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Newspaper
Yorkville Enquirer
Location
York, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1908
Page
2
An article cites estimates of Earth's fertile lands totaling 28 million square miles and projects full population near six billion by 2072 if growth continues. Separately, Birmingham closes 250 Jefferson County saloons at midnight as a temperance crackdown proceeds with orderly farewells and stock sales.
The text reports alcohol profits in Charlotte drug stores and doctors, a nude woman found dead in Harrison New Jersey with a murder inquiry and a $1,000 reward, Seaboard Air Line receivers appointed, world population and trade growth figures, Teheran civil war unrest, and a 35,000-employee temperance pledge on the Northwestern railroad with ongoing reductions.
The Yorkville Enquirer analyzes repeal of the lien law and the cash basis in a York county context. It reviews historical debate 1882 1886, weighs small farmers merchants impact, and notes mixed outcomes plus ongoing questions about benefits and timing. It also references a farmer talk and past investigations.
Fragmentary text describes a road system and a pledge sent to a president figure. Mentions miles of the system and parts being assembled. Details are garbled and names or places are not clear.
A Dun tax review credits the withdrawal of 125 million from trust firms as a key factor in 1907’s economic strain and notes easier money and renewed confidence as a path to recovery. It cites high prices boosting farmer value to 7.4 billion and cotton’s strong role, while Minnesota Governor Johnson urges tariff reform and trust restraint as 1908 approaches.
Dr. H. N. Snyder, president of Wofford College, will lecture on education this afternoon in Clover's opera house free to the public. The Woodmen annual supper drew a full turnout with a stewed oysters menu overseen by John M. Smith. Rev. W. E. Hurt resigns as Clover Baptist pastor. Clover Union cooperation to find a shared pastor. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Jos. B. E. McArthur of West Point, Miss., and several medical students from Charleston and Maryland Medical College.
Classified announcements list mill and wagon for sale, mules for sale, real estate offers, and personal notices. Probate and education department notices appear alongside shop promotions and new stock items.
Scattered items report Georgia legal challenges to prohibition failing in court, a doubled water rate at Hot Springs, Roosevelt greeting crowds, Southern Railway cutting two named trains, and a Russian Duma sentence for Viborg manifesto. Also listed are a Carthage mine disaster with two bodies ejected, New York legislature reconvening, Capuzzo case injuries at the stock exchange, and various stock dividends and prison terms.
Four African American men are jailed in Laurens on charges of stealing a bale of cotton. The report notes the men are in Laurens jail awaiting further proceedings.
A Pan ama Isthmus letter will appear in the Enquirer next issue. Expired subscriptions will be stricken if not returned. The piece urges canvassing for new subscribers and notes merchants have been allowing customers to hold cotton bales, causing inconvenience.
A reporter questions a young debt collector at a large company about late payments. He says collections are poor but would not quit the job, claiming that if he ever goes broke he will rely on his experience to ward off creditors and has many excuses ready to deter a bill payer.
The Associated Press reports a moderately active cotton market with a net decline of 22 to 26 points and total sales of 220000 bales. Early losses ranged 6 to 16 points with March to 10.65 and January to 10.46 near session lows, as long positions exited and traders weighed ginners report and trade conditions. Receipts at ports totaled 33464, with weekly and year comparisons noted and Houston receipts at 9248.
A large town crowd is expected next Monday for January sales day. The Loan and Savings Bank and the First National Bank paid regular semiannual dividends of 3 percent on January 1. The county board of supervisors meets next Monday. Emancipation Day in Yorkville drew many African Americans Wednesday but no general participation or disorder occurred.
Local youths celebrate the New Year with a rousing late-night display and a playful trespass on private property. Community notices cover train schedule changes on the Carolina & Northwestern Railway and social events including a Yorkville New Year hop with music from the Asbury band.
The Fort Mill funeral for Dr. James H. Thornwell drew about 1 000 attendees including national and local clergy and lodge members. Services in Fort Mill church and cemetery followed a day of rare quiet as Thornwell, longtime pastor, was laid to rest. Ebenezers and many lodges sent tributes.
At a York County Farmers Union meeting a plan to repeal the agricultural lien law is referred to local unions for input at the next gathering. Noted farmer James B. Wood argues the lien law remains useful, citing current prosperity and his own credit history as a cautious, independent voice.
Reports from Orangeburg Spartanburg and Union detail murders and a near-fatal shooting. Dewitt Jeter arrested while Dan Gist remains at large. A major conference in Columbia involves Governor Ansel President Finley and the railroad commission about the merger trial and state benefits from the recent agreement.
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