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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-15
HUGH LONGS STORY.
Tells the Gastonia Gazette His Side Of
= WAGNER Trouble.

Wagener Trouble.
The Gastonia Gazette is in receipt
Of the following letter from Hugh
Long, an account of whose experiences
at Wagner, S. c., has already ap-
peared in this paper, and publishes
it believing that it will prove Of great
interest to his hosts of friends in
GaStonia:
Columbia, S. c.
The Gazette, Gastonia, n. G.
My Dear Sirs: Please excuse me
for not answering your telegram to me
at Aiken. 1 have had an experience
that surpasses many of the stories in
the novels and detective stories, but 1t
is too long to tell unless I had the
time and a good typewriter, and my
typewriter was torn up by the drunk
en- mob. l do not care to make a
statement for publication other than
to say that 1 have done only that
which saved my own life. 1t Is much
better for my defense than the public
yet knows. I will give bond in few
days and take a trip to North Caro-
lima. I was so worried by all kinds Of
callers in Aiken who wanted to see
me from curiosity, wanted to give me
money, cigars, etc., that / decided to
come to the penitentiary night before
last.
1 have the friendship and sympathy
of probably rs to 80 per cent of the
people Of Aiken county and the mob
was a drunken crowd melted by eight
or ten men who led them. I don't
care for any newspaper article on the
subject, only you may assure my
friends in CASTOR county that l am
all right now and will not be sub
jected to any punishment for the kill
ing and that I will be a member Of
the next South Carolina legislature.
l appreciate the interest Of my
friends. I will later tell the whole
story and it would make a thrilling
novel but just now / am still suffering
some from the secret assault and for
other reasons prefer to be quiet. With
many thanks, Hugh Long.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Long returned
last night from Aiken. S. c., where
they had been with their son, Mr..
Hugh Long. whose trouble is told Of
and baby accompanied them home.
Mr.. Long said that he found affairs
better than he expected and that the
facts are such as to make the shoot
ing Of Pickens Gunter by Hugh Long
an act of self-defense. Gunter at
tackled Long while Long was reading
paper, struck him on the back of the
head with a stick and knocked him
down and jumped on him and was
beating him terribly when the shot
was fired. Longs face is badly bruis-
ed and swollen and Mr.. Long says
that he does not see how his son could
see to fire shot so badly beaten are
his eyes and face. Mr.. Long has not
been locked up in Jail. but has merely
been under guard in the sitting room.
He is now in the penitentiary at Co.
lumbia, having left yesterday for that
place. Mr.. Long says that he is sure
his son will be at home in a few days,
as he will be allowed to give BAIL
Gastonia Gazette.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-15

Our esteemed friend the Anderson
Intelligencer thinks we have grievance
against the News and Courier for set
ting us down as "the Greenville En-
quirer."
Now if the mistake had been
made" declares the Intelligencer, be
tween Yorkville and any other city
where there really are good newspa-
pers it wouldn't be so bad. But just
consider for a moment comparing The
Yorkville Enquirer with either paper
Greenville boasts-or regrets!"
OF course we appreciate the high es-
TEEN that is evidenced by the comment
of the Intelligencer; but we have not
thought of taking offense. The editor
of the News and Courier having failed
to use his typewriter, the linotype
operator had to guess and the proof
reader did not feel enough confidence in
his doubts to raise an issue. AS to those
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-15
WITHIN THE TOWN

Neither Boston or New York have
as yet won the four baseball games
which will entitle one or the other to
the worlds championship and local
baseball enthusiasts are still greatly
interested. The Boston Red Sox won
Fridays game to 1 and also the
game of Saturday 2 to 1. The New
York Giants won yesterday to q
Thus far Boston has won three and
New York two, while one game result
ed in a tie to 6. The Red Sox have
to win only one more game to claim
the title. The game this afternoon is
being played at Fenway Park, Boston,
If the Giants win this afternoon the
final contest will be held in Boston to-
morrow.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-15
THE STORM SUFFERERS,

The committee appointed last sum-
mer by Governor Blease to receive and
disburse such voluntary offerings as
may be made for the relief Of the
Bethel and Kings Mountain township
people who suffered such heavy loss by
the storm Of August 3, Is still accept
ing contributions in their behalf. The
fund now stands as follows:
Previously acknowledged ...$ 557 55
r. C. Caveny, Rock Hill,
r. F. D. .... 80. :. :. S 90
Total 80. ...... :. :. IS 562 IS
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-15

It ought not to take a great deal of
hard work to carry out Judge Pritch-
ards suggestion to make a national
park of Kings Mountain battle-ground.
Persistent intelligent effort cannot fail
to be successful. One great objection
in times past has been the comparative
inaccessibility Of the location; but in
this day of the automobile even this
objection is practically eliminated.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-15

The producing classes generally are
cutting more figure in national politics
than ever before. Statesmen Of the
day, real statesmen are appreciating
the growing strength of the sentiment
among producers that they must have
a fair share Of the proceeds Of their
labor. The dominating sentiment of
today, and that which good sound
judgment recognizes as the healthiest
sentiment, is the kind that twenty five
years ago would have been denounced
as radical and dangerous
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-15

ever, and will be at home at least once
q week, IL not oftener. During his res
idence in Yorkville, Mr.. Long has
found time to identify himself with all
the towns best interests, and in all of
them has become an important factor.
Mr.. Summit, his successor as York
vile agent of the C. & NV, has been
his assistant for a number Of years
past, and stands high in the estima-
ton Of the patrons Of the road and of
the public generally.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-15

One of the planks in the platform Of
the Socialist party of South Carolina
demands that, "All owners Of land who
are not personal users thereof to fix
their own values for the purpose Of
taxation with the option of the state
or county to acquire title to the same
at the valuation so fixed" That prop
osition is certainly calculated to make
land owners give more careful con-
sideration to the equalization question.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-15
kino's Mountain Park,-The King

Kings Mountain Park.-The Kings
Mountain battlefield should be a ma
tional park. Judge Pritchard Of Ashe-
vile, who spoke at Kings Mountain
this week upon the anniversary Of the
great battle, called attention anew to
this fact. Because the scene Of the
battle lies in the south, a section of
the country that has not had recog-
milton from the party that has COVE
erned this country almost cuntinu-
ously since the war between the Sec
tions,the call for the establishment of
a national park at Kings Mountain has
never been heard-or If heard, has
never been needed. The governments
long neglect in this direction should
not discourage the advot tes Of this
park in their efforts but from now on
their demands should be even more
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Herald.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-15

Greenville papers, the worst that can
be said about them is that they get a
little confused in their politics some
times; but otherwise they are all right.
The Piedmont A.. the best afternoon
paper in the state, after the Charles
ton Post and we think a lot of the
News from every standpoint, especial
ly the strength Of it's editorial columns.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-15
Pursuit of the Pie.-John G.. Capers,
committeeman from South

Pursuit of the Pie.-John G.. Capers,
national committeeman from South
Carolina, and an ardent supporter Of
Theodore Roosevelt at the Republican
convention in Chicago, Is one of the ac-
tive pioneers in the formation Of the
Chevy Chase Republican club, COM
posed of residents living in the imme-
the formation of the Chevy Chase Re-
publican club last Saturday Mr.. Ca
pers delivered a caustic speech on the
ambitions of Colonel Roosevelt, and
ridiculed the Progressive Moose move
ment, urging his audience to do every
thing within its power to drive the
third term party Off the political
map"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-15
Ayoidino the Bumps,-Mr d

Avoiding the Bumps.-Mr. D. R
Farthing and Mr.. c. N. Wrenshall
made a business trip on Thursday 10
Yorkville and Gastonia. in Mr.. Earth
ing's car Mr.. Farthing has adopted a
method of running a car which re-
duces the rough-road problem to just
one-sixth Of its ordinary difficulty
The plan, which is simplicity itself
consists in running the car so fast over
the first bump that it jumps the next
five.-Chester Lantern.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-15

York is generally recognized as one
Of the most progressive counties in
South Carolina. This is true indus
trially, agriculturally, financially and
educationally; but If the court house
building were the only thing to go by,
no one would ever suspect these facts
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-15
FOOTBALL,

In one of the closest and hardest
fought games ever played in Yorkville
the eleven of the Yorkville graded
school defeated the fast football team
Of the Winnsboro high school on the
local field last Friday afternoon; the
score being to o.
The Yorkville boys were somewhat
heavier than the opposing team but
the Winnsboro lads were their equal In
speed and knowledge of the game. The
Yorkville lads made their score in the
first few minutes Of play, Thomas, the
big left half back Of the local eleven
breaking through the Winnsboro line
and carry the ball for the only touch
down of the game
After this touchdown had been made
the Winnsboro boys settled down to
hard play and there was nothing more
doing for the locals. Neither could the
Winnsboro boys get through the York
vile line. They tried all kinds OF
plays but the Yorkville lads bore them
back at every attempt and only once
was the Yorkville goal in any danger
MacFie, the fast right end Of the
Winnsboro team managed to get
around the Yorkville line and it looked
as II he was sure to carry the ball
straight to the goal. A pretty flying
tackle on the part Of one Of the locals
pulled him to the ground and the
chance was lost. Both teams kept up
their spirit and determination during
all stages of the contest and their sole
purpose was to keep their opponents
from crossing their goal and both sides
were fighting their hardest when the
umpire announced, time up"
Winnsboro had the champion high
school team of the state last year and
their showing in Fridays game proved
conclusively that they were still in
the champion class. None Of them had
any complaint to make about the re-
suit of the game with Yorkville and as
one member of their team said:
You fellows just simply put 1t on
us. You have the strongest team we
have been up against and If you don't
beat most every high school team in
the state 1t will surprise me-"
Almost the entire eleven Of the Rock
Hill high school came over to Yorkville
to see the game with Winnsboro. Sew
eral members of the Hickory Grove
eleven also witnessed the game York
vile has played neither Of these teams
as yet. A game with Hickory Grove Is
scheduled for this afternoon on the To-
cal field and the locals will play the
Rock Hill bunch in Rock Hill Friday
afternoon.
When asked as to what he thought
of the Winnsboro team one of the boys
Of the local team said:
"They have a good team but ours is
better. We didn't work half Of our
plays and fakes. I'll tell you why. The
whole Rock Hill team came over to see
us play and to get on to our team. We
would rather beat Rock Hill than
Winnsboro and we believe we will
beat them next Friday But we did
not use all the plays and fakes we
know because we didn't want that
Rock Hill crowd to learn too much
about our team"
Following is the lineup in last Fri
days game with Winnsboro:
YorkviIIe Winnsboro
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-15

Rock Hills negro paper, the Mes
senger, which is for Taft, remarks:
1t Is a pity that York county has in
it a single Bull Mooser"-white or
black. But Of course If Old Harry gets
in the race for Office he will have some
followers"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-15
with the above result Mcknight did
not hear the call.
The Year at the Creamery,

HOl near the Cdu
The Year at tho Creamery.
The Yorkville Creamery association
held its second annual meeting yester-
day and reelected all the old directors
with the exception OF substituting Mr..
w. e. Sanders for Mr.. c.. s. Gordon,
who begged to be excused because of
his intention to move to a farm in
Chester county near Smiths. Accord
ing to the report of Manager Norris,
there has been paid out during the
year 10,202.S9 for butter fat, $1,470 for
salaries and $400 on back debts, to-
tai Of $12,072 in the immediate commu-
nifty.
Inadequate Court House.
In its final presentment to the No
vember 1910 term Of the court Of gen.
eral sessions, the York county grand
jury had this to say: I'VE find the
treasurer's office inadequate to accom-
modate the business II has to handle
and In need of a vault large enough to
hold valuable books, with filing sys-
tenn. We recommend the county COM
missioners confer with the county
treasurer as to the needs of the office
and attend to the fixtures without un-
necessary delay, as valuable receipts
and records need to be kept safer than
1t Is now possible to keep them. Super
intendent of education's and sheriff's
Offices seem to be very we'll situated to
take care Of their business. The pro-
bate judge needs more filing cases to
take care Of his needs. The clerk of
take care Of his neers. The clerk of
the court has a well kept office, but
needs more space and light"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-15

If it was ever true that South Caro-
lima was the greatest state in the
Union it is true now. South Carolina
Is greater now than she has ever been
industrially, agriculturally. education
ally, socially and otherwise.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-15
The ilorkrille Gnq''irfr.
Entered at the Postoffice in Yorkville
as Mail Matter of the Second Class
YoRKVILLE. o. c.,
TUESDAY, OCTOBER Is, 1912

The court house question is purely
York county, proposition. There Is
nothing local or sectional about 1t.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-15
TUESDAY. OCTOBER IS, 1879.

were both horrified at the attempt on
Colonel Roosevelt's life and both ex-
pressed themselves as very glad that
the colonel had escaped serious injury.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-15

| dHl WlIlIlS " ule lOT
God has called me to be his instru.
ment. so help me God.
(Signed) Innocent Guilty"
(Written in Germany "a strong
tower is our God"
Martins Story.
Mr.. Martin, to whom Col. Roosevelt,
perhaps owes his life, told the story
| tonight Of his adventure.
Il had walked downstairs with the
colonel and out to the car" he said
''and had taken my seat before any
thing happened. AS Col. Roosevelt was
standing In the car waving his hat tc
the crowd, the flash Of metal caught
my eye. Before knew what I was
doing, I jumped over the side Of the
car and had my arm around the neck
Of a man had hardly seen. Every
thing seemed to happen at once.
There was flash. sound Of a
shot, and was on the ground with the
man. 1 threw one arm around his neck
and held him fast. At the same time
I caught his gun hand with my free
hand and wrenched the revolver from
him. He struggled for a minute, but,
in spite Of the fact that he was acting
like mad man, he did not keep up the
fight long, and with the help Of Capt.
Girard, soon had him under control.
II picked the man up and held him
where Col. Roosevelt could see him.
1.-The poor creature said the colo
mel.
II put the revolver into my pocket
and began to drag the man out of
the crowd, which was on us in min
ute struggling to get at the prisoner.
'The colonel saw the man was in dan
ger, and 1t was his act which saved him.
He told the crowd to stand back. and
they did. Capt Girard and I dragged
him into the hotel and turned him over
to the police.
I'VE came back to the automobile
and started for the auditorium. AS we
were riding along McGrath called the
colonel's attention to a hole in his
overcoat. Col. Roosevelt unbuttoned
his coats. Why I'm bleeding he said,
but he insisted his wound was not Sc
rious and that he must not disappoint
his crowd at the auditorium. So we
drove on"
Martin exhibited the revolver which
he had captured from the assassin. It
was large weapon evidently newly
purchased. 1t was of 3S calibre.
When Col. Roosevelt left the hospital
walking unassisted there were only a
few persons on the street.
How are you feeling, colonel?" said
one Of the local committeeman.
Fine" announced the colonel.
1t has turned out that the name Of
the would-be assassin Is John Schrenck
a New York laundryman. He told the
police that he had been following Col.
Roosevelt for more than a month, and
among other places had gone to
Charleston, S. c., with the hope Of
catching his victim there.
President Taft and Governor Wilson
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23
THEY FEAR DR.. WILEY.
Grain Dealers Meet in ST. Louis for
Defensive Action

st. Louis, Feb. 23.-The National Grain
Dealers association met here this morn
ing to discuss what action shall be taken
IN view of DIR. Harvey w. Wiley's sug-
gestiOn regarding the confiscation of de-
caying corn. The grain men will urge that
the government be asked to declare ex-
empt from the food and drugs act all
products of the soil in their raw state
Such a decision would prevent the bu-
reau of chemistry from going into the
grain inspection business and carrying
out the confiscation Of interstate ship
ments of grain.
Grain dealers went to Washington about
three weeks ago and conferred with Dr.
Wiley on the corn proposition following
his decision regarding sulphured oats
VI lille DIR. Wiley had admitted that SUI
blurred oats" were not injurious, his rui-
Ing was that the ultimate consumer was
being cheated
DR. Wiley's attitude leads the grain
dealers to believe he VIII order corn IN
elevators and transit confiscated.
F. 5. Goodman. efficiency expert for a
Chicago grain dealer who is in the city
10 attend the meeting. advocates farmers
raising smaller ears of corn, harvesting
the corn later in the year and allowing 1t
to dry more thoroughly before shipping
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23
AMERICAN CREDIT.
It Is Our Greatest Prop Among Civil
lied Nations.

Sir Gilbert Parker, a member of the
British parliament, and author of
Seats of the Mighty THE Right of
Way" and other novels, with which
Americans are familiar, who is spend
ing the winter in Arizona, says that
much English money is invested in
the Santa Fe and other well managed
railroads on this side. These invest
ments, he says, are not speculative,
but permanent: and from them char
liable associations, educational insti
tutions and small family estates all
over the kingdom derive incomes
own this class of American securities;
but small family estates hospitals,
etc. are the greatest creditors of our
railroads on that side This is
greatest prop among the civilized ma
tons of the world, and which makes
more powerful friends for US friends
who, by this relation if no other,
would be allies in time of possible
war; than any compact of diplomacy
which might be devised. For a ma
ton is respected among nations by
it's ability to pay. This prestige we
now have in a greater degree than
any other nation, says Sir Gilbert
Parker. and it has been established
by the railroads. 1t is the same
American credit which dema-
gogues' who lately have been making
our laws, state and national, assail,
and since It is such a valuable asset,
would it not be the part of wisdom
to turn about face for a while. at
least long enough to think? The
courts are beginning to see. ard why
not the plain people. about whom
Self-seeking politicians rant so much
Possibly, after all. two cent fares. at
least in sparsely settled sections. are
confscatory. The courts. which have
made conscientious inquiry have said
so in Missouri, Oklahoma, Iowa and
around. and possibly they have STUN
bIed upon the truth. even If misin-
formed men assume to know better.
Something is wrong. We all agree, but
possibly, we have been barking up the
wrong tree: possibly it is not the rail-
roads after all. Why destroy the rail-
roads, and impair our boosted Ameri-
can credit abroad, only to discover
that the railroads, after all, are not
the ogre which has been eating us?
Surely, we ought to be willing to stay
our wrath long enough TO find out.
Freight and fares can wait, but justice
cannot. A dollar invested in a railroad
Is entitled to the same consideration,
the same rate of interest, as any other
dollar. If this be not true, there is
no telling where injustice may strike
next.-From "A Readers Notes in the
Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23
MANY TO COLLEGE.
Kansas Holds Record UnequaIled in
West.

Lawrence, Kan. Feb. 2S@Accord-
ing to statistics compiled by the Uni
versity Daily Kansan, this state has
more university and college students
enrolled in proportion to population
than any other state in the union.
I'VE have three colleges of more
than two thousand enrolment the
Kansan says. THE state university,
the agricultural college, and the state
normal If these three were included
in one school as is the case in the ma
jority of the states the University of
Kansas would be the largest educa-
tionaI institution in the United States,
with an enrolment of more than sew
en- thousand.
The state sends one of its young
people to college for every 112 of its
Inhabitants. This figure is unap-
preached anywhere in the east. Only
western states, Nebraska with one in
135, and Oregon with one in $50, com
pare favorably. Indiana is the best
educating eastern state, with one col
lege student out of 163.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23
He SEXES LIVE WIRE.
Wichita spotter Seriously Burned
When He Reaches for Liquor.

Wichita, Kan, Feb. 23.@Hith ertO
when he had gone with the police to
raid joint on East Williams street
G. w. Moore, a ''spotter,'' had been
able to reach with impunity into a re
frigerator that has a false back and
find liquor that was hidden. The hole
in the refrigerator opened into par
tition in the house and beer and whis-
ky often were hidden there.
When Mr. Moore directed his
search to the familiar hole he grasped
something that was not glass. He
shouted that he had been struck with
a hot iron and withdrew his hand,
bIackened and burned. He almost
tainted from the pain Investigation
showed that the jointkeepers. in an
ticipation of a visit from the police,
had run uncovered electric wires INTO
the hole back of the refrigerator and
Moore got hold of one of those His
injury will keep him off watch for
several days as the burns are danger
Gus. No liquor was found in the false
hack