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Newspaper
Yorkville Enquirer
Location
York, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1907
Page
2
The body of eight year old Walter Lamana of New Orleans, missing after a $6,000 ransom demand, was found headless in a swamp twenty miles from the city. Seven Italians including two women are detained for involvement in the crime as authorities guard against mob violence. A confession followed a torture inquiry, revealing strangulation driven by the boy’s pleas to return home.
The leader of the disturbing element in southern France, Albert, appeared at the premier's quarters after two weeks on the run. He confessed contrition and asked how to atone. The premier urged him to surrender to the law and persuade others to return to lawful ways. Conditions are improving in the district.
The Yorkville Enquirer reports Hidalgo County Texas saw the first bale of the new crop marketed last week, an early move aimed at maturing cotton before boll weevils spread. Editor Hemphill, speaking to the State Press association, argued editors should not seek office unless aiming for the U S Senate.
Mayor Rhett of Charleston works to curb illegal liquor trade with backing from prominent merchants, but faces strong local opposition. Thousands argue liquor sales are a right and will resist enforcement efforts.
The article notes the plausibility of cotton banks and predicts a ripple if pursued while warning stockholders, cotton producers and capitalists, will suffer most. It adds that once such fever grips people, no advice can stop the course and the malady must run its course.
The piece discusses John G. Capers shifting from Democrat to Republican, his rise to commissioner of internal revenue amid Democratic opposition, and the conflict over public accountability. It also recounts a Confederate monument vandalism in Bennettsville, the newspaper correspondent’s call for correction, and the implied need for public support to empower officials and journalists in enforcing respect for laws and public memory.
A fragment notes many readers think for themselves on current events and could contribute valuable public commentary if their opinions were published, but for some unstated reason they are not.
The Enquirer invites signed communications on current topics, stating editors publish diverse views while avoiding personal abuse. Senator Latimer’s Mediterranean journey describes Azores’ capital Ponta Delgada, its climate, industry, and travel notes, then Gibraltar’s fortress, galleries, and yards, ending aboard Canopic bound for Naples with Latimer reporting a pleasant but tiring voyage.
Rock Hill June 24. A wagon and buggy collided after a horse bolted under a steam-sounding overhead bridge on Chatham avenue. Mrs. Miller and child were injured, with others bruised. Miss Annie Roddey Miller learned of her father's illness and death. Remains of Mrs. Hagins interred at Laurelwood. several residents noted in local social items.
Executor gives notice of final discharge in the estate of Dr. A. P. Campbell. Local shops advertise price cuts on dress goods and men’s clothing while inviting shoppers to view bargains. Public notices call a Filbert camp meeting. York Drug Store promotes fruit jars and disinfection products. Banks tout savings plans and safe deposits with quarterly interest. Yorkville firms display trunks, luggage, and discounted millinery, plus real estate for sale. Local events include a July 4 basket picnic at Smith’s pond and various sales through Saturday on fabrics and menswear. Summer catalog notes from Ladies' Home Journal patterns and a summer style book.
The Enquirer discusses growth of the Yorkville graded school district within two and a half miles of the courthouse, the impact on property taxes, and the legal questions surrounding the act. It notes misgivings about sign posting and the potential burden of a twelve thousand five hundred dollar bonded debt on newly included territory and its voters.
The debate centers on a proposed 3 mill tax and trustee elections extending beyond the old district. Voters inside and outside the mile and a half belt would share the tax, with outside residents gaining voting rights on the tax and trustee selection. The act’s constitutionality was upheld by the supreme court in a moot proceeding, but many lawyers question its durability under a full merits review.
The General Assembly passed an act to enlarge the Yorkville school district area to two and a half miles from the Congress and Liberty streets intersection. It creates the Yorkville school district with corporate powers and allows residents to vote on trustees and the 3 mill tax for the Yorkville graded school. Approved February 15, 1907.
The morning drawn petit jurors for York County circuit court term convening July 8 under Judge James Aldrich include C. L. Westmoreland Broad River J. B. Jackson King's Mountain B. F. Massey Fort Mill W. T. Bradford York R. J. Huey Bethesda John H. Steele Bethesda W. B. Black King's Mountain A. B. Fewell Brandon Joe Matthews E. F. Coe R. H. Gordon H. A. Falls King's Mountain T. A. McFarland King's Mill P. Sutton Jr Fort Mill John L. Osborne Fort Mill J. H. Mogs Fort Mill J. P. Ramsey Broad River J. H. Adams King's Mountain M. McFadden Catawba J. T. McKnight J. M. Hughes J. G. Wylie J. M. McElwee T. B. Reed G. C. Holler J. C. McKnight Bullock's Creek J. W. Forney Catawba F. Shillinglaw Catawba D. F. Quinn King's Mountain E. L. Williams Catawba J. M. Adams King's Mountain EL A. McCarter Bethel G. B. Dark Fort Mill.
A list of social visits and travel litters notes Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Beard in Rock Hill, Miss Bessie Sandifer in Greers, Harry C. Smith in Yorkville, Mrs. J. J. Keller in Rock Hill, Miss E. May Harmon in Baltimore, and numerous others visiting relatives and hosts across Yorkville, Clover and surrounding towns. The piece highlights out of town guests, college students at home for summer, and society movements including a Grist Crosland wedding attendee list.
Pleased with the town appearance, Laurens schools superintendent R A Dobson left for Chick Springs to speak at the State Teachers association annual meeting. Yorkville ex-superintendent J C Allen, with Dr R T Shumate and A H Malaney, recently returned from seven weeks in Mexico researching mining prospects. They head to Chester then Atlanta, while Allen and Shumate plan several days more in the area.
The Civic League keeps steady pace with community projects. Subscriptions seek a big yarn mill. typhoid affects a Caldwell child. Yorkville school district expands from 3.14 to 19.63 square miles. an election on exempting new manufacturing payrolls and a five year tax for graded schools is set.
From this date until January 1 1908 the Enquirer will be sent for 1.02 dollars. Mrs W L Jackson near Yorkville reports an exceptional garden yielding a cabbage weighing 18 pounds with leaves and a 13 pound white head. At Ninety Nines a disturbance occurred. At King's Creek junction of railroads a man named Smith Johnson was shot and beaten Friday afternoon.
In Chester county Mr. Jesse H. Hardin was seriously injured after being thrown from a buggy and is recovering. Bishop Ellison Capers is stricken with paralysis at Cedar Mountain and may not survive. George Mabus was killed by buckshot near Batesburg. Lee and Cliff Fallow suspected amid jealousy over a local romance. Kershaw county voters banished the county dispensary by about 100 votes, urged by a legislative stand against Carey-Cothran and board of control changes. A Southern Railway special train heads to Asheville with officers and attorneys to seek restraining orders against a two cent passenger rate and a Virginia law, arguing rate confiscatory and unconstitutional. the party includes Finley and others.
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