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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-09

the modern methods of Sunday school
work. &c.. The Farmers Institute held
at Elgn Thursday, was a decided sue
cess in every particular-big crowd,
good speeches. fine dinner and excel
lent order. being the leading features.
Methodist church and was presided
over by Judge w. p. Caskey of Lam
caster. The exercises were opened
with prayer by the pastor of the
church. the Rev. J. r. McFarane. The
first speaker introduced was DR.. c. l..
Goodrich, of the United States depart
ment of agriculture, whose subject
was soil fertility, which he handled in
an exhaustive and highly instructive
manner, emphasizing the importance
of creating humus by crop rotation.
DR.. Goodrich was followed by Prof. ].
n. Harper of Clemson, director of the
South Carolina experiment station,
who spoke interestingly on the subject
of fertilizers. He explained the prin-
ciples of plant food and how to mix
and amply fertilizers. He also dwelt at
length on the value Of legumes. Mr..
James Henry Rice, head of the Audu-
bon society i'm this state, was the next
speaker. He discussed the various
kinds of birds, mentioning those in
particular that are the friends of the
farmer, that destroy insects injurious
to crops. Mr.. Rice's address was one
of the best and most Entertaining Of
the day. The closing speech was made
by DR.. T. Barnett of the state expert
ment station. whose subject was ami
NAL husbandry. He gave his hearers
much valuable information as to cat
tie and stock raising, urging their
value to the farmer striving for per-
manent prosperity. Each speaker was
given the closest, undivided attention
by the large audience. The number
present is variouslv estimated from
1000 to 1,5OO. A splendid and bounte-
Gus picnic dinner was served. The
very best Of order prevailed through
out the day, and the occasion was
thoroughly enjoyed by all in attend
ance.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-09

"Pin Money" for Himself.-At ta-
bile in the Manufacturers club the
other evening several manufacturers
were gathered, discussing subjects
with great interest and with as great
impartiality. The talk switched in
time to the question of wages, and al
had more or less to say on that point.
One of the men, who employs hun
dreds of workers. was called on to
tell what he thought of the increased
cost of living.
Well" he said, Il know that my
men are constantly asking for more
wages and saying that they cannot live
on what they earn: but one of them
gave the richest excuse for raise that
l ever heard.
HE came into the office few weeks
ago and said that he had just been
married and wanted more money. In
a spirit of jest said to him: so you
want to take home more money to lit
tie wife? That's what you want the
raise for, is it?"
"'Oh. no. sir he replied. I want the
raise for myself. The wife knows how
much am getting now, sir, and l can't
knock down any of my present wages;
she gets it all. l need the raise for
personal expenses.
We'll, you men can easily guess he
got that raise; he is too blamed honest
to let get away."-Philadelph Times,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-09
humorous department.


That excuse only increases the
awkwardness of the case" said Mayor
Gaynor of a political fiasCo. That en-
cuse reminds me of young DR.. Start.
"Dr. Start, a short time after he be-
gan to practise, was summoned To at
tend a banker suffering from typhoid
DR.. start pulled the banker through
Then, in taking leave for good. he con-
graduated his patient and himself. and
said he would just call once more IN
the course of the week to make sure
that no complications had set in.
He called five days later The
with a long face.
Poor George is dead he said SOL
emnly.
DIR. Start turned pale. How am
to get out of this?' he thought.
must exonerate myself somehow. What
negligence have | shown! Then he
said:
We'll. on the whole, I'm not sur
prised. This isn't the first fatal case
of typhoid convalescence, nor will II
be the last. A clot, it is clear, formed
suddenly at the base of your brothers
medulla, the diastole was disordereo
and the usual heart failure ensued.'
"Dr. Start ratified on for several min
utes in that strain, but at the end of
long and involved sentence, when ne
paused to take breath, the dead mans
brother said solemnly:
mo, DIR. Start, you are wrong. That
isn't what killed George. He went
bathing at COney Island and was car
ried out by the tide '"-Louisville
Times.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-09
HE GREETED THE CAR.
Experience of Nicholas u. With Pa.
risian Street Arab.

On one of his visits to Paris Nicholas
H. was left alone for a moment in his
carriage. The czar was delighted al
the feeling of freedom and ease. Look
ing out of the window with all the Zest
of a schoolboy playing truant, he saw
before him one of those picturesque
street arabs who seem to sprout be-
tween the paving stones of Paris. This
particular specimen, seated against
the ratings, with his nose in the air
was whistling the refrain of the
Russian national hymn. Suddenly theil
eyes met. The street boy sprang to his
feet. He had never seen the emperor
but he had seen his photograph, and
the likeness was striking.
Suppose it is Nicholas" he said to
himself, greatly puzzled.
He resolved to make sure without
delay. Walking up to within a yard
of the carriage and bobbing his head
he shouted in a hoarse voice to the
unknown foreigner:
"How's the empress?"
Picture his satisfaction for, in fact
he thought that it was only a good
joke-when the stranger replied. with
a smile:
Thank you, the empress is very
well and is delighted with her jour
ney."
The boy lost his tongue. He stared
at the speaker in dismay and then
raising his cap, stalked away slowly
very slowly, to mark his dignity.
Nicholas II. afterward often amused
himself by scandalizing the formal set
around him with the story of this pri-
MCClure's Magazine.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-09

- Columbia Record, Tuesday: Ten
thousand bushels of corn on 100
acres! With good seasons from now
on, that will be the crop on the asylum
farm this year. Under the manage
ment of Capt. j. w. Bunch, treasurer
of the state hospital for the insane
what was one time regarded as a poor
piece of land has been brought up to
high state of cultivation. When he
took charge of the farm 10 years ago
Il portion of the 100 acre field that is
now expected to yield 100 bushels per
acre was in broom Sedge and not con-
sdered by the asylum authorities to
be worth cultivating. However, Capt
Bunch took it in. and by first draining
the land, and then cultivating, it has
become as good as the best. In its
general character all of the asylum
farm is much the same as the sandy
soil which stretches for hundreds of
miles east and west of Columbia The
most remarkable feature of the pres
cnt crop on this place is that the corn
is 50 thick. and yet the prospective
yield so large. Experts who have seen
ii declared that il was planted too
thick to do any good. and without
proper cultivation this would have
been true The most important thing,
i'm the opinion of Capt. Bunch, is to
start right by deep plOwing. The first
lapplicati0n of any fertilizer to the
land was barnyard manure. broadcast.
Upon the crop WAS next put 400
pounds To the acre of Il mixture of
acid phosphate and muriatc of potash,
4 parts of Il per cent acid phosphate
and one part of muriatc of potash.
Later there was broadcast 100 pounds
of nitrate of soda To the acre. Capt.
Bunch estimates that the corn itself
will be clear profit. as the enSilage
and pea vine hay from the 100 acres
will pay the expenses of the entire
crop. Some of the land shows 1880
stalks to the acre and some 25.24O
stalks. and the stalks average two ears.
This tremendous field of 100 acres is
Il beautiful sight The straight rows.
as clean as Il floor. with stalks stand
ing upright. their heads nOdding in
the summer breeZe--it is Il subject for
a buColic poem. But just now the
crop is beginning To need rain. and
unless the showers come within the
next few days the expectation of 100
bushels to the acre may not be realiZ-
ed. Anyhow. the yield will be Splen-
did and the crop is Il marvel. Well
posted men say there Is more corn
planted i'm South Carolina this wear
than ever before and the crop gener-
ally is splendid.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-09
The President and the Lee Statue

The President and the Lee Statue
The G.. A. r. of the department of
New York having questioned the
right Of Virginia, under the law to
erect q statue of Gen. Robert r. Lee
in Statuary Hall of the national capt.
tol. the president has approved the
opinion of the attorney general to the
effect that there is no valid reason for
the opposition. Mr.. .Wickersham
pointed out that Lee had come to be
generally regarded as typifying, no,
only all that was best in the cause to
which at the behest of his native
state he gave his services, but also the
most loyal and unmurmuring in the
acceptance of the complete overthrow
of that cause.
The nation cannot afford to be less
magnanimous than Grant, who order
ed, after the surrender, that officers
should retain their side arms. in or
der that he might avoid having to re-
ceive the sword of his great antago-
mist.
Bonaparte destroyed the first
French Republic, but Republican
France is today proud of Napoleon the
Great. Cromwell destroyed the mon
archy and the British parliament, but
his statue stands today close to the
place where Charles |. lost his mead.
and the spot where the Commons of
English lost their rights and privi-
leges at the say 50 of the commander
of the IronSides.
Lee is. and will remain. the finest
figure associated with the Lost Cause.
And the bitterness of the old stgug-
gle has been so far forgotten that his
fellow cOuntrymen now think Of him
aS worthy of honor at the hands of
the whole country-New York Sun.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-09

The Better Sort.-SenatOr Shively
apropos of patriotism and the Fourth
told at a South Bend banquet a wal
story.
"A private" he said. got very home
sick on the campaign and went tC
headquarters for furlOugh.
What do you want a forlough for?
the colonel asked.
What do l want a furlough for ?
the private answered bitterly. Why
colonel, l amt seen my wife for ovel
three months
"'Oh. that's nothing said the colo
mel, I haven't seen my wife for more
than three years.
We'll, said the soldier, that may
be, colonel, but me and my wife aim
that kind d.'"-Washington Star.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-09
EXPENSIVE MOSQUITOES.
Curse of Most Fertile Region on
Earth.

The richest soil i'm the United States,
excelled only by the productivity Of
the Nile valley, is the Delta region in
Mississippi. Some day, says Prof.
Glenn w. Herrick, it will be the rich
est and most populous region i'm the
Union. 1t lies along the western part
of the state, extending from the mouth
of the YaZoo river nearly to the Ten
nessce line, and outside of Egypt it
has no agricultural rival in the world.
says the Washington Post.
Yet rich as it is and great as are its
possibilities, the scourge of malaria has
kept much of it in its primitive wild
state, barred out immigration and
forced the price of the land down to a
mere fraction of it's intrinsic value.
Land hungry as the average American
has been for generations and still is,
yet he can not successfully face the
peril of malaria, with its toll of short
ened life. lessened efficiency and ulti-
mate death. 1t is a matter of record
that the thousands Of people who
would hasten aid in making this re-
gion the most productive in America
are kept away by the malaria mos
quito.
1t is the reason why thousands OF
acres of the most fertile land on the
continent, easy of access and close to
good markets, are today the haunt OF
deer and bear. 1t is an example of the
enormous toll the south pays to mala-
ria. No one other thing has done so
much to retard it's progress. Prof Her.
rick, formerly connected with the coll
lege of agriculture of Mississippi. says:
I'VE must now consider briefly what
635, 900 or 100000 cases of chills and
fever in one year means. For laboring
men it means an immense loss of their
time, together with the doctors fees IN
many instances If members of their
families other than themselves are al
fected it may also mean a loss of time
together with the doctors fees. For
the employer it means the loss of labor
at a time perhaps when it would be of
greatest value. If it does not mean
the actual loss of labor to the employ
er it will mean a loss in the efficiency
of his labor. To the farmers it may
mean the loss of their crops by want OF
cultivation. 1t will always mean the
noncultivation or imperfect cultivation
of thousands Of acres of valuable land
1t means n listless activity in the
worlds work that counts mlghtlly
against the wealth producing power of
the people.
FINALLY, it means from two to five
million or more days of sickness, with
all it's attendant distress, pain OF BODY
and mental depression to some unfor-
tunate individuals of those five states.
1t has been demonstrated that the
malaria mosquito can be eXterminated
both i'm tropical and semitropical coun-
tries. and the enormous economic loss
of malaria can be prevented. The
progressive men of the south are be-
ginning to realize that the problem
which confronts them is serious ana
of far-reaching consequences, and IL
will not be long before this obstacle to
southern progress is attacked with all
the weapons which modern science
has furnished. 1t will mean the be-
ginning of a new era in the growth
and expansion of the south, and it can
not come too soOn."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-09
How He Came OUT don't belle

How He Came Out don't believe
in telling about what you're going to
do" said Assemblymen Wilkie of Buff
falo, because you never can tell how
things are going to come out. recall
a case of young man who aspired to
the hand of the daughter of very
wealthy man. He was a loud talking
person, and nearly every one knew all
about his business. One night he an
nounced that he was going up to the
girls house and tell the old man po-
litely, but very emphatically. that he
was going to marry his daughter. no
matter whether he like it or not. He
went to the house early in the evening,
and, to the surprise of his club friends,
returned to his club early.
How'd you come Out?' asked some
of his interested friends.
Through the window was the re-
ply."-New York Herald.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-09
Preparing to Meet tt

Preparing to Meet lt.-"You may
have heard the rumor. young man.
said the eminent statesman, according
to the Chicago Tribune that my name
has been mentioned in connection with
one of the most important offices in
the gift of the president"
Why, no. sir" answered the report
er; there is no such rumor as that in
circulation SO far as l know"
We'll, there will be within n few
hours. You may say in tomorrow
mornings paper, if you like, that the
senator, on being questioned as to the
truth of the story, refused either to ar-
firm or deny"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-09

Try Again-Two young ladies board
ed a crowded tramcar and were oblig-
ed to stand. One of them to steady
herself, took hold of what she suppos-
ed was her friends hand. They stood
thus for some time, when, on looking
down she discovered that she was
holding a mans hand. Greatly en-
barrassed. she exclaimed:
"Oh, I've got the wrong hand"
Whereupon the man, with a smile
stretched forth his other hand. saying:
Here is the other one. miss. Tit
Bits.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-09

Got His Revenee.-Shirlcy Brooks.
one time editor of Punch, was noted
for his whimsical humnr. 1T annoys
me-" ne said one day. IF am diSCnur-
teously treated at the threshold of a
friends door. | remember once calling
on someone. and the maid in her rud-
est manner. told me ne was not in. and
shut the door in my face. | felt must
he revenged upon her somehow, $" I
return ed after an interval of five min
utes rang the bell, and i'm my meek"st
manner mildly said: Did | say he
was?'"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-09

BulIocks and 8uII-He was an
Irish barriSter: therefore ne must per-
petrate a bull. Addressing the jury i'm
tones of deep emotion. he said: 1t will
he for YOU to say, gentlemen. if the
defendant shall he allowed to come
into court with unblushing fnotsteps.
with the cloak oi hypocrisy in his
mouth. and draw these hullncks out Of
my clients pocket with impunity."-
Liverpool Post.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-09
TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS

A LII persons indebted To the estate
N of r. r. CLINTON. deceased are
hereby notified to make payment to
the undersigned at once. Persons nav
ing claims against this estate. should
present them to me duly authenticated
within the time prescribed by law
O. l.. SANDERS,
Administrator Estate of r. r. Clinton,
Deceased.
c1 3t
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-09
THE CITY MARKET

When you want the Best to be had
i'm the Meat line, Phone the City Mar
ket. l can't handle anything but the
very best First-Class Fresh Meats
all the time, refrigerator cooled.
c. T.. SHERER.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-09

For sale by all dealers Price &C
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo
New York. sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-D -DOAN'S-ant
take no other
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-09
BEST OF SEVEN

May q, 1910.
Mr.. ]. ]. Pittser, Agent,
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co.,
HoopestOn, Illinois.
Dear Sir
| was much surprised this morning
to receive from you a check for $41.S0
as a special dividend on my 100000
policy which hold i'm your company.
Last March I received my regular
dividend of $177, and thought that was
liberal enough, and was perfectly sat-
isfied, but this addition Of s41.S0, maxi
ing a total of $21S.S0 this year, is GER
tanly most satisfactory, and confirms
my conviction that the Mutual Benefit
is absolutely a mutual company in fact
as well as i'm name, and that l made
no mistake when | selected ii nine
years ago.
At that time there were seven special
agents, representing as many different
companies, called to sell me insurance,
and after | had listened to all of them
while they explained their different
policies, / selected the Mutual Benefit
without the aid of a special agent.
There are a few larger companies
than yours, that is, they have more in
surance on their books perhaps, but in
my Judgment il would he hard to find
more conservative, careful, better
managed company, or one that pro-
duces better results for it's policy
holders than the old reliable Mutual
Benefit of Newark, New Jersey.
| can heartily recommend ii to any
one, and wish you unlimited success in
your solicitations.
Yours very truly,
Dale Wallace.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-09

There are today about $50 legal re-
serve or "old line" companies seeking
to insure the lives of the people of the
United States, as against about so ten
years ago, and of this number less than
30 do 75 per cent of the business, and
had it been possible for Mr.. Wallace
to have examined the records and con-
tracts of all of them, his decision would
have been the same, as is that of all
men who are intellgently seeking the
hest company, the best contract and
the lowest cost There are scores of
citizens i'm York county, who have Sc
cured policies i'm the Mutual Benefit
during the past IL years, who endorse
all that Mr.. Wallace has said.
SAM M. GRIST, Special Agent.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-09

Chester Lantern, August s.: Chcs-
ter people are getting busy and are
preparing to save the shops of the G. &
NV. To Chester at any reasonable
cost. The publicity committee of the
council has the matter i'm hand and the
business pe"pl" are unit in demand
ing that the shops be kept here. They
realize what il means for Chester.
This spirit will win and "" confident
ly believe that shortly work ON rrhuilL-
ing the shops will br under way y...
Miss Eta Park. who's" hnm" was about
five miles from WimmShnru. in Fairfield
county. was brought To- tn" hospital
here last Wednesday. Miss Park had
been suffering for some time with a
stomach trouble and her physici"n
thought that an operation was tn" only
thing that would relieve her. But upon
her arrival at tn" hospital he and the
two hr"thcrS and TN" sister ac""mpa-
mying the sick girl. wcr" told 10y tn"
physicians here that an operation
would do NO good. Th" visiting phNSi-
clan. however concluded tn HAY" tn"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-27

BLACK AND COLORS.

\ better bargain than An entirely lot. and
bought Opening Special These made excel
quality taeta the styles; all full width
foundation and dust rule all lengths These
wanted shades and black Fhe actual value 30
is $500 As Opening special tomorrow. ~@'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-27

Ladies SILK Isle Hose,
double sole, heel and toe.
Special
Ladies' Fine Lace LiSle
broidered Hose; double
sole. &c value. Special.
Infants Cashmere Hose
sole, heel and toe; black,
white and tan. Special. 49,.
Childrens Fine Ribbe,
double sole and garter top.
&c value. Special. .........
Three pairs for .Oc.
Boys Heavy Ribbed
Hose: double sole, heel
and toe. Special ....
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-27
LADIES' HOSIERY.

Ladies' Chiffon Isle Hose; double
sole, garter top and rein
forced knee. 81 value. <O~
Special NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Wv
Ladies' Pure Silk Hose; double
sole and spliced heel: silk-and-lisle
sole and Isle garter d x
top. 81 value. Special ID sOO
Ladies' Pure Silk Hose; double Isle
sole and Isle garter top, black,
white and different col
ors. S1.39 value. Spe- d m
Ladies' Fine Isle Embroidered
Hose: double sole. heel and Sn
toe. Special ..............- OOA
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-28
INCOME TAX AMENDMENT
Dean Henry wade Rogers OF the Yale
Law school In Favor of
Ratification.

Excelsior Springs. Mo. July 27.-The
annual meeting of the Missouri State
Bar association opened here today. Dean
Henry Wade Rogers OF the Yale Law
school delivered an address on the pro-
posed income tax amendment OF the
constitution of the United States. He
advocated the ratification Of the
amendment. The decision OF the SUI
preme court of the United States in
the case OF Pollock VS.. the Farmers
Loan & Trust company made IL essen
tial. he said. to amend the constitution
in order that the national government
might be able to command the national
resources in time of crisis.
Mr.. Rogers took the same view that
Senator Root entertains OF the words
from whatever source derived" as
used in the text Of the amendment
now before the states. and stated Il
was his conviction that the supreme
court would never construe these words
as authorizing Congress TO tax the in
strumentalities OF the states. He
thought the states could not make a
success OF taxing incomes and they
should not have any reluctance in
granting TO the nation this essential
power -i