Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-09-22

son and daughter. William and Grace,
left Lincoln, Nebraska, yesterday for
tour of the world. They sail from San
Francisco for Japan on September 26,
stopping at Honolulu for day or two.
They expect to reach Toxic, October
Is. Thence they will go to Manila
and spend some time I'm the Philip
pines, then visit Australia and New
Zealand and reached India in the winter.
They will proceed to the Holy Land
and other countries and spend next
summer in the large cities of Europe.
Mr.. Bryan expects they will be gone
not less than year.
Tampa Fla, Sept. 20: An unusual
Injunction suit brought by 10s pupils
Of Turkey Creek school. in this county,
to prevent a teacher, Mrs. Lena b.
Mathes, from discharging the duties OF
her position was filed here today. The
children sue through the father Of one
Of their number and allege that Mrs.
Mathes Is not Of fit character to teach,
attaching Is affidavits as to the teach
er's moral character, The county school
board appointed Mrs. Mathes. County
Superintendent Dickinson revoked her
certificate and the state school board
overruled Mr.. Dickinson, restoring her
to her position. The pupils who bring
the suit are among those whose parents
refuse to permit them to attend school
while Mrs. Mathes Is teacher.
Richmond, Va, Sept, 1S: Bruton
Parish, the historic church Of Williams
burg, Va, the second oldest church and
the church longest in continuous use
in the United States, has just received
the offer of a Bible to be donated by
King Edward VII, of Great Britain.
The Rev. W. A. r. Goodwin, rector OF
the church, Is In receipt Of a letter
from the Archbishop Of Canterbury,
In which the latter states that the king
has consented to donate a Bible for
lectern use in Bruton Parish. The book
will be specially and appropriately in
scribed. The royal mark Of es-
TEEN is to be given by the king In
commemoration Of the three hundredth
anniversary Of the establishment Of
Anglo Saxon civilization and the Eng
lish church on Virginia shores. 1t Is
to be made particularly to the Bruton
church because Bruton is the official
successor Of the church at jamestown.
- In order to prepare reports and
statements to be submitted to the an
nual convention of the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor to be held In Pitts
burg beginning on November 13, the
executive council Of the American
Federation Of Labor met at national
headquarters In Washington last Tues
day. According to a statement by
President Gompers, the Pittsburg con-
vention will take a pronounced posi-
tion on Mongolian labor. including
Chinese, Japanese and Koreans. and
will insist on rigid exclusion. AS to
European immigration, organized la
Dor will declare for educational tests
and a poll tax. The subjects Of an
eight hour day. child labor, sweatshops
and Federal injunctions will be treat
ed according to the Federation's pre-
vious policy. Mr. Gompers says the
movement among the printers for an
eight hour day, to commence January
/, 1906, will be warmly supported.
Washington, September IS: Only
the simple life" is possible for young
army officers according to Major Cen
eral Corbin. commanding the Philip
pine division. In his annual report,
made public today, General Corbin
says there is too frequently evidence
that there are officers in the service
not mindful of their financial obliga-
tions. The number Of complaints on
this point, he says, calls for drastic
treatment. The general then lays down
these principles: THE moment an Of
ficer begins living beyond his means
he should be subjected to rigid disci-
pline. Young officers joining the SER
vice should be admonished that for
them only the simple life Is possible.
The moment an officer is possessed
with an uncomfortable desire for any
other life he, as a duty to himself as
we'll as to his regiment, should Separ-
ate himself from the service and enter
the fields in which the material re-
wards admit of more luxurious living"
Birds that eat the cotton boil wee
vii have been the subject of investiga-
tion by Vernon Bailey, chief field nat
uralist of the biological survey of the
agricultural department. In prefacing
the results Of his inquiries in Texas
Mr.. Bailey points out that the boil
weevil has been spreading over the
southwestern cotton belt during the
last twelve years, but only recently
become so numerous as to be pests.
The birds. which at present eat spar
ingly of the weevil. or ignore them
entirely. have lately learned his hid
ing place and developed a healthy
weevil appetite. He finds that the
Carolina wren. the titlark, black crest
ed titmouse, Western meadow lark,
Florida meadow lark, common phoebe,
red wing black bird. and other species
of birds, eat the weevil. OF the Ats
birds examined by Mr.. Bailey, % were
found to have eaten weevils. the total
weevils devoured being 202. Mr.. Bal
ley says that every agency tending to-
wards the weevils' suppression is too
valuable to be overlooked.
A Spencer. n. c.. special of Tues
day to the Charlotte Observer says:
Ten young men Of this place were
taken into custody Monday afternoon
by Esquire w. d. Pethel, on the
charge of trespassing in and upon
hall in which the Masonic fraternity
was holding a meeting. The meeting
was disturbed and broken up by the
youngsters. who are suspected of
eavesdropping the Masons while in
secret session. The boys climbed
ladder to a garret and crept to ven-
tilator in the room. from which the
proceedings OF the lodge could be
heard The boys were held under the