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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-09-29

ieties are Of corresponding immensity.
There is something peculiar about the
soil and climate Of these mountains
that has made them So The Mariposa
grove, as l have said. Is the finest we
have seen-an assemblage Of the larg-
est and most magnificent examples OF
the vegetable kingdom known to bot
any. The father Of them all Is log feet
In circumference and more than $50
feet high-more than two-thirds as
high as the Washington monument,
and almost as large In girth. The top
Is twisted, and broken. and the guides
tell us that it was about seventy-five
feet higher many years ago, but lost
its crest In a storm.
There are lis trees in one group.
each of which Is more than fifteen feet
In diameter and more than 300 feet
high. Most of them are between twen-
ty-five and thirty feet in diameter and
from eighty to a hundred feet In cir
cumferen nee. You have seen pictures
of the hole cut through the base OF one
Of these trees, with stage coach, load
ed with passengers, driving through IT,
That Is a feature Of every one OF the
seven forests. Perhaps you have also
seen one of these giants fallen
upon the ground. with a stage coach.
loaded with passengers driving Its
full length. That trick was actually
performed, and was devised to crafty
a New York gentleman. who paid the
stage driver for his trouble. The most
striking photograph. however. to my
mind, Is one that shows a troop or the
Fourth cavalry on horseback drilling
upon the trunk of a fallen giant. / did
not see the drill but l have seen the
tree: and there Is plenty OF room upon
the trunk for a squadron of horsemen
to go through their maneuvers. the
"bal!room''-the stump which has been
smoothed off and polished for dane
ing floor--is In the forest Calayeras, a
hundred miles to the north. 1t was
originally thirty-five feet and eight
inches In diameter. and when the bark
was taken off there remained dancing
floor twenty-five feet in diameter and
seven feet from the ground. The larg-
est tree I'm the Calaveras forests. called
the New York." is 104 feet In circum-
ference. The "Ohio" is 1O3 feet. Many
of the trees are hollow at the bottom.
They have been burned out by forest
fires. and great rooms remain. In the
Tree of Refuge" in the Calaveras for
est. sixteen steers were once found
huddled together. seeking shelter In the
trunk from a storm. When President
Harrison was at the Santa Cruz forest
he assembled his entire party Of forty
two people in the hollow trunk of
tree in which General Fremont Is said
to have camped.
The bark upon these trees Is often
two feet thick. 1t is generally from six
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never knew him to be engaged in such
a wanton murder as this would have
been."
"Oh, that Is easily explained" replied
Mr.. Willoughby. anxious to be rid Of
the subject. "He has been aspiring to
Ellen's hand for some time, and he
fancied IL Davie were out Of the way.
he would stand some chance"
"The brutal idiot, to dare raise his
eyes to her. and to imagine he could
gain her by such means. But 1t shows
the coarseness Of his nature. I could
not endure him before; but this makes
me despise him to positive loathing.'
Il do trust, Graham. you will not let
him see 1t. He Is a bad and evil dis
posed man. and would not hesitate to
injure you IL 1t lay in his power. I
pray you be careful"
"The viper! I would crush him as
I would any other reptile" replied
Graham, grinding his heel as II he were
already under Its power.
"Yes; but 1t Is instructive to shun
the loathsome reptile that bears It's
poison in its sting. I would not court
danger that might be deadly"
"And shun only those that lack the
charm" said the high-spirited youth.
TO BH CONTINUED.
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A LINCOLN STORY.
How One Major General Was Made
During the Civil War.

How One Major General Was Made
During the Civil War.
During the Civil war General But
terfield was sent to Washington to
discuss a certain plan Of army opera
tions with President Lincoln. When
he appeared at the White House
Senator Sumner was with the Presi-
dent. In "A Biographical Memorial
Of General Daniel Butterfeld" the
conversation between the senator and
and the president is given.
"Mr. President" said the senator,
you have issued an order which re-
lieves General Saxton from the COM
mand In front Of Charleston and
placed General Gilmore In COM
mand. General Saxton is very highly
thought Of, and / am much interested
in him. He has a natural feeling or
pride that the ranking officer should
command. General Saxton Is o.
higher rank than General Gilmore.
He is perfectly willing that General
Gilmore should carry out all plans
and operations and does not desire
to interfere with them at all, but
with the pride and spirit Of the old
army officers he simply desires and
his friends desire with him, that the
ranking officer should command. 1t
will not interfere with General Gill
moro In carrying out the operations"
You say. Mr.. Senator. that they
are both brigadier generals?"
"Yes. but General Saxton is the
ranking officer
will 1t be entirely satisfactory to
you. Mr. Senator, and all our friends
and to General Saxton II the ranking
officer is in commando"
Perfectly so. Mr.. President"
VERY WE'LL" said Mr.. Lincoln. II
will arrange 1t. / will have General
Gilmore made a major general"
1t was hard to keep from laughing
at the quick response and the prompt
action of the president in taking the
senator up on his proposition and
thus meeting II. Mr.. Sumner bade
the president good morning and re-
tired.
mo longer able to repress the
emotion the interview had caused"
writes General Butterfield, II laughed
and remarked, Mr.. President, Is that
the way major generals are nader"
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THE ELEVEN CENT MINIMUM.
II Will Stand II It Is Really the Proper
Price For Cotton.

HrIce = or SottoH.
The Asheville convention fixed IL
cents a pound as the minimum price
for this years cotton crop. we shail
now see whether those 1t represented
have a sufficient power OF monopoly
over this important staple to suspend
the operation Of the law Of supply ana
demand In relation to 1t. The conVen-
ton calculated the quantity Of the crop
with wonderful exactness as 9.5SS,l33
bales. This Is about a million bales
less than has been estimated upon the
government report of acreage and con-
dition, though the Cotton Growers as
sociation gives a higher estimate OF
condition than the agricultural depart
ment, while its estimate OF acreage Is
considerably lower. How much COM
petition this restricted supply is to meet
from old crop surplus the convention
does not seem to have taken into ac-
count. but 1t boldly assumed that the
worlds demand upon the total supply
whatever the latter may be. will be
sufficient to sustain a price of IL cents
or more.
This Is just possible, and, II 1t should
prove to be true, the minimum price OF
IL cents may be sustained. II 1t Is not
true that price cannot be sustained,
except by a monopoly hold upon the
supply and so long as that hold can be
maintained. The relation Of demand to
supply for a year to come cannot be
determined now by any human judg-
ment, nor can it be exactly adjusted to
any particular price. There may be
more cotton available as times passes
than the Asheville convention counted
upon. There is limited supply which
does not come from this country. and
IL cents to the planter for American
cotton may have the effect OF restrict
ing consumption and materially lessen
ing the demand from abroad, where
two-thirds Of our market Is 10 De
found.
II the Planters association and those
allied with II can control the marketing
of the crop, which Is doubtful, they
may hold the price at IL cents or above
for a while. II conditions work In their
favor and the demand proves sufficient
10 take up the supply at that price they
may keep it up but In that case IL
would be there anyway. But II the
supply should prove to be greater than
they calculate, or the demand shouid
prove less or less persistent. they would
find the natural law of competition In
the markets getting the better or them
and the price would break. They may
"resolute TIN the cows come home" but
unless they can establish a monopoly
over the supply Of cotton. and control
both production and consumption. they
cannot fix the price that will stay fixed.
II IL cents Is a proper minimum II
would become so whether they resolve
that 1t should or not. II 1t Is not, they
cannot keep 1t there by resolution or
decree of conventions.-New YORK
Journal Of Commerce.
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THE HORRORS OF WAR.

Helen opeen Of alv Mortified by the slaughter Russian
Japanese has written poem which raises ne among % M the
idol of Italy since the
the throne has been known as happs
wife mother and her poem has come as "
her subjects ..u,
Russian published signature of The
Aeussere" translated the poem INTO
signed of Italy and the truth as 10
authorship became known and the poem has Deen into
the last fortnight being TRANSLATED w
half dozen languages
speas sp axe IS s'his hs xar seGAH s"S Serriss,
A: ';: ;:::.:$
Ehs IS 1oss fas as from 1s their heSr' county Sn1s
Spssh sas death is this no %' hoPribs' @4a sS''''S
Tha Ml tns Rf times end the not hSrrors s1s of war;
WHEN WIN the ssaas i@ss snaii not s%s SS%s eternal
To the from the depths of her SOUL
No answer he gave. na.
That trembed slightly in his.
4Hs 4Rs sf aindSr lsS hsG or S his TX KoHas %Ro'"
He looked out on square of his palace
Where many children , PLAYED n,,v.
ssid he Prince to the Princess
ss 5ssfni nIw with 1T DsaeS'%' sieS"s se%sS CHEEKS
hearts bsss saT with sns JOY; go,. r.D,u,.
RSere FSs a'as; ssy Tss Dssn dS to strSsrl. sssn
And m beloved
until happy together
pull others hair!
Look form into parties,
comrade
So all And believe my beloved
Our children,
And ash Tonga
shall neve
will imposslble!"
Thus Prince The Princess
Listened atentvely and then asked:
there boy
no laughing apart
And wac the bitter struggle.
Tell me- o beloved why.
Why doe struggle too?'
And the Prince: he Is the strongest
to be
Because t only. my beloved
Peace EARTH"
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GIANTS OF THR FOREST.
Wonderful Trees of AaripOsa
Grove.
PROBABLY 5000 YEARS OLD.

The Great Sequoia and Redwoods
Rise to a Height Of $50 Feet and
Seem to Yield to No Element Except
Fire-only One Of the Trees Has
Been Known to Die Natural Death.
Chicago Record Herald.
WAwoNA, Cal. Sept. 1--we have
seen several of the big tree groves OF
California, and agree that Mariposa
county has the most interesting and
impressive. From the base OF the foot
hills to the timber line on the breast OF
its peaks the Sierra Nevada mountains
are covered with magnificent forests.
There Is no other forest within human
reach so extensive or showing such
enormous growths; and while the Sc
quota and redwoods are the largest, the
pines. cedars. frs, oaks and other var
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tT No man knows enough to entitle
him to conceit.
"a II you wish no man to suspect
your secret, don't have one.
tg When some people work they
make so much fuss you are sorry they
started.
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Pelion Dots.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
We are glad to say that the elec-
tion on last Saturday, the 9th inst,
was carried two 10 one for q two
mills tax in Pelion district. Mr..
Editor, the good folks of this section
know good thing and act upon it.
Rev. Craft, from New Brookland,
preached for us yesterday. He filed
the place of the Rev. L. S. Shealy,
who is absent from US now conduct
ing meeting at Berhaming, N. G.
Mrs. NJ. F. Laird has been in bed
for about four weeks with rheuma-
tism. At this writing she is some
better.
The farmers in this section have
plenty of green, but on general
average crops are looking very we'll.
Cotton sold here Saturday for 8
cents.
Mr. J. G. Fort has drawn down
his pond five or six feet 80 as to
repair his mill.
Mr.. Editor, I am opposed to the
new county, too, for I think We have
enough counties already, and other
wise, T would hate to give up old
Lexington county for it seems my
home. like to read your columns
and I enjoy every page Of the Dis
patch. If We would do as you say
we would be much better off.
With SUCCESS to the Dispatch and
it's many readers, I am
One of the Boys,
May 29, 1905.
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under the minister of the interior,
has received q dispatch from his son
who is in command of the Buiny
describing fully how his commander
in-chief, Admiral Rojestvensky, was
saved. The admiral was washed t. #
the deck of the Knisz Souvarof just
before the flagship foundered and
was picked up by the torpedo boat
destroyer Buiny.
Other private dispatches from
Vladivostok say the Russians lost IL
warships sunk and captured during
the engagement. According to these
reports the Japanese torpedo boats
played the principal role in the de-
feat of the Russian fleet, They were
sent in for action again and again
under perfect hail of shot from the
Russian rapid firing guns. More
than one half of the japanese Aotilla
of torpedo boats was sunk. The
protected cruiser Jemtchug, reported
sunk in the Toxic dispatches, has
arrived at VIadivostok.
PEACE NOT IN SIGHT
The outlook for peace is not en-
couraging. Japan's minister says
word must come from Russia, while
Count Casino says war must 60 on.
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Batesburg Locals.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:

4O Guo IuteOI VI Vbo DIS paul..
Our town was saddened Sunday
when it became know that Mr.. J.
Pickens Jones, one of our Oldest and
most highly esteemed citizens, was
dead. He had been sick for several
days and his death was not unex-
pected. Relatives, physicians and
friends did everything in their power
to prolong his life, but to no avail.
Mr.. Jones was born July 26, 1928,
and was therefore in the 77th year
of his age. He was a consistent
member of the Baptist church having
been one of it's deacons for more
than forty years. He loved his
church work and was never happier
than when performing his Masters
service. The good examples be has
set for us will live on in the lives of
others long after he has gone. He
enlisted as a private soldier in the
war between the States in 1861 and
served faithfully throughout the war.
In 1849 he was married to Miss
Sallie Burnett, who with four daugh-
ters and five sons survive him.
Capt. E. U. Gibson, a leading at
torney of Brattleboro, Vt, was here
on important business Saturday. he
is interested in the Summerland
hotel now under construction in this
town.
Attorney General U. X Gunter,
Jr., of Columbia, attended the fun
eral services of Mr.. J. P. Jones
Monday.
Prof. J. R. T. Major is spending
his vacation at the home Of his
father, Mr.. J. NJ. Major, of Green
wood.
Capt. F. W. Childs, Of Vermont, is
spending a few days in town this
week.
Several people from Batesborg
attended the commencement at
Wards last week and heard the
mastery address of Congressman
Frank Lever.
Hon. S. P. Wingard, OF Lexington.
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visited friends in our town Friday.

visited friends in our town Friday.
Several crates of peaches have
already been shipped from this place
this season. The fruit grown in
this section is some of the finest in
the State.
The recent heavy rains have
thrown our farmers considerably be-
hind in their work and on account of
the scarcity of labor crops are badly
in the grass.
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--latest sdvices confirm the megnl.
tude of the disaster suffered by the
Russian fleet, and point to the fact
that Russia's hopes, so far as this
war is concerned, now lie in what.
ever may be accomplished by the
oft-beaten army in Manchuria. An
official report received from Toxic
by the Japanese legation at Wash
ington Monday evening, May %,
says that the Russian losses definite
ly known include two battleships, a
coast defense ship, five cruisers, two
special ships and three destroyers
sunk, and two battleships, two coast
defense ships, one destroyer and one
special service ship captured, while
over 5000 prisoners have been taken,
including Rear Admiral Nebogatoff
The Japanese, it would seem, are
still pursuing the Russians and it
may be some time before the final
result is known.
There is nothing TO clearly indicate
the extent of the Japanese losses
and it is suggested from one source
that the Toxic government is Waiting
to hear from Admiral Rojestvensky
by way of Vlsdivostok before an
nouncing to what extent it's feet has
suffered.
The news of the disaster has caus-
ed deep depression in official circles
in Russia, though it is not yet known
generally among the Russian people.
Rojestvensky's defeat has given
rise to renewed talk of peace. It is
pointed out by the Associated Press
correspondent at ST. Petersburg that
Russia in this crisis will turn to
France through its foreign minister,
M. Delease, while from Washington
comes information that President
Roosevelt, in accordance with his
promise announced long time ago,
is taking steps to do all in bis power
to bring about peace negotiations.
Nothing has been heard from Vice
Admiral Rojestvensky. Ia Toxic
there is some belief that he has per-
ished, while another source says he
was rescued by torpedo boat but
that he is wounded.
Toxic, May 29- IS 80 p. m.-The
personal fate of Vice Admiral Ro-
jestvensky is not known. There is
some belief that he possibly perish.
ed.
ALL ToGo's SHIPS ATTACKED ENEMY.
London, May 30-According to
the correspondent of The Daily Mail
at Seoul, Korea, early on Saturday
morning Vice Admiral Togo, with
practically all the powerful fighting
ships of the Japanese navy, was at
Masampho, Korea, when wireless
signals from his scouts between Tsu
Quelpart islands announced the
approach Of the Russian feet in full
force.
A few hours later the scouts re-
ported that the Russians were not
ascending the western channel as
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JAPANESE VICTORIOUS.
RUSSIANS LOSE MANY WAR SHIPS
AND 5000 SOLDIERS.

had been anticipated, but that they
we're coming up the eastern channel,
which caused come. surprise.
Admiral Togo Immediately started
at full speed around the north of
Tsu island and when be doubled the
island be saw the Russians coming
in two columns. he then brought q
terrific fire to bear on the flank of
the port column and as the Russians
fell into disorder be forced them
steadily eastward towards the jap
anese coast where they were attacked
by every vessel that few the Jsps
nese flag.
Repeated torpedo attacks were
delivered, some of them with the
greatest SUCCESS.
The vessels which escaped, the
correspondents says, will probably
be able to reach VladiVosiok and he
adds that other operations of the
utmost Importance are proceeding.
MORE BITTER THAN DEFEAT
St. Petersburg, May 80, l:55 a. NJ.
After waiting vainly all day and
evening for direct news from the
scattered remnants of Vice Admiral
Rojestvensky's destroyed and beaten
feet, the Russian admiralty at mid
night no longer attempted to hold
out against the overwhelming evi-
dence pouring in from. every direc.
tion that the fleet on which all their
hopes had centered had suffered
greater disaster than did the COM
bined French and Spanish fleets at
Trafalgar.
More bitter even than defeat is the
Japanese claim of the virtual annihi.
lation of the Russian fleet, with
practically no loss on their side, and
many officers cling doggedly to the
belief that Vice Admiral Toga must
have suffered heavily.
With every ship of Rear Admiral
Nebogatoff's reinforcing division
either sent to the bottom or forced
to strike it's flags, and only six of
Rojestvensky's original l6 fighting
ships absent from the list of vessels
sunk or captured, and with the Ja-
paness pursuit still continuing, no
naval authority has the temerity to
dream that Russia can again attempt
to wrest the mastery of the sea from
Japan in the present war.
The captured wsrshin7 alone will
furnish ready made reinforcements
which will be more than match for
the fourth Pacific squadron now
about to sail from Cronstadt.
The Emperor was completely pros
trated by the news, and according to
reports, he broke down and wept.
BLOW TO THE GOVERNMENT.
The effect of the disaster will be a
terrible blow to the government. The
futility OF trying to stagger on land
is everywhere recognized and the
cry for ''peace at any price" is sure
to be raised, This time it is be.
lieved the government cannot resist
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such a cry. Indeed the radical
Liberals are openly rejoicing in this
hour of their country's humiliation.
They declare that the disaster means
peace and a constitution, and that
the deaths of the thousands of their
fellow countrymen and the loss of
over S100,00O,00O worth of warsbips
is not too big price to pay.
The friends of peace in the gov
eminent are already reproaching the
war party with forcing the issue be-
tween Togo aud Rojest7ensky When
the feet appeared in the Straits OF
Malacca they tried vainly to per-
suede the emperor that the time was
opportune for the opening of peace
negotiations, but the war party con-
vinced his majesty and Rojestvensky
for the honor of the navy, insisted
that the fleet should be given a
chance to retrieve the disasters suf-
fered on land.
Diplomats entertain no doubt that
the belligerent faction will continue
to urge that the war be fought to
the bitter end, but friends of Russia
abroad, and especially France, are
now bringing overwhelming argu-
ments to bear in favor of peace.
Later.
RUSSIANS LOST TWENTY-FIVE SHIPS.
According to the latest reports
from Vice Admiral Togo to his gov
eminent, the loss to the Russians in
ships sunk or captured now number
%, while full particulars are not yet
known.
The admiral says that none of his
big fighting ships was seriously
damaged. Interesting news comes
from Vladivostok, sent direct by the
correspondent of the Associated
Press, who reports the arrival there
of the protected cruiser Almaz and
the torpedo boat destroyer Grozny.
The officers of the Almaz say they
witnessed the sinking of two Japa-
nese battleships and that two Japa-
nese cruisers were listing badly and
seemed about to sink when the fog
obscured further view of the battle.
There seems to be great confusion as
to the fate of Vice Admiral Rojest.
vensky. It is reported that he ar
rived at Vladivostok on the torpedo
boat Buiny badly wounded and that
his wife had received a telegram
from him, while report received
from Toxic last Tuesday night at
the Japanese legation at Washing
ton says he was captured on board
the Russian destroyer Ridevoy with
another admiral, both severely
wounded, and with several staff
officers Of his flagship, the Kniaz
Souvarcff, the sinking of which is
confirmed by the officers of the
Almaz.
JAPANESE FLoTILLA OF TORPEDO BOATS
WAS SUNK.
St. Petersburg, May 80, $40 p.
m.-Admiral Rojestvensky has ar
rived at Vladiyostok on board the
torpedo boat destroyer Buiny. Dur
ing the battle he sustained wound
in the head.
Admiral Durnovc, a member of
the council Of the empire and super
intendent of posts and telegraphs
IA, S. G..
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Mr.. Geo. W. Sightler, who has
been in failing health for some time,
was seen on the streets of CASTOR
recently. We trust he may be
spared many days yet.
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Barbecue.

T WILL FURNISH A FIRST CLASS
l. barbecue at Peion on July s, 1905.
Everybody is invited to come and hear
the new county discussed Come one,
come all, and have good time and en-
joy the day. Everything will be done
for the enjoyment of the people.
tdpd JOSH J. ,SHEALY.