davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1908-08-18

ment l make.
Duty to colored Race.
AS a nation our duty compels that
by every constitutional and reasonable
means the material and educational
condition of the colored race be ad-
vanced. This We owe to ourselves as
well as to them. AS the result Of a
course OF events that can never be re-
versed, they are a part of our civlliza-
lion; their prosperity il our prosperity,
their debasement would be our mis-
fortune. The republican party, there
fore, will offer every encouragement to
the thrift, industry and intelligence
that will better their prospect OF
higher attainment.
The Army and Navy.
| believe in the maintenance OF such
an army, the u%pbuilding of such
a navy as will be the guarantee Of the
protection of American citizens and
American interest everywhere, and an
omen OF peace; that at every exposed
point we may be SO fortified that no
power on earth may be tempted to
modest us. | believe in the restora'
ton of the American merchant marine
and in rendering whatever financial
aid may be necessary to accomplish
this purpose.
Approves Good Laws.
I approve the movement for the con.
s~ervation Of our natural resources; the
fostering of friendly foreign relations.
the enforcement of our civil service
law: and the enactment of such sta
tutes as will more securely and more
effectively preserve the public health.
Adherence 10 Roosevelt Policies.
Our platform, as 1t should do,
pledges adherence to the policies OF
President Roosevelt; promises to con
tinue the work inangurated during his
administration, to insure to persons
and property every proper safeguard
and all necessary strengthening Of ad-
m~inistration methods will be provided
to furnish efficient inspection and su'
pervision, and prompt righting of every
injustice, discrimination and wrong.
S
$500 - ~.
pam =. Jul suu sa.Nr.a W.
! my w Anu -p
10 ese'' po
10 =,
,ny 'n nae.sa. -
i''ia,'on iAso' snoa'u :
nv VASE ~ eeo., ~ w
- opposou
a..
e'as' a - 80 .s
" pa- -,
.oia..o. I,o -,
~ ~ =,
'a"
their calling or wherever thev live
e... n..u
II VIII ailo" nc man N ana &c
nave advantage IN law over any o.nel
man. II OHeTS no SAIeYuAr0 10 CADlId
, 1908-08-18

GET THE. HABIT Of trading here
We want your meat trade and are
6einq TO see to Il that you get Just
What you want In that line. II you are
we'll acquainted with meats and can
ehooss 4 cut yourself, alright II not,
your ignorance viii be no disadvantage
y you ~ we will give you the best
p6ssibie for the money anyway +. Ora
hsms Market.
, 1908-08-18
Insult to American People.


Shame on the party which, shame
en- the candidate who insults the
American people by suggestion or dec
laration that = majority Of its elec
tc-ate is yenal. The American voter
with rare exception. in casting his
taliot, Is guided by his best Judgment
by his desire to conserve his own and
the public veal.
The Overwhelming Issxs.
The ovsrshadowing issue OF the
campaign really IL: shah the admins
tration Of President Rooanvelt be ap
proved; shall . party Of demonstrates
capacity In administrative aan4p n
continued h power, Saan he rs11 d
Dsvern,nent be placed II esaee4enced
hands, OF Do the peppae Qsefsf d
, 1908-08-18
Government Of the People.

Ours always has been, always must
be, a government of the people. That
party will, after March 4 next, exc
cute old laws and enact new ones as
In November it is commissioned by the
people to do. That commission Will
be from an untrammeled American
, 1908-08-18
Bryan Bigotry.

snail the People rule! IS declared
by the democratic platform and can
didate to be "the overshadowing issue
-. now under discussion" 1t ia
no issue. Surely the people shall rule,
surely the people have ruled; surely
the people do rule. No party rules.
The party. commissioned by the peo-
pie, is simply the instrument to exc
cute the peoples will, and from that
party which does not obey their ex-
pressed will. or which lacks the wis
dom to lead successfully. the people
will withdraw their commission
Danger In Democratic Policies.
For half a century with but two
exceptions, the people have commits
stoned the republican party to al
minister the national government,
commissioned it because its declared
principles appealed to their best judg-
ment; commissioned it because the
common of the American PEG
pie scented danger in democratic
policies. firs
, 1908-08-18
MENTIONED.

Cloudy all forenoon.
Belamy & Son. the engineers.
The bank barometer today marked
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-23
FOREToLD HIS FUTURE.
The Message Carl Schurz Received
From Spirit Land.

The Message Carl Sehurz Received
From Spirit Land.
An extraordinary experience with
a medium is given in Carl Schurz me-
moirs in McClure's.
After receiving what purported to
be a message from Schiller, General
Schurz asked that the spirit of Lin
coin be summoned to tell why Pres
ident Johnson had called Schurz to
Washington.
THE answer came, He wants you
to make an important journey for
him. | asked where that journey
would take me. Answer, He will tell
you tomorrow l asked further
whether ] should undertake that
Journey. Answer, Yes: do not fall
q may add, by the way, that at that
time | had not the slightest anticipa-
ton as to what President JohnsOn's
intention with regard to me was.)
Having disposed of this matter, l
asked whether the spirit Of Lincoln
had anything more to say to me. The
answer came. Yes; you will be
senator of the United States. This
struck me as so fanciful that | could
hardly suppress a laugh. bu l asked
further, From what state? Answer,
From Missouri This was more pro-
vokingly mysterious still, but there
the conversation ceased.
Hardly anything could have been
more improbable at that time than
that | should be a senator OF the
United States from the state of Mis-
souri,. My domicile was in Wiscon-
sin, and | was then thinking of re-
turning there. l had never thought
of removing from Wisconsin TO Mis-
souri,, and there was not the slightest
prospect of my ever doing so.
But, to forestall my narrative, two
years later | was surprised by an en-
tirely unsought and unexpected busi-
ness proposition which took me to
st. Louis. and in January, 1869. the
legislature of Missouri elected me
senator of the United States. / then
remembered the prophecy made to
me at the spirit Seance in the house
of my friend Tiedemann in Philadel-
phia."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-23
UNIFORM STANDARDS.
Comment on the Idea Of a WelI.known
American lunatic.

Comment on the Idea of a WelI-known
American Lunatie.
At various times and places uni
versal standards have been suggested,
Berlin paper, by which the intelligence
Of a nation should be judged. Thus,
its estimate Of the worth Of women,
its consumption Of soap, its patronage
Of newspapers, etc. Why not include
also its credulity as to America and
its people? A local paper, he contin-
ues, prints a column interview with
one Louis A. Gourdain, who predicts
that a royalist party, which numbers
over 5000 voters and has a strong
organization in every state OF the
Union, will within three years over
throw the government at Washington
and establish a monarchy. with a
mysterious woman OF royal ancestry
but born in the United States as queen.
The future queens name Is Helen
Of New York" She is young, beauti-
full and unmarried, but the leaders
will have no difficulty when the time
for marriage comes to bring about
a union with a member Of European
royal family" A near nobility Will
be created, and the men who are now
known as bosses will be the first
barons, counts etc. The paper makes
no comment on the matter. and un-
doubtedly recognizes the real worth
Of the story, but not so the people.
"They take 1t seriously" says the writ
er land only recently heard a num-
ber Of men, of more than average in
telligence, discuss at a club, In all
seriousness, the advent Of Queen Hell
en-. These are the men who, when
they go to New York for the first
time, are disappointed when they see
no Apache Indians"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-23

despite these plans for stuffing business
ability into man through the medium
of a special course Of two years after
he has finished college, we will find at
the end Of the next quarter Of GEN.
tury that the men who are at the head
of our great commercial corporations
will have to come up on account OF
their individual fitness regardless OF
special training, just as our leading
business men Of today came up. In
other words, If business is to be made
a higher art the natural genius Of a
man will count for more than all the
courses Of a business college Of the
proposed type"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-23
ALASKA AN EMPIRE.
Interview With an Army Officer Long
Stationed There.

stationed mere.
Alaska Is an empire without a pop
ulation," said Quartermaster ]. Schick,
Of the Tenth United States Infantry, to
a reporter for the Washington Post
For two years l have been stationed
there in connection with the installa-
ton Of the telegraph lines under gov
ernment direction, and am wonderful
ly impressed with the future Of that
country. AS large as all that portion
of the United States west of the Mis-
sissippi river, 1t has population Of
only $4,000, and the people Of the states
have but hint of the wealth within it's
boundaries.
Although $11,OOOOOO in gold was
shipped out Of Fairbanks alone this
year, in spite of the strike there, and
S7,0O0,000 was shipped out of Nome,
Alaskas mineral resources have
scarcely been scratched. Through a
large section there are not two miles in
which paying gold cannot be struck.
Thousands Of men have been induced
to go to certain sections Of Alaska in
search Of gold on false representations,
and then have turned around and on
their own account have dug down and
found gold for themselves. Alaska Is
the richest asset the United States has,
THE seasons are short" Mr.. Schick
continued. They open in May and
close in October and all the supplies
for the region must be shipped into the
country during that period. Neverthe-
less, the best potatoes in the world are
raised there during that short season,
and many other things-in fact, al
most everything else-can be grown.
In the southern section Of Alaska, Of
course, all forms of agriculture and
stock raising are engaged in with
growing success. But I speak now
mainly Of upper Alaska.
You don't see Alaska except in win
ter time. In the summer 1t is much like
any other country, but the winters are
wonderful. 1t is the healthiest place in
the world. You see men so and 70
years old doing hard manual labor
without exhaustion, so exh,iarating Is
the climate. It's healthful qualities are
being recognized, and away up to Hot
Springs there Is a hotel that cost $780,
O0O 1t is built mostly of logs, it is
true, but it has a natatorium as big as
this lobby. Yes, sir, Alaska has a
wonderful future"
Quartermaster Schick and Lieuten-
ant G. c. Rockwell are on a leave Of
absence, the Tenth infantry recently
having returned from Fort Gibson,
Alaska, to Fort Benjamin Harrison.
The two officers made the trip to
Washington from New York in an au-
tomobile, and had no trouble with the
authorities until they pulled up in
front of the New Willard hotel, where
they were arrested by policeman and
taken to headquarters, charged with
speeding, but released on their own
recogniZance.
I'VE did not for a moment suspect
we were violating the speed ordinance"
said one Of the officers.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-23
BUYING A RING.
A Story They Tell In Japan to Illus.


trate Occidental Love.
THE Japanese marry out Of esteem
and trust to the coming Of love after
ward" said a Japanese lady. with
us when loves comes 1t lasts. We have
a song that we like to sing-I want
to live to ninety-nine years, and you
must live to be hundred, so that we
may be happy while our hair grows
gray
THAT is better" she continued,
than the love that comes swiftly and
as swiftly flies away again. They tell
in Japan a story illustrative Of this
transitory love-the love Of your
west.
"A tourist, they say, was touring
Brittany. He came to Quimper, and
he found in the Place Publique beside
the river and old woman selling trink-
cts.
What is the price of this?' he
asked, taking up an antique ring Of
silver and sapphires.
"'Is 1t for your wife or for your
sweetheart said the old woman.
For my sweetheart
Fifty frans!'
Fifty francs! Nonsense!' And
the tourist turned angrily away.
"'Come back said the old woman.
Take 1t for ten. You've been lying to
me, though. You have no sweetheart
Had the ring been for her you'd have
bought 1t at once without regard to
its price,
81 will take It, said the tourist,
smiling. Here are the 10 francs
80 the old woman wrapped the
ring up.
"'But you haven't a wife either,
she grumbled. If 1t had been for her
you'd have beaten me down to five
francs. Oh, you men!"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-23
PART II.

Upon a spur Of the range which DOM
mates the western districts of the state,
rose a home crowded with the accu-
mulated luxuries and comfort, appre-
ciated only by refined tastes. Broad
balconies flank the massive masonry OF
races. bright with the bloom of many
climes, a landscape is beheld rivalling
in majesty, in sweetness and in light,
the far famed scenes of the Old World.
Primeval forest, verdant valley, cas-
cades leaping from dizzy heights,
streams winding through glens Of ro-
mantle beauty-these details are
wrought out as upon the canvas Of a
mighty artist: while circling the whole
are the cloud-kissing peaks of the
magnificent AppalachianS, foundation
stones of the continent.
Standing upon the terrace steps, her
fair hair tinted by the evening sun
into pale gold. was a young woman,
whose slight figure would have indi-
Gated a mere girl, but for the serious,
almost melancholy expression of her
cOuntenance. She looked evidently up
on the turnpike which ran along the
base of the mountain. and was finally
lost in distance. The approach of an
elderly and very handsome lady, broke
in upon her revery.
They are not yet in sight" she said.
going forward to meet the advancing
slip, and plucking a rose, placed it
against the FURNISHED satin of her COM
paniOn's bodice.
A caress rewarded her. My love-"
the lady said. touching her cheek with
a tender hand, you look pale. Are you
quite well?"
Entirely so. dear mother but l con-
fess some anxiety for my guardian.
You know the steamer was due We'd
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-23

~ Chemists say that papers written
with the ink in general use today will
be illegible in twenty-seven years.
t3B American manufacturers Of well
drilling machinery have a practical
monopoly Of the business throughout
the world.
9B 1t has been decided that a con-
gress Of the chambers of commerce Of
the British empire will meet in Aus
tralia during the year 1909.
t4B' Nearly all medical men in the
West Indies advise the wearing Of thin
wooden and not cotton underwear.
Many persons wear cholera belts" Of
flannel.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-23

plies bacterial life in a larger body of
soil.
CD 1t stores more moisture and 1t
loses it's moisture less rapidly on ac-
count Of it's cooler lower strata and the
presence of more humus.
CD 1t increases the number of roots
that a plant will throw out.
(4) 1t allows plants to root deeper
and find permanent moisture.
(5) 1t largely obviates the necessity
Of terracing, because it holds so much
water in suspension that heavy rain
falls will go to the bottom and be held
by the drier earth above until they can
be absorbed by the subsoil.
(6) Humus enables the soil to store
moisture, increases its temperature,
makes 1t more porous, furnishes plant
food, stimulates chemical action, and
fosters bacterial life.
Exceptions Due to Conditions of Soil
and Subsoil.
Cd Never plow below the line of
standing water in the soil, because the
subsoil can not be pulverized in water
The water level must first be lowered
by drainage.
(2) Do no deep fall plowing on light,
sandy land on dry, semiarld plains,
and this es specially applies to elevated
sandy tablC lands. Such lands can be
helped by adding humus and using a
winter cover crop of durum wheat.
(3) Do not plow deeply or subsoil in
the spring. The subsoil is generally too
full of water, and it is too late for much
effective action of the air upon the soil
and for the winter rains to firm the
subsoil before planting for cotton.
(4) Thin gray soils underlaid with
yellow or stiff clay near the surface,
most Of the post-oak flats, and the
comparatively level coast lands should
be broken in ridges (back- -furrowed) 5,
or feet wide, according to the crop
to be planted. Cotton and corn may be
left thicker in the row to offset the
wider space between the rows. The
dead furrow between the rows should
be double -plowed and made as deep as
practicable, with a good outlet for the
water. This method will gradually
deepen the soil, increase drainage, re-
duce washing, and give a larger and
deeper body of loose, aired earth for
the roots. This plan is excellent when
surface drainage is necessary. Soil ~
be live and friable must be kept out of
standing water winter and summer.
The sugar planters Of Louisiana all
use the ridge method (generally 7 feet
wide) both for sugar cane and corn.
The dead furrow is as deep as q plow
drawn by or heavy mules can pen
citrate at the last breaking. This gives
an average depth of tillage Of IL .'r IS
inches.
The adoption of the ridge method on
demonstration fields in the Yazoo Delta
in 1906 increased the yield of corn from
IA bushels per acre to 70 bushels. No
fertilizer was used.
Winter Management.
In case no winter cover crop Is used
the soil should be disked or narrowed
two or three times during the winter,
provided 1t Is dry enough. Give good
drainage to all parts of the field.
And cultivation done after the deep
fall breaking should be shallow-not
more than 3 or inches deep.
S. A. Knapp,
Special Agent In Charge.
Approved:
B. T. Galloway,
Chief Of Bureau.
September Is, 1908.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-23
SPECIAL TRAINING.
Opinion That Aptitude Is the Secret OF
Business Success.

Business success.
None Of our institutions of learning
have ever attempted more interest
ing experiment than Harvard univer-
sity Is about to launch in its college OF
Industrial captaincy," said Wallace r.
Colburn, a retired merchant Of Kan
sas City, to a New York Telegram re-
porter.
Business men who are retiring from
the activities Of trade naturally look
upon the new idea as more ideal than
practical, but we must not forget that
methods Of fifty years ago have de-
parted from business never to return.
while it Is true that conditions and
are altogether different
now, 1 question whether the new high
er business training scheme Is capable
of turning out the man who Will be
needed. I am inclined to believe that
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-23

10 enO tney WOulQ TedCn more tIldu q
mile, and if allowed by the plowing
they will fill the soil to a considerable
depth and feed in all portions of it.
The Root System of Corn.
At the Wisconsin agricultural exper-
iment station it was found that when
corn was feet high the roots had pen
etrated the soil for 2 feet and thor
oughly occupied it. At maturity the
roots were feet deep. At this time
the upper laterals were about inches
from the surface.
AT the North Dakota agricultural eX-
pertinent station the corn roots had
penetrated 81 feet deep and fully occu-
pied the ground ninety days after
planting.
At the Minnesota agricultural exper-
iment station the corn roots had pene-
trated IL inches deep and had spread
laterally 18 inches eighteen days after
planting. In most portions Of the
south nothing less than an S-inch seed
bed will insure even a fair corn crop,
and 10 inches is safer. Some soils
may require more. From to inches
of preparation for cotton corresponds
to and 10 inches for corn, so far as
the requirements of the plant are con-
cerned.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-23
What Is Deep Plowing-

Flowing 3, 4, 5. or 6 inches deep is
only common plowing. In our instruc-
tions nothing less than inches is con-
sdered deep" plowing. We are not
a single plowing Of inches
in depth once in two or three years, but
the preparation Of an Sinch seed bed
thoroughly pulverzed and filled with
humus. 1t should be plowed and cross
plowed to that depth, or if cross plow-
ing can not be safely done on account
of hills then it should be plowed twice
Smyrna times., 1908-03-11
SHOWING AT QUARTERLY CONFERENCE
Stewards and Trustees Were Elected end
Treasurer HOifecker Submits Report

The Fourth Quarterly Conference
of Asbury Church the last of the
present Conference year, was held
Thursday evening with Presiding
Elder KoOns in the chair and a good
attendance present. The annual cleo
tiOn of Stewards and Trustees took
place as follows: Stewards James P.
Hoffecker (alsO recording and Dis
trict StewarD, Walter o. Hoffecker,
]. Edward Deford, Levi E. Anthony,
William A. Stevens, Edward G.
Walls, Joseph Smithers, George D.
Collins, Joseph B. FAIRIES, William
D, Hudson, William G. Roe, James
H. Wilson, w. F. P. Jacobs. Trus-
tees-Joseph R. Jefferson, Andrew
D. Cole, Walter w. Hynson, joni
w. Roberts, William A, FAIRIES,
Charles ], Sudler, Alfred L. Hud-
son, John A. Hoffecker, George M.
Stevenson, John A. Hoffecker
treasurer of the Church, submitted
the following report for the year end
ing February 29th:
Smyrna times., 1908-03-11
cHEswOLD ANXIOUS OVER PARCELS POST
Members OF Grange Fear Bill VIII Not Pass
Congress on Account OF The Opposition.

Cheswold. March 1O:-Rural Grange
has put petitions in Jeff Cooper's
store for public signatures asking
government aid for improving the
public highways and also passage by
Congress of the parcels post bill.
The latter grangers measure has been
advocated several years and it is now
Postmaster General Myers pet scheme
but Uncle Joe Cannon speaker OF the
lower house it is said is exerting has
mighty influence against, and the bill
is in great peril. In the lecture
hour Miss Mary Williams read a humor-
Gus poem and Rev. J. f. Cote fol-
lowed with splendid fifteen minute
talk on self culture directed on the
line of cultivatirg the higher natures
with which we are endowed as help
full for advancement in farm labor as
also good influence in the home.
Smyrna times., 1908-03-11
SURPRISE TO REV. AND INKS. CONAwAY.
Friends Overwhelm Them And iEielp Celebrate
Their 4Olh Wedding Anniversary.

Rev. and Mrs. George S. COnOway,
who are making their home with
Mrs. E. C. FAIRIES, Mrs. Conoway' S
sister, were given surprise We'd
nesday evening on the event of their
4Oth wedding anniversary. A large
company of friends assembled and
overwhelmed them with their good
wishes and congratulations and left
with them a handsome chair and
purse of $50, as a token of the love
and esteem in which they are held.
Rev. and Mrs. Conoway felt grateful
for the pleasant surprise and respon-
ded with words of deep emotion for
the kindness of their friends. Rev.
Conoway who is we'll known minis
ter of Wilmington Conference, re-
/ tired from active service last year OF
account of his health, and has beer
making his home in Smyrna ever!
since.
Smyrna times., 1908-03-11
STOLEN HORSE BROUGHT TO SMYRNA.
SudIersville Driving Horse Stolen From JOhu
Smith, Located in Philadelphia Last Week.

B. P. Scafford of Philadelphia
whose driving horse "Prince was
stolen last May, from John Smith OF
near Sudiersville, Md, and afterward
located in Philadelphia, came down
last week and brought the horse with
him Edward V. NickersOn OF
Galena. is now Serving time In the
Penitentiary for the theft. The horse
was discovered in the hands of
Police Guard in Fairmount Park IN
Philadelphia. 1t had been sold to
the City by Nickerson. Mr.. Scatford
had no trouble in getting the horse
when he had established a bonatida
claim. The horse was brought tc
Smvrna last Tuesday on Steamer u
F. Brady and was driven from here
to Sudlersville. 1t speaks we'll tol
the detective work that the horse
should be found and returned to 1T
owner while the miserable herse-thle.
is paying the full penalty for hi
offence in the Penetentiary