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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-12
FAMOUS TWINS.
Correspondent Has ReeoIleetions o.
Them in Spartanburg

Correspondent Has ReeoIleetions Of
Them in Spartanburg
Newspaper dispatches tell Of the
death Of Millie-C Christine, the famous
colored twin, or twins. These twins
were in South Carolina when they
were young girls, under age, and
were bound to man named Joe
Smith, who lived with his mother and
other members Of the family in Spar
tanburg. The Smiths were wealthy
and cultured people. Many persons
in Spartanburg remember. Millie-
Christine, or "the two-headed negro
as she, or they, was commonly called;
and they remember Joe Smith also.
He made long trips exhibiting them,
even carrying them to Europe, where
they appeared before crowned
heads" At rest times they stayed in
Spartanburg. The writer saw them
there when he was a student at COL
lege. One day there was a picnic at
Cedar Springs. Joe Smith carried the
l"iiiS oiOA5 ~ Sih6 ahu u1hSC koi ShS
picknickers; not charging anything
for the exhibition, but simply fur
nishing that much toward the enter
tainment Of the day. They sang
beautifully; one soprano, the other
contralto; and they danced quite
pretty and very nimbly, too, consid-
ering that they were fastened togeth-
er almost back to back. They were
then nearly grown and appeared as
happy as any person Of their age.
Joe Smith himself was a noticeable
person-for professional reasons in
part. no doubt, but also naturally He
was fond of fast horses, owning sew
eral, and rode and drove desperately.
He was then in his twenties, tall and
handsome and 'dressy. He went about
Spartanburg wearing a tall soft hat
and a blue broadcloth suit cut Prince
Albert style-blue broadcloth was
then the highest Of fashion. The but
tons on his coat were five dollar gold
pieces and those on his waistcoat
were one dollar gold pieces. I am not
sure, but I think that it was from him
the twins were stolen in Philadelphia
and that he found them and recovered
them in London.-Newberry Observ-
er
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-12

Maqic Words.-Once Judge william
M. Conley of MADEIRA, California, wa:
trying a case wherein a woman sought
to recover a diamond ring she had ir
fonder moments given to a gentle
man friend, says the Saturday Even
ing Post.
when you gave this man this rims
didn't you think him the best ever?'
asked the judge.
The woman blushed and hesitated
and finally admitted she did.
Now be honest" continued the
Judge; didn't you think him the
handsomest man you had ever
known?"
The woman blushed again and ther
leaned over and whispered something
to the Judge. Presently he instructed
the jury to find for her.
Everybody wondered what 1t was
the witness had told the judge. The
Judge wouldn't tell, but finally a stem
ographer divulged the secret. What
she whispered was: mot half sc
handsome as you are, judge"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-12

Insurance and Savings Banks.-A
man was confiding to a friend that he
had little confidence either in life in.
surance companies or in savings
banks.
Now, a cousin Of moine," he said
had his loife insured for the binifit ol
his wildly, an afther all, he niver had
wan, for twas him that lived to be s!
an her that died.
wild banks it's the other way. There
was me uncle. He put money in the
bank, an he kept stickin' it in and
stickin it in, in the hopes that whir
old age come he'd take it out gradual
loike and enjy himself. Instid of that
twas him that had the wildly befoore
he touched so. They're wur-rked or
the wrong plan, the both Of thin insti-
tootions. and it's wonder that amy
body's found to spake good word fol
thim."-New York Press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-12
HOMECOMING OF FATHER
Reminiscence Of Youthful Days al
the Old Homestead.

Reminiscence OF Youthful Days at
the Old Homestead.
Seventy-two years ago the home
coming Of the father from the city was
a joy to the household such as is not
common today. Every child received
something If nothing but handful of
raisins or a stick of candy-often
something to wear or to use, writes B.
F. Law!er in the Osceola (Mo.) Demo-
crat. All were ready to be glad when
mothers gift was brought out, she was
waiting till all the children had theirs
in hand. There was something we
can look back on with a tenderness
that even now moistens the eye. One
Of these was the wholeheartedness
which all accorded to the baby boy,
the pet Of the house, the best gift the
father had brought from the city. One
night the Homecoming was late, but
the visions of fine things from the city
danced before young eyes until dark
ness had covered the land and no moon
rose to relieve the situation. But the
reader can easily imagine the scene
when the we!l-known whoa" to the
horses was heard at the gate, and how,
without electric lights or even candles.
every child would be around the horses
and wagon impatient for the time to
come when the gifts were to be in
hand. One boy, through the manage
ment of the elder brother, got his in
the dark before the goods had been
taken in the house. What you got?'
and What you got?" and the replies
could be heard all around. How dear
to my heart are the scenes Of my child
hood, when fond recollections present
them to view"
pity the poor tired man, be he law
yer Judge or farmer who did not have
a dewey morning in which to begin his
life's day. This Is the port where the
coal bunkers are filed before the ship
puts out to sea-this Is the great
fresh-water station where supplies are
taken on to sweeten the brakish waters
often pressed to the lips in after life.
Such scenes of home life did not
come often seventy-two years ago. The
great store bills were settled once IN
the year and it was then 1t was known
what could be brought home to please
the children. There Is one picture l
have not invited you to see, and I Won
der II you missed it. 1t has come to
me through the haze Of many sum-
mers and the cold gray clouds Of many
an autumn day. That picture was the
face of the father who, although he
had brought no present for himself,
was happy in making US happy. This
is divine philosophy-this Is like the
Master who gave Himself that others
might live and who declared that 1t
was His meet to do the will Of Him
that sent Him.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-12

Sure of the Promise.-Mr. Williams
one Of five candidates for the office OF
sheriff in one Of the northern coun.
ties of Wisconsin was making house
toulouse canvass Of rural districts
soliciting votes. Coming to the house
of Farmer Thompson, he was met al
the door by the good house wife and
the following dialogue ensued:
us Mr.. Thompson in?"
NO, he has gone to town."
II am very sorry. as I would have
liked to have talked to him."
"Is there anything can tell him fol
you?"
MY name is Williams, candidate
for sheriff, and wanted to extract g
promise from him to vote for me al
the coming election
"Oh, that will be all right; know
he will promise, for he has already
promised four other candidates the
same thing" Mack's National
Monthly.
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humorous 9epartmfnt.
PASSING Prosperity This Way.-'It's

Passing Prosperity This Way.-"lts
true isn't it," said the quiet citizen to
the politician, according to the De-
troit Free Press, that times were
never better than they are today?
IF you mean that everybody Is
working, it is, 1 suppose" he replied
And that the average workman Is
getting bigger money for his labor
than ever before"
"I don't know what the statistics
show, but I'll concede the point"
And that more men own their owl
homes than ever before?"
"Yes, that Is probably So"
And more people are going to the
theatres and buying fine clothes and
eating in downtown cafes?"
That seems to be So"
And as far as you can tell every
body seems to be happy. Women ano
children have smiling faces and they
seem to be we'll dressed?"
There does seem to be an air OF
prosperity, I'll admit"
And yet you get up night after
night and howl that the entire coun'
try is going to the dogs"
"Yes, but you don't understand.
want prosperity passed around"
well, 1 want one Of those soft po'
litical jobs myself"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-12
TAX NOTICE-l912
Office of the County Treasurer OF York
County.

Office of the County Treasurer Of York
County.
Yorkville, s. c., Sept. 13, 1912.
NJ OTICE is hereby given that the
be opened on TUESDAY, the 18TH
DAY OF OCTOBER, 1912, and remain
open until the 31ST DAY OF DECEM-
BER, 1912, for the collection of
STATE, COUNTY, SCHOOL AND LO-
CAL TAXES for the fiscal year 1912,
without penalty; after which day ONE
PER CENT penalty will be added to
all payments made In the month OF
JANUARY, 1913, and TWO PER
CENT penalty for all payments made
in the month Of FEBRUARY. 1913.
and SEVEN PER CENT penalty will
be added to all payments made from
the 1ST DAY OF MARCH to the 18TH
DAY OF MARCH, 1913, and after this
date all unpaid taxes will go into ex-
ecutions and all unpaid Single Polls
will be turned over to the several Mag
istrates for prosecution In accordance
with law.
For the convenience of taxpayers, I
will attend the following places on the
days named:
And at Yorkville from Monday, No
vember 18th, until Tuesday the 31st
day of December, 1912, after which
date the penalties will attach as stated
above.
Note.-The Tax Books are made up
by Townships, and parties writing
about taxes will always expedite mat
ters II they will mention the Town
ship or Townships in which their
property or properties are located.
HARRY E. NEIL,
Treasurer Of York County.
"a Z At
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Geo. w. Knox J. L. Stacy
President SEQ. and Mgr.
CLOVER real ESTATE Co.
- FOR SALE :
CLOVER, s. c.

1. Mrs. J.. A. Hedgepeth's. House
and Lot in Glover. A Big Bargain al
SO, 10000.
3. Extra large Lot on Kings Mt
St.; houses; an excellent renting
proposition-9a to 10 per cent on in
vestment.
4. Several nice Lots near Clover
academy-$225 to $275 each, accord
ing to situation.
5. A Acres, 1 mile Glover; 7-room
house; barn, well, etc. $42.50 Acre.
10. 30a a., miles west Of York
Vile; about 100 young fruit trees.
$3.50 per Acre.
IL. 100 a., near Battle Ground; lot
Of good saw timber. $500 per Acre.
IL. lots on New Brooklyn St., $75
Each. All the time you want on these.
13. lots fronting Faires st. 85
Each. 1-3 a. fine pasture, close in.
$4,000.
II. 1 Groom Cottage (New), II. E.
Moore 10000.
IS. 220 Acres-Good, sandy land
farm, the w. E. Adams home tract.
S42.5O per Acre. Good terms on this.
10. r. ]. Love home tracts, 245
acres. Plenty Of saw timber, fine bot
tom land; 7-room dwelling and all
necessary out-buildings. $4,000 Acre.
20. 40 Acres-Of the ]. w. Law
renee tract, south Of Allison creek.
81. so Acres-Partly within cor
porate limits Of Glover; a part Of the
T. F. Jackson-Gla tract.
CLOVER REAL ESTATE &C
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Mistsllaneous 8sadins.
PUNISHMENT OF THE ALIENS
Weak SentimentaIity Seeks to Save
Murderers from Death.


The plea of DR.. George w. Mcdaniel
that the sentence of death of Floyd
and Claud Allen is unjust and should
be commuted to lighter punishment
has received wide publicity. Yet
public sentiment throughout the
state has not changed from the firm
conviction that these men are guilty,
that they were tried fairly, and that
they should be punished in accord with
the law. Every man must regret that
death ever has to be allotted to fellow
beings by society, but every man must
also feel that emotional horror Of the
Individual execution cannot be per-
mitted to overthrow. the verdicts of
impartial juries and undermine the
very power of justice.
DR.. Mcdaniel urges that these men
were the products of their environment
and yielded to the impulses Of natural
passion. Was any murder ever COM
mitted that could not advance the
same Justification? But If any por-
ton of society is so constituted by en-
vironment, education and tradition
that it produces crimes of deliberate
violence against whole court,
there is no more dangerous prece-
dent to establish than to free its
members from the fear Of punishment
and respect for the law. II the con-
ditions that evolved the Aliens be al
lowed to exist, yet the Aliens them
selves be made martyrs and spread
the consequences Of their crimes,
what respect will remain for author
ity, what check upon future violence,
what immutable rule exist by which
the community can protect itself
against the mob spirit and the re-
prisals Of brute force?
The fear Of punishment is re-
straining influence on all men. Its
power cannot be tampered with by
emotion. The facts in the present
case do not show that any injustice
has been done. There is no reason
for making an exception to the stern
course Of justice. If the social con-
ditions must be changed to prevent
|repetitions Of such murderous acts,
let DR.. Mcdaniel and all other
thoughtful men labor to change them.
There is ample field for the exercise
of charity, self sacrifice, human ten
derness and the fine emotions Of the
spirit in trying to change the environ
ment so that murder will be blotted
from mems imaginations. But until
the time shall have come when love
has driven death by murder or by ex-
ecution from our midst, let not small
and plastic sentimentality weaken the
strong wall of law, behind whose stern
protection we work to bring about
the nobler visions.-Richmond Times
Dispatch.
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
County Of York.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Allison Bert, Martha Jane Williams,
Francis Byers, Paralee Byers, Min
ME Jones Edwards, James Ross and
Ed Byers, Plaintiffs, against Law
renee Davis, Nelson Davis, Lonnie
Wagner, other heirs-at-law. II any
of Horace Bert. deceased, names un.
known, and heirs-at-law of Missouri
Bert, deceased, names unknown,
ndants.-Summons for Relief
Complaint Filed).
To the Defendants above named:
VOU are hereby summoned and re-
i auired to answer the Complaint In
this action, which has this day been
filed in the office of the Clerk of the
Court Of Common Pleas for the said
County, and to serve a copy Of your
Answer to the said Complaint on the
subscriber at his office, in Yorkville,
South Carolina, within twenty days af-
ter the service hereof, exclusive Of the
day Of such service; and II you fail to
answer the Complaint within the time
aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action
will apply to the Court for the relief
demanded in the Complaint.
Dated October 29th, A. D., 1912.
]. S. BRICE,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-12
Colored Moving Pictures.-The D.

Colored Moving Pietures.-The pop
ularity of moving pictures has stimu-
lated Investigations in color photog-
raphy. 1t was agreed that the public
would never be satisfied until scenery
and action were depicted in all the COL
ors of life. To supply this demand
many films were colored by hand. This
method was not only laborious but
was not true to life.
While color photography was being
studied there was suddenly put on ex-
hibition a process that is as remark
able as the moving picture itself, it's
effectiveness being based on the same
principle.
In the moving picture a succession
of views, taken at the briefest intervals
and flashed upon a screen, is presented
to the eye as more or less gradual mo-
tion, according to the number of pro-
Jections per second. The same idea is
used in the color display. In its SIM
plest performance the process is as fol-
lows: The spectrum-with range of
colors from white through yellow,
orange, red, green, blue, violet and in
digo to black-is separated into two
divisions orange-red and green blue.
What the spectator would see if the
film were moved slowly would be first
an orange-red picture and then a green
blue one. When the film moves rapid
ly the illusion is scene in all the COL
ors of the spectrum as produced by
orange-red and green-blue and their
combinations. This is because of what
is known as the persistence of vision,
an optical phenomenon that is thus
played upon to produce the illusion of
color as well as motion.
However, the film itself is not color
ed. 1t looks like the ordinary film con-
sisting Of blacks, whites and grays. 1t
is not produced in the usual way, how
ever. In taking the pictures gelatine
color filters are moved before the film
simultaneously with the instantaneous
exposures. One snapshot is taken
through the red filter and the next
through the green.
The negatives Cor the positives. as
they must be for exhibition purposes
contain the scene with the color values
filtered alternately through red and
green. When the pictures are project
ed on the exhibition screen another disk
of co.ored gelatine rotates before the
film simultaneously with each picture.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-12
Almost Diseourased.-A Humb'

Almost Diseouraged.-A Humboldt
rancher returned from a years TRIP
through the east to find that an old
time neighbor of his, a man noted fol
his perfect patience, had been having
a seige of bad luck, says the Ladies
Home Journal. Upon hearing the
news he Immediately sought out the
neighbor to condole with him.
well, John" he said, after greet
ings had been exchanged, Il hear you
lost all of your timber through the
forest fires"
The other man nodded.
"And they say that the river cut of
your best bottom land; that your hogs
all died of cholera; that your wife and
children have been sick, and that they
have now foreclosed the mortgage or
your other place"
John nodded again. Eyes, it's al
true" he said, looking about him al
what had once been his prosperous
farm: "all true. Why. sometimes
get almost discouraged"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-12

Built His House Round.-There is a
round house in Northampton, fifty feet
in diameter, occupied by the families
of Archangelo Couz and John Robin
son. The situation is Maple street, and
in times vanished the abode has been
known as the Round House" and "The
Jewsharp." 1t is said that a sometime
Smith College girl gave it the name of
jewsharp, because of an IL" which
seemed a reminder shape of the Tyre
formed instrument known as the jews
harp.
The main house is two stories in
height and Of brick, plastered on the
outside. 1t was built in 1929 by Seth
Strong a builder, who had a notion
that house of the shape he left, would
be warmer in winter and cooler in sum-
mer. Just why, not even the oldest in
habitant can guess. But fireplaces
cape in every room, and in the rear Of
the dwelling is a commodious oven
and smoke house. The L." which was
built on several years after the main
house was finished, is a one-story ad-
dition.
Looking at the house from the out
side one would think that every room
Is shaped like wedge Of pie, but this
is not the case. A wide hall runs from
the front door through the house, and
about two-thirds of the distance from
the door is brick wall at right angles
to the central hall.
Thus the parlors on either side Of
the hall are like sections Of pie, but
the other rooms are rectangular on
three sides and curved on one. Back of
these rooms is the kitchen, with two
large brick ovens. Near the ovens is
set kettle, known in early days as "the
brass kettle" In the circumference of
the wall are four great double chim-
neys, for there is a fireplace in each of
the eight rooms in the circle.
The triangle parlors are odd in ap-
pearance. Carpets have to be special
ly made for them. But the designer
succeeded in making the house warm
and firm, for the plastered brick walls
have never let the winds through. The
conical roof offers little resistance to
the wind, and there are few useless
corners to be heated.-Boston Globe.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-12

Mark Twain on Advertisers.-Mark
Twain at one time edited a Missouri
newspaper. When subscriber wrote
saying that he had found spider In
his newspaper and asked whether 1t
was a sign Of bad luck, the prince of
humorists replied:
Finding a spider in your paper is
neither good nor bad luck. The spider
was merely looking over your paper
to see what merchant was not adver-
tising, so he will know where other
spiders have their webs up"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-12
Exaooeration of Science-The sani

Exasseration of Science.-The sani-
flowers in mid-Africa, says the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
BE careful" they said to him, lest
you meet a lion"
sanitationist meet a lion any day
than a mosquito"
Just a little later he met lion.
They claimed he looked once at the
beast and than ran a full sized mara
thon and fell over a cliff a mile high!
Query: What does he do when he
meets a mosquito?"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-12

See what West Virginia is doing.
Cannot some districts in York county
profit by her example?
A Real Country High School
On September 10th, 1 attended the
dedicatory exercises Of the Sherrard
consolidated and high school, Sherrard,
Marshall county. This was the first
school that was secured through my
assistance after / assumed my duties
as rural supervisor. The building COM
plete and furnished cost $4,000, built
Of brick. The board purchased one and
half acres Of ground on which was a
dwelling and a barn. The principal
lives in the dwelling house.
Six one-room schools were consoli-
dated, five wagons being used for
transportation at the following prices:
$l95, $3.50, $3.50, $3.50 and $1.90 per
day. the wagons being owned by the
board and the teams by the drivers.
The school opened last Monday with
1e4 in the grades and % in the high
school, the course being four years and
the term for both grades and high
school being nine months.
The building Is thoroughly modern.
This school is located in a village of
20 families in the midst Of purely ag-
ricultural community. 1t is six miles
from any extraordinarily a country
school and the people are proud and
enthusiastic.
In the same district, Union, there is
another consolidated school, three
rooms where one wagon will be used
this year for the first time.
The same district has supervision
this year for the first time. The term
for the whole district is nine months
and the salaries for first grade teachers
is $500 per month.
The same district voted $4,000 for
a high school at Benwood within the
last six months.
And the same district is now cam
paigning for a bond issue of $150,000
for paved roads.
The boys and girls corn and tomato
club work has been organized and is
successful.
L. J. Hanifan,
State Supervisor Rural Schools,
West Virginia.
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Einaneiers Expedient.=''If

A Financier's Expedient.-'If the
high cost Of living keeps on. the rich
themselves will feel the pinch Of it."
The speaker was Brand Whitlock
mayor Of Toledo. He continued:
II know a Toledo banker who has
already begun to retrench. His daugh-
ter said to him the other day:
Father, dear, 1 need a new fall
riding habit
Cant afford it, the banker growl-
ed.
But, father, what am to. do with
out riding habit?'
"'Get the walking habit.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-12
Rock Hill, S. c., Nov. 6, 1912

Rock Hill, S. c., Nov. 6, 1912.
Dear Miss Russell:
We are having a fine time at school
We have had our oyster supper and
little play Friday night; it surely wa.
fine. You and Miss Frazer ought t
have been here. We made So out o.
our play and SIT out Of the oyster sup.
per. What We clear will be for the
school ground.
Miss Russell, the chicken you ant
Miss Frazer cooked in the home made
fireless cooker was just fine. The next
day 1t was cooked good and tender
You all ought to have been here to helr
eat 1t.
Yours truly,
Annie Lee Sullivan,
Friendship School.