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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-02

WHY GOLFER CRIED "t>oRE!"-Sir
Harry Johnston, the African explorer
praised in Washington the innumera-
BILE and superb American golf courses
Il never saw anything like It," said
he, and | have but one fault to find
You permit too many persons to prom
enade your links as though they were
public parks. That is very annoying
and also very dangerous.
These promenaders are often ex-
tremeiy ignorant Of golf. 1t was here
in Washington, believe, that player
overheard two Of them conversing.
what said a young lady prone
nader, is that man with the club
shouting fore" for?:'
Her companion, another young lady
answered:
"I suppose that Is the number OF
times he has missed the bali. Ano
doesn't he seem annoyed about l.,
?'"-Washingtcn Star.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-02

In THE HEAT OF BArTLE.-There
had been a hotly contested football
game between the Steam Rollers OF
the Benjamin Franklin school and the
Avalanches Of the George Washington
school. After the game was over and
the contestants had returned to their
various homes one CT the heroes Of the
winning team complained Of feeling
of soreness in the lower part Of his
neck.
"I didn't feel II until just now" ne
said; but 1t hurts like sixty!"
His father examined 1t. 1t began to
swell, and was very sore to the touch
II believe your collar bone is broken
my boy" said his father.
A surgeon was hastily summoned
and made an examination.
YES" he said, the bone is frac-
tured. How did 1t happen? Do you
remember anything about it?'
why, yes" answered the boy. 81
remember that when tackled Skinny
Morgan 1 fell on top of him, and heard
something crack, but l thought 1t was
his collar bone"-Youth's Companion
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-02
A WEST POINT PRANK.
When Fitzhush Lee Startled Pompeus
General Scott

Seneral SCott.
Writing on West Point Before the
War in the Metropolitan Magazine,
General S. w. Ferguson tells how Fitz-
Iugh Lee loved to play pranks:
titz was always most popular, full
# fun and ready fer any devilment.
once during the encampment we were
both under arrest for some caper, and,
as was customary, we had to march to
the mess hall with the guard instead
If with the battalion. At that time
SCOTS tactics were used, and we were
always formed in two ranks. The
squad, under command of Corporal
Montague, was marching to the mess
hall and had almost reached the chapel
when General Scott himself appeared
and crossed our path in front Of us.
The corporal on seeing the great gen.
eral Strengthened himself like a ram
rod, called out in his most martial
tones, CLOSE up there!" and stepped
out, toes pointed and eyes rigidly to
the front. Fitz and l were in the rear
# the column. To my amazement and
CONSERVATION Fitz jumped one side,
picked up round stone and sent 1t
bowling along the flagsones close by
the general and was back in his place
as rigid as any one in second. The
Did general stopped. looked up, then
around. There was nothing in sight
but the squad Of the guard. He could
not imagine that the stone came from
such a source and resumed his walk.
We had not gone more than a few
steps when Fitz repeated the perform
ance, saying on each occasion as he
got back in his place. "Ha, old big
general, you can't catch mel" BY this
time we had passed the front Of the
chapel. and the general was out Of
sight. The last glimpse had Of him
he was looking around for the source
whence came the rocks. 1 have often
wondered what would have been the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-02
Humorous department.

DIDN'T FIT HIS CAsE--There Is q
certain member Of the Duquesne club
who heartily detests to be approached
by a stranger. Recently ne had occa-
sion to take a Centre avenue car and
found a seat In close proximity to one
of those lanky, sad-faced men VINO
seem to be unable to resist talking 10
their fellow passengers. The ciuD
member had opened his paper and
was making himself as comfortable
as possible In the cold car when his
neighbor opened up.
"Say," querled the lanky one' VIII
YOU allow your son to smoke stogies
when he grows up?"
Really, / never have given the ques-
ton a moments thought" was the re-
ply.
The other just gasped.
"And." he continued in faint voice.
"wiu vou allow him to drink liquor!
Once more the club member an
nounced that he had not thought Oh
the question.
"Terrible, terrible" gasped the lanky
Individual ito think that such person
as YOU are allowed to exist"
Then the club member became real
wrathy.
Look here, my kind friend" he an
nounced. mo doubt you mean we'll
but Just let me tell you that nave
been a confirmed bachelor for the last
thirty-five years." The lanky inaiVio'
nal subsided. He had s"mething 10
think about.-Pittsburg Gazette.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-02
STEEL CUT BY AIR.
Experiment to Show Speed With
Which Work Can Be Done.

WHICH WOTk Sdn Dc SSUes
Diamond cut diamond" but steel Is
cut with air, says the Chicago Tri.
bune. The new and ingenious method
of rapidly cutting through iron or stee!
plate is based upon the fact that when
iron at high temperature Is acted up.
on by fine Jet Of oxygen the resulting
iron oxide Is more fusible than the iron
itself and passing away exposes
fresh surface of the metal to the at
tack Of the gas so that cut Is pro-
duced along the line Of action.
In the early attempts to utilize this
method in practice the metal was first
heated to the required temperature II.
an oxyhydrogen flame and then sub.
jected to the action Of the oxygen jet.
Now, however the heating and oxida-
tion are done at the same time and the
resulting cut Is much sharper.
In one form Of apparatus used FOL
this process the metal is heated by
means of an oxy-acetylene flame from
the centre OF which issues jet Of oxy-
gen. In Illustration Of the speed OF
the new process L. Outlet in ten min
utes cut in two an armor plate 81 inches
thick and 81 feet in length. Manholes
were cut in plates Z to IL inches thicl
in four to five minutes.
In parallel experiments upon the
same piece of metal a grove ! to q
inches deep was cut by the oxygen
process in seven minutes. whereas with
a pneumatic chisel a groove of about
the same length but only quarter as
deep took an hour to cut. The new
method has also given satisfactory re.
suits in the rapid removal Of the heads
If rivets where plating has to be sep.
arated, only a few seconds treatmen'
being needed for fusing off the head Of
a rivet inch thick
With regard to the effect Of the
oxygen upon the metal adjoining the
cut experiments have shown that the
depreciation Is but slight.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-02

HIS SIGN DowN.-A disheveled man,
mucn lne worse for liquor, STAGGERED
out of a Maine speak easy anu Ia
bo1ously propped himself against the
door. For while he oWhsniy sur
yeyed the passersby. Suddenly his
foot slipped and ne collapsed IN heap
on the sidewalk. A moment later lie
was snoring.
A nurrylng pedestrian paused. re-
fiectively surveyed the fallen man tor
a few seconds, and then poked his
"Oh, Frank" he called. Frank. come
out here a minute.
Presently the proprietor Of the joint.
smoking a fat cigar, emerged. He
bllnked in the bright sunlight.
Hello, Hud," he said pleasantly.
What's up?"
Hud jerked his thumb toward the
slumberer on the sidewalk.
Yer sign has fallen down." he ex-
planned, and briskly resumed his walk
uptown.-Everybody Magazine.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-02

thoughts of the corporal had he known
what was going on, and have Won
dered, too, what report he would have
made. I was badly scared, must con-
fess, but 1t was nevertheless very fun
ny. One must have known the POM
pous old general to be able to realize
how indignant he looked at the care
lessness Of any one allowing rock to
be thrown so near him, the commander
in chief Of the army. A short time af-
ter at the grand ball always given be-
fore striking camp for barracks Fitz
walked up to the general, introduced
himself and had quite an animated
conversation with him.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-02
TAX RETURNS FOR 1909.
Office Of the County Auditor Of York
County, South Carolina.
YUrkviile, 3. g., Dec. l, 1908.

fUrkvlile, -. u, Dec. i, tSVo.
A s required by statute my bVOks
"A will he opened II my o1ice In
I..n,iile On FRIDAY, JANUARY l.
lsvs. and kept open until FEBRuARY
", lyvy, for The purpose VI listinY for
taxation all TAXABLE PkOfEKrY
held IN York County On January l, ly0s.
returns made on proper b,anks, ana
sworn to before an officer quaithed 10
administer an oath and forwarded to
me by registered mail before February
~, l,Uy, Viii be accepted.
All taxpayers are particularly re-
qLested ~ inform themselves as 70 the
number of their respective school dis
lricts, and where they have property
In more than one school district, they
viii please make separate returns IN.
dicating the location VI each piece "
property. The school districts In which
there are special levies are as follows:
No. % In Bethel; Nos. 20 and 80 In
Bethesda; Nos. 8, 20 and ~ In Bread
River; Nos. 3 and 20 In BullOck's Creek;
No. II In Catawba; Nos. Z and IL In
Ebenezer; Nos. 26, % and 80 In Fort
Mill; Mos. IL, 20, 80 and IS In York.
For the purpose Of facilitating the
taking of returns. and for the greater
convenience of tax payers, l will be at
the following places on the dates
named:
At Rock Hill, Thursday end Friday,
January 28 and ~. and from Tuesday,
February to Friday, February 8.
All males between the ages Of twen-
| ty-one and sixty years, except Confed-
crate soldiers over the age of tirty
years, are liable to poll tax Of 81,
and all persons so liable are especially
requested to give the numbers Of their
respective school districts In making
| their returns.
II will be q matter Of much accom-
modation to me if as many taxpayers
as possible will meet me at tho res
pective appointments, mentioned above
80 as to avoid the rush at Yorkville
during the closing days.
My Office In Yorkville will be open
every week day from January I, to
February 20, inclusive, and returns
may be made there at any time.
JOHN ]. HUNTER,
County Auditor.
Yorkville, 8. c.. Dec. 1. 1908.
az 1t
~ Enquirer Job Printing pisasss
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-02
RAILROAD MEN DEFY ARMY.
Run First Train Into Arizona Over
Government Reservation.

Run First Train Into Arizona Over
Government Reservation.
The first train which ran into Ari-
zona did so in the summer Of 1877,
says a Butte, Mont, letter. Also. 1t
ran into that territory during the night
time, with great care not to make un-
necessary noise, and In doing 30
passed Fort Yuma and its garrison Of
one commissioned officer and private,
who had been on watch for days to see
the Southern Pacific was kept from
doing Just what was done that night
oy a crew of construction men, OF
which William ]. Weeks, Of this city,
former president Of the Butte Miners
,nion and a pioneer Of Arizona, was
one. He rode in the engine.
The Southern Pacific, building east
through southern California, arrived at
.he Colorado, which formed the border
Inc between California and Arizona.
On the Arizona side was Fort Yuma,
q United States military post. The
Colorado was to be bridged and the
construction gangs worked early and
.ate to finish it. 1t was a drawbridge.
The government and the Southern
Pacific had locked horns over some
trifiing matter and the commissioned
officer who formed one-half the numer-
cal force at Fort Yuma was under or
ders not to let trains run across the
bridge into Arizona. He could not
stop them from building it or laying
rack into the territory, but he could
prevent their running q train, and he
lid.
You can imagine the restlessness of
/ camp Of railway construction men
who had been forbidden to cross the
river with a train," said Mr.. Weeks.
The bridge was there, track was
there beyond, but there was nothing
loing in the way Of advancement ow-
ing to the orders Of the officer In COM
.nand Of the one-man garrison, who,
If course, had received his instruction
rom Washington.
and finally made arrangements to go
anyhow. We waited until about 3
o'clock in the morning. The locomo-
tive. was kept in readiness with two
lat cars ahead Of II. At the designat-
ed time the men scrambled upon the
lat cars and we crossed the river and
steamed into Arizona. Everyone kept
quiet, as prearranged, until we had
passed the post.
Then the train stopped and the en-
yine whistled itself out. The engineer
tied the whistle open and for half an
hour 1t blew and blew and blew. OF
course the noise Of the locomotives
screech and the yelling Of the men
which followed 1t awakened the officer
and his man. He dressed and came
out to where we were and ordered us
back across the river.
I'VE had had our fun and were per-
fectly willing to go. After we had
crossed the river the lieutenant open
ed the draw so we couldn't come back
and went back to bed, but we had the
pleasure of being passengers on the
first train that ever ran into Arizona
and rode on the engine. The trouble
between the railroad and the govern
ment ct had to do with crossing the
military reservation) was soon fixed
I'D and the work was pushed Into
Arizona, and I believe the east and
west gangs met some time during
1878. I was not with them regularly
however, during that year"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-02
BRIDGE CONTRACT TO LET.
Office Of the County Board OF COM
rnissionsrs Of York County.

Omco OF tne Couhty 6oaTo VI SS"
nissionsrs Of York County.
Yorkville. 8. c., January 2s. 1903.
NJ Office is hereby given that on
IN WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10,
next, at IL a. m, will let to the low
est responsible bidder a contract for
the building Of bridge over Allison
Creek, on the Charlotte road, at
Hands Mil. Plans and specifications
may be seen at the bridge site at the
time specified. The right to reject all
bids is reserved. The successful bid
der will be required to give bond In
double the amount OF his bid. for
faithful performance.
GLEN F. GORDON,
Attest: Supervisor OF York Co.
Hazel Grist,
Clerk Of Board.
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-02

commencing October ls
90S, ending December 3ss 1908:
.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-16
GRANGE NOTES.

Orion Grange of South Woodstock
held its regular meeting January 8.
After the usual busineas the tllird
and fourth degrees were worked on
class of five, the ladies' degree
team working the third degree very
nicely. The fourth was worked by
the regular officers, being their last
work for the year. Then the worthy
deputy, Mrs. Mary A. Morgan, assist
ed by Brother M. j. Holt, installed
the following officers:
Master,.L. A. Jaquith; overseer,
L. H. Morgan; lecturer, Mrs. May
Wilson; steward, G. A. Wilson;
assistant steward, Glenn Merrill;
chaplain, Mrs Lavinia Jaquith; /;
treasurer, E. A. Fullerton; secre-
tary, 6. w. Cady; gate-keeper, Jas.
Burns; Ceres, Mrs. Susie Jaquith; ;
Pomona, Mrs. Julia Ants Flora,
Mrs. Hattie Cady; lady assistant
stewart, Mrs. Julia Hoadley.
Following the installation of of
fcers, refreshments were served.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-16
Charlie Taylor Dead at 1O3
Years.

By the death of {" Charley" Taylor
at White River junction at the adj
vanced age of l03, New England
loses its veteran horseman. Mr..
Taylor was born December %, 1905,
in Canada and was of German de-
scent His life has been eventful
and full Of interest. When very
young he became accustomed to
horses and passed his long life as a
jockey and driver. He had always
been called successful driver and
was never known to use unfair means
in winning a race. His love for
the animals in his charge was un-
limited, and for years he slept in the
stall with them. For many years
he was associated with the late
Charles B. Ballard of White River
junction, and ended his days at the
home of the latter's widow and son.
In his latter years Mr.. Taylor was
an unfaiIing attraction at the races
In northern New England and had
the honor of congratulations from
President Roosevelt at the Windsor
horse show in 1902.
His stock introduction by the
starter to the crowd was something
as follows and never failed to win
applause: "Mr. Taylor attributes
his good health and longevity to
three things: He has never used to-
bacco in any form, has never used
alcoholic drinks and has never been
married. At the age of 100 years
he has lived 100 years without
doctor and is not going to begin to
nave one now"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-16
Death of DR.. Charles DeniSon
Native of ROyaltOn.

DR., Charles Denison, specialist in
the treatment of tuberculosis and of
worldwide fame as leader in the
war on that disease, died at his home
in Denver, Col, Sunday.
DR.. Denison was the author of sew
eral books and treatises on medicines
and the inventor of surgical instru-
ments. He was born at Royalton in
l845, and had been a resident of
Colorado since 1873. He was presi-
dent of the American Genealogical
association in 1890 and at the time
of death was member of several
foreign and international societies.
He leaves widow and three chill
dren.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-16
Senate Pages Appointments

Senat r G. S. Page has been ap-
pointed chairman of the committee
to invest gate tresspasses upon Indian
lands and a member on the fisheries
and on revision of the laws of the
United States.
A news despatch from Washington
to the Springfield Republican con-
veying details of the proceedings of
the Senate Saturday, Jan. 9, when
eulogies Of the late Senator Redfeld
Proctor were delivered, says:
"Senator Page of Vermont, Sena-
tor Proctor's successor, made an ex-
cellent impression by the adequacy
and fitness of his memorial address,
which he delivered we'll"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-16
The Powder Test.

One day after listening to a story
particularly offensive with age a
Georgia evangelist told this: An old
darky vent into a store down in
Georgia and asked:
"Say, boss, you got any gunpow-
dab heal?"
eyes, we have gunpowder."
"Lemme see some of that theah
gunpowdah."
The dealer showed him some.
"Pore little of that powdah in
my hand"
The old darky took the powder
near the light, ran his forefnger
around and around in it, looked at
it critically and then smelled it two
or three times.
"And you say this heah is pow
dah ?"
"Yes," answered the dealer sharp
ly; "that is powder. What is the
matter with itP"
"Dunno, boss"-the darky shook
his head doubtfully-"but hit smells
to me like hits been done shot off
befoah. Judge.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-16
SOUTH POMFRET.
ABBOTT LIBRARY NOTES.

Nearly fifty years ago Jason S.
Bailey with his brothers were my
fathers pupils in his school at
"Hewittville," Pomfret. OF a genial,
kindly disposition, he made friends
with all who knew him.
These brothers, one by one, have
passed on to the higher life, but
their many weeks of suffering were
ightened in every way that a
brothers sympathy and wealth could
minister to their aid and comfort;
and then the children left were
thoughtlully cared for and educated
at Harvard and abroad.
These old-timc Hewittville class
mates will be deeply touched by the
fresh grief that has come to their
long ago friend. The following is
taken from notice in Massachu-
setts paper:
"Mrs. Laura A. Bailey. wife of ia
son S. Iailey, proprietor of the Bos-
ton Department Store, died at her
home o. Corey street, West Rox-
bury, o. Monday. Dec. 81, after an
illness # six weeks. Mrs. Bailey
was Dor in Cincinnati, O., in l847, |
the dau hter of Lemuel Page. She
was ma ried in 1870. Her denth
brings orrow to large circle of
friends L many parts of the country,
to whom she had endeared herself
by her leerful, sympathetic nature,
ler ster ng traits of character, and
ler char ming personality. By nature
she was utterly unselfsh, her great
'st plea ure being to help others.
All who new her hold her memery
n high honor, affection and graft
ude."
ABBA DoToN CHAMBERLIN,
Librarian.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-16
Andover's Library.

The town of Andover's public
library Of about 1000 volumes re-
ceives an appropriation of only $15 a
year for the purchase of books, but
during 1908 it circulated 1862 vol
umes and 2O05 magazines. The
activity and influence of the library
seem to oe all out Of proportion to
its size. 1t endeavors to interest and
attract people, gives entertainments
to meet expenses, and has organized
a club tc get children into the libra
ny. The librarians report notes the
gift in 1908 of about eighty volumes
and 800 magazines.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-16

Among some African tribes when
a man processes his love for a wo-
man and asks her in marriage she
invariably refuses him at first lest it
should appear that she had been
thinking of him and was eager to be-
come his wife. By so doing she
maintains the modesty Of her sex
as well as tests the love and aliases
the pride of her lover. This policy
is also intended to be of use to the
woman in her married life, as,
should there be quarreling and the
husband threaten to send her away,
she can remind him of how he made
repeated professions of his love and
urgently pressed his suit before she
consented to become his wife,
Wide World Magazine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-16
HARTFORD.

Allen Hazen, former resident
here, the son of Charles D. Hazen,
is among the engineers invited to
accompany President-elect Taft to
Panama He was educated in this
town and is a graduate of the Mass
achusetts Institute of Technology.
Mr.. Hazen has been engaged in
many notable engineering works and
is a member of the American Society
of Civil Engineers. He is now liv-
ing in New York city.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-16
Smallpox Gases.

A well developed case of smallpox
has been discovered at White River
junction. The patient is Mrs. Jo-
seph Lund. The case was properly
quarantined and no school children
have been exposed.
Another case is that of the young
daughter of Elwin A. Nichols, near
Felchville.
William Cabot of West Windsor,
the first case in that town, is recov-
ering rapidly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-16
Dairymen's Officers,

The Vermont Dairymen's associa-
ton, at the annual meeting in Bur-
lington rhich closed Jan 7, elected
officers as follows; President, G. F.
Eddy Of Stowe; vice-presidents, 4. G.
Bronson of Hardwick and j. B. Can
don of Pittsford; secretary, F. L
Davis Of Hartford; treasurer, NJ. A.
Adams of Derby; auditor, @. F.
Smith of Morrisyille.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-16
State Poultry Association at
St. AlbanS Jan. 1922.

The twelfth poultry show of the
Vermont State Poultry Association
will be held at St. Albans Jan. 49,
%.
The association offers over 120
cups and cash prizes. At this show
beautiful trophy cup, valued at
$l00, is to be contested for by Yer
mont members of the Rhode Island
Red Club.
The judges are D. P. Shove of
Fall River, Mass; A. G Smith of
Waltham, Mass, and E B. May of
Boston.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-16
Viii Enlarge Tale Plant at
Rochester.

@. d. Parker of Boston, president
of the White River Railroad COM
pany, and S G. Bush of Providence
have bee l in Rochester to complete
arrangements for enlarging the plant
of the United States Tale corporation
in that 'rnwn. The mill property of
Greeley u Boutelle at Lower Roches-
ter has been acquired by the tale
corporal on and operations, which
now am unit to a carload a day Of
the grou I'd product, will be consid-
erably larged. The railroad will
build pur to the tale mill.