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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-12

ASHEVILLE. \. c.. June 12--Overton
Westfeldt Price. vice president of the
National Conservation Association, aged
thirty-nine years, ended his life at Rugby
Grange. in Henderson county. fifteen
miles from Asheville. late yesterday after
noon by firing a pistol ball through his
brain. Death was Instantaneous lige be-
ing extinct when the ten-year-old son of
the deceased ran into the room TO find his
father stretched on the floor
The deed was committed in the room
occupied for years by his mother and
had been occupied by her family for fifty
years. Mr.. Price arrived with his family
from his home at Alexandria, Va. at 10
O'Clock yesterday morning with the ex-
pressed intention of spending the sum
mer here to regain his lost health.
A wrecked nervous system and ILL
health for many months is given as the
reason for the deed His finances are re-
ported to be in excellent condition and
no intimation was given that he Intended
taking his own life.
Mr.. Price took prominent part in the
Baliinger-Pinchot forestry dispute, be-
Ing personal friend OF Mr.. Pinchot and
of eX-President Roosevelt He left the
forestry service of the government when
MT P1nchot was removed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-12

Man Is made Of dust-which explains
why some men are always dry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-12

A dead letter may be one she gave her
husband to mail
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-12

No, Adolphus, not all gushing letter.
are written with a fountain pen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-12

Few OF US become round shoulders
from carrying other peoples burdens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-12

Probably the original bone Of conte
ton was jawbone
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-12

Swallowing his pride never vet salts
fed mans hunger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-12
Pointed Paragraphs.

desirable thing to know is how best
to sweeten the bitters of life with mirth
If shy of wisdom. profit by that of
others.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-03-06

A Sure Thins.-According to a nurse
in one Of the big hospitals, a visiting
surgeon recently caused a robust pa
tient almost to collapse by joking with
him after an operation.
What are my chances for recov-
ery?" asked the patient.
Splendid" said the surgeon.
What do you mean by splendid?"
why, you have one chance in twen-
ty for recovery"
That is not very encouraging. ]
can't see how my chances are as splen-
did as you say"
well, I'll explain" said the surgeon.
"'In this particular operation it is gen.
orally conceded that there is one chance
in twenty for the patient to recover.
The last nineteen patients have op-
Grated upon for your complaint have
died, so you are the one out Of the
twenty who ought to recover."-New
York Tribune.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-03-06

and of the wonderful authority which
he exercised over all his subjects.
A man Of education, which he OBJ
tanned, it is said, in the missionary
schools at Cairo, he combined the
western knowledge which he had thus
acquired with great devotion to Islam.
whether real or affected l could new
er discover, and at the time when
visited by Schweinfurth, his name was
more widely known and dreaded an
Infinitely greater extent throughout
the length and breadth Of Africa than
even that of Tippo Tip, who came af-
ter him. Probably there was no one
man in the 10th century who was re-
sponsible for the destruction of so
many lives, Of so much property, Of
the devastation Of such immense
tracts of country, formerly covered
by prosperous towns and villages,
and above all for the sending into
slavery of such great multitudes Of
men, women and children as Zobehr.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-03-06

saint died in prison there the French
fled from the island. Its people were
thus the first to get the better Of Ma
poleon, four years before the reverses
in Spain, nine years before Moscow.
Leclerc died in 1902.
The Spanish portion Of the island
broke loose from Spain and was join
ed tc Haiti, but was separated in 1874,
as the Republic of Santo Domingo.
This is the record Of Haitian chief
executives: Dessalines, governor for
life, assassinated, 1906; Henri Christie
phe, king, suicide, 1920; Boyer, presi-
dent, expelled, 1S43; Soulouque. EN-
peror Faustin l." exiled, 1858; Geff-
rard, president, exiled, 1867; Salnave,
shot, 1859; Nissage- -Saget, exiled, 1870;
Dominique, exiled, 1874; Boisrond- Ca
nal, exiled, 1876; Solomon, exiled, 1886;
Hippolyte, exiled, 1896; Tiresia Simon
Sam, ran away to Paris, 1902; Nord
Alexis, retired, 1908; Simon, deposed,
1910; LIE Compte, died in the burning
of the executive mansion, 1912. After
Soulouque all were described as presi-
dents. From the beginning no ruler
arose except by the strong hand, ruled
without tyranny or left office by
peaceful means.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-03-06
REPUTATION WON A BATTLE
Russians Ran When Nogi's Men As
sailed Them.

1t often happens that the reputation
Of successful general and his men
has a great effect in winning other
battles. Such was the case with Baron
Nogi and the third Japanese army,
which he commanded. This daring and
relentless officer led the famous flank
ing movement on the Russian right at
Mukden. Says Stanley Washburn in
'Nogi:"
To the privates Of the Siberian step
pes and the peasants drafted from the
valleys Of the Volga and the far-off
Neva, this man Nogi was the incarna-
ton Of fury, the demon Of war. His
men were pictured by camp fires at
night as devils Of blood and fire, who
would stop at nothing, who eagerly
sought death in their efforts to reach a
hand-to-hand encounter with their
foes. Again and again the story Of 203
Meter Hill, where the Japanese sacri-
feed fifteen thousand men in order to
gain an observation station, was told
in the Russian ranks. The soldiers told
one another also how the Japanese
infantry, in one assault, exhausted and
with ammunition spent, refused to re-
treat, and remained and threw stones
at their enemies until the last man was
killed. The great dread in every divi-
sion Of the Russian army was that No
gi himself would be thrown against
them.
When at last the attack came, there
could be no doubt Of where and how
Nogi was striking. At the first point Of
contact, the veterans of Port Arthur,
who thought fighting in the open was
nothing after storming the grisly
heights of the beleaguered fortress, ap-
peared suddenly, without warning, on
the Russian flank, and well toward the
rear. Their first assault crumpled up
the Russian defense like paper With
characteristic Japanese subtility their
officers had taught them the battle
cries in the Russian language, and they
advanced, screaming between their
banzais: I'VE are Nogi's men from
Port Arthur" The instant this fear
inspiring cry was heard on the Rus
sian flank, the battle was lost. The
spirit of despair spread like a prairie
fire, and soon the whole great army
was in retreat, not the retreat Of
sheer panic, but the stubborn with
drawal Of men who knew the victory
was impossible.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-03-06

Tommy's Hobby.-The following
happened in a Manchester school the
other day. The teacher had been
speaking of unique and valuable col
lections Of objects of art and interest
and spoke of the fabulous wealth that
had been expended by some Of the col
lectors on their peculiar hobby, says
Tit-Bits.
Thinking to obtain some idea of the
characters of the members Of his class
in this direction, he asked them what
they thought they would like to col
lect If they had plenty of money.
Up went the hand Of boy who was
not noted for particular brilliance in
fact, answers from him were very
scarce on any subject, so this opportu-
nifty was seized by the teacher.
well. Tommy, and what would you
collect?"
Rents, sir" was the prompt reply
The lesson was changed, and that
teacher is recovering from the shock
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-03-06

president Wilson's chureh."-The
phone bell rang out cheerfully in the
Office of the vice president, and voice
said it was the pastor OF President
Wilson's church who was doing the
talking. He desired a five-minute con-
ference with the vice president at IL
o'clock. Secretary Thistlewaite bade
him come, and welcome.
Promptly at II o'clock quietly
dressed man entered the office door.
He looked just like any other minister,
except that he was a colored person.
I'm the man that called up and
made an appointment for IL o'clock,
he explained. I'm the pastor Of Pres
ident Wilson's church"
Secretary Thistlewaite was anxious
to hear the thing through. II Presi :
dent Wilson had Joined colored
church, he wished to know the full
particulars. He ushered the visitor
into the private office.
I'm the pastor Of the presidents
church." the minister repeated, after
he had greeted Marshall. THAT is, you
understand, when the president first
came to town, he picked out one OF
the Presbyterian churches to attend
Since then our folks have bought that
church and we're fixing 1t over"
He went on to say that he earnestly
desired for the vice president to be
there and address them at special
big meeting the following Sunday.
I'D like to come mighty WELL" said
Marshall, "but I've got another en-
gagement that day. 1t seems to me
though, that the logical person to have
would be President Wilson himself"
do you suppose he would Gomez
asked the minister.
II can't say as to that" admitted
Marshall, 'Tbut If were you I should
certainly ask him. He ought to 60
It's his church, isn't it? Well, then,
don't see how he can refuse."-Wash-
ington Star.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-03-06
AFRICA A MYSTERY
Native Legends Tell Of Fair skinned
Natives.

Natives.
Eek Africa semper aliquid novum"
(from Africa there always comes some
thing new was a popular saying In
Rome 1000 years ago, which Is
equally apt today, writes F. Cuneliffe-
Owen in the New York Sun. The
Dark Continent has been traversed in
so many directions during the last 15O
years, has been visited by so many
exploring expeditions that people
were tempted to believe that all its
mysteries had long been exhausted.
Yet barely decade has elapsed since
the discovery of the okapi, creature
partaking both Of the giraffe and the
zebra, the existance of which had un-
til that time been wholly unknown to
the biologists of the civilized world.
Nature may have other revelations OF
the same character still in store for US
in the remote regions of central
Africa.
Only within the last quarter Of a
century has it been ascertained that
the pigmy tribes of the darkest re-
cesses of the Congo valley forests,
vaugely referred to by Herodotus 400
years prior to the Christian era, are
not mere myths. Stories Of purely
native origin insist that there are in
Africa, races of white-skinned, blond
haired, blue-eyed men and women en-
tirely cut off since time immemorial
from any contact with the outer
world-stories used as themes for ro-
nance by Sir Rider Haggard and 9TH
er novelists. And now comes Major
c. Percival, an officer of the British
army, who in a most interesting ar
ticle in the Geographical Journal for
the month of September, discusses, on
the strength Of the experiences which
he acquired while recently employed
by the governor general Of the Sudan,
the native stories, according to which
there are in the Mungaiyat hills Of the
Bahr-el Ghazel and also in the French
spheres Of central Africa entire sys-
TENS of temples hidden away in the
caves of those regions that equal, II
they do not excel, in splendor those
already discovered in Egypt.
There is no record Of these caves
having been visited by any white man.
They have never been explored by
any European or American, yet every
African traveller has heard of their
existence.
Gustav Nachtigal Schweinfurth and
others who have penetrated into
Borun Wadi, the further confines Of
Darfur, and Bahr- ell Ghazel. refer to
them as impregnable strongholds of
native rulers, retreat to which acess
is kept as far as possible secret. One
in particular, heard of both by Major
Percival and the decades previously
by the German explorer, Nachtigal,
near Ndele, now within the limits of
the French sphere. has been referred
to by them as the headquarters of the
grand master of the great militant
Moslem Order of the Senussi.
They were informed that the cav
ern was more than a mile long, ira
versed by q subterranean river border
ed with rushes. But they were never
permitted to penetrate these mountain
Businesses or to approach even within
miles thereof Hence the civilized
world is wholly dependent upon ma
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-03-06
THE NEED OF THE FARMERS
State Warehouses Will Help Solve the
Problem.


Discussing rural credits, in the last
issue of the Progressive Farmer, E. w.
Dabbs, president Of the South Carolina
State Farmers Union, says:
First, I do not consider practical
nor desirable the rural credit system
Of Europe based on unlimited liability
of the membership, nor upon the close
scrutiny of the use made Of the loans
by the neighbors. We are not in any
part Of The state that know anything
about, reduced to the necessity Of such
a system, nor are we so thickly settled
as to make it practical to operate.
Second. Marketing and credit are
SO closely allied that we can hardly
discuss one without the other. There
fore, 1 think we need to have a closer
supervision of the grading and packing
Of farm products; that state ware
houses should be built in which to
store non -perishable farm products
such warehouses to be operated at
cost. Receipts should show the grade
and be an absolute guarantee Of quail
ty and Of the delivery Of the article
called for, thus giving to the farmers
produce an availability as an asset
with the highest commercial rating
upon which he can secure such loans
as will enable him to market his crops
in accordance with the laws Of supply
and demand.
Third. The enlistment Of a division
of markets that will not only direct
grading and packing in the interest Of
honesty and economy, but will through
it's complete organization, prevent the
congestion Of some markets to the
point Of waste, and the scarcity In
others to the point of want at the
same time, and prevent as far as pos
sible the waste Of unnecessary trans
portation.
"Fourth, I think we need to have
our corporation laws 80 amended that
true cooperative associations may be
formed where one man will have only
one vote, and there will be no proxies;
where capital will be limited to mod
crate dividend, say 6 per cent with 2
per cent to be placed to the surplus
fund, the balance to be divided annu-
ally on the basis Of patronage.
Fifth. For the purpose Of buying a
horne or Of making permanent i'm
prcvements, favor the measure of
Congressman Bathrick Of Ohio, that
the government sell 4 per cent 50-year
bonds and loan the proceeds to home
buyers, or home improvers at such a
rate Of interest that on the amortiza-
ton plans the loan will be paid off in
so years.
Conclusion: Paragraph No. shows
what we do not want.
Paragraphs Nos. 2, 8 and 4 state
briefly what we need in the ordinary
routine of our farming and business
operations.
Paragraph No. 5, points the way to
longtime loans for permanent i'm
provements and home building"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-03-06
HAITlEN RULERS
Few Executives Since 1906 Have Re-
tired by Peaceful Means.


The republic Of Haiti, the western
end of the island, Columbus called
Little Spain," was the earliest exam
pie of a nominal constitutional gov
ernment carried on by black men, says
the New York World.
Columbus found 100000 friendly
Indians on the island. Slavery killed
them off, and negroes from Africa
multiplied in their stead. OF these l.
SOC, 900 descendants now live in Haiti.
Nearly all are pure black: the mulat-
toes diminish in number The whites
were massacred or driven away in the
revolutionary wars.
The present republic had belonged
to France a century when the French
revolution began. Slavery was then
abolished, a black rebellion took place
and the British invaded the island, but
Toussaint L'Overture, a black George
Washington drove them off and set up
a constitution. Napoleon sent his
brother in-law, General Leclerc (pret-
ty Polite Bonapartes husband), to sub
due the blacks. He had peace with
Toussaint, seized him treacherously
and sent him to Paris.
But the same year, 1903, that Tous-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-03-06
SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION
CONTINUED from Page One.)

erage, whereas under more normal con-
ditions there should have been a
steady increase in the yield, making
farming not only more profitable, but
the product less costly. The question
involved here is not one Of better
methods or intensive farming, but Of
present crops at proper
prices. Better methods will come with
better profits. A careful examination
of the methods Of marketing the crops
will demonstrate this contention, to
meet which I have offered the ware
house bill.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-03-06
a Shaft

Or a Tablet OF Granite or Marble, or
any other form Of memorial is placed
to commemorate the life of one we
loved, our first thought Is that 1t shall
be Artistic-that there shall be moth
ing crude, ugly or Inappropriate about
it. For the person versed in matters
of the Art Of Sculpture, 1t is easy to
choose the right design. For the per-
son who makes no protensions to the
knowledge of such things, 1t is very
difficult.
WE PLEASE BOTH CLASSES For
the person who knows just what Is
wanted in the way Of an appropriate
design, we supply the desired plan and
carry out the desired ideas. For the
person who does not know, we suggest,
and show WHY our suggestions are
right, and we produce as beautiful re-
suits as for the better informed.
LET US SHOW YOU our large Sc
lection Of finished Monuments and our
Designs, without placing you under
the least obligation.
PALMETTO MONUMENT CO.
JOS. G. sASsI, Prop.
Phone 211 Yorkville, S. G.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-03-06
LIFE SAVING AT SEA
Launching Life Boats Always Risky
Business.

Business.
The Titanic disaster in April, 1912,
shattered the comfortable public IL
lusions that there was such thing as
an unsuitable ship, and that great
passenger vessels carried boats for
ALL" says the London Spectator. The
natural tendency at first was for un-
instructed persons to think that a law
recurring boat room to be provided
for all would prevent forever the re-
currence Of such possibility as men
and women being taken down in a
sinking ship because there were not
enough boats. But further informa-
ton showed them that the cause
could not be stated quite so simply.
1t is easy to carry enough boats; 1t is
quite another matter to have them at
hand on the decks and in a suitable
position for launching.
Launching a boat in high sea is a
terribly risky business. To lower a
boat from the upper deck of a large
liner is like lowering it from the top
windows of a high house. If the boat
lis full of passengers and the ship is
plunging and rolling in high sea, it
may be imagined what sort OF
skill is required to get the boat away
in safety from the ships side. If
there were many boats being flung
about at the same time, the danger
would be greatly increased. The re-
cent loss of the Volturno by fire prov
ed that boats may, in. a sense, be a
|source of danger even when they can
be launched. The passengers who lost
their lives were those who took the
boats.
We do not say this in order to
argue that there should not be boat
room for alive are convinced that
there ought to be-but to point out
that boats are only one line Of safety,
and that security at sea- never wholly
attainable, depends upon careful at
tention to a number of details. In one
wreck one thing will prevent loss OF
life, in another wreck another thing.
At least there should be means of ev-
cry one to float off from a sinking
ship at the last moment, even If there
is not room for everybody in the
boats. The Titanic sank in a calm
sea.
If only there had been more RATS
a much larger number Of passengers
might have been saved. The require
ment of the convention is that there
must be room in the boat for three
quarters Of the maximum number OF
passengers and crew, and that room
for the rest shall be provided either
in boats or pontoon RATS. Wireless
|telegraphy, as a matter Of fact, has
saved very many more lives than have
been saved by ships own boats, be-
cause it has brought other ships
rapidly to the rescue. II the appli-
ance which provides the greatest
amount of all round safety had to be
named, few people would deny the
place of honor to wireless telegraphy
The careful maintenance and working
Of the wireless apparatus is the first
line of safety; and we are very glad
indeed to note the wide reach of the
rules laid down on this matter.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-03-06
Humorous department.
A Maker Of acknowledgements

A Maker Of acknowledgements
tive Samuel E. Winslow, skate manu-
facturer of Massachusetts,, is large
round person with a vast wealth OF
girth and a round face, ornamented
with a neat little set Of whiskers OF
chef-like cut. When you say that
Winslow is a fat man, you have said
the sole unkind thing that could be
uttered against him, for he is a person
of philanthropic impulses, abstemious
habits, and clever character. He was
a great athlete in his Harvard days,
but of late years he has been unable
to cope with a tendency to take on
weight. It is not Winslow's fault that
he is fat and round, and he has never
been attacked on that account but
once.
Scores of members Of the w. c. I.
u. were here one day urging members
Of congress to favor Representative
Hobson's proposal for national prohi-
bition. AS Winslow was strolling
from the office building over toward the
Capitol that morning, four or five OF
the w. C. T. U. women flew over and
circled about him preparing to alight.
One Of them pounced on him.
Are you a member o. congress?''
she asked.
Yes" Winslow owned up, swallow
ing.
And are you going to vote to let
Mr.. Hobson speak today on his tenn
perance measure?"
Winslow couldn't think for mo-
ment what she meant and paused to
clear his throat before replying.
That moment Of hesitation was IA
tai
There's no use talking to him!"
spoke up another woman. Look at
the man. He's a brewer himself I'll
venture. The idea of sending men like
that to congress!"
What is your business?" asked the
first woman.
'I dare not tell you," replied Wins
low, and he scampered away.
you see, If I had admitted that I'm
a skate manufacturer" says Winslow,
they might have thought meant the
woman's guess was correct. Wash
ington Post.