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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-06-06
ABoUT PEOPLE

Master William Marshall Of York
Vile, is visiting relatives in Winns-
boro.
Miss Fannie Stroup Of Yorkville, is
spending two weeks at Black Noun
tain, N. G.
Mrs. r. D. Dorsett and children OF
Yorkvile, are visiting relatives and
friends in Glover.
Misses Marie, Frances and Annie
Pegram Of Yorkville, are visiting rel
atives in Lowryville.
Mr.. Robert Green Lee, Of Fort Mil,
Is among this years graduates from
Furman University.
Mrs. n. C. Weatherly Of Green's
boro, y. c., Is the guest Of Mrs. E. E.
Gillespie in Yorkville.
Mrs. ]. c.. Wilborn and daughter
Miss Elizabeth Of Yorkville, are VISIT
ing relatives in Chester.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Stroup and Mrs.
E.. w. Long Of Yorkville, spent sew
eral days this week in Due West
Miss Frances Faulconer Of Wash
ington, D. c., is visiting the family oil
G.. w. s. Hart, ESQ.,, In Yorkville.
Mr.. J.B. Conner of Ell Paso, Texas
Is visiting the family Of his father
Magistrate ]. c. Conner, in Yorkville
Misses Mary and Eunice Craig Of
Point, attended the Winthrop COM
mencement exercises last Tuesday.
Rev. Henry Stokes of Yorkville, is
attending the commencement exer-
cises at Wofford college, Spartanburg
Mr.. Foy Dickson Of Erskine COL
lege, has returned to his home on
u \ q ,
Miss Nancy Witherspoon Of the Col
lege for Women, Columbia, arrived In
Yorkville last night to spend the sum-
mer.
Mr.. Blakely Plaxco Of Yorkville, at
tended the commencement exercises al
the Presbyterian college In Clinton
this week.
Miss Annie Marilla Ewart Of York
Vile, took her degree as Bachelor oil
Arts at Due West Female college,
Wednesday.
DR.. James B. Kennedy Of Schenec-
tady, N. Y, has arrived in Yorkville ia
spend the summer with Mr.. w. M
Kennedy's family.
Miss Lillian Wylie Kirkpatrick, OF
Sharon, R. F. d. No. 2, received the
A. B. degree of the Due West Female
College. last Wednesday.
DR.. w. G. White Of Yorkville, Is at
tending the annual meeting of the
Southern Railway surgeons, which
convened at Norfolk, Va, this week.
Misses Lula Moore Logan, Mabel
Ashe, Anna Lewis and Loula Allen OF
| Winthrop college. have returned to
their homes in Yorkville for the sum
| mer.
Howard D. Smith, Of Yorkville, No
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ALFALFA CLUB ORGANIZED

The Yorkville Alfalfa Association
was launched last Wednesday after
noon with some thirty or more men,
bers who are imbued with a determi-
nation to make a success OF alfalfa
growing in this locality or know the
reason why. The club Is the outgrowth
of a movement instituted in the York
VILE Board of Trade some weeks ago
and carried to success with the active
assistance Of Prof. A. G. Smith an al
falfa expert Of the department Of ag-
riculture. who has been taking very
great interest in the undertaking.
The organization meeting, previous
notice of which had been given by
the Yorkville Board of Trade to all the
prospective alfalfa growers known to
be interested, was attended by about
twenty-five or more farmers and 9TH
ers. Prof. Smith was on hand accord
ing to promise, and as a preliminary
to the organization, gave those present
an interesting practical talk In which
he set forth clearly and comprehen-
sively just what would be necessary to
make a success of alfalfa growing,
and what such success would probably
mean for this section.
During the course Of his remarks,
Prof. Smith said that alfalfa would
grow on any soil, but in the Piedmont
section of South Carolina the red clay
soil is the most suitable. To be sue
cessful with the plant 1t Is necessary to
select field Of well drained land, OF
good fertility and which Is as free as
possible from noxious weeds. Any kind
of grass in the field is harmful to
the growth Of the plant, especially Ber-
muda and nut grass. He would not
advise planting alfalfa in field which
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ing to the crowded condition Of the
Federal prison at Leavenworth. john
son left the court room declaring he
would not give up his fight for liber-
ty. 1T has been hard to determine
what punishment should be meted out
in this case," said Judge Carpenter In
passing sentence. I'VE have had many
cases where violations OF the Mann
act have been punished with fine
only. We have had other cases where
defendants have been sentenced to one
or two years in the penitentiary. The
circumstances in this case have been
aggravating. The life of the defen-
dant, by his own admissions, has not
been a moral one. The defendant Is
one of the best known Of his race and
his example has been far-reaching.
the sentence shall be that the defen-
dant shall be confined year and
day In the Joliet penitentiary and that
he shall be fined $1,000. The court de-
MED a request of counsel for Johnson
that the negro be allowed to serve the
term in the city bridewell Instead oil
state prison. johnson was convicted
May 10, Of having paid for the trans
portation of Belle Schribner from
Pittsburgh to Chicago. '.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-06-06

I, carries off the orators medal at
Clinton college this year. and Harry Z.
Hicklin of Rock Hill, has won the de-
claimer's medal. as- srs
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. M. Truluck and
Miss Annie L. Cockfield of Lake City,
Miss Rhea Truluck of Olanta and Miss
Gwendolyn Able Of Springfield, are
the guests of Mr.. 8. L. Courtney 8
family In Yorkville.
Mr.. John M. Craig, Of the Point sec
ton, who was In Yorkville Wednesday,
reported that his neighborhood has
been having plenty of rain, and al
though he had no complaint to make
remarked the probability Of a good
crop of grass that might add to the
expense of cultivation.
Clinton, June Q: News has just been
received in Clinton of very interest
ing party given In Chester by Mrs. A
M. Aiken to her niece Miss Matte
May Neville, Of Clinton, who has beer
teaching school In Chester, the past two
years. at which her engagement to Mr.
w. H. James, Of Atlanta, Ga, was an
nounced. The exact date of the we'd
ding has not been fixed, though 1t will
occur In the summer or early fall. Miss
Neville Is very popular in her home
town, where she has many friends who
will be glad to know Of this approach.
ing event. Mr. James Is originally
from Chester, but for the past few
years has made his home In Atlanta
where he Is member Of the firm OF
James & Ridley. accountants.
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Iiouor Drinkino,

While II Is not to be denied that
there are still, those throughout this
section who would restore the public
sale of intoxicating liquors II they
could, nevertheless 1t Is a fact that
there is less general drinking of in
toxicating liquors in this county than
there has ever been.
People who are old enough to be IA
miliar with the record, are aware that
the crusade against the public sale OF
liquor was commenced in this county
before the Civil war, and although there
was a long period Of inaction during
and following the war, the fight was
resumed In the early seventies and
continued until the saloons were driv.
en- out about 1881, and kept out until
dispensary was established nearly
twenty years later. ..'. '.'
The closing Of the saloons was fol-
lowed by long hard and bitter strug-
gle against the continued sale Of ii.
quor, through drug stores with the as
sistance of INSCRIPTIONS physicians
but In the course of time this evil was
driven out also, the consumption OF
liquor all the while growing less and
less until the establishment of the
dispensary when there began to de-
,velop a new era of debauchery. 5 "
During the years there were dispen-
saries at Blacksburg, Tirzah and York
Vile, liquor consumption was largely
increased; but looking back ovei
those periods now, 1t Is easy to see
that this evil was never re-establisheo
on its former basis. Following q Ions
experience with the superior condition
of sobriety with which the people had
become familiar under the changed
order of things, they were never able
to reconcile themselves to the idea o1
drifting backward, and they were not
slow to again stop the public sale Of
liquor at the first opportunity. ,H
While it would not be correct to say
that everybody drank liquor thirty OF
forty years ago, 1t would be correct tc
say that a majority Of the men used
intoxicants, as did many Of the WON
en-. 1t is a fact that the use of intoxi.
eating liquors Is still quite common;
but 1t is also true that this use II
growing less and less, and the senti'
.ment against the legalized sale Of II.
quor Is stronger than 1t has ever been
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-06-06

The Federal government which now
handles the crime of breaking into cars
engaged in Interstate traffic, has In
charge that negro who pulled off his
fainting stunt in the York court house
during the recent term of the general
sessions. This fellow has done the
same thing on previous occasions and
Uncle Sam is on to him. .'...
The YorkviIIe Board Of Trade, we
think, would do the town a service by
.inquirfng into the question Of whether
,or not the town council of Yorkville is
complying with the law in reference to
the publication Of itemized reports OF
receipts and expenditures and II moi
why not. In the opinion OF The En-
iquirer this matter is of vital impor-
tance to the welfare of the town.
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS

Hugh Long, the newspaper man who
killed Pickens Gunter at WAGNER last
fall, was tried at Aiken this week, and
after all the evidence was In yester-
day, the foreman Of the jury asked the
presiding Judge for permission to re-
tire for q minute or two. The permis-
sion was granted and when the jury
returned the foneman advised the judge
that all had made up their minds from
the evidence and beyond any possible
ty Of change by argument OF the law
yers, and asked that argument be dis
pensed with, Judge Gary cited the
provision Of the constitution uphold
ing the right Of counsel to be heard;
but when II was made clear that
speeches would do no good, counsel
consented to the arrangement, and af-a
ter a charge by the Judge, the jury re-
tired again, remaining out about half
a minute and returning with O, ver-
diet Of not guilty. The testimony
which was not clearly disputed, show
ed that Gunter had not only threaten
ed to kill Long in the event Of his re-
turn to Wagner after his election to
the legislature; but II was Gunter who
started the fatal ARRAY. After the trial
both Long and his wife thanked each
Of the Jurors separately, and there was
big reception that lasted for some
minutes before the Longs left $the
court house.
- Columbia, June 4: An informal
conference between the South Carolina
railroad commission and q. +. Fern
aid, Of Chicago, general counsel for
the Pullman company, this afternoon
regarding the complaint Of Railroad
Commissioner Richards to negroes
riding In Pullman on interstate trains,
resulted In an agreement to postpone
further negotiations for thirty days.
| In the meantime It is thought that
propositions will be drawn up by both
sides for discussion when the con-
ference Is resumed. Nothing as to
what was discussed at the conference
was given out. 1t took place at 8
o'clock this afternoon In the rail-
road commissioners office with all
of Mr.. Richards against the Pullman
company selling negroes berths on the
same cars with white people has arous-
ed much interest ell over the state
and the commission Is backed up by
the great majority Of the white people
of South Carolina I'm their efforts 70
get the separate coach law recognize
ed on Interstate trains, Word comes
lfrom Washington that the bill intro
duced by Senator Smith, providing
separate coaches for the races on in
terstate trains will be pushed to pas
sage. The South Carolina railroad
commission sent copies Of the letter
OF protest they wrote the Pullman
company against negroes having
berths on sleepers with white people
| to all the railroad commissions OF
the southern states and 1t Is said here
that all Of them are heartily co-opera.
ting with South Carolina In trying to
remedy this trouble. ,s
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-06-06
MERE MENTION

!! 8. L Heeter, superintendent OF the
public schools Of Pittsburgh, Pa, has
been adjudged guilty, of making i'm
ranted liberties with three women" by
a committee of citizens appointed to
investigate charges against Heeter. A
few weeks ago he was acquitted by
| Jury of a more serious charge. - The
state of Rhode Island IL 80 hard up
that all officers from governor down.
ward, failed to get their pay checks on
June 2. They will have to wait until
some Of the states revenues come In.
Information was received at London.
Monday, to the effect that forty mem-
bers of the Leopard Society" se-
cret organization, have been hanged
the west coast Of Africa recently, be-
cause Of the practice Of cannibalism.
-. Some Of the stockholders Of the
Fore River Shipbuilding company OF
Quincy, Mass, have applied to the
courts to prevent the sale of the bus
mess to the Bethlehem Steel company
| of Pennsylvania which was recently an
nounced. The American Fedora
tion of Labor has declared war on the
| Industrial Workers of the World. la
Dor organization which is creating
considerable trouble In New Jersey
and Pennsylvania textile mills just at
this time. Edward Payson Weston.
LIS. years old, and famous as a long
distance pedestrian. left New York,
Monday, to walk to Minneapolis, MINI.
1,446 miles. He expects to reach his
destination on August 2..... -Four
persons were killed near Elk River.
Mimi, Monday evening, when attempt
ing to cross a railroad track In front
of passenger train, with which they
had been racing. :. Alfred Austin.
poet laureate Of England, aged rs
years, died In England, Monday. 49,.
Congressman Barton Of Nebraska, has
introduced bill providing for the
erection Of government armor plate
plant. "A bronze statue Of Kit Car
son, the famous scout and Indian fssl
| er, was unveiled at Trinidad, Col,
Monday -. In 1888 there were IL the
United States 10,S3S,110 horses and
mules. valued at about $760,000.000. In
1910 there were 21,040,000 horses and
mules and their value was estimated
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ed to give a check for the balance.
Rankin agreed to the arrangement;
but required that the check be drawn
by another party and endorsed by Will
son. after which settlement the two
men were glad to get out of town.
The check was deposited to the
credit of the town Of Glover with in
structions that 1t be sent to Gastonia
direct and collected at once The Gas
tonia bank telephoned that payment OF
the check had been held up by Wilson
2 ID Haas; but when Cashier Page OF
the Bank Of Glover gave the Bank OF
Gastonia to understand that the town
of Glover was an innocent third party
to the transaction and the check would
certainly be protested, Wilson chang
ed his mind and instructed that the
check be paid.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-06-06

Speaking of the so called road law
of York county, there is really very lit
tie to it except as to the mill prop
erty tax and the SO poll tax. The To-
cation matter is a piece Of buncome.
AS originally fired off, the law provid-
ed for north and south and east and
west roads, without attempting to To-
cate either except in a very general
way. The proposition was left In such
indefinite shape as would allow the
trainers to talk to kickers in any way
that might seem necessary TO satisfy
them. Later it was deemed good pol
icy to bring two more townships In by
making a haZy specification for third
road from Fort Mill to McConnellsville
by way of Rock Hill, and to provide
that other townships not included In
the general disposition should be en-
titled to their proportionate part Of the
services of the chaingang. All of the
townships except Bethel and Bullock s
Creek are included in the general
scheme, and they came in under the
propOrtionate-part joker. There Is
nothing i'm the law to specify the basis
of arriving at proportionate parts,
whether by assessed valuation, popu-
lation or number Of townships, and
there we are working along under a
great big bluff, with almost nothing
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-06-06
LOCAL LAcoNlcs.

Dig SHionos ..r.t,
They are Dragging In the lower part
of the state about the raising Of an
onion that weighed 26 ounces. Mr..
Louis Roth Of Yorkville, is exhibiting
an onion Of his own raising that
weighs "a ounces.
County Home Practice.
The Yorkville physicians combined
in a lump bid Of $3.50 for the county
home practice, with the idea Of divid-
ing the work up among themselves
The proposition contemplates that sur
gical operations shall be paid for ex-
tra The county board has the matter
Of acceptance under consideration, and
IL 1t does accept will probably specify
that there will be no surgical opera
tions except with the previous consent
Of the board and at price to be agreed
upon. However, the whole thing Is
still in the air.
Mrs. E. A. A. Thompson.
Mrs. E. A. A. Thompson died at her
home in the Point section on May 10.
of heart trouble. Mrs. Thompson, was
daughter Of the late Thomas Boyd,
who died In the Confederate army dur
ing the Civil war, and was born de-
cember 2S. 1854. She was married to
the late A. M. Thompson on December
IA, 1871. Mr.. Thompson died June 6,
1892. She Is survived by the follow
ing children: A. L., E. D., ]. L., q. F..
8. B. Thompson, and two daughters,
Mrs. 8. B. Currence and Mrs. w. G..
Campbell. She also leaves three
brothers and one sister. Her mother,
Mrs Jane A. Boyd is living, and is 79
years of age
Death Of Mrs. J. r. Falls.
Newberry Observer, June 8: Mrs.
Matte Epting Falls, wife of Mr.. ].
Frank Falls, of Yorkville, and daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. B. o. Epting, of
Newberry, died at her home In this
city on Friday at about u o'clock noon
two weeks after the death of her baby.
Mrs Falls had been Ill for some time,
the last nine months Of which she
had been confined to her bed. She was
"a years old. The burial took place in
Rosemont cemetery on Saturday
morning, funeral procession leaving
the house at ten o'clock, service con-
Quoted by the Rev. Edw. Fullenwider.
Besides her parents and her husband
and a number Of other relatives and
family connections, Mrs. Falls Is sur
vived by two sisters, Mrs. L. C. Pitts,
of Old Town, and Mrs. E. s. Mathews,
Of Thomasson, Ga. This Is a peculiar
ly sad death. Mr.. Falls, who devoted
himself during the illness Of his wife
to the task Of trying to save her life,
had planned to take her to Yorkville
for their future home.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-06-06
BETTER ROAD FOR BETHEL

The people of Bethel township have
long suffered more than the people of
any other township In the county for
lack of fairly good roads to market,
and they have about reached the
point where they are unwilling to put
up with this handicap any longer.
There was delegation Of influen-
tial Bethelites before the county board
Of commissioners last Wednesday, with
petition asking for the construction
of about ten miles Of sand and clay
highway, to commence at ]. B. Ford's
about two miles from Bethel church,
and to continue on to Bethel chapel
near Catawba river by way Of DR.. T.
N. Dulin's, Riddles Mill and Davis's
mill, and from Beaver Dam to the
North Carolina line by way Of DR.. T.
N. Dulin's and T. H. Riddles.
The delegation which appeared be-
fore the board included the following
we'll known gentlemen: DR.. T. N. Du-
lin, H. G. Stanton, ]. ]. Nichols, ]. W.
Jackson, R. o. Clinton, r. ]. Davis, J
Ed Harper. s. 8. Glenn, ]. L. Cur
renee, John N. Craig. w. P. Boyd, A.
L. Thompson. ....... .....f
Although it can hardly be stated
the better road idea is a new one in
Bethel that township under the lead
of DIR. T. N. Dulin, having been the
pioneer in ,levying the two-mile rDad
tax now being paid by the whole cenn-
ty, the present definite undertaking
was commenced only about two weeks
ago. It started with very little talk
and a good many liberal subscriptions
Several gentlemen put their names
on a subscription paper for $500 each
and on Wednesday the total subscrip.
tions amounted to $4,000, payable ir
cash. There were still quite number
of people to be seen, and those having
the direction Of the matter thought
they could easily raise the aggregate
to $4,000 or $4,000.
The county board Of commissioner
gave patient hearing to what the
Bethel delegation had to say; but was
not prepared to give an immediate de-
I.cision. Commissioners Jackson ant
Smith were taken over the proposed
new road in automobiles Tuesday af
ternoon but Supervisor Boyd was un
able to make the trip at that time. He
however, will no doubt give the mat
ter careful consideration.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-06-06

Following are the members, of the
graduating class Of Due West Female
college this year: Bachelor Of Arts
Misses Alma Sullivan Agnew, Lillian
Agnew, Sarah Logan Brooks, Clara
Bonner, Elizabeth Jane Blackwell, An
ME Elizabeth Carwile, Myrtle Crow
ther, Mary E. Donnald, Annie Marilla
Ewart, Stella Glasscock, Lois B. Hun
ter, Alice Lee Humphreys, Lillian Wy
lie Kirkpatrick, Winnie Lou Laird, Re-
bekah Miller, Alice T. McClintock, LII
lie Marion Pratt, Lola Belle Scoggins
Mary Josephine Simpson, Mary M
Whisonant, Sarah Paden Young, Ten
nessee. Certificates-Eva Vaughan
Agnew, Mary Bradley Klugh, Perme-
liza McIlwaine, Louie Pressly Smith,
Eula G. Simpson. Ruth Stewart, Anna
belle Wiseman. Diploma in Voice
Miss Hattie Boyd Grant.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-06-06

If the senate COMMITTEES engaged on
the Job, succeeds in frightening the
lobbyists little. 1t will be possible to
get a currency reform bill at this ses-
sion. otherwise there is likely to be
trouble. AS we see 1t. reform OF the
currency laws Is going to be more dif-
ficult than reform of the tariff.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-06-06

OF course we don't mind printing
that farm loan idea as elaborated by
the editor of the Fountain Inn Tri-
bune, because really there is some-
thing to 1t; but then we do not exact
ly see why 1t should be set forth as
new scheme AS matter OF fact all
the principles involved are now being
practiced in New Zealand, Germany
and France, and the whole thing Is
working beautifully. OF course the
adoption of such a scheme would in
volve a complete revolution Of condi-
tions as established in this country,
and it would take a long hard fight to
bring such a thing about. We agree
with the Fountain Inn Tribune in the
idea that a thing like this would even
tually do away with the need for COM
pulsory education by creating an over
whelming voluntary sentiment; but
there is a rub along here somewhere,
Not until after there had been years
and years of compulsory education
could the country probably be brought
to state of mind where 1t would be
willing to go into anything like this.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-06-06

The tremendous earnestness OF our
good friends in Bethel on the road
question as evidenced by their sub
scription of s4,2OO-nearly $500 mile
to help the work along is admirable
Not only that, it is fact that Bethel
had not received anything like her pro-
portionate share Of assistance from
the chaingang previous to the springing
of that cheap political idea embraced
in the north and south, east and west
road proposition. 1t is our deliberate
belief that simple justice demands
that Bethel have better roads, and we
would like to see her get all the assis-
tance that can be thrown her way un-
der the law. If the law as 1t now
stands, will not permit justice in the
matter, the law should oe amended.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-06-06

To those who are wise, the reports
of the department of agriculture re-
garding the decreasing meat supply
indicate that 1t will not be great while
before cattle, sheep and goats can be
sold in this country al very good
profit. or course, however, the good
profit can go only to those who have
cattle. sheep and goats for sale.