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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-10-27

knit it is hoped that the limb will
not become stiff and that Willie
Marion will soon suffer no discomfort
from the accident. .... The beau
tiful country home of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. L. Usher in the Dixie section, was
the scene of a large gathering last
Wednesday afternoon. when their
daughter, Miss Beulah Mae Usher,
became the bride of Mr.. Hugh L.
Taylor Of Buford.
Kings Mountain Herald, Oct. 22:
The farmers met Saturday, in regular
weekly session. Owing to the fact Of
the joint meeting of locals at 3Bs. the
attendance was not so large as In
former meetings, but enthusiasm was
not wanting. The extremely low price
of cotton don't stock the farmers.
They don't intend to sell the fruit Of
their labor for half the cost of pro-
duction. They have put the lid on
tight and are awaiting developments.
were tardy and S. S. Weir called the
meeting to order and appointed G..
G. Page as temporary secretary. ]. B.
Thomasson for the finance commit
tee, reported that cashier M. E. Hern-
don Of the Peoples Loan and Trust
company. from whom they are ex-
pecting loan arrangements, had not
returned from Richmond, and that
he had no report to make. Mr. Page
reported on acreage curtailment by
reciting the fundamentals Of Lee
county plan. which Is in its embryo
in Lee county, Georgia, and which Is
gradually spreading to other coun-
ties Nucleus of the plan Is ten
acres to the plow" for 1915 cotton
crop. He also stated that a bill had
passed the house of representatives
in South Carolina and was then be-
fore the senate for a two-thirds re-
duction on next years crop. The mat
ter of the county commissioners drop
ping the farm demonstrator was dis
cussed and continued. Some Of the
farmers were Of the opinion that the
office should not be abolished. while
others were Indifferent. The meeting
urday, when a large audience Is ex-
pected 900. The Kings Mountain
basket ball team went out to Linwood
college, last Friday. and played the
Linwood team. The score as 80 to 8
in favor of Kings Mountain. Lin
wood will play Kings Mountain here
next Monday at p. m........ Rufus
Leonard, the eight months old son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Weir, died at
their home near town last Tuesday
afternoon at three o'clock. .......
Mrs. M. ]. Smith Of the Dilling mill
section, fell Saturday morning, and
broke her left leg just above the
ankle. The fracture Is compound.
She was engaged in securing the floor
and slipped down.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-10-27
DIAMOND MINES IN ARKANSAS
Stones of Large Size and First Water
Found in Pike County.

Hundreds of diamonds, large
proportion of them Of good size and
the first water, are being recovered
from the blue clay deposits which
were discovered in Pike county, Ar
kansas, only a few years ago. Al
though the existence Of diamond
bearing formations in this vicinity has
been known by geologists. and re-
Gently by those in immediate proxi-
nifty to the fields, it has never be-
come widely known that the deposits
are so large as to justify working the
fields on a commercial basis.
A typical diamond bearing forma-
ton of several acres area exists
where the first stones were picked
up. A second field, showing immense
bodies of blue clay, yet unsurveyed,
has been found a few miles beyond
the first, and it is considered possible
that still others may be uncovered
in the district. This land Is now
carefully fenced and constantly
guarded. Since beginning its opera
tiOns, one company has removed l.
400 stones having an aggregate
weight of $50 carats.
The exact yield from the other
mines is not known, since the results
Of their operations have been kept
secret. An approximate estimate
however. places the total at 5000
diamonds Of unknown weight. The
largest stone so far discovered and
officially reported, weighed eight and
one-half carats. Usually the rough
diamonds found have been distorted
octahedrons, resembling small pieces
of alum with a fiery eye in the CEN
tire which glows and flashes when
presented to light While the sizes
are not unusual some of them even
small, the quality Is asserted to be
exceptional, many Of the stones be-
ing as nearly fiawless as are ordinari-
ly found.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-10-27

Price Changes of Century.-A
subscriber to the Weekly Blade, liv-
ing in Pennsylvania, has sent us an
account of a daybook kept in 1914,
by one of his forebearers, the keeper
of general store in Amity township.
Berks county. From the daybook,
one catches a glimpse not only or
what 100 years ago it cost the Penn
sylvania citizen to live, but also a
glimpse of how he lived. For in
stance, with nearly every bill Of goods
charged would be attached one gal
on of whisky, rum or brandy. price
25 cents" Homes were lighted with
candles, costing anywhere from
81 IL cents to 81 1-2 cents a pound.
Calico was 81 1-2 cents to IS cents
a yard.
Tea was 81 a pound.
I'm one charge a man bought one
quarter of veal at cents a pound.
Eggs were never more than 10
cents per dozen. with to cents
the commoner prices.
"Chickens. IL 1-2 to IS cents a
piece: geese, % cents to 81 IL cents
apiece.
Beef, to cents; wool, 10 cents
to 121-2 cents per pound; muslin so
cents per yard.
1.-THE climax was reached in one
charge-one bushel of salt, $l6.'
We seem to have boxed the COM
pass in the matter of the costs OF
living. one hundred years ago it
manufactured goods and commodities
against which transportation costs
were charged which were high. food
that was cheap. Today. factory pro-
ducts are cheap, food dear we
wonder if things will ever be so COM
fortably arranged that food and man
ufactured goods are commodities from
far distances will all be cheap.-Tole-
do Blade.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-10-27
SUCH is WAR
Why Should Friends Be Compelled to
Kill Each Other?

In times past there have been a
vast amount of foolish talk about the
fighting instinct" in men, says the
Royal Arcanum Bulletin.
Instincts depend mostly upon SUR
roundings. If man must fight to
live, he speedily learns to fight. If
from infancy he is taught that war
fare is the best and most glorious
thing in the world, he learns to love
warfare. "As the twig is bent, so is
the tree inclined"
But after all is said and done, this
is the least important part of the
story. 1t may be natural for men to
fight, but it is ten times more natural
for them to be friends with each 9TH
er. Even the battlefield bears witness
to this fundamental fact in human
nature.
A correspondent of the Associated
Press, in a letter published on Sep
tember 2Sth, describes "a reconcilia-
alton on the battlefield between
French and German soldiers who lay
wounded and abandoned near the
little town of Blamont. When dawn
came they conversed with each other
while waiting for death.
"a French soldier gave his water
bottle to a German officer, who was
crying out with thirst. The German
slipped a little and then kissed the
hand Of the man who had been his
enemy. There will be no war on the
other side he said.
Another Frenchman, who came
from Montmartie. found a Luxem-
bourgeoise lying within a yard of
him, whom he had known as a mes
senger in a big hotel in Paris. The
young German wept to see his old
acquaintance.
1T is stupid he said, this war.
You and l were happy when we were
good friends in Paris. Why should
we have been made to fight each 9TH
er?' He died with his arms around
me, unashamed Of his own tears. "
Are not incidents of this kind more
creditable to humanity than the de-
struction of armed foes?
Is not the discipline and training
which produce fraternity and mutual
affection better than the carnage OF
war?
In short, is not the great fraternaI
movement, as we see it in America
better than the military system OF
Europe?
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-10-27
EDISON IS STUDYING FISH.
Tank of Aquatic Pets Help Inventors
Work On His New Submarine.

A tank Of fish. kept in one Of
Thomas A. Edison's laboratories, at
Llewellyn park, is being used by the
inventor in his studies in preparation
for the making Of his promised new
type of submarine.
When Mr.. Edison made his inspec-
ton Of a submarine at the Brooklyn
navy yard week or so ago. with Sec
retary of the Navy Josephus Daniels,
the inventor declared that he would
make a submarine that would startle
the world because Of it's ability to
stay under water indefinitely.
Mr. Edison has taken a great In
terest in the fish in his tank, and for
two years has spent hours at time
watching their movements. He would
occasionally take them in his hand
to study the movements Of their mus
cles. From the action Of the fish.
il Is said "the wizard" took his idea
for a submarine.
Mr.. Edison, Mrs. Edison, and their
son Charles, have left their home In
Lewellyn park, West Orange, for an
automobile trip to Detroit, where
they will spend a week at the home
Of Henry Ford, the automobile man
ufacturer. 1t will be the first long
tour Of the inventor since a year
ago last summer. when he went
through New England, and contract
ed a cold that interrupted his work
for several weeks.
Mr.. Edison, when asked what he
would do in the evenings while on
his way to Detroit. said, I'VE can go
to the movies"
Besides" he added, I'm starting
off with some crude ideas, and by the
time I get back I'll have them ad-
vanced far enough to experiment, and
try to prove them"
Last winter the Edison and Ford
families and John Burroughs, the
naturalist, spent several weeks at the
Edison winter home in Fort Meyers,
Fla. At that time Mr.. Edison prom
ised Mr.. Ford he would some day
inspect his plant at Detroit. Further
more, it was learned at the Edison
laboratory that Mr.. Edison has
been asked by Mr.. Ford to make an
inspection OF his plant, and advise
him as to the desirability Of install
ing electrical machinery In certain
departments Of the works to save time
and money.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-10-27
PERQUISITES OF KINGS
Some of the Items Ono in the Business
May be Called Upon to Pay.
(To Be Continuec).


The heir apparent to the Austrian
throne and his wife were shot dead
in the streets recently. Being shot at
and occasionally killed, seem to be a
perquisite Of the king business. The
price of place is enormous. The king
place being one of the choicest plums,
it's price is very high. These are some
Of the items:
To have no wholesome, natural
boyhood; always to be watched by
lackeys and nurses, and never to be
able to go out and play pirate with
Huck Finn, to splash in the old
swimmin' hole, nor steal Strawberries
from Jones patch at midnight.
To grow up in an atmosphere suf-
focated with convention, to have hun
dreds of things you don't want and
to be raped over the knuckles
whenever you reach for thing you
do want.
To be surrounded with alleged
friends who you know do not care
a hang for you, and who would push
you off the roof in a minute II it was
not for your father.
Not to have one friend who will
slap your face and tell you the truth,
but to be surrounded by enemies who
smile upon you and are only waiting
for an opportunity to slip a knife
under your fifth rib.
To have your wife picked out for
you by a lot of wizened old diplomats.
To be allowed as many light-o'-
loves as you please, to be as drunken,
cruel. selfish, violent and mean as you
WILL but to have every honest and
generous human feeling vetoed by
court and fashion.
To have your pride constantly fed.
which renders any man unhappy.
To miss all of life's true values, and
to become a past master in all that
makes life sordid and cheap.
To cease to be a normal, cheerful
human being and to become a wood
en- ladder for mems ambitions.
To have people blame you for their
own mistakes, to be the political and
economic scapegoat Of the nation and
to be cursed and hated by a large
section of the population, no matter
what you do.
To have every man in the machin-
cry of government, every place hold
er and privilege interior, turn against
you when you try really to help the
people.
To know that every hour of the
day and night the poisoner the bomb
thrower, and the plotter are seeking
your life.
And in return for this all you get
is money. fine clothes, food and drink.
and incense burned before your
wretched vanity.
Few families in the world have had
more imperial place than the Haps-
burgs. and few families have had a
more tragic history.-Chicago News.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-10-27

No one answered. Then a simple SOL
dier named Expert stepped out from
the ranks and volunteered. For three
consecutive days he made the journey
to Cholera all alone with horse and
little cart and collected the wound
ed and brought them TO the ambulance
in the rear and also other wounded
whom he met on the way.
Expert was untouched in spite of
the violence of the firing. His horse
was killed on the evening of the third
day. Expert embarrassed the animal
under bullet fire. placed himself be-
tween the shafts and drew the cart
himself. On the way he met a wagon
belonging to another French regiment
and quickly took a horse from it and
saved his wounded, with the result
that he was sentenced to fifteen days
in prison for taking a horse without
permission and the military medal.
1t is unnecessary to add that the prison
sentence was not served"
Spies Everywhere.
The Journal des Debats. Paris. pub
fishes letter from the front giving
the details of the adroit maneuvers
of German spies, who, says the writ
er, have been organized and in work.
ing order, for several years with
prodgious certainty and methodical
skill throughout this neighborhood.
Besides the we'll known trick of the
shepherd dividing his sheep to indicate
the position of artillery, even the
tiniest hamlet has duly appointed
spies who signal our movements. Hid
den telephones and wireless appa-
ratus materially aid aerial reconnois-
sance, while one spy even dared to
put a flag on the house where our
commander was spending the night,
with the result that it was overwhelm-
ed at dawn with a storm of shells
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-10-27
command of General Jones another,


for purposes of transportation and de-
livery.
Our fare is good now rs has been
we often draw the finest beef and eX-
cellent flour or corn meal for rations-
besides other things. They wagon us
honey and butter which the world
can't beat, all the way from the VAL
ley Of Virginia. The neighborhoods
some extent. OF course, on marches,
or on the eve Of expected battles, the
fare varies with the pressure Of the
times. We sometimes get little hun
cry on these occasions; but what
school boy at the south wouldn't go
without his grub" to have big fish
ing frolic on Saturday? When we hear
Of the anxious fears Of our good
friends at home about our fare, we
forthwith think Of our boys around a
dish of savory Virginia beef. and a
large tin pan Of corn soup-or discuss
ing a juicy, well Drowned peach pie,
four inches deep by fourteen in dame
ter, with honey clear, clean and sweet
as that of Hybla or the Rocky Noun
tains, and new golden butter and
sweet milk with the cream on" fresh
and cool and nectar like from rock
paved spring houses, through which
runs water that only few hours ago
left the icy heart Of the Blue Ridge, in
channels which kept it
Icy all the way! We are inclined to
whistle "Old Virginia! never tire" and
bow,
With well-fed complacency,
Our Corporal.
I'M - o.,>
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-10-27
FOOTSTEPS OF The Fathers
As Traced In Early Files OF The
YOrkViIle Enquirer
NEWS and VIEWS OF YESTERDAY
Bringing Up Records of the Past and
Giving the Younger Readers Of To-
day a Pretty Comprehensive knowl-
edge of the Things that Most Con-
cerned Generations that Have Gone
Before.

The first installment Of the notes
appearing under this heading was
published in our issue Of November IA.
1913. The notes are being prepared
by the editor as time and opportunity
permit Their purpose Is to bring
into review the events of the past tor
the pleasure and satisfaction Of the
older people and for the entertainment
and instruction of the present genera
tior
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-10-27

81 AS the resistance of grains to
insects and diseases is due to their
hardness, Bohemian has invented a
delicate instrument that measures the
force needed to cut them.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-10-27

Gastonia Gazette, Oct. %: DR.. w. H.
Hoffman who has been spending the
summer in Philadelphia with his son,
Mr.. Miles Hoffman, arrived in the
city, Wednesday. and will be here for
a short time before going to Miami,
Fla, to spend the winter months. DR..
Hoffmans many friends are always
delighted to see him. The Western
North Carolina conference Of the Meth
odist Episcopal church, South, will
meet in it's annual session in Central
church, Shelby, on Wednesday, No
vember 18th. ond will probably be in
session until Monday or Tuesday of
the following week. Bishop Richard
G. WaterhOuse, Of Los Angeles, Cal,
formerly president Of Emory and Hen
ry college, Emory. Va, will preside.
Presiding Elder j. r. Scroggs, of the
Shelby district, and Rev. w. F.. Aber,
nethy, pastor of Central church, will
be hosts to the conference. Citizens
of Shelby without reference to de-
nomination, will open their homes to
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-10-27

e. one end of the collar band Of a
shirt patented by a Pennsylvania is
so shaped that it serves as a button
both for the shirt and separate col
lars.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13
SOUTH STARKSRORO.

Chauncey Elliott, who has been in
poor health for long time passed away
Saturday night He is survived by a
widow and three children.
Russell Young is attending the Bristol
extension school.
Mrs. Henry KimJall is in very poor
health.
Arthur Grace is busy saving wood for
the farmers here and in Lincoln.
The annual meeting of the Home circle
will be held with Mrs. Lindley Birdsall
February 9th.
Mrs. Lindley Birdsall and Annie Hal
lock ate nded Friends Quarterly meeting
at Monkton February Z and s.
David Follansbee is drawing pulp to
Bristol.
Curtis Orvis' children have measles.
Very cold weather and but little snow
at present.
George Hallock expects to start the
creamery about March LIST.
Frank Morrill, has moved from Hunt
ington into the Delong house.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13
EAST MiDDLEBURv.

Mrs. G. F. Partridge and Mrs. Almon
Enos are visiting friends at Proctor.
Day Brothers have installed an acety-
lene gas plant.
The ice harvest is going on this week
the ice being taken from the grist mill
pond and is 81 inches thick.
Mrs. S. G. Tisdale, who has been seri
ously ill, is somewhat better. A trained
nurse is still attending.
Quite noticeable earth shock was
felt here on Tuesday afternoon at about
l O'Clock. Dishes were shaken, chande-
Tiers were swung and chairs We're rocked
and other disturbances were noted.
The ladies of St. Barnabas' Guild will
meet with Mrs. c. +. Partridge Thursday
afternoon, February 10. Cordial invita-
ton extended.
At the regular meeting of Cold Spring
lodge |. o. G. T., held on Saturday
evening, February Z, the following
officers were installed for the ensuing
quarter: c.. T., John Randle; P. c. r.,
Robert Hunt; v T., Ruth Arnold; secre-
tary, Hazel Day; assistant secretary,
Muriel Piper; financial secretary, Ella
Hathaway; treasurer, Eliza Bradley;
chaplain, Fannie Turner; marshal,
Dwight Kirby guard, Marion Bradley
sentinel, Herbert Guyette; organist,
Norah Peck.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13
PECULIAR AFTER EFFECTS
OF GRIP THIS YEAR
LEAVES KlNDEYS IN WEAKENED
CONDITION

Doctors in all parts of the country have
been kept busy with the epidemic of grip
which has visited so many homes. The
symptoms of grip this year are o ten very
distressing and leave the svstem in a run
down condition, particularly the kidneys
which seem To suffer most, as almost
every victim complains of lame back and
urinary troubles which should not be
neglected, as these danger signals often
lead to dangerous kidney troubles. Drug
gists report large sale on Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp Root which so many people say
soon he ais and strengthens the kidneys
after an attack of the grip Swamp
Root is great kidney, liver and bladder
remedy, and being an herbal compound,
has gentle healing effect on the
kidney, which is almost Immediately
noticed in most cases by those
who try it DR.. Kilmtr & Co., Bingham
ton, n Y offer to send sample size
bottle of Swamp Root, on receipt of ten
cents. to every sufferer who requests it. A
trial will convince any one who may be
in need of it. Regular size bottles scots,
and 81 90. For sale at all druggists. Be
sure to mention this paper.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13
WEYBRIpcE,

The donation and entertainment at the
NJ. E. church last week Wednesday night
was decided success, both socially and
financially. There was a large attend
ance. The receipts were approximately
500. Mrs. Church fully sustained her
former reputation as an elocutionist.
At the morning service at the local
church there were four baptisms and
five were received into the church on
probation.
The sudden drop in the temperature
last Tuesday night was felt most keenly
by all here.
G. II. Sturtevant was a business visitor
in Vergenres last Tuesday.
The local talent who are rehearsing
the drama "Our Old New Hampshire
Home" now intend giving the play at
the town hall Wednesday evening, Feb
ruary 25
Mrs. H. A. Clark returned home last
Saturday afternoon from brief visit
with friends III Burlington.
Next Tuesday evening the Improve
ment society will tender a reception at
the town hall to Mr.. and Mrs. A. Gaines.
who will soon remove to Middlebury.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13
NEW HAVEN.

The Addison Grange give an enter
tainment at the town hall this friday
evening.
N. ]. Pearson has recently sold seven
cows.
The Shetland pony belonging to Cliff
ford Elmer has been sold and is to be
shipped to Connecticut.
Cameron Sprigg has purchased the
Henry Ward place at New Haven juno.
ton. 1t is understood he will keep a
livery as well as continue in the stock
business
Several babies ON Town Hill are i'll
with whooping cough.
Thermometers registered fifteen below
last Wednesday morning in several
places on Town Hill.
We are pleased to hear that Mrs
George Ward, who recently purchased
the Palmer house, opposite William Nc
Intyre's place, is to settle in town 1t
will be remembered her husband, George
w. Ward recently passed away. They
formerly occupied and run farm in the
north part of the town. The deceased
was very active in school matters, also in
public offices connected with town mat.
tiers.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13
RIPTon.

| G.. e. Farr IS on the sick list.
John Hodges, who is an employee at
the State asylum at Water oury, was
here ON the 5th, a guest of his brother,
James f..
Rev. W. G.. Leonard, who is eighty
, six years of age and temporary pastor of
the Nj. E. church here, on the 3lst of
January went to Lake Dunmore fishing
for pickerel and got several good ones
despite the severe southeaster that ragged
all day. The next day he occupied the
pulpit as usual, preaching with his
usual vigor and clearness.
Mrs Jennie johnson of Leicester is
here on visit to her aunt, Mrs. D. w.
Smith When she returns home it is
expected that Miss Bessie Mills will go
with her for week. stay.
1t is expected that District Superin.
tendant Coleman will be here and hold
Quarterly conference on Saturday next
at 30 p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs George Hier of Wey-
bridge were visiting at Frank Lenos a
few days ago.
Bread Loaf school closed on the 9Th.
Despite the cold and stormy weather
two pupils have had a clear record viz:
Oliata Fletcher and Ethel Thatcher. Earl
Clark was absent one day because of
illness Oliata Fletcher had the highest
mark in spelling. The pupils and their
friends were entertained in the evening
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. f. E. Damon
with delight to all present.
Miss Lucy Hale has gone to Salisbury.
Mrs George Farr is confined to her bed.
Mr.. Farr is on the gain.
w. c. Gee, who cut his foot quite
badly some time ago, is able to be about
the village.