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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-06-30
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work of ten men whose only force is
the force of muscle" The land is
titled with one-handled plows, or else
with hoes. There are no saw mills,
no pumps, no drays. Everything Is
done In the slowest and most labor
ious ways conceivable, with the result
that Asia has not doubled a mans
chances for work, but has more than
halved the pay he gets for that work"
"A man." as Mr.. Poe wisely observes,
must get his proportion Of the COM
mon wealth, and II the masses are
shackled by ignorance and poor tools.
they produce little; and each mans
share, no matter what his line Of work
Is or how industrious he is personally.
must inevitably be small. Suppose
you are a merchant, what sort of
trade could you hope for among a
people who earn ten cents a day
the head of a family getting half
enough to buy second-rate meal In
slum restaurant? Or II you are
banker. what sort Of trade could you
get among such a people? Or II a
railroad man. how much traffic? Or
II manufactures, how much busi
ness?"
Mr.. Poe urges therefore that Amer
leans learn we'll and practice diligent-
ly THIS nnal lesson taught us by the
Orient "the necessity of conserving in
the fullest degree all the qualities
that have given us industrial supre-
macy-the power of the trained brain
and cunning hand reinforced by all
the magic strength that we may get
from modern machinery" Eduda-
ton, and education for efficiency, Is
essential. The Orient is realizing this,
and we must press onward
Mr.. Poe. well known throughout
South Carolina as the editor and pro-
prietor Of the Progressive Farmer.
published at Raleigh. is a patient in
vestigator and a shrewd observer. He
has told. and told well, a story which
should have a large and permanent
value for those to whom II is address
ed. and especially for the people of
the south. He shows us ourselves.
and In perspective.-News and Cou-
rier
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-06-30
How the WheeIs Go Round.

a watch is such a very everyday
affair. that few persons realize what a
wonderful machine it is that is ticking
in their vest pockets, whether it may
have cost 500. or may have been pur-
chased for 81. The complex and deli
cate mechanism is subjected to worse
treatment than is ordinarily given a
wagon. Persons who carefully oil
sewing machines and heavy engines
seem TO expect a watch to run and
keep perfect time, year after year,
without a drop of oil, though the
wheels of the larger machines do but
Il small fraction of the work per-
formed by those of the watch.
A simple statement of figures does
not. ordinarily, carry much force,
but some idea Of what a running
watch performs i'm the way of a
wheel-rev0lutiOn can be gained from
the following:
The main wheel makes revOlu-
tionS i'm "A hours, or 1860 i'm year.
The second. or center. wheel. makes
"a revolutions i'm as many hours, and
100 i'm year The third wheel.
revolving 1872 times I'm "a hours has
registered 69.0S0 by the end of the
year The fourth wheel. which car
ries the second hand, must make
l440 revolutions I'm "a hours. or
525. 500 i'm a year, while the fifth. or
Scape- wheel, revOlves 1864 times in
each "a hours. making yearly total
of 4.72S,400 revolutions The num-
Der of beats or vibrations Is 3SS. 500
per "A hours. or 141.S12.900 i'm a
year Chicago Tribune
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-06-30
PEANUTS INSTEAD OF COTTON.
Hundreds of Thousands Of Acres
Planted In the Boil Weevil District.


Planted In the Boil Weevil District.
Certain sections of the south have
found 1t practically impossible, owing
to the ravages of the boil weevil. to
raise cotton for the past few years. A
Mississippi man, writing to the Man
ufacturer's Record, says that his coun-
ty will have produced this year just
coming to a close possibly $500 bales
of cotton compared with 25,SS9 bales
three years ago.
Last year." writes the correspon-
dent, II took it upon myself to in
vestigate the raising Of peanuts as
substitute for cotton. My associates
and myself began a public advocacy
of the peanut, and we succeeded In
having about $500 acres OF them
planted in this section last year. The
results were so good that l was call
ed upon to go to many points in the
boil weevil stricken districts to tell
them about the peanut.
THE result of these visits Is that 1t
Is variously estimated that there will
be anywhere from 100000 to 15O,-
600 acres planted in the white Span
ish peanut i'm this state alone, the
the coming season. And Louisiana,
which last year had something like
10000 acres under the crop, Will In
crease her acreage the coming season
to fully 100000 acres.
That the peanut is a money crop
Is now no longer a doubt, and 1t VIII
always be a fixture on the farms In
this state and Louisiana. 1t Is found
that the hay made from the peanut
vines is more nutritious than timothy.
and also that the hay will more than
pay all expenses incurred In making
the crop.
1T has been proved through my
own experiments that the oil from the
peanut Is Of very much higher
grade than cotton oil, and hence 1t Is
not at all a question OF finding mar
ket for the OIL but to get sufficient
supply Of the raw material from
which to make the oil. The market
Is ready and waiting"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-06-30

his people against their enemies. He
was their protector while he claimed
to he their lord. But this strange new
creature. who had begun to masquer-
ade ir his ancient armour and steal his
crests, who is he? Certainly be ac-
knowledges no obligations to any peo-
pie.
Stuart was reused from his reverie
by the passing of a powerfully built
man who had been following him since
he had first approached the Bivens
palace. The keen eyes searched his
face with piercing gaze and the lawyer
smiled is he recognized in the stranger
one of the private guards of which the
modern masters of the world have felt
the need In the Middle Ages he stood
watch on the ramparts of the baron's
castle-now he walks the block and
lifts his finger to suspicious persons.
In the old days he wore his armour on
the outside and carried spear. Now
he wears a hidden coat Of mail and
carries concealed two automatic guns.
The guard smiled In friendly recog-
milton and Stuart knew that he was
expected by the servants of the great
man.
The sentinel was an Italian. Bivens,
the son of q poor white man OF the
south, whom even negroes once pitied,
had recruited his palace guard from
the children of the Caesars. Could any
fact more loudly proclaim the passing
of the era of political fictions and the
dawn of the age Of materialism, the
passing of the king who ruled by di-
vine right and the coming of the reign
of the huckster?
Stuart was shown into the drawing
room by powdered fiunky whose cos
tune was designed by one Of the court
tailors of Europe. While awaiting the
arrival of the mistress Of the house he
looked about the room with increasing
amazement. He had expected to find
that the authority of the artist-archi-
tect would yield ct the door to the per-
sonal whims of the owner. He expect
ed to find here a vulgar and extrava-
CANT taste, a vernal art without mind
or genius. Instead he found the per-
lection of grace, elegance, quiet rich
ness and surprising beauty, every
where the overwhelming impression Of
conscious dignity and exhaustless re-
serve power.
IN hn
dreaming, entranced with his sur
roundings. In spite of the tragedy 1t
all meant to his own life he drank In
it's effects as a poet long exiled from
his native land drinks in the beauty
and glory Of his homecoming. Some
where in this world or another In the
mists of eternity his soul had seen this
before. The whole conception of the
thing was noble and it had been nobly
and beautifully executed. The artist
who wrought his vision thus In mat
ter had sung for Joy In Its creation
and the joyous beat of his heart throb-
bed in the rhythm Of every exquisite
line.
He began to realize for the first time
the triumph of the woman who had
bartered him for gold. His eyes rest
ed on a life-size portrait Of Nan done
by the foremost artist or Europe. 1t
filled the entire space above the great
mantel reaching to the ceiling and so
skillfully had it been set in the mas
sive panel one seemed to be looking
through an opening into another room
the figure was not a picture but the
living woman about to extend her
hand in friendly greeting to her
guests.
(To Be Continued.)
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-06-30

ployment; men work longer hours
than i'm America, md their tasks are
often notwithstanding in their heavi-
ness" Mr.. Poe rejects the theory
that such poverty is to be explained
through the congestion Of population
England, he urges, "thickly pop
ulated as 1t Is now, Is more prosper
Gus and paws labor better than 1t did
when it had one-tenth the present
number of people; the same thing Is
true of Germany; and America pays
labor better now that we have ninety
million people than we did when we
had thirty million. Here are MI
Poe's own conclusions:
I'VE must find the real cause OF
Asias poverty. in my opinion, in just
two things; the failure Of the Asiatic
governments to educate their people,
and the failure of the people to In
crease their productive capacity by
the use of machinery. In China only
per cent Of the people can now read
and write. and the highest hope OF
the government is that five per cent
may be literate by 1917. In India
only five per cent can read and write.
In Japan for centuries past the edu-
cation Of the common man has also
been neglected, and although Japan
Is now compelling every child to go
into the schOols-an enforcement that
will doubtless revolutioniZe its indus
trial SyStem-we are concerned only
with conditions as they exist at pres
ent And this general study can lead
to but one conclusion: that Ignorance
and lack Of machinery are RESPONSE
BILE for Asia's poverty; that knowl-
edge and modern tools are RESPONSE
BILE for Americas prosperity"
Mr.. Poe goes on to give illustra-
tions. IF Asia had a Panama Canal
TO dig. she would dig 1t with picks.
hoes and spades. and carry the earth
i'm buckets. Nothing but human bone
and Sinew would be employed. and
the laborers would be paid little, be-
cause without tools and knowledge
they must always earn little. But
America puts brain. science. steam,
electricity. machinery. into the Big
Ditch-tools and knowledge. in other
words-and she pays good wages be-
cause a man thus equipped does the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-29
Sinking Money.
From Harper's Neelly.


While there is no perfect safety for life
or property in this world. the measures
adopted by the Bank of England to pro-
tect its treasure against the depredations
of robbers exhibit almost the limit Of
human ingenuity. Its outer doors are
now so finely balanced that q clerk, by
pressing a knob under his desk, can close
them instantly. and they cannot be opened
again except by q special mechanism.
The bullion department of this great
British banking institution Is nightly sub
merged in several feet Of water by the
action of machinery. In some of the
London banks the bullion departments
are connected with the managers sleep
ing rooms. and an entrance cannot be ef
fected without setting of an alarm near
this persons head. If in the Bank of
England a dishonest officer. during the
day or night should take even one from
a pile of 1000 sovereigns. the whole pile
would instantly sink and a pool Of water
take its place, besides letting every per-
son in the establishment know of the
theft.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-29

New Orleans to carry the nations BUSH
ness leaders to see the canal on which
so much of the nations money has been
used. The plan will endeavor to make it
possible for men living within one thou
sand miles of the gulf to spend not more
than 500 in travelling expenses to the
canal and home again.
II visit New Orleans again May to
confer with a committee of ten, Of which
Crawford II. Ellis is chairman and NJ. B.
Trezevant, president of the Southern
Commercial Secretaries Association, is
secretary.
1.-The Southern Commercial Congress
and the Louisiana leaders are emphati-
cally of the opinion that, as this celebra-
ton will have no exposition feature, it
will aid rather than hinder the work of
the Pacific coast during the Panama
Pacific exposition Of 1915"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-29
FOR CANAL CELEBRATION
AT NEW ORLEANS IN 1918
Southern Commercial Con-
gress Is Making Plans to OBJ
serve Panama Event.

The Southern Commercial Congress Is
planning a celebration Of the opening OF
the Panama canal, to be held in New
Orleans. Managing Director Dave Of
the Southern Commercial Congress re-
turned today from a two-week trip that
included New Orleans and ten other
southern cities.
In an interview Mr.. Dave explained the
plan for the celebration. He said:
Water will be turned into the Panama
ditch between September and November,
1913. That will be the time for the ma
ton to celebrate the existence Of the
Panama canal.
1.-THE logical point for such a commemo-
ration is the nearest great city to the
thing commemorated, so that the canal
itself may be visited as part Of the COM
memoration. Louisiana, having failed to
secure the 1915 exposition, is by that fact
unable to move in the matter of a ma
tional celebration.
THE Southern Commercial Congress.
being south-wide in extent. will move to
give to the celebration a national sig
niflcance, with the southern states acting
unitedly as hosts.
"The region affected by the Panama
gress will therefore invite to New Or
leans the leaders Of the nation along va
rious lines.
Series of Conventions
Under the guidance of President
Fletcher and the executive committee Of
the Southern Commercial Congress, there
will be held series Of conventions in
New Orleans affecting each chief COM
mercial interest OF the nation, and run
ming through the month of November.
Concurrent1y with the convention, Louis
lana will arrange a series Of land and
water pageants, historical and allegori-
cal, setting forth the progress of the
nation from the time Of the savage to the
the Pacific.
Sat certain pre-arranged dates in the
month. or possibly daily throughout the
month, one or more excursions will leave
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-29
Raise Trout for the Market.
From the Idaho Statesman

From the Idaho Statesman.
A tract Of land lying few miles from
Ashton, and containing the famous Black
Springs, has been purchased by George A.
Isaacs. superintendent Of the Hayspur
fish hatchery. Mr.. Isaacs will engage in
the raising of trout for the market.
The spring yields a flow of approx
mately 1000 gallons of clear water every
minute, and this water is declared to be
of just the right degree of temperature
for trout culture. Four artificial ponds
have been constructed, and preparations
are under way for six or eight more of
large dimensions. There are now in the
hatchery about 5000 small trout that
will average about seven inches long and
will be marketed some time this month,
and 800, 900 additional eggs have been or
dered from Pennsylvania for the next
hatchery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-29
SOME RECENT ADDITIONS
TO THE LARGER DWELLINGS
Walls of the New Home of E. H. Everett
Just Appearing Above Level Of the
Ground-Houses of Edison Bradley,
Justice Hughes, R. T. Mul-
ligan and Mrs. Pullman.

Some additions to the class of dwellings
of q large type are being made at this
time. The walls of the house that is
being built at Sheridan circle and 23d
street northwest for f. H. Everett Of
Newark, Ohio. are just beginning TO APP
pear above the level of the ground In
addition to the brick and stone used in
tho exterior of the average house. there
are to be eeen there steel beams, for the
house is to be of fireproof construction.
following in this respect the method of
building which has been quite general of
late years, even for dwellings. This tend
ency has been confirmed by the recent pro-
Visions Of the building regulations, which
require freproof construction In houses
that are higher than fifty feet and more
than four stories. The exterior OF the
Everett house, according to the plans of
George Oakley Totten, architect, Is to be
stone of light shade, and in this particular
1t viii harmonic with the houses in the
Sheridan Circle locality.
AS the newest of the residence localities
where houses of large size are the rule,
1t is presumably the place where the
newest and most elaborate types of do
nestle architecture may be SEEN From
this point Of view 1t is quite evident that
the French style. or the use Of classic
forms adapted to modern needs, is the
favorite.
There are not wanting examples of
other schools, such as the Hooe house,
which illustrates an earlier phase of the
development of French architecture in
what is known as the Francis l style.
There are also dwellings with the colonial
treatment, but for the most part the
French renaissance, as it Is called, has
been used.
Home of Edison Bradley.
A more striking example of the Francis
1 style is to be found in the home OF
Edison Bradley. on Connecticut avenue
near Dupont Circle. An extensive addi-
ton is being made to this house which
will prolong it along 10th street and pro-
vide space for banquet room. There
will be basement. but the upper part of
the addition will be almost wholly given
up to this one room, with, of course,
smaller rooms opening from it. Some no
ton Of its size may be gathered from
the fact that its floor area will be suf-
ficient to allow the seating Of about $50
persons. A stage will be provided to be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-29
TWO HOUSES ARE SOLD.
Boss & Phelps Report Some Recent
Transactions.

Kennedy Brothers have just sold the
last house on Rock Creek Church road,
through the real estate corporation of
Boss & Phelps. to a local business man,
who will occupy it as his home. The
number of the house is 612. 1t has just
been completed.
Dr. Frederick A. Cleveland. chairman
of the board of economy and efficiency
commission, has just purchased, through
Boss & Phelps, the large detached resi-
dence S416 34th street, Cleveland Park
After extensive alterations DR.. Cleveland
will occupy the house as his summer
residence
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-29

used on occasions when entertainments
are given.
The house will be one Of the largest
private dwellings in the city. and on &C
terial. both In mass and in detail, 1t
promises to be one Of the most interest
ing examples of domestic architecture.
Where Justice Hughes Will Live.
Another house that has just been be-
gun is likely to attract attention per-
haps not so much for its cost or its ar
chitectural treatment, but because 1t will
be the home of Justice Hughes of the
United States Supreme Court. 1t will be
located at the northwest corner of 18th
and V streets northwest on lot modest
In Its dimensions, as 1t has frontage OIL
only twenty-nine feet on 18th street. The
principal front will be on V street, which
has the most favorable exposure for this
climate. 1t will have the advantage OF
the sun In the winter.
The house as designed by George Oakley
Totem. architect, will conform to the
wishes of the owner, and Will have the
than fashionable dwelling. The loca-
ton is just south Of the recent develop
ment of 10th street. which was started
by the extensive building of high-class
homes by Mrs. j. B. Henderson. Secretary
MacVeagh and Henry White have re-
provement Of the street by the erection
of fine houses, the latter of which is
nearing completion, while Secretary Mac
Veagh has taken possession of his new
house.
The home of r. T. Mulligan, at the
northwest corner of 10Th and r streets,
has been completed, and with its broad
front on street, where the main en-
trance Of the house Is located on the
street level, meets many of the modern re-
quirements of social life. Farther to the
18th and Church streets, an old dwelling
has been removed. The property belongs
to Senator Bailey. and it is to become
the site of house that will be used for
his home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-29
Mrs. Pul1man's Home.

Still farther south is another recent adj
dition to the residences on this street in
the large and elaborate home of Mrs. Pull
man. which is between l. and M streets.
The house is finished and is ready for the
occupancy of the owner, who, no doubt,
will be in it the next season. The archi-
tectural treatment is in accordance with
the French school, and is what may be
called monumental in character, owing to
its great bulk and the massiveness of the
detail.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-02-16

Every line in a newspaper costs its
publisher something. 1t as to benefit
some individual He may fairly ex-
pect to pay something. You do not go
into the grocery and ask the proprie-
torto hand out ten pounds OF sugar
for nothing, even though the grocer
may be a personal friend. and even
though the gift might not be a large
one. II the BENEFICIARY of advertising
does not pay for It, the proprietor has
to settle the bill Nevertheless many
people cannot seem to learn that a
newspaper pays its expenses by rent
ing space and that it Is just as much
entitled to collect rent for every
week that space is occupied as you
arc forthe house you rent to a ten
ant. Most newspapers exyect to treat
relig)us and philanthropic enterpris-
es literally. yet in spite of this many
tf these ,n,erpr.ses expect the news
paper 20 give ime space rent ,-rc.
while they send their job print ~ t.:
so,ae nihcr shop Tae place for in.Ir
to lock for support is the place they
patronize. We therefore cannot un-
derstand why we are repeatedly be-
sought to give away our goods by
ooonie who would never think of
bef.ging cream from the milk man
or coffee from the grocer. Ira Cole
in the Forsythe Times.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-02-16

The following articles Of incor-
poration were filed with the secre-
tary Of State last week and made
public through the Capital News
Monday morning.
Articles of Incorporation We're nj
ed today in the Office of the secre-
tary Of state by the following com
panies: The Elmore Investment COM
pany Of Elmore. capital $2242; di-
rectors. Frank p. AXE. Roscoe w.
Smith, NJ Payne. w. Bailey. William
A. Reynolds all Of Elmore The
Hawthorne Gold Mining company Of
Hawthorn. capital 100000; direct
ors. P. A. Johnson Of Hawthorne, d..
G. Sanders OF Kansas City, Mo, F..
p. Cowen of Mountain Home and b.
Green OF Elmore.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-02-16

A mass meeting was called by the
Village Board for last Saturday night
at the opera house for the purpose
of discussing a water works system
for Mountain Home.
Only a very small number respond
ed to the call Edmund Blake of
Boise, was present and addressed
the meeting after which a general
discussion took place. Mr.. Blake was
largely interested in the Northwest
ern Lands Company which purehas-
ed Mr.. Corker's interest in a large
number of lots in Glenns Ferry He
also attempted to secure a franchise
in that city but his application was
denied
1t was the sentiment of those pres
ssnt that the board call a special ell
ection to vote bonds with which to
install the system and accordingly a
special election has been called for
Monday, March goth.