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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-12

Governor Blease will not be at the
Filbert picnic on August l. His rea-
sons are fully. set forth in the letter to
the committee published as an adver-
tisement in another column.
There are three candidates ut in
Fort Mill township for township road
supervisor, James H. Sutton, c. P.
Blankenship and D. G. Kimball. and
considerable interest Is developing in
the race, which promises to be quite a
warm one.
The final presentment of the grand
jury published elsewhere In today's pa
per is a rather unusual document. In
that it seems to indicate the purpose
of the grand jury to take the affairs or
the county home in its own hands. 1t
will be remembered that the question
of selling all or a part of the county
home farm and erecting modern
building with the proceeds has been
under consideration for several years.
An act was passed authorizing and d.
recting the county board of commits
sioners to proceed by disposing Of the
farm as suggested. The board adver-
tised the farm for sale last fall at pub
lie auction; but as there was no offer
Of the upset price fixed by the board
there was no sale. Just what the grand
jury has in mind Is only to be inferred
but from it's resolution there Is full
warrant for the inference that the
county board of commissioners having
failed to make any appreciable head
way in the matter of providing a mod
ern building for paupers, the grand
Jury is inclined to go ahead on its own
account. There was some discussion
of the whole matter in open court
Tuesday afternoon, but the decision
did not seem to develop very clearly
just what the grand jury has right to
do in the premises.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-12
The New Libel law.-The last le,

The New Libel law.-The last legis-
lature passed a libel law. which is of
interest to a number Of people. The
law is short, specific, and cannot be
misunderstood. The attention of those
who circulate libelous campaign stories
is called to this law, which reads as
follows:
AN ACT Making it a MisdemeanOr to
Originate, Utter or Circulate or to
Publish Slanderous and Libelous
Matter, and to Provide Punishment
Therefor
Section 1. Be it enacted by the gen.
eral assembly of the state of South
Carolina, Any person who shall with
malicious intent originate, utter or
circulate, or publish, any false state
ment or matter concerning another,
the effect of which shall tend to injure
such person i'm his or her character or
reputation, shall he deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor. and, upon conviction
therefor, be subject to punishment by
fine not to exceed five thousand dol
lars, or by imprisonment for a term
not exceeding one year. or by both fine
and imprisonment in the discretion of
the court.
Section .. That all acts or parts of
acts inconsistent with this act are
Irrely repealed: Provided, That
rnIhing herein shall he construed to
nothing herein shall be construed to
ahrdge any right any person may have
by way of an action for damages for
libel or slander, or libel under the eX-
listing law.
Approved the end day of February.
a. ID. 1912.-Anderson Daily Mail.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-12

ernor Blease and Judge Jones are rep
resented as having devoted practically
all of their speeches to the alleged rec
ords and leanings Of themselves with
regard to the race question. Both are
said to have repeated practically what
they have said on the subject else
where. Judge Jones repeated the point
he has made, heretofore to the effect
that after he cast the votes that
Governor Blease alleges indicate his
leaning to social equality, Governor
Blease had voted for him, Jones, for
speaker Of the house, for associate JUS
tice and for United States senator.
Governor Blease in asides said that in
Columbia the night previous a promi-
nent official said that the only way to
elect Jones was to count Blease out,
and that Washington Clark had offer
ed to bet 5000 that Jones would be
elected. Governor Blease urged the
people to smash a court house ring as
soon as they saw one developing.
At Hampton.
There was big crowd at the Hamp-
ton meeting yesterday, and according
to the correspondent of the Columbia
Governor Blease. The feature Of the
meeting was Governor Blease's hot de-
nunciation Of Judge Jones for charact-
erizing his followers as anarchists
The reference was to the incident that
occurred during Judge Jones's speech
at Hampton in the spring. Governor
Blease said: mo falser remark ever
fell from the lips of q man who carries
a white skim" Judge Jones declared
that II the governor would take the
nigger out Of his speech that there
would be nothing to 1t, and he wanted
also somebody to tell him what the
governor had ever done for the poor
man.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-12

senator Tillman of South Carolina
on Wednesday sought to launch in the
senate movement to have the United
States build the best battleship the
world can ever construct and then
withdraw from the international race
for big battleships, but the movement
stuck In the ways. The South Carolina
senator had his battleship resolution
all prepared and showed II to numer-
Gus senators but decided to defer its
presentation on account Of the Lori
mer case having the right Of way.
Senator Tillman would name the pro-
posed dreadnought the Terror" He
would provide the maximum thickness
Of armor, the maximum size of gun,
the maximum speed, and the maximum
size that would enter dry-docks and
pass through the Panama Canal. Sem
ator Tillman preferred the name Ter
ror'' to "Skeered- o. -Nothin," sug-
gested once by Senator John Sharp
Williams in the house as the name for
an American ship outranking in size
the English dreadnought. Senator
Tillman's resolution would call upon
the naval affairs committee to investi-
gate the details Of the very best bat
tleship possible, and report whether
one such over-powering vessel would
not be better for the United States
than to continue "by increasing taxa
ton, to spend the millions and mil
lions Of dollars now in prospect in the
race for the naval supremacy" Let
us find out just how far we can go
with any degree Of safety and go there
at once" said Senator Tillman. Let
the Terror become the peacemaker Of
the world; let us leave some money
in the treasury for other and more use
f,,1 oh Ia
controlling the floods, in the Missis-
sippi, draining the swamp lands in
the south and irrigating the arid land
in the west"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-12
CLOVER CULlINGS.
Correspondence The YorkyIIIe Enouirer

So'ie'p'hoehce Inc forkVile Enquirer
Glover, July 1.-THE annual meet
ing Of the stockholders of the Clover
Cotton Manufacturing Company was
held In the Office Of the company yes
terday afternoon. The usual annual
dividend of 10 per cent was ordered
paid. Owing to the fact that kind Of
OF cotton used by the mill exclusively
Egyptian and Peeler long staple-haye
been exceptionally high and yarns com
paratively low, the net manufacturing
profit was not so great as during some
years In the past when conditions were
more favorable, but the results reflect
ed credit on the superior judgment
and executive ability that has always
characterized the superior business
judgment OF the management, and the
stockholders are to be congratulated on
the showing made. 1t Is said that only
one other yarn mill in this section be-
sides Glover, including those at Cas-
tonia, has been able to report any profit
at all for the past year and that the
majority shows loss There are three
corporations at Glover, in addition to a
building and loan association-the Clo-
yer Cotton OIL and Ginning Co., the
Bank OF Glover and the Glover Cotton
manufacturing Co. The three have a
combined capital stock of S255,O00. and
each has paid 10 per cent dividends
this year, making a total Of $25,500
paid out.
The Glover Associate Reformed Pres
byterian congregation Is preparing to
make extensive improvements on its
church building, and when the contem-
plated improvements are completed II
Will have the handsomest house of
worship In this section. The improve
ments are expected to cost not less
than $2,500 and will very likely cost
considerably more. The material is
now being placed on the ground and
work will be commenced as soon as 1t
Is all available.
The marriage Of Miss Minnts Mil
Ter and Mr.. Thomas M. Caldwell In
Bethel Presbyterian church on We'd
nesday evening was the social event
of the year in this section and was
witnessed by a large number of Clover
people, as we'll as by scores and
scores Of others from the surrounding
country, and from Yorkville, Gaffney
Gastonia, and elsewhere. Both the
contracting parties are exceedingly
popular in this section and wherever
known and have the good wishes Of
all.
BY reason Of the excessive rainfall
throughout this section during the
past two weeks the crops are suffer-
Ing for lack Of work.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-12

ton, testified that he never paid any
graft" to Stothart or any of the other
constables or to any one else. Sottile,
recalled, declined to answer the ques-
ton as to whether he had paid any
graft" to the constables. A majority
of the committee overruled the objec-
tion and insisted on the question, an
nouncing they would overrule the
question and judge Sottile in contempt,
but would suspend Judgment and al
low the matter of jurisdiction to be de-
cided by the courts. Interposing the
further objection that the question
might tend to incriminate him, Albert
Sottile declined to answer as to wheth-
er or not he had been paying "protec-
ton" money to constables in Charles.
| ton. This means that the matter Will
! not be taken to the courts and the con-
tempt proceedings dropped. The COM
mittee adjourned to meet Friday morn
| ing in Augusta at the court house al
10 o'clock to take the testimony OF
Thos. B. Fielder.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-12

cused, or the protection Of society, as
the maintenance of the reputation Of
the lawyer. Most lawyers consider
that the question of gain or lose is
with them rather than with the de-
fendant, and the idea of letting a man
who has committed his life to their
hands," lose that life far overshadows
the posy question as 20 whether that
man is worthy of death. OF course the
question as to what the negro calcu-
lated at the time he murdered these
two little white boys, whether If de-
tected he would be lynched, hanged, or
only electrocuted, does not seem very
important to a layman; but when the
reputation Of lawyer Is at stake, es-
pecially the reputation Of lawyer of
extraordinary ability of Mr.. Steven
son, the matter Is different.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-12
HAS 1T IN WRITING.
News and Courier Replies to Governor
BIease's Statement.

The News and Courier last Tuesday
morning published on its first page the
statement that Governor Blease had
printed in the Columbia Record of
Monday as an advertisement, and ap-
pended thereto the following editorial
note:
The News and Courier received the
foregoing communication from Gov
ernor Blease by special delivery short
ly before midnight last night. 1t Is
printed with the utmost willingness.
Indeed, 1t gives US great satisfaction to
give 1t the space which 1t requires.
The report Of the campaign meeting
in Charleston as published in the News
and Courier did not pretend to be a
verbatim report, but in the audience
which heard Governor Blease and the
other speakers there were several hun
dred citizens of this community and
the News and Courier would be quite
ready to leave with them the question
as to whether or not its account Of the
meeting and of Governor Blease's re-
marks in particular was fair and ac-
curate.
AS 1t happens, however, it Is not
called upon to do so, nor Is 1t neces-
sary for this newspaper to call atten-
ton to the fact that in every other re-
port of the meeting appearing in other
newspapers practically the same Ian
guage was put into the governors
mouth as that which in the News and
Courier he calls a misquotation.
The fact Is that the language which
the News and Courier attributed to
Governor Blease unquestionably was
his own language because he revised
1t himself with his own hand and the
copy Is now in the News and Courier'S 8
possession.
The reporter for the News and Cou-
rier not being absolutely positive as to
the verbiage employed by Governor
Blease in speaking of his intentions to-
ward Charleston in the event this city
voted for Judge Jones, an eminently
trustworthy representative of this
newspaper was dispatched to Govern
or Blease with a note requesting that
he write out that statement"
This reporter found Governor Blease
at the Irish Volunteers Hall and to-
gether they went to the Charleston Ho-
tel.
There Governor Blease borrowed the
reporters pencil and did as requested.
The statement as prepared by him
reads as follows and 1t was so publish
ed:
II will be governor the last part Of
August, all of Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec.
and 81 days in January and If you
want government by injunction & me-
tro police vote for Jones & for the rest
of this year & the next I will do my
best to give 1t to you"
The News and Courier knows moth
Ing Of what Governor Blease's own
notes showed, and cares less. 1t does
know that the statement which he pre-
pared for publication in the columns OF
this newspaper upon this point read
as quoted above, and it Is so written In
his own handwriting.
If this statement did not accu-
rately express his sentiments, Govern
or Blease has only himself to blame.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-12
THAT CLARENDON MEETING.
Local Paper Gives Careful Review Of
the Circumstances.

There was tremendous crowd here
last Wednesday, many coming from
the nearby counties. 1t was an over
enthusiastic crowd but its conduct is
deplored sincerely. 1t would be unjust
to place the blame upon either faction,
for both sides were wrought up to a
high pitch, and both sides acted bad
ly. The speakers for the minor offices
received a fair hearing from their au-
dience, but while they were addressing
the people many were walking about
waiting for the gubernatorial giants
the greatest interest was in candidates
Blease and Jones.
Long before the meeting opened both
of the gentlemen were surrounded by
their admirers, and each received fiat
tering encouragement County Chair
man A. ]. Richbourg presided, but he
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-12

alleged to have been found among the
effects Of the deceased; but these
could not be gotten in evidence. After
about half an hour the jury returned
with a verdict of not guilty.
Ben Sturgis, charged with larceny
was acquitted.
]. A. Miller, who plead guilty to the
charge Of indecent assault in three
cases was sentenced to two years in
each case-six years in all.
The last case taken up was that of
the state VS.. Ellie Bratton, charged
with murder. The jury returned a YER
dict Of guilty of murder, with a recon-
mendation to mercy, and the sentence
was life imprisonment.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-12
WITHIN THE TOWN.

Now is the time to buy dry goods
and other things.
The July Clearance sales are bring
ing large numbers Of people to York
vile from all parts of the county. The
Kirkpatrick-Belk company has been
having big crowds since Wednesday
and other houses have been getting
benefit of the overflow. The Thomson
company makes its announcement to-
day, and during the next week or ten
days all kinds of dry goods will be go
ing at very attractive prices.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-12

1t would be foolish to urge the aver
age man to SOW alfalfa; because the
average man does not know enough
and he is not well enough prepared to
make a success of the crop. But peo-
pie who have the inclination and the
means to experiment in this direction
will find such experimentation profit
able
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-12

We beg leave to call the attention OF
the Lancaster News to the fact that
we are receiving requests from Lancas-
ter county people who want to see
what The Enquirer is saying in reply
to the News. If the News will itself
reproduce what we say when it comes
after US it can put stop to these re-
Quests
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-12

Whether Judge Jones is in favor ol
social equality because he did not orig
inally see his way to vote for the jim
Crow car bill and whether Governor
Blease is under corporation influence
because B. L. Abney lives in his house!
What is to be expected from a cam
paign on such issues?
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-12

We don't think much Of the one six
year term idea. 1t savors too much OF
the plea that if you will only do ii
this time I never will ask you again.
while as a matter of fact the man who
makes a good president during foul
years is the very man for the next foui
years.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-12
MERE.MENTION.

Two young girls, Alma Arthur and
Nellie Miner aged II and Is years were
drowned while bathing In South river,
Annapolis last Tuesday. Sixty mine
miners were killed as the result of an
explosion In the Conisbrough, England
colliery last Tuesday. Last Tues
day goes down on the record as the
hottest day Of the season in New York.
Seven people died Of sunstroke. =. e. The
Royalists Of Portugal have broken out
in quite serious rebellion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-12

1t turns out that the petition to ask
President Taft to withdraw from the
race for the presidency was only po'
litical scheme gotten up by Progress
sive Republicans for the purpose OF
hurting the presidents chances.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-12
COMPUTATION ROAD TAX.

Three thousand, nine hundred and
thirty people in York county paid the
communication road tax to Treasurer
Neil on or before July /, and the ag-
gregate amount of their payments
was $11,790. Following Is a statement
of the number of people who paid in
each township and the aggregate
n
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-12

The following reply to the foregoing
appears in the editorial columns of
the News and Courier of Wednesday,:
ITO the Editor of the News and
Courier: 1 stand by what wrote and
by what I said. Neither is threat as
reported and as charged by your paper
and was not so intended. Simply a
promise to give Charleston what she
wants, which I will do. Please publish
this. Cole u Biease.
Columbia. S. c., July 9, 1912"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-12
Che ilurkrille Gaqairer.
Entered at the Postoffice in Yorkville
as Mail Matter Of the Second Class.
YoRKVILLE. s. c.,
FRIDAY, JULY II, 1912.

But while the Rock Hill Record re-
printed The Enquirer's reply to 1t, II
reproduced what the Lancaster News
said about The Enquirer without re-
producing The Enquirers reply there
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-12
At Beaufort.

The Beaufort meeting was not call
ed to order until o'clock in the even
ing. Governor Blease was not there
and Judge Jones being the last speaker
did not get the floor until nearly 12
o'clock and consequently there was
little that was worth reporting. Messrs.
Lyon and Evans had their usual round,
and that was about all.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-12
HELP WILSON,.

There are plenty of Democrats in
York county who are willing to contri-
butte dollars as we'll as shouts to the
Wilson campaign fund. The local sub
scription up to date stands as follows:
PraVinnSlv anknnwladpad S1n m
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-12
TRAGEDY AT TRESTlE,

A young man named Lewis Perkey
WAS killed, and young woman, Miss
Ada Gibbie, had her leg broken yester-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-12
At Ridgeland.

Wednesdays meeting was at Ridge
land. the county seat of Jasper, the
newest county in the state. There
were about $50 people present, and
they stood patiently in the rain listen
ing to the candidates until they were
soaked. The correspondent Of the Co.
lumbia State says that honors in ap-
plause went to Governor Blease with
Judge Jones a close second. Lyon got
more applause than Evans. Both Gov
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-12
THE STATE CAMPAIGN.
Canvass Continues Smoothly Without
Much Snap.

There was no campaign meeting on
Monday most of the Mondays being off
days according to the schedule that is
being followed, and there has been but
little out of the ordinary at the other
meetings.
The Dickinson press., 1912-10-05
versippi

1t is reported Mr.. Dorsey has rented
the Damsite farm for the coming year.
Henry David. who was kicked in the
hand by one of his horses. is much bet
ter now.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Sorber visited
with Mrs. Sorber's mother, Mrs. Ira
Lawrence. Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fem Pelton and Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Gruschus took dinner with
Mrs. Ira Lawrence Sunday.
Alfred Palmer is thinking of moving
to the coal mines this winter, where he
will be employed by Austin Pelton.
Lee Palmer of HirschilIe has been as
sisting Messrs. David and Palmer with
their t%hreshing. He had grain on both
places.
The grain in this vicinity don't seem
to be DAMAGED as much by the recent
bad weather but the farmers are glad to
see a little sunshine again.
Jerry Pells is very sick at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Tressy Fuller. Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. Pells were intending to
The Dickinson press., 1912-10-05

start for Wisconsin with Mr.. Pells the
last Of the week but he was taken "a
much worse he could not stand the
journey.
R. 8. Pelton and wife and little
daughter. Gwendolynne visited with Al
fred Palmer and wife Sunday. Mrs.
Z. W. Palmer spent at the farm also.
We 81 ppose Ned Cuvler is threatened
with joyfulities since the advent Of
that Dig boy of his: Oh! we'll it is
time Ned had a little help coming his
way, the rest are all Girls.
Wallace Pelton, 13-year-old son of
Walter Pelton of Melby, visited at the
home of his grandfather Peltons Sun
day, having driven in for a load Of
freight Saturday. He was intending to
return to his home Monday but on
arising in the morning he found one
horse had slipped her halter and went
home and left him. fIe borrowed q
horse of Wallace Pelton, ST., and re-
turned to his home Tuesday.
The Dickinson press., 1912-10-05
Antelope

Miss Dalene Lautz spent Saturday
and Sunday with herfolks here.
Mrs. E. F. Hill and Miss Lautz visit
ed at James Lunn's Sunday.
Mrs. E. E. belong and children came
down from Belfield Saturday for a visit
with her parents and other relatives.
Jacob Krein reports 50 bushels of
wheat and 10 bushels of oats per acre,
and from three bags of barley which he
sOwed. threshed q little over 200 BUSH
ell.
C. Burhart arrived from Fox Valley,
'Sask., Cam, last Saturday for q
month"; visit with friends. He reports
the crops about the same as here and
threshing just started.
Rev. j. Schmidt conducted services
in the school house Sunday evening but
only a few knew of it and the atten-
dance was not as large as it otherwise
would have been.
S. G. Prideaux has let the contract of
the Dorenkemper Lumber Co. of this
place for the erection of q larfe barn to
be built at once in place of the one
OAAAAI uUWI oUI1lC llllC dSOs
A son was born 10 Mr.. and Mrs.
James B. Collins ON Friday. September
9th, at the home of F. Schneider.
Mrs. Collins at latest reports was con-
sidered out of danger and getting along
as we'll as could be expected. The baby
did not live.
All schools in the Antelope school
district No. 7 commenced last Monday
with the following teachers: Miss
Margaret Wenner of %Dodgeville, Wis.,,
No. 1; Miss leila Stanton of Dickinson,
No. 2; Miss Mira ZebIey of Richardton,
No. 3: Joe Atkins of Richardon, No. 4
Miss Dorothy Locke of Casselton, No. S
Mrs. Jane Conlon Of Antelope, No. 9 ;
Miss Della Seielstad of New Richmond,
Wis.,. No. 7; Miss Mae Void of Cassel-
ton, No. 8.