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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-12-20

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF YORK.
Before me came JAS. A. PAGE,
Cashier, Of Bank Of Glover, who being
duly sworn, says that the above and
foregoing statement is a true condition
Of said Bank, as shown by the books"
Of file in said bank. s..
JAS. A. PAGE, Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this 18th day of December. 1907.
+. z. CLINTON, ElE
Notary Public, South Carolina. a
Correct Attest:
M. L. Smith,
z. M. Nell.
e. w. Pressly.
Directors.
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STRAY TURKEYS.

M Y flock Of fourteen Bronze Tur-
l1 keys. mostly gobblers went estray
up Fishing creek about ten days ago.
and will appreciate information and
pay for trouble In connection with
their return. T. L. CARROLL, No. q
Yorkville. ....... .....
102 TT 2ts
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Dinner at Smyrna.

The Ladies' Aid Society Of Smyrna
A. r. p. church will serve dinner at
the residence Of Mrs. j. w. Quinn on
December 26 at o'clock p. m, for the
benefit Of Smyrna church.
Mrs. ]. w. Quinn Secy,
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PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO.

In January when the LINDSAY
STUDIO again opens, there win be q
new line Of fine work on display.
Something entirely new and very beau
tiful. Remember that all customers
and friends are asked to call and see
the samples.
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oyster sunner IA sharon.

There will be an oyster supper at
Sharon Academy on December 25, from
4.30 to 10 o'clock, under the auspices OF
the Ladies' Aid Society of Woodlawn
church. s.tsig-.. ),
1t" Mrs. Sims, President
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CoMPLIMENTED TILLMAN.-When Sen
ator Tillman concluded his speech In
the senate today he turned and walked
out of the chamber. In the doorway
he met John Wesley Gaines coming In.
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Preaching at Beersheba.

Rev. H. ]. Mills win preach at Beer
sheba church next Sabbath morning
at IL o'clock.
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Sperial 9otires.

Preaching at Bethesda.
There will be preaching at Bethesda
next Sunday as usual. sfs
]. K. Hall. Pastor
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Kina's Mountain Chapel.

Rev. H. B. Hardy will preach at
Kings Mountain Chapel on the fifth
Sabbath at 3 D. m. ~
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CHURCH OF THE GooI

CHURCH OF THE GOOD IA
SHEPHERD. X
REV. J. o. BABIN. RECTOR
SUNDAY SERvIcEs-Morning service
at IL o'clock. Sunday school at $3.50 p.
m. Afternoon service at 4.30 o'clock.
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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN.
REV. e. Z. GILLESPIE, PASTOR
SUNDAY SERVICES school at
10 a. m. Morning service at II o'clock.
Evening service at o'clock.
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AT THE CHURCHES.
BAPTIST

REV. 1. @. MURRAY, PASTOR.
SUNDAY SERvIcEs-Sunday school at
10 a. m. Morning service at II o'clock.
Evening service at 7 o'clock.
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Communion at Union.
The Sacrament Of the Lords Supper
will be celebrated at Union Baptist
church next Sunday morning.
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TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
REV. II. J. cAUTHEN. PASTOR.
SUNDAY SBRvIcEs.-Morning service
at IL o'clock Sunday school at $3.50 p.
m Evening service at o'clock.
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ASSOCIATE REFORMED PREsBY-
TERRAIN.
REV. w. C. EwART. PASTOR.
SUNDAY SERvIcEs-Sabbath school
at 10 a. m. Morning service at IL
o'clock. Evening service at Z o'clock
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at full liberty to repeat it TO the press.
He says: He (the presidenD knew
what he meant, and l knew what he
meant. There was nothing ambiguous
about il. There were several other
witnesses there and they heard what
was said. There was no secret about
II. l have given II out only as II oc-
Cured l am fully in accord with the
presidents position, as he Indicated II
to me- He did not say that he was
glad we had the panic, regardless OF
anything else. What he did say was
that If II had to come, he believed that
the sooner it was over the better.
do not believe that President Roose-
Welt and myself will disagree in the
slightest particular as TO what ne meant
or as to what / understood him TO
mean. He was certainly specific and
l believe that understand the English
language"
- Washington, December 16: a res
olution charging the secretary of agr1-
culture with inaccuracy in estimating
the years cotton crop and calling on
him to furnish to congress the ngures
and the information upon whlch ne
based his estimate of the cotton crop
of the United States for 1907, was in
troduced in the house today by MI.
Heflin of Alabama. In explaining tne
purpose of the resolution Mr.. Hetin
said: by December, 1905, accordlng
to the government report, there mad
been ginned S.690,OO0 bales of cotton
and there remained to be ginned OF
that years crop. according to the gov
ernment's final report, l,SS5,OOO bales.
Now when the government report
shows only S,33S,OOO bales ginned by
December, 1907. $4,000 bales less than
was ginned by December l, 1905, want
TO know, and the cotton producing sec
tions of this country want to know, by
what method of reasoning the secre-
tary Of agriculture reaches the conclu,
sion that there remains to be glnned
of this years crop $4,000 bales. TINS
estimate by the secretary of agricui-
ture has cost the producer several mil.
lion dollars already. the facts 40 not
n.arrant his estimate No such crop
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22
MIR. TAFT'S RETURN.

80 Secretary Taft has got safely back!
..CnIy A little behind his scheduled time, the
War Secretary reached this port, after ha'hS
been out o, the country fer third OF a year, and
he purposes to put his nose close to the ofnclal
,r,ndstone TO make I'D FOR absence from his de-
partment HIS official report as Secretary MAY
soon be expected. There will be mucn interest III
what II contains I'm regard TO the fhiilpPlleo, H'
view of the close relations the Secretary OF war
and Peace as he has been termed. has had with
our most extensive colonial possession. IN which
!, has lust been found that there are more thah
+vIce the twelve hundred islands put down on 'he
old Spanish chart. The President Is also eApec'0"
TO send to Congress a message on the fhiHpplne9
based on what Mr. Tart communicates 10 MN
Rt the chief interest the return of the head OF
~ W. Donartment centres in his acknowledged
oa,dfdacv for the nomination to succeed MI
Roosevelt The reitcration OF the latters deter
rnfnatIon has been held in nearly all quarters u"
dtspose entirely of the idea or MS pelhs MS own
successor What the erect OF the renewed oec-
1aration n, hostility by Senator Foraker TO the
ta,,o,s of his fellow Ohioan and the defeat
., congressman Burton in the Cleveland inayoraity
contest will be on Mr.. Tafts plans ana put-
rosss will probably soon be seen. Inc enoII W
rrou,ote a boom for Governor Hughes on tLe eve
of the return OF Mr.. Taft pr we'd futile Inc oec-
,.ra1ion OF Mr. Cortelyou that he was not sseHlhs
.. .o,,,re delegates and was devoting his energies
IN the performance OF his official duties dstlncuS
strengthened his position before the puohc' "h'lo
the answer OF Governor Hughes TO questoh III
rerarj 10 Endorsement. that he would not retlSe u
was held to be weakening of the atti'ude ne nao
previously assumed. But his position OF aVoiolns
ar,. on.angI{ng alliances is sure TO be popular
one Sneaker Cannon's assignments or cohiihe-
90. chairrnanships in the House OF REPRESENTATIVES,
did nothing 10 weaken his hold on public favor.
Tho worst that has said OF the candidacy OF
-, o., is tho utterance of a Democratic editor
that he supposed the party would nominate tho
talk
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22
CHARGES OF GRAFT.

Time and again there have been charses u
graft in connection with the coroners olnce'
One of the forms which this graft mas oeeh
known to take in the past is thus oescrlpeo Ny
a former incumbent of the office
.'Sav a young girl dies suddenly put Iroh.
PERFECTLY natural causes. The death is repor.eu
and the coroners physician goes TO the MOUSE
He looks at the body, examines the members OF
the family and becomes convinced that there -
nothing suspicious about the case. mere 'oiii's
the opportunity for honest graft
There is no reason why he should not issue d
burial permit but he looks at the anxious lather
and mother shakes his head and says Win d
note of pity in his voice:
~ am afraid the body will have TO be re-
moved to the morgue. 1t seems to be a case fof
an autopsy
oh. coroner or oh, doctort the parents e4-
claim Can't anything be done to save US from
this? 1t will break cur hearts, The shame OF
il all"
1T is too bad. TO be sure, but l must per-
form my duty, matter how disagreeaple IL
becomes says the CRATER. He moves toward
the door, but there is something in his tone
which gives the hint.
There is a hurried consultation. The father
slips So or q SO bill irto the hand of the cor
oner's man. who is conveniently present 1t is
money they need for funeral expenses, perhaps,
but they give II up gladly in the hope of saving
the body OF their loved from the dissecting
knife. II is the easiest sort of graft, and only
in the rarest cases is there ever any come back
Then it is almost impossible to prove the case
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22
cRTIsE OF THE WARSHIPS.

.Ybere are the battIeshpS --oWE -
"veu IN their way to their nrst stoPPiiI9 %
Port of spajn Trinidad. which is not ia' rom e
northern coast Of South america. Inc SPANS p'f
,,lation there is preparing 10 give INC jan -
hearty welcome when they go ashore- I"o -.
dent signalized the departure OF the nee 80
usn,nton Roads by reviewing the pa'lieehips
1od nv the Is ODO-ton Connecticut, they steaheu o1
be+unep Canes Charles and Henry ana heaueu ioi
the omen sea on their 14Coomile trip TO the ,Ioldv
cate on the eve Of departure fedI <AuA'.i1
Evans who is in command. intimateo tid' az
reaching the Pacific Coast some. II not all. Oh ,iie
vessels might cross the Pacific Ocean ana Fl7it 'e
oriant ON the basis of this and an unFerlieu i'
nor, of what he told his officers at q "aluio0
dinner after they got TO sea, as recelFeu oS
loss the statement has been made tIlat 'ile me-
vouId return by way of the Suez CanaI anu Eisi1
E-uropean ports, making an entire rp Oh tiii' y
thousand miles before the vessels are IN uiooo
waters again But there is official connrrnalion
of this and il will probably depend II carried ou
at all on certain contingencies not yet lullS Gun
sidered But some of the vessels are sohls W
Asiattc waters Meanwhile all the citizens OF this
country will await with eager interest the oetais
of the greatest battleshlp trip ever undertaken re-
yersing that of the Oregon in the time OF the span
ish- American War and exceeding that OF the Rus-
sian Admiral Rojestvensky In his disastrous voyage
To meet the japanese warships, TO which ne so
siIy
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22
MOCEl MINING VILLAGES.

Consul II. Albert johnson. in report from Lege
gives details of local mining enterprises in Bel
gum one of which is planning to establish a
model mining village, and has engaged as man
ager an engineer in charge of mining plant at
Bethune in France, concerning which the consul
writes:
These French mines employ a force of some eight
thousand workmen. They possess two thousand
workmen's dwellings, that rented TO the miners
at from 81 10 to s. 5i ii month The houses, Win
gardens attached, arranged in attractive VII
lagos with broad streets md boulevards. Churches
and schools have been built; the water supply
sanitary arrangements and the electric light plant
or. all of the most modern and up-ro-date class
: visit to Bethune proved highly satisfactory to
the offcials of the Limbourg region and has tended
In strengthen their determination in building up
their new organization TO follow closely as pos
sible the model set by the French mines. Thus
according TO the plans, this new mining settle
mont i'm the Campine viii be most beneficial IN
novation. and instead of the hitherto unsanitary
conglonleration of novels, piled one against the
other without either symmetry or design, the
neSv mining village Will present an attractive and
orderly collection of neat cottages grouped on well
laid out and broad streets. with plentiful supply
of good water and the most advanced system OF
electric lighting and sanitary appointments
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22
HELPS TO SELF-HELP.
Uork Of the Peoples University
ErtenSiOn SOcietY.

Self-help has long been the watchword of more
than one institution or organization devised by
man for the advancement of his fellow man. and in
most communities the opportunity for self help is
all that is needed The keynote OF the situation
here in New York seems 10 have been accurately
sounded, however, in the expressive and business
like motto, Help 10 Self-Help for the People"
which has been the working slogan OF the Peoples
University Extension Society in its campaign for
the Improvement OF the poor of greater New York
Much Of the success which has attended the So
cietys work is attributed by those familiar with it
TO the fact that, armed with keen realization of
conditions in New York. the society has not stopped
at the opportunity for self-help but has down
and actually helped the people OF the tenements TO
help themselves.
This has been accomplished in various ways.
many of which the natural development of edu-
cationaI methods 2emed best to meet conditions
as found by the society in the prosecution
of its work during the ten years of its existence
With headquarters at No. Jos East nth street the
society has its agencies among the hundreds OF
settlements, missions, churches Of all creeds day
nurseries clubs mothers and girls. men and
boys and other societies working among the poor
of New York.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22
NOT ALL HARMONY.

There is not always harmony among the coro-
ners themselves. There have been unseemly
rows over dead bodies. One coroner is on rec
ord having remarked:
It's shame that my dignity is offended
That Coroner - is stealing my bodies"
The homicide bureau of the District Attor
ney's office has frequent cause for complaint
that the coroners remove and destroy evidence
of crime. The coroners equally worried
when the District Attorneys men reach the
scene first Here is one wall that is not with
its humorous touch:
"A man commits suicide" said a coroner "by
gas and the police throw open the windows
end let all the evidence escape. How can We
tell whether the suicide killed himself or it
some one esse1'
The coroners have always been touchy about
happening in the court of certain former cor
oner, who is Tammany leader
A prominent man committed suicide at 2 big
family hotel on the upper West Side The cor
oner took charge Of the case and gave MANY in
terviews TO the newspapers. The proprietor of
the hotel was angry because the name of the
house was used with much frequency and prom
tnepce-
4 want TO know if you have authorized those
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22
TEACHERS GIVE INSTRUCTION.

On the theory that each Of these societies knows
the needs of it's district better than any gen
eral society can possibly know them, the Peoples
University Extension Society co-operates with
them giving them the help they need by furnishing
in the rooms the different local societies. at the
expense OF University Extension Society, trained
teachers in a large variety of subjects, among
them hygiene sanitation housekeeping. economic
cooking sewing. dressmaking. millinery. designing,
carving whiting bent iron work. carpentry, chair
Gaming and basket making.
Recognizing the fact that the thckly populateo
tenement districts of the city the breeding
places disease, and that ignorance is the prime
cause infant mortality, the society has devoted
much attention the training of the mothers Oh
the tenement house children, realizing that with
them rests much of the physical wellbeing Of the
communities in which they live.
The lectures IN a course which IS doing much
for the hygiene of the East Side are given by a
staff of skilled physicians, who strive TO make
them not prosaic medical lectures so dreaded by
the average lay mind, but practical talks which
by the very simplicity with which they reveal the
facts all should know are rendered entertaining
The fact that these lectures. which are given at
the mothers meetings the year around, are gen
orally attended by large number of East Side
women is evidence Of the popularity as well as
the practicabiIity of the course.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22

the Chinese method-no books, accounts, Gust
business. John is far from being a fool
At Wong g there Is secret password, no special
knock IS necessary. for almost the moment you
approach the door ii opens. two Cinnamon in ordi-
nary clothes look you over, and. being satisfied,
bow you to a second door. which opens silently.
The hall is lighted by four large lamps bearing red
shades; the walls covered with Chinese hang
ing screens and ornaments, while red sign with
black lettering reads Chinese Restaurant" On
the floor TO the right Of the entrance hall is
dining room, containing eight tables. Chinese Ian
terms hang from the ceiling; the decorations in
red and black. and the door is painted black.
with a border of red around the room. Here
come any number of respectable people TO dine
Ia Chinoise. They have not the remotest idea of
what goes above the dining room floor. though
others the restaurant only for a blind, and.
later on, smoke pill two upstairs The food
excellent. chopped chicken and rice" Yoke
May" and Chinese tea being served but the great
dish is chop suey." most palatable mixture To
this place come many prominent persons: army
officers who have been in China, society people
popular jockeys and sometimes politicians.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22
POWER By WIRELESS,
Successful Experiments By Hisa
School Youth of Nineteen.

Worcester, Mass. Dec. q (specaD-Hsmp'rs"
by a lack of money. and with nothing ouk 'ns
crudest OF tools with which TO carry on nis eAp''i
ments nineteen-year-old Harry VI G1oVI. %
Spencer. Mass. Is able by wireless to hsnt He
and operate motors at distances or ~ isss -
more AT the Worcester Polytechnic Insuln'' ~
authorities declare that electric power mas ne''
been sent by wireless TO any distances sucn ~
young Grout with his crude self-fashoned s'A'!'A'
and instruments has succeeded in workns-
Young Grout promises TO be sending po"0f -
electro magnetic waves in practical tEus'sA
and economical manner by spring. He Is s'uhsa
at the David Prouty High School and aIreAD -
planning the establishment of two wireless stsl'
three miles apart In speaking Of bis experimenS
ne says: x.,
"I became interested in the study or efecl''N
five years ago. and during that tme nase -
formed many experimental especially in "nN
work though I found myself much handacspp
for want Of materials and proper tools witn VIZ
TO operate I set up crude signal system a.
after eneountering much difficulty was aole
receive a Jumbled form OF message from my ua1S
rIt,ine station. Later I reconstructed my etAN
and improyed nv Instruments. all OF which ne.
bv hand MY stations set up at distances OK
feet and over and il with these tnsA
araiIv was successful in transmitting power % =,
a,oo,ror,ayustic waves Next spring am TO o"i
tuo stations three miles apart on Mooss Hill 81
7 exnect 70 be able to transmit power prAc'''"
by wireless.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22
GREAT MINE DISASTERS.

did you say more lives were lost IN mime aC'i-
dents?" - .. ::
The number OF lives sacrificed IN TINS month ~
the four explosions which have occurred Is between
five hundred and six hundred. and the statistiCS
show that this country is the worst offender III TINS
matter of the loss of life in providing the fuei 10
keep giant industries in operation no" Id,
this is due to the greed OF corporations. Whlch hoo
the lives of the ignorant foreign iaborers engaged
in this sort Of work in light esteem IT Is ipossioe
In SAY but the government has taken steps TO Sc
cure the facts. and on them VIII base eiior's 'o
remedy the existing conditions The latest mine
horror occurred in the same bitunlinous coal field
where two other recent ones took place, and the
ga seous nature the soft coal was doubtless con-
tr,butory. But something caused an explosion. and
in the ultimate analysis it will doubtless be found
that II was the carelessness OF some miner with
his safety lamp which was the spark which pro-
duced the terrific results. With the means for
safely provided by corporations and with all the
safeguards the law provide, yet II devolves on
the Individual in the end TO that no risk is run
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22
THE OUTBREAK IN CONGRESS.

What about the fight in Congress?
ut was not exactly i'll Congress- but In the hall
of the House of Representatives after the session
had adjourned. II grew out of the naming Of the
committees Speaker Cannon having, usual, al
lowed the minority leader. John Sharp Williams
OF Mississippi TO assign his fellow Democrats TO
their places. Mr.. De Almond. of Missouri. took
execution to the place for which new member of
his state was named, and accused Mr.. Williams
of prevarication. Tho terse and strong language
he used was too much for the Mssssippian, and
the result was sharp. quick blows and face
scratching in which blood drawn and pre-
sunably insult wiped out. In earlier days nothing
less than a duel would have ensued The memory
of a much more serious afray in the Senate. when
Charles Sumner of Massachusetts,. assaulted
with u cane by Preston Brooks, of South Carolina
in the year just before the Civil War. and which
had much TO do with bringing that conflict is
recalled by this legislative rough and tumble
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22
DEATH OF LORD KELVIN.

THE most eminent of science in the world
long known Sir William Thompson and later
as Baron Kelvin, is TO be buried In Westminster
Abbey fit honor for Il whom King Edward
bestowed the Order of Merit. which he created 10
mark his reign. or Lord Kelvin II has been said
that he united two opposite qualities. that OF the
student VINO reached the greatest heights of in
sight ard pure reason and that of the skiIful
man of affairs who developed ideas of practical
benefit Many of the things which made the sub
marine cable practicable We're due to his genius
He made the mariners compass "a thing of use on
iron vessels. just it had originally been OF
wooden Perhaps the least Americans
have 10 remember him appreciatively is because
he had much TO do with turning the power of
Niagara Falls into useful channels which will u!ti-
mately destroy its scenic beauty.
THE protest by Samuel oiompers that the wages
of workinguleD must be- maintained despite the