleep, while l
watch; soldier who sat Little Sor-
rel the night through in the waters OF
the Shenandoah until his. army safely
forded to the other side; the great
man who so often said. Good, gocd!'
jerked his hand in the air, or ordered,
press forward, men. press forward!'
The great man to whom Gen. Lee
wrote: General, I cannot express
my regret. Could I have directed
events. I should have chosen for the
good of the country to be disabled
in your stead. congratulate you
upon the victory. which is due to
your skill and energy. Very respect
fully, your obedient servant,
"R. E. Lee"
And the great man who said, Gen.
Lee is very kind, but he should give
the praise to God" That great SOL
dier who beat Hooker back to the
Rappahannock. won the Wilderness
fight, where Hooker lost 1900 men,
thirteen guns, $500 rounds of cannon
ammunition. 10000 rifles. 100000
rounds Of infantry ammunition; that
great man beside whose casket the
young soldier paused and said: Hail,
great man Of the past! II today you
consort with Caesar. tell him we still
make war;" r. ]. Herndon.
Yorkville, S. c., November 10, 1911.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-14
FOOTBALL.

The football game between the
Yorkville and Gastonia High school
teams on the Yorkville grounds last
Friday afternoon was an interesting
and creditable contest so far as good
playing was concerned; and was very
much enjoyed by all present except. in
the one disappointing feature that
there were so few Yorkville people
present to see their team win by a
score Of % to 5.
There was little wrangling to be-
gin with because Of objection on the
part Of the Gastonia team to the par
ticipation Of Profs. Witherspoon and
Riddle. The Gastonia boys claimed
that 1t had not been their custom to
have their professors play in their
eleven, and they wanted Messrs.
Witherspoon and Riddle to get out.
The Yorkville boys insisted that they
had never played any other way ex-
cept along with their professors and
they understood that schools against
which they played had the same
right. The Yorkville boys could not
play otherwise, and although the dis
pute caused considerable delay, 1t was
finally settled by allowing the game to
go on with the understanding that
Gastonia was playing under protest.
The lineup was as follows:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-14
SELECTING SHOW CORN.

Prof j. M. Napier. assistant pro-
fessor of agronomy at Clemson COL
lege, has sent out the following arti-
Gle on the subject Of selecting corn
for show purposes:
Those who have had experience In
exhibiting samples Of corn at the va
rious corn shows have learned from
experience the necessity of giving at
tention to the selection and prepara-
ton of their samples for show pur-
poses. Yet there are many samples
of corn exhibited in South Carolina
each year which have had almost no
selection at all.
THE first requisite in showing corn
Is to have a large supply Of shucked
corn to select from, for the larger
the pile greater are the chances of
finding good ears. It Is well to pick
at least 200 ears from the pile from
which the show corn will finally be
selected. Having made this choice,
next decide which is the predomi-
mating type Of ear In the two hum
dred, then choose one good ear which
Is representative Of this type. Having
decided upon the ear which Is to form
the basis Of your show sample, try to
select nine more ears as near like 1t
as possible, as all corn shows require
a ten-ear sample. First Of all, the
ten ears must be uniform in size, both
in length and circumference, for there
Is probably no one thing which at
tracts a corn judges attention more
quickly than a sample composed or
ears Of different sizes. All ears in the
sample should have grains Of the
same color, that is, you must not
have, yellow grains occurring on ears
Of white corn. and vice versa. Neither
should there be both white and red
cobs in the same sample. They should
all be either white or red. The ears
should be Of good size and heavy in
weight. The butts and tips should
be well covered with rows which are
composed of regular and uniform
grains 1t Is always preferable not
to have an exposed cob at the tip, but
II the cob is exposed do not cut 1t
off. for a judge will detect 1t, and 1t
gives him the impression that the
sample has been tampered with. The
space between the rows OF grains
should be narrow and straight. pre-
ferably not over one thirty-second Of
an inch wide, for wide rows indicate
that the individual grains are round
ed, and this Is an undesirable shape.
The grains themselves should be
wedge-shaped and Of good depth. AS
a rule shallow grains indicate large
cob. which Is Objectionable. The ears
should not be weevil eaten or dam
aged in any way. After you have
secured ten ears which possess the
above qualities and which are as near
alike as 1t Is possible to get them.
each should be completely wrapped
in piece Of paper and the entire
sample packed in a strong box and
shipped to the authorities in charge
of the contest in which 1t Is to COM
pete.
Owing to the fact that the South
Atlantic Corn Show is only a few
weeks off, it was thought advisable
to call attention to few points which
should be borne in mind by those
who expect to participate at this
show"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-14

- The terms of the will of Joseph
Pulitzer, owner Of the New York
World and st. Louis POst-Dispatch.
filed for probate today, were made
public yesterday. Its conspicuous fea-
lures are the ratification Of the gift
Of $2,000,000 to Columbia university
for the establishment of a school of
journalism. In addition to outlining
at length the school of journalism
plan, the document sets forth a large
number of interesting bequests not
previously known. Among these is
$250,000 for a scholarship fund at
Columbia university. 100000 to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 100000
to the Philharmonic society Of New
York, 100000 to Mr.. Pulitzer's faith
full valet, James Cunningham. $780,
900 to be distributed by the executors
among his personal secretaries, read
ers and companions and certain edi-
torial writer's employed on the World;
$4,000 for the erection Of a fountain
in Central park, $4,000 for the erec=
ton Of a statue Of Thomas Jefferson
in New York city, and some minQr
bequests. Mrs. Pulitzer is given the
income from $3.500,000 and two
daughters are provided for by an
income from $1,500,000.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-14
Farming.

There has never been q time in the
history Of this country when there was
more opportunity on the farm than
there is right now
1t is undoubtedly a fact that in times
past in all other countries, and to a
large extent in America as well, the
farmer has had to bear more and
heavier burdens than any other indi
vidual.
This is not true now. for various
good reasons. OF course there are as
many people who would ride the far
mer as there has ever been; but con-
ditions have so changed that the far
mer is now better able to take care Of
himself and secure the benefit of a
larger share Of his labor. 1t Is main
ly because he knows more than he
used to know, comparatively speak
ing.
We are very we'll aware of the fact
that to a large number Of farmers
who have invested their all and put in
whole year at raising a tremendous
cotton crop that will hardly pay the
cost of it's production, this does not
sound good, but the farmer who does
not like the sound Of what we are say
ing, will please give it careful and
thorough consideration before he dis
misses it as entirely foolish.
In the production of a cotton crop
the farmer has to rely mainly upon
his own resources; but when he goes
to market the same he comes in con-
tact with the best commercial and fl
nancial ability of the whole world,
bent on getting for itself everything In
sight. The only time the farmer
stands a show for fair share of his
labor under such conditions is when
it could not be otherwise-when the
crop is sufficiently limited to make the
other fellows fight each other to get
show at it.
AS things go now, however, the far
mer does not necessarily have to take
part in this game. Instead of raising
cotton he can raise that which If he
cannot sell at satisfactory profit, he
can use himself, and in this country
it is no longer difficult to decide what
these things should be.
What farmer in York county, for In
stance, will undertake to say that If he
had devoted during the year as much
energy and as much capital to the
production of crops other than cotton,
no matter what these crops were, so
they were recognized field crops, he
would be better off today in the mat
ter of dollars and cents. And we ven-
ture the same thing will be true next
year.
There has never been a time since
the great civil war when 1t would not
pay better to raise all home supplies
and cotton as a surplus, than all cot
ton; but 1t Is fact that it has only
been within the past few years that
there have been so many other crops
convertible into as much cash as could
be received from a cotton crop.
The man who is willing to go down
after it and dig it out can by the same
intelligent effort, and by putting forth
the same energy, clean up as mucn
clear money in a five or ten year pc
riod on a farm as in any other busi-
ness.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-14

A touch Of winter is being felt
over practically the entire country
this week and there will be many
sudden changes in the weather. ac-
, ording to the weekly forecast issued
by the weather bureau Sunday night.
THE coming week" says the bulle-
tin. will be one of pronounced wealth
er changes and low temperatures over
practically the entire country. The
cold wave that now covers the middle
west will advance rapidly eastward.
and give the lowest temperatures OF
the season the first two days of the
week throughout; the eastern and
southern states. and on these days alb
low temperatures Will con
tinue i'm the interior districts east OF
the Rocky mountains. An extensive
disturbance that is now off the north
Pari,ic coast. will advance slowly
eastward and be attended the first
part of the week by stormy weather
in The north Pacific states. 1t will
cross the Rocky mountains Tuesday,
the middle west on Wednesday or
Thursday. and the eastern states the
LATTER part of the week: this dis
turbance will be preceded by a gen.
eral change to warmer weather. be
attended by rains I'm southern and
rains and SHOWS in eastern districts,
and will be followed by a change to
colder weather over the northern half
of the country"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-14
A Dangerous Law.-The State news

A Dangerous laW.-The State he"s-
what is the explanation of that
incident in Spartanburg In which the
Clarks and John Sudduth were In
volved? -,
"Sudduth, a farmer. 6S years old,
was arrested on the charge OF at
tempted criminal assault crime
punishable with death-and was
placed in Jail without bond. The
complainant was a young white mar
ried woman, who appeared at the
preliminary hearing and told her
story. The warrant for Sudduth was
sworn out by the husband Of the
woman.
"The day following the woman
swore that Sudduth did not touch her
or insult her, and her husband made
a written request to the solicitor to
drop the case. And the case was
dropped.
But, can the liberty Of a citizen be
thus taken from him and his life put
in jeopardy with impunity? Had
.Suddeth been negro, and Spartanburg
addicted to lawlessness, he would
probably have been lynched before
the story Of the attack was repudi-
ated by those who told 1t.
IF the law was appealed to In or
der that blackmail might be leYied,
the law should assert itself vigorous
ly in protest"
The States comment is very SINH
lar to expressions coming from law
yers of the local bar, who have had
brought to their attention by the Sud-
duth case the dangers that lie In the
law making attempted criminal as
sault punishable by death.
It Is a fact, we believe, that q
Spartanburg case was responsible for
the passage Of this law, and 1t may
now develop that case arising here
may mean the repeal Of 1t, or Its
amendment in so far as to make such
blackmail impossible under it.-Spar-
tanburg Herald.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-14
Should Be Prosecuted.

On the day of the primary in
Charleston fifteen or twenty persons
were arrested on the charge OF per-
jury. The Charleston News and Cour-
ier is properly insistent that the pros
ecutiOns should be pressed. The
charges are grave. The crime of per-
jury is one of the most dangerous and
one of the most disgraceful, and, II
the prosecutions be dropped, the pre-
sumption will be that the persons
bringing them have themselves been
guilty of shameful conduct.
If the men accused of perjury shall
not be brought to trial. the inference
will be that their arrests were part
of a programme of bullying and in
timidating tactics adopted by their ac-
cuserS and the inclusion will follow
that the clamors for fair election in
Charleston were hypocritical vapor-
ings. If there is any good citizenship
in Charleston, that is not scared and
cowed. now is the time to prove 1t.
Whether the primary generally, was
fairly or unfairly conducted is not the
question. Are the persons who were
accused of perjury and deprived of
their liberty for a time guilty or in
nocent? If they were arrested upon
trumped up and empty evidence, their
dCCuSclS w NOiuih-
bia State.
The foregoing appeared before the
defendants were arraigned. On Fri
day several defendants answered at
magistrate court but the prosecuting
witnesses were not on hand. One de-
fendant. even in the absence Of pros
ecuting witness. proved that he had
been a resident of Charleston for three
years. and of course was dismissed
with the others. AS we understand 1t
all these bluff prosecutions were in
stituted in behalf of Candidate Hyde.
The comments of the News and Cour-
ier and Columbia State are endorsed.
and further comment seems to be un-
necessary. 1t is stated that Colonel
Grace says he is going after the peo-
pie who instituted these bluff prose-
cutions We hope that he will do so.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-14
The Revolution In China.


The average American, especially
in this part Of the country has but
vague conception of the significance
of the present troubles in China, and
as a matter of fact it is rather difficult
to explain those troubles comprehen-
sively.
In the first place Americans gener-
ally have a most imperfect notion OF
China and the Chinese. The common
idea is that the Chinese empire is
mainly an overcrowded collection OF
human animals, that do not count fol
great deal, anyway.
AS a matter of fact the Chinese are
one of the most highly civilized peo-
Piles on the face of the earth, and al
though backward and benighted In
several essentials which English
speaking people consider all import
ant, they have within themselves much
that promises that they will yet play
a great part in the world.
More than anything else, the pres
ent terrible struggle, about which the
dispatches are bringing meager and
unsatisfactory accounts, seems to be
i'm the nature of move for larger and
more perfect liberty-not merely more
liberty for China-but more liberty
for human kind.
During the past 267 years the Chi
nese have been dominated by the
Manchus. The Manchus were rough
unciviized warlike race from the
north. They were not very numerous,
comparatively speaking; but they
managed to conquer the Chinese with
out great difficulty and having COM
pleted the conquest. by means by a
remarkably shrewd policy, half force
and half conciliation, have dominated
the old empire on down to the pres
ent time. But do not let it be under
stood that the pure blooded Chinese
have in any sense been slaves, for
that would not be true. Although the
Manchus have been dominating and
are still dominating, they have been
governing this tremendous population
largely through their own people.
There are eighteen provinces in
China In the more northern provin-
ces the Manchus predominate. and the
original Chinese race predominates i'm
the central and southern provinces,
and more especially in that portion Of
ancient China that is surrounded by
the Chinese wall. 1t is from this sec
ton however. that the country has
been mainly governed, the Manchus
having siezed it at the beginning and
held on to ii until now.
So far as can be gathered the rev.
olution now i'm progress has not been
caused by the ambition of any indi-
vidual so much as by the general in
competency and Indifference of the
Manchu rulers. and Il general awak-
cning of the people as to the tre-
mendous possibilities that will he
opened To them by the adoption of the
methods. innovations and convent
ences that are being used by the more
progressive peoples of the world.
1t is now pretty generally under
stood that for more than thirty years
a congress of eighteen of the wisest
and most scholarly men to be found in
each of the eighteen provinces of Chi
ma. have been working on constitu-
tion for China. and the claim is being
made that this constitution. which is
about ready for prOmuigation. will he
one of the wiSest. broadcSt and most
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-14
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

r. T. Beamguard. Filbert 1-On No
vember 25, will sell MS personal
property at auction for ash.
w. 5. Leslie and Others, Trustees
Give notice of special tax election
in school District No. 5. to be held
Saturday, December ..
Opera House-Announces' the presen-
tation of THE Firing Line" next
Thursday, November 18th.
Glover. Drug Store-Wants to supply
farmers who expect to sow wheat.
with the bluestone for soaking the
seed.
Mcconnell Dry Goods Co.-Offers re-
ductions on mems suits, and invites
you TO see it for what you want.
First National Bank, Sharon-Em-
phasizes the strength and safety it
is able to Offer its customers, and in
vites your business.
Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.-Invites espe-
cial attention to its large stock of
clothing for men, overcoats, etc. 1t
can fit all men who wear clothing.
You are invited to see it's clothing.
York Furniture Co.-Reminds you of
it's pre-removal sale which is now
in progress. Good values in furni-
ture, stoves, etc.
Thomson Co.-Makes a short talk on
quality merchandise. and has some
thing to say about coat suits, suits
for children and misses, blankets,
etc.
Standard Oil Coon page gives ad-
ditional reasons why you should
have Perfection oil heater in your
home.
National Union Bank. Rock Hill
Remarks that there is just one way
to do business-the right way. and
that Is the way 1t does business.
G. H. O'Leary-With a complete line
to see what he has and compare
prices and qualities with other Of
ferings.
Jos. E. Hart. City Treas.-Gives notice
that tomorrow Is last day for pay
ing city taxes without penalty.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-14

There was a good, heavy frost yes
terday morning, easily the heaviest Of
the season.
Trade has gotten better with the
colder weather.
Treasurer Neil collected between
$1,000 and $4,000 in Rock Hill last
week.
Now it is pretty nearly cold enough
to suit those who have been complain
ing about the weather.
Gaffney's exciting and interesting
municipal campaign has, by the with
drawal of w. H. Ross and J. @. Little,
been simplified down to a race for
mayor between DR.. w. L. Settlemyer
and Col. It. B. Butler. The campaign,
it seems, has been based upon formal
demands for municipal reform, set
forth at recent mass meeting. Mr..
Little has been in political ascendancy
for quite a while and 1t began to look
as If the office of mayor belonged to
him. The salary has been $500 year.
There have been complaints against
the mayor for alleged unjust use of his
arbitrary power as mayor In punish
ing some offenders and allowing 9TH
ers to go free, and Mr.. Butler began
to emphasize the claim that things
would go much better anyway If the
magisterial powers Of the mayor were
transferred to a recorder, who would
derive his office from the city council
and would thus not be subject to the
influence Of the voters. It was urged
also that since the mayor would no
longer be called upon to perform the
duties of magistrate, his salary could
be reduced to 500 and the recorder
could be paid out of the difference.
Under the circumstances all these
ideas took, and although it Is not GER
tain that Butler Is going to be elected,
1t Is quite certain that there Is going
to be some reform in Gaffneys munic-
ipal administration.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-14

If the people of South Carolina want
a safe and sane government, and ex-
pect to secure the same, they must
cease temporizing with people who
devote their efforts to exploiting them
whenever opportunity offers. This
practice of exploiting the people has
become too common; but the people
have not yet showed that they seri-
ously object. The fact that the people
were plundered of hundreds Of thou
sands of dollars through the dispen-
sary Is not to be denied. 1t has been
judicially established, yet the people
in the attitude of actually
honOring the men who did the steal
ing. There was an appeal to the peo-
pie TO rise against the plunderers and
put them I'm Jail. The people answer
ed nobly and bravely; but the folks
who had secured from the people a
to punish, did not prove
equal to their responsibility. Instead
of doing the one thing they had been
to do, try to punish the
thieves. they went after the money
that had been stolen under an ar
rangement by which they agreed to
give away So much of ii as salvage