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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-11-30
WITHIN THE TOWN

- Mr. c. F. Sherer the owner, Is in
stalling plate glass windows and maxi
ing other improvements to the store
room now occupied by John Demas.
- Collections taken for the benefit Of
the Church Home Orphanage at the
Thursday totaled 1920.
- On account Of the large number of
visiting negroes in town Sunday and
the fact that many Of them had to be
fed, the officers of Clinton Chapel asked
for and obtained permission from May
or Wilborn to sell soft drinks and
lunches to such as wanted this kind
Of service. The mayor granted the per-
mission on the assurance that the
privilege would not be abused. During
the entire day the best Of order pre-
vailed and everyone appeared to be Oh
his good behavior.
Owing to their inability to manu-
facture cotton seed oil products at
profit, such condition being due to the
nlBH DElCt VI SetI llt SOllOIi
Oil mill has suspended seed crushing
operations for the balance of the sea-
son. Superintendent V. L. Smith Of the
oil mill, has taken a position with the
Lancaster Oil mill, which position was
made vacant by the killing Of Super
intendent E. NJ. Watkins Of the Ian
caster mill, by a negro several weeks
ago.
i Her death coming entirely unex-
pected. Mrs Myra Elizabeth Dickson,
relict Of the late William Dickson,
passed away at her home here yes
terday morning at 9.25 o'clock Of
heart trouble, and was buried in Rose
Hill cemetery this afternoon, following
funeral services conducted at her late
home by her pastor, Rev Henry
Stokes Mrs Dickson was in the nth
year of her age. having been born In
Georgia on April 90, 1888. the daugh-
ter of the late Joseph f. and Mary
Howell On February 4, 1863. she mar
ried William Dickson, and with her
husband came here to live. Mr.. Dick
son died February 6, 1911. The de-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-11-30

Rev. Ingram stood q good chance Of
being elected bishop, as 1t had been
75 years since the general conference
had elected light colored bishop and
that he was the last one to be so
elected. Both Of them are Of the color
Of pure blooded Africans.
The bishop, whose full name Is An
drew Jackson Warner, said he was
born In Kentucky and was the first
negro in his part Of the state to ever
leave that community to be educated,
and that he got his education by his
own efforts and without assistance
from any one. He also said that he
hears people sometimes say there will
be collision between the whites and
the blacks. eff there ever is" he said,
1T will be rear-end collision, because
the white people are so far ahead Of
us that we can't ever hope to run in
to them from the front end.'
The appointments Of the confer
ence, so far as the local negro church.
es are concerned, are as follows:
York Chester District-Rev. W. M.
Barber. presiding elder. Chester sta
ton. H. 8. McMullen; Brooklyn sta
tion, r. A. McCreary; Zion Chapel. D.
c. Crosby; Richburg circuit. ]. j..
Stradford: Fort Lawn, p. T. Barber;
Chestnut Grove, R L. Houston: Low
ryville. ]. l. Roseborough; Clinton
Chapel station, r. j. Crockett; Glover
circuit, s. M. Douglas; Ebenezer cir
cult, r. ]. Lee; Wilson Chapel, ]. E.
Coins; Hickory Grove, F. N. Newton;
Piedmont, w. M. Harris; Blacksburg
circuit, r. T. Bailey NJ. D.; Grover cir
cult, w. M. Byrd; Robinson Zion, c. G.
Black. w. H. & F. Mis-. Dept.-Mrs.
S. G. Byrd, vice pres; Mrs. E. E.
James, sec. Y. W.; Miss A. G. Branch,
sec. B. P. Daughters of Conference
Mrs. Harriet Full Miss s. ]. Branch,
Mrs. Eta Mckinney.
Rock Hill District-Rev. s. N. Bar
Der, presiding elder. Rock Hill, w. o.
Carson; st. Matthews. w. M. Thomas;
Rock Grove, ]. r. lizard; Pineville, w.
M. Carter: Red Oak, o. N. Dawkins;
Rehoboth, /. c.. Tins; Mt Vernon, E.
s. Anderson; Old Zion, ]. ]. Byers:
Fort Mill, w. M. Witherspoon; Pleas
ant Valley, ]. C.. Hood: Mt. Zion cir
cult, ]. D. Jackson; Elbethel circuit
]. D. Morrow; Sharon circuit, w. l..
Dunlap: White Hall circuit, ]. D. Cau-
then; New Home circuit, H. G. Boyd;
Liberty Hill circuit, E. Brown. w. H.
&. F. M. Dept-Miss L. E. Whiteside,
vice pres; Mrs. C. ]. Ramseur, Sec.
B. p; Miss Minnie Grant, President
Daughters Of Conference.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-11-30
HOW TO SELL THINGS

A country merchant who lives neaI
Yorkville, stepped into the store OF
Mr.. G. w. Sherer (Old George, the
Butcher) a few days ago. and made
inquiries about his advertised guaran-
tee to rid house Of rats within
ty-eight hours
"Old George" promptly produced a
package Of a we'll known rat poison
which he offered for 25 cents.
Why" said the merchant customer,
II have had that stuff in stock for
two or three years, and I have never
sold a package yet"
well, have sold more than dozen
packages this week." Old George re-
piled, land the trouble with you." he
further advised, "is that you do not
understand the well established fact
that il you have a good thing that you
want the public to know about, you
must advertise It,"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-11-30

He weighed his outside also and 1t, too,
was just seven ounces below weight.
So then he entered the shop and ar
rested Ermann. The commissioner
said they found Ermann had been US
ing a computing scale which rested
on the counter and beneath 1t he had
fashioned an arrangement which he
operated with pedal beneath the
counter and which automatically in
creased. by exactly seven ounces the
record weight of anything placed on
the scales Mr.. Hartigan said that
Ermann had sold more than 200 turk
eys yesterday and so had profited. at
% cents a pound. on between 80 and
100 pounds falsely recorded by the
pressure Of his foot, a gain Of more
han s25. Ermann pleaded guilty
when he was arraigned before Magis.
trate Koenig. He was held for tria
| in special sessions.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-11-30
MERE

Sixteen deaths resulted from foot
ball during the season which ended
Thanksgiving day, according to Chi
cago statistician. . Mrs. Nancy Brock
died at the home Of her daughter near
Birmingham, Ala, Saturday, aged lis
years. She was born in North Caro-
lima in 1900. According to a dis
patch from Brussels, a French soldier
whose confession to the Germans re-
suited in the arrest and execution Of
Miss Edith Cavell, an English nurse,
by German troops several weeks ago,
committed suicide in military prison
by hanging himself. ..R. B. Sims.
warden of the Oklahoma state peni-
tentiary, has been summoned to ap-
pear before the state supreme court to
show why he should not be fined, i'm
prisoned, or both, for refusing to exc
cute VIM. Falten, prisoner who was
condemned to be executed Saturday.
A committee Of physicians recently
declared Falten insane and for this
reason Sims refused to execute him.
:. The steamship Trivoli was burned
near Thomas Point, Md. Friday night
several passengers losing their lives.
Albert Wakefield, blind man
of BesSemer, Ala, shot Miss Ruby
Walthall to death on Friday and then
committed suicide. Charles Z.
Crowley is under arrest in San Fran
cisco, Cal, charged with conspiracy to
further the destruction Of ships bear
ing munitions for the Allies. Crowley
is a German. His bond was fixed at
$4,000. Fire in Eastman, Ga, on
Friday destroyed a cotton mill valued
at s250,000.. ..... Rev. Francis H.
Lesslie. an American missionary in Ar
menia, is reported to have been killed
last week by Turks at Urfa, Mesopo-
tamia, while trying to defend Arme-
mans from Turks. Walter c. Whiffen.
a correspondent Of the Associated Press
with the Russian army, is reported to
have been shot in the thigh last week.
He will recover. .... DR.. K. V. We'll
lington Koo, recently appointed Chi
nese minister to the United States, ar
rived in New York Sunday. .... Fire
in the warehouses Of the Pine Blum
Compress company of Pine Bluff,
Ark, Sunday, destroyed about $4,000
bales of cotton, valued at $1,25O,0O0.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-11-30

We are not familiar with all the de-
tails that have led up to the trial of
Tom Watson for sending obscene lit
erature through the mails; but as we
understand it the prosecution has
grown out of Tom Watson's fight
against the Roman Catholic church
Mr.. Watson is one Of those men who
believes that the one great end to
which the Catholic church Is striving is
the reorganization Of the temporal
power that was wrenched from 1t by
Garabaldi about the middle Of the
last century. He thinks that all the
efforts of the present day church are
dedicated to this end, and that Ameri-
ca is an especially promising field of
operations. He holds to the convic-
ton that all Roman Catholics believe
that temporal power is the especial
prerogative Of their church, and that
any service that any Roman Catholic
can render to that end is regarded by
him as service to Christ. In his fight
ing Mr.. Watson has used some very
plain language to certain alleged be-
lefs and practices Of the church,
some Of it in the guise Of Latin quo
tations and some of it plain English.
We have never thought of Mr.. Wat
son as an obscene man, and we can
not conceive of how he can be held
guilty of dealing with obscenity un-
less it is deliberately intending to be-
fowl and lower the minds Of others,
and this is hardly credible. Watson is
a remarkable genius in his way, and
whether he is right or wrong in his
beliefs is a question Of very grave
difference in very great minds; but
somehow we are unable to think that
he is really guilty as charged in the
indictments against him. OF course
he may be technically guilty; but In
a case like this technical guilt can
hardly count. And if it is only a
technical offense on which he is being
prosecuted, the prosecution cannot be
held to be Of very great credit to his
prosecutors. In our opinion a church,
especially a great church like the
Roman Catholic church, should have
too much confidence in itself, too
much faith in itself to be sensitive
about the abuse or revilings Of any
man or any set Of men. However,
this is not our fight, and we can only
let it go on. The supreme court Of
the United States, we feel sure. is big
enough to settle the matter Alright.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-11-30

The recent statement in The En-
auirer to the effect that the overcoat
found by Mr.. J. C. Wallace, belonged
to Rev. ]. ]. Byers, colored, has turned
out to be a mistake. Byers saw the
coat found by Mr.. Wallace and discov-
cred that it did not belong to him
Mr.. Wallace still has the coat he
found and Byers's coat Is still lost.
Il will be very much appreciated by
us II our friends, the clubmakers, will
kindly get in all renewals for The En-
quirer as soon as possible. While OF
course these renewals will be proper
ly credited in the mailing list whenever
they may be received, the more time
we have for handling them properly
in books and mailing list, the less
probability Of confusion or errors. New
subscribers returned now, get one full
month extra for the price Of a years
subscription.
That Rock Hill idea Of establishing
a school for cooks is a good one. well
worthy Of emulation over the state
When Secretary Timmons Of the Rock
HILL chamber Of commerce, was asked
about 1t, he took occasion to give full
credit to Superintendent Burts Of the
Graded schools, and Manager Guard OF
the Gas company; but at the same
time he stated that the movement had
the endorsement and approval Of the
chamber of commerce. He also sug-
gested that Yorkville could probably
also secure a part Of the time Of the
expert teacher in charge, II 1t were SO
desired. He explained that the matter
could be arranged so the teacher could
give a part Of her time to Rock Hill
and a part of her time to Yorkville.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-11-30

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Carroll Supply Gown pay 65 cents
a bushel for cotton seed. See them
for -four. Grain drill for sale.
James Bros.-This morning received
their fifth car of mules-the best
animals they have ever brought to
this market.
A. NJ. McGill-Tells you why you will
find it TO your interest to trade with
him this month. Special prices are
quoted.
Committee-Invites the public to a
supper at Cotton Belt school next
Friday night. Oysters.
City Pressing Club, Clover-Has re-
moved to new quarters. 1t wants
your cleaning and pressing.
Charlie Wright-Will pay for trouble
of return of q lost red hound bitch.
w. D. Grist-Wants information as to
the establishment Of the Ebenezer
academy, in operation in 1924.
Trustees District No. 54-Give notice
of special tax election in said dis
trict, at New Zion school house on
December 16.
York Drug Store-Suggests cigars and
pipes as suitable for Christmas SOU
venirs. 1t has lots Of both Of the
best qualities.
T. w. Speck-Reminds holiday shop
perS tndI tHe liine 10 oHoie anu III
vites you to visit his store for gift
goods of all kinds.
Carroll Bros.-Have lots Of buggies on
hand now. Farm tools and imple-
ents. Rice meal for hogs.
Mcconnell Dry Goods Co.-Makes a
special offering of $3.50 to $500
silk waists at $1.4S each.
Thomson Co.-Invites attention to SIS
coat suits at $40; new line Of coats
at IS to $40; crepe de chine waists
at $3.50; boys clothing, etc.
]. M. Stroup-Wants you to see him
for Herman's English walking
shoes for men, and also for new
styles of Stetson hats.
Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.-Has just re-
ceived big line Of mackinaws for
boys and men. Big lines Of clothing
for men and boys; overcoats, etc.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-11-30

the liberal advertiser makes the pro-
gressive spirit; but it Is unquestion-
ably a fact that one is characteristic
Of the other and the two are always
found together. AS to how far the
excellent Appeville Medium may be
TO blame for the lack Of the advertis-
ing spirit in Abbeville, we cannot say;
nor can we say how much credit at
taches to the Greenwood and Anderson
papers for the liberality Of their ad-
vertisers. All of these papers art
most excellent, and somehow we are
inclined to think that they have as little
to do with the situation in the one
case as in the other. The fact re-
mains. however, that a progressive
people are an advertising people and
an advertising people are progres.
sive people.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-11-30
Those merchants in Anderson and

Those merchants in Anderson and
Greenwood certainly believe in adver-
tising, and ii is no wonder people go
from Abbeville there to trade. The
Daily Mail and Daily Intelligencer of
Anderson, carry from to 16 pages
every day, and the Farmers Tribune
also has a large amount Of advertis-
ing, and in Greenwood, the Daily
Journal carried two whole pages of
bank advertisements on Friday, not
to speak Of other concerns, and the
Index has to print from IL to "a
pages to handle it's advertising, but
great many Of our business people
figure they will get your business any
way, that it is cinch, and rather
than pay the Medium a fair price
based on it's circulation they will
freeze us out and get your trade any
how. You don't have to trade with
them do you? The Medium has had
good deal to say about trading at
home but if you can't find what you
want with our advertisers our advice
is get ii where you can."-AbbeVille
Medium.
We thank the Medium for the COM
pliment he pays the merchants OF
Greenwood, but for his consolation we
will state that there was a time when
only a few merchants in Greenwood
were regular advertisers. and we know
when only one bank ran ads at all. and
it did not do a great deal along this
line, but that day is past, and the
business man who expects to do any
thing in Greenwood knows that he
must advertise, and so nearly all our
merchants are good advertisers. Our
people have found out that money
spent for advertising is money well
spent and so they use space freely.
If our contemporary will allow us TO
make a suggestion, we would venture
to say to him that it seems to us that
he is not going after the merchants
Of his city in the right way; for there
are Just as good business men in Able
vile as there are in other places. They
need only to be convinced that 1t Is
good business to advertise. That II
brings in valuable returns and they
will come across, but this must be
done before by persuasion, and reason
ing, and not with a stick.-GreenwOod
Journal
1t is undoubtedly n fact that Green
wood and Anderson are two of the
livest and most progressive towns in
South Carolina. 1t is also a fact that
the business people Of these two towns
are among the livest and most liberal
There may be some ques-
ton as TO whether the progressive
spirit makes the liberal advertiser, or
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-13
POLICE FIGHT sIREE1ER
Notorious Chicago "squatter's" Wife
Shoots BIuecoat as Husband
.s L. Arrested.

Chicago, Oct. 13.-Detecttve Ser
geant George Cudmore Of the Chicago
avenue station was shot and wounded
in the left shoulder By Mrs. Stella
Streeter, wife Of Capt. = George Weh-
ington Streeter of the district Of
Lake Michigan" The shooting oc-
CURED in the StreeteF shack on the
lake shore at, the foot Of Pearson
street., streeter was arrested after a
revolver had been taken from him.
Mrs. Streeter locked the doors of the
shack after the police had taken her
husband outside and held the officers
at bay, threatening to "kill anyone
whostried to enter They finally left
and took the captain to the Chicago
avenue station, where he was charged
with assault and selling liquor without
a license. Sergeant Cudmore escaped
with slight flesh wound Years ago
Streeter became notorious through
his clashes with the police in connec.
ton with his fight for possession of o
strip of land on the north shore. which,
he claimed as a squatter. Many times.
he drove policemen away with his
shotgun. Mrs. Streeter disappeared
after her husband was arrested.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-13
20 MORE DAYS FOR VILLA
General obreson Secs End Of Civil
5 War In Mexleo-To- Crest Car K
IA :ranxa at 1ampfcU

Tampico. Oct. 49,. This city 10 en-
3fete for the Welcome to, Gen. Venus
tiano Carranza on hiss arrival from;
Vera Cruz. Gen: 4ivhro ObreEon.
field commander Of, ths constitution:
alist armies, has reached here and
will be the first to, greet his leader.
recognized by the PaneAmerican coa..
ference as head q the Mexican GOV
eminent. G. FL Il y ri 4.
General Obregons expressed his
pleasure when he learned that the,
Pan-American ENJOYS had recognised
iCarranzA,s claims.
".The end Of civil war Is approach
ing, he said. I'VE are, all glad to see
that Pancho villa is alrsady in JuareE
with only 1000 men. ! givo Wills
about twenty more days to live. Mark
What I sey In twenty more days VII
IL, will, bel killed. by, his own Officers. Z.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-13
TARIFF CHANGES.

world war has SO disarranged
cur foreign commerce that congress
will be obliged, when it again assem-
sbles. to make some changes in our
present tariff laws. It is probable
that the present duties On sugar will
be retained until normal world con
ditions are restored. n
The Underwood tariff act, as T a
revenue producer. fully eQualled the
Sexpactati IONS OF Its authors until the
! Eurcp var broke out but since
Their, with our imports from Ger.
smaay, Austria and other countries,
largely excluded, our revenues are
\ hardly up to the country's require
ments.., 81 .55 3zsz N,
sss Teetswool has NOT hurt the sheep
industry in this country. but II more
revenue y needed congress may Inn
pose small tax On wool and. also,
ON .dys stuffs.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-13
lcARRAszAs MAY be HEAD OF
sDEFAcTo MEXICAN GOVERN
M ENT. j95s; i

The Pan American conference has
Syynanimously agreed to recognize the
party lead by General Carranza 3 as
the defac4e government in Mexico.
This agreement was assented to
by SecretaIyo Of State Lansing; but,
slf President Wilson acts wisely, and
iit % safe to assume that he will,
CaIranza win not be recognized BY
the United States until recognition.
As extended to him BY the countries
.Of Central and South America.
s Carranza IS far preferable to eth
Ar Villa or Zapata, but that is not
saying very much in his favor. He
may be able to bring about peaceful
conditions In Mexico, but the chances
;of his being able to do SO ara quite
doubtful. u .;=s 81 I. 4. 3.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-13

DEATH soE e HARLEY MILLER
Hon. Charles Miller, who died last
week ct his home in Waverly. was 8
sstalws-t character, who impressed
his personality upon men and meas
suzes to an exceptional degreeA
He edited the Weverly Democrat
for = quarter Of a century cr more.
and his forceful editorials helped to
shape public opinion IN some ques-
-ttnns fars beynod the borders OF the
state where he was born and lived
and died. .:s s#I 4,
He represented Bremen county in
,the slegisIatuse for five terms.
He Dlaced many Manchester peo-
pie under obligations for the persua,
:siye articles which he wrote in favor
az our public library. and the con-
fstraction a the NJ. & Q. railway.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-13
s GEKMAlR SHIPS SUNK
sRlTlsH susMXRlnEs ARE suN
NEAR NAVAL EASE.
Sent to Bottom on Southwest, DantsitS
coast-Thirty-Thress oE cnsw
E. Saved.

London, Oct. 13.-BrttisH subma-
rines are plying in the vicinity OF
Helgoland bay, striking at German
shipping. English undersea, boats tor
pedoed and sank the Hamburg-Amer-
lean line steamship Nicomedx. Of 1891
tons, south Of the Island OF ICELAND, in
the North tristan group OF the south
west Danish coast. ThirtVsthree OF
the crew were saved : 81
A dispatch from CopenhaEen says
that British submarines Of Kalman
sank asGermfn coaiiSrss xndy also bonn
barded the German ore steamship
sGermania, which was beached Crews.
OF both ships were saved!
According to the Copenhagen Polit-.
iken three German; steamships.syere:
Storpedoed: In the Baltic. III IN.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-13

made Doid dasnes against eneny psBi-
tons. Breaches were, made in tArbed-
wire entanglements. some defensive
works were destroyed or damaged and
groups Of enemy troops were repulssd.
We made few prisoners. including
IN officer" IS S.. =. 4. til
Geneva, Oct. 10. Capture Of \ the
Austrian city Of Gorilla by the Italians
IL momentarfly expected. according to
. dfspstch from !Brescia. Italian big
guns are bombarding the city from
positions. The Italians are also At
s'tsckinE the inner; defenses of Tolmino.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-13
An Old Sweetheart. Of Mine
BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

AS evening album all alone, q.
And the faces friends that he has known
So turn the leaves of fancy till In shadowy design
find thr smiling features old sweetheart of mime
The lampl1gt flicker
AS turn it low to- rest Of the dazzle In eyes,
And light sigh that yoke
Its tate with tobacco and to vanish with the smoke
fragrant thoughts that start
Into being like perfume the blossom OF the heart
a divine.
When truant with that sweetheart OF
Though my study fluttering wings,
twnge conscience to theme
When has her anchor in the harbor Of dream
earnest believe it adds charm
a a of harm--sst
find flavor Memorvs mellow wine ~
That drink the deeper to that old or
beauty Of airy grace $ 'a<
genn from the vase 4.
AS glowing the tender as the skies
pink little checkered dress
She kissed her
the vine
stump loved nehat old sweetheart OF NINE
And again feel the pressure little hand
AS the future had planned
poet, and with nothing else to do
set the music to-
live together in cozy little cot
in with fairy garden spot,
Where vines frued and the weather ever
old sweetheart en-
be and day, ~ -.
And we should happy others lips dumb
smile till the KISS had come
Blu al my s the stair,
andmy wife is standing there;
Yet with eagerness and rapture visions resign
living Of that old sweetheart OF mne