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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-01-23
PUBLIC COTTON WEIGHER.

There Is in circulation a petition
asking the York delegation in the gen.
eral assembly to amend the law relat-
ing to public cotton weighers, so as to
provide that there shall be but one
cotton weigher on the Yorkville mar
ket.
1t will be remembered that last
summer. proceeding under the law as
they understood 1t, certain cotton pro-
ducers presented the county board OF
commissioners with a petition asking
for the appointment of Mr.. ]. E. Burns
as public cotton weigher for the York
vile market.
Mr. Burns was duly appointed; but
afterward on the strength of addi-
tional petitions circulated by and on
behalf of local cotton buyers, other
weighers were appointed on the votes
of Messrs. Lumpkin and Aycock, of
the county board Of commissioners,
with the result that the object which
the original petitioners had in view
the weighing of all local cotton by one
public weigher, was defeated.
The matter. it will be remembered.
also was taken before Justice Eugene
p. Gary for a construction Of the law,
and Justice Gary held that the county
board of commissioners had the right
to appoint as many weighers as they
saw proper.
The object of the present movement
Is to secure an amendment to the law
that will make 1t sufficiently specific
in its terms to leave no doubt that all
the cotton offered on this market must
be weighed by a single weigher. who
Is to be supported entirely by the
weighing fees provided In the law.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-01-23
WITHIN THE TOWN.

-"Faid In Full" at the opera house
tonight, Is worth while.
- The muddy roads continue a Sc
rious drawback to traffic.
X The Associate Reformed congre-
cation on yesterday paid the purchase
price Of Mrs. E. A. Crawford's lot
about $4,000. The present understand
ing is that work on the new church
building is to be commenced In the
spring.
The mission" being conducted In
the Church of the Good Shepherd
since last Saturday by Archdeacon
Webber has been well attended by the
Episcopal congregation, and by many
others. regardless Of denomination
Those who have heard the archdeacor
once have shown a decided inclina-
ton to hear him again, and the at
tendance at the services has been grow
II ing steadily. Rev. Mr.. Webber made
an interesting talk to the graded school
children yesterday.
IL Mr.. R. D. Dorsett has secured the
Services of Mr.. A. S. Fayssoux Of Gas
tonia, as manager of the Star theater
Mr.. FayssouX Is a professional snow
man of long experience, and has been
connected with some of the big at
fractions. He knows the moving pic
ture business in all its details, and ne
is going to do his best to help Mr.. Dor
sett entertain his patrons in manner
that will be creditable all around.
Although he has another good
show, THE Man Of the Hour" booked
Mr.. ]. @. Wray, manager of the opera
house. Is apprehensive that Paid In
Full" tonight, may be the last com
pany he will have this season. 1t has
been an unusually hard season on the
show people, and many companies
have gone out Of business. Quite 9
number of large shows have Cancelled
dates, not only here, but at Chester
Rock Hill, Gastonia and other points
1.-The Man of the Hour" has canceleo
some important dates, and may or may
not come here. Paid in Fulr' is being
highly spoken of all along the line
as real good show.
The fire department was called out
Yesterday morning on account or
blaze that was discovered In the barn
belonging to C. E. Spencer, Esq, just
without the corporate limits or town
When the firemen reached the scene
they found a number Of people ALREADY
at work on the flames, which were
making fierce. progress from the bot
tom of a big pile Of corn. The fire was
out of reach Of the town water supply
but by taking the corn from under
meath and pouring water on from
above, the damage was held down to
a minimum. Quite a quantity of corn
was destroyed, and the barn was con-
siderably damaged. The building is
insured.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-01-23

They are still making a lot of fuss
about the Wilson-Harvey incident.
Briefly the facts are about like this;
Harvey had the name of Wilson stand
ing at the masthead of Harper
Weekly as the Weekly's candidate.
Harper's Weekly is recognized as be-
ing of Wall street proclivities. Wilson
was quoted to Harvey or himself told
Harvey that the Weekly's support was
hurting him, and Harvey dropped the
name. Now just what to think Of II
all is somewhat of a puzzle. In the
first place, however, we 90 not see the
incident amounts to great deal. If
Wilson does not care to be boosted by
a paper that does not represent his
views he had right to say so. If he
desired to emphasize the fact that he
does not stand for what Harper's
Weekly stands for he has right to
do 1t. If Harper's Weekly desires to
continue to advocate the same things
that Wilson advocates there is nc
harm in the proposition. If Harper's
Weekly claims to have discovered
Wilson, and to own him by right OF
discovery" then Wilson does right tc
let it be known that he acknowledges
no such master. 1t has been intimate6
that the whole incident grew out OF
an effort to injure Wilson; but if thi:
is true the people who engineered the
scheme have another guess coming.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-01-23
fREcENT DEATHS,

Mrs. E. D. Wells died at her home
near Bethany, Friday morning. JAN
uary 10. She had been Ill for several
months, but had gained in strength
and her friends were hopeful Of her
recovery until a few days ago, when
a change came for the worse. She
was about go years of age, a member
of Enon Baptist church, and is sur
vived by her husband, five sons and
one daughter. Her funeral services
were conducted at her home by Rev.
w. E. Lowe. She was buried at Beth
any.
Miss Lizzie Matthews died at her
home in Glover, Monday, January Is.
Her health had been gradually fall
ing for several months, and she re-
allied that her end was near. She
was faithful member Of the Baptist
church, and for a number Of years
was a teacher in the Sunday school.
She was a daughter Of the late A. ].
Matthews, and Is survived by four
brothers, Messrs. w. NJ, r. A, D. A.,
and j. L. Matthews. The funeral SER
vices were conducted at her home by
Rev. w. E. Lowe.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-01-23
Mr.. Stewards Interview.

In it's issue of last Saturday, the
Rock Hill Herald reproduced the signed
statement from Senator Stewart that
was published in The Enquirer OF
Friday, together with The Enquirers
editorial comment thereon, and added
remarks as follows:
The Herald at this time does not
care to make any comment on the ed
itorial of the Yorkville Enquirer, or
in regard to it's attitude to the propo-
stion to build a court house in Rock
Hill or to form a new county, with
Rock Hill as the county town. AS a
matter of course, The Enquirer is op-
posed to these propositions, and the
Herald does not censure its Yorkville
contemporary for it's attitude. 1t Is
perfectly natural. However, the Her
aid does wish to say few words In
regard to Senator Stewards card.
In the first place, the Herald wishes
20 say that the article published in the
Herald, which started this discussion,
did not attribute to Senator Stewart
any of the opinions for which he has
,een censurea by the Yorkville paper.
A careful reading of the article by any
person able to understand the English
wish to say further that Senator Stew
art is mistaken in saying that the Her
aid, the next day after this article ap-
,Jrared, publsned a partial correc-
ton" of it. The Herald published no
direction whatever, for the very good
reason that there was nothing to cor
rect. What the Herald did publish
was a paragraph in which it was
stated that Senator Stewart informed
the Herald that some people had got
ten the impression from the article
that he (Senator StewarD favored
making Rock Hill the county seat OF
York county. Attention was called to
the fact that no such expression had
been published as coming from Sena-
tor Stewart, and the article was left
to stand alone as its own refutation
of any charges which might be brought
against it. No correction of the article
was made-there was nothing to cor
rect. The Herald simply gave Sena-
tor Stewart the use of its columns to
correct an impression made on the
minds of some people by hasty or
careless reading of the article. The
Herald is only responsible for the ar
ticle and not for the impression it
made on the minds of readers"
In view of the record, so plain and
fresh. perhaps we could very we'll af-
ford to let the foregoing go without
any further comment; but since the
whole matter seems to resolve itself
down to a question of hair-splitting,
it is just as well to say that where
Mr.. Stewart was quoted as suggesting
the election of a majority" of the
took the statement to mean all"
That portion of the Herald's article
in which Senator Stewart was quoted,
and which article the senator says
does not represent his views, except
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-01-23
E. w. Dabbs, president of the South

E. w. Dabbs, president of the South
Carolina Farmers Union, made an elo-
quent and logical speech last Thurs
day before the agricultural committee
Of the senate and the ways and means
committee of the house in support of
the Mcqueen warehouse bill. He show
ed how Joseph-Jacob's Joseph-was
the first warehouseman, and pictured
how if it had not been for Joseph's
foresight and wisdom, the fruits of the
seven years of plenty would have gone
to waste while those seven years were
on, and that when the seven lean years
starved. Mr.. Dabbs asserted that there
was no overproduction in the time of
Joseph and he maintained that there
has been no overproduction since that
time. 1t was a strange thing to him.
however, he declared, that with the
successful example of Joseph before
them during so many thousands of
years, the producing classes have new
er brought themselves to demand the
establishment and maintenance of state
warehouses to conserve the value OF
their products. He asserted that all
the more thoughtful cotton producers
of the south had realized for years
that a strong system of warehouses
operated in the interest of the farmer,
is the only real solution of the staple
value problem, but went on to review
the fact that the Southern Cotton
Growers association and the Farmers
Union had both failed in their efforts
in this direction for the same obvious
reasons. and declared that he had ar
rived at the conclusion that the only
hope lay in following the example OF
Brazil and Louisiana in the inaugura-
tion of a plan like theirs. Mr.. Dabbs
IS quite sure that such an arrangement
would convert all the bears into bulls,
whether they would like to be convert
ed or not, and he thinks also that by
such an arrangement all the powers
of the earth may be brought to yield
becoming obeisance TO South Carolina
and the other cotton producing states
of the south, lust as old man Jacob
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-01-23
MARKED For CORN.

1t gives The Enquirer pleasure tc
call especial attention to the adver'
tisement of the York Supply company
in another column offering to buy
900 bushels of shelled corn, In any
quantity from one bushel up.
While we have no positive informa-
ton on the subject, we are pleased to
believe that there is in York county
at this time a surplus Of corn. We may
be mistaken as to this, but we are quite
sure that there are In the county many
individuals who have more corn than
they need and who would rather have
the cash.
OF course, It is not to be understood
that corn has not heretofore been sala-
able. There has never been a time
when corn was not eXchangeable for
money; but there has been no estab-
Ilished market, and this proposition OF
the York Supply company Is especial
llv interesting and important because
of the tendency to help in this direc-
ton.
In large quantities home raised corn
has generally sold for what 1t was
worth. The producer of surplus corn
on a large scale is generally an indi-
vidual who not only knows the value
of his commodity. but who knows how
to get that value or hold on to what
he has.
1t is the little fellow who has only
a few bushels who has heretofore been
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-01-23

Just to the extent that cotton ex-
changes are the dens Of high-class
gamblers they should be legislated
down to legitimate business. The ex-
changes cannot be abolished, and they
should not be abolished; but they can
and should be materially reformed. The
reform needed is along the line of
compelling absolute good faith in ev-
cry contract, and abolishing the pres
ent habit of dealing in hundreds of
thousands Of bales Of cotton with no
direct or indirect intention that it be
delivered or received. The cotton ex-
change should be made a measure of
the supply and demand of cotton and
deprived Of its quality as stakeholder
in games of shrewdness, trickery, bluff,
blackmail, etc.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-01-23
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Miss Matte May Neville of. Chester
visited friends in Yorkville last week
>1Mr. and Mrs. J. F. McElwee of York.
Vile, left last week for Baltimore, Md,
where Mrs. McElwee will undergo
treatment.
~>Mr. and Mrs. John L. Carroll OF
Norcross, Ca. are spending a few days
with Yorkville relatives and friends.
1Dr. Miles Walker. who has been ly-
ing at the home of his son-in-law, Mr..
Nisbet, at Van Wyck, for more than
two months with broken hip, arriv-
ed at home last Friday evening. He
stood the trip very nicely and al
though still confined to his bed. hopes
to be out on crutches shortly. The
doctor Is looking we'll and Is quite
cheerful Notwithstanding his very try
Ing experience and his long and tedi-
Gus confinement. There has been an
almost constant stream Of visitors to
his home since his return, and there
is certainly no mistaking the pleasure
and satisfaction that his many friends
are feeling at having him home again
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-01-23
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

e. L. Laye, a former rural carrier
of Darlington county, was sentenced
by Judge Smith of the United States
court last week, to three months ip
Darlington Jail for appropriating reg
istry funds to his own use.
An Orangeburg farmer put up his
crop of eighty eight bales to the high
est bidder on the public square Of
Orangeburg one day last week. There
was a good deal of competition for the
cotton and bidding was spirited. The
lot was knocked down for 81 cents.
Cedar Springs, January 20: One
hundred members of the state legis-
lature were guests yesterday at Cedar
Springs institute, the state school for
the deaf, dumb and blind. The solons
arrived on a special train from Co
lumbia- The auditorium was comfort
ably filled, and Capt. N. F. Walker,
superintendent of the school, opened
the exercises with a talk, telling of the
work as 1t Is carried on. The assem-
blymen were astonished at the revela-
tions made as to the methods used
in teaching the delinquent children. A
programme by the students followed.
Lunch was served In the late after
noon, after which there were several
talks. Among those who spoke were:
Lieutenant Governor Smith, Senator
Johnston, chairman of the Clemson
board Representative Carey of Pick
ems; Capt. Walker and Col. Thos. j.
Moore, chairman Of the board OF COM
missioners of Cedar Springs institute.
These were short informal talks, but
were instructive, entertaining and in
teresting. In the afternoon the grounds
and buildings were inspected and the
fire drill witnessed by the legislators.
Capt. Walker has a "chute-the-chut
arrangement by means Of which the
children come from the third story of
the building. 1t Is especially difficult
to have a perfect fire drill, as It Is no
possible to signal the deaf pupils of
the school. The work Is marvellous,
however, and shows results Of the per-
feet training accorded the children.
OF special interest to the visitors was
little Dewey Cantrell, aged 10, deaf,
dumb and blind, who has his own
teacher. He was on exhibition, so to
speak, and Is row able to converse
with his tutor fluently. Cedar Springs
IS looked on throughout the state as
one of the educational institutions,
and the appropriations are not nearly
so large as for other schools. The law
makers were delighted with the man
ner in which Capt. Walker conducts
the place, and nothing but praise was
heard. 1t has long been the custom
Of the legislature to give Capt. Walker
everything he asked for, but he has
been most modest in his requests, and
it Is the opinion Of many that the ap-
preparations should be increased.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-01-23

in the one matter of holding our
courts in two places" is as follows:
1T will be remembered that the
grand jury at the last term Of court
requested the York delegation to the
general assembly to make provision
whereby the people of the county
could vote on a bond issue of 100000
to provide funds for the erection Of a
court house at Yorkville, the present
building, besides being entirely too
small, being in a dilapidated condition.
Whether the matter will be brought
up Is not yet known. Senator Stew
art when asked regarding the matter,
stated that he was willing to submit
the proposition to the people, provided
one-half the funds voted be used In
erecting a court house at Rock HILL at
which all cases coming from the east
ern half Of the county could be dis
posed of. He favors letting Yorkville
remain the county seat, the officers
coming to Rock Hill when court Is In
session here. In this way the people
of the eastern part of the county would
be able to avoid the great inconveni-
ence of going to Yorkville. More than
half the cases tried come from the
eastern portion of the county, 1t is
stated. Unless this Is done, Senator
Stewart says he will put forth every
effort to defeat the measure If it comes
up in the senate Senator Stewart was
ASKED whether he thought bill pro.
viding funds for the erection Of a
modern and up-to-date court house,
with a proviso that the people of lie
county vote on the proposition to
erect it at Rock Hill, would pass. He
said that it could go through the SEN
ate, but would be killed in the house,
rs all the York delegation in the lower
branch are from the western portion
of the county and, naturally, are op-
posed to moving the court house from
the present site. He expressed himself
of the opinion, however, that If such
a bill could be passed the people Of the
county would vote for Rock Hill by a
large majority. The only way to bring
this about, said Senator Stewart Is
to elect a majority Of the York dele
CATION from the eastern half Of the
county, and then there will be no trou-
BILE in getting through the desired bill"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-01-23
THE DICTIONARY CONTEST.

Mr.. j. A. Barry of Filbert r. F.
D. No. / is the winner of the Webster's
New International dictionary offered
to the school or individual who should
receive the largest number OF votes
on coupons clipped from The Enquirer
and the book was delivered to him last
Saturday evening.
The contest has been quite pleasant
and interesting throughout to all con-
cerned. and while from such echoes
as we have heard each of the other
contestants, or partisans of the other
contestants, would have rather been
successful themselves or had success
come to those in whose behalf they
were working, still there is very gener-
al satisfaction that Mr.. Barry Is the
successful competitor.
During the first ten days or two
weeks it looked as If the Clover
High school would be the winner. The
teachers and pupils went into the
contest early and systematically, and
their first big bunch Of about 5000
votes seemed to put the others out OF
the running. But the Forest Hill and
Blairsville schools also began to make
fine showings, and had 1t not been for
the intervening Of the Christmas holi-
days and the coming of the rough
weather that disorganized the malls
and made travelling so difficult, it Is
hard to say what might have happen
ed.
Mr.. Barry started out in a modest
and determined way. He first went
after all the coupons he could collect
personally, and next he began to In
terest relatives and close friends. Then
he pushed his canvass into different
parts Of the county, and soon had more
than a score of people sending and
bringing in coupons In little punches
of three or four and in big bunches OF
a hundred or more. Many Of his par
tisans became quite enthusiastic, and
appeared as much interested as ne
was himself.
Miss Cate NJ. Cowan of the Forest
Hill school, sent in a lot of 1880 votes
last week and with them q note to
the effect that she realized that her
school had been beaten by the per
severing Mr.. Barry" but still all had
enjoyed the contest very much, and
Mr.. ]. H. Spann, principal Of the Clo-
yer High school, wrote last Saturday
as follows: Il am enclosing 1850
votes, which kindly credit to the Clo-
yer High school. The children have
taken a great interest In the contest
and have worked hard. Though I re-
alize that we are defeated, they have
made a good fight, and l am sure the
interest that has been created among
my pupils has done them good"
Mr.. Barry, Of course, Is very CRATE
full for the generous assistance he has
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-01-23
DRAINAGE BILL.

Following is the drainage bill re-
Gently introduced by Representative
Beamguard Of York county. 1t was
read the first time January 16, and re-
ferred to the committee on ways
and means. The committee on ways
and means has returned 1t to the house
with a recommendation that 1t pass.
The bill, 1t will be observed, Is state
wide measure:
Section /. That whenever a ma
jority Of the owners of any lands ad-
jacent to, and on both sides Of any
creek, swamp or branch, in any of the
counties in this state desire to have
the same drained or dredged, to pro-
mote and advance the agricultural in
terests of the farmers who may own
lands lying on such creek, swamp or
branch, they shall sign a petition ad-
dressed to the county commissioners
of the county in which said creek,
swamp or branch Is situated, setting
forth the boundaries proposed to be
drained or dredged, the names of all
the land owners, owning lands along
the proposed drainage district, and
the estimated length of the proposed
ditch. Whereupon, the county board
of commissioners of the said county
shall appoint three disinterested free
holders, who shall be men OF intelli-
gence and discretion, and who shall
constitute a board of drainage COM
mission for the proposed drainage dis
trict.
Sec 2. The board of draingage COM
missioners thus appointed shall organ.
ize as soon as practicable, and shall
at their first meeting elect one Of their
number chairman, and another secre-
tary and treasurer. and before enter
ing upon the discharge of their du-
ties shall be sworn to do justice be-
tween said parties to the best OF their
ability. They shall direct the secretary
to procure the necessary books upon
which to keep a perfect record of all
dealings and transactions of said COM
mission. They shall proceed to in
spect and examine the lands as de-
scribed in the petition to be drained,
and shall have power to summon wit