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tumorous department. Th? Boy's Mistake.?A railroad man was talking about the J10.000,000 or- _ der for new equipment that he had , just placed, says the Washington Post s "The cause of this order, the largest 1 of Its kind on record," he said, "Is j prosperity. Real prosperity. Not the , kind young Husk encountered. 1 "Young Cornelius Husk, was about 1 to try his fortune In New York. " 'Now, Corny.' his old grandmother , said, 'don't desert the narrow path of i righteousness when you get to that 1 rich city where money is so plentiful that they say the streets are even paved with gold.' "Husk promised his grandmother to behave himself, and in due course he reached New York. He got out at the Pennsylvania station, and started down Seventh avenue, when he saw, glittering in the gutter, a bright 110 gold piece. . "He picked up the coin Joyously, and was about to place it In his purse when a blind beggar caught his eye. A wave of generous sympathy surged through him and he handed the beggar the rich And. " 'Here, take it,' he said. "I can see 'em; you can't'" How He Knew.?With malicious chuckles the connoisseurs of New York are retailing a story, perhaps apocyrlcal. about J. Pierpont Morgan. Mr. Morgan, the story runs, was invited by a Fifth avenue dealer to view a beautiful set of antique ivories. He inspected the ivories, he praised their loveliness, he even admitted their cheapness; but, shaking his ueau, uc cuuvM. "There's only one trouble. A doubt still persists in my mind about their antiquity. That, of course, is an insurmountable objection; for in all the vast Morgan collections there is not one single object about which the shadow of a doubt exists." The dealer, exasperated at losing a sale he had counted on. forgot himself and retorted: "That's not so, sir, I personally know of five objects in your watch collection alone that are neither gen- a uine nor antique, but merely modern s copies." t "How do you know that?" Mr. Morgan asked haughtily. I "Because," replied the dealer, "I v sold them to you myself." jj r He Deserved It.?One morning Bill, I the poacher, was engaged in his early 8 morning labors, when he suddenly jj came face to face with the owner of a the manor, whom naturally he thought t still lay abed, says Answera Gone was the brightness of the mirninir ar the redoubtable squire f eyed the uninvited guest, whom stammered out a nervous greeting. "G-good morning sir! Wha?what brings you out so early?" "Oh," replied the lord of the land with a haughty stare and an unconscious testing of the light switch he carried in his hand. "I came out to gain an appetite for breakfast. But why, may I ask you, are you out so early?" Living close to nature makes for quickness, and there was scarcely a pause of half a second before Bill replied: , q "Well, now, squire, that's curious. Here yeu come out early to get an appetite for breakfast and I come out to get breakfast for my appetite." Balfour and His Friend.?A. J. Balfour is an abstracted, scholarly man, who has a hard time remembering men. Once Balfour was beaten for parliament by a Westminster constituency, but was immediately elected from a London constituency. Shortly after his defeat Balfour was walking with a friend in the lobby of the hous^ of commons. A man came up to him c and said: r "How do you do, Mr. Balfour! I am c glad to see you, sir. I trust you are in j! good health." j "Excellent," replied Balfour warm- r ly; "and I am charmed to see you ? looking so well. It is a real pleasure v to meet you again, as it always has been." ^ The two walked on. J "Who was that man?' asked Balfour. c "His face seems familiar, but I cannot t remember him." c "That," replied his friend, "is the a man who beat you for the house of s commons in Westminster."?Saturday * Evening Post. r 1 ' r Mark Twain's Egg Order.?Mark r Twain once lived at the Players' club jj in New York. The egg cups they use there easily hold two eggs, but not ^ three. One morning a new waiter I came to take the breakfast order. s Clemens said: "Boy, put three soft eggs in tnat v cup for me." By and by the waiter returned, bringing the breakfast. Clemens looked at the egg portion and asked: "Boy, what was my order?" "Three soft eggs broken in the cup, Mr. Clemens." "And you've filled the order, have you " "Yes, Mr. Clemens." "Boy, you are trifling with the truth. I've been trying all winter to get three eggs into that cup."?Bookman. False Logic.?Senator He:en R. Robinson, of Denver, apropos of her bill admitting women upon juries, said the other day: "It has been false economy to keep woman out of politics. It has been false economy and false logic. It reminds me of a mill hand. "A city missionary advised a mill hand to husband his resou" i *. to spend less In beer and tobacco, in order that he might not feel the pinch of slack times later on. "But the mill hand, stroking his chin doubtfully, answered in broad Lancashire dialect: "'Aw know a chap as saved $70 against the slack times, an' they never coom that winter, an' he had all that brass thrown on his hands.' " Important Question.?More vegetarian humor. One of the fleshless fraternity telephones us that he engaged a German cookiady not long ago. His wife liked the appearance of the applicant: her references were good, and the wages she demanded not exorbitant. says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "I'd like to have you come," said the lady of the house, "but perhaps you won't want to live with us. We are vegetarians and never have any meat in the house. Would you be satisfied with a vegetable diet?" The fraulein scratched her head. "Veil," she said, dubiously, "iss beer a a wegetable?" s COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE a (Continued From First Page.) ng measure "because It will be re- Hi tented as class legis ation." We havs leard of all manner of "class legisla- , Jon," but that designation has never jefore been given to local option, chi vhere It requires on9-thlrd the quail- me led electors to call an election, and a . najorlty to determine the issue. Ac:ording to that conception every coun- &8T :y vote on the dispensary and every thi ipecial tax vote In eleven hundred gai ichool districts has been "class legislation." It is the most progressive De- J nocracy; Mr. McLaurin's point Is lm- tlo possible. ms According to Senator McLaurin: . "A parent so low In his intelligence yi ._j __ , . - , i_ V.l_ snlAoliriaoa on chi tnu bu uruicu 111 ma ocjuouucoo ?o uw ? voluntarily to take advantage of free ad education offered his child has a home 10 bad that his child not only is unfit ;o associate with other children but les vill lack the proper food, clothes and 1 jooks to go to school. What will you set lo with these?" h What would you do with them! Not eave them and their children and their co( 'hildren's children to exist in debas- tar ng ignorance, poverty and dirt, but p]8 n confidence of the grace of God A!nighty in the effort we would extend l hand to them, lift them up and put *ta hem on the road to light, on the road ab< ;o decency and goon citizenship! We vould trust to their 'mothers to wash heir clothes; and with clean clothes ?y' rowever poor, they would be "fit" to wii issociate with other children." And vjc ve would have the school boards in- hJ restigate every case, and- where need xisted, we would have the county or pH' itate furnish their books free. We gir vou!d do whatever was necessary to ne, ret those poor, friendless, neglected vhite boys and glrle into schools. lar In the very next paragraph Senator ste licLaurin seems indisposed to insult wi 'the instincts of paiant-hood" by pass- , ng a law forcing them to do somehing for their children. First, the eglslature is not asked to force any- no! hing; but to give the people them- tec lelves an opportunity to speak. Second t th, nannt la "Inin In In t a'Hfifpnnp" P? ind "brutal In his selfishness," why be tor iqueamlsh about forcing him to re- j ease his child from the bondage of . gnorance? Again: Does the senator ^ avor the law against child labor? We PQ1 )resume he does. Then why, when for- cet lidding a parent to put his child to wa vork in a mill balk at forbidding him _ o let that child, through illiteracy, beome a menace to good government? 1 tnd for heaven's sake why should a gin nan of Senator McLaurin's Intel- or. Igence and opportunities, speak of this ,s a "negro-ridden state"! "Managed ind governed by negroes: entir lv soi wayed by negroes" is the definition jts he Century dictionary would give . negro-ridden." w The next paragraph In Senator Mc- en< .aurin's letter brings forward another usi lew: "It Is poverty. Mr. Editor, not ter gnorance and brutlshness that keeps hese children out of school. They nust work to live," and Mr. Mc- slo Turin's remedy is his warehouse bill ab] ind twenty cent cotton. The senator . a uninformed. Poverty and Ignorance, .re much greater factors. One of the w0 .rguments of mill managers against twi he child labor law Is that it takes teI1 he children out of the mills and leaves . hem to idleness and ruin In the streets. 1 There are other children to be cared in or besides those of the farmer; the err >oor would be with us if cotton sold . or fifty cents a pound. Mr. McLaurin an cite no Instance of gold being >oured by legislation or monopoly or lnc therwise Into the laps of an ignor- 13 mt multitude. The thrifty farmers .' if New England and of the Middle tm Vest are the intelligent people. All I if those states have compulsory edu- Cot atlon. France has compulsory edu- . j atlon, and her farmers, crowded to- " rether as they are, have hundreds of ed nlllions of dollars ;o lend. wa "Banish poverty and you will sub- ^ lue Ignorance," trumpets Senator Mc^aurln. Who Is going to banish the V11 >overty of the Ignorant? Where has ed t been done by others since the world 18" >egan? The man must depend on his b iwn exertions to banish his own pov- y rty and we wish to equip him with J he power to strive. How much a i noney did Mr. McLaurln make out of he practice of law before he banished . lis ignorance of the law? iai The pending bill is not, as Mr. Mc- ert ^aurln suggests, the State's baby. We ed lave for ten years advocated state- 18j vide compulsory school attendance, laving not much faith In a local op- c"' Ion measure; but others qualified to coi udge, believe this plan has merit and m vhile there is hope of saving one hild, we are anxious to try to do sc ,ie WI rood. Mr. MCJuaui in nas not exniuud sufficient Interest in the great ques- tht Ion of education to study this subject f hat has been discussed in South Carolina for ten years. He opposes this cal neasure on the ground of its "ineffl- ne^ iency," but makes no attempt to ^ imend it, or to improve it. He admits . (is lack of familiarity with the sub- 8111 ect, but assumes that the "time is coi tot ripe," and strikes to death the exi hild of those who have studied, and vho deeply feel the need of going forward. ne> There is no point, or parallel in Sen- is itor McLaurin's suggestion that if chil- ter Iren are compelled to go to school, . vhy not compel young men to attend :ol!ege. Those young men he refers lar o are not illiterate, and the sole pur- I >ose of the compulsory law is to se:ure literacy. Again, the children's ? ichooling is absolutely free and the Cl ichools are put in reach of all requlr- tw id to attend them. Colleges are not gin ree, nor are they within reach of all, lor could they accommodate or be nade to accommodate, all the young Pa' nen. The senator should spare our Th eaders from such hopelessly illogical a^( luggestions. .. ?* tne r or nit; lmuinm .iwn ui wie ocuaiui ve will state that the editor favors the dui minciples of the Initiative and the los eferendum, and is prepared to defend luch Democracy at any time. Finally, Senator McLaurin says that or compulsory education will come, but Th hat politically the passage of the S0l lending measure under the leadership >f the editor of the State would be le infortunate, because "the boys in 'pos- vei mm holler' and 'Dry Branch' would on< limply say, 'Get your guns, fellers, an( ve outvoted Gonzales last summer, le's been trying to boss this state for err wenty years and we beat him every ime; now he's got a law passed to ake our children from us and train hem to think and vote as he says, ind we won't stand for it.'" Is the Jui lenator speaking for himself or for he boys of Possum Holler and Dry Branch? If for the latter, we prefer < o have them express themselves. But d t that conception of their attitude be rue should men supposedly intelligent sal ind supposedly having the best inter- "I >sts of the present and future of South wa Carolina at heart submit to be bound ike pigmy slaves to the chariot of prejudice and Ignorance! Do progres- tin live men halt when reactionaries is- we lue the orders? Do courageous men lee from opposition? Are statesmen * ontrolled by the motives of the higher or the contorted imaginings of the hai ower? Do good works cease because COI he evil-disposed are noisy? . ?,.(oVi?a *n (rlva thfi n P H n 1 p Wll Jl IIC Oldit nionco w T V v >f "Possum Holler" and "Dry Branch" of l chance to declare themselves for or 8es igalnst Ignorance; the practical effect >f Senator McLaurin's vote is to deny hem that privilege. We shall not de- wa lert them in their need, even in the sta ace of the Injustice and Ingratitude of cn vhich the senator says they would be , tnr ruilty. | ov< The President in the Capitol.?A ^ei ively discussion was precipitated .Vednesday in congressional circles by an( i published statement, credited to dec 'resident-elect Wilson, that he in- hir ended to spend a part of each work- . ng day in the president's room at he capltol, to keep in closer touch vith legislative affairs. tra Such an action on the part of a on) resident would overturn the prece- . lent which has restricted the presi- 1 c lent's visits to the capitol to the last lours of congress. bet Democratic leaders discussed the eported plan with reluctance, though nany seemed to favor it. me "Much will depend on what he wa omes for," said Senator Tillman. "If pr ie comes to advise us we will be glad 0 have him; if he comes to dictate, as 8or don't believe he would, we should " lot want him." kn< Senator Fletcher said he thought it fel] 1 good thing if the president could pare the time. Sjdisfrllatuous Reading. ' 1 COTTON OIN IN HISTORY it Unique Place in the Development j of the 8outh. rhe i 'ton gin is the historical maIne of le south. No other piece of ichanism has played a more imporit part in the development of the j riculture and commerce of a people j in has the invention of Ell Whitney, ( . 8 the Atlanta Constitution. , kt a very early date In the cultiva- | n or conon in me aouin, ouvri* wc?*> ide to improve upon the . Indian jes of roller gin, and several maInes were constructed which were mirable serviceable for the ginning long staple cotton, but virtually use8 for short staple cotton. 311 Whitney, a native of Massachu;ts, came to Georgia in 1792 and soon :ame interested in the culture of :ton. Recognizing the great Imporice of the crop and the limitations iced upon it by , the lack of a maine which would separate short iple cotton from the seed, he set sut solving the problem. Placarding i roller gin, he substituted a wooden inder with spikes or teeth of iron re and secured a patent for his dee. Whitney had scarcely received i patent before Hodgen Holmes aped for and received & patent for a i similar in some respects to Whites, but having tooth plate or clrcusaws revolving on a cylinder, innvlln^Ar nf ?U UL LXXC vpmcu -W., ? c Jitney's. iow Whitney's Invention was subseently modified by the use of saws Is t clear. He had some trouble In proting his patents, but he has passed manently Into history as the inven of the saw gin. Ill the same, the honor of establlsh; the first practical and productive tver gin In the world must be conled to Hodgen Holmes. This gin a run by water in Fairfield county, C., by James Klncald, In 1796. The successful operation of the saw i, no matter who may have been the glnal Inventor, gave a tremendous pulse to the growth of cotton In the ithern states of America. Prior to Introduction the separation of short pie cotton from the seed was done Jrely by hand, and the task was lally given to the slaves at night afthe day's work in the fields had ?n done. This was an exceedingly w process. Very rapid seeders were le to seed but foui pounds of lint ton a week in addition to regular rk, and a bale of cotton represented 0 or three years of such lntermltit labor. n 1796, when the saw gin had been use for barely three years, the south1 states produced 200,000 bales of :ton, against the 63,000 bales which re marketed in 1792. Since then the :rease has been gradual up to the 000,000 bale crops of the present le. n course of time the manufacture of :ton gins has become an established lustry, in which southern men playan important part Among these s Daniel Pratt who founded the nlel Pratt Gin company, at Prattle, Ala., in about 1837, and contlnuat the head of it until his death In > '2. In 1899 the plant was absorbed the Continental Gin company, n 1853 Joseph Wlnshlp established * shop in Atlanta, Ga., for the manu- a :ture of cotton ains. A few years t er he sold out to his two sons. Rob- ? and George Wlnship who conduct- y the business until December 23, l 14, at which time the Wlnship Ma- E ne company was incorporated and ? itinued in successful operation un- f it became a part of the Continental v 1 company. e Awhile due credit should be given to t :se southern pioneers it must not be v gotten that New England talent and f Jital became early interested in the * v industry. f rhe manufacture of the Eagle cotton v i was begun by the Bridgewater Gin f npany in 1833, which continued in ? stence until December, 1899, when became a constituent of the Conti- s ital Gin company. The Eagle gin 9 still being manufactured by the lat- S company, and is today, as it has t in for many years, the gin most c gely in favor with the export trade. c n the period before the Civil war, q en large plantations were the rule, t istom gins" were few and far be- f een. Each plantation had its own ^ i outfit, operated by mule power In v st cases, and with little attention r Id to the saving of time or labor. e emancipation of the slaves brought c 3ut a new order of things. Many of ( plantation gins had been burned d ring the war and control had been b t over labor. Thus the necessity of ? > situation brought the commercial e custom ginning plant Into existence. 0 ey begun to spring up all over the ? ith, and with the substitution of t am for mule power they multiplied g y rapidly. Custom ginning is now 's i of the most thoroughly developed j 3 lucrative Industries In the south- v 1 states. _ t b A FRIEND IN NEED. s e it a Bit of Life as It Cropped Out on * a Railway Train. o 'Whenever I hear anything nowa- c >*s about 'man's inhumanity to man,''' f d a Providence citizen the other day, li am reminded of a little incident. I e 8 coming1 back from Boston with a t end on the midnight train, and, getg on board at the Black Bay station, t found a seat near the rear end of y o ; car. . v 'Soon after the train pulled out I ppened to look around and saw the 0 lductor apparently expostulating | th a rather shabby looking specimen v humanity who was sitting in the last s it. At first I thought the man was j' ink, but as I watched I saw that he s a fnrelfimer who couldn't under nd English. He was holding out a s impled one dollar bill to the conduc- * ' and saying 'New York' over and ^ ?r again. e 'Finally the conductor shook his id said something I couldn't catch J d went on. The foreigner, a rather j, :ent looking young fellow, gazed at s n despairingly, then buried his face * his hands and began to cry. With ^ t usual callous indifference of the ( veling public to the troubles of any f i else, I paid no more attention to jj ( man and prepared to take a nap. r I was just beginning to doze when I a :ame aware that a man was stand beside me in the aisle, speaking to . I sat up and looked at him. He y s a rough appearing man, far from possessing, clean shaven, with a c t of bulldog face. "Say, gents,' he began, 'I want to ' )w If you wouldn't like to help a * ler out.' j, I stiffened instinctively, determined a to refuse to let him make a 'touch.' "'There's a poor young foreigner Sack there,' he went on, with a Jerk of I lis thumb toward the alien, still sitting with bowed head, 'and he's up against t for fair. He can't speak a word of | English, and ho wants to go to New < fork, where he has friends. < " 'He got the Idea somehow he could ] lo It for a dollar, all he's got; but, of , ;ourse, he can't, and they're going to 1 ?ut him off the train when we get to 1 Providence. It's mighty hard on a fel- > ow like him, and there ain't any telling t what'll happen to him getting put off 1 n a strange city at 1 o'clock In the 1 norning. I thought maybe you'd be , willing to give a little to help him I Uong.' "He stopped, looked us straight in :he eye and smiled sheepishly as if he vere ashamed of what he was doing. tVe gave him a dollar, and he went on ihrough the car, and there were few of he passengers who didn't respond to :he appeal. He came back counting :he money, and as he got to our seat I leard him say: - "There's a dollar. more needed?I'll nake it up myself!' and he pulled out i couple of fifty cent pieces and added :hem to the amount "The' conductor and the brakeman vere standing at the door of the car lear the foreigner's seat. " 'Here,' said the man who had colected the money to the alien; 'give me rour dollar.' "DumDiy, dux trustingly, me youu? , 'ellow handed It over, and, giving It o the conductor with the rest the bulllog man said gruffly: " 'There's his fare.' "It slowly dawned on the alien what lad been done for him, and as the conluctor punched the rebate check and landed it to him the gratitude In his ace was Indescribable. He couldn't ipeak, but he took his cap off and >owed again and again to the official. >ut the latter pointed to the passenger vho was sitting in his seat across the ilsle and told the youth that he was he one to thank. "The foreigner crossed the aisle till le stood Bquarely in front of his beneactor, then took off his cap and, with ears of gratitude in his eyes, bowed igain and again. It was evident enough hat the benefactor was embarrassed >y this unexpected outburst. At first le waved his hand around the car to ndicate that everybody had had a land In It. But he couldn't make the orelgner understand. The latter kept >n bowing, whereupon the uncomforta>le Individual In the seat grunted and ;urned to look out of the window. "I have never seen," concluded the nan who was telling the story, "a klnlller?If I were a girl I should say a iweeter?act of charity in my life. Siting across the aisle, this hard faced nan had heard the story of the foreigner, helpless, alone and frightened, ind out of pure goodness of heart, with >ut any necessity for doing it, he had aken upon himself the ungrateful task - * " " ^ -a .4 ik. >f soliciting: money rrom uie rem ui mc people In that car, to help out a man le'd never seen before and would probibly never see again."?Providence Tournal. EARTHQUAKE W0RK8CHANGES Xmerica's Great Seismic Convulsions Lasted a Year. December 16 was the centenary of he New Madrid earthquakes in the Teat Central Mississippi Valley, says , writer in the New York Sun. 8ho..ld he region from Carlo to Memphis .gain be shaken it would be a deflnltey prophesied recurrence of the conulsions which affected the same area 00 years agt> and 200 years ago. Icientlsis have said that succeeding arthquakes should be expected at ntervals of a century. The area comirises an unstable geologic formation, fhlch has what may be called the arthquake disease. It seems a curious coincidence that his very territory is the same area /hlch has suffered most severely rom the recent great floods of the Mississippi river. This, however, is . lerely an instance of cause and effect, 1 or the last great earthquake whicn isited the region resulted In the ormation of "Skunk Lands," and hus rendered them the most suseptible to flooding. Now, what would the average peron designate as the greatest earthuake in the history of the United >tates ? "Why, unquestionably," nine out of en people would say, "either the reent San Francisco earthquake or the ,'harleston, S. C., quake in 1886." No, neither of them. These earthuakes are world famous because of he loss that they caused and the suferlng that followed in their wake; >ut in severity and extent of disturbnce they are not to be compared ^ith what is known as the New Madid earthquake of the Mississippi valey, which, during the year following )ecember 16, 1811, wrought great hanges in the surface of the land. The Charleston and San Francisco isturbances were national disasters tecause they affected the congested opulation and the strictures in the wo important cities. The New Madrid arthquake left no marked impression n the history of the country, because .lthough, far more severe and pro- { onged, It occurred in a sparceiy set- f led and at that time unimportant re- J ion. The destructive period of the j; an Francisco quake occupied only a ? , few minutes; that in the lower ? lississippi valley persisted at inter- * als for more than a year. But this is somewhat ancient his- * ory, it may be remarked. It is that; ut history repeats itself, and the . igniflcant phase of the New Madrid , arthquake is that it was not the first ^ o affect the same area, that it oc- ? urred in what is known among men ? f science as an earthquake area, that f[ he Indications are that what has oc- . urred in the past will recur in the * uture. The geographical evidence is ? ndisputable that the New Madrid ? arthquake of 1811 was only one of everal such disturbances to which his region had been subjected. As to the chance of a recurrence of * he New Madrid earthquake some = ears ago the late Nathaniel S. Shaler, J f the United States geological sur- 5 ey, had this to say: "Analogies indicate the probability . f the recurrence of the New Madrid arthquake within a century, since in 11 these countries which have been isited by great convulsions, where obervation has extended over a great ength of time, it has been found that heir visits must be expected as often * s once in a hundred years." J This century referred to by Profesor Shale completed itself on Monday, lecember 1G, 1912. The hundredth ear has gone by, but it is to be hoped ] * * ?1 Q roo will Ko an I IIu l nit* c? maunu mi vu. ?? in wv ? .. xceptlon to the general rule. Any earthquake originating at or tear the centre of the New Madrid listurbance would, according to geooglsts of the United States geological urvey. be felt In such towns as Uckman, Ky.; Caruthersvllle, New iladrld. Campbell and others In Mlsouri, and Jonesboro, Marked Tree, )sceola and others In Arkansas, Memihls Is within 35 miles of some of the argest flsures In the whole region, .'arlo Is also within the area that night be affected. St. Louis might lso feel the shock. One way to cut expenses Is to cut our friends. JtiT It Isn't the girl with the most heek who does the most blushing. t?r Many a man goes to bed feeling Ike a king, and wakes up feeling like he deuce. 'X4T The man who attends strictly to lis own business Beldom has a head- t che the next morning. 'y WHEN A TURKISH GIRL WEDS Bride Seen by Bridegroom for First Time at Marriage. I had a strange peep into Turkish life in a visit I paid to a harem on the occasion of a wedding between the son of ei sneiK ana uie aaugnier 01 a raana, writes a correspondent of the Queen. My Interpreter was a French governess tvho in her vocation had made many friends in harems and seen much of Oriental customs. We drove about 10 o'clock from my hotel at Pera to the quarter of Constantinople known as Kabatash, and left our carriage at a big door in a yellow washed wall. The door opened into el charming garden, and although high fellow washed walls shut us in on every side the prison-like effect was mitigated by the masses of lovely flowers ivhlch grew there, chrysanthemums, magnolias, geraniums and Jessamine. Narrow walks, paved with black and white pebbles, led to the seraglio, which stood on the shores of the Bosphorus, was large and square, and had a not anpicturesque loggia on one side. A :rooked and dilapidated fountain poured its waters into a moss-grown basin, md a cat sat blinking In the sunlight. The room we entered was eminently :ommonplace, with crudely frescoed walls and imitation marble pillars. In :he saloon the walls were of a dull slate :olor hung with bad oil paintings in :ommon gilt frames. Flimsy gilt chairs stood about, and the windows were iraped in peacock plush, heavily fes:ooned. Our hostess, the Pasha's wife, received us most kindly, and her manners were graceful and charming; but my jxpeciauonB 01 caiians or goia Dro:ade" and waistcoats of gold and silver were doomed to disappointment. The rurklsh ladles wore Parisian evening rowns, very magnificent In material md of the latest fashion, and their tiiraa and necklaces of diamonds were :uriously European. Having no figures :o speak of, the effect of Paris dresses )n shapeless forms was very funny. While we ladies were amusing ourtelves as best we could, the shiek's son was being married all by himself. At :he conclusion of the ceremony he was Drought to the harem by enuchs and ed into a room, where he lifted the >rlde's heavy lace veil and saw her for :he first time. This performance over [and it must have been a pleasing one n this case, as the bride was a lovely rlrl), thd bridegroom qulctfly returned :o the Pasha's party, and we filed past die bride to offer our congratulations ind good wishes. She sat on a dais hung with blue sain, and was gorgeously dressed In rich white satin, covered with raised gold imbroidery. Her masses of black hair were dressed in the latest Paris mode, ind she wore a diamond crown. A lace rell hung over her train, and behind sach ear depended a golden rope of Matted gauze, much in the fashion of Marguerite's plaits In "Faust." I was ndlscreet enough to ask a friend of lers If the appearance of the newly nade husband had pleased his bride. I was told in answer that to express an >pinion on such a subject was consld >red In Turkey as not "according to the jractice of elegant females." The bride's bedroom we visited next, ind here no Illusions were shattered, 'or the furniture was of dark wood, lnaid with mother of pearl, and the bed vas hung with pale blue satin, emjroldered in gold thread. The wedding >resents and the two trousseaux were >n view?gold coffee services, silver swers and basins, silver coffee cups ?hirts, dainty lingerie and new dresses iisplayed on manequlns ranged around :he room. Breakfast was served downstairs on ong tables, laid much in the European 'ashion. We began our meal with a thick soup, which was cold and nause>ua. Then came a Bosphorus fish, stewed in spices; a ragout, cooked in toma:o sauce, and stewed beans. After these 'ollowed a cream, an apple jelly, (not at ill bad), pilaf of sweetened rice, coljred with saffron and tasting of gravy, ind little black beans. No wine was jflfered, but every one drank water and ite melon. As we left the room a slave jeering a silver pot with a long spout iprlnkled us with rose water, and then :offee and cigarettes were handed *ound. I thought Turkish ladles handsome in i purely animal way. They have glorous eyes and hair, creamy skins and rood features; but their faces are dull ind apathetic, and they show little ilgns of intelligence. They smoked and ite sweets and nursed their babies, ind gossiped, examining each other's inery with more interest than they il%Anf&i4 Iw* anufVilncp nl aisv nvnont thp II1VYTCU III ailj ttilliQ Viae V AW p?. t?*v >rlde and the stranger within their rates. THE FALL OF MONTGOMERY nterest in the Gallant Young Soldier Never Lessens. The death of General Richard Montfomery has never been forgotten by he American people, says the Rev. Phos. B. Gregory, writing In the New fork American. It was 137 years ago hat the young soldier died so gallanty upon the bald promontory of Cape Diamond, but more than four generitlons of time have not sufflcied o dim his fame or to weaken the hold hat his memory has upon the hearts if his countrymen. At once upon the beginning of hosllltles between the Colonies and England, the attempt was made to onquer Canada. Schuyler, the Amercan commander of the northern de>artment, being sick, the enterprise k-as confided to Montgomery, then In lis 39th year. Starting from Tlconderoga In Aurust with 200 men, Montgomery, the ollowlng month, laid selge to the forress of St. John's which commanded he approach to Montreal. After a elge of 50 days St. J< hn's surrenderid and on the 12th of November. lontgomery entered Montreal In riumph. Meanwhile Arnold was making his amous march northward through the orests of Maine and by way of Kenlebec and Chudlere rivers. Arnold eached Quebec November 14, the day fter Montgomery's capture of Monreal, and early In December, Mont;omery appeared with his small force, irhlch raised the number of the Lmericans to some 1,200 men. At 2 o'clock In the morning. In a finding snowstorm, Montgomery and Lrnold began each a furious attack t opposite sides of the town, and ach came near carrying the point, lontgomery had almost forced his ray In when he fell dead, pierced by hree bullets, and this so chilled the nthusiasm of his men that they flag:ed until reinforcements drove them iack. About the same time Arnold was everely wounded and carried from he field. Taking Arnold's place, Morgan, at the head of his Virginians, ought his way into the heart of the own, and Quebec would certainly lave fallen had not the attack from he opposite quarter been stopped by he death of Montgomery. The Months of the Year. "January" Is of Latin origin, from he word Januarlus, and was named by he ancient Romans In honor of the god fames, to whom the season of the year vas sacred. "February" comes also from the Lain Februarius derived from februm, vhich in the Sabine tongue meant to )urge, and signified the Roman festival of expiation. "March" is named for Mars, the Ronan god of war. "April" comes from Aprllls, which in urn comes from aperire, which means o open. "May" is named for the Roman Mala vho was the mother of Mercury and he daughter of Atlas. "July" Is named for the greatest Ronan of them all, Caius Julius Caesar, vho was born at that time of the year. "August" was also called for a great loman, the Emperor Augustus Caesar. "September was the seventh month >f the Roman year, as they commenced vith March and consequently derived ts name from Latin septe:n, meaning leven. "October" being the eighth month lerives its name from octo, which neans eight. "November" Is from novem, meanng nine. "December" also derives Its name rom a number, decern, meaning ten, It ieing the tenth month of the Roman ear. New Five Cent Piece.?The new five cent piece will soon make its first appearance in circulation. This coin marks the first appearance on the five cent piece of the head of the American Indian. The Indian head replaces the head of the Goddess of Liberty. It is in profile, and the design shows the head features, the coarse, half-braided hair, and the thin, seamed face. The familiar i wreath and "V" are gone from the reverse side, and in their place a buffalo stands, with the "United States of America" arched over his back, the value of the coin correctly printed at his feet, and the "E r~r an H tXAOC HARK ^ t' ROjlSTERtO a Ww i- -A ro\? / FERTI t Enriches t m Enriching the soil means enrich m Scrap Fertiliser has done both bj the highest standards in materii I FOR 27 3UCCE fl Let us send you the name of th B is a good man to know, if you ws \F. S. ROYSTE] Norfol ;sgwumnore, mil i arooro ^(LSparUnburf.S.C Mace GULF GF MEXICO BLOCKADED I Every Household in Yorkvills Should Know How to Resist It. If your back aches because the kidneys are blockaded, You should help the kidneys with their work. Doan's Kidney Pills are especially for weak kidneys. Recommended by thousands?here's testimony from this vicinity. Mrs. Mamie Steward, 218 Peachtree St, Rock Hill, S. C., says: "I know that Doan's Kidney Fills are very ben- 1 eflcial for weak kidneys. I was aften dizzy and nervous and my back ached all the time. The secretions from my kidneys were unnatural and I rested so poorly that when I sot up In the morning, I felt tired. Reading of Doan's Kidney Pills, I got a supply and they made me well." i For sale by all dealers. Price, 60 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's?and take no other. Garden Time You feel It in your bones?you are beginning to feel like "digging In the gripe"?putting the seeds in the ground and then looking forward to the harvest. When the "ground gets right" If you want to be SUItE of the i harvest Be Sure to Plant Landreth's Seeds and to Be Sure of FRESH Seed ' Buy Your Seed at the York Drug Store?Our's are Freeh. YOUR HENS? Will lay more eggs and raise bet- i ter and healthier chicks if you will ( give them the right kind of Poultry Powders NOW. We have the Right Kind?the tested kind. YORK DRUG STORE. THE REXALL STORE The People of 1 ; And Surroundii t Are Becoming More Conserve t This is the Natural Result of Financial Advancement As the people of Yorkvllle and su conservative they realize the great( methods and appreciate this advar LOAN AND SA In safe guarding their finances. The number of people who ha est Safety available Is steadily inci numbered among our host of cons cially Invited to become one at yoi (Loan and Sa 8. M. McNEEL, President To Get Corn 1 Prepare the ground thorou^ variety carefully selected. ] keep the crop well nourisl heaviest?when the ear is j and during growth apply VllHTiniQ J T IJL^HLIU/ High-C Fertil With proper cultivation yoi yield and work wonders in pr< plump, sound grains of cori and big profits. Our FAI almanac for 1913 tells how t( of corn-growing. One will be mm Pluribus Unum" almost crowded out of sight. The figure on each side of ? the coin is so large that it leaves no I room for encircling decoration of any 1 sort. The design was prepared for the treasury officials by James Earle Fraser, the sculptor, who studied at the Beaux Arts of Parjs and was one of Saint Gauden's favorite assistants at the Cornish studio in New Hampshire. He did the Saint Gaudens med- t al created by the Pan-American exposition, and the statue of Jefferson t for the St. Louis World's fair. Mr. r Fraser also did the Roosevelt bust * for the senate chamber in Washing- C ton. 1 i i a. j ITER'S^ LIZER \ he South. % ling- the planter. Roy ster*s Fish M 1 maintaining, regardless of cost, tl and processes of manufacture? SSFUL YEARS I e Royster man nearest you. He M mt the full worth of your money. R GUANO CO^f " , N. C Columbia, S. C. Not to Please Anybody Else ? in buvinar Life Insurance the 8(11 first thing that should be considered tin Is the age and financial strength of the Institution which you will make the trustee for those whom you are seek- ? lng to protect You should know ex- ? actly how long It has been In business and whether or not during its entire career It has ever been guilty of any act* that was contrary to either the written or moral law, or whether it u. has ever or does now issue contracts t that cannot be as easily understood j when read or explained by the lay- , man as the expert, and whether or not to Its average cost Is high or low, as compared with other companies on similar V contracts, and Remember: trr The time to Investigate is BEFORE L" you bay; not afterward. Also remember that you are buying Life Insurance to protect yonr family or estate?NOT to please anybody else. You can't afford to experiment with life Insurance, for you won't be on hand when your "ni policy matures?not unless you have Vlc an endowment. As you know, I rep- ,U? resent the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company of Newark, N. J., and arc have for fourteen years. It has been aP' In business 68 years. You can Inves- DJa tigate It without cost or incurring any ua obligation. There are over 8,000 policy holders in South Carolina, and over 500 in York County. SAM M. GRIST, Special Agent. To CITY MEAT MARKET^ tloi BUTTER AND EGGS. Tai The Butter and Egg market Is not bo lively now, but we are still taking 8- * all the butter and eggs we can use. When you want Choice 8TEAKS or ROASTS come to the City Market We I make a specialty of the Best Home Raised Stall Fed Beeves and also sell the Choicest Western Meats. JUST ARRIVED? 1 A shipment of BONELESS BOILED HAMS, CURED HAMS and BRBAK- Dai FAST BACON. We sell these by the J,rl Pound, the Whole Ham or Whole 8ee Piece of Bacon, and all of It la of the best quality. ? CATTLE AND CALVES? At all times we will buy all the FAT rL*. CATTLE and all the VEAL CALVES J" we can get. See us when you have any ? to sell. ? THE CITY MEAT MARKET ? C. F. Sherer, Prop. Mr J. : - Cla e. {orkville i1; lg Country ifive Each Succeeding Year. m?j Eri Permanent Prosperity and . ^ C.' W rrounding country become more 3/, jr safety of conservative banking Mji Uage afforded by the Frs VINGS BANK J ' . . _ A. ve taken advantage of the Great- MJs -easing and if you are not as yet lervatlve patrons, YOU are espe- Ho, ur earliest convenience. N vine's Bank ? Mr J. P. MoMURRAY, Caahler J. ] I Lei Mr Biggest I fields I jhly, and use seed of best Err [t is absolutely necessary to ierl when the demand is M,! maturing. Before planting Fri a! /W 1 Mie Carolina i: irade **,s lizers 1 i will greatly increase the e6Pi educing large, full ears with i?that bring good prices w. tMERS' YEAR BOOK or fj \ mflkp +Vir> mnst nrnfit out I I J. 11 mailed you free on request. Virginia-Carolina Los Chemical Co. Jeff _ R. l BOX 1117 Mra B. 1 RICHMOND - VIRGINIA a. < Ml? 2 DeL >rofits From * Your Crops t is not the size of the crop hat you care about?it is the >rofit you make out of it. You an make more money out of # and fertilized to bring the naximum yield per acre than rou can out of four times the ^ tcreaee without fertilization. You realize this, but do you eali.se the importance of havng just the right fertilizer? Do you think that just any ferilizer will do the work? If so, rou should ask some users of COLUMBIA FERTILIZERS , vho have used them side by side rlth other brands. They know the inference. Let us send you names f some in your own neighborhood rho will tell you what it means to lav* tnp nM Mllahl* OILITMRIA I BRANDS working with you on the :rop that means so much to you. >roflts from your crop come from >lenty of fertilizers and the right ertlllzer?COLUMBIA brands are s right as human skill can make hem. For Sale By CARROLL BROS., YorkvUle, 8. O. IT ATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County of York. f fOTICE Is hereby given to all perI tons that the undersigned has \ thdrawn from and ceased relatlonps with the Yorkvllle Moter Car mpany, and will not be responsible 1 any contracts entered into or any :ounts opened or made In the name said Company whatsoever. H. N. 8INQLETARY. .ted, Feb. 20th, 1912. 16 t 4t > DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. LL persons indebted to the estate Lof F. M. Lynn, deceased, are herecalled upon to make payment to me once. Persons having claims Limit tuid Mtsi? should Dresent the ne duly authenticated under the i'? prescribed by law. W. W. LYNN, Admr. 4 t it* TATS OF SOUTH OABOUHA. County of York. OOUMT or COMMON PLEAS 1 N. Moore, as Receiver of Hill, Kenledy and Company, Plaintiff against Ellison Johnston, Defendant?Sumnons for Relief?(Complaint Filed), the Defendant Above Named: T OU are hereby summoned and re. quired to answer the Complaint in s action, which was filed in the Ofi 01' the Clerk of Court of Common >as of York County, on the 14th day January, 1918, and to serve a copy your Answer on the subscribers at < sir office in Yorkvllle, South Caro&, within twenty days after the sere thereof, exclusive of the day of ;h service; and If you fall to aner the Complaint within the time iresald, plaintiff in this action will ply to the Court for the relief de- \ nded in the Complaint ted: 1st day of February, 1918. FINLEY A MARION. Plaintiff's Attorneys. ? NOTICE, the Absent Defendant, Ellison rohnston: Please take Notice that Summons, which the foregoing' is a copy, to:her with the Complaint In this acn, was died in the Office of J. A. te. Clerk of the Court of Common sas for York County, at Yorkville, 2., on the 14th day of January, 19IS. forkville, S. C., February 1st 19IS. FINLEY ft MARION. Plaintiff's Attorneys, reb. 4?Mar. 11 t ft Subscriptions for The Enquirer. resent subscribers to The Enquirer o desire to renew, or prospective tscribers who would like to have the per until January 1. 1914, at the ce of a year's subscription, should o ie of the following clubmakers: >yd Allison Yorkville K. Allison Hickory Qrove R. Alexander Smyrna No. 2. bs Nellie Allison Tirzah A. Barrett Clover B. Black Lockhart A. Barron Yorkville A. Barnett Rock Hill s. S. L. Blair No. 1 Sharon H. Bighorn Sharon J ude Burns No. 2, Smyrna 1 O. Brandon No. 4 Yorkville W. Bankhead Lowryville is Lottie Barnes ....No. 3 Yorkville nes Biggers King's Mt bert Lee Brandon ....No. 2 Clover is Lena Caldwell King's Creek . R. Carroll York Cotton Mill f rion Curry Guthrlesvllle ss Mattie Belle Campbell ....Tirzah lest Cain No. 1 Yorkville M. Clark No. 1 Yorkville A. Carroll No. 7 Yorkville H. Crook No. 1 Fort Mill J. Currence No. 8 Yorkville is Addle Caveny ...No. 1 Rock Hill ink Dagnall Hickory Qrove Ft Davidson No. 1 Clover SV. Y. Dickson No. 6 Yorkville m D. Dorsett Yorkville f is Minnie Enloe Clover rbert Ferguson .. ..No. 8 Yorkville race T. Foster Hickory Qrove S. Ford No. 4 Clover Faris No. 1, Clover 3. Faris No. 6, Rock Hill B. Flanagan ....... Bowling Qreen q b. M. A. Gaston No. 1 Bullock's Creek 0. Good Sharon vis Good No. 1 Yorkville b. R. H. Gwln No. 2 Sharon I. Hopper No. 6 Yorkville T. Howe Rock Hill is Mary Jackson Newport lllam Jones Yorkville 2. Johnson No. 1, Clover. b. C. L. Kennedy Sharon W. Knox Clover S. Lesslle Lesslle llse Lilley No. 1, Filbert jihope Love No. 1 Filbert W. Love ,...No. 7 Yorkville lest Mlckle Sharon bb Moore No. 3 Yorkville / \fa lnnnv Mn 9. ShftPfin la Sallle McConnell McConnellsvllle edhelm McCarter ..No. 6 Yorkvllle ? V. McFadden Rock Hill W. McFarland No. 3 Yorkvllle is Beaaie McCarter ....No. 1 Clover ?ver McFarland Clover H. Moare Rock Hill is Marie Moore ....No. 3 Yorkvllle is Grizzle Mulllnax No. 1 King's Creek A. Nichols Smyrna Sain Nichols Yorkvllle 4 I. W. C. Pearson ... .No. 5 Rock Hill 1. John M. Smith Clover tha Smith No. 4 Yorkvllle L. Pressly No. 3 Chester Pursley No. 4 Clover i. Belie Fiexico xxo. x enaron T. Smarr Bullock's Creek s Sarah Russell No. 1 Sharon * A. Smith No. 1 Yorkvllle L Scoggins Rock Hill t. Sbllllnglaw No. 7 Yorkvllle y A. Sherer No. 1. Sharon *. Slfford Clover L Suggs No. 8 Yorkvllle ir Sherer No. 1 Sharon ter Watson ..No. 1 Hickory Grove W. Wyatt Smyrna s Lizzie Woods No. 3 Clover ' D. Whltesldes Hickory Grove 5V. Whltesldes Smyrna i. S. D. Younglood Clover W. White Filbert 3. White King's Creek i Minnie Wallace Filbert K>ach Whltesldes Filbert