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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-08-15
Aamuroas department.

The Judge Erred.-The judge of the
Juvenile court, leaning forward in his
chair, looked searchingly from the dis
Greet and very ragged piccanniny be-
fore his desk to the ample and solici-
tous form Of the culprit's mother. why
do you send him to the railroad yard:
to pick up coal?" demanded his honor
You know it is against the law tC
send your child where he will be ir
jeopardy of his life"
Deed, jedge, 1 doesn't send in
l nebber has sent i'm, deed
Doesn't he bring home the coal?' in
terrupted the judge impatiently.
But, jedge l whips imp, jedge
ebery time he brings it. whips dt
little rapscallion till he cayn't set
deed 1 does"
The careful disciplinarian turned hel
broad, shiny countenance reprovinglS
upon her undisturbed' offspring, but
kept a conciliator eye for the judge.
You burn the coal he brings do yor
not?' persisted the judge.
Burns it-burns it-cose I burns 1t
wy, jedge, has to git it out OBJ DE-
way"
why don't you send him back with
it?" His honor smiled insinuatingly a!
he rasped out the question.
Send i'm back, jedge!" exclaimed
the woman, throwing up her hands ir
a gesture of astonishment. Send in
back! wy, jedge amt yo' jest done
been told me l didn't oughter senC
my chile to no sech dange'some and
jeopardous place?"-Youth's Compan-
ion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-08-15
MARRIAGE SUPERSTlTloNS.
Some of Them Are of Very Ancient
Oriuin.

Every nation appears to have had
its own assortment of bridal beliefs
and superst;tions, and if full investi-
CATION were made it would readily de-
velop that all the present customs of
marriage, down to the habit worn, the
flowers, the form, etc, were derived
from these beliefs, most Of which have
been discarded as ridiculous in their
esoteric meaning, says the Pittsburg
Leader
The ancient Gre eks held that should
a crow be seen at any time during the
wedding feast. which was always Gel
ebrated in the open, divorce would
result unless all the women present
arose and with one accord shouted
GO away, crow" Thus the white
dove. by its antithesis to the raven,
came to be the bird of nuptials.
In Thuringia, from period that
runs back into the pagan, an almond
or other nut has been placed in the
soup for the wedding feast. The per-
son who found this nut in his or her
plate would marry within the year, it
was held.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-08-15

6E General Horatio c.. King, secretary
of the Socity of the Army of the Po'
tomac, was narrating at dinner in
Brooklyn his memories of the Civil
war.
I'VE suffered many hardships on
both Sides" said General King, "but
the brave Confederates suffered more
"I remember a grizzled old negro
who at the outbreak of the Spanish
war applied for a place as an army
cook.
what experience have you had?
the old fellow was asked.
81 was a cook, sab, TO a Confeder-
ate regiment in sixty-fo',' he answer
ed. That is, sab, had the job oi
cook, but to tell the truth, 1 didn't
work at it,
why not?'
There wasn't nothing to cook
sah'"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-08-15

The Potent Jeffries.-Senator JEFF
Davis and a valued constituent were
in the senate gallery. The constituent
was visiting Washington for the first
time. 1t was a dull moment in the
senate, and but one-tenth of the seats
were occupied.
1T looks dead down there, jeff,
said the Arkansas visitor, viewing the
vacant chairs.
You keep your seat and I'll Still
them up" said Senator Davis, rising
Two minutes later Mr.. Davis was
addressing the vice president.
II suggest that there is no quo
rum" said the senator, quietly, so that
his friend from down home did not
hear.
Immediately the bells began to
ring, the clerk to call the roll and SEN
ators to swarm in from the cloak
rooms, the corridors and their rooms.
The room filled, Mr.. Davis answered
his name and returned to the side of
his constituent.
"See them Gomez" asked the sena-
tor. "All that 1 have to do to make
them hop is to appear on the floor
New York World.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-08-15

A Brassart Taken Down.-A passen-
ger who recently came over on one OF
the smaller boats relates this incident
There was a chap on board who was
much given to boasting about his skill
with the rifle The captain thought
he'd take the boaster down a peg, so
he said:
Il don't think you could hit this bot
tie placed on the rail at twenty yards
distance" The other replied that II
would be mere child's play, whereupon
the captain said: I'll bet you SO you
don't hit 1t three times out Of SIX"
The boaster promptly took him up
and the test was made. At the first
shot he hit the bottle and it disappear
ed in fragments in the sea-
"Trot out another one" cried the
shooter triumphantly, getting his rifle
ready.
Not at ALL" replied the captain
THE conditions were that you should
hit that one three times out of six. You
have to hit it twice more."-New York
SIM.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-08-15

Not Safe.-The negro on occasions
displays a fine discrimination in the
choice of words.
who's the best whitewasher in
town." inquired the new resident.
ALE Hall am bond a'tist with q
whitewash brush, sah," answered the
colored patriarch eloquently.
We'll, tell him to come and white
wash my chicken house tomorrow"
Uncle Jacob shook his head dubi-
ously.
"Ah don't believe, sab, Ah'd engage
Ale Hall to whltewash a chicken
house, sab"
why. didn't you say he was a good
whitewasher?"
"Yas, sab, a powerful good white
washer. sab, but mighty queer about q
chicken house. sab, mighty queer!"-
Human Life.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-08-15
Odd MARRIAGE Noticss.-The Spring

Ooo "dTTid9o NohiSSS' iS Cpii iihS
field Union has been collecting some
quaint and curious marriage notices OF
the old times, and here are two of the
best:
In Bozrah, August. 1919, Mr.. John
Bate, Of WilliamStown, Mass, to Miss
Mary Ann Bass, of the former place
after a courtship of one hour.
Is not this angling well, l ask,
Such tender bait to take?
He caught in one small hour Bass
The Bass. though, caught the Bate
Married, at Bridgewater, December
l6. 1888, Capt. Thomas Baxter, OF
Quincy, aged sixty-six, to Miss Whit
man. of the former place, aged fifty
eight years, after a long and tedious
courtship of forty-eight years. which
they both sustained with uncommon
fortitude.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-08-15
The Stage southerner.-A clerk in

The Stage Southerner.-A clerk in a
Washington street hotel tells this one:
My first hotel job was in a Texas
city. One morning a guest who had
been celebrating unwisely the night
before swayed up to the desk and ask
ed for some information. His name
was Colonel Hawkins, and he was the
soul of politeness under all circum-
stances. And this morning he was
looking worried.
Frank he whispered, my mem
ory of last night, l regret to say sub
is pretty hazy Confidentially, now
what did l do?'
Colonel said I, you got drunk
and shot a man.
"'Anything else?'
"'Gee, isn't that about enough
Its unfortunate, yes, sub. But
was afarid had insulted somebody"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-08-15
.HOUSEHOLDCARES

Tax the Women of YorkviIle the Same
as Elsewhere.
Hard to attend to household duties
with a constantly aching back.
A woman should not have bad
back.
And she wouldn't if the kidneys
were we'll.
Doan's Kidney Pills make we'll kid
neys.
Yorkville women should profit by
the following experience.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-08-15

Mrs. A. NJ. Jones, 81 C. Church St.
Union, S. c., says: II think very
highly of Doan's Kidney Pills and
urge everyone suffering from kidney
trouble to try them. 1 was subject to
backaches and headaches and often
had dizzy and nervous spells. The
secretions from my kidneys also both
cred me and plainly showed that
needed a kidney medicine. Doan's
Kidney Pills, procured from the Pal
metto Drug Co., gave me relief
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-08-15

For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-DoAN'S-and
take no other.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-08-15

LIST YOUR PROPERTY WITH ME-
IF YOU WANT TO SELL
am now selling Land very rapidly.
If you are thinking of buying, it will
pay you and save you big money to
see my numerous bargains before you
close.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-08-15

been brought in from the mountains
for export, smashed in the door. Lo-
renson seized my arm, and. led by
the sergeant. who had after all recog-
niZed the sign l had made and answer
ed it, we climbed down declivity
back of the fort and made our way to
the shore, where two boats were wait
ing for us
The "gurgling noise" he had heard
was the cutting of the throats Of the
two sentries. Next day Il sailed close
in and bombarded the fort where my
execution was to have taken place
There was a great helter-skeltering OF
rum soaked braves when the first
shells exploded around their ears, but
there were some who did not get
away. and the crumbling walls came
down and buried them"
His pirate hunting in the China sea
was the result of cold-blooded calcu-
lation that money could be made by
lying in wait for pirates and lootine
them. incidentally, however, he was
of benefit i'm helping to rid the seas OF
these pests.
He learned Of the presence in those
waters of another preyer on pirates
like himself, this one being woman
whom the Chinese pirates called The
Beautiful White Devil" The two fl
nally met. and Boynton fell in love
with her. She, however, was seized
with an attack of conscience on ac-
count of the business she was in, and
refused to marry him until after she
had gone to England. made clean
breast of her career. and received a
pardon. She died, however, before
she could apply for it. Subsequently
RoyntOn told Guy BOothby, the novel
ist this story. and Boothby "subse-
uuently wove a romance about her, u.s.
ing her sObriquet as title for the
story"
Once. in the service OF Guzman
Planco of Venezuela. he delivered
some arms to General Pulgar, Of GuZ-
mans army. and found himself a
Observation-Disclosures having just started
revolution. He had no recourse but
to become colonel in Pulgar's army or
be shot. and ne took the office with an
Indian servant whose secret orders
were to shoot him in the back II he
should attempt to escape. In the first
battle the Indian servant tugged at his
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1911-01-11
new CASTLE COUNTY W0RkHoUSE

The convicts in the New Castle
courty workhouse have earned $27,-
o6Is24 during the year 1910.
According to the report presented
to the Levy Court last Tuesday the
expenses of the institution amounted
to SsooI2. SO Receipts were SSo5I2.23.
The average number of prisoners in
the svorkhouse was 3I3 and they were
malHtained at cost OF 9 cents day.
ts included the expenses Of all spec
las OCCASIONS when dinilers were svrv-
ed, as on Christmas, Thanksgiving
and the Fourth OF July. There has
been no serious sickness during the
year and the discipline has been fairly
good. There were I3 persons who
had tuberculosis of which number four
died, one is still sick and the others
have recovered sufficiently to return
to the shops The quarry shows re-
turn of SIo3S.5o, while the receipts
from the farm were S22oI.46
Warden Crawford in his report drew
attention to the number OF prisoners
tried and convicted when they are suf-
ierng from insanity. During the
year eight prisoners were transferred
from the workhouse to the Delaware
State Hospital for Insane
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1911-01-11
TUESDAY,.
NEWS NOTES HERE AND THERE

The Morrow farm, OF 800 acres, east
OF town, recently purchased oy the
Newark Trust and Safe Deposit &C.,
has been sold to John +. Richards,
who has been the tenant on the farm
for number of years.
1t was with great regret we omitted
from our personal column the names
OF number of guests, which were
mailed to us without the informant
name Do not forget to sign all such
communications, not Tor publicatioh'
but as an assurance OF good faith.
The grammar school has shown much
interest in the Piano Contest during
the past week, and has forced the
high school into second place. The
figures are SO close as to make the
prospect interesting The pupils Who.
have gotten the lakgest number OF
subscribers are Edythe Nottingham,
Stanley West and Ira Steele.
Mr.. John T. Johnson is on the SICK
list
The Rev J. w. Lowden, Pastor oi
rhe White Clay Creek Church, ana
Mrs Lowden, entertained the Session
Of that church, and their wives. at
dinner at the manse on MONDAY laSS
January 9th. r-.. D.,
RI. Rev. Frederick J. Kinsman, BIS
hop OF the Protestant Episcopal Do
cese of Delaware, will sail on Satur-
day for England The Bishop goes
TO confer with clergy there on chtrcn
matters. Bishop Kinsman. Will Fisit
his alma mater, Oxford University, IN
order TO receive the degree OF DoctoI,
Of Divinity, which is to be conferred
upon him by Oxford.
s K. Chambers, real estate agent
West Grove Pa. has sold the small
er arm belonging to Daniel 7. Ha-
60, ri Lincoln University, Pa, to
Ioseph B. Hopkins, of the same place.
Tha farn, is located near Oxford, Pa
M T. M Gemmll, employee on
4he pennsylvania Railroad, has mad
his run transferred from IoiineiGy ~, ~,
Newark, to through tiain r -
Philadelphia to Harrisburg MI 1,';in GGi,,
mill and family will move 10 nii'
de,phia next March. .,ao
Agter much controversy, tne teiedse
NV St Louis OF Victor u. Wiliis,, pll.
cher of the National League mas peei' S,.;
oficiallv announced. VIC goes TO o'ii-
cago next year. N,. Cen
Tn the near future tie ~ ~
ter trains will be put III the iidnus ~
two crews, instead OF hVe as ri,.J nclS.
| fore and a permanent run eStaoiisnsu.
o. ~, nf the crews will have headquar-
ters in Philadelphia and the o.her IN II.
Newark. This means aeiiiai'u '0
more houses in Newark.
Several OF the Agricultural s,gaI studeh,s ths
| rom Delaware College attended lne
horticultural o Show at Dover TO-DAY, acr
Excitement was caused around .: 4 HvJii W;i-
! dale this week by the shooliisI sIN;;1;,r :
lmiaih nam sho,t bv his son in defense OF the
mother ,,,,n,her hep' Of important trophies are
% he contested for by the organnlzea, ),
m,,,.rt sarenteen n weeks OF January. We, We hope Ps
Company Company + upholds the record she
has made in the past
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1911-01-11
New Century Club

The Club met in the club room at
the regular hour Monday afternoon,
the president. Mrs. Delaware Clark,
presiding.
Industrial Education was the subject
Of very interesting paper by Mrs. F..
c. Clark. Mrs. Clark's subject sug-
gested the question OF Higher Edu-
cation for Women in Delaware, and
the usual five minutes recess was pro-
longed to nearly hall an hour discuss
ing the question. The President ex-
pressed herself favorable to a future
and fuller discussion, when vote
could be taken to ascertain the senti-
ment OF the Club on the question.
Miss Eleanor Bowen followed with
a splendid paper on Bayard Taylor,
the traveller, lecturer. poet and novel
ist, whose native place was one OF our
nei@hboring towns-Kennett Square,
Peuna
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1911-01-11

whose constituency, control and pur-
pose is OF the people. by the people
and for the people. An institution to
which most OF us look back with the
greatest amount of sentiment In
our development as nation, the pub
lie school has Played a most IMPORT
ant part. a majority of our foremost
men who are now about ready to leaye
the stage OF action, will tell YOU that
the training, the discipline, and in
spratlon they got from tn public
school, as pupils and latci, as teach
ers, has been the keystone Of the
arch upon which their careers have
been built In, their day. the public
school was the center of matters in
tellectual OF the neighborhood. The
school master was a man who was
earning the money necessary to take
him to the theological seminary, the
medical school, or the law Office; in
most instances man who inspired his
pupils by his high ideals. A teacher
who used his teaching as a stepping
stone to something eise bit who, at
tn esame time, took a keen personal
interest III those whom he taught and
IN various ways wisely directed the
development OF their lives. The pub
he school OF former days was carried
on under an environment that was
vastly different from that OF TODAY,
and II 1t met III satisfactory manner
the conditions of a generation or
two ago, and most of us will agree
that 1t did, we are just as ready to
challenge it today. unless it has al
tered to meet the changes that have
taken place in our civilization during
that time.
1t may be we'll to consider at this
point how and in what way changes
have come. With the beginning of
pioneer days our school system was
closely interviewer with the church.
For many economic reasons, such as
lack OF markets and currency, and the
great extent of free virgin soil, there
was no need to combine the mental
training OF the young with any voca-
tional training. Beyond becoming
versed in the three RS there was no
need recognized, except for those
who looked toward one OF the three
Continued on Page '4)
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1911-01-11
WILMINGTON MEMS SUCCESSFUL INVENTION

An invention for the purpose of
bringing to a sharp stop trains which
have run past danger block signals
was tested in Philadelphia last week,
and pronounced a complete success.
A train OF eight freight and one
passenger cars and high speed pas
senger locomotive IL charge OF \ ali.
engineer with folded arms, was run
down the tracks at a speed OF more
than so mics an hour. AS the train
thundered past the set block signal
near Broad street, where the new
automatic control device was situated
the cowcatcher of the locomotive
came into contact with a protruding
iron fange OF the device which imme-
diately threw on automatically all the
air brakes OF the train.
The heavy train came to dead stop
in 1900 ieet without spilling drop
from a glass OF water set on a win
dow sill of the passenger coach. Six
tests in all, under various conditions.
were made, all of which were pro-
nounced successful.
Edward Mccain, a conductor of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, and John lie
Barre, both OF Wilmington, are the
inventors of the device, which consists
OF an iron post fitted with wing or
flange which rises and falls with the
block signal semapore. The wing rises
whenever the block signal is set for
danger and strikes a protruding iron
bar arranged on the cowcatcher OF
the locomotive. which automatically
| throws on the air brakes.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1911-01-11
DELAWARE DUCkERIG WINS At POULTRY SHOW

IRE Delaware Duckery, just east OF
town, under the direction OF Mrs Jane
Murray, is fast placing itself in the
front rank as producer of fine fowls.
At the show held in Baltimore last
week by the Maryland Poultry and
Pet Stock Association, where there
were 800 entries, Mrs. Murray's pen
OF Pekin ducks took the blue ribbon.
The ducks won first at the Philadel-
pha and Wilmington shows, while the
pullet won second at those two places
but came up to first place at the large
Baltimore show.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1911-01-11
PENINSULA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

The ttwentv-fourth annual session
OF the Peninsula Horticultural So
ciety opened in the Dover Opera
House on Tuesday, and will continue
until Thursday.
Henry Ridgely welcomed the dele
gates in the name Of the town, the
Board of Trade and the horticulturists
of Kent county A response was made
BY w. Irving Walker, OF Chestertown,
Md, a former president of the society.
President F. c. Bancroft read his
annual address in which he recon-
mended a national package law, gen
era inspection OF nursery stock, a
Jaw governing the sale of all spraying
materials, pure seed law, liberal
parcels post law and a protest against
any repeal OF the present oleomargar-
inc law
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1911-01-11
A DISCUSSION OF THE
RURAL PUBLIC SCHOOL
Address Delivered Before The Grange By Prof.
Harry Hayward, Director Of The
Delaware College Farm

The keynote OF the day is Conser-
walton; wherever we 90, whatever we
read III current newspapers or maga-
zines, the thought is pressed home
upon us that we, as a nation (and this
means that we, as individually must
care ior the natural resources which
have been entrusted to us, because we
have at times past. been wasteiuliy
extravagant OF Our fertility. forests,
streams, and mineral wealth. We are
just beginning to realize that unless
we carefully husband what remains Of
the vast and various wealth which we
inherited, when we took possession OF
this continent, our posterity will suffer
on account OF our lack of foresight
Public interest has been aroused to
such an extent along conservation
lines that III nearly every State there
are conservation societies systematic
cally working toward the great purpose
OF teaching economy i'll the use OF the
gifts of bountiful nature.
When we stop to consider that the
fertility Of the soil we till is the great
est OF all our natural resources, and
that on account of our carelessness,
indifference and ignorance, we have
in many cases wasted more fertility
than we have used, and when we re-
alize that, on account of our rapidly
increasing population, greater and
greater demand is being made upon
this particular resource, we appreciate
the importance of every effort along
the line of conservation.
| have said that our greatest natural
resource is the, soil from which comes
our daily bread. Looking at the ques-
ton from another point of view, there
is another resource that is still great
er than any that have been mention
ed. | refer to the productive capacity
of the men and women who occupy our
country. You can see the drift OF
my argument-which is this: Our
greatest resource is in the rising gen.
Grafton, and the great need for its
conservation is that it be fitted to live
with the greatest degree of satisfac-
ton in the changed condition Of affairs
that now confronts us.
One of the greatest factors in the
conservation OF the powers of the ris-
ing generations is the public school,
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1911-01-11
DIRECTORS OF THE NATIONAL BANK

The annual meeting for the election
of Directors Of the National Bank
Tuesday morning.
The following directors were elect
ed:-J Wilkins Cooch, Alfred A. Cur
It's, Samuel M. Donnell. Nathan M.
Motheral, Ernest Frazer, Crawford
Rankin, Joseph H. Hossinger and ].
p. Wilson. The last two are new
members OF the Board.
The Board organized after the cleo
ton with the following result. Viii
kins Cooch, President; Alfred A. Cur
tis, VicePresdent !. H. Hossinger,
Secretary.
They reelected Edwin H Vinsingcr,
Cashier; J. David Jaquette, Assistant
Cashier, and George W. Murray,
Clerk