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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-07
WoMEN's FIGHT FOR VOTE
Achieved Victories Here Quickly as
Compared With Europe.

Women in the United States have
achieved their present spaciousness OF
freedom and opportunity quickly, as
we reckon time in Europe, but not with
out struggle, says Harper's Weekly
When the late Miss Susan B. Anthony
began her crusade in the SOS, Ameri-
can women had their full share Of dis
abilities. The masses of them were al
most wholly uneducated. High schools
as well as colleges were closed against
them. Their appearance on public
platforms was social misdemeanor OF
the first order. Except as teachers OF
domestic servants they were virtually
cut off from employment. The states
had one and all excluded them from
the suffrage.
The wife had no legal existence. She
could not own property, buy or sell, sue
court, or control her own wages. The
father could apprentice young children
without the mothers consent, and dis
pose Of them by will at his death
There was but one cause for divorce
and the husband, though the guilty
party, could retain the property and the
children.
Things have moved since then. Edu-
cationally, legally, and industrially
there is today very little to choose be-
tween the status Of women in America
and the status Of men. In the sphere OF
education matters have, indeed, pro-
ceeded so far that foreigner like my
self is tempted at times to wonder
whether there may not be some danger
of American culture becoming slightly
effeminate.
AS for their civil and legal rights
women in America have little to com.
plain of. In three-fourths Of the states
a married woman may own and contro
her separate property, and in all o1
them she may dispose Of 1t by will, the
same as a married man. In two thirds
Of them her earnings are absolutely
under her own control. In almost al
Of them she may make contracts ant
bring suit in the courts. The old laws
Of inheritance have been so changed
that widow Is now in full possession
of her rights.
The divorce laws from Maine to Cal.
ifornia seem to be especially framed tt
meet the conveniences and wishes o.
women. Industrially, too, women are
equally favored. Broadly speaking
there Is no occupation in which they
may not engage with the full approva
of the law and public opinion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-07

introducing modern civilization into the
Turkish territory. This opportunity Ger
mans and Austrians clearly saw and 1t
Is that which created rivalry between
those Teutonic empires to gain a
sphere Of influence in Turkey on both
sides Of the Dardanelles. The whole Of
Turkey both in Europe and Asia is
capable Of great development and 1t Is
rivalry to do this that has created the
jealousy that threatens war between
Russia and the Teutonic empires with
England and France favoring the Mus
covite because further from their
shores and therefore not so dangerous
from increased strength as Germany
and Austria would be. Italy, Latin
power, might naturally be expected to
side with France and probably would
do 80 were it not that II the Balkan
allies get possession Of Albania 1t will
bring the new Byzantine empire down
to the Adriatic sea with an opportunity
Of developing maritime power which
added to Greece on the south with Bull
garia having an outlet on the Euxine
and all formed into a confederacy
might grow into a serious menace to
Italian supremacy in the Mediteran,
mean, as much as to Teutonic influence
in Central Europe.-Los Angeles Times.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-07

Prehistoric Human SkuIl.-One of
the most important prehistoric finds of
our time and one which Is causir g
great excitement among scientists has
been made in Sussex.
A few weeks ago men quarrying In a
deep gravel pit turned up a human
skull. It was in fragments, but there
was enough of 1t for the experts to
form a conclusive judgment. 1t turns
out to be the skull Of q paleolithic man
and Is by far the earliest trace Of man
kind that has yet been found In Eng
land.
It dates certainly from the beginning
of the Pleistocene period. 1t was found
in association with the bones Of one of
the most ancient types Of elephant.
The stratum in which 1t lay was the
beach of very old river bed.
There Is no doubt at all Of its au-
thenticity. The skull belongs roughly
to the same age as the famous Heidel-
berg skull and Is quite as early as any
| thing which has been found in Europe.
The skull resembles the Neanderthal
specimens, but belongs to a much low
er and more primitive type Of mankind
even than that. The experts have been
able to come to a definite Judgment as
to the kind of brain once housed IN
these amazing bones. 1t was certainly
a very different brain from that pos
sessed by any living race.
The experts will not venture an opin-
ion as to the date of the Sussex man.
but most probably he lived millions OF
years ago.-London correspondence
New York Sun.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-07

The exodus of the Turks from
Europe virtually has begun, according
to a letter received by the American
Red Cross. The letter says that the
Red Cross already has aided more
than 100000 Turkish refugees tc
leave Europe and to take up agricul.
ture in Asia Minor. The families are
agriculturists and they represent fol
the most part the primitive portion OF
the Turkish population. THE sight Is
very interesting" says the Red Cross
correspondent. speaking Of the farm
ers' desertion of their homes in Eu-
rope. for. loaded into their bullock
carts, are their families and crude
il Elements of their trade. To al
appearances the implements are Of the
same design as those used before the
time of the apostles" Farms across
the Bosphorus are provided free by
he Ottoman government.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-07

This Years Gowns.-Alfred Gwynne
Vanderbilt, from an orchestra stall al
the Metropolitan Opera house-it was
a Caruso night-looked quizzically UP
the grand tier, with it's liquid flash OF
diamonds and its satin luster of white
arms and shoulders and backs-especi-
ally backs-for this years evening
gowns are lower in the back than ever
A young man, nodding toward very
extravagantly attired matron, said to
Mr.. Vanderbilt:
She puts every cent her husband
makes on her back"
Mr.. Vanderbilt smiled.
Her husband must make very little
then" said he.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-07
cARGoEs THAT INToxIcATE
Strawberry Fumes Overcome Sailors
Aboard English Ships.

Every spring, especially about Whit
suntide and for a week or two after,
hundreds Of tons Of early strawber-
ries come across from Brittany to
Plymouth. Many people apply for
passage on these boats, but the COM
panies owning them always refuse,
says a writer in Pearson's Weekly.
The reason has just been made pub
lie and 1t is a curious one. The
fumes" from the fruit causes kind
of intoxication, much like that which
Is felt in the neighborhood Of vats
containing fermenting wine. Even
the crews Of these ships are liable to
be overcome, and have to stay on deck
for the greater part of the voyage. A
scientist who has been consulted de-
clares that, as there is no overwhelm-
ing perfume from a cargo Of straw
berries, the explanation must be that
the sugar contained in the strawber-
ries ferments.
The most dangerous Of all cargoes
Is oil. An "oil tank" as an oil-bear-
ing steamer is called, needs very deli
cate handling. Not only may the oil
catch fire, but the vapor, particularly
of naphtha, is the cause Of many ia
talities. Air, of which one one-hun-
dreth Is naphtha vapor, is very in
flamable. If the percentage Of naph-
tina vapor rises to two in a hundred,
a naked light means an explosion.
A year or two ago an oil schooner,
the Costa Rica, was lying at the quay
side at Hull when she suddenly burst
into flame. The board OF trade inqui-
~ showed that the disaster could only
be accounted for by the breeze blow
ing the dangerous vapor against one
Of the dock gas lamps, some twenty
yards away.
Badly ventilated holds, which have
been kept closed for some time. are in
themselves a frequent cause of illness,
and sometimes of death, among sea-
men who are sent down to them. Many
common substances absorb oxygen
from the atmosphere, and when the
air contains less than Is per cent of
pure oxygen it is fatal to life. A bad
ly ventilated hold containing Indian
corn is particularly dangerous, as this
grain not only absorbs oxygen, but
produces the poisonous carbonic gas.
Curiously enough the deadly car
bonic acid is sometimes deliberately
manufactured on board ship and
pumped into the hold. Carbonic acid
gas makes any outbreak of fire among
the cargo absolutely impossible. Fire
needs air, and carbonic acid gas kills
anything that needs air, whether fire
or human being.
Though several tragedies have taken
place owing to the leakage of this gas
from hold to forecastle, many ships,
particularly German and Dutch, are
fitted with this pumping plant. And
the explosive room" of many CONT
mental battleships are kept absolutely
safe against accidental explosions by
being kept full to the root Of the dead
liest gas IN existence.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-07

One On Andrew.-When Andrew Car
negie was still on the sunny side OF
forty, he was dining with some hall
dozen we'll known business men In
hotel in New York. After dinner
amid a fire Of jokes and personali-
ties, voice from the foot OF the table
called out solemnly:
Andrew, II you were to die now,
what would they sing at your funer-
al?"
Let me see," said Mr.. Carneie
thoughtfully, II once heard piece
called, Angels Bright and Fair that
struck me as mighty pretty. How
would that fill the bill?"
Guess again, Andrew. Nothing
like that in yours"
"Well, / give up" said Mr. Carne-
gle in resigned tone, that's what
you want me to do anyhow. What's
it to be?"
Quick as a flash. amid the silence
that for the first time that evening,
reigned in the room, came the answer
"Scotland's Burning!"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-07

Peculiar Taste.-An Associated Char
ity worker, making a visit to a poor
mountain woman, observed that her
three small children wore spectacles,
says Harper's Bazaar.
Its a pity they all have trouble
with their eyes, isn't it?" she remark
ed, sympathetically, to the mother.
There amt anything the matter
with their eyes, m"
Then why on earth do you dis
figure them with glasses?" asked the
visitor in wonderment.
The woman bridled. "Why. thinks
they look lovely" she said. II likes
them on little children. I thinks
they're real dresy."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-07
Halnuruus department,
sehoolhox NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. at

Schooiboy ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS at
a meeting recently, DR.. T. j. Macna-
mara, M. p, told some amusing stories
of quaint sayings attributed to chill
dren which he had collected from
school teachers in various parts Of the
country. Here is a selection:
Teacher: What is mediator?
Pupil: Please, sir. mediator i. a
chap who says: Hit me instead"
Teacher Ito London classy What
is grass?"
Boy: Grass is what you have to
keep off.
why would David rather be door
keeper in the house of the Lord?"
Because he could walk outside while
the sermon was being preached"
How do you know the earth is
round?"
Because it says in the Bible: World
without end"
When he once asked London class
of girls, added DR.. Mcnamara, what
they would say If he told them he saw
the sun rise in the west, he got the re-
ply that 1t was impossible.
But" he persevered, "supposing
still declared l had seen the sun rise In
the west?"
well" one of the little girls at
length replied, II should think you must
have got up rather late."-Tit Bits.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-07

A New Definition of c. O. p.-Mr
Cohen was a bankrupt. He had given
the town of Lancaster, Pa, a striking
Illustration Of how to run retail
business on a grand scale until the
wholesale houses had demanded pay
ment Of him for what he had bought
He went to New York and entered
the offices of the firm which had been
stung by his bankrupt activities.
Throbbing with optimism, he ex-
planned to Mr.. Oddenheim that ne
intended to start a new business and
wanted to buy long line Of goods
Mr.. Oddenheim stuck his head out
of the door and yelled out abruptly:
Isaac, come down here! Mr
Cohen is here and wants to buy a
lot of stuff. It is Mr.. Cohen, of Ian
caster. Mr.. Cohen, c. o. D..
At this Mr.. Cohen was greatly
angered.
ouired with heat. ''Is not my credit
good for ninety days? What do you
mean by describing me as C. 0. d. 2 y
Now, don't be alarmed, Mr
Cohen" said the junior member Of the
firm. THAT C. o. d. does not re.
fleet on your credit. When I called
out to Isaac, said C. o. D. That
simply means Come Omediately
Down!'-Popular Magazine.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-07

A Fashion Note.-Lady Duff Gordon
at a tea, praised the pannier skirt
says the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Everybody likes it, it is so grace
full" she said. smiling. Everybody
likes 1t ecxept crusty old fellows"
She turned to crusty old fellow
upon Louis Seize chair beside her
and continued
II know a woman whose husband
growled at her when she tried on q
new panied gown for him.
"I don't see why you wear those
ridiculous big panniers. You haven't
got the hips to fill them
The woman blushed and bit hel
lip. Then she said quietly:
"'But do you fill your silk hat
George?"'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-07
getters FROM the Schools.
Conducted by Miss Leila A. Russell,
Rock Hill, S. c., January 4, 1913.

.. ~,
Dear Boys and Girls:
A happy New Year to you! May II
be the very best one you have, ever
had. / want you and your teachers
10 join Mr.. Carroll and myself In max
ing this the best year for the schools
of York county. Let us see If we can
not make the attendance record very
much better. Try to be in school
every single day. No boy or girl can
miss several days out Of each month
and keep up with school work.
Have you done your part toward
making this column success? This
is your work, not mine. / asked for
some stories for this column, but not
one has been received. The Laurens
county school children are getting
out an exceedingly creditable maga-
zine. The county supervisor tells me
she gets more stories, poems and let
ters than she can use in the maga-
zine. York county children can do
just as we'll, but there are numbers
Of schools that have shown no inter-
est in the column. Let us begin with
January, 1918, to take part in every
thing that means progress in our
schools. During this month the birth
days Of Lee and Jackson occur. A
sketch Of either or both these gen.
erals would be good English work
and fine for the column. Write an
account of any interesting incident in
your life. l close by giving you a
riddle. Let us see who will be the
first to solve It:
"A father has just twice six sons,
Not one e'er seen his brother.
or thirty daughters TO each son,
Not one e'er seen the other.
Each daughters lite twice twelve
doth count;
Of stranger facts here's another
One-half their lives they're white as
light,
And black as night the other.
The letters published this week did
not reach me in time to be published
before the holidays.
Very sincerely yours,
Leila A. Russell.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-07
The Bank of Clover,
. FOR SALE

$50 Acres-Joining lands Of w. l.
Faulconer, Mrs. McElwee and Elias
Falls. Fine 4-horse farm open, good
barn. 2 tenant houses; miles from
Smyrna.
100 Acres-2A miles from Tirzah
station. Beautiful S-room house; fine,
fertile land. Property Of 8. N. Craig.
333 Acres-The beautiful home Of
j. ]. Matthews, In Kings Mountain
township, 9 miles from Yorkville; g.
horse farm open; It's acres In forest
timber; good barn; tenant houses,
to rooms each. This Is an up-to-
date farm. The owner has moved to
town and will sell 1t right
200 Acres-s-room house. Price
Al Acres-At Filbert. Price $1,000.
143 Acres-One mile Of incorporate
limits, on public highway. Price
porate limits on public highway. Price
$50 Per Acre.
have two tracts Of hand, being q
part Of the Joe Barnes place, joining
Philadelphia station, and lands Of Ed
sandifer. One tract Of about Is acres;
another of about 20 or 26 acres. that ]
will sell, IL bought between now and
the 1st Of January.
233 Acres-One-half mile from Buf-.
locks Creek Church and School-new
7-room 2-story house, tenant
houses. Joins w. L. Crawford and e.
M. Bankhead. Price $25 Per Acre.
One Lot--In Hickory Grove. Price
$65.OO.
1924 Acres-Near Sharon, good bot
tom land, barn, 2 tenant houses, $f2.6O
per acre.
SO Acres-1 new 4-room house and
good barn; splendid farm. miles
from Yorkville; $500 90 per Acre.
A 7-Room Houss-70 feet front on
West Madison St, joining J. w. Dob
son and r. ]. Herndon. $1,600.00.
100 Acres-4 miles Of Yorkville.-
$500 per Acre.
so Acres-1 mile of Yorkville.-
81, 10000.
100 Acres-4 miles on Pinckney-
road-$S0.00 per Acre.
III Acres miles Of Yorkville.
III Acres mile of Bethany High
SIS Ia Acres-1 mile of Bethany
High school.
1876 Acres-Joins Webb Moore, w.
r. Carroll and J. Cameron. A large
2-story, 7-room house; about 80 acres
under cultivation; at least 1000 cords
Of wood on this place; about 80 acres
in bottom land: / tenant house. One
mile Of Philadelphia station. Price,
$4,000 an Acre.
S71 Acres-Joins Mack McCarter
and A. M. McGill. One mile from
Bethany High School. miles from
Glover public highway. 1 good s.
room house and barn and / good 4
room house and barn. A fine produc-
tive farm. so acres In cultivation,
balance In timber. Will sell as a whole
or separate the two settlements. The
price Of this land Is right, we wish to
make q sale at once. Look It over
and give US some offers. Property Of
w. c. Faris.
100 Acres-6 miles from Smyrna;
joins Bob Biggers and John Boyd
tract. Price, 100000.
601 Acres-Joins Douglass land near
Bethany, 25 acres in cultivationi 4
room cottage, new; tenant house
with rooms II. Price, $2,100.00.
81 Aores-Heavy timber land, join
ing lands of Ed Burns, p. B. McAee; Is
acres clear land, AZ acres In timber,
second growth pine and some fine orig
inal pine. Price, $4,000.
J. c. WILBORN.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-07
SMOAK-BROWN co.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
County Of York.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
YoRKvILLE, 8. c.

County Of York.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
B. N. Moore, as Receiver Of Hill,
Kennedy & Company, Plaintiffs,
against John Young, T. M. Whiso-
nant and Hill Banking and Mer-
camille Company, Defendants
Summons for Relief-complaint
Filed.
To the Defendants Above Named:
VOU are hereby summoned and re-
l. quired to answer the Complaint
In this action which has this day been
filed in the Office Of the Clerk of Court Of
Common Pleas for said County, and to
serve q copy Of your answer to the said
Complaint on the subscribers at their
Office at Yorkville, South Carolina, in
twenty days after the service there
Of, exclusive of the day Of such serv-
ice; and, IL 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:18th day Of December, 1912.
FINLEY & MARION,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-07

His Oath in Foree.-When Thomas
S. Martin, a member of the United
States senate from Virginia, was prac-
ticing law in his home state, he was
noted for his ability in ross-examin-
ing witnesses. In one case he began
the questioning of a Mr.. Brown, the
defendant, with this advice:
please remember, Mr.. Brown, hat
you must be very careful about eLy'-
thing you say, because you are testify
ing under OATH"
Mr.. Brown, being a high-struns
southern gentleman, was somewhat an
noyed by what he considered to be an
unnecessary reminder that he had
sworn to tell the truth. At the end OF
his testimony he was told by Martin
that, as a witness, he had handled his
own case very well.
Perhaps" returned Brown, with a
pleasant smile, II might return the
compliment If 1 were not testifying un-
der oath."-Popular Magazine.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-07

Taking More Care.-It was lady
who telephoned US the story: Il de-
cided the other day that my little boy
was getting altogether too big to have
me sit with him till he went to sleep.
And while was breaking him Of this
habit thought I'd quit leaving a light
in his room, too. He's years old. So
last night kissed him good night and
said:
Now, Harold, you are going to be
mammals big, brave 10y tonight and
go to sleep all by yourself"
WELL he answered, I'll try. But
leave the light burning
mo, dear. If you're going to be a
big boy must turn out the light
Have got to sleep in the dark?'
Yes
Then wait a minute till l say my
prayers again an do it carefuller.' -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-07
SisterIy Sympathy.-"Mrs. DOVE

SisterIy Sympathy.-"Mrs Dowdler
was here this morning. She said she
saw you. at the grand opera night be-
fore last?" she asked.
Yes. my husband and I go regu-
larly twice a week"
"She seemed to think it was terri
BILE the way some of the ladies were
dressed"
"Oh. did she? 1 thought it was a
very dressy crowd"
she objected. to the low cut gowns
that some of the women had on. She
said she wouldn't think of appearing
in public in that way"
II don't blame her. If 1 had a
neck like the upper side of wash
board I should feel just as she does
about it''-Chicago Record Herald.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-07
Geo. w. Knox J. /. Stacy.
President Seo. and Mgr.
Glover REAL ESTATE co.
CLOVER. 8. c.
FOR SALE .

/. Mrs. ]. A. Hedgepeth's House
and Lot in Glover. A Big Bargain at
~, 10000.
Q. Extra large Lot on Kings Mt.
St.; houses; an excellent renting
proposition-sA to 10 per cent on in
vestment.
10. 30i a., 4 miles west Of York
Vile; about 100 young fruit trees.
$3.50 per Acre.
13. s lots fronting Faires St e5
Each. 1 1-3 a. fine pasture, close In.
$4,000.
II. Groom Cottage (New), Il. e.
Moore residence-$1.5 10000.
18. 220 Acres-Good, sandy land
farm, the w. e. Adams home tract
$42.50 per Acre. Good terms on this.
19. 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; part Of the
T. F. Jackson-Glass tract.
CLOVER REAL ESTATE CO
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-07
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