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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-15
THE CIRCUIT COURT.

After a recess of a week to allow
the attorneys who had business before
the supreme court to appear there, the
and took up the roster at the point
where it left off ten days ago.
The following jurors drawn for the
fourth week qualified for service: A. A.
Burlis, NJ. w. Latham, J. G. McKeOwn,
John A. Byers, John NJ. Fewell, K. l..
Barnes, w. w. Boyd, D. G. Howell, w.
H. Caldwell, j. N. Russell, H. L. Nor
gan, R. 4. Jackson, J. R. Parish, w.
P. Boyd, John R. Love, w. A. Jackson,
J. NJ. Taylor, A. H. Barnett, G. NJ. Car
roll, w. G.. Brown, James Bales, D. H.
Whitner, w. n. Neil, E. NJ. Adams, w.
H. Crook, w. V. Sturgis, w. A. Barnett
The following were excused by the
court: c. D. Reid, ]. H. Witherspoon,
V. Brown McFadden, Hope Westbrook.
In the sheriff's return to the clerk,
w. E. Patrick was reported dead, and
j. ]. Brandon and Samuel Huey were
reported not found.
II. -. JdChSOll anu - ~ AsSN" N"iiiiSOAA
failed to answer on account Of illness,
certified to by attending physicians.
Nine extra jurors were served from
the ven-mile box to fill out the We
nire as follows:
r. E. Montgomery, John A. Latta,
John R. Logan, w. C. Latimer, M. L.
Thomasson, E. NJ. Shillinglaw, j. N.
Benield, w. T. Cain, H. S. Love.
The first case taken up was that of
F. A. Nicholson VS.. Arcade Mills, ct al
This was an action for damages In the
sum of $4,000 for injuries alleged to
have been inflicted upon plaintiff by
the defendants agents in arresting one
Lee Starnes, who was in the house OF
plaintiffs husband. Messrs. G.. w. s.
Hart, w. M. Dunlap and A. NJ. Deal
for plaintiff, Messrs. ]. S. Brice and
w. ]. Cherry for defendant. The trial
of the case consumed all of yesterday,
and the papers were not given to the
jury until this morning. The jury
found for the defendant.
The court is now engaged on the case
of A. S. Barron, ct al, VS.. Henry Sum-
NIT, ct al. This Is an action for dam
ages in the value Of a horse that Is
alleged to have died from the effects
of over driving by the plaintiff.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-15

riously of accepting the call. On Sun
day morning a church conference was
called, after the regular service, and the
church was apprised of the situation.
Several of the leading members. IN
Guiding Messrs. W. c. Dowd and T. ).
Franklin, made short talks giving their
views Of the situation in view Of the
present undertakings Of the church.
After the members had concluded, DR..
Hulten stated that it was true that he
had received a very ftattering and un-
expected invitation to become pastor
of a church that was recognized as
the throne of the Southern Baptist con-
vention, and at a salary just twice as
large as he was then receiving, but IN
view of the situation as outlined py
the various speakers at the conference
he had definitely decided to decline the
call and remain with the Charlotte
church. The Observer states that DR..
Hultens announcement was followed by
applause-frst suppressed but later be-
coming hearty and full volumed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-15
EoCAE AFFAIRS
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Trapper-Wants a new hunting ground
for trapping mink. Address care
The Enquirer.
X. r. and NJ. b. Love, Exrs.-Will on
January 4, 1909, salesday, sell three
tracts Of land of the estate of A. F..
and Martha Love. deceased, at auc-
ton for cash.
NJ. w. White-Says real estate Is going
up and offers a town lot at bar
gain price If taken quick. Stock Of
ferings.
National Union Bank, Rock Hill
Prints a statement showing its steady
growth in deposits, profits and as
sets, and gives six reasons for the
expansion of its business.
r. 3. Davidson Co.-Has new lot or
picture frames, flash light electric
alarm clocks, Edison and Victor
photograph records, violin and gull
tar strings.
Loan and Savings Bank-Reminds you
that when your funds are deposited
with it, they are always Immediately
available.
Star Drug Store-Jogs your memory
to the fact that only a few days are
left for holiday buying and wants
you to see it's select stock of Christ
mas presents.
Snerer & FeTBuSOll-"dlll luIhSyS,
hens and geese delivered Thursday,
18th.
First National Bank-Wants all far
mers who have surplus funds to de-
post them with 1t, either on open
account, a certificate Of deposit or
in the savings department.
York Drug Store-Says merry
Christmas without a box Of Huyler's
candles would be impossible. 1t sells
Huyler'S.
Thomson Co.-Gives notice that its
mill factory syndicate sale will con-
tinue until December "a, and wants
you to see the holiday goods early.
Yorkville Hardware Co.-Has a big
line of goods suitable for presents
for all sorts Of people and can please
in varieties and prices.
]. Q. Wray-Tells you that his prices
will save you money on dry goods,
clothing, shoes, notions, etc. Gro
Gerry specials.
York Furniture Co-Suggests that you
give Christmas presents that are
are worth while and mentions a
number of articles suitable for the
DurDOSe.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-15

BOTH houses of congress are pretty
sore on the president, because IN erect
he charged In his message that GER
tain amendment incorporated in the
secret service law last year was to pre-
vent the investigation Of congressman
themselves by the secret service. The
amendment referred to was that which
provides that there shall be no detail
from the secret service and no transfer
therefrom. The secret service is for
the most part under the jurisdiction OF
the treasury department; but hereto
fore it has been used to run down GRIM
inals in other departments Of the gov
ernment. The amendment complained
Of has confined the use Of the secret
service to the treasury department, and
the president says that so far as he is
able to see, the principal effect of 1t
Is to protect a class Of rich criminals
who cannot be brought to account
through any other means. He called
attention to the fact that congressman
and senators have been convicted of
crime through the secret service de-
partment, and suggests that if this be
the objection of the congressman they
might exempt themselves from secret
service inquiries. There is a good deal
of indignation in both the house and
senate over what the president has had
to say on the subject and the proba-
bility is that the matter will be dis
cussed at considerable length during
the present week.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-15

We would like to see about 250 far
mers in the corn competition next year.
1t would be profitable venture for
each and every one Of them and 1t will
be profitable to the county.
II there is a reader Of The Enquirer
who can give us a detailed statement
Of expenses and receipts in connection
with the cultivation Of an acre Of cot
ton that will show up as favorably as
the statements of Messrs. w. E. Land,
C. H. Smith and ]. L. Wood in connec-
ton with their prize acres Of corn. we
would be glad to have it.
That is a rather unusual advertise
ment' in another column signed TRAP
per-" but we can give assurance that it
is in good faith. The advertiser Is a
trapper of experience, who has caught
all the minks in his present neighbor-
hood and who is looking for new hunt
ing grounds. The Enquirer will, Of
course, take pleasure in forwarding any
communications that may come to him
n it's care.
A wise old merchant Of Yorkville,
the late NJ Strauss, used to tell his
clerks: 1T does not require salesman
to sell a plug of tobacco. Anybody can
do that. The sale is already made in
fact The customer merely calls for
the tobacco and the salesman only
takes the money. The real salesman
Is the man who can take up a useful
article about which the customer knows
nothing, point out its merits and its
value and make a SALE" There Is lots
Of valuable food for thought in this
observation, which can be applied with
equal propriety to various other lines
of endeavor. 1t does not take far
mer for instance, to raise ten bushels
Of corn on fresh, new ground. Anybody
can do that The real farmer goes in
for making from forty to sixty bushels
Of corn on comparatively poor land,
and he does not think Of stopping there.
After raising the corn he goes In for
saving and utilizing every penny Of
value that comes with the crop. The
corn, fodder, shucks or stover, to hand,
he does not want to sell them as raw
materials, if instead he can put them
through horses, mules, cows, hogs and
pigs, and thus derive still greater value
from them. The real farmer makes ev-
cry move on the theory that he is In
the business for life and along with
products that are directly exchangeable
for money values, he looks out for
things that promise value in the flu
ture. The possibilities open to the
farmer-any farmer-are limited only
by his industry, perseverance and ca
pabilities.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-15

THE president on yesterday sent to
congress another message with regard
to the shooting up of Brownsville, and
along with the message sent a story
that has been obtained from one Of
the participants, and which gives away
the whole affair in pretty full detail.
Boyd Conyers is the name Of the SOL
dier who tells the story, and the story
sounds like it is pretty nearly true. At
ter Conyers learned that the story had
been obtained from him for the use Of
the president, it is stated that he
threatened to commit suicide as he
was sure the other negroes would kill
him.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-15

- Washington, December IL: Un-
scrupulous and otherwise misleading
phrases in guarantee labels used by
manufacturers are barred under a de-
cision promulgated today by the pure
food and drug board with the approval
of Secretaries Cortelyou, Wilson and
Straus. The decision conforms to the
recent refusal of Commissioner OF
Patents Moore to register trade marks
which include the phrase Guaranteed
under the food and drugs act June
3Oth, 1906" on the ground that It was
misleading. Effective January 1st next.
new guarantee labels must be changed
so as to show plainly that the guaran-
tee is. that of the manufacturer and
not Of the government. but because
of the large sums Of money invested in
good faith in labels and plates, the
old form of labels now in use repre-
senting guarantees already filed with
the department will be recognized for
q term Of two years.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-15

and Amanda came at II or IS years as
a pupil. Thompson had known Aman-
da as a bright little girl of 6. but
they had been separated until her COM
ing to school. The only thing he could
see In her now was her dense, blank
stupidity. At the time he did not sus-
pect her identity and neither she nor
Aileen had any idea Of their relation
shin. It was not until he had fallen
in love with Aileen and she had prom
ised to be his wife, that Thompson dis
covered the relationship Of the two
girls. 1t was this circumstance that
led him to take charge of the country
school near Amanda's home, his object
being to educate Amanda, before MAX
ing Aileen acquainted with the facts.
Though misunderstood to the extent
that the engagement was broken, he
held to his task until Amanda was
through Winthrop, and did not stop un-
til he had done almost as much for her
old lover to whom she had been made
so far superior. Later, after Amanda
had been married, the two sisters were
brought together. Everything dawned
upon Aileen. and the happy marriage
followed.
The point in all this was to show
that there is little or nothing In hered-
ity; but almost everything in environ
ment and education. People who 9TH
erwise seem destined to grope out
their lives in hopeless darkness, bur-
den to . themselves and an incum-
brance to the earth, are by proper pa
tient careful and correct education,
capable of rising to the level of the
best, though possessed Of blood that has
been refined through generations Of So
called nobility. But by far the greatest
drawback to the situation, as viewed
by Mr.. McGhee, and as other thought
full people see It, Is the curse OF igno-
rant, incompetent, Indifferent teachers,
who teach merely as an occupation for
the salaries they receive, and behind
these the trustees who select teachers
more with a view 10 DulWdTklIS lllelI
own social or political position, than
with a view to properly shaping the
lives of the children under their care.
Some of our contemporaries who
have the pleasure of more intimate
personal acquaintance with Mr.. Nc
Ghee than we have, impart the infor-
nation that the scene of his book is
laid in that section Of South Carolina
in the vicinity where the line between
Greenville and Spartanburg counties
intersect with the North Carolina line.
We recognize in the story one incident
that was described by the newspapers
several years ago as having occurred
in this locality, but it does not occur to
us that Mr.. McGhee had this particular
section Of the state in mind. On the
contrary the Dark Corner" described
in the book Is to be found in almost
every county, and the application OF
the story, we are sorry to say, is quite
general. But the light Is coming on
gradually and things are improving
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-15
Che aturkrille enquirer.
Entered at the Postoff1ce in Yorkville
as Mail Matter Of the Second Class.
YORKVILLE. 8. c.:
TUESDAY. DECEMBER Is, 1908.

SPEAKER Cannon has announced
himself as opposed to the presidents
proposition to issue bonds for river
and harbor improvement. He believes
in improving the rivers and harbors;
but he thinks that the custom that has
prevailed since the Inauguration Of the
work, the making of direct appropria-
tions, is the best The issuance of
bonds, he declares, is calculated to en-
courage unnecessary extravaganza, and
to make easy the taking on Of imprac-
tical schemes. He says he will not
stand for the proposition. And as we
see it, Mr.. Cannon has pretty level
head in this matter.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-15
TUESDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1908.

242 L. c. Armstrong, mill work
243 d. II. Whitener, mill work
244 Will Adkins, mill work
245 w. r. Haglns, merchant
246 +. r. Riddle, farmer
247 r. r. Capps, merchant
24S H. G. Michaels, carpenter
249 f. E. Wootan, mill work
250 A. w. Jackson, farmer
251 ]. c. Jackson, farmer
252 Sam'l Mccall, brickmason
253 w. R. Whisonant, farmer
254 J. j. Jones. farmer
255 D. A. Matthews, merchant
256 j. j. Nivens, farmer
257 Lee Jackson, clerk
25S w. n. Jackson, mill work
"59 s. w. Lowrance, R. r. work
$50 r. A. Matthews, salesman
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-15

NOT A CHARLESTON BUZZARD.-A
Yorkville buzzard, with a liking for
current events, lit on a live wire and
never knew what happened to him.
Then a mean newspaper man said the
buzzard was from Charleston. 1t was
not; no wellbred Charleston buzzard
would light on a new-fangled idea like
York steel post when cobble stones
and low roofs are easier to find. Be
Sides why should a Charleston buzzard
leave nome?-Sumter He.ald.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-15

bales against 63,143 last week and 61.-
232 last year. For the week 100000
bales against 410,667 last week and
400,715 last year. Today's receipts at
New Orleans 1856 bales against 1852
last year, and at Houston 17,4S5 bales
against 1898 last year.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-15
NOTES FROM BETHANY.
Oysters and Chicken Supper Success
Lecture by Rev. J. L. oates-HalI
For the Farmers Union.
OF the lurkville Enquirer.

correspondence Of the iurkville Enquirer.
Bethany, December 12.-There was
quite a large gathering here yesterday
on account Of the. serving OF oysters
and chicken under the auspices of the
Ladies' Aid society of Bethany church,
and the occasion was not only most en-
joyable socially, but quite success
financially, the profits amounting to
SIT over expenses. The good Things
served by the ladies were delightful.
But the most enjoyable feature Of
the days pleasure was one, which, un-
fortunately had not been very exten-
sively advertised. This was a lecture
by Rev. ]. L. Oates Of Hickory Grove,
which took place in the reception room
of the dormitory. MIR. Oates's subject
was the Elements of Success in Life"
These he defined as three in number,
the first being fixed purpose, the
second being perseverance and the
third the satisfaction and honors that
come with the attainment Of the OBJ
Ject sought. The fixed purpose, he eX-
plained, had its birth in the imagina-
tive waking dream that clearly pic
lures the great end to be accomplished.
Then comes the persistency which
brooks no obstacles and hesitates at no
personal sacrifice, however great. He
held that every man who tried, was
capable of performing an important part
in the world, and while the honors that
come to some may be greater than
those that come to others: every one
Is bound to enjoy as full measure Of
satisfaction as he or she Is entitled to
enjoy.
A second story is being added to the
school chapel by the Farmers Union
to be used as a meeting place by that
organization, the Woodmen and other
fraternal orders.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-15
YoRK,s REGISTERED VOTERS.

For the benefit of the public espe-
cially in connection with school and
other elections, 1t Is the purpose Of
The Enquirer to publish a list Of the
recent registration. The publication Of
all the names at one time would fill an
entire issue of The Enquirer, and it is
therefore deemed more advisable to
take up the work by installments.
People interested in these lists will do
we'll to clip them out as they appear in
The Enquirer and paste them in scrap
books In the list given below will be
found all the registered voters Of
Hlouar
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-15
AT THE CHURCHES.
OBITUARY..

DIED-At his home in Clover, S. c.,
on December II, 1908, JOHN c. EN-
LOE, in the SID year Of his age.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-15
LOCAL LAcONIcS.
Good Old Darkey.

Hester Dillingham;, a faithful old
negro. who has been in the service Of
the Moss family all her life. having
been given by the late Jas. K. Robinson
to his daughter Miss Lucetta, at the
time Of her marriage to the late JOS. r.
Moss, died last Friday, aged about 10
years. She was we'll known by the
whites Of the neighborhood and held in
bioh actaay,,
Amador ledger., 1908-05-08
COUGHS.

Every person who coughs should not
alarm himself with the idea that he is
in a bad way. Experience has con-
WINGED us of a fact that there are two
distinct kinds of coughs-one proceed
ing from an affection of the lungs and
air tubes, as in a cold, the other pro-
ceeding from effervescence in the
stomach. The lungs cough is symp-
tom which all know to require atten-
ton. lest serious consequences ensue.
The stomach cough is a much more
simple matter and may easily be got
quit of. 1t is caused by the food and
drink which are put into the stomach
effervescing and producing an irrita-
ton. A knowledge Of this fact ought
to lead persons so affected to ponder a
little on the nature of their ailment and
the tone of their digestive powers.
Amador ledger., 1908-05-08

Underdoggsm does not arise wholly
from condition Wou find underdogs in
the very seats Of the mighty, but from
a winsome quality of mind which is in
herent. You may know the underdoS
by a certain negative attitude. an alb
sence of assertion, a denial of superior
ity, a smiling air Of seeing the humor
of the situation, droll hint Of a wink
at his own discontinue. Some Of
them, 1t is true, do make the mistake
of trying to be something else. They
put on an imposing front and in a
momentary flood of favor and fortune
pose as dogs rampant. Yet even in that
lofty attitude the tail may be observed
between the legs.-Atlantic.
Amador ledger., 1908-05-08
SOUND WAVES.
The Way They Are Detected by AZ
mospherio Causes.

The Way They Are Detected by AZ
mosPherio Causes.
One of Uncle Sans scientists at
Washington gives an interesting eX-
PLANTATION of the action of the wind in
preventing the spread of sound toward
the direction from which the wind
comes.
1t is, he claims, not the wind, as
such, that prevents sound from trav-
cling against 1t, but differences in the
strength of the wind. If, for instance,
the wind is stronger above than be-
low or stronger at one side, its effect
will be to tilt the sound waves in one
direction or another.
Differences of temperature in the air
also cause detection of the waves Of
sound. Other atmospheric causes ex-
list which defect sound from straight
course and prevent it from going as
far in certain directions as it may
have been expected to go.
Some of the sirens in this country,
says the scientist produce sounds
which ought theoretically to be audible
at a distance of 1,500 miles. but. in
fact, the authorities are satisfied if
they are heard only two miles away.
The reason for the discrepancy be-
tween calculation and experiment was
probably atmospheric detection of the
sound.-Minneapol Journal.
Amador ledger., 1908-05-08
Exnert Tattooors.

The inhabitants of the Marquesas Is
lands are among the most expert tat
tooers on earth, and not even the crown
Of the head, the fingers and the toes
are exempt from the needle. The
hands are ornamented with utmost
care, all the fingers having their own
pattern, 30 the hand would look as
though incased in a tight fitting glove
were it not for the finger nails of enor-
nous length which complete the hand
adornment of the Weather natives.
Amador ledger., 1908-05-08

According the Insurance Press of New York of
schools in great many Of larger cities absolutely
unsafe regards fire protection thus endangering the
lives of the children compelled attend them. 1t gives
list of the cities Of the country whose schools, some of
Them the proper protection against fire. In this
list included Sacramento Fresno, Berkeley, Eureka,
Pasadena San Bernardino San Diego San ose Santa Bar
barbara Cruz Stockton San Francisco and Oakland
the largest towns of this Los Angeles not included.
There be pride in the latter city, for instead
of centerng their attention upon school, the in
places they make point have them all supplied
with the modern appliances and convencences for the
lection against fire, and proper exits in case OF one Prob
ably the greatest mistake made many schools having
the doors entering them open inward instead outward
Had been for this there would not have been
children killed during the Conwood fire. In San Francis
co the schools crowded OVERLOOKING the result OF
of them being destroyed during the great fire. but
before that they amply provided tor the saving OF
lives in case of fire. 1t is be hoped that the schools
already will be provided far possible with means
of escape of need while those to be built erected
in such manner that exit is easy
Amador ledger., 1908-05-08
A LEAP 10 FAME.


ONlitF1CNld0 inBIllbAiONs
IN the Smithsonian institution at
Washington is case containing a
stuffed cat. A card attached to the
case. setting forth the reasons why
this particular feline is known to fame,
gives official sanction to tale that is
in every respect as remarkable as any
emanating from the nature fakiFs
The story Of the cat is as follows;
Many years ago, while the Washing
ton monument was still in an unfin-
ished condition. an adventurous and
patriotic cat assembled the interior Of
the SHAFT by means of the ropes and
scaffolding. When the worlSmen ar
rived at The Upper landing the next
morning and began to prepare for the
days work the cat took fright and,
springing to the outer edge. took the
leap OF over 800 feet to the hard earth
below.
In the descent. which was watched
closely by the worlimen. the cat spread
herself out like flying squirrel, fell
slowly and alighted, as cats always do.
on all tours. After turning over on the
soil n few times as If dazed she pre-
pared to leave the grounds. She had
proceeded almost beyond the shadow
Of the monument when a stray terrier
pOunced upon and killed her.
One Of the worlimen rescued the re
mains OF the cat and turned them over
to the Smithsonian institution. which
caused the skin to be mounted and
placed under the glass case.-Youth's
Companion.