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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-10-08

Charleston News and Courier:
Mr.. F. w. Dawson has come back to
his old home in Charleston on a sad
mission and will be here for day or
so. He bears some striking resem-
blances to his father, Capt. F. w. Daw-
son, who made The News and Cour-
ier. Mr.. Dawson has recently re-
turned from Africa, whittier he went
with Mr.. Roosevelt as the represen-
tative Of the United Press, with which
great news-gathering association he
has been connected as its European
correspondent in Paris for a number
Of very interesting and progressive
years. He will probably rejoin Mr..
Roosevelt in Uganda and complete
the hunting trip with him. 1t Is the
wish of the former president that
he shall do so. Mr. Dawson speaks
in enthusiastic terms Of the great
hunter with whom he has been in
intimate touch since he went to
Africa, his charming manners, his
good fellowship, his unaffected bear
ing and his fine Workmanship. He
has been with Mr.. Roosevelt several
times in the field and had been i'm
pressed with his perfect GOODNESS In
time Of danger. Never flurried and
never worried, he had always aimed
with the utmost deliberation even al
| charging a lion coming with the
speed of an express train and had
never missed his mark. He had
talked with Mr.. Roosevelt with the
greatest freedom about all sorts OF
questions, and had ever found him
entirely sincere in his statements and
an all-round bully good fellow. Mr.
Dawson has formed very close
friendship for Kermit Roosevelt, and
regards him with sincere affection.
OF course, he does not give away
any Of the things that ought not to
be spoken Of, such as Mr.. Roosevelt's
plans for the future and Mr.. Roose-
velt's views on public and political
questions He enjoyed his stay with
| the ROOSEVELT party III AlrlCd iii
mensely, the splendid life out in the
open, the sights and scenes Of a new
country, and was impressed by the
wonderful material resources and
industrial opportunities Of the land
that has not yet been touched by the
genius of our civilization. He will
return, If possible, to Mr.. Roosevelt
and will finish his work in Africa
Mr.. Dawson, as noted, is the Paris
manager Of the United Press and has
made some notable scoops" al they
are called in the newspaper world
and his reports Of the African hunt
have been admittedly the best and
most consistent that have been sent
out of the jungles. Besides his news
paper work, Mr.. Dawson has made
his mark in literature, having al
ready published two novels, 1.-THE
Scar" and THE Scourage," and has
just finished the manuscript Of anoth.
er book, which will shortly be placed
in the hands Of his publishers. He
also has other work in view, a book
on Africa, possibly, which will place
him in the front rank of the literary
workers and win for him the distinc.
ton which he covets and to which
his brilliant talents entitle him.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-10-08

A further study Of the experiment
will show that acid phosphate Is need
ed first Of all, ammonia second, and
potash but very little in the coastal
plain region.
Further experiment in fertilizing
upon different crops may show differ
ent results, but this experiment shows
rather conclusively that too much
potash is not profitable and that very
little If any is needed in the coastal
plain soil. From the experiments car
ried on in the Piedmont section and at
Summerville, it is believed that meth
DDS Of fertilizing can be worked out
so that much Of the expenditure for
fertilizers now being made by the
farmers can be eliminated.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-10-08

THE claims Of the North Carolinians
as to the overshadowing Importance
of the part their ancestors played in
the battle Of Kings Mountain Is SIM
ply ridiculous. There is no doubt Of
the fact that a large army Of patriots
came out Of what was then western
North Carolina to fight the battle Of
Kings Mountain, but most Of them
were South Carolinians who had fed
to that section, rather than surrender
or take British protection. There were
lots Of North Carolinians in the battle,
perhaps as many North Carolinians as
there were South Carolinians; but
there Is no reasonable question Of the
fact that the South Carolinians con-
tributed as much to the victory as did
the North Carolinians.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-10-08
MONUMENT CELEBRATION.

It was a tremendous crowd that
gathered at Kings Mountain battle
ground yesterday to celebrate the COM
pletion Of the splendid monument
erected by the FEDERAL government in
recognition of the decisive character
Of the great victory won there one
hundred and twenty-nine years ago,
and there Is no question Of the fact
that the occasion Is we'll worthy to
take rank with the previous celebra-
tions Of 1915, 1855 and 1880.
The people came principally from
the surrounding country-from York.
vile, Rock Hill, Shelby, Charlotte,
Gastonia, Dallas, Lincolnton, Blacks
burg, Gaffney, Glover, Hickory Grove,
Sharon, Smyrna, Kings Mountain and
all the intervening territory through
out York, Chester, Union, Cherokee,
Spartanburg, CASTOR, Cleveland, Lin
coin, Mecklenburg and other sur
rounding counties; but along with
them there was a creditable represen-
tation from all the surrounding states
as a whole, and a number Of visitors
from longer distances.
Among the prominent public men,
were two governors, Martin F. Ansel
Of South Carolina, and w. w. Kitch-
in OF North Carolina; two United
States senators, Lee S. Overman Of
North Carolina and E. D. Smith Of
South Carolina; two college presidents,
Henry N. Snyder of Wofford and s.
C. Mitchell Of the South Carolina uni
versity; two congressman, Hon. D. E.
Finley Of the Fifth South Carolina
district and Hon. r. N. Page Of the
Seventh North Carolina district, and
many prominent members of the D. A.
R., including a delegation Of twenty
representing different chapters in
North Carolina, and numerous dis
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-10-08
CORN EXPERIMENTS MADE.
Some Recent Tests at tho Sub Sta
tion at SummervilIe.

Some Recent Tests at tho Sub Sta
tion at SummervilIe.
Down at Summerville, in Dorches-
ter county. at the substation Of the
South Carolina experiment station,
says the Columbia correspondent Of
the News and Courier, a lot Of work
is being done Of a practical nature un-
der the direction Of Prof. ]. N. Har-
per. Some time ago the Southern
Railway company gave three hundred
acres Of land at Summerville to be
used for experiment purposes. The
land was cleared and drained. The
tract was wooded, and within the past
year experiments have been made for
the purpose Of determining the best
methods Of fertilization for the coastal
plains Of the state, and the best fertil-
izer for the different kinds Of crops
grown in that section. Experiments
have already been made in the Pied
mont section with some excellent re-
suits.
Recently Prof A. G. Smith Of the
United states bureau Of plant industry,
and Prof. Harper went down to Sum-
merville for the purpose of harvesting
the corn grown on the farm.
The following is the data gathered
from the corn experiment:
Plot l, yield 1872 bushels.
Plot 2, acid phosphate, nitrogen fer
tilizer, yield 1928 bushels.
Plot 3, potash fertilizer, yield 1914
bushels.
Plot 4, cotton seed meal, nitrogen
fertilizer, yield 1873 bushels.
Plot s, yield 12.1 bushels.
Plot s, acid phosphate, potash fer
tilizer, yield 24.5 bushels.
Plot Z. nitrogen, cotton seed meal,
phosphate fertilizers, yield 1913 bushels
Plot s, cotton seed meal, nitrogen
potash fertilizers, yield 1877.
Plot 9, phosphate. nitrogen, cotton
seed meal, potash fertilizers, yield 331
bushels.
Plot 10, yield 14S bushels.
Acid phosphate was applied at the
rate of 3S4 pounds per acre. Nitrate
Of soda 72 pounds per acre. Cotton
seed meal Sc pounds per acre. Muriate
Of potash 4S pounds per acre.
A study of this table will show that
potash, when used in connection with
the other fertilizers, produce but very
little increase. AclQ phosphate seems
to be the deficient element in the soil
In plot 8, where no acid phosphate was
used, a yield Of 1877 bushels was Sc
cured. Plot 9, treated in the same
way, with the addition of acid phos
phate, yielded 33.1 bushels, or an in
crease Of 14.4 bushels was due to the
application of acid phosphate. The
acid phosphate applied costs s2.69, and
at IS cents a bushel. Ammonia 1t pro-
duced $3.50 worth of corn. Nitrate
of soda was more important than pot
ash, but not important as acid
phosphate.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-10-08

say that an army Of 100000 could be
maintained at what it now costs to
maintain our army Of 10000. Every
citizen owes it as a duty to contribute
his military service. Compulsory SER
vice would bring the army straight
home to the hearts Of the people.
Your son would be with the colors
and mine would be. 1t would raise
our appreciation of the army. We
would get men Of good quality. The
result Of compulsory service would be
to wipe out this awful disgrace of
from seven to ten per cent Of deser-
tions every year."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-10-08
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1909.

ing that after all, both stood for the
same thing. He claimed credit for
Col. James Williams on the ground
that he was born In Rowan county,
N. c., and said that Governor Ansel
would probably never have been. gov
ernor of South Carolina except for the
valuable early training he got while
practicing law in North Carolina. He
told number Of good Jokes and anec-
dotes, and altogether made a great
hit, especially considering that the
crowd had been listening for three
and a half hours and was now thor
oughly worn out.
At the conclusion Of Governor Kitch-
ms remarks the band led the long
meter doxology. the vast crowd Joining
in and the music Of that time honored
old hymn swelled over the mountain
in way that made q fitting close to
the wonderfully inspiring exercises of
the day.
After the crowd had been dismissed
with benediction, the people rushed
of to their lunch baskets and the DIFF
ferent refreshment stands, and by 8
o'clock the roads leading away from
the battle-ground were again alive
with buggies, wagons automobiles,
etc., filled with people winding their
ways to their respective homes.
From every reasonable standpoint
the celebration was most tremendous
success.
With the exception Of the military
and others who were provided with
tents, the greater part Of the vast
throng Of yesterday left during the
afternoon and evening. Quite num-
ber, however, remained all night
sleeping about on the ground. This
morning there was another big move
ment to the battle-ground to see the
battle fought over again with blank
cartridges and the crowd is about
half as large as 1t was yesterday.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-10-08
MERE.MENTION.

Calvin Ballard, white, unmarried
shot his brother William, to death al
Dixie, La, Tuesday, because the lat
ter slapped a mulatto who lived on
Calvin's place. . A serious revolution
Is in progress in the republic of Para
quay. Imports into the United
States for the first month under the
new tariff law, totaled s117,000,O00,
against ss1, 100000 for the same month
of last year. President Taft will
recommend to the next session Of con-
gress the establishment Of national
bureau of health to be under the su-
pervision Of the United States govern
ment. The United States circuit
court Of appeals at Chicago on Tues
day, handed down a decision confirm
ing the decree Of the lower court SEN
fencing John r. Walsh, banker, to
five years in the Federal prison at Fort
Leavenworth, Kan, for misapplying
the funds Of his banks. :. Chang Chih
Tung, grand councillor Of China, died
Tuesday Of cancer. 1t Is estimated
by railroad officials at Pittsburg, Pa,
that there are not now as many as
$4,000 idle freight cars in the United
States, as compared with 413,000 on
April 20, 1908. .....A great prairie fire
has been raging in western Canada for
the past ten days. Several lives have
been lost and property valued at more
than 100000 has been destroyed. -.
Former Judge Henry Dewey Of Bos-
ton, an Independent candidate for gov
ernor of Massachusetts,, made an ad-
dress Of twelve hours length on Bos-
ton Common last Sunday. His sub
ject was, 1.-The Established Religion Of
the States.". Lee oliver, Is years
old, who killed DR.. Allen s. King at
Morgan City, La, last May, has been
acquitted Of the charge at Franklin.
The doctor had wronged divers sis
ter and refused to marry her. The
boys defense was the "unwritten law"
-. Governor Hughes crusade against
race track gamblers of the tracks in
the vicinity Of New York city, has re-
suited in the indictment Of thirty
three persons, including a number Of
policemen. {. . Solomon and John Col
lier, father and son, are under arrest
at Birchy Cove, N. Y, for the murder
Of Mrs. Collier, wife and mother, whom
they threw over a high cliff. 49,. .Ad-
miral Seymour, commander Of the
British squadron which has been TAX
ing part in the Hudson Fulton cele-
bration, will leave New York on Fri
day on board his flagship, Inf1exible,
and will endeavor to break the record
Of the Mauretania across the Atlantic.
Corleton Baker, a Philadelphia
butcher, died Sunday afternoon from
anthrax, a mouth and foot disease
which affects cattle. .... John Man.
gels, a high diver, broke his neck in a
97-foot dive into a shallow tank at
San Francisco, Cal, Monday night.
The new United States battleshps,
Arkansas and Wyoming, $4,000 tons,
are to be equipped with Parsons tur-
bine engines.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-10-08
YoRKVILLE. 8. C.i
FRIDAY, OCTOBER s, 1909.

THE action Of Judge Aldrich in re-
versing his own decision in the mat
ter of the jurisdiction Of mayors In
dispensary cases, shows that his honor
Is made of the right kind Of stuff. 1t
is the rule Of most men who make
mistakes to stick to them; but when
really able and honest men find they
are mistaken. they say 80 at once,
without waiting to be made to do so.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-10-08

WILBUR Wright gave the New
Yorkers something to think about last
week, when he quietly refused to fly
on Sunday. He had been engaged un-
der contract to help furnish sensations
for the Hudson-F Fulton celebration;
but he took care to stipulate in ad-
vance that there was to be no flying
on Sunday. The wind had been con-
trary during a good part Of the time,
and when on Saturday there was a
prospect for a better wind on Sunday
they asked Wright about it; but they
could not induce him to humor them
He went up on Monday and sailed
from Governors Island to Grants
tomb and back, distance Of about
twenty miles in forty minutes.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-10-08
Columbia Record

Columbia Record: The Bern
helm Distilling company's $4,000 by
way Of restitution to the state for
overcharges to the state dispensary
as a result of the attorney generals
and the dispensary commissions ac-
tivity, has gotten here in cold cash
and has been placed in the hands of
the state treasurer by Chairman Muir
ray, to be held until the commission
gets in position to distribute all the
moneys coming to it. DR.. Murray is
anxious to put the finishing touches
on the winding-up business as soon
as possible, but 1t will be several
weeks yet before the money can be
paid out.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-10-08

Entered at the Postoffice in Yorkville
as Mail Matter of the Second Class.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-10-08


North Carolina" He paused. The
crowd thought 1t had caught him
tripping and the North Carolinians
roared with laughter; but when the
laughter subsided, the unperturbed
governor, quietly remarked: THAT is
what my friend Overman would say!"
and the South Carolinians yelled.
Governor Kitchin, having arrived
at a late hour, had not heard any OF
the previous speeches and evidently
unprepared for the special occasion.
indulged in q lot of fun and humor,
principally at the expense Of the South
Carolinians. He insisted that the bat
tie Of Kings Mountain was fought al
most entirely by the North Carolinians
on the patriot side, and made the part
taken by the South Carolinians seem
very unimportant. He confessed HIM
self quite rusty on Revolutionary his
tory, and although claiming to have
been the first North Carolina con-
gressman who introduced a bill provid-
ing for a monument at Kings Noun
tain, said that there was no question
Of the fact that the credit for the sue
cessful appropriation belonged equally
to Congressmen Finley and Webb. as
much to one as to the other. He did
not know anything about the battle OF
Moore's Creek and said that at the
time he introduced his Kings Noun
tain bill, he did not know there was
already such a handsome monument
on the field. He expatiated at length
in a semi-humorous manner on the
greatness Of North Carolina as COM
pared with South Carolina. In felici-
tating the D. A. RS in the work they
are undertaking to do, looking to the
preservation Of the history OF the Rev.
olution, he referred to them as the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
and made a very nice point in claim
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-07-03
CatcherS Are
~, Given Good
Advice

Young catchers would do well to
study carefully the way the great
backstops in the game today handle
themselves" says Manager Chance
of the champion Cubs. "Catchers
are. j believe, the hardest men to
find when you are going after n real
ly great player. and more depends ON
them than any other single cog In
the baseball machine. 1t is easy
enough to find mechanical catchers.
There are plenty of them, both in
and out of the big leagues; the truly
great ones can be counted on the
fingers of one hand.
To many youngsters getting
their first tryout in the big league
display weaknesses that are almost
impossible to overcome. For in
stance, II man is so built that he
Is afraid of getting spiked by base
runner coming In from third, who
Is making a desperate effort to score,
and who is going to jump in hard,
feet first, there Is no way TO over
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-07-03

he generally had the house with him
and he generally made Monte back up
and hold on. But frankie was not
possessed of the strength to continue
these rallies. They were too short
lived to have much effect upon the
strong Hebrew, and he was a clever
enough ring general to understand
this lie allowed Neil to fight himself
out and then he would come back and
do his best work. He seemed To have
his man measured to nicely after
the tenth round.
Though the fight was a fast one and
replete with action and Incidents, Il
lacked something to make II spectacu.
lar. There was little or no enthusiasm
among the very small crowd present
but from the few weak cheers that
were heard occasionally. II could easily
be seen that Neil was the favorite with
the crowd. II wanted to see him win
and II ftlled for him In its own feeble
sort of way. but all to no purpose.
Attell can now be cllssod as one
of the greatest little fighters In the
world. He says that he will claim the
bantam weight championship. and 1t
seems to be his. too, unless Johnny
Coulon Of Chicago comes to the front
and defends the title which he lays
claim to.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-07-03

Taft and Whisky-WashingtGn, June
Taft today decided to
grant hearing here to the various
Interests In the controversy as TO what
Is whisky. under the pure food law.
and has set June 90 rs the time.
Two Cent Fare Costly. = Chicago,
June IA bulletin made public here
today by the Bureau of Railway News
and Statistics shows that the operation
of the 2 cent fare law In Illinois cost
the railroads Of the state Sl5,G09 800
during the last fiscal year.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-07-03
Clifford Was In
Earnest; Bat
Played

Referee Dave Porteus gave Bat
Ting Nelson, champion lightweight
of the world, the decision In the NTH
round of a scheduled fifteen-round
bout with Jack Clifford of Marys-
Vile, Cal, before crowd of $500
fight fans.
Clifford was fighting in earnest
from the start and used all of his
strength trying to put the Battler
out with n right and left swing to
the face.
In the third round Clifford deliv-
cred fully dozen blows to Nelson 8
face without effect. Nelson was
slightly staggered by an uppercut to
the Jaw. After about two minutes
of fighting in the fifth Nelson sent
Clifford to the floor with n stiff
punch to the kidneys.
Clifford got up and staggered to
the center of the ring, but Porteus
stopped the fight to prevent knock
out.
Porteus announced that he was
afraid Clifford would be hurt. elf
ford arose after the count of five,
however, and demanded that the
fight continue.
The abrupt ending of the match
angered the crowd of about 1000
which Missed and jeered the fighters
The disappointed crowd swarmed
about the box Office. demanding tina,
their money be refunded.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-07-03
If Papke Beats
ketchelI
What Then

That there will be a heavyweight
hrpin 20 turn Is tulerab!y certain, but
Just who will be the opposing parties
Is anything but clear. The topnoch
situation Is In very much OF Il snarl
rhe wires cross and recross. and to
attempt to, straightcn things invites
headache
AS matters stand Stanley Ketchel
and Jack johnson are matched to
box for CofIroth during the Portola
Festival in October. The forfeits are
up In the writer's hands, and II there
were no arrangements, the sports
would soon focus their attention on
this event. But the shadows of Jim
Jelfrias. Al Kaufman and Billy Pap
Re fall athwart the scene.
Jeifries has said he will make a
definite statement in respect to
Johnson in July. Candor compels
the statement that no particular
weight attaches In Pittsburg he re-
marked that the newspapers had
said for him all that was necessary,
but that. when the proper time came.
he would make good ON all promises.
There was probably tinge of irony
In Jim's reference to the newspapers.
JeGries NJ present looms up as Il
man who had his chance and missed
it.. Before the public will take any
stock In him, he will have to put up
II substantial forfeit for "A fight with
johnson and then sign articles.
II Jeifries makes any move which
savOrs of sincerity, Johnson may
leave some of the other men he Is
dickering with in the lurch. lie has
said that he will forfeit the money
he has mp for Ketchel IL necessary
To clear the road for Johnson-Jer-
fries bout.
Then there are other compiled
lions. ketchel, who is looking fond
~ forward to the day when he shall
oppose the negro, Johnson, for the
highest honors In pugilism, Is com
mitted to Il fight with Billy Papke
for the middleweight championship
on July 9TH. Ketchel will probably
be n strong favorite, but It isn't a
i0regone conclusion that he will de-
feat Papke by any means. lie GER
thinly outpunchef the Illinois Thun-
derbolt the last time they met, hut
the beating he administered wasn't
circumstance to the battering Pap
he gave him at Los Angeles.
ketchel said he was not himself
when they fought down south. lie
was probably right. Papke says he
was not himself when they fought at
Cofroth's. In way, he has proved
that such was the case. Now II,
when they meet on July 9Th, they
are both at their best physically,
! who shall say that Ketchel is a lead
pipe cinch?"
II Fapke repeats his Los Angeles
performance with Ketchel, what will
become Of the Johnson Ketchel
fight?
Johnson, too, Is flirting with big
Al Kaufman, and he may do some.
thing to prejudice the Ketchel-Iohn-'
son outlook, even II Big Jim Jeffries
never comes back into the fold.
johnson has signed provisional ar
ticles with Kaufman and bids are
being invited from the Nevada min
Ing camps. Jack says he will box
Kaufman In San Francisco II the
local promoters will bid for n TWEEN
ty-round fight, but the matchmakers
ut this end feel that Il Johnson Kauf-
man anair limited to twenty rounds
would not be promising venture.
No matter which way one looks
at 1t, the heavyweight situation Is
very much involved.