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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-06

A NEW York letter tells a story to
the effect that sometime in September
the people of the United States are to
be asked to absorb approximately
s4OO,OOO,OOO Of railway securities.
the money to be used by the transpor-
tation companies in Improvements,
extensions and otherwise. What the
railroad financiers will ask for, will be
almost exactly what 1t is estimated
that the farmers Of three Of the
northwestern states will receive for
their crops this year. But the most
significant fact about the proposed
financing Is, that leading railroad fl
nancier predicts that the larger part
Of these loans will be taken up by the
farmers Of the country-men who dig
their wealth from the soil-and this
in the face of the fact that a decade
ago a greater part Of the farms
throughout the northwest were un-
der mortgage to money lenders Of the
east. 1t is a fact that the farmers Of
the west and the south are today pro-
ducing more on the farms than the
railroads are able to transport, and 1t
is predicted that within five years the
railroads will require not less than
1000 millions for extensions, double
tracking, equipment, etc., in order to
be able to handle the vast productions
of the American farmer. So swift has
been the reaction from the business
stagnation Of two years ago, 1t will be
easy for the railroads to secure all the
money they need and more. The
American farmer is fast coming to his
own in the financial world. His yield
per aero has doubled and trebled, and
the prices received for his products
have increased at the same ratio.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-06
Compulsory Education In Georgia.

Compulsory Education In Georgia.
Here are the requirements Of the COM
pulsory education bill now before the
legislature:
1t applies to children between the
ages Of 6 to IS.
It requires only go school days Of at
tendance each year.
It does not affect children who have
had schooling up to the fourth grade
grammar school. And 1t enforces only
that much schooling on those affected.
1t does not require attendance by
those who live more than three miles
from the nearest school house.
It takes cognizance Of the fact that
there will be some children who are
physically or mentally incapable Of
attending school. It takes coSniZance
of the fact that there will be some chill
dren whose attendance would work a
hardship on parent OF child. All such
cases are to be considered by the
county board, which Is authorized to
excuse from attendance.
It provides for the building Of no
school houses-it does not create ne
gro schools-it will not load the state
with extra expense.
In short, the bill is drawn with all
Difference to existing conditions in the
state-and 1t aims only to enforce the
giving Of chance in life to those
white children who are being blighted
by the ignorance and laZiness Of their
parents.
Could anything be more humane?-
Atlanta Georgian
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-06

noon, en- route home from a jaunt
through New England. He went
from Charleston to New York by
steamer and visited many points OF in
terest in Vermont, Connecticut, Mas
sachusetts and other New England
states. He talks most Interestingly OF
the places and people he saw and his
letters to The Enquirer have been
read with intense interest by that pa
per's large family Of admiring friends.
His views of the New Englanders,
their customs and manners, which we
hope to read in an early issue Of The
Enquirer, will undoubtedly be both
instructive and entertaining. His
many friends in Gastonia will be ex-
ceedingly glad to know that his little
daughter, Edith, who had narrow
escape in a runaway accident last Sat-
urday at Yorkville, was not seriously
injured.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-06

ten enough to keep up the interest-at
least they did yesterday. But the
Yorkville boys know few things about
the game, and while the game was
young, impressed the visitors with the
fact that to win they must work; that
information was brought out in the first
session. Yorkville was first at bat and
as all the innings were much alike. a
description of the first chapter will do
for all. Lindley swatted the ball for
a safe hit and reached the first sack;
Davidson made a sacrifice hit to the
pitcher and was thrown out at first,
advancing Lindley to second; Abel
pushed a fly out to second base and
the fiagman on the sack gathered it
in, doubling on Lindley, sending York
vile to the field to pick daisies. The
visitors come on deck with an isn't 1t
easy" look, but Williams hit was gath
cred in and beat him out at first;
Blanton jolted the ball and stopped at
first; McDaniel's fly dropped into
Faris' buckets at second, and he dou-
bled the play, tagging Blanton down
as he was looping down the avenue for
the second station, retiring the visitors
for the first chapter. The line up was
as follows:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-06

1906 and 1907 more than a million,
on the average, came each year. In
1908, there was a decline in this in
coming wave Of immigration. At pres
ent the number of immigrants is again
on the increase. The percentage of
this foreign increase is also interest
ing. Thus in 1900. the date of the
last census, there were 10,460,0OO
persons of foreign parentage in the
United States, or 1871 per cent Of the
total population. In 1890 they form
ed 14.S per cent; in 1880. 1873 per
cent; in 1870, 14.4 per cent; in 1860,
1872 per cent; and in 1850 81 per cent.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-06
SPECULATIVE MARKET.

Following are the developments in
the speculative market yesterday as
summarized in a dispatch of last
night from New York:
Early weakness i'm today's cotton
market was followed by a rally anu
the closing tone was firm with prices
net unchanged to points higher. The
market opened steady at an advance
Of 5 points on August, but generally
2 to 6 points lower and inside Of the
first half hour sold off to a net loss Of
IL to IA points on the active months
The decline reflected a renewal Of
bear pressure and the execution of
stOp-loss orders which had been re-
ceived by commission houses over
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-06
LOCAL LACONlCS.
Until January 1, 1910.
Calls For Rev. S. r, Hone.

We will send The Yorkville Enquirer
from this date till January l, 1910 for
80 cents.
Calls For Rev. s. r. Hope.
At recent meetings of the congrega-
tions Of Richburg, Fort Lawn and Ce-
dar Shoals Presbyterian churches, 1t
was decided to call the Rev. 8. r. Hope
to the pastorate Of these churches.
Gastonia Wins.
The third election on the question of
moving the CASTOR county court house
from Dallas to Gastonia was held yes
terday with the result that Gastonia
wins, 2,955 to 1926, majority Of 629
votes. There was intense interest in
the election; but no disorder. The vote
was the largest ever polled in CASTOR
county. Dallas offered $4,000 for the
court house, but Gastonia Is to pay
$4,000. There is great rejoicing in
Gastonia.
The County Commissioners.
The only development of general in
terest recorded in the minutes Of the
August meeting Of the county board
Of commissioners last Wednesday, re-
lates to the consideration Of a petition
asking the sanction of the board for
the erection Oh DTlQSe over IaylOr
creek near the road leading from Rock
Hill to Oakland church in Chester
county. The petitioners agree to erect
concrete piers free of cost to the coun-
ty under the supervision of the county
board, and to open up rights Of way
to the approaches. The supervisor
was instructed to obtain the neces-
sary rights Of way, provided he can do
so with satisfaction to the county, in
which event the petition will be grant
ed.
duplication for Remittitur.
Columbia special to News and Cou-
rier, Thursday: The Catawba Power
company has filed an application for
a stay Of remittitur in the case Of w.
w. Auten against that company. Mr..
Auten brought suit against the power
company on account Of water being
backed on his land. When the case
was first tried the jury returned YER
dict of $3.50 for the plaintiff. An
order was granted by the court grant,
ing a new trial unless the plaintiff
should within a given time reduce
the verdict to $4,000. The verdict
was reduced accordingly. The defen-
dant next appealed to the supreme
court and the decision Of the lower
court was affirmed. The company to-
day filed an application for a stay Of
remittitur in the case.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-06

if our friends of New England ever
lose their industrial supremacy. we
are inclined to believe that 1t Is the
south which will next loom up in the
lead.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-06

- Anderson Daily Mail: Mr.. CAL
houn Harris, secretary and assistant
treasurer of the Orr cotton mills, is
short in his accounts. The exact
amount is not known yet but 1t is be-
lieved that it will be many thousands
Of dollars-perhaps as much as $5O.-
600. Mr.. Harris was arrested this
morning on a warrant sworn out by
Mr.. ]. D. Hammet, president of the
mill charging him with breach Of
trust.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-06
FOR KINGS MOUNTAIN.

Subscriptions on account Of the eX-
pense Of entertainment on the occasion
of the dedication Of the battle monu-
ment at Kings Mountain on October
{, should be sent to Mrs. G. HI OLea-
ry, Yorkville, and she will cause them
to be promptly acknowledged in this
column.
The understanding Is. that II the ag-
gregate subscriptions are more than
sufficient for entertainment on a scale
creditable to the occasion, the surplus
will be made tine nucleus Of fund
to be used in the erection Of a suita-
BILE pavilion for the accommodation OF
future visitors to this historic battle
field.
Subscriptions to date are as follows:
Previously acknowledged .....$139 90
Additional sllhacrintionS:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-06
Forest City.
The score by innings was as follows:

H. r. E.
Yorkville :. 1000 100 900 9 5
Forest City 1000 40 10x 4
| Batteries-Rhinehart, Williams and
Harris; Smith, H., Abel and Belts.
| Umpires-Moore and Willis.
| Scorer-Gist Finley.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-06
The alorkrills Gaql1irsr.

Entered at the Postoffice In Yorkville
as Mail Matter Of the Second Class.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-06
Subscriptions to date are as folIo"
,,o,,,o,,s,,, oolnowIadoaa S13q.
Previously acknowledged '.SIo9 D
Additional subscriptions:
Clio ronna Rraff0n PalnStinn.

| This Is only a small fraction Of what
is absolutely necessary for entertain
tainment, and it Is hoped that the peo-
pie will begin to wake themselves up
at once
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-06

We will send The Yorkville Enquirer
from this date till January l, 1910 for
80 cents.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1909-07-23
CAMPBELL. -REYERC0MB.

Monday morning at $50 o clock,
at the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Campbell, of
this city, occurred the marriage of
their daughter, Bertha S and DR..
William McMath Revercomb, OF
Clifton Forge, Va.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. George Harvey Trlckett, rec
tor of st. Peters Episcopal church
in the presence of the immediate
relatives of the bride. The beauti-
full and impressive ring service Of
the church was used. Those pres
emit, besides the parents Of the
bride were: Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Campbell, Mr.. and Mrs. John l..
Brown, Mrs. F. NJ. Sexton, Boyce
Campbell and family of Kansas
City, Edgar Wood and family,
John Campbell and family and
Dana Gage and family. Many
pretty and valuable gifts were
received.
DR.. and Mrs. Revercomb LETT I'M
mediately for the; home in Clifton
Forge
No more popular young lady nor
sweeter bride ever lett Minneapolis,
to grace and bless some other spot
than Mrs. Revercomb. She IS
purely an Ottawa county product.
The flowers of June time bloom in
her cheeks, and the sunshine OF
Spring dwells in her heart, diffuslng
Joy and good will wherever she
goes. The groom is unknown here,
but the fact that he won the heart
of Bertha Campbell gives him a
passport to the confidence OF all
our people. He has won a rare
good woman for wife and he and
she start on life's journey with the
best wishes of all for their happl-
ness and success in life. Minneap-
oils (Minn) News.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1909-07-23
ROOSTER KILLS SNAKE.

Rising Sun, Nd July 18th, "A
mammoth game rooster, the pro-
perty of Mrs. Shire Poist, Of Wood
lawn, after battle lasting fully five
minutes, succeeded in conquerlng
and killing a large blacksnake.
When discovered the fowl had the
reptile in its bill, shaking it as a
dog might shake rat. The snake
was endeavoring to coil itself
around the neck of the rooster, but
without success. The battle was
furious while it lasted. The snake
threshed about on the ground, vain
ly trying to get a grip upon its agile
adversary, while the bird, through
its ability to lift itself free of the
ground by means of its wings, was
enabled to keep clear of the deadly
coils. The rooster pecked and cut
at the head and body of the snake
with its bill and spurs laceratlng
and binding it. When finally the
snake was too exhausted to fight
longer, the rooster caught it by the
ruff of the neck and shook it until
all life was extinct.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1909-07-23
VIGOROUS OLD AGE.
Men Who Did Good Work In the Even
ing Of Lie.

Men Who Did Good Work Il, the Even
ing Of Lie.
Enrico Dandolo was not elected doge
Of Venice until he was eighty-two
years old, and he still retained the fire
and vlgor Of his youth. He assaulted
and took the city Of Constantinople
when he was ninety-two years old,
himself displaying the gonfalon Of st.
Mark and animating his followers to
the charge. Villars, the French gen.
eral, in his eighty.fourth year, when
crippled with wounds and disease, led
cavalry charge with the same light
hearted contempt for danger displayed
by him in his youth. The men who
won distinction in high command dur
ing the mutiny against the English In
India in 1878 were all Of them well
advanced in years. Sir Colin Camp
bell, the commander In chief, was six
ty.five; Hayelock was slxty-two, Sir
Hugh Rose ffty-seven and Sir James
Outram ffty-four. They stood the
fatigue of field service in tropical
climate, with the thermometer at from
10 degrees to 119 degrees in the
shade, as we'll as younger men.-Eng-
fish Magazine.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1909-07-23
aEourteenth" Louis.

It is a singular fact that If you want
to recollect the prominent events OF
the life Of Louis XIV. all you have to
do is to resolve the dates at which
they took place into the figure IA
Thus Louis XIV became king In 1913
under a regency when five years old;
add 1-8-4-3-l4. Again, he was born on
the fourteenth day Of September;
count the words "day Of September
and you will find them to be fourteen
Again, he became Of age at fourteen
the legal age for kings OF France
Again, he began his personal govern
ment at the death Of Mazarin In 1861;
add 1-6=6-l-14. Again. he pelgned sew
enty-two years: multiply by 2-l4.
Again, be died at seventy-seven-aad
TIA. Again, his father, Louis Mil
died May IA, 1913; add 1-6-4-3-l4' HIS
grandfather Henry ", died May If.
Louis XIV. died in 1715 and SO kept
the IA up even to bis DEATH Tor add
1-T-1-S-11
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1909-07-23
LIFE 100000 YEARS AGO.

Scientists have found in cave
in Switzerland bones of men who
lived 100000 years ago, when life
was in constant danger from wild
beasts. To-day, the danger, as
shown by A. w, Brown, of Alexan-
der, Me-, is largely from deadly
disease. IF it had not been for
DR.. Kings New Discovery, which
cured me, | could not have lived, y
he writes, suffering as did from
a severe lung trouble and stubborn
cough" To cure sore lungs, colds,
obstinate coughs and prevent pneu-
monia, it's the best medicine on
earth. SOC and 81. Guaranteed
by X. H. Trimble. Trial bottle
free.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1909-07-23
The Thrice a-Week World.

The greatest newspaper OF It's
type. 1t always tells the news as
it is, promptly and fully. Read IN
every English speaking country.
1t has invariably been the great
effort of the Thrice a-Week edition
of the New York World to publish
the news impartially, in order that
it may be an accurate reporter OF
what has happened. 1t tells the
truth, irrespective of party, and for
that reason it has achieved a posi-
ton with the public unique among
papers of its class.
If you want the news as it really
is. subscribe to the thrice-a-week
edition of the New York World,
which comes to you every other
day except Sunday, and is thus
practically a daily at the price OF a
weekly. The Recorder and the
World both for $1.I5 a year.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1909-07-23
! A Fierce Pistol Battle

Police Officers j. H, Lupton, Jr.,
and y. F. Long entered a house
in Green street, Staunton, Sunday
morning to arrest James Stuart, a
negro, Al years old, charged with
abusing his wife, and who two
months ago escaped from the chain
gang.
The negro, standing at the head
of the stairs, fired four shots from
a revolver at Lupton, one shot
striking above the heart and break
ing two ribs. The bullet was check
ed by the scabbard of the revolver
which the officer carried in his
breast pocket.
Officer Long, who was standing
guard on the outside of the house,
rushed in on hearing the shooting
and was confronted by the negro's
drawn pistol. Both officer and
negro's pistols failed to fire. The
negro then jumped out of the win
dow and fired at officer Long as
as he was making his escape over
the yard fence, barely missing his
head. Officer Long, in close pursuit,
returned the fire, with only fence
between them, hitting Stuart in
the region of the heart. He ran
a short distance and was stopped
by a drawn revolver in the hands
of Mr.. Thomas Stafford. Stuart
was taken to jail and it is thought
he will recover.
Officer Lupton is at the Kings
Daughters Hospital and is doing
well.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1909-07-23
WHAT HOLDS YOU DOWN?

What object is more pitiable
than of healthy, strong, well-ed-
ucated young man whining about
the hard times, or the lack of op-
portunity in this land which is SO
packed with chances? In what
other country, or at what other
time in the history of the world,
were times better or opportunities
greater?
Young men and young women
idle away their lives waiting for
something to turn up, for someone
to boost them, while other boys
and girls, with half their chance,
educate and fit themselves out of
poverty. The veriest nonsense
that ever entered a youths head
is that the good chances are in the
past, that somebody must help
him, or he can never start.
The handspring of your watch is
not outside of its case. No power
or influence outside of the watch
can make it keep good time.
It's handspring is inside. The
power which will carry you to
your goal is not somebody else. 1t
is in yourself or nowhere. = Success.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1909-07-23
ANCIENT BELLS.
They Were Often QuadranguIar and
Made of Thin Iron Plates.

They Were Often QuadransuIar and
Made Of Thin Iron Plates.
There are several old bells In Scot
land, Ireland and Wales. The oldest are
often quadrangular, being made Of
thin iron plates which have been ham,
mered and riveted together. At the
monastery of st. Gall in Switzerland
the four sided bell Of the Irish mission
airy st. Gall, who lived in the seventh
century, is still preserved, but more
ancient still is the bell of st. Patrick
in Belfast, which Is ornamented with
gold and gems and silver filigree work.
The curfew bell is that about which
most has been written and said. 1t
has been thought that 1t was only used
in England, but it was quite common
on the continent in the middle ages.
The ringing Of bells by rope is still
very popular in England, especially In
the country, where almost every ham
let, however small, has its church with
its peal Of bells, which are often re-
markably we'll rung. The first real
peal Of bells In England was sent by
Pope Calixtus III. to Kings college,
Cambridge, and was for 300 years the
largest peal liz England. About the
beginning of the year 1900 sets of eight
bells were hung in few Of the large
churches.
In the middle Of the seventeenth cen
fury q man named White wrote a IA
nous work on bells in which he intro
duced the system Of numbering them
/, 2, 3, 4, ETC., on slips of paper In diff
ferent orders, according to the changes
intended to be rung. 1t is calculated
that to ring all the changes upon twen-
ty-four bells at two strokes a second
would take 1T billion years.
One of the most famous bells in the
world is the first great bell Of Moscow,
which now stands in the middle Of a
square in that city and is used as
chapel. This bell was cast in 1888, but
was In the earth for over hundred
years, being raised in 1886 by the EN-
peror Nicholas. 1t Is nearly twenty
feet high, has circumference Of sixty
feet, is two feet thick and weighs al
most 200 tons. The second Moscow
belI, which Is the largest bell in the
WORT that is actually in use, weighs
1913 tons. There are several bells eX-
tant which weigh ten tons and over, OF
which Big Ben, tne largest bell in Eng
land, weighing between thirteen and
fourteen tons, is one. Big Ben is I'M
fortunately cracked.-London Globe.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1909-07-23
sTAGECoACH ROBBERS.

How the Express Companies Dealt
With Old Time Hishwaymen.
1t was the treasure box of the Wells
Fargo company which transported
practically all the gold and silver from
the mining camps that was the special
object of the old time stagecoach high
wayman. A shrewd band Of robbers
would not hold up stage unless they
had good reason to think 1t carried
large shipment of gold, and they used
every means to find out when these
shipments would be made. The com-
pany, on the other hand, tried to de-
ceive and trap them, and there was a
war Of wits as we'll as weapons. A ia
vorite method Of the company when
their stages had been repeatedly rob-
bed by some band whose success
showed they had inside information as
to the time of shipment was to let
rumor leak out that on a aertain day a
large amount Of gold dust would be
secretly sent out by special stage
This, Of course, would reach the ears
of some of the band and robbery be
duly organized A spy would see q
number Of heavy boxes placed aboard
and report all well. When the high
waymen halted the stage the driver
and guard would meekly give up and
crawl TO the ground. Then just when
the bands had grown careless from
easy success there poured from the
loopholed coach deadly fire that at
such short range wiped out the entire
gang at the first vOlley, for the coach
was decoy. flled not with gold, but
with men expert with the rifle. In
1866 three bands were thus blown to
perditi0n On the old stage line between
Virginia City. New. and Sacramento
Washington Pest.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1909-07-23
AUTO TRIP To HIGHLAND COUNTY,

P. L. Yates, Jacob Hevener, OF
Augusta, and H. B. Sproul and
Andrew Bowling, of Staunton, left
Staunton Tuesday for Highland
county, where they visited Mr..
Hevener's splendid grass farm of
1900 acres at Crabbottom. Mr..
Yates purchased 200 head of white
face cattle in Highland. The par
tv went in Mr.. Hevener's automo-
bile, making 68 miles in four hours,
Mr.. Yates has returned to Harrl-
sonburg. = Harrisonburg Daily
News.