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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-06
Southern Baptist Convention, 8aItI-
more. Md, Nav II to II, 1910.

The Southern Railway is making "X-
tensive preparations for han, ling the
South Carolina delegation and visitors
for this occasion. Special sleeping
cars will start from Anderson, Green
vile, Augusta, Ga, and Columbia, con-
centratng the entire delegation at
Charlotte, n. c., going through to Bal
timOre on the following schedule:
Leave Anderson. 451 p. m. May 10.
Leave Greenville. sos p. m. May 10.
Leave Spartanburg, y. m. May 10.
Leave Augusta, 4 p. m, May 10.
Leave Columbia. 1.55 p. m, May 10.
Leave Charlotte, 11.3O p. M. May TO-
Arrive Washington. 1910 Il. m., May
II.
Arrive Baltimore, 1910 noon, May H..
This will give all ample time to find
their quarters and attend the opening
session of the convention at p. m,
May 11th.
Pullman rates for double berth as
follows: Anderson $3.50, Augusta 81.
Greenvile, Columbia. Chester and Rock
Hill, $500.
Meals will be served in dining cars en-
route.
In order to secure Pullman reserva-
tionS, application should be made at
once to Mr.. J. r. Anderson, Supt. B. r.
r.. Anderson, S. c., Mr.. a. II. Acker
r. p. A.. Augusta. Ga, Mr. w. r. Ia
Der, Pres. T. a., Grecnville, S. c.. Mr.. :.
Der, p. & r.. A. Greenvile, s. G.. Mr.. s.
Mr.. +. Z. Pinson, p. & r. A., Spartan
burg, or w. f. McGee. Division PaSsen-
ger Agent, Charleston. s. G.
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How He Completed the Trip.

In the early days of travelling oy
stage coach across the Rocky Noun
tains the trip was likely to be relieved
of monotOny by incidents of no ordina-
Nv occurrence. But the fatigue ot the
tourney was apt to wear upon the
nerves of the weak and the timid.
sometimes the passengers became so
worn out as to lead to a suspicion OF
their sanity. The Right Rev. d. 5
Tuttle, in his "reminiscences of d
Missionary Bishop" describes an in
stance in point.
one forenoon the coach rolled into
Denver and the six horses came pranc-
ing up to the office of Wells. Fargo n
Co. A large crowd was assembled, as
the incoming and the outgoing OF the
daily coaches were the great events tor
the town. At the stop the only paSSen-
ger quickly threw open the coach door
leaped to the ground. ran hurriediy
across the street and, turning hand-
spring, stood on his head with his heels
up against a supporting wall. Several
men followed him, quite sure tnat here
was another passenger crazed by the
long, sleepless ride. one said to him
in a tone of sympathy, Why. cap'n
what's the natter"
Slowly coming to a right -side-uI
posture, the man answered, well. my
friend. I'll tell you what it is. This
standing on my head is the only posi-
ton which haven't been in during the
last twenty-fOur hours in yonder coach
and | wanted to make the thing har-
monious and complete all around."-
Kansas City Journal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-06
Selected 2oetru.
THE BIVoUAc OF THE DEAD.

The muftled drums sad roll has beat
Tine soldiers last tattoo:
No more on lifeS parade shall meet
That brave and fallen few.
On Fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And Glory guards, with solemn round,
The bivOuac Of the dead.
No rumor of the foes advance
Now swells upon the wind:
No troubled thought at midnight
hauntS
OF loved ones left behind;
No vision of the morrOw's strife
The warriors dream alarms:
No braying horn or screaming fife
At dawn snail call to arms.
Their shivered swords are red with
rust,
Their plumed heads are bowed
Their naughty banner, trailed in dust,
Is now their martial shroud.
And plenteous funeral tears have
washed
The red stains from each brow,
And the proud forms, by battle gashed.
Are free from anguish now.
The neighing troop. the flashing blade,
The bugle's stirring blast,
The din and shout are past;
Nor wars wild note, nor glory's peal
Shall thrill with fierce delight
Those breasts that never more shall
feel
The rapture of the fight.
Full many a nOrtherS breast mas swept
Ger AngoStura's plain,
And long the plying sky has wcpt
Above its modered slain.
The ravens scream, or eagles flight.
Or shepherds pensive lay,
Alone awakes each sullen height
That frowned on that dead fray.
Sons of the Dark and Bloody Ground,
Ye must not slumber there,
Where stranger steps and tongues re-
sound
Along tine needless air.
Your own proud lands heroic soil
Shall be your filter grave:
She claims from war mis- richest spoil
The ashes of her brave.
Thus meath their parent turf they rest,
Far from the CORY field,
Borne to Spartan mothers breast
On many a bloody shield.
The sunshine of their native sky
Smiles sadly on them here.
And kindred eyes and heart watch by
The heroes sepulcnre.
Rest on. embalmed and sainted dead!
Dear as the blood ye gave;
No impious footsteps here shall tread
The herbage Of your grave;
Nor shall your glory be forgot
While Fame her record keeps.
Or Honor points the hallowed spot
Where Valor proudly sleeps.
Yon marble minstrers voiceless stone
In deathless song shall tell
When many a vanished age has flown,
The story how ye fell;
Nor wreck, nor change, nor winters
blight,
Nor Times remorseless doom,
Shall dim one ray Of glory's light
That gilds your deathless tomb.
Theodore O'Hara.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-06
THE JURY DISAGREED.
A Fine Point In Equity That Never
Was Decided.

An old time story of the fine points
of law and equity which arose in car
rying out an amicable contract Is told
in the Philadelphia Record There
were four brothers who had inherited
a storage warehouse from their father.
He had divided the property equally
among them.
Among the appurtenances was cat
"a fine animal, excellent for mousing.
This, too, was divided, the eldest
brother owning the right front quar-
ter, the second brother the left front
quarter and the youngest brother the
two hind quarters.
Now, unfortunately, the cat in one of
it's nocturnal prOwls injured the right
front paw. and the eldest brother at
tended to that portion of his property
by binding the injured member with a
creased rag.
The cat, thankful for this relief to
its suffering, went to sleep contentedly
before the fire, but in the midst of its
and the animal, bowling with agony
dashed through the warehouse and,
coming in contact with some cOmbusti-
bles. set the building on fire.
When the loss came to be figured out
the three younger brothers wished to
throw it all upon the eldest on the
ground that had he not tied up his part
of the cat with the inflammablc rag the
building would not have been destroy
ed.
He. on the contrary, cOntended tnat
had the cat only been possessed of the
front right paw-his property-it would
have stood still and burned to death.
1t was the three other paws that caused
the damage.
The brothers argued the case until
they died but they never reached an
agreement.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-06
THE PUMA AND ITS PREY.
Ease With Which a Patagonia Lion
Killed Colt

The puma is so fond of horseflesh
that in Patagonia it is difficult to
breed horses, as the colts are killed by
this American lion. A native told the
author Of THE Naturalist in La Plata"
that on one occasion while driving his
horses home through a thicket a puma
sprang out of the bushes to the back
of a colt following behind the troop.
The puma alighted directly on the
colts back, with one fore foot graspinS
it's shoulder, while with the other it
seized the head and, giving it violent
wrench. dislocated the neck. The colt
fell to the earth as If shot.
Next to horsefesh, the puma prefers
mutton. He does not like veal, al
thought he will kill a calf upon Occa-
sion. A cunning puma which on cloudy
nights raided a sheep ranch used as
place Of concealment for the pen where
dozen calves were kept while it was
waiting to attack the sheep, but it did
not injure calf.
Pigs when in large herds defy the
puma by massing themselves together
and presenting a serried line of tusks.
The ass also resists successfully the
puma's attack. When assaulted 1t
thrusts it's head between it's fore legs
and kicks violently until the puma is
driven or thrown Off
One day an Indian while riulng saw
a young COW watching his approach.
Her manner showed that it was in
state of dangerous excitement, and the
Indian conjectured that some beast Of
prey had killed its calf. He began
searching for the calf's body. While
thus engaged the COW repeatedly
charged him. Presently he discovered
the calf lying dead among the long
grass and by it's side a dead puma with
a large wound just behind the shoul-
der
The calf had been killed by the
puma. for it's throat showed tine
wounds of large teeth Tine COW had
driven one Of it's long. sharp horns into
the puma's side while it was sucking
the calf's blood.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-06
To Revise the Calendar. 49, Bar


Won Herse- Martegg of Vienna. has
intimated that ne will bring forward
at the London International Congress
of Chambers Of Commerce in June a
proposal for which he claims to have
secured the support of the Chambers
of Commerce Of Austria Hungary
and of Holland and Belgium. and for
which he hopes to secure the approval
Of the German chambers before the
meeting of the congress. 1t is to re-
form the calendar.
He proposes to have year of thir-
teen months. each of four weeks.
The week is to consist as at present,
Of seven days, and the months will
be one of twenty-eight days and the
year will consist of 364 days. As there
is one day of the 365 unaccOunted
for. he proposes that that one day be
between the last day of the year and
the first of the succeeding year should
be observed as a great world holiday
and treated as a day outside the cal
endar.
According to his system. the first
day of the year. the first day Of every
month and the first day of every
week would be a Monday. This would
simplify the calendar. There should,
of course. be two international hOli-
days every leap year, for which his
proposal has made no provision.
Baron Won Herse- Martegg would also
have the movable feasts on fixed
dates. and he selects the 7th of April
for Easter the nearest sunday to the
traditional date of the resurrection
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-06

A Great Mystery.-Thcre is one great
mystery in Gods univcrse-somewher
flows fountain of life, where is one
of Gods secrets. How far its waters
flow we cannot tell. No human feet
have tracked It's streams i'm their wan
derings. The Father has decreed that
we must drink of it To live. and yet he
blinds our eyes with sleep before ne
let's us drink When "" awake the
strength of the stream is i'm us. and so
We make the journey of the day. And
the StranS" waters have strange pow
ers. Soul darkness and despair are
melted in them: fear and trouble shriv-
el: hope and strength are held i'm sweet
solution in their wakes. Worn and
weary with the care and fret. closing
her eyes as the tired lids fall in the
gloom of night. the faint mother slips
into the stream Of sleep. and then i'm n
little while the morning comes. and a
new woman looks out upon the day
with the secret of Il new creation in her
soul. new power and courage horn of
the waters of fc.-SturgiS (Ky0
News Democrat
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-06
Abolition of the Duckinq Stool.

The most noteworthy of all the in
struments designed for the correction
of Ewes offending daughters was the
ducking stool. known as the tumbrel
and the tr"buchet \ post, across
which was transverse beam turning
on a swivel and with a chair at one
end, was set up on the edge OF
pond. Into the chair the woman was
chained. turned toward the water
a muddy or filthy pond was usually
chosen for this purpose when avail
able-and ducked half a dozen times.
or if the water inilamed her instead
of acting as damper she was let
down times innumerable until she was
exhausted and wcll-nigh drowned.
From the frequency with which we
find it mentioned in old local and
county histories, in church wardens'
and Chamberlains' accounts and by
the poets (Gray, for one, has de-
scriptiOn of the process in his third
pastoral. The Shepherds Week'D we
shall probably not be wrong in con-
that at one time this inStitu-
tion was kept up all over England.
In Liverpool it was not formally abol-
iShed until l776.-Lond0n Graphic.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-06
Never Fishes on Sunday.

Never Fishes on Sunday.-In Il West
Philadelphia home precpciOuS boy or
eight years created conformation b. an
il-timed remark in front of the family
pastor who had been invited To- dine,
says the Philadelphia Times.
The balmy spring weather turned
the conversation to things out of doors
and both the rector and his host. being
devoted to fishing as paStime were
regaling themselves with fish sto-
riCS.
Johnny couldn't get a word in edge
wise for the hum of conversation, but
managed after a while to squeeze in a
little line of talk which got him into
trouble after the minister had gone.
The minister. seeing the boy so in
terested and thinking tu score a point.
said:
You never 90 fishing on Sunday. do
you JOhnny?'
"Oh, no sir" the reply.
will you tell me now why you don't I
go fishing on sunday"
Because dad won't take me along,
answered the boy triumphantly.
That night tn" boy got Il spanking.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-06
Aumoruus department.
Richard.
oh. Richard" she murmurrd.

And in his strong, maSterful way,
Richard answered:
Yes, sweetheart?'
"Oh. Richard" she said. Now tnat
we are engaged. want you tn tell me
omething-honestly and truly"
And no voice warned him, no elbow
nudged him. no glance saved him, no
cough reminded him. dogs barked not,
doors slammed not tables creaked not.
IL lightened not. thundered not--noth-
ing.
ITO tell you something" he asked.
Yes" she said Honestly and tru-
ly"
And still in his strong, masterful
way, he smiled at her and marrelled at
her tiny. little hands.
You promise"
Il promise"
Gross your heart"
He indulgently humored her. even in
this.
We'll. now" she breathed, did you
ever love another girl before you met
me-"
And no drums ratified, no trumpets
blared. no hands appeared and wrote
upon the wall: the gas tiickered not, the
wind moaned not. blew not. shrieked
not-nothing.
Why. yes" he said. Il have been in
love before Naturally"
And you have-cared for them'
Yes: l have cared for them
And kissed them?"
Rather naturally. l have kissed
them"
Who were they?"
And then. too late. he began to see
light.
That" he said, Il cannot, cannot
tell"
But, Richard, you promised. You
promised TO tell me something, honest
" and truly. and this is it. And you
crossed your heart, too"
Whereupon. rejecting, he whispered
name and she repeated it.
That was one?" she asked.
Yes. that was one.
Tell me another"
And. rejecting again, he whispered
another name and she repeated 1t.
Where do they live?" she asked az
ter he had assured her that two was
the total.
"Oh. but that isn't fair" he objected.
But, Richard you promised And
besides, can't you trust me-?
And, knowing that he must tell her
or that this would be the end, he told
her the two addresses. She cross-eX-
amined him eagerly for more than an
hour. and when at last there were no
more questions to ask she grew silent.
distrait. and gently but firmly she
pushed his arm away and seated her
self on the piano stool, alone and aloof.
And as for Richard, Richard began
to perspire. No longer did ne feel
strong and masterful. No longer did
he feel large and mighty. Instead his
height seemed to dwindle and he held
fast TO the arms of his chair to keep
himself from being waited toward the
ceiling-so light, so light felt he
What is the matter?" asked poor
Richard.
"Oh. dear" she said, Il wish l hadn't
asked you those horrid questions,
Suppose a misunderstanding should
arise between us-would you tell girls
that YOU had kissed me? Oh! Oh! Oh!
Richard. why did you tell mel feel
that If you had really and truly loved
me. YOU wouldn't-have-tOld me-
And then she began TO cry.
Don't worry" said Richard. speak
ing with great significance.
And no mule kicked MIN, no bee
stung him. no cat scratched him. no
dog bit him, no whale swallowed him
nothing.
Those weren't their real names and
addresses" he assured her. 4 made
the stories US as l went along.
And when he let himself out into the
cold. cold, world-just one minute later
bv the clock-our Richard looked at the
little ring in mis- hand and wondered
how it all began TO happen!-EXchang"'
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He Fixed the Cat.-The lodgers p

He Fixed the Cat.-Iht IOUStT ptI
aversion was cats and he cherished a
special Srudgc against a feline which
sometimes shared his meals without his
consent. Just as he was preparing for
bed he caught sight of q suspicious
hump under the countprpanc The
brute" he muttered. and his eyes glared
murder as he reached for one of the
lO-pOund dumbbells with which he was
wont to toy each morning. Stealthily
he approached the bed. Then. thud,
and one of the items on his next weeks
bill was. ITO one hnt-water bottle.
Sl25"-ArgOnaut.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-06
Saturday, June 4.

The conditions of the distribution will be One Watch to
Each of the nners Of Nine Competi5e Contests hereby in
augated for Nine Competitive Districts. and the balance
necessary each ubmaker who returns and for
as many as Fle annual Subscriptions.
For the purposes of the competition each of the Nine Town.
ships of the county will be considered Competition District
and competitors living in the counties adjoining will be incud
ed in the township to which they closest
The competitor in each of the Nine Districts Returning and
Paving for the Largest Number of Names by SATURDAY,
JUNEa At 6 O'CLOCK provided that number be NOT less
than Tavo will be entitled the Watch offered for that district
Each competitor who returns and pays for as many as
Fi0e Names during the contest will be entitled to Watch re-
gardess of whether his club is the largest for his district
Competitors who T9vo and fail to get
the Watch offered for the largest number of names in their
district will be allowed to add other until they obtain
the requisite number to entitle them to Watch.
The BANNATYNE WATCH is Good Watch 1t is bet
than dollar watch made and good and as reia-
Bile timekeeper be had for three four times the
price The Bannatyne Watch Company Guarantees for One
Year. The guarantee that any ordinary trouble de-
feet not caused by abuse will be corrected the return of
the watch the factory the of the watch paying trans
portation both But this return to the factory very sell
dom necessary most of these watches continuing
perfect order for years
All who desire good Watch invited to this
petition There carry chance TO and chance
TO l0se Make a Start Today.
1t preferred that all orders for subscriptions be accom-
panied BY the Cash but upon the order of contestants
will be entered the Cubmakers risk and collections de-
ferred until the closing day of the contest.
Subscribers who want of these BANNATYNE Watch,
es may have THE ENQUIRER for one year and WATCH
on the payment of $500 either Competitors for the District
Premiums or by paying The Enquirer Office. Subscribers
who names are already lists and want Watcf
have their subscriptions extended One Year and receive
Watch the payment of $500
COMMENCE At ONCE.
L. NJ. GRIST'S SONS.
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Excursion Rates via Southern Rwy

Excursion Rates via Southern RWy.
To Atlanta. Ga, account Music
Festival. Tickets on sale May LIST to
7th, limited to reach starting point. re-
turning not later than midnight. May
9Th. 1910
Cincinnati. o. account Biennial SEES
sion General Federation WnmCn's 5
Clubs. Tickets on sale May Sth 9th.
10th and 11th, final limit to reach start
ing point. returning May 22. 1910.
For further information. rates. etc.
amply to Southern Railway ticket
agents or address: J. l.. Meek. ASS
m Passenger Agent, Atlanta. -. +
w. f.. McGhee. Division Passenger
Agent. Charleston. s. G.
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WINDFALL OF WATCHES
Good 7imepiece for a Little Work
Liberal Offer Well Worth
Consideration.
CHANCE TO GET A

The Publishers of THE ENQUIRER have on hand T1oen-
ty-f0e BANNATYNE NICKLE WATCHES, worth SI.5o
each that they desire distribute among friends who will help
the already large subscription list and is our pur
pose to make this distribution in whole in part,
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RIDDLE AUTO CO.
f. c. RIDDLE, PROPRIETOR.

We have opened an Automobile Ga
rage in the Herndon building, York.
vile, and will be pleased to talk Auto
mobile to those who are interested.
We are handling the REQ and the
CHALMERS-DETROlT, two Of the
best Machines to be had at anything
like their prices, ranging from $500 to
S2,750.
We handle Automobile Supplies of
all kinds, and are selling Gasoline at
20 cents a gallon.
See us about a first-class, second
hand REQ, that we are offering at
bargain.
If you are interested in Automobiles,
do not fail to come and see us, for
whether we sell you or not, we are sure
that we can be Of very great assistance.
RIDDLE AUTO COMPANY.
The independent-reporter., 1910-09-15
Grange Column
sssesssesssssessssssssss;
EAST MADISON.

East Madison Grange held "Pov-
erty" meeting Saturday, September
10. A good representation was pres
ent. The meeting was opened by
Worthy Overseer Bert Paul. The fol-
lowing program was carried out:
Topic: Farming of olden times" op-
ened by Master followed by mem.
bers. At this time prizes were offer
ed to the ones that represented Pow.
erty best. They fell to Mrs. Leonora
Squire and James Dyer. The lady of
flcers were judges and discharged
their duty faithfully. Next meeting
will be September "a, opened at II
o'clock. Dinner at noon. Program fur
nshed by home Grange. Wesserrun
sett Grange invited to be present
The independent-reporter., 1910-09-15
klNEO TO OAKLAND

Conductor.
xBingham Village, except Saturday.
sDaiiy, Sundays included.
CONNECTIONS.
At Oakland with Maine Central
failread. At Somerset Junction. with
Canadian Pacific Railway. At KineO
Station with Coburn Steamboat Com
pany for all points on Moosehead Lake
At Norridgewock with stages for
Skowhegan, Smithfleld and Mercer. At
At Anson for Sawyer's Mills. Al
North Anson for North, East and West
New Portland. At Bingham for Forks
Carry Pond, Carratunk, Mayfeld.
Kingsbury and Rowe Pond. At Lake
Moxie for The Forks.
MORRIS MCDONALD, Vice President.
f. Z. BOOTHBY, Gen. Passenger Agt
Portland. Me.
The independent-reporter., 1910-09-15
PITTSFIELD.

PittsfIeld Grange met Saturday ey-
ening, September 10, with thirty-siS
members present. which was doing
we'll when we consider the Republi.
can rally which was being held In
Union hall at the same time. Most
OF the members had spent the day al
the picnic at Ringwood with Palmyra
Grange. All report a fine time and a
good crowd. No attempt was made
to have a literary program and the
day was spent In boating and several
games. The question for discussion
was: Which is the better way tc
improve the farm. keeping cows OF
depending on commercial fertilizers?
opened by Worthy Overseer B. ]
Slipp, followed by brothers Noble
Whitten, Patten and others. Sister
Mary Willis gave a reading and there
were stories by several members. The
question for the next meeting is,
What are the advantages of Fal
plowing?"
East Somerset Pomona will hold its
next meeting with Detroit Grange
the first Wednesday In October. The
Master of Detroit Grange, E. l.. Rob.
ertson, will give the address Of well
come, and Allison P. Howes will re-
spond.