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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-06-30

he was. Had he stuck to that course
he might never have been identified
but finally he talked too much. The
police weighed his remarks carefully
and put two and two together and
concluded that they had the much
wanted Charles Peace in custody II
was the happiest day they had expert
enced in coons age.
He was tried for the murder Of Mr..
Dyson and found guilty without the
least bit of trouble, and sentenced to
death. Immediately after his sentence
he became extremely pious and sent
out the usual messages to the young.
When within a day or two Of execution
and he realized there was no hope Of a
reprieve he called in d minister and
confessed that he was the slayer of
Constable Cock, for whose murder
William Habron was serving a life
sentence. Habron was pardoned and
the government gave him $4,000 and he
lived happy ever after.
If this story shows anything, it
shows that a bad reputation is tire
worst asset a criminal can have and
lawbreakers should govern themselves
accordingly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-06-30
THE NEEDLE
Humble instrument Has Played Great
Part in the Worlds Progress.

|
Part in the Worlds Progress.
Who made the first needle? Perhaps
some clever wife, who pierced the
shank of a fine fishbone to carry a
thread of plant fiber or catgut, says
the Chicago News.
Today the needle is the symbol Of
civilization, for where you find human
beings this side of barbarism you find
clothes, and where clothes are there
are needles.
Man is tool-using animal. And the
| needle is the commonest and smallest
| Of tools.
The spider spins his web, the worm
his cocoon; the man, by nature naked
weaves his outmost cutile with this
sharp. shining shaft of steel.
have never seen the needle fac
tories. Yet they are in my minds eye
huge, many-w -windowed barracks, and
out of them march, day after day, the
little soldiers of civilization in silver
cleaning armor and golden helmets, in
companies and regiments, to go to
Alaska and Cape Town, to Tokyo and
New York; to the hands Of the mother
and the sister; to the morocco case
upon the mahogany dressing table of
the darling Of wealth, to the work-boX
of the wife of the people, to the dark
rooms of the slaves Of the sweat shops
to the pincushion of the bachelor, to
the knapsack of the soldier, the bun
die of the pioneer, the kit Of the sailor.
Wherever go the animals called human
there the little needle dances attend
ance.
The sword is the instrument Of
glory: it has been multiplied by inven-
tive genius, transformed into the bull
let and the tomb and made to fall in
thunderous hail to magnify the hide
Gus trade of murder. The pen is the
instrument of thought. 1t has become
type and it's printed words rain
thick from the presses in newspapers,
magazines and books.
The knife and spoon have been elab-
the chefs who prepare the complicat-
ed delicacies for the gourmet.
The rude flint of the ape man has
become the chisel of Rodin; the
coarse hair clump of the cave man has
grown into the brush of a Millet
The needle has developed also. Elias
Howe dreamed he was pursued by
savages whose spears had holes in
them near the point He awoke to de-
wise the needle with its eye at the
piercing end. Hence the sewing ma
chine, doing the speed of an electric
spark.
1t is an automatic, machine-u using,
power driven age, with the needle,
buzzing attendance.
When Gustave Charpientier the
musician, was presented with the
sword of the academy by Mimi Pinson,
on behalf of the working girds of
Paris. whom he had befriended, he re-
piled:
THE sword, the pen and the brush
have won great glory for our country
But has not the needle also its share?
A statue of Mercie, a score of Masse-
net a speech of Poincare, each is an or
nament to France; but Paris robe,
worn by a Parisienne is it not also
thing of art, a marvellous art, all the
more precious art because enduring
but a little time?"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-06-30
humorous department.

Voted For Him Twice.-Representa
tive Michael DonOhOe of Philadelphia
who his friends boast and his enc
mics admit. won his election less upon
political issues than his attractive per-
sonality, takes but a small part in
practical politics.
I'm very green at the game, he
declares ca good color for native
born Irishman, by the way), which
makes me somewhat of a shining mark
in some respects. The morning after
my last election there breezed into my
office a fellow, large and pleasant. He
effusively congratulated me with both
hands and every breath-which was
alcoholically overcharged-assured me
of the satisfaction it had given him to
vote for me- Thanking him, l asked:
What part of the district do you
live in?"
"Oi'm from over tn bridge he re-
piled in rich County Carlow brogue!
(AIr. Donehoe doesn't have to make
any effort to get that brogue).
What ward do you live in?'
And Dim in Kelly's ward, TO De
sure, y'r honor he replied
"'Kellys ward? | queried, Tor did
know enough to identify well-known
local leader. Why Kelly's ward isn't
in my district at ALL
Sure, an it isn't at all, at ALL eX-
claimed the sly rogue, with delightful
cooIness, But | voted for yez, Mis-
ther Donohoe, he added with a
chuckle-'twice!"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-06-30
TUESDAY, JUNE 80, 1914.
: FOR SALE

1856 Acres-The Wells Place. the
property Of R. ". Plaxco. a very fine
farm. High state Of cultivation.
have had many inquiries about the
County Home Lands-F'irst Tract: 80
acres, on Rock Hill road; also 137 acres
join ]. L. Moss / must sell this land
At Once. If You want it, see Me at
Once-lt is good money maker.
County Home Farm-90 Acres, join
ing r. L. Carroll, $500 Acre.
140 Acres-Joining r. r. Love, ]. L.
land in this tract. See me.
Cottage HOme-Of w. C. Miller, on
Charlotte road, near Ancona Mill.
300 Acres-Property of D. A. Whis-
onant, joins ]. w. Quinn and others
Price $1,000
40 Aeres-Property Of John Barnett.
joining farm Of J. R. Connolly and VIM.
Harrison Est. lands.
100 AcreS-Known as the Dorster
place, about / 1-2 miles from Phila-
delphia church and school. II sold
during February, will take the small
sum Of $4,000 an acre for it.
400 AcreS-Near Lowryville, $25.00
per acre.
I desire to say to my friends that 1
have property that l can cut UP in
SIIldlI Sci OIl lOHB leTTnS.
The Quinn estate land-On Kings
Mt. road, adjoining Frank Riddles
Neil place and others, am willing to
cut this into smaller farms to suit the
purchaser.
The residence of the late DR.. ]. B.
Allison, joining the new Presbyterian
Manse. Can be cut into two beautiful
building lots.
The property of DR.. Mack White on
Kings Mountain Street, also dwell
lings, property Of Quinn Wallace, ct al,
on KINGS Mountain Street. This prop
erty will be sold quickly and II you
want 1t, see me.
/ 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
600 Acres-The R. NJ. Anderson
Farm.
40 Acres-Of the s. M. Jones-ware
Farm, about 4 miles from Rock Hill.
Also Is acres, and a nice cottage,
beautifully located within the incor-
porate limits Of Yorkville. Read my
list Of Farms and send me some Of
fers
Two Good Heuses-On Kings
Mountain Street.
J. c. WILBORN
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scribed as the master criminal Of the
distinction. He was five feet high and
skinny and slender, yet he had the
strength of a giant in his muscles. He
had a crippled hand and a crippled leg
could outrun a professional sprinter.
He had a face so ugly that people who
saw it once usually saw it often in
their nightmares. He was absolutely
pitiless and without a shred of honor,
yet he was an artist and musician and
an inventor of surprising talent.
1t must be admitted that in his own
proper person his reputation was bad,
but it is an easy matter to assume a
new name and a garb Of respectable
ity. The police of the whole world
were looking for Peace. because a
heavy price was on his head for the
murder of a Mr.. Dyson. Peace fell in
love with Mrs. Dyson, and pestered her
so much that the husband interferred,
whereupon the passionate wooer pro-
duced a gun and shot him dead at his
own home.
When this crime was committed
Peace wore a venerable gray beard
Immediately after the murder he cut
off his alfalfa and called himself Mr.
Thompson. He also equipped himself
with a false arm, having an iron hook
at the end. So Mr.. Thompson, with
his clean -shaven face and his false
arm, took up his abode in London
suburb, and it never occurred to any
body that he was other than he SEEM
ed. He was highly popular in the
neighborhood when once people got
used to- his atrocious face. He always
had good cigars in his pocket, and
wasn't stingy with them; and in an
other pocket he carried a supply of
candy, and when he met school chill
dren he treated them and begged them
to obey their parents and Sunday
school teacher. that they might grow
up to be good men and women.
BY day Mr.. Thompson worked over
various inventions. One Of them was
fireman's helmet, which was used in
London for many years. Another was
after years admiralty officials inspect
cd it and pronounced it the work Of a
man of genius. Among other things
Mr.. Thompson invented n folding lad
der, so small that it could be carried
in a hip pocket; yet so strong that a
man could lean it against house and
enter n second story window by it.
That ladder today is one of the most
admired curiositics in the Black Mu-
scum of Scotland Yard.
In the evenings Mr.. Thompson usu-
ally hitched up his fat pony and took
long drive into the country. He was
troubled with insomnia, he said, and
the doctor had recommended such a
course The months went by and some
famous burglaries occurred Various
immense hauls were made and the pO-
lice could not find clew. They believ
ed the work was done by an expert
who worked alone and that was as
far as they could get it.
one night Mr.. Thompson didn't come
back from his drive and the morning
papers announced that a burglar had
been caught in the act Of robbing a
residence, by Constable Robinson. The
constable was shot during the scuffle,
but he hung onto his prisoner. For
two weeks that prisoner refused to say
Il word, and nobody could guess who
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-06-30
PAPER FROM BALSAM FIR
Wood is Rapidly Taking the Place OF
Spruce.

Wood is Rapidly Taking the Place OF
Spruce.
recent bulletin issued by the Unit
ed States department Of agriculture
states that the balsam fir, tree little
used in paper manufacturing, has be-
gun to take the place Of spruce, the
wood now most in demand for paper
making. The chief objection to bal
sam fir is that it is full Of pith, which
destroys the machinery used in crush
ing wood. A method of taking the pitch
out by soaking the wood in water, has
been successfully tried out, according
to the bulletin, which states that from
10 to 25 per cent Of balsam can be used
to ground pulp without lowering the
grade Of the paper produced.
Balsam fir is little used on the Paci-
fic coast, though there are large guam
titles Of it growing on the Cascade and
Rocky Mountains. 1t is a small tree
compared to the gigantic Douglas fir
which is one of the principal trees used
by lumber manufacturers. Another
objection to the balsam fir is the eX
treme high attitudes at which it grows,
as it seldom flourishes below the 5000
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-06-30

The Baby's First Year.-ln all du'
modesty | wish to map brief recorc
of my achievements during my frs
year in household affairs
control the heads of all depart
ments.
1 have bulldozed the doctor ant
nurse.
| have cut one tooth.
have furnished an unfailing topic
of conversation.
have been written up by sociology
cal experts.
have put the local drug store or
its feet.
1 have helped out the gas company
have achieved a first class reputa'
ton as an orator.
have put down several severe in
surrections Of collie.
While l am not yet on my feet eX-
pect to be president some day.-Life.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-06-30

Father Not in Form.-The young
man of persistence had been kicked
out of the parlor of his best girl foi
the thirteenth time by the same iden-
tical irate parental foot.
AS he picked himself up from the
pavement, he said to the aforemen-
toned i. D., who stood in the doorway
exuding threats from every pore.
Father be, far be it from me 70
say anything disccuraging, but you
are losing form. That trip from the
parlor to the front steps is usually
made in four kicks. This time you
took five. I should at least try to make
it bogey if l were you
And the young man went indignant
ly away into the night.-lndianapohs
Star.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-06-30

foot level A government report states
that in the Rainier national forest, the
balsam fir grows from the 5,5O0-fOot
level to the timberline There are no
logging FIRMS operating al this altitude
at the present time. Balsam fir is fire.
quently confused with the small growth
dealers stating that they believed it to
be the same tree, while others declared
that it did not grow in the west to any
extent The government report, before
mentioned. states positively that it is
found in large quantities in the west
and is separate species Of tree. At
present it is little used in lumber man
ufacturing.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-06-30

the sun have been made by the use of
the ingenious spectroscope. Its prin-
ciple is to decompose a ray of light by
passing it through series of prisms
and view the result through a tele-
scope. so as to magnify the details.
Thus it is now known that the solar
atmosphere contains in vapor a great
number of the substances which COM
pose our earth. such as iron, copper,
zinc. nickel and chromium, sodium
magnesium. calcium, perhaps gold and
cobalt But no indication has yet been
found of silver, mercury, tin, lead
and arsenic. nic.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-06-30

The Test.-"They made awful!
good paper when my grandmother was
Young. said the Little Irrepressible tc
the visitor
They certainly did agreed sisters
Best Beau. Have you been looking
at some of her letters
NO, indeedy." returned the Little
Irrepressible. Il was watching Sis
scratch out the date of her blrth II
Grandma's big Bible. and fixing 1t t'
suit herself-and the paper dldn
hardly show at all where it was
scratched"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-06-30

The Dance is the Thing.-'1 heal
YOUR daughter is going to retire IRON
the stage"
Yes she is"
What's the trouble? l thought sh(
was possessed of talent?'
She is She has splendid voice
and much dramatic ability, but she
sprained a tendon in her ankle ano
won't be able to dance for year oi
more. so she thought she might ~
well settle down and get married. -
Detroit Free Press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-06-30

One on the Barber-The barber
snop was full when in walked a shah
by stranger.
Good morning" replied the strang-
or, MY good man will you shave one
side of my face for cent?
The barber winked at his waiting
customers, replying:
Certainly. Take seat"
Presently it came the shabby
strangers turn.
Now. which side shall shave,
asked the barber as he waved the
latherirg brush in the air.
The outside" replied the shabby
stranger, meekly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-06-30

Cost of a Failure.-ln Russia a man,
intending to Kill himself, got in front
of railway train, but was pulled
aside.
Then the authorities took him in
charge. They fined him for disorderly
conduct. imprisoned him for imperil-
ing human life and gave him solitary
confinement for interrupting travel. II
seems to he painfully difficult to leave
Russia by any route.-Cleveland Pam
Dealer
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-06-30
J. c. WILBORN

9W Send The Enquirer your orders
for Commercial Stationery, II you are
user of the better grades In your
business correspondence.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-06-30

Ampifying tt understand Colo
mel Flushby gave good account OF
himself i'm the war"
SO he did and has been giving Il
better one ever since. e."-Baltim"r'
sun.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-06-30

Similar Motion.-"Let's wait min
ute and see the game" said the near
sighted man who was travelling III
Holland.
There's no game.
Whats that just ahead of u.s."
"A windmill"
My mistake, | thought it was a
pitcher going through the motions
preliminary To sending hot one over
the Washington Star.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-06-30

An Inviting Step.-"Did you heal
about George? Hurt his leg sliding
to third and can't play in the Yale
game"
Dear me. Is it anything perma
nent?"
I'm afraid So
Isn't that dreadful
1t might be worse. He's got the cut
est limp you ever saw. When he walks
it looks exactly as if he were doing
the dip."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Newport daily independent., 1914-09-14
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

The Helping Hand of the Bap- tist church will meet with Mrs John Hayden on Laurel street Tuesday afternoon at 2::3O. All members are urged to be pres ent.
 Phone Fl for Western Union messenger to run your er- rands to all parts of the city. gain. Prices reasonable. Phone Fl 26dtf
 Mir. and Mrs. B. B. Bond and daughter, Miss Antoinette, left Sunday evening for St. Louis. From there Mrs. Bond will ac- company her daughter to Phila- lelphia, where the young lady will enter school.
 No novel or play has attained the worldwide fame and suc- cess that Camille" has. Don't fail to see it at the Opera House Wednesday, the 18th. 38d3t
 For Sale or Trade-General purpose boat, 5Ox12 feet, 24 Ii. D. Fairbanks-Morse engine we'll made and in good condition. Gear and shaft drive. Wyatt House, Sanford, Indiana. 34btf
Newport daily independent., 1914-09-14
SEVERE PUNISHMENT
Of Mrs. Chappell, of Five Years
 Standing, Relieved by Cardui.

Mt. Airy, N. C.-Mrs. Sarah M. Chap pell of this town, says: "I suffered foi live years with womanly troubles, also stomach troubles, and my punishment was more than any one could tell.
 1 tried most every kind of medicine, but none did me any good.
 read one day about CarduI, the wo- mans tonic, nd decided to try it. had rot taken ut about six bottles until l was almost cured. It did me moro good than all the other medicines had tried. put together.
 My friends began asking me why looked so well, and 1 told them about Cardm. Several are now taking it."
 Do you, lady reader, suffer from any of the ailments due to womanly trouble, such as headache, backache, sideache. sleeplessness. and that everiastingiy tired feeling?
 If e, let US urge you 10 give CardM . trial. We feel confident it will help you, just as h has million other women in tho past half century.
 Begin taking CardM to-day. You won't regret It. All druggistk
 Msss l.. caattanoeea Medicine Go, Ianss x1vsery Dept.. Chahanooga. Tenn, fer ,StssisI kssvsrfiess on your case and e4-page book, ~Hons TrsaEnank fer Women" in plain wyaopsr. NO IA
Newport daily independent., 1914-09-14

troubled with constipation. and have tried many remedies. all of which seemed to cause pain without giving much relief. I finally tried Dr. Miles laxative Tablets and found them ex- client Their action is pleasant and mid and their chocolate taste makes tom easy to take. I am more than slad to recommend them
 Clean up the bowels and keep .hem clean" is the advice of all physicians. because they realize the langer resulting from habitual con sti?ation. Do not delay too long, but begin proper curative measures.
 Dr. Miles Laxative Tablets are aew remedy for this old complaint, nd a great improvement over the a,hartics you have been using in .he past. They taste like candy .nl work like charm. A trial wiil convince you.
 Ior. Miles Laxative Tablets are sold by all druggists, at 25 cents box containing 25 doses. If not iound satisfactory after trial, re- .uril the box to your druggist and he will return your money. ,s ARES MEDICAL CO, Elkhart. Ina
Newport daily independent., 1914-09-14

ssOsSV - AAA No. 607 arrives 12:35 p. m. Local freight arrives Monday, Wed.
 nesday and Friday; departs Tuesday Thursday and Saturday.
 No. 6O2 departs 1:60 ?. n.
Newport daily independent., 1914-09-14

meantime, let us not get panicky and force our cotton on the market. If we do, we are fore ing it into the hands of the spectators who will not take it unless their margin of profit is big, and we cannot blame them.
 JOHN, H. PAGE,
 Commissioner of Agriculture.
Newport daily independent., 1914-09-14
HOLD YOUR COTTON
 IF YOU CAN
No Results As Yet From Public Meetings, and It's Up to Far mers, Assisted by Merchants and Local Banks to Hold
 and Market Crop
 Slowly.

he European war has affected c<JKnerce greatly and has dis tufSed the markets of practical lysall products. As a result of
 war, which has so recently Fgun, the cotton market has been depressed, and great anxie- ty has been felt throughout the entire South as to the final ef- feet on the price of our cotton crop for the season just now opening.
 The fact that a large part of our cotton crop is consumed, in foreign countries, and that some of the largest consumers are at war, makes it uncer- tain as to what the foreign de- mand will be. There is also anx- iety upon the part of merchants and bankers as to how the crop can be moved, or marketed and held until the cotton can be talk en by foreign markets or be con- sumed by American mills, if it were possible for them to in- crease their capacity sufficient ly to take the crop, manufacture it into goods and export the finished products.
 It is a big question, and more or less of a problem. Various meetings have been held to dis cuss the situation, but as yet,
Newport daily independent., 1914-09-14

does not perform b y force W h a [ should be accom-. plished by persua sion is Dr. Miles Laxative Tablets, After using them, MT. N. A. Waddell. SIS Washington St., Waco, Tex. says.
 Almost all my life I have been
Newport daily independent., 1914-09-14
From "oId siwash."

We are more frivolous In our col lege life than in our business" George Fitch said. "Still. college life has made husiness what 1t is. Fratsrnf .ies are clearinghouse for ability and ambition" Kansas City Star.
Newport daily independent., 1914-09-14
Time to Beware.

If ever you meet woman who sue ceeds in convincing you that you are an exceptionally fine fellow. be very, very careful. She has far more intel ligence than you.--Jay Denby. .,jn Let ters from China
Newport daily independent., 1914-09-14
Clean Up the Bowels and Keep Them Clean"

There are many remedies to De sad for constipation, but the ditfl- 'i,sy is to procure one that acts without violence. A remedy tin:
Newport daily independent., 1914-09-14

Good Housekeepers Use The Best. That's why they use Red Cross Ball Blue. At leading grocers, 5 cents.