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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-17
WITHIN THE TOWN

Owing to the inclemency Of the
weather not more than twenty five
citizens Of the town attended the meet
ing announced in the last issue Of The
Enquirer to be held in the court house
Friday evening. Mr.. w. I. Witherspoon
presided. 1t was explained that the
meeting had been called for the pur-
pose Of discussing the entrance Of the
North and South road into Yorkvfile;
whether by the original road or by
cutting through the lands Of the Messrs.
Johnson and Mr.. T. c.. O'Farrell and
thereby making a straight and shorter
road into the town. The chairman
called for discussion or the proposition
and several Of those present respond
ed. All of them seemed to be In favor
Of the straight road provided the diff
ference In the cost Of building the new
road and repairing the original road
was not too great. Mayor Hart was
asked to address the meeting and he
said that while he was In favor Of the
new road into Yorkville II 1t could be
obtained at a reasonable cost, he did
not think that the town council would
be justifiable in expending a large
amount of NOR ey in building the pro-
posed new road when the old road
could be put in good shape at much
less expense. He estimated the cost
Of the new road at $1,000 or more, and
the repairing Of the old road at some
thing like 5000 and said that he was
not in favor Of expending the difference
Of $500 to build the new road. Some
claimed that Mayor Hart's figures
were entirely too large and a general
discussion Of the costs Of the two roads
came up. On motion Of w. B. Moore,
the chairman appointed Messrs. o. e.
Wilkins, ]. A. Tate and B. N. Moore as
committee to obtain information as
to the exact relative cost Of the two
roads as nearly as possible and report
at the next meeting. There being no
other business the meeting adjourned.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-17
MERE.M ENTION,

Eight women disguised as men, tar
red and feathered young woman near
Clarksfield, O., Friday night. 1t is al
legged that the victim was too much Of
a fiirt. Hazel Erwin, 10 years old,
was convicted Of manslaughter at Port
land, Ore, Friday. She murdered her
victim for the purpose Of robbery.
Martin Thompson, a well-to-do farm
er, his wife and S-year-old son, were
murdered in their home near Council
Bluffs, Ia, Friday morning. Their
throats were cut and their heads mash
ed with a hammer. 80. The street car
workers of Duluth, Mimi, are on q
strike and there has been considerable
rioting. =. A.. Ernest Poindexter was kill
ed and George Crawford was injured
in a motorcycle accident at Columbus,
Ga, Friday night. The young men
were running the cycle at a speed Of
forty miles an hour and collided with q
dray wagon. Andrew Gonzales, a
wife murderer, under sentence Of death
at Washington, on being reprieved by
President Taft, pending investigation
of his sanity, said: II want to be
strung up without any more iiohhey
business. Patrick O'Donnell was
drowned in a shaft 450 feet below the
surface of the East river, New York,
Friday. The shaft below the river Is a
part of the Croton acqueduct, which Is
to supply New York with water. ......
a straw vote" taken in Ohio by the
Cincinnati Enquirer as between the
three leading presidential candidates,
resulted as follows: Wilson 1853; Taft
95, Roosevelt, 6S. In Indianapolis the
vote stood: Wilson 549; Taft 244;
Roosevelt 514. The battleship Penn
sylvania, authorized by the last con-
gress, will be the biggest and fastest
battleship in the world, according to
the designs. She will cost 5000, 900,
and will be $50 feet long, 95 feet wide,
her displacement will be $1,000 tons
and her speed will be % knots an hour.
The Pennsylvania will carry twelve
14-inch guns. .... President Taft cele-
brated his 55th birthday Sunday. .....
Joseph Chamberlain, the British states
man, Is critically i'll at his London
home. 80. The city Of Fargo, N. D.,
has declared a dividend Of 81 per cent
to be refunded to taxpayers pro rata
on the amount Of taxes paid. D.. .Strik-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-17

Whether the state executive COM
mittee takes steps that will carry the
primary candidates to the general elec-
tion or not, 1t will be important for all
York county voters to see to their gen.
eral election qualifications. The ques-
ton as to whether York county will
issue $4,000 worth Of bonds for the
building Of new court house must be
decided in the general election, and no
one can vote in that election without
exhibiting registration certificate and
receipts shown that all past due state
and county taxes have been paid. This
means only 1911 taxes. In cases where
voters otherwise qualified have lost
their tax receipts, they may obtain du-
plicates or certificates Of taxes paid by
applying to the county treasurer. Such
application, however, should be made
before October Is, as the treasurer will
be out Of his office for most Of the time
from that date until after the general
election.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-17
Declare the Result.

We want to say that we have abso-
lutely no sympathy with the dilatory
tactics being pursued by the state exc
cutive committee through its sub com
mittee In reference to the declaration
of the results Of the primary Of Au-
gust 27.
Members of the committee have dis
avowed all partisanship in the matter
and certain newspapers, holding up the
alleged non -partisanship Of a majority
of the sub committee, have sought to
imply partisanship on the part Of the
minority Of the committee.
So far as this matter Of partisanship
Is concerned, we do not care to make
any charges one way or the other. but
we do not hesitate to say that we have
as much confidence in the disinterested
fairness of the minority Of the COM
mittee as we have in the majority OF
the committee, and we believe there
are thousands of people on both sides
of the question who will agree with U.S.
We have never yet been able to COM
prehend the justifiability Of the grounds
upon which the declaration Of the re-
suit of the election was held up, and
nobody has even tried to explain why
the second race between Mesrs.. Lyon
and Peoples was postponed, though all
kinds of people are giving both cir
cumstances all kinds Of interpreta-
tions.
II 1t Is fraud and irregularity only
that the state executive committee Is
after, it seems to us that the best way
to have gone about the matter would
have been to have declared the election
on the face Of the returns with the un-
derstanding that there was to be a
thorough investigation, and II 1t ap-
peared that there had been fraud and
irregularity in behalf Of one candidate
and none in behalf Of the other, the
whole thing was to be repudiated.
Such q thing as fair and impartial
investigation, as we see 1t, Is impossi-
BILE under any other conditions.
Claims of non-partisanship on the
part of this committee is 80 absurd as
to be laughable. Four Jones men and
three Blease men make 1t a Jones
committee just as four Blease men
and three Jones men would have made
It a Blease committee and the care of
Chairman Evans, bitter personal and
political enemy of Governor Blease. In
seeing to it that the Jones men were
in the majority, is all the evidence one
would want as to his bias in the mat
ter.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-17
Zg8 Z@AIEVz1a18

But the best lesson in what Cover
nor Wilson says is in frank and open
dealing. II there is one thing that
South Carolina needs in her politics
more than another it is just that
Frank and open dealing will always
win II the policies advocated deserve
to win-maybe not at once, but GER
tainly in the long run. If the political
newspapers will eliminate their dema-
gogy and get on a higher plane. the
politicians will soon be forced to do
the same thing whether they want to
or not. and better things will begin
to open up 70: South Carolina.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-17

Anderson, September IA: A homi-
eide which occurred eight weeks ago
in the town of Belton, and which lp
to now has been shrouded in mystery.
was completely cleared up today when
Waites Sumter, a young negro man
who claims Sumter as his home, con-
fessed to having thrown the rock
which killed Will Grove, another ne
gro, as Grove stood in his tent In the
interurban construction camp. Sum-
ter was arrested on suspicion the
morning after the killing, but was re- .
leased after being held about a half
hour. Two weeks later the officers got
in behind Sumter and re-arrested him
in Greenville. He was brought to the
county jail here, and his confession to-
day was made in his cell. The rock
that Sumter admits having thrown al
most buried itself in Groves head. His
skull was badly smashed. Grove came
to Belton from Greenwood, and was
about 45 years Of age. Sumter will be
be tried for murder at the approaching
term Of criminal court.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-17

does not follow that he understood the
real meaning of life. He certainly had
no conception Of his responsibility from
a Christian point of view, else even
though he had been very tired Of liv-
ing, he would have stood his ground and
fought it out to the end. But we are
not pretending to understand the case.
We will not undertake to deny that the
old fellow was making real sacrifice,
nor will we say either that 1t Is not
possible that having won about all the
earthly glory that was to be won in life
he sought to add to 1t all by the man
ner Of his death. AS a matter Of fact
we do not see much to 1t. We do not
see where any good is to come Of 1t
and unless we could see where some
good was coming, we are not inclined
to enthuse over the incident.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-17

The suicide of General Nogi, in obe-
dience to a tradition of the Samauri
class to which he belonged, was the in
ternational sensation of the week and
all kinds of newspapers are printing all
kinds of comments on the circum-
stance. AS we understand the matter,
Nogi's religion had 1t that his emperor
would need his services in the next
world ond that it was the duty Of him.
self and wife to go. About all we can
see to the circumstance is the act of a
heather who knew no better, and II
there is any heroism involved we do
not see where 1t comes in. There Is no
the fact that old man Nogi
cut considerable ice as a soldier in the
war with Russia and that he won about
as much glory as ever comes to any
one warrior; but even with all that 1t
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-17
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER II, 1919:

magisterial appointment in Ebenezer
township as the result of the primary
of August q. 1t developed that one
Of the candidates had failed to Ale his
expense account before the primary
and the other had failed to file the ac-
count after the primary. 1t was ac-
cordingly held that both had disquali-
fled themse Jes, so far as the recon-
mendation of the executive committee
was concerned.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-17
Works. REGISTERED VOTERS.

The county board Of registration
has completed the work Of posting up
its work in the precinct books for use
in the general election Of November s,
and a count of the narhes shows that
there are 4,153 registered voters in
York county. This is only about 800
short Of the total vote cast in the pri-
mary Of August 81, and members Of
rhe board say they believe they can
count up the names of that many peo-
pie who are entitled to register, but
who will not qualify themselves to
vote for the reason that they prefer
to remain Ineligible to jury duty. The
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-17

Most Of the ills to which South Caro-
lima Is heir comes from general disobe-
dience and contempt Of law. The law
should be held in supreme respect by
every individual, and when any indi-
vidual, be he public official, lawyer or
private citizen disregards the law in
any particular, he should be held to ac-
count. Otherwise the body polite
will sooner or later pay the penalty.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-17

The Sumter Item refutes the state
ment of the Manning Times that Sum-
ter's vote on August 81 was so per
cent larger than ever before. Accord
ing to the Item. Sumter polled 2,0o6
votes in 1908, and that was the heavi-
est poll since the cutting off of Lee
county until this year, when the poll
was 2,2S2, an increase of 133 per cent.
What the Times evidently had in mind
when it made it's statement of so per
cent increase, was the vote Of 1910,
which was 1,779.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-17

w. Murchison, Of Dillon has procured
from E. Dana Durand, director Of the
bureau Of the census a statement Of the
white male population Of South Caro-
lima of the voting age for the census
years 1890, 1900, and 1910. the figures
being 1O2,657; 13O,S75; 165;76s re-
spectively. From this Mr.. Murchison
calculates that the number Of voters in
1912 should be about 174,700.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-17

The Bamberg Herald has published
the poll list of Bamberg county, includ-
ing about 1900 names. This Is the only
exchange we have that has up to this
time published the poll list Of its coun-
ty.. We are not expecting many SINH
lar publications-certain not in the
case Of the larger counties.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-17

The admission of Chairman Steven
son of the subcommittee on election
investigations. that the committee has
nothing tangible to work on, suggests
the inquiry as to what it is all about
anyway. There is absolutely no pro-
vision in the law of the Democratic
party that warrants the holding up Of
an election except on specific charges.
And here after lapse of three full
weeks there has developed nothing
specific against the conduct of the
election.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-17

Mr.. w. F. Stevenson has called a
meeting Of the subcommittee Of which
he is chairman, to be held in Spartan
burg on next Tuesday at 1 o'clock
p. m, ito begin taking evidence on
the contested questions. which appear
from the matters then in the hands Of
the members or presented by others. I"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-17

With that Chicora college contro-
versy we have absolutely nothing to
do. A prominent citizen of Greenville
sent us Mr.. Covers card with the ex-
planation that Greenville people are
anxious to get the merits of the matter
squarely before the people of the
state, and we have seen proper to COM
ply with a request to print. If we are
furnished with reply by responsible
citizen we will print it; but we will not
feel called upon to follow any contro-
versy over the subject in other papers.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-17

If it be true as Sidna Allen claims,
that the Hillsville county authorities
started the trouble at the court house
by laying in a quantity of ammunition
and making threats as to what they
were going to do, then the reason Of 1t
is that the administration Of the law
should have been in the hands Of
broader, wiser and more discreet men;
but the burden Of the proof in this case
seems to put practically all Of the
blame on the Aliens and their friends.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-17

That was a remarkable election in
Greenville that gave a majority Of
only sixteen out of total Of over
5000 votes, and it is gratifying to note
that Gilreath, the loser. took his de-
feat like a man, without whining.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-17
by precincts is as follows
DESTRUCTION BY STORM.

Mention was made some time ago
that Mr.. ]. L. Stocy, the well known
surveyor and real estate man Of Clo-
yer, had undertaken to make up rea-
sonably accurate statement Of the dam
age caused by the storm of August 8.
Mr.. Stacy has been working on the
task at odd times and has done the
best he could, getting practically COM
plete figures as to cotton lands and
partially complete figures as to corn
lands. He Classics the destruction in
the devastated area as complete" and
partial" and gives figures that fur
nish a very satisfactory idea Of the
damage:
Acres of cotton affected :. 1888
Acres of corn affected i, 1,447
Total acreage affected ........ 1900
or the total cotton acreage, affected,
2,076 are put down as a complete loss;
LIT acres as a partial loss. On the
2,076 acres referred to, Mr.. Stacy says
the total yield will not exceed twenty
five bales, and on the LIT acres de-
scribed as partially destroyed, Mr.. Sta
cy thinks that the yield will amount to
about one-half Of what would have
otherwise been reasonably explained.
The corn acreage includes 8S7 acres
completely destroyed and $50 acres
partially destroyed.
The completely destroyed areas in
many instances include the entire
crops of the respective sufferers.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-17
NEW NEWSPAPER Law.
Il Will Go into Operation on October
Next.

Washington, Sept 16.-Postmaster
General Hitchcock today issued In
structions for carrying into effect the
new newspaper and periodical law,
first returns under which must be made
by October /.
The law requires that publishers
shall file on the first days Of April and
October Of each year, both with the
postmaster general and with the local
postmaster, under penalty Of denial of
the use of the malls, a sworn state
ment Of the names and addresses of
the owner, publisher, editor, managing
editor and business manager Of their
newspapers and periodicals Religious,
fraternal, temperance and scientific
publications are excepted. For q cor
poration, the names Of the holders OF
more than one per cent Of the stocks,
bonds or other securities must be given
and, In the case Of daily newspapers.
statement Of the average paid circula-
tion for the preceding six months is re-
quired.
Must be Labeled. Hr
All editorial or other reading matter
appearing In newspaper or magazine
for the publication Of which pay is ac-
cepted, or promised, must be marked
Advertisement under penalty of a
fine of not less than $50 or more than
$500.
Although this law was not favored
by the postofflce department" said
Postmaster General Hitchcock today.
at will be administered faithfully and
impartially. In framing the act, con-
gress doubtless had In mind the lead
ing daily newspapers, but II will affect
also nearly $4,000 weeklies. Many Of
these publications are having a hard
struggle for existence and will find the
making Of returns a considerable bur-
den.
Will Be Harmful.
I'm my iudgment-and so explain
ed It to the congress--the provision
will be harmful, as 1t will require the
continuous use Of valuable space In the
publications. and, at the same time, be
resented as a censorship Of the press.
One Of the greatest difficulties now en-
countered in the enforcement Of the
law relating to the second class mail
Is that the postofice department Is
compelled by law to make inquiry into
so many aspects of the private busi-
ness of publishers. This gives rise to
the omplaint-ill- founded in my opin-
ion-that the government interferes
needlessly with the privileges of the
press. My judgment is that 1t should
be the constant aim, not only Of con-
BreSS, DuI Oh tHe pOStOIIlce uepdr tinent,
to lessen the necessity for supervision
Of the public press In the enactment
and administration of postal alws.
July 1. 1912, there were 28,144 news
papers and periodicals enjoying Sec
ond class mail privileges. There were
2,514 dailies, 1927 weeklies, 5,275
monthlies, 1851 quarterlies and 1,7S5
having other periods or issue. or these,
all except about 1,500 exempted publi-
cations will be affected by the new
law.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-17

Maybe the national campaign will
become livelier later on; but there has
not been a great deal to 1t so far The
country does not seem disposed to en-
thuse worth a cent
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-17
>The 4lorkrille euquirer.
Entered at the Postofice in Yorkville
as Mail Matter Of the Second Glass.
YoRKvILLE, o. O.,
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER II. 1912

The capture Of Allen and Edwards is
not to be taken as a matter Of course;
but it generally turns out that way.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-17
LOCAL lACONICS
Election Commissioners.

Governor Blease on yesterday nam
ed state and Federal election commits
sioners for sixteen counties. The ap-
pointments in York county are as fol-
lows: State-J. Brown Neil, ]. C.
Kirkpatrick, w. B. Byers. Federal
]. S. Glasscock, DR.. I. ]. Campbell, w.
/. Hill
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-17
Maaissrate for Ebenezer.

The York county executive commit
tee last Thursday declared that there
had been no recommendation for the
The Yale expositor., 1912-01-04
Would Abolish Divorce.

abolish the divorce laws of Michi-
gan" is the advice of Judge e. d.
Kline. of Ann Arbor, who has sat on
the circuit bench of Washtenaw
county for the last quarter of a cen
fury. I'm my opinion there is but one
sovereign remedy for the divorce
evil in this state,' said Judge Kline.
Hitherto, as rule, | have admins
tered the law as | have found on the
statute books and in the reports.
doubt If ] have given the subject the
serious thought it demands. 1t has
seemed to me that divorce was appar-
emily the only means of escape from
brutality, wretchedness and hopeless
unhappiness. and therefore that it was
justifiable and perhaps wise; but of
late the privilege of divorce has been
so misused and abused, and l have
witnessed such fragrant disregard %
the truth, morality and decency, that
my former convictions have expert
enced considerable remorse, if not
revolution"
The Yale expositor., 1912-01-04

Y ANSAS CITY, Kan.-There is in
N this city woman, still young,
whose ambition was born when she
was an unsophisticated country girl
of 13, who did not know what failure
meant, and who came to the city and
made fortune in open competition
with shrewd financiers and daring
spectators.
Annie j. Scott, a penniless orphan,
was sent to a farm in Lafayette coun-
ty, Mo-, when she was years old, as
nursemaid and help" The success
of neighbours child melted her to
study and save money, SO that she
might attend the Warrensburg Nor
NAL school. She MIXED cows, sold
butter and saved $50. Then she went
to Warrensburg and worked her way
in three years through the normal
school, graduating in 1894.
Her first ambition was TO become a
missionary, but She became i'll and
was cared for at the German Hospital
in Kansas City. There she deter
mined to be a doctor, and in 1897 en-
The Yale expositor., 1912-01-04
Aged Newsie Leaves Hoard TO Church

CT. LOUIS.-Lawrence Ring, for
~ years a familiar character in the
vicinity of Third and Chestnut streets,
where he sold papers, died at the City
Hospital of apopleXy Recently his
will was filed for probate, and after
that tales of fortunes deposited in va
rious banks were heard.
Larry" lived the life Of recluse.
His home was single room in the
Anticipated structure at 6 North Third
street. There he came of an evening,
cooked his modest supper, smoked his
pipe and pored for hours over the
news of the world. He was believed
to be about rs years old.
He was a veteran OF the civil war
and a pensioner. He was on the ves-
sci which was blown up at Fort Fish
err. OF this it was his greatest pride
to tell. Often he declared that ADJ
miral George Dewey, the hero Of Ma
Mia, had been his captain. But he
never told anyone he had bank ac-
count.
In his will he leaves TO the pastor
of the old cathedral on Walnut street
$50 for masses for the repose OF his
soul and the rest to the church fund.
He named the Mississippi Valley
Erust Company executor. Just what