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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-04-07

There will be impressive services
and splendid sermons in most Of the
churches throughout this county next
Sunday. The services and sermons are
free. There is no compulsion even
about making contributions. How
shall we escape if we neglect so great
salyation?"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-04-07
MUNICIPAL REGISTRATION

Municipal registration has been pro-
ceeding at quite lively rate since the
last issue of The Enquirer. In all 80
voters have qualified themselves bring
ing the total up to 164. Those regis
tered since the last publication Of the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-04-07

The capture Of Torreon by General
Villa seems to settle the question of
his ability to master the Federal gov
ernment Unless something happens
to him he will go on to victory.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-04-07
The Aurkrills enqairsr.
Entered at the Postofice in Yorkville
as Mail Matter of the Second Class.
YoRKvILLE, s. c.,
TUESDAY, APRIL 7. 1914
Go to church next Sunday.

Charles ]. Bryan, brother of Will
liam J.. is a candidate for the position
of governor of Nebraska.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-04-07
follows:
BOOKS OPEN IN MAY

The county board Of registration will
open it's books in Yorkville on the first
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22

Georgia contains 100000 acres.
The total acreage in cotton in all the
South in 1914 was approximately 81
100000. Think of tiff the neces-
sity should ever arise for it Georgia
could supply the present needs of the
world in cotton. Of course, all of
her lands won't grow cotton to ad-
vantage and profit, but intense Guilt
walton of her real cotton acreage
would produce sixteen million bales
annually. Her crop this year is about
100000 bales, grown on 100000
acres.
The 100000 bales grown in the
South this year would have had the
effect of putting the price down to 10
cents or less even if there had been
no war. Experience demonstrates
that other crops must be grown If
any kind of profit is to be secured on
the cotton crop. With the immense
lion dollars, and Sc per cent Of this
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22
CONCERNING GEORGIA.
From the Macon Telegraph.

possibilities of Georgia's cotton pro-
duction it may be seen that we cannot
afford to continue the development
of the cotton acreage to the exClu-
sion of other crops.
Georgia's crops for 1910 amounted
to two hundred and twenty-six mil
was cotton. Out of every hundred
farms in the state only 81 grew
corn.
There were 295, 900 farms in Geor-
gia in 1910 averaging 80 acres each.
Fifteen thousand of these farms had
not a domestic animal on them.
There were 10000 negro tenant
farmers, and $4,000 white tenant
farmers.
There were $4,000 white farmers
owning land, and 5000 negro farm
ers owning land.
There was one hog for every IS
acres of land in the state.
There was one chicken for each 7
acres of land in Georgia.
There was one dairy COW for every
Isl acres.
There was one sheep for each 175
acres.
There was one mule or horse for
every "a acres.
There was one bushel of corn
for every acre of land in the state.
Georgia bought butter, eggs and
chickens in 1912 to the value of S48,-
100000. Her food purchases totaled
.s172. 100000, and her total crop pro
duction amounted to approximately
$3.50, 100000.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22
FARM AGENT KENT REVIEWS THE
WORK HE HAS DONE THIS YEAR

to the farmers of this section than we
can now realize. They are going tc
solve the fertilizer question as moth
ing else will The farmers of Georgia
spend annually $18,000,000 for the
fertilizer ingredient known as am
monia. They can raise the greater
part of this ammonia by planting
these crops, but how quick remains
to be seen. They have been constant
ly told this, and if they don't avail
themselves of this great saving OPP
portunity they have no one to blame
but themselves. We can we'll afford
to buy potash and acid if we raise
ammonia, the most costly of the in
gradients needed.
Several experiments have been
conducted with lime and gave good
results in every instance. Especially
was this true where it was applied
in low or bottom lands. There is no
doubt that it will be used more ex-
tensively in the near future to correct
the acidity in the many thousands of
acres in the two counties.
Alfalfa, where planted, fortified,
lined and inoculated right, has prov
en- a success. The average of all of
which l have a record was two and
a quarter tons per acre and the high
est yielded four and a half tons per
acre.
Cattle and Hogs.
One thousand acres will be de-
voted to rye, rape and bur clover,
principally the former two, as pastur-
age for cattle and hogs. This indi-
Gates that our farmers are changing
their view as to what constitutes a
pasture. A pasture is not a wood
land, branch or creek, but a field
where something is growing that the
stock can eat.
The work has been instrumental
in getting into the territory one Ken
lucky jack, fourteen head of pure
bred beef cattle and distributing 25
head of pure-bred hogs. The superb
GRITTY of this stock over our common
stock has been plainly demonstrated.
Seventy-five head of cattle have been
freed of ticks, and fourteen concrete
hog wallows have been built to free
the hogs of lice. One concrete vat
has been built to free the hogs Of
The injury to our soils from plant
ing cotton after cotton so many times
is not due altogether to the amount
of plant food taken from the soil, but
the amount of vegetable matter lost
by the clean culture and the exposure
of the soil to winter rains without
any protection from teaching and
washing.
Vetch and Glover.
There has been planted in the two
counties 200 acres of vetch, $50 acres
of bur clover, 25 acres of crimson
clover and 200 acres of velvet beans
according to government methods.
These crops are going to mean more
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22

the hogs of lice. One concrete vat
for dipping cattle has been built,
and two more will be built in the near
future. Fifty boys have been Undue
ed to join the Four Crop Club, and
this means that each county will be
given q pure-bred shorthorn bull next
year by the Central of Georgia rail
road. Seven hundred and seventy-six
hogs have been inoculated as pre-
Ventive of cholera. Ninety-seven
per cent of this number lived despite
the fact that a large number were
sick when treated. This has been the
means of saving the two counties
several hundred dollars, as a great
many would have died.
A great effort has been made to
acquaint the farmers of the counties
with the demonstration work and
what it hopes to accomplish by hold
ing meetings in different parts of the
counties. Six of these were held dur
ing the year and reached hundreds
that would not have been reached. A
similar effort has been made through
the county papers, but | regret to
know that here are numbers of farm
ers who don't take the county pa
pers. This is very deplorable fact,
but no one can dispute it. The coun-
ty papers always contain things of
vital Importance to the farmers.
Home affairs should be of first con-
sideration, and it is of these that we
learn in the county paper. The press
has done wonderful work in devel-
oping our country and the county
rapers can rightly claim a goodly
portion of the credit A dollar spent
for it and one for some good agricult-
uraI paper are two of the best invest
ments a farmer ever makes. Until
the farmers begin to read more than
they now do the country will not de-
velop along progressive lines as it
should.
Present Farm System Failure.
We have learned with great dis
pleasure that the system under which
a large number of our farms are run
makes them a financial failure Any
farm that is run on paying basis
should run the following year on the
profits of this, provided no improve
ments are made. 1t has suddenly
dawned on us that this one crop sys-
tenn that we have been practicing will
not do it, 1t is sure to bring hard
times our way, and just as long as
we continue to buy more fertilizer to
make more cotton to buy more meat
to feed more negroes it will stay with
us. 1t is very singular that this very
thing, the thing that the work has
tried to get eliminated, is the cause
Of its discontinuance in the counties.
The work has not performed the
greatest of miracles in so short a
time, neither did it hope to in the be-
ginning. 1t is like any other system
of education that accomplishes it's
end by degrees after first laying
good foundation. 1t has only begun
and it's meaning is very vague to
those not touched by it, but there is
consolation in believing that the fu'
ture will reveal the whole truth
R. H. KENT, Demonstration Agent.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22
CONVICTED OF ASSAULT ON LADY
Sentenced to Hang January 18th For
Crime i'm Calhoun County.

Ransom Williams, a negro, was
yesterday convicted in Dougherty SUI
perior court of criminal assault on a
white woman in Calhoun county last
October and sentenced to hang in the
Dougherty county Jail January 18th.
The negro was tried at special
term of Dougherty court on a change
of venue. The court room was clear
ed of all but the jury and court Off
Gals when the woman gave her testi-
mony. The jury was out exactly two
and a half minutes. Another negro,
who was implicated in the crime, has
never been caught.
The assault occurred in a cowpen
late in the afternoon. and the victim,
who was a highly respected lady of
Calhoun county, was found some time
afterwards in an unconscious condi-
ton by her husband.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22
Invigoratlng to the Pale and SickIy

The Old Standard general strengthening tonic.
GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC. drives out
Malaria .enriches the blood and builds mp he sys-
tenn A true tonic. FC- aauits c.s- -. n. SOC
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-27

A good wholesome ~catharthic that has
a stimulating effect on the stomach, Nv-
er and bowels is Foley Cathartic Tab
let's. Thoroughly cleansing in action,
they keep you regular with no gripping
remove that gassy distended feeling 10
uncomfortable to stout persons. For salo
~ al 0ru4y3ota-Aav.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-27

Says Temperance Lecturer-Man OF
Average Culture.

Sioux City, April 27.-Gen. Fran
cisco Villa, victor of Toreon, sus-
pected assassin of Benton. erstwhile
bandit and first fighter of the con-
stitutionalists in Mexico, is not a ne
gro, neither is he a william. That is
the belief of +. Nj. Collord of Clin-
ton, Ia, who is advocating the tenn
perance cause in Sioux City.
Mr.. Collord saw Villa when that
individual was neither bandit nor
liberator. 1t was during the time of
Porfirio Diaz in Mexico. Mr.. Collord
was a locomotive engineer on a Mex
lean railroad terminating in Ell Paso.
Villa was a land owner and a man
OF better than average culture. His
property was confiscated by Diaz.
The fact that Villa became an out
law was not necessarily to his dis
credit, Mr.. Collord asserts.
"A man became an outlaw in Mex
leo In those days for little enough
reason" said Mr.. Collord. 1T was
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-27
STATE NEWS

Trent-H. r.. Cone, a well known
resident, Is in a serious condition as
the result of blood poisoning, result
ing from his accidentally scratching
his hand on a rusty bed spring about
ten days ago.
Iroquois-The village of Carpen-
ter narrowly escaped being complete
ly destroyed by a prairie fire, which
swept down upon il at terrific speed
during a high wind. Hundreds OF
residents of the region for miles
around turned out to fight the fire,
and 1t was finally subdued when only
a short distance from the village.
Doland-Mrs, Mary A. Cloninger,
who had only recently arrived here
from Illinois. for the purpose of max
ing this vicinity her future home,
was attacked by heart failure and
died a short time later. At the time
of her death she was a guest at the
home of her son-in-law, Max A.
Whited. preliminary to settling in
her new home.
Henry-Information has been re.
ceived from Chicago of the tragic
death in that city OF Miss Ellen Car
penter. formerly a well known resi-.
dent of this place. She was run
down and killed by a train. For a
number of years she was a teacher
in the public schools at Clark.
Pierre-The state legal depart.
ment holds that a voucher for ex-
penses OF a head of a state educa-
tfonal institution, in attendance al
a county teachers meeting, Is a val
Id claim against the state. The ques.
tion was raised by the state auditor
over a claim filed by Supt. Nash. OF
the aberdeen normal, for attendance
at such meetings in Walworth and
Campbell counties, and the same was
held UP pending the inquiry.
Webster - Rev. Mr.. Bush of the
Congregational church has been Civ
ing some drama sermons" thai
have proved very effective. He gave
recently The Prodigal," In three
acts: Rum" also in three acts. He
gave the dramas with costumes and
lights and music and proved to be
a man endowed with much histrionic
talent.
Salem - Two valuable stations,
one q Belgian and one q Percheron,
owned by Dave Boyd, which were
housed here In the same barn, last
night broke down the partition be-
tween them and engaged In q ter
rtoc oght. ihe Norman stllion suf-
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-27
Three MEXICANS
ARRESTED BY SIOUX CITY PO-
LICE SUSPECTED OF BE-
ING SPIES.

Sioux City. April 27.-Three Mex
leans, Pedro Antonio, b. Grossa and
Emiliano Bavendo, are being held at
police headquarters on suspicion of
being spies of the Huerta govern
ment.
The finding of a book filled with
code in the suitcase of one of the trio
strengthens the theory of the police
that the men may be agents of Presi-
dent Huerta. The contents of the
book are written in a fine Spanish
hand. Throughout the book refer
ences are made to "Amerieanos,"
''Guardoza secreues" and 'Libereti.'
Fresh custom house tags were
pasted on the suitcases of the men.
The notation "44S4 Pier p" was
stamped on the tags.
Policemen arrested the Mexicans
in the Illinois Central yards. The
men We're taken to police headquar-
ters, where they were questioned,
but refused to talk, outside of stat
ing they were admirers of Gen. Fran
cisco villa, the rebel leader, and hat
they were subjects of the United
States and loyal to the stars and
stripes.
Two of the Mexicans are young
men, while the third is middle aged.
He wears a heavy beard. AS each
n carried a razor the police are al
loss to know why he should allow
his beard TO grow. unless it was fol
the purpose of Disgusting himself
The three are neatly dressed.
The Mexicans declare they came
to Sioux City on a freight train and
were about to board a train for Chi
eago when placed under arrest.
The fact hat an expense account
has been kept by the men strength
ems the theory of the police that they
may be spies. From what could b'
determined the expense account wa
added to daily. In several instance.
an item in Spanish is followed by th'
American $500. The police are o
the opinion that the $500 was fol
hotel bills. Each man had a like ex
pense account, and, according Il
their figures, it has cost them in thu
neighborhood of $500 per day I,
live during the past month.
Gen. Villa will never take III
arms against the Americans" Brav
ChuO uCNldICu III DIOhch IhSiASh
He could never do that for Huerta
The Mexican rebels will remain will
Gen. Villa, and he will never figh
an American. / fought for Huerta
but the first opportunity that pre-
scented itself | went to Gen. Villa
where | remained until some tim'
ago"
Bavendo is the spokesman for thu
trio, and that is as far as he woult
go. He would not say he was al
army deserter or a refugee. WheI
asked what he and his companion
were doing in America he replied
I'VE are just travelling"
The men will be held as vagrant'
until their case is thoroughly inves
tigated by police and federal off
Gals.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-27

a question more of the disposition
of the authorities than of ones own
acts. A man might go to sleep q
respectable citizen and awaken a
bandlt-that is, he might find him
self outlawed, which is the same
thing"
Villa was characterized by Mr..
.Collord is the Mexican Roosevelt.
Life of a railroad engineer was
sprinkled with thrills in Mexico dur
ing his work there, Mr.. Collord said.
If one were unfortunate enough to
run over a Mexican he had to fear
an uprising of the natives. On one
occasion Mexican authorities thought
to bar passage of the train in charge
of Mr.. Collord across the interna.
tional bridge by placing a pinch
plank aeross the tracks. Mr.. Collord
opened the throttle a bit wider and
carried the plank with him across
into the United States.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-27
TWENTY YEARS
AGO TO-DAY
Items Taken from The Daily
Leader Files
eag 4


Farmers have already planted
considerable corn, and only the 27th
o. April. Dakota as a corn belt is
all right
Clerk of the Courts Preston today
issued a marriage license to Thos.
Bake and Annie Knutson, both of
Madison.
Miss Hawkins Of Burlington, Wis,
neice of Mrs. VIM. Metcalf. did vail
ant service in charge of the bum bum
candy department of the Midway en-
tertainment. the work being very
arduous.
Building improvements continue,
Il. Krakowski is building an $500
addition to his house on West Main
street. Kundert & Fitzgerald are
erecting a large fireproof warehouse.
% by so feet, in rear of their store,
and other buildings are projected
(; Certain young men in the vicinity
of Ramona whose identity is now
known. took a good many liberties
Saturday night with property in the
neighborhood of the Sullivan school
house which IL would not be well foI
them to repeat. Whether the boy:
were inspired by a spirit OF d%eyiltry
is immaterial to the people annoyed
The seventy-ifth anniversary oil
Odd Fellowship was commemorated
last evening by the local lodge in
social way that was conducive TO the
highest fellowship. The lodge room
was packed with Odd Fellows, wive:
and children. Refreshments wert
served by the ladies in generou:
style and all went merry as a mar
riage bell"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-27
NAVY LOSS
At Vera Cruz Greater Than the En-
tire Spanish War.

Vera Cruz, April 27.-With a loss
of lire in the American navy greater
Lan that of all the Spanish-Amer-
lean war, Vera Cruz has been restor-
ed to normal conditions. The civil
government has been ~re-organiZed
under American direction and the af-
fairs of the city are proceeding reg
lularly except that the customs re-
lceipts will be held by the United
Estates.
The occupation of Vera Cruz cost
1.-THE lives of II American marines and
i~bluejackets and rs wounded, three
seriously. The total number of Mex
Jeans killed in the occupation of Vera
lCruz is placed at 126 and 1876 were
wounded.
Rear Admiral Badger in his re-
lport to the navy department last
might stated that his forces are now
$50 strongly entrenched and so well
posted that he could successfully re-
lsist any Mexicon attack. No attack
is expected at present, he said. The
number of marines and b~luejackets
now ashore is approximately $500.
These will be supported in a few
days by the $500 infantry and artil-
lery under command of General Fun
lston o en- route from Galveston.
Almost normal tranquility has
been restored in the city, but occa-
sional sniping occurred during the
might. There was, however, no gen.
eral disorder, the domination of the
city by the American forces having
been generally accepted by the resi-
dents. The order issued from the
admiral's headquarters for the clos
ing of all saloons remains in effect
today.
The restaurants are having diff
Guilty in furnishing the usual guam
tity and quality of food. owing to
the impossibility of obtaining sup
plies. Prices have therefore been ad-
vanced.
The American lines, some 10 miles
in length, now completely encircle
the city. Outposts have been estab-
lished at all points at from n to
five miles u
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-27
BETTER BABIES

The crusade for better babies has
spread from coast to coast. and TAX
en- firm hold of American Mothers.
Few women realize how much the
i'll health of the mother influences
the unborn child. both physically and
mentally. Women who suffer from
mysterious pains, backache. nervous
ness, mental depression, backaches.
etc, should rely on Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, which for
nearly forty years has been the stan
dard remedy for these ailments.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-27

mittee, Or. Fl. II. Stoner, head of
the farmers institute work in the
state, and others regarding the spe-
.cial train, and it was decided to start
the train On June s for a trip over
the Milwaukee and Northwestern
lines in South Dakota. The train
will Je in charge of Prof. p. G.. Hol-
den and W. h. Baughman, and there
will be about 80 in the party, includ-
ing lecturers, newspaper men and
others. The train will stop at all
county seats and some other points,
and as soon as the train stops six or
eight automobiles will start out
through the country, each carrying
two or more speakers, and surround
ing farms will be visited and address
es made or different phases of bet
ter farming.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-27

fered the breaking of the left hind
leg. The other was not seriously
hurt. The horses are very valuable.
idea has got an excellent start in this
city. The returns from the Sisseton
saloon have fired the Imagination of
members of the city council and the
chances for the establishing of a
municipal saloon in this city are
good. The drys succeeded in cut
ting down the wet majority of 1913
from 40 to 10 this year, which indi-
Gates that the influence OF tine speak
ers for the temperance was all
TO the good this year.
Belle Fourche - On his way TO
Omaha from Belle Fourehe. T. Nj.
Riley, a well known railroad contrac-
TOR of the former place. announced
while at Deadwood a few days ago
that he had secured from the govern
ment a contract to execute a large
amount of work i'm connection with
the continued construction of the
Belle Fourche irrigation project. The
work he proposes to start in the near
future will be devoted TO the extern
sion of the north canal a distance
of about six miles from the present
terminus at Newell. The work will
cost about $4,000. and this will be
in addition to the construction of a
system of laterals upon which will
be expended an additional SAC. 900.
Aberdeen - The body of a new
born babe apparently about three
hours old, was found by section men
along the Milwaukee between Holm
quist and Webster. 1t had been born
either on the through coast train OF
on the local passenger west bound
The coast train was searched here
but no woman could be found who
was sick. The babe had evidently
been born on the train and dropped
on the track from the toilet room
officials at Webster are making an
effort to discover the perpetrator OF
the infanticide, as the deed was com
mitted in Day county.