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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-27

PRoFANE GRATITUDE.-General Fe-
lix Agnus, of Baltimore, recently told
this story: II was wounded at the bat
tie Of Gaines Mills. The bullet entered
my chest and shattered my shoulder.
When my senses returned, found that
a Confederate, also wounded, had fall
en- across me, for the battle had been
q hand-to-hand affair. The man was
family whispering for water. I lifted
up my canteen-it was filled with cold
coffee-and handed it to him. He took
long drink and handed the canteen
back to me. 'Yank,' he said, thank
you And then he added, with equal
sincerity: Damn you
mot long ago was in the Carrollton
hotel in Baltimore, when party of ex-
Confederates, who were giving din
ner, captured me and took me into the
banquet room. They called on me for
a speech, and told them the story OF
the man with whom 1 had shared my
canteen, expressing my admiration for
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-27

How HE GOT THE BoLo.-Mr. T. c.
Toomey, the plumbing inspector Of this
city, has received from ]. B. Gauhn,
friend Of his who Is in the United
States army and is stationed at Poto-
tan, Philippine Islands, bolo or fight
ing knife Of the F'ilipinos. IT'S a wick
ed-looking instrument, about two feet
long, and at the top Of the hilt has a
carved head which bears close re-
semblance to the pictures Of the devil
in the older editions Of the Bible. Mr..
Gauhn writes the following history of
the knife:
I'VE had a hot scrap last Saturday
in the mountains; and that night estab-
lished outposts along the banks Of the
river. was on post from 2 to 4 a. m.
About 2.30 discovered something NOV
ing toward me, which at first thought
was dog; but on closer examination
I found to be a man. Well, sat there
and watched him work his way toward
me until he got within 20 feet Of me,
when quickly shifted my gun across
my knee and fired. You can't blame
me, Tim, for it was either my life or
his-and he lost. When I picked him
up he had the bolo."-Charlotte OBJ
server.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-27
LAWS RELATING TO JURIES.

The legislature passed three import
ant measures relating to the jury sys-
tenn Of the state. One Of these was
Mr.. Dominick's bill to validate all ju-
ries for the spring term Of court wheth-
er drawn regularly or irregularly.
Another was that introduced by Sen
ator Appelt to further regulate the
drawing Of grand jurors, etc. The law
now requires six members of the grand
jury to be drawn at the fall term of
court to serve for the ensuing year. In
case judge is sick and unable to hold
court, or in case Of other contingencies,
there may be complications as tn
the selection Of the grand jury. The
act which will remedy that state Of af-
fairs reads:
Section 1. That whenever for an:
cause. such as the quashing of the ar
ray, or there being no court at the fall
term, there has heretofore been, or
shall hereafter be, a failure to draw
the names of six members Of any grand
grand jury for any county for the then
ensuing year, as required by law, there
shall be drawn, at tie proper time for
drawing the grand jury, 18 names from
the jury box instead of 12; and the said
IS persons, whose names are so drawn,
shall be summoned, and shall serve as
the grand jury for the year in ques-
ton, and shall be the lawful grand
jury for such county for that year, and
until their successors be drawn, and
qualified according to law.
Sec. 2. That when the Judge, erti-
tied to preside, fails to attend, and to
hold the fall or last term of the court
of common pleas and general sessions for
any county, the clerk Of the court
shall have the right and is required
hereby, to make the drawing from the
outgoing grand jury, that is to say,
from the grand jury for the then cur
rent year, of the names of the six
members who shall serve as a part of
the grand jury for the then ensuing
year, with the same force and effect
as if the names of the said six grand
jurors had been drawn in the presence
of the presiding judge.
The most important change in the
jury system will be that brought about
by the measure introduced by Me.
Croft, of Aiken. 1t merely regulates
the method of striking" names from
lists prepared in trials in the court of
common pleas. This act, which was
approved by the governor, February
Is, reads:
Section !. That in the trial OF all
actions of law in the court Of common
pleas, and issues ordered to be framed
by the judge in equity cases in said
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-27

courts, it shall be the duty Of the clerk
to furnish the parties or their att0r-
neys with a list Of 20 Of the jurors to
the whole number Of Jurors who are in
attendance, the names Of said lists 10
numbered from to 20, and be stricken
off by numbers in the same manner as
the regular panels Of jurors in said
courts have been heretofore formed,
from which said list the parties or
their attorneys snail alternately strike,
until there shall be but IL left, which
shall constitute the jury to try the case
or issue. In all cases the plaintiff shall
have the first strike;, and in all civil
cases hereafter tried In the courts Of
the common pleas Of this state any
party shall have the right to demand
a panel Of 20 competent and impartial
jurors from which to strike a jury.
When The list aforesaid is prepared by
the clerk and presented to the parties
or their attorneys, objections for cause
must be made before striking, and If
any objections are sustained the clerk
must fill up the list before stricken.
Sec. 2. Should the jury charged with
any case be delayed in rendering their
verdict, so that they could not be pres
ent to be drawn from in making the
list to form a second jury, then the
clerk shall present to the parties or
their attorneys a list containing the
names Of "a jurors to, be drawn by the
clerk from the remaining jurors in the
same manner as provided in section 1,
from which list the PARTIES or their at
torneys shall alternately strike, as pro-
vided in section 1 Of this act, until IL
are left, which shall constitute the
jury.
Section 3. In all cases Of default,
where it may be necessary to have the
verdict Of a jury, or in the trial Of
cases when the parties or their attor-
neys shall waive the right to strike a
jury. the clerk shall, under direction Of
the judge, draw and empanel a jury,
who shall pass upon such matters as
may be submitted to them in default
cases, or the trial Of such cases, when
the parties have waived the right to
strike the jury, as stated in this Sec
ton.
Sec. 4. This act shall 60 into effect
and be Of force on the first day of Sep
tember, 1901.
Sec. 5. All acts or parts Of acts in
consistent with this act be, and the
same is hereby repealed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-27

CLEANER PoLITIcs.-"I believe that,
as a general thing, the Southern states
have cleaner politics than the states Of
the North" said Mr.. Robert H. Samp-
son, Of Vermont, who Is among the
guests at the Shoreham. 1.-THE use
made Of the Negro in Southern politics,
Of course, Is productive Of much cor
ruption, but the affairs Of the domi-
nant party are ordinarily conducted in
an upright manner. 1t Is rare thing
to hear of corruption in public office In
a Southern state, while such instances
in the North occur with discouraging
frequency. This can be accounted for,
I believe, by the fact that in the South
what Is known as the aristocracy Is
active in political affairs. These men
are jealous of their honor and good
name, knowing that any conviction of
wong doing means social ostracism.
In the North society Is too prone to
take into account the money a man
has, having little regard for how he
got it. # society at large would set its
face against any man who had betray-
ed a public trust, there would be less OF
malfeasance in public office. wash
ington Post.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-27
MARK TWAIN'S IDEAS.

Mark Twain has been telling us how
the Philippines should have been run.
This is Marks lecture to our states
men: Dewey should have sailed away
from Manila as soon as he had destroy
ed the Spanish fleet.-after putting up
sign on shore guaranteeing foreign
property and life against damage by
the Filipinos and warning the powers
that interference with the emancipated
patriots would be regarded as an act
unfriendly to the United States. Dew
ey could have gone about his affairs
elsewhere and left the competent Fill
pino army to starve out the little Span
ish garrison and send 1t home, and the
Filipino citizens to set up the form Of
government they might prefer and deal
with the friars and their doubtful ac-
quisitions according to Filipino ideas Of
fairness and Justice" And this was
not intended to be funny. 1t was writ
ten in all seriousness, and published as
seriously in very serious periodical,
the North American Review. But 1t
seems that Mark cannot help being
funny, even when he tries not to be.
The "sign" plan Of guaranteeing for
eign property and life against the Fill
ipinos and Of warning the powers to
keep off the grass is very simple and
very cheap. All that it requires Is
few boards and little paint. It Is as
easy to govern so much Of the world
as we please by that method as 1t Is to
stick stake in the ground. All that is
necessary Is to stick up the signs and
run away-especially run away. The
simplicity as well as the cheapness Of
the plan would be spoiled If we stayed
around anywhere in the neighborhood
to force our warning or even to teach
the Filipinos to read them. It is to
be hoped that Mark has his plan fully
protected w copyrights, patents. ca
Yeats, injunctions, armor plate, sand
bags, etc. Some other nation might get
hold Of it before we set it into opera
tion.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-27
GETTING EVEN WITH SPo0HER.


Senator John C. Spooner, of Wiscon-
sin, when a young man, was attorney
for two young men charged with steal
ing.
The prisoners stated that they had
been strolling alcng the river bank,
when they espied a boat. and for a
little amusement, jumped in and rowed
out into the stream. The owner Of the
boat saw them and hurried for a con-
stable, who arrested them as soon as
they returned.
There had been taken from the men
a well-worn Bible. and a small drawer.
On the fly-leaf Of the Bible was the in
scription: ITO my darling boy, from
Mother"
The trial was held the next day and
the future senator made brilliant
speech to the jury. He exhibited the
Bible and pointed to the inscription,
and without leaving their seats the
jury rendered a verdict of "Not gull
ty."
At the trial the young men gave
the lawyer $50. Boys" said Mr..
Spooner, as they were about to sepa-
rate, IT am curious to know why you
carry that Bible and the empty draw
err" Then the senator listened with
astonishment to the history Of his cli-
ents.
1--WE are professional safe-blowers,
and have been for five years. This Bi-
BILE has q double cover and opens like
this" (here the self-confessed criminal
pressed a hidden spring in the thick
cover and disclosed hollow in which
there lay two steel files and a small
saw;) land this old drawer has a secret
bottom, where we keep our tools"
The future senator confiscated the
Bible and the drawer.
One of the thieves shouted angrily:
"Well get those things back yet; you
mark my words!"
Several years passed and then the in
cident was brought back to Mr.. Spoon
er's recollection in the following man.
ner: One evening he and his family
attended an entertainment, and no one
was left at the house. When they re-
turned at late hour they found that
the house had been entered by burglars
and ransacked, but that nothing sp-
parently, was missing. The next days
mail brought letter which read:
Dear Sir. Please excuse the way we
came last night but the door was lock-
ed. We never did think you treated us
square by swiping our outfit, and so
we came back after 1t, and found you
were not at home. We always keep our
word. Yours truly,
JACK AND JIM.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-27

THE NEGROES M1sUNDERsTooD.-W
understand that the impression has
gone abroad among the Negroes that
from the remarks Of Judge Benet to the
grand jury this week, all labor con-
tracts are invalid. This is great mis-
take. He. said just the reverse Of this
and took occasion to particularly en-
phasize the fact that he was speaking
only of those illegal contracts that he
was referring to the grand jury and
had reference to those legitimate con-
tracts that farmers and laborers enter
into for making a crop. And he took
occasion again on Friday afternoon to
refer to the same matter. It will be
well for the Negroes to remember this,
and any Negro farm hand who jumps
to the conclusion that his contract Is
not valid and proceeds to violate 1t,
will likely find himself in the hands OF
the law and a candidate for the chain
gang and very apt to be elected, too.-
Anderson Daily Mail.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-27

saw tnat your life was In danger. Yet
| am glad that have lived for brief
second. for till a woman loves she does
not live. | am brave; do you be like
wise. shall 60 back to the world, and
who shall know Of the heart of fire
beneath the Ice? Not even the man
love. Kiss me. 1t Is the last kiss
shall take from the lips Of any man."
And 1t seemed to me that our souls
met in that last kiss, melted and be-
came one. Her hands dropped to her
side, and swiftly she sped from the
room.
She had entered the coach. The cav
alrymen were perched upon the box.
There was q crack of the lash, and the
coach rolled away. watched 1t, stand
ing in the road. A cloud of yellow dust
partially obscured 1t from view. Half
q mile beyond rose small hill. This
the coach mounted, and the red gold
of the smoldering sun engulfed 1t. Was
it a face l saw at the window? Per
haps. Then over the hill all disap-
peared and with 1t the whole world.
and stood In emptiness, alone.
Gretchen had gone.
TO BE CONTINUED.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-27
Atiseeltaaeoas 8eading.
THE CIGARETTE.

I'm a modest cigarette,
Just little thing, and yet
They
Hold me up
To the indignation
Of the world
AS q crime
Unwhipt Of justice;
And they punch me in the Stats
Cause the nice young man in spats
TreadS
The primrose path
OF dalliance
Breathing
My lotus-lulling fragrance
Through his immature
Lungs and
Lights and
Liver
And congesting
His delicate mucous membrane
And his sensitive bronchial tissues
With my inhalations;
Which is not my fault Of course,
When he coughs and shows up hoarse.
Because
If he smokes me,
It is my bounden duty
To return the compliment
BY smoking him.
Then they slug me without ruth,
Saying 1 corrupt the youth
OF the lowly and the highly kind the
same,
And they say I have a smell
Which is something worse than-well
I'm not bad enough to mention such
name.
Furthermore I'm charged with
High crimes and misdemeanors,
From blindness
To locomotor ataxia,
From pipes
To paresis
And they jump on me like sin.
And they call the lawyers in;
But, darn it all,
I amt to blame,
Am I?
They don't have to
Smoke me
Unless they want to,
Do they?
Confound them,
They begin it,
Don't they?
I'm a little cigarette,
Very little, and I'll let
Them alone
If they'll
Let me alone;
If they fire me up. you bet
They will find cigarette,
In the course Of time, will get
The best Of them-and yet
1t is not the cigarette
That
Is raising
All the row,
Is It?
William J. Hampton in New York
Sun.
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him on the back, exclaimed "By gosh,
if it amt Bill Smith at last"
The rest Of the story was simple.
Smith recognized Rube, thanked him
for the loan and Immediately pulled
out his purse and paid over the prom
ised $50 he had borrowed.
The Memphis shark turned pale as
Rube claimed the wager, but it had to
go. Later the Memphis shark got a
little note advising him that Rube
thanked him for the little donation,
and advised him to try the trick on
some Of his fellow sharks and play for
Commercial Appeal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-27
SPARE THE BIRDS.
A Little Texas Girl Writes an Appeal to the
Governor.

A Little Texas Girl Writes an Appeal to the
Governor.
Governor McSweeney has received
the following letter from a school girl
Of Dexter, Texas, which Is published as
1t is written:
Sir: Please excuse a poor country
girl for coming to you and asking your
aid, but it is not for myself but for the
poor little birds. You are certainly
aware of the fact that thousands upon
thousands Of little birds are annually
slain for no other purpose than to use
them for ornaments upon ladies' hats.
And the most Of them are killed during
breeding time, as then their plumage is
brightest. But, oh, God! think Of the
horror Of the cold and starving nest
ling, when its cries for little mother
and bread are vain. Little mother has
been murdered. Murdered for what
purpose? To satisfy the curse-worthy
greed Of the dealer and the equally
curse worthy vanity of womankind.
You are certainly also aware Of the
fact that each aigrette on a hat has
been the cause Of starvation to the
poor little egret nesting, as this feath-
er grows on the parent bird only during
breeding time. So I write to you, II
YOU have a human heart, which have
no doubt you have. for Gods sake
pass a law that will put an end to this
great crime in your state. I shall write
q similar letter to all the governors,
and the president Of the United States,
in the hope Of moving their hearts to
pass laws that will severely punish all
who take part in this great sin Of ex-
terminating Gods sweet little birds.
And it can be done, too, If we will one
and all set to work against it, and not
rest until it is accomplished. Other
wise, If this criminal fashion Is allowed
to continue, Gods wrath will surely
visit this country. So oh! do please
lend your help in this cause. Think If
your babies, if you have any, should
vainly cry for bread?
Very respectfully,
FANNY KREBs.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-27

AND THERE IS LAw.-There are said
TO be 10 900 Negro loafers in Charleston.
That city is not alone in being cursed
with an undesirable class Of popula-
ton. Every city and town in South
Carolina has more or less of it. Big,
stalwart, healthy Negroes may be seen
Ioafine around the streets of Sumter In
large numbers at almost any hour or
the day and until late at night. They
toll not, neither do they spin, and yet
they appear well-fed and comfortaple.
There is a law against vagrancy which
should be applied to them. If they will
not work elsewhere the chaingang is a
good place for them to be taught the
dignity of labor. Let us have few ex-
amples made.-Sumter Herald, Febru-
ary q.
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appeal successfully to the conservative
masses Of voters"
Letters were read from ex-Secretary
Of the Navy Herbert and others, all Of
whom favored a general re-organiza-
tion Of the national Democratic party.
philadelphia dispatch of February %.
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the spirit which thanked me and damn
me in the same breath. The next day
a fine looking gentleman called upon
me at my Office. He had heard my
story, he said, and came to tell me that
that day to this we have been the best
of friends"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-27

TO BE CONTINUED.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-04-18
PeupIe Talked About.

William II. Krane denies hat he is
afflicted with cancer of the tongue.
Emanuel Lasker, the chess player,
will sail for the United States April Il.
William Mooney, aged sixty, a well
known lawyer and a former member
Of the Illinois legislature, died at Joliet
Of paresis.
John NJ. h. Sill, minister resident and
consul general for the United States to
Korea from 1898 to 1897, died at De
troit, Mich.
John Baker, brother Of the famous
trapper and companion of Kit Carson,
is dead in Cheyenne, Wyo., Of cancer OF
the stomach.
Mr.. Kruger has started for Hilver-
sum, where he will stay for some time.
The burgomaster of Utrecht and a big
crowd babe him farewell at the rail.
road station.
Mrs. Clarisse J. Huyler, wife OF John
j. Huyler, and who succeeded Miss De
Bar as Luther r. Marsh's favorite me-
dunn, is dead at Middletown, n. Y. She
was sixty-two years old.
Judge John A. Warth, aged ninety
years, died at Charleston, w. Va. He
was a senator of Virginia in 1857 and
1859, and a member of the constitution
al convention of West Virginia in 1872.
Augustus Byram. me of the pioneer
mining operators Of the Far West. is
dead at his Michigan avenue home in
Chicago. He was seventy-eight years
of age, and had not been actively en-
gagged in business for nearly thirty
years.
Col. Robert Wallace is dead in Jersey
City, after a prolonged illness. Col.
Wallace was born in Easton, Pa, in
1921. He served as captain In the
United States army in the Mexican
war, and was made colonel of a West
ern regiment in the Union army in the
civil war.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-04-18

Washington, April Is. IT is now
clear to the administration that the
Cuban convention does not intend 10
| take definite action on the Platt
amendment or adopt an ordinance pro-
viding for relations the Cuban govern
ment must hold TO the government Of
the United States.
The plan adopted TO send a commits
sion to Washington and yet give the
commission no power to make agree
ments, shows how inexperienced these
Cuban delegates are in political af-
fairs. The commission viii be unable
TO accomplish anything. The president
cannot modify the plan already be-
fore the convention as defining the po-
sition of this government. The result
will be that the military government
in Cuba will continue and the date for
inaugurating a Cuban government be
indefinitely postponed. The suggestion
has been made To h president that he
command Gen. Wood to dissolve this
convention and call another. This sug-
gestion has come from Cuba. It's pur-
pose is to enable the Cubans to adopt
a constitution and also provide for the
Relations to Exist
Dtl"ttu tuDd anu the United Star-s.
Cubans who are anxious for indepen-
dence claim that the convention in ses-
sion in Havana does not represent the
Cuban people. They assert that a new
election should be held and hat the
people of Cuba would accept the Platt
amendment and elect delegates who
would work in harmony with the views
Of the American congress.
The president has no doubt as 10
his power to call a new convention,
but he has no desire to increase the
friction in Cuba. The administration
OF Gen. Wood has been clean and able.
1t is accomplishing more for Cuba
than could any civil administration
under a new government. The bust
ness men in Cuba are well satisfied TO
have the convention haggle over the
Platt amendment and delay h de-
parture of the American soldiers be-
cause they fear the consequences of a
change. The president is impressed
with this view and will allow the Gu
ban convention to take its own time in
discussing the Platt amendment or
other propositions.