Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-03-16
A LOST BOY.

THE ENQUIRER is in frequent receipt
of copies of newspapers containing
marked articles of various kinds and
many of these papers go into the
waste basket, for the reason that Or
dinarily the object sought is the pro-
motion of some private interest at
the public expense. However, 1t Is
often the case that these articles ap-
peal to us, although it seems slim
chance that the reproduction or the
following from the New Harmony
Times of Posey county. Indiana, will
be of practical benefit, we take
pleasure in complying with the re-
quest of the distressed parents:
IF the editor of every paper In
the central west will publish these
lines there is no question but what
DR.. S. L. Byers of Seeleyyille, Ind,
will recover his little son who was
stolen from his home one year ago
last May. DR.. Byers has spent his
entire resources in search for his
child and unless the big-hearted
members of the press come to MS
assistance, his son will grow up an
outlaw and an outcast among the
lowest people Of the earth. 1t Is
cause that should appeal to every
one and no father reading these lines
can do so without a quickening OF
the heart and a sympathetic throp.
1t is believed that If this article Is
reprinted in the newspapers 1t Will
form an endless chain that will un-
cover the lost boys concealment and
return him to his distracted parents.
In doing this the profession Of jour-
nalism will be fulfilling one of Its
highest destinies.
"Publishers whose circulation
touch the Wabash, Ohio and Missis-
sippi valleys are especially requested
to reproduce this story of the lost
child, as DR.. Byers believes the boy
Is now on some houseboat waiting to
take, the road in the spring. There
Is a reward of $500, awaiting any IN
formation that will lead to the boys
recovery. No questions will be asked
and If the abductor himself would
deliver the boy to his parents he
would not be molested. The be-
reaved parents are heart,proken "iIR
grief and want only their child. II
each journal would reprint these
lines, they will travel to every ex-
change table in the United States and
bring back to a wretched home a
child who is no doubt suffering with
cold, unfed and wretched to a degree.
Think Of what your own feelings
would be under similar circum-
stances! This appeal is indicted
originally by publisher who saw
DR.. Byers only once, has no personal
interest i'm his quest other than the
bond of sympathy that makes the
world akin, and is inspired from the
belief that the lost boy can only be
found through the united effort OF
the country press of which he Is
proud to be a member. His recovery
will be a triumph in advertising and
no editor whose heart Is placed right
will refuse this appeal. Remember,
II NAV be your child next!
THE following is a description OF
the boy: IL.
years old last July: Is OF light COM
nIexion, has gray eyes, left eye no
ficeably crossed, has a small V-shap-
ed nick on the edge of the left ear,
has a sharp chin and a narrow. pro-
iecting forehead. He is rather small
for his age and is unusually bright
and Intelligent. talking after the
manner of a boy much older.
"Dr. Ryers has searched among the
rowing bands that frequent the Uni
ted States and believes that his sor
can be found among travelling JUNK
dealers. so-called horse traders or
movers. He does not think the boy
was stolen by genuine gypsies. He
thinks he was taken by a wandering
band that used him for begging In
towns along the route