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The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-10
HERE'S YOUR CHANCE.

I. Starve the war by forbid
ding the shipment of any food
products to Europe. This will
keep in this country the food
; with which to feed America.
2. Feed America by seizins
) on the food and distributing it
through government channels
) at cost of production and hand
) ling. This will bring food
; within the reach of all who
; have an income.
8. Provide employment and
money for all by using the de-
; posits in the postal savings
; banks, to safe banking mar
; gin, in paying for needed public
; improvements. This would pro-
; vide means for all for BUYING
; the food.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-10

The Monte Carlo Casino succeeded
in running several days longer than
the London and New York Stock Ex-
changes. York World.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-10

The military aviator can go into
action with that serene confidence that
comes from the reflection that his pro-
fession is no more dangerous in war
than it is in peace.-Boston Transcript.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-10

Vacation note: Mile. Alsace Lor-
raine is preparing to return to her
home in France after long stay in
Germany.-Boston Transcript.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-10

Among other people who will be in
convenienced by the war, just think of
the job Baedeker will have getting up
to date again.-New York Evening
Sun.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-10

If there are any naturaliZed Belgians
in the country, this ought to be a good
year for them to run for political Of
Republican.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-10

This European war suggests that
maybe the white mans burden is the
white man himself-Buffalo Courier.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-10

h In case of invasion, a few long lad
ders are all Switzerland needs.-Co-
lumbia State.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-10

The most important question in ORTIZ
ography today is the spelling Elsass
or Alsace.-Springfie Republican.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-10

The Turk wonders who is unspeak-
able now.-Washington Herald.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-10

j. i. i. T. j. j. T. i. j. j. j. j. j. j. j.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-07-21
: 4FIslF ALONE IN
| IAE WILDERNESS
WE BY
- JOSEPH KNOWLES
" . COPYRIGHT. 1915 BY SMALL,MAYNARD SEQ

would suffer a great deal of pain and
inconvenience. So I left the open for
the shaded timber land, where l lay
down and soon fell fast asleep. When
I awoke it was late in the afternoon.
My first thought was of a fire and
shelter for the night. A short distance
away from where I had slept 1 found
spring. Here was the place for a
camp. so I started in at once making
plans for my first home.
To begin with. l commenced to
build some kind of shelter which
would keep the wind away from me
more or less.
l hunted around for some crotch
sticks. and after finding two l drove
them into the ground wide apart.
Next / placed a stick across the
crotches and had my framework. Two
more dead sticks were placed slant
ing to the ground at either end, and
then I began to gather quantities of
dry sticks, with which I made crude,
slanting roof.
over these sticks 1 placed fir
boughs and bark. More fir boughs
were stacked up against the sides,
which were also banked with moss to
keep the wind from whistling through.
The front of this shelter was open.
During the day the wind had dried
IL: I hno OF
to try to make a fire that would burn.
This time l found some punk in a
crevice of a tree, which was dry.
l began saving back and forth for
dear life and soon my efforts were
rewarded by thread of smoke which
rose from under my spindle. AS soon
as | thought the spark was there |
snatched up the base and blew it
toward the punk which | held in my
other hand. Presently | saw spark
on the punk and nursed it carefully.
Then with little puff it burst into
flame. This / applied to little heap
of other bark and punk and sticks,
which l had all ready, and soon | had
my fire. 1t was merry-that fire
just like a companion.
1t was time to eat, so l ate most of
the berries l had brought in my cor
nucopias from the burnt lands.
This simple meal was ample for me
that night, especially with the pros
pect of fresh roast fish in the morn
ing.
Just before setting down for the
night I took the two trout | had
caught and put them in the spring to
keep them cool 1t was the only re-
frigerator l had.
Then / went back and made up my
bed. A man who doesn't know the
woods would be surprised to learn
what a really comfortable bed can be
made by first putting down fir boughs
and then covering them with dry
leaves.
What a great comfort that fire was!
l heaped it high with wood when
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-07-21

and destroy the sources of character.
Occasionally there is a scare about the
foundations of the Brooklyn bridge.
Often there is concern about the
foundations of life. When character
crashes to the earth, look for the cause
in the foundation. Perhaps 1t was
built on sand. not rock; on lies, not
truth: on whims rather than immova-
BILE faith. Among the ruins of the
San Francisco earthquake stood the
cornerstone of the Young Mems
Christian association, on which was
cut the words, For the foundation Of
God standeth sure"
To grow weary in we'll doing" Is to
gradually lose what has been gained.
1t means a moral leak in character.
Strength is gained by the use of
strength. Atrophy follows inaction.
Sparmodic morality, hysterical re-
ligion and fits Of enthusiasm are not
comparable to the logged determine
ton of "the perseverance Of the
saints" The parable of the seed sown
on the hard surface where the birds
find it is a criticism on superficial
faith and character. Character must
be looked after as one cares for his
health. Soldiers protect the treasures
of the Bank Of Enland, but many have
no lock on the door of manhood's
treasures. Any thief may enter. Not
only are we to believe what Is true,
but hold fast that which is good"
and hold fast with all our might. The
art of being good is the exercise Of
goodness. Goodness that isn't used is
like unused salt-it soon loses its sa-
vor
Character then may be unmade. AS
lights may burn low and the candle
burn down to the socket, as salt loses
it's pungency and a palace be broken
into ruins, so may the vital moral
forces of a mans character be chang
ed. Even the Liberty Bell is cracked.
A perfect flower petal, crystal Of
snow, a perfectly shaped leaf or grass
blade may be crushed and its outline
destroyed. Every good and beautiful
thing in life should be conserved. The
conservation Of natural resources is
nothing in comparison to the conser-
vation Of good motives, good mental
ity, spiritual vision and soul purity.
Every beautiful life should be protect
ed against enemies that despoil and
corrupt. The moral victory Of today
imposes an obligation to win another
fight tomorrow. Ofttimes we see how
men make manhood at one end Of life
and unmake it at the other. What
they won at the beginning is lost at
the end. That which was fashioned
in the morning is ruined in the even
ing. "Alls we'll that ends well."-
Philadelphia Ledger.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-07-21

Modern Garden of Eden.-The per-
feet community has been found at
last, and it is located, Of all places In
the world, in Kansas. 1t exists under
the picturesque designation Of Olathe,
and one of its most eminent citizens
is former Gov. John p. st. John, the
man who dried up Kansas" in 1880,
and will be more generally recalled
as a one-time Prohibition party can
didate for president of the United
States.
Grape juice is the strongest bev-
erage that is dispensed in Olathe; the
town drunkard died many, many
years ago. and the town Jail has
been rented out as n garage, because
no one breaks the law in Olathe, and
for that reason there are no prison
ers to put under lock and key. Boys
are not allowed to smoke cigarettes,
the curfew rings promptly ut o'clock
and on Sunday everything is closed
except the sixteen churches. 1t is
said that even these are not needed
by the citizens. but are used to con-
vert sinners from the neighbOring
towns.
There may be some other unknown
paradise located in some other part
of the country that will compare with
Olathe. but we doubt it.-Philadel-
phia Enquirer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-07-21
kina's Mountain Guards.

The following is a correct roll of The
Kings Mountain Guards" now sta
toned at Sullivans' Island:
Officers: Andrew Jackson, captain:
Joseph Black, 1st lieutenant; r. A.
Caldwell, 2nd lieutenant; A. p. Black,
3rd lieutenant; G. w. Thompson, 1st
sergeant; II. S. McCarter End SER
geant; ]. ]. L. Gill, 3rd sergeant; j. A.
Bell, 4th sergeant; John Wylie, 5th
sergeant; G. w. Moore, 1st corporal;
f. Hardin. 2nd corporal; ]. H. Quinn,
3rd corporal; A. Hardin, 4th corporal;
VIM. Watson, 5th corporal ]. L. Howe,
9Th corporal.
Privates: j. A. Adams, Thomas At
kins. Robert Armstrong. Samuel Allen,
Thomas Black, r. Bowlin, Lewis Bow
lin, ]. L. Broom, Henderson Broom,
Jonathan Bridges, w. P. Bridges, Will
liam Brown, ]. R. Barber, Andrew
BOILER, Edward Bird, Daniel Clark,
Joseph Clark, W. G. Cobb, Francis
Deal John Downy, Joshua Dillingham;.
John Elliott, j. c. Faris, Johnathan
Fitchet, ]. J. Gardner, ]. w. Gardner,
John Gazaway, w. n. Gordon, r. c.
Griffin, r. A. Hagins, ]. M. Harvey, S.
J. Harvey, d. ]. Howe, j. w. Henry, M.
Hullender, William Hardin, J. L. Har-
din, ]. o. Jackson, ID. II. Jackson, w.
G. Johnson f. r. Johnson, John Knox.
s. II. Lynn, Thos Martin, w. w. Mar
tin, JOS Murphy, w. w. Martin, Henry
Moore Blanton Moore, w. A. Moore, A.
+. Moore J. B. Moore, j. NJ. Moore, C..
II. Mintz S. L. McCarter, Y. w. Neill
j. T. Pursly, D. c. Patterson, Aaron
Pilor, Robert Robinson, A. Ramsay, j..
Ramsay, w. Ramsay, Charles Sim
mons, j. r. Smith, John Turney, Robt
Venable. G. w. Walker, William Whit
aker, Andrew Wilson, R. ID. Whiso-
nant, j. II. Wilson, Starnes Wylie, ia
cob Wylie, David Wallace, r. u. Will
son, James Yearwood G. w. Young.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-07-21

first Law down to rest and, with an Oc-
casional replenishing, managed to pass
Il comparatively comfortable night.
Even in the morning the Goals re-
mained. and | soon had it burning.
1t was another fair day.
'Now for Il breakfast of trout"
said as / headed for the spring down
the slope about fifty feet away. But
when | got there what was my con-
sternatiOn to find that the fish were
gone! Fresh mink tracks all about
told their own story. l had been rob-
bed bv some one else who was hum
CRY!
Anyway, the spring WAS left. so |
lay down and took Il drink. Then !
went back to my lean-to and ate the
few remaining berries.
| decided to explore some more, so.
after banking my fire. ] started off in
the direction of the burnt lands
again. On the bank of the stream |
found few roots which were nourish-
ing. lntN ldSltu something llh' ttl-
cry. but | didn't like them. | went
on to the burnt lands and finished my
breakfast with another course of blue
berries.
There WAS one thing that had to be
attcndcnd To at once, and that WAS I"
make some sort of covering for my
legs. They were horribly scratched.
some witch grass growing by the
stream gave me an idea. | pulled up
several handfuls, which | bound on
to my legs. tying it around with
pieces of the toughest grass.
mourncd. the trout had lost for
breakfast and determined to eaten
another. which shouldn't get away
from me. | hunted everywhere for Il
shallow pool like the one | had found
the day before. bat met with n" sue
cess.
Just as | was dcspairng about find
ing Il fish i'm that vicinity ! heard Il
splash i'm the water up stream. IN
otter WAS swimming for tn" shore,
and i'm its mouth was Il big trout!
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-07-21
MEXICAN WOMEN
Great Numbers Of Them Always Fol-
low an Army.

Great Numbers Of Them Always Fol-
low an Army.
A Mexican army entraining is pic
turesque in much the same way that a
gypsy camp is. 1t includes soldiers,
women, children, pots and pans Of
primitive domesticity, pet dogs cats,
lambs, goats and even parrots. The
regulations allow the soldiers to take
their families to war. Officers told me
that the rule was one woman to every
eight men, but if such a regulation eX-
lists it is for publication only. AS
many women go as want to-and when
an army moves out from a large city
the number of soldaderas is pretty
likely to be more than one-third that
Of the soldados. And many Of them
have one or several children.
From the days Of the Montezumas,
Mexican women have borne their part
in war, and Mexico cannot imagine an
effective army without it's array Of
women camp followers. They forage
for the armys food and cook it. They
carry water to their men on the bat
tlefield; they are the only nurses that
the wounded have; frequently they
march beside the weary soldiers car
rying, not only the camp equipment,
but their guns as we'll They are brave,
patient, hard working and faithful
Sometimes they are the legal wives Of
the men they accompany; more often
their relations are for the campaign
only. These soldaderas range in age
from 12 or Is years to 60 or more-the
older women being, usually, the moth
ers of conscripts, who elect to follow
their sons to the front.
1t may seem strange that women in
such numbers undertake the dahs ers
and hardships Of campaign, but life
is cheaply held among the lower
classes in Mexico, and hardships and
fatigue are the common lot in peace or
war. Besides these women plunder the
dead on the battlefield, and pick up
what they can on the march. A wo-
man cooks for her own man as mat
ter of course. If she cooks for any
others they pay her. and pay we'll. A
successful campaign will frequently
furnish capital with which to start a
little shop or to attract a desirable
permanent husband in civil life
Lesslie's Weekly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-07-21
"THE FOOL OF GODr

An Account of One Mans Inspiring
Service to Humanity and the Republic.
The Rev. DR.. Richard Beverly Pal
more, editor of the st. Louis Christian
Advocate, died in Richmond recently.
He was born in a Tennessee log cabin.
He served throughout the Civil war in
Marmaduke's cavalry. Thereafter he
earned an education and became
Methodist minister. In the far corners
of the earth are colleges which he
founded and other lasting evidences of
his service. The memorial sermon was
preached by the Rev. DR.. James w.
Lee. The following comment is taken
from the editorial columns Of the New
York Sun:
And now we come to his grand re-
nunciation. A fortune estimated at
$1O,OOO,OOO was in his reach wherewith
he could have endowed and furthered
those works Of charity, education, piety
which were dearest to his heart. The
story is too romantic to be trusted save
in a sermon. So Doctor Lee shall tell:
Long after the Civil war, when the
boy had grown to be man, he found
to his amazement, among his fathers
papers a deed to $3.50 acres OF land
located in what is known as West Vir-
ginia. This deed was a great surprise
to all who saw or heard Of it. Putting
this deed in his pocket, young Palmore,
the only heir to the property, made
trip to West Virginia to look over his
vast estate, which was far in the inte-
rior.
Starting from the city Of Charleston
West Virginia, he drove in buggy into
the region where his plantation was
located. He traced the boundaries of
his porperty and found that hundreds
of families had settled on it as If secure
in the possession Of their separate lit
tie patches of territory. He found that
beneath the surface Of this land there
was almost limitless wealth, but the
multitudes who had built themselves
humble homes on the surface did not
know of it, and had been living thus in
undisturbed possession for q number of
years. He quietly walked about at
night and looked through the windows
at the parents and children living on
his estate. Great lawyers were read"
to inaugurate legal proceedings that
would have made him a millionaire,
and such legal proceedings would
doubtless have been instituted if the
heir in person had not visited the scene
of his great estate. He began to feel
that instead of such a fortune being a
blessing, as he dreamed in the night
time about dispossessing such multi =
tude of people of their humble homes it
occurred to him that to secure his es-
tate at such an expense would make it
burden.
After earnest prayer and sleepless
hours in the midst of his vast acres, he
was seized with the conviction that
each member of this multitude Of fam
lilies living on his property needed IT
more than did the heir, and there and
then he made up his mind that he
would leave them in quiet possession
of his estate"
Naturally his friends told him he was
fool Well so in sense he was. Is
it Celtic or medieval, or both, that
phrase which the "quiXotic" course of
Palmore brings up in the memory, THE
Fool of God?"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-07-21

| shouted at the top of my voice, at
the same time hurting a stone into
the water. l laughed as l saw the
trout come floating down the stream,
belly up. The otter had disappeared.
BY robbing the otter l got square
with the mink. l reached camp and
roasted the trout. l can't say l en-
joyed that meal. 1t tasted fiat with
out salt, however, l felt the nourish-
ment of it later. i needed it after
my simple berry diet.
After the repast l sat looking into
the fire and thinking. 1 finally de-
cided to abandon the camp and strike
out for a better section.
The idea of going out Of the forest
had left me. l began to go about
things as if 1 were a part of the for
est itself.
Stamping out the smoldering en-
bers and taking my fire apparatus
with me, l struck off in the direction
of Big Spencer stream.
(To be Continued.)
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-07-21
The Sparrow Publicist.

Many unkind things have been said
about the sparrow. No doubt he de-
served most of them. but in all prob
ability they would have been said
Just the same if he had not deserved
them, because the sparrow is news
paper He is the official and unofficial
organ of the birds, and in obtaining
and circulating information, ii is often
necessary for him to make himself a
nuisance.
1t is in this way that he has made
so many enemies. In fact, few peo-
pie have anything good to say about
him, although the birds would have
Il hard time getting along without
him.
He is himself the editing. mechani-
cal and circulating departments. He
gets much of his information by sit
ting on telegraph wires and stealing
news off them. That is the way he
learned to speak prose. Some people
object to the fact that newspapers are
so full of prose, but the sparrow has
no use for poetry and is very proud
of his ability to speak prose, rather
scorning the other birds who insist up
on talking poetry no matter how poor
it is.
OF course, he is said to be fear
full gossip. but the truth is that 1t is
the other birds that do the gossiping.
He just picks up the crumbs of infor-
nation and makes them over into
clever little pills of information. Then
he gets all the blame. Some people
YOU know, are not Interested in any
thing in the paper except society and
scandal. and these things cannot al
WAYS be picked off the telegraph wire
The jaybird and the woodpecker
and some of the other politicians de-
clare that the sparrow is an unprln-
ciplcd prcvaricator. but that is just be-
cause he knows so much about them
and because he always tells what he
knows. And the robins and bluebirdS
and thruSheS and the wrcns. who pre-
tend to be superior to politics and in
trigucs. would have Il miserable time
of il if the sparrow did not fight the
politicians.
The sparrow is the one bird who is
on the lob all the time. He is busy
all day long through the year. never
resting and never taking Il vacation.
And although he is very cordially dis
liked by SO many people. he is on the
whole Il very self satisfied and con-
tented little bird.-Indianapolis News
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-07-21

One or two unpleasant occurrences
have happened between the volunteers
and regulars here. A regular, an
Irishman, we believe, was court mar
tailed yesterday for disrespect to Il
volunteer officer. Neither the nature
uf the charge nor the degree Of pun
ishment has transpired; though it has
been limited to us, that the regular who
was drinking, cursed the officer, and
otherwise misbehaved to the jeopardiZ-
ing of even his life.
There is doubtless liquor on the is
land, and the soldiers who go to Char
lesion each day-from so to 100 in
number-can procure it there without
any trouble. We saw quite scene on
the beach the other day. Three men
were carrying a fourth. The fourth
had lost the use of his legs. His whole
weight was thrown upon the arms and
shoulders Of his comrades, and his
long drawn, palsy-stricken strides
were comical enough, if not as
sociated with the idea Of beastly in
toxication. He would go 20 or 30 yards
and then drop to his knees, and finally
fiat upon the ground. His comrades ap-
peared to be clever gentlemen, and
exerted themselves as busily as ants,
to get the fellow out Of disgrace. AT
last worried out, one Of them shoulder
ed him precisely as he would slaugh-
tered hog and carried him off He was
not of our regiment.
We learn that man was cut to
pieces near Morris Island by a shark
on last Friday One Sunday little oar
boat upset with some half dozen Of the
regulars stationed here. Nobody
hurt" They were brought ashore by
smack AS they neared the beach
fully half the regiment turned out to
see the show.
The Enquirer comes to camp now,
and is a most welcome visitor. Our
volunteers eagerly read everything
they see about home.
All we'll and uniforming and drilling
are increasing rapidly.
"Our Corporal"
(To be ContinueG.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-07-21
Plump or SIender.-One of the Lon

Plump or Slender.-One of the Lon
readers: rs the slender woman or
the plump woman the ideal type?" 1t
arose from disagreement among the
physiological and artistic authorities.
The American doctors have declared
that the plump woman is the standard
while the English artists say that the
thin woman approaches more nearly
to the normal type. There is no ques-
ton" writes one, that the new fig
ure' long and willowy, the result of
the modern athletic movement. is su-
periOr in vitality and natural grace to
the old short and stumpy figure. The
tall, thin woman is freer and more
healthy, and is better comrade for
her husband" Another says: Sure
ly there is q golden mean between the
plump and the meagre. Let n woman
aim at keeping her mind active and
her body fit and she will find that she
can have Il good fgure"-which seems
to he highly illogical. Who has not
known women with the most active of
minds and of bodies whose figures. ac-
curding to the received standards, are
absolutely "dowdy." "A Woman OF
Forty" writes sensibly: Why not
recognize the fact that there may be
several equally good physical types.
The girl of 30 may properly be SLIM
while the woman in the thirties looks
quite as normal, if she is plump"