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Newspaper
Yorkville Enquirer
Location
York, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1908
Page
2
A Washington dispatch states the Cuban withdrawal will extend into April with troops available during the transition to regular government and afterward. The first group sails January 1, and transport will move troops to ports convenient for return to the United States.
The excerpt argues for broader education and professional advancement for black communities and envisions a unified northern and southern public opinion aligning on economic and political race questions. It highlights mass education and leadership roles as keys to improvement noted in the last forty years.
President elect Taft will reach Augusta Georgia next week to spend part of the winter. Arrangements are completed to keep him constantly under the protection of secret service officers.
Northern Republican papers say Taft can gain inroads in the solid south while Southern papers doubt any impact. The debate centers on Taft’s potential to shift long standing political loyalties, with observers split on prospects.
The piece argues that low cotton prices are not solely the Union's fault and notes the holding movement's limits. It contends blame lies with all cotton raisers, emphasizes that only owners can hold cotton, and urges southern production to match actual ownership to set prices.
Mr Clarence H Poe editor of the Progressive Farmer spoke at the Southern Commercial Congress in Washington this afternoon proposing a nationwide education scheme to lift the average farmer’s earnings by 500 a year. He cites census figures showing the South lags the North and Central regions and argues trained, educated farmers and wives will boost productivity and community prosperity. The Charlotte Chronicle notes hope in rural development and insists agricultural progress underpins national growth.
The United States total cotton production for 1908 09 is put at 6 182 970 000 pounds excluding linters, about 12 920 000 bales of 500 pounds gross. State breakdown lists Virginia 131 000 North Carolina 819 000 South Carolina 1 118 000 Georgia 1 844 000 Florida 61 000 Alabama 1 273 000 Mississippi 1
A line of figures enumerates populations for Louisiana Texas Arkansas Tennessee Missouri Oklahoma Oklahoma and other states with values like 560000 472000 3917000 1009000 340000 64000 40000.
Trustees Clark Bryan and Jones accuse Seminole Securities and Southern Life Insurance of fraud in a 1908 deal. They say a $70,000 commission and $150,000 stock purchase harmed stockholders and withdraw from further involvement while protecting existing claims. Rail workers and York county holdings noted amid broader stock sales.
The president’s annual message stresses forest and resource conservation with illustrated photos of timber waste in Asia and calls for river and harbor improvements and federal waterways control. It also urges naval expansion, federal oversight of interstate business, labor reforms, courts’ efficiency, postal savings banks, parcel post, and swift fortification of territories.
Local listings show J W Dobson offering store room and farm livery for rent. C E Spencer advertises 8 percent farm loans in York county. D M Hall of Yorkville offers shoats and pigs for sale. J N McElwee in Rock Hill pays railroad fare and provides meals to Yorkville buyers of $5 value. T W Boyd to open bridge contract at Union Moore creek on December 17 at 11 am. R D Alexander available at R KE Montgomery’s shop for repairs. Hazel Grist republishes county commissioners meeting notice with date change to December 29. York Supply Co urges home building materials. Loan and Savings Bank promotes savings for children at Christmas. Yorkville Hardware Co suggests Christmas gift articles. Bank of Clover posts its condition statement as of November 27. York Drug Store invites customers to view holiday gifts. Carroll Furniture Co offers rugs and home goods for presents. First National Bank seeks investments in certificates of deposit. Thomson Co extends Mill Syndicate sale through holiday season. Strauss Smith Co clears remaining stock by January 1 with remaining stock and 48c spool cotton.
The Enquirer will skip Christmas issuance this year. Local residents report second crop apples near maturity from W. R. Burgess of Sharon. Premiums for the Farmers' Union yield contest draw interest as committees prepare results. Hog weights from L A McGill neighborhood and gathering plans for a December educational conference in Columbia are outlined with dates and participants.
J L Wood reports expenses and receipts from the Farmers Union contest yielding 61 bushels and 34 pounds per acre, with a profit of 48.94 dollars per acre. The Enquirer to publish county voters lists in installments for public elections, starting with No Bullock's district, listing many names and occupations.
Mr Louis Roth reports eighty five dinners day one of opening his restaurant and never fewer than thirty dinners daily since. Yorkville Camp No 38 W O W elected J W Miller C C John F Gordon advisory lieutenant J J Carroll banker D T Woods clerk Forest Smith escort W Morrison inside sentinel B F Marley sentry E W Long manager J H Witherspoon captain. Trinity church ladies bazaar held at Parish hotel featured booths crafts candies warm meals and oysters with strong patronage and satisfactory proceeds.
The cotton market closed barely steady with a net decline of 16 to 21 points after opening 3 to 7 points lower. Active months traded 5 to 8 points down but recovered slightly amid cautious demand and market jitters in New York.
A trading session saw prices break toward the day’s low after a late rally, with interior holders offering freely while government crop estimates faced doubt abroad. Receipts at ports and key bases show drops from last year, as commission houses buy late-month contracts on the decline.
Mrs J H Thornwell is ill at home in Fort Mill. Mr H C Strauss was in Spartanburg on business. Miss Gilley Neely returns home from Edgmoor. Rev Henry Cauthen and family move to Waltherboro. Mr M B Jennings goes to Columbia for Supreme Court. Mae Black to wed Frank Leslie Pickett at Lockhart December 16. Clara Pearson to wed James Felix Walker December 23 at home in Bennettsville. Walker is native of Yorkville with many friends here.
Supervisor Boyd questions building a modern county home citing cost and potential inmate growth. He notes white residents may avoid the present home and warns a new complex with separate facilities could raise expenses and require nurses and hospitals. He references criticism of convict labor on the county home farm.
Mr Boyd notes conditions are businesslike and cotton remains sparse with little market impact. He contends any cotton grown yields clear profit given available labor. He estimates county home farm under 400 acres and doubts sale at $8,000 would cover needed modern home buildings.
Mr W F Downs a 40 year old machinist at the Tavora cotton mill was instantly killed by a 23000 volt electric shock in the transformer house. Superintendent Ramsaur and others attempted resuscitation but failed. An inquest was held and survivors include his mother sister and two daughters.
Rock Hill Record reports Cannon Adams manager of the Catawba Power plant north of the city married Miss Lida Adams at 11 yesterday. The ceremony was at the bride's home and the couple will reside at the plant. Cannon has led the plant since it began operation. Miss Adams is well known in town and visited her aunt Mrs. M. H. Adams. Friends wish the couple happiness.
Columbia report notes the county business agents and county presidents meeting. J. M. Holman of St Matthews Calhoun county is chosen state business agent. State headquarters will open in Columbia at 1232 Washington street on January 1 with a special three day session planned for January.
President Roosevelt told a White House audience from a lakes to the gulf canal group that no scandal surrounds the canal project and warned that those guilty of criminal libel would be pursued. He praised the canal’s honesty and pledged full disclosure of the facts to Congress and the public.
A mix of brief items notes the Shah of Persia condemned by a secret revolutionary group, H E Roseberry’s three year sentence for abandoning his family, a 10000 canaries shipment to Philadelphia, a rise in incendiary fires in Philadelphia lumber yards, Frank Munsey launching a Sunday edition of the Washington Times, Reading’s typhoid outbreak tied to water drainage, a six day bicycle race at Madison Square Garden, an East Side bank robbery in Portland, Fidel ity Funding swindle losses, a Kingston woman’s lengthy legal case, a reprieve for Herman Billik, Reading railroad coal movements, Virginia land title case favoring Florence Maybrick, number of U S post offices, a Calcutta magazine explosion, Hyde and Schneider sentenced for land fraud, and an attempted shooting at a Springfield bank.
J. J. Hardin, linked to a $3,000 shortfall at Chester, S C, was arrested in Norfolk under Southern Cotton Oil company orders. He was freed after evidence showed repayment to New York Bonding company, which had covered the loss for Southern Cotton Oil.
The new insurance commissioner Mr F H McMaster criticizes long standing graft in the industry and highlights the Seminole Securities company case. He notes one foreign firm with phantom capital and shows only a portion of past year collections reached policyholders while expenses and agent pay consumed the rest. Trustees oversee assets while executive Garlington moves HQ to Chattanooga as scrutiny widens.
The note says the author intended a light jest at Yorkville and a compliment to a contemporary. It asserts Yorkville has enough good citizens in Wardlaw Wilkins Allein and Brown to make it a good town, and mentions natives.
Rev L G Murray Pastor conducts Sunday school at 10 The morning service begins at 11 The annual election of officers will be held A full attendance of members is desired The evening service is at 7 o'clock.
A single Sunday service scheduled at 3 30 p m at the Church of the Good Shepherd with no other worship events listed.
First Presbyterian announces morning service at 10 a m with a 11 o clock start and an evening service at 7 p m Rev E E Gillespie serves as pastor Trinity Methodist Episcopal schedules Sunday service and Sunday school at 3 30 p m Both churches present a regular worship timetable for the day.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian churches list 10 a m York Circuit services with preaching at Clo ver at 11 a m and St Paul s at 3 30 p m in a brief church notice.
Special notices announce that Rev. J. G. Murray will preach at East View school house at 3 p m next Sunday December 13th.
Memphis Tennessee pastor Rev. M. P. Cain will preach at Sharon A. R. P. church next Sabbath morning at 11 o clock.
The Cotton Market notes cotton at 8 in Yorkville with 8 15 per cent decline in spot cotton in New York. Spot cot ton closed quiet mid middling uplands 9.15 middling gulf 9.40 with 27 600 bales sold. Futures opened barely steady with Dec 8.90 Jan 8.60 Feb 8.60 March 8.61 and other months near 8.6 to 8.68.
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