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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-11
CHEAP GAS.
Three. .Fourths of country's Supply Is
Made of Water.

About three-fourths Of the illumi-
mating gas now made in the United
States Is water gas, which means that
It is made mostly not from coal but
from water-which is undeniably
cheap.
Originally Illuminating gas was SIM
ply the vapor distilled off from coal,
and a ton Of good anthracite was re-
quired to yield about. 10000 feet Of
gas. BY modern processes a ton Of
coal will produce about 10000 feet Of
gas.
The method, stripped Of its tech
nique, Is simply to coke the coal, and
while it is red hot to force steam
through the mass. Carbon, when high
ly heated, has great affinity for
steam, and hence the water vapor Is
decomposed and the hydrogen gas re-
leased to unite with the coal gas, form
ing a fixed gas. To this Is added
naphtha, or a petroleum vapor from
what Is known in the trade as gas oil,
serving to enrich or improve the quail
ity of the light.
The United States census bureau
calls attention to the astonishing fact
that more than one-fourth of the illu-
minating gas made and sold In the
United States is produced in New York
city.
The enormous strides made in pub
lie favor by the gas engine are shown
by the census figures. From 1880 to
1900 the growth in the manufacture OF
steam engines was 81 per cent, while
the growth in the manufacture Of gas
and similar combustion engines was
1911 per cent.
OF all the cheaper forms Of gas, coke
oven gas is making the most progress
at this time, says Moody's Magazine.
1t is used extensively abroad and q
large plant at Everett, Mass, Is opeF-
ating successfully. Being a by-pro-
duct of coke, the gas costs but a trifie,
and has good heating value, though
II requires to be enriched for lighting,
This or any other 50-cent gas should
be in demand for both heat and pow
er, having the special advantage OF
being a smokeless fuel. Many who
have studied the matter expect to see
the day when New York city will be
supplied by a great gas plant, located
at a short distance from the CITY, fur
nishing a better grade of gas than at
present at about 80 cents, and produc-
ing also cheaper gas, delivered direct
to series Of mammoth gas engines,
driving dynamos, by which cheap cleo
trio power shall be wired wherever it
is wanted, for operating street rail-
ways, elevators and machinery gener-
ally, as well as serving electric lights
and the miscellaneous purposes of a
great metropolis,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-11
A Chinese Sandow.

Straining under the weight of q
heavy box, which he carried on his
shoulder shifting its position at inter-
walls, a coolie was seen trudging along
Hollywood road recently, says the
Hongkong Telegraph. He had not the
sneakish look on his eountenanoe
which is usually the case with thieves
and which the police seldom fail to
interpret, but his air Of bravado at
tracted an Indian constable, who
thought there was something wrong
with the coolie,
whats inside that box?" asked the
policeman.
What do you think could be in
side? I just bought the box to break
up to use as firewood," said the coolie,
whose back was bending under the
weight.
you put that box on the ground. I
want to see the contents" added the
officer.
The coolie thought the officer very
inquisitive, and putting the box down
with thud started at once to straight
en- his back. Then he, with a look of
astonishment,' revealed to the officer
part of a ships cable, the chain being
so heavy that it took two men to get
the box on the coolies shoulder again.
From where did you get that
chain?" the coolie was asked.
How could he know? He bought
the box and did not know there was
anything inside.
The chain was confiscated.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-11
RICH INDIAN ON WARPATH.
Push -Me-Te-Ha Enrased Because o
Failure to Obtain "Firewater."

isappointed over his failure to buy
"fre water" and enraged because his
monthly income had not increased In
proportion to the advance in the price
of crude OIL writes Tulsa, I. T., cor
respondent of the New York Herald,
former chief of the Osages Push-me-
te-ha tore up and scattered to the
winds more than $1,000 in new bank
notes the other day on the streets of
this city.
This Croesus of the Usage tribe, who
is rated at 100000 in his own right,
is believed to be the richest Indian in
the world today. His monthly income
from oil and gas royalties alone ex-
ceeds 100000. He handles the estate
of his entire family, consisting Of three
combined wealth at the present price
of crude oil, Is said to be at least $10,-
000, 900.
The old chief lives in a miserable
log hut, about eighteen miles from
here, in the rock-ribbed hills Of the
Usage nation. and those who know
him intimately say that his house re-
sembles a barn rather than a place Of
human habitation.
He rarely visits white settlement,
and when "bootleggers" cannot be
found he becomes enraged and threat
ems dire vengeance against the white
race His threats, however, mean
nothing for he is too lazy to
make an effort toward white
persons. His own sons declare
him harmless. and say that since oil
and gas has been discovered on their
lands and great riches have come to
the family the chief is growing cross,
except when whisky is at hand.
Every member of the Usage tribe,
consisting of about 1000, is worth
$4,000. Those who were fortunate
in selecting their lands along the seth
meridian, in the midcontinent oil field,
are immensely wealthy.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-11

in our cellar next fall as the average
city man thinks he is going to raise
this spring.
We rather admire the equipoise Of a
woman who can see a pin on the side
walk and pass right by without stoop-
ing to pick 1t up.
We are always disappointed when
we are introduced to big, husky man
and he gives us one Of those sloppy,
fishy handshakes.
The government pure food expert
says that whisky in bottles Is the best
It is only best as long as 1t remains
in the bottle.
There are three steps in life that
mark epochs-when the baby takes the
first. step across the room, when the
son takes his first step into business
life, and when the man, his work fin
ished, steps into the great beyond.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-11
MOVING TO CANADA.
m.nv Nebraska and Iowa Farmers
Goino Across the Border.

Many Nebraska ana iowa Fa'0s
Goina Across the Border.
In the first half of April 42S persons
from Nebraska and Iowa moved
across the border and became citizens
of Canada, says the Omaha corre-
snondent of the New York Herald.
They carried seventy-nine carloads OF
household goods and their combined
property was worth $S24,SO5. the
movement from the central west into
western Canada has become so serious
that the census bureau Of the United
States reports that the middle western
states have not gained in population
in five years, despite the thousands OF
new settlers who have arrived from
the east. According to this census the
outgoing settlers just about balanced
the incoming ones-and the principal
destination of the outgoing settlers
was western Canada.
Twice last month full trains were
run from this section to Canada. One
went to Calgary, the other to Regina
From these points the people In the
trains scattered to their destinations
Saskatoon received the largest num-
Der of any one town Of the train des-
tined to Regina, while Red Deer, mid
way between Calgary and Edmonton,
got the lions share of those who went
to Calgary.
The men going into Canada from
Nebraska and Iowa are not those who
have made failures and are moving
along, hoping for something to turn
up" On the other hand, they are the
best farmers in the country, and in
most cases have sold their lands here
and are moving to Canada, expecting
to buy larger farms than they had in
this country, using only part Of the
money for which they sold.
AS compared with the prospects for
an increase of land values in western
Canada, the prospects in Nebraska
and Iowa are small indeed. Here the
land has about reached its maximum
value for farming; in Canada the far
mers say they can buy land cheaper,
and within a few years its value will
be many times it's present cost.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-11
GOOD MEDICINES.
Vastly Important Drugs Should Be
Trustworthy,

Vastly Important Drugs Should Be
Trustworthy,
mo; because any man, however ig-
norant, with any motive, however ig-'
noble, may manufacture and sell any
of the $4,000 compounds known to
organic chemistry, and may allege for
them what curative powers he will,
and because, too, of this unlimited OPP
portunity for fraud among the older
drugs it becomes a matter Of no sur
prise to learn that at the present time
among the great number of firms man.
ufacturing remedial agencies there Is
the greatest conceivable diversity in
science, sincerity and wisdom.
"These drugs come from the utter
most parts of the earth-from the
dark forests of Brazil, from the frozen
Siberian steppes, from the banks Of
the 'gray-green greasy Limepo river,
all set about with fever trees or from
'silken Samarkand'-bu almost every
where they are gathered by barbarous
peoples, the lowest Of earth's denizens.
1t is small wonder then, that with any
one plant there should be a variation
among its individual specimens in the
proportion Of the active medical agent
it contains. But when we add to this
the fact that in general terms, the per
cent Of the active ingredient depends
on the amount of sunshine it enjoys,
on the time of the year it is gathered,
even on the time Of the day, on the
amount of moisture, the elevation, the
character Of the soil, and dozen 9TH
er factors it becomes almost a neces-
sity Of thought that the amount Of
medicine in that plant must vary
from a maximum to nothing at all.
"a mans wife goes bravely down to
the gates Of death to pass through, or
1t mayhap, to come slowly back, bear
ing radiantly with her the flaming
torch of another life. Ergot Is re-
quired. Now, ergot is fungus grow
ing upon rye, where 1t destroys and
displaces the ovary Of the plant. 1t
comes from Russia, Austria, Sweden,
Spain and where not; its chemical
analysis does not seem to yield relia-
BILE information, for its active constit-
uents are not definitely understood.
Finally, the physiological activity Of
the drug may be good. or little, or
zero. just as it may chance, while af-
ter the lapse Of year it becomes un-
fit for use. Yet it is to this substance,
so utterly variable. that the physicians
must trust the life Of the woman and
the child" Robert Kennedy Duncan
in Harper's for April.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-11

"a The thing that is holding back
Alaskan mining and trade Is the mad
equate railroad facilities Of the coun-
try-an insuperable obstacle to trade
beyond the merest necessities Of exist
ence. says a writer in System. At the
present time there is only one railroad
that penetrates to the interior of Alas
ka, and Of that only thirty miles are on
American soil. This road runs from
Skagway, at the head Of Lynn canal,
and connects the tidewater with the
Yukon river. Except during the four
months that navigation is open-from
June to October-this railroad con-
trolls the trade of the Yukon valley. 1t
is as If the only railroad between the
Atlantic and the Mississippi were from
Albany to Troy.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-11

ALMOST READY.-A committee Of
shareholders which waited upon the
superintendent of a California mine
in days gone by to ask why the said
mine hadn't panned out anything but
calls upon shareholders was gracious
ly received and invited to be seated,
and the official explained:
Gentlemen you are all aware of the
fact that we had scarcely begun work
when the mouth of our mine was
blocked by landslide. That put us
back a month"
They nodded their remembrance.
"Then we had just got in shape to
take out 1000 tons of ore worth ST.
900 per ton when the mine caved in.
You recall it?"
They did.
"Once more we bent ourselves to
the burden Of reaping $500 for every
ten invested when the mine was flood
ed by a subterranean river"
That was true also.
Then we had just got the water
WHGll we OiSCONSISu lllcll Jul liAiAS
was located on another mans claim.
We had him shot to prevent trouble,
and once more we were about to de-
clare a dividend of 200 per cent. when
the dead mans heirs put in an ap-
pearance. There were three Of them.
We chased one over the range, had
another hung by the vigilance COM
mittee, and 1 am happy to inform you
that 1 have four men out after the
other, and am every hour expecting
to hear that he has tumbled off a
cliff Gentlemen, there is hope ahead
golden hope. Please come up and
drink with me, after which there will
be another call of 10 per cent from
you!"-Tit-Bits
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-11

53' There is a good deal Of heroism
in the world of the sort that gets into
the public eye and receives medals as
a reward, as the giving out of sixty
three such tokens of gold, silver or
bronze by the Carnegie hero commits
sion attests, says the Boston Trans
cript There is more Of the splendid
stuff indeed than even the firmest be-
levers in human natures good quail
tiles would quite think possible with
out all the gratifying figures at hand
to prove its existence And when one
reflects that the heroism which may
be known of all men is only about
One-thOusandth part as great as the
sort that never will and never may be
known it makes one feel that the
world and the times are good.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-11

did not go to see it in person but will
do so later. The property is in the
oil region and two wells will be sunk
at an early day by the new owners.
While away Mr.. Smith visited rela-
tives at Plano, Tex, and spent two
weeks with his brother Mr.. Lee Smith
at Russellville, Ark. He also visited
Galveston, Fort Worth and Houston,
Tex. He declined an offer to exchange
his newly acquired property for for
ty-acre tract near Russellville, Ark.
Mr.. Smith is full Of enthusiasm and
believes that oil will be located on his
land.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-11

derful boy" said the father of five.
MY oldest, l mean. He came to me
the other night with a subject for
composition. He asked me offhand to
write it for him. l put down my paper
and wrote ii. l fiattered myself that
/ did rather well with that compost
tion, il having been some time since
| had had occasion to write one, but
! hardly expected the encomium l got
from him. The next day at dinner
time he came rushing home, hurried
up to me and slapped me on the back
"'Hurrah for you, pop!' he cried.
You are all right! You stand third in
the class New York Press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-11

A RURAL CRIrC.-Dr. b. D. Evans,
the mental expert of the Thaw trial,
was criticising at a physicians dinner
the browbeating methods Of cross-eX-
animation that the courts permit.
But my criticism" Dr. Evans end
ed, has been feeble, and what good
is feeble criticism? The critic, to
score, must be epigrammatic, unex-
pected, humorous.
Thus, in my native Bridgetown. a
candidate for congress spoke at a
mass meeting, and afterward politi-
clan asked an old farmer what he
thought Of the speech.
wall, 1 dunno said the old man,
soberly, but l think six hours rain
would "a done us lot more good.
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
County of York.
COURT or coMMoN PLlAa.

Catherine V. Miller as Administrative
Of the Estate Of Henrietta Campbell
Traywick. Deceased, Plaintiff
Against NJ. ]. Campbell, Robert A.
Miller and ]. E. Traywick, and II he
be dead. his heirs at law, Margaret
Traywick and Pansy T. Mcconnell,
observation-disclosures for Relief
Complaint Filed)
To the Defendants Above Named:
VOU are hereby summoned and re-
L 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 a 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 IL you fail
to answer the complaint within the
time aforesaid, the plaintiff In this ac-
ton will apply to the Court for the re-
lief demanded in the complaint.
J. 8. BRICE,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Dated Yorkville, 8. c., May 21, A. d.
1907.
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WHITE GLOVES NOT NEEDED.-Years
ago Mr. D. E. Converse visited his old
home and while there attended a court
over in Canada. While he was in the
court house an officer arose, addressed
the Judge and presented him with
pair of white gloves. 1t was an old
custom in the English courts to give
the judge a pair Of gloves when there
was no murder case on the docket.
How long do you think dozen pairs
would last in this state, II the same
custom was in force. The criminal
dockets are a disgrace. They show that
we lack much of reaching that plane
Of civilization where human life Is safe.
This state may not be worse than
some other southern states, but that
Is no excuse for the unwarranted hon.
icides that prevail. Since the first OF
January there have been three in this
city, one at Blacksburg, one at jones'
vile and one at Yorkville. The par
ties engaged in these are all white. II
is usual for our white people to claim
that they are much better than the ne
gro. But the above record shows that
they are more bloodthirsty. 1t Is no
use now to discuss the causes that
have led up to the semi-savage condi-
ton. 1t Is well known that since 1890
our people have been taught that 1t
was right to kill people under certain
conditions Then judges have been too
ready to grant bail. Courts have been
influenced by political conditions and
jurors in some counties have made out
verdicts under the influence Of parti-
san affiliations. We are glad to know
that there is an improvement in our
courts. Independent judges and jurors,
a repression Of the mob spirit and
loyal support of law and order Will
soon bring about a better condition.
Carolina Spartan.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-11

61' Mamma" asked little Emersonia
Osgoodson, "who translated the Bible?"
THE accepted version Of 1t, my
DEAR answered her mother "is the
work of learned Englishmen."
"Englishmen! Then that Is why there
Is no epistle to the Bostonians!"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-11

Every boy who plays around rail-
road yards and makes practice Of
jumping on trains imagines he is a
great deal more clever than the one
legged men Of his acquaintance ever
were.-Atchison Globe.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-11
GASToN.

Gastonia Gazette, June Z: Miss Leila
Oates returned to her home at Tirzah,
S. c., yesterday after visit of several
days to her grandfather, Mr.. j. c. An
thony, in the Pisgah neighborhood.. -.
A new conclave Of the Improved Or
der Heptasophs was organized at Oak
Ridge school house, York county, 5.
c.. Tuesday night by Deputy Supreme
Organizer John B. Sloan Of Rock Hill,
S. c.. and Deputy Organizer T. n.
Kendrick OF Gastonia. Thirty-four
members were present to meet the or
ganizers and the lodge was instituted
and named the ]. NJ. Kendrick con-
clave, after Mr.. Hendricks father,
this being the first conclave Mr.. Ken
drick has organized in his district. BY
a unanimous vote forty-three appli-
cants were passed on and it will be
seen that the membership Of the new
conclave is large enough to insure a
good lodge. The following officers
were elected: Past archon, T. E.
Brandon: archon, John j. Stewart;
secretary, Thomas L. Sparrow; finan-
cier, Dr. T. \. Dulin; treasurer, j. Ru-
fus Sparrow; provost, William H.
Glenn: prelate, ]. Hope Barnett; in
spector, f. L. Hudspeth; warden, j.
NJ. Barnett: sentinel, l.. r. Brandon;
trustees. r. L. Quinn, Fred Jackson
and ]. E. Brandon. The statement
l.. do nd hHro
a position to have the facts in hand,
that during the past twelve months
CASTOR has graded a third more pub
lie roads than any other county south
Of Mason and DiXon's line. The gen
tleman making this statement Is in
close touch with the work that has
been going on in CASTOR and also
makes it a point to keep up with SIM
liar work in all other sections of the
south. This is indeed a matter of
which CASTOR cOuntians may we'll be
proud. When all the road that has
been graded is macadamiZed the coun-
ty will have one of the very best sys-
TENS Of roads to be found. ..... Mr..
Albert Smith returned on No. 40 early
this morning from Texas where he
participated in the land drawing of
the Sante Fe and Frisco Land Devel-
opment company. He was gone just
month, having left here on May I.
Mr.. Smith was one of the lucky ones.
He obtained three five-acre tracts of
farm lands in Montgomery county and
two lots in the town of Kenan. The
land was some thrty-five miles from
where the drawing took place and he
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A square consists Of the space occu-
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Tuesdays issue, and on Thursday at
noon, when intended for Fridays is
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respect inserted at the rate Of 10 cents
per line.
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NOTICE.

To the absent defendants, J. e.
Traywick, Robert A. Miller. Margaret
Traywick and Pansy T. Mcconnell:
Please take notice that the summons
Of which the foregoing Is copy, to-
gether with the complaint in this ac-
ton were filed in the office Of J.. A
for York County, South Carolina, at
York Court House in Yorkville, 8. c.,
on the 21st day Of May, A. D. 1907.
]. s. BRICE,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Yorkville, s. c., May 21st, A. D. 1907.
IL I st
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MACHINE SHOP.

MACHINE SHOP.
TN addition to having a first class
l. machinist in our machine shop to
make all kinds Of repairs to Machin-
cry, Engines, etc., we also have Mr..
M. P. Jonas, thoroughly competent
Blacksmith. Mules and Horses shod
at go cents round.
NEELY MANUFACTURING CO.
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