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Newspaper
Yorkville Enquirer
Location
York, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1900
Page
4
A Washington Star humorous piece quotes Mr Gooseling of Georgetown praising married life while recounting a domestic mishap. He jokes about concessions between spouses and recalls hammering a nail, breaking a window, and the ethics of gambling as his wife teases him from the sewing chair.
A marriage leads to a clash with a father-in-law who rejects electricity gas and rubber tires, preferring coal wood and sun time. The tale contrasts resistant old values with modern progress and features a humorous cigarette fortune teller episode and a homesick San Francisco girl at a Washington event.
Andrew Carnegie argues thrift separates civilized from savage life. He explains capital loans shipbuilders, railroads, and factories from saved earnings, urges expenses below income, and warns against hoarding. He frames saving as a sacred trust and a duty to self, family, and community.
A British naval officer recounts Arab coffee ceremony in Semail Oman. He describes architecture, welcome ritual, the slave Abdullah roasting beans, grinding in basalt, pouring from brass vessels, and the formal salutation and prayer before drinking. The piece notes the spiced, strong brew and the Arabic origin of the word coffee.
Official returns from 45 states show McKinley defeating Bryan by a wider margin in 1900 than 1896. McKinley’s total vote rises to 7,223,272 on 13,967,280 ballots, while Bryan drops to 6,358,446. The summary contrasts 1900 figures with 1896, noting increases for McKinley and declines for Bryan, and cites a table of leading-ticket results.
The piece reports that youths as young as six and seven toil in mills, despite a pledge by North and South Carolina men to end child labor. It notes a rise in Black children in public schools and cites preaching abolitionist pressure and mill owners' fear of regional job shifts.
Timetable No 4 lists Trains 32 and 33 linking Blacksburg with Gaffney Division and Camden. Train 32 connects with Charleston Division southbound. Train 33 departs Camden at 12 40 PM for the West and joins L and C R R at Lancaster S C and Catawba Junction with A L J L North at Rock Hill. Train 11 meets Southern Railway from the South at Blacksburg and Marion NC. Officials: Samuel Hunt president A Trip Superintendent and B Lumpkin general freight agent.
A disjointed OCR fragment hints at someone proposing a postal office opening and offering to supply a tombstone with unspecified prices and terms. The text is incomplete and lacks clear names, dates, or locations to confirm details.
Schedule effective September 16 1900 shows southbound mixed passenger departures from Lenoir to Yorkville with intermediate stops at Hickory Newton Lincolnton Gastonia Clover and Chester and connections to several railways. E F Reid general agent in Chester South Carolina represents the line.
York County Treasurer A D Neely announces books open October 15 to December 31 1900 for state county and special taxes for the year 1900. Voluntary payments and road taxes accepted at Yorkville from December 8 to 31 1900. After December 31 a 15 percent penalty applies.
The Yorkville Enquirer announces 1901 subscription drive with a club premium system. Subscriptions earn prizes from sewing machines to rifles and watches, plus free Enquirer offers for new subscribers and discounts for multi year terms. Clubmakers must report names with post office, county and state by March 6, 1901.
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