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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-09
SCHOONER AMONG WHALES.
A Maine Captains Adventure Along
the Atlantic Coast.

Capt II. b. Trubock of the schooner
Nancy Ann, from Maine with cargo
of pine lumber, said last night that his
passage down the Atlantic coast was a
perilOuS one.
Just after we got well out of Ken
nchcc and started down the coast we
encountered Il big school of whales"
said the skipper. Many of them were
over 100 feet long. Our course lay
right in the midst Of them. When we
hit the bunch one big fellow resented
the intrusion by giving us a hard rub
on the windward side. over we tip
ped and shipped about 500 gallons of
water. 1t was fully three minutes be-
fore the big fish left us.
Il thought we were goners. My
little ship has very small holes TO let
deck water off. For moment we kept
going over further. but all hands rush
ed to the upper side, and we gradually
rghtcd. After this narrow escape
tried To bring the ship more To the
southeast i'm order to get out of the
danger. hut the wind was coming
strongly from the east and II was I'M
puSSihlr tO do so.
1.-The whales followed us all the way
down the coast and gave us much
truublc Occasionally one of the mon
StrrS would squirt a NOlum" of water
in the air and swim directly into the
path of the SChnoncr remaining there
until we struck him. We were going
at such rapid rate that | expected
this performance to Stave in our bow.
The large load of lumber in the
ships hole braccd the sides To such an
extent that it was not very easy to
stavr hole in it. If it had not been
for that | am confident the Nancy Ann
would have been at the bottom by this
time.
'Whcn we arrived off the coast OF
New Jersey heavy northeast wind
struck us, and | had to change the
course more to the southeast Ia keep
from going ashore. For about twenty
four hours we headed out I" sea and
temporarily escaped the froliCsnme
whales. when we put back to shore
however. we ran into them again.
This time Il very large one swan
up To the Starhoard side of the ship
and gave us an awfully hard bump.
We went over To port and dipped some
water. but not as much as before.
Il have never seen So many whales
together. There is evidently scarcity
of food about the North Atlantic, and
they are coming south i'm search of ii.
| have often had them come up to the
ship and swim alungsid" for hours. but
have never seen them ST. full of fight.
"At times tn" water about us was
worked up tn a foam 10y their SCramb-
ling and fighting for Il chance piece
of food. | estimate that there were
200 whales in that school. When we
turned in at Norfolk they continued
down the coast Washington Post.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-09
CASE OF MR.. BlEASE.
Will His Election Forestall Prosecu'
ton of n. n. Evans.

ton of II. H. Evans.
Most people who are familiar with
the political history of this state for
| the past ten years are opposed To the
| election of Mr.. Cole l.. Blease as gov
ernor, and they are able to give abund-
ant and sufficient reason for their OPP
| position.
Mr.. Bleasc has boasted that he al
ways sticks to his friends Sticking tc
ones friends, ordinarily, is n virtue
but there can he cases in whlch II
| would not be virtue-when it would
be just anything else.
During the whole of his legislative
career Mr.. Rease was closely allleo
| with the old state dispensary. lie
stuck To it to the very last-long al
ter the great majority of the honest
people of the state had demanded It's
abolition Oh account of the open anC
notorious corruption surrounding II.
He was a member of the Legislative
| investigating committee which prob
ed the affairs of the dispensary IL
was upon the report of the majority oi
! this committee that the state dlSpeh-
sarv was abolished. That report is 4
| part of the official record of the state
The report shows that Mr.. l'lease dlo
everything in his power to block th'
| investigation, to keep the damaging
| facts from coming out.
| This is not an idle charge. 1t is
| plain statement of fact, and can be
suhstantiatcd by any one who will read
| the record.
ATTORNEY General Lyon said, i'm his
campaign speech ut Anderson lew
| weeks ago, that he had secured docu-
| mcntary evidence that would convict
Hub Evans, a member of the last dis
| pcnsary board Of directors. of having
accepted rebates from whisky houses
Mr.. Evans is close personal and
| live in the same town. Now, II MIR
| 1lcasc is elected governor, what IN the
way of help and support can tn" att"r-
ncy general expect from the governor
office in the prosecution of this case:
And what can the people expect IN
the event that Mr.. Evans is convicted?
What will Mr.. Evans himself have a
| right To expect if Mr.. Blcase is gov
crnOr?
These are fair questions. They are
perfectly natural questions. MT
| RIcasr has forced them. hccaus" OF
having invited criticism of his record
and because of having hoaStcd that he
always sticks To his friends.
To ask these questions is not max
| ing an unfair fight on Mr.. Rlras". 1t
is not hitting him below the belt.
And the voters should think seriously
over these questions between now and
the second primary.-Andcrs"n Daily
Mail.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-09
""Then nass me I'D. old man


"'Can't do it. Johnson he said:
| you're on my list and I've got To ac-
count for you. If YOU didn't show up
they'd say | tipped YOU Off
"'Then he tried to smooth it over.
"'They'vc got nothing against you;
they'll turn YOU loose in an hour
81 know that said, but I'm tired
of the same old questions, and the same
old Brrtillon measurements. and all
that rot-ain't there some way round?'
He shook his head.
Not this time: you're located in my
district. I've got to produce you
, II saw it was no use, SO l tried to
get him to permit me to go into my
house before we started-SO | could get
rid of the watch in my pocket. 1t was
only a few doors farther on. | gave
him a good excuse and he would have
done it, but just then a mounted SER
geant came along. He knew us, and
we had To start for the station house.
I'VE went out to the corner and
turned down the street that | had just
come up. We walked along until we
approached the faker and his bunch OF
suckers. Then, just as we were COM
ing up to them, that big man out in
the crowd suddenly missed his watch,
grabbed the man who was standing
next To him and began to holler. There
was a general miX-up, and some one
turned in the patrol alarm. The wagon
came in a hurry. They hustled the big
fellow and the man he had nailed into
it Just as we came up. And Scally said
to me:
Its a mile to the station-house;
let's ride"
The prisoner stopped. He got up
and went over to the window. The fog
lying on the city had deepened. The
million lights struggling in it seemed
about to he eXtinguished.
There was a knocking on the door.
The attorney replied.
"All right" he said: lin a minute"
Then he turned toward the prisoner
leaning on the sill, looking out over
the submerged city.
Well" he said.
The prisoner continued:
I'VE got i'm. \ There's not much
more. I had to gel rid of that
watch. The dirty slush was running
deep in the cutters. l determined on
plan. AS | got out Of the wagon l
would make a misstep, put my right
foot into the slush and let the watch
slip down the leg of my trousers. /
worked the watch out of my pocket
into my hand, and when we stopped |
stepped down, stumbled, lost my bal
ancc; my right foot went down into
the slush, l caught the rail with my
left hand, leaned back and let go of the
watch.
"The next minute l knew that | was
all in. In catching the band of my
trousers between my thumb and finger
| caught also the band Of my under
garment. and the watch was in my
Saturday Evening Post.
Note-The germinal incident Of this
story is true. It occurred in a west
ern court and was related to the wri-
ter by one of the ablest criminal pros
ecutors in Amcrica.-Ed. Post.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-09
I'm DE F E n S E =:
By MELVILLE DAWSON POST


It's hell down there"
Then we have got to get busy"
The prisoner shrugged his shoulders
The flash of energy, moving him when
he spoke of the penitentiary, was past;
he was again listless.
Come" said the attorney, Eve must
tell the judge something"
You can tell him the truth if YOU
want to-" replied the prisoner.
WELL" said the attorney, cut along
with the story. If there's anything in
it that will do any good I'll put it up
to the Judge"
The prisoner again shrugged his
shoulders.
It's no use" he said.
The attorney was beginning to he
annoyed.
How do YOU know it's no use?'
The prisoner sat down i'm a chair:
he put his nervous white hands firmly
on his knees. He looked the attorney
in the face: q bitter resolution enter
ed his voice.
Il know it very we'll" he said;
when YOU hear the story you'll know
it too. Listen: I'm what the police
call a 'dip'-that is, pickpocket: and
I'm q good one-the cops never pick
me up on job. | know my business"
He suddenly flashed his white, nimble
hands. Il can go into jam at a rail-
road station and get a pocketbook
whenever l want to, or l can go into
crowd any time and get a watch.
There's no fly cop that can pinch me
at it: they have all had try. l pass
them all up. OF course the police know
do it. You can't keep them from
knowing that. But they never caught
me at job; they never could catch
me-"
They seem to have caught YOU this
time" said the attorney.
"They-thc police" The prisoner
made a contemptuous gesture. 1T was
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-09
Miserllanruus &rading.
THE GUN LICENSE.
Correspondent Thinks It Would Aid

Correspondent Thinks II Would Aid
Enforcement of Game Law.
Editor Yorkville Enquirer:
notice in the last issue of your pa
er. that Mr.. James Henry Rice, wishes
to have a $1.0O license put on all gun
ners. | think that would be a great
law. as the proceeds could be used to
protect the game, and restock our
fields. streams and forests, with such
birds as the mongolian pheasant, and
the fox squirrel.
l enclose clipping from National
Sportsman on the fox squirrel, and 4
good way to find the sentiments of the
people is to have a coupon in the diff
ferent papers of the county, so they
can be filled and sent in. Yours res
pectfully. T.. w. Leech.
Hickory Grove. Sept. 5, 1910.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-09

OId-Time EIections.-In 1S4O to 1861
there was no registration of voters ana
II" printed tickets as a general tiiI'E'
\ candidate never went around WITH
IL pocket full of cards for distribution.
Candidates put their announcement III
Now and then they
might treat to cider and ginger cakes
at a muster ground and some "i them
bought whisky and treated literally.
The election lasted two days. The
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-09

Fatality. which on tne MAJ "ie w
ancient tragedies bears the name oi a
god. and on the tattooed brow OF the
galleys is called No Luck. DE Con-
court.
There was no sun. The city sat
like a ghost in a shroud of dirty yellow
fog. This fog entered the courtroom.
The gasjets were lighted. The AR
heated bv these Jets, was tainted 18th
the stencil of the janitors mop. III
was early in the morning. The Judge
a number of prisoners who had been
brought over the arched bridge from
the Jail. the officials of the court ana
a group of young attorneys. await
ing assignments to defend those With
ont counsel. were alone in the court
room.
There was an atmosphere OF silence
The whispering of the attorneys, the
scratching of the clerks pen, the
words of the judge. the responses of
the prisoners, their breathing, the
moving Ol lIlSlI lttl, NllS iNSAN4''S Va
their chairs as they arose and as they
reseated themselves, were all sounds
detached and audible in this silence.
There was here no one of those things
that warm and color life. The heat OF
passion, moving men to violence; the
love of adventure; the lust of gain;
the lights, the sounds, the words, the
gestures-the infinite stimuli that had
urged these men against the law
were absent. There was here only the
presence of penalty.
When the clerk called the State
versus Johnson a young man arose
from the line of seated prisoners.
Judging by his dress, the man might
have been a bank clerk. He got up
slowly and stood with his chin lifted,
looking at the judge. There was no
interest in his face. There was in its
stead a profound unconcern. His
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-09

"Hiahest Since the War; notice
the Associated Press gives it out IN
your paper as well as many others,
writes a Jacksonville, Fla, man to the
Charlotte Observer, that the recent
price of 20 cents for August cotton was
the highest since the war" 1t is just
as well to keep history straight and as
the writer was in Lees army four
years. he is under the impression that
the war closed in 1865. | find the fol-
lowing quotations of cotton prices CIV
rn in the World Almanac for 1909:
1866 highest price SIC.
1861 highest price 36c.
1868 highest price 33c.
1869 highest price 35c.
1870 highest price 253c.
1871 highest price 2lic.
1712 highest price 2I2c.
1873 highest price 2lsc.
In 1865 cotton was sold at Sl.2O high
est price and 35c. lowest price.
Above are all New York quotations.
So you see we had much higher
prices for eight years Cons"cutivcly
after the war ended.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-09

Fatality. which on the marble oil
ancient tragedies bears the name OF
god. and on the tattooed brow OF the
galleys is called No Luck. DE Con-
court.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1910-01-21

The fasteners sojourning in
Seattle this winter are nonpluss-
ed at the peculiar weather pre-
vailing here, yet on the whole
they are not dissatisfied when
looking back to their old homes
and reading about the severity
of climate they have escaped.
Even if weather conditions this
year are abnormal, a kind we do
not usually get, having swooped
down upon us, there has been
nothing that can be compared
to even the mildest weather one
experiences across the continent.
To say that the ideal climate is
our gift is putting to much fav-
oritism into our expressions,
still we are less unfortunate than
other regions. Rain we have,
plenty of it at that but not the
rain of the middle west or the
Atlantic slopes. Nor is the snow
so repulsive to ones feelings as
the 'f1eecy white" that posters
people elsewhere. The worst
feature of Seattle is the getting
used to it. 1t is just bit of
travesty upon truth in saying
that the doctors take in their
signs during the rainy season.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1910-01-21
Some Late Law Decisions

The law of the state where a
marriage ceremony takes place
governs it's legality.
An employee repairing a bridge
assumes all risks ordinarily pres
ent in such dangerous operations.
A receipt obtained from a dis
tributee through fraud is invalid,
and open to impeachment.
A right of foWage of upper
riparian lands can be obtained
by uninterrupted adverse pos
session and user.
A carrier must exercise a very
high degree of care to protect it's
passengers from misconducts,
assaults, or injury by its SER
wants.
1t requires less mental capa-
city to make a will than to make
a contract or a deed, or to tran
sact business generally.
A contract for the sale of land
vested in the purchaser rights
which could transfer to another.
Equity will not entertain a
suit to construe a will brought
by persons who have no interest
therein.
An ordinance which only pre-
scribe a minimum and not a max
imum penalty is void for uncer-
tainty.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1910-01-21

AT last an extra big wave wash
ed over his shoe tops.
Hey, there!" he yelled at the
fair, fat bather. ''Quit yer
jumpin' up and down! Dye
want to drown me?"
Gold o. the world when the sun
is up,
And the bloom of the gorse
burns everywhere
AS the amber lamp of the but
tercup
So is her hair
Moon Of the night when the
stars are hid,
And her silver beams are on the
very place;
AS a lotus lilly that opens its lid
So is her face.
Soft as a dream when the shad-
ows fall,
When the toll and heat of the
hours depart,
And the gray doves coo in the
ivied wall,
So is her heart.
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1910-01-21

THE SEATTLE REPUBLICAN
WOULD TAKE 1T AS A PERSONAL
FAVOR FOR YOU TO CALL UP ITS
oFFIcE-MAiN so5-IN CASE YOU
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DIVORCE PUBLICATION CALL UP
THE OFFICE AND GIVE TITLE OF
THE CASE AND THE GROUNDS
AND WE WILL DO THE REST. IF
OTHERWISE, WE WILL COME FOR
1T ON SHORT ORDER. LET US
HEAR FROM YOU MR.. ATTORNEY
AND WE WILL NOT FORGET YOU
MAIN 3o5. OFFICE, 307 EPLER
BLOCK.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1910-01-21
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GRO PROGRESS. The book contains nearly
one hundred pages printed on finest book pa
per, profusely illustrated and is a valuable
work for the family library We will be glad
TO send the publication Free Gratis to anyone
sending 25c to cover mailing and postage.
Address,
THE SEATTLE REPUBLICAN
Seattle, Wash.
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of their readers to this Free Offer
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1910-01-21

A Kansan sat on the beach at
Atlantic City watching a fair
and very fat bather disporting
herself in the surf. He knew
nothing of tides, and he did not
notice that each succeeding wave
came a little closer to his feet.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1910-01-21

"I'll be ready in a moment, !"
she said to her husband.
"You needn't hurry now," he
called up some time later. I
find that shall have to shave
again. "-Detroit Free Press.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1910-01-21
Humorous Sparks

The man-Do you think you
could learn to love me, darling?
The darling-I don't know; I
might. I learned Greek when I
was a girl. Illustrated Bits.
Shelf you should hold a hand
like that
To you what make would best
appear?"
He why if I held a hand like
yours
| think I'd make it diamonds,
DEAR"
Did you tell that photo
grapher you didn't want your
photo taken?"
Yes" answered the eminent
but uncomely parsonage.
''Did he take offense?"
mo. He said he didn't blame
me. Life.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-19

Have you seen It? It's free:
The Giant Viking, 600 years old.
8 #. Q In. high. Now on exhibit
ton in the lobby of the Arcade
theater. 1914 Pacific ave. Free
to all patrons of our theater. @*s
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-19
Continued From Page One

Continued From Page One.)
nese naval officers and that JAP
anese engineers resident in this
country had marked every tunnel
culvert and bridge on the trans
continental railroads in the noun
tain passes for demolition. The
severance of communication with
the East, the speaker declared,
would offer opportunity to Japan
to pour an army of trained SOL
diers through to the mountain
passes and so fortify them that no
force we could raise could force
their dislodgment. This startling
statement, the speaker challenged
the government to deny, as even
differing from reports made to
the government by military ex-
perts who had been detailed TO
study out the problems of a Jam
anese invasion of the Pacific
states.
While paying tribute to the
militia of the several states
for the efficiency in military
art acquired, Representative
McIachlan characterized the
sending of partly trained citi-
zen soldiers against trained
regulars as murder" and
the fact that i'm our wars the
government had sent armies
OF men to the field unhabit-
uated to the duties of q SOL
dier, the speaker said, made
this nation in its military
operations the greatest
spendtm-ift Of life i'm ancient
or modern times"
The statistics of the civil and
spanish wars, showing the deaths
from disease in camps owing to
the troops being unframed in car
ing for themselves in the field.
was offered by the speaker in SUBJ
The danger of rely
ng on militia, unsupported by a
sufficient force of regulars, was
set forth by the speaker in quo
IaIons from every national mill
AIRY commander from Washington
20 the present chief of staff.
1T was not individual coward
ce but collective fear which ran
rom Bull Rum" said the speaker.
Who then drew a picture of the
'ame troops, who as raw levfes
lad fled from that battlefield.
without fiinching the
errific assault of Pickett's vfr-
sinians at Gettysburg, as a result
If two years training. Demand
ng that a sufficient force of regu-
ars be stationed on the coast TO
Letter an enemy from attemptins
m invasion, the speaker declared
nat 1t was known to every naval
'nicer that the battle fleet couId |
tot operate without the screen of |
lrmored cruisers stationed on the
'acific, and that in case of war
hese ships would at once be or
Tered to the Atlantic to complete |
he fleet and to prevent their own |
destruction, an dthat the Pacifc |
would be a clear roadway for an |
invader.
The occupation of the coast |
tates, with a possibility that they
would be forever separated from
he Union. was stated by the
peaker as almost accepted facts
" every military student
throughout the world who had
tudied the probable outcome of a
var with Japan in our present
tate of criminal unprepared-
less." In informed circles, It is
tated that unless the admindstra-
Ion prevent the secretary of war
rom diclosing the truth concern
ng the weakness of the Pacific
licenses, that report will be
ubmitted to congress which win
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-19
Stung, We Didn't
Go Through Comet

the comet last night.
Director Frost said that the tail
still Is in the eastern sky, where
it showed from 1898 last night
until $3.50 this morning. He also
admitted the possibility that 1t
had not yet begun the recession
journey on its orbit.
More Dope About It.
Frost declared that the appear
ance of the tail in the east after
it had been supposed to have pass
ed to the west means one of three
possibilities: First, the curvature
of the tail has grown SO great,
possibly by reason of the earth s
attraction, that while the head
has passed, the tail has not n
Second-The comet may have
ceased it's tail-making capacity,
like Boreal's comet of 1903, and
gone west, leaving its tail behind.
Third-All calculations may be
wrong and the comet may not
have passed us yet.
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Drs. Thomas. Osteopaths. ~*s