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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-14
Aumuruns department.
He Followed Orders.

An old colonial railway manager re-
lated the following amusing anecdote:
Many years ago." he said, there
was employed on a small railway with
which I was connected foreman VINO
was noted for doing exactly as he was
told.
His work on the liue Recessitateo
the erection of a Toulouse, or capln
which he was told to have built halt-
way between two mileposts.
ITO get the halfway he stationed
one of his men at one milepost ano
one at the other, and instructed them
to walk toward each other until they
met The point at which they met ne
took as the halfway point, and erected
the shanty.
Then somebody pointed out that, as
one of the men was a tall, brisk fei-
low, and the other a short man with a
shambling gait the method he mao
adopted of arriving at the halfway
point was not very exact.
He was annoyed, but did nothing
for some months, and then he TOOK an
opportunity Of consulting the compa-
ny's engineer. who happened to be In
the neighborhood. The engineer was
an obliging fellow, and took measure
ments which showed that the tool ca
bin was some sixty feet nearer to one
milepost than to the other:
Some time afterward the engineer
happened to meet the foreman ana
asked If his Toulouse was now hah-
way between the mile-posts.
at is, SIR was the reply, exactly
halfway
"'You had a good deal Of trouble In
moving it, suppose"
".No trouble whatever, sir. l didn't
move it at all. moved the milepost. ="
-Cassell's Journal
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-14

GARDENING'
Valuable New Book Just
Out
BY Prof. j. S. NEWMAN
Of CLEMSON COLLEGE.

Southern Gardeners Practical Man.
ual," is the name of a new book by
Prof. ]. S. NEWMAN Of Clemson Col
lege, recently published. 1t Is devoted
especially to conditions as they exist In
South Carolina, tells what garden veg
etables, fruits, shrubs, etc., can be
grown to advantage in this State and
gives detailed information as to how
they are to be Planted, Fertilized and
Cultivated.
The author has devoted a lifetime
to work of this kind and is probably
the highest authority in the South on
the subject of which he treats. No
gardener, whether amateur or profess
sional, can afford to do without this
book.
It may be had at the Office Of THE
YORKVILLE ENQUIRER for $1.10 a
Copy; by Mail $1.25.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-14
EXPENSIVE CIGARS.
Cost From 81 to SIS, But Are Smoked
Only on Special Occasions.

Only on Special Occasions.
A prominent tobacco importer of
this city was asked the other day
whether there was anything extraordi-
nary in the gift Of $2.65 cigars sent
to King Edward VII by Baron Roth
schild. The baron, it appears, is ac-
customed to send to the British ruler
once in every year.
That's not a record price by any
means" responded the importer.
He produced a box Of enormous ci-
gars, rich brown in color, with fancy
red bands around them. These, he
said, retailed for "a apiece.
You can get them as high as S.
he added. Look at the Havana price
list, here. You see this one? 1t costs
wholesale, without duty, $1.50. The
duty is somewhere near 80 per cent
The cigar, when we get it, will sell
for 81. Our profit, therefore, will be
more than 80 per cent. However, we
don't have enough demand for such
cigars to make a fortune on them.
"The only time anybody buys such
thing is when he wishes to give 1t
away or use It for some specially elab-
crate dinner. For instance, the other
day, a Wall street speculator had a
birthday, and several Of his friends
came to me and bought these 81 ci-
gars to send to him. Each friend
bough only one. We wrapped up the
cigars in fancy paper and put them
in ornate, gilt-lettered boxes for ship
ment, to the speculator. I remember,
too, a dinner given by a broker, at
which a dozen of the cigars were dis
tributed by the host.
1.-The guests at the dinner were in
hard luck. I know, for I saw the eff
fects of a 81 smoke on one Of my
friends. 1 gave him one Of the ci-
gars and watched him burn it up. The
feat required about two hours, and
when he was through he told me he
felt like a wreck. He said he'd stop
smoking altogether If he had to use
that sort Of a cigar regularly. No, 1t
wasn't the strength-the high priced
ones usually are rather mild-it was
the time consumed in continuously
putting away at the thing. Ordinarily
even the most inveterate smoker
takes a rest between cigars. In this
case there was no chance Of stopping,
unless he wished to miss part Of the
treat"
The 81 cigar is about eight or nine
inches long and proportionately bulky.
According to the dealer, its value de-
pends principally upon the length of
the tobacco leaf from which it has
been rolled.
"Of course" he said, "the tobacco
is of the best quality, but quality in
ST all ives is plentiful. The difficulty
is TO find leaf Of the size required
and of the proper quality at the same
time. 1 should say that the leaf for
this city measured about two feet.
"All the finest cigars come from
Cuba. We could get long leaves up in
Connecticut, but they wouldn't be
good enough. I've no doubt that there
is much tobacco Of big sizes in the
East Indies, but there Is no country
that rivals Cuba in the quality Of its
tobacco crop. Undoubtedly the Roth
schild gift to King Edward came from
there. New York Evening Post.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-14
GASTON.

Gastonia Gazette, May 10: County
Physician L. N. Glenn went to Cher
ryville Wednesday to look into the
smallpox situation there. He found
four cases in the family Of Mr.. Frank
HarrelSOn near the Castor mill, three
Of which were Of a serious nature.
While there he vaccinated over twenty
people who had been exposed to the
disease. At Grouse. he says, there are
twenty or more cases, the status there
being about as it was when first men,
toned in the Gazette a week or two
ago. o......At the home of the brides
parents at the LOray Wednesday. Miss
Ella WaldrOp was married to Mr.. John
Horne, the ceremony being performed
by Rev. ]. A. HOyle. These are both
excellent young people and have many
friends who congratulate them. .
Mr.. w. P. Hagans of the Modena mill,
and Miss Della May Hoffman. daugh-
ter Of Mr. w. T. Hoffman, engineer at
the Old mill, took a notion to go to
Bowling Green last Sunday and have
Notary PuDllc X. n. Dunn employ MS
art at connecting them for life. These
young people did not herald their de-
parture. but went away without in
forming many people, the parents of
the young lady not even being inform
ed. Mr.. and Mrs. Hagans will live at
Glover for the present. .... The case
of the state VS.. Elliott Mack, the ne
gro charged with attempting to wreck
a Southern train at the LOray switch
April 18th. by throwing the switch.
was heard before Magistrate S. S.
Morris Tuesday afternoon. He was
represented by Messrs. Garland &
Jones. The evidence against him was
damaging and he was bound over to
superior court for trial. His bond was
fixed at the small sum of 500, in de-
fault of which he was committed to
Jail at Dallas to await trial. .... One
of the most interesting social events
held in GastOnia in sometime was an
announcement party given Thursday
afternoon by Miss Mabel Craig at her
elegant home in East Gastonia at
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-14

A SUGGESTED EXPLANAT1oN.-"The
feelings of women are far deep
er and finer than those of men," cried
the lady orator, in a fierce tone. "Wc
are told by those who style themselves
the stronger sex that we are much in
ferior Is that so?'
A loud chorus of mo" from the la
dies greeted this question and the ora
tor went on:
'I say that woman feels where man
thinks
rs that the reason that your hus-
band is bald?" inquired one of the
few male members Of the audience.
1t was lucky for him that he got
two seconds start in the race for the
door-Pearson's Weekly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-14

A TERRORIST RUsE.-The fertility
Of the terrorist's ingenuity is illus
trated by the plan used in Warsaw
last summer in an attempt to execute
the sentence passed upon Skallon,
governor general of Poland, who was
responsible for innumerable deaths un-
der the field courts martial, says a
writer in Everybody's. The governor
knew of this sentence and neither Of
fetal duties nor terrorist wiles could
draw him from his palace. Then the
terrorists thought deep and long. One
day a Russian officer, in full uniform,
walked into the office Of the German
consul at Warsaw, slapped that gen.
tleman, walked out and made his es-
cape.
That slap threatened an affaire in
ternational. Russia had slapped Ger
many. Nothing but an official apology
from the governor general could atone
for the insult. The ruse worked. The
governor, after waiting eight days,
rode forth in state to administer dip
lomatic balm. But the plan as a
whole failed, owing to the mistake of
the nervous woman, worn by constant
watching at a window, who threw the
wrong bomb.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-14
YOrkville Buggy Co.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of York.

IN THE COURT OF COMMON Pleas.
lone s. holland, plaintiff-against John
s. Sadler, Jr, Mamie Hanna, Annie
Miller, Hattie r. Rutledge, ]. Chess
Miller, John L. Miller, Sadler s.
Miller, May Shriner Cecil Miller,
Mary Sadler Miller. Julia Sadler,
Belle Sadler, Alice V. Sadler, Mary
Annie Burtz and w. B. Sadler, De-
fendants.-Summons for Relief
Complaint Filed.)
To the Defendants Above Named:
You are hereby summoned and re-
Il quired to answer the complaint in
this action, which has this day been
filed in the Office Of the Clerk Of the
Court of Common Pleas for the said
County, and to serve copy Of your
answer to the said complaint on the
subscriber at his Office in Yorkville,
South Carolina, within twenty days
after the service hereof, exclusive Of
the day of such service; and II you
fail to answer the complaint within
the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this
action will apply to the Court for the
relief demanded in the complaint
j. s. BRICE,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Dated Yorkville, s. c., May 4. A. D..
1907.
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NOTICE.

To Belle Sadler, Cecil Miller and
Mary Sadler Miller, minor defendants
above the age Of fourteen years.
Please take notice that unless you
shall in the meantime procure the ap-
pointment of a guardian ad litem, the
plaintiff or her attorney, will, on the
twentieth day after the service Of. this
notice upon you, at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon or as soon thereafter as
counsel can be heard. apply to ]. A.
Tate, Clerk Of Court Of Common Pleas
for York County, South Carolina, at
his Office in Yorkville, S. c., for an
order appointing some suitable person
guardian ad litem for you and direct
ing said person when appointed to
appear and defend the action in your
behalf
J. S. BRICE,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Yorkville, s. c., May 4, A. D., 1907.
37-47 t st
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-14

s1r 1--WE come near lynchin' the wrong
man yesterday" said Cactus Cal; 'just
ready to swing him off too" But
Just then you discovered the mistake.
eh?" remarked the tourist. What
luck!" "Wuzn't it though? The worst
I ever hear tell of."-Philadelphia
Press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-14
NOTICE.

To the absent defendants Hattie R..
Rutledge, J. Chess Miller, Jno. L. Mil
ler, Sadler S. Miller May Shriner,
Cecil Miller, Mary Sadler Miller, Julia
Sadler. Belle Sadler, Alice V. Sadler,
Mary Annie Burtz and w. B. Sadler:
Please take notice that the Summons
of which the foregoing Is a copy to-
gether with the Complaint in this ac-
tion were filed in the office of ]. A.
Tate, Clerk of Court Of Common Pleas
for York county, South Carolina, at
Yorkville, South Carolina, on the -
day Of April, A. D., 1907.
]. s. BRICE,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Yorkville, s. c., May 4, A. D. 1907.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-14
DIR. ]. NJ. HUNTER
The All-Round Specialist,

The All-Round Specialist,
ROCK HILL s. C..
Consultation Free.
Makes a Speciality Of Cancers, Tu-
mors, Chronic Ulcers, Scrofula and
rheumatism; Diseases Of Liver and
Kidneys, Dyspepsia and Indigestion.
Treats without the knife, loss Of blood
and little pain to patient.
References to a Few Cases Treated.
R. A. Clark, cancer Of nose, Rock Hill;
Mrs. ]. ]. Williams, cancer Of face,
Tirzah: Mrs. S. R. Nelson, cancer Of
face, Ogden; w. A. Mullinax, cancer
Of face, Kings Creek; w. w. Stroup,
cancer Of face, Lowell, N. c.; Mrs.
Barbory McCraw, cancer Of forehead,
Gaffney: S. B. Hanna, cancer Of neck,
Gastonia, N. c.; d. F. Grigg, cancer
Of nose, baltimore, N. c.; Frank Lat
timore. cancer Of face, Cleveland Mills,
N. c.: Mrs. M. E. Harrell, cancer Of
face, Ellenboro, N. c.; Mrs. D. P. Glas-
co, cancer Of forehead, Shelby, N. c.;
D. H. Cobb, cancer Of lip, Smyrna; r.
c. Green, cancer Of face, Mooresboro,
N. c.; ]. N. Clonts. cancer Of the ton
que, Tirzah, s. c.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-14

ALLIGAToRs SHOOT THE CHUTEs.'-
HI ]. Campbell, an Englishman, con-
ducts a flourishing alligator farm at
Hot Springs, Ark. At present there
are nearly 900 alligators at the estab-
lishment, ranging from monsters Of
twelve feet to little babies just hatch
ed out from the eggs and scarcely
larger than lizards.
Mr. Campbell has succeeded in
training four of the larger brutes, each
measuring about eight feet in length,
to provide an unusual amusement for
visitors by sliding down a chute 1S
feet high. The top Of the structure Is
gained by the unwieldy creatures
ambling up an inclined pathway, which
Is ribbed at frequent intervals by
transverse pieces Of wood, so as to en-
able them to gain foothold.
When the top is reached, at the word
of command, says the Sphere, the alli-
gators put their feet together and slide
down the opposite side for some 30
feet into the water.
Shooting the chutes" has been per-
formed by a number Of different men,
bers Of the brute creation, but Mr.
Campbell is the first man to train an
alligator to perform this feat, which
would create quite sensation If it
were seen in a place Of entertainment
in one of the great cities.-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-14

ANALoGoUs.-A teacher had very
dull pupil whom he found extremely
difficult to instruct in the letters Of the
alphabet, says the Bohemian.
This is letter A." explained the
teacher for the tenth time, as he
wrote it down on the blackboard.
And this letter B." he went on, put
ting down the second letter of the al
phabet.
Now, my boy" he began, kindly
and encouragingly, as he turned to
the stupid boy; "let me see If you
can remember them?"
What is this?" pointing to the in
itial letter of the alphabet.
Letter A.. came the slow response
from the dense scholar.
And this?" questioned the teacher.
indicating letter B.
Let 'er alone" returned the pupil
instantly, his stupid face lighting up
with pleasure at his own quick reply.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-14

DIscURsIvE But THoRoUCH.-Accord
ing to Washington legal light, there
are times when a lawyer regrets the
use of an illustration which a moment
before had appeared especially felici-
tOus.
THE argument Of my learned and
brilliant colleague" said counsel for
the plaintiff in a recent suit for dam
ages from a railway company, 'is like
the snow now falling Outside-it is
scattered here. there and everywhere. -
Whereupon opposing counsel inn
proved his opportunity "All can
say" he hastily interposed, "is that the
gentleman who has likened my argu-
ment to the snow now falling outside
has neglected to observe one little
point to which l fiatter myself the
similarity extends-it has covered all
the ground in q very short time
Harper's Weekly.
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and all these are operated by electric
motors. An electric light bath
cabinet is still another adjunct to the
modern ocean liners equipment and
in the ships barber shop some Of the
well-known types Of electric massage
apparatus have been adopted.
Wireless telegraph apparatus too,
as almost every one knows, has come
into extended service in the various
navies and merchant marines and no
passenger steamship today is consid-
cred complete without 1t.
With all the interest and Importance
attached to these several electric ma
rine applications, however, the most
promising field for the future service
of electricity aboard ship is in the
substitution of electric motors for
steam and hydraulic engines operating
the auxiliary machinery Of which so
much is installed on a modern vessel
A good deal has been done along this
line during the past half dozen years,
but much remains yet to be accom-
plished.
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YORKVILLE BUGGY co.
FOR RENT.

We have a four room Cottage on
Cleveland Avenue, for Rent.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-03
POLICEMAN GIRLS FRIEND.
Boys Had Wrought Up child's Mind to
Prevent Her Sleeping.

A little girl about 6 years of age
was brought to the Fifth police station
crying this morning by her mother,
who told Desk Sergeant JACKIE that
some boys had been teasing the child
and telling her that a policeman was
going to arrest her.
While the mother was talking to the
sergeant the little child chung to her
mothers skirts as though half fright
ened to death. Tears rolled down her
cheeks as she gazed at the sergeant in
his uniform.
The mother told the sergeant that the
boys in the n%eighborhood had so
wrought on the mind of the child
that she could not sleep. and that she
cried all night about being afraid the
police would take her away from home.
Sergeant Jackes told the little girl
that she need not be afraid OF him or
any other policeman so long as she
was good, and said that~he would be
her friend and would see to it that
no one did her any harm sShe then
left the station house all smiles with
her mother. and treasured that he
police would not hurt her.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-03
LICENSES IN ASBURY
TWO HOTELS TO BEGIN
SELLING LIQUOR.
Case will Be Carried to Supreme Court
by Temperance People-Hotel Men
Expect to Win.

ASBURY PARK, July 3.-The license
war in Asbury Park took a new turn
last night when the Excise Board
granted licenses to the st. James Hotel
and the Continental. both on Cookman
avenue, and situated within a few
doors of Colonel Bly's plaza, the Ii
censes for which was knocked out by
the Court of Chancery.
Both proprietors are unrestricted n
under the Vice-Chancellor's decision
their licenses appear to be u~nassaila-
BILE unless it happens that the Ocean
Grove mile limit law Is made to ap-
ply. Counselor Harvey, for the tenn
perance contingent, gave notice that
he would c~ertiorari the new licenses
to the Supreme Court. Counsel for
the hotel men say, however, that 1t is
extremely unlikely that the court Will
grant an injunction, as they claim the
Ocean Grove mile limit law was re-
pealed by the general excise laws I'M
der which the Asbury Park Board of
Excise was created. Further develop
ments In the case are awaited with in
tense interest in Asbury Park, as the
proprietors of the newly licensed hotels
intend to begin business at once.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-03
DIVISION AT HAGUE
AMERICAN PROPOSITION IS
OPPOSED.
Russia and France Not Willing to Make
Private Property at Sea Inviola-
BILE By Agreement.

THE HAGUE, July 3.-The opposi-
ton to the American proposition be-
fore the peace conference on the in
volatility of private property at sea
is increasing. 1t now seems that Rus
sia and France are not ever in favor
of the Italian amendment suggesting
that belligerents be allowed to capture
private property at sea, but that such
property be returned after the war;,
and that the owners be paid an In
demnity for the damages sustained.
Japan Is preparing a proposition re-
garding the use of wireless telegraphy,
based on her experience during the
Russo-Japanese war, while other pow
ers are DESTROYS of proposing the sub
marine cables be classed as neutral
property.
The Japanese have. not presented
any proposition regarding the bonn
bardment of towns, but have asked
the Americans who, in their PROPOSE
ton desire to prohibit the lombard
ment of towns for not paying ransoms,
to D the abolition of the pay
ment of ransoms in order TO escape
bombardment.
Miss Anna Eckstein has requested an
audience of President Nelidoff In order
to present a petition, signed by over
million Americans in favor of a
general arbitration treaty. M. Nelidoff
will receive Miss Eckstein tomorrow
morning.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-03
HEARING ON PAVING
UNDER NEW RULES,
Board of Works Meets Today Instead
of Tomorrow, It's Regular
Time.

AS tomorrow. Thursday, the day for
the regular weekly meeting of the
Board of Works. will be a legal holt
day. the board met at 1890 o'clock this
afternoon. President Arthur r. Den
man being absent with City Engineer
Norris r. Sherrard on a trip to Mex
leo, Commissioner Augustus A. Egg
gers was placed in the chair.
In accordance with the resolution
passed by the assessment commissions
ers, that body has filed with the clerk
of the Board of Works the first six
preliminary estimates for paving UNI
der chapter PIT, of the State laws Of
1895, the Jersey City paving law" and
a hearing will be given to the property
owners who have objections to make
to the assessments.
The Jersey City act, 1t is said will
compel the city at large to be assessed
% per cent. instead of Is to IS per
cent, as under the old act known as
the Newark act" There has been no
formal written protest made to the
board against the assessments. but a
number Of property-owners were pres
ent in connection with the matter.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-03
KNOCK OUT COP
CARTOONlST AND PRIZE
FIGHTER HELD.
Bluecoat's Skull Fractured as Result Of
Fight at Sheepshead Bay-May
Result Fatally.

NEW YORK. July 3,-Winsor Mckay,
the c%artoonist, and David Sullivan, a prize
fighter, were held in $1,000 bail each in the
Coney Island Police Court this morning
for examination next Friday on a charge
of assaultlng Policeman John Mcdonald
of Sheepshead Bay. The examination was
deferred to await the result of the In
juries of the policeman, who lies with a
fractured skull at his home in East
Twenty-seventh street. Sheepshead Bay.
The assault occurred in front of the
house of the Sullivans, Dave and Spike,
at East Thirteenth street and Avenue u,
where Mckay has been living for some
time. From the stories of the principals
1t appears that Mckay and Dave Sullivan
who has been in numerous brawls, were
sitting on the porch of the house at l
o'clock. when Mcdonald, who had been
detailed TO watch several vacant houses
in that vicinity, came along. and, thinking
the Sullivan house vacant, asked the men
what they were doing there.
None of your business" replied Sulli-
I van.
AS many Of the houses In that neighbour
hood had been robbie the policeman told
the men to move on or he would run
them in Sullivan came down off the
porch, and told the policeman to move
on or he would break his head for him.
You come with me-" said Mcdonald,
putting his hand on Sullivan's shoulder
The prize fighter, 1t is declared, dealt
the policeman a heavy blow on the jaw,
sending the bluecoat to grass, and then,
taking his nightstick away from him. dealt
Mcdonald a number OF crushing blows on
the head. rendering him unconscious.
Mckay tried to interfere. but 1t was done
so quickly that the policeman was knocked
out completely. When other policemen
arrived on the scene Mcdonald was I'M
conscious, and was hurried to the Recep-
ton Hospital at Coney Island, and later
removed to his home.