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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-01
The Matter of Mill Checks.

Columbia Record: The supreme
court today handed down an important
decision as to the right of cotton mills
to issue checks to their employees for
use at the mill stores in lieu Of money.
The case came from Spartanburg coun-
ty and was a suit against the Spartan
mill brought by firm who held a
number Of these checks and were re-
fused payment by the mills on the
ground that they were issued solely
for the convenience Of the operatives.
There were in all eight cases against
the mills. but by consent they were
combined in order that a decision
might be reached. The suit was
brought by firms that had accepted
these brass checks from the operatives
and afterwards presented them to the
mills for payment. 1t was charged in
the complaint that the company had
violated an act of the legislature Of
1901 which states that it shall be un-
lawful for any corporation or person
to issue these checks or notes to an
employee, requiring them to take them.
In the testimony it was brought out that
these brass checks were only issued to
employees for their convenience and
that there were no agreements between
the two. 1t was also proved that face
value was always received for the
checks. The case came before Judge
Purdy and as the act exempted certain
classes of people 1t was declared un-
constitutional and the case against
the mills dismissed. the court declar-
ing that they had the right to issue
these checks and the supreme court
has just upheld this opinion. The
opinion is of considerable Importance
as nearly every mill in the state uses
these checks.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-01
FACTS ABOUT KOREA.
A Rich Country With Long History
and Great Prospects.

A Rich Country With Long History
and Great Prospects.
Korea has a population of about 49,
100000
Korea has a foreign commerce of
about s12,OO0,O00, of which $7,500,000
is imports and s4,50O,OO0 exports.
Korea began its commercial devel-
ment in 1876. when two ports, Gensan
and Fusan, were opened to trade with
Japan.
Korea was a vassal Of China until
1894, when the victory Of Japan in her
war with China secured Korean inde-
pendence.
Korea gave a commercial treaty to
the United States in 1882, followed by
similar treaties with Germany, Great
Britain, Russia, Italy, France, Austria
and China.
Korea began keeping a record Of
imports and exports in 1884. In that
year $1,275,000 was its total foreign
commerce. Now it is about nine times
as much.
Korea now has nine treaty ports,
namely, Chemulpo, Fusan, Wonsan,
Chinampho. Mokpho. Kunsan, Masam-
pho, Song Chin and Wiju. Chemulpo
is the most important of these. and Is
only twenty-five miles distant. by rail
communication, from Seoul, the CAPT.
tai of Korea.
Korea exports, in order of impor-
tance as named, rice, beans, ginseng
and hides.
Korea imports, in the same order,
cotton goods, silk piece goods (from
Japan, kerosene. railway materials,
mining supplies and bags and ropes
for packing, clothing and haberdash-
cry, provisions. matches, sake samshu,
sugar, machinery and cotton wadding.
Korea had made great progress in
the arts three centuries ago.
Korea has a limited literature. con-
sisting = e9y If descriptions of seem
cry and folklore.
Korea has a robust, amiable, indus
trious and pleasure loving population,
agricultural rather than commercial.
Korea Is about the same size as the
state Of Kansas. and nearly twice the
size of the state of New York.
Korea has a productive and we'll
cultivated soil, producing rice, barley,
wheat, sorghum, millet.
Korea has about $4,000 foreigners
resident within its borders, consisting
Of 10000 Japanese. 5000 Chinese, 275
Americans. 140 Englishmen, 100
Frenchmen and 40 Germans. Next to
Japan and China. the neighbors Of Ko-
rea. America leads in the foreign con-
tingent.
Korea has a system Of government
as thoroughly rotten and corrupt as
Is to be found on earth.
Korea has plentiful mineral re-
sources, consisting of copper, iron.
coal, gold, silver.
Korea has mountains covered with
vast virgin forests.
Korea has one Of the finest and
healthiest climates in the world. Ir-
rigation not necessary.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-01

Death from old age, says Sir Her.
man Weber, is due to atrophy connec-
ted with changes in the blood vessels.
Vigorous circulation, promoted by
keeping the organs in action, Is the
best preventive.
With certain changes in fire-boXes,
1t Is claimed that the petroleum bril-
auettes Of a French naval officer make
possible the suppression Of smoke and
will give a fuel Of which one pound
will be equivalent to four pounds Of
coal. The briquettes are made by add
ing to the petroleum oil, for each liter.
$50 grammes Of ground soap, l5O
grammes of resin, and 300 grammes
of caustic soda lye. The mixture is
heated and stirred with certain pre-
cautions until near solidification,
when it is poured into molds. which
are placed in a stove for ten or fifteen
minutes, and the briquettes are ready
for use after cooling a few hours.
Greater solidity is given by the addi-
ton of a little sawdust and a little
clay or sand.
In an attempt to determine whether
air is itself radioactive, Profs. Els
ter and Geitel seem to have proven that
1t Is inactive. Its induced radio-ac-
tivity, as occasionally observed, Is at
tributed to an emanation from some
radioactive substance which finds Its
way into the free atmosphere as well
as into mineral springs. Tests of a
very active earth from the Italian Alps
seemed to show a trace Of radium as
the radioactive constituent.
A woolen felt made in Leeds. Eng,
is being much employed for giving
elastic foundations and reducing the
noise Of machinery and railway trains
1t is made in sheets up to 60 inches by
30, with thickness Of 8 to II inches,
and Is impregnated with mineral fat,
the upper surface being tanned to re-
sist damp and rust. This felt Is al
ready much used in Germany under
steam hammers, dynamoes, pumps, en-
gines, and the like. and in England
on bridges.
The Finsen light, seemingly allied
to x-rays Is claimed to remove scars
by stimulating the blood corpuscles
and causing them to form new tissue.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-01
BOGUS CROSSES OF HONOR.
DisreputabIe Dealers Are Selling Them
TO DisreputabIe People.

to DisreputabIe People.
Confederate veterans all over the
south are interested in the announce
ment made by the Atlanta, Ga, camp
that bogus crosses of honor were be-
ing sent south.
The announcement that the Allan
ia camp had Indignantly denounced
this practice has had the effect OF call
ing the matter to the attention OF
members of the Wade Hampton camp.
The Confederate cross of honor is
of a die which can be easily duplicated
It has recently come to light that par
ties in the north are making bogus
crosses, and sending them into the
south. Here they are offered Tor SAFE
to any who wish them, and II Is
stated that many Of them have found
their way into the south. None have
vet been discovered in Columbia,
though it is regarded as only a mat
ter Of time when they will reach here.
The matter Is one which it will be
hard to combat. A united fight Will
be made against it by the Veterans
Sons of Veterans, and the Daughters
Of the Confederacy. The value OF the
cross is purely due to what 1t repre-
sents, and if conditions are such that
any one can obtain them, this value Is
DESTROYED. and the distinctive mark OF
honor given to a Confederate soldier
Is practically lost.
In speaking Of the matter yesterday
prominent member stated:
LAS the matter is a very hard one
to fight, and as our condemnation of
the practice would have little or no
effect with those manufacturing them,
there is but one way in which 1 think
the matter can be fought effectively.
I think the names Of those entitled to
wear the cross Of honor should be
published each year in each district.
THE districts are comparatively
small. and nearly every person who
is a resident of the district would know
the great majority of those whose
names were published. In this way
the man who wore a cross when he
was not entitled to it would be at once
pointed out as a fraud, and sentiment
would compel hi to cease wearing
the badge. In tn S way the sale of the
crosses would il time be effectively
stopped, and the northern parties
would at once cease manufacturing
them "-Columb a Record.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-01
JACKSON BROTHERS.
Consult Your Interest.
CLOVER, s. c.

Our sales of Furniture and Stoves
both heating and cooking during the
first six months Of our career, have far
exceeded our expectations. We attrib-
ute our gratifying success not so much
to our personal popularity as to the
fact that the purchasing public has
been impressed with the quality of our
wares and the very reasonable prices
at which they are being offered. 1t
shall be our constant aim to maintain
the reputation already made, and we
hope by this means to receive even a
more liberal patronage in the future
than in the past. Consult your inter-
est by seeing us before buying Furni-
ture, Mattresses or Cooking Stoves.
UNDERTAKING DEPARTMENT.
We carry full line Of Coffins, Cas-
kets and Robes of various qualities,
and give prompt attention to calls
either day or night.
JACKSON BROS.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-01

GAVE IT RooM.-Col. Cody-"Buffa-
10 Bill''-is here. says the Washington
correspondent of the New York World.
He told the president this story:
"A new railroad was built through
my section of the country and a young
COW puncher saw train for the first
time in his life. When the locomative
whistle was blown the cow-puncher
was evidently distressed, but he did
not want to show the white feather.
He rose in his stirrups almost scared
to death when the train went by COW
ering him with dust. The engineer
leaned out of his cab and shouted at
the cowboy:
Cit out Of the way. you blankety-
blank, low -browed. long-haired ornery
cow -puncher I'm going to turn round
The cow-puncher stuck spurs to
his pony and in an instant disappear
ed over the hill"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-01
An Anderson Man On Texas.

Anderson Daily Mail: Mr.. A. B.
Campbell, who lives near Bolton, and
who returned from Texas a short
time ago, was in this office Saturday,
and gave a clear, comprehensive short
talk on the conditions in the portion
of Texas where he has lived for some
years. Mr.. Campbell possesses an un-
usual amount of good, common sense,
and talks very interestingly of his ex-
perience. He lived in Grayson coun-
ty. which is near Sherman, and he
says it is a country Of extraordinary
resources, and with q still greater fu-
ture before it. Mr.. Campbell does not
return to the old state, like many 9TH
ers, knocking Texas. but says 1t Is no
country for poor man unless ne
works for wages. Lands are very rich
and correspondingly high, and it takes
the man who can stand the total loss
of n crop to win out in the end. The
boil weevil got in its work In the Sec
ton where Mr.. Campbell has been
living and is in a large measure re-
sponsble for his return to South Car
olina. He says quite number OF fam
lilies from the section where he has
been living, have returned to the older
states on account of the boil weeVil.
The weevil, he says, does not make
a clean sweep Of a field like grasshop-
pers or the like, but the destruction is
so near complete that the farmer has
no heart to plant another crop, and
poor man can't do it. He says that 1t
is a magnificent grain country, and
especially oats, but that sometimes the
grain crop Is a total failure. In ref
erence to the Johnson grass, Mr..
Campbell says. hundreds Of acres have
been abandoned to it. and hay is har-
vested from the land. He says 1t Is
against the rules Of the threshermen
of that section to thresh oats that
come from land that has Johnson grass
on it. but, he added. a man can al
ways get his oats threshed and find a
market for them in Sherman and 9TH
er towns in that section. Mr.. Camp
bell says that to average the thing up
Il man can get more out Of life, have
better advantages, health. water,
schools, society, for the same money
in Anderson county than in Texas and
is perfectly content to spend the rest
of his days in the old Palmetto state.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-01
Aumura,ls department.
Bad Case of Ancestors.

Mr.. Clarence o. Kuester, Of this city,
has a droll sense of humor, and he
gets a lot of amusement by playing
pranks on the simple minded. credulous
colored man who Is still to be found
occasionally. When Mr.. Kuester was
in Lincolnton short time ago, he
called a colored waiter to him and
said:
"Jim, what's the matter with you!
You are looking mighty bad" The
negro was in perfect health. but his
face grew long.
mo. I amt feelin' we'll. Mr.. Kues-
ter" said he.
II tell you. Jim," said Mr.. Kuester'
"you are a very sick man. I can tell
that out Of the corner Of my eye
Jim grew sadder still. Il amt at all
peart," he declared. with heavy sigh.
Says I to myself this morning, Jim
you amt at all WELL That's what l
said-.Jim, you are not at all we'll.
Poke out your tongue, Jim." said
Mr.. Kuester.
Jim obeyed. my goodness. JIM"
said Mr.. Kuester, in feigned alarm
your tongues right white. amt IT."
"Yessah, it's white as cotton" agreed
Jim, nervously. am er Sick
"Jim," said Mr.. Kuester. solemnly'
"I know what Is the matter with you.
You've got the ancestors!"
"oh, Lordy!" said Jim. trying to
turn pale. you don't tell me so, Mr..
Kuester. I know'd I was er sick man,
but never thought had them things.
whatch you reckon I'd better do, Mr..
Kuester?"
"See a doctor at once" said Mr..
Kuester. 1T won't do to fool around
when you've got the ancestors"
Oats so," said Jim with a groan;
and off he went to consult a physi-
cian.-Charlotte Chronicle.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-01

OUT OF PLAcE.-Martin ]. Wade IS
the only Democrat in the house from
Ioaw. In explanation Of the rela-
ton of the state of Iowa toward
Gov. Cummin's views on the necessity
Of adjusting the tariff rates to meet
changed conditions. Mr.. Wade said the
people of his state were like the fel-
low who sat on the doorstep of his
home one winter morning about 2
O'Clock when a policeman came along.
What are you doing here?" inquir-
ed the guardian Of the peace.
The man replied: Il am just think
ing"
WELL" said the policeman, "get in
or you will freeze to death. What are
you thinking about?"
Il was just thinking" replied the
man, whether I would stay out here
and freeze to death or go in and get
killed"
According to Mr.. Wade, the people
of Iowa are not only thinking like the
man alluded to. but they are realizing
a great truth expressed in a case
where a man was taken to an insane
asylum in that state. In reply to the
inquiry why he was sent there, the
man said:
"They sent me here because I'm a
tariff reformer and voted the Repub-
lican ticket
"Oh, that's a shame" remarked the
questioner. You should not have been
sent here This is a place for the in
sane. You are nothing but - fool"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-01

NOTHING Observation-Disclosures
tive Wade Of Iowa. in making a
speech about tariff the other day APP
piled an anecdote of an Irishman at
Niagara Falls.
1.-THE gentleman from Illinois, Mr..
Boutell," said Mr.. Wade, insists that
the country is prosperous. and he read
a lot Of newspaper articles to prove it.
Others insist on the same state of af-
fairs. But whenever I hear one of
these members talking I am reminded
of the gentleman from Ireland who
went to see Niagara Falls.
HE hired a guide to take him all
around. The guide showed the gentle
man from Ireland everything, and
when the guide got through the Irish
man inquired: is that all?"
"'Yes. replied the guide. I have
shown you all the points Of interest,"
"T don't see why people should
come from all over the world to see
this the gentleman from Ireland in
sisted.
"'Well, don't you see that magnifi-
cent cataract of water rushing over
the precipice?'
Sure said the tourist. but why
shouldn't it; what is there to hold 1t
back""
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-01

EXAMPLE OF YANKEE SHREwDNEss.
Talk about Yankee shrewdness,"
said the travelling man. Il was in a
little tavern up in Connecticut not
long ago and a farmer came in with
eggs to sell. The transaction took
place in the bar room of the establish
ment. The proprietor agreed to take
two dozen. and when the farmer came
to count over the contents of his bask-
ct he found that he had twenty five
eggs. The proprietor wanted the eX-
ira egg thrown in for good measure.
The farmer didn't see it that way and
they argued the matter. At last the
proprietor said he'd take the twenty
five eggs, give the man a drink and
call it square. The farmer agreed
and pocketed his money.
Nov, whatll you have? asked the
proprietor.
The Yankee farmer was ready with
his reply.
"'Sherry and egg said he"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-01

Korea has electric railway, electric
light, spring water and banking COM
panies, all started by Americans.
Korea has commercial prospects,
which the Japanese will cultivate and
foster.
These facts as to Korea are mainly
gathered from Commercial Korea in
1904" issued by o. P. Austin, chief Of
the bureau Of statistics of the depart
ment of commerce and labor.-Walter
]. Ballard in the New York Sun.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-01
CROSSES OF HONOR.

NOTICE Is hereby given that Vet
IN Grams of the Confederacy living In
York county desirous Of obtaining
Crosses of Honor through the 8. D.
Barron Chapter U. D. c., Of Ebene-
ger, must make application to the
President or Secretary at date ear
ly enough to permit Of the ordering OF
the Crosses so that they may be
presented on the occasion Of the me-
mortal services on the 10th Of May
prox. S. D. BARRON CHAPTER, u.
D. c., Old Point, s. G.
March % t To
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-01

8I Young man, the story that Is nos
fit for ladies to hear is unfit for gen.
tleman to tell.
IN Charity covers multitude Of sins
only when 1t Is not exercised for that
specified purpose.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-01
Furnish Your Home.

If you would teach your children to
appear as If accustomed to the good
things Of this life, put nice things In
your homes for them to get accustom-
ed to. Don't build a large house, but
rather small cottage, which when 1t
is we'll furnished, carpeted, curtained,
we'll heated and nicely kept is the
proper thing to make a home.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-01
j. j. KELLER & CO.,
AND BUILDERS.
Sash and Doors.

Sash and Doors.
WE have a car load Of sash and
w doors, bought right and offered
at the right kind Of prices. Good
stuff.
Lead and Paint.
Just received shipment Of Masury's
R. r. White and Lewis's lead.
Shingles, Lime, Cement, etc
We have a big stock Of Shingles,
Lime, Cement and Builders Hardware,
Carpenters Tools, etc.
J.J. KELLER & CO.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-01
w. 3. MOORE & CO.

Keep everything to equip a house
from top to bottom, including Mat
tings, Lace Curtains, Shades, Ward
robes, Bed Room Suits, Chairs OF
all kinds, Rockers, Couches, Rugs, etc.
Also have stoves Of all grades. They
sell for either cash or to responsible
parties without cash. They will fur
nish your house completely and walt
for the money until fall, II you like.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-01

SG' Too many men are incapable OF
doing their own thinking.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-01
3 PARKER'S
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W - Promotes q luxurant growth
$tVH Never Fails TO Restore Gray
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S@46 SOC, and SlOO at Druggists
PHOTOGRAPHY
Is AN Art

A ND It takes an artist to be pho
Atographer. One who Is not an art
list doesn't stand much Of a chance OF
making a success at photography. !
have given years Of study to this es-
pecial line and l can say with pride
that my work will compare favoraDly
with that Of any photographer In this
section.
The best and most perfect photo
graphs are the result Of experience
and not experiments. l do all Of my
developing, retouching and finishing.
thereby obtaining the best possible re-
suits.
As Far As Prices
Are concerned, you need not worry
yourself along that score. know that
my prices are reasonable and you will
agree with me when I tell you what
they are. I am also prepared to devel-
op and print pictures taken with pock-
ct cameras. If you have a Kodak or
Vive or any other camera, and for any
reason you can't develop and print
your pictures, bring them to me at my
gallery on West Liberty street.
]. r. SCHORB.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-01

III The chief trouble about good ad
vice is that those who give the most
of it usually follow 1t the least.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-01

IA "Tapering off, on a bad habit is
very much like trying to wash char
coal white.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-01

sg The Enquirer's Stationery satisfies
particular people.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-01
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

A Valuable French Produet-Cheni-
caIIy Purified Water-Gums Germ
Disease-Vibration Classified
Overlooked Factor In Climate-An
Improved Fuel-The Airs Radio-Ac-
tivity Felt Foundations.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-09-05
LABOR DAY PARADES
FEATURE IN ALL CITIES
Many Prominent Speakers Address the Larger
Gatherings and the Day Observed
as General Holiday

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller.)
CHICAGO. Sept. 5.--with $500 in
line as compared with 800 last year
the annual labor day started at 10
o'clock this morning and notwithstand-
ing the action of the Chicago federation
of labor declaring in favor OF picnic
outing for the union men and their
families a number of unions determined
to show their strength in the parade.
In the line of march there were twenty
six unions OF the striking butchers with
President Donnelly as marshal The
horseshoers and freight handlers were
also included. The butchers received
an ovation all along the line.
At the union picnic at Thornton Park
addresses were made by Charles Den
cen and L. r. Stringer respectfully re-
publican and democratic candidates
for governor Of the state.