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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-14
LOCAL AFFAIRS,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

c. F. Sherer-Has house on Wright
avenue for rent. Desirable location.
w. NJ. Kennedy-Has all kinds Of gar
den seeds, onion sets. seed potatoes.
Also school books and supplies.
J. A. Tate, c. G. G. Pls.-Gives notice
of sale Of certain lands involved in
the suit of Walter B. Moore against
John Crawford, Mack Crawford and
others, said lands lying on Fishing
creek in York county.
Glover Drug Store, Clover-Tells you
to be careful of the seeds you plant
and suggests that the best suited for
this section are Woods seeds. See
it for school books, school supplies,
magazines, etc.
National Union Bank, Rock Hill
Wants you to let 1t loan you the
money that you will need to run
your farm until the harvest time.
Yorkville Hardware Co.-Recommends
Elwood wire fencing as the most
scientifically made and strongest OF
all wire fencing.
Loan and Savings Bank-Tells you
that money in the bank Is the key
to success and points to it's record
Of ten years as guaranty of it's Sc
curity and safety.
Thomson Co.-Continues its clearing
sale this week, and says that the
number Of customers visiting the
store proves that real bargains are
being offered.
City Meat Market-Asks you to re-
member 1t when you want fresh
meats Of best quality, including stall
fed beef, pork, sausage.
J. L. williams & Co.-Call your atten-
tion to their line of patterns of SIS
made to- measure suits for men.
j. M. Brian Co.-Can furnish you
with seed Irish potatoes, choice cof-
fees. etc.
R. J. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the differ
ence between commercial" and a
standard piano, and leaves the de-
cision with you.
Star Drug Store-Sells Landreth's gar
den and flower seeds and recon-
mends them as being thoroughly re-
liable.
J. M. Ferguson-Wants you to see him
for Rurt or 90-day seed oats, Puri-
ma horse and chicken feed, beef
scrap and oyster shell for chickens.
Also has seed Irish potatoes.
Co.-Makes special
offerings Of cotton piece goods and
domestics and quotes prices for you
to consider.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-14

him, hold until shaken loose. Possibly
we belong to that class also; but we
don't think so. Nor do we belong to
the class that will contend for what 1t
does not believe to be right merely for
the purpose of getting advantage over
the other fellow. This Is not intended
as a reference to our friend, the Mail,
because we know it is not that kind.
If it were we could not be friends. But
all these considerations properly come
up in a matter like this, and we espe-
cially desire not to be misunderstood.
We are not carrying any false colors,
and we do not want anybody to think
we are. The Enquirer has no other
motive for standing for right tina" be-
cause 1t is right, and while we are
human enough to appreciate the sup
port of all good people in this same po-
sition, we would not be understood as
seeking, asking or accepting the favor
of those who may occasionally find us
in line with them, but who do not earn
estly, conscientiously and consistently
strive to the same end. Pretty high
ground that maybe; but that Is eX-
actly the way we feel about it, and as
has already been made plain, it is the
only explanation we have to offer as
to why we have said what we have in
regard to this matter of holding two
offices.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-14
TRUSTEES ARE OFFICERS.
Commission Appointed to Investigate
tho Matter Makes Report.

The commission to which was refer
red the governors recent message with
reference to school trustees and raising
the question as to whether public Of
ficials who were holding the addition
al place Of school trustees were doing
so in violation of the constitution
submitted its report last Friday.
The commission consists Of Senator
w. L. Mauldin, chairman, Senator Le-
Grande G. Walker, T. P. Brown, Geo. s.
Mower, Frank B. Gary.
The committee reports that after due
deliberation it Is of the opinion, gener-
ally speaking, the trusteeship of any
institutions of learning Of the state Is
an office of trust, the holding of which
precludes one from holding another
office of trust at the same time.
The committee says that Senator
Tillman Is violating the constitution In
holding to his office as United States
senator and trustee of Winthrop; that
John G. Richards is railroad commits
sioner and trustee of Clemson college
and Is holding one or the other Of the
offices in violation of the constitution,
and that Robert Mcfarland should not
be a trustee Of the South Carolina uni
versity and probate judge Of Darling
ton county at the same time.
HUI. w. y. INOuucy, Iloii. y. I- -
zeale, Hon. Willie Jones and Hon. b. r.
Tillman are reported as serving as
trustees of Winthrop without commits
sions, and Hon. John G. Richards, Jr.,
Hon. Cope D. Mann and Hon. B. H.
Rawl are reported as holding positions
as trustees of Clemson without COM
missions.
On the question as to whether life
trustees of Clemson, under the Glenn
son will, the commission prefers not
to commit itself, but recommends that
the attorney general make test Of
the matter in the cases of the Hon.
Alan Johnstone and Hon. B. R. Till
man,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-14
MERE-M ENTION.

Federal Judge Mccall at Memphis,
Tenn, Saturday, declared saloonkeep-
ers, barkeepers and others who sell IL
quor ineligible to citizenship in the
United States. In part he said: mo
man can support the constitution Of
the United States and Of the state of
Tennessee and uphold the laws of both
as they are required to do under oath
In securing naturalization papers and
at the same time engage in the unlaw-
full sale Of liquor in state where its
sale Is prohibited. The United
States senate, Saturday, passed the
joint resolution locating the Panama
canal exposition at San Francisco. %.
Ex-Mayor Bettis of College Park, Ga,
committed suicide Saturday. The pis-
tol bullet went through his head and
slightly wounded his wife, who was
standing nearby. go. Archbishop John
Ryan of Philadelphia, one of the most
prominent Catholic prelates of the
United states, died Saturday after
noon, aged 80 years. .... .Thos. A Edi-
son, the inventor, celebrated his 64th
birthday Saturday. ...l Mr.. Roosevelt
in an address at Grand Rapids, Mich,
Saturday, declared himself In favor Of
the election Of United States senators
by direct vote Of the people, and in
favor Of reciprocity with Canada. ....
A circuit court Of Mississippi has rem
dered verdict giving white woman
$4,000 damages because she was sold
berth in a sleeping car on the Ala
bama and Vicksburg railroad, in which
three negroes also occupied berths.
The suit was brought to test the Jim
Crow" law. Nathaniel Morris killed
James Russell at Cordele, Ga, Friday
by hitting him behind the ear with an
inkwell. The boys were students at
a business college and fought about a
trivial matter. ). Baron Albert Roths-
child, member Of the famous firm Of
bankers Of that name, died at Vienna,
Austria, Saturday. Alarming reports
as to the health Of Emperor william
are being circulated at Berlin.
An unconfirmed rumor reached WASH
ington Saturday, to the effect that
transport carrying the Seventh caval-
ry to the Philippines has been wrecked
at sea and the regiment drowned.
DR.. w. d. Judkins was fined 500 at
Shreveport, La, Saturday for violat-
ing the prohibition laws by writing
whisky prescriptions. A wireless
telegraph message was received at San
Francisco Thursday night from ship
at sea 4,492 miles distant. That is the
longest distance yet covered by a
wireless message. William Koehn,
a boy bandit, plead guilty to six indict-
ments at st. Paul. Mimi, Saturday and
was sentenced to serve sixty years in
prison. .....A general strike of 100000
coal miners in Pennsylvania, Ohio and
West Virginia, Is threatened, unless a
per cent increase in wages is grant,
ed. The German machinery hall at
the Brussels exposition collapsed Sat-
urday and three persons were killed. A
large number were injured. 80. Mrs.
Clara Barton, the venerable founder Of
the Red Cross Is seriously Ill at Glenn
Echo, Md. A family of seven in
the Ghetto district Of New York was
asphyxiated with Illuminating gas
last Sunday morning.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-14

AS we see it, the greatest trouble
that Governor Blease is going to have
in the matter Of bringing his contro-
versy with the supreme court to an
issue, is to find a lawyer who will ac-
cept and act on the governors COM
mission to a special judgeship. 1t is
the supreme court that has the final
Interpretation of the meaning of the
constitution in the matter, and as the
supreme court is already committed in
measure to the constitutionality OF
the act in dispute, it will hardly
change it's view in the present situa-
ton. And although law is law, every
body knows also that human nature
Is human nature, and where Is the
lawyer of sufficient knowledge and eX-
perience to qualify him for appoint
ment as special judge who would array
himself against local bar and the su-
preme court, merely for the purpose Of
deciding a matter like this? Maybe
such a lawyer can be found; but we
are not so very sure about the matter.
But there is another thing as we see it,
this row promises to make the ap-
pointment of special judges more rare
than it has been heretofore. In view
Of the governors clear intimation, as to
what he will do, the probability is
that the supreme court will go a little
slow about making it's next recommen-
dation.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-14

few negroes about professed complete
ignorance as to how Barnett may have
been killed. They knew he had been
shot; but as to whether his own hand
or the hand Of somebody else, they
pretended not to know.
Sorely puzzled as to how to proceed,
Deputy Quinn at length found the head
of the house near where the body lay.
He is a negro preacher, and after some
questioning he gave out the informa-
ton that there had been a dance in
his house; that while the dance was In
progress a row developed, and during
the row Barnett was shot.
Deputy Quinn was unable to get
heads or tails of the difficulty; but
from some intimations thrown ou oy
one of the negroes, who seemed to
know more Of the matter than he was
inclined to tell, Deputy Quinn arrest
ed George Webb and brought him to
jail.
At the inquest some new and inter-
esting facts were developed. Some ne
groes testified that while Barnett was
in the house, George Webb, who was
on the outside produced two pistols,
and at the request of Fewell gave him
one. It came out that one Of the pis-
tolls belonged to Barnett, and that
Webb had borrowed 1t from him some
days previous; that Webb told Fewell,
that he, Webb would start trouble with
Barnett, and when I do 1t, you let
him have It." With this understand
ing the two went into the house, two
women began scuffling with each other
for Barnett's hat. webb mixed In and
Fewell blazed away with his pistol,
striking Barnett in the heart and pro-
ducing a wound from which he died
in a few minutes.
Some Of the important facts in con-
nection with the affair were worked
out by Magistrate Glenn, who hapDen-
ing to overhear one negro tell another
that Deputy Quinn had arrested and
low further and made him tell enough
to lead to pretty good grasp OF the
whole story. Except for this informa-
tion. 1t Is thought probable that Few
ell. the negro who fired the pistol shot,
would not have been connected with
the killing and Webb would have been
left in a position to show that he was
entirely innocent Of any completely In
the affair
The dance at which the killing oc-
Cured took place in the home Of a ne
gro named Wade Whitlock, and cir
cumstance that amused Deputy Sheriff
Quinn very much, especially after he
had gotten a better understanding Of
the facts was that George Webb. the
negro who first informed him Of the
killing, used the dead negro's buggy
and mule to bring him from the scene
Of the killing to the jail.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-14

We beg leave to be permitted to call
the attention of our friend, the Ander-
son Daily Mail, to the fact that if The
Enquirer is blind to the point in the
two office controversy in so far as it
relates to the position of school trus-
tee, it has plenty of company in the
character of better lawyers than the
editor of The Enquirer" Senator Le-
Grand G. Walker, for instance, is gen.
orally reputed to rank with the best in
the profession, and Representatives
Mower and Gary are also said to be
able lawyers. Senator Mauldin is
only a layman like the editor of The
Enquirer but has the advantage Of a
long and distinguished experience as
a law-maker. AS to Representative
Brown we can say very little for we
do not happen to know a great deal
about him by reputation or otherwise.
Anyhow, the report of these gentlemen
made last Friday sustains the position
taken by The Enquirer in toto, and un-
der the circumstances we think we
have no occasion to feel badly cast
down on account of our friends pretty
severe criticism. Referring to what
the Mail had to say about this contro-
versy having arisen out of partisan
politics, we have no hesitation in say
ing that we believe that is true. But
The Enquirer is not, never has been,
and we hope never will he, partisan.
We have to discuss and deal with par
tisans: but we try to do it in a nom
partisan manner. Understanding as
we'll as we do that we cannot have
things as we would like them, we al
ways try to take them as they are. We
do not always do this because we want
to, maybe; but more because we are
so firmly persuaded that right always
prevails in the end, and that it is fool
ish to build on other than firm foun-
dation. So far as this matter of hold
ing two offices-a trusteeship and an
other office-is concerned, we know
that among those who inveigh against
it are many who, if they were in the
position of the other fellow would, like
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-14
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mr.. P. D. McCord of Camden, spent
Sunday with relatives in Yorkville.
Miss Eva Good of Hickory Grove, is
visiting friends and relatives in Sha-
ron.
DR.. T. N. Dulin Of Bethel, has been
seriously i'll for some days past with
blood poisoning.
Mrs. M. E. Jones of Nacogdoches,
Tex, is visiting in Yorkville, the
guest of Mrs. w. H. Mcconnell.
Mrs. Laura Russell and family have
moved from Yorkville to Charlotte,
where they will make their home.
Mr. I. w. Johnson and MIR. Jno. r.
Hart of Yorkville are in Charleston
this week attending meetings of the
Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons
and the Grand Commandery knights
Templar Of South Carolina.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-14
CANNON OPPOSES RECIPROCITY
Urges illinois Legislature to Consider
Well Before Endorsing.

Springfield, ILL.,, February 11.-State
Senator Bailey of Danville, made pub
lie today a letter from Speaker Can
non, in which the speaker strongly op-
poses reciprocity with Canada. The
speakers followers in the senate and
house, according to the Danville sena-
tor, will put up a hard fight on the
floor when the Canadian reciprocity
resolution Is offered next week. Fol-
lowing Is a text Of Speaker Cannon's
letter:
ut is represented in Washington
that you are about to consider in the
state legislature, at Springfield, res,
olution endorsing the commercial
agreement with Canada, which is now
pending before congress.
That proposed agreement provides
substantially for free trade between
Canada and the United States In agri-
cultural products, the farmers finished
product. 1t includes, In addition to
wheat, barley, corn, potatoes, dairy
products, eggs, poultry, etc, cattle,
hogs and other animals on the hoof.
"Of course, free trade in these pro-
ducts is by itself one-sided, because we
give Canada an immense market for
her farm products, both in theory ana
in fact, while she affords US practically
no market for farm products. VI
course, If there can be any advantage
given us which will compensate Tor
the burden of competition thus placed
on our farmers, we should be able to
find it in the terms.
Il have not found it so far and note
that the Canadian envoy, Mr.. Fielding,
explains to the mother country that,
while Canada Is gaining large market
in the United States, the United States
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-14

- Columbia special of February II,
to the News and Courier: Governor
Cole L. Blease today, in a statement to
the press, makes it plain that he is not
going to let the special judgeship mat
ter rest where it now is. He sent yes
terday a special message to the gen.
eral assembly, in which, following the
report of the house judiciary commit
tee, Governor Blease. stands by his
guns" as the saying goes. In the
meantime the senate judiciary commit
tee has made no report to the senate.
Governor Blease, in his message asks
that something be done. Today he
gave out the following statement: The
judiciary committee violated the con-
stitution and statutes by having on
their subcommittee a brother of a
justice of the supreme court. The 9TH
er two members are known of all men
to be two of my bitterest enemies, and,
of course, from them / could expect
nothing. l have asked the legislature
to do something, and if they don't l
shall meet the issue fair and square
Governor Blease's reference to the
committee is to Mr.. Frank B. Gary OF
Abbeville, who is brother of Associ-
ate Justice Eugene B. Gary of the su-
preme court bench. The sub-cOmmit-
tees report was presented by Mr.. H.
X Osborne. The senate Judiciary
committee has made no report to the
senate. The committee had a report
drafted but did not present it. The
chairman, Senator Howard B. Carlisle
Of Spartanburg, stated today that the
report would not be presented this
week and would rest for while"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-14

On the Canadian reciprocity ques-
ton, President Taft Is a Democrat and
Mr.. Cannon is still Republican. AS
to just how far reciprocity with Can
ada will affect people down this way,
we do not know; but we imagine that
if our southern farmers were up
against the proposition of having the
price of their products reduced by
competition with Canadian products
they would not relish the idea. Tar
iff for revenue only is a mighty nice
thing in theory, and it would be nice
thing in practice if it could be made
to bear on all alike; but when the tariff
reduces the price of the farmers pro-
ducts and leaves the price of all the
things the farmer has to buy "out of
sight" it does not seem fair. 1t looks
like the farmer is being Disseminated
against, and Disseminated against with
a vengeance. However, both political
parties are badly divided on this ques-
tion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-14
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY IA, 1911.

Is not to gain market enough in Can
ada to interfere with English trade,
since few reductions are made on our
products that would seek q Canadian
market and these reductions are small
er.
II note, also, one discrimination.
Food animals on the hoof, such as our
farmers have to sell, come into this
country free Of duty, but on the meats
manufactured from these animals,
there Is a levied duty Of cent and a
quarter pound.
Il have no time to enter into a COM
plete analysis Of the proposed agree
ment, but / send you, under separate
cover, copy of the presidents message
containing the proposed agreement and
schedules. The agreement to me, and
to many others, seems substantially to
deny protection to all agricultural
products, treating them as raw mater
ial and to accord protection to all who
use such products, in whole or in part
as a basis for some manufacturing or
finishing process.
my object in writing to you is to
suggest that IL any effort Is made to
secure action, by resolution or other
wise, endorsing this proposition, while
1t Is pending before congress, 1t ought
to be done only after most careful
examination.
There is a marked difference OF
opinion among Republicans in the ma
tional house and in the senate touching
the wisdom and the justice Of the pro-
posed agreement as a whole. The
Democrats in the house Of representa-
tives have held a caucus in regard to
the matter and have resolved to sup
port the agreement in the house. on the
ground that while 1t is not all they de-
sire to accomplish, 1t Is a long step
forward in the direction Of free trade
under the guise Of reciprocity, their
position now and in the near future
being for tariff for revenue only and
against protection. That Is not, as
understand. the position Of the Repub-
lican party, as set forth in its plat
forms and outlined in its policies, and
for one I cannot agree with the Demo-
cratic caucus.
II am. with respect, etc.
(Signed,) u. G. Cannon"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-14

The amended jury law as 1t passed
the senate last Friday provides for
only the following exemptions: State
officers, members Of the senate and the
house of representatives, during the
sessions Of the general assembly, men,
bers Of the senate and the house OF
representatives of the United States,
judges and justices Of any court, coun-.
ty auditors and treasurers, clerks of
court, sherffs and their deputies, coro-
ners and constables, the marshals of
the United States and their deputies,
counsellors and attorneys at law, post
masters and deputy postmasters, and
those actively engaged as physicians
or licensed pharmacists.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-14

Wade Williams, Mathew Mebane, Bob
Simms and Stetson or Ed Nelson. The
last two named are now in the peniten-
tiary for safe keeping, Dave Young be-
ing the only one still at large. West is
almost a giant, six feet two inches tall,
a light mulatto, having also strain OF
Indian blood. He has served several
terms on the Cumberland county chain
gang and escaped from the South Car
olina penitentiary some time ago. He
carries two flesh wounds caught in
his narrow escapes from arrests.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-14

The new notaries public bill does not
give any guarantee that a mans head
will not be chopped off very shortly af-
ter he has paid his two dollars. The
constitution provides that notaries
public hold their commissions during
the pleasure of the governor, and 1t
may be that the next governor will not
like Governor Blease's appointees any
better than Governor Blease liked the
appointees of Governor Ansel. Pity
that the constitution had not said dur
ing good behavior" instead of "at the
pleasure of the governor"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-14

Columbia, February 10: Governor
Blease tonight signed the notaries
public act. The act provides that the
terms of notaries shall be at the pleas
ure of the governor; that the fee shall
be 81, instead Of 1926, as heretofore for
a commission; that two members of a
legislative delegation shall recommend
for notaries; that a notary shall rec
ord his commission with the clerk OF
court This, in BRIEF was the bill rec
commended by the free conference com.
mittee. The members Of the general
assembly have been besieged with re-
quests from their constituencies to
obtain commissions. The office OF the
secretary of state Is busy issuing COM
missions. Today was the date named
in Governor Blease's message for the
notaries to go out of office. More than
7 900 went out, but many were recon-
missioned within the last few days.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-14

Editor Clarence H. Poe of the Prog
ressive Farmer, who has been touring
the world for the benefit Of the readers
of his splendid paper, writes from In
dia that he expects to be home next
month. Mr.. Poe's letters are being
read with great interest by thousands
Of admirers, and all are looking for
ward with pleasant anticipation for
the book he proposes to issue shortly
after his return.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-14

AS to whether or not there is any
thing in that Atlanta story of plot to
poison the cotton fields of the Caro-
linas and Georgia with boil weevils, OF
course we are unable to say; but the
story carries a striking suggestion Of
what may happen at any time.