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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-08
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Judae Townsend to Preside.

Judge Townsend to Preside.
Because of the illness of Judge Gage,
Chief Justice Pope has issued an order
in which he designates Judge D. A.
Townsend to preside at the fall term OF
the courts of general sessions and COM
mon pleas for Lexington county, which
courts convenes on Monday, September
81. It was Judge Townsend who gram
ted the change Of venue in the case OF
the State VS.. ]. H. Tillman to Lexing-
ton county.
contraband Fees.
Columbia Record: The question OF
the amount of fees due magistrate or
sheriff in the seizure Of contraband IL
quor has been a puzzling one for some
time and Chief Constable Hammett re-
Gently made request Of Assistant At
torney General Townsend for ruling
on the matter. The opinion Of that
office is that the statute is explicit in
allowing a sheriff or magistrate only a
share Of the value Of the liquors when
they seize them, and where the liquors
are seized by other officers they have
no right to claim share of the value
of the liquors. BY the value Of such
liquors is clearly meant the net amount
realized through the seizure. For in
stance where the liquors seized by the
sheriff or magistrate are recovered by
the former owners the officers can get
nothing, and where the state has to
pay a revenue tax in order to hold the
same the value is the net value Of the
liquors after the tax is deducted.
Migrants In Horny.
Horny Herald: The farmers have
complained this year of the scarcity OF
labor more than usual. it seems to u.s.
and it is apparent that If the vagrant
law is not more rigidly enforced In the
towns. where the lazy and unemployed
like to congregate, it Is certain that
complaint from this source will in
crease Notice the number you will
find any hot day with perhaps large
families dependent upon them for food
ana ClOtnlnS, no feSOuTCe uul udiiy id
Dor, who will refuse to work, although
offered honest wages for it. Many OF
this class have left the country, where
they can find regular work on the
farms, to come to town, where by an
occasional penny errand or shade job
they can barely keep the wolf from the
door. How hard it is at this time OF
the year to get a little pile Of wood
chopped, the yard cleared Of weeds or
the fall garden spaded, some of us are
aware. And what prices they charge
when they can, by any means, be in
duced to work! The remedy to be ap-
piled to the case is to enforce the law
Make them work or go to Jail.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-08
WITHIN THE TOWN..

A valuable horse belonging to Rev.
w. E. Hurt died on last Sunday.
The Kings Mountain Military acad-
emy will resume work tomorrow. A
number of cadets have arrived and
others are expected tonight and In the
morning. Col. Stephenson is confident
that his attendance will be larger than
il was last year; but, of course, cannot
give out any positive estimates at
present. 1t sometimes happens that
prospective students fail to matriculate
after they have promised to do so.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-08

1t is to be hoped that the York
county grand jury will take prompt
and thorough action in regard to the
railroad accident at Fishing creek tres
tie the other day. 1t Is said that the
trestle had been known for long time
to be in an unsafe condition, and that
it had been repeatedly reported to the
officials of the road. If this is true
somebody ought to be made to suffer.
Anderson Daily Mail.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-08

The dead from the Fishing creek dis
aster had not been buried, nor the
groans of the injured hushed, before
there was a collision on the Western
North Carolina railroad, near Sails
bury, fortunately, however, unattended
by any fatalities. 1t would seem that
the frequency Of accidents on the
Southern railway would induce more
care in the operation Of trains, but ap-
parently it does not.-Charlotte Obser-
yar
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-08

aster in time, and If it was topic or
talk among travelling people 1t must
have been known to every railroad man
on the Charleston division. 1t looks
very much like the most outrageous
negligence, If not manslaughter.-
Greenville News.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-08

THE interview with John Gary Evans
published in the last issue of THE EN-
oUIRER and credited to the Spartan
burg Herald, should have been credited
to the Spartanburg Journal instead
The error was the result Of an over
sight on the part Of THE ENQUIRER.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-08

Monastir has been practically stamped
out. Bashi- -bazouks assisted the reg
ular troops in the work of repression,
which is said to have been carried out
with sanguinary ruthlessness, the OBJ
ject of the Turks being, apparently, to
eXterminate not only the Bulgarian in
habitants but all the Christians OF
whatever nationality.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-08

WHEN the truth outs, 1t will become
known that the cotton raising expert
ments in East Africa are being prose-
cuted with slave labor. Civilization
does not mind such things when they
are profitable
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-08
Che itoskrilte Gnqairrr.
YORKVILLE, S. c.:
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1903.

MORE than anything else it looks as
if the Democratic party is going to
have a choice between Cleveland and
defeat.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-08
NOTE AND COMMENT.

Railroad Commissioner c. w. Gar
ris was at the Fishing creek wreck on
Friday. He will make report on the
smashup at the next meeting Of the
board.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-08
SOME PRESS COMMENTS.

What the Papers Say of the Fishing
Creek Trestle Disaster.
Now is not the time to condemn any
one. Now is the time to express our
and beloved human lives, and our SYM
pathy for their stricken families. Our
sympathy is also with the officers Of
the Southern road. They are human
too, and it is impossible to conceive
Of their not being, by now, thoroughly
aroused and thoroughly repentant of
any neglect they may have been guilty
Of This wreck should not have occur
red. The timber were rotten.-Spar-
tanburg Herald.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-08

There has been a good deal Of talk
Southern railway. There may, or may
not be, anything in it. We are ad-
dressing ourselves to the particular case
of the disaster in York county. The
the treStle was rotten, and collapsed, in
consequence, when the train rolled up
on it. There was a condition which
could have been prevented by ordinary
care and by observing the obligations
placed upon Il common carrier by the
law. For the dereliction and the dis
aster following it, somebody should b
made to answer, and answer heavily
Charleston Post.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-08

In the newspaper accounts from
YOrkville the statement was made that
the bridge material WAS rotten. 1t was
said. moreover, that Il passenger aboard
the Inflated train. had commented on
the reports that there might be q dis
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-08

It was stated in THE ENQUIRER that
the three injured Negroes were taken
to Rock Hill. This was mistake.
They had been removed to Yorkville
before the arrival of the Rock Hill ply
sicians.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-08

the first time in the history or cotton
that any considerable quantity of
American growth has ever been re-
turned to the United States from
abroad.
Says a Constantinople cable Of
September Z: War between Turkey
and Bulgaria is now regarded here as
outbreak Of hostilities will occur before
the end of September when the re-en-
forcements from Asia will have been
concentrated in Macedonia, and in the
vilayet of Adrianople. 1t is not thought
that there will be any formal declara-
tion of war, in view of Bulgaria's vas
sal status. but that some frontier Incl
dent will precipitate hostilities. The
Bulgarians and Macedonians residing
i'm ConStantinople are in terror Of mas
sacre. a large number of them were
arrested Il few days ago as Il ''prevent-
ative measure" and they have not yet
been released. The fear of IL massacre
is probably exaggerated. although in
view Of the present excited state of
MuSsulman feeling, an insignificant in
cident might perhaps lead to Il masSa-
Gre The terrible accounts received re-
garding the conduct of the Turkish
troops have not surprised European
circles here, but nan! who have hith-
erto been optimistic i'm their views now
accept the prevailing belief that Tur-
key is on the eve of Il catastrophe. A
consular dispatch from Salonica says
that according to authentic informa-
ton the insurrertion i'm the district of
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-07-04

THLMER j. COOK,
ID ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Towson, Baltimore County, Md.
Office with Col d. g. Mcintosh.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-07-04

TOHN III. RICHARDSON.
- ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Glenn Building, IL st. Paul Street, Baltimore
(TowsOn.)
Residence-123 Eastern Ave-, Highlandtown.
Md. Phone-Courtland, 1884.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-07-04

IOtaI.,.,. ....'''''..s''''''' IIO.54
Waterman and Keeper of Court House.
Appropriation 81 $50.
Geo M Halle keeper years salary....$ 10000
John Miller Waterman years salary 5000
To Reimburse A w Shanklin, sc.
Appropriation 1,406
Amount paid Arthur w Shankln for
mer Treasurer as required by Chapter
275, Laws of 1902 ................. ...S l,4OOOO
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-07-04

Joshua G. BOSLEY,
= TOWSON AND PHILOPOL1S.
ATTORNEY AT LAW, JUSTICE OF THE
PEACE AND SURVEYOR.
Pays special attention to real estate both as
surveyor and as attorney.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-07-04

TOHN j. TIMANUS,
81 ATTORNEY g. COUNSELOR AT LAW,
Piper Building Towson, Md.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-07-04
Sanitary Expenses

Total for district. .........s s,3OO3S
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-07-04

FTlROMAS j. HUNTER,
i ATTORNEY AT LAW, TOWSON. ND.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-07-04

II G. MCINTOSH,
LIZ ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Offices-Towson, Nd, and IL st. Paul street,
Baltimore city.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-07-04

CHARLES K. SHANAHAN,
" ATTORNEY AT LAW,
lU2 E. Lexington St., near st. Paul, Baltimore.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-07-04

"ENRY SHIRK,
III ATTORNEY AT LAW,
6E. Lexington Street, Baltimore.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-07-04
Law Department.

Osborne Yeliott account salary 5000
Frank Duncan Owens VS. Co Comm'rs. $500
!" Henthorn VS. . $500
No S.... eD.....' $500
] j Alexander opinion as to constitu-
tionality of law relating to taxation. 1900
d Mcintosh acct fees in case Fowble
VS. Carstairs Bros. ...................... 10000
w Burns Trundle Safe Deposit and
Of Baltimore 49, - 25s.75
ty commissioning hers 1890
George M D Nice witness fees Graul vs.
County Commissioners. 49,. ........... 4.5O
Baltimore County Democrat printing
brief Herbert VS. Co Commissioners. $500
] Fred Talbot preparing legislation
mittees at Annapolis: - 10000
vices at Annapolis ................. 2OS.3s
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2,23l.2I
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-07-04

VXTILLIAM 7. ROBERTS,
w ATTORNEY AT LAW,
227 st. Paul Street, cor. Sarat jga, Baltimore.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-07-04

APPROPRIATION 81 ,U5U.
Rev A 7 Pindell salary for year.....$ 5000
Rev r G Campbell salary for year,. 5000
DIR T Bussey physician to almshouse. 650.00
DR. ] Royston Green physician to JAIL. 10000
Total. ...................... .....-$ l,UoU.UO
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-07-04

MILTON w. OFFUTT.
lN ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Smedley Row, Towson, and Continental Trust
Building, Baltimore.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-24
Health's DecaIoaue.

First-Rise early. retire early and
fill your day with work.
Water and bread maintain
life: pure air and sunshine are indis-
pensable to health.
Third Frugality and sobriety form
the best elixir of longevity
Cleanliness prevents rust;
the best cared for machines last the
longest.
Fifth Enough sleep repairs waste
and strengthens; too much sleep soft
ems and enfeebles.
Sixth-To be sensibly dressed is to
give freedom TO ones movements and
enough warmth to be protected from
sudden changes of temperature.
Seventh-A clean and cheerful
house makes a happy home.
Eighth-The mind is refreshed and
'nvigorated By distractions and amuse-
ments. but abuse of them leads to dis
sipation, and dissipation to vice.
Ninth-Cheerfulness makes love Of
life, and love of life is half of health.
On the contrary, sadness and discour-
agement hasten old age.
Tenth-Do YOU gain your living by
your intellect? Then do not allow
your arms and legs to grow stiff. Do
your earn your bread by your pickaxe2
Do not forget to cultivate your mind
and to enlarge your thought.-French
Medical Review.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-24

lauShin' to her. And when de boat struck
de snag he couldn't reach an oar, an
il swirl roun an went over. An he
couldn't swim. So"
Elizabeth stared at the round face OF
the negress, down which the tears were
streaming. 1t was her husband, her
child that the woman was crying for.
Mother she said-Mrs. Martyr had
her in her arms keeping her from fan
ing-"they're gone, mother.
She had called the world empty just
now-and they We're in it! Now they
were gone. She knew what her husband
was 10 her now, and her child.
A httle crowd had gathered on the
hank. Big Joe was diving in the middle
of the stream. The idle, incompetent
negroes" sobbing and crying as for their
own kin. were working furiously to mo
their master. Il was Jane, indeed, VINO
first caught sight of a rag on the surface
of the stream, and, wading in up to heI
neck. brought out the baby. lt SUI
breathed Stephens body was found
close beside it.
Elizabeth, scarcely needing the ealid
threw herself down beside him, dragging
his head up into her arms
aStephen. Stephen" she cried. you
will never know how l loved you.
Half a dozen men were at work WIZ
the BODY. Big Joe, still dripping, ran tc
the village for the doctor. Mrs. Grier
in all her fnery. was building hres II
the house. while Mrs. Watson was on hei
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-24
THE FIRST THANKSGIVING.
A Contemporary Account of the Pio-
neer Feast in 1921.

A Contemporary Account of the Pio-
neer Feast in 1921.
The first Thanksgiving day was cele-
brated in the autumn of 1921.
An account of the pioneer of all these
feasts has been presented in a letter by
Edward Winslow written in the same
year:
You shall understand that in this
here we have built seven dwelling
houses and four for the use of the plan
tation and have made preparations for
eleven others. We set the last spring
some twenty acres of corn and sowed
some six acres of barley and peas. Our
corn did prove WELL God be praised, and
our barley indifferent good, but our peas
not worth harvesting. Our harvest being
got in, our Governor sent four men out
fowling, so that we might after special
manner rejoice together after we had
gathered the fruit Of our labors. They
four in one day killed as much fowl as,
with a little help beside, served the whole
company almost a week, at which time
among other recreations we exercised
our arms, many of the Indians arriving
among us, and among the rest their
greatest king, Massasoit with ninety
men, whom for three days we entertain
ed and Toasted And, although it be not
always so plentiful as it was at this time
with us, yet, by the goodness of God,
we are so far from want that we often
wish you partakers of our plenty"
Thus Thanksgiving was born.
1t continued to be celebrated, though
not with any regularity, for about sixty
years, after which it was annually or
dered by the general court, not always
in November, but generally after the
harvestS were gathered.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-24
state is any man happier than ~
Golden Penny.
Some odd Ears.

In human beings the two ears fire.
quently do not match. though as both
cannot be properly seen at the same
time. this defect usually escapes eur
notice. The same thing is true to
some extent of monkeys and quadru-
peds; and owls have one ear directed
upwards, and the other downwards,
which enables them to hear both above
and below as they fly.
Taking the word ear in a broader
sense, there are some animals which
possess two kinds of these organs. A
fish, for example, has pair OF ears
embedded in its head. and also pecu-
liar streak-the lateral line-running
down each side of the body, which APP
pears to perform some Of the functions
of hearing, as it is concerned with the
detection of movements in the sur
rounding water.
The two feelers which project from
the head of an insect are almost GER
tainly auditory organs, and when these
are supplemented by ears Of other
kinds. we can say that the ears are not
all alike. Grasshoppers and locusts
have extra ears in their legs, and the
common house fly has a pair of little
'club-shaped projections behind the
wings Obalancers), which proba bly, help
il to hear.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-24
Dickey on Thanksgiving.

II onerstan'." said Brother Dickey,
''dat de President done 'p'inted his
Thanksgivin' day. much ter de regret
er de turkeys, what lowed dey warn't
no use in takin' ON any mo- life insurance
'twelI de week 70 Christmas But de
President got ter studyin' bout it ter
day, after he drawed his weeks wages,
en- tol 'um ter charge it up ter profit
en- loss, en- he 'cided dat de country WIZ
doin' so well all roun' dat we orter ring
de bells en- invite all de po' relations ter
dinner. So dat how come Thanksgivin'
is comm, witch brings on de question:
What is we got ter be thankful forT En-
ter begin wild, en- speakin' for myself, |
thankful dat de Nunited States is in
Georgy emil mos likely stay dar, ez long
ez real estate is vallible ez what it is.
En-, furdermo', l thankful dat | gittin'
long so well wild my neighbors. amt
never been lynched yit, en- l amt a-gwine
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-24

knees in the wet, chatting the baby, and
wrapping it in blankets.
Even in her agony Elizabeth saw it all.
They were so kind; The world was gen
erous and unselfish and loving. She only
had stood apart, cold and alone.
The old doctor, when he had examined
the body, turned to her with a face which
he yainly tried to make cheerful.
Il can find no sign of life as yet. But
he was a very short time in the water,
and we will do our best
She nodded, but stood silent, looking
up into the gray sky. His best? What
could doctors do, or fires, or blankets?
Only He could bring Stephen to life
again.
While the men were working with her
husband, she was alone, facing God.
"Give him back to mel" she cried.
"Give him back! Let me have another
chance. 1 have been false as wife and
J mother"
| 1t was the first time in her life that
she had really prayed.
| God heard her. Both child and hus-
band were given back to her.
When the church bells rang the next
morning, baby was sleeping soundly in
her cradle, her grandmother watching her
with a radiant face. Stephen, little
blue about the jaws and shaky in the
hands, was taking his breakfast IN Ded
Elizabeth would let nobody cook it, or
wait on him but herself. When he joked
over it, she laughed and cried by turns
What 2 day it wasi All the morning
the delighted negroes had been tumbling
over each other, trying to serve her; and
| little gifts and messages had been COM
ing in from the neighbors. The frosty
air was full of sunshine. The bronze
stubble fields shook in the wind. The
late red leaves on the trees glowed like
| jewels.
81 am keeping you from church, Bet
ty," said Stephen, putting his hand on
her head.
eve can give thanks here. Every day
now shall be Thanksgiving.
She looked at him, at the baby, at the
bright, kind world outside. and then up
to the blue heaven, where God had heard
her last night.
Every day shall be Thanksgiving, "
she said again.
The woman's character was not wholly
changed in day. But the rock had been
touched, and the water of life gushed
forth. IL was, a healing fountain, and
would never cease to fow.-Congrega
| tioRaliSt
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-24

Briggs case! Her thoughts would 60
back lately to Prof. Large, who used to
converse with her On psychological prob
lens. There was a congenial soul. He
would never lie awake worrying lest he
should not be able to find justice for old
Potts, or keep that young Bob Smith
out of Jail And she was to thank God
for this miserably petty life!
1t was an ugly, dangerous path down
), Ach the foolish woman's thoughts went
cropping, as she sat looking at the lawn
and the cold, bright river beyond. Her
mothers keen instinct followed her close
" Elizabeth had been the leader in Il
circle of idle, northumberland. NOR
bid women. In this wholesome, natural
life she missed the adulation, the hys-
terical excitement, of that old time. Her
mothers heart sank. What could she do
to waken her to reality?
The silence grew awkward. Mrs. Pol
lard rose and walked to the end Of the
porch. She was angry at herself that
she had worried her mother. She had
meant thai the dear little woman's visit
Should be all bright and happy, and al
| 4 edy-
she knew not what The little cosy house
and the lawn, with baby in her carriage
coming up the path, were all so common
place and tiresome. There came Stephen
with his round, laughing face red with
the wind. What could he know of her
cravings. or of psychological problems
Betty he called as he ran up, Il
hurried outss thinking you and mother
would like a row on the river before din
ner. What do you sayY"
"Oh, mercy, Mr.. Pollard, do let US be
quiet. You always want to be going
going. Take baby!'
''Very WELL"
He nodded smiling; but something in
his face touched her as he turned away.
Stephen she called but he did not
hear her. Let him co." she said, with
shrug. 1t was all tiresome. Thanks
| giving? What was there in the world
to give thanks for? The sky seemed
empty to her to-day. Was there, indeed
| anything behind those still, gray mists
that could hear thanks if they were spok-
en-?
But here were her visitors, imposing
| in their best fall clothes and hats.
Twenty minutes later, as Elizabeth
sat, her brain half asleep, listening to
an account of the scorching of some
ounce jam, Keyter, che blacksmith, ran
across the lawn beadlong, as a man
who wants TO be the first with bad
news, dashed up on the porch and flung
open the window.
Miss Pollard! Your husband. He's
gone down! Upset. With the child /
saw 'em, Sunk like lead!'
| For a few minutes she seemed to be
sleeping still. She was swept out to the
! lawn There was the motionless brown
grass and the smooth river, just as it was
| a few minutes ago. not a dint ON its
bright face. Some men were dragging a
| boat into the water, and Big Joe. the
coal man, had pulled off his boots and
coat and waded in. Nobody screamed or
made noise. Baby's carriage stood I'M
der the apple tree-empty. Stephen stood
| just there. on that path, a moment ago.
| Where was he now? Where was he?
Soon after she heard Jane, the nurse,
talking to her.
He said, III take de chile, Jane
He set de baby tween his knees in de
boat, holdin' de tiller wild one ham an