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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-01

M Experiments are now being car
ried out on German warShipS with
acetylene shells, which it is believed
will take the place of the electric
searchlight used hitherto by warships,
says the London Globe. These shells
contain calcium carbide, and the wa
ter can reach it through a tube. The
shells are fired by gun built special
ly for the purpose. On being fired the
shell goes under water and then rises
TO the surface, and the action Of the
water upon the calcium carbide pro-
duces the acetylene light. Each shell
is said to have 5000 candlepower and
will burn for three hours. The great
drawback of the ordinary searchlight
is that although it affords some pro-
lection from the unobserved approach
of torpedoboats, it yet makes the
warship using it an excellent target.
The new acetylene shell referred to
will have the great advantage of light
ing up given space, while the vessel
that fires it will be left in darkness.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-01

CLERICAL ADvICE.-A suffragette
sneered at Mrs. Humphry Wards
queer logic the other day. Il knew
the prolix lady was against votes for
women" she said. ''At lunch of suf-
fragettes in New York, by means of a
parable she pointed out her belief that
the immediate home circle, not the
distant polling booth or senate cham
Der, was the true feminine sphere of
usefulness. We didn't applaud, l as
sure you.
she said an aged Scot told his min
lister that he was going to make a pill
grimage to the Hoy Land.
And whiles I'm theer,' said the
pilgrim complacently, I'll read the
Ten Commandments aloud frae the
top O. Mount Sinai
"'Saunders,' said the minister, tax
my advice. Bide at hame and keep
them '"-Tit-Bits
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-01

HIS EXCEPTIONAL religious worker
while visiting a western town, gave a
Talk for Men," during the course OF
which he expressed his conviction that
no young man should visit any pace
to when he would not feel justihed
IT, taking his own sister.
is there any young man present who
thinks one may safely disregard this
wise rule?' asked the speaker.
Mhereupon a youth in the rear Of
the hail arose and shouted in stem
torian tone:
Yes, .ir, do"
and what, SIR" demanded the angry
and surprised speaker, lis the place
which you yourself would think of Wis
iting to which you could not take your
sister,"
The barbershop." replied the youth.
-Harper's Weekly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-01

THE MASTERS TITLE.-Professor Key
when head master Of a large London
school was one of the most genial gen.
tlemen that ever filled that position.
He was fond of encouraging fun in his
boys and was not unwilling to recount
occasionally during class time when
anything prompted it the manners and
customs of countries he had visited.
on one occasion he was telling his
class about Spain and said
do you know, boys. that when a
man attains to eminence there he is
not called Sir but is given the title
of DOM"
One Of the boys here called out:
Then, l suppose sir, they would call
you Don Key?"
The gravity Of the class was COM
pletely upset for the remainder Of the
afternoon.-Strand Magazine.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-01
AT THE BRATToN FARM.

Separated Cream, Sweet Milk, But
termilk. Cream, Butter, Vegetables and
Fruits delivered in Yorkville on Tues
days and Fridays or at the farm at all
times. Postal card mailed In the af-
ternOon will receive attention next
morning.
J. MEEK BURNS. Manager.
Jan. 25 TT tt
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-01
ROCK go.
Nj i n eral. Springs

(Calcic, Sedic, and Lithic Bicar-
donated Saline Water.)
A recent analysis Of the water Of this
Mineral Spring by DR.. Boyden Minis.
Phi. G. of Columbia. S. c.. shows 1t t.
be equal to the best Mineral Water
used by the American people today.
This water has been given away for
more than sixty days since the present
'rwners came into possession and has
been thoroughly tested by the public,
and pronounced superior to any in the
State. Now on sale at the STAR
DRUG STORE.
To any one not yet having tried this
water. we will furnish the same free
'pon application, until a thorough test
has been given 1t.
BLUE ROCK MINERAL
SPRINGS CO..
D. L. Sheder, r. e. Heath and Mar
ion 3. Jennings, Proprietors.
DE- We will show the analysis Of this
water to any one, and where, at any
time. No secret about 1t. We are not
afraid to show 1t.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-01
CLOTHES CLEANING.

I AM prepared to clean gentlemen's
i clothes and ladies' skirts in a thor
nughly satisfactory manner, at rea-
sonable prices. Work may be sent d.
rect to my home or left at w. e. Fer
gusOn'S store.
Mrs. r. B. McCLAIN.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-01

For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doans-and
take no other.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-01
MONEY TO LEND.

n n improved farms in York County
~ Repayable in five easy annual in
stalments. Interest eight per cent
No brokers' commissions.
c.. Z. SPENCER,
Attorney at Law.
90 TT 6m
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-01

Jesse Pinson, Main ST., Gaffney, S.
c., says: About ten years ago, l was
suddenly attacked by dull aching
through the region of my kidneys. l
consulted a physician but became no
better under his treatment. | then
went to another who told me that
had kidney trouble, but he was also
unable to help me. l suffered this for
eight years and grew so weak and run
down that l was almost q physical
wreck. The pains in my back were
almost UNI earable and it was quite
impossible for me to do my work with
cut suffering. The kidney SecretiOns
were very unnatural in appearance and
during passages caused me intense
pain. l recently heard of Doan's Kid
ney Pills and believing that they might
help me, procured 4 box. The con-
tents brought me such relief that l
purchased another supply and when
had taken this, | was cured. | have
had no similar trouble since and cam
not give DOan'S Kidney Pills too much
praise"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-01
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-01
ACT QUICKLY

Delay Has Been Dangerous In York.
willie.
Do the right thing at the right time.
Act quickly in times of danger.
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Cure all distressing, dangerous kid
ney ills.
Plenty of evidence to prove this.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
By Henry G.. Rowland
In Four Parts-Part Three

flooded with the bright rays of the moon. " Do you
see those roses, Some red and some are pink
Do you notice their color: Did you ever see such
bright color in the moonlight
Never, said Grlscom. He stepped to the wall
and pluCked one OF the cream coored flowers which
he offered the girl. Here is a charm against the
magic of the place he said. You may wear this
rose and until the petals fall you will be quite safe
Her smile flashed in the moonlight And after
they fall:
You must be out OF here before that happens, or
else
What:
4 am not sure. You will become vulnerable to
some force stronger than your own.
An evil power,
Its hard to say Probably So from our modern
point Of view You might be turned to stone or dis
solved IN the moonlight.
HE held the rose and she took it by the end of
II the long stem, which she slipped through the
open work OF her blouse.
That good idea" she said casting her
eyes down at the flower. | find my rose very com
fortng. 1t is alive like ourselves it lives here
Before felt rather like intruder former tenant
who had sneaked back.
The same feeling said Griscom; but it is
growing.
Yes. Too fast
Do you think 50: l find it rather eerilv agree
able. l sure that ! once lived here
So am /. That IS what | hate about it all.
must have been unhappy here. Perhaps l was a
slave"
l was an architect l think There is something
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31

They Wee surrounded on all sides by the magnifi-
cent ruins the plateau Of the Paatne Hill. a
glimpse al the Roman Forum bathed IN the full radi-
anCe Ot the summer moon had shown them IL some
measure what they might expect whereof the reality
held them still and breathless Directly overhead a
sky OF the softest depth OF color the full moon bazed
with rich. mellow intensity almost passionate in
its vibrating warmth. Not q breath OF wind
stirring the night sWeetly fresh and the
delIcately perfumed with the faint Odor OF roses
blooming against the grim walls of the House Of Ii
berIls All about them reared the tremendous ruins
huge and sOmber at all times. but at night,
thus IN the moonlight unreal and Titanesque.
Creamy high lights bathed their tunbed outlines
and splashed into the vast unrOOfed Enclosures to
CLEAN eeriy through Vaulted corridors. The darker
recesseS and the mouths OF huge chambers and high
narrow passages still intact OF Z blackness i'm
penetrahe.
Cr1scom looked about him with a rapidly beating
heart. He had expected to find the place imposing
grandly picturesque. but his imagination had
proved Inadequate TO conceive Of its overpoWerIng
majesty. He turned 10 look questOningly into the
lace OF his companion Like himself she was stand
ing silently receptive and in the stiffness that
co1npassed them he could hear each deeply indrawn
breath.
1t Is marvellous" she whispered. Marvellous
and terrible, Il II for the perfume of the
flowers ! should be afraid TO stay
They are conpanionable- the flowers" C1-iscom
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31

several times spoken of-the sense OF something
being about to happen"
Something ahead Of u.s.
sudden thrill passed through Griscom at the
girl unconscious us Not exactly he answered.
1t is more as though something left behind some
thing had left behind-was oTertaking me"
Shall We wait to let it catch up" she asked with
a smile. " What a lot of foolishness we are talking
The moon has made us little queer, l think. Let
walk along
THEY moved forward in silence and passed with
out speaking around the northeast extremity of
the House OF Tiberus, then past the Casino of the
former Farnese gardens and across the end of the
terrace that oVerlOoks the Stadium
All the place seemed to be peop1ed with the in
habltants OF unreal world Here and there frag-
ments OF columns and ancient carvings We're reared
or huddled like frozen figures of pryng folk turned
for their temerity into stone. Deep in the garden
where the foliage clustered heavily vagrant ravs of
moonlight filtered through to form thin diaphanous
Wraiths specters poised to listen silent motonless
luminous, but having neither form nor substance
Miss Wellesley looked about her fearfuy and raised
one hand quickly to her bosom.
y Ou are not nervous" GriscOm asked
y no she caught her breath then gave a little
gaSping laugh But it is rather eerv and terrifying
Tor people as young as we are-and | wanted to be
sure that my tasman was still intact"
Have no fear. | made sure that it was a blossom
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31

very familiar to me in
the expression of these
columns and the carvings
of their capitals. | think
| was happy here. Per-
haps that is what made
me so mournful when !
first saw it all. But |
have a good deal the same
feeling that YOU have
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31

and that the petals were firm
when | plucked it. 1t is an
awful thing to have q charm
fail you.
At twelve o'clock. said
the girl, " ! am sure that this
place will be peopled. We
shall see Livia walking in her
garden, and Caligula, and
perhaps Tiberius, and of
course a host OF slaves.
Il hope they will not
abuse me for the history
have taught of them. said
Griscom. q" Nero has had
some rough treatment at my
hands. -
No doubt he is used to it.
Look - The girl caught her
breath quickly. Did YOU
see something move across
the head of those steps:
No.
1t is still there.
Perhaps it is Livia a little
ahead of her rendezvous.
said Griscom with purpose
full tiippancy. " Let 5 60 over
and pass the time Of night"
SIDE by side, the girl pres
~ sing closely against the
elbow of her companion,
they walked toward the
stairs descending to the
House of Livy. At the top
of the flight they paused
and peered down.
Shes gone, said Girls
com. " We frightened her
away. l wonder where she
went
Into thin air. Back to
the others The place is full
of them. Don YOU feel them
crOwding in all about"
Oh, yes but | don't
mind. To tell the truth, |
feel as if We"
" Watt" cried the girl.
Let me say it,
" Well ;"
AS if we had the best of
them. As if we had ar
rived at a place where they
couldn't get, and
They enviOus. "
That's it.
Griscom nodded slowly.
Then he looked at the girl,
and as their eyes met
they laughed. when, oddly
enough, the laugh of each
checked abruDtlV with a
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31

&-H[ AA|-
They relieve the dead
ness. giveit all a soul. These
ruins and the moon are TOO
big for me. TOO crushIngly
enduring
We are enduring too.
sand G-isC0m 7 hat IS what
i makes me feel We bios
som over and over. like The
fiowe.s. ! think while these
ruins are falling slowly into
everlasting decay. They are
mere empty human shells,
and not imposing when one
considers that men built
them and fOr lack OF men 5
hands they are going TO
pieces. Don I let them awe
YOU TOO much. In q lew
moments YOU VIII begin 10
feel Yourself q part OF II all -
But ] don I want 10 feel
. part of It all am finished
with It ! have cast Il of.
! have gone on beyond
Il II IS depressing 10
YOU said Griscom gently,
we shall GO
Not IS too beautiful ,
! want TO see i all. whether
It deDresses me or not but
il bewllders me. and the
moon always makes me
little mad so you must not
mind i / talk wildly Pro
lessor Griscom. But, as you
sax there IS nothing TO be
afraid OF. We are bigger
than Il all. and greater and
it's only LETT TO amuse and
interest US and earn a few
thousand lire annually Tor
the Italian Government.
Let US walk around the NH
and see i from all sides and
criticize Il. and say how
much better We could do II
now and how clumsy and
heavy Il all Is
Steel ioists are much
better than hve-foot thick
nesses OF bIcksand morta~
sand Griscom dryly, and as
Z handsome edlhce the new
courthOuseat South Fork
Hush Oh. hush DO
vou want the walls 10 toll
and crush you Smell the
orange blossoms Ne gods
orange blossoms pertuming
the caves Jf the CHsars' And
look she pointed toward
q section Of the great wall OF
wh,u. the drab face was
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
THE PARTED CURTAIN

III SHED, awed, IN
n spired and thrilling
with the splendor
OF the wondrous night,
Grisco1n and his compan-
ion paused at the head
OF the Hill OF Victory to
stand silent and spell
bound at the mystic
beauty about them.
The Washington times., 1909-10-12
PROF. FERRER AND THE SPAN
ISH INTELLECTUALS.

In the United States we listen re-
spectfully t. the. college professor who
coIdIy analyses our social and economic
problems, pretend that we regard him
as hopelcssly impractical, and gradually
adopt his ideas. In Great Britain they
take him more seriously, and be is a
more direct leader of thought. In Ger
many the nation frankly looks up to
the university intellectuals; they domi-
nate in considerable part the great gov
erHmcntal commissions to which are
intrusted such problems as making a
semitic tariff and determining the
valuation of the railroads when the
government Is preparing to buy them.
In Spain they are going to shoot one
of them tomorrow, for treason.
And that is one of the things that
represent the difference between Spain
and the enlightened world.
Prof. Ferrer anarchist" according
90 the cables, was one of the leaders of
the Barcelona revolutionary movement.
The Washington times., 1909-10-12
LEADERS MAY FIGHT CHANG
ING CONSTITUTION.

It has suddenly developed that the
country is close up against amendment
of the Constitution. Two-thirds of the
States have, taken action through their
Legislatures asking Congress to call
convention for the amendment OF the
Constitution. and under that instru-
ment Congress Is required to call one
Some Of the States want the conven-
ton called for the purpose Of changing
the Constitution so as to provide for
election of Senators by direct vote of
the people. Others in their resolutions
have not specified the amendment OF
amendments they wan
The question Is whether Congress will
or viii not act in accordance with the
wishes of the States. Talk IS already
afoot to the effect that the leaders in Con
gress, more especially Senators Aldrich
and Hale, IN the Senate, and Speaker
Cannon, in the House, viii seek to
ignore the movement for a COnstitu-
tional Convention. A technical objec-
tiOn IS expected on the ground that the
resolutions passed by the State Legs
latures are not uniform
A most interesting situation viii be
brought about il the leaders seriously
try 20 block the calling Of a Constitu-
tional Convention. Evasion Of it
through techniealities is not likely to
rest wei on The minds Of the American
people. 1t would be a strange thing if
Congress should be put in the light Of
trying TO prevent the amendment of the
Constitution by evading the spirit of it,
and, perhaps, the letter Of it,
tt is hardly believable that Senator
Aldrich and Speaker Cannon will be so
short sighted as 10 attempt it. How
ever, if such an attempt Is made, the
friends of the movement for a Con
stitutional Convention may feel well
assured that such a public sentiment
viii be aroused as not only to force
Congress to call the convention, bu to
bring about ratification of such amend
mcnts as may be agreed on for submis-
sion TO the people
The Washington times., 1909-10-12
DOUSE THE GLIMMER ON CON-
NECTICUT AVENUE.

Connecticut avenue extended is be-
ing closed at night to all vehicles ex-
cepting street cars. That is the plain
English of it. The new lights Of the
new cars blind everyone within half a
mile. The farmer going home from
market, the automobilist, the pedes-
TRAN. must all stop whenever a Chevy
Chase car comes over the hilltop, throw
their arms before their faces, and wait
for the cars to pass. If some change Is
not made We might just as well put
up signs;
~ @Tbis Street Closed After Dark"
Curiously enough, the State which
gives its name TO this avenue shows
the way out. Nobody wants these cars
to lack for any safeguard against acct
dent. Everybody in his senses would
have them carry lights strong enough
to prevent once from crashing into
another, or the car from. running down
another kind of vehicle But there
ought to be-and is-t way to avoid
having such lights blih4 everyone in the
driveway. and Connect cut has found it.
The way is to have those lights un-
der instant control Of the motorman,
who shall watch to see when another
driver Is in distress, smut of his light
until the two have passed, and then
turn it on again. That, with the pres
ent system OF subduing the light within
the city limits, viii help materially.
The Capital Traction Compsny has
proven its desire TO afford the best pos
sible service by purchasing the hand
soonest and most comfortable rolling
stock anywhere in use in the United
States. It is not to be blamed that it
did not anticipate this particular diff
cdlty. This newspaper believes that in
the purchase Of other new cars and in
the adjustment Of those now in use on
Connecticut avenue extended. this cor
poration can be relied upon to do every
thing in its power-on the right side of
praeticel safety-to lessen the evil
effect Of these lights.
The Washington times., 1909-10-12
WHY STOP WITH HALFWAY
MEASURES.

The proposition now is to denmark
the fields Of our two local trade bodies
the Board Of Trade and the Chamber
OF Commerce. Any move to prevent
duplication OF service and overlapping
of effort ought to be encouraged by
everybody. If this particular thing can
be done-and no more-it win be well
to do it.
But why stop with halfway meas
ures? Why bother with delimiting
fields for two bodies, when every con-
pideration of good business points to a
single trade body, concentrating effort,
lessening expenses, presenting a solid
instead of divided front? What Is
there in the Board OF Trade or the
Chamber of Commerce that is sacred
against a change for the good of the
whole city?
The Washington times., 1909-10-12

Anarchist" Is a convenient term; if it
had been given its present significance
at that time, it would have been applied
to Sam Adams, Otis, Ben Franklin,
Washington, Hamilton, and the rest of
the revolutionary intellectuaIs in this
country, and they would have been pro-
scribed and shot-provided Howe and
Clinton could have laid hand on them.
Likewise, every blessed member of
the Confederate Congress and leading
military officer, would have been shot
when the civil war was over.
Prof. Ferrer is a patriot who has had
the courage of his convictions. Not
only viii it be a disgrace to the so
called civilization of Spain if he suf-
fers the penalty of the law, but it viii
be the signal for firing beacon-Hght
of revolution in every corner Of Spain.
The right of revolution. in countries
where established Institutions have so
utterly broken down as they have done
IN Spain, is one that cannot be taken
from the people. 1t underlies all sys-
tens; and SPANS fatuous leadership is
surely pressing the people toward this
last resort.
The better sentiment of every Eu-
ropean country Is today making demon
STATIONS of protest against this SEN
tence. King Alfonso will lose the place
he undoubtedly now occupies as a we'll
intentioned young ruler if he fails to
extend executive clemency. The Span
ish regime viii sacrifice its last friend
among the thinking people of the world
If this sentence is executed. Murder
OF courageous men who voice protest
against conditions which all the world
knows are unbearable will not improve
those conditions or end the protest.
The Spanish monarchy stands face to
face with n great crisis, whose test of
Its intelligence will also be a test of its
right longer to exist.