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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-17

q halt. I paid the stroller for the
day he had not worked and dismissed
him. This infuriated him, and | re-
ceived my first gratuitous lesson in
Italian-a beautiful string of oaths
which may never be worth what paid
for them"
Evelyn laughed long and heartily.
"You are the most original man ]
ever met" she declared. "What funny
experiences you do have. And did your
Italian master forsake you"
Ronald laughed drily.
"After he had got his organ out Of
the barn, he began to play it in the main
road, and 1t wasn't twenty minutes
till every negro, young and old, for
mile around was dropping his money
into the monkeys cap. The trouble is
the farmers in the neighborhood
blamed me with the commotion and
called me a greater crank than ever"
There was a sound Of some one
coming through the woods, and David
Fanshaw, barefooted and coatless,
emerged carrying gun and a bag Of
game. Seeing them together he stared
in astonishment, and shifting his gun
awkwardly from one hand to the other
he blurted out: 81 didn't know any
body was heer; I was after q fyin'
squirrel in that tree thar"
"I wouldn't shoot here" his brother
admonished. There is a party fishing
a little way down the stream"
Without saying more the great ILL
clothed fellow shouldered his gun and
plunged again into the wood; this time
headed for the main road.
"It is my brother David" explained
Ronald to Evelyn.
81 thought he was," she said, look
ing down, "but 1 don't think he is at
all like you," and then it seemed to
strike her that the comparison was too
great reflection on David to be quite
polite, for she redeemed.
mo, we are decidedly unlike" he
came to her relief. I'm fact, people
are constantly remarking that am un-
like my whole family"
"I-I think you are very unlike them
ALL" agreed Eyelyn-"an that have
happened to see."
There the conversation paused. A
merry laugh came from the fishing trio
and then there was q low muttering
of voices, in which Evelyn's name was
spoken by her sister.
II think they are wondering what
has become of me-" said the girl. I'D
better join them"
He held the vines which hung over
the path out of her way, and when
she had gone he went back to his fish,
ing; but he found himself casting an
undated hook into the water and hold
ing his rod in tense, quivering hands.
How much he had lived in those few
moments! he took deep breath. my
God," be said, II don't know what has
come over mel Am 1 mad? Am /
fool enough to think-to hope"
He checked himself, and opened the
law book he had brought with him. But
though his eyes rested on the page for
twenty minutes, heread rot a word. The
sun went down slowly; he saw its light
on the brown side of q distant cliff
creeping upward; he heard the dis
tapt crack of his brothers gun, and,
picking up his things, he started home
ward.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-17

the roads, told him constantly what he
and his family were not. Up to. his
twenty y-fifth year his fancy had dared to
play only about the exterior OF this old
family seat, but Of late his imagination
call it ambition, If you will, had led
him beyond the mystic portals, and he
walked there with men and ladies'; he
dined there; he discussed topics he had
read with the white-haired host; he
stood near the piano and heard Evelyn
Hasbrooke play and sing; he saw her
white hands fit over the keys, and felt
her smile up at him. And then the
bubble would burst and the grim, sor-
did contrast OF his real existence would
grasp and wiring the gall from his soul.
Evelyn Hasbrooke was unwittiugly
responsible for these later dreams. He
had rendered her a service the pre-
ceding summer when she was home
from school. ID him the act was
nothing, but when it was over she had
hung white and univering on his arm,
and in that wonderful cadence OF hers
had told him that he had saved her
life. He had helped her over the fence
and felt the warmth of her breath on
bis face. They had stood and chatted
for awhile and then they had parted.
He had not seen her since, for she was
at school in Boston, but he had never
forgotten the glory of her deep, gray
eyes, the infinite sweetness and
beauty of her face. A thousand times
since that moment he had wondered
if she, too, remembered. Sometimes
when his hopes were brightest he fan.
cied that she did-that she must II
only because his mind was on her SO
constantly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-17
Icopyrirh,. 1900. by A. N. KeIioas Newspaper Col

| Dave went out into the back porch,
where q stream of water shot from
the end Of q hollow log into trough;
the water came from spring on bill
side half mile distant. The inventor OF
this crude aqueduct was Ronald Fan
shaw; he was only boy when be con-
ceived the idea, but he gave every spare
moment to its construction. He had
felled the trees, dug the long ditch
through the meadows and fields, taken
the level and completed what was still
considered marvel of convenience by
the neighbors. While It was building,
Jason Eanshaw had contributed many
peevish objections to the work, which
he considered waste Of time, but when
the clear, cold water gushed out at his
door, he melted under a blaze Of won
der, and now no stranger ever came to
his house who was not shown "the wa
terworks."
"Hrh," he would exclaim with pride,
nobody else has got spring on his
land high enough fur such thing. Col.
Hasbrooke would pay no end O. money
ef he could have 1t. He has to keep two
niggers busy film his tank an then the
waters stale an hot. You see, we sunk
our pipes so deep that the waters as
cold as ice."
A hundred yards from the house
was dense wood which stretched on
to a small river a mile away, and fur
ther on to a high mountain, and here
Dave found his brother lying on the
grass reading his Blackstone. In his
unlikeress to his family he was an
anomaly; he was over six feet in height,
we'll built, slender, dark of complex
ion, hair and eyes. There was in the
shdpely prominence of his brow sug-
gestion of strong mentality one might
look for in vain in any of the other
Fanstaws; his limbs had the slight,
strong look of a blooded horse; palm
ist would have said that his hands in
dicated the possession Of refined, SEN
! sitive spirit.
"Oh, l had no idea you was heer!"
exclaimed Dave. 81 jest thought I'd
take walk to git away from all that
clatter up at the house. An to tell
you the truth, I've got quart hid in
that stump thar; don't you want to
wet yore whistle, as the feller saidr
l have to keep it hid from the old man;
he's too ALFRED stingy to buy whisky,
but he loves 1t like hog does slop."
"You know never drink, replied the
other, firmly. His words formed a
striking contrast to the dialect Of his
brother; there was vague sadness of
tone in his voice, and his eyes dropped
as If thay were weary Of the print upon
which they had been resting.
"Well, reckon you won't mind ef l
take q pull at it," said Dave. "I'm dry
as a powder-horn." He removed fiat
stone from the hollow Of the stump
and took out his flask. Here's lookin'
at you," and the neck Of the bottle went
into his mouth.
81 suppose. they made me the subject
Of their talk, as usual" said Ronald,
when Dave had replaced the flask under
the stone and sat on the stump, his legs
crossed.
mot any more'n common, Ron;
they've got to talk; talkin' comes as
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-17

history Of his first Christmas In State
street. Boston. illustrated his life. It
was then that he received his first
lump sum of money. He was twelve
years old and had come into the ONCE
of Armory Stevens & Co. In reply to
sign Of "Office boy wanted" He was
so little his chin barely came to the
table top and was greeted with laugh
ter, but he got the JOB. At Christmas
he was given a present Of $780, About
this money he says: Il went up State
street to buy presents for my trothers.
and sister, and after spending $87 Of
1t on something for my sister was Bit
terly disappointed that I couldn't get
three such presents as I wanted out
of my $780,"
Lawson started out for himself as q
trader while with the same firm. and
when he was seventeen had $4,000
in the bank Out Of this money he
gratified what had been the desire Of
his whole life and bought a buggy and
a team Of black horses. Soon after this
he was in deal In which the stock
rose 80 fast that before he could cover
er In" he had dropped s5s,S41 Of his
$50, 900. II remember" he says In tell
ing Of this, that decided to make
clean sweep and gave a dinner at
Young's to a few friends with the pur-
nose of getting rid of the s159 left.
When the dinner check was paid there
was still $3.50. which gave to Horace,
the head-waiter. was broke at sew
enteen. after making what some peo-
ple would be satisfied with as a for
tune. and started in again to r,ick up
what I could here and there
wanamaler Bouoht q Salesman.
John wanamaker tells that his first
incentive toward self-denial came to
him with his first pennies. "The first
money / received" he says. was sew
en- copper cents, which seemed to give
me the idea that If was ever to do
better than my comrades would have
to learn to save. The small wages
he s,ot while in his first position In q
publisher,s office he saved reliyiously.
At the same time he developed the fac
ulty of spending generously and erect
lively when he chose, az a pretty story
is told of his buying his mother pres
ent every nav day, which, though small
was really a substantial one as conn
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-17
THE DESERT TRANSFORMED.
How a California County, Twice the
Size Of Connecticut, Was Redeemed.

How a California County, Twice the
Size Of Connecticut, Was Redeemed.
Writing in the February Worlds
Work on Building Wonderful Com
munity," French Strother tells the
story of remarkable western coun-
ty:
Thirty-two years ago there was but
one house In the town OF Fresno, In
the central desert Of California. A hole
was dug under 1t, forty feet deep, into
which the inmates lowered themselves
by q bucket and wlndlass, to escape
the heat of the day. Around It, as far
as the eye could see, stretched the
glaring desert, unbroken by any culti-
waited spot Of green. The whole coun-
try seemed hopeless waste-dead
and profitless.
Today this spot is the centre OF a
cheerful community of 5000 homes. In
a land made fertile by irrigation. Ten
thousand children attend its public
schools. The industries there yield
$4,000, 900 annually. The rais'u crop
of 1902 put into the farmers bank ac-
counts $2,30O,000. All the raisins I'M
ported into the United States In 1907
amounted in value to only 100000. In
1902 the oil wells of Fresno county
Welded $4,000 barrels Of crude petro-
leum. worth 100000 before refining.
Eighty-nine thousand head Of cattle
Craze on its rich alfalfa.
When a few struggling fortune hunt
ers came to the county late in the
SOS, they were welcomed by this sign'
hung over Fresno's one building:
Bring your horse. Water one bit;
water and feed, three bits" Fresno
was a watering station" only. In
1872, however, Mr.. M. ]. Church con-
ceived the idea Of bringing water In
bitches from Kings river, twenty
miles away to irrigate the land. HIS
proposal was laughed at as a dream
er's scheme. But persistence won; In
1875 he had water on land within
three miles Of the town Of Fresno, ana
the first years crop proved the SOIL
to be fertile. The area OF Watered
ground was rapidly extended. Today
there are 100000 acres under irriga-
ton.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-17
TO BE CONTINUED.

ARCHBISHOP RYANs WrT.-One WIN
try day. shortly after Bishop Horst
mann Of Cleveland had been caused
considerable trouble by the Polish
Catholic element in his diocese, ne
visited Philadelphia, his native city,
and dined with Archbishop Ryan. VINO
was also entertaining an ecclesiastical
visitor from New England. The latter
inquired of the bishop Of Cleveland re-
garding the weather in Ohio.
1T has not been unusually severe
replied Bishop Horstmann.
NO" said Archbishop Ryan. Just
few breezes from the Poles.
delphia Press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-17

HAS BUsLSEss-LIKL LooK.-We
see 1t stated that former United
States Senator ]. L. McLaurin, OF
South Carolina, chairman Of the COM
mittee appointed by the Southern In
ter-State Cotton convention to wait
on President Roosevelt and ask him to
form a commission to introduce Amer
lean cotton into the Orient and other
undeveloped markets, will visit the
president February 30. Mr.. McLaurin
thinks that If China may be induced to
use American cotton, 1t Is not mrea-
sonable to believe that 25,OoO,Oeo bales
of the American crop will be consum-
ed after five years. Somehow. this
proposed visit Of M. McLaurin to the
president has to US business-hke
look. Charlotte Chronicle.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-27
FULL PUBLICITY OF CAMPAIGN EXPENSES
SECRETARY HITCHCOCK SAYS HE IS OPPOSED TO SECRET
 CONTRIBUTIONS.

FavOrs Congress Passing Law COm-
 polling Publication of Expenses-Se-
 crecy Given to Contributions Likely to
 Lead to Undesirable Results and
 Causes Suspicion-DOes Not Believe
 the Money Given by New York Life
 Means Corruption.
 Washington. Sept. 26. - Secretary Hitchcock, speaking of campaign con- trtbutions in an interview to-day, said:
 T have all along been opposed to sec ret contributions and I am in favor of congress passing a law compelling full publicity in campaign expenses. The secrecy given to the campaign con- tributions is likely tolead to undesirable results and causes suspicion. If con- tributions are legitimate there is noth- ing to be feared through publicity.
 T do not believe that the campaign contribution of the New York Life h. surallce company to the republican par ty means corruption. The party Is not responsible fer what individuals may do. I really believe that MT. Mccall thought he was doing what was right when he gave of the funds of the con1- pany to maintain the party which be- lieves in sound money. I think, how ever, that MT. Mccall made mistake in using the money of the policyholders of the company for the purpose with out in any way consulting them" <,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-27
ROCKEFELLER LISTENS
 TO PLEASANT WORDS
SEVERAL HUNDRED REPRE- SENTATIVE CLEVELAND MEN
 CALL ON HIM.

Express Their Esteem for Him as a
 Citizen and as a Great Business Man
 Gathering Includes Merchants,
 Lawyers, CIergymen, Educators and
 Men in HumbIer Walks of Life-Oil
 King Tells Young Men There is Some
 thing More to Life Than Mere Money
 Getting.
 Cleveland, O., Sept. 25.-several hun dred representative men of Cleveland called upon John D. Rockefeller at his home in Forest Hill this afternoon and through Andrew Squire, prominent attorney, and L. E. Holden. proprietor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, express ed to MT. Rockefeller their esteem for him as a citizen and as a great busi- ness man. .. .... .. 5....s.....
 The gathering. included merchants, lawyers, clergymen, educators and men in huinbler walks of life, Forming at the lodges the entrance to the estate, the assemblage walked up the steep hill to the old fashioned summer home over looking the city and country. Through MT. Squire every. person was present. cd to and shook hands with MT. Rocke- feller. There were personal statements of good will from those who greeted Mir. Rockefeller, who in response thank ed each person for their kindly express sions and esteem. Mrs. Rockefeller was present. After all the guests had been presented to Mr. Rockefeller an ad- journment was taken to the veranda and in the presence of the entire as- semblage. which had gathered on the lawn immediately below, MT. Squire made an address to Mir. Rockefeller, giving expression to words of eulogy and regard for the man, whom he said had been a resident of the city for fifty years. Continuing MT Squire referred to the question of railroad rate legis- lation, saying that it was a subject which, like many others, had been dis cussed glibly, and that the loudest dec- lamations came from those who knew the least about the subject. He said that the competition common between producers, consumers and transporters did more to regulate rates than all else. He asked if it was not a ques- tion whether the men engaged in great commercial enterprises were not more entitled to monuments than to indis- crininate condemnation. .,.
 Mir. Squire said the principle of the survival of the Attest" is a law too firmly established to be overturned or | Continued on Eighth Page ..
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-27
NO FoRMAL PROTEST
China Has No Ground Yet to File one
 Regarding Evacuations.

St. Petersburg, Sept. 26.N formal protest has been made by China re- garding the period of eighteen months: for the evacuation of Manchuria, nor has China suggested nine months as sufficient. It was further explained that, as the treaty has not yet been rat flied or officially communicated to any of the powers, there is no ground for a. protest by China
 Regarding the number of men to be kept in Manchuria to guard the rail- road, there is a clause in the Russian agreement with China concerning the. subject If the matter of the number of the guards comes up between China, Japan and Russia this clause and it's Interpretation will probably have inffu- ence upon the settlement. As yet, how- ever, neither question has become q
 matter for official communication, aI- though both may require discussion and adjudication.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-27
FOLICrHOLDERS THE TkrlMs.
Claims of Probably Thousands of Them
 Wiped Out.

Chicago, Sept. 26.-Investigation of the affairs of the Western Life Indem- nifty Co. to-day by a state examiner brought to light facts tending to show that claims of perhaps thousands of poHcyholders in assessment companies have been practically wiped out through company manipulation. E8- aminer Lucius Frouts discovered that twenty-eight small insurance compa- nies have terminated their existence by merging into the Western Life Indem- nifty.
 That means" said the examiner, that the policyholders of the original companies have gone through a process which leaves them practically uninsur- ed, although they are still paying their premiums and have been doing so for years. This condition is not particu- larly the fault of the Western or other absorbing companies, for the absorption is done according to law.''
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-27
FROM LoCKUP TO ALTAR.
Young Woman Detained at Stamford sIarrles on Being Released.

Stamford, Sept 26.--After being held in the detention room at police head quarters for nine days, Miss Ella E. Crozier of Brooklyn, N. Y, was tonight married to Charles H. Phillips, also of Brooklyn. The young woman is nine- teen years old, and the daughter of Henderson Crozler of 1154 Fulton street, Brooklyn, and was accused of offering a forged check drawn on the Stanl- ford National bank September 16. Phil lips is an advertising agent, and Miss Crozier at the time she was arrested said he was her husband. The check was given her by man in the hotel where she was stopping. The, case against Mrs. Phillips has been dropped, and tonight she and her husband left on a honeymoon trip.
 The marriage was performed at the lhome of Mrs. W. J. Blickensderfer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-27
SUIT CASE MURDER CLUES
FRESH INFORMATION CLEANED
 BY THE POLICE.

Their Belief Strengthened That All Members of Body of Unknown Wom-
 an Were Thrown Into the Waters of Winthrop Bay-Finding of Blonde Hair in Bundle Considered Important
 Progress Made in Tracing the
 Dress Suit Case. ..r. Boston, Sept. 26-Late to-day fresh information was gleaned by the police which tends to strengthen the belief
 that all the members of the body of the unknown woman were thrown into the waters of Winthrop Bay, probably within a mile and a half of the finding place of the dress suit case. containing the torso last Thursday. s. 'ss A resident of Winthrop Highlands,
 Mrs. Elizabeth Greene, informs the po- lice that she saw two or three objects in the water about three hours prior to the finding of the dress suit case and about a mile west of the spot. She is quite positive in the belief that the ob- jects she saw were two dress suit cases and a Woman's hat.
 This latest information coincides with the theory of the police that the head, arms and legs of the woman were placed in another dress suit case and cast into the water not far from the ] place where the case containing the trunk was thrown.
 The police also consider of impor- tance the finding of a blonde hair among the clothing taken from a bum dle found on the Winthrop shore yes- terday. It corresponds to the blonde hair found in the dress suit case and is said to resemble that of the dead Worn- an. The presence of a piece of sur
 geon's gauge in this bundle is also re- garded as important, as a piece was found on the torso of the victim. The surgeons gauge is likely to play a prominent part in the police investi- gation, particularly as Miss Annie b. Harnett, a clerk employed by Mrs. Re- 1 becca c. Burnhan, admits having sold surgeons gauge to a blonde woman two weeks ago. The paper in which the I bundle of clothing found at Winthrop
 was wrapped came from Mrs. Burn- l hams store at No. 2 Dalton street, in 1 the Back Bay district, All these vari- 1 ous threads of evidence lead the police
 to believe that the bundle and the dress suit case have close relationship in the
 crime, and the officers are now endeav-
 bring to locate the blonde woman who
 purchased the surgeons gauge.
 Some progress has been made in
 tracing the dress suit case, and the po-
 lice are of the opinion that the last
 owner will soon be known to them. To-
 day they learned that the suit case had been purchased from pawnbroker about six months ago.
 The missing physician, whose wife
 had also disappeared, did not figure so
 prominently in the case to-day, as the
 police claim to have located his wife,
 who, they thought at one time, might
 have been the victim of the crime.
 All day divers were at work search
 ing the waters near the place where the
 dress suit case was found, in the hope
 of discovering some trace of the other
 members of the body. Thus far their l efforts have not been successful.