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Newspaper
Yorkville Enquirer
Location
York, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1902
Page
2
Scraps show Uncle Joe Cannon as a leading candidate for speaker with tales of his ascent in Congress. Other items recount the West Point Annapolis football game and a dramatic court dismissal affecting state actions.
Yorkville reports Roosevelt and Rhett both present strong positions as Congress convenes with a quorum in both houses. A joint resolution to fund 10 000 for the coal strike commission is introduced. Obstruction in Colombia canal talks attributed to railroad interests influencing Nicaragua and Guatemala.
A Charleston correspondence analyzes President Roosevelt’s stance on federal appointments for African Americans. Rhett’s reply clarifies the issue, condemning race prejudice and urging careful, merit based decisions for any Negro officeholders in the South. The piece urges Roosevelt to study the topic further and act for the nation’s benefit.
Major C J C Hutson longtime clerk of the United States district court for South Carolina died at his Charleston home last Friday. He served as court clerk for about six years.
York Drug Store showcases a line of baskets priced 10 to 50 cents in the south window. Co P Lawrance & Co. promises soon to stock a fine line of candies. T W Speck offers holiday souvenirs at low prices. H C Strauss & Co. aims to make December a banner month with reduced prices storewide. Southern Railway announces a new Charleston division schedule effective last Sunday. The Enquirer invites printing work. J A Steele seeks information to recover a lost hound. W B Williams, Auditor, sets tax return meeting times and places. J M Torrence of Bessemer City, NC seeks to sell a 175 acre farm near town.
The Enquirer reports a pig slaughter spree during cold weather and notes juror coincidences with two Bethel brothers on a panel. It also highlights freak vegetables including a triple turnip, a potato top bearing a potato at every leaf, and a half mature pear from Yorkville with late August crop.
Two more jury trials were heard after a mistrial in S W Mitchell versus Woodman of the World. W B McCaw versus Elizabeth de Loach consumed Friday and most of Saturday, a fee suit where de Loach sought 1500, jury giving 1000. Equity case Rock Hill Real Estate and Loan Company versus Susan Hull and Freidheim Bros heard Monday, with hearing paused as counsel waited in Rock Hill. The final case was R L Horn versus W B McFadden on homestead issues, before court adjourned for the night.
Rufus M. Allison died at his Beersheba home last Saturday morning at 11 o clock after months of malignant illness. A Broad River township native and son of Dr. R. T. Allison he served in the Confederacy and later farmed successfully in western York. He married Belle Byers and leaves six children. A Presbyterian, he was a Beersheba pillar. Burial was in Beersheba cemetery Sunday at noon amid rain and a canceled funeral service.
Rev. Mr. Hay of Clover assisted Mr. Allison during his last illness and visited Beersheba on Sunday to conduct services, but circumstances led to postponement of the worship.
The court sold multiple parcels in foreclosures in Yorkville. Properties included Clark's old store site, W. R. Carroll and Sloan Johnson lots, Fletcher McElwee and Sam Wright acres, Holler house, 85 acres bought for 1000, Craik 115 acres for 1250, a 1200 acre tract five miles southeast for 8200, 87 acres for 105 and 2 acres for 100, 150 acres for 625, 10 acres for 45, Craven house for 600, and 315 acres offered for 1000. Purchasers included J. S. Brice, C. E. Spencer, W. L. Plexico, L. T. Woods, S. M. McNeel, and G. W. Sherrer.
Spartanburg County Treasurer W L Epps warns the new state law imposing graduated penalties for late tax payments may be impossible to enforce as written. He outlines administrative hurdles and urges extending the deadline to March 1 to avoid refunds and widespread trouble.
The Charleston division schedule adds mail trains Nos. 33 and 34 but reduces southbound mail from the C and N W and delays Columbia and Charleston papers. No. 34 arrives 9.12 p m but will not be opened until next morning, with officials urging patience and noting experimental changes.
Yorkville reports several visits and departures including Dr. Bratton in Charleston and Rev Neville en route to Greenwood for a relative’s wedding. Typhoid illness concerns rise for P T Williams, while local life studies travel, church events, and civic appointments fill the week with social and business notes.
United States Marshal George J Cunningham died in Charleston last Saturday. A Negro fugitive named George Makeninham, wanted in Union for murder of a sheriff about fifteen years ago, is reportedly captured at Lafollette Coal and Iron Company works near Knoxville Tennessee. Edgefield special to the Columbia State reports the civil court in session with Judge Dantzler presiding, amid a growing docket of suits against the Southern railroad.
A Mississippi Hall of Fame display features side by side portraits of Robert E. Lee and Abraham Lincoln. The report notes the sheriff of Lawson Kentucky recently auctioned three enslaved people at a public sale, a fire department chief Croker was dismissed by Commissioner Sturgis amid charges. The City of Memphis steamed from Savannah with 10 000 bales of cotton and 700 tons of pig iron. Hoof and mouth disease prompted a federal cattle export ban from New England. Roman Catholics press for school funding. Britain says Kru ger and Leyds hold about 2 500 000 in gold bars of the late Transvaal, aiming for legal seizure.
The 1901 02 cotton crop totaled 9,966,478 commercial bales with 9,696,336 marketed between Sept 1 1901 and Aug 31 1902 and 154,692 carried forward to 1902 03. The commercial year reached 10,663,224 bales, 696,756 more than grown, due mainly to marketing held over from prior years. The department conducted an exhaustive inquiry confirming the figures and detailing yardage including 628,000 bales forwarded as of Sept 1 1901, 198,190 bales from 1902 08 marketed before Sept 1, 1902, plus 172,226 bales of linters and 67,572 bales of city shop waste.
An advertisement claims deafness from catarrh can be cured by constitutional remedies. It explains Eustachian tube inflammation causing hearing loss and offers $100 for an incurable case, promoting Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills, with circulars and retailer details.
Beginning October 15 the Southern Railway starts selling winter tourist tickets to principal southern resorts under the same terms as prior years. For rates and details, contact any Southern Railway agent or W. H. Tayloe in Atlanta, R. W. Hunt in Charleston, or J. C. Beam in Atlanta.
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