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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-09-22

are occupying the residence recently va
Gated by Rev. F. C. Hickson.
Cadet s. R. Moore is still very i'll with
fever. His condition, several days ago,
was considered almost critical, but on
Monday there was a change for the better.
Mr.. John Kendrick, a well-known citi-
zen of the Steel Creek neighborhood,
died last Wednesday of fever. He was
AZ years of age and left widow and six
children.
Mr.. P. R. Bratton has been down with
fever for about three weeks. He became
convalescent last week but suffered re-
lapse, and at this time is not getting along
so favorably.
Fort Mill Times: Mr.. j. w. Ardrey,
who has been confined to his bed for
several days with his foot, which he acci-
dentally got mashed while hauling rock
last week, is able TO walk around again.
Fort Mill Times: Mrs. J. I. Spinks
and children, of Palestine, Texas, arrived
on last Friday night and will spend few
weeks with relatives and friends in the
township. Mr.. Spinks will come later
on and locate near Fort Mill.
Hon. D. E. Finley was confined to his
home for several days last week with an
indisposition which he feared was going
to develop into spell of fever; but he is
now up and about, with reason to believe,
as the clerk puts it to defendants, that he
has a "safe deliverance."
The Rock Hill Herald says that Mr..
S. b. Lumpkin, general passenger agent
of the o. r. & c., went to Charleston last
Wednesday to arrange schedule for
running trains through from Marion,
N. c., to Charleston. Mr.. Lumpkin has
been working on this plan for year
but has just recently consummated the
deal with the South Carolina and Georgia
road.
Mr.. Church Carroll had a serious rum
away accident last Sunday night. He
and Mr.. G. w. Williams were returning
from Gastonia in a two-horse turnout.
Within about two miles of Yorkville, on
the Kings Mountain road, the horses be-
came frightened beyond control, and Mr..
Carroll was thrown out, dislocating MS
shoulder. Mr.. Williams escaped without
injury.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-09-22
A. r. PREsBYTERY.

AS already stated, the First Presbytery
of the Associate Reformed church, meets
ut Hickory Grove, next Monday, Sep
tember 27. Delegates and visitors have
been assigned to the bospitable homes
of the people of Hickory Grove as
follows:
At Rev. J. P. Knox's-Rev. J. c. Gal
loway. Rev. w. G.. Ewart, Rev. D. u
Boyd and wife, Mrs. ]. B. Caldwell:
At J. B. Martin's-Dr. E. E. Boyce,
Rev, James Boyce and elder.
At DIR. J. w. Allison's-Rev. R. G. Mil
Ter, Rev. w. w. Orr, Rev. A. G. Kirk,
patrick.
Att. NJ. Whisonant's-Rev.C c. B. Belts
and elder, and ]. NJ. Bigham.
At J. n. McDill's-Rev. j. G. Dale
Rev. Leon Presley and elder from Hope
AtJ. w. Castles's-Rev. J. T. Chalmer:
and elder, Rev. I. G. Mclaughlin, and
elder from Rock Hill.
All. N. McGill's-Rev. r. NJ. Steven
son and elder.
All. C. Wylie's-Rev. J. A. White, and
elders from Sardis and Tirzah.
At NJ. White's-Rev. G.. r. White
Aaron Griffith, and elder from Back
At Robert Pursley's-Elder from Eben'
eZer.
Att. II. Wylie s-Rev. o. johnson and
elder, and elder from Brick Chnrch. 80,
At j. r. Mitchell's-Rev. ). A. Smltf
and elder.
aid and elder. -,
At w. j. Moorhead's-Rev. j. H.
Presley and elder.
At Dir. IT. S. r. Ward's-Rev. j. E.
johnson and elder.
At r. c. Howard's-J. G. Bell and
wife.
At Lum Moorhead's-Rev. w. M. Hun
At R. L. A. Smith's-Rev. f. B. An
At W. G. Wilkie's-E from Amity
and elder from Gill's Creek.
At w. NJ. McGill's-Rev. w. Y. Love
"' At W. ". S. wilkerson's-Rev. J. S. Mof'
w At W. NJ. Whitesides's-Rev. r. f.
Hough, and elder from Gastonia.
At j. NJ. Whtesides's-Rev.J j. Nj. Gar
rison and elder. .n.,,
At d. ]. Smith's-Rev. f. F. Griffith
and elder, and Ira Caldwell.
At j. b. Whitesides's-Elderf from Steel
Creek and elder from Lancaster.
At Rev. J. II. Thacker's-Rev. B. H.
G rer and Rev. G.. w. McCracken..
At J. +. BelPs-Rev. j. 5. Grler anu
elder. ,, e., Nou
Sterling.
The committee on arrangements is as
follows: DIR. ]. w. Allison, j. n. Mceilll,
J. w. Castles. Miss Emma McDlll anu
Miss Agnes Wylie.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-09-22

There have been several reports of
carrier pigeons having arrived at differ
ent points in northern Europe from Prof.
Andree, the pronaut who set out on the
llth of July last to cross the polar regions
in a balloon. The latest report comes
from Hansmerfest, the northernmost
town of Europe, in Norway, and was
brought to Constantinople by whaling
ship. 1t was to the effect that there had
arrived at Hansmerfest, sometime back,
carrier pigeon from Andree bearing the
following message: "July lS, 1890 p.
m.; latitude s2.2 north, longitude l2.S
east. Good voyage eastward. All WE'LL"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-09-22

- Referring to what was said last Satur-
day about the proposition to establish an
original package shop iii Yorkville, the
Spartanburg Herald thinks THE En-
QUIRER has deliberately advised the peo-
pie Of Yorkville not to submit to law,
and on this assumption proceeds to read
us a gentle lecture on the subject of an
archy, etc. Perhaps we did not make
the matter as clear as we should have
made it. The fact is, we were only talk
ing for the benefit of the people of this
Immediately section, who already pretty
thoroughly understood the situation, and
on this account it was not necessary to go
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-09-22
: The Charlotte News is responsible TO-

The Charlotte News is responsible for
a statement to the effect that the whisky
people have inaugurated movement for
the transportation of original packages
into this state by means of wagon trains.
As to whether or not there will be any
way to circumvent such movement is
rather doubtful. The Federal govern
ment, however, does not grant license to
peddle, and as Judge Simonton has not
yet given permission for the sale OF liquor
outside of incorporated towns in which
there are dispensaries, the wagon train
movement need not be looked upon with
any special alarm.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-09-22
While the ameer

entire army corps. While the ameer
of Afghanistan is protesting strict
neutrality, there is in circulation a
story to the effect that the British
have captured messengers bearing Sc.
cret correspondence between him and
the government of Russia. The exact
nature of this correspondence is not
known to the public; but the action
of the British government in sending
out such large and apparently un-
necessary force just at this time, is
taken as an indication that the gov
ernment has some alarming informa-
ton which may lead to more or less
startling developments.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-09-22

The Columbia State remarks to the
New York Mail and Express, that the
Mr.. BRYAN who recently did his duty so
heroically in the case of the railroad
wreck, is the same Mr.. Bryan who did
his duty so heroically last year, and who
will be found at his post again in 1900.
The real MIR. Bryan is the same Mr.. Bry-
an we have all known all along, and the
only Mr.. Bryan there is, is the real Mr..
BRYAN.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-09-22

Atlanta extended an invitation to yell
low fever refugees, and Charleston quar-
antined against Atlanta. Now the At
lanta papers are claiming that much At
lanta cotton, which would have otherwise
gone to Charleston, has been turned in
the direction of Norfolk, which place is
anxious for everything it can get and has
no fears of fever.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-09-22
The ltorkrille enquirer.
YORKVILLE, S. c.:
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. %, 1897.

Our Republican friends north, who
would have the people of the south to be-
lieve that prosperity has really arrived,
will please run the price of cotton up to
about cents.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-09-22

People were only guessing a month
back, when they were talking Of such a
tremendous crop of cotton as was being
raised. They see it in the fields now
and know it is off fully 25 per cent. from
what they at first thought. The statisti-
clans will please take note.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-09-22

The crew of steamer that passed
Cape Hatteras the other day, told the
Philadelphia Times story of remark
able drop in the temperature of some oo
degrees within few minutes and ter
rife hailstorm followed by sleet. The
Times printed the story but the weather
bureau Immediately published state
ment in which it showed conclusively
that the whole thing was fake.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-09-22
Six Burned to Death.

Six Burned to Death.
A special from Donnalds to the Co.
lumbia State, says that while Andy
Smith and wife, colored, were away
from home ON last Sunday, their home
caught fire aud six children, who were
inside, were burned to death.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-09-22

the strong anti-liquor element OF the
town. The reporter told the gentleman
that while of course there would have
been nothing wrong in leaving out the
paragraph in question, it was the policy
of The ENQUIRER to hold back no facts,
whether for or against, and it was on that
basis that the publication was made.
Notwithstanding this publication, how
ever, the belief that there was something
underneath the proposition to change the
name of the town continued to grow uutii
it reached such proportions as to become,
in our judgment, All important item OF
news. This we did not publish previous
to the election, for the simple reason that
we were convinced, and are still con-
vinced, that whether this belief was cor
rect or not, the name of the town could
not be legally changed in the manner
proposed, and that, consequently, there
was no danger that the success OF the
scheme would result in the establish
ment of dispensary.
In conclusion, THE Enquirer begs to
say again that, under no circumstances,
will it Intentionally misrepresent any
body. When it does SD accidentally, it
will make corrections cheeriully. The
reporter has no aspiration to be regarded
as brawler. TO avoid personal diff
Guilty with anybody, large Or small, he
will go to any reasonable length; but
under no circumstances will THE En-
QUIRER be bulldozed or intimitlated from
the publication of such facts as it thinks
are proper for publication, no matter how
ugly are those facts or whom those facts
may embarrass. In the present instance
we do not consider that we have given
the slightest ground of grievance to any
body, and if the gentlemen who thought
themselves aggrieved had only waited
until morn1g they G;,srani WGsla Iye sh Rr0OaOy
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-12-03
THE BOOSTER.
One Product of the Glorious Climate
of California.

One Product of the Glorious Climate
of California.
In every California town there are
numberless little poker rooms where
open games run day and night. There
are few handsome places where i,
costs five dollars to SIS to sit in game,
but most of the places are plain little
rooms where player may buy stack
of 20 white chips for so cents and take
his chance. Chips at 21s cents each
may seem very small, but as the game is
played invariably for table stakes, the
player soon either loses his modest
stack in the game or is forced to put in
more money. The players are nearly all
poor men, but as the losers leave theii
money and the winners usually stay,
500 worth of chips is not an unusual
sight on the table.
The law forbids the use of a slot in the
table or any kind of a kitty" so the
proprietor makes his money by charg.
ing each player one white check every
half hour for new cards. The income
of such place foots up to exactly five
cents an hour to each player, hardly
enough to satisfy the ambitions of the
sportsman who runs the place; hence
the booster"
The booster is really poker agent
on a so per cent. commission. He comes
into the game with a stack or two OF
the proprietor's chips and plays to win,
with the understanding that he will
quit whenever asked to make way for a
moneyed player. He must thus return
the original capital and one-half of his
winnings. His principal usefulness is
in starting new games and filling vacant
chairs in those lacking players. He
comes around early when the poker
place opens, and hangs about with 9TH
ers of his kind until two or three indie.
pendent players turn up. Then he be.
gins to play, and makes what he can
until a nudge in the back warns him
that his chair is wanted.
To the booster with his small stack
the game is a serious thing. 1t means
food, lodging and tobacco for the next
"a hours. He must always look neat
and prosperous, as if he had money in
rolls, although he often sits down with
stomach left empty merely that hi.
linen may be stainless and his shoes
may shine. OF course, such a man i.
not above running up set of threes'
or dealing off the bottom if he gets 4
chance, and his spare hours at home are
often passed in front of the looking
glass trying new tricks.
Though he is about the best short
card man in the world, the booster rare
ly makes more than enough for day.
living. The stake in the game is 81
small at first that he does not get mucl
of chance; and later, when the gam
grows strong, he has to make way TO-
others. Besides this, the other player
are pretty well seasoned, and keep
sharp eye on the dealer. This, with tn
thought that a loss means hungry da,
in the street, takes away all desire II
nlunpe Y Sun
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-12-03
PlIli AND POINT.

-Doubtful.- Briggs- Misr Pail.
sade girl Of tact?" Griggs-"Well,
don't know. When she refused me she
said il wasn't because couldn't support
her."-Lifs.
Surgical Prelimnaries,--"It costs
5000 to have a frozen toe amputated in
Alaska" well, II you go you would
better have yours cut off before you
start."-Chicago Record.
-"Yes," said Miss ellington, "the
count is such shy mani But he has
proposed to me at last. 1t very anus
Ing, for he was dreadfully en-
barrassed" so understood" replied
Miss Cayenne. "Financially."-Wash-
ington Star.
observation-disclosures" said the attor-
ney for the defense, ''here is skull.
Can you tell us to what species it be-
longs?" ITS the skull of lawyer"
replied the expert witness SLOW can
you tell?" by the cheek bones."-
Philadelphia North American.
He was young but ardent, ~ wish
Iwere the glove that presses your love-
ly hand" he said TO the charming maid.
She glanced at him with bewitching
smile. Aren't you enough of kid as
1t is?" she softly asked-Clevelan
Plain Dealer.
-Irate Patron-"You advertise TO
cure consumption, don't your" DR..
Quack-"Yes, siri never fail when my
instructions are followed" Irate Pat
ron-"My son took your medicine fer a
year, and died an hour after the last
DOSE, DR.. Quack-"My instructions
were not followed told him to take it
two years.'-N. Y. Weekly.
Sporting Blood.-Ephraim Geehaw
(of Hay Corners, complacently)-"I
know how the Teller must have felt that
bust the bank at Monte Carlo!" ST
Otecake Shocked -"You hain't been
playin' checkers fer money, hev you,
Eph?" Ephraim Geehaw-"No; but
b. gosh! Iput pennies in slot machine
when l was in tew town Yesterday till
the darn shebang wouldn't give down no
more gum!"-Puck.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-12-03
The Venus de Medici

The Venus de Medici has long ranked
us a canon of female beauty; but from a
physiological standpoint she is not "a
perfect type Of perfect womanhood."
At any rate, Prof. Chadwick does not
think that she is, for he points out that
the narrow chest indicates unrobust
lungs, that the shoulders are not well
braced up, that the Uranium and face
show no trace of mental vigor, that her
limbs show want of muscular training,
and that, as type of what mother and
mistress of home should be, she il
contemplate. After all, the Greek con-
ccption was not of womanhood, but
rather, to them, the good enough one Of
goddess Cincinnati Enquirer.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-12-03
ENGLlSHMEN AND LETTER A."
Their Disrespect Due to Influence of
French Language.


The question is asked by IAN Eng.
lishman:" "Wby is it that English PEG.
pie are such sinners in respect to the
improper use of the letter "h?'" The
writer goes on to say that the Scotch,
Irish and Americans are not given to
this faultiness in speech.
Phllologists say the frequent disre'
spect with which the letter is treated
is largely due to the influence of the
French language on our own, and es-
pecially upon those of the English.
speaking race who live in England it.
self. AS everyone knows, the at" is not
aspirated in the French language
which was until the middle ages large.
ly used in this country.
Then, for almost centuries at time,
in the days of the Plantagenets, our
English soldiers, who were wandering
about France, became, naturally
enough, affected by its peoples manner
of speech, and returned to their own
country to infect their families and ac.
quaintances with the same influences
which go to determine method of pro
nunciation. And at that time it was
really an English-not British-army
which did the bulk of the fighting.
Again, from time to time various quar-.
tiers of England have been used as set.
Elements for French refugees = the
Huguenots, for example-and French
| prisoners. Even so late as the begin.
ming of the present century, when we
| were in chronic state of warfare with
Napoleon Bonaparte, great numbers Of
Frenchmen settled, as prisoners on pa.
role, in England-the southern and
midland counties especially, which, as
we know, are the districts in which the
aspirate is least observed.
Scotland, Ireland and Wales were moi
under these same influences, theil
greater distance from the continent be-
ing one of the reasons.
But the constant "h" dropping among
the working classes in England to-day
is, am sure, largely due to the fact that
the workingman who persists in speak
ing of his horse, his house and hi
home, instead of his 'orse, 'ouse and 'ome
is regarded by his companions as {
pedant, and one who puts side on
have often noticed that domestic serv
ants are quite accurate or nearly so il
the use of the aspirate when speaking
to their mstresses, ETC., while, one,
back again in the kitchen among theil
fellows, there ceases to be an ''h" in thei
composition.-Lon Tit-Bits.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-12-03

The interesting question whether
there is any measurable influence ex-
erted upon the earth's atmosphere, and
particularly upon what we call "the
weather." by the black spots on the
sun, is again under discussion. Sun
spots increase and decrease in size and
number periodically, the average time
from one maximum of spots to another
being about II years. At present the
spots are becoming less numerous, and
their minimum period is approaching.
Atarecent meeting of the Royal Meteor
illogical society Mr.. A. B. Macdonald gave
reasons for believing that, as the sun
spot minimum dvaws near, there is a
tendency toward greater heat in the
summer and greater cold In the winter
than is the case near the sun-spot max
imum. The part of the world specially
considered by Mr.. Macdonald was west
ern Europe, but If Europe is affected by
sun-spots, America must be affected by
them also.-Youth's Companion.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-12-03
WOMAN AND HOME.
SHE KEPT ACCOUNTS.
And Because She Doctored Them She
Lost a Husband.

There is North side girl who has a
laudable ambition to know just where
her money goes. She has tried two or
three times to keep mental track of
her expenditures, but this always
proved unsatisfactory. At last she de-
cided that she must keep an exact and
minute account of everything she spent.
She got her small book with rulings
and margins and pliable cover and set
to work in earnest. She put down re-
ligiously everything she spent, the ex-
act amount, the article and the date.
She never allowed the slightest matter
to go till there was chance of her for
getting it. When she nude any pur-
chases downtown she went over the
list carefully In the car on her way
home, and put the amounts on the out
side of a package. In this way she sue
ceeded in keeping very satisfactory
record of her expenditures.
There was only one drawback. She
was forever leaving the book around.
Of course, there are a great many peo-
pie who are only too glad to read such
things. The servant would see it, the
man who came to tune the piano might
easily had done it il he liked, and she
did not know whether he had or not.
A neighbor had once picked it up on
the lawn in front of the house and
brought it in. But what was worse than
NIL the rest was the fact that a couple Of
girl friends perused it one day. There
were some things which she had talked
a good deal about that she got for down.
right bargains. In fact, after the catas-
trophe everything on her record seemed
TO be shamefully cheap. However, she
was unwilling to give up the bookkeep-
ing, and if she didn't carry note book
around with her she would certainly
forget something, so she bethought
herself of another expedient She de-
termined for the purpose of mystiiica-
tion to multiply everything she put
down by ten. That is, to add cipher
to each entry. In this way she could al
ways tell that every item really cost
one-tenth of what appeared on the book.
After this she didn't care who saw 1t.
There is lot at the side of her fathers
house and rustic seat. One day she
left the book on this seat. In the even
ing the young man who had about con-
cluded TO ask her hand in marriage
came along. He noticed the book
picked it up, and looked through it care
lessy. lie was amazed. She had al
ways claimed to be such a prudent girl
and he had believed she was. Still there
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-12-03

with skillful designs in color with
beads, in the same manner these Hun
garian peasants do marvellous work.
The needlework is most delicate, the
pattern raised in silk or cotton and so
exact that it seems to have been done
by mechanical means. The chair shown
is one upholstered in this work. 1t was
made for Archduke Ferdinand d'Este.
The chief parsonage interested in this
work is Archduchcss Isabella, the wife
of Archdukc Frederick, nephew and
heir to the richest untitled man in Aus
tria. She is devoted to benevolence and
charity and is active in furthering the
working institution for the development
of this industry. At the Buda-Pesth
exhibition last year much OF this EN-
broidery was shown and foreigners
would not believe it was the work of
ignorant, uncultured and rough peas
ants. The work done includes blouses
made and embroidered in silk, altar
cloths and all kinds Of church en-
broidery, tablecloths and curtains.