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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-24
Within The TOWN.

= Miss Maude Everhardt of Chester,
is now associated with the Yorkville
Graded school as teacher Of instru-
mental music. Miss Everhardt has
spent eight years at st. Mary's COL
lege, Raleigh, N. c., and taken two
years special instruction in Atlanta,
where she was recently graduated.
She comes well recommended as an
accomplished musician of unusual
ability.
The advertising columns Of The
Enquirer today furnish evidence of
the fact that the business people of
Yorkville are getting busy. The fact
Of the matter Is that the dry goods
trade has not been what 1t should
have been up to this time, and certain
of the merchants have decided to en-
liven matters. cutting profits to the
bone. The goods that have been 80
slow to move Of late are now moving.
and the next week or ten days will
no doubt witness quite lot Of heavy
trading.
The oyster supper given by the
Ladies' Aid society Of the Associate
Reformed church, in the Kennedy
Bros. & Barron building last Wednes-
day night, was an unusual success
from every standpoint. The ladies
cooked the oysters In the building and
served them in frys and stews as or
dered. and also served chicken sal
|ad. The patronage was large. in
cluding family parties in some in
stances. and the younger members Of
the society waited on the tables in the
most approved style. The supper had
la steady patronage for about three
hours until everything was sold, and
the receipts, on a basis Of 25 cents
for a fry, stew or portion Of salad.
amounted up close to $40. Patrons of
the supper were unreserved in their
praise Of the cooking as well as Of the
service, and in addition were general
ly agreed that they received full
value for their money.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-24

The oil mill people report that be-
cause Of the dryness of the past sea-
son there are from three to four GAL
Ions less oil in a ton Of seed than dur
ing normal seasons. This Is one OF
the reasons given for the lower price
this year.
There has been no special pressure
on The Enquirer's advertising COL
umns this season until last Tuesday,
when the big ad Of the Thomson COM
pany forced the issue of extra pages.
There are six pages again today, be-
cause of a general rush Of advertisers
who desire the public to know what
they have to offer. The Enquirer
congratulates itself on its ability to
meet the heavy demands that are be-
ing made on its space on remarkably
short notice, without encroaching up
on the proportionate amount Of read
ing matter that fairly belongs to sub
scribers.
No section of York county has de-
veloped more during the past dozen
years than that surrounding Bethany.
There have been no towns, but the de-
velopment has been of a nature to
show that towns are not the abso-
lutely necessary outcome of genuine
progress. In the Bethany country ev-
licences of get there" are to be seen
in the improved methods Of farming,
more diversification in crops, better
houses, more paint, more social ad-
vantages, better schools and all the
things that go to make life more pleas
ant and profitable. But the Bethany
section has not done its do" by any
means. The forces that have already
done so much are Of that permanent
nature that promise to go on and on.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-24

If we understand Alright the ar
rangement under which the New
York bankers are going to furnish
$50, ,000, 900 to loan on the cotton crop,
we do not see q great deal to 1t. When
the cotton mills decided that raw cot
ton was too high, instead Of trying to
get better price for their goods, they
shut down and quit buying cotton
That was a very effective plan for the
accomplishment of the end desired
According to our Interpretation the
plan of the cotton conference means
that farmers will sell their cotton for
s25 down and have the privilege of
naming the price for a complete sale
at any time previous to January l,
1918. That may look all right to
some; but we fail to see where any
real benefit is to come in. II the
mills are to have all the cotton they
want by simply advancing $25 bale,
there will be no possibility Of scare
ity to cause an advance of the price.
Of course IL the farmers could get the
s25 a bale and hold the cotton off the
market the effect would be different.
About the only way we see where any
benefit could arise from the plan as
we understand it, would be to take
the s25 a bale advance, cut the acre
age; in half next year, and not name
selling price until the 13 cents limit
is reached. But taken altogether we
see very little in the proposed plan.
More than anything else it looks to
us very much like game Of bunco.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-24
SIGNING THE PLEDGE.

A telephone message from Rock
Hill brings information that the Rock
Hill Buggy company has completed
the canvass 1t commenced Of Cataw-
ba and Ebenezer townships few days
ago. to get farmers to sign pledges
to hold cotton and reduce next years
acreage by 40 per cent.
The movement was commenced al
the instance Of the State Farmers
union. The union sought to have vol
unteers canvass the various town
ships Of the state: and although the
work has been well under way In
some Of the counties. nothing was
done In York until the Rock Hill
Buggy company got busy.
The telephone message says that
about IS per cent of the farmers seen
have agreed to hold some cotton al
least until September. 1912, and have
agreed to cut next years acreage 40
per cent. The Rock Hill Buggy COM
pany now desires to continue the can
vass in the other townships of the
county. and will ask for assistance In
pushing operations here and to all
parts of the state.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-24

when 75.9 per cent of the entire crop
was ginned prior to November IA;
S,112,199 bales in 1909, when S0.5 per
cent was ginned, and 9,595,SO9 bales
in 1908, when 1873 per cent was gin
ned. The number Of round bales in
cluded were 76.011, compared with
93,364 bales last year, 123,757 bales
in 1909 and 173,90S Lales in 1908. The
number of bales of sea island cotton
included were 71,199, compared with
1881 bales last year, 6S,4s5 bales in
1909, and 56,701 bales in 1908. The
distribution of sea island cotton by
states was as follows: Florida, &c.
SIS bales, compared with 1869 bales
last year, 23,453 bales in 1909 and 23,-
$40 bales in 1908. Georgia, ALPS
bales, compared with 2S,0SS bales last
year, 3S,S25 bales in 1909, and 26.S33
bales in 1908. South Carolina, 1855
bales, compared with 4,S74 bales last
year, 6,217 bales in 1909. and 6,24S
bales in 1908. South Carolina, 1,164,-
149 bales, compared with SSS,291 bales
last year, when 1874 per cent was
ginned; 913,440 bales in 1909, when
SO.3 per cent was ginned, and 9SS,926
bales in 1908, when 77.2 per cent was
ginned.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-24

On the day Of the municipal pri-
mary in Charleston. number of per-
sons were arrested on the charge OF
perjury Who caused the arrests?
Will the prosecutions be dropped ?
Were the arrests made without just
grounds? Were they made with in
tent to prosecute only upon the con-
dition that the result of the election
should be contested? Do those who
caused the arrests confess that they
were not sincerely made-that they
were a trick to be used later perhaps
for partisan advantage? Who caused
the arrests? In whose interest were
they made? Why has the matter
been dropped? Was the lofty talk In
Charleston about fair elections hypo-
critical ?-Columbia State.
All of which very pertinent ques-
tions seem to go to show the disgust
ing emptiness of 1t all. 1t would please
us nightly to see something done
about these cases. Either the pros
ecution Of the defendants charged
or the prosecution of the people who
brought the charges. This thing of
using the machinery of the law for
intimidation and blackmailing has
been going on long enough in South
Carolina and 1t is time there should
be an end of 1t. But, Of course, we
hope no one will get the idea that
Charleston is the only place where
the practice obtains.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-24
CIRCUIT COURT.

The court Of general sessions, which
convened Monday, was kept busy un-
til yesterday afternoon, the work OF
the juries being concluded with the
case of William Telford, charged with
murder.
Before the discharge of the grand
jury, the following six were drawn to
serve during the next year:
T. M. Ferguson, ]. S. Wilkerson, j.
n. Hogue, H. E. Moore, M. L. Dick
son and ]. M. Campbell.
In the case Of Henry Crockett and
John Brandon, charged with assault
and battery with intent to kill, John
Brandon was acquitted, and Henry
Crockett was convicted of assault and
battery of a high and aggravated ma
ture. The sentence of the court was
fine of 500 or twelve months on the
chaingang.
John Love plead guilty to the charge
of obtaining goods under false pre-
lenses and was sentenced to pay a
fine of $40 or go to the chaingang for
three months.
In the case of VIM. C. Stroud, charg-
ed with abandoning his wife and child.
the jury returned verdict of not
guilty.
The grand jury returned a true bill
Ill liC case VI harvey dllu :"
E. Griffin, charged with the murder of
E. P. H. Nivens. and the case was
continued.
Edward Montgomery plead guilty
to the charge Of housebreaking and
was sentenced to $25 or three months.
Herman Adkins was acquitted of
the charge of murder.
Roddey Reid, charged with murder,
was acquitted.
In the case of Kirk Lowry and Sink
Berry, charged with assault and bat
terry, the jury found a verdict Of gull
ty as to Sink Berry and guilty Of as
sault and battery as to Kirk Lowry.
Kirk Lowry was sentenced to pay a
fine Of S35 or go to the chaingang for
twenty-five days.
George Sherrow plead guilty to the
charge Of violating the dispensary
law and was sentenced to pay a fine
of 800 or three months on the chain
gang.
Coot Barnes tried on the charge Of
murder, was convicted of manslaught-
er.
In the case of Morris Woodruff. alias
Wylie Stewart, charged with plying the
business of an emigration agent. the
jury returned verdict of guilty. The
evidence showed very clearly that Nor
ris was In the employ of the SeabOard
Air Line railroad and in passing SEN
tence Judge Watts told him in effect:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-24
SHARON NOTES.
,rca The YorkviIIe ENQUIRER

correspondence Inc IoTkFiiIe EuQuHei
Sharon, November 23.-Contractor
Blair has been seriously delayed In the
work Of erecting the new school build
ing at Sharon, because Of the failure
of the lumber dealers to deliver the
flooring and ceiling at the time prom
'sed. The work Is as we'll along as 1t
could we'll be under the circumstan-
ces, the brick work being completed,
the roof on, and part Of the plastering
done. The lumber. 1t Is claimed, Is on
the way, and in case 1t arrives within
the next three or four days Mr.. Blair
hopes to complete the building by De-
cember 20.
Brick laying on the Hill building at
Sharon. after having been delayed
several weeks because Of the extraord-
mary task of excavatins the base
ment-the material being principally
pipe clay and stone-was completed
this week If weather conditions are
favorable 1t Is Mr.. Hills purpose to
push the work right along, but other
wise he will suspend operations until
next spring.
Mr.. w. P. Youngblood Is erecting a
commodious two-story dwelling, on the
site occupied by the one burned about
six weeks ago.
Mr.. G. w. Whitesides Is building a
handsome six-room cottage on the
west side Of Shelby street and hopes
to have 1t completed in about three
weeks.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-24
AUTOMOBILE LEGISLATION

1T means that there must be some
precautionary legislation. The situa-
tion has reached a point where 1t is
growing dangerous not only to other
vehicles in the roads, but to the au-
tomobilists themselves"
The Roddey Reid case-that In
which hack driver was killed on the
streets of Rock Hill recently by a
collision with an automobile driven
by Rodney Reid-was under consider
alton, and the speaker was Solicitor
Henry.
But what kind OF legislation do you
think would be necessary to cover
cases of this kind?" was asked of the
solicitor.
well, of course, if the jury had
said So" the solicitor replied this
would have been manslaughter. Such
a finding would not have been i'm
proper under the law, and really the
circumstances were pretty close to
calling for such a verdict. In similar
cases, hereafter, and there will be
more unless something is done, there
will be a strong demand for punish
ment.
LAS l see it," the solicitor went on,
about the best thing to be done
would be to require as the prerequis-
ite to the right and privilege of run
ming an automobile, examination, IL
cense and a suitable bond. The pur-
pose of the bond will be to secure the
indemnification of those who may suf-
fer from accident on account Of the
carelessness. recklessness or general
irresponsibility of the automobile
driver"
1T has been suggested" remarked
one of the gentlemen to whom the So
licitor was talking. that it would he
a good idea to hold the town or coun-
ty in which such accidents occur, re-
sponsible."
That would not do" Mr.. Henry de-
clared. IN the first place the common
law forbids the holding of one party
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-24
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER a., 1911.

say he hit me with baseball bat
Attorney for the defense: Tell what
you know; not what you heard"
Witness: 81 don't know nothing. He
was standing behind me and ! didn't
know nothing until 1t was all over.
No, / didn't see him hit me and |
didn't feel 1t. can't tell you anything
except whatthey told me-
Football.
The Yorkville High school football
team has accepted challenge to play
the Shelby High school team at Shell
by next Monday. The Chester High
school boys will play the Yorkville
boys on the Yorkville grounds on the
afternoon of Thanksgiving Day.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-24
THE BUGS AND THE BIRDS.
James Henry Rice, Jr, Gives Some
Interesting Figures.

James Henry Rice, Jr., Gives Some
Interesting Figures.
OF interest to South Carolinians is
the following from the Nashville Ban
ner concerning lecture given there
by James Henry Rice, Jr.:
Mr.. Rice has charge of all the
heron rookeries or breeding grounds
in the south. From these birds come
the aigrettes' of fashion, and in or
der to get the plumes these beauti-
full birds have been slaughtered by
the million until they are on the verge
of extinction. Mr.. Rice will tell how
the business goes on, and how men
have been murdered while trying to
protect the birds.
1.-The wisest men of the nation
have come to realize said Mr.. Rice,
that the danger to the entire nation
from a general insect plague is i'm
minent. 1t may come any hour and
as sure as fate it will come unless
birds are protected by drastic laws
and allowed 10 multiply.
"Do you realize that cut worms
cost the country $200,000,000 a year?
That the cotton caterpillar destroys
$50, 100000 worth of cotton? That
insects inflict an annual loss on our
forests, estimated by the government
statisticians at $100,000,000?
1T is a matter of public record
that fighting the caterpillar of the
gypsy moth has cost the state of
Massachusetts s2,500.000 and the fight
Is by no means over
The budworm, the chinchbug and
the boil worm have laid yearly trib-
ute on every corn field in America,
the damage running far into the mil
lions.
Mr.. Rice tells in a graphic and
picturesque way the story Of how
birds, the great air police of the AL
mighty, keep insects in check, and
how the slaughter of the birds for
market, sport and fashion has un-
chained the plaques Of the pit.
Mr.. Rice has just finished a week
at Memphis, where he lectured before
tute, and on Saturday to the leading
business men of the city at a dinner
given in his honor at the Gayoso hotel
by the City club.
Some Of Nashville's citizens heard
Mr.. Rice last summer at Sewanee,
where he lectured before the Univer-
sity of the South. He Is a member Of
the American Ornithologists' union,
the worlds leading authority on
birds, is chief game warden of South
Carolina, and does work also with
the National museum, division OF
birds.
The lecture is illustrated with
stereopticon views. made on the fields
by bird experts especially for these
lectures. The pictures are new and
nothing like them has been publish
ed"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-24

There is a great deal that is at
tractive in the idea of making this
osection a centre Of dairying. AS we
understand it, no other creamery en-
terprise, whether as private or Coop
erative undertaking, has been a sue
cess in South Carolina. We are not
prepared to guarantee the success OF
the Yorkville creamery. 1t Is possi-
BILE that 1t may go the way Of the 9TH
ers; but we do know that the situa-
ton has improved wonderfully dur
ing the past few weeks, and II milk
receipts continue to increase at the
same rate for a few months more,
there will be no question of the per-
manency Of the institution. We do
not want anybody to get a suggestion
of doubt from this. 1t Is the absolute
truth that the creamery can continue
to live as long as it has the support
it now has. But with every addition
al thousand pounds of milk receipts 1t
becomes a still better thing for GUS
toners. Within a few months from
now, at the present rate Of progress,
milk will be attracted from much
more extensive radius of territory than
now.' When satisfied customers begin
to realize the profit they are getting,
they will add more cows. The local
creamery has absolutely no competi-
ton in the matter Of making a repu-
tation, especially throughout all South
Carolina, and that reputation will re-
dound to the honor and profit of this
whole section. There will be profit
from milk and butter, profit in the in
creased fertility of the soil, profit from
the sale Of grade steers, profit from
the sale of surplus cows, profit in di-
versified crops, profit in other devel-
opments that will have to come
Surely the prospect is one that will
arouse a great deal Of enthusiasm in
our people
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-24
SAYS HE WAS MIsoUoTED.
Richard Carroll Repudiates Alleged
Interview in New York Age.

Interview in New York Age.
On being severely rebuked by the
News and Courier because Of a dis
respectful and defamatory interview
that he was alleged to have given to
the Age, of New York, the most influ-
entail negro paper In the country, Rev.
Richard Carroll, colored, Of Columbia,
has given out the following state
ment:
1.-The interview which a representa-
tive Of the New York Age had with
me Is incorrect in part. as 1t appears
in that paper, and which you refer
to. l passed through New York last
week. and on my way 10 the depot
talked with a colored young man who
said to me that he was connected with
the New York Age, and asked me
what | thought Of Governor Blease.
told him that | knew very little
about Governor Blease. but that the
colored people did not take his talks
on lynchings, etc, seriously; that in
Newberry where Governor Blease
lives, most Of the negroes seem tC
like him, and many Of them voted for
him to be governor. Many Of them
who know him best say he Is one Of
the mos friendly and congenial white
men they know. That Is all l said
about Governor Blease. except that
he is a shrewd politician, and that
he intended to be governor Of South
Carolina again, or would be elected
to the senate. / further said that
Governor Blease, like a great many
other white men In various sections
Of the south, finds that he can get
votes by abusing negroes. I told him
that I had predicted through the COL
umns Of my paper, the Southern
Ploughman, that the present governor
would give the white people of South
Carolina more trouble than he would
give the negroes.
IT said to the Age representative
that the worst enemies the negro has
in South Carolina and in the south
are those white men who associate
with negro men and negro women at
night. and sometimes drink whisky'
out of the same bottle with colored
men. l did not associate Governor
Blease with this class of white men,
for l knew nothing about his record
along that line. Nor would I have
said 1t for publication II had believed
Il. could not so speak Of man
who holds such a position in my state
THE representative Of the Age mas
my statement a little mixed. He
asked If he could publish what / said.
I told him that he might. But he has
not published my statement correc'
ly. / have been going north for tweL
ty years, and have made II a rule not
to say anything about the whlte peo
pei of South Carolina that ana III,
cav TO them I'm South Carolina.
have had very little to say about Gov
ernor Blease, either in private or In
public, since he has beAl goyerho:.
ISienedI Richard Carroll. !
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-24

If there is to be anything in leg
islative way to remedy the school
book situation, it should be commenced
at the next meeting of the general
assembly. 1t would at least be prac-
ticable for the general assembly to
permanently adopt arithmetics, al
gebras, ancient histories, English
grammars, Latin books, and give it to
be understood that there are to be no
more changes in so far as these
branches are concerned. In making
the adoption, selection could be made
from books on which the copyrights
have expired, and hereafter it would
be merely a competition among the
publishers as to the price at which
the books could be furnished.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-24
LOCAL. AFFAIRS
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Cotton Belt Ginning GOWN gin on
ly three days week after this date.
National Union Bank, Rock Hill-De-
sires farmers to try the experiment
Of having a bank account with II
for one year.
A. M. McGill, Yorkville No. Has
opened a general store near Ramah
church. and solicits the patronage Of
the public and promises good goods
at the lowest prices.
Kirkpatrck-Be Belk Co-Mentions a few
items that 1t has to offer the trade,
and says its prices can't be equaled.
1t wants you to get its prices.
Thomson Co.-Calls special attention
to it's ten days midwinter sale and
offers special values in every de-
partment during ten days.
Mcconnell Dry Goods Co.-Yesterday
commenced thirty days clearance
sale of the recently acquired stock
of ]. L. Williams & Co. Reduced
prices in all lines.
Standard Oil Co.-Tells about Perfec-
tion blue flame oil stoves and Rayo
Tampa
Shieder Drug Store-After thorough
renovation, makes a new bow to the
public and solicits the patronage OF
old and new friends.
York Drug Store-Sets forth the mer-
it's of Vinol as a tonic and maker OF
rich, red blood.
York Monument Works-Gives notice
Of an advance in the cost of granite
for copings and solicits your order
before the rise becomes effective.
Bratton's Farm-Offers Guernsey cat
tie for sale; also grade cattle, and
thoroughbred Berkshire pigs. Gus
toners for milk and cream wanted
j. @. Wray-Tells you to come and
see his offerings If you are looking
for bargains.
Herndon & Gordon-Do not sell clay
pipes, but do sell groceries, confec-
tioneries. hardware, etc.
Louis Roth-Wants to furnish you
with oysters and other Thanksgiv.
ing necessities.
W. c. Thomson, Executor-Win or
salesday in December, sell six
shares Of cotton oil mill stock be.
longing to estate Of w. M. Faulkner
deceased.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-24

another, and in the second place it
would be impracticable to secure
verdicts against towns and counties
have to pay the bills"
well, I'll tell you this" observed a
listener, IF it should appear that the
general assembly seriously intended to
pass an act requiring automobile
drivers to give an indemnity bond,
such a gathering of lobbyists as there
would be about Columbia-automobile
owners, dealers and manufacturers,
that the like has never been seen. 1t
would be a mighty hard bill to pass,
sure"