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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-05-16

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

]. r. Killian-Has two houses on the
corner Jefferson and Church streets
for rent.
]. M. Stroup-Offers Sure Death" as
a certain way of getting rid Of bugs
on your potato vines. He also has
Lookout Mountain seed potatoes.
Glover Drug Co., Clover-Tells of the
benefits of Kreso-Dip for all live
stock. 1t kills all vermin on farm
animals and Is inexpensive.
Kirkpatrick- Belk Co.-Says that the
steady increase of it's business very
clearly proves that 1t enjoys your
confidence. New embroideries and
laces, founcings, towels, etc.
Bank of Hickory Grove-Asks for saw
ings deposits on a platform of pru.
dence, protection and equal Drivi-
leges to all customers.
Yorkville Hardware Co.--Just remind!
you about the good results to be
accomplished by having wire screen!
on your doors and windows.
National Union Bank, Rock Hill-Of-
fers the counsel OF its officers to Its
customers in all financial matters.
Thomson Co.'s showing new lines oi
parasols for ladies, misses and chill
dren: new silk gloves, and voile ano
panama skirts for ladies.
Loan and Savings Bank, Yorkville-
Points out the distinct advantage!
of paying your bills with checks. II
Is convent ant, safe and less liable tC
errors.
]. O. Wray-Makes a variety of specia
offerings in dress goods. white
goods, straw hats for men, clothing
extra pants. underwear, etc.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-05-16

From the statement given out by
Governor Blease in another column, 1t
appears that his excellency is concern
ed about the cotton mill merger prob
lem. 1t Is a fact that this matter Is
important and that up to this time
nobody has had much to say. We do
not like the merger idea; but how 1t
is going to be helped, we do. not ex-
actly see. The Federal government has
been making a wonderful stew for a
number of years past about trusts and
combinations; but If anything has been
accomplished; we are unaware Of 1t.
Some of the smaller trusts have been
embarrassed a little and that is about
all. It would be better we think If
the size of corporations could be held
IN reasonable limits-best for the high
est interest of the whole people; but
the rub comes in at the point where
it Is sought to establish that limit. 1t
has occurred to us that trusts and
combinations cannot be materially re-
stricted unless we cease to bestow
corporate powers anywhere. There is
where the trouble starts, 1t seems to
us, and while we would not say that
this would not be best for future de-
velopment along lines for the highest
and best welfare of the largest
number of people. we do say that 1t
would probably revolutionize all ex-
listing economic conditions, and there
Is no reason to believe that such a
thing can possibly be accomplished.
There is no more tremendous problem
in our economic, social or political
life, and we are not inclined to look in
the direction indicated for the most
practical solution. While we are not
looking for very free admission of the
fact that the principal advantages to
he gained by the mergers under con-
sideration, are the control Of the price
of labor and the price Of raw pro-
ducts, we do not hesitate to say that
we see it just that way. If we should
say or hold otherwise, we would feel
that we were disloyal to our concep-
tiOns of the truth. But the remedy?
There is the question. The farmers,
we think can save themselves along
the lines recently pointed out-by
raising their own supplies and cotton
only as a surplus. To this they might
add the eXpedient recently suggested
by the president Of the New York Cot
ton EXchange-the establishment of
state cotton warehouses. Of course,
there are those who will object on the
ground of "paternalism," without even
considering the divine obligation of
the state to thus intervene in behalf
of such of her children as may have
been made the victims by means of
oppression as she herself has placed in
the hands of other children. We are
firm believers in the fact that the
farmers can hold their own against all
corners without help from anybody, If
they only will: but we are doubtful as
to whether they yet have a sufficient
appreciation Of their own power, in
which case the state should not fail
i'm the exercise of a proper degree of
paternalism to maintain justice and
right.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-05-16

tent with reducing the position of the
judge to one something like that Of
the moderator in a religious assem-
bly,, or the presiding officer of a po-
litical convention, the judge is to be
made still less important and to be
put still more on trial and to assume
still more the character of defend
ant by a provision of law, under which,
If his rulings and conduct in court do
not suit a small percentage of the cleo
tors of his district, he may be COM
PEELED to submit the question of his
continuance on the bench during the
term for which he was elected, to an
election for recall, in which the rea-
son for his recall is to be included in
200 words, and his defense thereto to
be equally brief. The statistics which
show the crimes that go unpunished
in this country, as compared with those
in England" said Mr.. Taft, ARE start
ling and humiliating to any son Of
America who has pride in his fellow
cOuntrymen as a law abiding and law
enforcing people. Wherein is the great
difference then between the effective
ness of the two systems? l believe 1t
to exist in the character, experience
and learning of the judges, in the
power which they maintain and exer-
else in the course of the trial for the
saving of time and the simplification
of the issues"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-05-16
MR.. FINLEYs CONGRATULATIONS

Mr.. w. w. Finley, President cf the
Southern Railway, is very much
pleased with the result of the COW
show given in Yorkville last week, and
under date of May 13, has written from
Washington to Hon. l.. R. Williams,
president of the York County Live
Stock association as follows:
l have just had the pleasure of read.
ing a report from our agricultural
and horticultural agent in South Car
olina on the York County Live Stock
associations Cow Show and Dairy
Products Exhibit.
I wish to congratulate you and your
fellow-members of the association on
the success Of this exhibit. I believe
that our southern farmers will find 1t
profitable to devote more attention to
live stock raising and especially to
the dairy industry, and such associa-
tions as yours will aid materially In
bringing about this result.
with hest wishes for your complete
success, I am,
Yours truly,
w. w. Finley, President.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-05-16
MERE-MENTION.

The Ward liner Merida was sunk
off Cape Henry, Va, last Friday, as
the result of q collision with the
steamship Admiral Faragut. There
were 1926 passengers and crew on the
Merida and all were saved. 49,. The
New York general assembly has ap-
propriated 100000 for road improve
ment. Timothy l.. Woodruff, Repub-
lican, former lieutenant governor of
New York. is predicting Democratic
success in the 1912 presidential cam
paign. So. Ten Chicago millionaires
will have to stand trial in the Federal
court on criminal charges of violation
of the Sherman antitrust law, in
connection with the formation Of the
alleged beef trust. .... Miss Lillian
Swygert, a kindergarten teacher in a
mill school of Atlanta, Ca, has recent
ly been informed that she Is heir to
$6,000,00 estate in Germany by the
death of an uncle. .....P. L. Camp
bell, president of the University of
Oregon, is charged by H. ]. Parkinson
of Portland, with offering him a bribe
Of $4,000 to burn or destroy the re-
ferendum petition on the $500,000 state
university legislative grab. ...... The
thirty four members of the Tennessee
legislature, who left the state month
ago in order to prevent the passage Of
certain bills. have returned to their
homes, claiming that they have won
their point ... The United States
government will probably sue 5000
concerns in Illinois for failure to file
schedules for the corporation tax.
Should the government win, the firms
will he liable to fines aggregating $780,
OOO, 900. A white man named Jesse
Runnels, was arrested in Gainesville,
Fla. last Friday, charged with the
murder of a Texas cattleman eighteen
years ago. .... Mrs. William II. Taft
is seriously i'll in New York, suffering
from q return of nervous troubles to
which she has been subject for several
years. A Washington dispatch says
that exports Of cotton clothes from the
United States to China and Japan
show a most tremendous increase for
March 1911 as compared with March
1910.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-05-16

Governor Blease has refused to par
don w. T. Jones, the Union wife muir
derer 1t will be remembered that
during the late campaign there was talk
to the effect that because of heavy
contribution by Jones to Blease's cam
paign, Blease had bargained to give
Jones a pardon. A statement to this
same effect was published in the Co
lumbia State after the governors in
auguration. Many people believed 1t.
There is no doubt about the fact that
Jones and his lawyers have been using
every means and eXpedient in their
power to secure release one way or the
other There is reason to suspect that
certain stuff published in some of the
newspapers favorable to Jones was
paid fer. For instance about a year
ago, the Spartanburg Herald contained
a lot of alleged after discovered"
evidence, that went to make up story
that was calculated to create an i'm
preston that Jones was an innocent
and badly abused man. Although we
were Just a little suspicious Of this
story at the time, we are not prepared
to say that the Herald was paid for
it. We understood, however, in a
manner that left very little reason to
doubt, that the Spartanburg Journal
had been offered the same story with
the understanding that it's publication
would be paid for literally. The case
is certainly a very interesting one and
a very important one, and we are in
deed glad that the governor has not
seen fit to grant a pardon. There Is
but one chance for Jones outside of a
pardon, and that Is a new trial on one
of the many dilatory motions that his
lawyers have hatched up in his case.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-05-16
TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1911.
cow SHOW COMMENT.
What the Papers Say of the Exhibi-
ton In YorkviIIe Last Week.


tion In Yorkville Last Week.
Chester Lantern: The Yorkville
cow show opened Wednesday morning
with a large crowd present. Many
people came in from the surrounding
country and from neighboring coun-
ties, to view the cows and the dairy
products and to take in Yorkville gen.
orally. All who were present pro-
nounced the COW show we'll worth
looking at and something which will
give en impetus to the dairy business
in South Carolina. There was also a
dairy exhibit that was second only In
interest to the cattle. Many ladies as
well as men looked over this exhibit
and they were all delighted with the
fine butter which York county pro-
duces.
Chester Reporter. The York Live
Stock association did a good work last
week in holding a cow show. At our
fairs and live stock exhibits the val
uable and useful cow is very likely to
be obscured by more showy exhibits;
and 1t Is well that now and then at
least an affair can be held at which
| the cow reigns supreme and Is the one
and great central attraction.
From all reports the cow show was
great success, the cattle that were
| shown being OF many different varie-
| ties as well as valuable and showy.
The lectures that were delivered by
dairying and stock experts were also a
valuable feature; and that these lee
lures were listened to attentively by
the farmers present Is another proof
that the show did and Is going to do
great good.
The cow show was a pioneer under
taking so far as this community Is
concerned; but we hope to see 1t re-
peated every year, and from this years
nucleus become a bigger and ever
widening source Of value In the pos
session and rearing of fine cattle on
our farms. Our best wishes for the
York Live Stock association In all its
| future undertakings.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-05-16

ant Is, that there are in this immedi-
ate neighborhood more fine cows and
larger number of dairymen of real
promise than the average individual
has any idea of. These and others,
by means of the comparisons afforded
under the guidance of thoroughgoing
experts, were able to get much practi-
cal and theoretical information that
they had not previously dreamed of.
They were able to see wherein their
own COWS were superior or inferior as
the case happened to be, and to get
some idea as to the steps that would
be necessary for advancement. They
had impressed unon them the fact that
while it was possible to keep cows
proftably without silos, that the own
er of the silo has a most tremendous
advantage over the man who has no
silo; that as great as the profit might
be under one condition, 1t would be
much greater under the other condi-
ton.
Another very important lesson was
that good COWS are not bought and
sold like other commodities. OF course
milk cows are bought and sold; but
as a rule the man who has a really
valuable COW and who is aware of the
fact, will not sell at a price within the
ability of an ordinary man to pay. 1t
was made clear how the surest way
of getting possession of the best class
of cows was to raise them from
calves. and all this went to illustrate
the fact that while buying was the
common, recognized means, and far
mer can build up and in time collect a
nrnftobla herd tha MR.
chase Of such a herd outright Is lux
ury within the means Of only few of
the wealthiest.
Still another thing that the show
disclosed was that the local knowledge
of butter making comes up to very
high Standard that many Of our
housewives, and their daughters are
able to produce butter of a quality
that ranks with the best home made
butter to be found anywhere. But
better than this, 1t was disclosed that
even the best and most experienced of
our local butter makers are eager for
knowledge Of improved methods,
They showed a willingness to learn
still more, and they asked questions
that surprised and pleased even the
scientific experts.
These are some Of the lessons Of the
show. To attempt to name all these
lessons would be absurd now. To be
perfectly frank, the task Is far beyond
our ability: hut of this we feel quite
confident, as important as we consid-
er the lessons pointed out, they
are as nothing compared with
some Of the results Of five years
hence, which will be traceable back
to impressions and knowledge gained
in Yorkville last week.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-05-16
Lessons of the Show.

Coupled with the announcement
some months ago of the intention OF
the people of Yorkville to hold COW
show and dairy products exhibit, the
object of the undertaking was given as
desire to show people what they had
by affordng opportunities for compar-
ison and to stimulate interest in dairy
ing and stock raising generally to the
end that this section might the sooner
come to it's own in a realization Of the
glorious possibilities of wealth, COM
fort and happiness with which it is
surrounded.
Now that the show is over, with a
record of satisfactory success, those
who have given attention to it's con-
duct from beginning to end are in q
position to testify that the town has
been faithful to it's promise. 1t was
in no sense a money making scheme
or ordinary business venture The
people Of the town provided $500 OF
their own good money for the pur-
poses of the committee and of this the
committee used about $400 in prizes
and legitimate expenses. Admissions
entrance fees, etc, amounted to ap-
proXimately $3.50, a very satisfactory
sum considering the merely nominal
charges that were eXacted, leaving
actually expended about $240. But
this is not on account of any fault
1t is fair to say that the committee
was confident that the people would
have gladly paid more for entrance
fees and admissions; but it did not
want them to pay. 1t wanted the
town to he assured of the full credit
to which it was entitled in the whole
undertaking. and there was a feeling
that if a profit should materialize the
moral effect would be bad, a thing
that will not apply hereafter. The
main thing was to establish the rea
purpose sought.
The hundreds of people who came tc
the show, saw the exhibits and heard
the speaking, and who have read the
published reports, have all been i'm
pressed with the honest conservatism
of the whole thing. Of all the enthu-
siastic dairy experts who talked to the
people, not one tried to impress any
body that the mere ownership of COW
meant wealth or even profit. Every
speaker made it clear that dairying is
business just like any other, and
successful dairying calls for especial
fitness and ability in the would-b
dairymen. 1t was emphasized with g
force from which there was nc
escape that the path of the amateur is
strewn with the skeletons of failures
and it was made clear that the only
sensible way to start is in a small
way. Men must begin at the bottom
learn the lessons by hard knocks and
reach success by the most careful and
painstaking labor. All this was made
plain not by way of Encouragement
but because it is the naked truth, and
because the telling added weight tC
the testimony of men who had eXpe-
rienced it all and who in the end found
that successful dairying leads unmis-
takably to the highest most Intelligent
and profitable system of farming OF
which the world has any knowledge.
Among the practical facts disclosed
by the show one of the most import-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-05-16
DR.. s, n. Griffith Dead.

DR.. Stephen H. Griffith died sudden
ly at his home in Gaffney last Satur-
day night He had just returned from
Greenwood to which city he had ar
ranged to move his family, and went
to bed complaining of illness. He
grew rapidly worse and died in a few
hours. DR.. Griffith was an eye, ear
and throat specialist, who was well
known in York county, where he did
service for many people. He was
only "A years Of age.
Death of Mrs. Harriet Dillingham;.
Blacksburg, May 13: Mrs. Harriet
Dillingham; died at her home near
Cherokee Falls Monday morning at
II o'clock and was buried Tuesday
afternoon at Antioch church, near
Grover, n. C.. She was most excel
lent woman and leaves, beside her
husband, Jno. Dillingham;, one daugh-
ter, Mrs. H. Sapoch, and two sons,
Fred and John Dillingham;. She was
in the 59th year of her age and q
daughter of H. K. Roberts, who was
prominent in York county as chair
man of the board of county commits
sioners during the Reconstruction
period.
Suicide at Ashevile.
Mr. Archie Linley, young minis
terial student Of Anderson, committed
suicide at Mars Hill, eighteen miles
from Asheville, last Saturday morning.
He had gone to Mars Hill for the ben-
eft of his health; but killed himself
shortly after his arrival with a shot
gun borrowed from a merchant for the
purpose. Mr.. Linley was an honor
graduate of Davidson college. and the
only reason assigned for his rash and
unfortunate deed is that his mind was
probably unbalanced by hard study.
The young man Is remembered at
Hickory Grove in this county, where
he lived with his mother, sister and
brothers during several years while
his brother. Mr.. ]. w. Linley, now a
physician in the Philippine Islands,
had charge Of the school at Hickory
Grove.
Death of Mrs. s. J. e. killian.
Gaffney Ledger: Mrs. Susan J. E.
Killian, a beloved woman Of this city,
died at the home Of her son, Mr.. n.
A. Killian, on Limestone street Thurs
day night. The deceased was 62 years
Of age and the direct cause OF her
death was Bright's disease. She had
been iii for some time and 1t was
known that her condition was critical,
but nevertheless the announcement OF
her death came as a sad blow to her
hundreds Of friends in this section.
She was a consecrated Christian wo-
man, being a member Of the Presby-
terian church Of Glover. She had ac-
complished much good in church work
and her death will be sorely felt. She
Is survived by five children: Mr.. ]. R.
Killan Of Yorkville; Mr.. H. A. Kill
lian of Gaffney; Mrs. NJ A. Shillinglaw
Of Sharon; Mrs. Robert Farris Of Clo-
yer. and Miss Emma c. Killian Of Co
lumbia. The body was taken to Clo-
yer Friday morning and the interment
took place there Friday afternoon.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-05-16

A correspondent Of the Charlotte
Observer, sending his mater from
Hendersonville, says that Bald Noun
tain is again threatening an eruption.
The correspondent declares they
say" smoke is issuing from the sum-
nit and people of the surrounding
country are feeling thrills and trem-
ors. He insists that this is no Caesars
Head canard but a real, genuine,
menace. similar to that which stirred
the country in 1873. In that year it
will be remembered that all kinds of
rumors went out about old Bald Noun
tain. AS q matter of fact. we remem-
her that some citizens of Yorkville,
the late James l.. Clark, among them.
went up to investigate the trouble,
which they failed to locate. We hope
the old mountain will behave itself in
this year 1911, as it did in 1878, and If
so, we think there is very little occa-
sion for alarm.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-05-16
INJURIOUS GARDEN INSECTS.

The following article by Prof. A. F.
Conradi Of Clemson college, is of time
ly interest, and will be found of prac-
tical value to those who desire to keep
close after the various insects that dc
so much harm to gardens:
The potato beetle. This Is a gnaw-
ing insect and familiar to every one
The simplest method for controlling II
completely consists of an application
of Paris green. 1t should be remem-
bered that the soluble arsenic contain
ed in Paris green is dangerous tC
foliage and this poison should not be
used undiluted. When properly made
it can be used with absolute safety tC
the foliage of potato and Is the best
poison for rapid destruction of the
beetles. 1t can be used either wet OF
dry. When used as a spray, II Is made
as follows:
Paris green one pound.
Quick lime three pounds.
Water 1876 gallons.
The lime must not be omitted as
this will prevent the burning of the
foliage.
How to prepare. Mix the Paris
green with small quantity Of water
rel of water. Slake the lime to the
consistency of white wash and also
add it to the barrel Of water. Stil
with a paddle and the spray Is ready.
In the small family garden mix g
tablespoon full of paris green with g
little water to form a paste, then ado
it to 2ato gallon pail full Of water
Then slake lump Of stone lime about
the size of mans fist and also ado
1t to the pail of water. Stir and the
spray Is complete. Apply with a spray
pump or with whisk broom.
Paris green may be used dry. A tea
spoonful Of Paris green is thoroughly
mixed with one quart Of dilutent, as
airslaked lime, land plaster. or. fioul
and then busted on the plants in the
morning when the dew is on; 1t IL
busted by means of a muslin bag OF
can with holes made through the
bottom.
The melon or pickle worm. Both are
present every season and attract at
tention by boring into the fruit o1
melons and cantaloupes. The pickle
worm prefers the buds, bloom, ant
fruit of summer squash; the melor
worm prefers the foliage. In the mel
on or cantaloupe patch there should
be planted a few hills Of summer
squash These squash plants should bt
thoroughly sprayed with arsenate o.
lead, two pounds to 80 gallons Of wa
ter When the melons or cantaloupes
approach the size of a base ball they
should be tightly bagged with si'
pound bags of a fairly heavy grade o.
paper. This will prevent worms tha
were not killed on the summer squash
entering the melons and cantaloupes.
Arsenate of lead Is rapidly taking
the place of Paris green for use OF
tender foliage. 1t contains less thar
h%o soluble arsenic and for this rea.
son can be used without danger o.
burning the foliage. In this state Il
is recommended at the rate Of two
pounds to fifty gallons Of water or ont
ounce to three gallons.