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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-29

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Lyric Theatre-Presents programme
for next week. Terence O'Rourke'
on Monday. "Trey O. Hearts on
Tuesday. Mary Fuller on Friday.
w. E. Ferguson--Has choice breakfast
bacon and hams. Fresh shipment
of Stones cakes today-10 cents.
Sherer & Quinn-Have evaporated
peaches, prunes. sun dried apples,
and other good groceries.
fine line of hair brushes, now on
display in south show window.
Thomson Co.-Started its white sale
yesterday and is much pleased with
the first days business. Splendid
values in mems clothing.
Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.-Closes its big
white goods and clearance sale to-
morrow. Specials in shoes for men
and women.
Reilly Taylor Co. New Orleans-Calls
attention to the fact that Luzianne
coffee is packed clean, and Is fra
grant when you get it.
F. F. Daley Co., Ltd, Buffalo-On
page four gives more reasons why
you should use "2-in-1" polish.
G. c. Buquo Lime Co., Columbia-1n-
vites you to write to it today for a
valuable book Lining for Profit"
1t tells you why lime pays-how to
test your soil. It Is free.
Mrs. R. n. Leech, Admrx.-Requests
persons having claims against estate
Of DR.. C. C. Leech, decd, to settle
with her. Those having claims are
requested to present them.
Mary Belle Ramsey, Exetrx.-Requests
persons indebted to estate Of Elias
Ramsey, decd, to settle at once.
Those having claims against said
estate are asked to present them.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-29
FRIDAY, JANUARY ae, 1915.

make a break for liberty. They led
the way. Rush and Wellman follow
ed fifteen minutes or half hour later.
The negroes could not go because their
side Of the cage was securely JOCK
ed and could not be opened, and Tom
Nolan decided that he would just az
lief remain where he was, which ne
did.
At about $50 o'clock, the telephone
at the Jail rang. Mrs. Brown answer
ed A voice said II understand some
prisoners have escaped. Were Wyatt
and Harper among them?" Yes,
replied Mrs. Brown. We'll, am
Wyatt" continued the voice, land
Just wanted to tell you that they will
never get me-" Mrs. Brown answered,
II hope they WILL" and hung up the
receiver. The sheriff tried to find out
the location Of the voice; but could
get no information except that central
thought it came over the McConnells-
Vile wire. AS to whether 1t was
really Wyatt, who was talking he is
not certain.
The search for Wyatt and Harper
was continued all night and Is still In
progress, the telephone having been
used freely in all directions In the
meantime.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-29
wHy NOLAN DIDN'T GO

With the first news of the Jail de-
livery that swept around town yester-
day afternoon, there was coupled the
information, That Nolan, the safe
cracker, did it; he picked the locks
of the steel cage and let the prisoners
out"
A reporter of The Enquirer happen
ed to be standing on the corner when
the negro laborer at the Jail brought
the news Of the delivery to the sher-
iff, and reached the scene at about
the same time that officer got there.
After the sheriff had finished talk
ing with Nolan, the reporter said to
the alleged cracksman:
Why, ! am surprised to see you
here, Nolan. They are telling up town
that you put up the whole job and
went off with the others"
"Yis," replied the alleged cracks
man. in his rich Irish brogue, that s
what they're always doing-puttin'
on Tom Nolan that he did
not do. Whut do OF want to go fur?
Oi'll stoi here till spring, and If Greg
ory don't put nothing at me but the
Evidence, Ofll go free"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-29
Mail Order Business.

There is not so much Of the mali
order habit in York county probably
as there is in many other sections Of
the state, but there is a great deal
more than there ought to be.
If there is any one thing that The
Enquirer believes in more than an
other il is that each adult individual
is entitled to live his or her life in ac-
cordance with his or her own notion,
in so far as that notion does not con-
Sermon on the Mount.
Where people are inclined to disre-
gard either or both of these charts,
we are not inclined to interfere with
force or authority beyond the laws OF
ordinary self-defense; but at the same
time we reserve the right to feel sor-
ry for such people.
There are lots of folks who have
not the slightest compunction about
patronizing the mail order houses for
things that they can buy at home to
just as good advantage, and often Of
better quality at the same price; but
the reason these people have no COM
junction about the matter is because
they do not fully realize what they
are doing.
Maybe the injunction to do unto
others as you would have them do
unto you, had no relation whatever
to business men; but all business men
as well as all people who have tried
the rule, find that it is very beneficial
to all in practical operation.
The merchant, if he is intelligent,
honest and fair, as most of them are,
are about as important members Of
society as are to be found in the list.
We refer especially to the local mer-
chant. 1t is ii rare thing that we find
merchant who does not entertain
the livest sympathy with his custom
erS, and who is not willing to assist
them to the best of his ability in
whatever appears to their advantage.
Most of them contribute to various
undertakings which their customers
try to promote; but as liberal as such
contributions may be, they do not ap-
proach in value the voluntary atten-
tions and the experienced advice these
same merchants often give. But that
is only part. The merchant who Is
made strong by the patronage of the
people always feels under kindly Obli-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-29

and was buried by the side Of her hus-
band in Rose Hill cemetery, at this
place, today.
Mrs. Currell was born in Charleston,
April IS, 1925, Miss Agnes Wilkie. and
therefore would have been SO years OF
age this spring. She was twice mar
ried, the first time to Thomas Hutson
Colcock, who was a member Of the Gill
sonville bar, and they lived at Log
Hall, the Colcock home in Beaufort
county. OF this marriage there were
four children, the late Mrs. Adolphus
Moore Of Yorkville; Joseph Wilkie
Colcock, William Hutson Colcock and
James Dunwody Colcock. OF these
children only the last named survives
and he lives in Washington. Prof. +.
Horton Colcock Of the University OF
South Carolina, Is Mrs. Currelrs step
grandson. Her second marriage was
to William Currell, also Of Charleston.
Most Of their married life was spent In
Yorkville, where Mr.. Currell first had
a private school and later was associ-
ated with Col. Asbury Coward at the
famous Kings Mountain Military
academy. OF this union two children
survive, President William Spencer
Currell Of the South Carolina univer-
sity, and Mrs. ]. ]. Vance Of Nashville,
Tenn.
Ti.e funeral services were held in
the Presbyterian church this morning
at II o'clock by Rev. DR.. E. E. GILES.
pie. Many relatives and friends OF
the family were in attendance.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-29

of, with and without authority, IN the
hope Of collecting enough subscrip-
tions to keep things going somehow
The expenses for labor and the like
were heavy enough to be sure, but the
publisher Of resource found means to
worry along in some kind of style,
and managed to stave off the final day
of accounting indefinitely. But with
the advent of improved and costly
machinery like the Mergenthaler limo
type. and power presses, newspapers
became more subject to business laws,
and many Of the expenses that could be
evaded in one way or another under
the old conditions, could be evaded no
longer. Business demands became in
exorable but most Of the publishers
failed to realize the fact They con-
tinued to pursue their old custom Of
giving away their stock in trade, with
out fully realizing the extent to which
they would have to make good. and
how they could not make good un-
less they required the other fellow to
pay. Mr.. Aull's statement of the un-
collected subscriptions he charged off,
illustrates a part of what we mean,
and If he had gone on to say that he
has all along been giving advertising
space at from s to Is cents an inch
that cost him from 20 to 80 cent an
inch, he would have made the story still
more comprehensive. We know of
many newspapers in the state, includ-
ing some of the larger dailies, which,
from a business standpoint, are In as
bad shape as is the Newberry Herald
and News, except they have not been
actually closed down, and are still
living on hope, with but little possi-
above water. Most Of the newspapers
Of South Carolina today are living on
borrowed capital, and we doubt ex-
ceedingly as to whether there are as
many as twenty that are in really
sound shape. The Yorkville Enquirer
has all along been able to pay its debts
and report to the Federal government
that it does not owe anything; but we
have no hesitation in saying that II 1t
were not for the fact that its owners
and publishers are all practical news
paper men and printers, doing their
own work as such, 1t would not have
been able to meet the heavy expense
entailed in its publication even in the
best of the past fifteen years Of its
existence, Notwithstanding the fact
that we do not believe there is coun-
ty paper in the state that has enjoyed
a larger income during that time. In
other words we mean to say that the
income has not been sufficient to pay
fixed charges, including the salaries
the owners could command as en-
ployes working for other people, and
leave anything over for interest on the
money invested in the business. The
great trouble with the county news
papers, therefore, Is that they are try
ing to accomplish the impossible In
giving for one dollar that which costs
them from two to three dollars to
produce.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-29

Information of the probable with
drawal of the Wade fund offer soon
after the first of February, occasions
little or no surprise, for various rea-
sons. There are those who claim that
while the cotton owners made no de-
mand for this fund, its existence did
d great deal of good, and while we
are not prepared to deny the PROPOSE
ton, we are inclined to think that if
1t is really fact, the good comes
through the evidence that has been
afforded that the farmers of the south
and the south itself was in a stronger
position than the originators Of the
Wade fund enterprise seemed to
think. AS a matter of fact if condi-
tions in the south had been sufficient
ly desperate TO make the Wade fund,
on the terms under which it was Of
fered, really desirable those condi-
tions would have been desperate in
deed 1t would have meant little short
of starvation. So far as this immedi-
ate section is concerned there has
never been a time when owners Of
cotton were not able to borrow money
on far better terms than were offered
under the Wade plan.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-29

CATION to those people, and makes
that obligation felt in many ways.
The mail order concern may be all
right in so far as it's home town Is
concerned, and all the owners and
employers may be useful citizens of
the communities in which they live;
but they are worth absolutely nothing
to the people who support them.
They may give value received in each
transaction, only such value could
have been obtained at home; but be-
yond that their usefulness does not
go.
Unfortunately most of the money
that Is made in this locality goes
abroad for various things that we do
not produce at home. A certain per
cent at least has to go abroad on every
purchase, and when we send abroad for
any article the whole value thereof
has to go. Is it not sense therefore,
when we can buy an article at home,
at as low a price as abroad. to do so,
especially If we can keep the profit on
that article at home?
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-29
PROGRESS OF THE WAR
Situation Yesterday as Summarized by
Associated Press.

Heavy fighting in the west which
preceded and was contemporaneous
with Emperor Williams birthday,
again has deteriorated into sporadic
artillery duels and infantry attacks.
Paris, in its latest communication,
reports cannon and rife engagements
in the vicinity Of Zonnebeke, on the
Aisne, in the Argonne forest and in
Alsace, but in none Is any claim made
except that the French everywhere
held their ground against the German
offensive. An earlier announcement
says the emperor's birthday proved a
good day for the French.
In the east the Austrians and Rus
slams evidently have been at strong
grips and If Vienna's report Is true,
Russian arms have received a check.
Vienna, says eastern Hungary to the
south Of the Carpathian range, has
been cleared Of the Muscovites. Sew
eral towns were taken from them and
in addition 700 prisoners and five ma
chine guns were captured. OF the OPP
erations to the northward, in Call
cia, Russian Poland, and East Prussia
and Of the combats between the Rus
slams and the Turks in Trans-Caucas-
us no new details are at hand. Servia,
except for a few skirmishes, is calm
along the entlTe HSntlHB llle. n fdI 10
newspaper asserts that Archduke
Charles Francis, the Austrian heir ap-
parent, had a long interview with EN-
peror Francis Joseph on the arch
dukes return from the German mill
tary headquarters and connects this
story with a previous rumor that the
Austrian ruler Is arranging to abdi-
cate. news agency report from Con-
stantinople that an attempt had been
made to assassinate King Constantine
Of Greece, was characterized by the
Greek legation in London as false.
The Austro-Hungarian foreign minis
ter has requested Secretary Bryan
that the American ambassador at Pc
trograd make new representations to
the Russian government for the better
protection Of Austrian and German
prisoners. Secretary Bryan complied
with the request. The expenditures Of
France on account Of the war for six
months have amounted to $7S0,000,-
600. according to Alexandra Ribot, the
French minister Of finance, a much
smaller amount, he intimated to the
chamber of deputies. than had been
expected.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-29

The house has passed bill intro
duced by w. w. Dixon Of Fairfield,
giving the judges the right to refuse
appeals to the supreme court in all
cases where in the opinion of said
judges, the errors alleged are not of a
nature that will work substantial in
justice, even though the commission
of such errors be conceded. AS to
whether the bill will finally become a
law, remains to be seen, as does also
the proposed reform after 1t has been
put in operation. We are inclined
however to think the idea Of Mr.. Dix
on is good Thousands and thousands
Of cases go up to the supreme court
and thousands of verdicts are set aside
on purely trivial errors Of procedure,
with the result Of costing the taxpay-
ers many thousands Of extra dollars,
without securing the slightest benefit
whatever in the direction Of substan-
tial Justice.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-29
CHE alorkrills Gaqairsr.
Entered at the Postoff1ce in Yorkville
as Mail Matter Of the Second Class.
YoRKVILLE. 8. O.,
FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1915

Representative Bradford has intro
duced bill requiring the reading OF
the Bible in the public schools. The
bill will very probably stir something;
but it is right. Leaving out of consid-
Grafton the religious aspect of the
matter If such a thing be possible,
there is no better text book in exist
ence than the Bible, and it should be
read in the school as we'll as in the
home. We are well aware Of the ter
rifle opposition of Roman Catholics to
allowing the indiscriminate use Of the
Bible by the public; but we have never
been able to account for 1t except
along the line of the reasoning offered
by Alexander Pope, when he wrote,
$50 Papists refuse, the Bible to use,
lest flocks be as wise as their guide
At a guess we would say that this bill
is going to be killed. although we hope
not. However, let us watch develop
ments.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-29

The failure of the Newberry Herald
and News. following the failure of the
Chester News, and the reduction in
size of certain other county newspa-
pers, are developments that are re-
gretable. but not necessarily surpris-
ing To those who really know the
newspaper business. We are repro
ducing personal statement from Mr.
T.. n. Aull. that pretty nearly tells the
whole story, and we desire to remark
that this story would be of great value
to South Carolina publishers general
ly if they would only believe what is
said As we understand it, and we
are satisfied that we are correct, Mr..
Aulrs trouble is solely i'm the business
end of the business. In the old days
of hand composition and hand print
ing. il was possible to keep even a
pretty sorry newspaper alive almost
indefinitely. The custom was to take
advertisements of any kind at any
old price, and to send papers to any
and everybody who could be thought
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-29
Thu Roada

With the large amount of money
that has been spent on the roads of
York county during the past fifteen or
twenty years. there was reason to be-
lieve that at least some of the roads
were in condition to Withstand almost
any test of bad weather, but this has
hardly been the case.
The road from Hickory Grove to
the county bridge over Broad river,
near Howelrs ferry, generally consid-
cred to be one road that would prove
equal to any amount Of wet weather
and traffic, has been cut to pieces in
the long stretches; the. North and
South road from McConnellsville to
Yorkville, is in bad condition, and al
though it is much better from York
Vile to the North Carolina line, there
are some very bad places even on the
last named stretch.
There was reason to hope that many
sections of sand and clay road that
seemed to be perfect, would prove
equal to any and all conditions, and a
few of these sections have been
holding up splendidly; but in most
cases their present condition is very
disappointing.
There are some people who have
reached the point where they are
ready to condemn the sand and clay
idea as a failure; but others insist
that this is not fair. They argue that
sections of sand and clay construc-
ton as have withstood all tests, prove
that the trouble is not such due to
fault of theory, as errors Of practice,
and that with proper construction
the sand and clay road will Withstand
any test.
In spite of all the study we have
given the subject from time to time,
and all the opportunities we have had
Tor observation of what has been
done, we make no pretension Of ex-
pert knowledge on the subject, and
the best suggestion we can make Is
that the authorities simply grasp the
proposition with all the more tenacity,
and do what they can to discover the
real secret of proper road construc-
tiOn.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-29

maintaining the equilibrium Of the af-
fairs by means Of the suppression. the
dissemination and coloring Of news;
the division Of profits and the distri-
button Of rewards and punishments to
friends and enemies.
These Cientificos represent less
than ten per cent Of the population;
they pey less than ten per cent OF
the taxes and the masses demand
representation in the government,
equality in taxation, the restoration of
the lands taken from them, and free
suffrage A most interesting and In
structive book has been published
under the title Of THE Political Shame
Of Mexico" by Messrs. Mcbride. Mast
& Co., New York.
THE Romish church has figured no
little in the Cientifico-politico gov
ernm.nt, and that Is the reason the
church has been closed In Tampico
reported through the papers. The
church abs been closed in Tampico
since the occupation Of the Constitu-
tion list army. The parish priest was
imprisoned, had to pay a heavy fine,
and was expelled from the city. At
this very time a wireless Is being in
stalled suspended from the two tow
ers.
Our services have in no way been
interrupted and we never had better
in the history Of the mission. 1t is
with profound gratitude that we ac-
knowledge Gods goodness and his rich
blessings
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-29

We are reproducing on the first page
of todays paper editorial correspon-
dence from Senator Appelt to the
Manning Times on the subject Of the
state warehouse OF course all people
more or less familiar with conditions
in this state, very well understand
that the warehouse act could never
have been passed except under the
desperate state of affairs that existed
last fall and it got through then only
as the result Of almost ruinous COM
promises on the part Of its friends.
Since then the opposition has been
bringing to bear every resource in it's
power to kill the law at the present
session; but because the cotton pro-
ducers of the state have already be-
gun to realize the real significance of
the undertaking, the effort to kill has
so far failed. Mr.. Appelt who has
been a friend of the warehouse idea
rom the beginning and who has eX-
tended invaluable aid in what has been
so far, understands the
whole situation thoroughly and the
editorial correspondence referred to is
well worth reading.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-29
ARouT PEOPLE

Mr.. T. p. Moore of Charlotte, was a
visitor in Yorkville. this week.
Mrs. w. H. Moore Of Rock Hill, Wis
tied relatives in Yorkville this week.
Mr.. w. B. Moore Of Yorkville, Is
spending several days In Philadelphia,
Pa.
Miss Elizabeth Connolly Of York
VILE, Is visiting friends in Hickory,
n. c.
Rock Hill Record. Thursday: Miss
Eunice McClain Is visiting relatives in
Yorkville.
DR.. E. w. Pressly returned to Clo-
yer yesterday after spending some
time in Due West.
Rev. DR.. E. E. Gillespie Of York
Vile, spent several days this week IN
Columbia.
Mrs. w. o. Nesbit of Charlotte, Wis
tied the family Of Rev. Henry Stokes,
in Yorkville, this week.
Miss Maird Little of Charlotte, Wis
tied the family Of Mr.. Jesse Ford, on
Yorkville No. 6, last week.
Mesdames w. B. Moore and J. r.
Lindsay are spending several days
with relatives in Camden.
Mr.. A. w. Sturgis, son Of Mr.. A. J.
Sturgis, Of Yorkville No. 6, Is Ill with
a slight case Of pneumonia.
Mrs. w. /. Barber Of Chester. Is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r.
E. Montgomery in Yorkville.
Mrs. w. L. Youngblood Of Yorkville
R. F. D. 6, who has been Ill with pneu-
monia, is steadily improving.
Mrs. Henry Stokes Of Yorkville, and
her guest, Mrs. w. o. Nisbet Of Char
lotte, are visiting friends in Rock Hill.
Miss Reola Faulkner Of Kings
Creek, Is spending some time with her
brother, Mr.. Frank Faulkner, In
Yorkville.
C. w. F. Spencer, ESQ.,, and Miss
Sallie Mcdonald Of Rock Hill, were IN
Yorkyille today to attend the funeral
of Mrs. Currell.
Little Miss Sara Faulkner is criti-
cally i'll with pneumonia, at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Faulkner, in Yorkville.
Mr.. Jas. H. Beckham Of Yorkville.
spent Wednesday and Thursday OF
this week In Columbia and Leesville,
on business.
Mr.. r. L. Plexico Of Sharon, who
was in Yorkville yesterday, said that
while business In that town was not
up to the average, business people or
Sharon generally, had little cause for
complaint and really were doing about
as much as they had expected.
DR.. W. c. Whitesides Of McConnells-
willie. was in Yorkville yesterday. He
said the roads in his section, as in
others were in pretty bad shape.
Roads in the Black Jack section how
ever, were not as heavy as the red
mud roads in the vicinity Of Bethesda
church.
Mr.. J. ]. J. Robinson who lives close
to the bridge over Broad River was In
Yorkville Wednesday and brought with
him a contribution Of clothing for the
Bethel hail sufferers. He turned 1t
over to the committee Of ladies who
have been looking after the matter OF
making shipments.