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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-28
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2s, 1911.
The Citadel.

The appropriation for the east wing
Of the Citadel Is approved and again
rejoice because 1t completes the build
ing and furnishes an opportunity for
perhaps fifty more Of our sons to OBJ
tain an education. But when we come
to the university its new building.
which would have been the means OF
furnishing cheap dormitory room to 80
more poor young men, this appropria-
ton Is vetoed because Of the financial
condition Of the state. That Is the only
reason his excellency assigns, but II
our finances were able to stand the
strain Of a new building at Winthrop
and Of a new wing at the Citadel, sure
ly we would not have gone backward
by providing a new auditorium for the
university, thus enabling us to convert
the old auditorium into dormitories. I
am told that his excellency was at one
time a student there. That being the
case, he must be intimately acquainted
with its standard Of scholarship and
with the standard Of honor 1t has ever
maintained in its student body. Is II
possible that we who have never had
the pleasure Of being students in that
institution have been deceived and that
its standards, both Of scholarship and
Of honor, are not what we have been
led to believe? I can not answer this
question, his excellency perhaps can.
In conclusion, allow me to say that
have written this article, not in vim
dication Of myself, but in vindication
of the able gentlemen who labored so
earnestly and so untiringly In the ways
and means committee to prepare the
appropriation bill.
To prove that their work was well
done, allow me to say that had every
amendment offered on the floor Of the
house been accepted 1t only would have
reduced the total little over $4,000.
eliminating DR.. Sawyer's amendment
making an appropriation Of $4,000 for
the medical college and still the reduc-
tions proposed in the house would have
amounted to little more than $4,000.
The reductions which his excellency by
his veto has effected will effect saw
ing to the taxpayers Of the state OF
not quite one-third Of a mill, which
means to the man who pays tax on
$50 Of property a saving Of A cents
in his taxes this year. It means the
disorganization Of the work OF various
departments Of the government, 1t
means the temporary crippling of the
capstone of our educational system, 1t
means the leaving Of a part OF the
states property to great danger OF de-
struction by fire, 1t means the practical
annulment Of the child labor law, and
II means more than anything else,
cheap play to the galleries that Is un-
worthy of the chief executive OF
great state.
Lowndes ]. Browning.
Union, r. F. d. No. 2, February "a.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-28

any white farmer boy in the county
under 1S Is eligible to membership in
the club, all who desire to go into the
competition this year must send their
names in to the president or secretary
on or before April 1, next.
About twenty five of the boys
brought samples Of ten ears Of corn
each and submitted the same in the
competition for the IS in prizes offered
by The Yorkville Enquirer for the
three best specimens. On motion,
Messrs. John r. Blair, ]. w. Kirkpa-
trick and R. M. Anderson were ap-
pointed a committee to classify the
corn and award the prizes.
After about two hours of hard work,
the committee reduced its work down
to a pretty severe puzzle over seven
exhibits, and finally gave its decision
as follows:
Charlie Ratteree, R. F. D. No. 1,
Yorkville, 1st prize, $3.50; Davis Jones,
R. F. D. No. /, Bullock's Creek, End
prize, $3.50; Grier McFadden, r. F. D.
No. 6, Rock Hill, 3rd prize, s1.OO.
Before adjournment, Mr.. Blair took
occasion to call attention to the
fact that although one Of the first
counties in the state and although hav-
ing a record Of 1914 bushels Of corn to
the acre in 1890, York made compar-
atively poor showing In the contest OF
last year and he hoped that this year
some York county boy will win Tor
York a place high up in the list of
banner corn producing counties OF the
state.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-28

THE Columbia State of yesterday
contains a special from Lexington CIV
ing the details of alleged attempted
graft in big bridge contract and now
the same was frustrated. The bridge IN
question is that over the Saluda river
at Wyse's Ferry. 1t seems that after
advertising for bids in 1908, the con-
tract was let to the Carolina En-
gineering company for S1S,5OO. Sool
after the awarding of the contract
there were complaints from several
bridge building concerns that they had
submitted bids to do the work for a
much less sum. The grand jury inVes-
tigated the matter and took considera-
ble testimony. The contract was held
up and the supervisor was defeated for
reelection. Then the contract was
abrogated on the ground that at the
time il was made, the county did not
have nearly enough funds with Whlch
to pay the contract price. T. p. Coth-
ran. president of the Greenwood Bridge
Building company went before the new
board and offered to build the hrldG"
in accordance with original speclflca- :
ton for s11,952, and put up certified
check for s., 900 as guarantee oil good
faith. The Carolina Engineering com :
pany put in another bid for S1l,9SO ana
was allowed to go on with the Work
After the bridge was completed
those connected with the orlglnal
letting put out story that tne t
reduced price was because of the
use of lighter and cheaper materials.
Affidavits have been submitted from
dininterested experts to show that the
bridge is exactly in accordance with
original specifications except that the
contractors put in 55.7 yards more con-
crete than the original contract called
for without extra cost to the county.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-28
LOCAL LAcONIcS.
County Commissioners,


Messrs. L. ]. Lumpkin and J. L. Ay-
cock, received their commissions last
week as county commissioners Of York
county.
Big Dairy at Rock Hill.
The Mount Gallant Dairy Farm
company of Rock Hill has been COM
missioned by the secretary Of state
with a capital stock Of $4,000. The
petitioners are J. B. Johnson, j. l..
Phillips and w. G. Stevens.
Auditor Love.
Mr.. B. M. Love received notice some
days ago of his appointment as audi
tor; but the receipt Of his commission
has been delayed by the bungling Of a
bonding company in the writing up Of
his bond. He will be auditor, however,
before this issue Of The Enquirer has
been circulated throughout the county.
Farmers Union Appointments.
Mr.. J. B. O'Neal Holiday, deputy
state organizer Of the South Carolina
Farmers Union, failed to meet the
published appointments yesterday and
today, and will not strike in with his
schedule until Thursday at Gold Hill,
Fort Mill township. The trouble came
about through inability of Secretary
Reid to connect with Mr.. Holiday
after he had written Messrs. Ashe and
Black the information upon which the
published schedule was based. Secre-
tary Reid telephoned from Columbia
yesterday afternoon that Mr.. Holiday
would leave Columbia, Thursday morn
ing on No. 26, and would meet his first
appointment at Gold Hill. From there
he would endeavor to fill the other ap-
pointments in accordance with the
schedule.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-28

the governor, and that feature is very
weak, in our opinion, arises out Of his
original declaration to the effect that
his principal concern is to give these
special judgeship appointments only to
his personal and political friends. 1t is
our view, and we rather think it Is the
public view; but whether the public
view or not, the correct view, that
these special judgeships should not be
a subject of personal or political
friendship: but rather a matter of hon.
est, conscientious and intelligent ad-
ministration of the law.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-28

The issue that has developed out of
the claim of the governor that he has
the right to appoint special judges in
dependently Of the recommendation OF
the supreme court and the chief justice
thereof is now fairly joined. AS has
been stated, Judge Klugh last week in
formed the governor, las required by
law" that he would not be able to pre-
side at the term of court that was due
to convene at Conway, Horny county,
yesterday. At the same time, also in
pursuance Of law Judge Klugh served
the same notice on Chief Justice Jones.
In response to the notice Chief Justice
Jones duly advised the governor of the
situation and recommended the ap-
pointment Of C. P. Quattlebaum of
Horny, a man learned in the law" as
special judge. Governor Blease replied
to the chief justice by calling attention
to the fact that regular Judges Copes
and Memminger were at the time dis
engaged, and were available for as
signment to preside over the Horny
court In the meantime, Judge Watts
recently sent to Richland by special as
signment to fill a vacancy on the bench
there, had notified the chief justice that
he would have to go to his regular ap-
pointment at Abbeville, commencing
Yesterday, and the Columbia lawyers
having advised him that it was neces-
sary to continue the term for another
week, asked that provision be made for
some one to take his place. Chief JUS
tice Jones assigned Judge Copes to fill
out the remaining week of the Rich
land term, and telegraphed Governor
Blease that the recommendation he
had made as to Mr.. Quattlebaum was
conclusive and would stand" Gov
ernor Blease refused to commission Mr..
Quattlebaum on the ground that the
supreme court had no right to make the
recommendation so long as there was
disengaged circuit judge. Because
he has received no commission, Mr..
Quattlebaum will not undertake to
serve and there the situation stands.
There will probably be no session of
the court for Horny this week, not un-
less Mr.. Quattlebaum decides to pro-
ceed without a commission.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-28
CHESTER ROAD.

Although the road from Yorkville to
McConnellsville, down toward Chester
on which the chaingang and the people
who live along the route have been
working for number of months past
is not what it should be, it is tremend-
ously improved.
Compared with what it was before
the present work was commenced, the
road is so many hundred per cent bet
ter that it is difficult to give an idea
just how much improvement there has
been; but even with this it is not de-
sired to give the impression that any
thing like perfection has been attained.
All the bad hills have been removed.
The grading has been well and wisely
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-28

Dispatches from New York and New
Orleans during the past few weeks, have
been representing that the decline in
the cotton market has been due to a
fear of the passage of the Scott bill
prohibiting the dealing in future cot
ton contracts. The probability now
seems to be that the bill will not pass
and it is predicted that cotton will now
start on another upward movement.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-28

Columbia, February "a: Two life'
term prisoners were pardoned late to-
dav by Gov. Blease Preston Jeffer-
son who was convicted in Sumter
county in 1888 on the charge of rape
In the petition 1t is stated that JET
ferson was a very young boy at the
time. He was granted a pardon. w
G. Rivers, who was convicted in Dor,
chester county for murder in 1908
He is II years of age and Confeder,-
ate veteran. He was pardoned. A
pardon was refused to William j
perry. who was convicted in Orange
burg county in January, 1905, on the
charge Of arson. He was sentenced &c
six years in the reformatory and SIX
wears in the state penitentiary.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-28

If tho Boys Corn club had started
out with only thirty members, those
who have been most interested in the
movement would have had cause for
qualification; but the much larger list
that is included in the initial enroll
ment gives positive ground for enthu-
siasm.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-28

clares, is the movement to win con-
verts to her votes for women" creed.
ITO be a good farmer Is only another
way of working out the votes for wo-
men problems" she said. THE more
that women come to be owners Of land,
the makers of homes that are real
homes, the more they will insist on
having the ballot to protect what is
theirs"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-28

The Spartanburg Journal Publishing
company has purchased the old Caro-
lima Spartan from Mr.. Evan ]. Lide,
and Capt. Chas. Petty, the veteran
editor who established the paper is to
have charge Of it again.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-28

The railroad people gave out imme-
diately after the recent holdup that the
robbers got only $500. The alleged rob-
bers who were captured had $1,000 In
their possession Wonder if they are
the right folks?
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-28

The Spartanburg papers think that
the horrible crime which was commit
ted in Spartanburg few days ago, is
attributable to the cocaine evil.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-28
YoRKVILLE. S. c.:
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2S, 1911.

It looks as If things political are
working out very much as everybody
thought they would.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-28
Chr 1torkrille Gnqairrr.

Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville
as Mail Matter Of the Second Glass.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-05-24
HOUSER is SOLD TO INDIANS
Watkins Buys Star First Baseman
From Philadelphia Athletics
Played in lnfield.

Ben HOuser, star first baseman of
the Philadelphia Athletics, and for
the last three seasons understudy of
the veteran Harry Davis, has been
purchased by w. H. Watkins of the
Indianapolis club.
Houser was purchased outright at
a sum said to be the highest paid for
a big league player this year. The
deal, which had been pending for sew
eral days, was closed the other day,
when Manager Burke received a teIe-
gram from Connie Mack saying that
the Indianapolis offer had been ac-
cepted and that Houser would report
at once. Houser is also an outfelder
as well as infielder
While HOUser has the distinction OF
being one of the best f1elders in the
American league, he showed none too
strong with the stick In Twenty-Five
games with the Athletics he fielded
his position at first base without
single error and in the same number
of games he clothed the bail for an
average of .189. With plenty of work
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-05-24
RESTAURANT II FEET WIDE

counter.l The side section runs along
very close to the wall-a man of more
than average avoirdupois could not be
seated with any comfort upon one of
the stools.
Leaving just enough room for the
waiter to pass back and forth behind
the counter, there is a tier of shelves.
on which, in plain sight of the patrons,
are arranged practically all TIE vari-
Gus articles of food named on the
menu" Which do not require cooking.
Behind this and extending to the OBJ
posite side wall, partly boxed up from
the view Of customers, is the kingdom
Of the dishwasher.
The rear portion, strip about four
feet wide, Eis the chefs domain. It is
partly kitchen and partly refrigerator.
One corner s boxed off as an ice box.
and therein are kept the meats and
everything Else which possibly might
spoil OF OF ice. Most of the kitchen
utensils are displayed to the patrons
as they slt80n the stools. About half
the cooking is done in sight of the
customers.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-05-24

Washington players assert Milan
viii give Eddie Collins and Ty Cobb
a close run for base stealing honors
.Ehfs season.
With the exception of the Athletics
INC American league standing is be-
ginning to assume its natural form.
Bugs" Raymond is proving to
Muggsy McGraw he still is good for a
few victories.
The more Chicago fans hear Of Kali
ser the better they like him.
So far the season of 1911 has been
Z good one for batting averages and
"A poor one for pitchers records.
Baseball at this time of year is con-
dsciye to good batting averages even
81 the pitchers marks do suffer.
Clarke Griffith and Frank Bancroft
have declared the New York Amer
dIrans one of the best teams they ever
have seen and expect it to show the
Test OF the league teams the way.
Nearly all the leading critics play
&Eg winter baseball picked the New
York Giants to win the National
league pennant this year or be run
sRers-up. The same critics selected
the Philadelphia Athletics to repeat
an the American league.
Fred Tenny is another example of
a ball player that can come back"
The Boston manager is handling ev-
tsTything around first base as if he
was just in his prime, but then the hot
ssammer days are coming and he may
feel differently then
Jess Tannehill, in spite of his brief,
bad showing with Cincinnati, says he
is still good enough for any Glass A
company and that he will show them
yet
Stony McGlynn continues to pitch
good ball. 1t is said that this Indian
--McGlynn is a Cherokee or Chicka-
saws about AZ years old, taking up
Baseball late in life, but he certainly
lasts well.
If it is true that RUDE Marquart is
sn form again it is only another in
stance of the grand judgment of John
,MeGraw He has held the $4,000
Beauty for two years in spite of all
the adverse criticism of every critic
81 the country
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-05-24
PECULIAR WAY OF COACHING
Japanese Baseball Players Make Little
Noise in Getting Runners
Around Bases.

Americans have been not little
amused by the Japanese baseball play
ers who are in this country, not be-
cause they do not play good baseball,
but over one of their peculiar habits.
They do not coach the way Americans
do. They make signals silently and
reports say that while they may be
deficient in some of the other features
of the game, they are certainly mar
velous base runners 1t may be due
to this silent signaling, but the aver
age American crowd attending base
ball games would hardly stand for this
sort of thing in our national interpre-
tation of the game What the average
crowd wants is loud coaching accom-
panied by all possible antics. This
sort of thing has a tendency to liven
up the crowd itself and, after ali, the
real fun of going to a baseball con-
test is to get in the game little ones
self. The Japanese method may help
along base runner, but it certainly
does not help along the crowd to any
great extent. The average American
is great for noise anyway and when
he gets out and pays good money for
the privilege Of yelling he wants some
thing to sort of start him. The Japan
csc method would not make much Of
a hit in the United States.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-05-24

batting essential to real success, says
McIntire. For instance, one must
clutch the bat with his right hand, lay
ing particular stress upon the swing,
while the left hand attends to the job
of guiding the club in its collision
with the leather. No exceptional mus
cular development is required, al
though, Of course, to be master at the
game one must devote considerable
time to practice. Singularly enough
left-handed batters rarely blossom out
as topnotch fungo smashers.
McIntire claims his record walfop
travelled Ats feet, the bali sailing from
the home plate on over the clubhouse
in center field at the Brooklyn Park.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-05-24
MCINTYRE is FUNG0 HITTER
Spit-BaII Pitcher Claims He Clouted
Ball over Clubhouse at Brook
lyn Baseball Park.

Harry McIntire, master of the side
ter of the Cub camp, has issued
challenge. One of those regular three
ply defis to all aspiring sluggers of the
National, American, Southern and
Central leagues, and the American AS
ISOLATION. In his little ultimatum,
hurled broadcast around the realm of
organized ball Mac" offers to trim
any fungo specialist in captivity.
The former Dodger has studied the
fine art of long-distance swatting foE
more than ten years, starting in
jocular moment while driving fly balls
to DUSTY" Miller on the Memphis
turtle back" grounds in batting prac-
tice On the afternoon in question
Miller attempted to catch McIntire's
wallops in each of the gardens
right and center-but the big slab
marvel easily hammered the ball to
every section of the fence until the
manager called a halt on the festivi-
ties, reminding McIntire that baseballs
are not to be picked off the bushes.
Elated over his success in this exhi-
bition, MAC" settled down to a coures
of study. He attributes his success
solely to the manner in which he grips
his bat Give him light war club,
SO inches long, and he'll stand up
there all afternoon ramming the horse
hide to all quarters of the plant
There's certain knack about fung0
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-05-24
REAL ONION KING

or another. Even with the natural
environment favorable he coaxes his
product to grow through artificial
means. The 70 acres have been sci
entifically drained so that too much
dampness will not interfere, and all
through the season he nurses his crop.
Last season everything was favor
able to growing the best crop the 70
acres ever produced. Even Mr.. STAN
baugh was surprised when his onions
began to grow recklessly. When the
crop was finally harvested the result
was $4,000 bushels.
tits just natural onion land" says
Mr.. Stambaugh in explaining his onion
prodigy. Onions cannot help grow
ing there when you plant them"
The onion" king" smiles in relating
how he invades even the Texas mar
ket Down in Texas they irrigate to
raise onions. Sometimes they have to
spend thousands of dollars to irrigate
few acres. 1t is this cost of irriga-
ton that permits the Ohio onion to
compete with the Texas onion on the
latter's own ground Up in Hardin
county the Scioto river gratuitously
does what the Texans spend tens Of
thousands in coaxing the Rio Grande
and artesian wells to do.
Mr. Stambaugh talks of his onion
exploits only in whispers. He will
not tell just how much he made on
that bumper crop last season, but
some estimate that the profits amount
ed to more than $4,000.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-05-24
Swamp Lands Make Fortune for
John Stambaugh.
jhio Member of Legislature Raised
Forty-six Thousand Bushels in
Buckeye State on Land
Thought Worthless.
Ger RRAnz4RAMa4

Columbus, Ohio.-To John STAN
baugh, farmer and member of the leg
lslature. onions spell all that is good
and wholesome. Only last season he
raised $4,000 bushels of them, enough
to set whole city to weeping. Way
down in Texas, where they pride
themselves on the size of their onion
crop, John Stambaugh and his onions
are known. Likewise in the recesses
of Maine are the Stambaugh onions a
thing of note. Stambaugh stands for
onions in all the big Ohio cities, for
his products flood all markets.
Ever since 1888 and long before he
thought of being legislator Mr.. STAN
baugh has been raising onions. There
is a marsh in Hardin county which
the Scioto river used to flood. When
the Stambaughs moved there twenty
three years ago muck covered the
marsh in some places six feet deep.
Horses used to sink in it and would
have to be pried out Wagons also
went down, oftentimes without warn
ing.
~ Sy OICl1 VI III clAAoSS vac P1I III anu
the water eventually seeped away, but
the marsh is still soft and soggy and
there is where John Stambaugh and
others raise their onions. In the soft,
yielding earth onions will grow almost
without proyocation. Their roots dive
down into the marshy ground.
Representative Stambaugh has 100
of he
devotes 70 acres Of it to onions. There
is no type of onion in the category
that he has not raised at one time