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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-03

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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-17
He Stepped Behind the Nearest Shade.
Tree and frightened His Grip.

broad yeranda when he heard his
name called softly from the depths Of
one of the great wicker lounging
chairs half hidden in the veranda
shadows In a moment he had placed
another Of the chairs for himself,
dropping into it wearily.
II saw you at the gate" she said.
THE men are still holding out?''
I'VE are holding out. The plant is
closed, and it will stay closed until
we can get another force of work
men,"
There will be lots of suffering" she
ventured.
Its no USE" he said, answering her
thought. There is nothing in me to
appeal to-"
There was yesterday. or the day be-
fore" she suggested.
Perhaps. But yesterday was yes
terday, and today is today. AS l told
-Raymer little while ago. I've changed
my mind"
NO" she denied, you only think
you nave. pul Sou uiuh SOHiS hNtS
to tell me that?"
No; ! came to ask single ques-
ton. How is Mr.. Galbraith?"
He is very sick man."
You mean that there is a chance
that he may not recover?'
More than a chance, I'm afraid
After a moment Of silence Griswold
said: Il did my best; you know l did
my best"
Il could almost find it in my heart
to hate you if you hadn't"
Silence again, broken only by the
whispering of the summer night
breeze rustling the leaves Of the lawn
oaks and the lappings Of tiny waves
on the lake beach. At the end Of It,,
Griswold got up and groped for his
hat.
I'm going home" he said. 1T has
been pretty strenuous day. and there
is another one coming. But before
go / want you to promise me one
thing Will you let me know imme-
diately, by phone or messenger. if Mr..
Galbraith takes a turn for the bet
ter?'
Certainly" she said; and she let
him say od-night and get as far as
the steps before she called him back.
There was another thing" she be-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-17
CHAPTER XIV.
Gates of Brass.

It was an hour beyond the normal
quitting time on the day Of ultimatums
and counter-th tn, eatenings, the small Of
flee force had gone home, and the
night squad Of deputies had come to
relieve the day guard. Griswold closed
the spare desk in the managers room
and twirled his chair to face Raymer.
I'VE may as well go and get some
thing to eat," he suggested There
will be nothing doing tonight"
mo. Not tonight. The trouble will
begin when we try to start up with
new force. Call it weakness if you
like, but dread it, Kenneth.
Griswold's smile was a mere bar
ing of the teeth. That's all right, Ned;
YOU do the dreading and I'll do the
fighting" he said; adding: What
we've had today has merely whetted
my appetite"
The man Of peace shook his head
dejectedly.
Il can't understand it," he protested.
up to last night / was calling you
benevolent socialist, and my only rear
was that you might some time want
to re-organize things and turn the
plant into little section Of Utopia
Now you are out-heroding Herod on
the other side"
Griswold got up and crushed his soft
hat upon his head.
"Only fools and dead folk are denied
the privilege of changing their minds,
he returned. Lets go up to the Win
nebago and feed"
The dinner to which they sat down
a little later was a small feast Of ST.
lence. Though he had not betrayed II,
Griswold was fiercely impatient to get
away to Margery.
Twice, on his way to her after leav-
ing Raymer. he fancied he was fol-
lowed, and twice he stepped behind
the nearest shade-tree and tightened
his grip upon the thing in his right
hand pocket But both times the rear
ward sidewalk showed itself empty.
Since false alarms may have, for the
moment, all the shock Of the real, he
found that his hands were trembling
when he came to unlatch the Grierson
gate, and it made him vindictively
self -scornful. Also, it gave him a
momentary glimpse into another and
hitherto unmeasured depth in the val
ley of stumblings. In the passing of
the glimpse he was made to realize
that it was the coward who killed; and
kills because he is a coward.
He had climbed the steps Of the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-17
(To be Continued.)
TINTED coTToN; BLACK NEXT
Planter Expects to Raise Staple in All
Colors to Order.

Planter Expects to Raise Staple in All
Colors to Order.
Remarkable results are apparently
about to be achieved by A. w. Brab
ham Of Olar, S. c., who has produced
cotton which ranges in color from
snow white to a deep olive green.
The planter is confident that black
cotton, sought for ages by spinners
and manufacturers, is about to be-
come a reality.
That the statements of Brabham are
worthy Of belief is borne out by the
receipt in Savannah Of samples Of his
colored cotton. The exhibit has been
framed and hung on the walls Of the
cotton exchange.
The seed used by Brabham in his ex-
periments were those Of the Egyptian
staple. He has practiced seed selection
extensively, and in four years has Sc
cured warm tan, yellow green, light
brown, olive green and bronze. He is
sanguine that black cotton is coming
in the near future.
For some years past have had an
idea that tinted cottons could be pro-
duced," said Bramham. ITO this end
have gathered seed from almost all Of
the cotton producing countries Of the
world, but the seed secured have all
borne white or nearly white lint.
Il have perfected several tints,
bronze being the darkest. 1t is the
nearest that have succeeded in COM
ing to black cotton, but l expect to
find it within the next several years.
Il can see no reason why l or some
one else should not be able in the
near future to produce such tinted
cottons as the trade may demand. The
samples exhibited are all from white
stock. If tinted cotton can be grown
from white stock. what may not be
done when both parents are tinted?
To secure black cotton is essential. [
am now working toward this end
Savannah Dispatch.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-17

not the Wall street speculator-devil
who has been so often cursed and
denounced, but the bear" farmer right
here in the south who is willing to
prove traitor to the cause by offer
ing to give away the crop at present
prices-or the bear" merchant or
bear" banker who forces him to sell.
Yesterday mornings report Of the New
York cotton exchange, for example.
announced that prices would have gone
higher the day before but for the fact
that
Some Of the reports received from
Georgia and Alabama predicted that
farmers would sell freely at s cents"
And again in the earlier reports OF
the New York cotton exchange just
two days ago we also read that prices
would have gone higher but there was
more southern selling"
Let me conclude this argument for
twelve-cent prices with four special
suggestions:
1. Let press and people spread the
news that the crop is really short
certainly 100000 and possibly 5,000,-
900 bales short Of the worlds need.
q. Hold for twelve cents without
borrowing II you can. But remember
ut is committing business suicide" to
refuse to borrow II you can thereby
hold your crop.
8. Not only should cotton bring
twelve cents but cotton seed prices
should break all records. Our export
trade in cotton seed oil has jumped
over go per cent in one year-from
192,0OO,OO0 to 31S,OOO,OOO pounds. And
If good prices were paid for seed Of a
100000 crop, what sort Of prices
should we not demand for seed from a
crop Of only 100000 or 100000
bales?
4. With $500, 100000 for her new cot
ton crop, the south will barely pay
out.p With s75O,OOO,OOO the whole
section will have a jubilant and
abundant prosperity. Bankers, mer-
chants, and all classes, therefore,
should join our farmers in the fight
for twelve cent prices now and for
a state warehouse system in every
state to help insure fair prices in fu-
ture. years.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-17
CONTACT MINES
Grow Harmless When They Have
Been Long Planted.

Grow Harmless When They Have
Been Long Planted.
There do not seem to be nearly 80
many vessels destroyed by floating
contact mines as there were In the
early part Of the war in European
waters. This may be due to several
cause.-the great number caught by
mine-sweepers and the drifting ashore
Of many, while others have been
swept from their anchorages and are
drifting around at sea. But I think
there has also been another reason.
A short time after the Maine was
blown up, or even before, the Span
iards mined all Of the harbors in Cuba
with both floating and contact and
electric mines. This was particularly
true Of Guantanamo harbor Our
ships steamed in there at the early
part Of the war. and, ignoring the
mines, opened fire on the Spanish po-
sition. In doing so the Marblehead
and Texas both fouled floating mines
with their propellers and literally
dragged them from their moorings,
and no explosion followed, or we
would have lost two fine ships. The
launches Of the Marblehead and the
other ships then swept the harbor and
secured in all nineteen contact mines.
One day in going aboard the United
States ship Panther on duty, I saw
gunners mate dismantling one Of these
mines. He had already removed the
charge Of guncotton, and, being inter-
ested in the matter, asked him why
the mines had not exploded when
fouled by the Marblehead and Texas
He picked up a machinist's hammer
and struck one Of the contact plung-
ers a powerful blow, and 1t was not
even started. On close examination /
found that the PERCUSSION contact
plungers were all absolutely sealed by
branacles and marine growths SO Sc
curely that the plungers would break
off before they could be driven home.
This was, Of course, in tropical waters
after only a few months Of service,
and this Is what saved our ships from
destruction in Cuban harbors. In the
temperate zone the same thing will oc-
cur, except that the period Of useful
ness Of the mine will be longer. The
mines in European waters have been
down a year; and I believe that many
of them will be rendered innocuous
from the same cause. This applies,
Of course, only to contact mines
New York Times.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-17
Amazon a Place Of Torment.-Prob-

Amazon a Place of Torment.-Prob-
ably few parts Of the globe offer more
of discomfort and torture to the trav-
eler than the warm, humid region of
the headwaters Of the Amazon. Com
mander H. A. Edwards. Of the Bolivia :
Brazil boundary commission, states
that the vast swarms Of insects de-
YOUR the food of the camps, destroy
clothing and even portions Of shoes
and inflict bites Of almost unbearable
kind. There are legions Of ants
black. yellow, gray-living in trees. In
mounds. in rotten wood, some moving
about in efficiently differed armies
The most formidable is the black ant
called tucandera, which throngs In
trees, is an inch and a half long, and
inficts bite that swells to great size
and is excruciatingly painful The
grass Is infested with microscopic ticks
that drive their victims frantic with
itching In the air are wasps and
bees Of many kinds, enormous hornets,
fierce mosquitoes, sucking and biting
flies. and flies that lay eggs In the
flesh.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-17
(To be Continued.)

The following people were among
the callers at Governor Mannings Of
ice on Monday: G. c. Deas, Rock
Hill; H. c. Tartlon, Rock Hill; E. D.
Williams, Rock Hill; w. B. Braswell,
Newberry; Miss Essie May Hornsby.
Columbia; Miss Clare Sinkler, Colum-
bia; H. w. Wolfs, Rock Hill; H. M.
Jamison, Charlotte, N. c., R. F. D.;
]. H. Marshall, Charlotte, N. c., r. F.
D.; G. ]. Jackson, Hickory Grove; A.
NJ. league, Columbia; J. L. Davis. Col
umbia; C. L. Wilson, Charleston; Mrs.
A E. Childress, Kingstree; Jno. F.
Gordon, Tirzah; w. D. Jackson, Hick-
ory Grove; T. j. Wright, Hickory
Grove; Mrs. T. ]. Wright, Hickory
Grove; Mrs. M. j. Jackson. Hickory
Grove.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-17

Highland Park mill. The new cali
has been given registration. .... Fol
good reasons, President Johnson has
changed the weekday holiday fol
Winthrop students from Monday tC
Saturday. ........At the meeting last
Thursday night, Of the local lodge Of
Elks, T. w. Huey was installed as ex-
alted ruler and Julian B. Johnson as
esteemed leading knight.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-17
MAKE RUSSIANS BATHE
Germans Require Prisoners to Keep
Themselves Clean.

Russian prisoners are famous for
being very dirty, at least when they
reach our detention camps. I was
curious to know how the prisoners are
cleaned and disinfected and convert
ed into proper human beings, so one
afternoon I secured permission to visit
the Russian camp in Crossen, where
my regiment Is stationed. This camp
was one Of the first erected and served
for long time as model.
The first lieutenant in command OF
the camp had the kindness to tell me
of his experience in cleaning up about
5000 prisoners. The job, he told me,
was far from being pleasant one.
While we were enjoying coffee, pre-
parcd in the camp kitchen by Russians
who are very clever cooks, the lieu
tenant chatted with me about the
work Of sanitation.
Among the many enemies we have
in this war" he said, belongs the
louise At the beginning we under
estimated the danger Of this insect.
The Russians brought it into Germany
and in triumph it made its way across
the country, appearing in. Flanders,
Lille and along the Disc and the Aisne.
At the beginning we did not know
how dangerous this pest Is, but later
we discovered that it served as a medi-
um of transmission for the deadly
typhus fever
while adequate experiments have
not been made, we have demonstrated
that perfectly healthy monkeys may
be inoculated by means Of insects and
after a fortnight develop distinct
symptoms Of typhus. When the war is
over our scientists will make thorough
experiments and we will then learn
more on this subject"
A few days later 1 made another Wis
it to the camp and saw a convoy OF
$50 Russians who had arrived during
the morning go through the cleaning
process. Their uniforms were exces-
sively dirty and many Of the men had
been sick with typhus. About so of
them were marched into a big hall
where each one made bundle Of his
clothing which was taken into anoth-
er room for disinfection. There the
clothing was piled in a kind OF oven In
which were burned sulphur and phos-
phorous and the clothes were exposed
to the fumes for about five hours,
which would thoroughly disinfect
them.
In the meantime the men were sent
to the bathrooms. where soap and hot
water were used in abundance. Then
they were placed on steps which were
arranged in the form of a pyramid
from five to six meters high. Water
was dropped from the ceiling onto hot
metal which speedily changed it into
vapor, and the men were required to
remain in this steam bath for about
a half hour. Their heads were thoro-
oughly disinfected and after they were
given a cold shower they were dressed
in clean clothes and gathered in a big
hall. where they rested until their
uniforms were disinfected and restored
to them.
In response to my inquiries several
replied that they felt "sehr gut" after
which they left the hall smiling in an
ticipation of a good dinner.-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-17
FOOTSTEPS OF THE Fathers
As Traced In Early Files Of The
YOrkVllle Enquirer.
news and views OF YESTERDAY
Bringing Up Records Of the Past and
Giving the Younger Readers Of To.
day q Pretty Comprehensive knowI.
edge Of the Things that Most Con-
esrned Generations that Have Conc
Before.

The first snstallment Of the notes ap-
pearing under this heading was pub
lished in our issue Of November II,
1913. The notes are being prepared by
the editor as time and opportunity per-
NIT. Their purpose Is to bring into
review the 9, ents Of the past for the
pleasure and satisfaction Of the older
people and for the entertainment and
instruction Of the present generation.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-17
Ereedman's School.

A day and night school for freed
men was opened in this town by ]. ].
Gassaway on the 22nd ult., in build
ing near the depot. The school we are
informed, numbers Is day and 43 night
pupils. A Sabbath school devoted to
the same class Of persons was COM
menced on the 21st inst, with 33 pu-
pills in attendance We see every rea-
son for encouraging such enterprises
as far as the limited resources OF the
freed people will permit. If they are
to become citizens, invested with the
suffrage power and other privileges
pertaining to their new status, 1t Is
highly important that they should be
educated so as to enable them to ex-
ercise the privileges with intelligence.
The country has more to fear from
the ignorance Of this class Of persons
than from any result Of recent legis-
lation in their behalf
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-17
Registration.

We would again call the attention
Of our people to the fact that regis
tering officers and election managers
are wanted throughout the stae. Gov.
Orr has requested the clerks Of the
court to forward to him the names OF
persons able to take the required oath
in order that he may I'LL the Offices as
far as possible with South Carolinians.
We learn from j. 8. Wallace. ESQ,
clerk Of court for York district, that
he has as yet received but few appli-
cations for these positions.
1t should be remembered that these
duties must be performed and II our
own people show a reluctance to enter
upon them the Offices must be filled
by strangers.
In Virginia the registrars have been
selected entirely from the U. s. army
and Freedman's bureau. Now, ex-
perience has shown that It is to our
advantage to have as few foreign
rulers as possible. We are 70 have an
election or the form Of one ct least, and
we respectfully urge upon every
South Carolinian that 1t Is his duty
to take the part either Of registrar or
manager Of election, II he can take the
oath which will be found on the out
side of this issue. There will be at
least so managers altogether to open
the boxes in this district and four
registrars for each battalion. Persons
willing to serve in either Of the above
capacities should communicate with
]. F. Wallace, Esq, clerk Of the court
of common pleas.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-17
(Thursday Morning May 9, 1S67)
Ladies' Memorial Association.

Mrs. Macfie, president Of the Ladies'
Memorial association Of Columbia,
acknowledges the receipt through Mrs.
Thornwen Of $3.50 from the ladies OF
Yorkville for the use Of the associa-
ton.
(To be Continued)
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-17

To enable men who smoke to
observe what is going on behind them
an Englishman has patented a pipe
carrying small mirrors on the bowl.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-17
18TH I!lSTALLMENT
Thursday Morning, May Q. 1857

(Thursday Morning, May =, lSb1.)
Nitre al a Fertilizer.
The Charleston Mercury calls atten-
ton to the valls Of the nitre bed ma
nures as a fertilizer for gardens and
gives the following facts which need
no comments from US. The nitre was
produced from the Confederate beds
near Charleston and there is more Of
the same kind ! 1T for sale at S. per
ton. A piece Of ordinary garden land
was prepared with nitre bed manure
and in order that the question Of the
merits might be fairly tested similar
vegetables to those planted or sown
in the prepared land were put into
land which had received a good Dress
ing of ordinary stable manure. The
result is now easily to be seen. In the
land dressed with the nitre bed ma
nure green peas matured for the table
on the first Of April and the majority
Of the pea vines which are still cover
ed from the surface Of the ground to
the extreme tip with blossoms and
pods are fully feet high. Those
sown in the Land dressed with stable
manure are not half the height, they
matured later and promise less.
Artichokes in the nitre bed land
were ready for use a week since are
feet high and have from three to
fve heads to the plant; those planted
at the same time in the stable manure
land are not more than 2 feet high
and do not show the least sign Of q
head.
The property OF the nitre bed seems
to give great strength and force to
produce without making 1t precocious
and weedy. It Is not forcing pro-
cess but tonic, and its influence on
any plant or vegetable Is naturally
developed, both In size and value.
Beets, carrots, lettuce and corn all
show the same RESULT and 80 that the
praises we have given may not seem
excessive q pea vine and an artichoke
plant grown on the nitre land may be
seen this morning at our office.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-17

A recently patented step ladder has
additional supports which give its base
practically the outline of pyramid.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-17

Rock Hill Record, Sept. 13: Rock
Hill Beauty Is the name Of a heifer
calf owned by E. H. Johnston. She is
out of registered Hereford cow
owned by him, and the calf was sired
by the famous Hereford bull at the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-17

The American Bankers association
has just been meeting in Seattle,
Washington, and what was the mes
sage that the president Of this greatest
organization of financiers brought the
country? He predicted, says press
dispatch, that IAN almost unbelievable
prosperity is rushing on the natiOn,'
or to quote his exact words:
when bank reserves, which are
greater now than they have ever been
i'm the history OF the country, are dis
tributed, the nation will enjoy almost
unbelievable prosperity. The volume
of money on hand is SO great that it
cannot find a natural outlet. The
movement Of the tremendous crops,
with the attendant financial activity,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-09-26

The campaign Florida has thus far progressed without
personal references and see no reason
bv 4 should not continue polls November
The Journal standpoint but Will not
devote its editorial columns discussion of the subject
1870 - FRANK l..
This was The Journals position in 1910. Nothing
that has occurred that time has caused change OF
editorial policy in regard to the liquor traffic and The
Journal declines to enter into heated campaign at this
time.