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The Washington times., 1908-01-13
Have You an Money Awaiting

investment? Such funds will
earn interest for you II deposited in
banking dept. Of Union Trust Co., 18th
and II SITS, and viii be subject TO check.
The Washington times., 1908-01-13
MISS MERRIFIELD DEAD,
FUNERAL TUESDAY

Funeral services for Miss Clara Isabel
Merr1eld who died at her home on Co
lumbia street, Falls Church, yesterday
after a short illness, will be held from
the Congregational Church Tuesday The
interment will be held in lakewood Gem
eteFy
Miss Merrideld, who was fifty-seVen
years old, had been employed for thirty
years as a clerk In the Treasury Depart
menL She was one Of the leading
spirits OF Fails Church. several Of the
recent improvements being due TO her
EFFORTS. She Is survived by a sister.
Inc funeral Of Mrs. Mari who died
az rails CT urch last Friday al the age
or eighty-tETo years. was held from the
home OF her husband on Saturday after
noon The Rev. W. 8. W Thomas con-
Quoted the services. The lntermeut was
at lakewood Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1908-01-13
POSSIBILITIES Of MIND
TOLD TO THEOSOPHISTS

DR. W. w Baker vice president Of
the Washington branch Of the Theo-
sophical Society, delivered a lecture last
night at Pythian Temple on the
Growth and Use of the Mind The
lecturer began with an explanation Of
the difference between the ego, or man.
and the vehicles ne uses Tor action,
feeling, and thought, which duality he
said must be recognized, the ego being
regarded as the actor and the mind the
instrument of thought. The use and
development of the senses was outlined
in a clear and concise manner.
The mind, the speaker said. as the
seat OF reason, comparison, judgment,
and imagination, by means OF definite
training and affection, and a pure life,
may he made TO possess all its inherent
divine powers and may be developed
from a state of potentality 10 one Of
activity.
The Washington times., 1908-01-13

Best Coal at Low Fuces. r. ]. & N. C.
Grace. 9Th & + ne. Phone Lincoln sSs.
The Washington times., 1908-01-13

Swift & COmpany's sales OF FIRE sh beef
I'm Washington for the week ending Sat
Urday, ian. u, %, averaged ne cts. per ID
The Washington times., 1908-01-13
BURGLARS RANSACK
SH0ESHINING PARL0R

Burglars entered the Nicholas DracOs'
shoe shining parlOr. 1915 Z street north
vest, last night. When Nick closed
his parlor ABOUT 10 o'clock last evening
he left 81 in his cash register.
This morning. when he opened his es-
tdbIishmeat he found The glass door
broken, and everything IN his shop
topsy turvy. Nick dashed to the
cash register and opened II. He found
that s. in nickels, dimes, and quarters
had been stolen, bul a s bill. which
was in the back of the drawer was left
by the thieves. Police Of the First pre-
CinCt are investigating the case.
The Washington times., 1908-01-13
DEAD PRIESTS WORK
PRAISED IN PULPITS
Two Sunday Sermons on
DR.. Stafford and Father
Mcguire.

The Rev DR.. D. ]. Stafford and the
Rev. Joseph /. Mcguire, whose deaths
We're universally mourned by Catholics
and non-CathOlics alike, were yesterday
eulogized by the Rev. John Van Schaick,
pastor Of tha Church OF Our Father,
and the Rev Thomas +. Michigan,
assistant pastor of st. Patrick's, took
occasion to nay another tribute 20 DIT.
stafford
Father Michigan told OF the last
wishes OF DIT. Stafford and the
lattcr's hope that the church would con-
tinue as he had worked for IL. He re-
called the general sorrow throughout
the community in DR.. Stanord's death
and the fact that rich and poor, high
and low. lad Joined In mourning his
loss.
Father Michigan thanked the mem
hers of the congregation for the,r gen
crosby ia giving up their own peWs to
the thousands of strangers who h0cked
10 the church. and made an appeal "a
the congregation to band themselves
together 70 continue DR.. stafford Z
work.
The Rev. Mr.. Van schaick paid g
glowing tribute to the work and char
acter OF DR.. Stafford and Father Ma
g--re Mr. Van Schaick told OF how
such men helped materially to draw
members of different faiths closer to-
gether, and said that through the in
fiUence Of such ministers as DIR. Stat
ford and Father Mcguire the world was
made better.
1.-THE things which make a great Cath-
Ole" Le said. make a great Protest
ant. The things which make a great
Protestant make a great Catholic"
The Washington times., 1908-01-13
SALVATION ARMY LEADERS
GUESTS AT A RECEPTION

Adjutant and Mrs. Quirk, Of the Sal
walton Army. were given a farewell
reception at tho army headquarters, 900
Pennsylvania avenue, last night, prior
to their departure fer Baltimore, where
Adjutant Quirk has been assigned TO
duty.
Adfutant and Mrs. Quirk have been
in Washington for eighteen months and
have been Of great help 10 the poor %
the city. Among those who babe them
farewell last night were people Of all
classes WHO appreciated the work dom
bv the army leaders here. In Baltimore
Adfutant Quirk viii assist the divisional
commander, Major Barker. A special
service Will be held here Wednesday
night 10 welcome Captain and Mrs.
Smith, who replace Adjutant and Mrs,
QuiFk here.
Swift & COmpany's sales OF FIRE sh beef
80 un.~Hal q
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-02-28

And he ceased mutterng, and gave
himself up to his thoughts again.
"A better day" moaned Donald Bar
ron: "a better day! God grant l may
never know the misery Of a worse one!"
He moved across the room, stood close
by the side of Gilbert Sem, and laid
his hand upon the young mans shoul-
der. you've done mean and COW
ardly and treacherous thing" he said,
"as we'll as a desperately wicked one.
I was your friend, Gilbert Sem, when
YOU needed a friend, and when besides
myself you had only one other in all
the world. My daughter was the prom
ised wife Of that other friend, and you
were the most trusted man in my en-
ploy: that was only two days ago.
What now? You robbed me. Robbery
was ruin to me. No one knew that bet
ter than you did, and no one knew bet
ter than you how hard a bargain it was
wise to try to drive. You bOasted of
YOUR crime You demanded a terrible
price for restitution, price which was
paid only against my earnest protest
and"
Il kept my word. did l not?" de-
manded Sem, raising his head, and
turning until he could look Mr.. Barron
in the eyes.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-02-28
GUIDE POSTS IN FRANCE.
Striking Feature Of the Roads
Throuohout the Country.

Throughout the Country.
A feature of the roads of France Is
the ever present guidepost. These
guideposts consist of an iron plaque
about two feet long and foot high Sc
curely mounted on sturdy posts or fas-
tened to some substantial wall. They
are painted in white and blue and show
without any possibility Of mistake not
only the commune or township in which
they stand, but the next important place
in either direction as we'll as the dis
tances between al 1.-The chief points upon
that route. Thus you will find II you
are travelling on a road which leads to
Paris that the name of the metropolis
will appear on the signboard. although
II may be several hundred kilometers
distant.
In addition to these guideposts the
Touring Club of France has put on the
chief roads a series Of signs and SYM
bols to indicate to motorists and bycy-
clists what sort of road they are ap-
preaching. The sign "ralentir," when
translated into good United States
means to let up" has caused many
motorist who is unfamiliar with the
road he is travelling to slow down and
to find shortly after the sign had been
passed that it was we'll that he paid at
tention to it because of steep grade
or some aprupt turn. There is no ex-
cuse, in view of the symbols and sign
boards, for any one motoring in France
to get on the wrong road or to come
UNEXPECTEDLY into trouble.-F'rank
Presbrey in Outing Magazine.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-02-28
VNi,a i. ! G.rma nonwd.

VNi,a i. ! G.rma i1onwd.
Johnson picked out half dozen or
more Of the incest, saying, II shall
take them to Mr.. Davis" I said to
him, "Tell President Davis that will
take care Of the balance, and you can
tell him where they are" giving him
my name and address. I never heard
anything more Of Gen. Bragg or Col.
Johnson or Jefferson Davis in refer
ence to the books. / moved to West
Virginia and left all of the books in
the care of my sister, Mrs. J. w. Baird,
except nine volumes Of the American
Encyclopedia by Prof. Lieber Of the
IS. c., college, bound in cloth. The
books left with my sister were destroy
ed by cyclone that blew her house
away and everything it it, chimney,
and all the pillars thereof. 1 took the
encyclopedias to West Virginia, where
I lived and preached for twenty-five
years. When I returned to South Car
olina brought the books with me and
at the late S. C. U. D. C. convention in
Chester l turned over the books to
Mrs. D. r. Wright, the chairman OF
the Historical Society, that they
might be kept and preserved as souve-
Mrs Of the noble leader of the Confed-
eracy, on the condition that II any Of
his descendants should ever ask for
them. they shall be delivered up to
| them.
The morning that Gen. Bragg left
my fathers house he took q large bun
die out of his ambulance and gave 1t
to me saying, This is the last flag cap.
tured during the war" 1 do not re-
member at what battle he said, but l
think it was some place in North Car
olina. The flag was large and very
beautiful, made of heavy blue silk
with an eagle painted on 1t. The staff
was made of mahogany, had a joint
in the middle so that it could be folded
together. 1t was most magnificent
flag, as fine as 1t could be made OF
mahogany, silk and polished brass or
naments. It had New Jersey" paint
ed on 1t, but have forgotten the reg
iment. Gen. Bragg did not tell me
what to do with 1t. We all admired
its beauty, but had no love for those
WHO CdTTleu IL III udlllc dBdillSI blIC
cause we loved so dearly. We really
did not know what to do with it. But
we had it, and unlike the Philistines
with the ark, we did not want 1t ever
to get back into the hands Of those
who owned It, So We took 1t off the
staff, rolled II up is as small a bundle
as we could to its great injury, and
quietly hid It, We told but few peo-
pie about it for fear the Yankees
should hear of 1t and take 1t by force.
For q year or more 1t remained under
the garret floor and when 1t was taken
out 1t fell into pieces. ruined mass
cf silk strips and paint, and then 1t
went up in smoke as many Southern
homes had done perhaps by the hands
Of those who had carried 1t. But
am glad that change has taken place
in our northern and southern hearts.
If I had that beautiful flag now,
cou'd fold 1t up with a Palmetto flag
and send 1t back to New Jersey In
token Of peace and friendship.
John H. Simpson.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-02-28
OUR PACIFIC FLEET.
$4,000 Tons Naval Strength In Our
Squadron.

The fleet is made up of 223,000 tons
of fighting ships, mounting 925 modern
guns of the latest improved types, says
Harpers Weekly. Although the 1S-inch
guns are the heaviest on all the ships,
the most powerful weapons in the feet
are the 144 12-inch guns. Each one OF
these shoots a projectile weighing $40
pounds, with a muzzle velocity Of 2,7OO
feet a second and a muzzle energy OF
$4,000 foot-tons, which Is to say pow
er that could lift $4,000 tons one foot.
1t is difficult even for a navy man to
grasp the full significance Of the figures
that tell Of the effectiveness Of these
great ships. Probably no battleship Is
better known to Americans than the
Oregon, which raced around South
America from the Pacific in 1898, and
with her thirty-six guns played a most
effective part in the destruction Of Ger
vera's fleet off Santiago.
The Georgia, recently completed, OF
equal tonnage with the Oregon, also
carries thirty-six guns, but they are
vastly more effective. The Oregon has
four 13-inch guns in her main battery;
The Georgia four 12-inch guns in her
main battery. Each has eight S-inch
guns. The Oregon has four 6-inch guns
against twelve on the Georgia. The
Georgia has twelve 3-inch guns, where
as the Oregon had twenty mere B.
Founders. Gunnery experts declare
that the Oregon develops 91S,456 foot
tons of energy in five minutes Of firing
while in the same time the Georgia de-
velops 3,927,172 foot-tons of energy.
That is to say, the Georgia is five
times as effective as the famous Ore
gon. This advance is due to the In
creased rapidity of fire, due to improv-
ed mechanism in handling the guns and
the improved methods Of training the
gunners. Marvelously excellent me-
chanical devices have much to do with
the greater efficiency, but best Of all Is
the system of teamwork in each gun
crew. whereby every man, in obedience
to signals given, if necessary in pan
tomime, does his work with all the
speed and precision of a football or
baseball player, to whom instantaneous
Intelligent action is the price Of vic
tOry
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-02-28

After the interim occasioned by the
war, Frederick A. Sawyer was elected
June 25. 1868, for five years.
John J. Patterson, March 4, 1873.
Wade Hampton, March 4, 1879; re-
elected in 1885.
John L. M. Irby, March 4, 1891.
JOS. H. Earle, March 4, 1897; died
June l, 1897.
John L. McLaurin, appointed to sue
ceed JOS. H. Earle in 1897. Teerm ex-
pired March 8, 1906.
Asbury c. Latimer, elected in 1903.
Died February 90, 1908. Term expires
March 8, 1909.
The basis of representatives in the
congress of the Confederate States Of
America was the same as for the
United States senate. The South Car
olina senators in the Confederate con-
gress were James l.. Orr Of Anderson,
and Robert w. Barnwell Of Beaufort.
They were commissioned December 90,
1861. and served until the dissolution Of
the COnfederacy.-The State.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-02-28

A SENSIBLE MEASrRE.-The house OF
representatives yesterday passed with
out division Mr.. Harman's bill prohibit
ing the sale in South Carolina of any
but safety matches. 1t is stated that
the bill has been considered "a freak
measure" Why should it have been SO
regarded? 1t is certainly founded on
very wise regard for the safety of prop
erty against fire, and is just as sound
in principle as the regulations against
defective electric wiring and careless
construction Of chimneys and infiam-
mable character of roofing that are in
force in practically all communities.
Undoubtedly many fires are caused
by carelessness with easily ignited
matches, left or dropped about In out
of the way places, where they may be
stepped on or gnawed by rats or other
wise fired unknowingly. Especially Is
the danger Of loss from such cause con-
stant in the rural districts, where there
are no facilities for fighting fires, and
the estimate of a saving of 100000 a
wear by the Harman measure is pr0ba-
bly, not Observation-Disclosures POST
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-02-28
You did, and l shall keep mine. To-


morrow shall make you my partner"
"Tomorrow--tomorr with shade
Of disappointment in his voice, and let
ting his head fall forward upon his
breast again; tomorrow Is long way
ahead'-speaking refectively-"a long
way into the future"
1T shall be done tomorrow" asserted
Barron again; "and now tell me this:
Where shall you take your-your-my
daughter? Will you be kind and good
to her? Will you try to make me and
her forget the cruel way in which you
won her? If you will, if you only will,
will bless"
Sem put up his hand as though to
ward off blow.
Don't. I badc her farewell forever
tonight; hope l shall never see her
again. Be assured that shall not cross
her path unless she crosses mine"
But what-what-why have you
done as you have? I do not under
stand"
mo matter" turning sharply, and
shaking Barron's hand impatiently from
his shoulder: "since you have your
money and your daughter back, what
are my reasons to you? Call it sud-
den temptation: call it cowardice; call
it remorse call 1t what you please.
Call it nythlng-anything-
Except the truth" interrupted Mr..
Prler.
They put out the lights. They left
the bank. The three men all went by
way of Senns boarding place. The sky
was clear now, but the wind was high
and the night was bitter cold. There
was little conversation. Circumstance
or Fate or Providence has seldom
thrown three more strangely assorted
men together.
They paused at Senns boarding place.
The cold was keener and sharper.
There was no reason why there should
be time wasted in leave-taking. But
Mr.. Barron fingered.
Gilbert Senn," he said, II wish I un-
derstood all this. l trusted you fully.
Then 1 distrusted you utterly. And
now, you put out Of your hands some
Of the powers you have won; you sell
your manhood and your honor-your
very soul even-for certain advantages,
and then you neglect using those ad-
vantages. l do not understand and
Sem looked up toward the stars,
shining so clearly in the upper blue,
now that the storm had drlfted away.
And pray God you never may he
said, with solemn emphasis.
The great detective turned away his
head 1t may be that he had never
been connected with such a case before.
It may be that the man whose long ca
reer had known but one professional
failure saw in his future the possibility
Of another one.
No matter.
He only shut his teeth q little tighter
together and informed himself Of fact
which should have been sufficiently IA
miliar by that time, the fact which re-
lated to the blame which would inevi-
tably fall upon him If he failed in his
efforts to see that some guilty wretch
was duly and regularly .hanged
To be Continued.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-02-28
WILD HOGS.
They Were at One Time Plentiful on
Moore's Mountain.


Moore's Mountain.
Editor Of The Yorkville Enquirer
Having read with considerable inter-
est the story that Mr.. John T. Latham
told you sorne time ago about the wild
hogs of his recollection in the CASTOR
and Harshaw woods. / am also remind
ed Of old times when wild hogs were
rather common.
Back in 1S47 or 1S4S a large body Of
woods on what is known as Moore
Mountain about two miles above How
ellis ferry and about mile from the
Dr. Wright place, was pretty thickly
infested by wild hogs. These hogs
were said to have strayed originally
from Josiah c. Smith and Jerry Moss.
AS to where the hogs came from. l
cannot say: but they were wild all
right There is no question of that. l
was right smart chunk Of boy about
then, and / remember meeting one OF
the hogs out in the open. He came at
me as If he would tear me up. l saw
him some distance away. There was a
fence near by and I got to it first.
Moss went out one day to catch some
of the hogs He had negro along with
him. A big hog got after the negro
and he skinned up a tree. 1t happened
that there were no limbs on the Tree.
The hog went on guard at the loot OF
the tree and after a while the negro pc
gan slipping down; but fortunately
Jack Bryant rode up about that time
and scared the hog away.
Moss and Smith both lived on the
Howell's ferry road. Mr.. T. w. VIII
kerson now occupies the house in which
Smith used to live.
Once when l was staying over in
what is now Il part of Cherokee county
7 went with several boys on a hunt.
We had but one dog. We caught one
coon before we crossed the river, and
after we got over on the York side we
bagged nine 'possums We got back
before IL o'clock.
Mr.. Ed Byers and the Parker boys
used to catch lots of red fox in this
neighborhood 1t was a paradise tol
hunters in the old days.
NJ. +. S. Mccullough.
Lockhart. S. c.. February %.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-02-28

BLEAsEs PLATFORM-In announcing
his candidacy for governor this sum-
mer, Cole l.. Blease has given out the
following statement for publication III
the daily papers:
Il am a candidate for governor or
South Carolina and will submit my
claims to the Democrats of South Car
olna at the primary this summer. l
propose to raise the standard as 10
platforms. and if the whisky question
is an issue my position will be, as ever,
state dlspensary. and with that issue
eliminated. then l am in favor or each
county voting upon the question of pro-
hibition. county dispensaries or Incense
strictly under the constitutional pro-
visions. with a provisO to imprison any
man who Tiolates the law as passed by
the general assembly. l am absolutely
opposed to the so-called old parroolii
system. and would. under no circum-
stances. sign q bill to reinstate that
system"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-02-28

None"
MOP"
mo. You see I have not found 1t
possible to believe in all that your cler-
gymen accept"
Mo-"
No. 1 believe fully in one thing,
though"
and that is"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-02-28

Boston" snapped Prier
Indeed. TO what church do you be-
long,"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-16
WILL GET A HEARING
BrOWnSOn Controversy To Be- Aired
in the Senate.

Washington, D. c. (Special) )-The
Navy Department and the quarrel be-
tween President Roosevelt and Ad-
miral Brownson will be investigated
by the Senate. When Admiral
BrownsOn resigned rather than ac-
quiesce in the appointment OF Sur
geon Stokes to the command of the
hospital ship Relief. Senator Hale,
In carefully prepared statement,
landed Admiral Brownson's courage
and manly independence. Thursday
Mr. Hale, who as chairman of the
Naval Affairs Committee, is the Sen
ate's arbiter on all naval matters, in
troduced a bill which has for its
purpose the settlement of all the
pending controversies between line
and staff, which raises the pay of
officers and men and which seeks in
general way to improve existing
conditions. The bill made, of course,
no reference to the Brownson cpl
sode, but 1t was understood by every
member that Senator Hale had taken
this method of bringing the contro-
Versy between the President and the
late chief of the Bureau Of Naviga-
ton to the official attention of the
Senate.