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CHAPTER XIX.
Details of Knowles Outdoor Colony

Details of Knowles Outdoor Colony
Plan.
There are possibilities in the great
lake region on the Michigan and Min
nesota shores, and if that land is not
available the whole great Canadian
wilds stretch off on the other side OF
the lakes, a part of which might be
obtained from the Canadian govern
ment to enable me to carry out my
plan Of an outdoor colony where re-
sponsible persons may come to live in
the great open world.
This idea would in no way tres
pass upon that of the forward to the
land movement This colony would
be something entirely different-a
colony where the simplest life would
be followed, where men and women
would learn to use the things of ma
ture around them and nothing else.
NV idea is to have the colony a
practical school Of nature, where
young men may go for a short time'
Just as they go to college to learn
things scientific. There is no college
of nature in the world today, and the
people of our times are sadly in need
of that branch of education.
In this colony nothing will be COM
mercialized. Stockholders, land grab
bers or timber spectators will not be
allowed to live there. There will be
no grating or thieving.
Already many of the most reputable
men in the country-men who have
done big things-are interested in
this project. The governing Of this
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On the Dining Room Table.-A cop
per headed snake about three feet long
was found on the dining table coiled
around plate at the home of Messrs.
J. r. and d. +. Little one day last week
and then there was CONSERVATION in
that home. for no one knew where the
snake came from or how it got into the
house or on the table. The house is
well screened and the only solution
was that Il negro who sleeps in the
dining room on some quilts brought
the snake in on some quilts from the
porch and dropped it off on the table.
But the thought of bringing the snake
into the house in his arms struck ter
rOr to the negros soul and he declared
he 'shO would shake dem quilts mex
time."-Pageland Journal.
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Pleasant Ridge, N. c., July 8, 1861.

IledSdHl ftluBe, M u, y ouiy o, 1oo4'
With a view to prevent the many ex-
aggerated reports. which in these
troublous times may grow out Of the
following circumstances, we have con i
cluded to give the facts to the public.
as they occurred in an authentic form.
Mr.. D. A. Jenkins, some few weeks
since had child to die under peculiar
circumstances and from facts subse-
quently elected, induced a suspicion
amounting to almost a certainty Of the
child having been poisoned. Eliza, a
negro woman belonging to Mr.. Jen-
kins was suspected of being guilty of
the crime; and at the request of Mr..
Jenkins, the Vigilant committee OF the
|neighborhood, together with a number
Of citizens, met at his house on Mon
day, Sth instant, for the purpose of
fully investigating the affair.
The Vigilance committee organized
by calling Ezra B. Wilson, Esq, to
the chair, and requesting VIM. D.
Glenn to act as secretary. The chair
man then appointed Messrs. William
Crawford, John R. Rails, w. R. Hol-
land, James M. Craig. Jas. D. Smith,
R. A. Falls, Robert Wilson, c. Petty,
q. S. HILL, Eli Mendenhall, Thos. F.
Quinn and ]. M. Huffstetler, as a
committee to investigate the case. On
motion, the chairman was added to the
number.
The committee then proceeded to
examine several witnesses, whose tes-
timony left but little doubt Of the guilt
Of the accused. After the testimony
was concluded, the woman confessed
that she had given the child something
from a vial, which she supposed to be
laudanum, and which she had procured
from a negro boy belonging to Mr.
Jenkins. She also implicated the boy
with herself.
The committee, then retired, and af-
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colony will be made up of such men.
AS unprimitive as it may seem, it
would be absolutely necessary to have
some law in such Il community. but
the laws would be so simple that they
would not interfere with the indie
pendence of man.
1t will not be a colony for the i'm
migrant but a settlement for the rich
and the poor who desire to learn
about the great outdoors and the ami
mails that live within the forest.
The killing of wild animals would
only be allowed in cases of necessity.
If a man needed filling for snowshoes,
hides for moccasins, or food he could
kill his game, but only under such
conditions. No game could be sent
outside of the colony.
The whole scheme would be one of
progressiveness and every man would
labor for himself. In times of absolute
necessity humanity would play its
part.
l could live among the people and
tell them what l know, and there
would be others who would do the
same.
People who bore the proper creden-
tials from a board of Capitalization
could live in the colony a part of the
year or the whole year
With the proper instruction they
would build their own log cabins in
winter, and their lean-tos in sum-
mer.
1t will be purely scientific and ed
ucational movement.
In this college of nature the man
rests while he labors. The life in the
outdoors gives him new health, and
every day he lives he will find new
wonders. He will marvel at the COM
panionship of the wild animal.
All the luxuries of life will be left
behind.
There will be no need of the thea
ter. The forest itself has many COM
edies, dramas and tragedies. There
will be no demand for such amuse-
ment. Games will be played, and they
will differ from whist in stuffy
rooms.
| think under such conditions the
bringing back of almost extinct
blood in horses could be worked out.
There would be great opportunity to
raise the Morgan horse, which the
United States and Canadian govern
mentS are trying so hard to get. This
horse is known as the American Arab
and is the hardest and speeriest
known. In such country they
would thrive.
am convinced that such a college
of nature would result in marked
change in child literature. Through
the books which would be written the
child would come to love the woods
rather than to fear them.
1t would be my intention. while the
life i'm this colony was progressing, to
furnish the outside world with reports
of the work and the methods used.
Such material would play its part
along educational lines. 1t could he
used in the regular public school
curriculum with powerful effect, and
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Editorial Correspondence.

Camp Walker, 5th Reg, S. c. ", near
Manassas, Va, June 30, 1861.
Dear Enqurer:-At dress parade
this evening orders were read for us
to have three days provisions cooked
and in our haversacks, ready for
marching at any moment. We antici-
pate orders to march perhaps tomor-
row. Some think that we advance to
attack the enemy at Falls church, to
which place, we learn, they have re-
turned in increased numbers; others
think that they will advance upon us.
OF course. we know no more thai
Beauregard's coat.
At any rate, if there is any fighting
TO be done, you may expect to hear OF
the Fifth being in it. Our gallant COL
onel is conceded on all sides to be one
of the best, if not the very best in the
field; and Gen. Beauregard, himself,
we heard it from an entirely reliable
source, has said that ours is the bes'
drilled regiment he knows Of in the
COnleOeTaCy. we uO HOl say liHS III
self praise at all; but to prepare our
friends at home to expect that we will
be placed emphatically at the post of
danger.
Col. Greggs regiment we learn, goes
home on the 10th to return, however,
again. We doubt whether they will
leave at all.
Lieut.. +. G. Latham-of Union he is
was assigned the duty of acting as
sistant adjutant general of our brigade.
We had occasion a week or two
since to allude to his gallantry.
A few cases Of measles. Good health.
however; and all right on the march
ing question.
Captain Coward and his brother
reached here il safety.
Laconically,
Our COrpOra1
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ter short absence returned, and re-
ported that they had by unanimous
vote found her guilty, and recon-
mended that she be hanged. She was
sentenced by the chairman, and the
sentence at once carried into effect
Ezra B. Wilson, Chairman.
w. D. Glenn, Secretary.
ITO be Continued.
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mails. Seeing their masters roughly
treated in a hand to hand fight, the
dogs joined in so effectually as to en-
able the gunners to break through
while the dogs covered their retreat.
A soldier carried one Of these heroic
beasts in his arms for it had bullet
hole through it's paw, but 1t did not
whine and kept licking the mans hand
with its great hot tongue.
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77TH INSTALLMENT
Thursday Morning, July II, 1861.
"The York Guards.

By reference to the proceedings OF
a meeting to be found in another col
umn, it will be seen that the above
company, which recently left this dis
trict, under the command Of Capt j.
M. White, was mustered into Confeder-
ate service on the End instant, and is
attached to the 9Th Regiment, S. c. V.
We have endeavored to get a COM
plete roll Of the company, but have not
as yet succeeded. AS soon as we can
procure it, we will give it to our read
ers. We learn from Mr.. S. l.. Love,
that 73 members were mustered in the
service. He will leave Yorkville on
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BUY A BALE
Other People are Helping Why No
Your
Buy a Bale of Cotton.


Buy a bale Of cotton,
Buy, two or three, or four;
There's lots Of people buying now
That never bought before.
Make some poor soul happy;
Help lift this load Of care,
That's hanging DER our southland,
Like a cloud most everywhere.
Lend your hand, won't yoC?
There's lots Of debts to pay:
And lots Of little mouths to feed
Out on the farms today.
Now buy your bale Of cotton;
The time Is nigh at hand,
To help our brother farmer,
That he may help our land.
John ]. Futrelle, in Atlanta Georgian
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oSlSidT co9S TlSnh ec' 'hoi'o' ~
Belgian newspaper Patriote gives the
following story:
a battery Of Belgian mitrailleuses
was surrounded when their ammuni-
ton was exhausted, but the men de-
termined to make a rush with dubbed
rifles using their bayOnets as daggers.
AS everybody familiar with Belgium
knows, dogs are everywhere used for
light draught, and mitrailleuse bat
teries are mostly drawn by fine ami
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Saturday morning next for the camp
and he informs us that he Will be
pleased to obtain a sufficient number
of recruits to raise the company to
one hundred. Recruits will be taken
to the camp without expense to them.
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Columbia committees sold % bales
Monday and had lust started"
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Announcement Is made in Anderson
that the mills there are in good shape
for orders and will not close down.
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FOOTSTEPS OF The Fathers
As Traced In Early Files Of The
YOrkVlIIe Enquirer
news and VIEWS OF YESTERDAY
Bringing Up Records of the Past and
Giving the Younger Readers of To-
day a Pretty Comprehensive knowl-
,dse 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 for
the pleasure and satisfaction Of the
older people and for the entertainment
and instruction of the present general :
tiOn
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campaign Tuesday and expects to take
over several hundred bales by today.
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Charlotte business men are prepar-
ing to take several thousand bales at
10 cents a pound.
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The BARRIERS Of Columbia have thrown
in and bought bale.
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Spartanburg is working out plans to
buy 500 bales on the public square
Sept. 25, which will be known as
market day.
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Sumter is waging a campaign far
and near. The Buy a Bale" commit
tee Is flooding the north and west with
circulars asking the people in those
sections to buy BALE
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A big shoe firm has telegraphed the
Charleston News and Courier asking
them to buy five bales at 10 cents.
They also sent similar kilograms to
every southern state.
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Newberry has already bought num-
ber Of bales and that progressive city
has a committee working with view
to taking over several hundred before
the week ends.
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Greensboro, N. c., has just started a
campaign and expects to take over a
few hundred bales. The movement has
also spread into Virginia.
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II one million bales of cotton are sold
by the Buy a Bale" plan at 10 cents
pound it will turn loose in the south
$50, O00,O and this amount will suffice
to meet obligations Of nearly $5OO,OO0,-
900.
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North Carolina Is organizing a Mil
lion Dollar State Trust Co.. for ware
housing and loaning money on cotton,
only actual growers Of cotton to be
allowed to store cotton with the COM
pany.
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known their intentions to buy ter
thousand and four hundred bales ol
cotton at ten cents a pound.
Spartanburg Herald, Wednesday:
Several of the cotton men Of the city
stated yesterday that it was impossible
to buy cotton anywhere in the south
as none is offered for SALE The farm
ers Of the south are needing the advice
which has been given them so unceas-
ingly for the past few weeks, and the
business men and bankers are backing
them up in their determination. Buy
ers for the mills say that they must
have cotton within the next few days
and ii is predicted that the price VIII
be 10 cents in a very short time. Tele-
graphic reports from Galveston on W
through various points in the soutf
Yesterday stated that this condition
was not local but general Throughout
the southern states. One Of the Local
cotton men stated yesterday that ne
was very anxious to secure a lot or cot
ton yesterday and offered cents pei
pound. He was offered so bales III
Dublin, Ca, and he Immediately wired
for it, but the offer was withdrawn be-
fore he could secure it. Another man
than 10000 bales at 9 cents If he could
have got it. One Of the local men tele-
graphed to Laurens, Greenwood
Greenyille, Yorkville, Sharon and other
points for cotton, but none could be
secured. One hundred bales, ordinarily
considered a negligible quantity, was
hailed as a great find yesterday. The
Augusta and Atlanta markets reported
the same conditions. 1t is said thai
cotton could be bought freely one week
ago for Il cents. Now it cannot be
bought for cents. For local cotton
81 cents was offered yesterday.
Montgomery Ward & Co., Of Chicago
have announced their intention to buy
10000 bales of cotton at 10 cents a
pound.
The Business Mems league of st.
Louis, is waging a movement to retire
$4,000 bales at 10 cents.
Swift & Co., of Chicago, are taking
500 bales at 10 cents pound.
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Greenville News: It was announced
in Memphis, Tenn, Wednesday that
Chicago and Detroit firms have made
known their intentions to buy ten
thousand and four hundred bales of
cotton at ten cents a pound.
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Continued on Page Four.)
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CROWN PRINCE RUPRECHT

Swift & Co., of Chicago, are taking
500 bales at 10 cents a pound.
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Montgomery Ward & Co., Of Chicago
have announced their intention to buy
10000 bales of cotton at 10 cents a
pound.
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BeIqian Doqs Fight Germans.-Tl

Atlanta, Ga. Sept. Is, 1914.
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The Business Mems league of ST.
Louis, is waging movement to retire
los NJ 10 cents
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qQ[klQSl1lflEE Elyl[ZE8

with their dainty juggling pantomime en-
titled "A Jolly Supper at Maxim's." With
all the delicacy and refinement of a So
ciety couple two of the performers enter
the sumptuously furnished dining room
"here the other two Of this famous in
ternatlonal quartet are found as walters
Then begins fast and furious perform
ance of the cleverest kind of Juggling,
in which plates. tables. chairs and even
lighted lamps are handled with great
dexterity and skill. 1t is a novel act and
very entertaining. Clifford and Douglas
also have a novelty in new songs of the
pointed kind and some rare eccentric
dancing and Burt Medium keeps his
audience constantly in laughter with his
blackface pleasantries. Granto and
Maude have a good slack wire act, and
Conboy, Wilson and Company an anus
ing little sketch called THE Claim
Agent" which is full of funny situations.
The Pathe Weekly and the photo come
dies are also new and interesting as we'll
as entertaining. Thursday the bill will
be changed by the introduction of five
new acts
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LARGE FIELD AT SHAWNEE.
Many Philadelphians Enter Wom-
ans Golf Tourney at Country Club.

EE-ON-DEIAWARE, Pa.
juno 23.-Contestsnts are already arriv-
ing here for the annual invitation wom-
ans golf tournament to be played at
the Shawnee Country Club tomor-
row, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Practice in preparation for the event was
INDUCED in by several of the contestants
Yesterday and they discovered that they
would have to negotiate an even sitter
course than last year. although the con-
ditions are much better than a year ago,
when Mrs Ronald II. Barlow was low
scorer with 81.
1t is expected that there will he sew
enty or eighty entries, and already those
of Mrs. Ronald II. Barlow. Mrs. Caleb
F. Fox, Miss Mildred Caverly. Miss Ethel
Campbell. Mrs. w. S. Hilles, Miss ii.
Ethel Maule, Miss Florence McNeely,
Mrs. II. z. Dixon. Mrs. Kassebaum. Mrs.
Mayhem. Mrs. Meehan and Miss Eleanor
I. Chandler and other Philadephians
have been received. The qualifying round
will be played tomorrow. the first and
semi-final round of match play will take
place Thursday and Friday and the final
round Saturday. Two eights will qualify
and in addition there will be consola-
ton prizes.
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Cooperative Efforts.
AID FOR UNEMPLOYED.
Uncle Sam Will Help Them Find
Positions by New Plan.

With a view to preventing employment
agencies from charging exorbitant prices
for obtaining positions for the unem-
ployed. the Department of Labor pro-
poses to establish free agencies in immi-
grafton stations throughout the country.
Secretary Wilson and Commissioner Cam
inetti of the bureau of immigration are
working together on the plan. and 1t Is
probable that the first four agencies soon
will be established at New York. Chicago.
San Francisco and New Orleans.
Employers of labor will be requested to
keep these agencies informed of what
help they need, including such informa-
ton as the number wanted. class Of labor
to be performed. time Of employment and
Day,
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MEETS AT WAR DEPARTMENT.
Board to Select Officers to Fill Gen.
eral Staff Vacancies.

A board of officers will meet at the
War Department tomorrow morning
for the purpose OF selecting officers
for detail to I'LL existing and pros
pective vacancies in the General Stan
Corps The detail for the board Ia
Maj. Gems Leonard Wood and William
w. Wotherspoon, chief OF staff. and
Brig. Gems. Montgomery NJ. Macomb.
Robert K. Evans and Hugh L. Scott,
general staff.
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B. F. Keith's.

For the closing week of the season
keith's Theater presents splendid
bill. headed by Joseph Jefferson and
Elizabeth Murray. The former is seen
in sketch by w. c. De Mile, entitled
Poor Old jim" and in it Mr. Jefferson
scored big hit His supporting COM
pany. Blanche Bender. George Wright
and William Raymond, are performers
of ability and contributed greatly to
the success OF the little playlet
Miss Murray is one of vaudeville's
brightest stars. and in her dialect and
character songs drew much applause
John E. Hazard. another clever en-
with bright quips and funny stories
Other good turns on the bill were the
Deleys in fancy skating; Knapp and
Corfnalla in songs. dances and tum-
bling: the Sully Family. Hartman and
Varaday in sensational dances, Bur-
della Patterson in classic poses and the
|Hearst-Selig moving pictures.
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FlkM!9
lfedfu1@s
Garden.

Yesterday large audiences were
drawn to Moores Garden Theater by
the film appearance Of Miss Hazel
Dawn, the light opera favorite, in the
late Bronson Howard romance, Zone
Of Our Girls" in which Miss Dawn re-
peats before the camera the success
she achieved behind the footlights. her
charming personality especially fitting
her for the role in which she appears.
The play was made famous by Helen
Dauvray and E. H. Sothern years
ago. Many of the prominent members
Of the Famous Players Company are
seen in the production, which was
staged under the direction Of Daniel
Frohman in collaboration with David
Belasco. This attraction will be the
feature screen until Wednesday. The
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Garden orchestra plays the musical
settings.
Crandall's,

The main attraction at Crandalrs
yesterday was THE Gamblers" an
adoption of Charles Klein's novel a
.Lubin photoplay production in five
parts. experimenting the feature play
was Home Run Bakers Double
featuring ]. Franklin Baker of the
Philadelphia Athletics, the world 8
champions. The picture is by the kalem
Company and is in three complete parts.
The Gamblers will be shown again
today, in addition to other first-time-
shown films. Prof. Green's orchestra
was a feature at all performances
Yesterday
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The Spray View d DtEsstly yu,, facing sssas
view from all rooms Send for illustrated book
let. T. j. WHITE PROP