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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-03-05

= Columbia, March /: One Of the
two self-styled regular" Republican
organizations In South Carolina held
| its convention yesterday afternoon
and pledged its support to the renom-
ination OF President Taft The con-
vention appointed four delegates at
large to the Chicago convention, and
instructed them to vote for the nomi-
nation of President Taft. The dele
gates elected are: ]. w. Tolbert, state
chairman; ]. Duncan Adams. United
States marshal; ]. r. Levy and w. T.
Andrews. The latter two are negroes
This wing of the party which Is OPP
posed to John q. Capers, national
committeeman, indorsed Tolbert for
the position Of national committee
man. The convention was attended
/ by delegates who claim that their
wing Of the party is the only "regu-
lar" organization. The Capers exc
cutive committee, which also calls It
self regular will meet here March 4.
There was no demonstration for Col.
Roosevelt, the instruction resolution
being adopted unanimously. ]. Dun
can Adams, after the, meeting said
that detectives had been sent TO watch
the convention, but he and HIS fol-
lowers paid no attention to their pres
ence. District delegates will be elect
ed later.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-03-05
But the fruit is probably safe.

Some fertilizers are being hauled
out now: but 1t Is hard, very hard
work.
It is a good time to operate the split
log drag, and some split log drags
have been in operation.
That part Of the Kings Mountain
road to be seen from the G. & NV.
trains looks pretty good.
The town of Glover Is coming right
along. Quite a number Of new houses
have been built recently.
Last Saturday was the prettiest
this year; but 1t went out with rain
and there followed sleet Sunday morn
ing.
II is q fact that there Is good deal
of local sentiment in support Of the
uncommon to hear men say they hope
to see him go in and get the Republic
can nomination.
Rock Hill is seriously considering
the idea of going to Catawba river for
ject the Rock HILL Herald very sensi-
bly, remarks: IF the line was con-
structed on an air line, 1t would nee
essarily carry It through a rough
country, where the cost of laying
would not only be heavy but where
the rights of way might also be ex-
pensive. w. j. Cherry has already q
fine roadbed built, exclusively on his
own lands from Rock Hill to the river.
running almost an air line, and on a
comparatively level grade. The ad-
vantages of this route are many and
may be summed up as follows: In
view of the fact that it is only a ques-
tion of time until the car line will be
extended to the river along this road,
when lots will be sold and houses
built on either side, 1t would enable
the city to get additional revenue from
water consumers, without extra pipe
line, which 1t would not receive from
a pipe line constructed through the
woods. 1t might also enhance the val
ue of the lots on account of the access
to water, for which consideration, Mr.
Cherry should be willing to give free
right of way along this road, and both
the city and Mr.. Cherry would be BEN
Gifted without extra cost to either Of
them. This line would pass right by
the old high school property. which Is
the highest point in the city and should
1t ever be necessary to erect another
standpipe or even a high tower water
tank for fire purposes the pipe line
will already be on the spot"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-03-05
WITHIN THE TOWN,

There were no auction sales BY
the sheriff or clerk yesterday, salesday
for March.
There was quite large number OF
fine mules in Yorkville for sale yester-
day and a number of sales were made,
some by the local dealers and others
by the back lot traders.
Attention Is called to the adver-
tisement Of the Cloud Cash Store, a
new mercantile establishment that is
to throw its doors open to the public on
next Friday. The proprietor Is Mr..
E. f. Cloud, who conducts similar es-
Establishments in Rock Hill and Lam
caster, and the business Is to be un-
der the management of Mr.. w. o.
Harshaw, assisted by Mrs. P. w. Love
and Mr.. Joseph G. Nichols. The home
of the store is the Kennedy Bros. &
Barron building, the interior Of which
has recently been remodeled along
modern lines.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-03-05
NEW LOCAL LAWS.

From the list of acts and joint reso-
llutions which passed the recent gen.
eral assembly, as published In the Co.
lumbia State Of yesterday morning
the following are culled as as loca
Interest:
To fix dieting fees for prisoners fol
Lancaster and York counties.
To provide for an election on the
issue of $4,000 in coupon bonds by
York county for the purpose Of erect.
ling q courthouse and to empower the
board of county commissioners to con.
denim land for a site for same.
An act to repeal an act entitled "Ar
act for the establishment Of new
school district in the county Of York
to be known as Ebenezer school dis
trict, and to authorize the levy and
collection Of a local tax therein" ap-
proved December "a, 1892.
To repeal an act entitled AN act to
authorize and empower the voters OF
Yorkville school district of the county
of York to order an election and tc
issue coupon bonds Of said school dis.
trict for school purposes" approved
18th Of February, A. D. 1911.
To amend an act entitled AN act
| to incorporate the city of Rock Hill
ratified and approved December "a
A. D. 1892" by adding another sec.
ton as section Ia, authorizing the city
council of Rock Hill to elect general
manager, prescribe his duties and fix
his salary
To give consent that the state be
a party defendant to the action in the
court of common pleas for York coun-
ty Of Vinie Jackson against James D.
Mcdowell and the state Of South Car
olina, and authorizing and directing
the attorney general to represent the
state in the said action and to pro-
ceed in accordance with this reso-
luton.
A strong petition went down from
the vicinity of Yorkville asking fol-
legislation that would authorize and
require the establishment Of public
cotton platform in the town Of York
Vile. and the appointment Of a pub
| lie weigher; but so far as the public
record shows there has been no ac-
ton on the petition.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-03-05

The property wrecking campaign
inaugurated by London women to COM
pei recognition of the claims Of wo-
man suffrage, introduces a problem
the solution of which Is not easy. AS
the result of the escapade in London
last Friday, 124 women, including Mrs
Emeline Pankhurst, were arrested to
be dealt with according to law. Mrs
Pankhurst and several other women
were sentenced to two months impris-
onment each. Others were sentenced
to two weeks and, still others were
held for trial because the damage
wrought by them brought their cases
into higher jurisdiction. The suffra-
gettes have been punished by fine and
imprisonment on various occasions;
but that seems to have no deterrent
effect. On the contrary 1t seems rath-
er to be what the women want. They
are determined on carrying their point
and they are confirmed in the belief
that the best way to do 1t is to suffer
martyrdom.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-03-05
TUESDAY, MARCH S, 1919.

nations will unite for protection. :.
bridge. Mass, was partially destroyed
Saturday by the explosion of boiler.
The damage amounted to several
thousand dollars and $50 men were
Temporarily thrown out of work. Five
|yeggmen cracked bank safe at Mon
treal West, Canada, early Saturday
morning. The explosion alarmed the
town and I'm a running fight, one of
the yeggs was killed. During the
past four weeks there have been re-
ported 115 cases Of typhoid fever at
Coatesville, Pa, and during that
time there have been fourteen deaths
from the disease. An unsanitary wa
ter supply Is assigned as the cause OF
the fever epidemic. -. DIR. Susan /.
! Mccoy, formerly Of Chicago, writes
from Teheran that because Of famine
conditions existing In northern Per-
sia, near Hamadan, that fathers are
eating their children and children
eating each other Forty thousand
people are starving. II IL declared. -.
Yuan Shi Kais soldiers mutinied at
Pekin, Friday night and In the result
ing riots many natives were killed and
murdered. Looting was plentiful and
many fires were started The
number Of striking coal miners of
England now totals more than mil
lion. Many thousands Of workers In
other lines will be thrown out Of work
because Of the coal strike. United
States Senator Dixon Of Montana, has
been named by Mr.. Roosevelt as his
campaign manager. BY q vote Or
two to one the board Of cabinet OFF,
GERS having In charge the enforce
ment of the pure food laws on Thurs
day entered a final decision against
the use of saccharin In prepared foods.
lConfectioners and bakers all. over
the country will be prohibited from
using saccharin In sweetening food
products. 80. Because Of the coal strike
in Great Britain, the English gov
ernment is making contracts for the
shipment Of coal from the United
States for Its navy. .One result of
stoppage Of shipment Of cotton manu-
facturers from japan to China, and
thousands Of japanese cotton mill
Operatives being thrown out Of work. .
The value Of taxable property in New
York city decreased $14,000,000 dur
ing the year ending March /, accord
| ing to the tax values submitted to the
board Of aldermen Friday. The
shrinkage lie due to falling or In per-
sonal property values. The total tax
able property real and personal, is
placed at $S,207, ,862, ,430.. Mrs.
Isabella Goodwin, police matron of
New York, who was chiefly respon-
sible for the capture of the highway
men who recently robbed two bank
messengers Of $4,000 has been pro-
NOTED to the rank Of detective Of the
first grade. /. Four men were killed
at Muncy, Pa, Friday night by the
explos ION Of the boiler Of a locomo-
tive attached to a freight train. !. DR..
Frank l. Kiley. Philadelphia ply
sician was convicted Friday Of giving
cocaine prescriptions to negro. The
doctor sometimes prescribed as much
as 200 grains Of the drug at once......
Thirty thousand tailors In thlrty-one
German cities are on a strike for
higher wages.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-03-05
Item S-Public school buildings un-

Item 6-Public school buildings un-
der act 430, acts Of 1910, which Is to
be paid out of the dispensary fund,
to be disbursed In order Of appli-
cations filed $40, 900
After deducting these items from the
amount now in the state treasury, the
balance to be apportioned Will approx
innate $4,000. The proportion due
your county shall be forwarded with
In the next fortnight.
The library appropriation was re-
newed, and any library acquisitions
you may forward can now be given
prompt attention. Though this appro-
priation was not exhausted for 1909
1910 or 1911, its use cannot be urged
too strongly upon teachers and pa
irons.
The adoption of the Code for 1912
will necessitate a new edition Of the
school law. AS soon as the Code car
be indexed, annotated and printed the
section dealing with public education
will be issued in pamphlet form by
this office. I hope to have this pamph-
let ready for free distribution early In
June.
II any school, community or district
in your county Is interested in these
matters, hope the trustees, teachers
and patrons will cooperate with you
in taking advantage Of these meas
ures, and these appropriations with
|Out delay
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-03-05
LOCAL LACONlCS.
The Milus Partlow Case.

The case of the State vs.. Milus
Partlow, charged with attempting tc
wreck the c. & NV. train at Crowd.
er's creek trestle last fall, was taker
up in the CASTOR court yesterday, ant
was not concluded until about moor
today, when the jury took the papers
At / o'clock the jury returned ver'
dict Of guilty.
Death of Mrs. Nancy Price.
Mrs. Nancy Price, widow Of the late
Joab Price, died at the home of hei
son law, Mr.. s. c.. Smith, four miles
west of Yorkville, last Saturday night
of pneumonia. Mrs. Prices maiden
name was Parker. She was In the
18th year of her age. The funeral took
place at Union on Sunday, the SER
vices being conducted by Rev. W. E
Lowe.
In Her seth Year. 5
Mrs. D. ]. Jackson, whose bed-rid-
den condition as the result of a broken
hip was mentioned in The Enquirer OF
February 6, died last Saturday and
was buried at Bethel on Sunday, the
services being conducted by Rev
Robert Adams. Mrs. Jackson was SO
years of age on December II, last, and
was active in body and mind up to the
time of her recent accident. She is
survived by her husband, Mr.. D. J.
Jackson, and three sons, Messrs. j. w.,
j. F. and r. A. Jackson.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-03-05
MERE m ENTION.

A Fulton county. Ga. grand jury has
indicted a Chattanooga, Tenn, liquor
concern, and the Western and Allan.
tic, and the Central Of Georgia rail-
roads on the charge of violating the
state prohibition law. The grand jury
holds that blind tigers would be i'm
possible without the assistance Of the
railroads as delivering agents. w.
B. Walker, a white man, will be hang
ed at Macon, Ga, Friday for the MUIR
der Of his wife. -. Foreigners In Mex
leo City are preparing to defend them
selves in case of an uprising against
foreign residents should the United
States find 1t necessary to intervene In
the rebellion now In progress through
out Mexico. Foreign residents Of all
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-03-05

Here comes another subscriber who
is not satisfied with the political situa-
tion. Writing from Rock Hill, and
enclosing a check to pay his subscrip-
tion for another year, he says:
We'll, I think your Columbia letter
the best have read. l have showed
1t to several people and they all en-
dorse 1t to a word. am in the middle
of the road also and will remain there
until some one else enters the race
And l am not so lonesome. l know q
great many who cannot vote the tick
ct. If you will throw a few more
bombs in the camp, you will hit some
thing that we will hear from. Wish
ing The Enquirer success, l am.
Yours truly, -"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-03-05
In Her S9th Year,
HooDToWN NOTES.
The YorkvIlle Enquirer

correspondence The Yorkvllle Enquirer
Hoodtown, February 29.-We have
been having some very severe wealth
er, but the last few days have beer
warm and clear.
Some Of the farmers have been talk.
ing of sowing spring oats, as the fall
sown oats were badly killed by the Sc.
we're winter weather.
The roads are still very bad and past
travelling in some places.
Mr.. Leland Purcell's mill dam across
Bullock's creek, was broken by the
flood Of last Sunday and his ginning
operations have been interfered with
Mr.. Will Plexico and wife have
moved back to their farm from Lock-
hart, and others are talking Of moving
into this neighborhood.
Mrs. T. G. Dowdle has been right
sick, but she Is improving.
Mr.. ]. Ed Plaxico has been suffering
from the grip.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-03-05

News and Courier: The Spartan
burg Herald of Saturday publishes the
following story in reference to the
"lynching talk" in Anderson last week:
Col. Victor B. Cheshire, of Governor
Cole L. Blease's staff, had an editorial
yesterday in his newspaper, the An
derson Intelligencer, calling upon the
men of Anderson county to join him
in lynching VIM. Reed, q negro, who
Is in jail, charged with having entered
the bed room Of a white woman last
Monday night with intent to assault
her. Under the caption, Shame on
the White Men," Colonel Cheshire
SAYS: Shame on the white men OF
Anderson county that one of her pure
young women must be forced to tes-
tify In court against a black brute
who attempted to criminally assault
her. We are only one, but here's our
hand, and If the number Is sufficient
this lady of Deans Station will never
have to attend this trial and face the
black brute" The Intelligencer says
in its news columns that Reed may
yet be lynched, and that the only rea-
son why the mob Of 300 men who
gathered after Reeds arrest did not
storm the Jail was because they lack
ed leader. Reed says he entered the
woman's room to commit robbery.
When shown the Anderson paper,
Governor Blease said: "Cheshire's a
mighty good friend Of mine, but he's
wrong. Once the negro Is in jail the
law ought to be allowed to take its
course. 1t would be different matter
II he was not in jail. I would help
Cheshire myself"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-03-05

Pursuant to a wise provision In the
act itself the attorney general will In
a few days bring an action before the
supreme court to test the constitu-
tionality of the state warehouse law.
We see 1t stated in the papers that the
law is to be defended by Hon. John L.
McLaurin and Hon. w. F. Stevenson.
We refer to the provision requiring a
test as wise for the reason that no act
Of the general assembly is supposed
to be absolute law until after it has
been so declared by the supreme court.
For the warehouse commission to go
ahead under the provisions of this
act, and make a lot of far-reaching
contracts, and then have the act de-
clared unconstitutional, would be dis
astrous. The best thing Is to get the
opinion of the supreme court at the
outset. While making very little pre-
inclined to the opinion that in this
particular case the supreme court can
decide whichever way 1t wants to. 1t
can hold the law constitutional or un-
constitutional as it sees proper. If the
law is held to be constitutional, then
the big experiment may go on in its
development. If it is held to be un-
constitutional then that Is likely to be
the end Of the undertaking for quite
a while. The only thing to be done will
be to enter upon a long campaign In
behalf of a constitutional amendment.
but that is almost hopeless except un-
der extraordinary conditions. In the
first place 1t Is necessary to begin a
campaign to elect two-thirds Of the
and senators in favor
of submitting the question to the peo-
pie and in the second place 1t is nee
essary to go through long education
al campaign necessary to convince a
majority of the people that such
provision Is desirable. AS we have
said before, we see in the warehouse
plan a possibility Of complete revo-
luton in the cotton marketing system
to the very material advantage Of
producers especially and to the ad-
vantage of the south generally; but If
the supreme court says no. then the
old system will have to go on, and
there will be nothing left for the pro-
ducers but to dig, dig and continue to
carry the burdens that have been pill
lne upon them heavier and heavier.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-03-05

would have been to have himself put
on a stretcher and carried at once to
Baltimore. DR.. Walker was evidently
In good spirits at the time Of writing
the letter. When a telegram came
last week to members of the family ad-
yising them that the doctor had been
vomiting for twenty-four hours and
was in a serious condition. there was
very general concern. This concern
was relieved next day by news to the
effect that there had been considerable
Improvement. Other advices have
been received by members of the fam
lily, and while these advices are gen.
orally hopeful II cannot be stated that
they are altogether satisfactory.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-03-05

this problem of equal taxes; but we
feel sure that the wealthier people do
not pay in just proportion to the poor
3er people. There is something arbi-
trary in fixing the taxable limits on
incomes at $4,000 and over; but how
else the thing is to be arrived at is
difficult to understand.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-03-05

Next summers primaries are calcu-
lated to test the question as to wheth-
er the members of the house and sem
ate are really representatives of the
people of South Carolina 1t is nat
ural assumption that such is the case;
but it is very well not to forget that
the people often have to choose be-
tween only that which Is offered. 1t
is not impossible that the present gen.
eral assembly has been made up large
" on that basis.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-03-05

The Taft managers have published
a letter alleged to have been written
by Colonel Roosevelt on June q last,
in which the colonel stated positively
that he would not be a presidential
candidate in 1912. Colonel Roosevelt
comes back with the assertion that the
letter is only partly quoted and inti-
mates that If published in full it would
not leave him in a hole
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-03-05

Rock Hill, March 1: That 10000
South Carolina farmers will reduce
their cotton acreage this year by 200.-
900 acres through the operation of
the Rock Hill plan." is the belief OF
J. G. Anderson of this city, who origi-
mated the plan and secured endorse
ment for 1t at the New Orleans con-
ference late last year. Reports from
ten counties to Mr.. Anderson. who Is
superintendent of the plan in South
Carolina, showed that some 5000
planters have signed and In dozen
counties from which no reports have
been received the work has been go
ing on for weeks.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-03-05

Yes, we believe in free sugar, but
the free sugar bill Of the Democrats is
not going to pass the senate. The SEN
ate is Republican and it will not stand
for any such legislation. If the SEN
ate were Democratic would the house
pass a free sugar bill? Frankly, we
do not know. But If the house does
pass such bill as has been proposed
the Republicans will have to take the
responsibility of it's failure to become
a law, and as politics go that is about
all the Democratic congressman care
for.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-03-05

Just what the Virginia senate means
by refusing the people of the state the
right to vote on the prohibition ques-
tion, we are unable to see. We believe
in government by the people abso-
lutely and literally, and we do not be-
lieve in any system that refuses to
trust the people in government by the
people
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-03-05

Uncle Jasper Talbert has sent The
Enquirer a copy of a speech he made
in congress on March q. 1900, on the
army appropriation bill. The speech
was mainly in denunciation of the un-
just and unholy pension system of the
national government. AS a matter of
fact Uncle Jasper really did count for
something while fighting pension
steals.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-03-05

Because the tax on incomes of $4,000
and over will not affect more than a
few hundred thousand Of the hundred
million people who help support the
government, it will likely prove very
popular. But not only because it hits
so comparatively few should it be
popular. 1t should be popular be-
cause it is right. Difficult indeed is
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-03-05

= There will be no more legal hang
ings in South Carolina. The bill to
change the method Of putting crimi-
nails to death from hanging to "elec-
trocution," passed the general assem-
bly, and became a law. and hereafter
all condemned criminals will be elec-
trocuted in Columbia.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-03-05

From Governor Blease's Blacksburg
speech 1t would appear that he at
tributes much of his political success
to the goading of snobbery. 1t is
hardly to be denied that this influence
has played a very important role in
the history of mankind.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-03-05

We believe, in the doctrine that ev-
cry man who is a citizen has a right
to vote as his judgment dictates, and
even IL his judgment be poor 1t is bet
ter to follow 1t than to follow the
Judgment of some other fellow who
thinks he knows exactly what.