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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-02-09
J. MARION SIMS.
Memorial to Great Physieian Planned
in Lancaster.

| lN LaUCdbIOTs
We have been informed that the
Lancaster Chapter, U. D. c., have un-
der consideration the erection on the
graded school campus, Of a suitable
memorial to DR.. ]. Marion Sims. We
consider this most praiseworthy un-
dertaking and one in which every per-
son In Lancaster county should be in
terested. We wish these ladies sue
cess in this work.
We think Of no more appropriate
place for a memorial to DR.. Sims than
the one under consideration, the
graded school being on the site Of the
old Franklin academy, which DIR.
Sims's father. John Sims. helped or
ganize, and which as a youth he at
tended from the day it was opened,
December S, 1925, until 1880, when
he was prepared for the sophomore
class Of the state university.
The remarkable career Of DR.. Sims,
his fight against poverty, Ill health,
and his struggle for recognition In
his profession, all combined to
strengthen q character known from
the beginning as sincere and true.
From the start he met with discour-
agement and obstacles Of every kind.
The persistency with which he fought
and overcame them with no outside
influence to help him, and his devo-
ton to his chosen profession were per-
haps his greatest assets.
Beginning practice in Lancaster he
tells in his autobiography, "The Story
of My Life" how he lost his first two
patients here, and adds: II then made
up my mind to leave my country for
my country's good" He left Lancas-
ter in 1885 and practiced In Mont
gomery, Ala, for several years before
going to New York.
Besides his wonderful contributions
to modern surgery, he founded the
Woman's Hospital in New York,
where many miserable women were
restored to health by his marvellous
skill.
He lectured and operated In nearly
every country In Europe and there his
genius was also recognized and appre-
ciated. Besides being made honorary
member of numerous scientific socie-
ties, he was decorated by the rulers
Of Germany, Italy, Belgium, Spain and
Portugal.
Notwithstanding the high honors
conferred upon him, as long as he
lived he was as unostentatious and
simple hearted as child. He never
forgot Lancaster, the place Of his
birth and early struggles, and gave a
sum of money for the poor Of the
county, which the committee having
it in charge invested in a home for
the poor, the ]. Marion Sims Home,
commonly known as the poor house" "
On his last visit to Lancaster, where
he spent a week, In February, 1877,
he visited the site Of his early boy
hood home on the Camden road, just
beyond Hanging Reek creek, and his
birthplace, the home Of his grand
father, known as the Duncan place,
now owned by M. Truesdale, two
miles west of Pleasant Hill.-Lancas-
ter News.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-02-09

Suddenly the cyclone turned on
itself and come tearin' and roarin'
back toward where was layin' skeert
for my life. 1t swooped by me 80 nigh
that I had to dig my fingers and toes
into the dirt like meat hooks to keep
from goin' long with 1t and its load
o razorbacks.
LAS 1t swooped by seen what was
maxim the fire fly out Of 1t 80 tremend-
Gus. I could see them razorbacks in
that cloud as plain as I kin see you
ketchin' for wind this minute, and
they was nippin' into them sharp jags
o. lightnin' tooth and nail, bitin' off
and chuckin' out chunks o. the death
dealin' stuff foot long!
"For more than a good ten mile I
follered the trail Of that cyclone with
my eye and could see them chunks o.
lightnin' fallin' out every inch O. the
way. And then 1t busted and went up
in smoke.
"Jest out o. curiosity sauntered
over the track O. the roarin', spittin'
thing next day and never did find a
dead or dyin' razorback nowheres.
But right where that cyclone had
busted and went up in smoke I come
to big flock o. the critters feedin'
cool and collected on the puhraruh.
Seem that they was singed a little, I
knowed they was the ones that had
tackled the big ball o. wind and light
min and tuckered it out
"The mild looking man paused. I
looked straight out on the prairie and
said not word. BY and by he touch
ed me on the shoulder and said:
"'You may be thinkin' that draw
ed 1t leetle strong, colonel, but you
must remember that you hain't never
see cyclone and drove o. Texss
|razorbacks In action yit!'
1.-The logic Of this might have heen
a little faulty, but there was no deny
ing the fact 1t contained, and by and
by, thinking to smooth over any hurt
in his feelings that my apparent skep"
ticism might have inflicted, asked the
man II he wouldn't join me in little
something they kept inside. He gave
a start and exclaimed:
"'why, great clawin' t'rantuler, coll
onel! That's tougher yit than Texas
razorbacks!'
$50, although I had heard and
learned a good deal, was sorry
hadn't stayed on the train."-New
York Sun.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-02-09
Mistllansuus 8eaaing.
FARMERS EXCHANGE NEEDED
D. H. Russell Comments Upon Local
Conditions.

-. NJ nues0ii SoffiHoHes SPoH SSS~
Conditions.
Editor Of the Daily Mail: 1 have
NOTED with a good deal Of interest your
references to the importance Of es.
tablishing a grain exchange In this
city, and it Is a most practicable idea
1.-The farmers have been lambasted
Through the press and in public ad.
dresses have been sharply criticised
for raising so much cotton to the ex-
clusion of other crops and strongly
advised to diversity farming opera
tions. Which is all very well, but sup
pose he does that and raises an abun-
dance Of other crops what will he dc
with what he has to sell of these other
crops?
There is no market here for the
disposal Of grain, hay, etc. I person
ally know of some farmers who have
corn to sell, but where can they dis
pose Of 1t If they haul it to town? Bar
ring a chance customer who has not
made enough himself, the farmer can't
sell ut to advantage.
And the same Is true Of hay and for
age crops. Western hay Is now worth
about $50 a ton, and pea vine hay is
Just as good, but where is the pur-
chaser here who will give even $25 a
ton for It? And there are lot OF
other small products Of the farm that
farmer has to peddle out around
town to sell them.
There Is something else to be done
right here besides sit up in an office
and advise farmers to diversity and
that something is to establish mar
ket or exchange where all these things
can be disposed Of promptly, as Is
cotton for spot cash when brought to
town. And can conceive Of no more
important work for the Chamber OF
Commerce to undertake than the es-
tablishment of a market to handle
these things.
AS long as the farmer can sell only
cotton promptly for spot cash he is
going to raise cotton, because he has
to. He may raise enough Of supplies
for his own needs, but at present there
| is no inducement for him to raise any
to sell. AS much corn can be raised
on an acre here as anywhere In the
United States, and as southern corn
is superior to western, 1t ought to
bring as much per bushel. But will
1t?
So let's have some vigorous step
taken to establish a regular exchange
mere for the handling Of all farm pro-
ducts that are offered for sale. The
western farmer has a great advantage
over the southern farmer In this re-
spect, for everything he has to sell
will bring him spot cash, and thus
ready cash Is constantly coming in and
in a steady stream Is kept constantly
in circulation, while the southern
farmer has an abundant supply OF
funds only once a year. What a DIFF
ference 1t would make in the cash
trade of this city and in the deposits
in the banks If this condition obtain
ed down here, as in the west. So let
us quit "cussin'" out the farmer and
go to work to help him get out Of a
hole and thus help ourselves, too.
D. H. Russell.
Anderson, S. c.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-02-09
PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
John Brisht's Advice to Beginners in
the Art Of Oratory.


Don't speak unless you have
something to say. Don't be tempted
to go on after you have said It," was
the advice of John Bright, the great
orator. His biographer, R. B. O'Brien
says that he took great pains in the
preparation Of his speeches. He
thought the subject over night and
day and sometimes committed the
peroration and other important pas
sages to memory, although In the
main he trusted to the inspiration OF
the moment for the words in which to
clothe his ideas. Writing to CORE
spondent in 1888, Bright said:
"As to modes of preparation fol
speaking, it. seems to me that every
man would readily discover what
suits him best.
ITO speak without preparation, es-
pecially on great and solemn topics, Is
rashness and cannot be recommend
ed. When I intend to speak on any
thing that seems to me important
consider what 1t is that 1 wish to i'm
press upon my audience.
II do not write my facts or my
arguments, but make notes on two OF
three slips of note paper, giving the
line of argument and leaving the
words to come at call while I am
speaking. There are occasionally short
passages which for accuracy 1 may
write down. as sometimes. almost in
variably. the concluding words or SEN
tences may be written"
Upon one occasion he gave G. w
E. Russell some hints about speech
making.
"Of course" writes Mr.. Russell, 81
cannot recall verbally what he said
but 1t was like this:
"-You can't prepare your subject
too thoroughly, but it is easy to over.
prepare your words. Divide your sub
ject into two or three or more mair
sections. For each section prepare ar
island" Ry this I mean a carefully
prepared sentence to clinch your ar
gument. Make this the conclusion OF
the section and then trust yourself tc
swim to the next island. Keep the
best island for the peroration of the
speech and then at once sit down.
Youths Companion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-02-09

Aeronauts Big contraot.-Orville
Wright said the other day to an inter-
viewer:
Our aim Is to make flying safe.
The important thing Is not now to pro-
duce aeroplanes that will go 15O miles
an hour but to produce aeroplanes
that won't fall down."
Mr.. Wright smiled.
I'm reminded Of g. flying story
about a man who called at biplane
selling agency and said:
My older brother bought biplane
here last month. You told him II any,
thing broke you would supply the
missing parts
"'Yes. Well?' said the manager.
"'Well.' said the caller, my brother
wants you to supply him right away
with six new ribs, a left leg, half q
dozen assorted fingers and medium
sized Roman nose
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-02-09
Danger of Gasoline Fumss.-In a

Danger of Gasoline Fumss.-In
letter to the New York Medical Jour-
nal DR.. T. D. w. Pinckney declares
that public warning should be given
in regard to danger from fumes where
gasolene is burned, and cites the case
of a man who was found unconscious
and near death after being for a short
time in a small room In which an au-
tomobile engine was running.
Some time ago." he says, Il was
also called to see plumber who was
rendered helpless and almost uncon-
scious by fumes from his gasolene
torch. It appears that only small
amount Of the fumes Is necessary to
cause helplessness and that there Is
little or no warning Of danger in the
feeling Of the one affected.
Persons working alone in their
small private garages are in grave dan
ger when they let their engines run
for even short time" says Or. Pinck-
ney. Chance alone saved the men In
the two cases I mention"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-02-09
OUR RESOURCES NOT VANISHING
Accounting Of the Vast WeaIths OF
American Domains.

The theory that the American peo-
pie. individually and collectively, are
too incompetent. dishonest and waste
full to settle freely upon our lands,
open up our mines. irrigate our fields
or establish industrial operations
based upon the native resources Of the
country; that there Is no further use
for the prospector. the discoverer, the
homestead settler, the miner, the in
dustrial worker and the empire build
er, Is fair statement of the conten-
tions Of the conservation propaganda.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-02-09
RAZoRBAcKs MAY BE TOUGH.
But There's Something Tougher u
T.~.. -, Trauslar L. ToId

But There's Something Tougher In
Texas, q Traveller 10 Told.
"One day while 1 was making that
trip of mine through Texas" said John
Gilbert, the travelling groceryman, Il
found the railroad cars so hot and
dusty. that /, alighted at little place
on the edge of a green, far spreading
gulf prairie, thinking I might find 1t
cooler there. But l soon found didn't
know Texas.
Il sat down in the shade Of one of
those umbrella-like trees they call
China trees down there, in front Of the
hotel gallery, and after gasping awhile
remarked to a mild looking man
who also sat there gasping that this
weather was about the toughest thing
l had run against since l came to
Texas.
"'Tough!' said the man, with some
thing like a sneer. Tough!
II assured him that that was what
had remarked. Tough.
you hain't met up with flock o Tex
as razorbacks yit, have you?''
mot yet 1 replied. Are they
pretty tough?'
"'Tougher'n alligators,' said the
man. And hain't got no more fear In
'em than there's sugar In a green
p'simmon. Reckon you wouldn't care
to bark to how I come to be sure O
that, would you?
II said 1 reckoned I would, then. /
was in Texas to hear and learn, !
said.
Then you jest bark to me and
you'll learn somethin',' the mild look
ing man assured me and went on to
prove his assertion.
"A hipotamus,' said he, Is only
jest learnin' to be tough 'longside OF
Texas razorback, and II didn't know
no ways else that they was tough and
not afeard O. nothin' I'd know it from
what 1 seen with my own eyes once up
yonder on the puhraruh.
"I seen q cyclone tearin' along
over that puhraruh and lightnin' was
jaggin' about it like Fourth O. July
fireworks. And roar? Great t'rantu-
ler how 1t did roar! was so skeert
that I laid right down and shook-and
when I git so skeert that lay down and
shake, colonel, there's got to be guns
a-poppin' from all pints O. the COM
pass and mine to home in my other
trousers.
THE cloud that held this here tear
in and roarin' whirlwind O. fire and
brimstun was kind O. cattycornering
away from me, and wasn't moren a
quarter of a mile off. 1t was cuttin'
right along the grass, and great devil
boss a-spittin', how that lightnin' did
jag.
~ had to keep my eyes on to It,
and what did l see but flock o ra-
zorbacks tearin' along to git In ahead
of 1t and tackle 1t. Its roarin' had riz
their dander, l spect, where they was
feedin' on the puhraruh, and they had
jest rushed on to git a lick at 1t.
Colonel, them razorbacks got there
and that cyclone swooped 'em up into
it's NAV about as slick and quick as
anything ever was swooped up into
somethin's NAV, and then the fire be-
gan to fly in chunks out O. that black
cloud-pieces O. lightnin' a foot long,
some Of 'em. AS watched 'em tum-
BILE l felt sorry for them razorbacks.
"'"That cyclone Is jest grindin sas-
sage meat out Of 'em!" says. But
they're maxim sparks fly out O. the
mill, Jest the same!" l says, and so
they was.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-02-09
Enough said.-Theodore DRESSER, the

Enough Said.-Theodore Dreiser, the
novelist, was talking about criticism.
II like criticism. he said. criticism
such as heard in the lobby of the
ater the other night at the end Of the
play.
"The critic was an old gentleman.
His criticism, which was for his wife's
ears alone, consisted Of these words:
Well, you would come!' st. Louis
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-02-09

e" Wealth may not bring man hap
multitude of would be friends.
~ Love of applause is responsible
for many a near actor.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-26

tthages which would last for weeks and
WAS not able to sit up in bed. I suffered
= great deal with my back and was 30
nervous I could scarcely sleep at night,
Ind I did not do any housework for three
years.
CHOW I can do as much work as
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thanks to tho benefit have received
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No other medicine for woman's Ills has
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Vegetable Compound. For more than 80
years it has been the standard remedy
Tor Woman's ills.
III you have tho slightest doubt
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(conhdentiaD Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by q woman,
and held In strict confidence.
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L0~ ML@
an ZHE REAcK

islands This ukase involved Russia in a dis
pute with the United States and Great Britain,
resulting in tho treaties of 1924 and 1925.
which recognized Russia claim to jurisdiction
over the whole of Bering Sea, Okhotsk Sea-
and other water Enclosed by Russian territory.
From the outset the company placed ra-
tional limit on the number Of animals killed
each year. and in the light Of later experience
it is evident that the herd would have been
fully able to sustain the annual harvest OF
skins II these had been taken only from the
males. But males and females alike were
slaughtered in ignorance or disregard Of the
polygamous character Of the seals. and as
early as 1906 it was necessary to suspend
operations for two years in order to permit
the herd to recuperate.
When killing was resumed, however, 1t was
along the came destructive lines, and the
mighty fur-seal host continued to dwindle un.
til by 1884 its numbers we're reduced to one
fifteenth one-twentieth of those present in
the first years after the discovery of the
islands. The suspension Of all killing for a
term Of years then ensued, and by the time
operations were resumed the company ofncials
had come to realize that the females should be
protected, and later the sacrifice Of old bulls
and young pups was stopped
The result was a remarkable recuperation
and increase in the herd that afford a valid
basis for the belief that speedy recovery of the
decimated herds Of Alaska, Russia, and Japan
may follow the elimination Of the factor re-
sponsible for their present condition, namely,
the fndiscriminate killing Of males and females
at sea. When Russia ceded her Jurisdiction
over Alaska, the Prtbilof fur-seal herd had at
tanned degree Of prosperity closely approach
ing its condition at the time of It's discovery,
and we thus came into possession Of q re-
source but, little impaired and had knowl-
edge Of its significant history to guide US In
its treatment
It Is a cause for congratulation that no coun-
try has dealt with its seal life in a more intel
ngent, humane, and jealous manner than the
United States. and It was cruel fate that for
so many years rendered our efforts futile. The
only occasion when there was any laxity in
our administration of the seal islands was dur
ing the first years Of our possession, when the
government was still unorganized anywhere in
the territory and various private companies
landed parties on the Pribilofs and took seal
skins without any government supervision o:
restriction. It was in that year that the larg-
est killing In the history of the islands was
made; the number Of skins obtained was prob
ably not less than 900, and may have
reached $4,000: but this take was not indts-
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finished dinner at the, Hotel Astor,
New York, he, was surprised to find
a little gray-haIred man in the lobby
standing ut attention with his hand
to his forehead - he passed out of
the dining.room. He stopped to learn
the, reason for tho salute and found
that the man, Peter Farrell, who fs q
Waterman In the hotel, had fought
with him In q battle with the Zulus
In 1873 when a majority Of the Eng
lish party was killed It was the first
time the two men had met since the
battle,
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land is In itself no small accomplishment for
air-breathing animals The females. leaving
the islands in November, go further south
than any other members of the herd, and in
December appear off southern California,
where they remain until March. They then
begin their long return journey. reaching the
islands early in June.
Within two days of their arrival on the rock
cries the cows give birth to their pups. Not
until ten or twelve days have elapsed do they
return to the water or take any food Then,
after washing and playing near the islands,
they make their first long trip to the feeding
grounds, coming back to the rookeries after
three or four days. Thereafter throughout
the season the cows make regular feeding
trips at intervals of five to ten days.
The seals subsist chiefly on squid, but also
on herring, smelt, salmon, pollock, and other
kinds Of fish. which are caught and eaten in
the water. They have prodigious appetites
and gorge themselves whenever the opportu-
nifty comes.
On the approach Of cold weather. the cows
and pups leave the islands together. Up to
that time the pups have subsisted solely on
milk, and they then have to learn to catch
their own food, consisting of fish and squid
Inasmuch as the natural mortality among the
pups in their first year is fully 50 per cent, it
is evident that they experience many vicisst
tudes in the tempestous seas to which they
commit tnemSelVeS Inc mares 1OllOW 6QOftly
after. but some remain about the islands
throughout the winter in mild seasons and
the natives always depend on seals for food in
December and January.
Fur seals and hair seals have always been
regarded as legitimate objects Of exploitation.
and all governments having real or assumed
property rights in herds Of seals have sane
toned their killing, under restriction, for fur.
leather, oil, food, etc.
Beginning in 1886 and continuing until the
sale Of Alaska, Russians were almost contin-
uously engaged in killing fur seals on the
Pribilof Islands, In the earlier years there was
promiscuous scramble among rival compa-
MES, so that to maintain order and properly
regulate the taking Of seals the government
was forced in 1899 to give the privilege to a
single company, created by imperial decree
and having among its shareholders members
Of the imperial family and the nobility. This
association, known as the Russian-American
company, enjoyed monopoly OF this business
long as Russia had control of Alaska. An
ukase issued by Alexander I in 1921 for the
regulation of the company had as one Of it's
features the prohibition Of foreign vessels
within 100 miles Of the Russian coasts and
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Held Prisoner All Morninq

end OF half an hour there was no
sign Of abatement of the storm he
took her gently but firmly by the arm,
guided her right out of the porch, and
locked the outermost door upon her.
AS master and scholars returned to
their work, the sound of angry expos
tulations and OF knocks and hammer
ing upon the door reached them from
the distance, but the much-tTied man
took NO notice, thinking to himself,
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Pleasing DrreauIarities.

Pleasing Irregularities.
There are wild Irregularities that
are pleasing. In the north station q
boy tripped while running toward his
father and mother who were on the
back platform Of the car just start
ing.
Tho Mother-Little Johnny fell
down.
The Father-Leave him lay.
This was wholly admirable.