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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-07-25
HIS BANK ACCOUNT
The Experiences Of Brave Young
Man.
CHAPTER ]

no experiences oI q Draw toahS
Man.
CHAPTER I.
$50 you are the brave young man
who saved my daughters life In the
automobile accident?" observed Alex
ander Van Millyn, the great financier.
"Yes," admitted Archibald Stanish,
modestly. Though I am penniless
wish to marry your daughter"
1T seems to me that under the
circumstances you should have her"
unused Van Millyn. "You saved her
life, and therefore in a measure she
belongs to you. I cannot, however,
give Doanna to man who Is en-
tirely without financial means. Come
to me when you have q bank &C.
count Of $1,000 and will give you my
daughter. Goodbye"
CHAPTER II.
Archibald Stanish was in despair.
Forty five cents In my pocket, and
he wants me to show him a bank ac-
count" he walled.
Hello. old chap" cried a voice
Stanish turned and saw his boyhood
friend, Harry Digging.
Come along with me-" said Dig
ing. "I just made some money on
the stock exchange. Take supper
with me-"
II really don't care for supper" re-
piled Stanish, mournfully. you car
do me a great favor. though. Just
loan me the tip you intend to give
the waiter"
Sure, old fellow" answered Dig.
ing, and he handed Stanish 5000.
CHAPTER III.
IT wish to open an account" be-
gan Stanish, nervously. my first de-
posit will be 5000. I would like to
have a check-book. Thanks"
tom, will you cash my personal
check for $200?" asked Stanish
nervously.
Certainly" replied Tom Bailey
one of Stanish's best friends.
Thanks" said Stanish gratefully.
Archibald Stanish hurried to the
bank and deposited 5000.
THAT makes s400 to my credit,
he remarked gleefully.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-07-25

3g The eye is sometimes more elo-
quent than the tongue, yet few Of us
prefer a tongue lashing to an eye lash
ST The man who praises himself is
never popular, especially with the peo-
pie who think he might better be prais-
ing them.
The Washington times., 1913-11-11
WASHINGTON RAILWAY FINANCES.

The far-reaching powers reposed in the Public
Utilities Commission suggested in and
striking way by the order for an investigation of the
Washington Railway and Electric Company's recent
extra dividend payment. The commission wants to
know if that dividend fairly entitled to be paid
with due consideration to the physical condition and
financial status of the property.
1t has long been charged, and it is borne out by
the reports of the railway company, that the COM
panys dividends are mainly produced from the earn
ngs of the Potomac Electric Power Company The
Washington Railway Company owns all the stock of
the Potomac, which earns huge dividends. Those
dividends go into the treasury of the railway
pany, to be distributed to its shareholders.
If is fact of commonest knowledge that the rates
charged by the Potomac company for current are
very high compared to those in other cities These
high rates enable that company to earn big profits
for the benefit of the Washington Railway Company.
In other words, users of light and power are
paying out for light and power, the money that
largely pays the dividends on the railway company's
stocks.
Is that fair treatment Of the people who buy light
and power?
it does not so impress the Public Utilities Com
mission, and no does it the general public If
the rates on current for light and power were or
dered reduced to what is commonly believed to be
a reasonable basis, whence then would come the
revenues with which to maintain the railway COM
pany's dividends? If the money, didn't come. from
somewhere, and dividends had to be reduced, it is
apparent that the stock could not be maintained at
present quotations; and in that case the people who
have been led to pay these ruling prices for the
stock would bear the loss. % -
The Public Utilities Commission law makes all
these matters of community concern and the most
intimate public interest. The people entitled to
know about them. The law says they are and the
commission is taking steps to produce the informa
ton.
The Potomac company not long ago declared
stock dividend of 100 per cent for which the
was in nowise apparent The additional stock thus
created went into the treasury of the holding cor
poration and this device made it possible to shave
down the percentage rate of dividends and perhaps
to distract the attention of unthinkng people from
the excessive amount, in view of the moderate rate.
But the Utilities Commission is not gon to be led
away from the real merits
The Washington times., 1913-11-11
Here's a aBook

Ineir CHRISTMAS Golden Wedding %
by Caroline Abbot Stanley, published by
the Thomas Y. Crowell Company, of
New York.
The question Of what to do with ones g
parents after they have become quite
old is one which presents itself to the
majority Of children. In a misguided
effort to give comfort to the "old folks
young people very often make the mis-
take Of depriving them of the exercise
Of any executive control, by taking
them out Of their own home and dis
tributing them around among the chill
dren. This Is not only a grevious error.
but a monstrous cruelty, for all that
grandmother and grandfather want
after their children are grown, is one
another and q home of their own.
Their Christmas Golden Wedding
tells how an old couple, after having
made the attempt to live with their
married children, slip off together to
their old home where their babies were
born, and settle down to themselves IN
time to celebrate their golden wedding
anniversary and Christmas simultane-
ously. Told in Mrs. Stanley's happiest
style, this little volume is charming
character study, and makes a delightful
holiday publication.
The Washington times., 1913-11-11
WHY NOT SEAT HIM?

The Senate is the judge of the elections and
qualifications of its members 1t can reject man
because it doesn't like his morals the color of his
hair, his taste in neckties There have been times
when too rigid application of any of these tests
might have made quorums hard to catch.
Blair Lee might very reasonably be rejected on
a technicaliy. There was no Maryland law for his
election. But there couldn't be any. The constitu-
tonal amendment for popular elections ought to
have included provision for filling vacancies pend
ing the adoption of State laws on the subject and
didn't That was the Senate's fault, good deal
more than anybody's else.
Having made that mistake, the Senate will be
Furnishing Maryland for the Senates mistake, if it
rejects Lee. Does anybody doubt that he REPRE-
SENTS Maryland, after the overwhelming vote he
got? How many men now sitting in the Senate can
be certain of such substantial compliance with the
spirit of the popular election measure as has been
provided in Lees case?
Maryland should not be deprived of honest rep
resentation. Lee stands for huge majority of the
people. His election proved that. Jackson stands
for the preference of one man, governor who ap-
pointed him. and whose party has not been anywhere
near to ascendency in the State at any time since
he was elected. The equities, the common sense,
the claims of square dealing all speak for Blair Lee
The Washington times., 1913-11-11
A POLITICAL PARALLEL.

There is a curious parallel between the recent
bye-eiecton in Reading, England, and the late elec-
tons in this country. At Reading three years ago
liberal was elected to parliament by the united lib
eral and labor elements. They gave him 5O94 votes
This year they split the socialist-labor forces nam.
ing candidate of their own. AS result, in the
election last week in the same constituency, the
combined vote of the liberal and socialst-labor
didates was exactly the vote that the liberal got three
years ago-5,094. But, being divided, they let the
unionist candidate slip in.
This is pecisely what has happened in this coun-
try to the Republican party. United, the elements
that are now Republican and Progressive swept the
country regularly enough down to 1912; now, d.
vided, they have turned of it over to the Demo-
Gratis. Liberalism in Britain must pull itself to-
geter and bury nonessentia differences if it would
rule; the anti-Democratic forces in this country
must do the same
The Washington times., 1913-11-11
ACOUITTAL OF BELLS.

There is not much doubt that if Mendel Bells
had been tried only few years ago before Rus
sian jury on the charge of ritual mtrder' he could
have been convicted sentenced, and executed,
though there might have been great deal of ques-
ton as to his guilt and even to whether there was
ever such thing as ritual murder
Yesterday Bells was acquitted. Excited Rus
sian mobs waiting to attack him after he was dis
charged were held back by the Russian police. His
rights as subject and human being were protected
not only in the courtroom, but in the public streets
This is progress, great progress, for Russia
toward the higher planes of civilization And this
is very marked example of the power of public
opinion-the public opinion which can be exerted
by country upon another across various seas and
many lands. Race and religious hatreds have had
full play in Russia until very recently. The Jews
have suffered all manner of oppression, cruelty and
wrong, with very little, if anything ever done by
government authority to stop the crimes and mitigate
the injustice.
But the protests of tine outer world-in particular
the protests of the United States-have been listened
TO in Russia, so that now a poor, weak, forsaken
Bells could be protected by the state. And this,
say, is the greatest progress-the progress of en-
lightenment-that the growing and expanding civil
izaton of Russia has vet made
The Washington times., 1913-11-11
Force of Habit,

-WO travelling men reached a small
place in Alabama late one even
ing, and found that there was
no room to be had at the hotel
The proprietor did not want to disap-
point them. as they were regular pa
irons, so he told them that he would
send some bedding over to an old
church he had just bought and make
them as conf fortabie as possible there.
About midnight the whole town was
startled by TIE furious ringing OF the
church bell. An old colored man was
sent by the proprietor to see what was
the matter. Soon he came shambIing
back.
.Massa Bossr' he exclaimed. "Massa
Boss. Jes' cam yo'sef. Twan't nothin'
but de gemmep in pew IS ringin' To- q
6yiukv'-HATpar'S NRga1tnA
The Washington times., 1913-11-11
THE RAILROAD WAGE AWARD.

So invariably have railroad wage mediations and
arbirations ended in the same way that there was
no reason to expect anything other than the com.
promise that was reached in the newest of this
kind, involving forty-one Eastern roads, and the
wages of their trainmen and conductors. The en-
ployes asked 20 per cent advance and are awarded
7 per cent on the theory that it was proved that
there has been an increase in cost of living, in ten
years, of approximately this percentage.
Certainly it will be necessary to concede that this
is most moderate figure to place on the increased
cost of living. If the railroad not overpaid
ten years ago. they assuredly will not be under this
award
The process of arbitration Lends itself almost in
evitably to compromises. The employees demand
more than they reasonably expect, and take as much
as they can get. In the present instance there
the more reason to presume that advance would
be granted because the enginemen so recently won
a like victory.
The maintenance of wages proportioned fairly to
the varying cost of living is policy with which no.
body can find fault. But it involves consideration
of the railroad companies position. They cannot
pay out wages from wage funds that their traffic and
traffic rates do not produce. Wages and the other
costs of operating railroads 60 on advancing
if the roads are not permitted to earn the money to
pay them.
The question, then, for the Interstate Commerce
Commission at its forthcoming inquiry into the ques-
ton of advancing freight rates, is whether there is
necessity for such advance in order to meet the
added costs of operating That question was raised
three years ago in the former rate advance case and
decided against the roads, Since then the conditions
which the roads urged at that time have apparently
been accentuated. 1t is the absolute duty of the
commission as public administrator and in a fash
ion, an arbitrator between the railroads and the pub
lie, to acquaint itself very completely with the
merits of this controversy. Do the railroads need
more money? Are there some roads that need more
.evenue, while others do not? If some roads can
get along without increases while others cannot how
are rates to be adjusted so as to help the weaker
roads, without causing impossible irequities?
The Pennsylvania and the New York Central are
competitors for business. How is one of them to
set increased rates while the other cannot? No.
body will ship business the high-rate road as
against the low-rate one. To increase New York
Central rates per cent without increasing those of
its competitor, would not help the New York Gen.
tra!; it would ruin it by driving the business to the
competitor.
The answer, of course is that rates might be
advanced non-competitive parts of the traffic
local business. But this for vastly the greater part
is without the power Of the Interstate Commission
because it is inrastate traffic. The situation seems
to make palmer than it has ever been BEFORE that
there must be centralized, single, Federal control
Of the whole subject of rates.
The Washington times., 1913-11-11
DRAMA LEAGUES AT WORK.

Drama leagues are spreading throughout the
country, and nearly every city of importance has
one of those organizations.
The leagues are made up of people of both
sexes interested in the advancement of the drama
and in the moral worth of plays. Each play is
viewed upon its arrival and presentation in city,
and the censors, chosen by the club, send out a
bulletin to the others advising them of its value
and character. At first the bulletins were rather
ridicued by the regular critics; but they are now
treated more seriously, and, in fact they are more
worthy of consideration.
The drama leagues have large membership
and in certain sections, as the bulletins are duly
re,arded, exercise a decided influence. The men,
bers will not attend performances that tine censors
of the league discountenance, and this circum-
stance is with which the managers must reckon.
At first the bulletins seemed to declare standard
little too rigid and austere not to say ruritanca
but now, as one gathers from reading them over,
there is more liberaliy.
censor for plays in the large cities has been
often suggested; but the Office has been nsti-
tuted anywhere, the answer being in most instances
The Washington times., 1913-11-11
FORTUNE FOR CATS.

FORTUNE FOR CATS.
A fortune to sore-eyed kittens
A fortune that's going to smash!-
When babies are needing warm mittens
And humanity needing the cash;
fortune to flea-bitten poodles
When thousands are needing new hats
When millions could fill up on noodles
On a fortune that's going to cats.
So, what do you think Of Miss Even?
She certainly was out of her mindi
And God only knows what she was
doing
When so many are crippled and blind
Just think of the pure milk and honey
We could buy for the babes in the flats
It's q shame that so much good money
5 ould go to the bow vows and cats.
Why squander a fortune on howlers
That bay all the night at the moon?
Why squander a fortune on providers
Who serenade all out Of tune?
Why build a home for mousers
When mousers can hustle for rats?
Why care for the NANCY old Towsers
Who are always chasing the cats?
Just think of the souls that are human
Who are needing the good things of life
Forsook by the whims of woman
Who knows not the meaning of strife
For money that's easy. goes easy
Though earned by child labor ''brats
And goes to the dogs old and wheezy
And the tiger-filled souls of the cats.
r. T.. NOEFLEET, JR.,
Department OF Justice.
The Washington times., 1913-11-11
Sportettes.

Gifted from the sport pages of the coun
try by b. M
Everything Is in readiness.
Expects a win.
Dons the moleskins.
Quint will practice.
Candidates are out.
Nucleus for a strong team.
Pink Of condition.
Secret practice behind closed gates.
Feature OF the game.
On the card for today.
Big field closely matched.
Race is exciting.
A stubborn defense on the goal lint
Lifted one over the fence.
Handsome prizes offered.
Finished one, two. three.
Entries will be received.
Indulged in drill.
Out with injuries.
Left the hospital.
Covered with blanket.
Rooters ON hand to cheer their favor
ties.
Ideal weather conditions prevailed.
Sprang a surprise.
Is receiving congratulations.
The Washington times., 1913-11-11
A Shattered Test.

-HE extremely handsome professor
Of nerve restoration was ad-
dressing his matinee class OF
society ladies. relates the
Cleveland Plain Dea er.
IT am about to show Jou one OF my
~ nerfect teeth. IT produce an, arti-
ficial mouse attached TO a string and
draw it across the floor: You all know
IL Is artificial and are not start ed. Yet
there may be a little pa'pilation. Let
us see." He stepped outside and i'm
mediately reappeared, his hand holding
a string to which a mouse was attached.
He drew it forward. You see how
harmless 1t Is. Look at IT for a little
while. H. tossed down the string
and the mouse Immediately made a
dash for the nearest chair. In five sec
onds the room was empty.
The handsome professor looked
around ruefully.
That darn kid runs in live one
one me-" he said.
The Washington times., 1913-11-11

We are unaware the gross amount Of
the extra dividend declared by the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany, but twice last evening there were
intervals of over ten minutes between
the givenpoIntlng of Mt Pleasant cars.
The Washington times., 1913-11-11
And Did They Read Aloud the Moving
Picture Leaders?

Sir: I have been to a vaudeville show
and have seen a trained dog act. And,
as though that were not bad enough,
10 ladies in back of me never failed to
emit sympathetic "Ah's!" at the ap-
pearance of each cute bit of caninity.
BERKSHIRE.
The Washington times., 1913-11-11
FAMILIAR PHRASES.
XIII.
Pool Of blood.
f. B. l.

Bob Hilliard. points out Seagrass,
calls Main 6400, Washington" in THE
Argyle Case" and Immediately follows
up with Hello. is that you Flynn
'Probably," adds Seagrass. Flynn is
telephone operator at the Treasury.
The Washington times., 1913-11-11

One Is passably lucky-we consider
ourself Soto receive a filler Of the
length and merit Of the foregoing on a
morn when. ones newly-contracted cold
has broken all recognized bounds, and
is interfering with work at an efficiency
rate Of 80 per cent -.
The Washington times., 1913-11-11

The Notwithstanding Bulletin" list
ing theatrical attractions of the week,
announces "Willlam A. Brady & Co. in
Beauty Is Only Skin Deep"
The Washington times., 1913-11-11
A Double Winner,

G. S. X: Familiar phrase: 1.-THE line
is busy: If I get them later I'll call
you" SuperfIuous persiflage: "The
line is busy: If I get them later I'll
call you"
The Washington times., 1913-11-11

Responding of the act caninus, one
Of the, to us. century's perplexities is
why the gentleman in charge of the act
always bows when the audience ap-
plauds the animals.
The Washington times., 1913-11-11

that the police authorities should be left to take care
Of the matter. Policemen are scarcely. the best
judges of what is worthy or unworthy in the drama
The Washington times., 1913-11-11

Glanclng over the col. of this, the
eleventh Of November. we discover that
it is theatrical to an almost half-and-
half degree.
The Washington times., 1913-11-11
Comment

New York News Note-Miss Caroline
G. Even left 5000 for the benefit of the
cats on the island Of Madeira, and the
bulk OF her s20o. 600 estate to cat and dog
institutions.
The Washington times., 1913-11-11
Amusements.

National-"Disraeli." sis o. m
Coinmbia-"The Honey Bee," Sis D. m.
Relasco-"Snow white $40 p. m.
Academy-"Happy Hoolisan," 2:h and
Sis p. m.
PSirs, The Meier Do Well" els and
<eith'scyaudeville, e:15 and Sis D. nj.
Cosmos-yaudevi lie. continuous.
Casino-vaudeville. afternoon and even
ing.
Gayety-Burlesque, els and Sis .. m.
Convention Hall-Food Show.
The Washington times., 1913-11-11

Not. of course, that It isn't the result
of. hard work.
The Washington times., 1913-11-11
THAT
SIC TEMPER.
wUh Sometimes q latte Of ths ON,

SIC TEMPER.
Mine, sooth, Is an elegant temper,
sturdy aud muscular ire;
Just reading a poem by Kemp or
LIE Gdllienne sets me dfire.
am not king at behauing-
OF that there's no atom Of doubt
But do my superldtive rapin9
When the type,oriter ribbon comes out.
The little things happ'nin0 around me
When somebody steps on my shine;
When miserable luck seems to hound
me;
The terrible Mt. Pleasant line
On many occasions seem fair to
Whip me Into rage as a knout;
But ah! they are not to compare to
When the type,oriter ribbon comes out.
The consummate joy of that fzing
Puts n,any a mind ON the blink;
And oh! for the pleasure of n,irino
Ones hands tuith indeHble Ink!
'Tis euer the case that ones needing
The time that the thing comes about-
4 tear for the Joyous proceeding
When the type,oriter ribbon comes out.
Though. ,nnyhap I shouldn't soho soy so,
plan independence to flout:
Some day I'll permit it to stay so
When the type,orfter ribbon comes out.
I'm the effort to make armed inter-
vention in Mexico unnecessary, the
United States Government has begun
inquiries among the great money-lend-
ing nations with a view to preventing
Huerta from obtaining financial aid
New York Times
Blockade Of Mexican ports Is said
tonight to be the most likely course
President Wilson will adopt in an at
tempt to break Provisional President
Huerta's power. York Tribune"
Action against Dictator Huerta will
be deferred and further efforts win be
made by the United States to erect
peaceful settlement."-New" York
World" :-........-
You pays your money
The Washington times., 1913-11-11
What's on tie Program, IN
Washington Today

Meetings, evening: g
Masonic-Federal, No. /; Acacia, NO. IS:
King David. No. 2s, special grand v.si-
tation. $50 p. m Takoma, No. ..
East Gate. No. "a. special. grand visi-
tation at O'Clock. In Masonic Hall.
Brookland-. Mt Horeb. No. Z. and
Potomac, No. 8. Royal Arch Chapters:
De Molay, No. 4. Knights Tempiar;
Robert de Bruce Council Of Kadosh.
Scottish Rite. twenty-first degree.
ness: Electa, No. 8. Bethlehem. No. 4.
and Friendship. No. II. Eastern Star.
Odd Fellows-washinston No. 6. grand
visitation: Golden Rule. No. q. and
Amity, No. q; Fred d. Stuart, No. q
encampment, royal purple degree.
Knights OF Pythias-webster. No. 4,
knight rank; Excelsior No. "A: Ger
No. IS; Golden Eagle-Moarch Castle.
No. 2. IS G street
Red Men-Idaho Tribe, No. Is. North
: east Temple; waneta Council, No. 9.
degree Of Pocahontas. Society Tenn
pie.
K. @. T. M.-Brightwood Tent. No. 8
Maccabee Hall, Brightwood-
Meeting Of the executive committee OF
the Socialist party at Su E. street
northwest, at f:3o o'clock. of the cen.
trail committee at s:15 o'clock. and OF
the women's educational league, Jew
ish branch, at S:I5 o'clock.
Esperanto lecture. Prof. Arnold Christ
en-, ingram Memorial Church. p. m.
Straus charity ball, Old Masonic Tenn
pie, s p. m.
Lecture on Modern Masters Of Art.
National Museum, $50 p. m.
Meeting. Washington Alliance Jewish
Women, Eighth Street Temple.
Iecture Manila and Its Suburbs"
vViIIiam A. Rolf, Petit Camp, q. ;.
" Eleventh and i streets northwest,
8 p. m.
Concert for the Blind, Library Of Con-
gress. Sis p. m 49,.
Meeting, Piney Branch Citizens' As
sociation, Iowa Avenue u. E Church.
Emerson and Fourteenth streets
northwest, s p. m.
Lecture, "Angio-American Abroad.
Memorial Hall, Brookland.
The Washington times., 1913-11-11

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