davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-20

For Sale-Seven good paying lots in
fruit on Ave. A West. Calla this office
or see &. w, Wilson, 422 B West,
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-20

Fruit jars, can rubbers, and sealing
wax at Michel and Williams Parlor
Grocery Hutchinson, Kansas,
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-20
JEWELRY.

LYENRY zINN, Ieweler and Scientific opti
IL clan, carries q neat line OF ladies' and
gents watches, eolid gold ringe, ane opal rings
solid gold ppeetecles, etc. Makes specially 0
tAsting eyes and nttIng spoctaces.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-20
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

A. L. HOLLOWAY, MD. 6. S. HOLLOWAY, MO
Res, n. First Res. 9Oi A EAsl.
hrs, HOLLOWAY y HOLLOWAY,
Physicians and Surgeons,
ONCE; No.. 8 North Main Street.
Telephones; Residence No. II, ONCE No. 70
Hutchinson, Kansas,
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far enough away to relieve the other
chickens from the danger Of conta-
gion. Not desiring to do this as long
as I could help, it occurred to me that
it might be worth while to dose the
chicken with calomel and soda. I ad-
ministered II grains at the first dose
and kept 1t up at intervals of IL hours
until had given grains. gave the
last dose on last Saturday, and my
hen is now apparently in as good
health as ever. During the treatment
Of this hen, another chicken developed
symptoms of the same disease, and
applied the same remedy, except that
commenced earlier and one dose did
the work."
DR.. White says he is not prepared to
say that calomel and soda Is an abso-
lutte specific for chicken cholera; but
he thinks his experience warrants the
publication Of the facts in the case.
From all they told me-" he says,
there Is no harm in giving the calo-
mel a trial. It didn't cost much, and
if the chicken does not get well, you
are no worse off than you would have
been otherwise"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-10
THE COTTON GROWERS.

The proposed organization Of the
York County Cotton Growers Protec-
tive association, did not take place last
Saturday, in accordance with the calls
of President Harvie Jordan Of the
general organization, and President
Wilborn, Of the South Carolina divis-
ion. 1t was not so much because Of
general apathy on the part of the far
mers, as for want of someone to take
the initiative.
There were about a dozen represen-
tative farmers from different parts Of
the county in Yorkville for the express
purpose Of assisting in the organiza-
tion, and, all unexpectedly to himself
and to those who came in answer to
his call, Mr.. Wilborn was also here.
There was an informal discussion of
the matter, and it was agreed that in
stead of trying to go ahead with the
organization at once, it would be bet
ter to postpone the undertaking until
next Monday.
I'VE must not allow this thing to fall
through" said Mr.. Wilborn to the re-
porter. "They are organizing in other
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WITHIN THE TOWN.

- From the wording OF the ordinance
in another column, it appears that the
town council is arranging to begin op-
erations against the loafers. This or
dinance is good one. It can be used
to an almost unlimited extent in the
furtherance of the best interest Of the
town and community. 1t only needs
to be strictly enforced.
There were services at all the
churches last Sunday morning, with
the exception Of the Baptist. Rev.
MIR. BoZeman preached at night. The
Church of the Good Shepherd and
Trinity were decorated as usual on
Easter, and the services at both
churches were especially appropriate to
the day. The Easter offering at the
Church Of the Good Shepherd amount
ed to about $3.50. At Trinity the an
nual collection for missionary and 9TH
er benevolent purposes, amounted to
s235.
There were some inaccuracies In
the recent announcement of the mar
riage of Mr.. H. G. Strauss and Mrs. H.
c. Smith. 1t was partly the fault of
the reporter, and partly because of the
fact that Mr.. Strauss had kept his own
counsel so we'll that 1t was difficult to
keep up with him. The marriage took
place at Newport, Arkansas, on last
Wednesday morning at o'clock In
stead of at Arkadelphia at o'clock IN
the afternoon, as originally stated.
Mrs. Strauss was formerly Miss Hor-
tense Traynham, of Laurens, s. c., and
she and Mr.. Strauss were quite close
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-10
wOMAN,s MISSIONARY UNION.

Following is the programme of the
second annual meeting Of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary union, Bethel pres
bytery, Purity Presbyterian church,
Chester, April 10th and 18th, 1901:
April 10th, 1890 a. m.-Devotional
eXercises-Rev. G. G. Brown.
Enrolment Of members.
Address Of welcome D. N. Nc
Lauchlin.
Response-Mrs. w. G. Neville.
Address Sam Hope.
Afternoon session, $3.50 p. m.-Devotion-
al exercises-Rev. w. G. Neville.
Reports from societies.
Report of executive committee.
New business.
Address-Mrs. E. A. MacRae.
Paper from Missionary Review-"Out-
look Of Goth Century, Miss Laura
Ruff.
g p. M, Popular Neutrality-suspicious.
Rev. D. N. MCLAUGHLIN.
Address-Rev. ]. M. w. Davis, D. D.,
of China.
April 11th, 1890 a. m.-Devotional ex-
ercises-Rev. H. Maxcy Smith.
Sketch of Miss Matte Ingold, M. D.
Mrs. lizard.
Free discussion-"How Best to En-
courage Interest in Missions and Lo-
cal Societies."
Paper on "Our Cuban Missions'-Mrs.
Sumter Lewis.
Election of officers.
Choose place Of next meeting.
8 o. Unpopular meeting.-Addresse
by visiting pastors.
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EXPOSITION COMMISSIONERS.

At a meeting of the commissioners
appointed to look after the interests Of
York county at the South Carolina In
ter-State and West Indian exposition,
held in Rock HILL on Monday. the
township commissioners were appoint
ed as follows:
Bethel-Robert B. Riddle and Perry
Ferguson.
Bethesda-J. F. Ashe and Samuel
Byers.
Broad River-W. S. Wilkerson and ].
3. Martin.
Bullock's Creek-J. L. Rainey and R.
M. Carroll.
Catawba-J. T. Spencer and R. H.
Peacock.
Ebenezer-J. c. Wilborn and Samuel
Barry.
Fort Mill-C. T. Crook and F. H.
Massey.
Kings Mountain-W. B. Smith and
j. E. Beamguard.
York-M. c. Willis and w. B. Moore.
A resolution was adopted requesting
the above named township commits
sion to meet the county commissioners
at a meeting to be held in the court
house at Yorkville on the first Monday
in May at II o'clock a. m.
The county commissioners are A. H.
White, w. C. Hutchison and J. ]. Hull.
Of Rock Hill, and S. E. White, Of Fort
Mill
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LQCAL. AFFAIRS.
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

INDEX TO NEW ADvERTISEMENTS.
York Cotton Mills-Want 1000 cords
of pine wood, want it quick, and
will pay $3.50 cord for it.
M. C. Willis, Mayor-Publishes an or
dinance making 1t illegal to appear
upon the streets or public places of
the town Of Yorkville, in an intoxica-
ted condition, and prescribing penal
ties therefor.
M. C. Willis. Mayor-Publishes an or
dinance declaring who are to be
deemed vagrants and prescribing
penalties therefor.
Sam M. Grist, Special Agent-Wants
to know who Is carrying the risk on
your life, your wife and children, or
a reliable insurance company? He
wants you to think about this for
Is minutes and see where you are at.
C. P. Lowrance & Co.-Tell of a special
sale of pie peaches in cans, and also
have something to say Of parched
coffee that they are selling for 13
cents pound.
w. M. Kennedy, Agent-Says his sam
pie book Of spring and summer cloth
ing is full Of the best designs to be
obtained. He asks that you come to
see him before buying clothing.
Jas. M. Starr & Co.-Say that the best
spring medicine after the long winter
is Perfecto sarsaparilla. They say
they guarantee it to do what they
claim, and If 1t doesn't you get your
money back.
York Implement Co.-Tells Of the mer-
it's Of the Standard sewing machine.
and say that there is none better or
easier running.
H. G. Strauss & Co.-Say that the blue
ribbon has been awarded to them by
the ladies who visited their millinery
display last week, and tell about the
easy run they had to get the coveted
honor.
Riddle & Carroll-Have something to
say of Dutchess trousers. They say
they fit and are fit to wear.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-10

FREE RURAL MAIL DEL1vERY.-An
important circular, has been issued by
the postoffice department, by Superin-
tendent A. w. Machen, of the free de-
livery bureau, containing instructions
governing the free delivery in rural
sections of the country. 1t also gives
directions as to the manner in which
a petition should be prepared, and sub
mitted for the establishment Of such
rural free delivery. Superintendent
Machen requests that the newspapers
of the country, especially in states
where there Is a large rural population,
give as much publicity to these in
structions as is possible.
The circular directs that petitioners
for the establishment of such service
shall be: the heads Of families, who
shall show the relative population
along the route, character Of the ROADS,
vocation of the people and the distance
each one has to travel to receive his
mail. A map Of the proposed route
must accompany the petition, this be-
ing required. The petition must be en-
dorsed either by one of the senators
from the state or by the representative
in congress, representing the district
in which it is to proposed to establish
the route. The route must be at least
20 miles long, and at least 100 people
must be served. Those desiring mail
delivered, must put up at their own
expense suitable mail boxes for the
mail and these boxes will be under the
protection of the government.
The carriers are not required to deliv-
er mail to houses standing from the
main road; they may also carry other
business besides the U. S. mail. Pa
irons must cooperate by keeping the
roads in good condition. The carriers
will carry supply Of stamps, stamp
ed envelopes and postal cards, and are
required to cancel all letters they COL
lect.
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Beware of the Frauds.

Sumter Item: There Is something
about the pension system that appears
to be an incentive to fraud. A few
days ago we heard of case that came
before the Sumter county pension
board that shows how careless some
men are about swearing to things OF
which they have no knowledge. A GER
tain man made application for pen
sion and two reputable ex-Confeder-
ates signed affidavits that the appll-
cant had served in the Confederate
army. The board ascertained the facts
however, and the application was re-
fused. The facts were that the appli-
cant was a conscript and never saw a
day of active service. While in charge
of the conscript officer on the way to
Columbia. he put his hand under the
car wheel at Kingsville, and deliber-
ately let it crush four fingers. He
was sent to the hospital, instead Of the
army, and when his hand, minus the
four fingers, healed, he was dlscharg-
ed and returned home. The man who
signed the application Of this con-
script fraud, did so, we are informed,
taking the word of the aforesaid fraud
and making oath that he had served
in the army, without knowing that he
had done so. Instead Of making 1t
easier to obtain a pension every possi-
BILE precaution should be taken to
purge the rolls of frauds and to keep
them off.
The Historic Jasper Flag.
In communication to the Union
Progress, Mrs. Mary G. Clifford sug-
gests a movement in behalf of the re-
cOvery of the famous Jasper flag. The
whereabouts of the flag are discovered
in the following footnote from page
1876 of Ramsay's history of South Car
olina: "On the third day after the ac-
ton the lady of Colonel Bernard Ell
lott presented Il beautiful pair of COL
ors to the second regiment which had
so bravely defended Fort Moultrle.
Her address on the occasion concluded
thus: L may not the least doubt, under
heavens protection. you will stand by
these colors as long as they wave in
the air uf liberty In reply promise
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-10
MERE.MENTI0N.

Representatives of the Boer repub-
lies have raised the question as to
whether the United States can allow
the shipment of British mules from
New Orleans. A cargo of mules that
was ready for shipment a week ago,
has been held back to this time on in
functions brought to test the law in
the case. General Fitzhugh Lee, who
has been quite i'll with grip at st.
Louis is able to be up and about again.
-Four hundred coal miners, who
have been on a strike at Birmingham,
have returned to work......A street
car, containing go passengers, fell 40
feet off a bridge at Syracuse, N. w.
last week, injuring many Of the pas
sengers. .. "A big elevator, containing
500, 900 bushels Of wheat and corn, was
destroyed by fire in st. Louis last Sun
day. The loss amounts to $650,OOO.. O......
The Japanese minister at Washington
denies that there is any immediate
probability of war between his country
and Russia. .. The importation Of Eu-
ropean cattle into the United States is
being prohibited because Of the preva-
lence of foot and mouth disease among
the cattle of all the countries of Eu-
rome
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RIOTOUS TIGERS.

The whisky traffic between this Sec
ton and the distilleries located along
the North Carolina line, continues to be
a source of infinite annoyance to the
people who live on the various roads
leading to and from these depots Of
supply. The annoyance comes princi-
pally from apprehension Of the out
RACES that may be committed by
drunken people, and from the impu-
dence. insolence and fear Of the vio-
lence that may be committed by Ne
groes or whites who are constantly
passing. The general condition is sim
liar to that which used to exist on the
various roads leading to Tirzah except
that the annoyance Is on somewhat
larger scale.
The home of Mr.. Calvin Pursley,
who lives on the Kings Mountain
road, six miles north Of Yorkville. was
fired into last Friday night by two
drunken Negroes. The actual facts Of
the circumstance are not obtainable.
Mr.. Pursley was in the back part of
his house at the time and did not see
the shooting. 1t is supposed that the
Negroes may have shot at his dog In
the front yard. Two shots were fired,
after which the Negroes hurried on.
There was no damage. One bullet
coming in a bee line, knocked sand
up against the house and the other is
supposed to have gone through win
dow.
AS quickly as possible, Mr.. Pursley
mounted a mule and hurried on a de-
tour down the road in the hope Of cut
ting the Negroes off; but failed. An
effort was made to reach the sheriff
by telephone; but it happened that this
officer was at the time within a mile
Of Mr.. Pursley's on the lookout for IT,
gers and did not get the word until
too late. Energetic efforts were made
to capture the Negroes without sue
cess. They had evidently learned of
the pursuit and escaped by cutting
across country.
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Wednesday, April 10, 1901

states and we must have good organ
ization in South Carolina I can un-
derstand how the cotton growers have
been discouraged at the result Of the
failures Of previous attempts to or
ganize; but the thing is too important
to be neglected. We must have an or
ganization in each township and also
a county organization. We need not
expect to accomplish anything, of
course, unless we put ourselves to
some trouble. 1t will mean not only
trouble, but expense. There Is no need
to expect anything Of value in any 9TH
er way. But give us a complete organ
ization in every county in the South,
this and in no other way can we hope
to keep track of the acreage Of cotton
planted, the amount produced, the con-
dition of supply and demand, and 9TH
er information absolutely necessary for
the best interest Of the producer. With
a perfect system Of county and town.
ship organizations, intelligently guild
ed by competent directors, there Is no
reason why we should not be able to
so manage as to protect ourselves
against disastrous fluctuations and Sc
cure to the producer the full market
value of his crop. There Is absolute
ly no question of the practicability of
the objects in view. 1t is only a mat
ter of sufficient intelligent, persistent
work, necessary to secure a perfect or
ganization."
Had it been known that Mr.. Wilborn
would be here Saturday, it is quite
probable that there would have been
much larger and more representa-
tive attendance. Mr.. Wilborn, how
ever, explained that 1t had been his ex-.
pectation, up to Friday, to go to
Charleston, on account Of business
engagement that was changed at the
last minute, when he decided to attend
the meeting. "I'n be here again the
first Monday Of court, though" he
said, land will give all the assistance
in my power toward promoting the
work of organization. hope the far
mers generally will come out prepared
to select competent township officers,
and also to name a suitable president
and secretary and other officers Of a
county organization"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-10
SOMETHING OF A MYSTERY.

The people of Smyrna have been
somewhat stirred up during the past
few days over a mystery that develop
ed there last Saturday, and on which
nobody has been able to throw any
light.
It seems that a newly dug hole In
the ground was the cause Of the COM
motion. The hole gave trouble and is
still troublesome, because nobody can
account for it in manner that Is at
all satisfactory.
A strange Negro and his wife, who
had been working for Mr.. r. T. Cas-
ties, disappeared suddenly on last Sat-
urday week, without leaving any word
as to why they left or where they were
going. There was no reason for their
sudden disappearance and the incident
naturally occasioned more or less COM
ment.
The discovery of a mound Of new
earth near the cabin that had been oc-
cupied by the Negroes, naturally
aroused suspicion. The surrounding
indications showed that the hole had
been dug before the heavy rains Of the
few days previous +; but there was no.
body to tell why the hole had been
dug, and there was a disposition to
connect the find with the disappear
ance of the Negroes.
Anyhow, the more the hole was dis
cussed the more important 1t grew In
the estimation Of the Smyrnaites. un-
til at last it was decided to go to the
bottom of it. The people Of the village
and many from around the neighbor-
hood, collected last Saturday, and with
shovels threw out the loose dirt. There
were pick marks on the walls and 9TH
er indications that the original diggers
had been up against quite a task.
Down the explorers went until they
had an excavation two feet wide, eight
feet long and five feet deep; but for
their trouble they found not thing
but hard bottom.
There Is still a mystery at Smyrna.
Some people thought at first that may
be the Negro had dug the hole to put
his wife in, or maybe some other enc
my had dug it to put them both in. AS
it Is evident that it was not dug for
either of these purposes, the question
still is, who dug that great, deep,
grave-like hole in the hard red clay,
and if they did not dig it to bury a
Negro in. what on earth did they dig it
for2
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WU Ting Fang, representative of the

WU Ting Fang, representative Of the
Chinese government at Washington,
is to be entertained in Charlotte by the
Manufacturers club, Of that city, on
April IS. The minister's letter Of ac-
ceptance was published in the daily pa
pers of Monday morning, and from the
Charlotte Observer it seems that the
occasion is likely to be notable one.
Among the prominent gentlemen down
for speeches are Minister WI, Senator
John L. McLaurin, Ellison A. Smythe,
president of the Pelzer Manufacturing
company, DR.. Charles w. Dabney,
president of the University of Tennes-
see, and others. There will be re-
ception to Minister WI in the after
noon and at night a banquet.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-10

THE czar has advised the president
that Russia has no intention Of press
ing to a conclusion the secret negotia-
tions with China relative to Manchu-
ria. According to the Russian repre-
sentations the czar had no other pur-
pose in view than the preservation of
peace in Manchuria and the protection
of Russian railroad property. The
president is represented as being very
much gratified at these assurances of
the czar and hopeful that the strained
situation that has existed for many
weeks is now entirely relieved. From
the comments of the British papers it
appears that there is not great deal
Of confidence in England over the sin
cerity of the cars representations.
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was made, that they should be honor
ably supported, and should never be
tarnished by the second regiment.
This engagement was literally fulfilled.
Three years after they were planted
on the British lands at Savannah. One
by Lieut.. Bush, who was Immediately
shot down. Lieut.. Hume in the act of
planting his, was also shot down. The
brave Sergt. Jasper OH seeing Lieut..
Hume fall, took up the colors and
planted it. In doing so he received a
wound which terminated in death;
but on the retreat being ordered he
brought off the colors with him. These
were taken at the fall Of Charleston,
and are said to be now in the tower of
London" Mrs. Clifford thinks that If
the proper steps are taken the flag can
be recovered without considerable diff
ficulty.
A Sailor Financier.
Beaufort correspondence Of the
Greenville News: Among the crew of
the United States monitor Amphitrite,
which has been here for gunnery prac-
tice during the winter, is an enlisted
man by the name of Rand. His pay
as tar amounts to SIG per month, and
yet he slows away the snug sum Of
about $500 per month. Rand Is the
ships barber and receives 81 a quarter
from each of the 300 men comprising
the ships crew, and 81 from each of
the 80 petty and ward room officers for
their shaving and hair dressing. In
addition to this, the enterprising sailor
lends money to the impecunious ship
mates at Is per cent. interest. A day
or two ago Rand was relating his ex-
perience in Cuba to some citizens on
Bay street, when he was approached
by a drunken sailor who requested the
loan of $40. The barber produced
$1,000 roll Of greenbacks from the
depths of his navy blouse and counted
out the amount asked for, which the
happy Jack hastily pocketed and made
off with. When on shore Rand stops
at the Sea Island hotel, where several
naval officers are registered with their
families. One Of them took occasion
to complain to the proprietor of the
establishment that he considered 1t
piece of audacity for an enlisted man
to board at a hotel where his supe-
rior officers lodged. The hotel man re-
piled that the sailors coin was at par
with the lieutenant's, and that as long
as he conducted himself as a gentle
man he was as welcome as any other
guest.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-10

ACCORDING to quite number of our
exchanges, the capture of Aguinaldo
by Funston was low down. sneakng.
mean, deceitful act, unworthy Of an
honorable man. Maybe our contempo-
raries are right, and so we will not
quarrel about it; but we hope they will
leave us to retain our pride in the cap
ture of Prescott by the Continentals,
and also in the capture Of General
Stoughton by General Mosby. Well
admit that the British attempt to poi
son Washington was diabolical in the
extreme. Assassination is never justi-
fable, even in war. This, however,
does not detract in the least from the
merits Of Washington's attempt to
capture Arnold with the help of Ser
geant Champe. Just as did Funston
and Mosby, Champe boldly risked his
life, and the only regret about the un-
dertaking was that he did not sue
ceed.