Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-31
Wednesday, October 81, 1900.

get excited over politics, or allow IT.
self to drop into partisan bias. It Is
characteristic of Mr.. Speck and is
about true.
Mr.. S. A. McElwee dropped four $40
bills on the street last Friday. It was
some hours before he discovered his
loss and he had no satisfactory recol-
lection as to what might have become
of the bills. He told several people;
but heard nothing until Monday night:
A Negro boy, names Lee James, tolI
Policeman Rose that he had found $SO
Saturday, and that he had been robbed
of it. Mr.. Rose begun work on the
case. and yesterday morning had sue
ceeded in recovering all of the money.
|. So far! as the reporter has informa-
tion, only a few young people have
signified their intenllon to take adVan-
tage Of the opportunity that Is onered
by members Of the K. M. M. A. facul-
ty for night instruction in bookkeeping,
stenography and typewriting. Rather
than otherwise. this Is Disappointing
Although none Of these accomplish
ments are especially difficult, they can
not be easily acquired without compe-
tent instruction. It does not follow
that having acquired these:ac comphsh-
ments, the student is ready to at once
command desirable position at asbig
salary. But all three are good things
to know, especially bookkeeping, and
no time that is spent in learning them
is wasted. All such knowledge Is cal
culated to stand the possessor in good
stead, at some time or other, and why
young people waste, such opportunities
as they have to acquire 1t, Is problem
that even older people who have been
along there, find difficult Of solution.
IN, ,rfr fn1
Basmajian, the Armenian, In the court
house, last Monday night, was very
entertaining affair. The audience num-
bered something like 400 people, includ-
ing a large proportion Of children. The
lecturer sought to both amuse and In
struct, and judging from the demon
stration, he succeeded admirably. He
is q good singer, and at the outset ne
captured the full, sympathy Of his au-
dience by q we'll planned artifice. He
sings in Turkish, Armenian. Greek and
English. For his first illustration he
took the familiar old song, Where Is
NV Boy Tonight" Rendering 1t first
in one strange tongue and then anoth-
er, until the audience recognized 1t. he
started off in English with an invita-
ton for assistance, and in a moment
drew the large audience into the cho-
rus. From thence onward the crowd
belonged to the lecturer, and was
ready to be pleased with whatever
might follow. Next Mr.. Basmajian
captured the young people by dressing
up two little boys in Armenian cos
tume-one as a young man and the
other as young woman-and putting
them through the marriage ceremony,
as in his native country; This helped
to still further interest the young peo-
pie. Next he showed number Of mis-
cellaneous pictures, some Of them art
works, and others sacred, humorous.
comic, allegorical, etc. Twice he felt
for the patriotism Of his audience, and
both times with great success. One Of
his pictures represented storm-tossed
ship on the ocean, which he described
as containing Armenians fleeing from
the despotic oppression Of Turkish
rule. The ship suddenly disappeared,
and in its place was a great bust of
George Washington, enfolded within
the stars and stripes. and under 1t the
legend, America, the Land of the
Free" The children gave a prolonged
round Of applause that betokened the
extent to which their feelings had been
aroused. Later Mr.. Basmajian told Of
the diplomatic correspondence between
the United States and Turkey over the
500, 900 indemnity demanded by this
country Of Turkey for the destruction
Of the American mission In Armenia.
He described the procrastinating habit
Of the Turks in dealing with such
matters. and then announced how he.
had read in a newspaper few days
ago that Minister Strauss was to re-
turn to Turkey soon with peremp-
tory demand for the immediate pay
ment Of that 100000. and the under
standing is that If the money is not
paid Mr.. Strauss will return home
again and leave the matter to Dewey.
Sampson. Schley and the others This
aroused the children to renewed wild
cheering. During the course Of his
+o1k. the sneaker was requested TO
sino the "1olv Citv" He cnmnlfed
and was literally annlauded. The an-
dience ioined in sineine several faril-
lar songs from words thrown mpon the
screen and altogether the lecture was
a stritine success. At IT'S conclusion
Mr.. Rasma Han announoed that he
would lecture aeain IN Tuesday NIGHT.
his subject heing "Constantinople."