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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-08-11

EFFECT OF PATERNAL EXAMPLE
Mr.. Tucker, who sometimes goes gun
ming, was trying to teach Tommy the
meaning of the word "brace" as ap-
piled to game.
"Now, Tommy" he said, eff you
should 60 hunting and kill 20 pleas.
ants, for instance, how many would
you say you had bagged ?"
"Fifty," replied Tommy.-Chicago
Tribune.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-08-11

s@- At a reception in Paris q travel
er, who was strongly prejudiced against
Jews, was talking to Rothschild on the
beauties of the Island of Tahiti, and
sarcastically remarked, "There are
neither hogs nor Jews there !" '1n-
deed 7" retorted Rothschild. "Then
YOU and should 60 there together.
We should be great curiosities. "GszA.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-08-11

accustomed to. Deputy Sheriff Har.
shaw, of York county, came up yester-
day and took Moore back with him.
Yesterday Chief Alexander got on to
Walter Moore, alias Bob Moore, or
some other Moore, big, black burly
coon, wanted in Mecklenburg for as.
sault and battery with intent to kill
Mr.. E. J. Garrison, white man of
Berryhill township, July 26th. He
was captured at the Leroy. Deputy
Porter came after him today.
CLEVELAND-The Shelby Aurora,
August 8: The Democrats of No. II
township had their closing rally of the
campaign last Wednesday at Casar.
The Democrats living in that Repub-
lican stronghold were out in full force
and were reinforced by the loyal Dem
ocrats from adjoining townships. Ca.
sar was ablaze with flags, bunting and
white supremacy banners. The Lawn
dale Brass Band, of which the whole
county is justly proud, was on hand
and discoursed patriotic and inspiring
music. Senator. elect M. H. Justice,
Representative-elect G. r. Hoey and
Major H. F. Schenck were the speak
ers of the day. Each one of these
gifted and Jealous Democrats made
splendid speeches and votes for the
amendment. 1t has been whispered
about that Hoey, the fearless represen'
tative, would not be permitted to speak,
but the fusionists didn't cause any
trouble until after the speaking was
over. Just before the crowd dispersed
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-08-11
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The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-05-17

This is Il German method Of making
"Shlo liac, Il famous cement used by
the Chinese to unite gypsum, porcc-
lain, marble, stones and stoncwarc
The materials are 81 parts Of Stacked
powdered lime, 6 parts of powdered
alum, and 40 parts IF fresh, well
strained blood and these and these
are stirred until wcll-mixed mass Of
Of the consistency of somewhat stif
salvc IL obtained. When sufficiently
thinncd, this cement becomes a dura-
bic waterproof paint OF varied uses.
Two or three coats make cardboard
covers us hard us wood, il may be used
for painting houses, and it gives bar
rcls an oil-tight glaze.
Restoration TO life after hours Of APP
parent death is now known to be pos
siblc in cases Of persons taken from
the water or from sutlOcating gases.
In 1898 an apparently drowned boy Of
sixteen was rcsascitatcd by tongue
traction continued for three hours,
and 10 make it easier to persist in life
saving effort for hours in similar cases,
DR.. Labordc, French physician, has
devised. a mechanical tOnguG-tractor,
driven by an electric motor.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-05-17
IN \ pITiAlNE CONDITION..
Tho Horrors OF ERmine-Strickeh
indin Are complicated by tho
1DpparRn..s OK ChOlCCR.


The report .hal coolcra Is strengthen.
inl Us deadly l.Oiu on Amine'stricken
luli" hiaPs the pitlfn! condition of
that country mUr% tfan ever 10 tho
public view. About % 800, 900 perSnne,
'0r This Is the population Of the dis'
tricts Affected, ave swciterinE choir
suuaicu cXlStonces away amid pestt.
iuncc auu misery that show LU signs
Of nbatius. Hundreds III thousands Ol
pounds in good British gold, good Ger.
man marks Hnd American corn nave
nccn thrown into the country, but,
Judging from the latest adviccs, all
this charity is merely drop In the
ocean,
Tue famine unu It's attGrdant COR
piluuliuna appear u uAUIcd IN |.t"'
iuuu, any previous y!ai,attons. J -
viccroy, l.yrd Cu!HDu OF kcdd cetOH,
and Toe EOY>rnauEt arc m;'n!l |'"
| TO-. rXartiurs Ia mcC, the tcrrlh!" 'ui
| crycnry, but The >'nr"ndnuS hi"'c"''
! ties confronting Lnrm prevent IN" pre-
| sen, supplying Of rcrlr: l" moro 'h"n
| =, ono UuU. In the iurantlmc Tue hat't
| Stntrs are ,iOLtcd WIN iicapo vi "."u
ana dying and the ;Ohds are Ci"""."
| With lh9~tiy bihGa seeking 10 escape
from the str!Chuu t1rrltbrl' :, Out "i!p,
for lack O. t'ou AZ" ""1c' ''io9''S SUI
cumD Ia jac at,,mpt. y &c OF th" mn't
HOPELESS feature, OF The wnp!c ailair Is
con'a'nc" IN III" St"'V'hent o. 'p"H'"i
corfc- ponUcnt Ht Slmla, who writes
"Tun tunes tnu total rcliel cDuiu be
laid uut in II single district HlLi.Udt
fu!ly relieving rs distress. Al. We
c;.u hove for l. Is succession OF good
y-nr5 t. put the poOptc on ther IS
"!hIi''
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n"t'S" "'''''S' ''"' U'" We, '''"'
h'"n Is h"I @"H !"h'o IS ''l"c'' 'f"'I' 'lc
lo'i""lh my u'"cr 'pUi"" S"ns ~ p""'
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-05-17

1t il no wonder that women everywhere
are full of unbounded praise and gratitude
for DR.. Picrcc's Favoritc Prescription. It
does away with all suffering due to the dis.
eases of the organs peculiarly feminine. 1t
regulates the periods stops the disagrceablc
drains heals intlamcd and liberated con-
ditiofis, and cures female weakness. 1t
brings all the delicate female organs into
natural, healthy and harmonious action.
There is no opium OF other narcotic,
and no alcohol, whisky or other alcoholic
stimulant in "Favoritc cPrcscription.'
Sick women are invited to consult DR..
Pierce by letter, without charge. Write
freely. Every letter is treated as strictly
private and sAcrediy confidential.
ysns M,s NJ; ,; =: Long Of ie I.aup, Franklin Co..
hhns,,. writes: words cannot express how
grateful am for yonr Kind advice and good
mca'cincS. have been in poor health more or
iehs All my HE In the past nine years grew
moi SS, ',iN t"o years ago was so poorly could
naLnly utaE around. I consulted n specialist,
a,u si I've % shtn = hah liberation and that opera
uoh would have TO bc performed This did not
seem necessary to me, so time went by and
AT last wrote to DR.. Pierce asEiuo odvice 7
bouXnt Two bottles of Eayoritr Srascr;nt;or ,
two OF the Discovery and two v;,is or ,,,p ,pnii
lets as advised. When commr ncino ! u,e;ohed
10Y pounds, aud after taking one bottle Of each
Was nhS /" new woman, III one month T oainrd
= eieht pounds After taking two bottles eGSch Of
the inedleincs named, began to look like
weary tired feeling all LETT me, and il ala s.ntn
as though life was worth living" ' '-S
Df. Pierce's Pellets cleanse the skin
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-05-17

y FREAK or NATURE. --l'hc Shew-
bird mountain, four miles south OF
town, Is to us the strangest thing in
this whole mountain country, says the
naynesville, n. G., Courier. The
mountain il full OF large, rough cliffs,
and by It's peculiar shape and position
serves as weather signal TO the peO-
pie for mites around. because per-
leCtly still aud not a cloud in sight, yet
the mountain may begin 10 roar and
you may know that by tho next morn.
ing the bad weather will he on hand.
Though the mountain Is four miles
away, the roaring SQUADS like tha, made
by loaded freight train half mile
distant, ana it i. continuous SOund +,
too, with 60 intermisSiOn. Tue straug-
est part Of it all is as the general say
ing is, "when old Shewbird begins to
roar you may prepare for rough
weather. 1t generally commences
about dark and continues to roar until
the rain or snow comes, which may be
five hours or IL may be ten. At dark
the air may be that the wind can be
blowing at such d terrific rate on that
particular mountain ana not be blow
ing anywhere else in the country, not
even on the tops Of other mountains
around, even those that are much
higher than the Shew bird.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-05-17

y ltETORT FROM MTILLMAN.-Seua
Tillman, OF South Carolina, lecturcd
recently at Ann Arbor, Mich, under
the auspices Of the Good Government
League. his subject being. The
Race y lestion in the South
The incident OF the evening WAS nis
diatrihc against tie negroes. Direct
~ in front and alone sa, Is colored stu
dent, and the Senator looked at him in
making his remarks.
You scratch one Of those colOrcd
graduates under the skin,' he said,
and you will lind the savage. His
education Is like coat OF paint, like
his skin"
There were hisses from several parts
OF the honsc. Senator Tillman smiled
and rctOrteu
lOu mu5t excuse mo for my frank
ness. There is nothing Of hatred in
my nature for the negroes. Wncn
that man who hisscC gets ready &c
give his daughter in marriage to Il
negro and proves by his actions, and
not by his hisscs, that he means Duoi-
ness, | will apologize, and not before. y
The applause which greeted this re
tort was tremendous, and there WAS nc
more hissing during the evening. -
New York Sun.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-05-17
According to a WASHINGTON anccinI

-AccOrding to u Washington special
in the New York Tribune disappoint-
ment WAS expressed in the ollicc Of the
Third Assistant Postmaster General
when it WAS discovered that the paraf-
fine paper used for the new postage
stamp books only prevents adhesion
for q few days, probably y wcok. and
then it appears to lose It's otiect en-.
tircly. and the stamps become glued
TO the pages rs though no preparation
WAS employed to prevent adhcsiO ion.
The recent spell OF warm weather has
brought this defect TO light, and steus
are to be taken at once to remedy IT,.
Mr.. Madden says that TO moro book
will be issued with paratlne leaves.
and that Il certain kind Of oil paper is
to be used in its stead, which, it IS
thought, will answer every require
mcnt.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-05-17
WEATHER. AND CROP REpoHr
Weekly Bulletin OF the Weather I'm
roRu for south CarOllnn

The week ending Monday, MAY Tlh,
was slightly cooler than the reviuus
one, with low night temperatures after
the Sd, causing light frosts in portions
OF Grecnvilc and Spartan coun-
ties, but without doing any perceptibe
damage except to young cotton, and
slightly checking the growth Of tender
vegetation.
There were numerous light, scattered
sf overs, generally confined to the
middle and lower Savannah valley, anu
along the Immediate coast. These
showers were beneficial, aud Il warm
rala is needed over She eutirp STATE TO
soften the ground, which in clNy lands
is becoming balScsi ard hard, To hasten
the gcrmtnhtiou OF recently plautcJ
seeds, and to supply moisture to wbuat
and oats while hetuing and blooming.
Damaging hail occurred in A0O4viiic
County.
Planted .icld$ are bccomiu. grassy.
and staru in nu&u OF cultivation. which
has began who're corn and cotton are
large enough. Bottom lands a." j,.sl
becoming dry enough TO begin 10 pre-
pare them for planting.
Corn Is CCm'Gg up 10 generally good
stands, and cultivation has made con
siucraDiu progress. Over thC western
portions OF the State very litt!a corn
Hes ttc' p'ts'i"VNi, DStHS uCici Itt htlli
COTTON is all planted. Cut worms and
crows are very troublesome on D0Ltom
lands, ncccssltAting much rcplantjng.
Cotton planting made rapid progress
during the week, and, where icHot ;.0-
vauced is from ilHtl 10 two thirds tin
ishcd. Early paintings are up to fair
Stands, but the recent cool nights are
very injurious, causing some cotton u
die. l.andS are not all prepared for
cotton. ChOpping out Is we'll under
way.
lsust On nest has become quite gen
crnl and is spreading. The CROP is in
many places less prom ising than here
toiOro, naving been apparently injured
By the excessive rainfall uf Aprit. oats
have improved. IoLh crops arc head
ing.
The bulk Of the tobacco crop ha"
been Lr:.nsplanted, and the work is
! ucariy finished. There was 10 scar
| city Of plants, CxccDt at I. few points.
Rice WAS badly damaged in the Guorge-
| town districts, by high water, but TO
what extent cannot now Dc estimated.
Apple and pear trees arc btighting
badly: some peaches dropped, but
enough remain 70 make full crop ::
villa berries are abundant. Sugar cane,
| sorghum ana melons have come up TO
good stands, the latter beginning to
run to vine. Sweet potato slips
plentiful in beds, but few have bcun
transplantcd. White potatoes doing
well, but bugs are very numerous.
Large truck shipments being made.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-05-17
-zzze -. Saa----

lAFEERI'S DEFEAT OF ail the
"'cn whu have reCantiy Sustained u;:-
iGnl. because Of their uescrtion OF ;i.e
party OrEan!z Alton, the CAS-. .; SluH.ur
Gallery, OF Louisiana, IS thG worst.
There has been elected to the I.>Ii.
Si9na Legislature 70. IL single man
who will vot" fDr CailC"y'S return 70
the Scuate. Ever stree the LruiSiAra
senator presided over the goa stan.
uard meeting nL indianapolis the De-
inucrats Of Louisiana have had it IN
lor him. lu tiin cAmpAiGn wui1n has
Just closed, and which resulted in ali
ov-rw hctMinG victory for the re-
Gular ticket, Senator Cannrv'a son
hended :hc hoiting ticket, and the
Senator himself went through line
state, saying all the hard Lhing4 be
knew how HbOut the regular Demo
Gratis. The result was, huwcv.r, au
vtrwhelminE defeat for Lnr Gallery
iamiiy. One by one the Democrats
mo left .hc party organization in 1896
have been wcedeG out OF Congress, ;,
Lindsay and Catlcry are the last, ard
the successor TO each has been named.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-05-17

colOrcd cal that Is q perfect match for
th2 sitting room carpet. The cat i3 Is
CREST tavoritc with the members Of
the family and is therefore allowed to
spend much Of It's time stretched out
on the Carpet, where il can be seen
only py close observer. SO many
visitors call and step un the cat that
one OF the young women Of the house
hold has worked sign in wOrste1,
reading: Don't step ON the cat" 1t
has been hung in IL con5picuous place
on the wall and IN the spring the cat
will be dyed Or & new carpet will be
purchased.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-05-17

THE HOMESTEAD LAw.---Tnc llluse
rt Representatives. has passed without
&ivis on tue " free homu' bill, which
had been pruuing before Congress for
a number Of years. The bill provides
shat the government hail issue patents
- actual bona tidD settlers on agri"ul.
tural lands OF Indian reservations
opened TO settlement. THESE Ianus
wrrc taken up b. set,!lro who con-
lr~ctu0 20 pay from 81 ,25 TO 1915 pr
aGrc. By the terms OF the bil tho
government assumes the payment Of
tNr purchase prices u the Indians,
aud changes the existing law relative
- agricultural colleges, so rs tO ensure
the payment OF cnduwmcntS which
heretofore have come out OF tho sale OF
pubic Huus, in Case OF deficiency.
IHCs1 payments involve 81 200 900 an
EhHiIy. Oi the 29,9N90OO acres in In
uinr reservations opened 10 scttl GmCnt,
Tor which tic government is 10 pay or
h.> paid E3j 900 900 about : 600 600
Hcr"a have been taken and about
:! OOJ, 900 arc supposed to no still avail
mDic for agricultural purposes. y re-
markaUlc thing in connection with the
passage OF the bin WAS speech in
favor Of it by Gaiusha A. Grow, Of Penn
sylvania, the venerable ox-SpcaKcr 0!
the House who, fOrty.GiGht years ago,
fAthcrpd and passed the original home
stead bin lie was then the youngest
and ia now the oldest member Of the
House.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-05-17

Sing Rock, San FraGcsco, just AZ
the inncr edge Of the Go,den Gale, was
blown up by government contractors
with 900 pounds OF nitro.glyccrine,
after the bay had been cleared OF craft
for the radius OF II mile. Three thous.
and eight hundred cubic yards OF rock
was destroyed and thousands Of fish
killed, tho fishermen rcaping a har-
vest. Waves forty feet high relied
shoreward, out subsided and no dam.
age resulted beyond the breaking OF
windows and glassware la the northern
end OF the city.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-05-17

No NEED FOR y HUSBAND --T'nv
Detroit rrrc Press publishes the lo..
loving story:
Don't know whether It's ncw or
not. heard it down ia BsrE.uuu.
"aid the man whu recently returned
frt III thnt winter =, sur'.
'IOcre IS a ricn widow living Just
outside Of i'ontnic, according to this
story, SUD after :t.vCrai elderly gentle.
men had vhinIy cnGeavur:'. to lure her
into matrimOny again report gained
circulation that she was 81 regular man
hu,er. Finally. wealthy widowcr
trun tho East, carrying with Dim the
evidences Ol good living and the heart.
ness that seeks cCnEeniai GUmpaniun-
snip. visited the city and was soon Il
caller nDOa the intr*ctHb!c widow
Ate" he thought 5ulliciont advance.
mcnt had been made 20 Justify pro.
poaal he proceeded TO feel his way.
Beautiful home you have here.
"'Yes. enjoy it,
- Fine ontiooH, fine trees, fine yard,
very lino II II around. l'u. There Is one
thing tacking.'
"Ies? -
SIT is an Adamless Eden, don't YOU
know. You arc so good in everything
else that should think you would be
glad to share these blessings with a
husband
Are you proposing, sir,
In an arGumentatlvc way. II yOu
can be convinced that you should have
a husband, should like to b" the
man
'Husban0 | have u gardener that
smokes and drinks have u parrot
that swears ike q pirate, and have a
cat that stays out all night. What in
creation do want with Il husband = "
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-05-17
\ TRUST FORCEUTO REDUCE PRICES.

y TRUST FORCEDTO REDUCE PRICES
-~Onc Of the best prospects Of relief
from the extorLion Of trusts is thar in
their greed they will overuo The thing
ana bring rctriDutiOn upOn themselves
by their own action. When they be-
come sure Of their absolute control OF
an article they are apt TO count AN en-.
ormous profit and by advertising this
prospect they succeed in selling vast
quantities Of watered stock, the pro-
goods o! which are pocketcd by the
originators OF the trust. BESIDES over
capitaliZing the trust often pushes the
price Of its product up and up until it
reaches u point at which even the
power Of a trust cannot hol'l it. The
trust tinds that the demand for its
creaSes rapidly and at last accumulates
TO such an extent that a reduction Of
prices becomes necessary.
The Stee! aud Wire trust has =
Gently given an illustration in Eolnt.
The Iron Age says: If two weeks
ago the best informed members Of the
iron ~.nnd steel trades had been
thoroughly cAnvassed for an express
sion Of opinion Us to the branch in
which u severe break in prices was
most likely to occur, the chances are
That but small minority would have
designated wire"
The trust had liked It's prices 80 high
that people ceased to buy. II had to do
something to get ride OF part OF its enOr-
nous surplus product. First it ci0aed a
number Of its mills, and then it made IL
heavy reduction OF prices. Wire nails
have been cut 81 q keg, barbcd wire
cent a pound, cnamclcd wire 90 cents
per 100 pounds.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-05-17

a wh"ic, and a big one, is stranded
on the beach st ScaviCw, Horny Coun
W, Tue terminus oi u lite railroad
just built from the wiiIa Of the in.
terror, and people are hooking TO .uc
spot on excursions to sec the great
hSn. To add TO the interest it Is cyi.
dent that the whale WAS killed by 4
harpO0n that he has probably carried
thousands OF miles. The harpoon has
thirty feet Of rope attached, the iron
being driven far into the body OF the
fish. The whale measures sixty-six
feet in len 9Th and tnirty.four across
the back Fl shermen and sailors say
the tackler in the body belonged to
tue outfit OF q whaler and the supposi'
tion Ia that it was struck by profes.
sional whale hunters, aud breaking
the line headed across the seas, un
N indful OF latitude, and at lest died
OF the wound
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-05-17
- y n odd accident OCCurr,l Gn ii

An odd accident occurred On the
Chicago and North western railway
Sunday forenoon at Highland Park
III. as the engineer Of the train which
reaches Milwaukee at ii o'clock blew
the whistle the valve broke and ne
WAS unable 10 smut oil the steam from
Lhe nolsemakcr. From Highland
Park to Milwaukee, distance Of Is oUut
slXty-tiVo m!lCs, there WAS not Il mo
ment whcn the whistle was rot sound.
ing fu!i strength. 1t could be heard
for miles away in long continuous
shrill sound, and at every city and vii
lagc people ran To their doors TO learn
what wns happening. Whiic the W uis-
tic was blowing the iircman was strain.
ing every nerve TO keep the steam up
TO the running point, and Succeeded
in hrlugin the train into the station
on time.
"A committee Of the Confederate
Veterans whose work interests al
whether veterans or not, Is the hi*tori.
cal committee on Southern school his
tory. Their report will be submitted
to the reunion at Louisville, May 30 to
June ). Gen. Stephen d. Lee was its
first chairman, with member from
each State. In their aupea! TO tho sur.
vivors aud 10 the rising generation tney
quoted, IA people which takes no pri'(
in the noble achievements OF rrmo' |
ancestry Will never achieve anything
worthy to be rememb bcrcd by remote
| descendants. The completeness Of the
| record which the committee hopes l(
finally obtain would fully Justify tn,
organization OF the Uaily,i Cunfcder
atc Veterans should nothing else be
accomplished By the order.