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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-10

ritorial clauses of the treaty so that
official ratification Of those agreements
can be made at the conference.
The dinner given by Paul Cambon,
the French ambassador to Great Brt-
tain, at which the Turks and Allies
met for the first time on neutral ground
Is looked upon as an excellent oppor-
tunity for the plenipotentaries to take
the first step in the direction of an
unofficial understanding. 1t is sug-
gested also that the British foreign
secretary, Sir Edward Grey, In mis- ca
pacity as honorary president of the
conference, might take the Initiative
thereby obviating the necessity OF
either of the parties appearing to
make the first advances. This could be
accomplished only II the Allies were
assured. that Turkey would be prepar-
ed to give up Adrianople.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-10
IN DESPERATE STRAITS
Besiesed City Of Adrianople on Point
of Starvation.

OF Starvation.
Official news received by the Bull
garian delegation, describes the situ-
uation at Adrianople as desperate.
Several soldiers, who deserted and
succeeded in reaching the headquar-
ters of the Allies, say the town Is In
its last gasp. Provisions are so
scarce that the military authorities
have requisitiOned all the food pos
sessed by private individuals and are
making only one distribution, COM
prising a half ration, daily.
Conditions have been rendered
more grave by the number OF sick,
who crowd the hospitals where the
attendance Is inadequate. Thus the
death rate Is very high. The Bull
garians have allowed medicines and
Red Cross workers to enter under the
escort Of Bulgarian detachment.
The commander Of the fortress has
declared that he would rather see
all die of starvation than surrender
the town: that Is why all who can are
endeayoring to escape. The Bulgar-
ians believe, even independently Of
any action the powers may take, the
question of Adrianople soon will be
solved.
It is understood Constantinople has
accepted the views Of Rechad Pasha,
who recently asked to be authorized
to reconvoke the conference, he be-
ing president for the next sitting. The
difficulty now lies in the determina-
ton of the Allies not to participate
unless they are notified in advance
what Turkey intends to propose. They
do not wish to revive the discussion
of unacceptable terms, but desire to
have it as a certainty that Turkey Is
ready to cede what has been pronoun-
ced as the irreducible minimum Of the
Allies-Adrianopl which 1t Will
be possible to discuss the frontier line
which must leave that town In the
hands Of the allies. \
In other words, the Allies do not
wish to play into Turkeys hands by
re- entering the conference room with
out a definite programme which may
lead to definite conclusion Of peace
this time. Before the meeting the
Turks and Allies must have unofficial
ly agreed to the main point Of the ter
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-10
Easter comes this year on March 90
the earliest date since 1856.

Easter comes this year on March %,
the earliest date since 1856.
Tax paying continues to proceed
slowly. The per cent penalty Is now
on and continues through January,
when penalty Of per cent attaches.
Mr.. M. L. Thomasson of Yorkville
No. 2, few days ago received bunch
Of fish by parcels post, sent by his son,
Mr.. John L. Thomasson, from near
Tampa. Fla. The fish were delivered
in good condition.
All expired and unreturned names on
The Enquirer's mail list have been
stricken off today, and although there
may have been some errors, people
who get the paper will be pretty safe
in telling those who do not, and who
are inclined to make fuss about 1t,
what the trouble is. The total number
Of names stricken from the list, 1t Is
gratifying to be able to say, Is smaller
than fell under the revision pencil on
the same occasion last year, and 1t in
cludes many also that will be restored
as soon as the subscribers learn that
they have overlooked the renewal Of
their subscriptions.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-10
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

john G. Richards, Jr., has been
elected chairman of the railroad COM
mission to succeed B. L. Caughman.,
u Mr.. Isarel Med. Hood, Of Ches-
ter, is a candidate for sergeant-at-
arms Of the house Of representatives
Cannon G. Blease, brother of the
governor, has been sworn in as sherih
Of Newberry and ]. Harry FAINT mas
been sworn in as sheriff OF Union.
- Chester Reporter: DR.. II. p. NC
Connell showed to several friends yes
terday very interesting thing, whlcn
although small, was rather awe
inspiring. Nothing more or less than
the actual germ of spinal meningitis;
the actual little bug which caused
such frightful devastation where Its
ravages have been allowed to get be-
yond control. Enlarged to 500 dia-
meters under the doctors high-pow-
er microscope, the germs, of which
there were two, appear as couple OF
tiny blue specks, less than pin
head in size, and even under the
glass there Is nothing to suggest their
horrible possibilities but the tests
made here, and confirmed In the
state laboratory in Columbia, leave
not the shadow of doubt concern
ing their identity.
Columbia, January I: John Y.
Darlington, serving three-year SEN
tence in the state penttentiary for
breach Of trust in connection with
the late Seminole Securities company,
Of which he was president, and who
is at the bedside of his father In
Laurens, having gone there on a
three-day parole, for the purpose OF
seeing his dying father, and accom-
panied by guard, obtained an ex-
tension of three days more In the
parole from the superintendent OF
the penitentiary because Garlington's
father is so sick that 1t Is feared
that were his son to come back now
the result would be fatal to the faith
er. In this connection 1t will be In
teresting to note that the three trus-
tees of the late Seminole company,
Messrs. w. A. Clark, T. s. Bryan and
Willie Jones, Of Columbia, have join
ed iff letter to the governor asking
that Darlington be paroled.
Columbia State, Friday: Arran-
gements have been perfected where
by the exposition school for prize
winners, to be conducted during the
first week Of the fifth National Corn
exposition here, will be co-education-
al. In addition to the 500 or 600
prize winning corn club boys from all
parts of the south, some half hun
dred prize winning tomato CLUB girls
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-10
The Primary Laws.

That is an interesting statement tnat
Senator Tillman has given out to the
press on the subject Of the primary
rules, and the probability Is that the
matter will be made a subject for leg
islation this winter. There was good
reason to look for this even in the alb
sence of a statement or an expression
from Senator Tillman.
AS to what changes are necessary or
desirable to make fraud in the primary
impossible we do not know; but we
still favor, as we have always favored,
the idea of not allowing any man to
vote in the primary unless he has been
duly registered and is also qualified to
vote in the general election.
It is pretty generally conceded now
that while there was more or less fraud
in the election of last August, such in
vestigation and study as was made OF
practices and results, developed that all
the fraud was not on one side by any
means, and neither was all the sharp
practices and questionable methods.
But If any one lesson was learned bet
ter than another, 1t was that some
thing should be done to ensure greater
fairness and honesty in elections.
The time was when we would have
unhesitatingly favored the idea of dis
franchising all who are unable to read.
We still consider the illiterate vote as
very dangerous; but we have come to
believe that the danger does not arise
so much from the viciousness Of the
illiterates as from the viciousness of
the literates. who deceive and defraud
them on election day. We are not re-
ferring to demagogues so much as we
are referring to smooth, unscrupulous
people who make illiterates vote for
one candidate while these illiterates
are under the impression that they are
voting for another. And again in this
connection, we beg to remark that
while ii is absurd to suggest intelli-
gent government at the hands of
men who are unable to read and write,
still it must be admitted that there are
in this country a surprisingly large
number of people who cannot read and
write but who at the same time are
from every standpoint first-class citi-
zens who not only know how they
want to vote, but are able to assure
themselves that they do vote as they
desire.
When 1t comes to manipulating the
average i!literate voter, however, there
is no accurate basis of calculation as
to what will happen in any election.
The illiterate may have an idea how he
desires to vote, as he certainly does in
exceptional cases; but as to how he
actually does vote is another question,
and the principal effect of his elemi-
nation as a voter, we believe, will be
to remove a source OF temptation to
sharp practice that is now very dis
turbing.
While we belong among those who
heartily believe that the existence of
two white parties in this state would
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-10
WITHIN THE TOWN

Local clothing dealers are receiv-
ing made-to order clothing from the
northern tailors at 80 cents per suit as
against 70 cents formerly paid to the
express companies. Already many 9TH
er small articles are coming by parcels
post, and while the business has not
yet reached such proportions, it Is be-
coming evident that the local postof-
flee will soon require larger quarters
for its accommodation. The parcels
post business on the rural routes Is de-
veloping steadily.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-10

There are many farms on which
there are very few trees; but there are
no farms on which large number of
trees that would some day be useful
and valuable cannot be planted or set
out without being in the way. But
how many people are there in this
county who ever give thought to the
planting of useful trees? About 80 per
cent of the people to whom the thought
comes, dismiss it on the ground that it
is not worth while to set out trees for
the reason that it will be such long
time before they can come Of possible
value.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-10

The governor stated Wednesday
morning that he had received the re-
ports Of two detectives together with
certain afidavits they had gathered on
the lynching of the negro at Norway
and has submitted all the reports and
afidavits to Solicitor Hildebrand Of
Orangeburg, with the request that he
take such action as his duty calls for
in the matter. The nature Of the re-
ports Of the findings Of the detectives
was not divulged and 1t Is presumed
that Solicitor Hildebrand will lay them
before the grand jury OF Orangeburg
county for investigation when that
body meets at the next term Of GRIM
inal court for that county.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-10
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

The county board Of commissioners
was in session during Wednesday and
Thursday, two days being necessary to
dispose Of the large number Of bills
that had been collecting during the
past few months since there has been
a scarcity Of money in the treasury.
The first business Of the session was
the swearing in Of the new men, Mes
srs Jos. w. Smith and w. White Jack
son, who were recommended in the
primaries Of August and September
and who were duly appointed by the
governor without awaiting the conven-
ing of the general assembly.
Mr.. j. s. Brice was elected as the
boards attorney, and Miss Annie Wal
lace was reelected clerk; but no 9TH
er changes were made in connection
with the county government.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-10
SMYRNA NOTES,
correspondence The yorkvllls Enquirer

Smyrna, January 8.-The little
earthquake shake-up on New Years
day and the wind that night seems to
have done the Smyrna. people good,
as they have gotten down to business,
and beginning the New Year to work
and win.
Mr.. Belts of the seminary, preach
ed at Smyrna church Sabbath morn
ing and at Cherokee Falls, Sabbath
night. Mr.. Belts was we'll liked by
all who heard him.
The Bryan literary society Of the
Smyrna High School, debated the sub
ject Resolved, that the world Is
growing better morally" last Friday
afternoon. The judges decided I'm
favor Of the negative.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-10
Edasfie!d r. E. p.s in Trouble.

Edsefield r. r. D.'s in Trouble
Since the parcels post law became ef-
fective the r. F. D. carriers will have
to abandon their motorcycles, sub
stituting a commodious dray therefor.
The Advertiser has been informed that
one Of Edgefield's carriers has en-
gagged Mr.. Storms traction engine
and another has spoken for Mr.. VIII
Reels six-ox team to carry his daily
load, while the third one Is still tear
ing his hair, being thus far unable to
make satisfactory arrangements for
delivering his portion Of Uncle
Sans" freight.-Edgefield Advertiser.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-10
LOCAL LACONlCS
nIx LII

DIR. Harvey w. Wiley, of pure food
fame, addressed a large audience at
Winthrop auditorium last Tuesday
night on pure Public Health, One of
the Greatest National Assets"
Sharon's Municipal Election.
Sharon's municipal election took
place Wednesday, and resulted In the
choice of a ticket headed by Mr.. X. NJ.
Sherer for intendent, as opposed by
ticket headed by Mr. A. F. Plexico for
intendent. The successful ticket con-
sists of R. M. Sherer R. D. Hope, DR..
c. L. Thomas, John S. Rainey. d. l..
Good. The opposing ticket consisted
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-10

President elect Wilson has declined
to become the leading attraction at
Charlotte's Twentieth Of May celebra-
ton this year, and the committee on
arrangements. is now on the lookout for
something else with which to make the
right kind Of noise.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-10
YoRKVILLE. q. O.,
FRIDAY. JANUARY 10. 1918

Business-good straight business
with every man attending to his own
business is the best employment for
these times.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-23

aside for these people. To my astonshment,
he told me that the performance | men
toned marked the opening OF a new theater;
that the management had been paid lump
sum for the opening night, but the boxes
and seats had been on sale for two months,
and had. so far as he knew, been entirely
disposcd Of at big prices.
Feeling very sensitive about my pledged
word. had a canvass made Of places where
tickets were sold but all that it was pos
siblc TO get were three seats together in the
Thcv cost me seven dollars apiece, or twenty
eight dollars for this courtesy to my friends
friends.
Returning TO the East later on, | met the
friend who had made the request OF me, and
vas much SURPRISED at the diSagrccablc man
No. - TN, man who had always been so very
f.;.,,.i,,. Af,ar a lt,Ie the subject Of the
.,...'. .,,,,,o ,,n and asked him il his friends
:, D,s Nm! had rnioved the performance.
Jv;,L - ,,,1rrer as il r1yscif WAS under
..,..,,.. J.n, ohI;gation 10 him or had put my
81; :, , r;i;r,,lous and miserable position
;,t,n,;nn,Ilv the man replied that he was
much surprised when his friends wrote him
that tbc four seats were in the balcony. that
,L,,. y,.ro not even togcthcr. and were very
nnfcs;r,b1r and he actually demanded an
,,,I,,.,;o, as IN why his friends had been
-, ;.,.,,i,nI
TcynI,incd fine situation 10 him. mention
;.,,, ,io far, tbat thc srats had cost me
,,,h.,,,,,.-.;,,ht doIIa~s and that they we're the
onI,. ones That could be secured at that time.
II;s rcplv was "But | wrote YOU fully
.,..,. -. L.i,r. ,.o,, ,,Ia,,i tLore At
80, -. -, .l,.. -,.-,,,l,
'I'' ''''T "" ',uI' nv .'t'',.,
.,,'',' .m,.l,, t.r, -, Wv ''''
co,rrTI,fFS o,o. If those ;ndol;,,te nor
- -;,,.r, Ia,ih,gd. rms IN 'agqinst n thor.
o,ol,I,, sr,snn.i ;ol.rr know of one in.
,.,;, Irrr;s. o., ,.olI l,,ny, ,,rc,icaI iol,rr
- ',,, nratcss,nn was annroarhcd Inv one
- ,L"so narsons Who ,;rilT asl,rd him for a
box at the Casino, where he was then play
inc. The actor. Of course, is paid a regular
salary. ike any other professional man. and
has as a rule no more rights over the box
office than the employee of any business con-
Germ has over financial returns of the huSi.
ness Mr. Harrison replicd pleasantly Ser
t,;nlv then after a nauSc "World Won
lara {or ,y,o Loyns2"
Tho man was a little s,,rnr;sod hcsitated
,rJ ,rcs,ntIy s,id 81 am ofraid I viii not
have time 10 disnose of two boxcs. but I
will think il over and let Won know tonor-
New-York tribune., 1913-11-23

larry 10 iAai l'cdIity. lie was d'suICt '';'.
there W"''-thcl had got tilcI u0N''S 'o'
nothing
I'HE eject "l tlia ihcII1u II u''''"''''' '''
IN any large CITY "hcrc tAt'e "' I"u'
plays, running at the same tliMc' nave G - DC
supported by suburban dedlhtddS. piOc
there was play beng gwen al Ch''S"
thc4tcr. The manager wanted 70 nave
months run IN that city Tor the sake ol I'''
impression on surrounding tS'c'i ye'.l'o'l'
Bat there were three other managers III )u'I
the same tH. he manager oi tnc it'l
show did not know Of this. Tie consulted thc
people IN the front oi the mouse 'i,'' - I'''
manager, treasurer etc. ~ /" 'i!' "I,' wy
OF 'papcrinE loT tn' HI'' "',h' - -
general custom IN thc'triS III oib 'll''' ~
give away majority ol tHc ilth'i' I"' C.,'
Nr-t night. Now, the ilrNt nlShl - u'uIlIl
Monday, which is light anyway; but when
"a new plav Is produced people wait until they
hear from some Of their friends whether or
not il Is worth going 10 see. Every thcatcr
hasa list called the first night list. The
idea il mo-, only 90 Dee sure Of filling the house,
u possible, but actually 10 turn people away
from the bOyOi'l.c. which makes good rn-
precision and often inclncs them 10 buy seats
then and there for some other night. When
they have done this they go out and tell
their tricuisoi the rush there IS onior tickets
and urge them 20 get in line.
The manager alluded 10 knew that his
first nigh, would Doe provided for; but when
il came % "papcring' for the entire week
the authorities in the front OF the house
looked very dubious. They told our friend
that three other shows had been dcluglng
Chicago 10 such an extent that he would
likely find people already supplied with all
the tickets they could take care Of. How
ever. they gave him the usual list Of places
goods stores. offices that employed a vast
staff Of stcnographcrs, and similar concerns
,l.. ,'..,. ,,.,,.1I,. r.It.I ,.r \,u fI.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-23

once the dcadhcad bacillus has entered
~ the system, the disease advances so
rapidly that even men and women Of wealth
and position who would be ashamed to ask
for anything in any other market take pride
in getting free passes 10 the thcatcr, and
brag about il TO their friends \ manager
showed me one day letter from a promi-
ncnt banker This man had sent a mcsscn-
ger boy four times in one day with a letter,
inStructlng him 10 deliver it TO no one but
the manager. If the manager was not in,
the boy was TO wait certain time and then
return to the attack until he should get a
direct answer. The four trips of the mes
scngcr had considerably exceeded the cost
Of the seats the banker wanted. The only
way 10 explain such an absurd proceeding
was that the banker had a curious. vain am
bition 10 prove TO his associates that he
stood in and could get seats for nothing.
1t IS the same vanity that prompts men
10 spend money in an oStcntatious way en-
lcrtainlng actors or other persons Of note.
There is absolutely nothing genuine about
it. OF course, this does not refer TO the
warm, sincere. personal friends that all mcm-
bcrs OF the profession who are worth while
have in almost all the cities and towns they
visit when on tour.
7 HAD a remarkable experience when star
ring | was playing in large city in
the West. \ week before my appearance
there | received a request from a friend in
the East to get four seats for the opening
performance for some of his friends in Dcs
Moines replied that | should be pleased
to extend that courtesy; although, as a mat
ter Of fact, there was no reason at all for the
request On reaching Des MoineS | told
New-York tribune., 1913-11-23

ADDED TO the things pointed OUT 4 N..;
~ subtle, and TO me the most lmportan,i
effect is the lowering Of the Just estimate r =,
the value Of the actors profession 70,
many years the American actor has Otyn Sa
conscious Of deep-rooted conviction IN u.
public mind that his work is play; that ~. t.
only is it a very light and trivial thing ~,
the actor to perform his daily duty but 5DJi II
for some reason he is eager on any ana ~ ~
occasions to give OF his inmoSt heart al,r
soul for any and every thing and oDjeJ.,
not only willing to give, say, but eage'P
seeking the opportunity to do 50.
Not only is this true of every great Ia, ~,
tional or local calamity, where everyDou'
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-08-22
Lupus Worst Form
of Skin Diseases
Here is a Home Treatment
that Overcomes even
Worst Cases.

a tiny pimple spreads 20 the side Of
the face and often covers the cheeks
and bridge of the nose. It is very de-
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external treatments viii overcome it,
as the cause of lupus is from impurities
in the blood supply. The only known
method of cure is to get the blood sup
ply under the control of S. s. s., the
famous blood specific It's action is
quite remarkable and has direct infu-
ence upon the network Of small blood
vessels and glands in the skin.
From the fact that s. $. $. is purely
a botanical preparation, X is accepted
by the weakest stomach and has great
tonic influence in all the digestive or
gans. 1t is certainly a wonderful blood
medicine. and is prepared direct from
native materials gathered by the eX-
perts of the famous Swift Laboratory.
not one drop Of minerals or drugs is
used in it's preparation. Ask for $. s s..
and insist upon having il. And II you
desire skillful advice and counsel upon
any matter concerning the blood and
skin, write to the Medical Department,
The Swift Specific Co, 1888 Swift Labo-
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il eloquence over something Just as
good" as S. S. S. Beware Of all substi-
tutes. S. 5, s. is what you need.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-08-22
CHAPTER VIII.
Percy Darrow's Theory.

Percy Darrow in the police station,
where he had been assigned an unused
office instead of a CELL amused him
self reading the newspapers, of which
he caused to be brought In a full sup
ply. Theories had begun to claim
their share of the space which, up to
now, the fact stories had completely
monopolized. barrow, his feet up, a
cigarette depending from one corner
OF his mouth. read them through to
the end. Then he INDUCED the white
walls OF his little apartment with one
Of his slow smiles. The simplest of
the theories had to do with comets.
The most elaborate traced out an an
alogy between the blind spot" in vi
sion and point of rest" in phyical
manifestations-thi point OF rest
had just now happened to drift to a
crowded center, and so became mani
fest,
Ingenious but fantastic youth, was
Percy Darrow's tribute to the author,
Professor Eidridge of the university.
The "human-interest" stories of both
the evening before and those in the
extras describing the latest freak in
the Atlas Building. Darrow passed
over with barely glance. But certain
figures he copied carefully into his
note book When he had found all of
these, and had transcribed them, they
appeared about as follows:
Atlas Wednesday. s;25. 900 tabouo: 3
Generai-Thursday, 600 7:5s texaco: l
hr 56 min.
Atlas-Friday, 1910, 1913 texaco: 80
min
On the basis of these latter figures
be made some calculations which,
when finished he looked on with doub-
full satisfaction.
Need more statistics" said he to
himself, before | can pose as
prophet. Just now I'm merely a
guesser."
BY now Ii was afternoon. An official
came to announce visitors, and mo-
ment later Helen and her brother came
in. AS Percy's case was merely one
of detention, or for some other OBJ
scurer reason. known only to those