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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-24
LAW AS TO sIGNBoARDs.
Law Requires That All Public Roads
Shall be Posted.

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There has been some discussion ir
several newspapers lately as to the
law requiring the public roads to be
posted with sign boards at all forks ol
crossings. The law is very clear but
it is not generally enforced. Follow.
ing is the law on the subject:
Sec. 446. Any person or persons
who shall cut down, burn or deface
any mile post or stone, erected by the
county commissioners or county su.
pervisor of any county, he, she or they
upon conviction thereof shall forfeit
and pay the sum of ten dollars, to be
recovered by indictment or informa-
ton before any court of competent ju-
risdiction.
"Sec. Ar. II any person shall will
fully demolish, throw down, alter, OF
deface any guide-post, every person
so offending shall, upon conviction
thereof before any magistrate Of the
proper county be fined in sum of not
exceeding ten dollars and the cost OF
suit, or be sentenced to labor on the
public works of the county for a term
of not more than thirty days, and the
money when collected, shall be by the
magistrate collecting the same, paid
over to the county treasurer.
"Sec. 448. The county board OF
commissioners of any county neglect
ing to cause the public highways In
their county to be posted and num-
bered and to have pointers erected a,
each fork of said highways declaring
the direction of such highways shall
be liable to pay the sum Of ten dollars
for each and every said neglect, to be
recovered by indictment in the court
of general sessions Of the county with
in which the same occurs, to be col
lected and paid to the treasurer OF
such county for the use Of the county
Provided, That no county commission
er shall be liable to said penalty who
shall put said pointer at such times as
he shall have his division Of roads
worked"
The civil code Of South Carolina has
also section bearing upon this which
gives the county commissioner author.
ity to erect such sign boards and
charge the cost to the county, and the
neglect of this can be construed by
the public to mean that they are indif-
ferent to the convenience OF the pub
lie. The section is as follows:
"Sec. 1887. Each road overseeI
within his district may erect and keer
up, at the expense of the county. al
the forks and cross roads post and
guide-board, or finger board. contain
ing an inscription in legible letters, d.
recting the way and distance to the
town or towns, or public places, situ-
ated on each road respectively
Spartanburg Journal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-24
little annoyance. said peremptorily

little annoyance. said peremptorily:
well, what is it?"
Willetts gave a swift glance about
the room and laid the Midland Rail-
way bill before the Governor. The
latter started as he recognized the
document before him and glanced up
in surprise. He was looking down the
muzzle of a revolver.
"Sign that" commanded Willetts.
The Carpetbaggers thin lips tight
ened about the cigar he was smoking.
That was all. "Sit down." he said,
coolly.
Your name. Quick"
II wouldn't shoot If were you"
"Sign it."
"At any rate you'd better not do
any shooting till after sign my name.
If you did, you know. the bill would
mt do you any good"
You haven't a minute to live un-
less you do it."
Now, don't lose your nerve, Will
lets, and get careless / can't do any
writing with a bullet hole through
me. I'm not a fool; sit down."
Slowly the Governor spread out the
paper before him and picked up a
pen. Then he rested his left hand
carelessly over the left drawer Of his
desk-beneath it was the revolver
Lummers had urged him to keep
within reach. 1t was time for Jim to
return, he thought. and where was
Lummers? A band of marchers with
fife and drum passed by, making q
great din.
IT wouldn't object If you'd waste a
little ammunition on those fellows,
drily said the Carpetbagger. They've
kept me nearly crazy all day."
AS he spoke he pressed the pen into
the paper with so much force that
the point snapped.
I'm sorry. but this pen is broken
I'll have to ask you to hand me one
from Lummers desk behind you"
Willetts uttered an oath. You did
that purposely," he cried. Govern
or, 1 don't want to hurt you, but you
know me. This means business"
The old man smiled and leaned back
in his chair. II can't very we'll sign
my name without a pen, can II" he
inquired. Perhaps there's one ir
the drawer here" he added, motion
ing toward the right hand drawer
which did not contain the revolver.
stop" cried Willetts, leveling his
weapon. Don't try that, Governor
well. look for yourself"
"Willetts did so. Keeping the Gov
ernor covered he jerked open the
right hand drawer and felt inside it.
There's nothing here" he said.
well. 1 don't know. Maybe there's
one in the other drawer"
Willetts walked around the desk
reaching out his hand to open the
left drawer and as he did so the Gov
ernor suddenly stirred. There's per
right on top of Lummers' desk over
there" he said. Shall get it?''
"Sit down." sternly commanded the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-24
THE LEATHEReAcK TURTLE.
Riooest of All Turtles, an Ocear
Roamer.


Roamer.
A marine creature hard to keep
alive in captivity Is the leatheroacK
turtle. The leatherback Is sea tur-
tie. 1t grows to weigh a Thousand
mounds or more, six or eight times as
much as a man.
In September 1908. the New York
aquarium received from the Jersey
coast a leatherback turtle weighing
S05 pounds which survived In captlVl-
ty twenty-five days, a record for Dig
leatherbacks in this aquarium, as
perhaps would be found to be as 10
ALL There was received here on July
6 Of the present year, also from Jersey
water a leatherback Weighing $50
pounds which lived seven days. The
aouarium has now. taken in the same
locality on July 10, leatherback tur-
tie weighing $50 pounds.
The leatherback captured hereaDout
are found in fishermen's nets which
they have invaded in search OF food.
Sometimes when they find themselves
thus caught in nets the big turtles
break their way out, followed through
the gap by thousands Of fishes.
Besides being the biggest OF any
turtles. the leatherback has also pro-
portionately the biggest of all forward
fippers. Its rear fippers are not re-
markable, but it's forward flippers are
so great as to suggest big wings.
This $50 pound leatherback would
probably measure from the tip of its
beak to the tip of it's tail about five
feet, with its forward fiippers extend
ed 1t would probably measure from
tip to tip across between seven and
eight feet. With it's great forward
fiippers the leatherback, so named be-
cause it's top shell has some fiexibil-
ity, is a very able swimmer.
In captivity the leatherback is al
ways trying to get out. For that mat
ter so are all captive turtles, little and
big, hut most Of them, including the
big loggerheads, learn to go about it
more or less gently. They will try one
place in the pool wall and find no way
and then they will move along leis-
urly to another and try there, and
they may spend a whole lot Of their
time in such fruitless efforts to es-
cape, and yet many turtles live years
in captivity and thrive and grow fat.
Not so the big leatherback. He
keeps always at the wall Of the pool
and butts against it in his efforts to
get through, and in his vain efforts he
pines and refuses food. Little leath-
erbacks from their Matching might be
brought up to endure restraint, but
not the big leatherback. In nature he
rarely comes ashore; he's an ocean
runner, and he can't be contented in
captivity.-Exchange
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-24
HE GOT OLD TWO TOES.
End of Wolf that Gave Much Trouble
to Oklahoma Stockmen.


to Oklahoma Stockmen.
Along in the early '90's a noted wolf
ranged in south Meade county and IN
north Beaver county, Oklahoma, along
the Cimarron river, hiding in the
bluffs and sandhills on either side,
ravaging the pastures for fifty miles
up and down the river. In his early
life he had been caught in a trap and
lost part of his toes, hence the name
of Old Two Toes. He was very large
gray wolf and could drag down and
kill a yearling steer with ease. He
loved fresh beef rarely making a Sec
ond meal out of a carcass.
Thus Old Two Toes became very
expensive boarder for the ranchers
on the riverfront. Beaver county Of
fered a reward for his scalp, to which
individual ranchers added as much as
$50 apiece, and the cattle association
also set price on his head. But he
was both cunning and bold. Many
hunters and cowboys tried for the re-
ward offered to outwit and capture or
kill him. Being made wise about traps
when he lost his toes they were OF no
avail in the campaign waged against
him. To surprise him or approach
him near enough for shot was also
impossible and his ravages continued.
About this point in his career he was
joined by an equally large, fierce
Slack wolf Hunting together, the two
attacked and killed horses as we'll as
cattle.
The cattlemen became desperate
and redoubled their efforts to rid
themselves of the robbers. Then Will
lis Peoples, a negro ranchman on the
Cimarron, took up the fight and said
he would win the reward for there
was now a price on the black wolf.
Peoples came to Meade to prepare for
the war. I'll sure get those two var
mints," said Peoples, cause I'm go
ing to camp or their trail"
That is what he actually did. When
the wolves became aware that he was
following them persistently they
changed their tactics and broke off
their range. But the old man hung
on their trail like a bloodhound and
they could not shake him off, His
boy brought him food and fresh
horses. Peoples stopped where night
overlook him and resumed the chase
at daylight The black wolf aban-
dOning his friend in this dangerous
time, took off to save his scalp,
but the track of Two Toes betrayed
him at every point in the hunt. FL
nally. worn ont with the continual
chase and nearly famished for food,
Two Toes paused in a ravine to rest,
fatal mistake. The hunter, hot on
his tagging footsteps. rode over a
ridge a short distance away: for a
moment he faced his enemy, then a
quick aim. a puff of smoke and the
ravager Of the ranges fell, pierced in
the head with a ball.
Peoples brought the body Of Two
Toes to Meade and as he threw it
from his wagon Peoples grinned and
said: There's Old Two Toes; 1 told
you I'd get him, and there he is."-
Kansas City Times.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-24
"s1oN THAT" COMMANDED wlLLErs...rhe carps.bagsr.

have one more than can use. There's
yours"
on the desk. The gambler stretched
forth his hand eagerly, but suddenly
drew it back again, as If he were
afraid he might be stung. He had
seen something in the clear blue eyes
of the tall man before him that he
didn't like.
Governor" he stammered, II
don't want to fight you"
Don't you?" scarcastically asked
the Carpetbagger. II must have mis-
understood you. I thought you did,"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-24
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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-29
Langley Is for Reflection.

John W. Langley, Congressman
from the Tenth district. says he is
a candidate for reelection and will
have no opposition for the nomi-
nation at the hands of the Repub-
lican party.
Mr.. Langley said that he is con-
fident of reelection despite the
fact that the Democrats will make
a vigorous fight to put him on the
shelf. Mr.. Langley is by far the
most popular Republican member
of Congress from Kentucky. His
long stay in Washington as Gov
ersment employee before being
elected to Congress gave him a
large acquaintance in the Capitol.
Mr.. Langley said that he had
been extended an invitation to ac-
company the Presidential party
from St. Louis to New Orleans
October % to 80 and that he had
accepted and would make the trip.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-29
Wellesley Oak 500 Years Old.

A wtde-spreading oak which experts
have declared must nave Deen grow.
ing at the time Of the discovery of
America by Columbus, is a landmark
on the estate of the late Arthur Hun
newell in Wellesley, Mass.
The magnificent tree measures &c
feet In circumference at the base. 1t
is a noticeable landmark on account
of its unusual size. 1t intersects the
fence which separates the fertile fields
of the Hunnewell estate from the
highway. and thus arrests the atten-
ton of the passer-by.
The late Mr. Hunnewell took great
pride in the ancient tree. 1t has with.
stood the ravages of pests for a great
many years and is apparently in con-
dition to live for a great many more
decades. The late Mr.. Hunnewell
once had the tree examined by an
expert from the Smithsonian institute.
who declared that it was between 400
and 500 years old.
Eliot, the apostle to the Indians, fire.
quently passed the towering oak while
going to and from South Natick, where
he preached to the Indians, the tree
being beside what was the old trail.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-29
first Sale of New Crop.

The first sale of the new crop of
Burnley leaf tobacco Ia the Cincib-
natl market took place Wednesday
at the Planters Leaf Tobacco
Warehouse.
Two hogsheads of Carroll county
growth and packing were offered,
and, as the goods were of excep-
tionally fine quality for a first
Offering" there was sharp COM
petion and much interest among
manufacturers in the sale. One
hogshead was of choice red leaf,
and was purchased by I. S. Ham
ilton s; Co. at S13.75 per 100
pounds. The other package was
of colory Tugs of fine quality and
texture, and was knocked down
to j. B. Heller & Co. at S14.75
per 100 pounds.
Two things were noted and COM
mented upon in connection with
this sale. First, that the cure"
or condition was perfect for a first
offering sale, being as dry and
free of moisture as winter order
goods. and, second, that the to-
bacco was the earliest offering
seen in this market for many years.
The new crop will begin to come
on the market in appreciate
quantities the latter part of Octo-
Der, and by the middle of Novem-
Der the great leaf tobacco ware
houses will again be in full swing.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-29
New Departure.

After two months of remarka-
BILE sales, w. S. Lloyd, the enter
prising druggist, says that his
plan of selling at half price the
regular 80 cent size of DIR. How
ards specific for the cure of con-
stipation and dyspepsia. and guar
anteeing to refund the money if it
does not cure, has been the great
est success he has ever known.
He has sold hundreds of bot
ties of the specific, and as yet has
not had one returned, although he
stands ready at any time to re-
fund the money should any custo-
mer be dissatisfied.
Anyone suffering with dyspep-
STA, constipation, liver troubles
headaches, dizziness, coated tongue
or the general tired feeling, caus-
ed by inactive liver and bowels
or disordered digestion, should
take advantage of w. S. Lloyd's
new departure and buy a bottle of
DR.. Towards specific at half price,
with his personal guarantee 20 re-
fund the money if it does not
cure. 10-&-12.
Judge-How MANY languages
can your husband speak?
Mrs. Trouble-Two, your Hon
or: English and profane.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-29
Prepared FOR Long Voyage.

Otto and John Smith, aged re-
spectively 10 and II years, of New
Albany, had been reading a great
deal of late about DIR. Cook and
Commander Peary, and they stole
away from their home last week.
They went direct to the Ohio river
where they found a skiff belong
ing to Charles V. Hendrick, mail
ing clerk in the post-office. Their
intention was to make voyage to
the Gulf of Mexico, via New Or
leans, and their ultimate destina-
ton was the North Pole. They
had studied the subject for several
days, and had laid in a supply of
provisions which they had taken
from their parents pantry. About
l O'Clock in the morning they
started on their long voyage, but
when they got as far down the
river as Paddy's Run. about day.
light, they got homesick and
started home overland up the Ken.
lucky shore. They said they
would never run away from home
again, after they we're given good
spanking.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-29
No Crime to Hug and Kiss.

In the habeas corpus case of
James Fisher before Judge Elliott
in the Court of Common Pleas,
the point arose as to whether hug
ging and kissing was a crime.
Fisher had been committed by
Justice Robert ". Beach. Decen-
Der 8, 1908, to Jail for five years
and fined $25 and costs on the
charge of assaulting a girl in
Baltimore by hugging and kiss
ing her.
Thomas j. Mason, who repre-
sented Fisher, made a point that
hugging and kissing was not a
crime nor an attempt to do vio-
lence, but generally was an evil
dence of affection, and as the
charge did not show that Fishers
action was against the will of the
girl, the prisoner should be dis
charged. Judge Elliott smiled
and ordered the prisoner discharg-
ed without comment. Fisher al
ready had served a year of his
sentence, counting time off for
good behavior.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-29
ACCEPT BAD MONEY
BOGUS COINS CIRCULATE FREE.
LY IN MEXICO.
Only When They Get Into the Banks
or Government Offices Are They
Taken Up-Work Done
systematically.

Counterfeiters find Mexico a good
field for their business. An enormous
amount Of spurious coin is In circu-
lation in that country. A remarkable
thing about these false coins Is that
they are readily accepted In the Or
binary channels of trade. 1t Is only
when they get into the banks or Of
fees of the federal state governments
that they are taken up and retired
from circulation. The silver peso ia
the principal coin counterfeited. al
though the coins of smaller denom-
ination, particularly the ive-cent
piece. are not below the notice of the
illicit metal workers.
There is no way of estimating the
amount of false coin in circulation.
but 1t must be very large, as Is evi-
denced by the fact that one of every
ten coins of the peso denomination in
the ordinary transaction of business.
usually is found to be spurious.
The average Mexican of the lower
class is an adept In filigree and gen.
eral metal work. The counterfeiting
the coins which they turn out are.
COED specimens, considering the,
rough method of their manufacture
Few of the counterfeiters take the
trouble to form an elaborate compost
ton for their goods. The majority
of them are content with ordinary
lead. In many instances the coins
~,
with silver. The silver plated brass
coins are kept in circulation until the
plating wears off, when they are no.
longer accepted in the usual line of
trade.
1t is said that counterfeiters In
Mexico have little difficulty in placing
their product in circulation. In many
instances uncovered by the police and
secret service men the counterfeiters
sold their spurious output to mer-
chants and small dealers in different
cities and the coins were passed out
to customers in systematic way 80
as not to attract undue attention. The
patrons of these small stores and
market places are people of the lower
class 1or the most part, and the
rudest kind of counterfeit coin is &C
cepted by them without question or
comment
The counterfeiting of bank bills or
stamps has not been attempted in
Mexico for many years. The execu-
ton of work of this kind requires the
exercise of kind of skill that the av-
erage Mexican counterfeiter is not
possessed Of The nearest approach
to this kind of counterfeiting took
place not long ago when many thou
sand dollars worth of fraudulent
street car tickets were made and sold
In Mexico City. These tickets were
engraved and were good limitations of
the originals, but It was only a few
days after they we're put on the mar
ket before the fraud was discovered
and its perpetrators arrested.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-29
Attempt to Rob freight Depot.

An unsuccessful attempt was
made early Tuesday morning of
last week by burglars to blow open
the safe at the Southern freight
depot in Lexington, and though
the lock was torn off the safe
door, and the safe otherwise de-
faced, it successfully resisted the
attacks, and two men who are be-
lieved to be the burglars were ar
rested.
Patrolmen heard an explosion
and went to the depot to investi-
gate. AS they approached the
building two men came running
down the steps from the Office, and
one halted when hailed by the
officers. The other took to his
heels and escaped, A few hours
later man was arrested in Irish
town. He denies that he was at
the depot, and says his name is
James Gleason, and that his home
is in Louisville. The other mar
gave his name as Arthur Lon, and
the police say he confessed when a
bottle of nitro-glvcerin, a jimmy >
caps and fuses were found on him.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-29
Unavoidedly Detained.

A well-known general tells the fol.
lowing story:
One day he received a telegram,
from a subordinate who was injured
In a railroad accident while on fur
Tough, which read: "Will not report
to-day, as expected, on account of un-
avoidable circumstances"
The tone o! the message was not
satisfactory to the general and he
wired at once In reply: Report as
ordered or give reasons"
Within an hour the following mes.
sage came back over the wires from
the hospital: Train off-can't ride:
legs off-can't walk. VIII not report
unless you insist"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-29
A Zero COurtShip.

The Practical Young Man and
the Girl from Boston had known
each other for nearly two weeks,
and two weeks is long time when
there are moonlight nights and a
stretch of sheltered beach with an
old wrecked schooner smuggling
down comfortably in its sandy
grave. 1t seemed as though they
had known each other for years
and years. The Practical Young
Man said so. and the Girl from
Boston, knowing him, agreed with
him. One night when a heecy
clou d passed accommodatingly
across the moon. and the sheltered
beach seemed even more sheltered
than usual, and the old wreck was
actually redolent of romance In
stead of tar, on that night the
Practical Young Man so far forgot
himself as to ask the Girl from
Boston if he might kiss her.
The Girl from Boston shivered.
"Oh, sirr' she cried, Il have
never been kissed in all my life"
That's all right" said the
Practical Young Mau. Don't
let that worry you. | suppose
someone has got to break the ice"
New York Times.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-29
The Difference.

The editor and his wife disagree
with each other very materially.
She sets things to right and he
writes things to set. She reads
what others write and he writes
what others read. She keeps the
devil out of the house as much as
possible and he retains him and
could not go to press without him.
He knows more than he writes
and she writes more than she
knows.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-29
Great Writer'S PRAYER.

The service of the day is over, and
the hour come to rest. We resign
into thy hands our sleeping bodies,
our cold hearths and open doors.
Give us to awake with smiles, give us
to labor smiling. AS the sun returns
In the east, so let our patience be re-
newed with dawn; as the sun light.
ems the world, so let our loving-kind-
ness make bright this house of our
habitations.-Robert Louis Stevenson.