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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-01-06
AUCTION SALE OF LOTS.

AS will be noted from the advertise
ment in another column, there Will be
another sale of lots in Yorkville on
next Tuesday, beginning at II a m.
What was formerly the Hope place.
in the southern part of town, has been
cut up into fifty or more lots, and Mr.
E. R. Horton, president of the Ander-
son Real Estate and Investment com.
pany, proposes to let the people OF
Yorkville, both white and colored, NIX
values in accordance with their own
estimates.
Arrangements have been made Tor a
free concert by a brass band. and al.
ter the business begins 1t Is promised
that one of the best autioneers IN the
state will dispose Of the lots at the
rate of one a minute. the game contin-
uing until all the lots are gone.
In the case of previous auction sales
of lots in Yorkville, the bidding mas
been confined exclusively to whites
the would-be colored bidders being eX-
cluded; but on this occasion, 1t Will be
a fair open proposition to whoever, OF
fers the most money, whether the bid
der be white or colored.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-01-06
WITHIN THE TOWN.

MIR. D. E. Boney has moved from
East Jefferson street to wright
avenue.
Mr.. John G. Barnwell has moved
from Kings Mountain street to East
Jefferson street.
Mr.. B. M. Love, who is to succeed
Mr.. J.. ]. Hunter as county auditor,
has moved into the J. B. Plaxco house
on East Jefferson street.
Mr.. Robert Witherspoon and fam
ily of Guthriesville, have moved into
the house recently vacated by Mr.. w.
H. Herndon, on East Liberty street.
The Yorkville Creamery association
has adopted the 10th Of each month as
pay day. On that day checks are to be
issued for all accounts due up to the
last day Of the previous month.
Business has not been so brisk
about Yorkville since the holidays as
before; but still the situation has not
been anything like so distressingly
dull as during this same period in sew
eral recent years.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-01-06
CHARGED WITH MURDER.

Mr.. w. E. Griffin of Fort Mill town.
shin, and his son, ]. H. Griffin, who
lives with him, were committed to jail
last Wednesday night, charged with
the murder of f. P. H. Nivens, re-
Gently.
The arrests were made at the home
of the Messrs. Griffin on Wednesday,
by Sheriff Brown on warrant issued
by Magistrate r. l.. deLoach OF York
township, on the affidavit of Mr.. Ben
Nivens. a brother of the man who was
killed, and who lives a few miles north
east of Yorkville.
The warrants, after being duly en-
dorsed by Magistrate McElhaney, were
served by the sheriff without difficulty.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-01-06
MERE-MENTION.

The united states supreme court
has handed down a decision in which
it upholds the constitutionality of the
bank guarantee laws of Oklahoma, Ne
braska and Kansas. :. Alabama ranks
seventh in military strength, being ex-
ceeded only by the states Of New York,
Pennsylvania, Illinois, Massachusetts,
Ohio and New Jersey. A jury In
the New Jersey superior court on Tues
day decided that James J. Gallagher,
the disgruntled city employe who shot
Mayor Gayner, is sane and must go to
trial. . The Chattahoochee river rose
fifteen feet at Columbus, Ca, Tues
day.. Seventeen people were killed
as the result of panic that origina-
ted in a fire scare at a New Years
celebration at San Patosi, Mexico, last
Monday. A proposed new railroad
to connect Atlanta, Ga, and Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, by way of Rome, has
been chartered, and it is expected that
work will be commenced within a short
time. Ten business blocks were
burned at Granville, N. Y, a few days
ago, entailing q loss of three hundred
thousand dollars. :. =. Milwaukee, Wis,
has a female policeman on duty among
women workers about the city facto-
ries.. Senator Stephen B. Elkins Of
West Virginia, died at his home in
Washington Wednesday night at mid
night. .... What are known as the
regular" Democrats of Tennessee are
found to have the situation pretty we'll
in hand on the convening Of the gen.
eral assembly. They have no majority;
but there are enough of them to break
quorum, and they have put it up to
the fusionists that they must submit
to certain things, else the regulars will
force an adjournment which will pre-
vent the seating of Hooper. >. James
J. Gallagher, who last August shot
Mayor Gaynor of New York, was con-
victed at Jersey City Wednesday, of
assault with intent to kill, after a trial
taking only a few hours and was sem
fenced to the state penitentiary for a
period Of twelve years. -. The defend
ants in the bath tub criminal cases on
trial in Detroit, Mich, have plead not
guilty. The armored cruiser Mary
land won the shooting championship of
the navy last year.. There was a
severe earthquake in Russian Turkes-
tan on Tuesday. The Washington
Duke building at Trinity College, N.
c., was burned Wednesday. The loss
was 100000 and the insurance was
$40 ,000.. -. AT Philadelphia last We'd
nesday, Judge Holland Of the Federal
court, imposed fines Of $4,000 each up
on the Philadelphia and Reading rail-
way, the Lehigh Valley railroad and
the Bethlehem Steel company, for re-
batting. "A Mobile dispatch tells of
a Mississippi farmer named BoXom,
who was about to start for Madrid in
answer to the lure Of the old Spanish
swindle, but who was held back at the
last minute by friends learning of his
purpose. 80. 1t is expected that the
postoffice appropriation bill will this
year carry upwards of s25O,OOO,0O0, as
compared with $240,000,O00 last year.
The increase is attributed to normal
increase in the postal service.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-01-06

Col. ]. c. Stribbling of Anderson, is
writing to the papers in advocacy OF
the idea of publishing tax returns in
newspapers with a view to driving
property owners to giving the auditors
valuations closer to the real worth of
their respective properties. That this
means would prove effective there is
little reason to doubt, for there are
thousands and thousands of property
owners all over South Carolina who
would be unable to withstand the pres
sure of public sentiment that would
follow common knowledge Of the VAL
uations on which they are paying tax
es 1t is quite possible that such pub
lication would accomplish results that
could be accomplished in no other
way. But the whole question is diff
ficult one OF course candor compels
the admission that actual value is the
only sound and correct basis of assess
ment. Inquiry into the history and
cause of present conditions will show
that formerly property was more gen.
orally given in for taxation at figures
closer to its actual value; but in the
course of time as one man would find
that his richer neighbor was paying
less taxes than himself he would make
his own return still lower. Then the
other fellow would shave considera-
bly, and so it went and goes until the
present tendency is toward nothing
ness. That it Is time for reform there
is no question; but how to bring that
reform about is the question. If all
the property of South Carolina were
assessed at its actual value, it is prob
able that a one mill levy would pay
the present expenses of the govern
ment and liquidate the state debt
within a very few years; but many
fear that this would not be all. They
have an idea that although the general
assembly might be willing to leave
such a levy to stand for a year or two,
within a very few years, the levy
would be doubled and trebled, ETC.,
and complaints would be answered
with the very specious argument that,
You are only paying three mills now,
where you used to pay five and half
and a six But there is another side
to this. If the government would go at
the matter in a business-li like way and
create boards who would assess values
at what they really are, maybe the
people would begin to take notice and
see to it that their representatives do
not tax them unreasonably. One trou-
BILE now is that the people do not give
as much attention to their government,
either Federal, state, county or munic-
ipal as they should, but if the general
assembly really gets down to some-
thing business-like and serious as to
this taxation question, there will be a
very material change for the better all
along the line. But nothing herein is
intended to suggest that taxes are not
already high enough-for goodness
knows that even the worse Of the dod-
gers are now paying a plenty.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-01-06
FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1911.

ing Of the conduct Of Mr.. Gadsden.
An appeal was taken. While the
case was pending in the supreme
court Mrs. Lawrence and the heirs Of
Miss Lawrence effected a compromise.
However, in this compromise was no
vindication Of the profession con-
duct Of Mr.. Gadsden. Therefore he
appealed to the supreme court not to
dismiss the appeal until his personal
honor should be absolved or the ac-
curacy Of Judge Aldrich's decree
should be established. The original
complaint in the suit by Miss Law
renee and the criticism Of Mr.. Gads-
den by Judge Aldrich are quoted fully
in Mr.. Gadsden's plea to the supreme
court.
-Newberry Observer: Senator Jno.
H. Wharton of Laurens. was the au-
thor Of the bill providing for two
rural policemen for his county. Two
capable men were appointed pre-
sumably on the recommendation OF
the delegation in the legislature. They
have been in Office nine months. A
citizen Of Newberry says that he was
talking with Senator Wharton some
time ago about the rural police Of his
county; that the senator declared that
the officers had had a very wholesome
effect in the county: that women and
children in the county feel safer: that
crime has been checked, and that the
men have more than made their sal
aries in fines that have been paid by
aw-violators whom they have brought
to trial. He was enthusiastic In be-
half Of this new arm to the law; so
much so that the Newberrian was
completely converted, and believes
that Newberry county should have
something like 1t. Col. Wharton
writes as follows to the Laurensville
Herald: "At the last session Of the
legislature an act was passed provid-
ing for the appointment Of two rural
policemen for Laurens county. At
the time some Of our best citizens
doubted the wisdom Of such course.
on account Of the salary attached to
the office, the salary being nine hum
dred dollars each per year, or eighteen
hundred dollars for the two. I have
made careful inquiry and find that our
people are we'll pleased with the sys-
tenn, and that our two rural police
men are terrors to evildoers; and they
have not cost the county dollar.
The fines they have collected from
ready been turned over to the county,
aggregate twenty-one hundred and
forty-six dollars. Besides this. a num-
ber Of criminals are doing time on
the chain gang, and a large amount
Of blind tiger liquor seized and des-
troyed. besides the good order in the
rural sections Of the county on ac-
count Of the presence Of the rural
police. The system has been a finan-
cial success, as the police have caus-
ed to be collected the sum Of seven
hundred and ninety-six dollars above
their salary. as shown by their work
and reports from the first of April, or
nine months, the time the act went
into effect. This statement Is made
simply to let our people see the re-
suits of the law"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-01-06

Announcing that after January 1st
it's subscription price will be $3.50 a
year, in advance, the Leighton, Ala,
Weekly News puts the case this way
When cotton was six or seven cents
a pound and other farm products were
correspondingly low, it took the price
of two turkeys to pay one years sub
scription; now one turkey will sell for
enough to pay for three years or more.
Then it took ten dozen eggs to pay for
one year: now two dozen will almost
do it. Then we could buy little pie
with a years subscription: now 1t will
scarcely pay for the grunt. And so on
with almost all farm products"
From the foregoing. which is not ex-
aggerated in the least, it is easy to see
that the weekly and semi-weekly pa
pers throughout the country are now
up against pretty hard lines, and If
conditions continue unchanged, other
papers besides The Leighton News
will have to raise prices or give up the
ghost.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-01-06

both Of the accused submitting quietly
and without any apparent surprise at
the proceedings.
Among the papers of the dead man
were found some notes that are
thought by many to have some bearing
on the case. They are anonymous
and undated; but those who think they
are best acquainted with the whole sit
uation are morally certain as to the
authorship. These notes are in the ma
ture of a warning to the deceased to
be on his guard against threatened Sc
cret violence Of which the writer SEEM
ed to have knowledge.
1t Is understood that the accused
men have retained w. B. Wilson, Sr.
Of Rock Hill, for their defense, and the
probability is that they will demand a
preliminary hearing as soon as the
same can be had, although this will
hardly be before tomorrow.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-01-06
Don't [ ike the Whitewash.-The

Don't Like the WhiteWaSn.-Inea aQ-
journment of the senate yesterday,
until Monday, on account of the death
of Senator Elkins, says a Washington
dispatch, made material changes in the
plans of those opposed to Senator Lor-
inner of Illinois being permitted to re-
tain his seat. 1t was expected that
Senator Owen would speak today in
criticism of the report of the COM
mittee on privileges and elections and
that he would introduce resolution
to declare the election of Mr.. Lorimer
illegal. The adjournment until Mon
day, however. makes it possible for
Senator Beverldge to complete a mi
nority report and 1t Is now believed
that he will submit such report Mon
day and make speech upon 1t.
There Is some question whether Sem
ator Owen or Senator Beveridge will
fire the first gun against Mr.. Lorimer.
Mr.. Owen is understood to desire to
speak against him because the show of
corruption in the Illinois legislature
seems to offer a good argument in
support of the Owen resolution for a
constitutional amendment to provide
for the election Of senators by direct
vote.
When the senate investigating COM
mittee made its report there did not
seem to be much opposition to it, in
spite Of the fact that it contained what
was termed a sweeping vindication of
the Junior Illinois senator on all of the
charges of corruption that were filed
against him. Since that time how
ever, many senators have studied the
testimony and several have become
outspoken in denunciation of the re-
port made.
Every indication points to a long
and heated debate before the Lorimer
case is disposed of.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-01-06

No, it is not pleasant to have your
arm all swelled up from vaccination,
and it will have to be admitted that
there is some risk in it. Vaccination
occasionally causes death; but death
from vaccination is of rare occurrence.
More people die of falls from second
story windows than die of vaccination.
More people die from pin scratches
than die from vaccination. But it is
only the vaccinated individual who can
feel that he or she is safe from small
pox. 1t is a rare thing that anybody
who has been successfully vaccinated
has smallpox or even varioloid. This
is not speculation. 1t is fact. From the
close of the civil war up to few years
ago smallpox was a matter Of small
concern in this country, for there were
but few cases. But it is different now.
Smallpox has broken out frequently
during the past few years, and it is
as liable to break out as frequently in
the future. The only guarantee of
protection lies in vaccination and ev-
erybody should be vaccinated.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-01-06

We do not pretend to understand the
true inwardness of the proceedings in
which Mr.. Philip H. Gadsden OF
Charleston, has deemed it eXpedient to
go before the supreme court in order
to secure vindication of his profess
sional conduct in the Lawrence case.
We know very little about the Law
renee case. We think we know a good
deal about Philip II. Gadsden. We do
not know many business people in
South Carolina of whom we have a
higher opinion. There are few in
Charleston who have stood higher in
the estimation of their fellows, and
there are few if any in the city who
stand higher now. The fact that Mr..
Gadsden's professional conduct has
been questioned is a great surprise to
us; but we are not in the least sur
prised at the action he has taken in
going before the supreme
court and asking that all his acts be
inquired into and exposed to the noon
day light That is exactly in accord
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-01-06

- Columbia, January 4: The state
of South Carolina paid the sum Of
$145.000 as interest on the state debt.
This is a semi-annual payment, the
total amount of interest paid each
year being approximately $1,000
The state debt amounts to s6,526. 900.
The interest is 1-2 per cent. The
state treasurer desires that all of the
county treasurers send in the tax
money as soon as possible. Several
days ago the treasurer was forced
to renew a note for 100000 because
of a lack of funds. By an order of
the general assembly. the state last
year borrowed s55O,00O. 1t is not
known how much money will be re-
quired for operating expenses Of the
state government this year. The
amount will be determined by the
general assembly. The state treasurer
has only ten days in which to prepare
his annual report. Consequently the
report will be very short. All set
Elements have to be made after jan
uary /. No recommendations will be
made by the state treasurer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-01-06

We sincerely hope that the general
assembly will try to enact some kind
of marriage laws. There should at
least be a statute requiring the regis
tration of marriages, even if it is not
deemed advisable to require a regular
license. The present system, or lack of
system, is too primitive.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-01-06

Our friend, the Anderson Daily Mail,
prints a news paragraph in which it
is stated that the statutes require that
the state flag be fioated over public
buildings. If there really is such a
law, the public has no way Of know
ing about it except through an occa-
sional paragraph in the newspapers.
They would never learn anything from
the public building displays.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-01-06

In addition to the foregoing there
will also be required, Of course, the
usual mill special levy for roads
and bridges, and in addition to levy
Of ] mill for sinking fund the follow
ing levies in each Of the townships
named to pay interest on the bonds is
sued in aid Of the Charleston. Cincin-
natl and Chicago railroad; Catawba,
~ mills; Ebenezer, Z mill; York, 8
mills.
Since the burning Of the court house.
the county has been borrowing $4,000
each year pledging as security the re-
CENTS Of the succeeding tax collecting
period. Last year this amount was
increased on account Of certain ex-
traordinary expenses. and this year It
will certainly he necessary to borrow
$4,000 and probably a great deal more,
else it is going to take wonderfully
close shaving to make both ends meet
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-01-06

Snakes In Anderson.-As pretty a
little snake as anybody ever saw came
crawling across Main street yester-
day afternoon, at the intersection. Of
Main street. Bud Pruitt saw it first
He wasn't certain that he really saw
1t. and he felt greatly relieved when
Claude Derrick came along and said
he saw it, too. Then, other people
came along and saw It, There was no
doubt that ii was a sure enough
snake. The preponderance of the
evidence was conclusive, and also
comforting. 1t was a hose supporter
snake-or a garter snake, as they
would say in Greenville-and the color
of Christmas necktie. Nobody
knew how it came to be wandering
around on Main street. A man in the
crowd said that he once killed a snake
in February, while there was snow on
the ground. Nobody said they disbe-
lieved him. A newspaper man hap
pened along and saw the snake and
decided that he would send 1t to
friend for New Years present. He
went across the street to get a box to
put the serpent in and when he got
back the show was over. The snake
had crawled on a rail of the street car
tracks, and a car had come along and
mashed the daylight out of it. All
that was left was a greasy spot.-An-
derSon Daily Mail.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-01-06

house. The latter appear to have
been in rooms rented by Russian
woman. Bessie Gershon, who is now
under arrest with other suspects,
against whom, however, no charge
has yet been made. 1t is somewhat
difficult to establish the identity Of
the dead desperadoes, or how the
police tracked them, but. according
to the latest reports, it is practically
certain that one is Dutch" Fritz, and
it is almost equally certain that the
other is not Peter the Painter" for
whom the police are still searching.
All the wounded are doing well.
Sergeant Lessen is in serious condi-
ton but is expected to recover.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-01-06

ance with our idea of what a man like
Mr.. Gadsden would do in the circum-
stances. 1t is an unusual and remark
able case; but we have very little
doubt of the outcome. We do not think
it is possible to show that Mr.. Gads-
den would take an unfair business or
any other kind of unfair advantage of
anybody, much less a woman, and we
believe that it will be shown that he
did not do such a thing. Of course,
this is not our quarrel. We know that
we have no business with it one way
or the other, but in such an unusual
proceeding we cannot help feeling a
deep interest and expressing the hope
that whoever is helped or hurt, the
right will win.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-01-06
Chr 1turkrille Gnquirer.
Entered at the Postoffice in Yorkville
as Mail Matter of the Second Glass.
YORKVILLE. s. c.:
FRIDAY. JANUARY 6. 1911.

There will be an effort to enact some
kind of liquor legislation we believe;
but as to whether it will amount to
anything we have no way Of arriving
at a conclusion. Our belief is that the
present liquor law will not be mate
rally changed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-01-06
"coUNTY SUPPLY BILL"

At their meeting last Wednes-
day, the county board of commits
soners submitted an itemized estimate
of the amount of money that will be
required for the conduct of the county
government for the fiscal year begin
ming January l, 1911 and the ag-
gregate of the various items is s39,-
OOO.7O. OF this amount 1t Is esti-
mated $4,000 will be raised by fines,
costs, licenses, etc, and that the bal
ance, s34,OOO.7O, must be raised by a
levy Of mills on the dollar of the tax
able property of the county.
The various items of expense includ-
ed in the estimate are:
For the county auditor .....$ 533 35
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-01-06
LOCAL lAcONlCS.
County Commissio oners.

The county board of commissioners
gives notice today that their annual
meeting which should have been held
on yesterday, will be held on the first
day of February. The meeting was
not held at the time required by the
statute, because of an oversight. This
meeting is necessary for several rea.
sons. In the first place because the
statute requires it, and In the second
place in order that all claims may be
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-01-06

Dispatches from the various towns
throughout the country in which pos
tai savings banks were opened Tues
day, indicate that the new institutions
were received with pretty general en-
thusiasm by the local people every
where. There were quite number of
depositors in Newberry.