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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-07-24
HOW LONG WILL YOU LIVE?
385. Let's pay it.

"Most people die before reaching middle life, and
comparatively few live to be old.
Examine the history of the people you know and
you will find that very few of them had parents who
died before seventy while considerable proportion
had parents who lived to be eighty much older.
"Why?"
Dr. Alexander Graham Bell propounds these ques-
tons, and answers them, in a communication to the
National Geographic Magazine in which he sets forth
this theory:
The weak and delicate are not capable of bearing
large families 1t is the strong and vigorous who live to
extreme old age and leave many descendants behind
them.
The children of long-ived parents are, the
age stronger vigorous and longer-ived than the
children of Others and there are many more of them
per family.
Here, then, we have evidence of the existence of a
natural process at work among human beings tending
to improve the vgor and vitality of succeeding genera
tions.
DR.. Bell quotes genealogy records to show that ga
very large proportion of each generation has sprung
from very small proportion of the preceding genera
tion namely, from the people who lived to be old"
Another inference" he continues, 'fs that the
longlived people left descendants behind them in
proportion their numbers than the Others and there
<ore, en- the average, had larger families.
"of course many wdowers may have married again
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-07-24
IN THE WOODS

r WANDERED today in the wonderful woods
forest majestic and grand, where solitude, silence,
and similar goods are spread with liberal hand.
Altar from the hurry and noise of town l jour
neyed through alleys of pines; l thought
'twoud inspire me to sit myself down and write you
some soul-searchng lines. The forest is noble i'm
pressive and sad as poets have VOTED and weened;
but was rejoiced to get back to the grad and sit
in room that is screened The forest is full of un
usual bugs, which bite in unusual ways, and am
amounting my system with drugs, to soften the
swellings they raise. The forests mosquitoes
larger than hens, they're hungry and active and
mean the spots where they bit me are looking like
wens, and l am sight to be SEEN The woods are
the home of malevoent ants, which thrive in the
shade of the Trees they crawl up inside of the wan
derers pants and eat all the flesh from his knees
The town has its faults; it is wild for the cush it's
swarmng with callous-souled men; but if you
would urge me to chase to the brush, say to you
'|Never againp
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-07-24

when they were we'll advanced in years and have had
families by each marriage but this explanation does
not apply to women.
eve cannot, for example, suppose that mothers
who died fifty would have had children had they
lived to be sixty, eighty hundred and yet In
fcstigation shows that the mothers who lived to
neme old age actually had on the average larger fam
lies than those who died early in life.
The people who live to extreme old age are people
Who have proved themselves to be immune or at least
resistant to the diseases that have carried off the
majority of their fellows They have been exposed to
all the diseases and accidents of life and have
cumbed. They had proved themselves to be resistant
not to single disease alone but all Diseases and the
fact that they transmit their offspring tendency
10 live long shows that the diseaseresstant quality
handed down to their descendants
"Of course longevity itself is not thing that is
capable of direct Inheritance but the fact that ongev
ty seems to run in families shows that tendency to
long life be inherited
what is really inherited is probably tough, wry
constitution which enables the fortunate possessor
survive the multtudinous ills that flesh is heir to and
live to the extreme limit of human life From this
point of view the attainment of old age is extremely
significant.
"The people who live to be old represent the dis
easeresstant strain of their generation; and on ac-
count of their superior fecundity this dseaseestant
quality is distributed very largely through the popula-
ton"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-07-24

We are too busy today to go into detail, nam
ing each kind of cuts of meats we have We
will be glad to tell you what we have when you
phone u.s. Remember we have something good
in Fresh Meats and Fresh Fish, Country Butter
and Eggs and more Country Side Meat. We
have some big fat Hens Fryers and Roosters
BOOSTERS fine for salads. Order one before they
are all gone Our phone number is l6l. Keep
it in mind. Should you lose the number, ask
for Bragg's Market. Central knows 1871.
Bragg's Market, ThePlace
Remember, Too, We Want All The Fat Beet Cattle.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-07-24
SPEND YOUR SUMMER AT
The New Rabun Hotel

Located Mountain City, Ca the famous Rabun Gap the Blue Ridge
Mountains divide the of the Gulf of
Mexico The highest railroad point the
hundred above level Eghyx higher
N Co. and hundred feet higher than Mt Airy,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-21

on North Wilson street Giles shoot
at his wife four times with a revolver
as he passed her on the street. I'M
mediately after the shooting he made
his escape, several persons who wit
messed the shooting making no effort
to capture him.
Domestic troubles were the cause of
the shooting it is said. The couple had
not been living together for some time.
Mrs. Giles had been boarding at the
home of Ike Hayes, 14O North Wilson
street. near the White Memorial cha pei
an J. she was just leaving her home to
return to work when her husband
came along the street. According to
persons who witnessed the tragedy
each spoke as they were in the act Of
passing and then Giles drew his re-
volver and fired four shots, two of
which, entered the head of Mrs. Giles,
one of them piercing the brain.
j The injured woman was given surgi-
cal assistance almost Immediately.
After he had shot his wife Giles
walked up the street and toward the
cemetery unmolested.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-21

New York legislative delegation which
is investigating communist activities.
............ .SwirZerland's adhesion to the
league of nations was voted by the
Sw 1873 national committee at Berne on
Iast Wednesday by vote of 124 to IS.
- Sneet mills and the finishing de-
partment of LeBelle Iron Works at
Steubenville, o., resumed operations
Wednesday morning after being closed
for two months. The mill is working
10 per cent.......--....4eggs cracked the
postortice safe at Wytheville, va, on
tuesday night and got away with
about 800 in cash and $500 in Libcr-
~ DoHus.....:.......'Fh vanguard or the
navy suicide squadron, ~ which swept
the North sea clear or $4,000 mines,
arrived In New York Wednesday after
an absence OF two years. Five OF the
llttle Vessels made port from BE r1riIl!
ia, racing all the way :... The inter-
national convention of the Yodng
Mems Christian Association is being
neld IN Detroit, Mick, this week. :5:5y;
City officials in North. Carolina have
no right to increase their own Salaries
under the law, the state supreme court
of North Carolina held in an opinion
handed down Wednesday......l.O One pas
sengcr was perhaps fatally injured,
in Knoxville, Tenn, Wednesday nisn.
when q street car was dynamited...........
General Felipe Angeles, known as TN
intellectual leader of the Villa forces,
mas been captured near Parral, ac-
cording to a dispatch from that
place received in FL Paso, -exaJ,
on Wednesday night...........-A warning
issued Wednesday by the superintend-
ent Of the Philadelphia police, has
reached him of possible outrages at
Christmas time through the sending
Of gift packages to national, state and
city officials throughout the country,
has caused Federal and state officials
to take extra precautions to circum-
vent proposed plots by radicals.y,,...
The Memphis Cotton exchange at n
called meeting Thursday adopted res
olutions disapprovinS the action Of
Senator John X. Shields OF Tenn .
see in voting against ratification Of the
peace treaty without amendment and
called upon him to resign. Lynch
burg, Va, has been selected by the
baptist convention Of Virginia for the
location Of Baptist hospital to be
built in Virginia out OF he s75,0o0,-
900 campaign fund. The city Of
lLynchburg gave $4,000 TO the hospi-
tall. Wallace Baynes, a negro was
" uetlI OOulily Id.,
Wednesday night after he had killed
Kay Osburn, railroad station agent.
Fire destroyed property Of the
Arundel boat club in Baltimore, Nd.
Thursday valued at more than $780,
O00........R. w. Moore, 4S. state repre-
sentative from Hancock county, Ca,
president of the Bank Of Sparta, mar
led and the father Of three children
was instantly killed near Macon
Thursday night when an automobile
which he was driving turned over.
With him was a young woman who
gave the name of Miss Ocomo Brant-
= ley. She attempted suicide after the
affair. She claims she Is Moore's
niece. Moore's relatives say she is
no kin......Fire at Fort Leavenworth,
The United States military prison in
Kansas, destroyed property valued at
thousands of dollars yesterday.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-21
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

r. 3. & J. S. Radioactive notice of
days on which their gin will be run
until further notice.
J. c. Wilborn-Offers additional farm
property near TirZah, McConnells-
vile and Beersheba church.
Star Theatre-Harry It. Morey in "All
Man" today. Marie Walcamp on Sat
urday anu Forty Thieves" Monday.
Quinn Wallace-IIas full stock of the
fabric and cord tires made by Good
rich company Also has tubes.
Peoples Furniture Co.-Suggests way
by which you can get maximum heat
from minimum amount OF coal.
Williams Optical Co., Rock Hill-EX-
plains how it fits glasses to eyes anu
assures satisfaction.
Feinstein Bargain House-Reminds it's
patrons of the limited time to do fall
shopping before Christmas.
ID. NJ Observation-Disclosures warning TO
, hunters not to trespasS on lands that
are owned and controlled by him.
Glover Drug Shareholders the sugSes-
tion of Columbia grafanola for the
supreme Christmas gift for your own
family. Order early.
J. y. McGilrs Sons Co, Hickory Grove
Are still giving full values for the
cash dollar. Wagons, buggies, furni-
ture, dry goods, groceries, etc.
Lipe's Garage-Sells the Brunswick
automobile tires and tubes and as
sures users of satisfactory service.
Standard Oil Co.-Points to the eff1ci-
ency and economy of Rayo lamps.
Kirkpatrick- -Belk Co.-With Wintery
days already here Is showing a big
line of ladies' coats and coat suits In
attractive styles at good prices.
York Drug Store-Calls attention to its
ability to supply families with need
ed rubber goods of every sort.
o. L. Jones, Pastor-Invites members
and former members and frienLs to
a welcome home service at Union
Baptist church next Sunday.
Bank Of CloVer-Jogs your memory as
to the last coupons now nIatured on
Second Liberty loan bonds. 1t VIII
be glad to serve you.
York Hardware Co.-Wants you to re-
member it for hog-killing tools and
conveniences, and also for Caloric
heaters. Hardware of all kinds.
Farmers Hardware &. Supply Co.-Of-
fers prizes for the collection OF IS
. advertisements appearing in The En-
quirer of certain dates.
First National Bank, York-TellS you
that it pays for the privilege of tell
ing you about its service and how II
can serve you.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-21

So far as the treaty is concerned, we
don't think it amounts to a great deal
one way or the other, whether 1t is
ratified or not. We have never lost any
sleep over it. If we could have our
way, we would ratiiy it and let it go
at that, believing that in the future as
in the past, ratification or no ratifi-
cation, we are going to continue to
have to depend not so much upon the
favor of other nations as upon our
obedience TO the laws of the Almighty,
who is the supreme guide and con-
troller of the destinies Of men. But
even if we considered ratification of the
treaty as being of far more Importance
than appears to us now, we would be
willing to let il go rather than hurl the
country into the debauch that would
follow the repeal of the war time pro-
hibition laws that would come about
upon ratification. But
we do not want to be understood as be-
lieving for moment that the Republ-
cans have had a moments regard for
this phase of the matter. TheNare in
fuenced by considerations of what
they hope will prove to party ad-
vantage.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-21
WITHIN THE TOWN.

Court convenes Monday, November
"a.
- Nothing definite about opening up
new streets.
THE cutters along Congress street,
between Madison and Liberty streets
are filled with a lot of filth.
There has been a pretty general in
crease OF rent on Congress street
store property within the past few
days.
Local dealers report larger sales of
nuts this year than usual. Brazil nuts.
English walnuts and pecans seem to
be in greatest demand.
A local man. badly in need Of some
person to cut wood. a few days ago
offered colored hoy who was loa!in'
on the street 81 an hour 10 perform
the service. The offer was refused.
The secretary OF state has com
misSioncd the Southern Mill Agency
with headquarters here, with Il pro
posed capital stock of $4,000. Th
are w. B. Moore and G. G.
McCclvey. The company proposes I,
do a general Wholesale dry goods anC
brokerage business.
Joe ThoGas&on, temporary car
rier on Routp No. 3. leading out OF
Yorkvllc lost Il fine horse yesterday
afternoon when the animal died sud
denly. Mr. ThomaGS0u drove the horSe
over the route yesterday and nollccC
that it hcCamc violently i'll short
time after returning to iorkvillc. u
died in a short while.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-21
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Hart are
spending several days in New York.
Mr.. and Mrs J. r. Cannon have re-
turned to Yorkville from New York.
Miss Wilma Quinn OF Yorkvillc, was
visitor in Charlotte on Wednesday
Mrs. Stewart Abel of Lowryville,
visited her mother, Mrs. E. a. Craw-
ford, in Yorkville yesterday.
Mrs. John McNairy of Greensboro,
visited the family of Mr.. j.. c. Wilborn
in Yorkvile, this week.
Chief of Police J. Cal Steele has
moved his family to Yorkville. They
are occupying the residence of Miss
Maggie Moore, on Main street.
Blanche, little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs NJ. L. Carroll of Yorkyille is re-
covering from an attack Of infantile
paralysis. .. ia
The engagement of James Oscar
Moore, Jr, of McConnellsville, to Miss
Florence Clark, Of New York, has been
announced, the wedding to be solemniz-
ed On December 8.
Mrs. II. J. Sherer Of the Sharon Sec
ton is very i'll. Her daughters, Mrs.
s. NJ. Barnette and Miss Mary Sherer
Of Rock Hill were summoned to her
bedside on Wednesday.
Mrs. ID. +. Finley, who has beer
spending several weeks with her
daughter, Mrs. Dexter l.. Brown, l
Anderson. has retuned to her home in
Yorkville.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-21
ALL PLEAD GUILTY
Twenty Eight Textile Union Men
Sentenced for Conspiracy.


Albemarle, Nov. 20.-Twenty-ei eight
members of the local textile union'
Including the president. RI. NJ. Bar
bee, and the secretary, H. NJ. York;
also Marvin Ritch, Charlotte lawyer
and labor leader, and ]. II. Graham,
labor organizer of Concord, all i'm
plicated in the strike, trouble and
rioting which occurred here at the
Wiscassett Mills on September 10,
pleaded guilty today to the fourth
count in the bill of indictment, charg-
ing conspiracy.
Solicitor Brock, representing the
state, accepted the plea and the case,
which promised to consume the re-
mainder of the present week, ter1ni-
mated shortly after o'clock this az
ternoon, when Ritch and Graham
were fined $500 each and taxed with
court costs and expenses which will
amount to several hundred dollars.
Seven of the other defendants re-
ceiyed chaingang sentences for term
of four months.
Those who were given road SEN
tences were George Linebury, Jack
Norris, Grady Boyd, Paul Austin
Dunkan Solomon, Nick Simmons,
RIr Parker, Pink Russell, and II. NJ.
Barbee, who is president of the local
textile union.
Later, upon the request of Solicitor
Brock, the sentence as to RusSeli,
who is 60 years Of age, was changed
so that he might be hired out four
months by the commissioners of this
county at their discretion. rms
same provision was made as to ii. NJ.
Barbee. The others were all fined
from $40 to S75 each and taxed with
certain parts Of the court costs.
Judge Lane, in passing sentence.
said that the law of the state must be
upheld and that the labor agitators
must recognize that the law OF the
land is supreme. 'Ritch sat in the
witness chair and looked perfectly
Iunconcerned while squad after squad
Of the men were called to stand up
to receive sentence.
As Judge Lane passed sentence
upon him, he faced the crowded
house and restlessly tapped his shoe
heel with the handle Of his knife, ap-
parently chafing under the gaze of the
packed house and at the situation IN
which he found himself.
The bill of indictment charged five
Or six counts, the fourth having b"eH
the one the defendants pleaded guilty
to. 1t charged the defendants with
conspiring. confederating and collud-
ing together to destroy the property
of the Wiscassett mills company, a
corporation organized under the laws
of the state and having its main Of
flee in the town of Albemarle, also OF
destroying the stockholders Of their
property rights therein by attempting
to prevent laborers from working
therein by force, intimidation, etc.
Charlotte Observer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-21

In very sensible article in the
current issue of the Progressive
Farmer on reading Clarence Poe has
the following to say with reference to
the newspaper:
Because half the time you have for
reading will be given 10 papers anC
magazines, however, these should also
be carefully selected. Don't let any
slight difference in price keep yoI
from getting the best. Keep il il
mind always that the real cost of
uaper. the really expensive part, q:
Urclc Henry Wallace was always
saying. is not the price of the sub
scription, but the time you spend inn
reading it. Suppose you give an hou
week TO some weekly paper. In The
course of year YOU have spent O
it 81 hours, or the equivalent of 3
and half working days of eight hCu"
each. That is the real cost of tho
paper-the one 10 seven days tim,
YOU give TO ii, and not the 81, SO, o
S. year it may cost you. A poo
paper is tremendously expensive I
read even if it is given to you. >
good one may be cheap If it costs you
SO yCar.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-21

his capacity. All the newspapers, es-
pecially all the big ones, are frantically
calling upon all others to reduce their
size by printing fewer pages and thus
conserve the rapidly diminishing paper
supply for the benefit of everybody. In
these times of unprecedented business
prosperity, the demand for advertising
space was never greater than 1t is now,
and the newspapers are printing more
pages than ever before. 1t is common
ly recognized that with the steadily in
creasing price of print paper, sub
scription rates will have to be raised
and newspapers will be compelled to
limit the amount Of, space given to ad-
vertising. Either that, or wholesale
suspension of newspapers down to the
level of logical economic relation be-
tween supply and demand of sub
scribers and advertisers. The Daily
Mai; ;anaoances: that Hereafter it will
not make advertising contracts Tor
more than a month at time; that its
largest issues will be limited TO II
pages, and it will increase subscription
rates as circumstances seem to require.
The policy outlined by the Daily Mail
is necessarily becoming general, es-
pecially among the smaller papers that
are unable to make their own print
paper, as do many of the metropolitan
publications.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-21
PRISONERS IN JAIL.

The following prisoners are in jail
awaiting trial in the court of genera!
sessions which ConTenes here Mon
day, with Judge Thomas S. Scase of
Spartanburg presiding:
Albert Smith, housebreal;,nS md
larceny; Ben Buchanan, forgery; vii
liam. Keenan,, larceny Of bicycle; Duli"
Clawson, statutory rape; Cora Rainey.
Elijah Erwin, a negro of EocN Hill,
who is charged with attempted crimin2l
assault upon a white woman OF Rock
Hill, is said TO Le in the pGnitcntiary
in Columbia where ne was taken fol
safe keeping after the alleged occur
renee. He will probably be tried in the
court of general sessions hero next
week.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-21

- Mexico was warned yesterday by
the American government that any
further molestation OF William O.
Jenkins the American consular agent
at Pucbla, who recently was kidnap-
ped by bandits, would seriously aiGec,
the relations between the United
States and Mexico. for which the GOT-
ernment of Mexico must assume sole
feSBOnSibilitN." Coupled with the
warning was a demand for the immc-
diate release of the consular aCPn'
'"ho was rearreSted Tuesday on
charges in connection with his
abduction and ransom in the Gln
OF $ljU,000 gold. Official reports that
Jenkins had again been imprisoned a.
rucblG reached the state department
Yesterday from the American embassy
at Mexico City. which was instructed
to transmit Il note demanding his rec
lease. The departments action was
made known in the following am
nouncoment: The department Of
state today sent a note to the McNi-
can foreiGn office through the Amcli-
can embassy at Mexico City calling fu'
the immediate release Of William q
jenkins. the American consular agcn
ut Puebla. The note, which il ha@e|
on the roarrcst of Consular Agent
Jenkins at Puebla. points out that tho
United States government is sur
nriscd and inccnSed' to learn of the
~cimpriSonment of AIr. Jenkins. par
tiCularly in view of the suffering and
losses already sustained by him in
connection with his Kidnapping
through lack Of protection 10y the Mex
lean authorities amd i'm connection
with his first arrest 10y McNiCan Of
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-21

The Enquirer is not especially con-
cerned about either the price or supply
of print paper, because it has on hand
enough to do a good many months.
AS to advancing the subscription price
we could not doit now if we wanted to.
for we have already made our offers
uctil February IA and they hold good.
After February II, however, those who
have not subscribed and paid for their
papers before then, need not be sur
prised if the present subscription price
is advanced TO SO a year.