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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-06-08
DYNAMITE IN THE MAKING.
Workmen Who Are Eneircled by Death
In Gallons and Tons.


In Gallons and Tons.
So thoroughly deceptive is dynamite
in the making that you are apt to be
disappointed on viewing the surface OF
things. You could more readily fancy
thunderbolts leaping and crashing
from tender blue skies than that the
most fearful forces in creation are hid
den under such peaceful exterior. Nj
troglycerin,. cupful Of which would
distribute you over square miles OF
landscape, Is diligently mixing around
YOU in hundreds and thousands OF gal
Ions.
It is making itself in big iron retorts,
cascading down leaden cutters ana
merrily tumbling in minute Niagaras
into immense vats, where the deli
quescent yellow peril pursues its jour-
ney powderward. Out Of one recep-
tacle 1t fares furiously through special
lead coils, driven only by cooling blasts
of air, and Is drawn off like draft ale
and piped on to the next perfecting
stage. Gaze with the nitroslycerin ex-
pert into one Of those big caldrons.
The interior Is brilliantly illuminated
by electricity, the only Illuminating
agency permitted in or about the dan
ger houses.
Around you are other houses at uni
form distances apart and connected by
series of narrow gauge tracks where
in workmen are railroading nitrogly-
cerin from here and pulp cotton from
there to be compounded into dynamite
and blasting gelatin. Greatest care Is
taken in rolling the product from house
to house. AS soon as a loaded cart
Is ready to pass out Of the nitrogly-
cerin house, for instance, a semaphore
signals from an adjoining station, to
which the consignment Is carefully
hurried.
Around you are long storehouses
packed with pulp in tons Of innocent
whiteness. Presently this pulp will as
sumo a tan color under the nitrating
process, and then, suddenly becoming
carbonite, red cross, hercules, judson
and giant POWDER forcite or what you
order, it develops the quasi virtues OF
dynamite or blasting gela-
tin in which more natural forces are
condensed to the cubic inch than exist
anywhere else in creation. Death,
curbed and sleeping, encircles you In
gallons and tons. Annihilation threat
ems at every turn in the form Of poten-
tial pulverizing forces. But the man
and the mercury are there also. alert,
responsible, reliable.-Leslie's Weekly.
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soYHooD OF THE WRIGHT BOYS
Sympathy and Good Sense of Their
Parents, Secret of Success.

Sympathy and Good Sense of Their
Parents, Secret of Success.
1.-THE interpreters House" in the
June American Magazine contains an
interesting account Of the boyhood of
the Wright Brothers. Following is an
extract:
Take the Wright Brothers. I doubt
II they would ever have made q flying
machine IL 1t had not been r the
sympathy and good sense Of both their
father and mother. Mrs. Wright v as
one Of those rare women who can do
things with her hands. She used to
make bob-sleds and playthings for the
boys, and Of course assisted them with
what they were trying to make. Ev-
cry sign Of mechanical talent which
showed pleased her. Orville Wright
as little boy was always trying to
work out some kind Of contrivance
and his mother encouraged him.
For instance, one Of the earliest ac-
tivities Of Orville Wright was printing.
When he was only Is years old he and
a friend got out little four page pa
per called The Midget A little later,
in 1889, the Wright Brothers, togeth-
er with Orville's early partner, started
a three-column, four-page weekly
which they called The West Side
News. They were the editors, type
settlers and pressmen on this paper.
On Saturday nights, at ten o'clock,
they themselves delivered the papers
to their four hundred subscribers. The
press on which The West Side News
was printed was made by the boys
themselves, and it did such good work
that 1t attracted the attention Of more
ambitious newspaper men.
In this newspaper undertaking the
father was an interested spectator and
counsellor. He kept his eyes on the
boys, too, when little later they were
carried away by the bicycle craze, and
gave up their printing business, and
set up a little shop for repairing and
making wheels. 1t must have given
the good gentleman a great deal of
| satisfaction to have watched these
boys working out their own tools, even
the larger and complicated ones like
the lathes. AS a matter of fact
find the Wrights now prefer to make
| their own tools.
1t seems to me it was the most nat
ural thing in the world that they
should become interested in flying. II
happened in this way: Wilbur, always
a great reader, and Orville always an
enthusiast, got interested, in the sum-
mer of 1896, in the experiments Of Lii
enthal, a German forerunner Of sue
cessful aviation who died in that year
They read everything that they
could lay their hands on.
They took hold of the thing togeth-
er. They had done everything togeth.
er-from the days Of their childhood
when Wilbur, the older by four years
used to make up" stories and poul
them out in a stream for the enter
tainment Of Orville. each separate
story ending. "And then the boiler
bust" For five years they studied the
theory Of the flying machine at ode
times. But still for fun. And still nc
machine of any kind.
Although the most useful informa'
tion they gained was obtained from
books and from practical work on thu
problem carried on in their shop
they also observed the birds and the
winds. Indeed, 1t was their first idet
THAT man would never do more in thu
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#aisesllausulls geaa,rS.
TRADE WITH SOUTH AMERICA,
Should Be Stimulated BY Diplomatic
and Consular Service.


and Consular Service.
The Greenville News and the An
derson Mail are both impressed with
the suggestion made by the Charles
ton News and Courier that q southern
man Of the type Of d. A. Tompkins Of
Charlotte, or E. A. Smyth Of Pelzer,
should be sent as ambassador to Chi
ma, because the principal exports from
this country to China consist Of cotton
goods from the south. The Charlotte
Chronicle thinks that 1T would be a
fine thing for the south were either of
these men sent to China to look after
Its interests, but" 1t says, "the trouble
Is neither would go II appointed, and
1t Is well, because useful as either
might be there, he Is more useful In
the field he now occupies" That may,
perhaps apply to the China mission,
but IL Mr.. Taft should offer to send
one Of these successful spinners to one
of the higher diplomatic posts in South
American, say to Brazil or Argentina,
the argument that ne could be more
useful at home would not hold, and we
believe 1t could be shown that services
to the community and the section In
which their activities have been en-
ployed could be rendered In such a
mission that would warrant and move
an acceptance Of the charge.
anrfn to ,ry@1A
market for the cotton goods Of the
south, which have been sold for many
years at good profit in the far east.
The time is coming, and ia nearly at
hand, however, when the competition
to Japan and other Oriental manufac-
turing nations, will make the distant
commerce to China and India of COM
parative little attraction to the mills
of the south. The markets of South
America, on the other hand, are nat
ural fields for the trade enterprise Of
this section. Not only is there a great
opportunity for the sale Of goods
awaiting development there, but the
development Of such a trade would
Fconduce directly to the upbuilding Of
general commerce between this section
and the great southern continent. Not
the mills alone but the railroads and
the ports Of the south would profit from
such commerce, and a trade that could
be held permanently and developed to
tremendous proportions between the
two continents Of America could be
brought to this part of the United
States.
1t is not easy to divert the currents
Of trade, but practically no thought
has been given to the possibilities Of
diverting the trade Of South America
from Europe to the United States,
and we might say that no effort has
been made by the mills Of the south
to represent the United States in South
America. II one Of the men who have
brought this industry to it's present
greatness In the south should be sent
to represent the United tSates In South
America, we believe we would discover
possibilities and work out opportuni.
ties for the commercial enterprise Of
the south that would bring wonderful
results in very few years.-Charles-
ton Post.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-06-08
A WOMAN WINS.
Subdues Drunken Indians In Southern
California.

Subdues Drunken Indians In Southern
California.
Away down in the tiptoe corner Of
the United States in the furthest end
of southeran California there dwells
or rather roams a tribe Of natives
known as the Mission Indians. For
years the Mission Indians have been
a thorn in the flesh Of the govern
ment. Lawlessness of all kinds,
wherein murder was of frequent oc-
Ecurrence, was the rule. The Indian
agents were powerless to control them.
And the greatest evil, the root OF
all other evils, was whisky. OF
course, as all know, 1t is a crime to
sell whisky to Indians. But there Is
a certain class Of unscruplous white
men who pander to the thirst Of these
barbarians.
And nowhere did this evil flourish
more than among the Mission Indians
on the Morongo reservation Of south
ern California. The Indian office at
Washington offered them every in
ducement for a better life. There
was put at their disposal the fairest
lands of the continent ready to bloom
like Eden did they only put their
hands to the work. But the call OF
the bootlegger who sold the contra
band stuff, the lure of liquor was too
strong upon them. And that was the
condition two years ago when Francis
E. Leupp, commissioner Of Indian al
fairs went west and thrust his probe
into the state of things there. He
found much that needed his execu-
tive surgery, but none more than the
deplorable conditions among the Mis-
sion Indians. They had degenerated
into a tribe Of drunkards. 1t was a
sad state Of affairs. The commission
er returned to Washington, shut him.
self up with himself and thought hard
and long. And this is what he deter
mined:
Some years ago there taught at the
Indian school Of the Rosebud agency,
among the Brule Sioux in South Da-
kota, a quiet, unassuming little wo-
man, Clara d. True, by name. She
was from Kentucky, and while with
out any bravado that marks many of
the folks of that good state she had
all the sterling qualities that have
made Kentuckians known for their
nerve and sticking qualities. And
when the problem Of the Mission In
dian confronted Commissioner Leupp
he found the solution was Clara D,
True.
IT looked over all the field for the
best man." said the commissioner, a
short while ago, land I found he was
Miss True"
So to southern California, among
the drunken Mission Indians, Miss
True was sent as superintendent OF
the half dozen schools there on the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-06-08

air than soar in some sort Of gliding
machine, just for fun, and as long as
he could keep up. They also watched
many other birds, both large and
small, and were continually arguing
about what they had seen. A man
who had often been In their shop told
me that more than once he has seen
them rush to the window to have a
look at passing flock Of birds.
1t was not long after they took UP
the study before every moment Of their
leisure was given to it. In 1900 they
decided they must have an experiment
station. So they decided to go down
to Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina and
establish an experimentation camp"
One can imagine how many a father
would have discouraged these strenu-
Gus, absorbing efforts given to a mere
amusement, would have advised
sticking to something that paid" In
1901, the year after they had begun to
experiment in North Carolina with a
gliding machine, they returned pretty
we'll played out. On that trip they
discovered that the tables Of calcula-
ton previously made by all the au-
thorities upon whom they had depend
ed were wrong, and that, If they were
to succeed, they must work out the
whole theory from the bottom up. AT
that time Wilbur Wright expressed
his solemn conviction that man would
not fly for a thousand years. But that
belief did not deter him and his
brother from tackling the job. This
Is the point in their career where they
showed the stuff they are made Of.
They not only worked out a scheme
for balancing and controlling the ma
chine but they developed propellers
for their. machine on information
which they had discovered for them
selves. Further than this. and more
mportant, they had to work out new
tables showing the pressure Of the air
against various surfaces at various
angles.
On the 18th Of December, 1908, af-
ter the boys had made hundreds and
hundreds of experimental flights In
their gliding machine (nearly a thou
sand in September and October OF
1902 alone), their first machine to
carry a gasolene engine made sue
cessful flight. This was at Kill Devil
Hill, in the presence Of five persons
and 1t was the first time in the his
tory of the world that a power-driVen
heavier-than-air flying machine, with
a man aboard ever left this planet In
successful flight. The first flight last
ed only twelve seconds, but later the
same day the machine flew for fifty
nine seconds, covering a distance OF
S52 feet against a twenty-mile-an-
hour wind.
The time to celebrate had arrived!
So the boys went to the telegraph OF
fee and wired the news home with a
dollar which the good bishop had
given them for the purpose II they
met with success!
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-06-08
HERON'S WIFE.
By Eta w. PIERCE.
ESTABLISHED 1865.
CHAPTER XXI.
Hazel Speaks.

G. A.. "a. AsA sAs AsA sAs Ara sAs Ara sAs Al
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-17
Look Wen Eie|rne.

1t is the, duty sof e woman to
always look we'll al home. If says
an exchange, She does Rer own
work, a little care and Pre- scletE:
ing will make her. clean and
neat even in the kite Particu;
la1ly in the ,afterno oon and evening,
she should make hersel 4 look as
sweet and pretty as possible No
matter how much y6ai Ausband
loves you, he will love foa al the
more if, when he comes home te
supper, you meet him With a smile,
neatly dressed and with yonr hair
combed in the most Becoming style
the way he likeslt see yol wear
it. Do you not wish 90 always
keep your husband your 10 Yer Do
you not wish him never regret
the choice he made and al@;ssI
think you the most charining Of
women This is one Of the
way TO act eomplisl sue 4 sn obi eet;
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An Industrious Negro.

A Bam5erg county farmer sold
yesterday bale of cotton weighing
7so pounds, for which he received
all told the sum of sl24.77. The
white man who bought the bale stat
ed that the negro would probably
be able to pay somthing on his
lien, make payment on his mule
and have money left with which to
buy bottle of whiskey from the
dispensary. But it appears to us
that this Industrious negro will
spend what he has left to better
purpose, and more probably buy a
blue shirt for one of his pickaninies,
if he has any, OF a hat with feath-
er on it for his wife, or even invest
the surplus in a pair of suspenders
for himself. He has perhaps, more
sense than to buy the liquor.-Char.
lesion Post.
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Give the Boy a Chance.

Theresis no. doubt that il farm
.ers would make farm life more at.
tractive and. less of .drear drudgery,
the boys who are suited to be farm.
.ers would be attracted to the farm
and would return there after ges.
tiag the proper education. But the
duty of the farmers as it is the duty
Of every man, is to give his boys
and girls the very best education
he. can. An education that will
educate not only the mind but train
the hands to enable the man to do
something that the wotld needs
having done. The fact Eat a boy
has been raised on the farm does not
mean that hesis alwayf the nan for
the farm. His education may open
to him lines Of. usef fu1ness in; hich
lie will make a better sueeess than
on the farm sitsel i and iil!ts Die has
The adEantage Of f. a good euitus
srs col 1tege educ catiorl 1ltafe
:,1 :y,ss1d be Al bet fs.rs it
he is better suitee to be a. eigntist
in the sciences on which agricul7
ture is founded, that if he returned
to the farm with a longing to be en-
gagged in those scientific pursuits.
The experiment station looks to the
colleges to train men for their
work, and the farms need the trained
investigators in the stations. fully as
much as they need farmers on the
farms.
Give the boy the real practical
education and then let him take his
natural bent, for if he was cut out
for farmer he will get to the farm
eventually. 1t is the uneducated
boys who drift hopelessly to the
cities. The boy traieed in good
agricultural college will always have
a place open to his abilities, for as
Mr.. Carnegie once said: The
world is always on the hunt for men
with educated minds and trained
hands," As l have before said, this
agricultural education is the hope
of the South, whether the boys go.
back directly to the farm or not,
for they will be a force in the ad-
vancement of the work wherever
they go.-Progressive Farmer
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Three Texas "Tightwads. /"

1t is said that three of the stingiest
men in the State were in town yes
terday. One of them will not drink
as much water as he wants unless it
is from another mans well. The
second forbids any of his family
from writing anything but a small
hand'' as it wastes ink to make large
letters. The third stops his clock
at pight in order to save wear and
tear on the machinery. All of them
decline to take their county paper,
on the ground that it is terrible
strain on their spectacles to read
newspapers even in the daytime.
Olney (Texas) Oracle.
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Better TiIlage Did 1t.

What can. be accomplished by the
mere fact of thorough cultivation
of the soil has been brought to the
writer's attention very forcibly du-
ring the past few weeks. A so or
go acre field belonging to farm
which has been share rented for the
past 90 years and hence gradually
robbed of its fertility it has
not been manured OF Teplendished
with. clover was given deep
blowing and this year plented to
corn. Prior to this year the field
had been sort of an agricultural by
word, little being expected of it and
as little being realized from it. This
season, however, different tactics
were followed. The field was put
in good tilth as a seed bed, good
seed planted and a good stand Of
corn secured. Daring the growing
season it was cultivated thoroughly
five times. The result was an eye
opener. Not only did this handling
result in in good growth of stalks
which were well cared, but so mel.
low was the surface kept that the
crop was able to withstand protract,
ed dry weather in much,,better shape
than richer and heavier land which
was not so well titled, notwithstand,
ing it had a coarse gravel subsoil
A lot of farmers who have driven
past this field have been wondering
what magic was used on it. 1t was
just matter of cultivation of the
soil which unlocked its possibilities
in spite of tho fact that its fertility
was badly depleted. The same cul
tiyation coupled dwith manure and
clover, would accomplish even bet
ter results. These three things
ought to be tried on thousands Of
farms through the cotton, corn ap6
small grain belts. Progressive Far
mer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-17
Teach the Boys and Girls %
- Work.
Penn

We must not, however, make the
mistake of allowing the children
to grow up in idleness without some
regular fixed duties to perform. No
person has any right to live and en-
Joy the privileges and pleasures of
this life who does not work. The
more clearly and forcibly this is
impressed on the boy and girl by
requiring them to give something
in the way of definite regular SER
vice for what they receive, the
more wholesome view of labor and
the responsibilities of life will they
acquire.
Usually if the parents are hard
workers, the children are required
to work, and>, as rule we believe
too much labor is required
of the boys on the farm, but there
are parents who make slaves of
themselves to maintain their chill
Idren in idleness This is worse
than either oyer-work or ideness
for all. Yhe boys and girls kept
in idleness while their fathers and,
mothers slave for their comfort and
maintainance are almost certain to
develop supreme selfshness, as
well as habits of idleness, which
will remain throughout life.-Pro-
gressive Farmer.
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Take Care Of the Machinery

The working life of machine
may be greatly prolonged by good
care, oil and paint. The plow, for
instance, when laid aside (under
shelter of course) should be cleaned
free from all earth; it will keep
bright and polish well in the soil
when used again if the mold board
is CREASED. I've seen much good
time wasted and many brick worn
out because this was neglected.
Every tool or implement should be
placed under cover where it will be
dry. When put away for the sea-
son, all dirt, gummy oil and such
things should be removed from the
different parts. Before it is used
again it should be overhauled, worn
out or broken parts replaced or
mended, bolts frightened and a coat
of paint applied.
But 1 can't paint? Oh, yes,
you can, and a'gallon goes a long
way. You may not beNable to turn
out a job like a; professional painter,
but you can cover the different parts
with good covering. You are
notso much interested in the beau
ty of the job. as in getting the parts
covered to keep out moisture. Car
ed for as indicated, machines and
implements which go to pieces in a
season or two may be- made to do
long years of service.
remember farmer who purchas-
ed new moving machine, one of
the first to come into his section.
His nearby neighbors got one, also,
at the same time. Fifteen years lat
er the first farmers machine was
still doing good service, while, to
my positive knowledge, his neighbo1
had purchased four new ones during
that time. I wonder why? One
mower was all he peeded in any one
season to handle crop.-H. Harold
Hume, in Raleigh IN. CO. Progress.
i've Farmer.
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Lady Didn't Blame The Mule.

Mr.. T. T. Wakefield wasitelling
a capital story today.
The other day an auto buggy pass
ed through the Lebanon section, and
met lady driving a mule to a bug
gy. The mule got frightened, of
course, and ran out of the road. No
damage was done, and the lady soon
got control of the fractious animal
md drove him back into the road.
Mr.. Wakefield came along about
that time and attempted to console
the lady.
"Oh," replied the lady, That's
all right. Ny mule isn't used to
seeing buggy running along with
out mule pulling it, and I don't
blame him. I would be frightened
too, if I should see a pair of trou-
sers running down the road without
man in 'em. Andersen Daily
Mail.
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One On the Doctor.

As a South Jersey country physi:
clan was driving through village
he saw man amusing crowd with
the antics of his trick dog. The
doctor pulled up and said:
my dear man, how do you man.
age to train your dog in that way!
I can't teach mine a single trick
The man looked up, with sim
pie rustic look and replied:
swell, you see, it's this way, you
have to know more'n the dog or you
can't learn him nothin'. Scranton
Truth.
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They All Owed Him.

This one comes from Missouri,
where one editor showed them
An evangelist asked all the men
present who were honest and paid
their debts to stand up. All arose
but one. He said he was the loca
editor and couldn't pay his debts
because the men standing were his
delinquent subscribers t | ant a
Constitution.