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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-04-03
ABOUT PEOPLE

Mr. James f. Thomson, Of Gastonia
was in YOrkville, Monday
Miss jamie Atkinson of Lowryville
visited the family Of Mr.. ]. NJ. Fergu-
son in Yorkville, this week.
Miss Minnie Garrison, who is In
charge of the Girls Canning club
work was in Yorkville yesterday
Miss Garrison said that new members
were coming in rapidly and prospects
for large club this year were bright
Fort Mill Times: The many friends
of Mr.. John l. Ratteree, principal o1
the Gold Hill school, will regret to know
that he has bene seriously i'll at the
home of Mr.. w. H. WinGle, for some
days. A telephone message Wednesday
morning brought the information that
Mr. Ratterree's condition remained un-
changed.
Mr. John S. Hartness, cashier Of the
First National Bank Of Sharon, was in
Yorkville yesterday, on business anC
spent a portion Of the day with vari-
Gus friends. He said that there were
quite a number Of visitors to Sharon
on Wednesday and yesterday, on ac-
count Of the millinery opening Of the
Hill Banking and Mercantile company
and everybody seemed much pleased
with what they saw.
DR.. Catherine N. Munro of Yorkville
left last Wednesday morning to as
sumo the position Of physician to Win
throp college. DR.. Munro has been a
resident of Yorkville for nearly two
years, for large part Of the time Civ
ing her services to the Church Home
orphanage and doing a most excellent
work purely for the love Of helping
others. She is a lady Of high refine
ment and an unusually capable physi-
clan. Had she seen proper to do so
she could have easily built up a large
practice in Yorkville; but having re-
ceived an urgent; but unsolicited call
to Winthrop. preferred to go there
While regretting to see her leave them
her many Yorkville friends feel sure OF
the value she will be to Winthrop.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-04-03
WITHIN THE TOWN

Most Of the merchants of Yorkville
have entered an agreement to close
their stores at o'clock in the after
noon, the arrangement to begin April
15 and close September Is. This has
been the custom for several years past.
There are quite a number Of York
Vile people who would lie lost Of even
ings If deprived of the opportunity OF
visiting the Lyric theatre, and most of
them are agreed that the programmes
that Manager McManus is furnishing
are generally good.
TO one who has an intelligent
knowledge Of such things it is rare
treat to make a round Of the dry goods
stores and examine the great quantity
and variety of beautiful goods the
merchants have brought to this market
this spring.
- The work Of tearing down the old
court house is about completed; but
the rubbish has not been cleared away.
Large quantities Of brick and other
material have been stocked up prepar-
atory to commencing the work Of
erecting the new building.
Regardless Of the heavy loss that
has been incurred to the county, the
feeling that Yorkville has lost a splen-
did opportunity in not putting the new
court house on a site other than the
site of the old building, is growing
stronger rather than weaker. But after
all, it is only a case of might have
been.
Electors have been unusually active
in the matter Of securing municipal
registration certificates, and the num-
ber Of registered voters is approaching
close to the entire registration Of two
years ago. 1t is believed, however, that
with a complete registration the fig
ures will run close to $50 or possibly
200
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-04-03

Some of the farmers are finding the
ground dry enough TO plow and are
plowing, and others finding the ground
still too wet to plow are doing not a
great deal Of anything.
The GreenviIle chamber Of commerce
is offering one cent each for dead rats
and two cents per hundred for dead
flies The idea of course, is to get rid
OF the pests.
Memorial Day, May 10, comes on
Sunday this year, and of course there
is no improperly in observing it with
the usual exercises. So far we have
heard Of no suggestion Of anticipating
or postponing this anniversary.
Why more people cannot see the
promise Of the beef and dairy industry
in this country is difficult to under
stand. There is no reasonable proba
bility that the old time low price level
will prevail again, ard the people who
soonest get down to business in this
industry will the sooner attain easy
street
There has been quite lot Of local
interest over the outcome Of the free
tolls fight in the house Of representa-
tives and expressed sentiment is gen.
orally on TIE side of the president. 1t
is a fact, however, chat there are q
great many people who have given no
special study to all the considerations
that are involved in the whole matter.
The paragraph in The Footsteps Of
the Fathers" referring to the 31st an
niversary Of the orga nization Of Trini-
ty Sunday school, reminds us that
Trinity is one Of the Oldest If not the
oldest Sunday school in the state. In
July next it will be able to celebrate its
S5th birthday. The understanding Is
that the Sunday school was originally
organized by James Jefferies, and he
met with a good deal Of opposition
from people who were Mortified at the
idea Of "desecrating the Sabbat. with
such secular employment" and it was
a good many years after the school
was well established before the other
denominations began to fall in line.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-04-03
FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1914.

meet legitimate demands of business,
whether normal or abnormal" the
equitable division of available capital
among the districts; the general geo
graphical situation in each district,
transportation lines, and facilities for
speedy communication in 1t; the pop
ulation area and prevalent business
activities of the district. In a sup
Elemental statement the committee
gave the following statistics and dis
tricts:
No. /, area in square miles 66,465;
population 6,557,S41; No. 2, area in
1929: No. 3, area in square miles
1856, population S,110,c17; No. 4,
area in square miles 1895, popula-
ton 1851. .022; No. s, area in square
, miles 1888, population S,519,313:
No. 6, area in square miles 233,S6O,
population 6,695.341: No. Z, area in
square miles 176,940, population H.
630,383; No. s, area in square miles
146,474, population 6,726,611; No. 8,
area in square miles 437,930, popula-
ton 5,724,S93; No. 10, area in square
miles 509,649, population 6,306,S50:
No. II, area in square miles 693,65S.
population 5,3S9,303.
According to this statement there
will be at least 7,548 banks Of all
sorts, members Of the system, which
total capital and surplus Of 1881
648,369. Their per cent subscrip-
tions would amount to $109, 1895, ,902,
according to the committees figures.
The organization committee, Secre-
taries McAdoo, Houston anil Comp
troller of the Currency Williams. have
spent most Of their time for the last
three months on this work. Extra
ordinary precautions were taken to
prevent knowledge reaching outsiders
3nl even members Of congress were
denied information.
Although the progress of organizing
the new system will not be rapid, 1t
Is the intention Of the committee to
act as quickly as the law permits that
the reserve banks may be set up for
business as soon as possible. The
usual statement Of the comptroller
following the last national bank call.
issued Tuesday. showed banks in ex-
cellent condition to meet the demands
shortly to be made for subscriptions
to reserve bank stock. The commit
tee hopes that the gradual transac-
tions necessary under the new law
will be made easily, without disturb
ance and without any curtailment OF
credit.
The rivalry between many cities for
reserve banks was intense and the
committees decision probably may be
followed by protests and attempts to
change the plan. Under the law the
decision is not subject to revision ex-
cept by the Federal reserve board and
1t was believed last night that. the
board will consider a long time be-
fore it will attempt to make any
changes.
Some Of the cities in the race for
banks which were not selecte were
Baltimore. Washington, Birmingham.
New Orleans. Cincinnati, Louisville,
Omaha. st. Paul, Denver, Houston.
Seattle, Portland and Los Angeles.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-04-03
DEFENDS THE PLATFORM
GreenviIe Paper is Afraid of One Man
Dominion.

Greenville Paper is Afraid OF One Man
Domirition.
What is a party platform? There was
once a politician who went contrary to
his partys platform. When taxed with
infidelity to his party's promises, he
humorously remarked that a party
platform was only made to get into
office on; that when it had served that
purpose, it's usefulness was gone end
it should be thrown into the discards.
The Piedmont did not think Wood
row Wilson was that kind Of a politi-
clan. He could not have been the DEM
ocratic nominee for president, but for
the powerful backing of VIM. ]. Bryan
At Baltimore the nominee was not cho-
sen to suit the platform, but the plat
form was built to suit the nominee.
platform until the candidate had been
selected. No platform could have been
adopted that had not received his o. K
The man who made Wilson the
Democratic nominee made the plat
form on which he was elected presi-
dent. Nobody doubts this who remem-
bers the history of the Baltimore con-
vention. That platform was a pledge
to the country as to what it could eX-
pect Of the Democrats if put in power.
1t was peculiarly binding upon the
presidential nominee, for it was espe-
cially made for him. Congressional or
senatorial candidates can plead that
they are bound by their state plat
forms, where they are at variance with
the national declaration Of principles,
lt1t
such refuge.
Neither Bryan nor Wilson know
anything now about the canal tolls
question that they could not have
known at the time that the former got
the Democrats to declare in favor of
canal tolls exemptions and the latter
accepted a nomination on a platform
containing that declaration.
There is no reason to doubt that
Wilson knew what was in the platform
in advance of it's adoption by the con-
vention which had nominated him be-
cause of the fight made for him by the
man who shaped the platform.
If the canal tolls plank did not suit
Wilson, there is no record of a protest
from him prior to his election on a
platform containing that plank.
The president by the power Of his
office may force through congress q
Reputation Of a plank Of his party's
platform, force it through over the
protest of his party's most trusted
leaders, but it will be notification to
the voters Of the country that there is
no honor and faith in the Democratic
party's platform.
The Republican party was largely
defeated because Of it's failure to keep
its pledge to revise the tariff down.
ward. This ought to be a warning to
the Democrats Of the danger Of not
keeping platform pledges.-Greenville
Piedmont.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-04-03

Go to preaching Sunday. Whether
you are Baptist, Methodist, Presbyte-
rian, Episcopalian, Seceder, go to
preaching Go to your own church if
you have one, and if you do not belong
to any of these denominations, go to
whichever church may suit your fancy
or convenience. They are not all about
the same thing; but any Of them are
plenty good enough for people who
have no church. And besides. good
people will be found at all the churches.
There will also be found some bad peo-
pie there; but nobody will be any the
worse for going. Go to church next
Sunday at least once, and twice will
not hurt.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-04-03
LOCAL.. AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Sharon Lyceum Observation-Disclosures
tises entertainment by the Alkahest
company to be given in Sharon
school house, Friday evening, April
10 at $50 p. m.
f.. Lawrence & Co.,-Advertise Gets
It. to cure your corns. 1t takes the
corn right off. For sale by all deal
ers.
]. c. Wilborn-Offers the Wells place
OF r. N. PlaXco and gives informa-
tion about County Home Farm.
Chas. Ratteree-Will appreciate infor-
nation as to large red Bird Dog
named Ben"
Albert Johnson-Advertises for owner
Of a large white Pointer with black
markings.
First National Bank, Sharon-Says
that it is not the largest bank in the
county; but is as safe as any, ant
wants dealings with all responsible
people.
Lyric Theater--Is open every day
from p. m. Afternoon performance
more especially for ladies and chill
dren.
D. E. Boney-Says the insurance COM
missioner will not grant license tC
company which is not o. K. The
Farmers Mutual has been doing bus
mess in York county 81 years.
A. d. Dorsett-Wants all the butter
and eggs he can buy at the highest
cash prices.
Thomson Co.-Says quality is it's hob
by, and has a big stock OF spring
goods of quality.
Kirkpatrick -Belk Co.-Carry n COM
plete line Of ""vleplus clothes in all
Of the new Spring fabrics. Also
boys wooden and wash suits.
Louis Roth-Will have roe shad fol
sale tomorrow. Prices Is and S5c.
Whitesides & Co.. Sharon--Have fresh
shipment of Nancy Hall potatoes
and also new Dry oods.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-04-03

Champ Clark is quite correct in the
assertion that if the Wilson admins
tration should prove a success Mr..
Wilson will be re-nominated, and If
the administration is a failure the
Democratic nomination in 1916, will
not be worth having. Everybody un-
derstands that proposition thoroughly.
But then that argument does not Of
itself vindicate Mr.. Clark from having
ulterior motives in opposing the presi-
dent 1t is reasonably certain that If
the house had refused vote of conf
dence in Mr. Wilson on the tolls ques-
ton, the party would have been hope
lessly split, and Mr.. Wilson'S chance of
succeeding himself would have gone
glimmering. People are not always
moved in their activities and desire to
get certain things for themselves.
Sometimes they work very hard to ruin
the other fellow, and not infrequently
take the risk of running themselves
while so doing.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-04-03

within the past week 1t began to ap-
pear that the choice would fall on
Gen. Scott. The latter made favor
able impression on the administration
as a result of the dispatch and thor
oughness with which he personally
settled the Navajo Indian uprising.
Unlike his predecessor, Gen. Scott will
become assistant chief Of staff with
the rank Of brigadier general. There
now is no vacancy in the grade OF ma
jor general, and to promote him to that
rank when Gen. Wotherspoon retires 1t
would be necessary to jump him over
the heads of nine brigadiers who are
his seniors. 1t was recalled today, how
ever, that there is no obstacle to the
assumption of the office OF chief or
staff by a brigadier general, as that
was done when Brig. Gen. j. Franklin
Bell was appointed to the place. No
selection has yet been made of a sue.
cessor TO Gen. Scott as commander OF
the Second cavalry brigade at Ell Paso.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-04-03
WILL TEACH NIGHT SCHOOL

Although so far nothing positive is
to be reported in regard to the matter,
it is beginning to appear that the eff
forts OF Mr. J. J. McSwain and others
of the Ancona Mill settlement in regard
to the establishment Of night school
for mill workers, may develop into
something practical. The Yorkville
ministers have become interested and
they are willing to do what they can.
Rev. Henry Stokes and Rev. ]. l..
Oates went out to the Ancona mill last
Monday night to talk over the situa-
ton with Mr. McSwain and others; but
because of the inability Of DR.. Giles
pie, Rev. Mr.. Machen and Rev. Mr..
Walsh to be present and because also
of the absence of several of the mill
workers who are interested; but who
could not get to the meeting, nothing
was accomplished beyond a brief dis
cussion of the ways and means.
The ministers are right in for the
proposition and are willing to do what
they can. even at the cost of consider
able personal sacrifice. AS matter of
fact they are willing to take night
about for something like three nights
week and do the teaching themselves
until the school is we'll established and
other arrangements can be made.
If the work is undertaken. it is to be
not prayer meetir~: but real school
that will afford instruction in every
branch of pedagogy from the elemen-
tary to the university courses. All of
the local ministers are men Of educa-
ton and ability who have held down
positions as teachers, and who are
capable Of filling with credit, chairs In
any of the state colleges.
Our attitude to this question, said
one of the ministers yesterday, dis
cussing the subject in the presence Of
the representative Of The Enquirer, is
lust this. Il do not think any one Of
us would have volunteered an attempt
to establish night school anywhere.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-04-03

What is the use of saying NEAR
things about the other fellow wher
such mean things always hurt you
worse than they do him. If you dom
like the other fellow and he don't like
you, and you want to hurt him, leave
him to say the mean things. Maybe hi
will say them and maybe he won't. II
he does not say them then he is prett!
apt to prove that he is about as goot
a man as you, and has about as good
case as you. If he does say mean thing:
about you, then, whether the NEAR
things reach you or not, you have go
the other fellow all right.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-04-03
LOCAL LAcONICS
Prof. cIinkseaIes in Fort Mill.

Prof. CIinkscaIes in Fort Mill.
Fort Mill Times: Prof. John G
Clinkscales, Of Wofford college, arriv-
ed in Fort Mill Sunday morning and
in the afternoon delivered a lecture al
Pleasant Hill church in Pleasant Val
ley. Sunday night Mr.. Clinkscales lec-
tured at the Methodist church in this
city, every available seat in the church
being occupied.
Death of Mr.. s. e. Byers.
Mr.. Samuel E. Byers, a well known
farmer of Bethesda township. died al
his home near Bethesda church las
Wednesday afternoon after brief i'll
ness with pneumonia. Mr.. Byers wa!
in the 54th year Of his age. He leave!
a widow and eight chillren. The inter
ment was at Bethesda yesterday aftel
funeral services by Rev. John A. Nc
Murray.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-04-03

We have no quarrel with anybody on
account of their vote on the bill to re-
peal the free tolls provision of the Pan
anna canal law: but we are glad the
bill passed the house. 1t is not diff
cult for us to understand how some
Democrats would honestly feel that
they were bound by the party platform
to vote against repeal, and also we can
see how other Democrats just as hon
est, may be able to see that the plat
form plank is without binding effect.
Also we can see how men who give the
platform as their reason for voting,
really do not care two cents about the
platform. OF course, it would be alb
surd to think Of political party with
out some kind of a written platform.
and while every party that has ever
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-04-03

Lever Offers a Bill With Teeth.-A
prohibitive tax on dealings in cotton
futures which violate certain regula-
tions promulgated for the reform Of
trading on exchanges, was yesterday
proposed in a bill by Representative
Lever of South Carolina. He offered
the bill as a compromise measure to
take the place Of the senate bill de-
nying the use Of mails to exchanges
engaged in forbidden transactions.
The bill would fix tax Of fifty cents
rate on future contracts which
don't comply with certain require
ments including that they be writ
ten, to show the quantity Of cotton in
volved and names of both parties, that
they specify basis Of grade, price per
pound, month in which trade was to
be completed, that the standards to
be graded by the secretary Of agri-
culture shall govern, and actual COM
merciai differences in grades shall
control settlements"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-04-03
COUNTY REGISTRATION

The county board Of registration
which was in session in Yorkville all
last week and this week for the pur-
pose of giving Rock Hill people oppor-
tunity to qualify themselves to vote
on the question Of adopting the COM
mission form Of government, has is
sued quite a number Of certificates
but most Of them have been to York
vile people.
The books will be open in Yorkville
tomorrow afternoon and next Monday
and after that there will be no further
opportunity to register in Yorkville
until the first Monday in June.
The board has been advised that II
cannot keep the books open in Yorkville
on the first Monday in May, because OF
provision Of law which requires that
the books be closed thirty days before
an election. The election referred to is
that to be held in Rock Hill on the
commission form Of government. We
have not the statute before US; but
think it little peculiar that the stat
ute relating to the Rock Hill election
should affect the keeping open Of the
books for registration in other pre-
cincts. However, as stated, the board
has been advised that it cannot legally
keep the books open in YorlHille on
the first Monday in May, and will
probably govern itself accordingly.
Electors who have not yet qualified
themselves to vote in the approaching
municipal election in Yorkville, by
possessing themselves of state regis
tration certificates, therefore. should
get their state certificates tomorrow
afternoon or next Monday. Those fail
ing to attend to the matter today, to-
morrow or next Monday, will either
have to go to Rock Hill during Tues
day, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday OF
Saturday Of next week, or deprive
themselves Of the privilege Of voting.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-04-03

and shave 1t level with the surface Of
the ground, and if you undertake the
job of cutting it down again everytime
it attains an inch in height, you have
a steady contract to go over 1t once
every three days until cold weather.
To kill the pernicious pest seems al
most impossible. The life germ is in a
nut that is like unto a chufa in ap-
pearance, and somewhat similar in
taste. These nuts form at intervals of
from 3 to inches along thin slender
root, and this string of nuts often eX-
several feet, leading one to think that
possibly the York county farmer who
said that the lowermost nut was
clinched just underneath the inner cell
ing Of the dome of the Internal regions
is correct. We have heard stories of
farmers who had plowed nut grass
ground week after week and gathered
and burned all the nuts to be found; but
without substantial results. Not long
ago, a gentlemen told us Of having
sowed patch Of nut grass land in
salt, with the result of killing land and
vegetation for a while; but at length
the nuts came again. We have heard
it stated that the nutgrass has been
killed by constant sowing of peas and
other forage crops; but If there is real
ly any effective way to get rid Of the
pest we are not aware Of it.
AS to whether nut grass is of value
for anything, we do not know; but
would say that it is Of no use. 1t is
ugly and generally Objectionable; but
does not do a great deal Of harm be-
yond it's interference with easy and
nice cultivation; but nevertheless II
anybody can give reasonably prac-
ticable and efficient means of securing
it's determination, we have many read
ers who will be gratihed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-04-03

c. P. Sims has been disbarred for
soliciting business and double crossing
a client. 1t was probably right that he
be disbarred. In fact there is no other
way to protect the bar or the people
than to eliminate lawyers who do this
kind Of work. But if the thing is 60
ing to stop with Sims, what's the use?
What lawyer in the state-indeed we
might almost ask-what layman. is
there who does not know of other law
yers who have done the same thing for
which Sims has been eliminated from
practice Bah,