Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 05, 1906, Image 4
Humorous Jcpartmrnt.
His Dslioats Mission.
"I have come to see you, sir, on a
delicate mission," said the young: man.
as he sat down on the edge of a chair
and looked uncomfortable, as young
men sometimes will.
The old gentleman laid down his pen
and looked curious.
"What Is it?'* he asked.
"Well, sir, you have two beautiful
daughters," explained the young man.
"I have two daughters," admitted
the old gentleman.
"I presume that you have noticed
that I have been frequently at your
house," suggested the young man diffidently.
... ,
"I have noticed It" ,
"Thank you, sir. I have been paying
attention to?in fact, sir, frankly; I?I
have been making love to one of your
daughters."
"AncL?er?you would like to?"
The old gentleman hesitated, and the
young man eagerly went on.
"Yes, sir; that's it exactly. I proposed
to one of them last night, and?
I?I?"
"Which orae?" interrupted the old
gentleman. "Both are splendid girls,
and I should hate to lose either?but
which one is it?**
"Don't you know?" asked the young
man, aghast.
"Certainly not. I've seen you with
both."
The young man sighed and reached
for his hat.
"I thought you might" he said.
"I've bfcen very attentive, and I was
sometimes In doubt myself, seeing
they're twins; but I got along all right
until I proposed. And now?now
hang it all, sir, if you don't know which
one accepted me, I don't! And I've got
to begin all over again!"?Tit Bits.
Not thk Same at All.?"An old
Irish teamster still in the employ of
a railroad entering Louisville rebuked
a superior officer one day during my
service with the road In a manner
which I shall never forget," said a
former railroad man, according to the
Louisville Courier Journal. "The
old teamster has been with the road '
many years, and consequently is
*iv?n manv orivile-aes which would
not be accorded others of his position.
"One afternoon he entered our office.
which at that time overlooked
the Ohio river, and looked out across
the stream toward JeffersonviHe.
Addressing me, he said:
" 'Is that New Albany or Jeffersonville,
over there?"
" 'Why, that is JeffersonviHe, Pat,'
I replied.
" 'JeffersonviHe, Is it? And how
far is It from Louisville to JeffersonviHe?'
" 'Oh, about a mile,' I said.
" 'He gazed out of the window for
a moment, and then asked:
" 'Well, how far is it from JeffersonviHe
to Louisville?'
" 'Why, Pat, you old Irish fool, if
it is a mile from Louisville to JeffersonviHe,
it is a mile from JeffersonviHe
to Louisville,' snorted a
^oung Scotchman who was in charge
of the office.
Turning from the window, Pat
looked him up and down out of his
bright, gray, thatched eyes.
" 'Now, listen to the answer of our
smart Scotch friend. The distance is
the same, is It? Then, I suppose you <
would be after sayin' that because 1
It's a wake from Christmas to New i
Year it's a wake from New Year to ]
Christmas.'" 1
General Grant's Joke.?Secretary
T&ft, in discussing a certain hoax, said: '
"It reminds me of the story about
Sir Richard Owen, the famous English <
scientist. 1
"A footman came to Pembroke lodge, i
air Kicnara s residence, one morning
with a large bone wrapped In a cloth
and with a note from his master, Lord
John Russell, asking if Sir Richard
would please say what animal the bone
belonged to.
"It required but a glance from the
scientist to convince him that the bone
was nothing but a ham bone from an
ordinary pig. He sent a message back
to that effect, and, meeting Lord John
the next day, said:
" 'Why on earth did you send me a
pig's ham bone yesterday?'
" 'I'll tell you,' said the other, smiling.
'Gen. Grant, you know Is a great
Joker. He made a present of what purported
to be that rare delicacy, a grizzly
bear's ham, but, as I had my doubts,
I sent you the bone.'"
A Case of Non Compos.?There Is a
lawyer of Baltimore who tells a story
of how he secured a verdict In favor
of an Irishman charged with ;issai It *
with Intent to kill. The lawv;r secured
his client's acquittal on the
ground of temporary insanity. Counsel
and client did not meet for several
months after the release of the
accused. When they did m^et ihe
following conversation ensued:
"Well. Mike, isn't it about :i*n?? ;cu
handed me that $500?"
"What $590?"
"Why, the fee of $500 that you
promised me I should have If I saved
you from the penitentiary!"
"Shure an' did I promise ye that?
I don't remember."
"Don't remember! Why, you were
so. grateful that you promised me
over and over attain that I should
have it within a week!"
Mike gave a sickly smile. "Shure
I think the claim is not a good wan."
said he; "ye know. I was crazy thin!"
?Harper's Weekly.
Kentucky Literature.?"I under- ]
stand," said the publisher to the critic,
"that Wiggins i? engaged upon ?
what is promised to be the best novel
ever written of Kentucky manners
and customs, past and present."
"Not 'is.' but was," corrected the
critic.
"Why? Has he given it up?"
"Well." explained the critic, "you
see he permitted his two leading
characters, a colonel and a judge, to
get into a quarrel in the first chapter,
and the He passed between them."
"That's a fine start?realistic and
with the proper verisimilitude. I
should think it would be a great
book. I must see about getting hold
of it."
"You needn't try," said the critic,
"it was too realistic?too much verisimilitude.
They killed each other
on the spot and Wiggins lost the material
for the remaining 27 chapters
and had to give it up as a hopeless
undertaking."?Louisville Times.
Circumstances Alter Cases.?My |
maid, Norah, went to consult a fortune |
leuer, ana reiurnea waning aismauy. ]
"Did she predict some great trou- (
ble?" I asked sympathetically. 1
"Och, mem, sich terrible news!" i
moaned Norah, rocking back and forth |
wringing her hands. i
"Tell me," I said, wishing to com- i
, fort the girl. . <
"She tould me thot me father wurks |
hard shovelin' coal an* 'tindiV foires |
fer a llvln'." i
"But that's no disgrace nor sorrow," |
1 said a trifle vexed at such affecta- |
tion. I
"Och, mem me poor father!" sobbed <
Norah. "He's bin dead these nine <
yea rs!"?Answers.
ittiscrllanrous :Kratlin<).
IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
News and Comment Clipped From
Neighboring Exchanges.
CHESTER. .
..Lantern, Jan. : An understanding
Kotu'aAri thp all HPT
IICW UCCII 1COCIIVM MV *. ? vv.. V?*> W ? J
visor and the gentlemen who have been
leading the movement for an election
on the dispensary, and it is now almost
definitely assured that there will
be a contest to decide whether the
dispensary is to remain in this county
or not. As reported in these columns
two weeks ago the registration lists
ire known to be grossly incorrect.
They are swollen and distended with 1
names that should have long since
been stricken off; and it has been
igreed to regard these lists as contain- 1
Ing only about 1,900 names. A re-ex- '
imlnation of the petitions presented is 1
revealing the fact that with such
names restored as should be restored
there will in all probability be more
than the required one-fourth of the 1
slectorate. If the election is ordered, '
is probably will be the case, it is not
likely that it will be done immediately. 1
There is some talk as to action by the
legislature, and those in charge of the [
matter think it best to delay such a 1
length of time as will permit the people '
of the state to see what the lawmakers '
Intend to do towards remedying or rehabilitating
the law Mr. and Mis.
D. E. Boney of Yorkville, who have
been spending the past week with his
daughter and son, Mrs. S. E. Colvin '
ind Mr. Walter Boney went home this
morning... .During the week the keeper
of records and seals will notify the
mom hers of Rathbone Lodge. K. of P.,
to assemble at the castle hall next '
Monday evening to witness the annual '
Installation of officers. The following
officers have been chosen to guide the
fortunes of the lodge during the year
1906. Z. V. Davidson, chancellor commander;
Dr. J. L. Hamilton, vice chan:ellor;
G. C. Latimer, prelate; L. A.
Fennell, master of work; J. Stanley
Lewis, keeptr of records and seals;
John M. Wise, master of finance; Jos.
Walker. Sr., master of exchequer;
ffm. Nicholson, master at arms. There
will also be degree work Monday evening,
a prominent gentleman having
jomplled with the regulations governng
membership and now being ready
:o begin the trek across the burning
jands Mr. Sidney Ferguson a
veil known farmer living in the neighjorhood
of Capers Chapel, went over
:o Greenville last week and was united
n marriage to Miss Olive Neal Thurslay
morning at 10 o'clock. Accompa- j
lying Mr. Ferguson were Messrs. L.
VI. Smith, Church Carter and Tom
[>unlap, and Misses Bessie Woods and
flattie Cornwell and Mrs. Hope Wise.
The bridal party came to Chester
Thursday evening and went out to Mr.
Ferguson's home, where a handsome (
eceptlon was tendered the newly made '
:ouple. The neighbors all came out (
mmasse to welcome the bride back 1
:o the neighborhood, for she is no 1
itranger among them, having taught *
he Chalkvllle school for two consecu- (
;lve terms. Among the many who at- '
.ended this delightful function were 1
k* ? ^ ^opmi ann artH fa m - I
nr. anu mi o. vjw. <--?
ly, Miss Lily Allen and Misses Lottie
Dunlap and Nellie Moore of Yorkvllle.
GASTON.
Gastonia Gazette, Jan. 2: Gastonia's
lelegatlon from Erskine and Due West
Female colleges left yesterday on the
loon train, ^.mong the number were
Misses Margaret Whitesldes, Essie
(Vilson, Willie Falls; Messrs. Edgar
Long, R. M. Stevenson, R. L. Jenkins,
r. B. Peason, T. L. Falls. J. E. Antony.
T R. Riddle and B. C. Riddle.
They were accompanied by Prof L. C.
Jalloway Misses Annie Scott and
Marlon Harshaw of York county are
piests of Dr. and Mrs. E. F. Glenn.
They will return home this afternoon.
Friday night* at the Methodist
parsonage Mr. Lon Thomasson and
Miss Anna Cobb were married by Rev.
S. L. Bain. Those who attended the
narriage were Mr. Geo. Jenkins, Miss
Jeorgla Smith, and Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Lindsay. Mr. and Mrs. Thomasson
vlll make their home with Miss Georgia
Smith for ihe present Prof. .
L C. Galloway of Erskine college was
he guest yesterday of his brother, Dr.
r. C. Galloway Mr. J. B. F. Riddle,
)f Zeno, dropped In to see the Gazette
ast Friday. Mr. Riddle had been unveil
for two or three days but was out
igain attending to business. He will
>e 77 years old the 20th of next February
and says he can remember
events that happened before he was
wo and a half years old.
ro AUI/I IM I M ITDAKirC
r nnn r\bii^ in r nr>n vi*< ?
jiven Many Honors and Was the Rage
of the Court.
Franklin became the fashion of the
teason. For the court itself dabbled a
ittle in liberal Ideas. So powerful was |
he vast inpulse of free thought that .
;hen influenced the mind of France?
hat susceptible French mind that al- ,
vays answers like the wind harp to j
:he breath of every true human as- (
jiration?that even the highest classes
lad caught the infection of liberalism.
They handled the momentous words <
Liberty and Human Rights in their <
iainty way. as if they were only a new ,
fame for their amusement not knowing
vhat was to them the terrible import '
)f those words. It became very much !
:he accepted thing at court to rave i
ibout Franklin. The young and lovely
lueen, Marie Antoinette, was most
vinnlng and gracious toward him.
rhe small wits who knew a little Greek I
oiled him Soow and Aristldes and 1
Phocoin. .
It is sad to think of the utter unconsciousness
of these amiable aristo- <
;rats. They "never dreamed that this j
nan Franklin was a portent and a
prophet of ruin to them. He was inornate
democracy, and they petted '
lim! They never imagined that in I
showering their good natured homage ]
ipon this austere republican they were
towing the wind which would ripen in
in awful harvest of whirlwinds. La- I
ter. when the whirlwinds had hardly (
mt hfvnnri the friskv staire of their
levelopment. the Queen lamented bit- 1
erly t ie folly of these ovations to the I
freat democrat. There was one saga- I
jlous head that was wisely shaken over
hese indiscretions while they lasted.
Foseph II.. Emperor of Austria, brother '
:o the Queen, who was in Paris on his <
ravels, and who was as much of a ,
Jemocrat himself as an emperor can (
>e, when his sister rebuked his coolness
on the American question, replied: '
Madam, the trade I live by Is that of i
i royalist." .
Court Incense could not turn the
philosophic head any more than the '
oud acclaim of the people. When '
FYanklln found himself the honored ,
fuest of royalty, his thoughts reverted
:o those faraway days of boyhood 1
when his father used to quote to him,
n the old candle shop at Boston, the 1
words of the wise man. "Seest thou a (
nan diligent In his business? He shall
dand before kings." The old sage I
fieard the echo of that paternal voice |
resounding over half a century, and a <
new and strange light, as of prophecy
fulfilled, illumined the immortal words.
Surely, no man ever lived more diligent '
in his business. Surely no man ever j
stood, with more of the innate dignity
;tf upright manhood, before kings.?
John Hay in Century Magazine.
HISTORY OF SOI
t
From the First Settler
the Revo
?y REV. ItOBERT
From the Yorkvllle Enquirer of 1875.
DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. V
The discovery of the New World was n'
not a mere accident. As long as the c
world lasts It will remain one of the ec
grandest triumphs of science. Chrlsto- 1
pher Columbus was no ordinary man.
Intellectually he must have been a ni
giant. His mind was well stored with ?
tl"
useful knowledge, and he possessed '
some mental qualifications which do '
not fall to the lot of many men. He
possessed those traits of mind with j
which Philips says Napoleon Bonaparte
was eminently endowed. He was ^
capable of meeting any emergency
which might take place In the life of ^
i man engaged in great undertakings. ^
Although the Cabots discovered the
Continent of America before Columbus
still, we may safely say, had not ^
Columbus discovered Watllng Island,
the Cabots would have never seen
Prima Vista. In 1492 Columbus left
Polos with three small ships and only '
ninety men; but on the 25th of Sep
tember 1493, he again set sail from a
Cadiz, on a second voyage, with seven- ^
teen ships and fifteen hundred men. ?
It was difficult to persuade men to
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Join the first expedition and those that
were secured belonged to what might
be called the floating population. When 1
preparations were making for the sec- 8
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)nd expedition, it became manifest to
:hat a change had come over the minds ^
)f the multitude. Everybody was t0
inxious to go to the New World, and th
nany of the first families of Spain ai
?mbarked with Columbus. On the 8th ef
)f December he landed on Hayti, where di
le had left thirty-nine men when he cc
"eturned to Spain after his first voy- hf
ige. The men were not to be found Ti
ind the fort he had erected for their th
lefense was totally destroyed. The se
latlves reported that the men had be:ome
desperate in their conduct toward re
:he aboriginal inhabitants. They plun- m
lered the surrounding country for sup- xr
plies and mal-treated the women, and fo
tvere guilty of so many and so great Cc
jutrages against honesty and decency, fl<
that the natives rose In their fury and vi
tilled the garrison and destroyed the se
Tort. Near a rock where was a spring w
>f water and a favorable position for pi
i fortification, but in a different lo- hi
:allty from the first fort, Columbus th
jullt a town; the first built by Euro- ni
peans in the New World. In honor of al
nls benefactress, he named It Isabella, ai
[n May 1494 he discovered Jamaica. m
Here again the cruel and voracious w
lature of the Spaniards showed it- of
self. The men were full of plunder and tr
lcentlousnesg. A spirit of revenge si
vas kindled In the hearts of the great- S<
y wronged natives, and in order to ct
prevent extermination, Columbus pre- w
pared for war. Early in 1495, he set e>
jut with an army of 200 men, twenty pi
lorses and an equal number of dogs, la
With the latter, the poor savages were n<
phased and caught, and butchered by th
:he men. The natives were subdued si
ind quantities of gold were collected, or
With this gold and many other df
strange and valuable things which had n<
aeen found on the various islands F
ivhlch had been discovered or stolen fa
from the peaceful inhabitants, Colum- th
3us, In 1496, returned to Spain. The th
sleht of this eold was more than the m
ivarlce of Europe could bear. A spirit ul
jf marltlne adventure was kindled In or
:he minds of thousands. The reckless H
ind profligate, the idle and licentious, in
is well as the avaricious were anxious
to board a vessel and set sail, tr
The gold taken by Columbus from the m
West Indies to Spain, proved to be a at
magnet which attracted adventurers to h
Mexico and South America. The eyes g|
if the inhabitants of Europe were turn- it
?d expectantly toward the land of per- w
mnial flowers fountains of youth, riv- y<
?rs sparkling with diamonds, and sands ol
yellow with gold. This, whilst the dis- tl
;overy of America was the result of r<
scientific knowledge. Its settlement h
ivas due, in part, to the basest of all m
passions?the thirst for gold. tl
But there was another cause which er
tended to the settlement of the New hi
World. Like the thirst for gold, an evil st
In itself, but so overruled that good tl
:ame out of it. We refer to the char- e<
icter of the government of Europe. It
may be said with truth, that all the na- L
tlons of Europe were at this time bad- tc
ly governed. In French history it is p]
known as the period of the "Religious sc
ivurs." These wars threw all Europe e(
Into a state of confusion. They were w
ailed relluious wars because it was s|
i struggle between Protestantism and p!
papacy. These protestants are known ei
In history by the i.ame of Huguenots. si
Since these Huguenots occupy an Im- si
liortant position not only in the history pi
jf South Carolina; but In the history di
>f the Halted States, It Is necessary b)
I hut we have a correct Idea of their T
sharaeter and early history. Three of "1
the presidents of the Continental con- X
iCTess were of Huguenot origin. Henry
haunens, Kllas Hondenot and John Jay ei
were the men. In France, about the ej
year lf>60. the name Huguenot was. In X
nlrlslon, given by the Catholics to the s?
Protestants In und near the city of ft
Tours. Why they.were callled Hugue- ai
aim,...o ,.i ii,lu Intu ft
11UI II uu.u lir < i i nix u i i <t t nun ???w
period lo say positively. At some time hi
prior to lfitiO, there lived in or rieur ai
Tours a tnan hy the name of Hugo. He ui
was a desperate eharaeter, the terror tr
?f the whole country, whilst llvlnic. It
and after Ids death the superstitious
people believed that his cruel ifhoftt ol
still tormented them As the spirit of lu
ITH CAROLINA
nent to the Close oi
lut ion.
LATHAN, I). T>.
/ayne, which was called "Mad Anthov."
was a terror to the North Amer
an Indians, so the ghost of the reput1
monster, Hugo, was an object ol
ead to the Inhabitants of Tours. Ths
uguenots, It Is thought, were sc
imed from this man. Another waj
accounting for the appellation It
lis. There was a gate of the city ol
ours which bore the name Hugo
ear this gate in sequestered places, the
rotestants met In the night to worlip
God. By others the word Hugueit
Is thought to be a corruption ol
ie German word "Elgnote," which
cans confederates. It Is highly prob>le
from all the circumstances, thai
ie name Is derived either from Huge
* his gate.
We nay safely say that In no land
Lve protestants been so prosecuted a*
i France. The reformation commerc1
In that Ill-fated land In the city ol
arls, with the conversion of one Leivre
a professor In the university, and
student, William Farel. From this
;rlod to the present moment a spirit
' persecution has been ripe In France
t the time of reformation, and con>quently
at the period of the settleent
of South Carolina under Charles
ie Ninth, the French people were bruJly
Immoral, The dark deeds of Nert
id Diocletian were eclipsed by ths
rench persecutors. The nine shudders
: the remembrance of St. Bartholeew's
day. By a satanlcally revised
id hellishly executed plan, not less
lan thirty thousand?probably ont
mdred thousand citizens?men, wotn
and children, were brutally murired.
This was on the 24th of Auist,
1572. Not less barbarous wers
ie persecutions which were conducted
iring the rslgn of Louis the Four
enth, to which we will refer In the
oper place. The persecutions drove
ime of the best men of the nation tc
ek homes in other lands. All thai
>uld come to America. Thus, It may
? said that the United States became
time, the home of every rellglou*
eed.
When Ribault returned to France,
iving left, as mentioned before, twen-slx
men In charge of the fort, he
mnd France distracted with civil
immotlon. Collgnl was not able tc
islst the colony for two years. A
eaty in the meantime, was entered
to between the Huguenots, and Cathics,
which enabled Coligni, in 1664
' send another colony to the New
rorld. Rene Laudonniere was chosen
' conduct the expedition, and early In
ie year he set out with three ships
id on the 26th of June, a landing waf
fected on St. John's river. The Inans
had not forgotten Ribault. They
inducted htm to a pillar that Rlbaull
id erected to perpetuate his discovery
he honor of being the spot on which
lis pillar was erected In claimed by
veral Islands?Paris, Lemon and
eaufort. On the first there arturiome
mains of an ancient structure, ^'hich
ay be debris of Fort Charlet, The
idians showed their love and respecl
r the memory of Ribault and hlf
ilony by crowning this pillar with
iwers and heaping up baskets of prosions
at Its base. Laubonniere waf
nt out principally to supply the
ants of the colony attempted to be
anted by Ribault. Its tragical fate
id, as yet, not reached France. From
ie Indians this was learned. Laudonerre,
for some reason, determined tc
rnndon the spot selected by Ribault
id commenced the work of the settleent
at a point on the St. John's river
ithln the present limits of the state
' Florida. This, however, does not deact
from the interest which we
lould have in this undertaking. As
auth Carolinians, our interest In the
>lony of Laudonniere is Increased
hen we remember the great likeness
clsting between it and the colony
anted by Charles the Second, of Engnd,
in 1670, and especially Its like?ss
to those who cast their lots with
le colony of Charles, in 1685. We
lould also feel an interest in this colly
from the fact that the early bounties
of South Carolina included
?arly all of the present state ol
lorida on the south, and extended as
ir north as the northern limits oi
ie state of Tennessee. It included all
te territory between twenty-nine de ees
and thirty-six degres thirty minxes,
north latitude, from the Atlantic
1 the east, to the Pacific on the west
ence, Laudonniere planted his colony
what was once South Carolina.
Laudonniere had visited this couny
and seems to have given the utlost
credence to the stories told
jout the Fountain of Youth. In fact
e seems to have gone farther than tc
Ive assent to the ridiculous absurdy,
for he says he has seen Indians
ho were more than two hundred
jars oia, sun in me uiuum anu vigui
f manhood. This strange delusion ol
le old Huguenot Is only explained by
?membering that men suffer theii
opes and fears to control their Judglents,
and often, to get the better ol
leir senses. Hence wise and more
cperienced men than Laudonniere
ave sometimes reported that they
iw what they only wished to see, and
lat they heard what they only want1
to hear.
Among the first things done by
audonnlere, after selecting a place
>r settlement, was the erection of e
lace for fortification. A minute de;rlptlon
of this fort has been preserv1.
It was a triangle, one side ol
hlch faced the river. On the south
de was the magazine. It was simle
In construction, being merely an
Tibankment of sand held together by
>ds of grass and logs of wood. The
de facing the river was lined with
lanks and otherwise strengthened by
riving stakes In the ground. The emmkment
was made nine feet high,
he work when completed was named
La Caroline." In honor of Charles the
Int ti of France.
The Indians treated the new corn's
with the same kindness which they
cerclsed toward Rlbault and his men
o douht the colonists promised them Ives
a happy future. They were free
om the troubles that had so long
id grievously harrassed them In
lelr native land. Whatever may
live been their dreams of future bliss
id quiet they found their new home
lythlng else but pleasant, and a more
n glen I end awaits them than befell
Ibault's colony at Fort Charles.
As might have been expected, many
' the colonists were Idle and dissoito.
They, by their unrighteous acta
provoked the Indians to acts of hostility.
Laudonnlere lowered himself
' by his conduct to these benighted people.
Soon the colonists commenced
quarreling among themselves. They
had breathed the air of civil war
n from their youths, and although they
L had left France and crossed the Atlantic
and taken up their abode on
the shores of the New World, they retained
the same spirit of contention
which they had before leaving their
native land. A plan was concocted for
degrading Laudonnlere. Two soldiers
?one by the name of La Roquette and
the other by the name of La Genre?
attempted first to poison Laudonnlere.
Falling In this, they attempted to kill
f him by exploding the powder In the
pot. In this they failed a,lso. In a
( short time, these desperadoes were
p Joined by several others, evil disposed
( and insurbordlnate like themselves.
, Laudonnlere was taken sick. These
outlawB entered his chamber and by
violence forced him to grant them permission
to scour the seas.
Two ships belonging to the colony
p were taken possession of, and the pilot
was forced to join them. They proceeded
to attack the Spanish colonies
. planted In the West Indian Islands.
They even captured the governor of
Jamaica. But the governor managed
I to communicate with his friends, who
came to his rejlef. One of the vessels
escaped the Spanish, and by the guld,
ance of the pilot was taken back to
La Caroline, where the chiefs of the
I outrage were chastised. Rlbault was
sent out to relieve Laudonnlere; but
, La Caroline was destined to be destroyed.
It Is more than probable that
although Charles the Ninth granted
the Huguenots permission to plant a
colony, he planned, If not directly. Indirectly,
Its destruction.
A bold, but exceedingly fanatical
[ and desperately cruel man, Melendez,
was sent out by Philip the Second of
' Spain, to watch the movements of
I Rlbault. All the plans of the latter
seen to have been well known to the
' -- - ^
former. Meienaez piainiy auu uuiuijr
declared that the purpose for which
he was sent out was to exterminate
the Huguenot colony. Rlbault determined
to defend the colony as best he
! could. He pushed out to sea, taking
on board his fleet all the able-bodied
men, leaving Laudonntere less than
one hundred men. and the women and
children and the sick and Infirm. The
two fleets came into sight, but before
r an engagement took place, an equinoctial
storm scattered the fleet of
' Rlbault, and drove It far from the colony.
Melendex, when the storm ceased
took advantage of Ribault's mls'
fortune, and hastened to the fort.
This he captured and brutally put to
I death men, women and children. Only
a few escaped by taking shelter in
the woods. Afterward, Rlbault and
| those with him. preserved from the
storm, returned to the fort. They
were shown the dead bodies of their
' companions hanging from the limbs of
the trees, and then at a signal given
by Melendex, they were made to share
the same fate. It is said that Melendez
skinned Rlbault while still living,
and having stuffed his skin, sent It to
his sovereign, Philip the Second, and
the Pope of I^ome. Charles made no
attempt to avenge the blood of his citizens.
No doubt he was well pleased.
r One De Gorgues did, however, visit
! merited punishment upon the Spaniards
for this Inhuman massacre. Having
equipped a small fleet for the ostensible
purpose <Jf engaging in the
, slave trade, he set out in 1667 for Port
Caroline. He made known his real
purpose to his men as soon as he was
fairly out to sea. They readily entered
into his plans. The garrison of
Spaniards who were left in Fort Caro[
line, were taken and put to death.
When Melendez hanged the garrison he
' had placed above them this Inscription:
"I do this not to Frenchmen: but to
heretics." De Gorgues took this down
' and Inscribed upon It these words, "I
' do this not to Spaniards or Catholics;
but to traitors, robbers and murder'
ers." Fort La Caroline perished to the
Huguenots In 1565. This earth has no
[ more tragical spot. St. Bartholomew's
day was Fort Caroline re-enacted.
Both are blots on the name of Charles
and Melendez, which time never can
' erase.
r TO BR OONTtNTTRH.
NEW GAME ON THE TRAIN.
! The Man With the Cards and the Far
Too 8ure-Thinfl Bet.
A forlorn individual with a "tele'
scope" grip In one hand and an empty
pocketbook In the other, yesterday en1
lightened the detectives at the Union
depot concerning the latest wrinkle In
' confidence games. The melancholy one
had Just been relieved of $50 by a cou'
pie of chance acquaintances on a train.
: "This is how It happened," said the
traveler. "I was coming from Oklahoma
and after leaving Fort Scott
sat In the smoker with a man who got
on at that station. We chattered a bit
' and were watching a game of crlbbage
' among some traveling men across the
aisle, when a man came through the
car with a pack of playing cards in his
hand. He stopped by the crlbbage
' players and asked them to buy the
1 cards. They refused, so he turned to
our seat.
" 'Gentlemen,' he said, 'I'd like to sell
r these cards. They are of unusually
goou quality ituu iu sen uidiu iw wt?
" price of an ordinary deck.'
" 'Let's see,' said m?; seatmate, tak1
lng the pack. 'I don't see anything re!
markable about these; they look like
r ordinary 25-cent cards to me.'
I " "All right,' replied the owner of the
cards in an offended tone, 'If you can't
distinguish the difference in the quality
r of cards, there's no use in my wasting
! time talking to you.'
i "He reached for the pack, and as it
. was handed back to him one of the
cards fell to the floor, apparently un'
noticed by the owner. My seatmate,
' however, saw the card fall, and said,
! banteringly:
" 'Those cards may be extra fine, but
I'll bet there's not a full pack there.'
1 "The owner of the cards glared in
dignantly at my seatmate.
, " 'You say you will,' he exclaimed.
'Now, what will you bet on that?'
1 "My companion had already covered
' the card on the floor with his foot.
" 'Oh, I'll call anything you've got,'
he laughed.
' "Without more ado the card sales1
man lugged out a bundle of bills and
! announced that he didn't like to take
candy from infants but that he would
bet the hundred, even money, that the
pasteboards In his hand comprised a
' full deck of fifty-two cards, not count,
lng the Joker. This, of course, looked
like Christmas expenses to us, who
knew that one card of the pack lay on
( the floor.
; " 'I'll let you In on half of the bet,'
! said my seatmate, generously, and, of
course, I Jumped at the chance.
"The money was posted, the cards
1 were counted, and the deck found to
. be complete. My seatmate and the
, card salesman left the train at the next
station. Of course, I see It all now,
that is all but one thing:
"Why did It not occur to me that
there was something odd in a man having
$100, who had a moment before
been trying to peddle a two-bit pack
1 of cards?"?Kansas City Star.
?Prospects| 1 ra <
Lv. Yorkville 3.29 p.m.
Lv. Sharon 3.45 p.m.
Lv. Hickory Grove 3.57 p,m.
Lv. Smyrna 4.10 p.m.
Ar. Blucksburg 4.35 p.m.
t
No. 167, Daily except Sunday, Rock
Hill, 8. C., to Marion, N. C.?Third
Class.
Lv. Rock Hill 10.00 a.m.
Lv. Yorkville 11.00 a.m.
Lv. Blackaburg 2.30 p.m.
Ar. Marion 8.60 p.m.
EASTBOUND TRAINS.
No. 114, Daily?-Blackaburg to Kingvilla?Firat
Claaa:
Lv. Blackaburg 7.40 a.m.
Lv. Smyrna 8.02 a.m.
Lv. Hickory Grove 8.14 k,m.
Lv. Sharon 8.26 *um.
Lv. Yorkville 8.41 a.m.
Lv. Tirzah 8.62 &.m.
Lv. Rock Hill 9.30 a.m.
Lv. Catawba 9.50 a.m.
Lv. Lancaater .........10.25 a.m.
Ar. Camden . 11.46 a.m.
Lv. Camden 1.45 p.m.
Ar. Kingvllle 3.16 p.m.
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No. 136, Daily?Marion, N. C., to Rock
Hill, 8. C.?Firat Claaa:
Lv. Marlon 5.25 p.m.
Lv. Blackaburg 8.45 p.m.
Lv. Smyrna 9.10 p.m.
Lv. Hickory Grove 9.23 p.m.
Lv. Shaion 9.38 p.m.
Lv. Yorkville 9.54 p.m.
Lv. Tirzah 10.10 p.m.
Ar. Rock Hill 10.30 p.m.
No. 166, Daily, except 8unday?Marion.
N. C., to Rock Hill, 8. C.?Third
Claaa:
Lv. Marlon 9.00 a.m.
Lv. Blacksburg 2.50 p.m.
Lv. Yorkville 5.10 p.m.
Ar. Rock Hill 6.00 p.m.
For further Information address:
BROOKS MORGAN. Asst. Gen. Pass.
Agent, Atlanta, Ga;, or
R. W. HUNT, DIv. Passenger Agent,
Charleston. S. C.
SAW MILLS.
LIGHT, MEDIUM AND HEAVY
WOODWORKING MACHINERY
FOR EVERY KIND OF WORK
ENGINES AND BOILERS
AND SIZES AND FOR EVERY
CLASS OF SERVICE.
ASK FOR OUR ESTIMATE BBFORB
PLACING YOUR ORDER.
GIBBES MACHINERYCOMPANY
COLUMBIA, s. C.
tar The Enquirer office is prepared to
execute your orders for High Grade
Printing. Your orders are eolioited.
| SOUTH
1 RAILR<
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? THE SOUTH S GR
$
? UNEXCELLED D]
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> VICE.
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~ THROUGH PULL
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j? Convenient Scha
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% Winter Tourist F
feet to all Florida
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For full lnformi
routes, etc., consul
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^ IIHOOKS :
Assistant (Jeneral
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/ We have
rt manyacto*! \ I
I photographs ? of cotton I
I fields!on which no fertilizers were f
\ used and"pictures of llelds oa which f
I "other makes" of fertilizers were \
/ used. Results of these crops were 1
[ dismal failures There are muqg /
% "brighter prospects" ahead for tae \
f progressive farmers of the South, l
) Two and three bales to the acre are I
I oaly ordinary yields where I
7 Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers ]
I are used with proper cultivation. /
\ Make yoor cotton mature early, and I
/ thua escape the boll weevllaand other >
I damaging Insects. You can easily do
t this, ss well aa increase the number I
I of bolls (and their size) on your plants I
1 by plentifully ualcg Virginla-Caro- /
\ Una Fertilizers. This method will \
/ tremendously "increase your yields 1
( per acre." Don't be fooled into bujr- /
I ing a substitute. I
1 Virginia-Carolina Chemical Ce. . \
I Richmond, Va, J
L NorfolkTva. /
Durham, N.C. f
,) Charleston, 8. 0. tt
f Baltimore Hi f I
Atlanta. Oa.
R Savannah. Chl 'M
W Montgomery, Ala. " M
Memphis, Tenn. iM
M Shreveport, La.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
SCHEDULES.
Schedule Effeotive Nov. 6, 1004.
WESTBOUND TRAINS.
No. 135, Daily?Rook Hill, 8. C., to
Marion, N. C.?First Class.
Lv. Rock Hill 6.00 a.m.
Lv. Tlrzah 6.19 a.m.
Lv. Yorkville 6.30 g.m.
Lv. Sharon 6.46 a.m.
Lv. Hickory Grove 7.00 a.m.
Lv. Smyrna 7.16 a.m.
Ar. Blacksburg 7.40 a.m.
Lv. Blacksburg 8.10 a.m.
Ar. Marion 11.00 a.m.
Nd. 113, Daily?Kingville to Blanksburg?First
Clasa:
Lv. Kingville 11.00 a.m.
Lv. Camden 12.26 p.m.
Lv. Lancaster 2.07 p.m.
Lv. Catawba 2.37 p.m.
Lv. Rock Hill 3.00 p.m.
Lv. Tlrzah 3.17 p.m.
GOOD PAYJOR
Make a Club fo
T?.n ntn
JU11V|U
BEST SEMI-WEEKL
IIIteresting* Premium
Every]
A Columbus Top Buggy W
Club of Paid Name* and
tor the Second Large*
CONTEST NOW OPEN; CI
THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER
weekly county newspaper published in
whose opinions are entitled to respect
efficient county papers published in thi
liahed especially for the people, of Yc
makers having the advantage of years <
ment equal to that of the more prater
falls to measure up to any reasonable
ENQUIRER Is the promotion of the
dustrlal upbuilding of the people of
seeks patronage and support In such i
pect by reason of its usefulness along
8UB8CHIFT1
The price of THE ENQUIRER to
to this office is $2.00 a year and $1.00
The price to clubmakers, acting
a year, and subscriptions win be rec
until March 15. 1906.
The reduced rate is allowed to an;
two or more names. ,
NEW SUBS
New subscribers?those 'whose na
July 1, 1906, may have the paper from
1, 1907 for the price of one year's subt
the subscription price is paid at the tl
wise the subscription will expire one y
name.
PREMIUMS 1
To compensate our friends for th<
curing of names and collecting the n
miums, the value of the same being
involved, and for the two largest clubs
hundred names or less than ten eac)
buggies, one worth $86 and the other
FOR THE LAI
To the clubmaker returning and p<
under the conditions stated herein, wi
Buggy, worth 986. To the clubmaker
will give one of the best Top Buggies nr
worth $66. Both these buggies are tc
Carroll Bros., of Yorkvllle, who sell
been awarded, protect them with all t
gles on payment of the regular retail j
For Four Names.
A Stylograpblc Fountain Pen; a
Three-Bladed Pocket Knife or one
copy of any of the following books:
"Gordon Keith," by T. Nelson Page;
"David Harum," "The One Woman,"
by Thomas Dixon.
For Five Names,
A year's subscription to either one
of . the following Magazines: McClure's,
Ladies' Home Journal, Munsey,
Argosy, Cosmopolitan, Saturday
Evening Post, or either of the following:
A "Champion" Stem Winding
Watch, A* gold pointed Fountain
Pen, or a four-bladed Pocket Knife.
For Six Names.
An "Eclipse" Stem Winding Watch.
Hamilton Model It, It-calibre Rifle,
a year's subscription to the Christian
Herald, a 22-Strlng Zithern or any
one of the following popular cloth
bound novels: "Leopard's Spots,"
"Beverly of Graustark," "The Two
Captains," by Cyrus Townsend Brady.
For Eight Names.
An Ingersoli "Triumph" Watch, a
Daisy Repeating Air Rifle?works
like a Winchester?a line Razor or
a Pocket Knife, a Rapid Writer
Fountain Pen?plain case; or aHopf
Model Violin or an 8-inch banjo.
For Ten Names.
One year's subscription to THE
ENQUIRER, a No. 2 Hamilton 22callbre
Rifle?model 11, the Youth's
Companion one year, or a gold
mounted Fountain *Pen; a good BanJo,
Violin or Gedtar.
For Twenty Names.
Crack-Shot Stevens Rifle, a 10ounce
Canvas Hunting Coat, a No. 1
Ejector Single Barrel Breech-Loading
Shot Gun, the Century or Harper's
Magazine.
For Tnirty sanies.
Either of the following: A Single
Barrel H&mmerless Shot Oun, a fine
Toilet or Washstand Set, a Hopkins
& Allen Jr., 22-callbre Rifle, or a
No. 13 Oliver Turn Plow.
For Forty Names.
A fine Mandolin, Guitar or Banjo,
a New York Standard 'Open Face
Watch, a W. Richards Double-Barrel
Breech-Loading Shot Gun.
For Fifty Names.
A Winchester or Colt's Repeating
Rifle, 22-callbre; or a Baker Double
Barrel Breech-Loading Gun.
SPECIAL CLUBS.
We will arrange to furnish any
special article desired by a clubmaker
for a given number of names
on application to this office.
TIME TO BEGIN.
The time for chibmakers to begin |
work in competition for the foregoing |
L. M. GRIST'S SON
FOB SALE AT A BARGAIN.
FOUR Horse Power Shlpman
Steam Engine. Uses Kerosene
oil for fuel, and takes fire and water
as required automatically. Cost originally,
$350, and Is guaranteed to be In
first class condition. We will sell at
a bargain.
L. M. GRIST'S SONS.
LATTA BROS' WAREHOUSE.
WE are prepared to store COTTON.
Our rates are cheaper
than can be had on the farm. Bring
us your Cotton.
LATTA BROS.
Dec. 1 s.w. tf
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EATEST SYSTEM.
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[NING CAE SER1 Q
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MAN SLEEPING ?
L THROUGH ?
NS. ^
Jules on All Local ^
;ates are now Jn ef- a
points.
itlon as to rates,
t nearest Southern
tm, or |
MUIU..A >, ?
IHuisctiger Agent.
a, Ga. 0
iUXT, B
enger Agent, ?
un, S. C. ?
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.EASY WORK.
r the Yorkville
irer.
,Y IN THE SOUTH
Contest Now Open to
body.
orth 985 For the Largest
a Rock Mill Top Buggy
t Club ot Paid Names.
LOSES MARCH 15, 1906.
is the largest all home print semlthe
south, and is conceded by experts
to be one of the most complete and
? United Statea It is edited and public
and surroupding counties, and its
of experience, and a mechanical equipitious
metroDolitan Journals, it seldom
e requirement. The mission of THE
social, edncatlQnal, religious and inYork.
and adjoining counties, and it
neasure as it may have a right to exthe
lines of its endeavor.
[ON PRICE.
single subscribers sending their names
for six months.
as agents of the subscriber, is $1.76
eived from clubmakers at that price
y individual who returns and pays for
ICRIBERS.
mes have not been on cur list since
the time they'subscribe until January
icrlption?$1.75.. This is provided that
me of the entry of the name. Otherear
from the date of the entry of the
j-J
FOR CLUB8.
a time and trouble incident to the senoney
therefor, we offer various preproportioned
to the amount of work
whether they Include as many as Ave
l, we propose to give two first class
worth $66.
WEST CLUBS.
JL
tying for the largest number of names
> will give a first class Columbus Top
returning the second largest club, we
tade by the Rock Hill Buggy company,
> be seen in the depository of Messrs.
them, and who will, after they have
he guarantees that go with such bug>rice,
offers is RIpHT NOW. Let all
names, whether old or new, be returned
as rapidly as secured, so they
may be properly entered upon our
booka
TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
Two Six Months Subeoribers at 91
each will be considered the equivalent
of one yearly subscriber at $1.76,
and so counted. A subscription paid
for two or more years in advance at
$1.76, will be counted as one name
for each year so paid.
Clubmakers will be held personally
responsible for the payment of all
names returned by them. After a
ciuomajcer naa remrnea ana paia tor
any name, he can, at any Ume thereafter,
discontinue the sending of the
paper to the person for whom he
has paid and transfer the unexpired
term to any other person, provided
the person to whom the transfer is
desired was not a subscriber at the
time the original name was entered
on our books. '
No name wl|l be counted In competition
for a premium until the subscription
price has been paid; nor
will any premium be delivered until
a satisfactory settlement has been
made for all names returned by the
clubmaker.
Persons tfho commence making
clubs will not be permitted to transfer
their club to another clubmaker's
list after the names have been entered
on our books.
It is not necessary that the names
on a club should all be at the same
postofflce. Names may be taken at
any number of places.
All subscriptions must be forwarded
to us at the expense of those sending
them.
We will be responsible for the safe
transmission of money only when
sent by draft, registered letter or
money order drawn on the Yorkvllle
postofflce. i
In sending names write plainly, and
give postofflce, county and state.
All subscriptions will be discontinued
at the expiration of the time
paid for.
A separate list will be kept for
each clubmaker, who will be credited
with each name sent, so that the
number sent by any clubmaker may
be ascertained at a moment's notice.
In case of a tie for either premium,
two weeks W|ll be allowed in which
to work off the tie.
The time in which names may be (
returned, under our propositions will
commence NOW, and expire at t
o'clock p. m., on the 16th day of 4
March, 1906.
After the closing of this contest
on March 15. 1906 no single yearly
subscription will be received for lees
than the yearly subscription price,
92 00, except new clubs are formed.
8, Yorkvllle, 8. C.
COTTON INSURANCE.
1AM prepared to write Insurance
on Cotton stored either in open
yard or in outbuildings on farma
Farmers can arrange to borrow
money on my insurance policies on
cotton held on their farms the same
as if the cotton were stored in a
warehouse in town. Rate ii per cent.
Write or call at my office for rates of
Insurance and other Information.
J. R. LINDSAY.
Oct. 3. tf. tf.
MONET AT 7 PER CENT.
fHAVE a limited amount of Money
n< 7 nan cont An
I. mm A uail icuu av V?u? UM
good real estate security.
W. W. LEWIS, Attorney.
Nov! 17 tf. tf.
fhc Morknllr tf nquircr.
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Entered at the Postofflce as Second
Class Mall Matter.
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Published Tuesday and Friday.
PUI1L18IIEHH ? 4|
W. D. GRIST,
O. E. GRIST,
A. M. GRIST
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION l
Single copy for one year $ 2 00
One copy for tw6 years 3 50
For three months 50
For six months 1 00
Two copies one year 3 50
Ten copies one year 17 50
And an extra copy for a club of ten. <
ADVERTISEMENTS
Inserted at One Dollar per square for
the first Insertion, and Fifty Cents per
square for each subsequent insertion.
A square consists of the space occupied
by ten lines of this size type.
or Contracts for advertising space
for three, six and twelve months will
be made on reasonable terms. The
contracts must in all cases be confined
to the regular business of the firm or /
individual contracting, and the manuscript
must be in the office by Monday
at noon when Intended for Tuesday's
issue, and on Thursday at noon, when
InteirlH for Friday's Issue.
tv Cards of thanks and tributes of
respect inserted at the rate of 10 cents
per line for each insertion.