Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, June 27, 1922, Page Page Eight., Image 8
Jnimovoujs Department.
Inside Discipline.?While a country
superintendent in the south was making
a tour of inspection, ho visited a
negro school where the order maintained
by the teacher was remarkable.
Every child seemed to be absorbed in
the school work and yet the teacher
did not impress the superintendent as
a disciplinarian. Finally, alter watching
proceedings for a while, he turned
ar.d said in a low tone to the
teacher: "Johnson, how in the world
do you keep such good order? Do
you whip the children much?"
"No, sir," tiie teacher declared. "I
never whip them."
"Do'you keep them in?''
"No, sir; I never keep thern in."
"Do you make them do extra work
fir miriishment ?"
"No, sir; I never make them do any
extra work."
"Then how ever do you manage i
them?'
"Well, sir, I'll tell you," the teacher
replied confidentially. "When they
don't do right I just eat up their dinner,
and 1 don't have any more trouble."
Tho Strangest Word in Our Language.?It
was one of those social affaire
that you point to with pride and
view with alarm, and at ton o'clock
things were dragging dreadfully when
a bright young man saved the situation
by asking: "What is the strangest
word in our language?"
Tho other guests looked blank until
he explained: "It is a word of one
syllable and five letters, four of them
vowels. While there arc fire letters
in the word, there are only three different
letters. And the freakiest j
ihinir nhnut it is that it is pronounced
as a single consonant."
Had he nut made that last statement
the guests might have been guessing
yet. But with that to go upon, the
alphabet was gone slowly over and
the word finally guessed?"iiucuc," a
pigtail or a line of persons waiting
anywhere. There it was?one syllable, I
five letters, of which one was a consonant
and four were vowels, only
three different letters, q, u, c?and
pronounced like the single consonant,
"q."
Not Aimed at Her.?During a thunderstorm
in the south a large oak
tree within thirty feet of a negro cabin
on a plantation was completely
shattered. The crash was terrifying,
the ground for quite a distance around
the tree was broken up as if it had
l been plowed and pieces of the tree
were hurled many yards and showered
on the cabin roof.
The next morning, when the old
negro woman went to the house to
work, her mistres^ said sy npathetic-lly:
"You must have been very much
frightened when the tree wis struck
last night, Jennie."
"Oh. no'm," Jennie reassured her;
"I wasn't skeered. I never did sec no
use in feclln' skeered after sumpin's
ovah. I jus' said dat I knowed if do
Lawd had a-been aimin' at us, he
wouldn't a-missed us dat far, an' went
back to sleep.
Locating Him.?"Ah, Farmer Field!"
with a rising inflection demanded the
reporter from the city. "I have come,
to investigate the rumor that there Is
a petritied ninn on your farm."
"G|lad to see you!" replied the astute
agriculturist. "There isn't much to
investigate about him, though. He's
out their in the south forty somewhere,
in a recumbent position, probably.
When you find him mebby he'll
i? 1 - - in'i "infocii thnf his name
uiran uuuu aim vx ...ww
is Lnfe Dodder, anil he's my hired
man."
Hie Uncertainty.?"I seed ttic funeral
procession of Major Snort, the
postmaster, while I was in town," related
Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge,
upon his return from the county seat.
"Good land!" interestedly ejaculated
his wife, Major Snort dead?"
"I d'know. 1 was trying to get a
swap out of a feller at the time, and
forgot to ask."
At Last.?A little girl and her father
weie strolling one Sunday afternoon
through the cemetery, where she
found little to interest her until she
came upon a headstone on which a
lamh was carved.
"Daddy!" she whooped, "come look
I've found where Mary's lamh is
buried!"
\ Exactly So.?A clergyman who hat
held his pastorate for many years was
* Drenching one Sunday morning to ?
Congregation much depleted through
ditadis and removals.
"Soine have gone to their rest," lu
declaimed sonorously. "Cithers huv<
gone elsewhere."
Which Was Which??Thro? prisoners
st??od before a cross-eyed judge
When lie askee the lirst one his nuint
the second replied. "Tom White."
"I did not speak to you," yelled tin
judge, writer upon the third prisone
spoke up. "Judge, your honor, 1 neve
said a wo d."
A MrJern Elephant.?Johnny cam
back .rom the circus very much ex
cited.
"Oh. mamma," lie cried as soon a
he got in the house, "Kate spiilci
seme peanuts, and what do you sup
Ikisc the eleph: nt did? lie picked 'en
all up with his vacuum cleaner!"
Describing It.?"How was the lev
ture at the sehoo'.house last night
asked Farmer Field.
"Dull as a town ax," succinctly it
plied Farmer Uunipshun.
AMERICAN FEDERi
This photograph was taken
National Guard armory in Cincir
plea for peace between labor und
OLB WARRIOR i
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General Agrainonte of Mexico is Now '
I 93.
RODE IN CHARGE OF LIGHT BRIGADE
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Interesting Sketch of a Remarkab'"
Soldier of Fortune Now Living a< i
Mexico City. <
It is an unl>oeominpr way to start n '
story about a fine old soldier, writes 1
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Herbert Corey irom mv; v nj ......
Ico. It Is an even more unbecoming
way to begin a story about the man 1
who is perhaps the finest old soldier? 1
considered as an individual?living- '
j today. But I am impelled to preface 1
the tale of General 0. Montgomery :
Agramonte, ninety-three years old. :
and still going strong, by the aneci
dote of the two chauffeurs and the
j chivalrous second, which I find in the
I morning paper.
"The two chauffeurs," runs the
story in brief, "decided to fight out
their quarrel with their fists. They
did so at 3 o'clock in the morning, and 1
the combat was approaching a draw j
when the man in front of whose house i
they were fighting came out with a
heavy blue steel howitzer.
"Thrust yourselves into the breeze,
you birds,* said tho man, 'before I un- 1
limber the jolly old mountain gun."
i Shoots Principal Through Heart.
"So they did. T'ut as they started ;
to leave one of Ihe seconds, grieved j
that the times had become so decadent
that a quarrel might be setllt'd j
by means of comparatively harmless
fists, shot the other second's principal
through the breast. When the
police came up he was weltering fast."
The moral of that yarn is that this
is in many respects a conservative '
and changeless country. There is a
law on the statute books making an |
offense of the shedding of blood. Tbc |
law does not specify how the blood '
is to be shed illegally. A dripping
ear is as offensive" in the eyes of the i
law as a slashed rib. So that the lo- j
gieal Mexican, not earing to be pun- ;
isiied for a trivial offense when f'<r I
(ho same punishment lie can get real
satisfaction, lias always clung to knife
ami gun win 11 lie settles a dispute.
I have said that this is an unbecoming
way in which to begin a story
about General Charles .Montgomery
Apramontc. Yet, it may be doubled
if this old gentleman would have been
entirely happy in a land which makes
even the possession of a weapon of defense
punishable, if the owner is decent
and law-abiding although a back j
alley bum can be hung with six- !
shooters and no one seems to care. It ,
is likewise probable thut if any one
bail ever attacked General Agrainonto. j
which has bee n recognized for some ,
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John W. Goff, x former Suprei
lean Bar Association Committee
caused by coddling of prisoners ai
lie says that law breaking in the
a war on society.
\TION OF LABOR MEET
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rhilc the American .f ederation ui a-.?
inati. Samuel Gotupcrs, president of
capital.
years as an unwholesome exercise,
that some one would have been rebelled
by means of the earlier and
more formal means. Somehow, it is
difficult to Imagine this old soldier
L'sin? his fists.Decorated
in Crimean War.
lie is ninety-three years old, with
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white hair, white goatee, straight,
possessed of a ceremonial courtesy
ind a dauntless courage. Tt was
seventy-two years ago when he was ;
decorated with the Legion of Honor j
in front of Sebastopol. To our unim- i
aginative?oven dull?generation the i
story of his life seems as incredible
is that of tho Chevalier Bayard or
the Admiralc Criehton. Yet, Agramonte,
son of an old Cuban family.
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had been a pupil in Paris when me i
Crimean war broke out, and secured 1
i staff appointment with the Rritieh
xrmy. On the way out he killed a
British colonel in a duel by ipoonlight
on the quarter deck of his ship.
At Sebnstopul he visited the French
headquarters just before the Russians
made a sortie and cut off a portion of ,
the French, lie was unable to return ,
to his own troops, and when a Cossack ;
swordsman rode oift in the .No Man's
Land between the two armies, whirling
his sword high in air, sinking a
song of defiance and insult, Argainontc
obtained permission to meet
him in a single combat, like o:ic of
the knights of old. The two armies
stilled their guns to watch the fight, j
The Cossack slashed the Cuban |
through 1 he shoulder, but Agramonte, ,
v.ilh a back cut as lie stood m ills
stirrups, dropped the Uossack's head
down on his breast. It was a clean
cut through the neck. Those were
heroic days.
in Charge of Light Brigade.
Agramonte 'carried the dead man's
head back to h. aihjuarters and the
citation which acromimniod his Legion
of Honor tells the story. He
rode in the charge of the Light I Sri I
nit, and lias the decoration and citation
to show for it. When Germany
attacked in 1S70 he managed to gel on
the staff of General .Mc.Mahou. lie
fought in the Garibaldian wars of independence,
and a cane which Garibaldi
gave him Is carried on Independence
Day by the Italian societies
here. He was an officer with Grant
in the Union army and spent eight
years in Cuba fighting for independence.
In 1 til-1..when there was some disposition
to make life unpleasant for
Americans here. General Agramonte
(Vfjani/.ed a company for defense.
The then ftovornor of the federal district
sent for hiin. As Aftrntnontu
mounted t!>c stairs lie noticed an In?
dh.'n soldier on each step. When In
went into the fjovernor's office the latter
said:
"So you .arc the 'had' Agratnor.te?"
"Xot 'had' I hope," said the j;enDDLING
OF PRISONERS.
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lie Court Justice, who toM the Anier011
Law Enforcement that crime is
nd tardy justice, anions ctl.er things,
i country to-day is nothing less than
S IN CINCINNATI.
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bor was in session at the Ohio
the Federation, made a strong
oral.
"Suppose I wore to order those Indians
outside to shoot you in the hack
as you leave?" I
Handling a Troublesome Governor |
"You are an honorable man. gov- J
ernor," said Agrnmontc, "and would
not do that. Also, it is a beautiful
day. 1 would he happy if you wouid
accompany me home."
He thrust the black nose of an automatic
at the governor. The two
men walked down the stairs, arm in
arm and chatted pleasantly all the
way to Agrnmonte's home. The governor
himself has told the ?>tory. No
one knows what he may have planned
to do. Eight years ago the bank
In which Agramonte and many other
Americans had all their money hurst.
There was a meeting at the American
elul> at which some wild things were |
said. Agramonte calmed them.
"Don't be children," said he. "It
happened and that's an end to it.
Come. I have three dollars and a
half in my pocket, which is all I have
left in the world. I'll buy a drink for
the crowd and we'll all go home."
A gallant old soldier.
AND BUSINESS WENT ON
Washington Town Was Moved Twelve
Miles Without Loss of Time.
A country bank on wheels, doing
business as usual,, while moving
through sage brush hills, populated
only by jack. rabbits and coyotes, a
string of stores and residences creeping
along with it?such was the
stiango sight witnessed here tlds
week. Likewise it brought a sudden
increase in the population of Nappel,
a little town c:i I lie oasis in the Columbia
Lasin desert.
The occasion was the removing of
the littie town of Wheeler, a common
ily of two h 11 ndrod persons, situaieu
On a. branch of the Northern l'acilic,
to amalgamate with Nappol on tlie
now extension of the Milwaukee to
tills place.
Nappel is the center of a building'
l)Ooin because of the recent opening
of several thousand acres of irrigated
land with plenty of water available
for all purposes. The people of
Wheeler, eager to get closer to the
hub of the new irrigation decided to
accept offers of building cites from
Nappel and literally plaeed their shops
and habitations on wheels and moved
' over.
GOOD CORN YIELD
Negro Farmer Made Averago of 35
Bushels to Acre Last Y?ar.
More than 1 1,000 negro farmers In
North Carolina, Texas and Virginia
who raised tin,000 acres of corn last
year under the advice of county
agents, employed co-operatively by
the Department of Agriculture and
! slate agricultural college, obtained
average yields of .15 bushels an acre.
I The average for ail farms in these
I states ranged from 17 to 25 bushels
an acre, the department said recently,
j in Virginia, nearly 5,000 of the neg(gro
demonstrators planted pure seed
i and about ?,000 selected seed for
| their 1922 01.?p. All these demonstra;
t mi pints of corn were harvested except
S7 .lores, which were "hogged
down." It is estimated that 70 per
( tut. of the negro fanners in Virginia
aio following methods of growing corn
taught h.v extension workers.
I ?Anderson, .June 22: There were
' 12 workmen r< pairing a dam neat
'Anderson mill who had a narrow escape
from death today. The trestle
; of the 1'. & X. road goes over n part
of this dam. and when the workmen
were directly underneath this part ol
j the dam a train passing ovc-r had oni
of the oars to jump the track and fall
on part of the dam. The holding ol
t the coupling for .i minute gave the met
an opportunity t?> get out of the way
The car was buried in soft iniid about
j It feet below the track.
? William Uoekefcllor who, with hit
brother. John 1). iioekefcller, built u|
ihe family millions in tin- oil indtis
! try, died last Saturday <:t" pneumonia
I His (h ath occiim-d at his country es
; taIt? rt Xorta Tarrytown. ovcrlnokirt)
tin* Hudson river. lie was SI years o
tiro. .Mr. Kookefoller was caught in :
' heavy rain in N< w York city a wed
iatro, and the void that developed wa:
ithe ininr-dintr c.atsc of his death. Tin
i funeral took place yesterday niorninj
land a- soon |>ossiblc the body wil
' < laid liy the side of his wife in i
j Sl'.Vt.oni! tenth t' t is now Hearing com
: oh-! on on |tjs North Tarrytown estate
, 't t'uier the direction of nroheolo
! gists. i voavatlon work has now bcgui
! on the Taurine Unfits, four miles fror
t'ivoavecehia, near Home. Two-third
jof Hie hatha are under grounds. The
[ were begun by the Emperor Trajai
land remained in use for four centur
j it s. They had a large central hal
with leading rooms, besido tlio but,hi
Fcdcr.nl Aid.?South Carolina h;is |
rcifivcil a total apportionment of $f?,- j
007.S51.SJ of federal aid for roads and!
bridges to date, exclusive of the $707,OOo
available July I of this year, according
to figures announced by the
state highway department. Of this
total $ l,t)35.72s.2S has already been allotted,
leaving $72.1-0..70 for allotment.
These figures include all the
aid supplied since the policy of federal
aid was established by the government.
If the *707,000 to be available
July 1 is counted, the total apportionment
to South Carolina will be ?f>.71t,S5l.s!.
Of the total apportionment
$821,374.77 has been allotted to major
bridge, projects of the state, not in*.111*1
i 111 r t'lfifi OOll fit In- irivlMl til tin*
Ashley river bridge at Charleston out
of the new appropriation available
July 1. The Santcc bridge of Murray's
ferry heads the list with aid amounting'to
$123,734.09. Charleston county
takes first rank in the aid apportionment
with $251,184.55. These' figures
do not include allotments made out of
the new appropriation available July
t. Some of the other larger amounts
include $174,155.09 to Anderson county,
$101,095.09 to Ilea u fort, $104,900.54 to
Florence, $127,852.39 to (Ireen.vllle,
$100,198.95 to fSreenwood, $109,840.00 to
Ixocington, $160,089.18 to Orangeburg,
$200,259.21 to Spartanburg, $138,804.16
.to Sumter, $104,617.04 to Union and
$115,032.07 to York.
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? The long drawn out trial of flov
erne Lenn Small on the charge of
conspiracy came to a close at Waukcgan,
Illinois, last Saturday with a verdict
of acquittal. The Jury was out 1
hour and 2a minutes. The governor
was accused of having made large
sums for himself while treasurer of
the state by getting interest on the
state's money.
In the spring when icebergs come
floating down from the glaciers of
Greenland, coastguard service vessels
of the American fleet go out in search
of them. When n berg is found the
vessels wireless its presence to the
boats of all nations in the vicinity. The
coast of the patrol is borne by all the
maritime nations using the Atlantic in
HI Vf/ui iiuu IV die uuiuuci ui ni.ij>o o?nI
ing under their respective flags.
1922 ROAD TAXES NOW DUE.
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Payments Must Be Made On or Before
July 1, 1922.
: fPHE attention of all concerned is
called to the fact that the Commutation
Koad Tax of THREE DOLLARS
is now due, and payable on or before
JULY, 1, 1922, after which date no
Commutation Tax money can be accepted
under the law. In remitting by
: mail always indicate the Township in
which you live. Persons failing to pay
the $1 Commutation Tax on or before
JULY 1, will be liable to FIVE Days'
service on the roads.
H. E. NEIL,
Treasurer of York County.
15 June 6-13-20-27-30 t 5t
DORSETT'S SHOE SHOP
\\r.* ext^rk 1/initml tlm VPVV Shprpr
building with a complete equipment
for repairing any anil all kinds of
shoes in a first class manner on short
notice.
Complete line of shoe laces, shoo
polishes, shoe dressings, and "1'ouSlip-On"
rubber heels. Special attention
to Parcels J'ost Customers.
Complete stock of lirst class harness.
A. D. DORSETT, Proprietor.
Telephone No. 233.
Typewriter Ribbons and Typewriter
Papers at The Enquirer Office.
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LORD CALVERT 0?0ee:
VOTAN Coffee
PERRI WALLA Tea
VOTAN Tea
BEE BRAND Salad Dressing
PREMIER Salad Dressing
REAL RED Salmon
OLD COLONY Flour
PURE Strained Honey?
ALL of the above are the BEST that
can be secured.
SEE US FOR?
CEMENT. CANE SEED, OLD ENGLISH
FLOOR wax. Right Fresh
STREAKED 15ACON, Country CORN
MEAL.
CARROLL BEOS.
A Fountain Pen?
YES, most iikely you have one, anil
perhaps you arc very well satisfied
with it?not entirely, hut fairly satislied.
One objection to most self-filling
fountain pens is that "It don't hold ink
enough." That's a common complaint.
You hear it every day. Try a DUNN.
It drinks like a camel?holds more
ink than any other pen of the same
barrel size and it not only holds the ink
but it is one of the smoothest, easiest
writing pens ever made. Drop in and
let us show you a DUNN Pen.
PARKER LUCKY CURVE PENS
The Parker Pen is as staple as gold
dollars. It numbers its friends by the
thousands?many swear by it. Yes,'
we have PARKED Pens and we roe-j
ominend thorn to the man who wants \
a really dependable Fountain pen for!
either pocket or desk use. Have them i
in all sizes to lit every hand and in a ;
variety of prices to suit your purse.
CALHOUN DRUG STORE
Experts Fainting an
Automobile
j Will make it look like a NEW CAR,
! especially, when it has been rubbed f
j down and sand papered and the finest j
| quality of coach paint and varnish has
I been used. WHEN WE J'A l.\T A
CAR in any desired color it looks like |
I new and the paint will last indefinitely. ]
j It will also protect it and you >,'et pro- '
| tcction and beauty combined when it
I is painted by
JOHNSON'S painLop
JAS. A. JOHNSON, Manager
Auto Painters, Body and Top Builders,
kock iixll, s. 0.
I SPECIALS TH?is WE
Men's HoikI iloary OVERALLS?IJ
Men's ALL LEATHER SHOES -1'
.Mill's Heavy WORK SHIRTS?Pr
Men's WORK RANTS?Pair
Yard-Wide SHEET I NO?Yard ....
DRESS and APRON GINGHAMS
(j "in la>t i'hiKCAi^wrs?uoi-k ami ja
11 Pretty Patterns In VOILES, OHG^
J i SILK PONGEE in all Colors far
] I Li-lies' MED ROOM SLIPPERS
I [ A New Shipment of Ladies' and I
I | OX Ft >RDS Prici -i t .
]i One Mnt Young Men's PANTS W<
J i SPECIAL SALE ON LADIES' WA
I 1 A new Shipment ui STATIONERY
-[ YOU'LL Fit
II NATHAN FEINSTE!
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trongest Li in iht
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ml liio exloiil of your wife's I
in if the possession of your 0\
aili of your on u life ;irc mail
i is like 11 key si one?we can I
<> see us. An interview costs
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get one of our refrigerators
or an ice rox. %
KEEP COOL
nrv yoitr porch shade
from lts.
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see l*s for yoitr lawn furniture.
M. L. Ford J. C. Ford Edmund Ford
M. L. FORD & SONS
LICENSED UNDERTAKERS AND
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CLOVER. 8. C.
CUT GLASS
FOR WEDDING GIFTS
\vb ilavb just received an
unusually pretty line of
cut class in many designs,
ESPECIALLY SUITED FOR wkdding
cuts?the gift that is
always in good taste and
always highly appreciated.
come in and let us show
you this cut glass?it is
worth a look over?you
don't have to buy?but
we ll ee glad to show you.
CLOVER DRUG STORE
Quality and Service.
Phone No. 2 CLOVER, 3. C
CASH & CARRY CO.
TP you want to save money
011 vonv Groceries, conic to
THE CASH & CARRY
And look over our stock and
get our prices before buying.
JUST A FEW BAGS
Of Orange and Amber Cane
Seed left. Will make a Special
Price on them. See us.
The Cash and Carry Store
iEK AT FEINSTEIN'S ||
'air ? $1.15 i J
air $1.98 ] l
iced 75 CTS. to $1.00 ( (
$ 1.25 and Up J >
10 CTS. < \
-Yard 10 CTS. <
itflit Colors?Vard ? 10 CTS. J |
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Ml Colors- Pair 98 CT8. <[
;iiililren's PATENT 4STKAP i
$1.75 to $150 Pair j ,
?rt 'i $5.00 At tb< Pall ... $3.50 J?
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