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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-26

The presenttment Of the grand jury
containing the report Of the expert
accountant who examined the county
offices has been given the public. This
report shows that F1orene has suffered
very much through the laxity Of the
county officials in practically every
Office. The special committee consider
ing the condition in the courthouse
says in one paragraph: I'm a general
way we would like to state that
using the expression Of the comptrol-
ler general Of the state, the financial
conditions in Florence county as
handled by the officers are the worst
in the state We do not believe these
conditions come from any dishonest
purpose on the part Of the officers, OF
from ignorance, but from negligence
or maybe incompetence" The sheriff
and treasurer are criticised sharply
for the conditions Of the executions
there being at the time Of the report
nearly $65.000 worth Of executions In
the sherif's hands, only 9 per cent OF
the executions Of this county being col
lected. The treasurer is criticised fol
carrying as cash unpaid checks which
had attained venerable age. He COW
cred all Of these items from his per-
sonal resources. He Is criticised for
lack Of attention to his office. The
clerk Of court Is criticised for laxity In
his reports which do not show fines
and charges collected. The auditor Is
severely criticised for incompetence in
his bookkeeping. The supervisor Is
criticised for not having an inventory
Of the county's property, but his books
are we'll kept in regard to money ex-
pended. Mr.. Muldrow, the clerk OF
court, replied, saying that the book
keeping in his office is an inheritance,
and that the items desired by the COM
mittee could have been shown II the
Investigators had asked him for ex-
PLANTATION. Mr.. Darr pleads his own
continued sickness as his excuse for
failure to keep up his office records.
The entire courthouse Is very much
stirred up, as are the people generally,
who have always contended that Flor
ence had the best county officers in the
state. The sheriff and treasurer are
already hot after the delinquents and
they are going to clean up things this
fall with special deputies. Already a
large amount Of delinquent taxes have
been collected.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-26
IF the picture books.


OF the meaning and use Of the arti-
cles and conjunctions, verbs, adverbs
and pronouns he had but the faintest
and haziest conception.
One day when he was about twelve
he found a number of leadpencils in a
hitherto. undiscovered drawer beneath
the table. and in scratching upon the
table with one Of them he was delight
ed to discover the black line it left be-
hind it.
He worked SO assiduously with this
new toy that the table top was soon a
mass Of scrawley loops and irregular
lines and his pencil point worn down
to the wood. Then he took another
pencil, but this time he had a definite
object in view.
He would attempt to reproduce some
Of the little bugs that scramble over
the pages Of his book.
It was a difficult task, for he held the
pencil as one would grasp the hilt Of a
dagger, which does not add greatly to
ease in writing nor to the legibility
Of the results.
But he persevered for months, at
such times as he was able to come to
the cabin, until at last by repeated ex-
perimenting he found q position in
which to hold the pencil that best per-
mitted him to guide and control it, so
that at last he could roughly reproduce
any Of the little bugs.
Thus he made q beginning at writ
ing.
Copying the bugs taught him an
other thing, their number; and, though
he could not count as we understand
it, yet he had an idea Of quantity, the
base Of his calculations being the num-
ber of fingers upon one Of his hands.
His search through the various books
convinced him that he had discovered
all the different kinds Of bugs most
often repeated in combination, and he
arranged them in proper order with
great ease because Of the frequency
with which he had perused the fascl-
mating alphabet picture book and the
huge illustrated dictionary.
BY the time he was seventeen he had
learned to read the simple child s
primer and had fully realized the true
and wonderful purpose Of the bugs.
No longer did he feel shame for his
hairless body or his human features,
for now his reason told him that he
was of a different race from his wild
and hairy companions. He was a
MAN" they were APES, ana
the little apes which scurried through
the forest top were ':M-O-N-K-E-Y-S.'
He knew, too that old Sabor was a
TIGER" and Histah was
SNAKE and Tantor an "E-L-E-
P-H-A-N-T."
From then on his progress was rapid.
With the help Of the great dictionary
and the active intelligence Of healthy
mind endowed by inheritance with
more than ordinary reasoning powers
he shrewdly guessed at much which
he could not really understand, and
more often than not his guesses were
close to the mark Of truth.
There were many breaks in his edu-
cation, caused by the migratory habits
Of his tribe, but even when removed
from recourse to his books his active
brain continued to search out the mys-
teries Of his fascinating vocation.
Nor did he neglect the sterner duties
Of life while following the bent of his
inclination toward the solving Of the
mystery Of his library.
He practiced with his rope and play
ed with his sharp knife. which he had
learned to keep keen by whetting upon
fiat stones.
(To be Continued.)
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-26

A century's supply of peat, near MOS
cow, has been acquired by a Russian
company which will erect a plant ano
convert it into electricity to light and
heat the city.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-26

A Pittsburgh man has invented a
bullet carrying in grooves a narcotic to
deaden the pain Of a person that 1t
hits and an antiseptic to cleanse the
wound and check the flow Of blood.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-26

An electric motor to vibrate fruit
trees so that the sap flows to the buds
and blossoms and enables them to re-
sist frost has been patented by a
Colorado man.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-26

The government Of British North
Borneo has employed an expert from
the United States to make a general
survey Of the timber possibilities OF
that country
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-26
PRIZE WINN ERS

Among Live Stock Exhibitors in Re-
cent York County Fair at Rock Hill.
The Rock Hill Herald Of last Satur-
day, printed the names Of prize win
ners among the exhibitors Of live
OF nnl af tho racenf fair aa follows.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-26

Pressing button opens a new auto
mobile door latch that is controlled by
electricity.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-26

Says Some Husbands Deserve Whip
ping Post.-In the October Woman's
Home Companion, Charles E. Jeffer-
son, pastor Of Broadway Tabernacle,
New York city, writes a sermon to
fathers in which he tells as follows
why some husbands deserve the whip
ping post:
In his home, a man shows his in
nermost self in the way he treats his
wife. If he is coarse grained, selfish
boor, his boorishness will come out
in his conduct toward her If he is a
Christian gentleman, he will have daily
opportunities to prove it in his atti-
tude to her. If he puts on airs as the
lord Of the house, ordering his wife
around as though she were a servant,
speaking to his children as though he
were an Oriental despot, all his religi-
Gus professions go for nothing. Many
men-and professedly good men at
that do not realize how tyrannical
and unapprec:ative and cruel they are.
OF all the tyrants on earth tyrannical
husband is the most despicable. A
man who lords it over woman,
keeping her painfully conscious of her
daily dependence on him, holding all
the money in his hand, and doling it
out to her in reluctant pittances as
though she were a beggar, insulting
her by disparaging remarks in the
presence of her children, is a man who
deserves the whipping post"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-26
GENERAL NEWS NOTES
Items of Interest Gathered from All
Around the World.


Arthur T. Lyman. SO years old, one
Of the leading cotton manufacturers
Of the country, died at Waltham,
Mass, Sunday night
Baron Durham, a 2-year-old horse,
broke the worlds trotting record for
the age on a half mile track at Terre
Haute, Ind, Saturday. covering the
distance in ZIG ga.
Petitions have been placed in cir
culation in Arizona for the recall Of
Governor w. P. Hunt, on the ground
of incompetence and disregard Of the
courts.
G. N. Morgan of Nashville, Tenn,
was on Saturday, elected sovereign
grand commander Of the Scottish Rite
for the southern jurisdiction of the
United States.
The National Horse Shoe Pitching
tournament was held in Kansas City,
Mo-, Sunday. The tournament was
won by the Kansas City eight-man
team.
Two persons. Thos. and Cohen Davis,
were killed and four others wounded
urday, when the police attempted to
arrest the brothers for creating a dis
turbance in circus tent.
r. L. Rowden, an attorney, was
murdered in a st. Louis, Mo-, boarding
house Sunday. His body was found,
after the police forced the door to his
room. His head was badly cut. No
clue to the murderers were found.
DR.. D. F. Watson was shot to death
at Carthage, n. c.. by his father-in-
law, James V. Larkin, as Watson was
forcing his way into the Larkin home,
while in a drunken condition. All the
parties are prominent.
A committee of 19. appointed at a
meeting of citizens Of the lower Rio
Grande valley, on Saturday are to
make an appeal to Gov. Ferguson Of
Texas and Gen. Funston Of the U. S.
army, to put an immediate end to the
raids Of MeXicans along the river.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-26

Best cow-Rock Hill Realty Co.
first, H. F. Bookout second, Rock Hill
Realty Co. third.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-10-29
GREENE COUNTY FAIR FORMALLY
0PENED-.-SPEECH BY DIR, BR0UGH

and adjudged at II this forenoon.
Of the light harness, three years
old and over, the horse of Joh1
Rosson won first and that of Henry
Highfill second prizes. Colts one
year old, A. A. Mckinney first, I
w. Drake second. Mares, Will Car
roll first, Ralph Jones second. Colts
one year old and under two, Telfail
Stedman first, I. w. Drake second
Stations, general purposes, A. D
Grayson first, John Rosson second
Mares, three years, E. D. Horne first
I. w. Drake second. Two years old
William Smith, only entry. One
year, old Telfair Stedman first, L.
D. Rogers second.
All exhibits in every department
are much larger than at any pre-
vious fair, and Greene county can
not be excelled in the products OF
the garden, orchard and farm. The
display of hogs, poultry and vegata-
bles is fine, and far more extensive
than at former fairs. There is a
shortage in sheep and mich cows,
and it is hoped future fairs will
show improvement in these indus
tries Larger premiums for better
cattle might create an interest in
the production of better cows and
|sheep. In horses, hogs and poultry,
especially chickens, the world can
not excel Greene county farmers in
the quality produced.
The Paragould band boys are on
the job early and late and offer one
of the drawing attractions OF the
fair. The young ostrich on exhibit
ton at the fair grounds is star at
traction, and the management is
eager to enter the bird on the race
track against any horse on the To-
cal track. The ostrich is one year
old, dark brown, and weighs about
two hundred pounds.
Yesterdays racing card consist
ed of the $50 trot and the three
quarter mile running race.
In the trot, Lady Flagg won,
three heats out of four; Yachting
Girl was second, and Joe Frazier
third. Tlme-2.22, 2.26 IL, PA
"a, 2.23.
In the running race the invtncl-
BILE Tom Murphy was the winner,
time III ga Miss Hawstone ran
second, Lucost Bud third, and
Fernando fourth.
DR.. Chas. H. Brough's address at
the formal opening of the fair yes
terday afternoon was enthusiastical-
ly received by as large crowd as
could get in the grand stand. His
speech abounde in patriotic utter
ance, particularly with reference tt
the glory of American citizenship
The weekly soliphone., 1915-10-29
GO NO FURTHER
The Evidence Is At Your Door.

Paragould proof is what you
want and the statement of this
highly respected resident will ban
ish all doubt.
w. r Stanton, 524 E. Poplar
St., Paragould, says: II suffered
from a lame and aching back,
with weakness through my loins.
My kidneys acted irregularly and
the kidney secretions contained
sediment. Dizzy spells and head
aches frequently came on and my
muscles and joints we're sore.
Doans Kidney Pills gave good re-
suits from the first. All the all
ments gradually left me. / keep
Doans Kidney Pills in the house
and when my back gives me the
least bother, two or three doses of
the medicine fix me up in good
shape"
Price SO cents, at all dealers
Don't simply ask for kidney rem
edy-get Doan's Kidney Pills-the
same that Mr.. Stanton had. Foster
Milburn Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
*tf
The weekly soliphone., 1915-10-29
SIX THOUSAND PEOPLE
PASS THROUGH FAIR GATES

(From Thursdays Daily 'ress'
The attendance of Tuesday was
approximately $500 and for yester-
day 5000, and prospects are for
large attendance today.
Today was a record-breaker in
many respects at the Greene county
fair. The attendance was the iarg-
est, and the attractions offered
were the best so far given the pub
lie. In the art display many new
features were added and the ladies
in charge have just succeeded IN
making the best possible exhibit of
the articles furnished them. The
agricultural exhibit this year is not
only larger and vastly more varied,
/ but there is a great Improvement in
i the Classification and arrangement
of the products.
| The entries by public school chill
dren are exceptionally fine. They
consist of maps of Greene county,
Arkansas, the United States, the
Balkan States, Africa, North Am
erica, Eastern and Western hemls-
pheres. all in crayon drawings. The
specimens in penmanship in letter
writing are good. The public scaool
entries I'm water colors of fruit, stlll
life. the U. S. flag, etc, are well
executed. Lead pencil sketches OF
various objects and crayon draw
ings are we'll "done." Flowers,
fruits. and still life in oil by local
artists are worthy of attention. me
rural schools have creditable exhib-
it's in pen and pencil sketches. The
exhibits of hand-painted china are
credit to any fair.
The embroidery hand lace,
drawn work, home-knit table scarfs,
worked pillow cases, handmade
quilts, silk embroidered centerpieces,
crocheted scarfs, hand-embroidered
kimono and cap, ETC., are excellent.
The other exhibits in this section
consist mainly of tatting baby caps,
lace handkerchiefs, lace baby caps,
lunch cloths, crocheted dresser
scarfs, croch eted border towels, en-
broidered napkins, knit dresser,
slippers, handmade lace, hand sew
ing, Montmelleck centerpieces, hem
stitched tablecloth, laundry bags,
crocheted lace, buttonholing, fillet
net lace, cluny lace centerpieces,
etc. Perhaps the finest exhibit in
the entire art section is the hand
The weekly soliphone., 1915-10-29
LIQUOR DIVIDENDS AND WAGES
ARE BLOOD MONEY"
(By Charles Stelzle)

Workingmen complain about
tainted money" In some instances
they have not permitted the city in
which they have lived to accept
gifts from certain capitalists, be-
cause, they declare, these gifts were
purchased with blood money"
1t has been insisted that the lives
of men, women and children have
been sacrificed in order to accumu-
late this wealth, and that they do
not propose to accept money which
has upon it the faint of the blood
of their fellows.
Whatever may be true of the par
ticular industries in which this
money was wrung from helpless
people, it cannot be denied that no
other industry has produced more
"blood money" than the liquor bust
ness. The story is as old as strong
drink itself. Hopes have been
crushed, lives have been blighted,
families have been destroyed, cities
have been rulred, nations have been
wrecked on account of strong drink.
The insistence of the workers en-
gagged in the manufacture and sale
of liquor that all other workers
should stand by them in the fight
against prohibition, because the in
PRODUCTION of prohibition might
The weekly soliphone., 1915-10-29

cause them to lose their jobs or be
responsible for other inconven-
iences-in the face of the destruc-
tive character of the industry in
which they are engaged is a most
unreasonable request. There may
be "blood money In every indus
try, and wherever this is the case it,
should be severely condemned; but
there is great difference between
the "blood money produced in the
average industry and the "blood
money" produced in the liquor bust
ness.
While the profits in both the av-
erage industry and in the liquor in
'dustry go largely to the bosses, the
products in the first group of in
dustries usually bless mankind,
whereas the products of the liquor
industry almost invariably curse
mankind.
For this reason the workers in
other industries which are engaged
in accommodating money which has
upon it the faint of blood are often
themselves victims, and deserve our
ture theatre during an evening.
The data gathered by the public
health service, as we'll as data of
sympathy; whereas the workers in
the liquor industry are definitely
and knowingly producing material
which too foten causes the destruc-
ton of men, and we have right
to condemn both them and their
business.
The money made in the liquor
business is 'blood money" and if
labor is to be consistent it can by
no possibility defend those who are
engaged in any branch of this bust
ness-whether they make liquor or
sell it, whether they receive their
profit in dividends or in wages.
Labor and liquor have absolute
ly nothing in common. Their in
terests have always been diametri-
cally opposed. The only salvation
for labor is to let liquor alone, and
to be free from all entanglements
with those who produce it or dis
pose of it for beverage purposes.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-10-29

made darnet net lace shirt wais'
done by Miss Flora Borneman of thi!
city. Mrs. J. F. Newsom has 6
splendid specimen of hand hammer
ed brass.
Among the novel and interesting
attractions at the agricultural build.
ing is a hive of bees at work in
glass stand. This feature draws
| a constant crowd, and it. is believed
will result in increased activity in
the bee business.
| The Boys corn club display ex-
ceeds that of any previous year.
Oats, rye, barley, kaffir corn, soy
beans, carrots, parsnips, celery, tur-
nips, okra, radishes, cucumbers and
cabbage are some of the entries.
Sudan grass, producing $50 blades
from one seed, is novelty. Cane
IL feet tall is shown. The Texas
buffalo burr is novelty.@
The exhibits of wheat and oats
oil z LuC DcSI cNCI SuOW IL dt thS Oil
Canned beans, pickles, grapes,
apricots, grape juice, wild buckle
berries, etc, help to make a credit
able display.
Cakes, cookies, bread and other
pastries show the culinary skill of
the housewife.
The Bennett gourd, from which
the contents are removed to furnish
a dish rag, is familiar to the older
visitors.
Coxcomb, chrysanthemums, dahl
las, roses and other cut and potted
flowers are we'll represented.
1.-The best display of poultry we
have ever had. We have now 100
entries from all over northeast Ar
kansas and southeast Missouri and
more coming. The finest class of
birds ever shown here" said Supt.
A. w. Fligor.
From one garden in Greene coun-
ty there are now on exhibition 25
kinds of green vegetables,
including onions, radishes, beets,
turnips, potatoes, sweet potatoes,
beans, peas, lettuce, cabbage, etc
All these vegetables are large, we'll
formed and as fresh and tempting as
ever grew. The farmer displayed as
good taste in the arrangement of his
vegetables as he did in growing
them.
The few cattle on exhibit are
good and prove the fact that Greene
county can grow fine stock and
that a few farmers have interested
themselves in blooded cattle. But
there has heretofore been offered
poor encouragement to growers of
fine cattle and the expense of keep
ing them on the ground was far
The weekly soliphone., 1915-10-29
STOCK JUDGING BEGINS
AT GREENE COUNTY FAIR

The second day of the fair opened
with ideal weather conditions and a
large crowd clamoring at the gates
for admission. This was children S
day and many hundreds were in at
tendance.
The real feature of the day, in
addition to the splendid racing pro-
gram, is stock judging, and very
large exhibit of horses was reviewed
The weekly soliphone., 1915-10-29

greater than the premiums offer
ed or any possible benefits resultin,
from the exhibition of stock at tn
fair.
The splendid display of hogs
poultry and garden products in wild,
contrast with the scant offering o.
COWS and sheep, and no agency car
remedy this condition so speedily
and effectually as the county fair.
BEEF CATTLE PRIZES.
Aberdeen Angus M. Rogers,
red ribbon; no competition.
Jersey class Bulls, 2 years, J. L.
Rogers LIST, Carroll Bros. End Cows,
- years old, Frank Armstrong End,
no competition. Heifers, l to
years, ]. L. Rogers 1st, A. D.
Jackson End. Calf, bull or heifer,
J. L. Rogers, 1st and End.
Jersey Grade Cattle-Cows, over
g years, Frank Armstrong LIST, A.
d. Jackson End. Cows, 2 to years,
IT. ]. Bentley. Best calf, bull or
heifer, A. D. Jackson.
DRAFT HORSE PRIZES.
One entry, End premium, D. w.
Newsom.
Best mare, over years, End pre-
MUM, D. w. Newman. Best geld
ing, year, Loly Rogers list, James
Cantrell End.
Mule colt under l year, Loly Rog-
ers End. Mules 1 to 2 years, ]. H.
Houston 1st. J. N. Cobb End.
Jacks over years, J. F. Hogles
1st, H. N. Highfill End. Jack colt,
Willard Smith End.
Sweepstakes, any age or breed
Stallion, John Rosson. Best mare,
any age or breed, D. w. Newman.
A hog dipping vat to cure worms,
ETC., is being used daily by the hog
raisers of the county.
YESTERDAYS RACING RESULTS.
I'll Pace-PurSe 81 ,UOO.
Peeping Tom won in straight
heats, best time Eli IA; Shadeline
second; Black Squaw third. Miss
New Sure, A. ]. Jr., and Mary e.
Pick also ran.
2:1S Trot-Purse $500.
Red Silk won in straight heats,
best time 2.17 IL; Sable Princess
second; Leyburn Fuller third; Will
lard Patch also ran.
Feight-Eights Dash.
Abendigo first, time 1.04 12;
Budweiser second; BattleSton third;
Transmitter, Bertondo, Ell Sabo and
Ben Alaska also ran.