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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-11
To Help the Farmer Till His Crops.

To Help the Farmer Till His Crops.
lit was announced yesterday that
Secretary Houston had created In the
department of agriculture the rural
organization service" and had selected
Dr. T. N. Carver. professor Of economics
at Harvard and pioneer in the study
Of rural economic problems, as director
Of the work. This will be an extension
Of the division Of markets, for which
congress provided last year. by which
to study the marketing and distribut-
ing of farm products"
Secretary Houston, deciding that the
work should be broader, has accepted
an offer from the general education
board which has co-operated with the
department for several years In its
farm demonstration work to do like
wise in the problems Of rural organi-
zation service"
TT is evident" said the secretary in
a statement today, that marketing Is
only one aspect Of the great problem Of
rural organization confronting the ma
ton. In the interest Of economy other
phases should be considered at the
same time. Heretofore the department
of agriculture and other agencies
charged with the advancement Of agri-
culture have given primary attention
to problems Of production. The time
Is at hand to give attention to rural
organization"
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appointment of the men who are tc
compose 1t, as far as may be from tho
temporary excitements which so Otter
move the people to their own harm"
II am not afraid to say to the Ameri-
can people that 1t Is dangerous to trust
any great power Of government to their
direct or inconsiderate control" he
added. II am not afraid to tell them
not only that their sober second thought
Is better than their hasty action, but
that government which Is exposed to
the hasty action of people Is the
worst, and not the best government on
earth"
No Legislation Needed.
No legislation by congress will be
necessary to put the change into ef-
feet. 1t will be incumbent upon the va
rious states to see to II that proper
provision Is made by the names of SEN
ators going on the regular ballots.
Should any state fail to do so, II has
been suggested that congress might
exercise its power Of supervising that
states voting regulations 50 as to re-
quire the name to be placed on the
ballots. ,aa-
The first senator's to be elected by
the new method will be those who take
their seats for the term beginning
March 4. 1915. They will be elected at
the November elections of 1914.
The first 33 states to ratify the
amendment were: Arizona. Arkansas,
California, Colorado, Idaho. Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Kansas. Maine, Massa-
chusetts, Michigan, Minnesota. Missou-
ri, Montana. Nebraska, Nevada, New
Hampshire. New Jersey, New York.
New Mexico, North Carolina. North
Dakota. Texas. Vermont, Washington.
West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyom-
ing.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-11
MONKEY DRILLS"
How Raw Cavalry Recruits are Con-
| ... verted Into Rough Riders.

How Raw Cavalry Recruits are Con-
| ... verted Into Rough Riders.
The system now in vogue in this
country for the training Of cavalry
soldiers has been in use for nearly
twenty years, says Harper's Weekly.
For a long time, by veterans who did
not like it, it was called the monkey
drill"
The monkey drill" was born at Fort
Riley, Kansas. From the cavalry and
light artillery school there troop OF
cavalry was sent to the Columbian
exposition at Chicago in 1893 to show
the world how American boys could
ride. Their exhibitions stirred the
pride of their countrymen and filled
the visitors with wonder. So beneficial
has this drill been found in the cases
Of both men and mounts that 1t has
been adopted by every troop in the
army; and there may now be witness
ed at more than one post, fancy riding
that quite rivals that of a circus.
For instance, one may see troopers
gallop into the exhibition grounds
standing on their saddles like Co.'S
sacks. They ride diagonally across the
grounds: the leader circling around
comes back through the center Of the
line; the men, following him, form a
continuous figure 8. Distances between
horses are perfectly kept, and there is
not a single collision were the lines
cross at the center Of the figure.
Unwinding from the figure 8, the
men ride to one end Of the grounds
and form squads Of ten each in line.
Girths are then unfastened and the
men mount in Cossack fashion. Brush
hurdles are placed in position at op-
posite sides Of the field, and with fly
ing cinches the squads canter over
the hurdles around the field. The sad
dies Of a few troopers may chance to
slip, but the men show their skill In
horsemanship by freeing themselves
| from the falling saddles and standing
upon their horses backs.
Then there may follow some cav
airy gymnastics. Horses are un5ad-
died; the men mount, face to the rear,
stand up, and turn a front somersault
to the ground. They also mount from
the rear and turn a back somersault
over the horses groups to the ground.
Horses are led up in columns OF
twos. Then ten pairs Of men mount,
| trooper No. Of each pair (the outside
man) taking both reins. The pairs are
cantered at the hurdles. Just before
the hurdles are reached the inside
trooper dismounts and vaults, as the
horses are jumping over his horse,
mounting double behind his partner.
AS the ten pairs go over the hurdles,
one after another, the men all make
clever vaults.
All this Is followed by bareback and
finale in the shape Of minute
charge. In this stunt" one-half Of the
men cause their horses to lie down
and, taking their positions behind
their mounts, the men begin TO dis
charge their pistols. The other ten
men form in line at the opposite end
of the field and charge through them
with pistols.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-11
SMALL STARS NOT so SMALL
They are Really Big Suns and Some OF
Them are Twenty TrilIion Miles Away.


In the course of a lecture on "The
Stars" which Sir Robert Ball, the dis
tinguished astronomer, delivered at the
Royal Institution, in London, the lee
turer said that those orbs which appear
so small to US because Of their immense
distance are in reality, Of course, great
and shining suns. II, he said, we were
to escape from the earth into space,
the moon, Jupiter, Saturn, and eventu-
ally the sun would become invisible;
but far as we are from the stars, they
would still shine brightly upon us.
Many Of these stars are heavier than
our sun. For example Mizar, the mid
die star in the tail Of the Great Bear Is
forty times as heavy as the sun. To
the naked eye there are 5000 or 5000 of
these heavenly bodies visible. In all
probability there are planets-perhaps
habitab!e worlds like ours-revolving
around them.
Sixty-one Cygni is the nearest star to
us in this part of the sky. Alpha Gen.
tauri, in the constellation Centaur, in
the southern hemisphere Is the nearest
of all stars. The sun Is long way off
-93, 100000 miles. Now, multiply this
by 100000 and the result Is, roughly
speaking, 10000, ,00O, 900, ,0O0 and this is
our distance from Centauri.
Take the speed Of an electric current,
which is nearly the same as that of
light-1S,000 miles per second. Sup
pose a message to be sent at this speed
from a point on the earth's surface, 1t
would go seven times around the earth
in one second.
Again, let it be supposed that mes
sages were sent off to the different
heavenly bodies. To reach the moon at
this rate II would take about one sec
ond. In eight minutes message would
get 70 the sun, and allowing for cou-
ole of minutes delay, one could send a
message to the sun and get an answer
all within 20 minutes. But to reach AL
pha Centauri it would take three years
and as this Is the nearest of the stars,
what time must it take to get to the
others?
If, when Wellington won the battle
of Waterloo in 1915. the news had been
telegraphed off Immediately, there are
some stars so remote that 1t would not
vet have reached them. To go step
further, If, in 1866 the result or the
conquest had been wired to some OF
these stars, the message would still be
on it's way. If the tidings Of the first
Christmastide in Bethlehem had been
sent to the stars, there are some orbs.
situated in the furthermost depths OF
space, yet not beyond reach OF our
great telescopes, which could not re-
ceive the message for long time yet
New York Press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-11
DYED BLACK TO SAVE LIFE
Unique Experience in Great Indian
Mutiny Recalled.

Exciting, indeed were the expert
ences Of British residents In India
during the great mutiny Of 1857, and
none of them more so than those OF
Lord Altamont, the eldest SON and
heir Of the Marquis de Sligo and his
mother. When the mutiny broke out
Lord Altamont, who had been born in
India, was baby seven months old.
his father at that time being in the
Indian civil service and stationed at
Bengal. Just before the natives mu-
tineed the marquis had been ordered
to a hill station, and his wife, who was
only 20 years of age, took her baby to
place called Bankipur. There they
heard that at Dinapur, six miles away,
the natives had decided to mutiny and
murder the European officers. The
plot was betrayed by a sepoy, and
the Europeans hurriedly collected to
the house Of the commissioner, which
had been fortified.
The terrors Of the night as they
waited expecting to hear every mo-
ment the yells Of the rebel soldiers
coming to attack them were added to
by one lady who went out Of her mind
and tried to throw herself down the
well. The next morning, however, re-
lief came, and Lord Altamont's moth
er drove to an opium store, four
miles down the river, which had also
been fortified, to stay with friends.
Finding, however, that she had left
various articles of clothing at Banki-
pur which she required, she decided,
against the advice Of her friends, to
return with her baby. She reached
Bankipur in safety, but on the return
journey the natives attempted to stop
the carriage and threw stones and
brass cooking pots at them.
Thinking that she might be killed,
she crouched down on the floor Of the
carriage with her baby In her arms
and, after running the gauntlet for a
quarter Of an hour she arrived safely
back at the opium store.
Here she remained with other Euro
peans, besieged for a fortnight, their
lives depending on the fidelity Of a
few Sikhs. It was then that Lord AL
tamont's black nurse suggested to his
mother that as a possible means Of saw
ing his life he should be dyed and
passed off as her child, and this was
done, Lord Altamont remaining dis
guised as a negro baby uEtil a steam
snip came down the Ganges crowded
with refugees and enabled them to
reach a place Of safety.-Tit Bits.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-11

Tart Of you, I came for the good Of
the country. Ambition did not bring
rae here. I came animated with the
best wishes for the future Of my adopt
ed country and for that of my SOL
Giers, whom thank before my death
for the sacrifices they made for me-"
Then at a signal squad Of seven
raen stood out There was flash, q
cloud Of smoke and all was over. t
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-11
A SENSATION BELL
Rings at LIoyds When Overdue Vessel
Arrives In Port.

| fNtTtHo Lt0yoo VuOu SNOtobO N0ooO
''' Arrives In Port.
The bell at Lloyd's, which is rune
when ship long overdue and reported
lost Unexpectedly reaches port, is one
Of the sensation bells Of the world. II
was only a few days ago that Its
changing announced the safe return oi
the Snowdon Range, a S,000-ton-
steamship, which recently arrived In q
battered condition at Queenstown af-
ter being fifty-two days out from Phil
adelphia and long reported lost. Hel
loss would have cost Lloyd's some
thing like 100000, and 1t Is little won
der, therefore, that the underwriters
cheered when they heard the bell.
The bell now used at Lloyd's Is OF
naval origin. 1t belonged to the Luz
tine. which was wrecked near the
Zuyder Zee In October, 1893. while
taking specie from English merchants
to Hamburg.
England being then at war with the
Netherlands, the Dutch government
claimed the wreck, and 983,000 worth
Of the bullion was recovered. It was
not until 1857 that Lloyd's secured
equal rights in the treasure with q
had granted concessions. In 1858,
with considerable quantities of specie
the frigate's bell was recovered. Since
then II has stood In the library at
Loyd's, together with chair and
table made from the Lutine's rudder.
There Is a room at Lloyd's known
as the chamber Of horrors. and here
are posted kilograms received report
ing casualties. Unimportant accidents
are not entered on the loss book, but
the most serious are not only entered
there, but are cried aloud by an off,
cial who stands in gorgeous uniform
beneath the sounding board. When.
after weeks disappearance, II Is
feared q vessel has gone down, = the
owners make an application to the
committee at Lloyd's to have the ship
posted. This Is done by affixing no
tice In the chamber Of horrors, which
says that the authorities would be
glad Of information concerning the
boat.
A week elapses and then a second
notice Is put up saying that the boat
has not since been heard Of. When
you read that ship has been post
ed" as missing you may know this
ship is upon the notice board, and on
that day the insurance money Is pay
able and all who were upon her are
legally considered dead. When ship
Is posted the old Lutine bell is tolled
once. In the very unusual event Of a
vessel arriving in port after being
posted the bell Is struck twice, and
the caller makes his announcement
from the rostrum amid a breathless
silence.-London Answers. p. .4.,,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-11
JUDGE NOT
Plain Rules that Help to Make People
Batter ...

Plain Rules that ffeip TO MAKE Feopie
Better.
To impute to no man insincerity OF
purpose simply because he does moi
agree with me. r..- .....-
To give every man credit for the
general tendency Of his life In spite oi
the occasional mishap which temper.
arily halts his progress.
To pay no attention to gossip, unless
the bearer Of the tale Is willing to tel
II to the one accused.
To remember the pit from which
was dug, before pass judgment upon
any other man.
To Judge no man unless am willing
to be judged according to the judg-
ment Of the Just.
To lift up the man who has fallen
probably because he was carrying d
heavier burden than !.
To give life the largest meaning
with no narrow outlook either for my
self or for my fellows; to believe that
every other man Is worthy of the best
that is mine; and to try earnestly to
see that he gets it.-Rev. Charles
Stelzle.
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Past Experience.

the law Of nature (the nature Of free
business) instead Of by the law Of leg
islation and artificial arrangement.
D..k
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ness OF the afternoon.
Tho President Speaks.
President Wilson delivered his mes
II am very glad indeed to have this
opportunity to address the two houses
directly and to verify for myself the
impression that the president Of the
United States Is a person, not a mere
department of the government, hailing
congress from some isolated island OF
jealous power, sending messages, not
speaking naturally and with his own
voice, that he Is a human being trying
to cooperate with other human beings
in a common service. After this pleas
ant experience I shall feel quite normal
in all our dealings with one another.
II have called the congress together
in extraordinary session because duty
was laid upon the party now In power
at the recent elections which 1t ought
to perform promptly, in order that the
burde;, carried by the people under
existing law may be lightened as soon
as possible and in order, also, that the
business interests of the country may
not be kept too long in suspense as to
what the fiscal changes are to be to
which they will be required to adjust
themselves. 1t is clear that the whole
country expects the tariff duties to be
altered. They must be changed to
meet the radical alteration in the
conditions Of our economic life which
the country has witnessed within the
last generation While the whole face
and method Of our Industrial and ccm-
mercial lige were being changed be-
yond recognition the tariff schedules
have remained what they were before
the change began, or have moved in the
direction they were given when no
large circumstances of our Industrial
development was what 1t Is today. Our
task Is to square them with the actual
facts. The sooner that is done the
sooner we shall escape from suffering
from the facts and the sooner our men
of business will be free to thrive by
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-11
Resolution Comes Again.


successful Of these was adopted In
Oregon. It virtually directed the men,
bers Of the legislature to elect the per-
son who had received the majority vote
81 the regular election, when the
placing Of the name Of candidate for
United States senator upon the tickets
was authorized.
The control Of legislatures by great
corporations was assigned by Senator
Bristow as one Of the mair reasons for
the demanded change. with the de-
yelopment during recent times Of the
great corporate interests Of the coun-
try" said he, "and the increased i'm
portance of legislation relating to their
affairs, they have tenaciously sought to
control the election Of senators friend
ly to their interests. The power OF
these great financial and Industrial in
stitutions can be very effectively used
in the election Of senators by legisIa-
tors, and they have many times during
recent years used that power in most
reprehensible and scandalous manner.
They have spent enormous amounts of
money in corrupting legislatures to
elect to the senate men Of their own
choosing"
Early Speeches.
One of the first speeches made in the
senate during the 20-year crusade for
the change in favor of the direct elec-
ton was by Senator Turpie Of Indiana.
In that speech he declared that the
election Of senators by legislatures was
the one blemish on the democracy
which was embodied in the American
government.
One Of the most notable speeches ever
made in opposition to the change was
that of Senator Hoar Of Massachusetts,
in 1893. He stated the object Of the
election of senators by legislatures in
stead of by the people had been to re-
move one Of the two bodies Of legisla-
tion from the operation Of the fleeting
passions Of the hour, to lay its founda-
ton below the frost, and to remove the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-06-07
/, S. GOVERNMENT T.. /.
BUILD ARM0R Plate
Arizona Secretary Paves Way for
Definite Action by
Navy Secretary.

WASHINGTON, June 5.-Senator
Ashurst has introduced a bill appro-
priating $1,600,000 for a government
armor plate plant. The bill provides
for a board Of three navy officers to
months after the passage Of the bill.
the erection Of the plant to begin
within six months. 49, -
Secretary Of the Navy Daniels, who
favors government armor plate
plant. has conferred with Senator
Ashurst on the bill. ~~.,r.se y f
1T seems to me that the govern
ment should proceed to erect fac
tory" said the senator, ''inasmuch as
the committee Of 1896 demonstrated
that the government could manufact-
ture its arnor plate at about one.
half Of the price charged by these
companies that pretend to compete,
but in truth are In collision and are
not competitors at ALL" Z: e =
Secretary Daniels Of tbs navy de-
partment recently issued formal
statement in support Of the plan for
the establishment Of government
owned plant for the MANUFACTURES Of
oA4AOIs QA<1S0sa -A10 uSCA010O tuAC Ito
former policy Of the department.. in
dividing plate contracts among all
bidders at the lowest figure offered
makes all pretense Of competitive bid
ding to get the lowest market price
"a farce that cannot possibly deceive
anyone acquainted with the facts.
= III we are going to substdize the
Carnegie, Mtdvale and Bethlehem
companies so as to have the advan-
tasef Of their sarmor plants In time OF
war then let us do so honestly and
man-fashion. by statute, without CON
scealment or attempt at hypocritical
evasion Of the intent Of congress to
force competition and to award con-
tracts to thesaloWest bidder, 1se.5z :.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-06-07
WupH aRoszIla NEws. :
TYPOS n KNOCK SOCKS :
OUT Of BARTEhDERS
Whhlwind Ball Game Between
Printers and White Aprons }
Results in Surprise. r.

The Hicken curve! That was the
bah pitched by Chick" Brown OF the
Printers that gave the Bartenders a
complies Knockout in the ball game
played last Sunday between the ball
teams Of the Printers and the Bar
tenders unions at Desmond field,
Park Point. g~-. E.Z.s..
tn The attendance at the game was
not q record breaker, but what it
lacked in crowd it made up in enthu-
siasm and noise displayed by the
EUmpathizers OF both sides.
No ono was more surprised at the
results than the Printers themselves.
Ed. Miller pitched for the Bartend-
ers. The Knights. of the White Apron
had been bnaSting for weeks Of the
prowess Of Miller as a twirler Of the
leather sphere. Indeed, they
were 30 1oud IN their boasts that for
the first inning or two every time
Typo went to bat, there was strenuous
rivalry between his shivering body
and his wigElihg stick.
However,.a hit or two inspired the
Printers with confidence. and what
they dfdn.:f ssdosssto Miller afterAthat
was not worth talking about. The
climax was capped when that young
Ty Cobb, 'Wallie'' Porter, ferocious
hitter for the Printers, drove the ball
to Superior. scoring two runs. This
squashed tho hopes of the bar boys.
It lost them the game as we'll as
brand new $3.50 professional league
ball. - 's"' :s+saa -
Butch" Kennedy, the old time idol
| Of local fans in professional I" ball
games, now nearly as broad az he is
long, demonstrated to lovers Of the
great American sport how easy vet
eran the game can come back"
'Butch's'' playing was brilliant; He
| was the redeeming feature Of the bar
boys. His wonderful one-hand stops
and his beautiful underhand throwing
to first base were the marvels Of the
game. and would have done credit to
| Lajoie or Collins. -
John Makoviak rivaled Butch by
playing stellar ball at short for the
Printers. The batteries were: Brown
and Porter and Miller and Kennedy.
Final score, S to 4. E =
! The Bartenders have set up the
claim that many of their best players
were unable to participate They are
reeking vengeance and demand an
other chance to show the Printers
that their boasts of several weeks
! were on the level.
The Labor World hopes, for peace
and harmony in union labor baseball
circles, that the Printers will give
them another game and forever de-
termine the question of their suprem-
acy. 1880 : X : -. -: =. -.