Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-19
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west Of here, in the extreme northern
part Of the Panhandle. The appear
ance of number of mounds upon
what was otherwise a level plain at
tracted Mr.. Everly's attention, and he
began Investigations. His excavations
have revealed buried buildings, in
which are human bones, ancient pot
terry, and stone utensils. The mounds
are rectangular in shape, and their
number shows that 1t was a city Of
only several thousand inhabitants.
The character of the ruins indicates
that they antedate the Aztecs or Toll
tres. Mr.. Everly will make further
excavations.
The intense jealousy between Eng
land and Germany Is emphasized by
an official announcement just made in
London, that the Island Of st. Helena
is to be strongly fortified and heavily
garrisoned. This is the answer given
by England to the announcement that
the German government intends to es-
tablish a naval station on the Gamer
Don coast. Although the new German
station Is over fifteen hundred miles
from st. Helena, the fortification Of
the latter will tend to maintain Brit
ish supremacy in the South Atlantic.
The island came into the possession Of
the English In 1878, as conquest from
the Dutch. 1t is only about ten miles
long by six broad, Is Of volcanic orr
gin, a summit Of a submarine group
Of mountains, has a population OF
about four thousand, has no trade, and
is known simply as the place Of exile
of the Emperor Napoleon.
New York, July Is: In a contest
begun in Wall street to compel the
directors Of the American Steel Found
ry company to pay a dividend on the
preferred stock 1t has developed that
four officials of the company will draw
as salaries for the last fiscal year more
than 100000. or this sum the pres
ident Of the company, William ".
Kelly of Chicago, will receive $4,000.
The other men who will participate
are vice-Presidents Robert p. La
mont, w. w. Butler and G. e. Scott.
To each Of these, 1t Is stated will be
paid from $165,000 to $4,000. The dis
closures came as a result of discov-
cry Of a secret contract made two
years ago between the directors and
Mr.. Kelley took the presidency on the
condition that he could place his own
men as assistants and that bonus would
be granted on an ascending scale, so
that II the company earned $2,000,OOO
or more net he and his three associates
would obtain S3 1-3 per cent. Net
earnings this year are expected to be
approximately $2,500.O0O.
Philadelphia Record: The police of
Haddington are looking for a canine
dentist, who pulls the teeth Of his pa
tients without their permission. AS
a result Of his efforts there are nearly
fifty toothless dogs running around
that vicinity and bones are becoming
a glut on the market. To keep the
animals alive many Of them are being
fed on baby food, and they don't like
it bit. Although no decided clews
have been obtained, it has been report
ed that the tooth-puller is the father
Of boy who was severely bitten by
dog two weeks ago. The man, 1t is
said, swore that in order to reach the
guilty animal he would pull the teeth
of every dog he met in Haddington.
For several nights the residents of
Sixty second and Sixty third streets
have been startled by blood-curdling
yells and weird cries. Now 1t is be-
lieved that these were poor dogs who
were undergoing midnight dental oper-
ations. Just how the dentist manages
to work is a mystery. The anti
cruelty societies have been notified,
and their agents are said to be close
on the trail Of the revengeful man.
Although order has been restored
in the southern districts Of France by
the presence of overwhelming bodies
of troops, predictions are freely made
Of more serious trouble in the near fu-
ture. The price Of wine in the vine
yard district of the south has gone
down to about ten cents gallon, the
laborers are said to be starving, many
Of the growers have been forced into
bankruptcy, yet the wine dealers and
factors Of Paris are said to be realizing
fortunes by taking this ten-cent wine,
treating 1t with certain chemicals and
selling II at from two to five dollars
a bottle. They are also importing
from the east enormous quantities Of
raisins, which are soaked in water
from thirty-six to forty-eight hours
and then treated as fresh grapes, the
result being a mild, straw-colored
wine, which Is doctored with chemicals
and sold under various high-sounding
names. The suggestion Is made that
the wine growers clear out their vine
yards and plant other crops, but they
are very loath to do this, for the vine
requires several years to come into
proper bearing and the wine growers,
as a rule, know little or nothing Of
any other form Of agriculture.
Atlanta Journal: Following the
issuance by the United States war de-
partment Of a formal order, the sale
Of coca cola, a widely advertised and
popular soft" drink, has been forbid
den in all the army posts Of the At
lantic division. The order was issued
at the instance Of Surgeon General
Robert NJ. O'Reilly. who recommended
that the sale be discontinued at the
post exchanges. A copy of his recon-
mendations was not obtainable at the
department of the gulf Saturday, but
the adjutant general there said that
he understood that the surgeon gener-
al claimed that the enlisted men be-
came addicted to the habit of drinking
coca cola, and that certain ingredi-
ents of the beverage induced the hab-
It, The adjutant general couldn't re-
member what these ingredients were,
or what specific effect they had on the
soldiers more than the surgeon gen.