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The Washington times., 1912-05-29

While the driver was making col
lections Of garbage, the horses at
tached to a wagon of the Washington
Fertilizer Company ran away on High
street At Fourteenth and w streets
a horse fell, injuring itself about the
head. The driver, who was James
Williams. finally captured the run
aways.
The Washington times., 1912-05-29

The meeting Of Electa Chapter. No.
2, Order of the Eastern Star. last
night was a social one largely. An
address on Colts was made by the
Rev. Samuel w. Grafflin. The COM
pany went to the banquet room for a
social session and refreshments.
The Washington times., 1912-05-29

munications bearing upon the safe
and sane Fourth of July celebration
that it Is desired to hold in the Dis
trict once more this year, and some
Of them will contribute to the fund.
The Washington times., 1912-05-29
LOCAL MENTION.
Shower Bath, Stag Hotel, 6os 9Th. Great

Carpets Mothproofed Without Extra
cost when CONGER, 23d & n. Y. av. does
the cleaning. Patented electric process
employed exclusively. Phone W. AZ for
estimates. Wagons call promptly on re-
quest.
Asia Nielsen Feature Sensation, "Gypsy
Blood" 8 reels, today. Virginia, sos 9th
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-04-23
TUESDAY, APRIL ss, 1919.

misapplication of bank funds. "A
fleet of twenty-seven Italian warships
bombarded the Turkish forts at the en-
trance of the Dardanelles, on Thurs
day. One Italian warship was badly
damaged by a shell from the forts.
VIM. J. Bryan expresses the fear OF
the appearance of a dark horse" Re-
publican presidential candidate and a
reuniting Of q new hopelessly split Re-
publican party as between Taft and
Roosevelt. The cable steamer Mac
key Bennett sent a wireless from the
vicinity of st. Johns, Sunday, stating
that Ga bodies had been recovered in
the vicinity Of the Titanic DISASTER.
Movements have been started in diff
ferent cities to erect monuments to
Major Butt and other heroes of the
Titanic disaster. wv. j. Bryan Is to
take the stump in Florida this week
in behalf of the presidential candidacy
of Woodrow Wilson. Three mask
ed hold-up men robbed the passengers
Of the westbound Golden Gate Limited
on the Rock Island road near Sheffield,
ILL.,, last Sunday. They got several
hundred dollars from about nine pas
sengers, stopped the train, got of and
disappeared. %. There was collision
between the Clyde liner Iroquois and
the steamer Cretan off Lookout shoals
last Sunday night A great hole was
punched into the side OF the Cretan by
the Iroquois. Both ships were able to
get to port without considerable diff
Guilty. ;. Georgia and Alabama were
swept by a cyclone yesterday morning.
Seven people were killed. .....A Ber-
lin cable says that there is a move
ment on foot among the German in
surance companies to protest the pay
ment of the policies on the Titanic on
the ground that the White Star line
was responsible for the disaster.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-04-23

An esteemed friend remarked the
other day that he would cast his vote
for the candidate who would pledge
himself to tear up the dispensary, root
and branch, and wipe the whole thing
from the records of the state. The
Herald is very much inclined to agree
with this friend. Nothing is to be
gained by continuing the investiga-
tionS and the sooner the public forgets
that South Carolina ever had such an
institution the better off our state will
be. 1t was a stencil from the very be-
ginning, and as long as investigating
committees continue to dabble in its
affairs the odor will not grow any
less.-Dillon Herald.
That sounds like the right kind OF
talk, and we believe there are thou
sands and thousands of South Caro-
linians who would uphold such a prop
osition. OF course it is rot to be as
sumed that just any kind of man car
get votes on such a platform. The
candidate would have to be a man OF
known force of character and ability
a man who could be reasonably eX-
pected to do what he promises if he
were in a position of influence an6
power that would contribute to the
possibility of such thing. We
would like to see the dispensary
wiped out. We know that the sale
of liquor is bound to continue fol
many years to come; but we can new
er give consent to government sane
tion of the business. Therefore, W.
have nothing to offer in place of the
dispensary. Let the dispensary bt
blotted out and whatever comes in af
terward will be better than the dis.
pensary.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-04-23
MERE ENTIoN.

Daniel Dugan, Jr., 10 years old. sor
Of District Court Judge Dugan, has
been sentenced to five years in the
state penitentiary by a Newark, N. j.
Judge, on conviction Of granddaughter
the young man having killed another
boy in an automobile accident. .....
The Titanic disaster Is having no ap.
preciable effect in diminishing the
number Of passengers crossing the At
lantic at this season.. NJ. Pierponi
Morgan and Henry Clay Frick both
had passage booked for the Titanic
but for various reason postponed their
start for America and thus escaped
the disaster :. Previous to the recen,
Pennsylvania preferential primary elec.
ton, Senator Penrose had contracted
for siXty-flve rooms In a Chicago ho-
tel to house the Taft delegates at the
national convention. Since the election
the rooms have been reserved for
Roosevelt delegates. -. Harry Heff-
ner, a white man, was lynched at For
sythe, Mon, Thursday, for the muir
der Of a woman. ... The city council
of New Orleans has passed a law for
bidding women wearing hatpins that
project more than one inch beyond the
crown Of the hat. Henry M. Dear
ing, 73 years old, cashier OF the de-
funct Albion, Mich, National bank,
and his son, Palmer Dearing, were last
week sentenced to prison at Fort Leav-
enworth, Kan, for five years each, for
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-04-23
SMYRNA AND YoRKvILLE.

Yorkville and Smyrna are the win
ners of the two copies Of Websters
New International dictionary that The
Enquirer offered to the schools collect
ing the largest and next largest num-
ber of coupons published in the con-
secutive issues of the paper since the
beginning of the contest.
UP to last Friday 1t looked as If the
contest stood Yorkville a sure winner
of one of the dictionaries, with Glover,
Smyrna and Cotton Belt coming in q
long way behind and the chances as
good for one as another for the other
but Glover reported Friday night with
sufficient votes to give her second
place, and so it stood until Cotton Belt
came in with a bunch Of 2,230 votes
and several smaller punches running
the total above 1900. Clover's last
big effort included 6,410, and that gave
her second place until Mr.. r. w.
Whitesides came in last Saturday, and
put in $3.50 votes for Smyrna. The
next largest punches that came in dur
ing the day were 2,160 for Tirzah and
2,740 for Forest Hill. Quite a number
of other scattering votes came in dur
ing Saturday and by succeeding mails
in envelopes bearing the postmark Of
the goth, and the final count showed
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-04-23

for help. The governor, as was his
sworn duty, responded promptly. The
men he sent got the facts necessary to
conviction. Relying on the public
sympathy by which they knew their
violation of law to be condoned and
upheld, the guilty men sought to re-
lieve their embarrassment by intimi-
dating their accusers. That the detec-
tives were justified in leaving town
there Is no question. They were not
strong enough to stand against the
lawless men who threatened them. Had
they remained, they would probably
have been murdered on some pretext
other than the real cause. Such things
nave been done, for such Is the custom
of outlaws of the class against which
they were operating. The conduct OF
these outlaws in following these off,
GERS and attempting to intimidate
them in the manner already described
is impudent beyond expression. 1t Is
easy to see what might have been the
result had the bold outrage met with
the success that was in contemplation.
Had the ruffians gotten away with this,
they, would have proceeded to further
intimidations of the same nature.
There have been some efforts to mini
mize the gravity of the affair; but. its
gravity is not to be minimiZed. There
is little doubt as to what should be
done; but as to what will be done, re-
mains to be seen.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-04-23
AID FOR FLOOD SUFFERERS.
Governor Blease Asks State to Con.
tribute to Relief Fund.

The proclamation of Governor
Blease calling for contributions from
the people Of this state for the relief
of the flood sufferers Of the Mississip-
pi river flood district follows:
Whereas, information has been re-
ceived at this department, from his
excellency, William H. Taft, president
of the United States, and president of
the American Red Cross, that:
Conditions Of distress, resulting
from the flood in the lower Mississippi
valley, have assumed such intensi-
ty and magnitude that it has become
my duty as president Of the American
Red Cross to make known the facts
as given to the press today, in order
that the people Of the United States
may express their sympathy in sub
stantial form. Fully twenty-five thous-
and persons are now homeless and de-
pendent on the generosity Of the coun-
try for food and shelter, and the num-
ber Is steadily increasing. The army
is doing everything possible to pro-
vide shelter and food to meet the i'm
mediate emergency, but the equally
important task Of conducting the re-
lief camps, maip. aiming health and re-
storing the flood refugees to their
homes, under which will enable them
to return to normal conditions of
life, rests upon the local authorities
and the Red Cross. Many thousands
Of people will return to their homes
to find their houses, furniture, farm
equipment, good supplies for themselves
and their farm animals almost or
wholly destroyed. Questions Of health
which inevitably arise from the gath
ering of great numbers into camps,
are already becoming acute, and to
these will be added others even more
serious when the waters subside.
Typhoid, dysentery, smallpox, ma
laria, and other diseases threaten. and
must, II possible, be prevented by
this task resources far in excess of
those now at command will be essen
tial."
Now, therefore, I, Cole L. Blease,
governor Of the state Of South Carroll
ma, do hereby request and urge all
citizens of the state to render such
aid as may lay within their power,
in order to reduce as far as possible
the suffering, privation, etc., which
has been brought to the people Of the
Mississippi valley, due to the recent
flood Of the river. -..
Each and every bank in this state
Is hereby requested to act as a de-
pository to receive donations and to
transmit the same direct to his excel
lency, President Taft, at Washington,
D. C.
In testimony whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and caused the
great seal Of the state to be affixed,
at Columbia, this the eighteenth day
Of April, A. D. 1912, and in the one
hundred and thirty-sixth year Of the
independence of the United States of
America.
Cole L. Blease, Governor.
By the Governor:
r. M. McCown, Secretary of State.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-04-23
LOCAL.. AFFAIRS,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

National Union Bank, Rock Hill
Wants you to know that when you
become one of it's customers 1t is
ready to assist you at all times.
Cloud Cash Store-Calls attention to
special April prices on attractive
dress materials.
Kirkpatrick Belk Co.-Begins tomor-
row a special sale Of house furnish
ings, including sheets, pillow cases
quilts, curtains, damask, etc.
]. @. Wray-Makes announcement OF
additional ten minutes sales for the
balance Of this week. Other special
prices until Saturday.
Yorkville Hardware Co.-Has a full
line of baseball goods and also car
furnish tennis supplies.
J. w. Quinn and Others-Give notice
of regular spring examination OF
applicants to teach in public schools
Of York county.
J. M. Brian-Will be pleased to give
you valuable literature and informa-
ton relating to Florida farm lands
Gradute Nurses, Rock. Hill-Phone No
Ill, Rock Hill, when YOU want q
trained nurse.
L. M. Crisis Sons-Have a boiler and
engine for sale.
l. w. Johnson, President-Calls on
members Of Democratic club No. 2
to meet at D. E. Finley's office next
Saturday afternoon at o'clock.
w. B. Wilson, Jr., Co. Chairman
Urges voters to attend club meet
ings next Saturday afternoon at the
various precincts.
Mcconnell Dry Goods Co.'s showing
large lines Of oxfords for men. wo-
men and children, in all feathers.
ri
marks about paints that it wants
you tA consider.
Herndon & Gordon-Call attention to
the matter Of groceries for your use
and want to supply your needs.
Louis Roth-Has Porto Rico and New
Orleans molasses of highest grades
A. F.. Plexico, Sharon-Can supply
you with screen doors and windows
for your home.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-04-23
The 2sth anniversary of the found

The 25th anniversary of the found
ing of Winthrop college Is to be cele-
brated by that institution on May 3,
and a tremendous crowd will be gath
cred from all over the state for the oc-
casion.
Out of q possible $1,000 coupons that
could have been voted in the diction-
ary contest just closed, there was re-
ported 13,450. In all nearly 1000 cou-
pons were thrown out because they
came in after the date Of their eXpira-
ton.
Mr.. c. N. WrencheI, editor and own
er Of the Chester Lantern, paid The
Enquirer a pleasant visit yesterday.
Mr.. Wrenchel Is a newspaper man Of
unusual capacity, and he Is keeping
the Lantern well up to the highest
standards 1t has known. His call on
The Enquirer was very much enjoyed.
6 Dr.. 3. N. Miller Of Smyrna, called
yesterday and carried away the copy
Of Webster's New international die
tionary won by Smyrna school in the
contest just closed. Notwithstanding
the fine showing that was made by
Smyrna in the contest, DR.. Miller said
that the showing could have been a
good deal better. 1T was only along
about the last" he said that several Of
US began to get good warmed up, and
then Uncle Bob Whitesides, one of our
best workers fell sick during several
days, and could not get about" The
doctor did not hesitate to say that the
Smyrna workers went after all the help
that was to be had, but still 1t remain
ed a fact that fully seventy-five per
cent of the votes sent in, II not more,
were collected in the Smyrna neigh
borhood.
The principal object Of The Enquirer
in instituting Its dictionary contests
was to arouse interest in the import
ance of the school children having ac-
cess to a first-class dictionary. or
course we consider Webster's New In
ternational the standard of the Eng
lish speaking world, and this book
rather than another was used for that
reason. We would be very much
pleased to see every school In the
county the owner Of one Of these die
tionaries; but find our desire in this
matter somewhat handicapped by 9TH
er considerations. The books are worth
$3.50 each, and although we would be
loath to suggest that we will not con-
tribute any more, having given away
three this year, we feel inclined to rest
for a while. However. the good work
need not stop. 1t seems to US now that
IL some of the energetic teachers who
have managed so we'll in this cam
paign just closed, will inaugurate sim
liar canvasses for the collection OF
nickels and dimes, more dictionaries
may be had without hurting anybody
very seriously. This Is only thrown
out as a suggestion, and with 1t we
beg leave to give any further practical
assistance in the work that may lay
within the reasonable limits Of our
power.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-04-23
fields, the absolute good faith of brave
Captain Rostron was questioned no

fields, the absolute good faith of brave
Captain Rostron was questioned no
further.
One reason why there was no great
er rush for the boats Immediately af-
ter the Titanic struck the iceberg was
tkat most of the passengers refused to
believe that there was any danger.
Women at first refused to go into the
boats, and had to be forced into them.
The seamen were ordered in, two to
each boat. They showed no anxiety
or desire to go. Some Of the boats left
untitled because there were not enough
people at the points where they were be-
ing lowered to fill them. The testimony
showed that most Of the seamen who
were rescued remained on the decks
until the steamer sank and that they
were picked up by life boats as they
were struggling in the water.
AS some of the results of the disas-
ter, 1t has been ordered that the
northern lane Of travel be moved about
180 miles to the south. There will be
legislation requiring steamers to carry
life boats sufficient to accommodate all
the passengers and crew. Passenger
steamers will be required to carry at
least two wireless operators each, and
probably there will be other require
mentS.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-04-23

A Grand Old Governor.-The Titanic
disaster reminds the Greenwood In
dex Of the manner in which former
James Hamilton, Jr., was chief mag
istrate Of South Carolina In 1830-32.
He was intensely interested in the
struggle of Texas to achieve its inde-
pendence and threw himself into the
contest with great earnestness, spend
ing, 1t Is said, something like quar-
ter of a million dollars Of his own
private fortune to aid the Texans In
their struggle. On one of his frequent
trips by steamer between this state
and Texas he was passenger on the
schooner Pulaski" which, In the
Gulf of Mexico, was caught In a fear
full storm. There were not enough
life preservers to go around and In the
panic which ensued when the captain
told the passengers that the ship was
about to founder one little woman
was left unprovided for. She rushed
around frantically begging to be saved
but had been repulsed repeatedly un-
til she attracted the attention Of Gov
ernor Hamilton. The Index quotes
the story Of a survivor. Governor
Hamilton was in the act Of buckling
on life preserver when he first heard
the woman's appeals. Fastening to
her "and with a bow Of courtier
offering her a seat In a shaded bower
on a summers day." he said, Mad
am, beg you to accept this from me-
She took II and was saved. Governor
Hamilton was lost with the ship
News and Courier.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-04-23
J ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mrs. G. o. Doggett Of Charlotte. Is
the guest Of Miss Carrie Cartwright, In
Yorkville.
Rev. James Mcdowell of Sumter, Is
visiting his son, DR.. ]. D. Mcdowell
in Yorkville.
Mrs. j. F.. Plaxico of Rock Hill, is
spending some time with her father
Mr.. Perry Ferguson Of Clay Hill.
Congressman Finley is in Yorkville
having arrived here from Washington
Sunday evening. He comes down on
business.
Mr.. Manning Stanton of Charlotte
who was called to his home near
Bethel recently on account of the
death of his mother, returned to his
work last Friday.
DR.. J. d. Mcdowell of Yorkville, ac-
companied by Miss Libby Byers OF
Hickory Grove, left last week for Bal
timore, Md, where Miss Byers will
undergo treatment.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-04-23
THE COUNTY coNvENTIoN7z

In another column w. B. Wilson, Jr.,
chairman of the Democratic party of
York county. and DR.. ]. H. Saye. Sec
retary, publish an official notice that
starts in motion the political machin-
cry, looking to the reorganization OF
thee county Democracy.
According to the call, the members
of the Democratic precinct clubs are
notified to assemble at their respective
voting places on next Saturday, April
81, and elect delegates to the county
convention, which will meet in York.
vile on Monday. May 6.
The first business of each Democra-
tic club will be to reorganize by the
election Of a president, secretary and
executive committee, and after that
each club should elect by ballot Its
member of the county executive COM
mittee and delegates to the county
convention. Each club Is entitled to
send to the county convention one del
egate for each twenty-five votes and
majority fraction Of twenty-five votes
cast in the last preceding first primary
election, and the representation there
fore will be as follows:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-04-23
DIED WITH HER SKIPPER.
Heroic Effort Of Capt. Smith to Save
Little Girl.

Taking refuge on the bridge Of the
Inflated Titanic, says a New York dis.
patch, two little children remained by
the side of Capt. Smith until that por.
tion of the big ship had been swep,
by water.
Survivors of the crew who went
down with the Titanic but were saved
by clinging to an overturned lifeboat
today told Of their gallant comman.
der's effort to save the life Of one OF
the children. The captain died q
sailors death and the little girl who
had entrusted her life to his care died
with him.
HE held the little girl under one
arm" said James McGann, fireman
las he jumped into the sea and en-
deavored to reach the nearest lifeboat
with the child. I took the other
child into my arms as I was swept
from the bridge deck.
when I was plunged into the cold
water / was compelled to release my
that the same thing happened to Capt.
Smith.
"I had gone to the bridge deck to
assist in lowering collapsible boat.
The water then was coming over the
bridge and we were unable to launch
the boat properly. 1t was overturned
and was used as a life raft, some
thirty or more Of us, mostly firemen,
clinging to it. Capt. Smith looked as
though he was trying to keep back
the tears as he thought Of the doomed
ship.
He turned to the men lowering the
boat and shouted:
well, boys, it's every man for
himself He then took one Of the
children standing by him on the
bridge and jumped into the sea. He
tried to reach the overturned boat,
but he did not succeed. That was the
last I saw Of Capt. Smith"
McGann said that Capt. Smith from
the bridge directed the lowering of
the lifeboats. He said the story that
Capt. Smith had committed suicide as
the Titanic was going down was with
out foundation.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-04-23

1t was reported a few days ago that
the Italians had commenced a naval
attack on the forts that protect the
entrance to the strait leading to Con-
stantinople; but there has been no ad-
ditional news. 1t is generally believed
that the fortifications at the entrance
to the Dardanelles are impregnable
that even if the fortifications should
prove inefficient 1t would be an ex-
ceedingly difficult matter for war ves-
sells to make their way on up to Con-
stantinople over the many mines that
will have to be passed. But this is not
altogether the most significant feature
of the story. The fact that Italy is
pushing the fighting in Turkish wa
ters, if it is a fact, probably means
that there will be important develop
ments in the Balkans, unless the pow
ers suddenly step in and call halt.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-04-23

Along with the indescribable horror
Of the Titanic tragedy stands out the
beautiful evidence of the fact that the
world is far better than the average
man allows himself to believe. Poor
weak men and women could not OF
themselves have developed such nobil-
ity of heart and soul, as was displayed
under such trying circumstances. They
could not have developed it on the in
slant at all. 1t is bound to have come
from the Original Source of all good
the Giver of every good and perfect
gift. There is no other reasonable in
depreciation of it all. than the spirit OF
the Man of Calvary is altogether, il
not quite the dominating spirit of the
world.