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Evening star., 1914-02-08

NuOhA "
Who will deliver one Of the most i'm
pOrtant speeches at the convention.
Frederick p Fish. former president Of
the American Telephone and Telegraph
Company, and Louis d. Brandeis of Bos-
ton, who is said to be slated for the posi-
tion of chairman of the board of trustees
to be created for the Boston and Maine
railroad under the New Haven dissolu-
ton plan.
Committee Reports to Be Made.
The following are among the more i'm
portant committee reports to he made:
Patents, trade marks and copyrights;
to be presented Wednesday afternoon by
James G. Cutler. general chairman, presi-
dent of the Cutler Mail Chute Company.
Rochester. \. y.
Banking and currency; to be presented
Wednesday afternoon By Wallace D.
Simmons. Chairman, president of the Sim
mons Hardware Company. st. Louis. No.
Statistics and standards: to be present
ed Wednesday afternoon by a. W. Doug
las chairman. st. Louis, Mo.
Fire waste: to be presented Friday
morning by Powell Evans chairman Of
the committee and of the fire prevention
commission of Philadelphia. Pa.
Department of Commerce: to be pre-
sented Friday morning by John II. Fa-
hey, chairman and of the executive COM
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce of
the United States.
Vocational education: to be presented
Friday morning by II. f. Miles. general
chairman, vice president of the national
chamber and president Of the Wisconsin
state board Of industrial education
Officers of Organization.
john Joy Edison of Washington is treas
urer of the organization, and the other
officers are:
President. Harry \. Wheeler, Illinois.
Vice presidents. J. y. Teal. Oregon: W.
p. Simmons. Missouri: \. T. Farquhar.
Pennsylvania, and II. r. Miles, NiScon-
sin.
Chairman executive committee, John FL.
Fahey, Massachusetts,.
Directors--A II. Averili. Portland, Ore
Evening star., 1914-02-08

ing business men and economists OF the
country, are certain to attract deep at
tention. Many of them viii be delivered
by men who seldom appear i'll print.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-09

as blue had a most stimulating and
health giving power, green produced
entirely the reverse. Any one could
prove that statement for himself If
he took series Of cloches, or the
glass bells used in French gardening.
These should be Of all colors, and II
placed over any living object, such as
plants, insects, ETC., it would be found
that those under the blue cloche
would increase in size, vigor and vital
ity, and thus under the green cloche
would wither away rapidly. 1t would
further be found that the colors be-
tween blue and the green would run
in the following order Of life-giving
properties: Blues, violets, yellows,
reds and green's. They would realize,
further, how in the selection Of the
color decorations Of their homes that
aspect Of the question should be con-
stantly borne in mind, and how much
more so in the hospitals and sana-
toria. In that respect errors were un-
fortunately too often made. Whereas
a patient would have hopeful, stim-
ulating outlook on life IL lying with
in blue surroundings, an entirely op-
posite effect would be obtained If
surrounded by green's and reds
Boston Transcript.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-09

a French mob tried to prevent their
removal. Indeed, there was much Bit
terness in France over the restoration
although it is hard to see where the
French had any claim on things they
had had no share in creating and had
acquired dishonesty.
OF course, there were plenty OF
things that never went back. They
were hidden away in cellars and gar
rets, and after the storm Of restora-
ton had blown over, were dragged out
triumphantly and set up in the Lou
vre, and nothing further was ever said
about the matter. There were other
paintings that did go back to Italy
that were almost ruined from having
been creased by the vandal soldiers
who packed them, and still others that
had suffered outrage at the hands of
French "restorers." But all that Is
over and Italy is to return the Mona
Lisa without protest to the Louvre
Kansas City Star.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-09
Ham,taas department.

A Close Observer.-"A rich man
can be Christian while he's got his
money, but he ceases to be Chris
tian when his money gets him."
The speaker was Secretary Bryan,
the occasion being a Washington din
ner.
"Old Billy Bones was a rich man,
Mr.. Bryan continued, whose money
had got him. Billy was in the lum-
Der trade.
"One day he was bossing lumber
crew that was guiding a lot Of logs
down the river. Suddenly the log
Billy stood on, slipped and rolled
over. Billy sank in the deep and icy
water.
But young Canuck plunged in
from a nearby log, and at the risk OF
his life, save the old man. The
youth naturally expected some re-
ward for his heroic feat, but Billy
only nodded a gruff, Thank you!' and
went his way.
when, the next week he turned up
at the camp again, the young CanucK
approached him.
Monsieur he said, I see you fall
dams Peau-een re vawtaire-and l
save you'd life. The pourborie, the
reward nest-ce pas, monsieur
But Billy interrupted the stumo-
ling youth morosely.
"Iook-a-here, young feller!' he
said. If you'd been tendin' to busi-
ness as you'd orter, you wouldn't
have seen me fall inr"-New Or
leans States.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-09
CHILDREN DESTROY TOYS
Made Too Perfectly and Are Therefore
Uninteresting.

OnIntcTCottH9s
DR.. Montesori, who sailed for Italy
recently, says the reason why chill
dren break their costly and comph-
Gated toys Is that they wish to sim
plify them. The toy that is too per-
feet leaves too little to the magma
ton
Filson Young, writing in the Lon
don Saturday Review, states that
there is now in that city a pronounc-
ed reaction against the complicated
or too perfect toy.
Toys are too good. Everything Is
delivered into the children's hands
aeroplanes that fly, electric trains
with signals and switches that work,
toy battleships and motor cars that
are marvels of ingenuity, armies that
are patterns Of accuracy.
But when you have put into a
child's hand an extremely elaborate
model it does not satisfy his imagi-
nation. He will play for a whole day
with a train made Of chairs. because
imagination enters into the game;
the arm chair is an engine, the sofa
is a sleeping car another chair Is the
luggage van. But If you give him a
perfect thing his imagination is left
out in the cold; there is no part for
it to take in the game except a de-
structive part; in short, there is moth
ing to be done with the mechanical
model except to break it open and see
how it works.
'T have often seen little boy Of
four years old to whom an elaborate
working model Of a motor car had
been presented, after watching 1t
work for a few minutes, take 1t up in
his hand and hurl it to the ground
with a smile of satisfaction. 1t was
the only thing he could think Of do
ing with it.
THAT Is why the hoop Of the train
Of chairs or the rough and grotesque
toy train will always give more real
pleasure than the most elaborate ma
chinery that can be conceived; that
is why the rag doll or the woody lamb
will always lie nearer the hearts af-
fections than the most wonderfully
equipped and elaborate clothed French
poupee"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-09

6T On a murder case in one Of the
southern states an old mountaineer
was called as witness. The defending
lawyer was cross examining him.
you say you saw this murder com
mitted?"
"Yas."
How far were you from the spot
where it took placer"
Bout a quarter-mile."
What time was it when this deed
was done?"
Bout half-past g."
"On the date this murder was sup
posed to be committed it would be al
most totally dark, and you mean to
say you could see distinctly what
happened at that time at a quarter Of
a mile distant?"
The old mountaineer shuffied his
feet, changed his quid, and stretched
himself.
"Oh, WELL" he said, as he started to
leave the witness chair, Il don't give
a gol darn about this trial, anyway"
-Everybody's Magazine.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-09
THE LAST OF THE GANG
Only One Old Pauper Remains o'
Chicago Crime Society.

Only One Old Pauper Remains Of
Chicago Crime Society.
The last survivor Of Chicago's
first fully organized band Of crimi
nails, who fourished a generation ago
under the leadership Of picturesque
Mollie Mott, passed from the stage
recently. Michael Sage, white Of hair
and showing every one Of his 63
years, made no defense against a
sentence Of one year in the house Of
correction. His active days are over
in the opinion Of the police, even If
he lives out his sentence.
Half of Sage's life has been spent
in prison. He began stealing when
he was IL years old and never learn
ed anything else. The old man was
arrested for attempting to rob
house.
II didn't get in, judge" he said,
and then added as If to excuse his
failure, II guess I am getting too
old and stiff. I won't mind year;
am more at home in prison than
out, anyway"
The Mott gang Of pickpockets,
thieves, burglars, holdup men and
general utility thugs 20 years ago
lived the scenes that usually are
found in dime novels, and no men,
Der Of the. gang was more resource
full in crime than Sage. Mollie Mott
by her beauty and personality, led
the gang, and was the cause Of more
than one affray between jealous fol-
lowers.
The gangs success bred emulation
and other criminals formed them
selves into a band known in police
annals as the Shelvin gang. The
gangs fought the police and each
other until Mollie's charms conquer
ed one of the Shelvin gang and
brought the two tribes under her
harmonious sceptre. Relentless war
with the police, disease and prison
cells in the succeeding years broke
up the band, and all it's members for
the most part are dead or at least
passed from the ken Of the local po-
lice. Sage is the last one they know
Of, and they fear him no more
Philadelphia Record.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-09

How Rain Bores Holes.-When rain
falls it does not actually soak into the
earth, but bores it's way in, forming
tiny tubes. These tubes are so small
that it would be impossible to insert
a hair in one OF them without burst
ing it's walls. Sometimes the tubes
are bored down to depth Of four or
five feet. When the surface dries the
water evaporates from the tubes just
as it would from pipe. If the tube
is twisted, it takes longer for the wa
ter to evaporate. If one takes a rake
and stirs the ground after each rain
he breaks the tops of the tubes. and
the water will stand in them for
In this way the farmers Of
the west, on the semi-arid lands,
store the rainfall one year and raise
a crop of wheat every other year,
there being sufficient water in two
years, but not enough in one, to raise
a crop.-Philadelphia Record.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-09
OPPORTUNITY IN THE SOUTH
The Tread Of Development is Towarc
Uncrowded Southern States.

OnCTOWOcu oOuIneTH 0tdtcSs
In Los Angeles the police had a
riot with unemployed men, in which
Mexican was killed and four per-
sons were injured. In the same city
few days ago delegation Of over
1000 persons marched to the muni-
cipal building and demanded that
some action be taken by the city to
relieve the desperate condition of un-
employed men and women. 1t was de-
manded that the city expend at least
100000 in providing work for the
idle.
In San Francisco, special arrange
ments were made to care for the un-
employed during the Christmas holi-
days. 1t is estimated that there are
10000 persons out Of work in that
city. In Portland and Seattle the
same conditions are reported.
This distressingly unhealthy eco
nomic condition in the cities Of the
Pacific coast is significant. 1t shows
that the rush to the coast which has
marked the industrial development
Of America for the past ten months,
has been overdone. 1t shows, too,
that the paternal legislation, which
has been passed by the Progressive
party Of California in power, and by
other parties in other coast states
has failed to relieve the situation for
which it was pronounced a certain
cure. The existing condition proves
again the old truth, natural laws are
stronger than any laws which may
be passed by legislatures.
The point to it all is that these
men made an error Of judgment in
moving to the over-advertised coast
and not coming to the under-adver-
tised south. The tread Of develop
ment now is southwark. Development
is moving this way because this Sec
tion offers the Industrious man more
opportunities than any other section
Of the country. The unemployed who
want to labor and who want to be
good citizens will find their oppor-
tunities in the southern states, unde-
veloped and unadvertised. The best
time for the Industrious man to take
fresh start in the south is right
now-Montgomery Advertiser.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-09

obeyed orders.-He was bright
young office-boy, and in the dim fu-
ture saw himself sitting in the man
ayers chair.
Please, sir" he said, entering the
room Of his chief, after being sent to
deliver a note, 'the lady was out, and
1 could not deliver your message"
Go back Immediately" said his
employer, impatiently. IF the lady
is still out, put the note through the
letter box or under the door. Get it
into the house somehow; don't bring
it back here. Now be Off"
Some little time passed, and the
young hopeful returned with a salts
fed smile and an air Of conscious
pride at having overcome all difficult
ties, and confident Of rapid promo
ton.
"Well?" jerked out his employer.
There was no letter box, sir, and
the note wouldn't go under the door,
so 1 tore it up into little bits and
showed them through the keyhole."
Our hero was then showed through
the door almost in bits-and never
came back.-Tit-Bits.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-09
FOR SALE

1 have for sale three Of the Finest
Farms in York county, and they are
very cheap at the price; to wit:
The John Black-Henry Massey
homestead.
900 Acres-The R. M. Anderson
Farm.
40 Acres-Of the s. M. Jones-Ware
Farm, about 4 miles from Rock Hill.
Also 18 acres, and nice cottage,
beautifully located within the incor-
porate limits of Yorkville. Read my
list Of Farms and send me some Of
fers.
341 Acres-Known as the John A.
Blackberry Massey residence. Ad-
Joining R. M. Anderson ad others;
has a beautiful room residence;
good bottom land; fine farm. Will
divide this into small tracts, and II
bought as a whole for quick sale,
will take $4,000 Per Acre.
Two Good Houses-On King 8
Mountain Street.
249 Acres-Joins Frank Riddle and
D. M. Hall; 2 good houses, barns;
near Kings Mt. Chapel. Price $3.50
!. G. WILB ORN.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-09

Why Should He Werry?-An actor
without funds, managed in some way
to get a second class ticket on a line
of steamers running between Seattle
and San Francisco.
The voyage between these two
points consumed the better part OF
three days, and in viey Of the fact
that his finances were at low ebb,
he figured it out this way: The first
day out he slept all day to keep from
eating, and remained up all night to
keep from sleeping. The second day
he took physical culture exercises.
On the third day he could stand the
strain no longer and he went down to
the dining room and ordered the best
meal the boat could afford. While
tucking it under his belt he conjured
up in his minds eye picture Of a
cell in the bastile in San Francisco.
After finishing his meal he said to
the waiter, How much do I owe
you?"
Nothing" replied the waiter, your
meals are included in your ticket
National Food Magazine.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-09

To Be Sure 1t Did.-Little Harry
wanted a dog. He had many argu-
ments with his mother on the sub
ject. He was sent to the nearby
grocery. He was gone so long that
his mother became anxious. Step
ping to a window, she saw Harry
down the street manfully pulling on
a rope, the other end Of which was
tied around the neck of small dog.
The pup was resisting every step
Braced on all fours, it was pulling
back with every ounce of it's small
might and barking as loudly as pos
sible.
Presently Harry triumphantly en-
tered the room. Mother" he called
won't you let me keep this little
dog? 1t followed me home
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-09
MENTAL HYGIENE SOCIETY
Its Work Includes Inquiry Into Con-
dition of Those in AImshouses, etc.

Its Work Includes Inquiry Into Con-
dition of Those in AImshouses, etc.
The announcement at the annual
meeting of the Connecticut Society
for Mental Hygiene Of prospective
further extension Of the society's hu-
name work emphasizes anew the i'm
portance in the field Of philanthropic
endeavor of the organization and the
steady broadening Of its usefulness
Our state, it need hardly be said, has
Just reasons for pride in this organi-
zation in that it Is the pioneer in its
field and that because of it's work and
usefulness, not only have similar or
ganizations been formed in six other
states, with others about to follow,
but national society has been insti-
tuted. The Connecticut society now
reaches out to extend its work to in
clude study, inquiry and a degree Of
oversight as to the condition Of in
sane inmates Of our almshouses and
other unsuitable places; also efforts
to place these unfortunates in asy-
lums where their cases can receive
individual attention and skilled treat
ment. At the meeting, the evils were
pointed out by DR.. Thomas w. Sal
mon, director Of special studies OF
the national committee for mental
hygiene Of almshouse care for the
insane, and he spoke Of the need for
their treatment in special hospitals,
and various measures adopted in
other states to bring about improved
conditions. To this end the society
will undoubtedly appoint a special
committee to carry out the studies
and present an authoritative report
for enlightening the public and Sc
curing suitable legislation.
What a long step is this for the
care and proper treatment of the in
sane from conditions no further back
than a century ago, when unfortu
mates Of this kind were loaded with
chains, abused and maltreated, and
generally regarded as possessed Of
devil and to be treated accordingly.
What a change from the days when
all our pauper Connecticut insane
were herded together in our poor
houses or ANONYMOUSLY confined sep
arately; to the days, half a century
ago, when that splendid institution,
the Connecticut insane asylum at
Middletown, was built Moreover the
fact is worthy Of recall that when
that institution was started there
were only 204 insane persons record
ed in Connecticut and that now with
our two insane asylums and many
sanitariums all well filled there are
100 more outside Of these institu
tions that need skillful care and at
tention.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-09
POTATOES IN FRANCE
Parmentier Introduced the Vegetable
In Eighteenth Century.

In Eighteenth Century.
Though the potato was brought to
Europe in the latter part Of the six
teenth century, it was not until the
eighteenth that it became popular
ized in France, mainly through the
labors Of Parmentier, the centenary
Of whose death occurred on December
II. Parmentier was an apothecary,
who during the seven years war,
served as doctors assistant in the
hospital Of Hanover.
The severe famine Of 1859 caused
the Besancon academy in It'll to Of
fer prize for suggestions as to the
best vegetable that could be relied
upon as a supplement to wheat in
such an emergency. Parmentier won
the prize with an essay on the meth
cd of extracting a nutritive sub
stance from the starch Of certain
vegetables, and his researches in
this connection led him later to
study the potato, against which, at
this time, a violent prejudice prevail
ed, leprosy and fever being among
the diseases which it's use as food
was alleged to- endanger.
Such legends died slowly, and 1t
was not until Parmentier, in 177S,
published his "Examen Chimique de
la Pomme de Terre," that any really
scientific effort was made to combat
these popular errors. Then the
French government placed land at
Sotablons at his disposal for purpos-
es Of potato cultivation, and the first
blossom that appeared was gathered
by Parmentier, made into a bouquet,
and presented by him to Louis XIV,
who placed it in his buttonhole.
To royal recognition succeeded
that of the court, and Of Paris gener-
ally. France then initiated Paris,
and the despised potato leaped at
once into public favor.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-09
DIRE DISTRESS
II is Near at Hand to Hundreds OF
YorkvilIe Readers.

Yor<viIIe Readers.
Don't neglect an aching back.
Backache is often the kidneys cry
for help.
Neglect hurrying to the kidneys aid
means that urinary troubles may fol-
low.
Or danger Of worse kidney trouble.
Here's Guthriesville testimony.
w. R. Conrad, R. F. d. No. /, Guth-
riesville, s. c., says: "One Of the fam
lily was troubled for six months with
pain in the back and side and could
scarcely get about The kidney action
was irregular and cause much ANNOY
ance. Several remedies were tried,
but nothing brought relief until she
gan using Doan's Kidney Pills. In q
few days this remedy removed the
pain and there has been no trouble
since"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Conrad had.-Foster-M Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-09

No Gentle Joke.-Hemmandhaw-
When Beanbrough got married one Of
his friends threw an old shoe through
the carriage at him and hit him on the
head.
merplate-Couldn't he find out
who owned the shoe?
Hemmandhaw-No: it belonged to a
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-09

ia The penurious woman was talk
ing to her maid, who had been with
her three weeks.
What do you want to leave us for,
Lizzie? I'm sure we have treated you
as one of the family"
'Indade, an you have ma'am, an
I've made up me mind not to stand it
any longer"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-09

Ia The Dixons who lived in Califor-
MIA at one time, had one Of those do
mestics of the heavy hand. One after
noon the town experienced a slight
shock of earthquake.
Pictures were thrown down, crock
cry and furniture ratified about. In
the midst of the tumult the mistress
went to the head Of the stairs and
called out in a resigned tone:
Lizzie, what are you doing now?"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-09

Queer Financial Notion.-"Wilkins
has some singular ideas for finan-
cier," remarked the president to the
president Of the Unlimited Conf
dence corporation. What about him."
He thinks we ought to pay off our
debt instead of refunding it."-Puck.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-09

Where He Was Supreme.-"My
son." said the father, who was some
what addicted to moralizing, this is
the age Of specialties and specialists.
Is there anything you can do better
than any one else in the world?"
"Yeth, thir," lisped the small boy: II
can read my own writing."-Ex.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-09
HEALTHFUL COlORS
Blue is Most HealthfuI While Green
is Least Stimulatina.

is Least Stimulating.
What colors are healthful and
life-giving and what devitalizing
have been determined by r. Goulburn
Lowell, vice president Of the British
Society Of Architects. Despite old re-
marks about "the blues" he finds
that they are by all odds the most
healthful shades. In his lecture on
Courage in Color" he said that a
point of importance to be constantly
remembered in the use Of colors was
their selection from scientific stand