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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-03-17

hope Love, near Sharon, on March Is,
1926 His long life has been spent In
agricultural pursuits, and he has al
ways ranked as a successful live-at-
home Independent farmer.
Reminiscently Mr. Blair loves to
speak of a visit that he made to At
lanta in 1846. The now fiourishing
city was then a small country village.
and his uncle, Samuel Mitchell, owned
the heart of 1t, including some two
hundred acres on which the car shed,
the Kimball house and the state cap
itol now stand. This land was being
surveyed for streets, etc.. while Mr..
Blair was there, and he carried the
chain for the surveyors during four
days.
Mr.. Blair was elected an elder in
Sharon Associate Reformed church
In 1859, and he has continued In the
office up to this time, a period Of near
ly fifty years. He was married on
January IL. 1S4S. and his wife who was
a most estimable woman. was his help
meet for fifty years. She died on
May IL, 1898.
Mr.. Blair has two living children,
Mr.. ]. C. Blair Of Blairsville, and Mrs.
w. o. Guy of Lowryville. His grand
children number 25, and his great
grandchildren number 6.
Mr.. Blair's whole life has been one
Of great activity in the line Of duty
to his family. his church and his coun-
try. He has lived honorably and up
rightly, and he enjoys the love and
respect of all who know him.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-03-17
fnk WORLD
AGAINST n(M
By VIII n. Harden.
TCopywright, 1900, by A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Col

| stay-at.home habits to attend court.
Ronald felt q thrill almost of horror
pass over him as he thought that per-
haps the colonel had come with the
sole hope that the trial would perma-
nently remove him from the path OF
his daughter. The next moment he
felt bis arm nervously clutched by
Redding.
"Come inside the railin' an set by
me-" the lawyer whispered, his breath
On his clients cheek. I'll want yore
suggestions as the case proceeds.
Damn It'll" he added, as If to himself.
"I1l want anything l can lay hold Of;
them fellers have got the best show
In they ever had ag'in an innocent
man." As be spoke he waved his
hand towards Mr.. Webb, the state So
licitor. a handsome man of 40, with
bushy mustache and massive hair.
who sat only few feet away
with his head close to that of Thad
Williams. They seemed to be talk
ing of the case. for the solicitor was
making notes with a pencil and nod
ding and smiling with evident salts
faction.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-03-17
Fanshaw," he added, nj Sgd hadn't

Fanshaw," he added, "H Sgd hadn't
axed me to revenge his death"
When the witness had sat down amid
q storm of Kisses from the rear Of the
room and In the crowded hallway ad-
Joining, the solicitor rose.
"Your honor" he began, "the state
has not q shadow of q case, and want
to ask you to dismiss It. When I think
how near I came to using my efforts
towards the conviction OF one Of the
most prominent young men In this
state-when I think how near I came to
being the tool of the unprincipled
scamp on my right, I feel, say like
thanking God for my escape. I want to
be the first to congratulate Mr.. Fam
shaw, to beg his pardon with all my
heart and to wish him all success in
the legal profession, to which, under
stand, he is brilliant candidate"
The house beloved with applause as
the solicitor crossed over and grasped
Ronald's hand. A look Of dissatisfac-
ton clouded Capt. Wrinkles face, and
Col. Hasbrooke, with an inexplicable
expression, was seen worming his way
towards the door through the now
standing crowd.
The sheriff, when the case had been
formally thrown out of court. sprang
upon bench and pounded another with
his walking stick.
Boys" he beloved, 81 driv' Mr.. Fan
shaw into town in my turnout, an l
want the honor o. takin' i'm back the
same way"
Ronald, in the midst Of surging
throng eager to grasp his hand, looked
over their heads and nodded to Ratclif.
When the crowd was thinning some
what he found Dave at his elbow. Dust
had accumulated on the rough fellows
cheeks, and through it were the damp
tracks Of tears. The hand he gave his
brother was cold and quivered.
II don't want to do anything thout
consultin' you, Ron," he began, 80 ]
thought 1 would ak you about Thad
Williams"
what about him?" questioned Ron
aid, mystifed.
Dave drew him ouo of earshot OF the
others.
IT don't think can ever respect my
selt," he said, with gulp, "if I don't
call i'm to account for the way he's
done you. Ron, I have got to fight I'm
- thar hain't no two ways aboutit. I'm
armed, an SO Is he. If don't turn up
home tonight, tell EN-"
His brother laid both Of his hands on
lbs shoulders.
"I'd rather you would not, Dave" he
said. "This must end the whole thing.
You must not put yourself into the Jail
from which have escaped"
"Ron, I'd ruther die than let that
trifiin' skunk"
But Ronald would not listen to him,
and in few minutes persuaded him 70
drop his desire orrevenge. -
IN aE CONTINUED
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-03-17

YOUNG Preachers INvTTA1ToN-The
Rev. DIR. Kerr Boyce Tupper OF the
First Baptist church has weakness
for collecting slips in English wher-
ever he finds them.
One Of DR.. Tuppers favorites In this
line is an inscription, written in book
by Queen Mary, consort OF William,
which runs as follows:
"Given to William and on our cor
onation day."
Another example Is an advertise
ment from a western paper, reading:
Wanted, a herder for 500 sheep that
can speak Spanish fluently."
DR.. Tupper does not hesitate to take
examples from his own profession.
however, as witness his story of the
young clergyman, who, after preaching
a funeral sermon, wished to invite the
mourners to view the remains, but be-
came confused and exclaimed:
I'VE will now pass around the bier"
philadelphia Press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-03-17
CRISIS IN COTTON.
Growers Movement Causes Alarm In
New York.

Growers Movement Causes Alarm In
New York.
In the deadlock which exists today
in the cotton trade there is presented
an anomalous condition without a pre-
cedent in the record Of any staple
commodity, says the New York Her
aid.
With a yield of approximately thir-
teen and one-half million bales prac-
tically assured and a consumption
generally conceded to be around elev-
en- and half millions, there Is an ap-
parent growth over spinning wants OF,
in round figures, two million bales.
Such a relation Of supply and demand,
never before equalled, would In years
past have brought about panic to
sell, and probably made new low rec
ord values, but the owner Of the cot
ton today fatty states that two
million surplus bears no terrors for
him.
so firm is the farmers determine
ton to hold until his idea Of fair
price is met" said L. l.. Fleming.
director of the New York cotton ex-
change, who has just returned from a
trip through the south, land so con-
sistent Is his course with his public
avowals on the subject, that the trade
Is confronted with the abnormal situa-
ton of a positive enormous surplus,
and yet merchants who have con-
tracts for delivery to spinners find an
actual scarcity Of offerings, and what
Is bought Is at a heart-breaking basis
as compared with their future hedges.
Should the owner of the cotton see
fit or find 1t practicable 70 continue for
the next thirty days the policy pur-
sued during the last sixty to ninety
DAYS. we shall see a contest interest
ing indeed to the locker on. but sure
to leave its mark on some Of the par
ticipants.
Corners by skilled speculative
opera tors are the natural sequences Of
small supply, but the idea of many
thousand farmers, scattered from
North Carolina to Texas and the terri
tories, who hold admittedly something
like two million bales more than spin
ners will consume, combining to force
their demands as to price for that part
which shall be sold and carrying the
balance into another season. was a
condition lightly viewed sixty days
ago. though now causing deep con-
Germ.
"The parties to the impending fight
will be the planter who owns the cot
ton, the merchant who has contracts
with the spinner for specified delivery,
the spinner who has not yet contract
ed for all his wants and the specula-
tor who expects to profit by the dis
comfiture of one or the other Of these
legitimate forces. OF these contest
ants ir a battle royal the farmer
stands out as the most interesting and
picturesque figure, flushed with the
victories accomplished during the last
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-03-17
BEES IN WAR.
Two Instances In Which the Insects
Were Used a. Weapons.

Two Instances In Which the Insects
Were Used as Weapons.
The beekeeper, holding number OF
bees In his hand, said as he led the
way through the apiary: Bees In the
past were used as weapons Of war. In
the siege Of Themiscrya, for instance,
they played very important part.
The Romans in this siege made mines
in the ground, and the enemy, opening
the mines from above, threw In upon
the Romans bears and other wild an
imals, together with >swarms OF bees.
That caused the Romans to fee howl
ing.
Here In my notebook Is another
account Of the use Of bees In war. IL
is an extract from an Irish manuscript
in the Bibliotheque Royale at Brussels,
and It tells how the Danes and Nor
wegians attacked Chester and were
repulsed, thanks to the use Of bees by
the Saxons and their allies in the town.
1.-The Norwegians,' read the bee
keeper, sheltered by hurdles, tried to
pierce the walls. Then what the sax
ons and the Gaedhil did was to throw
down large rocks, by which they broke
down the hurdles over their heads.
What the others did to check this was
to place large posts under the hurdles.
What the Saxons did next was to put
all the beer and water Of the town into
the caldrons Of the town, to boil them
and spill them down upon those VINO
were under the hurdles, so that their
skins were peeled off. The remedy
which the Lochlans applied to this was
to place hides on the outside OF the
hurdles. What the Saxons did next
was to throw down all the beehives In
the town upon the besiegers, which
prevented them from moving their
hands or legs from the number OF bees
which stung them. They afterward
deserted and left the, city Chicago
Chronicle.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-03-17
THE COWBOY AsToNIsHED.
Lariat and Saddle Blanket Ball Dress
Shocks Him.

Skinner Humphrey Of Broken Tim
ber, Mont. passed through Chicago
last week en- route home from the In
auguration ceremonies, says dispatch
to the New York World. Mr.. Hum
phrey, in company with Long Tomp-
son" of Garryoven, Fred Maxey OF
Crow Hills, and "Slider" Avery OF
White Creek. talked Of nothing but the
inaugural ball.
"Talk about dressing! We do some
dog in clothes In Broken Timber, but
we were laid out cold at the ball" said
Humphrey.
I'VE gets into the ball and the first
thing we see was a stunning woman
cavorting across the floor with a fel-
low in a swell uniform. But the girl
didn't appear to have any clothes on
she looked cold and lost. Long
Thompson turned his head away and
blushed, something he hasn't done
since he was calf on the range OF
life. He whispered to us, especially
to Slider Avery, who was staring un-
til his eyes began to bulge:
For Gods sake, fellers, don't look!
That poor heifer's broke loose without
knowing how she looks. Give her a
chance to duck
$50 we all shuts our eyes but Avery
he never was respectable, anyway
After a time, when 1t got tiresome, we
opens our eyes, and there's hundred
or more women skating around, dress
ed like the first-nothing on but lariat
and a saddle blanket.
I'm going to bed said Maxey, Tor
IL I ever talk in my sleep after l get
home, and my old woman gets on TO
what sinful things I've seen here, It's
all day.
so we backed out, rejoicing that
we don't have to live where clothes are
so scarce. otherwise we had a bully
time.
"Teddy's all right. We're going 10
send him a horse this spring thatll
beat anything Washington ever saw.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-03-17
AN INVOLUNTARY HERO.
How a Captain Won Glory In Battle
Which He Didn't Deserve.

winch S0ooFN0s
Speaking of war Incidents" said
veteran newspaper man, "a friend Of
mine In West Virginia who wore the
Union blue In the Civil war was the
principal actor in an affair that was
unique. He was promoted from cap
tain to colonel for bravery in the face
Of the enemy" when as matter Of
fact he was brave on the occasion
which brought about his promotion
because he could not help 1t. 1t was
a case OF bravery being actually forced
upon him, against his will.
"It appears that the Union troops Of
which the captains company was
part had become demoralized to some
extent by the fire of the Confederates,
and the soldiers were scattered over
the battlefield in squads. The captain
had secured a stray horse, and soon
after mounting the strange animal an
orderly dashed up to him and said:
1.-The general commands you to
charge your men and take those works
In front of your line"
Turning to the scattered troops the
captain sang out:
Rally, men, the general has order
ed us to capture those works ahead
"As some of the soldiers were lining
up for the advance the captain acci-
dentally touched his spurs to the flank
of the strange horse. With a snort
the animal, seizing his bit in its teeth,
sprang forward, and going like a
whirlwind, headed straight for the
enemy's works.
"'Come on, men, shouted the cap
tain, as he chung on for dear life and
tugged at the bride In desperate ef-
fort to bring the excited beast to
standstill. But the more he tugged at
the bit the faster the horse went to-
ward the enemy.
Bullets were tipping unconfort-
ably close to the captain and he ex-
pected to be punctured by a mimic ball
at any instant. He glanced backward
and saw his scattered followers far
In the rear He was close upon the
earthworks, when gripping the reins
and closing his eyes, the meantime
yelling whoa at the horse he pre-
Dared for the worst. With q mighty
bound the animal cleared the works
and was on the inside. The sole de-
fender was gray-clad Confederate In
fantryman, who had been peggingS
away with his musket at the Union
line.
Surrender, you scoundrel," shout
ed the captain, partly in terror and
partly to terrorize the solitary Confed-
crate soldier.
".You go to Hades, you internal
Yank, replied the Southerner. as he
dashed down a hill and disappeared IN
a nearby thicket, leaving the captain
and his excited prancing steed in sole
possession Of the works he had cap
tured single handed and against his
will.
at was simply rushed into fame and
glory by a crazy runaway horse said
the captain, but when my promotion
came, with a thrilling description OF
my heroic charge and capture sim
ply accepted it as one Of the fortunes
of war, although 1t was a mistake and
I did not deserve It. was glad es-
capped with my life"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-03-17
POLITICS IN AUSTRALIA.
Hot House Where State Soeialisms
Bloom, and Bud.
TO BE CONTINUED.

Bloom and Bud.
Sunny Australia is best described as
a political hot-house, writes Burriss
Gahan in Booklovers Magazine. Be-
meath the glass of extreme democracy
twenty varieties Of state socialism are
budding, and dozen more have reach
ed their full bloom here a generation
or two before their due time In other
parts of the world. You in the United
States would think the political mil
lennium not far distant If your civil
service were reformed by leaving all
appointments to commissioners as i'm
partial and independent as your own
supreme court judges. To England
the payment of legislators and the Sc
paration of church from state would
seem revolutionary. But democrats
have gone much farther.
In Australia, indeed they have abol-
ished plural voting and have freely
given the suffrage to all women. They
have established graduated income
and progressive land taxes. their
great land difficulty being met by such
heroic means as the compulsory re-
purchase of large estates for closer
settlement, and by state loans on farm
mortgages. The referendum has been
used to decide the greatest question
that has yet arisen in Australian his
tory. Laws have been passed for the
minimum wage, the eight-hour day.
early closing of shops, day labor on
government contracts and the inspec-
ton of factories, shops, and mines.
Old-age pensions have been establish
ed i'm three Of the colonies, and the
commonwealth parliament is bent on
a federal scheme. The exclusion OF
alien and undesirable immigrants Is
enforced so rigidly that even British
workmen who come under contract
are turned back: the South Sea Is
landers who have been working for
wears i'm the Queensland sugar fields
are to be deported and the govern
ment has refused to renew mail con-
tracts with British steamers which
carry colored sailors or stokers. SO
strong Is the national cry for a
white Australia"
Some of these advanced measures
have been fastened; yet socialism
here is not merely an after-growth OF
democracy. From the beginning the
Australian governments have owned
and operated their railways. telegraphs
and telephones. In some cases, also
they have kept in their own hands
the street railways and electric light
ing. All the colonies have govern
ment savings banks. In New Zealand
there is government insurance against
both fire and death. And now the
government has undertaken to pro-
tect the community against strikes
and lockouts, much as you protect
yourselves against murder and high
way robbery. When voluntary con-
ciliation failed, as it has failed In
Massachusetts and everywhere else
the practical reformers Of New Zea-
land and Australia did not fear TO en-
force compulsory arbitration.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-03-17
Aurk's 0etugeaarians.
SAMUEL BLAIR,

Mr.. Samuel Blair, a patriarch OF
Bullock's Creek township, and a high
ly esteemed citizen Of York county,
passed his S0th birthday last Wednes-
day. There was no special celebra-
tion; but the day was exceedingly
pleasant to the venerable gentleman
because Of the presence Of children,
grandchildren and great -grandchil-
dren, in whom his earthly hopes are
centred.
Mr.. Blair is a native of York coun-
ty, having been born on the planta-
ton now occupied by Mr.. w. STAN
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-03-17

1t takes less than two half truths
to make a full sized lie.
,f8' The man who hates to see anoth-
er happy is certainly safe from catch
ing it himself.
fy It's a queer mind that persuades
itself it Is working for the Lord when
It Is only working the church.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-03-17

tn" It's a poor religion that lets the
prayer meeting hide the poor.
eT Heaven does not stop to consult
the vogue before it picks out man.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-07-01
just Discrimination in Railway Rates

just Discrimination in Railway Rates.
All railroad men qualified to speak
on the subject in responsible way are
likely to agree with President Samuel
Spencer of the Southern Railway when
he says: "There is no division of opin-
ion as to the desirability of stopping all
secret or unjustiy discriminatory de-
vices and practises of whatsoever char
acter."
Mr.. Spencer, in speaking Of, unjust
ly discrimintory" rates and devices,
makes a distinction which is at once
apparent to common sense. There may
be discrimination in freight rates
which is just, reasonable and impera-
lively required by the complex COM
mercial and geographical conditions
with which expert rate makers have to
deal. To abolish such open and honest
discrimination might paralyze the in
dustries of cities, states and whole Sec
tions of our national territory.
This distinction between just and I'm
Just discrimination is clearly recogniz-
ed in the conclusions of the Interna-
tional Railway Congress, published
yesterday:
Tariffs should be based on commercial prin-
ciples, taking into account the special condi-
tiors which bear up n the commercial value
oil the services rendered With the reservation
that rates shall be charged without arbitrary
discrimination to all shippers alike under like
conditions, the making of rates should as faI
as possible have all the elasticity necessary to
permit the development of the traffic and tc
produce the greatest results 10 the public and
to the railroads themselves
The present proposal is, as Mr..
Walker D. Hines of Louisville showed
in his remarka able testimony the Other
day before the senate Committee al
Washington, to crystalline flexible ant
Justly discriminatory rates into fixed
Government rates which cannot bt
changed except by the intervention o.
some Government tribunal, and by thi
very process to increase "the tempts
ton to depart from the published rat
and the lawful rate in order to NEE
some overpowering and urgent com
merclal condition. New York Sun.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-07-01
NEGRO AUTHORS PLAN.
Solving the Race Problems by Inter
marrying With Whites.

Boston.-Amalgam of the white
and colored races through intermar-
riage as a solution Of the race problem
was advanced Sunday by Charles W.
Chestnut, well known negro author
of Cleveland, in an address before the
Boston Literary and Historical asso-
citation.
Mr.. Chestnut, who is here to attend
his sons graduation from Harvard
spoke on Race Prejudice, It's Causes
and Cure" After discussing the diff
ferences between the two races. the
speaker said:
"The most difficult of the differences
which hold us apart from our fellow
citizens is our difference in color
onould this difference disappear en-
tirely prejudice and the race problem
would cease to exist. l not only be
lieve the mixture will in time be an
accomplished fact, but that it will be
good thing for all concerned"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-07-01
EQUITABLE GETS CHECK.
Alexander Diseorges Money to Save
His Record.

New rk.-Announcement is made
by Attorney General Mayer that res
titution has been made by former
President Alexander of $25,053, repre-
senting amounts received by him, with
interest, on certain syndicate opera
tons referred to in the report of SUI
perintendent Hendricks. The an
nouncement was conveyed in letter
addressed by H. M. Alexander, son of
the former president, TO Chairman
Paul Morton, a copy of which was
sent by the writer to the attorney
general "for his information" and
given out for publication by Mr.. May
err The letter says:
81 beg leave to inclose to you a
check for $751; the order of the
Equitable Life Assurance society, be-
ing the amount of seven checks re-
ceived by James w. Alexander upon
the dates given below, together with
interest thereon at per cent to date.
"These are the amounts referred
to in the preliminary report of Super
intendent Hendricks"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-07-01
Sinks British Steamer.

Singapore. - The British India
Steamer Navigation company's steam
er Ikhona was sunk by the Russian
cruiser Terek June 5, $50 miles north
of Hongkong. The crew was landed
here by the Dutch steamer Ponlak,
which the Terek met June 10. The
Ikhona was carrying mails and rice
from Rangoon to Yokohama. The
Ikhona was a steel vessel Of 1852
tons, built at Glasgow N 1000. She
was 410 feet long, with so foot beam,
and was equipped with electricity.
The steamer left Rangoon on May II.
Her cargo was valued at $450,000.