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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-06-30
WHY RHETT is RUNNING.
Believes In the Application of Business Principles
to National Politics.

is one of adjusting this tax so that
each industry and element shall bear
it's fair proportion.
The state knows my attitude on
the railroad question. 1 have claim
ed that there was a discrimina-
ton not only against the port
of Charleston, but against all parts of
South Carolina. 1 have cited tarifs,
which show this conclusively. A rail-
road is a public service corporation. 1t
Is the public's trustee for its high
ways, and 1t should be so regulated as
not to discriminate against any in
dustries of any localities. l have never
favored an indiscriminate reduction In
rates. 1 believe that railroads should
be permitted to earn profits, and good
profits, upon actual values, but not
upon watered securities. believe that
service is Of more Importance than
rates, and my voice has always been
for better service, great efficiency and
no discrimination.
"The government has for some time
been irrigating lands Of the western
states, and converting them into fer
tile fields. South Carolina now has
large areas Of land covered by water,
the drainage Of which would convert
them likewise into fertile fields. Inas-
much as the principles in both cases
are the same, the one in adding water,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-06-30

the other in taking it away to effect a
like purpose, the two problems should
be joined, and some method found
whereby government aid should be
rendered for drainage, as we'll as for
irrigation.
I'VE need an increase in our white
population, and should welcome all such
within our borders, all who are strong
and healthy not only in body but in
mind, and do not come to disturb
our standards of labor. I am in favor
OF throwing every safeguard and res
friction around immigration that will
prevent the influx Of undesirable pop
ulatiOn."
while we should welcome as one Of
the solutions OF the negro question the
accession of white population, it would
not be- in my judgment, desirable to
do this by bringing in those to whom
liberty means license; those without
religious faith; those whose standards
Of life are so much below our own that
they would constitute a menace to u.s."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-06-30
The Pampered Poisoner.

A seller of cocaine, in whose posses
sion were found wedding rings, babies
lockets, clothing, household goods and
other articles which testified eloquent
" to the attractive power of his mer-
chandise, was duly convicted the other
day. and fined five hundred and fifty
dollars. The fine was soon paid.
II have had him fined three times,
explained the detective who made the
arrest: "once two hundred dollars,
then three hundred dollars, then four
hundred dollars. He always paid the
fine and went right back To selling
coke"
Counterfeiters are no longer quarter
ed; thieves no longer hanged. But, eX-
cent where direct bodily violence is in
voIyed. the terrorS of the law are still
mostly for those who commit offenses
against property. Poisoning people
upon a systematic commercial plan
that can show a good profit is still re-
garded quite indulgently.
1t might be shame to send CO.
caine seller to the penitentiary-fnr
great many rather harmless decen'
and comparatively admirable pick
pockets, embeZZlerS and forgers WoulC
have To associate with him there
Saturday Evening Post.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-06-30

Following is the platform Of Hon. r.
G. Rhett in his candidacy for United
States senator:
There is, in my judgment, great need
for more business methods in govern
ment. 1t is significant that the DEM
ocratic party has not been in power,
with the exception of eight years, for
almost half a century, although the
solid south, constituting almost one
third of the country, has almost in
variably cast its votes for that party.
| believe it is already due to a lack
of confidence on the part Of the peo-
pie of the country in the capacity OF
the Democratic party to manage the
government upon a business plane,
and by business methods.
"The south does not lack men Of
business capacity and there are not a
few of them at present in the halls of
congress, but they have been follow
ing political and not business lines.
My belief is that IL they subordinate
their political to their business talent
they would regain the confidence OF the
entire country. More than this my
belief is that they would once more
secure the leadership and guide the
policies Of the Democratic party, and
through that party the government OF
the nation.
"As a business man, who has found
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-06-30
AUTO FOR POLAR TRAVEL.
DR.. Charcot, the Antarctic Explorer,
Has Invented a Motor SIedae.

DT. CndTCOI, the HnIdTCIIC GNPloTSI,
Has Invented a Motor SIedse.
DR.. Jean Charcot of Paris, the ia
nous antarctic explorer, who is soon
leaving for another prOtracted voyage
cf exploration to the antarctic cOnti-
nent, is now carrying on a series of
experiments with an auto sledge of his
invention which might have been used
to advantage by the contestants in the
New York to Paris race. The doctor
purposes to use this sledge in travers-
ing the snow covered plains of the eX-
treme south after he has been forced
to leave his ship. The experiments
show that the. sledge is of extreme
utility in travel over deep snow,
whether it is hard or soft He has
been able to climb fairly steep hills
with it and to travel across country
where no roads whatever exist.
The seldge is of great simplicity.
Weighing less than 500 pounds, it Is
composed of three distinct parts. The
chassis is built like an ordinary Nor
wegian sledge. light and strong. The
motor and running parts are placed in
the rear of the sledge and are COM
pctely protected from the snow. A
three horsepower motor is used, with
two speed changes, the first designed
t. give four klumeters an hour and
the second eight.
The most interesting part of the
machine is the propeller. This is COM
posed cf Il wheel having two parallel
rims. connected by crosspieces about
enc foot apart Each of these rims is
supplied with spoon shaped creepers of
steel. which are equally effective in
attacking either ice or snow. The pro-
peIler is suspended in such a manner
that it can follow exactly the contour
of the surface over which it is pass
ing.
So successful were the experiments
as IA whole that DR.. CharcOt says he
intends to take ut least three of the
auto sledges with him, perhaps more
He believes that such sedges will ir
the future to great extent replace
dogs in the quest for the north pole
also. As for the south pole, surround
ed as it is by vast ice fields. almost
perfectly level, he believes that his
Invention has at last rendered that goa
attainable.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-06-30

mated successor, and the dynastic
principle at his hands.
The Republicans go to their doom.
The blood of the victims of the big
stick and the steam roller stick in
their throats as they cheer; their
cheering has the death-rattle. Grand
old Republican party! 1t was a hoss
in it's day. But its living sins have
found it out; the ghosts of half-for-
gotten sins come back to haunt 1t. Ma
jestic fabric of departed glory! even as
turgid Burrows and the frigid Lodge
reviewed its history; it stands for
freedom; it's fight for the Union; the
tramp, tramp, tramp Of the boys in
blue: the sacrifices Of the mothers in
Israel the descent from the heights
of Pisgah down, down, down into the
plains of Moab, the shade of Lincoln
at the elbow of each might have been
heard to whisper-"I don't want to
interrupt you, friend Burrows, but
don't forget to put in something about
the complete abandonment of my
plan Of reconstruction and the scheme
to Mexicanize the government by the
of Andrew Johnson for
trying in good faith to carry it out"
and, Just moment, friend Lodge,
but whilst you are about it, you ought
to say word touching the rape of the
presidency in 1876, and its purchase
in 1896, 1900 and 1904. I could new
er stand for a Republican party SO
faithless to its own integrity and the
And now boys. one and all, on for
Denver!
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-06-30
POISONING AS A FINE ART.
Scale of Prices Submitted to the vene-
tian Council of Ten.

Scale of Prices Submitted to the vens-
tian Council Of Ten.
Venetian poisoners first came into
notoriety in the fifteenth century. At
that period the mania for poisoning
had risen to such q height that the
governments Of the states were form
ally recognizing secret assassination by
poison and considering the removal Of
emperors, princes and powerful mobiles
by this method.
The notorious council Of ten met to
consider such plans, and an account
and record Of their proceedings still
exists, giving the number Of those who
voted for and who voted against the
proposed removal, the reasons for the
assassination and the sum to be paid
for it's execution. e.
Thus these conspirators quietly ar
ranged to take the lives Of many prom
inent individuals, and when the deed
was executed it was registered on the
margin Of their official record by the
significant word "factum."
On December 15, 1543, John or Rag
uba offered the council a selection Of
poisons and declared himself ready to
remove any person whom they deemed
Objectionable, out Of the way. He
calmly stated his terms, which for the
first successful case were to be PEN
sion Of 1,5O0 ducats a year, to be in
creased on the execution of further
services.
The presidents Guolando Duoda and
Pietro Guiarni placed this matter be-
fore the council on Jan. 4, 1914, and
on a division it was resolved to accept
this patriotic offer and to experiment
first on the Emperor Macmillan. John,
who had evidently reduced poisoning
to a fine art, submitted afterward
regular graduated tariff to the council.
The highest fee was for poisoning the
sultan, 500 ducats; for the king OF
Spain, $50 ducats, including the ex-
penses Of the journey; for the duke OF
Milan, so ducats; for the Marquis of
Mantua, so ducats; for the pope, 1SO
ducats.-Health.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-06-30

that his duty lay with the Filipinos.
Only when he was appointed secretary
Of war; where he could continue his
direction of the Philippine policy he
had inaugurated would he change. On
February 1, 1904, Judge Taft became
secretary Of war, succeeding Elihu
Root. The affairs of the army alone
have often proved sufficient to occupy
the whole attention Of an able secre-
tary. Mr.. Taft has had to handle not
only those and the Cuban and. Philip
pine business, but to direct the con-
struction Of the Panama canal as well.
And at not infrequent intervals he has
been called on to participate in the
direction Of other weighty affairs Of
government. He has been the general
adviser Of President Roosevelt, and has
been called into consultation on every
important matter which has required
governmental action.
Aside from the Philippines and the
canal the greatest call that has been
made upon Mr.. Taft since he became
secretary of war came from Cuba
This was a case largely similar to the
Philippine problem. He has provided
the Cubans with government, and
when the Americans quit Havana, the
work finished will be the result of the
labors Of William H. Taft.
AS a worker. Judge Taft Is tireless,
quick and energetic. He never loses
a minute. He is stout and jolly, an
excellent story teller. But he kLs a
temper, and can make the air blue
when his purposes are crossed. He
did not want the nomination, and had
to be forced into it by his half brother,
Charles P. Taft, owner Of the Cincin-
natl Commercial Tribune, and Presi-
dent Roosevelt-New York CONNER
cial
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-06-30

feet in nineteen seconds. While DR..
Bell Is greatly interested in this form
Of flying machine, it is stated on good
authority that his real scientific pet
bears little resemblance to 1t. He Is
now preparing to build an improved
aerodrome, composed of over 5000
cells of tetrahedral form.
These triangular cells are Of silk.
They have a 6-inch base line, and are
framed in thin slips of wood. Instead
of having the two plane surfaces Of
the White Wings form, this aero
drome Is virtually bank Of contigu-
Gus cells The experimental machine
made last year was thirty-nine feet
long and nine feet deep. The new
machine will be trifie larger.
The operator sits in the centre and
easily controls the machine. DR.. Bell,
when questioned as to the prospect Of
developing an effective and practical
machine of this type, said:
1.-The White Wings shows progress
on the exact lines 1t was intended to
follow. 1t is an improved form Of the
successful. 1t secures high speed, at
the expense possibly Of some degree
Of stability.
But, like the others of the same
type, 1t requires the greatest, concen-
tration and presence Of mind AS we'll
as skill for it's effective operation, and
mistakes are apt to have serious re-
suits, especially in the experimental
stages, In which the operator has TO
learn the new business of coping with
instant decision with the wind gusts
and overcoming the vagaries of the
machine.
What 1 am now proposing to do
in my new cellular construction aero
drome is to support the machine and
the operator in the air to begin with.
My experiments are carried on over
water. fly the apparatus in the air
as the schoolboy flies his kite, attach
ing it by the kite strings-or, In this
case, by cable-to steamboat.
"The operator then starts the motor
on the machine. When he begins to
travel faster than the boat the line
slackens and the aerodrome forges
ahead. When from any cause the
motor stops the tow line again be-
comes taut and the aerodrome con-
tinues its flight as a kite.
1.-THE advantage Of this Is that,
while the essentially important mat
ter of experimenting Is being carried
on, absolute safety for the operator
and the machine is insured by the
great stability Of this form Of struc-
ture. I get a slower speed, but am
securing the guiding principles that
we are all in search Of in the new SCI
ence just as surely as is done in the
faster machines, without the element
of risk.
"In point Of fact want to run one
Of these machines myself and in
tend to do 1t"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-06-30
coRsIcAN CUSTOMS.
Curious observances Connected With
Death and Burial.


When a Corsican woman dies she is
always buried in a new costume, which
sometimes with the poorer classes
takes up most Of the family savings,
and as the heat Of the climate renders
burial imperative within tTenty-four
hours the new gown is generally COM
menced directly the dying persons ILL
ness assumes a serious form.
Corsicans reverence the dead, and
feature in a funeral is the "improvisa-
tores"-women whose business It is to
improvise prose poetry to the mourn
ers. Often this improvising is won
derfully beautiful and breathes the
true feeling of sorrow.
The death hunters" attend funerals
and afterward wrestle with the mourn
ers. II a relative Of the deceased gets
the better in the combat 1t Is assumed
that his affection for the departed rel
ative was absolutely genuine.
When the corpse leaves the house
the women gather at an upper window
and. tearing out handfuls Of their hair,
throw it on the coffin. The rich hire
women mourners, who scratch their
faces and are paid in proportion to the
injuries they infict on themselves in
their paroxysms Of grief.
| A Corscan widow wears a strip OF
black material tied on her eyes for
week, and during that period she Is
fed and led about by her friends No
room in her house Is cleaned and no
fire lighted for the same period.
In the cemeteries is a succession OF
little buildings with fiat roofs and
high openings. These are the tombs.
and inside them are rich hangings,
flowers, poetry and lamps, which the
mourners place there in remembrance
OF the departed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-06-30
LAWSON GREATLY INTERESTED.
Wants Bryan to Give Way to john

Although Thomas w. Lawson ap-
pealed to the delegates to the Repub-
lican national convention to renomi-
nate Theodore Roosevelt for president
by means of whole-page advertise
ments in every newspaper in Chicago,
says a Boston dispatch. he has sent
an open letter to William Jennings
Bryan. in which he says:
1.-The sum total of ROOsevelts work
was but to put the people in better
condition for the same old seats at the
galley oars"
He asks Mr. Bryan to say the word
that will result in the nomination of
Governor Johnson Of Minnesota. for
president on the Democratic ticket,
and to accept the nomination for vice
president himself.
AS an evidence of his wish for such
an act, Mr. Lawson. to insure the sue
cess Of the Democratic party, offers
personally to raise 100000 to defray
the campaign expenses Of Governor
Johnson, and if that is not sufficient,
will guarantee another half million.
Mr.. Lawson speaks Of the superior
scheming of President Roosevelt, whom
the people have lifted to a dictator
ship so supreme that he.has just choa-
en- his successor against the will OF the
people," and goes on to say:
I'm Chicago on Thursday the farce,
which has been incubating since tie
October panic, birthed what will be
tragedy to the American people, un-
less something is done to prevent 1t. A
band of professional feeders at the
public crib planned to cram, and did
cram down the throats Of millions of
Republicans a court favorite.
ut has happened that you are the
only man in this country today who
can give the American people the
power to undo the evil wrought to ev-
cry Republican by the act of Roosevelt
and his henchmen. Unless the Demo-
cratic convention nominates man
other than yourself and yet a man
who every voter will know has the full
Bryan strength, the insult attempted by
the Republican convention will be-
come a reality.
1T will be impossible, in my opin-
ion for you to be elected now. If you
saw the word to your party. it will
nominate Governor Johnson. If you
will then accept, in the spirit of SELF
sacrificing patriot, the nomination OF
vice president, this one act of yours
will bring about such q revival of hope
in the breast of the people that in an
other year they will elect an over
whelming majority of members OF
congress who will be in full accord with
the policies which you and Governor
Johnson will formulate.
"The Democratic party, to insure
success, should have a large amount
of money to properly arouse and ele-
vate the people everywhere to the rea
issues, and l will personally raise from
among the people the sum of $5OO,OOC
to defray the expenses of the campaign
of Governor Johnson and yourself, and
if this be not sufficient 1 will personally
add another $5OO,OOO, and l will hold
myself in readiness to do everything
else in my power now and at election
to insure the success Of such ticket
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-06-30

e A tidal power plant capable OF
supplying $4,000 horse-pow is to be
established on the shores of Back Bay,
near Portland, Me. The projectors
have already experimental with
smaller plant at Thomaston, Me-, and
it is claimed from the experience gain
ed i'm this venture that the success of
the larger one is assured.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-06-30

IT, The worlds Sunday schools total
at 10000. with 26,OOO,OOO atten-
dants.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-12

well filled with them until the United States pur-
chased the French claim and also came into con-
troll of the railroad Then, for time its capacity
was more than ever taxed.
It's location is very fne-facing the sea- where
the surf from the Caribbean, mpelled by the trade
Winds is rolling almost to its doors.
The stories of the early days of foreign enter
prise that cluster around this old building would
fill volume, and have no place here.
Just beyond and in front of the main part of the
building stands the stone shaft concentrating
Sir William Aspinwall and the other builders of
the Panama railroad
Now there are good commission hotels at all
the principal points along the line of the canal,
but these are exclusively for the use of the en-
poyees so that the only place for the transient to
find comfortable lodgings is at Colon or Panama
In Colon are several fair hotels that cater to the
general public the best of which is probably the
new Imperial; but none of these compare with the
new Tivoli hotel which is located at the foot OF
Ancon hill in Panama. This is essentially great
summer hotel with the best of modern improve
ments and service The Tivoli is commission
hotel but is open to transients, but they are com.
PEELED to pay a much higher rate than is charged
the Canal employees Considering the dlftlculty
of obtaining many of the articles of food the table
set here is excellent but when compared with
that of many of the Northern hotels there is much
to be desired
Some of the Canal offices are located here and
this hotel is perhaps the real center of social life
upon the Canal zone.
Receptions and dances are held here at stated
intervals and at these are gathered those who are
in the social swim.
It was here that President Roosevelt enter
tanned during his stay upon the Isthmus few
months ago.
The view from the verandas surrounding the
hotel overlooking the City of Panama, the racine
ocean and the surrounding hills and mountains IS
very fine.
Unless one has carefully studied maps of the
region the first morning at this hotel is likely to
be surprise, for one sees the rather unexpected