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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-22
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1s, 1912.

of the department of agriculture Of the
value of American crops for the year
1912, places the total value at s9,000,-
900 900. The railroads of the United
States are greatly handicapped on ac-
count of shortage of freight cars. The
shortage on October 10 was 31,579
cars. The railroads have never been
called upon to handle so much traffic as
is being offered at this time. .... The
Benecia arsenal at Benecia, Cal, used
as a warehouse for war department
was destroyed by fire Friday
night wit ha loss of $1,000,000.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-22
"Mutt and jeff"

Those two funmakers of interna-
tional and local fame, Mutt and jeff"
whose large army of admirers are
legion perhaps all over the world, will
hold forth in merry sway at the York
vile Opera House, on Friday, Oct. 25.
This cartoon play, which has proved
the biggest hit in years, will be inter-
preted by large and capable company
and should prove the same successful
attraction it has been all over the
country. Manager Gus Hill, who con-
ceived the idea Of transferring Mutt
and jeff" to the stage, and who has
the reputation of not doing anything
by halves, has eclipsed all his previ-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-22
MERE-M ENTION,

Five persons were killed and several
wounded by a natural gas explosion in
a wholesale hardware store at Mar
shall, Texas, Friday :. Allison M. Nc
Farland was acquitted at Newark, N.
]. Friday, of the charge Of numbering
his wife a year ago. At former trial
Mcfarland was convicted and sentenc-
ed to electrocution. Another woman
figured in the case. 49,. George Beard.
a Philadelphia real estate broker, COM
mitted suicide in his home in that city
Friday, after having summoned several
business associates by telephone to
come and see him in hurry. When
his friends arrived, he was dead. ...
John Schrank, who shot Col. Roosevelt,
says the bullet in his victims body,
belongs to him and that he has willed
it to the New York Historical society,
to be exhibited in the state capitol at
Albany. .... The United States navy
department has awarded a contract to
an English firm for 500 armor- piercing
projectiles. The English firm bid $1S7
each for 12-inch shells, while the low
est price quoted by an American con-
Germ was s274.75 each. .... Imports
during the month of September totaled
s144,S ,343. Exports for the same pc
riod totaled $196,944,S11. The total Of
exports for the nine months ending
September 80 was $1,5SS, 721, ,077.....
There are 127 cases of typhoid fever at
Troy, Pa. ....A sealed bottle, dropped
in the Ohio river at Louisville, KY, five
years ago. was fished out of the ocean
a few days ago off San Diego Cal. ....
The st. Louis Post-Dispatch in its Sun
day issue, says that it's impartial re-
ports indicate that Governor Wilson
will in all probability carry Indiana,
Ohio, Illinois, Kansas and Wisconsin.
....... EX- Sultan Abdul Hamid, has
been removed from Salonika to Con-
stantinople. ... Two midshipmen of
the naval academy at Annapolis, are to
be tried by courtmartial for participa-
tion in the haZing of a member of the
fourth class. Two German army avi-
ators were killed at Geringen, Wurtem-
burg, Saturday. They fell from a con-
siderable height. .....A typhoon of un-
usual severity swept the Philippine
islands on October 16. The property
loss is estimated at $25,OO0O0O; 100000
persons were rendered homeless and
the loss of life will total more than
1000. ..... The preliminary estimates
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-22
HYMENEAL

MARRIED-In the Probate judges Of
flee on October 81, 1912, Mr.. B. ]. Black
and Miss Jessie Jolley, both of Rock
Hill. Rev. j. F. Anderson officiating.
At the Methodist Parsonage in York
vile on October 10. 1912, by Rev. ]. F.
Anderson, Mr.. w. G. Julian and Miss
F1ossie Leazier, both of Salisbury,
n. G.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-22
w. r. Carroll
When the Winds Blow

Through a broken Window Pane, it
feels like it is as cold as the Arctic
SHOWS. The wind chills to the bone.
Now is a good time to see how many
broken glass there are in your WIN
dows and then put them in before the
cold winds begin to blow. Doing 1t
NOW may save much discomfort later
on. See the YORK FURNITURE
COMPANY for the Glass you need.
We can furnish ALL SIZES from our
stock and the cost per Glass is quite
small, especially when you consider
the comfort. Trying to heat room,
with missing glass from the windows,
is like trying to heat all outdoors. 1t
cannot be done. Put in the needed
Glass NOW, before the cold weather
comes. We can also supply you with
the PUTTY that you will need, either
by the pound or the bucket-as much
or as little as you need.
PAINTS, VARNISHES-
YORK FURNITURE CO.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-22
ZEMO FOR YOUR SKIN
Eczema, Pimples, Rash and All Skin
Affections Quickly Healed.

No matter what the trouble, ecze-
ma, chafing, pimples, salt rheum,
Zemo instantly stops irritation. The
cure comes quick. Sinks right In,
leaving no trace. Zemo Is a vanish
ing liquid. Your skin fairly revels
with delight the moment Zemo Is ap-
piled. Greatest thing on earth for
dandruff.
Zemo is prepared by E. w. Rose
Medicine Co., ST. Louis, Mo-, and is
sold by all druggists at 81 bottle.
But to prove to you it's wonderful
value it is now put up in liberal size
trial bottles at only 25 cents and is
guaranteed to do the work or your
money back. Sold at York Drug Store.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-22
THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY

A LII white men in the Fifth Con-
IA gressional District interested In
the national ticket Of the Progressive
party can secure any desired informa-
ton by addressing B. Sherwood Dunn,
Room %. Columbia Hotel, Columbia,
or !. H. Norris, Yorkville, S. c.
I. H. NORRIS, District Chairman.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-22
LOST

d ETWEEN Yorkville and Rock
- Hill on Monday, October 7th a
bunch of KEYS. Has name plate with
IS. T.. Courtney, Lake City, S. c." on
it. Finder will be substantially re-
warded If returned to
YORKVILLE MOTOR CAR CO.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-22
FOR SALE

IN HREE good Mules, Riding Guilt
l. vatOr, Disk Plow and other Farm
ing Implements, all at Bargains. Call
on or write me at Glover.
S5 If 2t* SAM MCCALL.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-22
Appler Seed Oats

AS soon as the land Is in condition
to plow, make 1t point to put in q
few acres of Fall Oats. 1t Is a decid-
edly paying proposition from almost
any standpoint. See me for the Seed
Oats that you will need. I have the
best grade of APPLER SEED OATS
and sell them at IS CTS. a Bushel
FERTILIZER FOR GRAIN
When you sow small grain, be GER
tain to use a liberal supply Of Fertil-
izer-another paying proposition
can supply your needs.
HOG FEED
If you have hogs, NOW is the time
to put on the finishing fat before the
killing. Come and see me for any
kind of HOG FEED that you need.
have it and at the right price.
FARM TOOLS
If you need Turn Plows, Plow
Moulds, Plow Stocks, Trace Chains
Collars, Hames, Banckbands, ETC., see
me for your needs.
w. r. Carroll
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-22
Ghe Cotton Market.

Yorkville. October 22.-Cotton 103c.
New York, October 21.-Cotton fu-
lures closed steady as follows:
Jan. 1910; Feb 1851: March 1860;
May 1866; June 1869; July 1911;
Aug. 1910; Sept 1861; Oct. 1922;
Nov. 1922; Dec. 10.41.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-22
RuMMAGE SALE

N HE Ladies' of the \. r. p. church
l. will have a Rummage Sale at the
Court House. Friday afternoon, to s.,
and a Bread and Cake. and Rummage
Sale on Saturday morning, 9 to -
o'clock. The public is invited.
1t Mrs. ]. s. BRICE, Pres.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-22
sTRAYED FRoM HOME

u RIDAY, large HOUND, black back,
IL brindle legs and ears. white breast
and neck. Please notify me at York
Vile. ALLEN WHITE, Jr.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-22
Look Before You Lean!

While it is true that there are still
many people who buy Life Insurance
from an agent instead of a Company,
and who sometimes find that the
agent, either through ignorance or
Intentionally led them to believe that
his company and the contracts (pol-
icies) were among the best. There
are thousands of others, and their
tribe is increasing daily, who are in
f1uenced almost entirely by the COM
pany and it's reputation FIRST and
the contract next. They look and
then leap, while the other class leaps
and then looks, and as a result, often
concludes that had it looked before
leaping 1t would not have leaped.
No company has an all-round repu-
tation for squarer dealing with every
policy holder and Of writing liberal
policies as has the Mutual Benefit
Life Insurance Company, Of Newark,
y. j. No company is stronger. Look
Before You Leap! Test my assertions.
If you are not entirely satisfied that
they are true you are under no obli-
cations to buy.
SAM. NJ. GRIST, Special Agent.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-22

Gus efforts, apparently, in this pro-
duction. Always with the public in
mind, he has provided a scenic en-
bellishment that would prove the saw
ing grace Of a much less pretentious
offering. There are no lulls in the ac-
ton, which is vigorous and eXhilarat.
ing from start to finish, while the 9TH
er features. distinctly original, are so
far ahead of the beaten path, that even
the most blase amusement seeker is
Immediately entertained and surprised
In the way of tuneful melodies, en-
sembles and groupings of stage pic
lures, the piece is way ahead of it's
competitors. and this is no easy task
when it is considered that we are in
an era of theatricals where the pace
is set without figuring, sometimes,
about reaching any logical conclu-
sion. In its entiretl it is meritori
Gus production, sure to find ready
acclaim in any environment. At any
rate, it's great success proves that.
There is an atmosphere of novelty
throughout and the only pauses in the
funmaking are those necessary in the
conventional intermissions between
acts. The piece was chiefly cor1ceiv
ed to stimulate and arouse incessant
mirth. 1t does more than this-it
convulses.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-22
FOR SALE

ID PRACTICALLY new Parlor OR
l. GAN at Half Price. Also a Sec
ond-hand One-Horse WAGON.
S5. st A. ID. DORSETT, Yorkville.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-22
CHAINGANG REPORT

IT HE report of the Chain Gang for
i the month of August, 1912, is as
follows:
Aug 81. No of hands during the
month ...... ..... ...... 81
No. of days worked, including
Sundays ....... ........ soy
Average per day ......... .... 20
Amount of Work Done
Hauled sand two weeks.
Sanded miles of road.
Worked days at County Home
working corn.
Worked balance of the month on
road.
Bridge gang of II hands, worked at
Craig's Mill on CrOwder's creek from
August ! to August %. Moved from
there to EbeneZer township.
1t THOS. w. BOYD. Supervisor.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-22
Sperial Hotires.
Office.
Gard of Thanks.

We wish to thank our friends and
neighbors for their kindness shown
us during the sickness in our family
Mr.. and Mrs n. S. Ford, Glover, S. c..
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-22
FOR SALE OR RENT

OOD Three-Horse Farm, 6 miles
" east Of Yorkville. See me at once
about 1t, at the Hotel Shandon.
84f.t 2t J. E. SADLER.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-22
Mr.. HART TO Mr.. ANDERSON

Proposed Court House is for York
County Rather Than for a Locality.
Editor Yorkville Enquirer:
l beg leave to hand you herewith a
copy of a reply to Mr.. John G. Ander-
sons open letter, published in The En-
quirer Of Friday. Respectfully,
John r. Hart.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-02-09
EXTRA TRAINS
GOING SOUTH
PEOPLE FROM THE NORTHWEST
LOOKING FOR A WARMER
CLIMATE.

The trains south Wednesday night
were run in sections of eight coaches
each, and these were filled with shiv-
ering humanity from the more north
Urn sections looking for a warmer
climate, the majority of them being
bound for the Florida coast resorts,
in the hope of finding more balmy
weather.
During all the past month this traf-
fic has been rather heavy and many
Of the night trains have been run in
40 or more sections on account of
he excessive travel. The larger por-
ton of this travel comes from Chica-
go and other northwestern points,
where the thermometer has been reg
istering below zero with more than
the usual regularity, and these extra
trains have been so frequent that it
has become noticeable by the outsid-
ers as well as the railroad people.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-02-09

strike out of the revenue act the
clause taxing liquor dealers, and he
refused to do it-he emphatically re-
fused to be party to such deal
that would have guaranteed his cleo
ton, but cheated the State out of
several hundred thousand dollars.
We thought all that was with the
Legislature. We didn't know the
Comptroller had anything to do with
what went In the revenue bill and
its passage into law. We thought
all that was with the Legislature,
but here's our Comptroller, who says
he resisted the temptation to strike
out a clause, and when he did that
he jeopardized his reelection and
saved the State a large amount or
money.
ut is not our purpose to contro-
vert what the Comptroller says, but,
on the other hand, to accept as true
what he has claimed for himself.
We will concede that he had the pow
er to insert or eliminate what he de-
sired. We concede that he could
have done anything he wanted to
with the revenue bill. This seems
to be his contention, and we do not
deny it II, however, he had the
power to do that. he undoubtedly
had the power also to straighten out
The back tax law, which the Legisla-
ture tempered with about that time,
for the back tax law as deeply con-
cerned his Office and his interest and
the welfare of the people as that Sec
ton Of the revenue bill which he re-
fused to strike out with his legisla-
tive hand.
'If the Comptroller had the power
to insert or strike out anything he
wanted to in the revenue bill-and
we Uo nOt uoHy lC-He likewise ndu
the power to give the people of the
State an equitable back tax law,
which he failed to do, but on the
other hand he saw the iniquities of
the law multiplied.
while the Comptroller was legis-
lating for the benefit of the people,
1t Is pity he did not strike a death
blow at the back tax industry that
is now flourishing as it grinds out
of poverty and suffering unearped,
undeserved, and unwarranted COM
pensation for horde of greedy back
tax gatherers"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-02-09
BACK TAX SYSTEM.

+ In most interesting article in the
Nashville Banner, George Blake, who
perhaps knows more of the intimate
and inner workings Of politics and
politicians during the past twenty
years, than any man in Tennessee
tells some plain truths about the back
tax system and how it governs Ten.
ncsee for graft and greed.
AS Mr.. Blake very truthfully says,
.Ae system" has no politics. 1t
makes alliances with any party or
any faction that will promote it's for
tunes or those of it's numerous Lene,
ficiaries. In some counties the back
tax Collectors and their attorneys be-
long to one faction, in another they
irofess allegiance to another political
interest but all serve first and ABOVE
ali the back tax machine.
One of the big factors in promoting
This pernicious system is the custom
of bestowing patronage upon men,
bers of the legislature. In the last
legislature, and it has been the case
with all legislatures for years, a
1umber Of the members were made
the direct benefciaries of the back
tax system. AS representatives of
The people they elect he head of the
ack tax machine and then become
The benefCiar;es of the system by
securing appointments as attorneys
and assistants to the numerous horde
If collectors.
The constitution of the state very
wisely prohibits the governor from
appointing members of the legisla-
lure to office. The same inhibition
should extend to every other official
of the state. Perhaps the good men
VINO framed the constitution did not
dream that Tennessee would ever
lave so poor conception of the pro-
prieties that It would elect men to
the legislature who would accept pre-
ferment from those whom they had
elected to Office. In other words
those good men could not conceive of
the present humilitating system
when the most powerful political
that the State has ever
known draws Its substance from the
Industries and poverty stricken tax
payers of the State. The system
should end. We believe that 1t
suicide when 1t promoted |
The infamous back tax law of the
asst legislature. That law will prove
he beginning of the end Of the reign
IF the machine In this State.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-02-09
AFTER PATTERSON.

1t Is really amusing to see the
:naneuvers of the erstwhile champ
ions of Malcolm R. Patterson these
days in their attempt to keep that
primary. Patterson is unquestionably
the ablest leader of his faction; he
has the courage to express his con-
victions upon every issue. He has
never been dodger. Every one
knows where he stands and he has
been the faithful leader of the So
called straight Democracy" in many
campaigns. He has never faltered
in loyal devotion to his faction. But
in spite of all this his one time fol-
lowers are doing their level best to
keep him from attaining the zenith
of his ambition.
Paterson desires the Senatorship.
lie is anxious for it. 1t is the ambi-
jion of his life. And one would i'm
agine that this ambition would re-
ueive the hearty encouragement of
those who but yesterday progressed
their undying loyalty to the little
Hinat" and followed him in all of his
infamies. Instead he is receiving
the stony stare, the marble heart
from these self same followers.
Ham out of office has been shorn of
his powers to reward friends and
punish enemies and doubtless by this
time he has some very we'll defined
but hardly printable opinions anent
the ipgratitude of mankind In gen.
eral and his late followers in parti-
culaf
And to think that all this is being
done to save Bob Taylor who never
n his life did anything to save his
followers. Where, for instance, was
Bob in the summer Of 1910, when the
battle waxed warmest and the lead
ers were most needed? Ham, how
ever, was on the firing line ready at
all times to &C to the thickest of the
fray. He is, however, to be sacri-
feed, to be kept fro4L the primary
where success seems assured, in or
der to save Bob Taylor. One would |
have expected a different course !
from the Patterson following in Ten
lessee
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-02-09
MAY ACCEPT
ASHLEY'S PLACE
ARkaNsAN is CONSIDERING THE
POSITION OF STATE
BIOLOGIST.

NASHVILLE, Feb. S.-Dr. Albert
Homer Perdue, state geologist o. Ar
kansas. will arrive in Nashville this
morning, his visit being in Connection
With the meeting today of the state
geological commission for the Dur
pose Of naming a successor to George
Ashley, state geologist, who deccntly
resigned. DR.. Perdue, it is believed.
VIII accept the position of state geoI-
ogist of Tennessee, and it is rumor-
ed that it will be rendered him ,lnan-
.nously. Over in Arkansas the legis-
lature failed last year to make any
appropriation for the maintenance of
the geological department
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-02-09
ANOTHER TRADucER. ma

And now comes the Nashville Ten
.lsssean and braves the wrath Of
Comptroller Dibrell with scortching
arrangement OF the back tax laws
If the Tennessean does not look out
it also will join Dibrell's Ananias
club and will be made the object OF
has written and verbal attacks. AL
though Mr.. Dibrell has repeatedly
declared that he was In no way res
possible for the back tax Fw delin-
quert tax laws, he asserts that he
retained certain provisions of the
revenue laws against the protest of
Mayor Crump. Now the Tennes-
sean, which is or at least will appear
to Dibrel as rather a curious body,
wants to know why, if Dibrell lad
the power to retain certain features
of the tax laws, he did not also
possess the same power to eliminate
odiou "a obnoxious features Of
those laws. Commenting on this
phase Of the situation the Tonnes
sean submits the following pertinent
remarks:
Mayor CrGmp of Memphis and
State Comptroller Frank Dibrell are
engaged in a warm controversy over
H. hooL To- laxu apd TIC onara t;opc
the Mayor asserting that he has en-
ployed an expert accountant to look
INTO the back tax collections and to
investigate the Comptroller's Office.
The Comptroller strikes back at the
Memphis official, saying that 1t Is
well-known fact that Crump is his
political enemy.
Mayor Crump has been induced
20 take the steps indicated on ac-
count Of the unusual activity of the
back tax collectors who have been
delegated to perform the service or
gathering In the delinQuents In Mem
phis, saying that the Comptroller is
the worst enemy Memphis and Ten
sessee have ever had, and as the
law provides that a complete record
Of tire details OF each collection be
kept in the Comptroller's office,
Mayor Crump says it can easily be
determined whether the collections
have been made in accordance with
the law, and whether or not the fees
retained by the collection have heen
allowed BY law.
Comptroller Dshrell says Mayor
Orump tried 10 get him to agree to
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-02-09
the BOARD OF TRADE.

No more encouraging meeting OF
the business men of Columbia has
ever been held than that which as
gsmbled at the banquet recently
When $50 of the leading and most &C
tive and influential of the business
factors Of the city and county come to-
gsther to discuss business matters
for the common good 1t Is most
hopeful sign. 1t Is. we hope. ind!ca-
tive Of an awakened interest among
the people of this section in its flu
ture welfare and advancement. 1t Is
au earnest OF a Quickening Of public
interest In the general affairs of the
community.
The banquet was great success.
It was a fitting close Of the second
year of President Dedman's success
fui guidance of the Board Of Trade
and the committee which contributed
20 much to its success Is deserving
of the thanks and congratulations of
the people OF Columbia. The attend
anoe was all that the most sanguine
hoped for; the enthusiasm aroused
over purely business and non-senti-
mental matters was surprising.
But the banquet will come to
naught and the efforts of the public
spirited gentlemen who instituted and
promoted it will be lost if the enthu-
siasm there engendered and the in
terest here inspired about the gener-
al welfare Of the community are al
lowed to spend their force without be
ing directed in useful and practical
channels. In other words the spirit
which characterized the meeting
AUST be utilized for the practical ad-
yancement OF Columbia and Maury
county
And unless there shall be increased
attendance at the future business
meetings OF the board; more general
response TO its appeals for work in
the public interest, and more hearty
cooperation for the public good we
will be right where we started. 1t
was generally agreed at the banquet
that the Board Of Trade could be
made mighty useful asset in the bus
laess life of the community: but to
attain that end it must have the sup
port and cooperation of the people
who are to be benefited. Self,help
Is the best help is an old saying; 1t is
tru;sm: and unless we are willing
TO help ourselves others will not help
u.s.