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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-25

"Then other cotton belt states re-
port conditions just about as bad. In
view Of this information it Is the
height of folly for the producer and
holder Of spots to become frightened
and sell. The Farmers Union Is In
a. position to get correct estimate to
the crop, and 1t is wisdom in the
farmer listening to the Union, whose
interest is identical with his rather
than to listen to the speculator, whose
interest it is to get your cotton just as
cheap as possible.
"The national convention Of the
Farmers Union will convene Septem-
ber 1st for the purpose Of fixing the
price Of cotton. At that time the Un-
ion will know the exact condition of
the crop, and will fix a price in keep
ing with those conditions.
In view of these facts urge every
man owning a bale Of cotton to store
it in a bonded ware house, borrow
money to meet your obligations and
hold on till the price set is reached.
It is suicidal in us to work hard and
make a crop and then let the gambler
and speculator have it at less than 1t
cost US to make 1t. Stand by your
guns and make a good fight and VIC
tory Is ours.
B. Harris, President,
S. C. Farmers Union.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-25

cotton panics that the world has ever
known, and the tails Of our shirts will
have to be made shorter to give every
man a shirt.
Crop conditions in South Caroli-
ma are not what they were two weeks
ago. The crop is fully 25 per cent
off. This Is due to too much rain in
June and early in July, followed by
excessive heat. 1t is impossible now
for the plant ever to recuperate and
make a top crop.
I'm Texas reports say that the
crop has been damaged in sections by
too much rain, while in other sections
the crop has been cut off considerably
by drought and the devastation Of
the boil weevil. Texas cannot pro-
duce anything approaching what is
considered a full crop.
Alabama and Mississippi both re-
port too much rain, followed by ex-
cessively hot weather, producing
rust, black rot and. shedding.
Georgia reports thirty counties af-
fected with black rot, which is dam
aging the crop no little. Other Sec
tions report caterpillars, too much
rain, followed by excessive heat. Cot
ton has deteriorated wonderfully in
the last ten days.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-25
CHAPTER XVIII.

A wild December night was gather
ing on the Maine coast
The wind blew straight from the
northeast, churning the little harbor
into a fury of foam. For hours the
mercury had been steadily falling. Up
at Ira Berry's grocery a circle Of fish
ermen sat around the red-hot stove,
feeding the fire with pine knots, and
talking Of the weather.
tom Duff won't git the mail over
here tonight" said Ira Berry. Hes
an hour arter time already. Most
likely the old mare is stuck in the
drifts"
Through a storm blurred window be-
mind the mOlasses hOgshead and the
barrel of kerosene, Ira was watching
I'll risk Tom," replied Hiram Duff
the father Of the belated mail carrier
from his chair by the stove. Hell pull
through The mare she amt so swift
as some, but she's stiddy. One thing s
sartin-nobOdyl be coming over from
Hillyers Cove tonight arter letters"
Dunno bout that" responded Cap
tain Ira. dOubtfully. That sailor gals
neither sugar nor salt. It'll take more'r
nor-e easter to keep her at home. She
comes constant, month in and month
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-25
To be Continued.
oBEDIENT MOORISH CHILDREN.

Show Great Respect For Parents
Their Training and Education.
A French lady, Mile Mathilde Zeys,
has recently visited Morocco, and at
the present moment Parisians are de-
irving instruction and entertainment
from her work, 'Une Francaise
au Marco" Children in Morocco, she
tells US, are brought up to show the
greatest respect and Difference to their
parents A Moorish child never enters
his fathers presence unless called, he
kisses his fathers hand and similarly
greets any friends who may be there.
Only on rare occasions does he take
his meals with his parents. AS a rule
the child has but one dish, which is
sent outside to him after the parents
meal.
Although the discipline seems Sc
we're. Moorish parents love their chill
dren dearly, and it is a pretty sight to
see a swarthy Arab with rugged feat
ures playing with his children Ill front
of his house. The girls have a monot-
onous time, spent at their mothers
side.
At the age of five the father takes
his little son to school. He carries with
him present to the master, or "fokth,'
and some sweetmeats to cheer up the
little chap for the first few days. At
the end of the first week the parents
give a party to signalize the boys
entry to school,, and all the small boys's
little friends, who have half holiday
for the occasion, are invited.
The learning from our standpoint is
hardly worthy the name, and if lit
tie Moor does not show aptitude for
study the parent soon takes him away
from school and put him to trade.
Still every boy is supposed to read and
write. Study, such as it is, is literary
rather than scientific. Moorish scien-
tifc ideas are not only antquated, but
often false. Religious scruples forbid
deep study in chemistry and natural
philosophy. Medicine is only in most
rudimentary state. The study of anat-
omy is forbidden by religion AMI the
Moorish surgeon is often the barber.
London Globe.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-25
FREAKS OF LIGHTNING.
Annual Crop of Reports Promises to
Break the Record.

The United States now is gathering
its annual crop Of reports Of the freaks
Of lightning. Most Of the lightning
freaks are fraught with tragic conse-
quences to man or beast, says the New
York Press. Up in LIE Roy, n. Y,
two horses were standing in a barn
when a bolt struck between them,
bursting the eardrums Of both animals,
bur leaving them otherwise uninJured.
Down in West Virginia a man was
riding a horse and hurrying to shelter
from an oncoming storm, when the
lightning struck the horse, killing II
instantly, but not harming the rider
in the least. The motorman on a
trolley car in Admission, Ala, actually
was undressed by bolt from the sky.
The lightning tore his clothes Off
completely, ripped the face off his
watch, melted the chain and left a
burned spot on his knee.
At Hornell, N. Y, one of the resi-
dents was sleeping on a feather bed
when a bolt of lightning struck his
house The sleeper was thrown clear
out of bed on to the floor, but was
otherwise uninjured. In Willimantlc,
Conn, one Of the local fire engine
houses was struck and the electrical
apparatus was put out of order. NO
one was in the house at the time, so
the damage was not noted in the
neighborhood. But an alarm was set
ringing in the residence Of the fire
chief, some distance away, and he
hastened to the engine house, to dis
cover that the lightning had struck
the alarm.
Out in Petersburg, Ind, three young
men were sitting on a farmhouse
porch when a bolt struck them and
the nearby barn at the same time.
The feet of the men were badly burn
ed, and when one of them recovered
consciousness he declared he had felt
something strike him on the shoul-
der and run down his back to his feet.
On being examined a broad mark or
livid red was found on his back from
his shoulder to his heel. The same
bolt struck two harnessed horses in
the barn and not only rendered them
unconscious for two hours, but also
melted all the harness buckles ana
ripped the shoes off their hoofs.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-25
CONFEDERATE MONUMENT.
To Be Unveiled at Ebenezer on We'd
nesday, August 26.

The beautiful Confederate monument
erected at Ebenezer to the Confeder-
ate heroes Of York county, made pos
sible by the work of the members Of
the S. D. Barron chapter, Daughters Of
the Confederacy, will be unveiled and
dedicated on Wednesday, at which time
an all-day picnic will be held and the
occasion promises to be the most de-
lightful one Of the kind ever held in
York county.
The Ann White chapter of Daugh-
ters, Catawba Camp Of Veterans, the
local military company and a vast
number of our citizens will participate
in the celebration.
The marshals for the affair will be:
Capt. ]. w. Marshall and Mr.. w. NJ.
Steele, chiefs, with Messrs. Robert
Poag, Sam Barry, Archie Barron, Bur-
ton Massey, Richard Fewell, Bobbie
Fewell, Gus Barnett, Lad Massie (of
Fort Mild, ]. E. Bass, John R. Shur-
ley, Irwin Carothers, Thorne Neely,
Simril Matthews, Lorraine Simril, Max
Roach and Martin Kee, all Of whom
are sons Of veterans.
The monument will be unveiled by
Mrs. Margaret E. Steele, the oldest
member Of the S. D. Barron chapter
and the four cords will be held by the
children and grandchildren Of veterans,
ranging in age from to 1S years. The
unveiling will occur between IL and IL
o'clock. The Record has a copy of
the programme for the occasion, but
the ladies asked us this morning not to
publish it, as they want to give those
present several pleasant surprises,
which they prefer not to be known un-
til the time arrives. The military COM
pany will be present and fire salute
Rock Hill Record, August a.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-25
Mi5eellaneou5 &eading.
TO COTTON PRODUCERS.
Now Is the Time For Everybody to
Stand Steady.

Stand Steady.
President B. Harris, Of the state
Farmers Union, has issued another
call to the farmers to hold cotton,
and in this address he makes some
very interesting statements regarding
the action Of the cotton mills in shut
ing down at this period, and also in
regard to the cotton crop throughout
the cotton belt. Mr.. Harris's appeal
is as follows:
"Why is it that cotton has not
reached the minimum price set, Is
cents? Is it too late? I answer no.
What, then, is the cause Of its being
down? The producer alone is to
blame. He is ready at all times to
listen to all he hears about the bear
side of cotton, but fails to look into
the true situation and the condition
of the crop. He does not realize that
cotton is now scarcer than 1t has been
in twenty-five years, while the de-
mand is just as great, when we con-
slider the supply of raw material. 1t
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-25

SY Mail matter for the Tonga group
Of islands in the Pacific is delivered
by means Of rockets from passing ves-
sells.
sB Thomas Kelly, Of Ballygawley
county Tyrone, Ireland, who at 1O7
climbed and repaired his own roof,
according to the London papers, is the
latest centenarian to give to the world
his recipe for old age, which is made
up of plain food, early rising, hard
work, a sparing use of alcohol and
plenty of fresh, mountain air."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-25

,sa' Many an otherwise honest young
man doesn't hesitate to steal kiss.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-25
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IN It's difficult for a woman to love
a man that no other woman admlres.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-14
SENATOR DIXON DOES NOT LOOK
FOR ACTION THIS SESSION.
FAyoRs MEYERS BILL
Senator From Montana Believes GEN
eral Parcels Post Would lnjure Mer-
chants, But Favors Postmaster
Generals Proposition for Bill.

From Wednesdays Daily.
That no parcels post measure is
likely to pass the present session Of
congress is the opinion Of Senator
Dixon OF Montana as expressed in a
letter to Charles Austin, secretary Of
the Retail Merchants Association OF
Montana.
Mr.. Austin had written a letter OF
inquiry relative to the progress Of
the parcels post bill, which. as he
thought. was inimica to the interests
of the retail merchants.
Mr.. Dixon's reply was as follows:
"Mr. Charles Austin, Secretary Re.
tail Merchants Association of Mon.
tana, Butte Monthly Dear SIR
Il am in receipt Of yours OF recent
date relative to the proposed parcels
post. My own judgement is that there
Is n 10 likelihood Of the proposed meas
ure becoming a law at this session
Of congress. From the present light
at hand I think the general parcels
post proposition would not be for the
benefit Of the local communities in
Montana.
THE second suggestion Of the post
master general relative to the local
parcels post for merchandise original
ing along the lines Of the rural rree
delivery routes, in my opinion, would
benefit the local merchants, as well
as the people along the route. Yours
very truly,
"JosEUH M. DIXON"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-14
PRIMARY ELECTION
BILL GOES THROUGH
OHIO WILL PROBABLY HAVE BET
TER ELECTIONS HEREAFTER.

Columbus, o., Feb. 12.-The senate
today by unanimous vote passed the
Huffman primary election bill which
provides for compulsory direct pri-
maries for the. nomination Of candi-
dates for county and municipal Of
fees.
Candidates for all districts and
state Offices may be nominated by di-
rect primary or by delegate conven-
lions as the controlling party commit
tees may determine. Primaries for
the selection OF candidates and dele.
gates must be held by all parties sim
ultaneously on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in September Of each
year except in presidential years,
when they may be held in May. The
bill goes to the house.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-14
RAILROADS DESIRE
HEARING ON Law
WILL SEEK ExrENsloNs IN THE
MATTER OF OPERATORS.

washington. Feb. 12.-In view Of the
announcement made yesterday BY the
interstate commerce commission re
.|specting its authority to extend the
law which goes into effect on the
fourth OF March next. limiting the
hours of service OF employees engaged
in the movement OF trains on inter
state >~railroAds, application has been
made by four railroad systems for q
hearing before the commission on the
subject.
The applications have come from
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. the
Southern Railroad, the st. Louis &
San Francisco and the Seaboard Air
Line. Other applications doubtless
will be received In q few days. The
commission has set February q as the
date of the hearing of the applications
and 1t is said that all questions on hle
with the commission will then be
threshed out.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-14

sumed. I am not trying to prove that
1t is Improbable to grow other crops,
but to prove that It Is to each ranch
er's interest to have some OF all three.
MY idea OF a successful rancher
would be to rotate his farm 50 as to
grow alfalfa, oats, potatoes and sugar
beets, and then to keep enough live
stock, either cattle or sheep, to clean
up the roughness, as there Is nothing
better for fattening either cattle or
sheep than alfalfa and beet tops. BY
doing this, n Is able to fertilize his
farm and make q double profit, and
will have ideal conditions which will
insure double the yield of beets and
all other crops raised on the farm.
I do not claim that to raise beets
is a get rich quick scheme, but do
claim that 1t will enable a man with
moderate means to own his own farm
and be independent picker than any
other crop: that 1t will develop a coun-
try and bring about better conditions
both in town and country.
A few don'ts. Do not plant more
than you can take care of. Do not
plant poor land. Do not expect too
much Of the crop. Do not charge up
the whole expense OF your ranch to
the beet crop and then feel sore. Do
not worry about paying out some
money to help If you AVE a fair share
left. Last but not least, let us have
faith in each other and pull together
for success. It is the aim OF the man
agement to do all in their power to
make an even greater success to the
farmer, and we in turn solicit the co
operation of ali those who have been
growing beets, and we ask all who
have land suitable and have not yet
given beets a trial to put their should
ers to the wheel, and as the saying is,
pull with a long pull, a strong pull and
a pull all together, and by so doing we
will be able to bring about conditions
second to none in the United States in
Yellowstone and Carbon counties.
JAS. sCILLEY,
Chief Agriculturist,
Billings Sugar Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-14
DAY WILL GIVE BIG
DANCE AT HUN1LEY
SPECIAL TRAIN WILL BE RUN
FROM BILLINGS FOR AFFAIR.

From Thursdays Daily.
j. w. Day, postmaster and a mer-
chant Of Huntley, will give a big
dance at Huntley February 81, in his
new store building, which has just
been completed. me affair will be In
the nature Of a housewarming and a
reception to the new settlers who
have filed On Huntley lands. "A
special train leaving Billings at 8
o'clock and returning at 3 o'clock the
next morning will he run from this
city for those wishing to attend the
dance.
The special will stop at Lockwood
to allow people living near there to
attend the dance. The italian harp
orchestra Of this city will furnish the
music. Refreshments will be served
at midnight to the quests.
The building which Mr.. Day has
just completed is constructed Of con-
crete and is one OF the finest business
blocks in this section Of the state. It
has two stories and a commodious
basement, and is so feet long and 80
feet wide. The dance will be given
on the second floor, which a an ex-
cellent floor for dancing and has not
been partitioned OF into smaller
rooms.
Mr.. Days idea in giving the dance
is to meet all the new settlers as we'll
as many Billings people in an informal
way so that they may become better
acquainted. Many Of the new settlers
are recent arrivals from the east, and
in many instances r not yet &C
quainted with the people living on the
adjoining farms.
Mr.. Day has many friends in Bill.
ings and is an old-time resident OF
this section. BY running a special
train to Huntley it Is expected that q
tend.
arge crowd from. this city will at
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-14
FORAKER TRIED TO
lpLAlN HIS DEFEAT
ASSERTS FRIENDS DID NOT PAR.
nclPATE IN VOTING.

Washington. Feb. l2.-senator ]. B.
Foraker tonight gave out q statement
as to the result Of the primary cleo
lions in Ohio on Tuesday. when the
Taft forces made practically q clean
sweep in the selection Of delegates to
the coming state republican state con-
vention. In his statement Senator
Foraker saye:
Nobody should be either surprised
or misled by the result Of the pri-
maries held in Ohio yesterday. It has
been common knowledge for weeks
that the call for these primaries wa
OF such q character that my friends
throughout the state refused to par
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-14
POLICEMAN STAYS
:: JOKE REFRIGERATOR
OFFICER KILLS FRIEND WHO JoK-
INeLY wAYLAYs HIM.

.E-N
Portland. Feb. 12.-John G. Wet.
leek. an employe OF the city engi-
neer's Office, came to his death tonight
while endeavoring to perpetrate q
stupid joke on Policeman =. D. Hep
ner.
Hepner is a recent recruit Of the
police department and was q friend OF
Wetleek. Wetleek hid behind a clump
Of bushes and Is Hepner came along
stepped in front of him. and, pointing
his pipe at the policeman. ordered
Hands up
Hepner drew his pistol from his
pocket and shot Wetleek dead.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-14
SCENE IN COURT
MADE BY CULPRI1
AGED DEFENDANT in MURDER
CASE REsENTs SENTENCE.

Boulder. Mont. Feb. 12.-Found
guilty Of the murder Of Eugene o.
Madden near Basin on New Years
day, George Plat, an old-ime prospec.
tor and miner, was today sentenced to
imprisonment for life in the peniten-
tiary.
On receiving his sentence the old
man, with an outburst OF temper. dc.
nounced the prosecuting attorney. He
made an attempt to reach him. but
was restrained. He then called him
the vilest names possible. until re-
moved from the courtroom. Madden
had attempted to Jump Platt's claim.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-14
DISMISSAL ASKED
IN CAPITOL CASES
DEFENSE FAILS TO GET GRAFT.
ERs FREE.

Harrisburg. Pa, Feb. 1.-THE de-
tense in the state capitol conspiracy
case today made a futile effort to
have Judge Kunkel issue binding In
~structions to the jury to discharge
the defendants, Contractor ]. II.
sanderson, and former state officers
Snyder, Mathues and shumaker, on
the ground that the commonwealth
had not proved there had been collu-
sion and fraud between them in the
furnishing Of the capitol. Exceptions
were fled and the arguments contin-
ued.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-14
KILLS
IN A UTAH NINE
DUST IN THE gibson PROPERTY
CAUSES LOSS OF LIFE.

Salt Lake, Feb. PA special to
the Telegram from Mack, Colo, says
that two men were killed and several
others seriously wounded by an explo
sion Of dust in the ellison mine at
Dragon, Utah. Two bodies have been
recovered and it is believed that sew
eral others are in the mine. The mine
was set ON fire by the explosion, and
as water is scarce It is still raging.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-14
sp,R,TuALlsrs BUY ISLAND.
viii Have Place for an Institution Ct
Very Own.

San Diego. Cal. Feb. 12-M dltl
Katherine Tingley. head Of the The
osophica society and Universal Broth
erhooo. with headquarters at Point
Iona, received . cablegram this At
ernoon announcing the confirmation
Of her purchase OF Visingo island. n
Sweden, where she q to establish =
branch Of the Universal Brotherhood
similar to the institution here.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-14
ABE GOODMAN Off
FOR Los ANGELES
POPULAR BILLINGS BOY LEAVES
FOR THE COAST.

From Thursdays Daily.
Abe Goodman, former partner with
George Lanstrum in the cigar store
now owned by the Billings Cigar com
pany, left this morning for Helena.
After a short visit there he will leave
for Los Angeles, where he will spend
the balance OF the winter simply en-.
joying himself.
Mr.. Goodman has been In Billings
for two years or more and during his
time here has made hundreds Of
friends among the business men of
the city.
He has no plans for business In
the near future, but expects to return
to Billings in the spring, and possibly
will again locate here.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-14
May LOSE !
USE OF ONE LEG
SON OF MRS. BAKER EDDY SUI.
FERINe FROM PARALYSIS.

Lead, S. D.. Feb. 12.-From the kick
If a horse received over a week ago,
George w. Glover, son Of Mrs. Mary
Baker g. Eddy, the Christian Science
leader, is suffering from paralysis Of
one leg which threatens to become
permanent.
Glover is a man past middle age,
but has always been very active. The
horse kicked him on the right leg and
reopened an old gunshot wound re.
ceived in the civil war. Since then
Glover has lost the use OF the limb
and surgeons fear he will never regain
IL.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-14

Total ......... .$22.46
II will be seen on this basis that
Sd bushels at 31.20 per hundred weight
are worth 1920 and the cost would be
322.46. Again I claim that because of
the beet crop those other crops are
worth more money than they would
be were the growing OF beets elimin-
'ated, because Of less acreage being
grown and the increased amount con
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-14
COMPANY IN

Norfolk. Va. Feb. 12.-On petition
OF one Of the stockholders Of the com
many. receivers were appointed today
for the Laning company. printers. 9
which Congressman ]. !. Lanhe =
president The liabilttss ~ abose
$4,000 ana the assets, Il \ 1deeaassd.
viz 30 1t lsast 100000 a szeess 8
the liabilities.