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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-06
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mr.. John R. Ashe is out Of town for
few days.
e Miss Marie Carroll spent last We'd
nesday and Thursday in Gastonia.
Mr.. 6. A. Browning, of Greenville,
matriculated at the X. M. M. A., Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Harrison are visit
ing their si,,, daughter. Mrs, Fred Minis. at
Miss Norma Strauss of Charleston.
Is visiting her brother and friends In
Yorkville.
Mrs. Mary Thompson, Of Riverside,
Is visiting her grand daughter, Mrs. M.
w. White.
Mrs. M. w. White returned from an
extended visit to relatives at Riverside,
last Thursday.
Mrs. r. Moultrie Bratton, Of Brat
louisville, Is visiting relatives and
friends in Yorkville. =
Mr.. Job F. Carroll, who has been in
Savannah, Ca, for sometime, Is spend
ing few" days in Yorkville.
Mr.. w. M. Kennedy, Jr., will leave
Monday, for Atlanta, where he will
complete his course in dentistry.
NMrs. Wilson and daughter, Miss May,
who have been visiting Miss Bessie
Barron, returned home yesterday.
Mr.. John L. Davies, Of Blacksburg,
was In town this week, shaking hands
with many Of his old friends.
Mr.. T. P. McDill, Of Hickory Grove,
was in Yorkville, Wednesday. He says
the people of his section appear to be
in better spirits than he has known for
years.
Thomas F. McDow, Esq, returned
from Gaffney Tuesday night He went
there to assist in the defense Of DR..
Smith, charged with malpractice. DR..
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-06

To a farmer who does not know all
about wheat, that article by Prof.
Newman, published in another column,
ought to prove very valuable. For in
stance, we have no doubt that many a
farmer has killed wheat and corn seed
by putting cotton seed meal next to the
grain and believed ever after that he
ought to have made a good crop be-
cause of his liberality in the use Of
fertilizers. There are many little
points like this that are to be learned
from time to time as we go along.
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Saturday, October 6, 1900.

yesterday afternoon, to consider the
situation in connection with new de-
velopments; but up to the time 1t was
necessary for THE ENQUIRER to go to
press, nothing definite had been agreed
upon. Several Of Colonel Williamss
descendants have indicated to the D.
A. R. that the organization may do as
it sees proper with the remains Of their
ancestor, and this fact will probably
give the ladies the upper hand from a
legal standpoint. But in view Of these
unexpected complications the remains
will not be removed next Tuesday as
was intended.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-06

THE action of the Negro Republicans
in quietly ignoring their white brothers
in the leadership Of the party, was the
most striking feature of the convention
last Wednesday night. There would
have been lots Of trouble saved to the
state if the whites had been relegated
to the rear from the first.
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state; but in our opinion there is not
much probability Of a change. The
voters of South Carolina have learned
lots in the consideration Of Senator
McLaurin's character and ability, and
there will be time during the next two
years to learn a great deal more.
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grass and all for hay. At the first cut
ting we got three -fourths Of a ton to
the acre, worth SIG ton, and at the
second cutting Of grass alone, we got
half a ton to the acre, worth $l2 d
ton. From the two cuttings we got
hay to the value Of s1S per acre, and
there is still another cutting, though,
of course, it will not be Of as good
quality as either Of the first two"
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former is the case; but, however that
may be. 1T Is quite certain from the ad-
vices which have reached Washing
ton today, that the German govern.
ment. upon careful inspection Of the
plans for a settlement projected by the
United States, finds therein nothing
inconsistent with the German aspira-
tions. Therefore, it may be expected
that Germany too, will be prepared
soon to join in this common movement
toward a settlement. 1t may be stated
that altogether the prospects of an ad-
justment Of the Chinese difficulty with
out resort to formal war, are very much
brighter than they were one week ago.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-06

All this with three plows, ran prima
rily for the cultivation Of rs acres Of
cotton and 25 acres of corn. Of course,
without the "side" crops mentioned,
there would have been a larger acreage
of corn and cotton; but probably much
less profit To produce these side
crops has required intelligent hustling,
we have no doubt; but what Mr.. Will
kerson can do, Others ought to be able
to do, and as the farmers of this coun-
try drift more in this direction the
greater will be their prosperity.
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L.oCAI. AFFAIRS.
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Louis Roth-Tells of new crop buck
wheat flour and maple syrup to
match. He also has Norfolk select
oysters.
York Drug Store-Makes very special
offer on fountain syringes, and also
tells about their supply Of hair
and tooth brushes at low prices.
j. o. Allison, Tirzah-Wants informa-
tion about a setter dog that has
strayed or been stolen.
Latta Bros.-Want 10000 bushels of
cotton seed and want them quick,
at the highest market price.
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LIVING AT HOME.

We wish every farmer in this coun-
try would read, study and profit by the
little story that is published in another
column about the achievements of, Mr..
w. S. Wilkerson. For years THE EN-
ou1RER has preached the live at home
doctrine, and it has given hundreds Of
facts to bear out the correctness Of its
theories; but there has been nothing
that comes closer to the point than
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CHE 4turkrille Gaql'irer.
HORKvILLE, 8. c.:
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1900.

THREE thousand acres of land were
sold before the court house door in An
derson last Monday for Sal, 400.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-29
SCIENTIFIC TOPICS.
CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOVERY
AND INVENTION.
Clever italian Lad Who Doesn't Believe
Improved Machinery Is Curse-Put
the Piano ou an ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Notes of Progress.
Automobile Service In Sudan.

New automobile service in the Su-
dan, between Hayes and Bammako on
the Niger, has been recently inaug-
urated, and communication from
Hayes, dated the 3rd, of February,
states that Gov. Chaudie has just re-
turned from voyage, in which he had
laid out certain new territory and in
the course of which he inaugurated
the new automobile system for the
transportation of passengers and mer-
chandise between these two points.
The governor and party left from
Bammako the 22d of January and ar
rived in two days at Xiii, making
about ninety kilometers per day on a
six hours run. From this point he
passed to Toukouto, and finally ar
rived at Hayes the 27th of January,
the whole trip taking thus about five
days, says the Scientific American.
Upon his arrival the governor ex-
pressed himself as greatly pleased
with the rapidity and facility of the
new system and recalls the fact that
on former trip to the Niger 1t re-
quired fifteen days to cover the same
route. By this system the Senegal is
brought into connection with the Nj
ger, the district passed through being
one which had not been reached here
tofore by water or by railroad, on ac-
count of the rapids of the Senegal and
the mountainous mass called Fouta-
Djalon, which separates the Senegal
from the Niger. The automobiles for
this system were constructed by a
Paris firm and were installed under
the direction of NJ. Felix Dubois.-Chi-
cago News.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-29
1t Didn't Work.

Mrs. Slimpurse-ltsa all nonsense to
talk about managing a husband by si-
lent appeals to his good nature. 1t
can't be done. If you want anything
you've got to say so right out. You
know this horrid old hat I've worn for
two seasons? Mrs. Makeshift-Yes;
and I suggested that you should quiet
ly put it on and let him see you
wearing it. Mrs. Slimpurse-That's
just what l dds. and when l proposed
to walk down the town with him he
said. I'm afraid all this finery will
make my old clothes look shabby
Stray Stories.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-29
A Miniature boomerang.

To make this miniature boomerang
all that is needed is a sharp knife and
some heavy card board. Cut semi
circle, as shown in the picture, making
one end slightly broader than the 9TH
err To shoot this boomerang place 1t
just under the nail of the foreinger OF
the left hand. Do not put 1t there at
the center. but place 1t in such a way
that the larger part of the boomerang
is toward the left. Then give 1t flip
with the thumb of the right hand and
the boomerang will act like the IA
nous weapon of the Australian saw
ages, striking the object at which 1t is
aimed, and then returning to the per-
son who shot 1t. 1t Will require some
little practice and experiment to get
the shape of the boomerang exactly
right and at the same time to place IL
in the proper position and give 1t the
proper stroke. This is. of course. a
play boomerang compared With the
wooden boomerangs which the Austria
lians throw with such force that they
can strike and often kill man or
animal at 200 yards, the weapon re-
ttt'ning to the hands or feet of the
person who threw 1t.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-29
Gen. Hart and the Poor Shot.

Mr.. Winston Churchill sends an
amusing incident of Gen. Hart, whose
personal recklessness has been one of
the features of Gen. Buffers campaign.
1t was the first day at Spion Kop. and,
writes Mr.. Churchill: Gen. Hart dis
covered a soldier sitting safely behind
a rock and long way behind the fir
ing line. Good afternoon, my man, {"
he said. in his most nervous, apologet-
ic voice; what are you doing here?"
Sir" replied the soldier, "an officer
told me to stop here, sir" "Oh, why"
Pm third-class shot, sir Dear
me-" said the general, after some re-
Election, that's an awful pity, because
you see you'll have to get quite close
to the Beers to do any good. Come
along with me and I'll find you nice
place" and a mournful procession
trailed off toward the most advanced
irmishers.-London Letter in the
New York Tribune.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-29

upon his head. He went to Japan and
for personal protection became a jap
anese subject. The reformer is a
young man, only 2S years of age. me-
dium size. rather good looking, bright.
magnetic in his personality, very ac-
tive and quick in his motions, and has
sacrificed his cue. as many of the re-
form party are now doing.
Numbered among the reformers he
says there are over 100000 able-bod-
led men and in all there are over 12,-
000. 900 members. The society is rap
idly growing and Is receiving much
financial aid. 1t is proposed, when the
reformers get stronger. to openly re-
volt, and II the government resorts to
force to try to subjugate them blood
shed will result. The emperor is said
to be heartily in favor of reform in
the national policy, and 1t is the in
tention OF the reformers to give him
supreme control of affairs when the
opportune time arrives.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-29
A CHINESE REFORMER
LEUNG CHI Tso. WHO HAS A
BIG PRICE ON HIS HEAD.
He Earned the Wrath of the Dowager
Empress and Became = Fugitive =
Claims There Are 100000 Members
In Reform Party Who May Yet Revolt.

En- route to the United States. where
he proposes to do missionary work
with the Chinese population in the in
terest Of the great reform movement
recently inaugurated in China, is Le-
ung Chi Tso, the exiled leader Of the
reformers who has had price of $685.
900 placed upon his head by the Dow
ager Empress. During the time that
the Chinese emperor undertook to in
troduce SO many reforms and which
resulted in his deposition. he was his
principal adviser and also acted as sec
retary to the emperor. Leung Chi Tso
was the principal means of inducing
the emperor to try these reforms.
which consisted in opening free schools
and granting to newspapers the great
est of liberty. as well as many other
minor reforms, which, however.
seemed to the old-time Chinese, es-
pecially the dowager. nothing short OF
radical revolution.
When the dowager gained her old
time ascendancy over the emperor and
put a check on the reforms, Leung Chi
Tso became a fugitive with a big price
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-29

tent are not nearly so conveniently
set up and taken down. Duncan
Downs of West Superior, whose unique
tent is illustrated here, conceived the
idea of building a tent for hunters,
campers or army use, exactly on the
plan of huge umbrella. Two sliding
collars, controlled by ropes and pull
leys, serve to open and close the tent
The upper collar is adjustable at any
point to permit changing the height
of the tent as desiftd; the lower col
lar controls the extension of the ribs.
This tent when folded, shut up or
closed ready for transportation, con-
sists simply of the central stick with
the canvas rolled about it. in true UNI
brella fashion.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-29
America. Hymn In tn. Philippine.

Dean Worcester. one OF the best au-
thorities on the Philippine Islands,
told story recently at dinner party
in Washington to show the feeling
which the Filipinos entertained for the
late General Lawton. A town had been
taken, and as usual in Lawtons COM
mand, there was no burning or loot
ing, and the head man of the town
was greatly affected by the difference
between the American occupation and
a Spanish ocupation some years be-
fore. when everything had been de-
stroyed and the inhabitants massacred
Il was sitting one evening with Cen
eral Lawton in his little house." said
Mr.. Worcester, when native band
came to serenade the officer. / called
the leader in, and said, that he ought
TO know the 'Star-Spangled Banner,
and whistled it over for him few
times. Inside of an hour the band
was back again. and playing the Amer
lean air in good form. A native priest
asked General Lawton and myself to
attend mass at the church on the fol-
lowing day. We were surprised to hear
during the solemn music the strains
of Americas native air We were af-
terward told by the priest that he
should always, in memory of General
Lawton, include the patriotic air in
his sacred music at the church. -
Youths Companion.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-29
A SON OF DICKENS.
Poor Little Jen' Recalled by One Who
Knew Him Well.


Poor little Jeff-rest his bones,"
Thus did Transport Sergeant Dough"
Allison, of Strathconas Horse, express
himself in Montreal, when. with
friend at the Windsor Hotel, he was re
counting some of the old-time eXpe-
riences of mounted policemen prior to
the days of the rebellion, says the
Montreal Herald. Poor little JEFF
referred to was Francis Jeffrey Dick
ems, who was an inspector in the
Northwest Mounted Police during the
trouble of 1885. Dickens was a son OF
Charles Dickens, the novelist. He died
in Moline, H., where rest the bones
upon which his old orderly, Douglas
Allison, called down a blessing. Dick
eDs had varied career. When quite
a young man he assisted his father in
the preparation of matter for House
hold Words. Catching the India fever
in the early '70s, he went to Bengal,
where he Joined the mounted police OF
that province. Quitting the country he
returned to England, where he re-
manned a short time, and then started
for Canada. He at once Joined the
mounted police and saw service all over
the northwest. He was at Fort Pit
during the rebellion of 1885, and upon
its close he came east to Ottawa
where he remained until his money
gave out, when he went to Moline. He
was advised to go there by his old
friend Allison, with whom he kept up
correspondence. His home at Mo
line was the house of Mrs. o. Marshall,
sister of Allison. Francis Jeffrey
Dickens, though a smaller man than
his father. resembled him in many par
ticulars. His hair, mustache and heavy
tuft of chin whiskers were worn in
the same manner. He was given to
moodiness when in Ottawa. Deafness
overlook him, and his death at the
house of his friends sister brought him
relief from many tortures of mind and
body.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-29
A Lesson,

Henrietta, said Mr.. Meekton, as
he paused on the front step, could
you remember what 1t was you said
yesterday when you so properly re-
proved me for leaving the door open ?"
Il think 1 can. But | hope l shall not
have occasion to use it again" Gould
you give me the exact tones and the
gestures?" Yes" We'll l wish you
would. l have an Office boy who leaves
the door open continually. and If you
could teach me to make that speech it
would certainly be great help to
me in my business. Washington
Star.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-29

would frequently secure photographs
of members complacently sleeping
through debate and offer to distribute
gratuitously around the said congress-
mems districts copies of the indisput-
able evidence of their watchful guar
dianship of constituents interests. Mr..
Allen is also a cultivated musician and
one of the pleasantest experiences of
visitors TO his home is found in the
concerts at which, with the cello, he
accompanies his daughters, one with
the violin and another at the piano.
He is an excellent speaker The new
governor of Porto Rico will leave be-
hind him large business interests.
which must be intrGsted to other
hands. While fulfilling the duties of
his Office in the navy department to
the satisfaction of everyone. he has,
nevertheless. kept in touch with mis-
commercial affairs. He is the head OF
a firm which manufactures wood pre-
servatives; is the president of one
bank. director in another, and is
largely interested in the manufacture
of high-grade paper.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-29

the machines were constructed and the
result was eminently satisfactory.
The piano was loaded upon little
wagon constructed for the purpose,
and the operating mechanism was fit
ted into a box at the rear. Now the
itinerant musician goes forth daily on
his rounds with his hand upon the
lever instead of with his back bowed
under the strap with which he for
merly tugged the piano. His wife SITS
up behind, ready to leap down and
pass the cup when her liege stops MS
machine to play few tunes and the
baby rides like a queen in front be-
hind his father.
The gasoline required to run the au-
tomobile does not cost much and as
long as the little engine holds to-
gether the Italian has novelty which
attracts fully as many pennies to his
wife's cup as do the tunes he grinds
out.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-29
PORTO RICO'S RULER.
CHAS. H. ALLEN HAS WEALTH
AND ABILITY.
Was Successor to Roosevelt as Assistant
Secretary of the Navy at the Out
break of the Spanish War-Once Ran
for Governor of Massachusetts.

Charles H. Allen, who will be the
first civil governor of Porto Rico at a
salary of $4,000, first came into nation
al prominence when he succeeded
Roosevelt as assistant secretary of the
navy at the outbreak of the Spanish
war. But this was not his first political
experience. He has held various i'm
portant municipal offices at Lowell,
Mass, which has been his home since
his birth 90 years ago. has been rep
resentative and senator in the Massa-
chusetts legislature, served two terms
in congress and once ran for governor.
He was unsuccessful in the latter ven
ture because he was pitted against the
;nvincible William E. Russell. Mr..
Allen is a man of great wealth and
of artistic taste and temperament.
His home on the Merrimac at Lowell
is one of the most beautiful private
estates in this country. Some of the
exquisite landscape gardening are his
own creations. He is an accomplished
amateur photographer, and as a pro-
ducer of artistic prints has few equals
at home or abroad. When in congress
hio camera was his constant compan-
ion on the floor of the house. He
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-29

build an automobile which could be
utilized running his fathers street
piano. He inclined toward the gaso-
line type, as it was cheaper than the
others, and he failed to see where the
electricity would come from were he
to succeed in building an electrical
machine.
Finally he set to work upon the de-
vice. putting in all his evenings and
spare time. He bought the parts from
time to time with bis own earnings
and such money as his father could
spare from the receipts of the piano
and fitted them together as he had
seen the workmen do at the factory.
He had acquired a good working
knowledge of the principle on which
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-29
CHILDHOOD OF A GREAT KING.
Pathetic Scene Between Henry Nv. and
the Dauphin.

tho Dauphin.
In spite of the fact that Henry ~
was a severe and often impatient faith
er, it is clear that his children re-
garded him with great affection, says
Mrs. Lucy Crump in the Atlantic. He
teased them and chastised them, but
he also loved them with an almost
feminine tenderness. Certainly no
childish impression more profoundly
modified Louis life, than his love and
reverence for his father; not all his
mothers adverse teach!ng-not all her
wanton undoing OF Henry's work,
could efface this Impression from the
mind of the boy. The uncertain drift
ings of the early years of his reign,
after the fall of the regent. were but
efforts to return to the policy which
Henry had cherished, and Mary of Me-
dici overthrown; and Richelieu's lin
itless power in later years was pos
sibly only because Louis recognized in
his minister these opinions and aspir-
ations which he associated with the
memory of his father. 1t is impossi-
BILE to give the many anecdotes which
would illustrate how ready the Dau-
phin was to adopt his fathers tastes
and prejudices and how lastingly they
stayed by him; but two little stories
will serve to show how fond they were
of each other Henry often rode out to
St Germain to visit his children and
share in their games. One day, as he
was leaving, Louis followed him to
the top of the staircase. silent and sad.
What, my son, have you not word
to say to me?" asked the king. Are
you not going to kiss me when l go
away" The Dauphin began to cry
silently doing his best to hide his tears
before all the company. The king,
changing color and nearly crying him
self, took him in his arms, kissed him
and embraced him. saying: Il shall
say, as God said in the scriptures, My
son, | am well pleased to see these
tears / will give heed to them
When Monsieur lie Dauphin got back
to his room. (Jean Herouard) asked
him what the king had said. He told
me to learn to shoot an harquebus.'
answered the Dauphin. | pressed him.
and he stuck to it. l left him and he
cried long and heartily"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-29
Cultivate a sweet Voice.

Kind hearts are more plentiful than
persistently kind and gentle voices,
and yet love loses much of its power
when the voice is sharp and hard. Try,
therefore most earnestly to acquire
the right tone in speaking. and guard
yourself carefully from falling into
careless and bad habits of voice. Often
a sharp voice shows far more ill-will
than the heart feels. but people do not
know that the speakers bark IS
worse than her bite" and they be-
lieve her to be ill-tempered and dis
agreeable. 1t is so easy to pick up a
sharp and snappish manner of speak
ing. Very often it is acquired in mirth,
and in the give and take battles of
words in which boys and girls delight
There is no malice in their sallies and
a great deal OF fun, but meanwhile the
voice is often acquiring a sharp and
shrewish tone which sticks through
life, making it stir up strife and ill
will among its listeners. So watch the
tone in which you speak, and take care
that it is gentle and sweet. A kind
voice is like music in the home, and
is to the heart what light and beauty
are to the eye.-New York Mail and
Express