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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-16

According to dispatches from Wash
ington, President Wilson has adopted
a practice of playing regular school,
master trick on the members Of the
house and senate. Since he smashed
the long established precedent Of oc-
cupying the presidents room in the
capitol while congress is in session,
he has been going to that room when
ever he liked. He has been there sew
eral times; but really he does not go
very often. However, he rides up
about the capitol from time to time,
and when the report gets to the capi-
tol that he is coming, there is consid-
cradle interest and concern among the
congressman as to what is going to
happen. They do not know just what
to calculate on, and they are all at
tention to see whether he comes in or
goes on by. 1t is natural to assume
that If he comes in, he has something
new to spring on the boys, and Of
course everybody wants to know what
1t is. And there Is something more
than idle curiosity in 1t all. 1t is gen.
orally appreciated that the president
is a man Of force and that when he
has an idea 1t counts.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-16
THE ALFALFA CLUB

The committee appointed by the
Yorkville Board Of Trade recently to
promote the organization Of an Alfal-
ia club, has been meeting with all the
success that could be desired. AS q
matter of fact 1t developed that the
farmers Of the surrounding communi-
ty are keenly alive to the purpose in
view, and are coming forward and
giving their names voluntarily.
Mr.. M. L. Carroll, chairman Of the
committee, said yesterday, that the
interest that is being manifested is all
that could be desired, and that he was
satisfied that the club would be sue
cess. 1t has been ascertained that ag-
ricultural lime can be had at the klns
at a very low price, and the Southern
railroad has agreed to haul all that
may be intended for alfalfa purposes
at half the usual freight charges.
Among the farmers who have so far
signified their intention Of becoming
members Of the alfalfa club and who
are making an earnest effort to get an
acre of alfalfa under way are the fol-
lowing:
A. L. Black, N. S. Black, r. R. Nc
Corkle, NJ. L. Thomasson, w. H. Hern-
don, Lee Campbell w. B. Keller,
Nichols & Gordon, ]. j. Nichols, Ess
Miller, w. H. CdrIoll, y. u "ipoIn'
Jno. R. Hart, G. H. O'Leary, A. Y.
Cartwright, B. N. Moore, ]. B. Scott
Robt. Witherspoon, S. M. McNeel, j.
P. White, c. M. Inman, Jno. E. Jack
son, P. w. Love. Jno A. Harshaw, F.
c. Riddle, R. A. Bratton, j. M. Brice,
o. w. Hartness, ]. F. Carson, Hugh G..
Brown, Starr Stacy, T. Cleve Dunlap.
Chairman Carroll of the Beard of
Trade committee, has been in corre-
spondence with Prof. Smith, the al
falfa expert of Clemson college, and
Professor Smith has kindly offered to
come over to Yorkville and give de-
tailed instruction on the subject. The
purpose is to call meeting on some
Saturday soon, and after hearing a
talk by Prof. Smith and maybe others.
organize the proposed club by the
election Of officers, etc.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-16
COUNTY BONDS SOLD

The $4,000 worth of Al per cent
bonds, voted by the people Of York
county for the purpose Of erecting a
new court house, were on yesterday
sold to We'll, Roth & Co., Of Cincinna-
ii, for the sum of $72,450, with the un-
derstanding that the purchasers fur
nish the printed bonds and interest
begins from May 1.
The commissioners had quite q num-
Der of replies to their advertisements;
but in many cases the bond buyers
merely stated their unwillingness to
bid on a bond bearing less than per
cent interest. .
The commissioners calculate that
the figure at which the bonds have
been sold Is equal to par for bond
bearing per cent interest This comes
In through the fact that it will be
more than a year before all the money
will have been used, and much Of It
will have been drawing from to 8
per cent interest in the meantime.
The five bids actually submitted
were as follows:
Peoples National Bank Of Rock
Hill. Lump bid Of s72,175, the pro"
ceeds to be deposited in the bank at
per cent interest on quarterly bal
ances.
We'll, Roth q Co., C1nclnnatl. Lump
bid Of $72,450, and the purchasers to
furnish the printed bonds. Interest
to commence May 1.
Providence Savings Bank and Trust
company. Lump bid Of $69,562.50.
R. M. Grant & Co., New York, rep
resented by Paul Petty Of Spartan
burg. Lump bid of $70,741.
Bank of Commerce, Spartanburg.
Par, less $2,625.50 for expenses. and
proceeds to be deposited with them at
per cent interest on quarterly bal
ances.
Security Trust company, Of Spar
tanburg. Par, less s3,100 on same
basis as above.
Faison, Son & Co., Chicago. Lump
bid of $4,000 straight under the mis-
apprehension that the bonds bore
per cent interest.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-16
THE WINTHROP PAGEANT

There. were more than two thous-
and visitors to Rock Hin last Thurs
day on account Of the Old English Pa
geant, given at Winthrop college in
the afternoon and the play Robin Hood
at night, and the occasion was in many
respects both interesting and remark
able. %..,A
The pageant was intended to be q
reproduction of the festivities that
took place at Kennilworth Castle, on
the historic occasion when the Earl Of
Leicester entertained Queen Eliza
beth there, and although the show did
not purport to be other than mimic,
In more ways than one, It was really
quite true to the original.
About the best descripticn n Of the
Kennilworth affair that Is ncw extant
Is to be found in Sir Walter Scott's
novel Of that name, and no reader Of
the novel can fail to be impressed
with the great old time that occurred
while the dashing, gallant, rich and
powerful Earl Of Leicester was exert
ing every resource Of his intellect and
fortune to still further dazzle the
beautiful young queen who had al
ready given him the most marked
evidences Of her favor.
The original Kennilworth show con-
sisted Of great procession, a mighty
show Of flnery and wealth in costume
games, dancing, archery, f1irtations,
wining and dining and revelry from
morning till night. The flower Of the
English nobility was there, and there
were thousands Of people, the bur-
geois and the peasantry from the
country Immediately surrounding, all
joining in the festivities and having a
great time.
The Winthrop show took place on
the college campus between the main
building and the railroad, most Of 1t
being performed in a slight depres-
sion that was overlooked by a grand
stand that furnished seating capacity
for more than two thousand people;
but which was not big enough to hold
the immense throng. The spectators
who were unable to get into the grand
stand filled up the surrounding lines,
and there watched the doings Of the
pretty girls who on horseback and on
foot, dressed as cavaliers, pages, SOL
diery, Ellzabethan ladies, etc., went
through part Of the old time mer-
making.
from all parts Of York, and many Of
rious towns In North Carolina. Nov
ing picture men made records Of the
whole performance, and that 1t will
make a popular feature for re-produc-
ton is to be taken as matter Of
course.
The play, Robin Hood, was present
ed at night and was witnessed by q
great crowd, and everybody was we'll
pleased. ......
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-16

The talk Of the secretary Of COM
merce and labor as to what he pro-
poses to do to manufacturers and
others who attempt to reduce wages
for the purpose Of knocking" the
proposed new tariff sounds good. Of
course, If it shall happen that the new
tariff will bring about conditions that
will legitimately demand wage reduc-
tions, there will be no interference
from the department of commerce
and labor or from any other depart
ment Of the government; but this
thing on the part Of certain kind of
people to try to manufacture trouble
because things do not go to suit them
is a tiresome old bluff that needs to
be called. OF course as to whether Mr..
Wilson will be able to help himself in
q matter like this we do not know;
but we are willing enough to see him
make a good. fight
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-16
LOCAL LACONlCS.
nsurance Meet at Rock Hill.

The South Carolina Underwriters
association will meet in Rock Hill on
Wednesday and Thursday, May Fl and
%, at which time there are expected
200 or more Of the fire insurance
agents of the state. The association
will be in business session Wednesday
morning and that afternoon the men,
bers are invited to Winthrop college
and will inspect the buildings, after
which a musical concert will be given
by the college girls. At night another
business session will be held, after
which a smoker will be given them at
the Chamber of Commerce hall. On
Thursday fish fry will be given them
on the banks of the Catawba river.
Memorial Day in Fort Mill.
Fort Mill Times: Memorial Day was
observed in Fort Mill Friday, the
change being made in order that the
veterans and others who desired might
attend the exercises at Flint Hill,
which were held Saturday. The Fort
Mill exercises were held in the after
noon, beginning at Confederate Park,
where the monument to the old soldi-
ers was banked with flowers. The
large crowd present then went to the
public school building where addresses
appropriate to the occasion were made
by Rev. ]. M. Holiday, Of Winns-
boro, Revs. w. A. Hafner and F. L.
Glennan and Mr.. J. w. Ardrey, Of this
city. An ovation was given Veteran
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-16
The Webb Law.

The decision Of the supreme court
as to the application of the Webb law
to this state is about what we expect
ed in effect, although we do not pre-
tend to have been able to anticipate
the reasoning that it would follow to
arrive at its conclusion. We only felt
convinced Of the proposition that in
order to deny the right Of an individ-
ual to ship liquor into the state for
personal use the court would have to
reverse certain principles that 1t has
already laid down.
AS is very we'll understood, The En-
quirer thinks with those who believe
that there is no way by which the
sale Of liquor can be made morally
right, even by law, and we think that
the government should devote all its
efforts to suppressing the liquor traf-
fic without ever giving consideration
to plans or expedients under which
liquor may be lawfully sold. We are
not moved by revenue arguments, be-
cause we are firmly convinced that all
efforts to legalize this traffic tend to
more harm from the use and abuse of
liquor than can possibly be counteracr-
ed by any revenue to be obtained,
however great.
But while we are firm in our con-
victions on this subject, we are not
oblivious to the fact that there are
others with equal rights who have
different views. There are people who
do not use liquor who believe traffic in
the stuff is lawful and right, and peo-
pie who do use liquor who believe the
same thing. There are some Of both
kinds of people who are governed by
principle and some who are governed
by interest. There are people who do
and who do not use liquor who are
bitterly opposed to legalizing the traf-
fic, and who are likewise influenced
by various considerations, but we can
not help thinking that the motives Of
this class Of people are for the most
part high and noble.
AS a Illdllel VI IdSly CASCPl iOl liC
debauching effects Of liquor, for the
misery, poverty and crime it brings,
we care very little about the subject.
These things, however, are not sup
posed to be considered by the supreme
court in an official capacity. Of course
the court may and does consider such
things as individuals, but in arriving
at a conclusion with regard to the
bearing of the Webb law, the court Is
not supposed to take cognizance Of
other than abstract legal principles.
But with it all, this ruling Of the
supreme court Is of decided political
significance. We do not mean to inti-
mate that it was so intended; but
merely to assert that the political quail
ity is so involved in the whole matter
that there was room for developments
which ever way the court might have
decided.
Suppose, for instance. that the su-
preme court had held that under its
Webb law, taken in connection with
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-16

Segregation in Westinghouse ques-
tion which Is more or less agitated In
Washington right now, says dis
patch, is the segregation of the races
in the government departments. This
plan is favored by Senator Tillman OF
South Carolina, and Senator Varda-
man of Mississippi. In discussing this
question Senator Tillman was asked
why there were more colored persons
in the civil service than whites from
the south. 1t is said that there are
$4,000 negroes in the service.
Senator Tillman answered the ques-
tion with characteristic frankness. Il
think it Is due to the unwillingness
of the white women and white men of
the south to go to school, as 1t were,
alongside of negroes" he said.
THE white people of the south are
not much in love with the equality i'm
piled by the civil service examina-
tions. They therefore neglect to take
the examination and get on the eligi-
BILE list. These lists are humbugs, of
course as we all know because the
certification of the three names al
the top from which the appointing
officer must choose and failing to find
the proper material for the clerk in
the first three can call for another
IF President Wilson," continued Sen
ator Tillman, "and the cabinet officers
under him use the proper corrective
and it need not be drastic or evolut-
ionary. I should think in three or
four years we would have very rad
ical change in conditions in the civil
service in Washington"
Whether the civil service reforms
advocated will be carried out or not
II is a fact that some of the cabinet
officers and their assistants are seek
ing to separate the negroes and
whites in the service as much as pos
sible. John Shelton Williams of Vir-
ginia, assistant secretary Of the treas
ury, in paying visit to the Bureau
Of printing and engraving a short
while ago found the white and negro
employees eating lunch together. He
ordered II stopped at once and insisted
that separate places be provided. He
said that 1t might be necessary for
them to work together, but it was not
necessary for them to eat together.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-16
MERE MENTION

Henry M. F1agler, the well known
railroad magnate, is dying at his home
at West Palm Beach, Florida. -. The
Sixty Seventh annual convention OF
the Southern Baptists Is In session at
St. Louis, Mo. 1.-The United Pres
byterian Assembly convened In At
lanta, Wednesday, and elected DR..
college, New wilmington, Pa, mod
orator. The Imperial Council No
bles Of the Mystic Shrine, which has
been holding its annual meeting In
Dallas, Texas, has selected Atlanta,
Ga, as the next place OF meeting.
Senator James Hamilton Lewis, OF
Illinois, has introduced a bill provid-
ing for the establishment of a wage
commission in each cong-essiona! dis.
trict to settle wage disputes In all
cases where the national government
can find an excuse for interfering.
Twelve people were killed and more
which struck Steward, Oklahoma, last
Wednesday. According to the GEN.
sus bureau 100000 bales Of cotton were
consumed by American mills during
the month Of April and there are
now about three million bales on hand.
President Wilson has by execu-
tive order set apart large tract or
land in Arkansas for use by the de-
partment of agriculture as resort
and breeding grounds for native birds.
The tract is to be known as waiter
Lane reservation. ..... The governor
Of Oklahoma has signed bill intend
ed to put q stop to race track betting
in his state. Six AUTOMOBILES were
smashed at one OF the entrances 10
Central Park, New York, few days
ago by running into each other, one
after the other, and strange to say,
none of the occupants were seriously
injured There Is a movement In
Florida to divide the state into two
states so as to secure two more rep
resentatives in the senate; but the
movers have been advised that the
thing cannot be done with the sane
ton of the Constitution or the United
States. go. Ability to run one hum
dred yards in sixteen seconds Is a re-
uuirement Of candidates for positions
on the Wichita, Kansas police force.
AT a trial q few days ago, two men
out Of five failed and the other three
came in with less than two seconds to
spare. The worlds records for hun
dred yards Is less than 10 seconds. -.
The navy department has been very
much concerned during the past few
weeks on account Of the discovery OF
the disappearance Of blue prints CIV
ing details as to the construction OF
certain war vessels. :. The E. l. du-
Pont Powder company Of Wilmington,
DEL, has chartered twelve vessels to
be used in carrying powder and other
explosives to Pacific coast points ana
the Philippines. ..... Work on the for
tifications at the Pacific entrance to
the Panama canal Is being rushed
with night and day forces see "A Chi
cago lumber company this week clos
ed a deal for Minnesota and Wiscon-
sin timber lands. involving 81, 100000
by which 6OO,000,000 feet Of timber
changed hands,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-16

board, the actual value of the cotton
mills was s57,033, 1876, assessed at s28,-
616.5S8; actual value Of fertilizer
plants $5,685,l65, assessed at $2,792,583
actual value Of cotton Gil mills $3,-
090,7 $50, assessed at $1,545,375. 4
mills in is1s Was ne ,n is1a
$2S.516,598, or an increase Of $685.
The assessed value Of the cotton oil
mills in 1912, was s1,501.425 in 1918,
$1,545,375, or an INCREASE Of $43,950.
The assessed value of the fertilizer
plants In 1912 was $2,230,963, in 1918
$2,792,5S3, or an increase Of $oo1, $40.
The various mills Of York county
are assessed for taxation at half their
a. fnl
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-16
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

The United States district court
In Philadelphia has overruled the mo-
ton Of Joe Grant, the negro who is
trying to resist extradition to Edge
field, s. c., on the ground that he will
be lynched If he comes back to this
state, and the negro's attorneys are
taking the case to the United States
circuit court Of appeals. Solicitor Tim
norman says that there is no good
reason to doubt that he will eventu-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-16
WITHIN THE TOWN

"A slight shower, hardly enough to
lay the dust yesterday at noon was the
first break in the drought that has
been prevailing over this section for
several weeks.
The work Of clearing away sur
plus earth that accumulated as the
result Of the basement excavations
and leveling up the yard surround.
ing the new Associate Reformed
church has been in progress this week
and considerable headway has been
made ... ~
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-16
YORK COUNTY MILLS

A statement issued by Comptroller
General Jones shows that the assessed
value of the cotton mills, cotton oil
mills and fertilizer plants Of South
Carolina was increased by s955,571 by
the state board of equalization. The
board has been called to meet in CO.
lumbia May 81 to hear protests. The
assessments were made by the board
upon a basis of so per cent of the ac-
tual value as determined.
According to the statement Of the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-16

Baptists Stick to Their Faith
When A. Y. Napier, Baptist mission
ary from China, in an address before
the Southern Baptist convention at
st. Louis yesterday on how to make
foreign missionary work more effec-
tive, said it was desirable that the
Baptists join the other Protestant
sects in building up interdenomina-
tional mission schools, there were
cries of mo, no." and "Sit down"
from all over the audience.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-16

President Wilson is quoted as hav-
ing expressed an opinion 20 the effect
that the tariff bill will get by the sem
ate with a few unimportant amend
ments.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-16
Ths gorkrills Gnq'airsr.
Entered at the Postoffice In Yorkville
as Mail Matter Of the Second Class.
YORKvILLE, s. c.,
FRIDAY, MAY Is, 1918

Ex-Governor Hayward, Of South
Carolina, is said to be slated for ap-
pointment as governor Of Porto Rico.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-16

Total 80. .... .... 80. 1,032, ,762
The oil mill assessments in the
county are as follows: Victor Cotton
OIL company $4,000; Highland Park
Manufacturing company, $4,000; Clo-
yer Cotton OIL company, $4,000.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-16

legislation Of an active nature II they
are desirous Of prohibiting the impor-
tation of liquors for personal use or
other purposes. But even II congress
had undertaken to give validity to an
unconstitutional state statute 1t would
have been beyond its powers. While
the legislature can not pass an act,
validating the provisions Of the dis
pensary statute which we have de-
give 1t a retroactive effect, 1t never
theless, has the power to adopt
statute with similar provisions having
prospective effect, prohibiting alco-
holic liquors from being imported into
this state. Such q statute would not
contravene any provision Of the
United States constitution. AS we
have already said, the recent act Of
congress divests intoxicating liquors
of their interstate commerce charac-
ter and invests the respective states
with power either to prohibit the i'm
portation absolutely or allow 1t only
for sale and use through dispensary.
The classification Of the counties, so
as to allow the sale Of liquor In some
of them while 1t Is not prohibited In
others, would not be violative Of sec
ton 1 Of the 14th amendment to the
Of the United States
which provides that no state shall de-
ny to any person within its jurisdic-
tion the full protection Of the laws"
The case arose in Richland county
w. w. Atkinson bringing a
suit to secure an Injunction against
the Southern Express company from
enforcing its order refusing to deliver
shipments Of whisky in South Carroll
ma for personal use. The injunction
was granted by the court, the decision
being written by Chief Justice Gary
and concurred in by Associate Jus
tices Woods, Hydrick and Watts. As
sociate Justice Fraser says: Il con-
cede that the above statement so
strongly made Is correct, but / dis
sent from the judgment. The regula-
ton complained Of in the petition re-
fers exclusively to interstate COM
merce. and think this court has no
Jurisdiction to interfere" A test case
was brought under the same condi-
tions in Kershaw county and the court
granted the injunction in this case on
the same grounds as that from Rich
land.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-09-04

h.. BRYAN ,o.f as ta adyisa him mn.
o. drink. "r,l him the naa ..bo ..n.
le .he h,g, q.rv,,c +, Coosross No..
sober mon. Urg. ,,nr r~,,nJ1 bo
total abs,ai,er."
IN AN address an "Tl. V.r,. 4
Ialav S,boolo doH.o-.l =, pill.
IA l7b;, p, Il, A..9 }l. d..
said, ~ do not Ln,., Tho
winch Grs, sio,od ,ba oI,I,a h., /
pass il wa. tho A.. ,.Loa &C.,.
.,l,rd NV name Ila,..o i, .;,,;-.
he nIedeo am ro.4, 3, s;aa
aoy lime o. ~any,ybsro n
human baioo ,o s;,o :; ,.;A
When men tell ms i, l. bc~n,;G.1,a.
SIGN . oIe4oo 10 .A.,,;n c.a- J.;aL:..
.io,or cav # is NJ ~. L~,u,n;.r.,
than the VOC taken ., ,ba n,o..;..o
alter. believe in tbe ni.Jge Ls.
cause it STRENGTHENS the man bim..f
and because the eyoo,,le :, so,.
strengthens others. Nv evo.r;anoa
is that if there is one Mace ,yLo.. =
mar should not DRINK :, : r. o,,ll'
life. Nowhere are ,omo,o,;on. a,on,
er, and for this reason a man n,,,s,