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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-24
CHESTER.

Lantern, April 21: Miss Ell Gregory
land Mr.. Cleve Threat of Lancaster,
were married at 10 o'clock Sabbath
morning. April 10. at the home OF the
brides parents, Mr.. and Irs. f. ID.
| Gregory. on DR.. s. w. PryorS place
about three miles from town. The cer-
emony was performed by Rev. d. NJ.
| Mcleod Mr. and Mrs. Threat lett
Yesterday morning for his home in
Lancaster. Miss Bessie GraySon.
from near Manning, and Mr.. William
Dixon. Jr. of BlackStock r. +. d. No.
|. were married Wednesday, April 15.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dixon arrived at Black
stock Thursday afternoon and were
given a reception that evening at the
home of his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. w.
p. Dixon. Mr. Dixon was accompanied
to Manning by his sister, Miss Minnie
Heath Dixon, and Mr.. Woodward
Mr.. Leland Hall and Miss Sarah Hall
of Winnsboro. ... Mrs. J. K. Henry
gave an Easter egg hunt to about
dozen little children in her neighbor-
hood Friday afternoon which was very
much enjoyed by the children.
A meeting is to be held at the court
house Friday afternoon in the interest
of a new hotel in Chester on up to date
plans and with the best approved ac-
commodatons The need of such a
hotel has been distinctly felt here, and
travelling men say this is the one thing
above all others needed to make Ches-
ter attractive to the travelling public,
and about all that is lacking. Every
body is invited to attend the meeting.
Wagner Curry, the 13-months-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. Cunning
ham. Of this city. died Saturday after
noon. April IS. at the home Of Mrs.
Cunningham's parents in Charleston,
where they had gone on visit a few
weeks ago. ....At a meeting OF the
directors of the Telephone company
Friday afternoon, DR.. G. b. White de-
clined reelection as president, secreta-
~ and treasurer and resigned his
place on the board of directors. Mr.
r. R. Hafner was elected to fill the
vacancy on the board and was also
elected president and treasurer. Mr.
r. B. Caldwell was elected secretary.
Postmaster Dunnovant has at his
office the drawings for the new public
building mentioned in Fridays Lam
tern. They give the impression of
very handsome building, but those in
terested can see them. The main front,
70 feet, with an elevation Of 40 feet
will face Main street. The Wylie street
side will be so feet. at the rear of which
will be the entrance for vehicles. The
basement. with concrete and cement
| floor will be for the heating plant
storage rooms. etc. The main floor will
contain the lobby, offices, vault, mail
boxes. working room. etc. There will
be about every convenience that q
building can have.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-24
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WORTH A
DOLLAR
Southern Gardeners Practical Manual
by Newman.

IT HERE are lots of people who know
l. something about gardening, but
those who have not made a lifelong,
scientific study of the subject are con-
stantly running upon problems that
they know nothing about. Newman's
Southern Gardeners Practical Manual
is a book of ready reference that gives
accurate and comprehensive informa-
tion practically about almost everything
relating to gardening. People who have
bought this work and used it find that
ii has paid for itself many times over.
1t is to be had at THE ENQUIRER
OFFICE at $1.00 per copy or by mail,
post paid for $1.10.
L.. NJ. CRISIS SONS.
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-24
WHEN JACKS AT SEA.
Extracts From the Diary of Sailor In
the United States Navy.

For variety at sea, once when we
had been practising with the six-inch
guns and were securing for dinner
hour we saw big whale spouting off
our starboard beam. We begged to
take q shot at it. and the officer of the
deck recognizing an imprOmptu tar
get gave us leave.
We fired two shots, and the express
sion "a sen of blood" which l have
always looked upon as an eXtraVa-
gance of speech, became a reality.
When we returned from mess the
ocean for a mile surrounding the
whale was as red-well, as red as
blood.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-24

Honor among thieves has its par
allel in Honesty among sailors" I
would unhestitatingly put any
amount of money in my diddy box in
the presence of the whole crew, but
the landsman is not always so safe,
as was proved in the case of bum
boatman who had a silk neckerchief
stolen from his pack when peddling
on our ship more than a year ago In
Yeddo Bay. The thief was detected
and put into the brig to await trial.
had quite for gotten the occur
renee until we were piped "A-l-l
hands to muster to hear the SEN
tence of a thief. Do you hear that
now?"
Of the trial am ignorant, but the
sentence having been passed his bag
and baggage, including full pay to the
hour of his detection, were brought
to him: a guard escorted him to the
port gangway; here the officer of the
deck took his cap, and stripping it of
it's ribbon returned it to him. 1t is
an indignity a sailor thief can never
escape. With head bowed in shame
he entered a boat and was rowed
away to the shore.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-24

Periodically tattoo fever breaks
out on ship. Speaking of tattoolng
recalls the finest specimen have ever
seen. 1t was during the warm season
when we were wont to go to Homo
ca. swimming.
saw a Japanese gentleman there
whose whole body, excepting his head
and hands, was completely incased,
as it were, in the skin of dragon.
Sailors are restricted to two colors,
red and blue, they being least to pro-
duce blood poisoning; but this man
was done in so many colors that when
his body was wet and shining 1 could
compare him to nothing else than a
great satsuma jar with human head.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-11-28
A SCIENTIFIC TARIFF.

A majority of those appearing at the first tariff hearing of the ways and means committee advocating increases rather than decreases of duties. Of course anything else would have been abnormal and unnatural-w would indicate that that wholesome selfish ness which is the stimulus to business success had departed from our men of business. They appeared, not as puh- licists and statesmen, under obliga- tion to consider common interests and the reconciliation of divergent inter- est, but as particularly concerned about their own affairs and solicitious to make more profit.
 After hearing all the special pleas marked to it and assessing them as nearly as possible at their true value. it will become the business of the committee to write the schedules The committee, not the witnesses, is the trustee for national and general interest, as opposed to private inter- ests. It is the confident expectation of the country that it will show as great zeal for the courageous per- formance of its functions as the gentleman of the drug and chemica trade show for getting all they can.
 John Dalzell, of experience in tariff making, says that 'the new law will be the most scientific ever known. " The only way to make this boast good is by steady keeping in view tn national aspects of protection rather than the local A rule must be adopt ed touching the measure of protection to be accorded, and this rule must be impartially applied. Mir. Taft sug- gests what this rule should be when he says that the protective uuty should not be more than is necessary to equalize the difference in the cost of production at home and abroad with reasonably allowance for the contingencies of business and a mar gin of profit to the capital employed. Some complain of this rule as too "protective.' Nevertheless, if the ways and means committee writes a tariff law strictly in accord with it the changes in the existing schedules will be sufficiently downward. As to the cost of prodcution there is not now tie difference between Europe and America that there was ten years ago. A scientific tariff, and thus an equitable and defensible one-this is what the country wants.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-11-28

West, three or more, Halger Hanson and Peter Johnon, M. c. Powers and others, several locations on McLean's s arm, Dan Moranville and Arthur Brush and Martin Gouley and Sam Johnson, likewise have locations on the arm. Archibald and Purdy are stripping and sinking on the beach, above high water, while lexis and Poison are running tunnel, which is in twenty five feet, with good show ing of fine ore. Decker and West have tunnel of sitxy feet, from which they have taken and shipped to the Tacoma shelter fifteen tons of ore, for a shelter test, with good returns. All who have visited the new district agree that the indications are most promising for the ultimate develop ment of several large and lucrative mining propositions. The original locators themselves are much en- couraged over the outlook and the persistercy with which they are in- tent upon pushing the preliminary work of development affords abundant evidence of the faith that is in them. The Miner will watch with particular interest the further development of this new district and report, from time to time, the facts in that rela- tion, as it may be able to gather them.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-11-28

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA, Di- vision No. One, At Ketchikan. United States of America.
 Plaintiff,
 Vs. Alaska Copper Company, a
 corporation, and Gran
 Kiteley, and H. T. Gran
 ger as trustee in bank SUMMONS ruptcy of the Alaska Cop No. go KA per Company, corpora-
 tion, bankrupt, and John
 Doe. Richard Roe, and
 Charles Doe,
 Defendants.
 The Alaska Copper Company, cor Granger, as trustee in bankruptcy of the Alaska Copper Company, a corpo- ration, bankrupt, and John Doe, Richard Roe, and Charles Doe, De- fendants, Greeting:
 IN THE, NAME OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. You are hereby commanded to be and appear in the above entitled court, holden at ketch kan in said Division of said district, and answer the complaint filed against you in the above entitled action within thirty days from the date of the service of this summons and a copy of said complaint upon you, and if you fail so to appear and answer, for want thereof the plaintiff will take judgment against you for the sum specified in the said complaint, and for the other relief demanded in the said complaint, and will apply to the court for all of the relief demand ed in the said complaint. A copy of said complaint is attached hereto and served upon you hereW With. And you, the United States Marshal of Division No l, of the District of Alaska or any deputy are hereby re- Quired to make service of this sum- mons upon the said defendants and each of them as by law required, and you will make due return hereof to the Clerk of the Couri within forty days from the date of delivery to you with an endorsement .hereon of your doings on the premises.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
 seal of the above Court this | Court .12th day of October, A. Seal. D., 1908.
 C. c. PAGE, Clerk. Date of Order for Publication of Summons is Oct. 19, 1908.
 Date of first Publication is Oct. 24, 1908.
 Date of last Publication is Dec. 5, 1908.
 Defendants are required to appear and answer within Thirty days from the date of last publication above stated.
 (Endorsed) Filed Oct. IF, 1908.
 C. c. PAGE, Clerk,
 By A. w. FOX, Deputy.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-11-28
Editor Daily Miner:

Editor Daily Miner:
 The writer is prompted, not from religious motives, but from an interest in the welfare of mankind in general and the young of our community in particular, to call attention to some matters which all good citizens should take an interest in. We should not become so engrossed in business mat ters as to ignore interest in measures for the betterment of society, espec- ially by such means as to inspire the young with an ambition for ipmrove- ment of mind and body, for honest and useful lives. It is much easier to fall than to rise, and we can but note, with regret, how many young men who have come to Alaska, prob- ably with high hopes of quickly acquired wealth, being disappointed, and as a result have so far forgotten their family pride and self-respect as to debase themselves by ignoring all laws Of good society, dehaunchine native women and committing them selves to lives of recklessness and vice, if not dishonesty. In the opinion of the writer, the methods adopted by Rev. Fisher for interest ing the young boys and girls of this community by organizing them into clubs and societies, with incentives to interest them, are most commendable and should have the cordial support ol all. Proper home training is the great essential with children, but is often neglected, sometimes from in, competency of parents, but often from failure of guardian or parent to real ize the necessity of it. The desire to do right must be taught, as highest aims are attained only by great efforts. The natural tendency of man. kind is to shirk responsibility ant live for pleasure. which, with the young, naturally leads in the way O idleness which ''begets vice." Fol example, observe how soon number of boys, who are allowed to associate freely together without restraint
 will manifest such habits as rougf language, swearing, using tobacco
 etc, all copied from older ones. Their teachers are the rougher element a:
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-11-28

through them it is easier acquired, and seems to place them on an equal ity with certain tpye of men, and this type really units them for refined society, directs their thoughts to coarse and vicious channels and to- ward lower instead of higher stations. Aside from the wickedness of it, pro- fanity has nothing to commend it, be- ing silly and meaningless at best, and it is difficult to see wherein the use of tobacco enables or benefits person and laying aside all objections from d standpoint of fifth, many expensive fires have started from the careless ness of the tobacco smoker But the sad and natural result of such habits in Alaska for many young men is q complete surrender of all praise worthy ambition for advancement the sever- ing of all social ties and claims of responsibility Of family and kindr ed by usually taking to himself an Indian woman and placing himself on the same plane so far as his social life is concerned. And the sacrifice in no way benefits the Indian race.
 Signed X RAY.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-11-28
NOT WHOLLY OPTIMISTIC.

The Engineering and Mining Jour- nal, though it writes encouragingly of the outlook for the copper market next year, does not appear to enter tain wholly optimistic opinions. It says:
 ''The bri lliant rise in copper during the last week has excited great en- thusiasm and has led to an od-fash- toned boom in the market for the cop per stocks. The rise in the value of the metal appears to be legitimate, although assisted by more or less manipulation The sales of copper during the latter half of October were very large, and most of the producers claim to have sold their expectd out put for the remainder of the year. However, these claims must be taken with some grains of salt. There has been during the last six months re. markable success in enveloping with mystery the matter of the unsold stock of copper It is hard to believe that on Oct. l, say, there was really DO unsold stock of copper in view of what was known to be on hand at the be- ginnng of the year, the slackness of business during much of the first nine months, and the large produc- tion. There have been, of course, the regualr transactions which go on right along, and there have been some periods of very large sales as in October, but about loo. GOO, 900 lb. per month, or 1, ,000 GOO lb. each business day, must be sold in order to dispose of the production.
 The current revival in business re- ported from many quarters is largely the result of Improvement in senti- ment, restoration of confidence, since the election. Undoubtedly many orders for goods were held back until after the election, and then came upon the market with rush. There is no ground for the belief that the dOuddi CluOiu III OuoiLCoS ude been in any such ratio or that we are going to regain quickly the boom that disappeared in 1907. Consequently, we are likely to see recession in the prices for the metals when the present rush of excitement wears off. Never theless, it can be clearly recogized that the improvement in industrial conditions, noticed several months ago, is gaining steadily, although still slowly, and there is reason to expect that in 1909 business will recover its normal activity. An encouraging feature of the present situation is the buying of metals by large manufact- urers in anticipation of good business with consumers sooner or later in the coming year."
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-11-28
HEROIC YEARS AHEAD.

Recently Chauncey NJ. Depew raised the question whether in all history there has been a fifty year period equal in greatness to the last fifty years. It has been an age of wonder ful achievement and of enlightened progress. One man gather from his- tory that, of old, man received his blessings when he had any by acci- dent. The "glory that was Greece ' and the grandeur that was Rome' were for the few, not the many. It
 is the same case even though the masses could not raise to the glory and the grandeur. The true need of civilization is to lift the masses up to the fullest realization and use ol their powers, rights and duties.
 No one should harbor the notion that a great age is invariably follow ed by degenerate one and that fcr the next fifty years life will not be worth while in comparison with the period from 1858 to 1908. Mans gen. jus has just opened up vast possibili- ties for the race which can be realiz- ed. Natures forces have been con- quered and harnessed, but there re- main to be accomplished the distribu- tion of the benefits. History, we are often told. is record of few great men and women. History that shal
 depict the masses as well as the mas ters, or even with the masters elimi- hated. is yet to be written. The mak- ing of material for such history is work that beckons the heoric minded to action for the next fifty years. FIX
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-11-28
A CHEERFUL PREDICTION.

N. l.. Amster, president of the Shannon, Arizona Commercial and Boston & Cobrin properties, says re garding the copper outlook:
 ''I predicted some weeks ago that copper would go to b cents if the election went right. l am today more confident than ever that it will be selling at 15 cents or better by Jan. l, and by next summer I would not be surprised to see the metal in active demand Ut Is cents pound. Few people realize the diversified demands for copper when it is selling at under l5 cents per pound. Our great rail- road systems are beginning to cleo. trify; electrical power transmission companies are springing up in all sec tions of the country; and electricity as motive power is yet in its infancy and is capable of such a development that it is entirely possible that within the next year or two the copper mines of this country will be pressed to sup ply the worlds needs.
 "During the past six or eight months the copper mines of the world have been producing at their maxi mum, while in other important lines of industry only between 50 and 50 per cent of normal production has been witnessed. The output of steel pro- ducts, as well as the output of coal. can be very greatly increased from the present figures. It will be i'm possible, for many months at least, to put out any more copper than the mines are now shipping. It is com paratively easy matter to increase the output of steel; it is a very difficult matter to expand the output of cop per-
 "[t is well known that the Ameri- can consumer buys copper regardless of the price when he begins to re- ceiye orders for manufactured goods, and he is traditional buyer on an advancing market Europe has taken enormous quantities of American cop per, put it will not come back to this country. It is on the other side to stay. The recent Balkan dispute has again caused the nations of the world to look to their armaments, and in naval construction there is an .enor- nous consumption of copper.
 "This country has witnessed dis tribution of securities into the hands of investors which is without prece dent, and the floating supply of com, modities as we'll as of securities was never more favorbable to an advanc- ing market. Money rates are such as to encourage new construction and the expansion of big enterprises. The unemployed are fast returning to thei, former activities, and before long believe we shall witness consump. tion of commodities which wlll re- store our commercial operations to the highest figures yet attained. "
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-11-28

NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-A collision between the freighter Georgia and the passenger steamer Finance result ed in the sinking of the Finance. Three passengers and one member of the crew were drowned. The col lision occurred during heavy fog
 CHICAGO, Nov. 27.-A bold rob- bery was committed here last night by two masked men one of whom was disguised to appear as the husband of Mir. William Goes. Mrs. Goes was alone when they made their appear ance and obtained entrance under this guise. Seizing the woman they over- powered her, chloroformed and tied her to chair, and then calmly pro- ceeded with footing of the house.
 NORFOLK, Neb., Nov. P Six robbers last night dynamited the state bank, and secured four thousand dol lars in cash. They made good their escape.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-11-28

Napoleon crossed the Deleware-
 Or was it Buffalo Bill?- The Delaware or Hudson,
 The Rhine or some such:rill. l get so mixed on rivers,
 Locations, names and dates, But still I know that some one
 Crossed something, history states And Washington, the hero,
 You know he scaled the Alps When out one pleasant morning
 And red hot after scalps, Or was it Marco Polo
 Who crossed the Andes high? 1 know there was some crossing- For history cannot lie. Columbus crossed the ocean,
 I feel quite sure of that Ana all the folks confounded
 Who said the world was fiat. He crossed it in vessel
 Quite small, but rather trim, Because, as you may reckon,
 It was too far to swim. This crossing and recrossng
 Make up lot of life, Though one might find hero
 Who never crossed his wife, And there was bluff King H enry, The eighth,a turtledove, Who, as the records tell US,
 Was never crossed in love. -Ex.