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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-11-18

Prospective Currency IegisIation.-
With the administration currency bill
due to be reported to the senate this
week after long delay, says WASH
ington dispatch, plan to revise the
national banking laws to meet the
new currency system has made Its
appearance In legislative circles. Il
Will include important questions orig
inally contemplated as q part Of the
currency bin, but set aside until the
next session Of congress when gen.
eral revision Of banking laws has been
promised by the administration.
In connection with this proposed re-
vision, congress will take up the far
reaching question OF rural credits, the
problem Of providing cheaper money
for the farmer who now mortgages his
land at high rates Of interest 70 secure
ready funds. The rural credits COM
mission Of farm loan systems abroad,
Is at work on q report to congress
which will recommend some sort OF o
law on the subject. The commission
expects to report early In the next ses-
sion.
The many Recommendations of the
money trust. investigating committee
of the house which went into the
question Of concentration Of money
and credits exhaustiyeiy during the
last congress also will be used In the
work Of revision. The regulations of
clearing house associations and stock
exchanges by Federal law will be con-
sidered in this connection. One of the
provisions which probably will be In
serted In the new law will forbid in
terlocking directoratea in national
banks. An effort has been made to put
this prohibition In the pending bill,
but the administration has maintain
ed that 1t should go into the new bank
ing law.
The senate banking and currency
administration supporters last week
declined to consider a scheme for
guaranteeing national bank deposits,
with the understanding that that ques-
tion would be taken up next session.
Advocates Of the bank revision plan
are seeking to place their projects
ahead of the proposed antitrust leg
islation in the administration pro-
gramme. The antitrust programme is
beng vigorously discussed. but has
not yet taken definite form, so far
as the administration is concerned, al
though many individual antitrust
measures are appearing In the house
and senate.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-11-18

AS to whether Governor Blease Is
justified in demanding that the Co
lumbia Record keep his name out Of
its columns, and can enforce such a
demand, we are little doubtful, and
as to the governors right to prevent
representatives Of the Record from
coming into his office, provided they
behave themselves, there is also more
question, but that the governor has
been gratuitously, provoked in this
matter there seems to be no reason
able ground for dispute. AS we see 1t.
the Columbia Record had no right to
garble that statement. 1t could have
left the statement out Of its paper en-
tirely If it had wanted to, or it could
have eliminated portions Of 1t without
giving Governor Blease ground for Of
fense, provided it had indicated the
elimination by means Of asterisks, or
otherwise; but 1t had no right to print
a part of the governors statement In
a way to leave the reader under the
impression that 1t was printing the
whole. The plea Of politics" does not
justify the Record or even excuse 1t,
for whatever might be the governors
motive the Record can not establish
that motive. Clearly, therefore, In
charging that the governor was infiu-.
enced by political considerations in
what it said, the Record virtually ad-
mits that politics was its reason for
omitting the sentences referred to,
and in doing so 1t virtually pleads
guilty to the violation Of principle it
lays down, failure to observe truce at
the grave" If, like the News and Cou-
rier and other papers no less careful of
the proprieties of proper newspaper
ing, the Record had printed Governor
Blease's tribute without comment,
there would have been no room for
politics other than such as each indi-
vidual reader might feel disposed to
find for himself; but as 1t Is, the whole
incident becomes part of the political
record for whatever may hereafter be
made of 1t. .-...-... ....-.. sn
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-11-18

The sending Of Messrs. Stackhouse
Heath and McLaurin to confer with
directors Of the New York Cotton Ex-
change with reference to the matter
of establishing in Columbia branch
exchange from which deliveries OF
spots will be acceptable, strikes us as
being significant Of settling belief
that Mr.. McLaurin's warehouse bill
comprehends the means Of straighten-
ing out most of the complications con-
nected with the problem of marketing
cotton along fair and just lines. In all
his speeches, Mr.. McLaurin has been
preaching the idea Of leaving New
York entirely out in the matter Of A.
nancing the cotton crop, and Of going
that since New York was using the
southern cotton crop with which to
drain Europe Of gold and lending the
south paper with which to make more
cotton, the right move for the south
was to go direct to Europe and put the
north out Of the equasion. But the
discussion over the currency bill which
has developed such tremendous SEN
timent in favor Of the acceptance OF
agricultural products as basis Of note
issues has undoubtedly changed the
situation materially, and now it is be-
ginning to look as If New York is
thinking favorably Of the idea OF
transferring the worlds cotton market
to more nearly the centre of the cotton
fields. There Is good reason to be-
lieve that II the state warehouse sys-
tenn had been put in operation last
summer as 1t should have been, cot
ton would now be a basis of note is.
sue, and prices would be much better
than they are. That there Is going tc
be a change in the entire currency sys.
tenn is or should be evident to all who
are keeping in reasonably intelligent
touch with the trend Of present events
and If with the start she has along
that line, South Carolina fails to gel
ground floor advantages, why it will
be the fault of our own people. If we
do not take advantage Of the principle
that has been laid down and formulat.
ed by Mr.. McLaurin, other people will
and they will get the first and great.
est benefits while we will continue tc
drag along as we have been doing fol
generations, and taking such leavings
as may be apportioned out to us by
those who have broader and more
ambitious conception of the fitness OF
things.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-11-18

Capt. James S. McKeown VS.. the
Southern railway, verdict for the
plaintiff, $2,1O0. This was one of the
most interesting cases of the week.
Capt. McKeown purchased a ticket at
the local Southern railway station for
Greenville, via Charlotte, N. c. The
ticket agent here Is said to have in
formed him that the ticket would be
good on a Pullman train, provided he
purchased a Pullman ticket in Char
lotte for the train. This it was shown
that he did. When he boarded the
Pullman train at Charlotte the con-
ductor refused to accept the ticket
bought in Chester, but did accept the
Pullman ticket and told him that he
would have to pay his fare on the train
or get off, He told the conductor that
he would not pay his fare. The train
was stopped at Blacksburg and Capt
McKeown was put off. He was given
500 for personal damages and $4,000
punitive damages.-Chester special to
Columbia State.
We have but one criticism to make
of the above adjudication. If 500 was
all the actual damage the plaintiff sus-
tanned, that was all he should have
had. If it was proper to punish the
Southern railroad $4,000 for what ii
did in this matter as it no doubt was
proper, then such portion Of the dam
ages as was declared to be punitive
should have gone to the county OF
Chester and the state of South Caro-
lima in just proportion according to the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-11-18

residents on the principle Of local op-
tion or "squatter sovereignty" Both
north and south believed that on the
determination of the status Of Kansas,
hinged the fate Of the institution of
slavery. Massachusetts set the pace of
aggression by the organization Of a
"K lnsas Aid Society" to promote set
tlement of the new territory and South
Carolina and Georgia countered along
similar lines. In the spring Of 1856 a
thousand young South Carolinians and
Georgians went to Kansas in military
array, under Col. Buford. a Mexican
war veteran of Alabama, and others
i followed from this and other counties.
Civil war developed and bleeding
Kansas" was pulled first to one side
and then the other, with but little ac-
tual peace again until after the war
between the states.
important. People who evince con-
cern at the election corruption Of to-
day would be astonished II they could
be made to realize the conditions that
existed in 1856. For years the balance
of power in elections had been subject
to the influence Of liquor. It was the
custom of candidates to subsidize sa-
looms from the date Of announcing for
Office until after the election. Voters
came to the bar rooms called for
drinks, and told the bar-keeper to
charge to some particular candidate,
and the candidate seldom made any
question for the reason that the bar
keeper had only to tell the voter that
the candidate had refused to pay.
Campaign meetings were drunken de-
bauches, and the general situation was
something fierce. When matters had
reached their lowest, there began to
appear in The Enquirer some articles
over the e-plume Of Juvenal. lay
ing bare the degrading practice and
seeking to arouse the best sentiment
Of the county on the subject. Other
communications poured in from all
sections, and the disreputable practice
being general over the state, other pa
pers took the subject up and the move
ment continued until there was laid
the foundation for much reform that
followed. 49,.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-11-18
THE DEATH ROLL.

Mrs. Margaret Gardner, Of Yorkville
died in a hospital in Columbia, last
Saturday night Of pellagra, and was
buried at Allison Creek yesterday, the
funeral services being conducted by
Rev. DIR. E. E. Gillespie and Rev. Ray
Riddle. The deceased whose nader
name was Jones, was born in 1851, and
was the widow of the late J. H. Gard
ner. She has been living in Yorkville
with her grandson, Mr.. ]. F. Gardner
during the past thirteen years, and
has been in falling health for about q
year.
Mr.. George e. Latimer died at his
home in Chester, last Saturday night
after a long illness. The deceased was
the youngest son of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. T. Latimer, Of Delphos, and
once lived in Yorkville; but for many
years past has been working for the
S. M. Jones company Of Chester. He
Is survived by a widow and two sons
George and Thos. Latimer, Of Chester;
and three brothers.: Mr.. w. c. Latimer
Of Yorkville; Mr.. Robert Latimer, OF
Chester; Mr.. s. L. Latimer, Of Colum-
bia; also one sister, Miss Laura Lati-
mer, of Lancaster.
Miss Martha Elsie Steele died at the
home Of her mother, Mrs. w. B. Steele
in Yorkville, yesterday afternoon at
o'clock, after an illness since Thursday
with pneumonia. The deceased was
born in Yorkville on October 1, 1858
and has resided in the town all her
life. She is survived by one brother,
Mr.. w. B. Steele, Of Anderson, and
three sisters, Mrs. r. A. Chandler of
Mayesville, Mrs. G. w. Foster, OF
Greenwood and Miss Rosa Steele, of
Yorkville. The funeral services are to
be held at the home this afternoon at
$3.50, and the interment will be in Rose
Hill cemetery.
Mr.. Robert Latta Parish, formerly of
Yorkville, died in the hospital at Flor
ence, s. c., yesterday afternoon, of a
complication Of troubles following an
operation for Appendicitis. He had
been seriously Ill for about six weeks.
The deceased was born in Yorkville
about thirty seven years ago, and was
a son of Mr.. C. G. and Mrs. Laura E.
Parish. He was a graduate Of the
South Carolina college and for a num-
ber of years past has been successfully
engaged in graded school work, until
this year at Fort Motto. He Is surviv-
ed by his father and mother, Mr.. C. G..
and Mrs. Laura E. Parish, and three
sisters. He also leaves a widow who
was Miss Laura Duff, Of Gaffney. The
interment is to take place in Yorkville
tomorrow morning with Masonic cere-
monies.
Mrs. L. L. Smith died at her home in
the Beersheba neighborhood last Sun
day morning at 2 o'clock after long
period Of bad health extending over
several years, and was buried at Beer
sheba on yesterday, the services being
conducted by Revs. DR.. E. E. Gillespie
and F. Ray Riddle. Mrs. Smith was
Miss Laura Walker, daughter Of the
late F. M. Walker and was born in the
neighborhooI in which she spent her
life on April 1, 1850. She was married
to her husband who survives her on
August %, 1868. Her living children
are Mrs. ]. Ed Burns. Mrs. James E.
Burns and Mr.. Leslie Smith. Three
children, Lillian, Sumter and Samuel,
died in infancy, two of them during
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-11-18

the, fearful epidemic Of diphtheria
which swept over the Beersheba and
other neighborhoods In the middle 70's.
Mrs. Smith is also survived by one
brother, Mr.. E. M. Walker, Of the
Beersheba neighborhood, Mrs. Lawson
Neil, of the same neighborhood. Mrs
Frank Glenn, of Gastonia and Mrs. r.
j. Caldwell. of Kings Mountain, N. c.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-11-18
Mr.. Claude M. Inman of Yorkville n

mr.Siaude NJ. lnman or forkytlle No
1, made good as to that statement ae-
credited to him some time ago as to
his intention to SOW one hundred acres
Of crimson clover. He put 1t in the
ground. put 1t in well, and has an ex-
cellent stand that promises a good crop
on every one Of the hundred acres.
Now is the time to begin looking af-
ter the buying Of holiday gifts. In for
mer years most people put this matter
of until the last days of the season,
and the results were always unsatis-
factory. The way to do 1t is to go
while stocks are full up, and make the
most suitable selections, buy and take
them home. 1t Is better for the pur-
chaser, better for the dealer, and bet
ter for the recipient.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-11-18
ABOUT PEOPLE

DR.. Glenn Allison, Of Trudeau, N. Y,
Is visiting relatives in Yorkville.
Mrs. Geo. r. Grist Of Yorkville. is
visiting relatives on Glover No. O.. 7
Miss Sue Mcfarland Of Yorkville
r. F. D. 8, Is teaching school in Cas-
ton county.
Mr.. 8. C. Wood of the Thomson Co.
Yorkville, left yesterday for Baltimore,
on business.
Mr.. o. P. Heath Of Charlotte, spent
Sunday in Yorkville, with the family
of Mr., r. E. Heath q. =.
Mrs. J. P. Hollis Of Rock Hill. visit
ed her father, DR.. M. J. Walker, In
Yorkville, this week. u
Mrs. w. C. Irwin Of Florence, Is
visiting her parents, M. and Mrs. ].
e. Lowry. in Yorkville.
Miss Emma McCreary Of Clinton, Is
visiting the family OF Mr.. Robert
Witherspoon In Yorkville.
Rev. e. e. Gillespie Of Yorkville,
Is conducting series Of meetings
at Marion, N. c., this week.
Mr.. w. R. Latimer Of Yorkville,
attended the funeral Of Mr.. George
Latimer, in Chester. Sunday.
Mr., Charlton Mcknight of. Yorkville
No. 4, visited his sister, Mrs. II. N.
Sowell, in Van Wyck, this week.
Mrs. Church w. Carroll Of Yorkyille.
left this morning for a visit to rela-
tives and friends In Atlanta, Ga. y. ;
Mrs. ]. B. Scott and Miss Mary Moss
left last Friday to spend q week In
Spartanburg, the guests Of Mrs. w. II.
Baker. - 7'71i -
Mr.. John M. Craig, of the Point Sec
ton, Is to move to Gastonia to get the
benefit Of the schools there for his
children.
Mr.. Geo. r. Grist, for the past sew
eral years Of The Enquirer mechanical
force, left Sunday to take position at
Lumberton, N. C. af 10. e:i1
Mrs. w. B. Moore and Miss Kate
Gordon, who have been spending q
month in New York. have returned to
their homes In Yorkville.
Mrs. r. J. lHerndon, who has been
spending three weeks with friends In
Washington, d. c., returned to her
home in Yorkville, Friday night.
Mr.. Bratton Clinton of McConnells-
vile, who Is engaged In the tick erad-
ication work In Chesterfield county, Is
spending some time at his home.
Mr.. r. Suel Hartness of Boiling
Springs High school spent Saturday
and Sunday with relatives on York.
vile R. F. ID. s.
Mrs. ]. 8. Mackorell and Misses
Maggie Glenn and Eunice Grist went
to Charlotte today to see Ben Hur,"
in that city tonight.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. N. Moore, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. B. Moore, Mrs. j. e. Hart
and Mrs. W. 8. Willis Of Yorkville,
attended the Moore Brimm wedding
in Charlotte Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Fowler, Mr.. N.
c. McCorkle, Mrs. 8. C.. Ashe and
Misses Annie Ashe and Mary Cart
wright, of Yorkyille, went over to
Charlotte last night, to see Ben Hur."
General Manager L. T. Nichols and
Superintendent G. z. Crosby, Of the
Carolina and North Western railroad,
spent some hours in Yorkville this
morning meeting the people and get
ting pointers on the general situation.
Mr.. W. e McGhee, assistant general
passenger agent of the Southern rail-
way, was In Yorkville this morning. he
came to see about the issuance Of free
transportation to the Church Home
orphanage family on trip to Spar
tanburg.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-11-18
LOCAL. LAcoNIcs.
Poplar and Oak.

Poplar and Oak.
There is a logging crew at work or
Mr.. James Cansler's place near Tirzah
cutting out 100000 feet of poplar and
oak logs for a concern at Salisbury
NC. 49, M sala -,..s ia gs
Compliment to Mr.. a. Cody. 80 z
Under special dispensation ISSUED
by Hon. J. M. Graham. Most Illustri.
GUS Grand Master, Yorkville Masons
will soon organize Absalom Cody
Council Of Royal and Select Masters
which includes the 9Th and 9th de.
grees Of York Rite Masonry. The new
council is to be organized with 9
membership of seventeen.
Inspecting the Schools.
Superintendent John e. Carroll and
Mr.. T. E. McMackin Of the county
school board are continuing their in.
spection of the country schools, most
of which are now open. Within the
past few days the following schools
have been visited: Blairsville, Bull
locks Creek. Sharon. Hickory Grove
Hopeweu, Fort Mill, Gold Hill, India
Hook, Ebenezer.
Cover and Forage. Crops.
At the request of The Enquirer, Mr.
c. M. Inman, business agent Of the
Yorkville Alfalfa association. bas
furnished a statement Of the amour,
Of seed and lime he has ordered fol
members: The figures are 80 bushels
Of alfalfa at 1926 bushel; 100 BUSH
els Of crimson clover at $3.50; 81 cars
of lime, $50 tons at $3.50 to SO a ton;
600 pounds hairy vetch at $s.05 hum
dred pounds.
Montgomery- Barber.
Miss Dorothy Weber Montgomery
was married on yesterday to Mr.. w. I.
Barber. The marriage was performed
at the residence of the brides parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. e. Montgomery, In
Yorkville, by the Rev. Henry
Stokes, pastor Of Trinity M. E.
church. After the ceremony the young
people left for Chester. which place
they will make their future home. Mr..
Barber who was formerly located In
Yorkville, has charge Of the Cloud
Cash store in Chester. Both of the
young people have many friends who
wish them all happiness and success.
Done With Long Staple. ..-.
Mr.. c. M. Inman, of Yorkville Is done
with the raising Of long staple cotton.
He raised forty bales this year on
lands that would probably have given
him sixty five bales Of ordinary cot
ton, and he does not think the long
staple market Is entirely satisfactory.
The few buyers to be found in this Sec
ton he thinks undertake to buy this
cotton for as little as they can, so as
to make as much profit as possible.
Another Still Captured. - .a. -. !
Constable Jas. F. Jackson, and Mr..
Floyd Stevenson and Deputy Sheriff
F. E. Quinn captured fifty gallon
sheet iron still on John P. Moore's place
between Hickory Grove and Smyrna
last Friday. The worm and cap were
also taken and about 400 gallons Of
mash was destroyed. The operators of
the still made their escape.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-11-18

Good business sense suggests the
idea Of raising beef not so much for
the sake Of reducing the cost Of living
as for the sake of the promise of pro-
fit that Is held out. The hazard of
beef raising is much less than 1t was
in the days when the tick flourished !;
but beef prices have not been higher
for many years. -'t
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-11-18

Lancaster special November 16, to
the News end Courier: Fire tonight
destroyed the handsome suburban
home Of John A. Stewman, with con-
tents. The fire originated in the bath
room. on the second floor, and the en-
tire building was in flames In few
minutes. Mrs. Stewman and young
son, John, Jr, were asleep on the first
floor, and were awakened by neigh
bors just in time to escape in their
night clothes. Judge ]. E. Stewmarl.
Mrs. Stewman's father, was asleep on
the second floor, and in attempting to
escape by the staircase was severely
burned about the face and head.
Citizens finally rescued him by placing
a ladder against the window. The de-
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER rs, 1919.

partment was quickly on the scene.
but the dwelling being beyond the
fire limits. there was some delay In
getting SUFFICIENT line Of hose from
the nearest hydrant Mr.. John A. Stew
man was uptown when the alarm was
turned In. His loss Is $500 with
$4,000 insurance.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-11-18
Ths gorkpilts Saqairer.
Entered at the Postoffice in Yorkville
as Mail Matter Of the Second Glass.
YORKvILLE, .. O.,
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER IS. 1918.

Senator Tillman has several times
made the BLUR begins an editorial
squib in The Yorkville Enquirer but
the old mans bluffs usually carry,
don't they, contemporary ?-Abbeville
Medium.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-11-18
THIRD WEEK JURORS

The following venire Of petit Jurors
was drawn this morning to serve dur
ing the third week Of the approaching
term of the circuit court. .r......
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-30
CONDUCTOR FALLS
FROM STREET CAR
Bicycle and Car Collide on Sew
enteenth Street-No
Injuries.

To run into a street car with a
bicycle with sufficient force to knock
the conductor from the running board
was the experience of A. N. Reinhart
this morning as he was riding north
on Seventeenth street between Sixth
and Seventh avenues. Reinhart was
also spilled to the pavement, but
neither he nor the conductor suffered
any serious injuries as a result of
the occurrence.
The accident would not have oc-
CURED if the car had been on the
right track, but owing to the fact
that some improvements are being
made on Eleventh street, the car was
running on the track used by the in
coming cars from the Watch Tower.
The conductor was standing on the
running board and was STOPPING over
with his right leg sticking out about
two feet from the side of the car The
limb connected with the handle bars
Of Remnants bicycle and the two men
were thrown to the pavement. The
conductor landed on his head and
shoulders, while Reinhart fell on his
hands and knees. Neither man was
injured, and after busting off his
clothes the conductor continued his
journey to the south part of the city