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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-30

No ExcUsE.-The judge had his pa
thence sorely tried by lawyers who
wished to talk and by men who tried
to evade jury service. So when the
puzzled little German, who had been
accepted by both sides, jumped up the
Judge was exasperated.
"Shudge!" cried the German.
What Is it?" demanded the judge.
II rink l like to go home to my
wife," said the German.
You can't" retorted the judge. sit
down."
But, shudge," persisted the Ger
man, II don't tink make a good shu-
rer."
You're the best in the box" said
the Judge. sit down."
But, shudge," persisted the little
German, II don't speak good English
You don't have to speak any at all,
said the judge. "Sit down"
The little German pointed to the
lawyers to make his last desperate
plea
"Shudge," he said, Il can't make
holdings Of what these fellows say"
1t was the judges chance to get ever
for many annoyances.
Neither can any one else" he said
sit down." With sigh the little
German sat down.-Tit-Bits.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-30

WHICH WAY?-The story is told Of
a major who was in command OF
troops who were in pursuit Of some
outlaws. In the chase he arrived at g
village to discover that he was too late
to intercept them, and finally ordered
the horses unsaddled and fed.
Now the majors hostler was a sor
OF ireland, ignorant of everything per-
tanning to the equestrian art, and
coming in from the village in state
bordering on intoxication, he put the
majors saddle on the horse facing tc
the rear. When the horses were
brought up for fresh start the ma
jor. instantly discovering the mistake
demanded the reason for 1t.
An shure," said Pat. little terrified
AN shure. major, an l didn't know
which way you was going!"
An explosion followed-the major
was satisfied-and Pat escaped pun
ishment-Harper's Weekly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-30
humorous department.
A Few Honest Men Left.

There are still a few honest men
left in the world" said ]. j. Hill, the
financier, at a banquet, according tc
the Minneapolis Journal. 1T is well
to be cautious, but we should not sus-
pect everybody. If we are too sus-
picious we make ourselves absurd.
Il worked in ST. Paul in my youth
and they still tell there about an old
farmer and his wife who started fol
st. Paul on a visit.
Before the couple set off they were
cautioned frequently by their friends to
replied that they would keep their
eyes open. And they started on their
journey with a nervous determination
to look out for sharpers and confidence
men.
We'll, on the way the old farmer got
off at a junction to buy some lunch
and the train went off without him. 1t
was a terrible mishap. The last ne
saw of his wife she was craning out
of the car window, shouting something
reproachful at him which he couldn't
hear on account of the noise Of the
train.
1T happened that an express came
along a few minutes later. The old
farmer boarded the express and beat
his wife to ST. Paul by nearly an hour.
He was waiting for her at the sta
tion when she arrived. He ran up to
her and seized her valise.
We'll, Jane he said, I'm glad to
see We again. l thought we was sep
arated for good
But the old lady jerked the valise
from him Indignantly.
mo, ye don't, Mr.. Sharper she
cried. I left my husband at the juno
ton. Don't be comm any Of yer con-
fidence tricks on me or I'll call a po-
liceman.'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-30
coLoRS IN RAlNBoWS.
,, Books Say Thers Are Seven, But Few
Observe That Number.

How many colors are there In the
rainbow, or what Is the same thing
how many can one make out in the
light that has come through a dia-
mond, a piece Of cut glass or the bev-
eled edge Of a mirror? The books OF
course, say seven. But how many peo-
pie really do see three different shades
of blue as distinct on one side Of the
green as are the red, orange and yel-
low on the other?
By no means everybody, we may
be sure, although, on the other hand,
1t is known that certain sorts Of ants
when they look at the rainbow see
only the sky where we saw the red
band, while, to make up for 1t, they
see next the violet on the other side
Of the bow, one or two colors invisible
to us.
Now, IL there are rainbow colors
which men do not see at all, and II
some people make out only six colors
where others distinguish seven, be-
cause they are blind to one Of the
three shades of blue, one might guess
that there would be people somewhere
in the world who would be able to find
no more than five different colors, or
perhaps, only four. There really is
reason for thinking that this is the
case.
The early Greeks had no word for
blue, and Gladstone always main
tanned that it was because they could
not see blue. Moreover, it seems to
be a general rule that where a Ian
guage does not have words for red,
yellow, green and blue the blue is al
ways the one to be lacking, and trav-
elers among the savage tribes in the
interior Of Borneo have reported them
to be blue blind.
Lately several teachers who have
gone from the United States to the
Philippine islands and taken schools
among the Vasayans-who, of course
are related to the real Filipinos only
as the Indians to us-have complain
ed of the difficulty in making their
pupils learn the names Of colors.
These little brown children use in
school red, orange and yellow crayons,
exactly as American children do, but
they get sadly mixed over the blues
and greens. The Visayan boys insist
that their dark blue trousers are black
AS indeed, we should take them to
be in the evening. The girls like best
to wear red and yellow, which they
see as we do, but purple they think is
brown or red, their light blue dresses
they take to be green, while they in
sist that sky and grass are only diff
ferent shades Of the same color.
1t is as If these children saw all the
time by gaslight, by which as we all
know, dark blues are black and light
blues can hardly be told from green.
There are scientists who hold that
ages ago men could see in the rainbow
only red, orange, yellow and green,
and that gradually as they have pro-
gressed in other respects they have ad-
ded first greenish blue, then indigo,
only lately violet and will by and by
add others still.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-30
THE FITA-FlTA GUARD.
Our Army of Tall Men on One Of the
Samoan islands.

The army" here Is most peculiar
napolis News from Tutuila. 1t con-
sists Of sixty native soldiers called the
"Fita-fita ita''-pronounced "feetah-fee-
tah." On a straight salary basis these
soldiers are probably the best paid SOL
diers in the world, being entered In
the naval service of the United States
as apprentice seamen and getting $16-
SO a month, while the American SOL
dier gets only $13 in money to start
with.
But, while the Fita-fita guard Is
the highest salaried soldier, he does
not get as much as the American $13-
a-month soldier gets, because after
getting a $45 clothing allowance at
the time of his four-year enlistment
he does not get any further clothing
allowance, though, like the soldier al
home, he gets a food allowance Of So
month.
These Fita-fitas would make great
hit at a presidential inauguration in
Washington. They are the sons OF
old hereditary chiefs and Of other ma
tives of high degree, and there is not
a man in the lot that is not an Apollo
that is not almost six feet tall and
perfectly nodded.
The uniform Is of a brilliant red
silken-like turban which the soldiers
wind about their finely shaped heads
in a most graceful manner; ribbed
white, short-sleeved gauze undershirt
which is a sort of peek-a-boo fol
their fine brown skin, and a two-foot
lava-lava, or loin cloth, which they
wrap around them and hold with a
belt They wear nothing under It
leaving their feet quite free. Around
the skirt of this lava-lava are two
thin strips or ribbons Of the beauti-
full red of their head dress, and the
officers wear their insignia on the
short Stoves of their white under
shirts-.n their case, however, over
shirts-in the same beautiful red.
They are remarkable soldiers in
many respects, and their American
commanding officer. Sergeant j. F
Cox, is inclined to the belief that they
are the most proficient soldiers in the
world in the manual drill. 1t GER
tainly does ones eyes good to look al
them. 1t was their band-uniformed
in the same manner-that played THE
Star Spangled Banner" with such in
spiration.
The soldiers are well equipped with
the latest rifles, but they have am
munition. All the natives-much
given to inter-island and tribal wars
in the old days-gave up their arms
when they accepted the Stars and
Stripes, and with the exception of
possibly a few old shotguns they have
nothing but their primitive war
knives, clubs and javelins, In addi-
ton to the Fita-fitas there ar $50
marines here, but in the first six year
of United States occupation of the
island there has been no need for
either of these forces.
The people are delighted with their
new flag It's red and white stripes
please their eyes and they seem also
to love the flag because with 1t came
an era Of prosperity that they had
never known before, and also because
it did not materially interfere with
their chiefs who still have their
prestige and in addition are now get
ting salaries.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-30

months, was taken to the Presbyterian
hospital at Charlotte this morning fol
treatment. He was taken through the
country from his home. being accom-
panied by Messrs. l. L. and ]. R.
Henderson. Reece Patrick and DR.. G.
R. Patrick. Mr. Wilson was not sc
we'll yesterday. His condition at pres
ent is not considered critical 1t Is
hoped that the treatment at the hos
pital will be beneficial to him.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-30

CLASS C, No. 3-$4S.00.
widows Of soldiers :illed in the war.
whose annual incomes are less than
s100.l
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-30

THE CAsT-OFF BABY.-The stork
had been a recent visitor to the home
of Mrs. Smith, who already was the
mother Of a year-old baby boy. A
chance meeting in the corner market
was the opportunity for Mrs. Smiths
neighbor, Mrs. Jones to break the
news to her friend Mrs. Brown.
Dorothy Jones, five years old, paused
in her task of arranging the covers
about her new doll. She had expe-
rienced difficulty recently in finding in
the person of a less fortunate neigh
Dor girl a mother for a doll with q
broken nose and one arm that had
been her former favorite and fol
which there was no room in her di-
minutive establishment when the new
doll came. She pulled at her mothers
skirts inquiringly.
Mamma" she asked, did you Say
Mrs. Smith had new baby?"
"Yes dearie, a brand new baby,
answered the mother.
well mamma" came the unsatis-
fed query, what's she going to dc
with her old ?"-Chicago Tribune
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Ths gorkrille enquirer.
Entered at the Postoffice as Second
Glass Mail Matter.
Published Tuesday and Friday.
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Inserted at One Dollar per square for
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A square consists of the space occu-
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- Contracts for advertising space
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noon, when intended for Fridays is
sue.
- Cards Of thanks and tributes Of
respect inserted at the rate Of 10 cents
per line.
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GASTON.

Gastonia Gazette, April 26: Joe Es-
ties. negro, was arrested by Police
man Carroll yesterday on a warrant
sworn out last December by S. w.
Moore of York county, charging him
with riding off with horse belonging
to Mr. Moore. Deputy Sheriff Quinn
of York, came up this morning to take
the negro back to Yorkville for trial
The offense was committed last June
... AT Gainesville, Gil, last Thurs
day Miss Toxic Lyles was married to
Mr.. w. NJ. Moore. son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
C. w. Moore of Gastonia. They ar
rived in Gastonia Friday and will make
their home here, Mr.. Moore having
accepted a position at the Loray He
is a brother of Mr.. Henry Moore and
cousin of Mr. Land Moore, both con-
nected with Loray.. "A report came
to Gastonia yesterday that there were
twenty cases of smallpox at Grouse
station, which is just across the line
in Lincoln county. This report seems
to have been exaggerated but had foun-
dation in fact. A telephone message
from Cherryville to the Gazette this
morning brought the information that
there were several mild cases Of the
disease at Grouse. possibly six or sew
en-, around the factory of the Burke
Manufacturing company. The name
of only one victim. however, could be
learned, that Of Mr.. NJ. NJ. Burke, pro-
prietor of the Burke Manufacturing
company w His many friends were
glad to see Mr.. j. B. F. Riddle Of the
Union neighborhood on the streets
yesterday for the first time in many
weeks. Mr.. Riddle, who is up in the
seventies, has just recovered from a
serious attack of pneumonia. go. Mr..
]. Laban Wilson, who has been seri-
ously i'll at his home in the Union
neighborhoOd for the past several
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-30

CLASS C-No. 4-$21.07.
widows above the age of go years,
whose annual incomes do not exceed
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-30
YORK COUNTY PENSION ROLL
List Of Those Who Are to Receive
From Appropriation.
There ARE 81 BENEFIClARIES In ALL.
Class A, Gets SOC; Class 3, s72; Class
c I and Class c 8, $4s; and Glasses
c 2 and c q Pro Rata the Remain

der.
Below is a list of the York county
soldiers and widows who are entitled
to pensions. 1t Is a revised reproduc-
tion from the list furnished to the
clerk Of the court by the state board
The official list is full of errors. The
errors have been made at different
times in transcription, and re-produc-
ed from year to year. We have been
at great pains to correct the list as
far as possible, and while there are no
doubt still some errors in the follow
ing, 1t is more nearly correct than the
original:
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CLASS A-S96. m

physically helpless as the result oi
wounds received during the war and
not possessing an income exceeding
$50 per annuml.
Clinton. w. J...............Ro Rock Hill
Robinson, Jno.. .Catawba
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09
BEYOND DREAMS OF AVARICE

The figures submitted in the re-
port of Herbert Knox Smith. com
missioner of corporations, published
in yesterday mornings dispatches,
upon the operation 0 the Standard
Oil company, staggei the magma
ton.
The Standard has claimed that it
has reduced the price Of oil; that
it has been a benefit TO the consum-
err; and hal only a great cOmbina-
ton like it could have furnished oil
at the prices that have prevailed.
Each one of esehtmiscal
Each one of these Claims" says
Commissioner Smith, lis disproyed
by this repo1o.
The increase in annual profits of
the Standard from 1896 to 1904.
Was over S27 100000. The increase
in annual profits-'annual profits"
mark you-for eight years preced-
ing 1904, was over SGT, O90, 900
Charlotte Observer
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09
PRINCE OF NATURE TAKERS.

Chester county, South Carolina,
has produced the prince of nature
takers.
A gentleman from the rural dis
trict brings to his county seat some
information concerning the enter
prise of a turkey gObbler that ont
longs Dr. Long. This bird, scorning
the life of idleness led by most of
his kind, indicated the desire to
"set" and a accorded the privilege
he sought. F~orty-two guinea eggs
were entrusted to his maternal care
and he eagerly undertook the charge
giving them his undivided attention,
until in the course of time thirty
sever biddies pipped their way into
into the land of "Quatracks."
A week has elapsed since this hap
Ply result crowned the efforts of his
commendable Gobbleship and the
youngsters are all alive and doing
we'll.
The mother CD of the brood is
quite proud of his progeny and gives
them most devoted attention, though
he shows some misgivings in launch
ing them into the teething period.
This story is VOuched for and the
narrator will stand for it even though
he should fall under the ban of our
strenuous president, who probably
will say that turkey gobblers never
sit upon eggs and never hatch out
guineas.-Charlotte Chronicle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09
GRANDFATHER CLAUSE

Referring to the fact that Georgia
voted prohibition and grandfather
suffrage Ia the same week, The New
York Evening Post says that pro
hib1ion legislation in the south, to
be consistent, should include a grand
father and educational clause per-
mitting free liquors all persons who's
ancestors had fought in one or the
wars Of the United States, or who
can dacipher or interpret the mean
ing Of the label on the bottle"
The man who woEld devise a plan
to prohibit the sale of liquor TO all
who drink to eXcesg when they can
get easily, without restricting those
who use it only for medicine OF fam
lily purposes, would be hailed as a
popular 5~enefaCtor.
Unfortunately the drink habit
ruins all who come under its way,
whether they lave the most dis
tinguished grandfathers or no grand
fathers at all. Love Of drink, like
death puts all men. o ma common
plane, for It sends the educated and
the illiterate alike to. the gutter if
they swill long enough-News and
Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09
THE SOUTH AND THE PREST-
DENCI.

Referring to Senator Bacon's hard
luck, The New York Tribune
says:
THE legislature forgot to elect
the senator in proper season and he
lost the first four months OF his
new term. This week he came out
with a program for nominating a
southern man for president and elm
mating railroad ownership and the
initiative and referendum as demo-
craft cissues.
But before the Bacon interview
had soaked in Mr.. Bryan appeared
with a notice that the nomination
for 1908 had been fOreclosed-and
that the south would have to hold
the bag again for a progressive
northern candidate.
"A better system for no-interfer-
ence ought to be worked out by the
democratic leaders and platform
makers"
Of course, this is a republican
view, but eve a republican can tell
the truth-sometimeS-CharlOt
Chronicle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09
A GETS SHOT,.
Destroyed the Still, Waylaid and
Shot by Unknown Man

News has reached this city OF
what came nea being a serious shoot
ing affair near Roxboro on the 9th
of last month.
Deputy Sheriff Gates and Chuck"
Andrews went on a hunt for an illicit
still In the neighborhood of Roxboro.
They found the still, and after de-
stroying same and cutting down sew
eral stands of beer, started for their
home.
When some distance from where
they found the "moonshine" plant
they were fired upon from ambush,
by some unknown person.
Several of the shot which were
fired from a shot gun, lodged in the
back Of young Andrews, but fortu-
nately the distance was so great
that they had spent their force and
there was no serious damage done.
There is no clue as to who it was
that fired the shot, but an effort is
being made to locate the guilty par
ty or parties.
employ of the government but we're
acting under a recent act of the leg
islature, which gave power to the
sheriff to take action in such cases.
Young Andrews, it is learned, has
no inconvenience from his
experience and is now ready for Il
other raid.-Durham Herald.
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RAILROADS AND THE PEOPLE.

In one II the interests Of the
railroads and the country ~traversed
by such railroads are the same. Find
a railroad that is IN q prosperous
condition and y0u generally
find the section through which it
runs similarly blessed The farmer
plants a large crop. The season is
good. He reaps an abundant har-
vest. He is prosperous. The rail-
road that hauls that crop to market
is also prosperous.
On the other hand small crops not
only mean small profits for the far
mer, but small profits for the rail-
road whose source TO revenu comes
from hauling the farmers product.
To carry the point further, when the
farmer makes a good crop he has
more money to spend On travel, etc.
The railroad gets this surplus.
From this homely illustration it
may be seen that the interests of
the public and the railroads are in
common
Conditions that adds to the well
fare Of one, affect with equal good
ness the other.-Charlotte News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09
TAKEN IN
Former Servian Merchant of Roam
oke, Wanted There for Murder
Committed Several Months Ago,
In Prison al ChiIecite-WilI Be
Brought Back for Trial.

Moses Ferris, a former Syrian
merchant of this city, who several
months ago stabbed Frank Assaid,
another Syrian merchant, t. death
here and made his escape, has been
captured and put in prison at Chile
cite, Province of Rioja, Argentine
Republic.
Extradition papers will be applied
for, and Ferris, whom there is a re-
reward offered, will be brought
back here to answer the charge of
murder.
Ferris entered Assaid's store at
night and plunged a knife into his
heart.
The Syrian colony have pursued
him and he was caught in South
America where he sought refuge
with some relatives.-Roanoke dis
patch.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09
Jamestown's Accessibility.

Within a twenty-four hOu radius or
the exposition there live some 10000
900 people, or nearly half the popula-
ton of the entire United States. Eight
or ten railroads and as many steam
ship lines center In Norfolk and New
port News, making it possible to bring
.al of these people to the exposition
during the period Of the celebration.
and all who enter the gates of the Co
AouiaI City by the Sea will find enter.
stsfnmaut In the highest sense Of the
georA ~--
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09
SOUTHERN DOUBLE TRACKING.

The work Of double tracking the
Southern Railway between Washing
ton and Charlotte is going on well.
The double track from Greensboro
to Salisbury is now about completed
also from Danville south the double
track is about completed for ten
miles.
the north side Of Charlotte construct
ing a new yard and extending a dou-
Bile track way out OF the city. All
the way from Washington to Char
lotte will be finished and in opera
ton inside of two years.
The Southern seems to be keeping
work and deserves credit for so do
ing.-Charlotte Chronicle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09
SOUTHERN MAY QUIT ALABAMA

AS forecasted Saturday as n Of
the possible results of the disfran-
chisement Of the Southern railway
in Alabama, it is almost positively
asserted this morning that the COM
pany will withdraw from state bust
ness.
1t is even possible that the inter-
state business will be abandoned;
however, this has not been definite
ly determined, although it seems the
railroad officials are ready to make
any move to checkmate the states
assaults.-Montgomery dispatch