Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, November 17, 1908, SUPPLEMENT TO THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER., Image 5
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^Miscellaneous Mcatling.
w THE CARNAGE OF WAR.
Story of a Survivor of the Battle ol
Gravclotte.
William Guldner. a survivor of the
battle of Gravelotte. the most hare
fought victory of the Franco-Prussiar
* war. tells in Harper's Magazine how
he saw the victory as color bearer ol
his regiment:
"It must have been. I think, about i
o'clock when Colonel von Boehn rode
a to the head of the regiment and we all
straightened quick as on parade. And
he said sharp a few words, something
like. 'Men. the regiment has a good
name, and you will give it a still better
one.' I was in front and could hear
part of what he said.
"The colonel led us to the left, and
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we crnssen a rttin\>uu
through another little white village,
and then we .'aced a slope?a long
slope?with a village on it, which the
* French had made into a fort, and we,
k our regiment and others, were to capk
ture it, and there were many Frenchmen
and cannon there.
"The colonel rode on a horse, he and
the majors and the adjutants. Our
captains usually rode, too. but this
day the captains sent their horses hack
and went on foot.
"And soon our first men began to
fall, for we came under the fire of the
chassepot. It was hard, for we could
not see the enemy. These first ones
* were many sharpshooters in a ditch,
and the noise of their firing was like
that of a coffee mill?kr-r-r-r-r-r!
They drew off as we went forward. It
was only at a walk that we went?a
^ steady walk, just as if there were no
bullets there.
"And now we would run forward fifty
yards ard throw ourselves fiat, then
another fifty yards and the halt and
the falling fiat, and each time we could
see the village that was a fortress
nearer.
["And once when we were lying down
and I saw that the officers were standing.
just cool and quiet, it came to
me that a man has to pay in such
ways to be an officer.
"I saw the colonel fall. He was shot
from his horse and carried back.
"The first major, he took command,
and he galloped to the skirmish line,
and he was shot. Then the second
major, too, was shot, and he tried to
get up, but he could not stand, and he
sat on a big stone and shouted: "Go
on! Go on!' And he took a gun from
a dead man and fired it.
"We were ordered to fix bayonets,
f and that made us glad, but even yet
the men carried their rifles on their
shoulders as they ran. We were not
near enough to charge with bayonets.
* ~ " U*%f if IV O Q
"I wish I could ten you nnm ...
* like as we got near that village of St.
Privat?the noise, the smoke, the
flashes, the falling men and only one
desire in our hearts.
"There were three sergeants in the
color section, one at each side of me.
And first the one at my right was
killed. Then the one at my left was
shot?eight big bullets in his body
from a mitrailleuse?eight! Yet heafterward
got well, while many a man
died from only one little bullet.
("And at last we went at a bayonet
charge, and for the first time there
was a cheer, a wild and savage cheer,
and we ran on, eager to plunge the
bayonets, and we could see as we came
near the village that the French were
firing from behind barricades and
garden walls and from windows.
"And we looked into the wild faces
of the French, and they met us hand
to hand. Ah. we climbed over walls
and barricades, and we fired and bay
oneted, and we fought them in the
streets!
"On and on we went. It was a wild
time of shooting, bayoneting, wrestling.
clubbing, shouting. On and on,
* but it was slow work and terrible, for
the French fought for every step.
"I was at the front, for I had the
colore. There were a few officers still
left, and they were shouting and waving
their swords, and other regiments
stormed into the village with us, and
after a while?I can't say how long?
the place was ours.
"As I tell it to you it seems perhaps
Wf a simple thing. But when the regi
ment was paraded before the battle
W began we were more thar 2,900 men
B and more than fifty officers, and we
^ lost in the fight forty officers and more
than a thousand men. Yes. that was
^ the loss of Just my regiment alone. It
was murderish, but it was necessary.
"Well, it was over. The village was
- . - -J .v,on\- n dead man lay in
mazing, hiiu ..
the ruins. Some sat upright, dead,
with their backs against walls."
A "HELLO" FAILURE.
Government Ownership of Telephones
Unpopular In Manitoba.
So far as this province is concerned,
government ownership of telephones is
not meeting with the success which
? was promised while the present gov*
ernment was canvassing the province
for re-election, says a Winnipeg correspondent.
People were told that with public
ownership existing telephone charges
would be cut in two and that after
several years of operation the rates
would be still further reduced. They
cited the Bell schedules as ridiculous
and exorbitant and quoted the dividends
being paid by the Bell concern.
f v All these assertions and promises arc
forgotten now that the provincial govs
ernment has purchased the Bell sys/
tern in Manitoba, and instead of a reI
duction in the rates an advance has
? / been ordered in certain classes. The
^ province paid $3.300.ft00 for the Bell
lines and equipment, and when the
purchase price was .announced Francis
Dagger, a telephone expert, who is
known all over the American continent.
declared that at the price paid by
the government the system could noi
he run on a paying basis tin less the
rates were advanced.
The local government then appar*
ently began to realize the fact thai
at least a million dollars too much hac
been paid to the Bell people, and some
competent experts allr-ged an excess
payment of a much greater sum. h
. make a favorable showing an ordei
was Issued by the commission appoint? <!
to look after the workings of th(
system that under no circumstances
would free telephones be allowed, anc
the 90 instruments for which no revenue
was being received under the Bel
regime were taken out unless the user
cared to pay the regular rates to hav<
them remain. This increased the earnC
ings of the system by some $2,500 j
year. But this was not enough, so ar
order has now been issued infortnlns
all doctors and nurses that in futur<
their yearly rate will be $50 instead oi
$40. under the Bell rule, and thus another
or $4.onn is added to th<
yearly receipts of the department of
telephones.
These two items, however, amount
to little, and now the commission is
considering other ways to increase the
P revenues, while the general service
given to subscribers is no better than
before. In fact, many persons assert
1 that the Manitoba government is not
1 giving as good service as the Bell
i company did under the same condl*
tions The promise of reduced rates
f seems ns far from fulfillment as ever.
and whenever a member of the provlnl
cia' department of telephones or a
1 me nber of the commission Is asked
i when the promised reduction of rates
I is likely to become effective he replies
' with the now stereotyped phrase. "I
I have nothing for publication on the
matter."
And such is the public ownership of
telephones under the Manitoba provemment.
If you must grive advice, first find
out what kind the other fellow wants.
ItST Why is the Fourth of July like an
oyster? Because we cannot enjoy it
without crackers.
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AP1SON GINGHAM?Good
Good Quality BLEACHING?
, Yard Wide. 10 CIS. BLEACI1I
5 71 Cts. COTTON OUTING?5
i Good CHECK HOMESPUN?t
A. F. C. I)IIESS GINGHAM?S
B??s| 15 Cts. LONSDALE CA1
12J Cts. ANDKOSCOGGIN BI
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DERWEAR, SHIRTS. E'
SALE?NEW GOODS?
At Factory
A POUND OF FEATHERS.
It Is In Reality Heavier Than a Pound
of Lead.
The favorite question with the school
committeemen of olden time was, we
are told, "which is the heavier, a
pound of feathers or a pound of lead?"
The first rash answer almost always
used to be. "a pound of lead." Then,
of course, from the older pupils woum
come the reply, "both alike."
If this question was asked today the
old time querist might receive a decided
surprise, for the pound of feathers
could easily be proved to be the
heavier, A simple experiment is all
the evidence needed.
With any accurate scales weigh out
a pound of lead, using ordinary shot
frr convenience. Pour the shot into
one of the pans of a balance. For the
feathers a light muslin bag will be
needed, and care must be taken that
feathers and bag together do not weigh
more than a pound. When the bag of
feathers is put into the other pan of
the balance the beam will, after a few
oscillations, come to rest exactly level.
NCHE
INS Ope
OT TO BE THE
RD-EARNED
E DUTY AT Thurs<
SALE.
T FACTORY
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5 ON THE and cl
Friday
Them. Calicoi
IS SALE MEANS THAT ONE I
r YOURSELF AND FAMILY I
TO BLOW. FIT THE FAMILY
AT THOMSON CO.'S DURIN(
IS STORE WILL BE CLOSED
AENTS AND MARK DOWN TI
IVING. MONEY-SAVING SAL
'EENTH AT NINE O'CLOCK, .
Quality?I CTS. Yard Wide BROl
> CENTS. Best BROWN SI
XG?7 CTS. Yd. Best. Yard Wide
CENTS the Yd.
he Yard, 5 CTS. 12J Cls. WHITE
> CENTS the Y(l. Best \. C. A. EE
IBRIC?II CTS. 65 Cts. Value SI1
jEACHIXG 50 Cts. Value 811
1-2 CTS. Yard. $1.00 Value SIIE
EVERYBODY MAKE READY
SON COMPANY'S. THESE S
1MBER igTH. COME RAIN O
,ND BOY Bring ymi
DULD GET A ?
SHOES, UNTC.,
AT THIS
Prices- "^7^
So far tht* verdict "both alike" ;
seems to be proved. But place the bal- I
anco on the receiver of an air pump, i
with lead and feathers undisturbed. <
Cover the whole with the glass bell jar i
and exhaust the air. Slowly the feath- 1
ers sink, and the lead kicks the beam.
The pound of feathers is heavier than
the pound of lead.
The truth is that what we call a
pound was not such in fact, for the ,
atmosphere buoys up everything with'
I" nrnnnrtlntl tn thp hill!; flf the
object, and the feathers, being of greater
bulk than the lead, are supported by ,
the air to a considerably greater extent
than the lead. Removed from this
supporting medium, their true \v?ight
is made evident. ,
Charles Reade propounded a similar i
question in one of his novels. A Jewish
trader is made to ask. "which is
the heavier, a pound of feathers or a
pound of gold?" After a while he explains
to the satisfaction of his audi- I
ence of miners that the feathers are
the heavier.
Gold, he explains, is weighed by troy i
weight, while feathers are weighed by 1
Tandf.
FROM 415
ns their Great Factory
THOMSON CI
Jay, Nov. 19, at 9
me Promptly. Be on hands and
nishings, Notions and Millinery e
er the First Four Days?Thursd
0:00 to 10:30 O'clock a. m. and
and Syndidate's own Representat
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Mill and Factory J
oses Monday Nig
, Saturday and Mo
es for 25c., 10 yard
)OLLAR WILL DO THE WORI
?OR THE COLD, WINTRY \
I OUT WITH NEW SHOES
3 THIS SALE.
ALL WEDNESDAY TO ARI
-IE GOODS FOR THE OPEN]
E, WHICH OPENS THURSDAY
A. M.
,VX SEA ISLAND, 3 CTS. Yd. Ladl
IEETING, 6 1-2 CTS. Yard.
BROWN SEA ISLAND TAD
6 CENTS the Yard. BIT
LINEEN. 9 CTS. Yard. 25 C
ATIIEH TICK, II CTS. Yard. ITL1
EETS?18 CENTS Each. IJlpr
[EETS?SO CENTS Each. 15 (
:ETS?69 CENTS Each.
FOR THIS BIG SYNDICATE Si
YNDICATE PRICES WILL MAI
R SHINE. DOORS OPEN AT
ir Check Books and Plenty
On Approval to any o
HE MILL A1S
From
HE THO:
>ens Thursday, November
avoirdupois, and as the twelve ounces
In a pound troy contain only 5,760
grains, while the avoirdupois pound
contain nearly 7,000 grains, the pound
of feathers is, of course, 1,240 grains
heavier than the pound of gold.?New
York Tribune.
A Modest Request.?Mr. J. M. Barrie,
the author, tells a good story
sgainst himself.
A lady of his acquaintance had taken
f. friend to see one of his plays, and,
quite astonished, he asked her why
5 he did 50.
"Oh," was the reply, "It's such a
quiet street for the horses."
He also tells of a playgoer who received
no response to his repeated requests
to a lady in front of him to remove
her huge hat.
At length, exasperated, he said: "If
you won't take off your hat, my dear
madam, will you be so kind as to fold
back your ears?"?Woman's Life.
>ti)~ Every shilling turned out by the
English mint shows a profit of nearly
three-pence.
ACTORY
BROADWAY, J
Sale of Goods from th
3'S BIG DEPi
a. m. Sale Closes
see the Greatest Slaughtering o
ver witnessed in Yorkville.
ay, Friday, Saturday and Mondi
10 yards to each customer,
ive is here to make prices and s<
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FAT^RY 5AL^ f <
Syndicate Sale Bej
;ht, Dec. 14. Fir
nday, 10 to 10:30
Is to each custom*
c of two in
vinds that this st(
and warm which ^
during
factor'
of our
*ange the ed to n
:ng of this will mi
, november pay 0n]
ies' PURE LINEN IIAXDKERCHIEI
1 CENTS E
!LE COVERS?10 CENTS Each.
1EAU SCARFS?10 CENTS Each.
'ents PILLOW TOPS? 9 CENTS.
LOW CORDS?9 CENTS and 10 CE!
EMBROIDERY Values at 5 CENTS,
'ts. and 25 Cts. EMBROIDERY Vain
At io ce:
\LE AND BE ON HANDS TH
?E EAGER CUSTOMERS AND
' NINE O'CLOCK, A. M.
r of Money. Positively N
ne. SPOT CASH FOR E
rD FACTORY
415 Broadway, New York
MSON C
19th, at 9 o'clock a. m. an<
VALUE OF BALLOONS.
One Authority Declares This is Overestimated,
and Tells Why.
"Military authorities are overestimating
the value of the airship and
balloons for purposes of war," remarked
Professor Andrew B. Quale of Yale,
to a New York Telegram reporter.
"There are two very serious drawbacks
to the use of the balloon, which
is the only possible vehicle of the air
which the army or navy can hope to
use, at least at present. In the first
place It is dangerous for those who
use it, and it affords an easy mark for
the enemy's sharpshooters.
"If it should fly so high that it would
be out of the reach of our modern guns
then the observers in It would gain no
information of the enemy, because they
would be above the clouds and could
see nothing of what was going on, on
land.
"If a balloon should go up only high
enough to see if the enemy was approaching,
the exact whereabouts of the
troops to which It belonged would be
immediately disclosed, and the enemy
would gain as much information and
SYNDICA
<JEW YORK,
le Mills at Factory Prici
IRTMENT STI
; Monday Night, D
f Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, G
ay?10 Yards of Good Calicoes f
? a rr\ w* a nm/\v\ir nn
Ell the goods At tAUURim
i^'ir
">w " : '-'WI
jins Thursday, Nc
st four days, Thu
? O'clock, 10 yard:
sr.
WE LEAD?OTHERS TRY TO
ORE NOW CONTROLS MILL
WILL BE TURNED TO THE H
THIS SYNDICATE SALE. TH
Y PRICES ON ALL GOODS IN
OWN STOCK IS SUBJECT TO
IAKE THIS YORKVILLE'S GR
\KE BUYING A PLEASURE A
LY FACTORY COST. STAY A
PS 8 Cts. TORCHON LACE Valu
ach. VAL LACE Values at 4 CENT
DECORATED CREPE PAPE
MEN'S SUITS?$4.98, $7.18 i
MEN'S OVERCOATS?$1.98, S
VTS. MEN'S HATS?98 Cts., $1.89
MEN'S SHIRTS?39 CENTS
es MEN'S HEAVY FLEECED
k"T,c nu iwrpe sn n
wo. | " ? ~ E
FIRST DAY. COME YOUR
i HAPPY PATRONS AT THIS
0 GOODS CHARGED, or
WERY SALE MADE.
' SYNDIC ATI
City.
lOMPANT
1 Closes Monday, Decembe
possibly more than the army sending
up the balloon.,
"It is impossible to govern any of
the lighter than air machines, and no
general sending one of them up from
his camp would be able to count on its
return. If the air currents carried it
toward the enemy the probability is
they would carry it beyond, and the
balloonists would then land with the
enemy between them and their comrades.
It is also wrong, I think, to
train our military men in me use 01
balloons when the hope of the entire
world is to solve the problem of aviation.
If this is solved the same men
must be trained over at great expense,
because there is a wide difference between
ballooning and flying in a machine
which is heavier than air."
>*".*The population of Canada is now
about 6,500,000.
.tc 'In Belgium a revenue of $65,000
Is derived from roadside fruit trees,
ti.' A hen attains her best laying capacity
in her third year. She will lay
on an average lifetime from 300 to
500 eggs.
VTE READ
for to ski:
BS at a dollarORES
$40,00
of up-to-e
>ec. 14. TO BE DIS
homes oft
ints' county a'
tory cost.
or 25 Cents. bring pl!
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come, ex
are ready
follow. beware of im
and factory syndics
omes of the people of
e mill and factory syn
this store. every do!
syndicate prices. we i
eatest sale. thomson (
nd paying easy. buy VJl
way and you lose?comi
THE THOMSON
es at 4 CTS. Yd. TOILET SOAP'S
Yard. COLGATE'S 25 I
R?8 CTS. Roll.
I YD <9 98 pottle \ t
57.48 A YD $9.98. PERFUMED TA
AND $1.98. GOOD TALCUM
and 79 CENTS. PEARL BUTTO?
UNDERSHIRTS Good PEARL BI
.'S. the Garment. Good BASTING <
SELF?TELL YOUR FRIENDS
STORE. REMEMBER THE I
=5=1 Speci
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COAT SUIT
IT FURS. CLOA
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r 14th.
Thrift of a Magnate.?Commenting
on the thrifty habits of the late
Commodore Vanderbilt, a correspondent
of the New York Tribune tells a
story which he says "goes back more
than forty years, but may be told again
on that account." For years Mr. Vanderbilt
went to Saratoga every year
and spent many hours every day
<m the fontrress Hall porch smoking.
! "My brother," says the story teller,
"who lived near the spring, loved
horses and used to drive to the village
and go to the congress and listen to the
Vanderbilt horse talk. One day he noticed
a big darning needle stuck
through the lapel of the great railroad
man's coat, and in wondering what It
was there for missed much of the conversation.
It use developed when
the Vanderbilt cigar became too short
to be held by the fingers with comfort
or safety to the smoker. Then the
stump was speared by the needle and
held for further incineration. Aided by
the darning needle the cigar was
smoked to the bitter?to him sweet?
end. And he was not the least bit
ashamed to let people see him make
use of the darning needle."
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FOR THIS SALE.
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TO MAKii UUUlJ.
ITATION SALES.
lTE BARGAINS,
YORK COUNTY
fDICATE MAKES
LLAR'S WORTH
\RE DETERMIN:0.'S
BIG STOCK
IAT YOU WANT,
2, YOU WIN. I .
CONPANY. I
3 CENTS the Cake.
Cts. TALCUM POWDER?
15 CENTS the Box.
kSELIXE?1 CENTS.
LCUM POWDER?
10 CENTS the Box.
POWDER?5 CTS. Box.
CS?1 CENT the Card.
[JTTONS?2 CENTS the Card.
COTTON?2 CTS. the Spool.
> ABOUT WHAT'S
JEGINNING DATE
al Showing
OODS, SILKS, LADIES'
S, LADIES' SKIRTS,
KS AND MILLINERY.
)rget the Dates.
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