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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-11-05
THE PENSION PROBLEM.
Wrong to Encourage Idleness at the
Expense Of the Thrifty.

Wrong to Encourage Idleness at the
Expense of the Thrifty.
The appropriations for pensions in
South Carolina have reached high wa
ter mark and in all probability future
appropriations for this purpose will be
less than in the past. For the reasons:
First-The tax levy is heavy, and will
have to be increased, unless the pen
sions are reduced.
second-The political reasons for
continuing the appropriation no longer
exist. The Confederate soldiers have
been so reduced in numbers that they
are scarcely a factor in politics. This
was proved In the last election.
Third-The distribution Of the pen
sions is 80 unavoidably unequal that
dissatisfaction has arisen. The condi-
tions imposed are very humiliating m
many cases, and it is a common remark
that undeserving men draw pensions,
while it has often been accepted as a
fact that deserving men do not get the
pensions.
The Press and Banner does not believe
that any Confederate is undeserving.
We believe that every soldier Is deserv-
ing Of consideration at the hands Of the
state, and we further believe that PEN
sions should be given to all alike. The
pensions should not be-, as now, too
often a reward for the lack Of thrift.
Better cut the whole thing short than
to demoralize men who are able and
otherwise willing to work. Almost any
body would quit work II the state would
give a sufficient pension to enable him
to live on the shady side Of Easy Street.
II a man can earn from one to two
dollars day, why should he be excused
from work and put on the pension roll?
Give a pension to those soldiers who
lost limb, and give pension to needy
widows whose husbands were killed In
the war.
Stop pensions to others. Why should
the state given pension to a man who
Is able to work, or who has squandered
his estate, or who has children that
ought to care for him?
Soldiers being no longer factors IN the
elections the political reasons for giving
bounty at public expense no longer ex-
lists. Reform is needed in the pension
business, and it is needed badly.-Abbe-
vile Press and Banner.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-11-05

than just to them, as they should not
be compelled to pay for the shortcom-
ings Of that large majority who, aside
from what good traits they possess
from a life insurance standpoint, are
most Of them drinkers of intoxicants,
who vary all the way from the worst
inebriates up to the regular everyday
tippler, and the so-called thoroughbred
sport. New York Evening Post.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-11-05

WILL THIN THE GRUEI-The price of
whisky in Kentucky has advanced rs
cents on the gallon. That doesn't mean,
however, that men will drink less; only
that the women and children Will eat
less, says an exchange-Anderson In
telligencer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-28
A Dnisc erous Prt cedeBt.

To the Editor of the Journal and Courier:
 Being interested in the ancient rights which a man is supposed to have in his property, I have been somewhat sur prised to learn of the agreement alleg cd to have been made by the Park commissioners to sell land which was taken from one by condemnation pro- ceedings to another at private sale without competition especially when it is against the general body of the law and was passed upon by our Supreme court in the case of Stevens against the town of Norfolk, found in 42 Conn 377 which case ia nowhere near go strong @ case as is the present proposi- tion, upon the point of conveying land away which has been condemned for public purposes, for in this case one whose land had been condemned at tempted to recover 1t from the town, and the Supreme court, speaking by Judge Carpenter said "The decree of the Superior court having vested in the town the title to the land for the pur- poses for which it was taken, the town held the land in trust for all persons who had the right to bury therein. It is doubtful whether the town has the power to relinqulsh the land and there by defeat the trust.
 But here we find the Park comms- siouers condemning land for park pur poses, then attempting to convey q part of the land so condemned to some one else.
 If this is permitted no matter how moral that transaction may be, 1t estab- fishes very dangerous legal precedent which, if carried out will leave no one with any certainty that his land will not be condemned for some public use and then the whole or part of it sold to someone who had previously refused to pay the original price which the owner asked for it. If the city is to go into the real estate business for the purpose of making money, I would humbly suggest that the Leffingwell building be condemned by the city for a Hall of Records, then if the city finds that it does not need the property, that it convey it to a certain syndicate which only a short time ago was look ing for the property to put up large office building on. In this way the syn dcate would be grateful, as it has been to pay the price that has been asked for the property, and at the same time the city might be able to make a few thousand dollars by the 
 John Doe, for Himself and Others.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-28
GOOD 1DVIC

Yesterday in his address to the Miss issippi conference of the Methodist Episcopal Colored Church at Greenyille Bishop Fowler told the ministers as sembled that in preparing their ser mons they should eliminate the big words. "You don't understand what you are talking about, neither does your congregation, therefore cut the big words out" said Bishop Fowler.
 This is good advice to negro preach CTS. It is also good advice to white preachers. Big words that are not un- derstood either in the pulpit or the pews are too frequent in both white" and "colored'' preaching. They should be cut out of both, even if the sermons are thereby shortened and made under standable.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-28
About the Sale {:

The sale made necessary by the retirement of certain interests is still in progress, and much remains of value and interest to the person who would buy an object of lasting value. A few of the special articles may here be enumerated.
 A bow-knot brooch of Paris mounting, contains 34 diamonds and whole pearl center The price on this has been reduced from $200 to s150,
 A brooch of 15 fine diamonds, re- duced from $260 to $200
 A diamond and pearl brooch from s12o to s95.
 A diamond and sapphire cluster ring of ten stones, reduced from $200 to $150.
 A diamond sunburst, brooch and pendant very fine grade, reduced from s275 to s220
 Antique gold brooch and pendant of five large pearls and 16 diamonds, with finely wrought gold necklace, reduced from S175 to $135
 A butterfly diamond. emerald, opal and ruby pin and pendant, reduced from $100 to S65
 A diamond brooch of seven stones, reduced from S130 to $100.
 All articles in the retirement sale at reductions of 20 to 50 per cent.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-28

diately issued royal proclamation de- claring that the government was com pelled by the stringent times to indef- nitely postpone the payment of all debts Ever since then. 134O, the de- scendants of the Peruzzis have tried in vain to collect their claim. The family still occupies a prominent position in Italy and hopes some day to secure set clement This is said to be the biggest claim in the world
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-28

1900; coal, from 3,35S,Ss9 tons in 1850 tc 267, S50,O00 tons in 1901, and gold, from $50 900 in 1850 to $79171,0 1000 in 1900 | Exports of merchandise have grown from $7O,971 ,78O in 1900 to $t4S7, 764,99 ir 1901, the per capita in 1900 being s13.S7 and in 1901 s1S.S1 The imports of mer- chandise have grown from s91252, T68 in 1900 to $S23, 172, ,165 in 1901, while the per capita imports have fallen from s17.19 in 1900 to s1O5S in 1901.
 The wealth of the country has in- creased from $7,1S5, 7S0 900 in 1850 to an estimated $94, BOG, ,OOO 900 in 1900, the per capita wealth, from $SO7.69 in 1850 to $1,- 2S5.S6 in 1900, The public debt, less cash in the treasury, was, in 1865, $76.98 per capita, and in 1901 was s13.44 per cap ita, while the interest on the public fallen to $32, ,342797 in 1901. The figures of money in circulation show in 1860 a total of s435, ,4O7 ,252 and in 1901 $2175,- 3S7277 The circulation per capita in 1860 was $13,S5; in 1901. $2SO2. The de- posits in savings banks in 1880 were $6,97S,3O4; in 1888, fifty three years later they were $1,O24, S56, 7S7 and by 1901, a further period of only eighteen years had reached $2,597, O94 5SO. Meanti ime the national banking system had come into operation, and in 1865 the deposits in national banks were $500, ,910, SIS; in 1880, $1006, 452, ,S53, and in 1901, ss,o44,- 600, OOO
 Enormous! and still growing. What shall We be when we get our full growth?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-28
Before and After.

The woman he married was not In the least what his fancy depicted, But he was content with his lot, And didn't seem badly afflicted. He thought of connubial life In a way that was purely ideal, But later discovered his wife Was most unmistakably real. She lost all her fondness for walks, Where the moonlight its soft shadows
 scatters, And all those imagined sweet talks Were entirely on practical matters. No scorn had she now for base pelf, She ate three square meals without
 trouble And wanted a chair to herself. Declining with him to sit double. In fancy he sat as she played And sung soft and low in the twilight; Instead she now pulled down the shade And turned up the gas to a highlight. The poets together they planned To read, while the marrlage was pending, Now seldom or never were scanned; He smoked and she sat at her mending. Fond vsions How swiftly they fade Into gray from their tints bright and
 rosy! All poems of life we see made Into something undoubtedly prosy But none of this made the man sore Indeed, he'd no cause for objection, For she made all the dresses she wore And cooked pork and beans to perfection.
 The Chicago News.
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Idealized.-T -Tess-Miss Passay says she paid SIP dozen for those photos of hers. 1 Jess-But they don't look bit like her.
 Tess-Of course. What do you sup pose she paid SIP for?-Philadelphia Press.
 Wife Cat a. m)--Oh, Hiram, you ve been drinking again. When Will you come to see the error of your ways?
 Hiram-Wait a minute, mdear. EV- ereyzhingsh goin' round s'fast-error m waysh be long pretty zhoon-be zhure t'zhee it when 'tcomes-BataYia News.
 Slngleton--Your wife seems out of humor tonight Whats the trouble?
 Wederly-She met with a great dis appointment this morning. She went down town to match a piece of ribbon and found exactly what she wanted at the first store on her list,-Chicago Daily News.
 Progressing, are you getting on with your new house, Maude?"
 oh! just splendid Harry is letting me select all the colors for the parlor, drawingroom, dining-room, and bed- rooms, and after he gets some money he's going to see somebody about build ing t!"-Baltimore News.
 Mamma, does little black girls go to hevun?"
 Yes, dear" replied the mother; 'of course they do."
 Lulu was quiet for time; then she said aloud, but apparently to herself:
 Goodness. they must be offul bizzy. keepin their wings blacked up!"-Ohio State Journal
 Hello! Where are you going with the gun?" inquired Gasaway.
 Cunning. Where do you suppose?" replied Brightly.
 Huh! You couldn't hit a barn door,
 Perhaps not, but I could hit a darn bore, and I might be tempted to do it any moment, ,'-Phiadelphia Press.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-28
INTER ESITNG SPECUE4TfON.

One of the plans connected with the coronation of Edward VII. is more pleasant to read about than the schemes of those who are protecting themselves against possible loss by talk ing out insurance on the life of the king. It has been announced that Ill., ies of the valley will be the flower to be used at the time of the coronation,
 and they will, therefore, be required in enormous quantities. The British grow CTS, in order to prepare for this de-
 mand, have been making large pur. chases of crowns" and ''clumps' from
 the bulb growers. The crowns" are separate bulbs which are grown either in Holland or Germany, very large number coming from Berlin, and which will be kept in freezing houses by the British florists until they are wanted to bloom for decorations at the great spectacle. The "clumps" are clusters of bulbs almost entirely com ing from Holland, which will be plant ed largely in Lincolnshire in the open ground The natural bloom season for these lilies is a little before the corona ton, and the gardeners will try to de- lay them just long enough so that they will have a big crop for the coronation. Millions of bulbs have thus been pur- chased in Holland and Germany, mak- ing profitable business for the bulb growers of those countries.
 It is to be hoped that this speculation will turn out well. It is legitimate and pleasing.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-28
THE nxpAosIoN IN NhW YoRK

People have hardly had time to re- cover from the shock and excitement of the tunnel disaster" ere they are again stirred by the news of another disaster not far from the scene of the one in the tunnel. The latest one is in some respects more terrible than the one in the tunnel, though not as many have been reported killed as were killed in the tunnel. Many more were, however, wounded and it is too soon to tell just what the death list will be. Great havoc was caused by the dynamite eX- plosion and the wonder is that more were not killed or wounded.
 Who is to blame for the explosion, if anybody was, does not yet appear The talk is that there is going to be a very rigid investigation, and there ought to be. Carelessness with dynamite in or under New York's populous streets is no light matter, and if there has been any it should be promptly and properly punished.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-28
ILWAYS TN ORD ER

It is always in order to talk about the big things the United States has done or is doing. The Treasury department has been doing little studying, and it finds that the cotton produced in the United States has increased from 155, 556 bales in 1900 to g 9,436, 416 bales in 1900: the wool produce, from 35 SO2, IA pounds in 1S4O to 3O2, ,5O2,32 pounds in 1901; wheat from 151, 999 900 bushels in 1866 to 522, 229, ,505 bushels in 1900; corn. from S67 ,946 295 bushels in 1866 to 2,1O5 1O2, 516 bushels in 1900; copper from $50 tons in 1850 to 270, 5SS tons in 1900; Dig iron, from 165000 tons in 1880 to 15, 5,S00 900 tons in 1901; petroleum, from 2l 1000, 900 gal Ions in 1860 to 2661, ,233,56S gallons in
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-28

Wigg--What beautiful nose she has Wagg,-Yes, that's her scenter of at traction Philadelphia Record
 DO the Smiths keep a servant?" No They engage good many, but they don't keep them. m.''-Tit Bits. Crush.-"There was a crush at the wedding, l suppose?"
 Crush? Why, the ushers had to form flying wedge in order to get the bridal party up to the altar!'- Life.
 His Description,-First Pugiliist ueading society news)-Say, Bill! Wot's a chaperon?
 Second Pugilist-W'y, it's lady guy wot's kind of halfway twix' a trainer, a manager, bottle holder, and a ref eree.-Puck.
 Deep Respect,--"You must always have the greatest respect for your parents" said the benevolent strang- CT.
 T have" answered the boy with freckles. Why, either one of them can whip me with one hand. Washington Star.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-28

District of New Haven, SIS. Probate Court. January 24, 1902.
 late of New Haven. in said District, deceased.
 The Administrator having made written application for an order authorizing and empowering him to sell and convey certain real estate of said deceased as by said ap- plication on file in this Court more fully appears, it is
 ORDERED, That said application be heard and determined q d Court of Probate to be held at New Haven, in said District, on the 31st day of January, 1909, at ten o'clock in the forenoon. and that public notice of the pendency of said application, and of the time and place of the hearing thereon, be given by publishing this order three times in some newspaper having a circulation in said District
 LIVINGSTON W. CLEAVELAND,
 j23 3tp Judge
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WHITTIER AWAY?

To California, Florida, Der muda or the East Indies i? They are wearing Straw Hats at all these places. There is this advantage in buying before you go-the hat bought of us may be worn after your return. The hat purchased at a dis tance will not accord with the standards of fashion in vogue in the North. Styles of 1902 unboxed and on sale.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-28
AnYERTISING RATES.

Situations. Wants. Rents. and other small advertise ments One Cent Word each m sertjon. Five Cents Word for full week (Seveu timesy.
 Display advertisements, per Inch. one in, cents; one week, S32C: ono month. $1o; one year. $40. .r
 Obituary Notices. In prose ar. verse, la cents per line. Notices of Births. Marri- ages, Deaths, and Funerals. 50 cents each' Local Notices. 15 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to thelr own immediate business (al, matter to oe unobiectionable) ard their contracts dc noE Include Wants To let. For Sale. etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-28

The Alabama disfranchlsing tax law is not working as it's framers anticipat- ed. A great many negroes are hasten ing to pay their taxes and more whites are neglecting to qualify as voters than they ever dreamed of.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-28

The appellate division of the New York Supreme court has decided that stock exchange seats are property and taxable. A seat which can be sold for $80,000 does resemble property.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-28

Judge Thomas Breen, of Michigan who served during the civil war, has just received his discharge papers, after they had been lost in the archives of the national capitol for many years. What makes the document particularly interesting is the fact that it bears the signature of the late President when tain and acting assistant adjutant gen. eral'
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-28

At the annual meeting of the Asso- citation of Military Surgeons of the United States Major Van R. Hoff, in the course of his speech accepting the presidency of the association, told the following story: "A lady was passing through the wards of an overcrowded military hospital when she suddenly encountered two men saving and ham
 mering on some boards. She looked at them in some surprise and wonderingly asked; What are you doing there
 my men?' They looked up at her and one of them said: What are we do- ing? Why, we are making a coffin, that's what we are doing A coffin? she asked For whom are you mak- ing coffin?' For that fellow over there in that bed. Don't you see him?' The lady looked in the direction indi- cated and saw a man apparently in good condition and watching the oper- ation with great interest. Why that man is not dead and, indeed, he does not look as if he were going to die. Can't you postpone this work? No the men said, we can't postpone it. The doctor told us to make the coffin and he knows what he gave him
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-28

Up to the present time MT Carnegie has established 177 libraries in this country at total cost of s17,5OS,oOO.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-28

There are prosperity and thrift in Massachusetts. With 1,593.640 deposit ors in the savings banks of Massachu- sets, as shown by the latest report of the savings bank commissioners, con- siderably more than one out of every two men, women and children in the State Is depositor therein. assuming that all the depositors are residents of the State, and that the same person is not depositor in more than one hank
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-28
T. AYTW.fTnR BiRNES

The news of the death of T. Attwater Barnes in Los Angeles came as a great surprise to the people of this community who had been accustomed to look on him as a man in good health and likely to live long Such sur prises are sharp reminders of the un- certainty of life. MT Barnes filled a large place in the business life of New Haven, and he exhibited sound judg- ment and accurate insight in business affairs. He was conservative in all his undertakings and a safe man iii coun- sel. Thoroughly upright, he had the full confidence of those associate with him in many enterprises and he justi- fled that confidence. He won the re- spect of the community by his solid character, and he was a good citizen. He was much interested in public af- fairs, and was active in effort to in crease New Havens prosperity and fame In his death New Haven loses one of her useful and reliable men.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-28

There is family in Italy which has a claim against the British government that there is not money enough in the world to pay said a man from Rome
 who is now touring this country, to an interviewer the other day. This sounds pretty big, but it is true, nevertheless It is the Peruzzi family. The principal of their claim is $12,000, 900, and it has been running since 1340. With a fair rate of interest the total claim to date would require twenty-six figures to write Of course the family never ex- poets to be settled with in full, and would be delighted no doubt, to accept a sum even less than the principal. In the early part of the fourteenth century the Peruzzis were prominent bankers of Florence, then the banking center of Europe. Edward III lost money heavily in fighting the Scotch, and found it necessary to replenish his cof- fers. He turned to the Peruzzis. who loaned him money because he was the King of England, When he had got into their debt for $12,000, 900 they ven- tured to ask for their pay He imme-
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DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY u CENTS WEEK, 50 CENTS MONTH s FOR SIX MONTHS, SC A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY NAH.
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A scandal has arisen over the reburial of Robert Hamerling, the German poet, who died in 1889. He was moved into a permanent tomb in the cemetery at Graz, when the coffin was opened and the medical men present, among whom were two university professors, surrep- titiously and without authority remov- ed the head in order to measure the skull. Since then the skull has been kept in the anatomical laboratory of Graz university. Hamerling's relatives and friends are indignant, and demand that the poets head shall be put back with the body at once.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-28
Some Folks

are not impressed with our offer of Free Making. Laying and Lin- ings until they have to pay for i.. Then it stands out on the bill like a sore thumb.
 We pay for it, of course, but it's one way of sticking an advertising price in your mind about our carpet service the year round.
 More than 300 rolls of the lovellest, best carpets to choose from, on Easy Payments. You choose the carpet now; we do the work at any time.
 Suppose you see the carpets and the
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The George H. Ford
 Co.'s

stock of gold. silver and precious stones is such that it can rightfuIly claim the present day inheritance of the ancient glory that invested the treasures of Solomon. The diamonds are of the same royal strain; the gold and the silver of the same pure lineage. t!
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1HA bAEALX URNAL, Issusd Thursdsys. One Dollar a Year.
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For Tuesday!

60 Inch Heavy Cream Union Damask, 2octs Yard 50 Inch All-pure Linen Silver Bleached Damask, 35cts a Yard Ani Cold Table Cloths, f-inged turkey red Table Covers. IA yards long, guaranteed fast colors, 65cea A Tapestry Table vers, fringed, 2octs Each The same cover in heavier grade, 3octs Each
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