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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-26

His Distinguishing Mark.-One day
a big city bank received the following
message from one of its country cor
respondents: "Pay s25 to John Smith.
who will call today"
The cashiers curiosity became sus-
picious when a cabman assisted into
the bank a drunken fare" who shout
ed that he was John Smith and want
ed some money. Two clerks pushed.
pulled and piloted the boisterous indi-
vidual into a private room away
from the sight and hearing Of the reg
ular depositors. The cashier wired
the country bank:
Man claiming to be John Smith Is
here. Highly intoxicated. Shall we
await Identification"
The answer read: Identification
complete. Pay the money.-Boston
Globe.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-26
SCARCITY OF MEAT
Famine Prices Threatened in the Next
Ten Years.

Famine Prices Threatened in the Next
Ten Years.
It is the duty of the United States to
stock its government lands in the west
with cattle, put the army, especially
the cavalry to work as cowboys to
handle the animals, supply the packers
with this beef at cost so that the price
would be lowered to the people and a
threatened meat famine due in six or
eight years averted in the opinion Of
A. M. Dublin of New York, delegate
to the American Meat Packers asso-
citation in session in Chicago, this week.
MY suggestion is perfectly simple"
said Mr.. Dublin. THE government
lands in the west could be made into
great pastures, where countless cattle
could be raised to relieve the present
high cost of meat and avert the famine
that surely is coming otherwise.
Unless some such action Is taken
there will be no meat on the tables Of
American workingmen in the next de-
cade. The government has no higher
obligation than to relieve this situation
which every day is becoming more Sc
rious. The land so stocked could sup
ply the army with meat first, then the
rest could be sent to the packers at
cost and the consumer could get 1t with
the mere price Of dressing added. The
lower price would be astonishing. This
action or something just as efficacious
must be done at once"
The American housewife was taken
to task for wasting meat. A fourth part
Of all the meat killed for the table Is
wasted. Poor families refuse to be con-
tent with chuck and round steaks, de-
spite the fact that those cuts can be
made delicious by correct cooking and
the great American family Of meat
eaters fails to practice proper economy
in its meat diet, said John T. Russell,
president Of the Master Butchers as
sociation Of America. He added the
housewife must do her part If the high
prices of meats are to be brought down
or even prevented from going up.
The packers voted to spend 100000
a year for five years to stimulate the
cattle raising industry.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-26

Didn't Need Them AIl.-The foreman
of railway construction gang engaged
on q spur near Philadelphia was ap-
preached not long since by an Irish
man of the gang. who asked about a
Job for his brother Dennis.
Hes Jist as good a man as mesilf,
said Mike. Cant you fix him here?"
II guess so," responded the fore
man. Send him here tomorrow morn
ing ~
Whole I'm about it," continued the
Celt, I'D loike to put in a wur'rd for
me other brother, Malachi"
rs he a good man, too?"
Me fri'nd." said the Irishman. i'm
rressively, ''Malachi's a better man
than mesilf and Dennis put together!"
In that case" said the foreman, with
a grin, tell Malachi to come, and you
and Dennis can look for other jobs"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-26
people had the first right to him.

people had the first right to him.
1T appears that they told him very
little Of his own history, though he had
learned in a general way that his faith
er had a stiff left arm with only two
fingers upon it, and that h was killed
somewhere in Mississippi. The boy af-
terward located in Wisconsin, and
yes, he was the man who bought the
mounds and tried to build a residence
there!"-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-26
"The Interpreters House" in part as

iHo iHteipreloEs . r1ouSe LII part Do
follows:
Il am right, think, in affirming that
you would like precisely the same life
you are living now II there had never
been such thing as a statute existing
anywhere in the world. You have no
more personal relation to the statutes,
they no more affect your conduct or
guide your impulses than II you were
living in the moon. II they were all
wiped off the books tonight you would
go on living just as good life without
them as you did with them. Does the
law ever consciously Influence you, or
do you ever think Of It in a personal
way, from one years end to another?
For you the law Is practically nom
existent. So 1t Is for me. and 80 1t Is,
for Smith, Jones, Brown, and every
body we are acquainted with all over
the United States"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-26

IN II suppose the driver Of a car
comes to have a sort of sympathetic
understanding with the machine"
"Yes," replied the man who had
stopped to make repairs. there is a
mysterious relationship between us.
For instance, whenever my car is
broke know that I am going to be-"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-26

A Circus catastrophe.-At the circus
grounds Friday morning many people
wondered at the unusual delay, caused
by the late arrival and a lack of suf-
ficient workmen.
"Thay amt goin' t be no show to-
day." said overlooking newsboy.
"Ain't goin' to be no show? What
fer?" anxiously queried another.
And the first boy grinned and an
swered:
"'Cause the elephant stepped on the
coffee pot and they can't find the
grounds. ds."-Youngstown Telegram.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-26

His Usual Luek.-Mark Twain In his
lecturing days reached small eastern
town one afternoon and went before
dinner to barber's to be shaved.
'You are q stranger in town, sir?'
the barber asked.
"Yes, I am stranger here" was the
reply.
We're having a good lecture here to-
night, sir" said the barber, "a Mark
Twain lecture. Are you going to it?"
ssYes, think I WILL" said Mr.. Glenn
ems.
Have you got your ticket yet?" the
barber asked.
Not, not yet" said the other.
Then, sir, you'll have to stand"
Dear me-" Mr.. Clemens exclaimed
TT seems as If I always do have to
stand when hear that man Twain lee.
ture." %
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-26

fT There is a certain lawyer whose
quick wit is said never to desert him
either in the court room or elsewhere.
Not long ago client entered his Of
fee, and, throwing back his coat, ex-
claimed:
"Why, sir, your office is as hot as
an oven!"
"Why shouldn't 1t be?" asked the
lawyer, smilingly. IT'S here that
make my bread"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-26

Warm Spot to Work-They were
talking about the wonderful sayings
Of the sons Of the Emerald Isle at a
washington club recently, when Sena-
tor Charles E. Townsend Of Michigan
recalled an incident that happened In
Detroit. --1-.'' .---
Some time since, the senator said,
party named Pat returned to Detroit
after an absence that had extended
over several months. One Of the first
to meet him was his friend Mike. who
naturally began to question him as to
where he had been.
"Shure, .Moike.- an Oi have been
down in Tixis." answered Pat. "an' it's
mesilf thot.s moighty glad, to be back
agin." 49,
Faith, an is. thot so?" replied Mike,
with a thoughtful expression, "An'
what's the matter wild Tixis?"
Everything is the matter wild IT.
was the prompt response Of Pat.
~Down where OF worruked the ter
rnometer marruked wan hundred an
sixteen degrays in the shade"
"Begorra. an phat Of thot, Pat
quickly, rejoined Mike, ''they didn't
make yez worruk in the shade, did
they?"-PhiladelphiaT Telegraph.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-26

Says Laws Don't Affect Our Conduct
"A very radical contributor to the Oc-
tober American Magazine writes in
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-26

3 WiHie,s RsasonI--That the average
youngster is usually there with ready
reason was demonstrated the other day
by a story told by Congressman John
r. Walker of Idaho, says the Philadel-
phia Telegraph.
: The family was gathered in the den
Of a happy little home in an eastern
town. Father was reading the sport
ing page, mother was embroiderins
pink sunfiowers and While was sup
posed to be getting his lessons, but
Willie wasn't.
8 'willie," suddenly exclaimed man.
ma, looking up from her embroidery
shave you studied your geography les
son?"
mo, ma'am." was the frank rejoin-
der of Willie. who was listening to
something that sounded like great JOY
from the street.
You haven't?" severely responded
mother, swell, why haven't your"
because" exclaimed Willie, papa
says that the map Of the world is
changing every day. and thought that
1 would wait until things got settled a
bit"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-26
DAYS OF DIZZINESS

Como to Hundreds Of Yori<viIie People
There are days Of dizziness;
Spells Of headache, languor, back
ache; &
Sometimes rheumatic pains:
Often urinary disorders.
Doan's Kidney Pills are especially
for kidney Ills.
Endorsed by residents Of this vi
cinity.
Mrs. W. M. Quinton. 1853 saluda st.,
Chester, 8. c., says: Il had dizzy and
nervous spells and my back and head
ached. All these troubles showed that
my kidneys were out Of order but did
not seem to get any benefit from the
medicine I took. Finally began using
Doan's Kidney Pills and they soon
made me well and strong"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-26

HAVING TAKEN ADVANTAGE opportunity to purchase
Sc 90 each at price consdera
friends
securing subscriptions to THE EN-
appreciation or money
this than later max
ing the offer especially liberal
We propose give these HANDSOME DINNER SETS
FOR EACH OF TEN YEARLY SUBSCRIBERS RETURNED
$1.75 EACH between this date
October 1st
give a Dinner Set FIVE YEARLY SUBSCRIBERS
$175 Each and $500 Cash, additional
give to each Club
paid for at the following
Months Subscription-50 Cts-One Coupon
Months Observation-Disclosures Coupons.
Observation-Disclosures Coupons
Observation-Disclosures Coupons
For FORTY Of will give ONE s1-PIECE
delivered THE ENQUIRER OFFICE at the
Yorkville Express Office a.. g.. .....sr
L. M. CRISIS SONS, YoRKvHLE, s. O.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-26

Try Ildu HedTu VI lWO-F IllBeIeu DdNiS
and his description was we'll known t
every man, woman and child in tha
section.
There can be no doubt that Davi!
had figured on this very thing takinl
place. He was however, handicapped
by the presence of the infant. To car.
~ the child into the swamp in an at.
tempt to escape by flight meant 1t!
certain death. He had a cow at the
mounds, and If he remained the baby
would have at least an even chance fol
its life-and it was possible that his
identity might not be suspected or tha
the sheriff's posse, If they attempted tc
track him down, might be unable tc
locate his retreat. At all events, hi
elected to remain at the mounds ant
take his chances.
Accordingly, he spent the next day
barricading the doors and windows Of
his cabin and laying in provisions ant
water against possible siege. We came
in sight of the mounds about O'CLOCK
on the afternoon Of the second day ant
were received by a fusillade from the
cabin. A deputy sheriff fell mortally
wounded at the first fire.
Three others were wounded, more
or less seriously, before Davis wa!
killed. We waited until after dark
fearing that he might be merely play.
ing possum,' but when we crept up tc
the cabin at last we found him colo
and lifeless on the floor, and the help.
less baby crying in the bed in the cor.
ner Of the room.
II took that baby in charge, and fol
six years cared for him as though he
had been my own flesh and blood. Their
a son of the Evans family, brother
Of Miss Sallie, learned of his existence
and came all the way from Hickman
KY, to claim him. gave him up re-
gretfully, but realized that his owr
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-20
JUMPS IN NIAGARA WHIRLPOOL.

Niagara Falls, y. Y, Sept. 10
A man believed by the police to be
John Hawkins, 6S years old, of Erie,
Pa, committed suicide this afternoon
by jumping into the Niagara River
from the lower steel arch bridge
which spans the river just above the
start of the whirlpool rapids 1t is
two hundred feet above the water.
Two women standing on the Canadian
cliff saw the man climb on the rail.
ing. He sat astride the rail several
minutes 10 ing down at the turbu-
lent waters, then lurched forward.
His body shot downward and struck
the water hcadfOrcmost. lie came
to the surface once before the white
foam of the big drift closed over
him The suicide was the first from
the lower arch bridge i'm three years
Hawkins was pulled from the bridge
railing Saturday night, but convinced
his captors then that he was not bent
Oh suicide.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-20
BRYAN'S PLAN FAVORABLY RE-
CEIVED.
Received with Acclaim ut Recent
Meeting at the Hague - Burton
Brings News.

Washington, Sept. 15.-Secretary
Bryan's peace plan for the settlement
of international difficulties through
the force of sober second thought and
the good offices of an impartial COM
mission was received with acclaim at
the recent meeting of the Interparlia-
mentary union at The Hague, accord
ing to Senator Burton, one of the
American delegates, who returned
here today.
THE Bryan plan," said the SENATOR
was received better than almost any
thing that WIS talked over. The only
objection to the proposal seemed to
be that during the period provided for
an Investigation of grievance by q
commission the countries involved
should make no additions to their war
equipment. Several nations did not
seem to like that provision, but it is
not a vital part of the plan.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-20
TO BUILD UP STOCK.
Farmers I'm Southeast Must Stop
Selling Cows to Butchers.

Atlanta, Ga, Sept. 14.-If the
Southeast is to become the great cat
tie growing section that it should in
view of it's natural advantages and
the present and growing demand for
cattle with commensurate prices,
farmers must quit selling their female
M. Morgan, dairy agent of the South
ern Railway, who sounds a warning
against continuation of the whole
sale deportation Of cattle from the
South.
Farmers should keep their heifers
and build up the quality of their stock
by the use of pure bred bulls Of dairy
or beef type as desired" says Dr.
Morgan. This is the only way to in.
crease the number or the quality of
cattle in the Southeast. The scarcity
of cattiC is worldwide and it will
never be possible to secure enough
pure bred cattle to develop the indus
try in the Southeast.
Farmers who sell calves are simp-
ly giving the dealer Il good part of
the profit they should have themselves
If calves were fattened on the farm
using cotton seed meal as con-
centrate, a higher price per pound
would be received and the farmer
would not only profit by this and the
additional weight but would have i'm
the manure S5 per cent of the fertilz-
ing value of the cotton seed meal
with the good grazing furnished
by Bermuda grass and Burr clover
and the abundance of forage crops
that yield bountifully in the South
east, this section should be the great
source of the country'S beef and dairy
products supply. The dairy division
of the Southern Railway will send
man to help build dipping vat or
sllo and to cooperate with persons
in the dairy business or desiring to
enter it. The United States depart
mcnt Of agriculture has offered TO CO.
operate with farmers who have Grad
icated ticks and will send al expert
to aid farmers in choosing desirable
bulls of either dairy or beef type"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-20
PRIEST ALSO COUNTERFEITER.
SLAYER OF ANNA AUMULLER
SAYS HE FITTED UP DEN.
DIR. Ernest Muret, the Dentist, Ar
rested Monday Night, Believed to
Have Been Confederate of Hans
Schmidt I'm Making Bad Money.

New York, Sept. 16.-The discovery
of counterfeitcr's den, which Hans
Schmidt, priest and confessed slayer
Of Anna Aumuller, today admitted
was fitted up by him to make spur
ious money, led the detectives, Cor
oner Feinberg and other visitors to
his cell in the Tombs, to express the
opinion that Schmidt is sane and that
further investigation will develop that
counterfeiting was only one of his
side lines" They declared it is their
belief he is feigning insanity aft
carefully thought out plans of :.
ter criminal mind. -
To the Rev. Father Evers, g n
of the TOmbs prison, to hi @ hey
and other callers schmi - fitted
his connection with the Il West
1S4th street, where dete es found
bundles of imitation $40 gold certifi-
Gates.
DR.. Ernest Arthur Muret, the dem
tist arrested last night after the raid
on the cOunterfeiter's flat, today was
held in $4,000 bail for nearing on the
charge of having in his opssession a
revolver in violation of a State law.
Through his knowledge of the law
Muret fOrestalled the plans of the
Federal secret service agents waiting
to arrest him on warrant charging
counterfeiting. BY waving prelim-
mary examination, Muret for the time
being at least, escaped the more Sc
rious charge.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-20
FOR STATEWIDE PROHIBITION.
Representative Citizens Invited to
Convention I'm Columbia October
y.

Spartanburg. Sept. 16.-Ways and
means whereby Statewide prohibit
ION may be established i'm South Car
olina will be considered at conven-
tion which the Rev. j. l.. Harley. su-
periDtendent OF the Anti-Saloon
League. today announced will be
held In Columbia. October 8. Two
hundred representative citizens have
been asked to attend the meeting and
the churches have been asked to send
delegates.
Mr.. Harley said the prohibitionists
would not put out IL candidate for
governor but would endeavor To take
the liquor question out OF politics.
Two plans Tor prohibition have been
suggested. he said. One is to submit
a constitutional amendment to the
people. the other lis To have a refer
endum, which, while not binding on
the governor or legislature. would
disclose the Will of the people. He
said the legislature would hc over
whclmed with memorials asking that
one or the other of these plans bc
sanctioned.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-20
ARREST IN GIRL BU1cHERY.
PROMINENT PHYSICIAN SAID TO
BE HELD BIZ POLICE.
Officers Say that Later Developments
will Prove Fully as Sensational as
Arrest of the Mad Priest Hans
Schmidt Repeats Story of Killing
Anna Aumuller Said to Have
Been Pronounced Insane Several
Yc9 $ Ago.

New York, Sept. 15.-Announce-
ment was made late tonight by pO-
lice Inspector Faurot that another
man was under arrest here in connec-
tion with the murder of Anna Aum-
uller, the crime which Hans Sch
midi, the priest, is charged.
Faurot shortly after midnight left
police headquarters for a sub-station,
where he said the man was held. He
declared the new developments would
prove fully as sensational as
Schmidt's arrest. Inspector Faurot,
as he left headquarters with Detec-
tives O'Neill and O'Connor, said they
were going to upper Manhattan,
where they had under arrest in his
own homo a prominent physician.
Inspector Faurot late tonight ar
rested DR.. e. Muret, dentist, of
3O1 st. Nicholas avenue. The doc
tor was taken at his home, which was
left in charge of detectives. No. 301
ST. Nicholas avenue is in the vicinity
of the 125th street and near st. Jo-
seph's Church, where Father
Schmidt was arrested. DR.. Muret is
about 30 years old.
Schmidt, who confessed that he
killed Anna Aumuller with a butch
er knife as a sacrifice to be con-
summated in blood" is at the Obser-
vation ward of the Tombs tonight un.
der the watchful eye of DR.. Mcclure,
the prison physician. Warden Felt ,n
of the TOmbs, declares the man Is in
sane, one Of the most dangerous mcn
ever confined in the prison, and in
this view he was upheld by Deputy
Commissioner Of Corrections Wright.
From far off MainZ, Germany
there came today to Monsigner 10.
seph +. Money. Vicar General Of the
arch diocese of New York, cable
gram from the secretary of the Bish-
Op which said that Schmidt had been
declared insane there and suspended
by the Bishop. The message read:
Schmidt born at Aschaffenburg.
Priest of Diocese Of Mainz. Ran away
from Mainz because OF attempted
frauds; arrested by police; declared
insane by court and discharged"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-20
U. S. DISTRICT ATrORNEYSHIP.
Weston Says Report of Feeling Be-
tween Senators Is Exaggerated.

Weston Says Report OF Feeling Be-
tween Senators is Exaggerated.
Columbia. Sept. 15.-People gem
orally and political leaders especial
ly, were much interested in the let
ter of Senator Tillman, to the effect
that Senator Tillman had endorsed J.
William Thurmond for the United
States District Attorney, and Senator
Smith had endorsed Senator f. H.
Weston for the position, and they
had agreed to confirm whichever name
President Wilson sent to the senate
and no other, thus barring any dark
hOrse.''
When shown a copy Of the article
Senator Weston said the letter was
in accordance with the situation, as
he understands it at Washington, hav-
ing stopped in the Capitol on his re-
turn from meeting OF the American
Bar Association at Montreal. He is
of the opinion that there has been q
great deal of eXaggeratiOn in regard
to the tense feeling said to exist be-
tween Senators Smith and Tillman
over the matter and each Senator is
merely trying to do a service for q
friend. Mr. Weston said he called on
Senator Tillman while in Washington
and was received most cordially, while
Mr.. ThurmOnd called on Senator Smith
and likewise received a cordial recep-
ton. Mr.. Weston is sure that neither
senator has any personal feeling
against the candidates themselves and
are pushing their respective candi-
dates purely through ties of friend
ship. Senator Tillman is supporting
his friend and neighbOr and Senator
smith is trying to land this job for
one of his personal friends.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-20
GOES TO GUATEMALA.
William Hayne Leavell, Formerly
of Newbcrry County, Is Named as
Minister.

Washington, Sept. 15.-Presidcnt
Wilson today sent to the senate the
nomination Of William Hayne Leavell
OF Carrollton, Mass, as minister to
Guatemala. 49,.
William Hayne Leavell is a native
of South Carolina. He is a member
of Newberry county family. He is
a minister by profession, and mas been
living in the West for many years. At
one time he was pastor of church i'm
Houston. Texas. He married a
daughter Of United States Senator j.
Il. George of Mississippi.