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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-27

Virginia Justiee.-We are accustom-
ed, in America, to look upon the Eng
lish criminal courts as examples of
what Is possible in the way Of convict
ing the guilty under system giving
the criminal less rope" Yet Virginia
with a system no better than that of
other states, subject to the same causes
of weakness, manages to convict GRIM
inals with encouraging regularity.
Whatever the causes may be, the sue
cess of Virginia courts in Furnishing
guilty persons constitutes an advertise
ment of Virginia that reaches from
coast to coast, and even to other coun-
tries, and cannot fail to interest per-
sons who read 1t. A state which does
not turn loose its criminals when once
it lays hands upon them is a good
state in which to build a home-the
home of a wage-earner or the home OF
a gentleman Of leisure who desires to
live where the government for whose
maintenance he pays taxes will give
him value received.-Louisville Couri-
er Journal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-27

fact that his life will be short and GER
tainly not merry, for you find few stok-
ers who have passed their forty-fifth
birthday.
1t is not only that the fireman's mus
cles and stamina must bear this inhu-
man strain. He must watch the gauge
glasses with the keen eyes Of a lynx
to see that. the line Of bubbling beads
never rises above or falls below the
level that denotes safety. He must
know his boilers as a jockey knows his
mount; which OF them requires coax
ing and which requires forcing to
stimulate its sluggishness, for boilers
1t is said, have as many whims and
caprices as a woman.
On the whole, the stoker Is no un-
amiable man. He may growl at his
food, though he often fares like q
fighting cock" aboard; he may have a
vocabulary which would make the av-
erage bargee green with envy, but he
will laugh you to scorn II you suggest
that his work Is too hard and that he
Is not game" to the backbone.-Lon-
don Answers.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-27

A Kansas Cyclone Story-I have
seen some hard winds out in western
Kansas" Abe Peters says to Tom Nc
Neal. There are some things that an
old resident learns out there from OBJ
servation and experience. One Is that
when you are facing a hard wind keep
your mouth shut. One day was trav-
elling with a tenderfoot from the east.
He was a long, slender man about six
feet and three inches long and about
six inches wide. He had no more meat
on his bones than q fork handle and
was about the most emaciated looking
person I ever saw. AS I was saying,
one day we started to ride across the
prairie when the wind came up in our
faces, blowing at the rate Of a hundred
miles an hour or 30. That .tenderfoot
opened his mouth to say something to
me. heard him make curious noise
and looked around to see what was the
matter and saw that he had inadvert-
emily swallowed about six or seven
barrels of wind. He looked like an In
flated air cushion and seemed to be
about four times the size he was natur-
ally. It seemed to set him sort Of era
zy and he jumped out Of the buggy.
When he lit on the ground he bounded
into the air like rubber ball and then
went bounding across the prairie like
tumble weed before the wind. At the
end of three miles he fell into canyon
where the wind couldn't hit him and
stopped, but 1t was a week before he
was back to his normal size.
City Star.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-27

Not Easily Stumped.-When the
Reverend John Mcneil was holding
revival services at Cardiff young man
one night, thinking to perplex the
preacher, sent up note to the plat
form with the request that the follow
ing question might be publicly an
swered:
Dear Mr.. McNeil-If you are seek
ing to enlighten young men kindly tel
me who was Gains wife"
Mr.. Mcneil read the note. and then
amid breathless silence, said:
"I love young men-inquirers fol
truth especially-and should like tc
give this young man a word Of advice
1t is this: Don't lose your souls sal.
vation looking after other people:
wives. Ladies' Home Journal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-27

His Reason.-A banker in central
Kentucky was in the habit Of wearing
his hat a good deal during business
hours as in summer the flies used his
bald plate for a parade ground, and
in winter the cold breezes swept over
its polished surface. A negro workman
on the railroad each week presented a
check and drew his wages, and one day
as he put his money in greasy wallet
the banker said:
Look here, Nose, why don't you let
some of that money stay in the bank
and keep an account with us?"
The darky leaned toward him and
with a quizzical look at the derby the
banker wore, answered confidentially:
Boss, Use jes' afeared. You look like
you wus always ready to start some
wheres"-Harpers.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-27

II expressed surprise and when they
saw my outfit they laughed. They be-
lieved that 1 was a blooming tender
foot.
"'They sure got you fixed out right,
the old man of the party said.
T learned then, from him that he had
carried hair rope, after he went down
there, much longer than had, and just
as had learned to trust the bears in
the Rockies he had learned from expe-
rience not to bother about rattlesnakes
nor other poisonous creatures.
They're more afraid of you,' said
he, than you are of them. In fact
they don't want anything to do with
you, and II you give them a chance
they'll get away. Don't sit on 'em
walk on 'em nor chase 'em. Don't try
to kill 'em. Let 'em go. You can't kill
'em all, so what's the user
Il always have been impressed by
that statement It Is the crux of the
whole situation. The wild things and
the deadly things become the foe OF
man when man begins the pursuit of
them. When woods begin to ring with
the crack Of rifles and when civiliza-
ton crowds them back and every
hand Is raised against them the fight
that man begins may go on. The in
stinct Of self-preservation will cause
these otherwise harmless creatures to
strike when they have the advantage.
That's the way 1t seems to me. I'm
not taking issue with the facts of nat
ural history and possibly am mistak-
en-, but my conviction Is the result of
observation and experience and you
see, that the experience Of Mrs. Adams,
q pioneer explorer, Is the same as mine.
I wouldn't like to sleep out in an ordi-
nary field in a settled country where
there were either rattlesnakes or bear
or panther astray, but would have no
hesitation, no apprehension, in lying on
the ground where those things abound
in a wild and trackless country where
few men haveplaced their feet."-New
York Letter.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-27

Perfect TitIes.-Franklin P. Adams
the New York Mails paragrapher, has
a fad. He collects appropriate names
He thought he had reached the ulti'
mate limit when he heard that Con-
slant Agency was woodchopper In
Clinton county, New York, who suf-
fered from chronic rheumatism and
had fourteen children; and that Judge
Rainey Wells, living near Coldwater
Galloway county, Kentucky, was
leader Of the Prohibition forces in the
bluegrass state.
But now he knows better, for some
kind friend sent him the printed ad-
vertisement Of a tourist hotel in Swift
zerland. The name Of the chief guide
was Hugo Furst. The name Of the
proprietor was Constant Sauss.
And the very next day he discovered
that the firm of O'Neal and Pray sold
prayer books in q New England CITY,
Saturday Evening Post.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-27
From An Oriental Scrap Book.

Japanese children, between the ages
of six and ten, have to attend elemen-
tary schools for thirty-two weeks
year.
Japanese sovereigns form an unbro-
ken dynasty since $50 B. c., and the
present emperor is the one hundred
and twenty-first Of his race.
Only thirty years ago Japanese SOL
diers wore huge grotesque iron-mask
helmets in order to frighten the enc
my.
Indians believe the waters Of the
Ganges to be sacred.
China's estimated population ex-
ceeds four hundred and seven millions.
Japanese houses are never more
than two stories in height.
Chinese emperors are never men
toned by name from the moment OF
their accession, and are generally al
luded to by some such title as Lord
of a Myriad Years" or 1.-The Son OF
Heaven"
Japan's first railway was opened in
1872.
Chinese consider flial piety the
highest virtue.
A good tea-picker can pick from
twenty to thirty pounds in day.
A famous Chinese proverb says,
Everything is easy at first"
Opium is used as a medium of ex-
change in some parts Of China.
At the close of the war with Japan,
the Chinese navy practically disap-
peared.
Mount Morrison 14,300 feet) is the
highest mountain in the Japanese en-
pire.
In India and Egypt buffaloes do
horses work.
There are nearly four thousand
miles of railway in China.
Five feet is the average height Of
japanese man, and about four feet
eight inches of woman.
The Chinese language has thirty
thousand characters, and there are SIX
different styles of writing.
In the event of war Japan could
place upward of a quarter million men
in the field.
The first newspaper In Chinese was
published in 1870 at Shanghai.
In Japan, dancing plays very i'm
portant part in the education of boys
and girls.
In the Turkish navy there are about
thirty-one thousand officers and men
and nine thousand marines.
1t is estimated that in Japan there
are no less than two thousand seven
hundred and fifty different species OF
vegetation.
In 1907 there were four thousand
six hundred and ninety-one miles OF
private railway, and three thousand
one hundred and sixteen miles of gov
ernment lines in Japan.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-27
Humorous department.

Free At last.-It Is the custom
among some Of the New York theatri'
cal managers occasionally to entertain
the members Of the local ball teams
at their theaters. A young recruit
from the high grass Joined the Giants
one day and that night went with nj:
new teammates to a play as guests oi
the management.
The piece did not appeal to the men
though, and they failed to applaud
with any degree Of heartiness. Aftel
the curtain fell John McGraw, theil
manager, scolded them for this lacl
of warmth.
Here you fellows come in here free
and have the best seats the house af-
fords, and then you sit stock-still like
a row of dummies!" he said. Il hope
this doesn't happen again."
The very next afternoon one Of the
veterans hailed the youngster at prac'
tice on the Polo Grounds.
"Well, kid" he said, more big do
in's tonight! Macs going to take us
to Bill Brady's theater."
Whats the show?" asked the green
hand.
"The show" said the veteran, fs
Bought and Paid For"
Thank the Lord for that" said the
youngster fervently. "It It's rotten we
won't have to applaud"
Evening Post.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-27

The Pee Dee presbytery has voted
against the removal of Chicora college
from Greenville to Laurens. At the
meeting Of the board Of trustees of
that institution held last July 1t was
decided that the trustees themselves
would not move the school, but would
leave the final settlement OF the ques-
tion TO the seven Presbyteries Of South
Carolina. They were called upon
to vote on the matter and the Pee Dee
presbytery which met in Dillon county
was the first to express its choice. A
majority Of the presbyteries Is requir-
ed before any action be taken. The
reason for the proposed move was TO
free the institution OF Indebtedness
The citizens of Laurens were to raise
$4,000 in cash and provide suitable
site for the college buildings and cam
puS.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-27

Groundless Fears.-Senator LaFcl
lette, discussing reciprocity at a din
ner in Madison, said with smile:
These fears are groundless. They
are groundless to the point of being lu-
dicrous. They remind me in fact, oi
Calhoun Clay.
Calhoun Clay was waiter at sea
side restaurant. The. white glare ol
the sundrenched beach injured his
eyes and he had to consult an occu-
list. The occulist fitted him out with
spectacles, and as he left the shoI
with the spectacles on his nose, he gave
a great start and halted before huge
and extraordinary machine.
Calhoun stared in awe at this ma
chine for some time. Then he said:
whats dat, boss?"
THAT said the occulist solemnly
'is an opthalmometer.'
"'Sho, muttered Calhoun, and M
backed further away, his eyes still fix
ed upon the formidable instrument
sho, dat's what All wuz afeared II
wuz!'"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-27

SeasonabIe Hints Frosted ears
should be rubbed with snow until the
circulation returns.
A newspaper folded into an oblons
shape and thrust under the back Of the
vest makes a good substitute for ar
overcoat.
When starting on your winter va
cation don't forget to take along gooo
coal-oil stove. 1t will heat your cot
tage or tent at a cost Of only few
cents a day.
AS cold weather game tennis is
better than golf. 1t affords more exer.
else.
Foot stoves are useful, but they are
cumbersome. When you go to see
foot ball game it is better to wear over.
shoes.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-27
#iseellaneoas Reaains.
WITH NEleHBoRING EXCHANGES
Notes and Comments About Matters of
ocal interest

Notes and Comments About Matters oi
Local Interest.
Gastonia Gazette, Sept "a: Masters
Hubert and Harry Huffstetler, Mr.
Harry Dickson and Mr.. Charles M
Robinson went to Raleigh Sunday
morning where they will take the
Pasteur treatment as a preventa'
tive for possible infection from rabies
] They were accompanied by Mrs. L. c
Terrence, grandmother Of the Huff
stetler boys, who will remain with
them during the three weeks they will
be in Raleigh for treatment, and Mr.
Parks Huffstetler who returned to Gas.
tonia yesterday morning. Last Mon.
day one of Mr.. Huffstetler's mules
which are housed when not working, ir
the barns at his home on South Yorl
street, began to act strangely. DR.
Parker, the veterinary surgeon, was
called in and diagnosed the animals
trouble as rabies. The mule apparent
ly grew worse and on the following day
was paralyzed, following which 1t was
killed. Its actions were so suspicious
that DR.. Parker removed its brains
and sent part Of them to the Pasteur
Institute at Raleigh for examination
and part to the Kansas City Veterinary
college for the same purpose. The Raj
eigh institute reported that no traces
of rabies were found but the Kansas
City college reported that traces of
the disease were found. AS result of
the information from Kansas City the
boys and young men went to Raleigh
to take the Pasteur treatment. None of
them was bitten by the mule but each
had a scratch or sore on the hand and
had come in contact with the mule at
the barn in some way or other.
Chester Reporter, Sept. "a: A threat
ened strike among the spoilers at the
Springstein Mill was adjusted today
and the workers in this department
who walked out Saturday returned to
work at noon today. Secretary H. 8.
Adams when spoken to about the mat
ter this afternoon said the trouble had
been satisfactorily adjusted, and the
mill was running on full time in the
effort to catch up with orders. .. Prof.
R ]. Herndon, of Yorkville, who will
have charge of the music during the
Chester County Fair. Oct. %, %, and
"a, was in the city Friday making ar
rangements for a Ffddlers' Convention
which he proposes to hold at the opera
house on the evening Of Oct. 23rd.
Prof. Herndon is already in communi-
cation with some Of the most skillful
fiddlers in Chester county, and will en-
deavor to arrange a program to inter-
est the big crowd that will be in the
city at that time. Prof. Herndon Is a
most accomplished cornetist, and one
Of the features Of the evenings enter
tainment will be several cornet solos.
Dawson johnson, colored, was
committed to Jail yesterday afternoon
by Deputy Bindeman on the charge of
drawing a pistol on Mr.. Marion Guy.
When spoken to by Mr.. Guy for an act
Of impertinence, the negro cursed the
white man, and when the latter made
towards him drew his pistol.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-27
AGE NO BAR
Everybody in YorlsviIle 10 Eligible.

Everybody in Yorlsville 10 Eligible.
Old people stopped with suffering
Middle age, courageously fighting
Youth protesting impatiently;
Children, unable to explain;
All in misery from their kidneys.
Perhaps little backache first.
Urinary disorders, dropsy may
quickly follow.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for sick
kidneys.
Are endorsed by thousands.
Mrs. L. ]. Ramsey, Charlotte 81,
Yorkville, s. c., says: i mao olzzy
and nervous spells and my back ana
head ached. Finally / used Doan
Kidney Pills which l got at the YORK
Drug store and they made me well.
One of my children was unable to con-
troll the kidney secretions. Doan's Kid
ney Pills also brought relief In this
case"
For sale by all dealers. Price. DO
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Bunalo,
New York, sole agents for the uniteo
States. ,, ,,d
take no other.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-27

Home Industry.-The retired coal
dealer was selecting his library.
"Will you have these books bound
in Russia or Morocco, sir?" asked the
dealer.
But why" said the patron Of liter
ature, cant you have 'em bound right
here in Chicago ?"-Exchange.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-27

Carried Too Far.-He had an invari-
BILE way of asking the wrong question
or making the wrong comment. So II
was, when at dinner party his neigh
Dor, a lady, said to him: II am
thorough believer, you know, Mr.
Smith, that mems clothes should match
their hair; black-haired man should
wear black clothes, a brown-haired
man should wear brown clothes. DOM
you think So"
THAT may be-" bungled Jones, "bu'
suppose a man Is bald?"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-27
LOST TAX RECEIPTS

n HIS is to remind voters who may
l. have lost their tax receipts to
make application for duplicates with
out unnecessary delay as I will be out
Of my office from October 16 until af-
ter the general election filling tax ap-
pointments.
H. E. NEIL. County Treasurer.
IA st
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-27

Had Been Both.-A clergyman who
advertised for an organist received this
reply:
Dear Sir:
1 notice you have a vacancy for an
organist and music teacher. either lad
or gentleman. Having been both for
several years beg to apply for the pos
ition.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-27
The Place to Buy

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W--SHORTLY--

NOW--SHUKlLY--
The frosts of winter will be felt in
these parts. the cold winds will begin
to blow. Suppose you get busy and
get your heating apparatus In shape
before you need 1t. Possibly your old
Stoves will do, but you will need few
joints of new Pipe, a Stove Mat, or
perhaps repairs for your Coal Crates.
Whatever you may need in this line
come and see US. We can supply your
wants.
COLES HOT BLAST HEATERS.
AS an economical heate~ for home
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In fact we can supply anything you
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GASOLINE, OILS, ETC.
II you are an automobile owner let
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you need from time to time.
YORK FURNITURE CO.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-26
COUNCIL OF GRAIN EXCHANGES.
To Attain a Uniformity of Rules and
Procedure.

This is an age of organization. All
important trades in commerce are
represented by their respective asso-
Citations.
Realizing the value of cooperation,
the grain exchanges of the United
States have formed an organization
known as the Council of Grain Ex-
changes The objects Of the organi-
cation are to increase the efficiency
and extend the usefulness Of Ex-
changes trading in agricultural prod
ucts, to promote uniformity in custom
and usage, to facilitate the adjust
ment of business controversies and
differences that may arise between
members of the various exchanges;
to render enforcible the principles Of
justice and equity; to encourage the
enactment of wise and helpful legis-
lation; to enlighten the general pub
lie as to the important service rem
dered by exchanges in handling agri-
cultural products; to cultivate reel
procal relations between the trade of
North America and that of other
those greater legitimate advantages
unattainable by separate and local
effort; and generally to advance the
welfare of the grain trade, it's allied
interests and all those engaged in the
production, handling, marketing and
consumption of agricultural products.
The officers of the Council of Grain
Exchanges are as follows: ]. c. F..
Merrill, President, Chicago; Chas.
Kennedy, First Vice President, Buffa-
10. N. Y; A. W. Prick, Second Vice
President, Duluth, MIMI; E. P. Peck,
Third Vice President, Omaha, Neb.;
w. M. Richardson, Treasurer, Phila-
delphia, Pa; j. Ralph Pickell, Secre-
tary, Chicago.
The members OF the Executive Com
mittee are as follows: E. Pfarrius,
New York, N. Y; j. l.. Messmore, ST.
Louis, Mo-; G. H. Davis, Kansas City,
Mo-; G. A. Brown, Minneapolis, Mimi.
E. J. Furlong, Milwaukee, Wis; Frank
I. King, Toledo, Ohio.
The members of the Crop Improve
ment Committee are as follows: j. G..
Murray, chairman, Chicago; L. w.
Forbell, New York; c. A. Magnuson,
Minneapolis, Mimi; N. L. Mofitt, st.
Louis, Mo-; George Aylsworth, Kan
sas City, Mo-; e. E. Delp, Philadel-
phia, Pa; c. F. Macdonald, Duluth,
Mimi; E. A. Cope, Omaha, Neb.; H.
L. Goemann, Toledo, Ohio; Fred
Mayer, Toledo, Ohio; H. e. Richter.
Cincinnati, Ohio; P. P. Donahue, Mil
waukee, Wis; ]. C. Vincent, Balti-
more, Md; F. A. Mcclellan, Buffalo,
N. Y: Geo. A. Wells, Des Moines, Ia. !;
S. w. Strong, Urbana. ILL.,. Bert Ball,
Secretary, Chicago.