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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-05
New High School.

The plans for the new high school building, which is to cost $75,000,~are about completed and will be ready for bids about the latter part of next week. The building will contain a large audi torium, manual training rooms, labora- tories for the chemist department, and sciences, technical branches and every other convenience that can be devised for a modern and up-to-date school building. The architect, D. o. Whilldin, Is completing the final de. tails and when completed 1t will be one of the finest and best equipped high school in the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-05
Address at Franklin.

pr. Mccoy, president of the Birming- ham college, will address a meeting for men only at the Franklin theatre Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock The meeting will be held under the auspices of the Baraca class of the Methodist church. Dr. Mc- Coy is a most interesting speaker and prominent in the affairs or the Methodist church. The theatre will be cooled by electric fans and good music provided. Everybody cordially invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-05

before the fire committee this morning and on investigation was reinstated, the evidence showing that at the time the alleged offence was committed Morri- son was not on duty. The committee were unanimous in their decision. They made 1t understood, however, that the next offence on or off duty would be followed by dismissal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-05
Special Church Notices.

The Rev. G. T. Harmon of Williamson, S. C., will preach at the Methodist church Sunday morning at Il o'clock The pas- tor, the Rev. B. B. Glasgow, will preach at the evening service at 7:45 o'clock, his subject being "The Church and the Workingman." A cordial invitation is ex- tended to everybody, especially work ingmen, to attend this service.
 The Rev. D. D. Gaston of Gastonvile will preach at both services at the Cum berland Presbyterian church in the ab- sence of the pastor, the Rev. L. A. Rea- gor, who left today for Lamison, where he will conduct a revival
 The Woman's Foreign Missionary so- cety of the Methodist church will hold it's monthly meeting Monday afternoon at o'clock at the home of MT. E. T. Fields on Avenue D and Eighteenth street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-05
Morrison RsInstated.

Charles Morrison, who was suspended by Mayor Sugg on . charge of intox- ication, made at the council meeting Thursday night. waD siven . hearing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-05

Fireworks, Barbecue. Danc- ing Music. East Lake, Labor Day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-05
STAR THEATRE

~ A1 ~ A n ~ A~A Clean, Cool and Comfortable. The best picture show in the dis trict for themoney.
 First run pic lures.
 Latest illustrated songs.
 Nothing in our performanceob objec- tionable to { h e most refined.
 Admission Sc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-05
EnsIey Department


 Ensley that Is for sale or can be bought. We will let you pick it out. We will let you pick out the contractor. We will let you pick out the kind of house. We will let you pay per cent of the total price cash and the rest for what the house would rent for by the month. Why don't you try WHY DON'T YOU BUY. U KANT FORGET THIS AID.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-05


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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-05

comets the time of perihelion q. e. OF
nearest APPROACH to the SUM is retarded
by several hours at each successive
return. The tails appear to consist OF
minute particles repelled from the sun
perhaps by the light and heat waves.
or all comets which have been OBJ
served more than once, Halley's has
the largest orbit and the longest peri
cd of revolution-many comets have
been seen once only, and in some cases
the calculation of the orbit gives Pc
riod of hundreds Of thousands of years.
Halley's comet has been recorded
twenty five times, the earliest reliable
record being for B. c., IL. Its appear
ance in 1866 is piously registered In
the Norman Chronicles as evidence OF
williams divine right to England,
and 1t is depicted in the Bayeux tapes
try.
According to Prof. Wilson, the con-
ditions attending it's next visit Will be
similar to those obtaining in 1866, so
that an unusually fine display Is ex-
pected. At its furthest the comet Is
over 5000, 100000 miles from the sun,
but it will approach to within 50,O0O,-
900 miles; at present 1t is outside the
orbit Of Jupiter. There is no doubt
that, with the improved methods of
spectrophotography now at the dis
posal Of astronomers, a rich harvest
of observations will be reaped in 1910,
which will clear up many disputed
points concerning the constitution and
origin of comets.-London Globe.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-05
HALlEY'S COMET.
Interesting Celestial Visitor Expected
to Return In 1910.

Interesting Celestial Visitor Expected
to Return In 1910.
Astronomers all the world over are
eagerly awaiting the advent of Hal
ley's comet, which will be a beautiful
object in the sky during the spring
this comet forms one of the romantic
chapters in the records Of astronomy,
and is inseparably connected with the
name Of Edmund HALEY, who occu-
pies foremost place among the great
English astronomers of the past.
The great comet of 1852, says the
University Recorder, engaged Halley's
attention for several years. He collect
ed the records Of various conspicuous
comets which had previously been OBJ
served, and was struck by certain re-
semblances in appearance and rate of
motion between the 1852 comet and
a comet seen in 1907. Another record,
by Appian, of a fine comet in 1881 led
HALEY in 1705 to the conclusion that
these were three successive appear
ances of one and the same comet and
that this body is member of the solar
system, moving Qike a planeD along
an elliptlcal path round the sun once
in about seventy-six years, but in an
opposite direction to that of the plan
cts and with a large orbit of much
greater eccentricity.
He predicted that the comet would
next appear in 1857 or 175S. 1t actu-
ally appeared on Christmas day, 1853,
and was closest to the sun on March
IL, 1859. Halley's comet appeared last
in 1885. and was carefully observed
by Sir John Herschell. AS it approach
ed the sun it's long spreading tail. as
well as it's head (coma), diminished in
size, and the comet was less bril-
liant than in 1859. 1t is now we'll es-
tablished that comets lose part Of their
substance at every approach to the
sun, owing to their throwing out long
tails, and in the case Of short period
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-05
Aau1uro,ss 9spartmsnt.
PIayina Bicycle Policeman.

One small boy had a rubber tired
velocipede and the other had one OF
these automobile wagons with long
bonnet in front, which works by means
of kicking at pedals. They were riding
along on the same street. The little
boy on the velocipede said:
Now, you be a man in an automo-
bile and I'll be a bicycle policeman.
You must be riding the other way"
The small boy in the automobile
pedaled away, and wheeled around at
the top Of the block to come back He
rode discreetly by where the small po-
liceman was standing alongside his
wheel. The automobilist saluted in
gratiatingly and the policeman gruffiy
and grudingly returned the greeting.
Then as the automobile went by the
policeman swung on his velocipede ana
gave chase. At the corner he caught
up and said:
"Slow down."
The other lad did so, and the police
man circled around the car in a spien-
did imitation Of the approved manner OF
bicycle squad men.
Dye know how fast you were go
ing?" he demanded fiercely.
mo, sir" replied the chauffeur OF
No. Z, as the machine was marked.
You were going 22A miles an hour
from the tree to the lamppost, ana
that's against the law. Come around
to the station house." Then they both
shrieked in glee.
Presently along came small boy
riding in one of those carts that move
when you pedal. but at every stroke
of his feet two boards, one on either
side of the seat, rose and fell. The bi-
cycle policeman halted him and told
him he was, breaking the law.
"G'wan," said the newcomer, this Is
a flying machine, and you cops haven't
got anything to do with us."-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-05

AN IRREPARABLE Loss.-The teacher
of the primary school, in looking round
the room after the children had taken
their seats, saw a new face. 1t per-
tanned to little boy. She called him
to her desk What is your name
dear?" she asked him.
Tommy Hunter, ma'am," he an
swered.
How old are you, Tommy
six, going on seven"
"You don't look over five," she said
after a careful scrutiny. II shall have
to ask you to bring me certificate OF
your age"
Bring you what, ma'am?"
"A statement from your parents. You
may stay here this morning. but wher
YOU 90 home at noon ask your mother
to write me a note, telling me when
and where you were born. Don't Tor
get II. Tommy. You may go back to
your seat"
After the noon recess was over and
the children had reassembled In the
schoolroom, Tommy presented himself
at her desk, flushed with triumph. The
glow soon faded from his little face
however, as he felt in his pockets, one
after another, and failed to find the
note his mother had written. He be-
gan to cry.
What is the matter, dear?" asked
the teacher.
"I-Tve lost my-my excuse for be-
in born!" sobbed Tommy.-Youths
Companion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-05
WHAT Is A GOPHER?
Correct Answer Depends on Where
the Question Is Asked.


"If you should ask a man from the
Illinois prairies what gopher was
said a man who acted as though ne
had asked a man from Illinois prai-
ries the question, and whom the New
York Sun quotes, she would say q 60
pher was a gray squirrel that burroW-
ed in the ground.
"If you should ask the same ques-
ton Of a man from prairies further
west he'd say gopher was a striped
squirrel that lived in holes In the
ground.
"a Missouri farmer, though, would
declare to you, If you asked him, thdt
a gopher was mole-footed brown rat
that digs its way under the ground In
that state.
"a man from Georgia would prob
ably surprise you, therefore, when he
assured you that a gopher was
snake familiar to everybody In that
state, but not more, perhaps, than
Florida native would surprise you
when he informed you that a gopher
was a turtle.
"The funny part of the matter is
that every one of those informants
would be right in his view. A gopher
is a gray squirrel that burrows,
striped squirrel that burrows, rat
that burrows, a snake that doesnt
burrow and a turtle that does, just
interesting Of all Of these Is the bur-
rowing turtle.
This turtle Is Florida institu-
ton. The Florida Cracker, and quite
a good many Florida folks who hold
themselves a good deal higher up than
the Cracker, dote on the gopher and
think it is the finest thing in the ed
ible line ever created.
1.-The gopher never leaves its bur-
row except to forage. If 1t can't get
into a sweet potato patch it will Craze
on the wild grasses that abound In
the localities where it lives.
1.-The burrow Of this gopher Is in
variably shared by its occupants with
family of rattlesnakes or lizards.
The gopher plainly delights in this
deadly association, although 1T is it
self as mild and harmless as dove.
mo dweller in the same region with
the Florida gopher ever goes abroad
without bag slung over his shoulder.
This is to carry gophers home in, for
he is pretty sure to come across them
out foraging. The moment the go
pher detects the approach Of danger
it shuts itself securely in it's shell and
the Cracker tumbles it into his bag
"The gophers are likewise trapped
by digging holes in the ground close
to the entrance of the burrow and
sinking a box or barrel into 1t. When
the gopher comes out it tumbles into
the trap and can't get out. These
queer turtles often weigh as much as
thirty pounds. They are of prodigi-
Gus strength, a large specimen being
able to rise on it's legs with a man
standing on its shell and walk under
his weight"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-05

HAVE You EVER HEARD HIM.
Ladies and gentlemen" he said, exhi-
biting considerable nervousness IF
had known that I was to be called on
tonight L should have taken the trou-
BILE to look up-ah-that Is, should
have fortified myself with-ah--as j
have Just said, If had been aware that
I was to be asked to address you on
this suspicious occa-I mean auspicious
occasion-I should have primed myself
with facts concerning the subject to
which ! have been-or rather the sub
ject that has been assigned to me. l
assure you, ladies and gentlemen, that
1t gives me great pleasure to-ah-to-
II is one Of the most pleasant moment
of my lives-to-most pleasant mo-
ments Of my life to meet you here to-
night. There is a story of--of-a story
you will please pardon me If read
It, as I can't remember just now-that
is-it may be more-ah-fallacitous
or felicitous, should say, to-ah-read
K II you will b-bear with me. I-ah-
did not expect when came here to
ah-to-an-to"-
Then he got his manuscript out OF
his pocket and read for fifty-seven min
utes.-Chicago Record Herald.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-05

HORRIBLE EXAMPLE.--A certain
bishop was famous as being the plain
est man of England.
One day, as this homely parson sat
in an omnibus, he was amazed by the
persistent staring of a fellow passenger,
who finally said:
Look, ere, parson, would you mind
comm 'ome with me to see my wife,
Imagining the wife was sick and
needed assistance, the clergyman, at
great inconvenience to himself, went.
On arriving at the house, the man
pointed to the astonished parson, and
said with a grin of delight:
Look e ere, Sairry. Yer said this
mornin' as l wus the hugliest chap in
Hengland. Now. just look at this
bloke,"-Philadelph Record.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-05

THE LAST STRAw.-Frank Daniels,
early in his career, was principal in a
small company that was touring 1.-The
provinces" Business had been poor
and eating had become a luxury. 1t
was only the cheering knowledge that
the new opera house at Ticonderoga,
N. Y, had been almost sold out for
their performance that kept them to-
gether.
wait till We get to Ticonderoga,"
the manager would say to any one who
family suggested the price of break
fast.
Finally they did reach Ticonderoga
1t was eventide, and rosy glow illu-
mined the western sky.
"Ah, me-" sighed Daniels to the stage
driver. The sun may set in other
places. but never as it does here. Be
hold yon"-
Sunset" growled the driver. Sun
set -- Thets the opry house burnin
down."-Everybody's Magazine.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-05
EVERYDAY PSYCHOLOGY.
Professor Muensterbers Sees No End
to Wonders II May Work.


to Wonders It May Work.
How psychology may be used in ev-
ery-day life, with particular applica-
ton to law, medicine and teaching
was the subject of an address by Prof
Hugo Muensterberg Of Harvard, before
the Commercial club, says Chicago
dispatch to the New York Sun.
Physicians may use psychology, he
said, in healing all manner of nervous
and functional diseases. Lawyers may
use it in finding out where witnesses
lie and criminals conceal. Teachers
may use it in learning just how the
pupil can absorb the best knowledge
Business men may use it in picking
out employees. Young men may use
1t in finding out what work they are
best fitted for in life-in fact, psychol-
ogy Is destined to enter into practical
life as no other factor does.
1T is an absurd situation" said
Prof. Muensterberg, that all we are
doing in the psychological laboratories
Is going on without immediate rela-
ton to the life around US. Ten years
from now laboratories Of applied psy-
chology will be a necessity in all the
universities.
How can we apply 1t? There Is a
great waste of energy going on in the
school rooms because Of the lack OF
method applied. Experiments can
show with certainty just what mate
rial a child can absorb and just how
the lessons ought to be mixed.
There Is no magic fluid, no mystic
rious power afioat; 1t Is just state OF
mind. Every one can suggest some
thing to every one else. 1t Is the idea
that is strong enough to overcome the
idea in another mind that produces the
effects wondered at. All ideas lead to
some activity. There is no religion
and no politics without suggestion
Hypnotism is only reinforced sugges-
tion.
christian science cannot cure dis
eases Of the organic class; only those
arising in the mind. Sometimes the
pains disappear, but the disease re-
mains. Psychology can cure the Ills
which arise from a functional disease
but when it gets to the disease Itself
it stops. Clergymen are not able to
enter the real psychology Of a case
The only way out is for every regular
physician to become versed fully in
the laws Of this science"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-05

down particularly fine she was going
to make her dinner on a dozen raw
oysters, which she thought would be
nourishing and satisfying, and at the
same time easy to eat and not bulky;
and as she laced she looked longingly
forward to those oysters waiting for
her, for she was hungry as forty cats
But do you know that, hungry as
she was, when she came to the oys-
ters she couldn't eat them all? She
couldn't For she knew that II she
did something would have to give
way. She managed to eat eight Of
them all right, and she ate the ninth,
the tenth and the eleventh, but the
those last three she ate with grow
ing consciousness that she was peril
ously close to the limit, and when she
had eaten the eleventh she knew that
she must stop; and so she was COM
PEELED to leave 1t on the plate uneat-
en-. Such a sacrifice she was COM
PEELED to make for the sake Of what
she conceived to be perfect waist.
"Well, when I get into my dress
suit I am not quite so bad off as the
French lady in the story; not quite,
but pretty near 1t, pretty near It, for
this suit was built years ago, when I
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-05
SEWING
MACHINES

We make a specially Of SEWING
MACHINES-have been selling Ma
chimes for years past, and have had
experience enough to teach Us what
is good in SEWING MACHINES. We
do not conflne ourselves to single
make or price Of Machine, but have
them to meet the needs and purses OF
all buyers-n you contemplate the
purchase Of Machine, you will do
well to see US. We have
THE STANDARD
Which is conceded to be the best
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market-it Is really two machines in
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THE WILL @. FREE
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Then we have other Machines run
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See US and our Machines before
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HOUSE FURNISHINGS
Our storeroom and warerooms are
filled to overf1owing with the best Of
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from. the kitchen to the parlor, at the
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We Sell for CASH or CREDIT and
assure you Of o SQUARE DEAL.
YORK FURNITURE CO.
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TAX RETURNS FOR 1909.
Office of the County Auditor of York
County, South Carolina.


County, South Carolina.
Yorkville, 8. c., Dec. /, 1908.
A s required by statute my books
| "A will be opened at my office In
Yorkville on FRIDAY, JANUARY l.
1909, and kept open until FEBRUARY
| 20, 1909, for the purpose Of listing for
taxation all TAXABLE PROPERTY
held in York County on January /, 1903.
Returns made on proper blanks, and
sworn to before an officer qualified to
administer an oath and forwarded to
me by registered mail before February
20, 1909, will be accepted.
All taxpayers are particularly re-
quested to inform themselves as to the
number Of their respective school dis
tricts, and where they have property
In more than one school district, they
will please make separate returns In
dicating the location Of each piece OF
property. The school districts In which
there are special levies are as follows:
No. % in Bethel; Nos. 20 and 33 In
Bethesda; Nos. 8, 20 and 40 in Bread
River; Nos. 9 and 20 In Bullocks Creek;
No. IL in Catawba; Nos. Z and IL In
Ebenezer; Nos. 26, % and SO In Fort
Mill; Nos. IL, 20, 33 and 35 in York.
For the purpose Of facilitating the
taking Of returns, and for the greater
convenience or tax payers, VIII De at
the following places on the dates
named:
At Rock Hill, Thursday and Friday,
January % and 20, and from Tuesday,
February to Friday, February s.
All males between the ages of twen-
ty- one and sixty years, except Confed-
crate soldiers over the age Of fifty
years, are liable to q 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.
It will be q matter Of much accom-
modation to me II as many taxpayers
as possible will meet me at the res
pective appointments, mentioned above
so as to avoid the rush at Yorkville
during the closing days.
My office in Yorkville will be open
every week day from January l, to
February 20, inclusive, and returns
may be made there at any time.
JOHN ]. HUNTER,
County Auditor.
Yorkville, s. c., Dec. 1, 1908.
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