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Yorkville Enquirer

Location

York, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 10, 1908

Page

2

House committee torpedoes ocean mail subsidy measure

Washington April 8. In a 9 to 7 vote the house committee on post offices and post roads virtually tabled the ocean mail subsidy bill, which would raise pay for second class vessels contracted to carry US mails to South America the Philippines Japan China and Australasia. The panel plans no further action on either bill.

Washington House Committee On Post Offices House United States South America Philippines Japan China Australasia Senate Chicago Illinois Springfield Freeport Aurora Elgin Sterling Kankakee Lincoln Joliet Murphysboro Rock Island Rockford Decatur Dixon Hoopestown Georgetown Pontiac Shelbyville Carbondale Champaigne Boone Moultrie Fayette Hamilton Edgar Clark Brown Saline Gallatin Douglas Macon Cumberland Platt Shelby Coles White Wayne Richland Washington Dispatch Roosevelt Castro War Department Navy Department General Staff of the Army General Board of the Navy Roots Pekin America Russia Harbin Tokio South Manchuria Manchuria Fisher Associated Press South New York New York Methodist Conference General Conference Jesus Christ Board of Education Doctor Bond Senate Committee On the Judiciary MN 10x

Burglars Used Frost and Boy to Loot Factories

Police arrested six suspects after a string of robberies involving Frost guiding thieves to sites with a push cart and a boy hoisted to a fire escape to unlock doors. Loot valued in thousands of dollars, with prisoners alleging police corruption and implicating officers, suggesting a political policing system behind the crimes.

Frost Tno

Yorkville Editorial on Senate Run and Public Duty

A Yorkville note from April 10 1908 questions public interest in the United States senate race and urges citizens to act. The playful line about corn underscores civic resolve and the call to everybody to do their best this year.

Clemson’s Crises Missed Mirror Repeats of Last Year

If Clemson had met prior crises properly, especially the last year crisis, she would not face her present trouble. The line implies a recurring failure pattern and consequences.

Clemson

Corn Growing Contest Promises Value for All Participants

The corn growing contest invites every farmer to join, offering valuable experience even to those who miss cash prizes. Participants gain practical knowledge and hands on skill in cultivation and yield.

Champion road builder in York County featured by Mr Hughes

Readers note Mr C C Hughes is praised as a leading road builder in York County. Roads through his plantation are said to be in excellent condition largely funded by his own expense with vast work completed at minimal cost.

C. C. Hughes York County Hughes

Clemson Cadets Restore Spirit After April Escapade

The cadets dismissed for the April day incident have shown admirable spirit and may receive reduced punishment if they maintain temper. The discipline committee's action earns hearty approval and is deemed appropriate so far, with no mistake evident in their handling of the case.

Clemson

Southern Cotton Association urges 33 percent cotton acreage cut

Harvie Jordan president of the Southern Cotton association calls farmers in the south to reduce cotton acreage by 33 percent to boost prices. He warns that if acreage remains at 1907 levels, bad seasons and weak demand will yield little profit next fall.

South Harvie Jordan Southern Cotton Association Jordan America India Egypt

Reduce the Acreage Warns Wise Farmers on Cotton

The article urges a substantial cut in cotton acreage as world and domestic demand falter. It notes a shortfall of about 4.1 million bales globally and advises farmers to reduce plantings while shifting effort to other crops to avoid overproduction.

Appointment of infirmary commissioners for Confederate veterans

Governor Ansel names five commissioners for the infirmary serving Columbia Camden Chester and other areas. Maj BE Bh Cantey Col JW Reed Col D Cardwell Col JQ Marshall Gen Willie Jones are named with ties to Confederate veterans. The infirmary is to be established as required by law.

Columbia Ansel BE. Bh Cantey Camden JW. Reed Chester D. Cardwell J. Q. Marshall Wilie Jones

State hospital infirmary plan ends with veterans orders

An act of 1908 funds the infirmary on state land near the hospital for the insane. A $12,000 appropriation covers the infirmary, with two indigent veterans admitted from each county on pension board recommendations. Commissioners are to receive nine jue.

State Hospital For County Pension Board

Clemson Dismisses 247 Students in Ongoing Discipline Case

The Clemson discipline committee further pares the student body after the April incidents, issuing dismissals to 247 cadets across preparatory, freshman, and sophomore classes. Names of the dismissed cadets are published, signaling a school-wide reorganization as expulsions are not permitted under state law.

Clemson College Clemson R. B. Alverson Union R. O. Atkinson Chester E. T. Boulware Fairfield J. R. Boulware J. M. Bradberry Anderson J. L. Brown Oconee H. S. Clark Florence E. Cromer Clarendon F. T. Ellenberg Abbeville J. P. Fellers Newberry A. Gandy Darlington E. L. Holliday Greenville J. L. Kee T. A. Kirby Cherokee S. I. Lenoir Sumter M. M. Reames Sum B.C. Truluck PF. J. Villepontrauy Berkeley S. M. Webb Mabula J. O A. White Garlington Spartanburg Abell L. Henderson Colleton J.T. Armstrong Laurens T. EK. Bell Lee F. Bl. Dalton W. H. Ferguson

Comptroller ends full audit of old state dispensary funds

The comptroller general completes a full audit of the old state dispensary account showing total remittances to the state treasury through thirteen and a half years amounting to substantial sums for schools and government expenses. County leaders include Orangeburg, Horry, Spartanburg, Greenville, Charleston, and Anderson with various shares. Profits distributed to counties and cities with dispensaries are not included.

WAT Orangeburo Horry Spartanburg Greenville Charleston Anderson

Local listings mix of notices and ads in Yorkville

Local affairs brief lists various notices and advertisements including lost pin, job recruit, church sermon, quarry and gunner shop closures, meat supplier contact, Walk Over shoes, musical trumpet remark, local stocks, liniment, molasses, Oxfords prices, Easter sale, bank deposits, dress goods and groceries, Yorkville B M Co clothing, paints, bacon, kidney pills, and Foster Milburn Co. Dean's pills.

Enquirer Victor Strauss-Smith Co M. W. White Gabriel Carroll Bros Foster M. L. Carroll J. W. Dobson New Orleans J. L. Williams & Co Zieller Thomson Co First National Bank J. Q. Wray Yorkville B. & M. Co York Drug Store Sherwin-Williams I. W. Johnson Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo Dean

Henderson Withdraws From Senate Race In Aiken

Mr D S Henderson of Aiken withdraws from the senatorial race stating the reasons do not concern the public. The note also urges continued focus on corn fertilization, stressing proper fertilization as corn grows.

D. S. Henderson Aiken

Yorkville Social Notes Tell of Visits and Travel

Miss Daisy Glenn visits Miss Maggie Glenn in Bethel while Hulda McNeel travels to Talladega Alabama to visit brother John D. McNeel. Mrs T B McClain of Camden stays with Bowen house in Yorkville. Mrs S C McKeown of Sumter visits grandparents W B Steele in Yorkville. Mrs T S Bratton with mother M H Metts departs for Fort Des Moines Iowa. Correction: Mrs Finley did not return from Washington with Congressman Finley. she remains there.

Daisy Glenn Bethel Maggie Glenn Hulda McNeel John D. McNeel Talladega Ala T. B. McClain Camden Yorkville Bowen House S C. McKeown Sumter W. B. Steele T. S. Bratton M. H. Metts Fort Des Moines Iowa Finley Washington Congressman Finley

Fiddlers Convention Planned by Yorkville Cornet Band

The Yorkville Cornet band plans a Fiddlers convention at the courthouse around May. Details are being arranged, with a musical concert and a competition among fiddlers, banjo players, and dancers. Prizes will be offered and proceeds go to band purposes.

Yorkville Cornet Band Court House

Farmers' Union premiums for best corn acres appeal

Subscriptions are gathered by the Farmers' Union of York county to fund premiums for a corn competition. A minimum of five hundred dollars is sought. if not reached, the committee uses the collected sum. Payments due by September 1, 1908 to A L Black, secretary treasurer, will be recorded in The Enquirer.

Farmers’ Union York County Enquirer A. L. Black Union Black National Union Bank Rock Bug Avaccier First National Bank Yorkville J. Frank Ashe McConnellsville L. M. Grist’s Sons Bank of Clover

Trial on the Horizon for Local Offenders at York County Court

The approaching general sessions term will hear trials for J T Pyrett, charged with nighttime housebreaking and larceny at J L Sanders home in Yorkville on January 3. Others face murder, arson, and whisky sales charges, including Dunlap, Lockridge, Rob Johnson, Al Williams, and Marley, with multiple defendants alleged in linked cases across Yorkville and surrounding townships.

Court of General Sessions J. T. Pyrett J. L. Sanders Yorkville Will Dunlap Ches Lockridge Rob Johnson Nath Lindsay Ss. W. Inman Dunlap al Williams Flias White Fort Mill Township George Pearson

Cotton market closes steady after sharp rally

AP report notes a season high rally in the cotton market yesterday with a closing steady stance, down 2 to 5 points. Estimated sales reached 300,000 bales as the market opened lower by 5 to 8 points before recovering.

Associated Press

Cotton Market Wavers Amid Rumors And Wall Street Buying

Prices fell early on reports of improved weather and higher acreage while distress cotton talks and a London failure floated. By afternoon, a wave of speculative buying limited losses and the close stayed near the day’s best, with southern markets unchanged to slightly lower and weekly receipts around 100,000 bales.

Mississippi London Southwest Wall Street New Orleans Houston

Rail schedule changes affect Southern and C N W lines

General timetable changes take effect next Sunday on the Southern, Carolina and North Western railroads. Details show discontinuations on the Charlotte Columbia division and revised arrival times for several trains, with new connections at Chester and Yorkville and potential Yorkville terminal shifts under discussion.

Southern Carolina and North-Western Charlotte-Columbia Marion and Kingville Rock Hill Chester Charlotte Columbia Yorkville Rock Hickory Goldsboro Asherville Wingsville

Farmers' corn prize plan aims at large county planting

The Farmers' Union plans a corn raising contest to boost acreage and fertilization, encouraging a shift from cotton. A committee handles details, funds sought by voluntary contributions, and entry requires at least two plowed acres on an intensive system with rules to ensure fair competition across land types.

The Enquirer Farmers’ Union

Death of Mr Samuel A Fewell in Flenezer

Mr Samuel A Fewell died at his home in Flenezer last Tuesday afternoon after a long illness. He was regarded as a good citizen and well thought of by all who knew him. Will Go to Fort Mill. Rev W A Hafner, long time minister at Bowling Green and Allison Creek churches, accepted the pastorate of the Presbyterian church of Fort Mill. To Develop Tin. Major Jno F Jones of Blacksburg formed a company to develop tin mines near King's Mountain, purchasing land and beginning work. Jurors Not Found. Jurors drawn for the first week of the term were found except W N Hardin, W C Whitesides, and G E Merritt. Hardin lives in Chester county. Whitesides at Great Catawba Malls. Merritt misidentified as T E Merritt of Mort Mill township. County Commissioners. The county board met and conducted routine business, approving a contract for publishing quarterly supervisor reports at $60 per year. The Yorkville Enquirer bid $60 with 2,200 subscribers. The Rock Hill Herald bid $30 with 1,100 subscribers. The board accepted The Enquirer.

America Egypt India Catton Samuel A. Fewell Flenezer W. A. Hafner Bowling Green Allison Creek Presbyterian Church of Fort Mill W. N. Hardin W. C. Whitesides G. E. Merritt Chester County Great Catawba Malls G. E B. Merritt T. E. Merritt Mort Mill Township County Board of Commissioners Yorkville Enquirer Rock Hill Herald Enquirer the Herald

Public Spirited Aid for Farmers Union Corn Contest

Letters of support pour in for a Farmers' Union corn raising contest. A sample donor from Rock Hill South Carolina pledges $10 to fund prizes for top corn yields, signaling broad community backing despite early stage and season constraints.

Farmers’ Union

Farmers Union premiums offer for best corn acres in York county

Yorkville South Carolina April 9 1908 read of The Enquirer report on Farmers Union plan to offer premiums for the best corn acres in York county on the intensive plan. O E Wilkins president urges readers to subscribe five dollars to the fund in the name of First National Bank.

Yorkville S. C W. D. Grist S.C Enquirer Farmers’ Union York County First National Bank O. E. Wilkins

Corn prize fund pledge from J Frank Ashe

J Frank Ashe of McConnellsville writes to the Yorkville Enquirer pledging 65 for a corn prize fund and hoping to raise 500 with public cooperation to support the prize program. He explains missing a meeting due to being late on Monday and notes having planted most of his corn.

McConnellsville Yorkville Enquirer Union Enquirer J. Frank Ashe

Bank of Clover backs York county corn fund plan

The Bank of Clover writes a letter dated April 9 1908 to the Yorkville Enquirer expressing hearty approval of a plan to raise 500 for prizes to promote corn growing among York county farmers and attaches a $10 check from president M L Smith.

8. C Yorkville Enquirer Yorkville S.C Enquirer York County Bank of Clover M. L. Smith

Farmers Union seeds corn drive in York county

W S Wilkerson of Hickory Grove writes April 1908 praising the Farmers Union movement to boost corn production in York county. He notes personal planting already begun, urges better preparation, and pledges $5 to help swell the prize fund.

Hickory Grove W. D. Grist Yorkville S.C Farmers’ Union York County W. S Wilkerson

The Thomson Company Supports Farmers Union Prize

The Thomson Company of Yorkville South Carolina pledges ten dollars to the Farmers Union corn prize idea and asks to be identified with its encouragement. The note, dated April 10 1908, expresses earnest support and requests Mr Black be advised of the contribution.

Yorkville S. C Yorkville Enquirer Farmers’ Union Black Thomson Co

Clemson Cadet Corrections to Recent Reports at Clemson College

Ex juniors of the Clemson College class publish corrections to recent newspaper reports about the March 21 retreat incident. they state only one order was published directing attention to paragraph 126 of cadet regulations and clarify misstatements about telegrams to cadet fike and leadership roles. they note most students treated the affair as a joke and correct the miscount of junior class members.

Clemson College Government of Cadets Minus R. H. Fike Fike T. S. Allen Cadet Allen

Dismissed Clemson Cadets Issue Public Statement

A signed statement from the Clemson college Junior class dismissed cadets says they regret the offense, accept the punishment, and bear no ill will toward the discipline committee. They acknowledge the mistake as serious but reject any disgrace on their part.

Clemson College

Clover Leaf Council No. 23 Celebrates Red Letter Day

Clover April 4 featured a public flag and Bible presentation to the graded school. The event drew strong attendance, with addresses by J. E. Beamgaard and Z P. Smith, a visiting Jas. S. Wilson, a school choir, and a post luncheon ball game.

Clover Leaf Council No. 23 G. W. Knox J. E. Beamgaard Z. P. Smith B. Butler Board of Trustees America State Council Jas. S. Wilson Bro. Wilson Z P. Smith Opera House J. E. Beamguard Jr. Order United American Mechanics Hardy

Superseders Question Faces Supreme Court Action

Attorney General Frazer Lyon and A. W. Rountree traveled to Washington to prompt Chief Justice Fuller to issue a writ of superseders against Judge Jeter C. Pritchard in the South Carolina dispensary case. The move aims to halt payment of $800,000 from the dispensary funds to the receivers, keeping the matter in statu quo pending review by the U. S. circuit court of appeals in Richmond. Collateral on bank deposits has been sequestered by the state commission. Pritchard’s receivers have not yet demanded the funds.

Frazer Lyon South Carolina A. W. Rountree Atlanta Anderson, Felder, Rountree & Wilson Washington Fuller Supreme Court of the United States Jeter C. Pritchard Asheville N. C Judge Pritchard Commission Lyon Supreme Court Pritchard

Immigrant Trials and Global Conflicts Reported Across Nations

Emma Goldman faces U S immigration hurdles after lecturing in Winnipeg while Panama and Colombia dispute Murado borders. New York debates race track gambling costs 135000000. Eight prisoners escape Gulfport jail. Tony Shelby shot in Aguilar Col. Lisbon riots kill and wound many. Cuban quarantines and U S road programs feature in evolving news. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman resigns due to health.

Emma Goldman Winnipeg Canada United States Immigration Department Murado Panama Colombia Washington New York State Gulfport Miss George Smith Jackson Smith Herman Ridder New York National Cement Company of Tony Shelby Aguilar Col Admiral Evans Paso Robles Carters Henry Campbell-Bannerman Haus Great Britain

Calhoun Monument Panel Rides to New York for Clay Model

Governor Ansel and the Calhoun monument commission visited New York to review a clay statue model by F Wellington Rockstuhl for installation in Statuary Hall at the National Capitol. Commission members include Sen ator W. L. Mauldin Rep J A Banks Mrs R M Bratton Miss Mugele Gist and Mrs Ansel.

Ansel Calhoun Monument Commission New York F. Wellington Rockstuhl National Capitol W. L. Mauldin Greenville J. A. Banks St. Matthews R. Moultrie Bratton Guthriesville The Daughters of the American Revolution Mugele Gist Yorkville Ansellilso

Dispensary case receivership suspended in Asheville ruling

In Asheville federal court Judge Pritchard suspended the order appointing receivers for the 800000 trust fund in the South Carolina dispensary dispute. The ruling requires five day deposits of notes and securities and a 250000 bond to support the stay, with the injunction remaining in effect pending the appeal.

United States Circuit Court Asheville Pritchard South Carolina Wilson Distilling Company Et al W. J. Murray Et al Pleischmann Company State Dispensary Commission General Assembly of State of

Share of Responsibility in Railroad Accidents Debate

A railing discussion argues that employers bear most blame when railroad accidents injure passengers while workers are largely absolved. It foresees equal footing for managers and employees in rule making and suggests an employer liability concept as logical, backed by jurist opinions.

Farmers Union backs intensive corn prizes in York County

The Farmers Union of York county South Carolina plans prizes to stimulate the intensive corn cultivation system. Competitors must plant at least two acres and raise at least 100 dollars toward prize money. Public support may boost prizes to three or more and larger sums. The Chronicle calls the idea good for Mecklenburg county as well.

Tecklenburg Farmers’ Union of York County Yorkville Enquirer The Enquirer South Carolina the Chronicle Farmers’ Union Mecklenburg County Williamson Charlotte Chronicle

Greenville Evening Sun Suspends Publication

The Greenville Evening Sun halted operations last Monday after a brief run begun February 22 this year. Lack of patronage cited as the main reason. Garlington will join Greenville News as traveling representative and staff writer and start work immediately.

Greenville Evening Sun J. C. Garlington Garlington Greenville News

At the Churches Baptist Services and Hours

Rev. IL G. Murray presides at the Baptist church. Sunday school at 10 a.m. preaching at 11 a.m. followed by the Lord's Supper. Evening service at 7 45 p.m.

IL. G. Murray

First Presbyterian Services Announced

Rev. E. E. Gillespie pastors morning service at 10 a. m. with a 11 o clock worship and an evening service at 7 45 p. m. at the church.

First Presbyterian E. E. Gillespie

Trinity Methodist Episcopal Service Note

Rev Henry J Cauthen pastor to lead annual Jasper Light Infantry and First Regiment staff sermon at 11 am with special music. Public invited. Evening sermon at 745 pm and Sunday school at 330 pm.

Trinity Methodist Episcopal Henry J. Cauthen Jasper Light Infantry First Regiment Henry Cauthen

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