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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-05
MERE MENTION

Eugene Chafin, Prohibition candi-
date for president, predicted last
Thursday: Wilson will carry forty
states, Taft three. Roosevelt five and
Debs and I will divide the others.
Mrs. Stephen Nageotte Of Frenchtown,
Pa, has given birth to fifteen children
in twelve years. In thirteen months
and twenty days she gave birth to six
children, two sets Of triplets, the last
trio arriving Thursday. -. .Chas. N.
Conway, the one-legged high diver,
and his wife, Beatrice Ryall, were ar
rested at Lima, O., Thursday, charged
the Baltimore heiress, in Chicago
rooming house on Monday night Of
last week. The woman confessed to
the crime. Six thousand square
yards of earth slid from Goldhill into
the Culebra cut Of the Panama canal
Friday. -. The open season for game
began in Pennsylvania Friday. During
the day four hunters were killed and
four seriously wounded. The mons
ter Wilson parade planned for Satur-
day afternoon in New York, was aban-
doned on account of the funeral Of
Vice President Sherman which was in
progress at that time. ..... The 1913
budget for the city Of New York, calls
for an expenditure or S193OOO,OOO. ....
District Attorney Whitman Of New
York, has information to the effect that
the system has offered VIM. Shapiro.
who is a states witness against the
Rosenthal gunner, $4,000 to keep his
mouth shut as to what he knows about
the men who occupied the murder
car" the night Rosenthal was murder
ed. :. More than $4,000 persons view
ed the remains of Vice President Sher-
man, as they lay in state In the coun-
ty court house at Utica, N. Y. Friday.
-. John Schrank, the would-be slay-
er of Colonel Roosevelt, has expressed
the hope that the colonel will take q
broad view of the assault, and should
go to Milwaukee at the time of the
trial and speak a good word for him.
..... Ferdinand Glanblitz, aged 65,
was hanged at Ozark, Ark, Friday. At
his trial for the murder of his wife,
the man pleaded with the jury to give
him the maximum sentence, saying
that he believed in the Mosaic law Of
IAN eye for an eye and tooth for a
TOOTH. Six men were injured on
the battleship Vermont in Hampton
Roads, Saturday, when boiler head
blew OUT.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-05
ELECTION IN THE COUNTY.

York county is to have splendid
rev court house. That was the only
issue in the general election in the
county today, and the voters decided
in the affirmative by close to 200 ma
jority out Of total Of nearly. ], 800
votes cast.
There was no contest as between
state and county offices and very little
as between candidates for Federal Of
fees. Wilson electors polled practi-
cally the entire vote cast, leaving less
than 25 for Roosevelt, Taft and Debs
With the entire Federal vote heard
from except at Rock Hill and Ogden,
Roosevelt gets 9, Taft 2, Debs 1, and
Wilson the balance. over 100.
The vote on the court house bond
question was light, compared with the
full vote Of a general primary; but it
was quite heavy considering the han
dicap so many people have in keeping
track of their registration certificates,
without which they are unable to vote
The returns on the bond question,
with all precincts heard from except
Ogden, show a majority Of 1919 votes
In favor Of Issuing the bonds. AS re-
ceived by telephone from the various
precincts the figures in detail are as
follows:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-05

-" Have you any statement to make
in regard to the Gilreath-Rect mat
ter in Greenville?" was a question
asked by a newspaper man Of Cover
nor Blease in Columbia last Saturday
morning to which the governor re-
piled: Nothing whatever, l think,
under the circumstances, silence on
my part until after Tuesday is for
the best interest Of the nominees of
the Democratic party, both national
and state, because If the people Of
Greenville county can ignore the
primary as to county officers, what
better excuse would some people
want for voting the bull moose tick
et?" I'm your telegram to Gilreath you
say the violation of the oath in one
Does that apply to the appointment
Of an auditor, treasurer, master and
magistrates for Greenville county, all
of whom are understood to be anti
Blease men?" was another question
asked the governor to which he re-
pied: IF the Blease men go to the
polls and support the nominees for
the senate. house of representatives
and other county offices in Greenville
county, who I am informed, are all
political opponents Of mine, 1t does
seem tnat the antl-BleaSe men Ougnt
to be equally as honorable and swal-
low their medicine by voting for
Rector, who is known to be the only
Rlease man nominated in the Green
vile primary, as I am informed. If
the anti-Blease men defeat Rector I
shall use my own discretion in the
appointment of auditor, treasurer,
master and magistrates for Green
vile county I do not care to say just
what l would do but I do love to
stick to my friends. and 1 never lose
an opportunity to do so. I am a DEM
ocrat and I think every man who
participated in the primary ought to
vote the straight Democratic ticket
from the president of the United
States straight through, and those
who violate their oaths in the sher-
ifs race in Greenville county can
not complain If 1t is handed back to
them somewhere else. The same
rule should apply to all. And so far
as l have anything to do with It, it
will apply. l hope that there will be
no further trouble, but that all the
Democratic nominees will be elected.
Personal spite is mighty poor policy"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-05
COULD NOT VOTE.

The vote in today's election was
light. This is being written before the
opening Of the polls; but it Is a cor
rect as If it was written after the polls
had closed.s
The vote was light for two reasons.
In the first place there was consider
able Indifference and in the second
place large numbers of people who de-
sired to vote were unable to do so for
the reason that they could not find
their registration certificates.
A well known business man Of a
neighboring town was In The Enquirer
office yesterday on business, and while
here remarked:
I'll not vote tomorrow. I would like
to go out and vote for the court house;
but won't be able to do it." He went
on to explain that the trouble was in
ability to find his registration certifi-
cate. He had been duly registered; 4;
and thought his certificate was in his
money drawer but it was not there. He
had spoken to several others about his
trouble and found five business men Of
the town in exactly the same fix. You
will find" he said, that five duly reg
istered voters out Of six who would
like to vote tomorrow II they could,
will be unable to do so for the reason
that they cannot find their certificates" !"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-05
Bulletin News from Tuesdays Battle
of tho Ballots.

Bulletin News from Tuesdays Battle
Of the Ballots.
Uncle Joe Cannon has been defeat
ed for reelection.
-Foss has again been elected gov
ernor Of Massachusetts-th term.
New York has elected a solid Dem
ocratic congressional delegation.
-Sulzer, the Democratic candidate,
has been elected governor ofsNew
York.
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania
conceded the election Of Wilson as ear
ly as 10 o'clock Tuesday night.
Ex-Mayor Dunn of Chicago has
been elected Democratic governor Of
Illinois.
ALL returns received up to a late
hour indicate that Simmons has been
by the North Carolina
Democrats for reelection to the Unit
ed States senate.
AT midnight Col. Roosevelt tele-
graphed Governor Wilson as follows:
THE American people, by great plu-
rality, have conferred upon you the
highest honor in their gift. congratu-
late you thereon"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-05
OUR CLUB OFFERS.

The Enquirer's annual subscription
getting campaign opened last Friday
with offers very much the same as last
year; but which cannot fail to impress
the clubmaker as being extremely lib
eral
The special attention Of ali club
makers is called to the offer that is
made to new subscribers to give them
the paper from the date they sub
scribe until January l, 1914 for the
price Of a years subscription. This
means that where the subscriber gives
in his name now he will get the paper
two months free of charge.
The experience of years has develop
ed the fact that the big prizes do not
necessarily go to the clubmakers with
the largest experience. Last year Mr..
]. A. Barry, comparatively new man,
made the largest club that has ever
been turned into this office. He did it
by going to work and staying at work.
Among the clubmakers who worked
last year, there were several who re-
turned thirty or forty subscribers each,
and who were delighted with the size
of the rewards they received in pro-
portion to the small trouble to which
they had to put themselves.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-05
ABOUT PEOPLE

Rev. J. l.. Oates conducted services
at Neely's Creek on last Sunday
Miss Katherine Dickson Of Yorkville
Is spending several days in Rock Hill.
Miss Barnette Miller Of Linwood
college. spent Sunday at her home on
Yorkville R F. D. 6.
Miss Rosa Jackson, of Tirzah, is
teaching at Bethune in Kershaw coun-
ty.
Mrs. D. e. Boney Of Yorkville, leaves
today for a visit to friends at Aiken
S. c., Columbus and Atlanta, Ga.
Dr. P. w. Hunter, who has been
spending sometime in New York, re-
turned to his home in Yorkville, Satur-
day.
Miss Ethel Whiteside, of Sharon,
has gone to take charge of school
near Camden.
Miss Clara Alexander has returned
to Edgewood to take charge Of her
school there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Monroe Carpenter and
Misses Patty GLADDEN. and Sadie MUIR
of Chester, spent Sunday with the
family of Mr.. A. Cody in Yorkville.
Mrs. P. B. Conner and son, of Wayne,
Arkansas, are in Sharon on a visit to
Mrs. Comer's mother, Mrs. l.. A.
Graves.
Messrs. ]. P. Marsh and H. L. Elliot,
of Davidson college and Miss Emily
Wright of Glover, visited the family of
DR.. A. Y. Cartwright, in Yorkville this
week.
Mr.. c. F. Smoak, of the Smoak-
Brown Mule company arrived in York
Vile last Wednesday and will remain
during the balance Of the fall, winter
and spring looking after the business
of his company.
Mr. Grier Leslie of Bowling Green,
passed through Yorkville last Friday
afternoon on his way to his former
home at Leslie to attend the funeral
of the little son of his brother, Mr.. j.
w. Leslie, who died Of diptheria. The
funeral took place at Neely's Creek on
Saturday.
Rev. J. H. Machen and family arriv-
ed in Yorkville last Friday evening"
and are at home in the Baptist parson-
age on Cleveland avenue Rev. Mr..
Machen occupied the pulpit of the
Rantist church SUNDAY morning and
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-05

Dates Of the War.-Although less
than a month old, 1t looks now as If
the Balkan war is nearly at an end
The important dates are as follows:
Oct. S.-Montenegro declared war
against Turkey.
Oct 12.-Montenegrins invest Tara
bosch.
Oct. 14.-Montenegrins take Tushi.
Oct. 15.-Turco- Italian war ends.
Oct. 17.-Servia and Greece declare
war against Turkey. Turkey declares
war against Servia and Bulgaria.
Oct. 19.-Bulgarians capture Musta-
pha Pasha.
Oct. 2O.-Bulgarians attack Adrian
ople.
Oct. 21.-Turkish squadrons bonn
bard Bulgarian ports.
Oct. 22.-Servians take Pristina.
Oct. 23.-Servians take Novi Paar.
Oct. 24.-Greeks capture town Of
Servia.
Oct. 25.-Servians take Kumanova
and other Turkish cities.
Oct. 26.-Servians capture Uskup;
Montenegrins invest Scutari
Oct. 27.-Bulgarians capture Eski-
Baba, near Adrianople
Oct. 30.-Bulgarians capture Lule-
Burgas.
Nov. 1.-Bulgaria occupies Demotica.
cutting communications between Adri-
anople and Constantinople; Greek tor
pedo boat sinks Turkish cruiser.
Nov. 2.-Turks driven back in three
day battle at Tchorlu.
Nov. 3.-Turks in full retreat on
Constantinople. Porte asks for medi-
alton by the powers.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-05
WITHIN THE TOWN

On this date a year ago cotton was
being sold on the Yorkville market at
81 cents.
The automobile service was excel
lent in the election. Every automo-
bile owner put himself at the service
Of the bond election proposition and
they brought out many a voter who
would not otherwise have gotten there.
There was marching, horn blow
ing. bell ringing and shooting Of fire.
works after 1t was definitely ascer-
tained that the bond issue had been
voted. Boys and young men took In
the principal streets Of the town car
ryine banner bearing the legend,
I'VE got It," Rah!"
while the social feature of the an
nual meeting Of the Corn, Pig and Can
ming clubs will be merely incidental,
even that Is not unimportant. It will
be worth the while Of the young people
In getting acquainted with each other,
both pleasure and profit in the same
way.
, DIR. R. A. Bratton has given DR..
DuPre, superintendent of the Water,
Light and Power department an order
for the installation of complete elec-
trical outfit at the Bratton farm. Here
tofore such power and heat as has been
necessary at the farm have been pro-
duced by means Of gasoline and wood !;
but the new arrangement will use elec-
tricity for all purposes.
People who have not yet advised
Secretary Witherspoon of the board of
trade how many boys and girls they
dnofrn11o Of rfof i,or
Der % should do 80 without unneces-
sary delay. There Is no reason to fear
that the town will be unable to enter
tain all the visitors who will be pres
ent at the club meetings; but still the
more time the secretary has in which
to make arrangements the less danger
there will be of awkward friction.
The use of electricity in Yorkville
Is developing slowly but surely. DR.
DuPre, superintendent of the Water,
Light and Power department has been
putting in quite a number Of appli-
ances and conveniences-like electric
smoothing irons, motors to run sewing
machines. heaters to boil Coffee to cook
and do various other things. AS a rule
people have been rather slow to take
hold; but 1t is significant fact that
every experimenter who has been in
duced to make a trial of an electric
contrivance on DR.. DuPre's representa-
tions has found things just as the doc
tor said.
"A piano contest that has been con-
Quoted by the Shieder Drug Store
since last spring came to a close last
Friday with Miss Minnie Thomasson
Of Yorkville as the winner. The con-
ditions under which the contest was
conducted was like this. DR.. Shieder
proposed to give away votes with each
cash purchase OH the understanding
that the votes might be cast as the
holder saw proper and that whoever
should receive the largest number of
votes by November l would be award
ed fine piano, worth $3.50. Quite a
number Of competitors entered the con-
test early and interest continued to the
end with the result that in all 6,500,000
votes were cast. Miss Thomasson re-
ceived 2,518,000 votes. Miss Lurline
Phillips, the next highest competitor
received 1,666,000, Miss Bessie Sandi-
fer came out with 1,133,0O0 and Mrs. G..
w. Sherer next with 100000.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-05
The state ball is always a glorious

The state ball is always glorious
ly beautiful sight. but how much more
beautiful it would be If the ladies were
clothed only in frocks made out of
cloth spun and woven by South Caro-
lima mills from South Carolina cot
tonI-Columbia State.
No man with a thimble full of busi-
ness sense would think of denying the
economic soundness Of this PROPOSE
ton; but what on earth does the man
mean by talking any such way in
any such a connection? The thing is
practicable-utterly impracticable
There are ladies who would glory in
doing just the thing suggested; but
there are others who could not be
brought into the idea unless the neces
sary materials after they had been
made in South Carolina, could be ship
ped in a roundabout way to some
mail order house to be re-shipped as
something better than the ordinary
home product.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-05

Senator John B. Green Of Marlboro.
died at his home in Bennettsville last
Sunday after a long and tedious ILL
ness.
"A telegram from Chester tonight
says the dispensary was defeated in
today's election by one hundred and
fifty majority.
A telegram received tonight from
the Greenville News, states that Rec
tor, the regular Democratic candidate,
has won over Verdin, the independent
candidate, by a majority Of 500.
The attorneys Of T. U. Vaughan
have decided to appeal his case to the
supreme court The notice Of appeal,
which must be given within ten days
of the imposition of sentence, the ap-
peal must be perfected in thirty days,
serves as a stay Of execution and
Vaughan will not be put to death this
year.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-05

Among the many talking points"
that figured in the North Carolina
senatorial campaign was one to the
effect that the tax on tobacco grown in
the state is s7,0OO,O0O a year and that
the tax should be reduced as matter
Of equity, etc. The argument OF
course; or at least the inference was
that North Carolinians paid the tax.
AS a matter of fact the tobacco tax is
paid by the consumers of tobacco and
there is absolutely no reason to believe
that If the tax was abolished the pro-
ducers of the weed would be benefited
a penny. On the contrary there Is some
ground for the argument that aboli-
ton of the tobacco tax would be to the
disadvantage of producers In that they
would receive less than they do now.
There is certainly no reason for believ-
ing that the tax in any wise reduces
the consumption of tobacco.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-05

foreigners is very real. If the Turkish
army sustains complete defeat the
lives and property of thousands of for
eigners as well as native Christians
will be in imminent peril. The pres
ence of foreign warships Is of the
greatest Importance and would be the
surest way of insuring safety to the
foreigners and order in general Strong
patrols are circulating the streets, all
the police have received orders to use
the utmost vigilance and repress dis
orders vigorously. A brigade of infan-
try has been dispatched to Techatalja
with orders to prevent all fugitives,
particularly soldiers from proceeding to
Constantinople, but 1t is doubtful
whether the brigade would carry out
such an order.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-05
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER S, 1919.

Beersheba on Monday afternoon at 2
o'clock. The deceased was a son of
the late John Caldwell and was in the
43d year of his age. He leaves a wild
ow, who was Miss Susie Whisonant,
and five children. He Is also survived
by the following brothers and sisters;
Mrs. Hope Adams, Mrs. G. D. Flana-
gan, Mrs. l. G. Thompson, Messrs Ed
ward and Charles Caldwell.
Gaston's Flower Show.
Gastonia special of November 1 to
the Charlotte Observer: At II o'clock
today the CASTOR County Floral fair
was opened and In a few minutes the
large exhibition rooms in the Craig &
Wilson building on Main street were
filled with visitors. Early this MORN
ing the flower judges, Mrs. s. M. Nc
Neel, of Yorkville, s. c.. Mrs. c. e.
Neisler of Kings Mountain and Mrs.
L. F. WetZell Of Gastonia, made an ex-
animation of the various exhibits and
collections and awarded a number Of
valuable prizes to winners In the sew
eral classes. Judges of the fancy work
exhibits were Miss Rose Lindsay Of
Yorkville, s. c., Mrs. Stella Scofleld
of Los Angeles, CAL, and Mrs. ]. D. B.
Mclean Of Gastonia- The doll COM
mittee was Miss Rose Lindsay and
Mrs. ]. D. B. Mclean. 1t Is the gener-
al opinion that the several floral exhib-
its and collections Of flowers are the
finest that have ever been shown at
fair here, the chrysanthemums being
especially fine. The fair will continue
tonight and tomorrow, closing In the
evening at 10 o'clock. The weather to-
day has been unfavorable but the at
tendance was good, and 1t Is expected
will be much larger tomorrow.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-05

If all the people who have been made
to realize the tremendous impetus that
the late DR.. S. A. Knapp gave to agri-
cultural development in the United
States and especially in York county.
would do what they feel they should do
in honor of DR.. Knapp's memory, there
would be nothing more necessary tn
ensure the complete success of Knapp
agricultural day on November q.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-05
LOCAL LACONICS
Gala


Under foreclosure in the case Of W.
R. Carroll vs.. r. H. White the clerk OF
the court, sold at public auction yes
terday, a lot of land with buildings
thereon, in the town Of Yorkville,
Bought by w. r. Carroll for 500.
Everybody Coming.
The meeting of the York County
Teachers Association in Yorkville next
Saturday promises to be gathering of
unusual importance. Teachers as well
as trustees will be present from all
parts Of the county and matters Of in
terest will be discussed.
Death of w. L. Caldwell.
Mr.. w. l. Caldwell, whose critical
illness with Bright's disease, was men,
toned recently, died at his home in
the Beersheba neighborhood Monday
morning at 1 o'clock and was buried at
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-05

The Turks represent that the Chris
tian soldiers in their ranks deserted to
the enemy in large numbers and the
fact is not denied. But Of course this
is not surprising. The Turks who have
no more love for the Christians than
the Christians have for the Turks put
the Christians in the front lines of bat
tie invariably with the idea of shoot
ing them down from behind if they did
not fight their brethren in front.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-05

The Balkan states were generally con-
coded to be weak at best and the idea
that they would develop any consider
able military prestige was not dream
ed of. But now the common opinion is
undergoing a very considerable change.
The allies have shown strength, the
like of which nobody had dreamed.
They are saying that, what we have
won we will hold" and their ability to
make good has been demonstrated to
such an extent that there will be very
little disposition to stand In their way.
It looks as If all the territory conquer
ed by the Turks in 1858 and the CEN
turies following is to come again under
Christian rule.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-05

The idea has been advanced by mill
tary men and others that long ranged
rifles had made hand to hand fighting
obsolete. There was some hand to
hand fighting in the war between Rus
sia and Japan but not great deal,
and practically none between the Amer
leans and Spaniards. But the fighting
between the Bulgarians and Turks,
both armed with modern weapons of
the most approved make was of as
fierce and bloody a type Of hand to
hand work as the historic fights of
Alexander the Great in virtually the
same general territory, some 1900
ago
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-05

Those Greenville people have made a
serious mistake in becoming indepen-
dents after having participated in and
bound themselves up by primary obli-
cations. If they had kept out of the
primary it would not have looked so
ugly. AS it is, we fear their action is
going to result in not little political
confusion throughout South Carolina.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-05

The Bulgarians say they will not oc-
cupy Constantinople, so the story is,
because every power that has ever oc-
cupied Constantinople has been con-
tinually at war with it's neighbors, and
there is a Bulgarian prophecy to the
effect that such will always be the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-05

No matter who is elected as the re-
suit Of today's voting, the thing to do
is to get down to business and forget
the campaign. We hope it is Wilson:
but If it is not Wilson, the country will
move along somehow just the same.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-05

The driving of the Turk out of Eu-
rope without the precipitation Of a
European war is something that was
generally considered impossible two
weeks ago; but now it seems to be an
accomplished fact