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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-06-17

A Smooth SwindIe.-Not long ago an
IAN American" called upon a Wes'
End jeweler in London and bought q
splendid pearl, for which he palo
s6.00O-in real money. A few DAYS
later back he came. my wife Is In
ecstasies over that pearl" he told the
ieweler. "She wants another JUS
like It." How much does she want
it?" inquired the jeweler. Pearls o.
that grade are very rare, hard to find
and, for purposes Of matching, bloom
ing expensive" They talked price
and "the American" went away, after
agreeing to pay as much as $17,5oo Il
q perfect match for the pearl coulc
be obtained.
One day in drifted a stranger WITT
a pearl, which so far as the jeWeiers
memory served him, was an exact du'
plicate of pearl number one. Tne
stranger didn't much want to sell IL
but when an offer of $4,000 was mad'
he couldn't resist. So the 1eweiel
handed over the cash and tuckee
away the new pearl in the safe, witt
promised profit Of $4,000 ciingln'
to It. But where was "the Ameri'
CAM" Not at the address he gave
not even anywhere in London ap
parently. Then the truth began u
dawn upon the jeweler. He hae
bought back the original pearl ant
gave "the American" a profit Of $10'
900 on the transaction. The game Il
old, invented long before Americ'
was discovered.-New York Press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-06-17

Columbia, June 7: Prof. A. c.
Moore, dean of the faculty, has been
selected as acting president OF the
University Of South Carolina by the
board of trustees. Resolutions Of re-
gret at the departure Of the retiring
president, DR.. S. c. Mitchell, were
adopted. The meeting took place in the
office of Governor Blease late yester-
day with all members present. DIR.
Mitchelrs resignation was presented
and accepted, effective June 16. The
resolution eulogizing the president was
not signed by Governor Blease, though
he did not oppose it. The faculty's s
unanimous recommendation, that the
degree Of LII D. be conferred on
Charles w. Balm by reason Of his
sound learning, high character and
signal service in the cause of educa-
tion and progress, was approved by
the board. Mr.. Balm was for twelve
years head of the department OF
ancient languages in the University of
South Carolina. Three years ago he
took the chair of Greek in the Uni
versity of North Carolina. ]. Bruce
Coleman Of the faculty, now attend
ing Columbia University, was made
associate professor Of physics at sal
ary Of $500. Good Homes and j. e.
| Mills, associate professors, were pro-
| NOTED to full professors. John A
Blackburn, Of Columbia, was elected
physical director. vice James Driver
resigned. Student assistants elected
were M. L. Hanahan, w. H. Cook, j.
| ]. Hill and Alva I. Green. The uni
yersity has received from the Uni.
versity of Virginia, Vanderbilt, and
North Carolina, proposals for eX-
| change of professors. The board en-
| trusted the working out of details t(
the committee on organization an6
| faculty. Various building contract:
we're approved. The two new dormi'
tories were named. respectively, jaime!
H. Thornwell and James woodrow
Governor Blease left the meeting tt
attend a meeting Of the state militar!
board. AS he was leaving he said i
the board went into the election O.
a president. his vote would be cast fol
| the Rev. w. B. Daniels, presiding ell
der, Charleston district, M. E. church
south. It was decided to defer th'
! election Of a president, however.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-06-17
81 YEARS OLD, IN TREASURY 40
One of Uncle Sans Oldest Women
Employeea.

Eighty -one years old, and rounding
out fifty years as a government en-
ployee in the treasury department, Is
the record of Miss Emma R. Graves
Forty-nine years of this service, which
was up April II last, was spent in the
redemption division Of the treasury
and despite the fact that Miss Graves
pleaded to be left in that division for
one more year, so as to celebrate her
golden anniversary, she was transfer
red to the registers office, says the
Washington Star. She still occupies
the position Of an expert counter,
counting notes which have been turn
ed in to the gveornment, and which
are cut in half before being destroyed.
Miss Graves was among the first
woman employees of the government,
a number having been placed in SER
vice in 1864 by Frank E. Spinner. then
treasurer of the United States. When
she was called upon in her work-room
by a reporter she was very much OPP
posed to being interviewed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-06-17

up at him almost with smile. Then
with a quick pressure on the pole she
turned the punt and its prov shot in
to the soft grass. Without a word
she waited.
The man went dull red. He look
ed at the girl in the punt. The girl
waited. He stepped in. She pushed
the punt off.
so you are in timer" she said
softly.
IT have been waiting for you al
my life-would I miss you now?" he
replied.
| So she had read his letter? YET
. such a thing was impossible. What
then? His astonished mind refused
to follow the thing to any conclusion
He was lapsed in great content.
$50 you expected me?" he said al
last, looking up at her slim, fair
figure crowned with its glory Of vivid
brown.
"Of course" she replied. I knew
you would be here"
1t was enough. He ventured no fur
ther questions. He might shatter the
dream. This day was his.
The girl was greatly happy. There
were no exclamations. no introduc-
tions to their comradeship. Immedi-
ately they had drifted into the po-
sition of dear friends; they were in
innate at once. He told her Of his
life, Of the other girl. ...
IT know" said the girl in the punt
with dimming eyes. .
And it did not seem strange to him
that she should know. But she told
him little about herself, except that
she had won happiness in life and was
content.
The tea was a success. The dainty
meal over, they drifted lazily down
the stream, languidly talking, with
long silences between that brought
them more intimately together than
words may ever do.
. Through the silence of the evening
he poled the punt down the river.
When they came opposite the bank
under the elms he got quietly out.
"You will come again tomorrow"
he asked.
And the girl in the punt said soft
ly, Yes"
Then goodby." she said, and stand
ing fair and slim and white in the
stern of the punt she went slowly
into the avenue Of green shade, glim-
mering quietly in the gathering dusk.
And the man gazed long after her,
wondering, yet well content.
Then 1t suddenly. came to him that
he did not even know her name.
But she will come again tomor-
row." he said.
But the girl in the punt did not
come on the morrow. or any NOR
row, though the man waited under
the elms many afternoons. For the
morrow was her wedding day with
the man she loved. And sometimes
in the years Of quiet happiness that
followed, she thought of the man on
the bank of the stream, and knew
that for one afternoon she had given
him great happiness.
And he remembered always and was
thankful.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-06-17
s.rious and Humorous, But Not Re-

Serious and Humorous, But Not he-
sentfuI. - The Yorkville Enquirer
makes a courteous reply to what the
Daily Journal had to say about its
attitude toward the present admins
tration. from which we discern that
The ENQUIRER very readily grasped
our meaning when it declared that we
were "partly serious, partly humorous
lust a little resentful," save the last
statement. We did not mean 10 pe
resentful as we have no occasion tor
manifesting this kind OF spirit TO-
ward The Enquirer. 1t has always
Ibeen courteous toward US, ana we nav
no cause for holding 1t In any otnel
than the highest esteem. II certalny
has convictions and 1t Is not a1raiu
to stand by them. We always ao-
mire a man and a newspaper tnat are
not afraid to come out In the open,
and let people know just whal .hey
stand for. And 1t Is the oniy klho
of a newspaper that Is Worth d cup
per.
The ENQUIRER asks:
"Has the Journal ever had its mo-
tives secretely impunged by people
who would injure it? Has it never
been the victim of cowardly reports
| circulated with intent to injure, ano
in such a way that 1t could not fx
responsibility? The Enquirer Is
familiar with these things. 1t has
had so many baseless reports circu.
lated about 1t, that 1t sometimes
thinks 1t Is callous to such things.
We can answer this question In the
affirmative, and answer 1t most EN-
phatically. We expect to have 70 con
| tinue contending with misrepresenta-
tions as long as we have the courage
and the manhood to stand for what
we believe to be right. AS 1t appears
to us, the enemies of a high class
newspaper are the strongest evidence:
of it's rectitude that 1t can have, ano
are a credit to its integrity and It's un,
yielding attitude toward right ane
wrong.-Greenwood Journal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-06-17

,sT Scotch class was examined In
Scripture. Can any boy or girl here
tell me how Noah would be likely to
use his time while on the ark?" asked
the inspector. One boy timidly show
ed his hand and replied: please, sir
he wad fish," well, yes, he might,
admitted the inspector Another little
fellow waved his hand, eXcitedly' ano
said: please, he couldna fish vera
lang What makes you think so, my
little MANI" Because there was only
two worms in the ark.-Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-06-17

ders cease as quickly as they come in
these latter cases, as they are apt to
be expensive luxuries. They were
found so by one young lady, smitten
by very prominent woman singer,
when her "carte blanche" order for all
pictures of and stories about" this
star of the musical armament reached
a total Of 1900 clippings at cents
each, or $115.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-06-17
REGENERATION OF THE WORLD
Seven Biz sehernes for SAVING Il

Seven Big Schemes for Saving u
Since Spanish American War.
In seven different ways has the
world been on the point OF being re-
generated since the Spanish-Ameri-
can war. For the completeness with
which the world has been reconstruct
ed consult the current files Of the
newspapers. The world was to be
made over by means Of the bicycle
The rap-hanger was to abandon his
strap and ride joyfully down the
Broadway cable-slot, swapping his fin
gers at traction magnets, and imbib-
ing ozone. The factory hand was to
abandon his city fat and live in the
open country, going to and from his
work through the green lanes Of If
teen miles an hour. with his lunch on
the handle bars. The old were to
grow young again and the young were
to dream close to the heart Of nature.
The doctors were to perish Of starva-
ton. But where Is the bicycle today?
The world was to be made over by
jiu-pitsu. Elderly gentlemen were to
regain the waistline Of their youth by
ten minutes practice every morning In
the secrets of the Samurai. Slim young
women, when attacked by heavy ruf-
fans were to seize their assailants by
the wrist and hurl them over the right
shoulder. The police were to discard
their revolvers and their night sticks
and suppress rioters by mere muscu-
lar contraction. The doctors, as be-
fore, were to grow extinct through the
rapid process Of starvation. But where
Ia jiu-jitsu today?
The world was to be regenerated by
denatured alcohol Congress had mere
ly to remove the internal revenue tax
and a new motive power would be let
loose, far transcending the total avail
able horse power Of our coal mines
Denatured alcohol was to drive the
farmers machines, propel our auto
mobiles, run our factories and re-
duce the cost of living to a ridiculous
minimum. But where Is denatured
alcohol today?
The world was to be regenerated
by the bungalow. The landlord was to
disappear and in his place would come
a race of freemen bowling their head to
no man and raising their own vege-
tables. Kitchen drudgery was to nc
eliminated by the simple device OF
abolishing the kitchen and calling 1t
kitchenette. With no more stairs to
climb, rheumatism would pass Into
history. So would the doctors. The
bungalow is still with US, but, alas, so
are the doctors.
The world was to be regenerated by
sour milk; by the simple life; by
sleeping in the open air. But where
now are Prof. Metchnikoff and Pastor
Wagner? And the pictures OF rose
empowered sleeping porches In the
garden magazines have been supplant-
ed by pictures of colonial farm houses
transformed into charming interiors
by two coats of whitewash and a thin
paper edition of the classics.
Does this show that we must give
up all hope Of seeing new world
about us before 1915? BY no means
We still have eugenics.-New York
Evening Post.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-23

appeal to the powers. The negotia-
tons over the settlement of minor
questions and for the taking over OF
the conquered provinces will occupy
a considerable time and it will be
some weeks before the treaty is sign
ed.
NJ. Novakovitch, the ex-primier of
Servia, said yesterday: "The Turks
seem finally to have recovered the
faculty of reasoning, but why today
instead of six weeks ago, as they
must pay what our four armies have
been costing us all this time. We
have not set down figures for the in
demnity, but we have practically de-
cided on what basis it is to be calcu-
lated and how it is to be divided
among the allies.
Each Balkan state will take as a
basis the number of soldiers it put in
the field, averaging the cost of each
soldier during the time the country
was on a war footing. The sooner
Turkey concludes peace the less she
will have to pay. The powers must
help us in this question also, as the
indemnity will be employed to pay
the share of the Ottoman debt falling
upon us proportionately to the terri
tories we acquire"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-23
TURKS WILL YIELD
AND END WAR IN
THE BALKANS
Realize That Nothing Can Be
Gained BY Delay
ALLIES WANT S20O,O00,0O0
Vanishing Empire Expected to Fight
Vigorously When Indemnity Is
Determined.
ALLIES WANT S2OO,OOO,OOO

London, Jan. 23.-The plenipoten-
tiaries of the Balkan Kingdoms are
immensely pleased over the decision
of the grand council at Constantine
pie to accept the advice of the powers
While it had become increasingly GER
tain in the past 4S hours that the
Turkish elder statesmen were prepar
ed to face the bitter fate that ends
the empires history as a European
nation, is was hardly expected they
would register their decision so quick
ly and so definitely. This is so I'M
like the customary Turkish tactics
that some suspicion is entertained,
without supporting proof, that Tur-
key may still have cards up her
sleeve
The Porte's reply to the joint note
of the powers will be handed TO the
ambassadors today, however. and the
remainder of the negotiations leading
to the signing of the peace treaty are
expected to be an anticlimax. One
crucial point of difference remains
to be settled in the question of indem
nifty. The allies propose to levy Il
heavy payment upon the defeated ma
ton. They speak of 22,OOO.OOO as an
adequate sum. Their minimum is an
amount equal to the Turkish debts
attached to the territories which they
will annex under the treaty.
The Turks are likely to contest the
indemnity strongly, and the bankrupt
condition of their country furnishes
them with a potent argument for an
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-23
COREY TELLS HOW
STEEL POOL WAS
ORGANIZED
Formed In 1904 and In Existence
In 1910
INTERNATIONAL IN SCOPE
Manufacturers of Rails Agreed to
Refrain from Selling in Other
Countries Than Their Own.

Corey, following Theodore Roosevelt
yesterday as a witness in the Govern
ment's suit for the dissolution of the
United States Steel Corporation, ad-
mitted the existence of an interna-
tional pool in steel rails, which he
said was organized about 1904 chiefly
through the agency of James A. Far
reIl, now President of the corporation
1t had never been terminated. so far
as Mr.. Corey knew. When asked how
long it was in effect, he said it con-
tinued, to his knowledge, until the
latter part OF 1909. That was the time
when Mr.. Corey gave way to Mr.. Far
rell as President of the corporation.
There have been for several years
rumors of such pool, supported by
the fact that the price of steel rails
has remained stationary at $28 ton
since 1902, despite fluctuations In
other products, but its existence has
not been admitted by any of the 9TH
er witnesses called by the prosecu-
ton. Counsel for the Government sand
after the hearing that the pool was
still in existence.
Mr.. Corey said he knew little about
the details of the arrangement, but
that Mr.. Farrell knew all about 1t.
He did know, however that an under
standing was reached between the
steelmakers of England, Germany,
France, and Belgium and the United
States Steel Corporation and other
American manufacturers on the sea-
board in position to do an export
business, under which the manufac-
turers of each country refrained from
selling rails in the markets of any of
the other countries. In neutral coun-
tries-that is, countries in which
there were no steel manufacturer
the tonnage was divided among those
of the five countries. Asked as to the
percentage Of division, he again re-
ferred his inquisitor, ex-Secretary of
War J. NJ Dickinson, to Mr.. Farrell
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-23
HELEN GOULD MARRIED
Quiet Ceremony at Her Country
Estate at Tarrytown.

Tarrytown. ~ Y. Jan. 22.-Helen
Miller Gould was married at 1890 to-
day at her country estate, Lyndhurst,
to Finley Johnson Shepard, st.
Louis railroad man.
Fifth avenue New York and the
Bowery were both interested.
The first because the bride is a
member of society and the latter be-
cause of her philanthropic work.
Neither was represented at the
ceremony.
The rs guests we're only members
of her families.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Daniel d. Russell of Irvington
Presbyterian church.
The bride was given in marriage
by her brother, George ]. Gould
Helen and Dorothy Gould. nieces
were flowers girls, and the brides on
ly attendants.
Louis j. Shepard, brother of the
groom, was best man.
A rope of pearls, said once to have
adorned the neck of Empress Jose
phine of France, and pear-shaped
diamond pendant, the gift of the
groom were the only jewels the bride
wore.
She carried a point lace kerchief, a
gift from Mrs. Russell Sage.
1t is not known where Mr. and Mrs
Shepard will spend their honeymoon
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-23
FIELDS MlNSTRELS
The Gold Band at the Opera House
Tuesday Evening

"A minstrel show without music is
like Hamlet with the Melancholy
Dane left out" is the way Mark Twain
put it, Music is the keystone to min
strelsy, and the success of the A
G. Field Greater Minstrels. to a GER
tain degree, lies in the fact that the
very best music has always formed a
part of its ranks.
This season the silver band of old
has given way to the Gold Band and
all of Professor William Walters mu-
sicians have instruments which have
been finished in gold. Besides offer
ing two daily concerts, the band APP
pears in the opening spectacle Min
stresy Past and Present" This new
idea has Ormond Beach, Florida, for
setting, and the mechanical effects
introduced during the program in
cludes playing fountains, water
falls, the rolling Atlantic itself, while
the electrical illumination shows
something new in the stage produ-c-
er's art.
Headed by AL. G. Field himself, the
minstrels that bear his name will ap
pear at Opera house at Bennington,
on Tuesday, Jan. 2S.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-23
MYSTIFYlNG ACT
BY the mystery elrT at Library
Theatre.

by the mystery GIFT at Library
Theatre.
The crowds that are daily trying to
get into the Library theatre prove
that the offerings of Eva Allen and
Co.. ''The Mystery Girl" are myst'fy-
ing indeed.
After the performance last night
remarks were heard everywhere, how
does she do it." COMMITTEES of well
known people of Bennington have
been upon the stage and have wit
messed every move on the part of
Miss Allen and her partner, and the
closer they watched, why the closer
they watched.
People have had their question.
answered and all will agree that Miss
Allen has known what they asked.
and her answers have been satIsfac-
tory, hence the interest theatre goers
in Bennington are showing.
Friday matinee, ladies' day only, is
being looked forward to by all the
fair sex, in this city. and 1t will be a
good plan 10 get TO the theatre early.
in addition to Miss Aliens attrac-
ton Chas. +. Faust, in songs and
stories that are up to date in every
respect and some of the best photo
plays, from the leading film labro-
torres, make up the rest OF an attrac.
tive bill
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-23
SUES BROTHERS FOR $500
Plaintiff Claims He Agreed Not t
Contest Mothers viii.

Rutland, Jan. pa c. Merithew
of Hartford, n. Y. has brought suit
in Rutland county court against Hir-
am r. Merithew and Edward S Meri-
thew Of Ira, his brothers. to recover
$500 on a contract having TO do
with the settlement of the estate Of
their mother, Mrs. Ann Merithew.
who died in Nav. 1911. T. w. Nc
loney and George w. Plat OF this
city are counsel for the plaintiff.
The plaintiff alleges that he is one
Of four heirs OF Ann Me-''r
there is a sister besides the three
brothers who are in litigation. The
plaintiff was left $500 in his mothers
will. He claims that this is much
less than one-fourth the value Of her
estate He intended TO contest the
viii but promised not to do so on
the ground that his brothers turn ov-
er to him one-fourth the par value OF
u shares Of certain stock. or The
equivalent Of S1.425. They have fail
ed 10 make the transfer. he claims,
and he sues to get the stock. He
claims that his mother, In making
her viii. was unduly Influenced BY
the defendants
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-23
We Desired Obtain Something Whit
netting Which When Secured we Found We Could Not Use

! derable length and with created franl
ness than has been given similar bills
in the past.
ed attention to the danger from ven
ereal diseases prevalent in Vermont
and spreading even into the rural dis
tricts of the state. An enormous pei
cent of insane cases and many opera
lions upon women in hospitals are
due to this scourge, he said. All re-
ports made under this bill will be by
number and names will be kept Sc
| cret. He favored the bill.
MIR. Miller of Bethel favored the
bill.
Mr.. Coburn of Milton said that sy-
phillis was a greater scourge than
diphtheria and favored the bill.
Mr.. Weeks of Middlebury spoke of
the merits of the bill saying that the
outside world had little idea of The
danger of these diseases which he
considered next to that of leprosy.
Mr., Comlngs of Richford thought
this subject mad been hushed up too
long and favored the bill.
Mr.. Hulett of Rutland city called
attention to the ravages of these
diseases which are facts of history
and he favored the bill.
Mr. Martin of Bennington thought
the bill would benefit both the large
and the small communities.
Mr. Weld of Berkshire favored the
bill which was ordered to third read
ing by unanimous vote.
The House passed House bill sos,
providing appropriations for the Uni
versity of Vermont and State A2ri-
cultural colleges, additional scholar
ships in Middlebury college and to
amend acts relating to the scholar
ships in Norwich university.
The House passed in concurrence
Senate bill 149. relating to furnish
ing railway fare to discharged con-
victs, of bonds, and notes in cities,
towns and incorporated villages.
The following bills were read
third time and passed.
II. 500, to incorporate the Western
Vermont Telephone company at Paw
let.
II. $40, relating to the duties of the
quartermaster general.
II. 5l6, to provide for state board of
Cancellation and arbitration. Mr..
Howley of Burlington explained the
bill at length. Mr.. Billings of Wood
stock quoted the republican platform
of 1912, and urged all republicans TO
vote for the measure, which they did,
no one opposing.
IL. 517, relating to the performance
of certain duties of the commission
er of taxes,