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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-07
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The Clio messenger., 1918-08-30
THE FIRST GERMAN INVASION

Way back in Revolutionary
America The Hesians
which
suddenly
AS soldiers
did America did
they introduced into this
According tradition
both and animal 1t
enormously and nfests practically
annual Millions
Of eradication.
The Fly Lives Winter Seeding of
a
the The small the the
from this asown wheat
The of this brood of
this
tunity for laying
Weather 8 Against Seeding
Winter set in and destroy
SLIM
We
be
experiment
but the the
This
through
The Clio messenger., 1918-08-30
SAVE FARM LABOR

The liberal use Of commercial ferti-
lizer is to be especially recommended
under existing conditions. Consider
ing the amount of labor involved, the
farmer can do more to increase crop
production at this time by the judi.
cious use of fertilizer than by any
other means that can be quickly en-
ployed. Through the use of modern
planting machinery most fertilizer ma,
terials can be applied with very little
extra labor and large increases in
yield may be secured In this way
Circular No. 70, Purdue University Ex-
pertinent Station.
The Clio messenger., 1918-08-30

MRS. Caryl Ives who has been very
seriously i'll is improving slowly.
MIR. and Mrs. Earl Shorten have
moved into Mrs. Bakers house, on
w. Vienna st.
Mrs. Geo. E. Marr, Mrs. Elizabeth
Ingamells. of Saginaw, Mrs. Richard
Johns, of Flint, Mrs. j. H. Schosser
and Mrs. Leila Schlosser spent Friday
with Mr.. and Mrs. E. s. Cleveland. it
being the latter's birthday.
I'D. Brown, of Flint, called on Clio
friends, Tuesday evening, being ac-
companied by Serg't Murphy, Marine
Recruiting Officer, stationed in Flint
The latter, upon the outbreak of the
war, went to Canada and enlisted in
the Princess Pat brigade and served
with that famous organization in allEOf
the fierce fighting in which it was en-
gagged for the first two years and a
half. fighting of such character that
out of thousands carried on the muster
rolls, but few hundreds now remain,
and they are mostly physical wrecks.
Among the few sound men left was
Murphy and when his term of enlist
ment expired he promptly came back
home, enlisted in the Marines, and
went to France with Gen. Pershing's
army. Here he met with his first dis
aster, being severely gassed. This
rendered him unfit for further active
service and he was sent home on re-
cruiting duty. Murphy's story of the
things he saw and went through with
are intensely dramatic and interesting.
The Clio messenger., 1918-08-30
MISSOURI WHEAT PROFITABLE

ION average Missouri land the fert!-
lization of wheat is practically always
remunerative. While there are sea-
sons in which results Of an increase Of
two or three bushels only are secured,
in average seasons increases OF from
four to six bushels can be counted
upon. At the St James expert
ment field six-year average has
shown an increase In the wheat crop
of 1871 bushels. 1t Is safe to say,
therefore, that one ought to expect a
minimum of around four bushels and
O maximum of not less than ten BUSH
els as very conservative estimates."-
Agric. Coop. Service. Missouri Ex-
pertinent Station.
The Clio messenger., 1918-08-30
Local News

Ed. L. Beeman and wife left, last
Thursday. for their annual outing.
Mrs. Mary E. Shaw was very pleas
a,tly surprised. Sunday. when her
nephew, Burt Shaw. of Flint, whom she
had not seen in twenty years came to
spend the day with her.
Mrs. Arthur Hotf gave a Red Cross
Tea, Thursday afternoon. The pro-
ceeds were $3.35, making total of
$287. 54.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society of the M. p. Church will meet
at the home of Mrs. Bird Arnold, Fri
day afternoon, Sept. 6. All members
and friends are invited.
Earl Morrison, of Detroit. spent the
week end with his mother, Mrs. Emma
Morrison.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Jewell and fam
lily spent last week at Long Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Rice and son, Fran
es, of Flint, were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Utley, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morton Boutwell, and
Mrs. Harry LaBar spent Sunday in
Flint.
Austin Cummings and family motor
ed to Owosso and Durand, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Snyder and son,
Garret, and daughter, Mmo, of Silver
Lake, Indiana, are visiting the form
er's brother. Fred SNYDER and family.
The Clio messenger., 1918-08-30
PIANIST

STATE OF MICH IGAN-The Circuit Court for
the County of Genesee-In Chancery.
Minnie Miller.
Plaintiff.
vs.
Truman Miller.
Defendant.
Suit pending in the Circuit Court for the Coun-
ty of Genesee In Chancery at Flint Michigan. on
the 18th day of July, 1918.
In this cause it appearing that the defendant
Truman Miller. is resident of this state. but
that his whereabouts unknown, therefore. on
on motion Of VIM. r. Franklin. Attorney for
Plaintiff IL Is ordered that defendant enter his
appearance in this before three
months from the date of this order and that with
in twenty days the plaintiff cause this order to be
published in The Clio Messenger. said publication
20 be continued once each week for six weeks in
succession.
Clarence A. Cameron.
Circuit Court Commissioner.
VIM. r. Franklin.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Rooms Fenton Block,
Flint Michigan.
The Clio messenger., 1918-08-30

STATE OF MICHIGAN, The Circuit Court for
the County Of Genesee-In Chancery.
Jennie WhaIen.
Plaintiff
Thomas r. Whalen,
Defendant
Suit pending in the Circuit Court for the County
of Genesee. in Chancery at the city of Flint.
Michigan on the 10th day of July, 1918
In this cause IL appearing that the defendant,
Thomas r., Whalen. IL a resident OF this state but
that his whereabouts unknown. therefore on
motion of VIM. X. Franklin Attorney for Plaintiff
il is ordered that defendent enter his appearance
in this cause on or before three months from the
date of this order and that within twenty days
the plaintiff cause this order TO be published in
The Clio Messenger, said publication to be con-
tinued once each week for six weeks in succession
Clarence A. Cameron.
Circuit Court Commissioner.
VIM. n. Franklin.
Attorney for Plaintiff
Room g. Fenton Block.
Flint Michigan. "a
The Twin City star., 1918-04-20
Old English Furniture.

That fine old furniture is yet found
In Great Britain In many unexpected
places is said to be largely due to the
stirring up of the country that was
given by the great exhibition at Lon
don of 1851. This was soon after the
development of the railway system In
England, and there fOcked to London
a large number Of squires and their
wives. A new world had opened to
the country DANES. The new things
had wonderful fascination for them.
On returning home they got rid Of
much Of their old furniture and
bought new. Much of the old furni-
ture found its way to secondhand
shops and was sold to poor folk, who
could not afford to buy new. This ac-
counts for the finding today of much
good old furniture in small houses in
provincial towns and among country
people.
The Twin City star., 1918-04-20
Sailed 100000 Nautical Miles.

Few men know their native coun'
tries as well as Earl Brassey, dead
in England at the age Of eighty-two,
knew the globe. All the world had
heard Of the yacht Sunbeam; no impor-
tant port had failed to welcome the
bluff old sailor and his floating home.
His record of 100000 nautical miles
in his yacht means that he lived much
of his active life In defiance Of the ele-
ments and In close compani0nship with
things maritime. an environment only
true lover Of the sea would seek. So
1t came about that, to the minds Of
millions, Earl Brassey appealed as the
personification Of healthy ocean ad-
venture and seamanship, and now his
death breaks link with the old days
when stout, in0ffensive ship could
sail the seas without fear of pirates,
mines or torpedOes, says the Montreal
Star, and courteous sailor could find
q gentlemanly welcome the world over
except, perhaps, at Kiel.
The Twin City star., 1918-04-20
Corresponding Germs"

People who have habit of biting
the tip Of the penholder are quite
likely to become infected from what
physicians rather aptly call "corre-
spondence germs"
That the penholder, such as most Of
us frequently use in hotels, post Of
fees, banks and other public writing
rooms may be as deadly carrier Of
disease germs as the roller towel and
public drinking cups, Is the belief Of
medical authorities today.
The next time you use one of these
public penholders you will notice, If
you examine 1t carefully, that the
wooden handle is covered with little
dents. These dents are the imprints
Of the teeth Of persons who haye used
the pen before you; and as the mouth
is the favorite port of entry Of disease,
each dent is usually full Of microbes.
To expose yourself to sickness and
death, therefore, all you need do is
to bite on the penholder. Every time
you do this, you take into your mouth
the germs which scores of other per-
sons have left by similar bites.
The Twin City star., 1918-04-20
HaIibut and Herring.

The halibut and herring fisheries are
very closely related, for the reason
that the herring Is necessary to bait
the hooks which catch the halibut, and
accordingly when the herring are
fished out or scarce for any other rea-
son, the halibut catch falls off. For
this reason efforts are being made to
bring about repeal or at least a mod
ification of the government laws
which prevent the taking of herring
in nets. The herring are taken in sum.
mer and must be kept on ice for use
I'm the halibut season, which Is In the
winter. The latter cannot be artificial.
ly propagated, as salmon can, because
halibut deposit their eggs on the ocean
bottom. Hence man has not yet found
a way to rob them and incubate the
eggs. For this reason, If harvested too
freely, the supply may some day run
out for a time. On this account, steps
are to be taken to protect the fish by
a closed season. Legislation will prob.
ably provide an ocean SANCTUARY to be
the breeding grounds, in the Pacific
Northwest.
The Twin City star., 1918-04-20
He Got a Seat.

Speaking Of street cars reminds one
of the latest-the very latest-thing in
wording heard on local traction line.
This was sprung on an unsuspecting
world the other night-morning, rather
about three o'clock.
The springer told about 1t to his Of
ice mates the next morning as fol-
lows: .......
"Tm so used to standing up In the
street car that don't know how to sit
down any more, actually" he said. II
feel more rested standing up than sit
ting down. We always like what we
grow accustomed to, Of course-sort Of
force Of habit; strong thing, you know.
as all our well-known psychologists
agree.
"The other afternoon I stood up for
two miles, and finally lady got out.
and a motherly looking woman said
to me, Here's a seat and I said, It's
q pretty seat, all right
"But that night started to tell you
about-believe me, boys, If you want
to get seat on a Washington street
car 60 home ut three o'clock in the
morning. 1t is pretty late, I'll admit,
but the lateness Of the hour has its
compensation.
II got on, and there wasn't anybody
else on the car, but got n seat, boys;
I got seat!'-Washington Star.
The Twin City star., 1918-04-20
Meat ls Scarce.

Patrick ]. Kennedy and Thomas
Carr, farmers Of Templeton, Ind, came
to indianapolis with three carloads Of
hogs and cattle, and after waiting all
day at the stock yards were told that
there was no demand for them, says
the Indianapolis News. The price on
hogs fell off from $17.69 to $17.10 while
they were at the yards and finally they
had to sell II Of the choicest hogs from
one car at SIT. They were told that
these hogs were too fat. The razor
backs, comparatively speaking, brought
$17.10. The cattle could not be sold.
After this experience the two went
to a stock yards restaurant nearby and
ordered steak. 1t was Tuesday and,
therefore, q meatless day.
1--WE can't buy beef or pork" said the
waitress. All we have for you Is fish
and oysters. Meat is very scarce, you
know"
ayes, we know" said Kennedy, as he
gave in and bought substitute.
The Twin City star., 1918-04-20
AS PHILOSOPHER SAW LIFE.
Walter Pater's Idea Of Success Was
Hardly That Held by the Mod
ern Business Man.

The service of philosophy, Of specu-
lative culture, toward the human spir-
it is to rouse, to startle it to life
Of constant and eager observation.
Every moment some form grows per-
feet in hand or face; some tone on
the hills or the sea Is choicer than
the rest; some mood Of passion Or
insight or intellectual excitement Is
irresistibly real and attractive to us
for that moment only. Not the
fruit Of experience but experience It.
self, is the end. A. counted number
of pulses only is given to us Of a
variegated, dramatic life. How may
we see in them all that is to be seen
in them by the finest senses? How
shall we pass most swiftly from point
to point and be present always at the
focus where the greatest number Of
vital forces unite in their purest en-
ergy?
To burn always with this hard gem
like flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is
success in life. Great pas
siOns may give us this quickened
sense of life ecstasy and sorrow Of
love, the various forms of enthusiastic
activity, disinterested or otherwise,
which come naturally to many Of us.
Only be sure 1t Is passion--that it
does yield you this fruit of quick
ened, multiplied consciousness
Walter Pater.
The Twin City star., 1918-04-20
LOVED WISELY, BUT TOO MANY
Seventeen-Yea Girl Marrles
Three Men, but Finds Third
ls Real Thing.

Oakland, Cal.-Edna Metcalf, sew
enteen-year-old girl, who loved wisely,
but too many, is under the wing Of
her mother here, while attorneys are
debating as to how she shall be Olsen.
tangled from three marital complica-
tions.
Edna's love-making was entirely con-
fined to the navy. Last August she
welded Ensign Edward Reese. Duty
called him from her side, and soon
she met and promptly married Jack
Overstreet, a Mare Island marine.
Finally, naval radio operator, Lewis
Linwisky, wooed and won her.
Although desperately fond Of each
Of her naval husbands at the time Of
the marriage, she now declares that 1t
took the third application for the love
virus to take.
The Twin City star., 1918-04-20
Can't Afford ,Em Now.

"There> goes fivc-dollar hat" said a
man on the back. platform Of Penn
sylvania street car recently, as his
headpiece left him at Pennsylvania and
Ohio streets, and went sailing over the
post Office. It cavorted around in the
air, and finally came down, almost
within his reach, as the car stopped
at New York street. but suddenly took
another swirl upward, and passed east
over the Pennway building.
1T seemed half-mile high" he says,
"but decided to follow 1t for while
on the run. 1t started downward again,
and I legged 1t up Massachusetts ave.
nue. two squares from Ohio street,
where some one had caught 1t and was
looking around for bareheaded man."
The loser of the hat was newspa.
per man, and explained his ownership
of a five-dollar hat by saying he got II
while at college, when his dad wal
paying expenses.-Indianapolis News.
The Twin City star., 1918-04-20
BusinessIike and Efficient.

It is considered worthy of notice in
the papers that a woman has ''held
down" a job as agent at a railroad sta
ton somewhere in the West and that a
woman was agent at Maine station
for a few weeks. People must have
short memories not to recall that the
agent Of the important Grand Trunk
station at Lewiston a dozen years ago
was a woman. who held the job for
some time. And the writer can testify
that she was businesslike and efficient,
for she once Kept him waiting at the
ticket window for ten minutes by the
clock while she finished the job she
was doing on the books. Oxford (Me.)
Democrat.
The Twin City star., 1918-04-20
WAKE IS OLD lNsTITUTlON
Custom Most Prevalent To-Day u trs.
land Well Known to the Egyptians
Greeks and Romans.

"The custom of waking the dead,
with the drinking, smoking and con-
versation Of the large company of
neighbors who assemble in the house
Of mourning, appears incongruous and
repulsive to those who are unacquaint-
ed with its remote origin or the kindly
and humane motives which underlie
It," says Michael Macdonagh, in the
English Review. "The wake is a very
old institution. It existed among the
Egyptians, the Greeks and the Romans;
Shakespeare and Scott give instances
Of medieval revels In honor of the
dead. The custom survives In DIFF
ferent form, but with somewhat identi-
cal motives, among the Irish, almost
alone Of the ancient peoples.
"'Waking' means, for one thing,
watching The English way Of leav-
ing the body shut up in a room, all
alone, would be most repellant to the
Irish nature. 1t would be regarded as
aesertion. The Irish keep close COM
pany with their dead until the very
last moment of the burial.
"The body Is clothed in a shroud
made in imitation of the habits worn
by certain orders of friars and in
the hands, crossed reverently on the
breast, Is placed a crucifiX. Tie walls
near the bed are hung with clean
white sheets on which are pinned
lunches Of flowers, laurel leaves and
holy pictures. Lighted candles, seven
In number, are on the table. They are
symbolical of hopes and aspirations
relating to the dead. That he or she
has been cleansed Of the seven deadly
sins. possessed the seven gifts Of wis
dom, understanding, counsel, fortitude.
knowledge, piety and fear Of the Lord,
and the seven principal virtues.
"First entering the room where the
body lies the visitors kneel and say
prayer for the eternal salvation Of the
departed-soul. Afterward in the kitch-
en-, snuff, pipes and tobacco, whisky
and stout are served to the company.
The dead person Is in his house for the
last time, and, as host for the last
time, dispenses hospitality.
Memories Of his kindness and
good nature are revived by the neigh
bors. ''Tis he that had the bright
smile and CHEEKY word whenever you
met him, and no matter what you
might want Of him, sure you had only
to say the word to get it with heart
and a half" -
The Twin City star., 1918-04-20
WHERE NATURE IS HIDEOUS
Delta of the Niger One of the Most
Unhealthy Spots Known to
r Mankind. -

The Niger is the third greatest river
in Africa and the eleventh in rank in
the world. How did 1t happen that for
generations no one knew the place and
the manner of it's junction with the At
lantic? The problem was really q
hard nut to crack, though with our
present methods Of American explora-
rion and our knowledge Of how to live
in the deadly climate of the delta, the
mystery would probably have been
solved in a few months.
The Niger delta, one Of the largest
in the world, stretches 250 miles along
the coast. Most of its streams are
small; and, skirting the coast, one can
hardly observe them, so completely are
they hidden in the dense region of
mangrove swamps. Explorers soon
found that they might struggle for
weeks up stream only to prove 1t q
blind alley; for popularity Of the
Niger Is that not few independent
rivers form between the delta branches
and have no connection with the Niger
itself. Most of the delta is network,
difficult to enter or to retreat from.
All nature is hideous there. The
brown waters lazily coursing; the evil
odors of the slime and ooze the repul-
sive animal life from crocodiles to
pythons, lurking in the shadow for
their prey; and choice collection of
insect plaques including the anopheles
mosquito with it's poisonous sting.
These terrible conditions, persisting for
about forty miles inland, are then sue.
ceeded by solid earth, noble trees and
sweet air; but the swamp region Of the
lower delta is one Of the most forbid
ding parts Of Africa.-Cyrus G. Adams,
in the American Review of Reviews.
The Twin City star., 1918-04-20
SOME FACTS ABOUT MERCURY /
Astronomers Have Been Studying the
Planet and Published the Con-
clusions Arrived At.

The planet Mercury is the smallest
Of the major planets and the nearest
to the sun, which 1t circles In a little
less than three months. It reaches Its
greatest distance from the sun at
periods about sixty days apart. During
the year Mercury is morning star three
times and evening star three times.
Owing to its nearness to the sun, 1t Is
never visible for more than period of
about two hours after sunset or the
same length Of time before sunrise.
The eccentricity Of its orbit is greater
than that of any other major planet;
its greatest and its least distance from
the sun differ by nearly 100000
miles. According to A. w. McCurdy of
the Royal Astronomical society of
Canada, the most remarkable charac-
teristic In the motion Of Mercury is
that when it is nearest to the sun it
travels faster than it should if 1t
moved only by tie solar system. As
tronomers have long sought an expla-
nation of the accelerated motion. Some
believe that there are other planets
at present unknown between Mercury
end the sun-bOCies that although nu-
merous are too small to be seen. The
movements of Mercury indicate an in
fuence that might be accounted for by
the presence of onOther planet revolv-
ing within it's orbit. If such planet
really exists, there should come time
when it will appear as dark spot
moving across the face Of the sun. An
other way to detect the presence of
new planets in the vicinity of the sun
is to take observations during total
eclipse. If there are no clouds at
such a time, the stars become visible
as the sun disappears. During the
total eclipse of the sun In 1878 one OBJ
server saw an object that he thought
might be the lOng-sought planet; but
no other astronomer has been able to
confirm the discovery and many now
believe that the hidden source of the
unusual movement of Mercury must be
looked for elsewhere than in the orbit
of the planet.-YOuth's Companion.
The Twin City star., 1918-04-20
Explained That the Loan Was to Be
Made to King Alfonso.

loan to the Spanish government
through an individual and suggested
that 1t be taken up through the regu-
lar government channels.
Rousselot objected to this method
Of procedure, explaining that the loan
was to be made personally to King Al
fonso, and 1t was because Of this Sc
cret arrangement he could promise
that Spain was to join the entente al
lies. The negotiations for the loan
still were under way when the
Frenchman was arrested on the charge
Of falsely representing himself as
"Count Rousselot," a French diplo-
mat here on secret mission.
Cook by Trade.
Rousselot, former telephone work
man at $15 a week, accidentally met
a wealthy New York woman and to
her he confded the story that he was
of noble birth, although his occupation
in France was that Of a cook. She
advanced him stocks on which he
realized $4,000, hired an expensive
suite Of rooms at leading hotel, Or
dered brilliant uniforms. and in due
time secured entrance to select cir
cles. A half dozen expensive auto
mobiles were constantly at his COM
mand, as well as fancy riding horses.
He succeeded in convincing even gov.
ernment officials that he was a French
officer here on a great secret mission,
and obtained passes to shipyards and
war vessels.
He made ardent love to actresses
and heiresses and when his rooms
were searched, dozens Of photographs,
bearing endearing bits Of sentiment,
were found. Following his arrest the
"marquis" said he merely wanted to
see how far he could 30 and how bad
ly he could fool the people Of New
York.
The Twin City star., 1918-04-20
Wanted Her Share.

ut is no use trying get away from
the solemn fact that the woman Of to-
day is a most practical and resourceful
creature" said the man who has known
q few.
"What makes you think so?" friend
asked.
"The unsentimental attitude Of girl
I know. l told her that she had in
spired some Of my best poems. She
didn't say word about the poems, but
she wrote to my publishers for per-
centage of the royalties"