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HOW TO TEACH HISTORY. PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS AS TO THE VALVE OF THE STUDY. . AN ABLE PAPER ABLY PREPARED. History is uot "Always Pleasing, Write It as You Will." Following is the paper on history read by Miss Maggie Gist, of the Yorkville Graded Schools, before the meeting of the Teachers' association at Blacksburg, and published by request of that body: We ail agree with Pope that "the proper study or mankinds smb." and as history is the record of the life of mam it is to that muse that we must pay our devotions in ecder to acquire the coveted knowledge. Man is &a inquiring, social creature, as Is proved by the deep Interest we all take in the dally affairs of our (Mends and neighbors. The law of heredity is strong, and the curiosity shown by our mother Eve has, Tr anything, strengthened with the succeeding generations of her children; but this same spirit, shorn of i Its unpleasant Paul Pry qualities, may be developed I by wise cultivation, intoaspirltof intelligent Inquiry, i that by leading us In to the wide field of history will enrich our minds with' the harvested spoil of all the i ages. 1 Which ofns, traveling In a strange country, would be i willing to do without that much maligned, but withal Indispensable, guide-book T Deprived of Its dlreo- i Hons, we would, most probably, miss the chief beau- . ties we desired to see, and stumble into many of the i pitfalls that are always spread for the Ignorant and j unwary. I Ho as "we travel further from the west, and shades of the prison bouse begin to close" around us, how we i welcome the guide-book of history that tells us the t 1 others have traveled tne sante ruuu ?uu mw - , to the same accidents, and their good and their ill i success Is equally Instructive. What a wonderful book I it Is; beginning with the life of civilized man, it will end only with that life. i Let us take a retrospective glance to when the , first pages were written. The earth, having by the ! silent work of ages been completed for his habitation, i long expected man appears to take possession, by the 1 divine right of mind over matter, or his heritage, and i with him the record begins. The book Is felr to see < with Its fresh, uncut leaves, but as yet ouly a blank. < But soon page alter page U filled with the though ts 1 and actions of the sons of men, and we could almost i weep to see how the snow-white pages are stained with i injustice, fraud, cruelty and violence; the fevored few oppressing toe tolling many, might making right, until we oouldwlraost believe that God had forsaken his creation, and that men were made, as the wild beasts, to prey upon one another. But when the re cord grows blackest some deed of unselfish heroism gleams through the. darkness and we read on, and as tbesC examples, under the humanizing influences of civilization ana Christianity, multiply, we take courage, believing that ' "God's in His heaven All's right with the world," < and as we merge from the dawn into the fuller ! light, we become hopeful for the race and can believe < that "Through the ages one Increasing purpose runs, j And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the sun," . , and we who are living now when the truth of the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man is i being more and more made the rule of action, may hope that the time, If it lias not already, will soon < come I "When the war drum will throb no longer,and the 1 battle flags be furled j In the parliament of man, the federation of the ( world." How much more favored are we who now read and , study the book of history than they who lived during the making of the first chapters. If, as Is often asserted, we are intellectually weaker than our fore- ' fathers, vet we can see further, as the pigmy on the 1 giant's shoulders had a aider horizon than the giant : himself, and bow much more varied is the view; for now it Is as wide as the globe. Well may history's ( muse make the proud assertion : "I am the owner of the sphere, , Of the seven stara and the solar year, Of Caesar's hand and Plato's brain, Of Lord Christ's heart and Shakespeare's strain." j We teachers, then, to whom is entrusted the work of teaching history, have a pleasant, if responsible, ' task to perform, and should carefully study the best i methods of discharging it. I I think we should first try to awaken In the | child-mind a wide-awake spirit of personal Interest in , what he Is studying. Make him realise that be has , an lnvldual Interest in history ; that men have labored, thought, studied, fought and died that he might live under the bright conditions of the present. Make ] him feel that the things, places and people that he is ] studying about are real. Make them stand out j from the musty pages of the past as living creations, . not as phantoms about which they study in order to know their lessons and to get a good mark, and which 1 are tbeu to be shut up again In the text book and forgotten about. In order to accomplish this result, you ] must be yourself the most animated and interested oi i all in Questioning and teaching, and soon pupils will f ' become so in studying and reciting. Life begets me. . show them bow the history of the past affects the present: for Instance, if you have a lesson on the Phoenicians, let them see how as traders and colonl- ; xers they advanced civilizations and liberty, "build- 1 lng better than they knewhow much of thesciences . and mechanical arts we owe to the Efeyptalns and , Chaldeans; that to the Jews was entrusted the keeping ] alive of the pure, undeflled religion; that the Greeks first gave the world an example of a government "of I the people, by the people, for tne people." l * Do not fell into a common mistake of teaching history as a record of wars only. Some historians are so ] dazzled by "battle's magnificently stern array*' that, ( as Matthew Henry has said, "The Muse of History . has been so much in love with Mars that she has sel- { dom conversed with Minerva." 1 Even lntbeearly ages men were as much lnnnenced ' by thinkers as by conquerors. Pericles. 8ocrates and i Aristotle contributed as greatly to the glory of Greece i as did Miltlades, Leon Idas and Alexander. Rome 1 honors the names of Virgil, Horace and Cicero more . than she does those of her emperors. Lather, the pom- , monk, wielded greater power than did Charles V, the . mightiest monarch in an age of absolutism. In our > own time, the statesman is co-equal with, If be does ? not outrank, the general, in the councils of the < nations. t Not that I would undervalue, fbr an Instant, millta- t ryskllland achievements. lor there are Gordlan knots , which can be cutonly by the sword: but It is the bead j that should direct the use of this right arm of a ooun- ' try. One of the greatest aids in teaching history i?a J good text book. Now I think there are a great many i teachers who profess to be able to be above the need c of such an article; some, Indeed, prefer to dispense ? with It altogether. ? I lreely grant that a teacher should be so familiar ? with the subject matter of the recitation as to be able to conduct it without the book, and that a teacher whose eye has to follow the written text continually to know if the pupil is reciting correctly, does not de- ( serve the name of teacher, and had better vacate in favor of the well-prepared pupiL But I do claim that ? a scholar who has given bis life to study, and devoted * years to the preparation of a text book on a particular 1 study, is a better guide than one's unaided and often t disconnected ideas; for system is indespensible in ] any study. But a teacher can and should vary as of- < ten as possible the routine of dally recitation. I speak feelingly on this subject. For several years I had been ( obliged to teach S win ton's United States History? < "a skeleton of fhcts"?as a bright boy called it; a book i after Mr. Gradgiind's own heart In vain I tried to revivify the dead bones. I would bring to tbe lesson < my brlghest manner, read and relate everything interesting I could find. All In vain. The subject matter ' of the book was perfectly correct, but stated In the 1 dryest, baldest way, with nothing to appeal to the A imagination and with bnt very few maps and lllustra- l tions. Tbe children would not study it Theydeclar- f ed that United States history was tne stupidest, | most uninteresting in the world. During the past two years I have taught Eggle- i ston's. The style Is clear, bright and graphic. Every page is beautifully and profusely lllus- 1 trated with pictures, which In themselves are edu- i eating Influences. Maps, which are easily sketched, ] are given wherever It Is necessary that the geographi- , cal facts connected with each event should be brought out distinctly, so that the child learns not the mere fact and date, but gets the kernel of the matter?that which makes the fact or date worth being remembered. And as the proof of the pudding is tne eating, 1 the lesson Is rarely missed by the dullest child. I can hardly say that I have any special method In teaching history, but try, as I have already said, to ] vary the recitations as much as possible. I always assign a lesson by topics and have it recited in that way, though, or course, I often have to ] throw in a helping question. Suppose they are beginning the history, say of Qreece or Rome. 1 would nave one of the cuss draw an outline map on the board, fbr as we know the history and geography of a i . country are correlative. I generally require the entire j * class to draw the map ana allow the one who has , made the best to put It upon the board. They have been thoroughly drilled In map drawing, so they can 1 do this very quickly. I don't think the children 1 whom. I have taught are singular, but during the past 1 two years 1 have had but one pupil who did not delight j in going to the board. < I question them closely to see if they thoroughly i understand the geographical features. They learn that a country with fine harbors will have a bold, adventurous, commercial population who become colo- J nlzera ana clvlllzers ; that a country intersected by 1 mountains, by which the peopleare divided intodls- r tlnct communities, favors the development of inde- ( pendent government; that plains, on account of their fertility, were the first centers of civilization; that England to-day owes her power to her insular posl- . tlon. Then nearly every hand in the class being lifted, i some one Is sent to the board to write the topics?dlf- < ferent members of the class giving them?also watch- ( lngand criticising the spelling ana punctuation. Then ( the class recite from the topics, ana some of them do t so remarkably welL This gives them confidence in themselves, develops the memory and the reasoning powers, and gives them a good command of language. < If anything Is omitted, I call on some other pupil to 1 give the missing link. I encourage them to always recite in their own words?for if they are able to do so, ? then I know they have mastered the subject. But if . there are pupils who have no command of language , (and there are some), I allow them to memorize the ' wordsofthe text book, and as they improve, they grad- l ually learn to express themselves in words of their own i choosing. Of course, their language is not always the most choice: neither is their grammar all that might t be desired, but these fhults I try quietly to correct, i The way in which they sometimes describe the stately Greeks and Romans would freeze the blood of Cicero with horror, but I believe Socrates would recognize the truth and vigor of Young America, and trust to time and fUrtber teaching lo apply the polish. This > method also encourages originality Instead of confining all to the dead level of tne text book. Then, too, I . with this method, even a pupil who has not mastered ( liis lesson, will be pretty familiar, at the close of the recitation, with the principal points. < I read an article not long ago in one of our leading ] school Journals In which the use of several text books was advised. Rut this, it seems to me, is very iinprac- l ticable. Few historians group their subjects in exactly c the same order, so there would be no coherence in the . recitation. Hometlmes, too, the statements conflict. 1 I have a pupil who had learned in a former text-book that Magellan was the first man to sail around the . world. His Eggleston's taught him that Magellen I himself was killed in an engagement on the Philiplne , islands, but his ships continued the voyage and ac- . complished the famous feat. On examination he was I asked to tell all he knew about Magellan, und gave < the followjng answer: "Magellan was the first man WOO saueu uruunu me wunu, uuu tic uiun i um i> iu, he was killed on the way." ' { And as we teach the printed text, let us. above all, endeavor to Instill Into the plastic child mind the higher lessons which may always be drawn-lessons 1 of patriotism?for what child could read the stories of Regulus, Horatlus and Leonldas, and not feel their c blood quickened with an answering thrill? They c learn how greatly are to be valued the virtues of Integrity and devotion to duty. ? what child ever read the story of Benedict Arnold f and wished to go and do likewise? How they admire the courage and coolness of Perry, as hi full unl- s form he stands proudly erect in the little boat, a gilt- f tering target for the enemies' Are. as he passes from i his own disabled ship to the fresh Niagara! Teach them, for these boys are our future law-givers and 1 history makers; that It Is only by the study of the past 4 that the statesman of the present is enabled to steer 1 aright, the ship of State; that If they wish to be'( soldiers they must study the campaigns of the great j generals of the past. Teach them tne Influence of the one man power. ] The popular lecturer, Mr. Beauchamp, has ably ex- i pressed this thought. He says, "The history of all 1 great moral reforms has demonstrated the tact that i revolutions of that character have invariably been brought about and consummated, not by the mass- ' ing together of thousands of warriors upon the ] field of battle, but by this wonderful one man and one woman power. There Is great strength In personality. Of a great general his men said that his I presence on the fleld was worth ten thousand men. He did not possess In his own person such strength, but he possessed the power of adding the strength of ten thousand men to the thousands he lea Into , the fray. This magnetism has won reforms the effects ' of which have been world-wide. It was only Luther I who opposed the Diet of Worms, but that opposition i has changed the religious complexion of a world. It j was only Wesley who waged war against the cerem(s ! nlals of the established church; but the one man > raised an army of millions?a veritable church mill-) tant?whose only boundary Is that of the world." Again, one of tha most powerful helps In the study of history Is a taste for historical reading. The value of I this cannot be over estimated. I would rather havei< a pupil leave me with an awakened mind and love . of good reading than to be able to repeat mechanically : every date and fact In all the histories ever written.) The latter knowledge soon slips from the mind?the former Is a possession forever. Put into their bands such books as Mrs. Charlesworth's "Schonberg?Burg Ootta Family." "On Both Sides of the Sea," Miss Porter's "Scottish Chiefs." Scott's "Ivanhoe," "Wood- i stock." and "Kenilwortn," "The Boy's Froissart," as edited by Sidney Lanier, etc. By this means they i will Imbibe history unconsciously, and at the sam lime acquire a taste for pure literature. How do yoi tuppoee the amount of money spent for candy, toys Btc., daring the year, compares wlththeamount spen to satisfy Ihe mental needs of a child? Again, th histoiy of the present should be learned in the present Encourage children to read what is going on now During the late hostilities with the Indians, I se apart a certain half hour for them to tell what the bad read on the subject, and it was remarkable th amount of Information they acquired. I did tin tamo when there was such an Interest in the Stanle< and the African explorations. In conclusion, I would like to make a plea In behalf o the teachers and children of theBouth. Give us to teacl to the children of the South a history which will plac our great Civil War In Its true light, which will teacl them against what fearful odds tneir fathers fought li defease of principles they believed holy. No North Bm historian, of this or any other time, can be entire ly fair in treating of the war. We cannot and shoul< not expect them to look on our side of the shield, bu surely our children should be taught to do so, If onl; In rimple Justice to the past. Exgleston's history Is a Chi" as it could be from his standpoint, but'the dlspar Ity of numbers is never emphasised. Pages are de voed to Qrant's and ?nerman'8succ?BuuitiuiiuiiiKiin in 1 the battle of Chancellorevllle Is dUp:eed of li four or five linen. Children are taught to regard a deml-godf* in courage the 10,000 Greeks who won th< battle of Marathon against ten times their number the charge of the Light Brigadge at B&Laklava 1: world famous; but Pickett's charge at Gettysburg 1: not even recorded In many histories. I would no have the children taught bitterness, bat I would havi them taught truth. If you ao not take care you will have yonr childrei saying to you as little three year old Jefferson Davis Jr., was taught In the streets of to go home anr say to his mother: "You thinks I'se somebody; so ii you, so is father, but you Is not?so is no t any of u: but me?I am a Yankee every time." Our Southland Is very beautifal now, but there li scarcely one family that did not suffer then, anc though the grass Is green over their graves, and thl: month beholds them covered with flowers, yet thi rears and graves are there, and we love our Southlanc the better for them. For "A land without ruins Is a land without memories a land without memories is aland without history A land that wears a laurel wreath may be fair to see but twine a few sad cypress leaves around the brow o any land, and be thai land barren, bes.utiless anc bleak, it becomes lovely in its consecrated coronet o sorrow, and It wins tbe sympathy of the heart anc 3f history. Crowns of roses Side, crdwns of thorn: sndare. Calvaries and crucifixions takes deepes bold of humanity, the triumphs of might are tran rient, they pass and are forgotten, the sufferings o right are graven deepest on the chronicles of nations.' LETTER FROM BETilESDA. A Sub-Alliance Organized?Pine Oats? Gooc Stands of Corn?Other Crops?They got the Bees?Mlsfortuue to a Worthy Negro Correspondence of The Yorkvllle Enquirer. Bkthesda, May 25.?An Alliance has beer organized at (iuthriesville with twelve members Hon. W. N. Elder, president; James A. Erwin vice president; R. C. Moore, secretary: H". J Harsnaw, treasurer; Rev. B. P. Reid, chaplaii md lecturer; and F. B. Moore, assistant lecturer The Alliance will hold its next regular meetinf next Saturday at 21 p. nr. Mr. D. P. Curry, who clerks for Mr. N. B Bratton and rents a small farm from him, hat on exhibition at Mr. Bratton's store, the bes specimen of oats I have seen thit year. Mr Lurry thinks he has four acres of the best oat In the county, and is satisfied that he will be able to gather at least sixty-five bushels to thi acre. The only manure the land has on it was t crop of peas and vines that he had turned under Mr. Bratton says that this crop of alone wil enable him to close his corn-crib. This meant the saving of considerable money, where con is f 1.25 a bushel. This section was refreshed by good rains Sun iav night and Monday evening. The formers all unite in saying that they hav< good stands of corn and that it is looking bettei than usual this year. Mr. Robt. Strait, one o our energetic young formers, who does not be Lieve in having his corn crib in Cincinnati, hat twenty acres of corn, well worked out, that wil now average knee high. Moultrie Bratton sayi that the reason the stand of corn was so good it because the ground got so bard directly after i wab planted, that the crows could not pull it up rhiB was certainly hard on the crows. Some of the farmers who were in a hurry t< plough up their cotton and plant over, are now regretting it, as in most places where it has beer ? ? ?Pm* In uAtm l?n inert? is now a KWU ovouu* x/uv ?? places the seed had rotted in the ground. I wit aessed this on a piece on the plantation of Hon W. N. Elder. Out of a dozen rows that h< ploughed up in my presence, after examining carefully, we found but two that had sufficien *eed sprouting to make a stand. In the othei rows we found the seed rotten. The strawberry crop is most abundant this fear. The old fields around here are literally rec with them. The May cherries are almost done As a usual thing the birds got most of them Tune cherries are turning; the crop is abundant From present indications the crop of peaches, apples and blackberries will be equally as good ai it was in '89. Messrs. Brooks Mendenhall and Cal Gordoi: lave returned from a pleasure trip to Nortt Carolina. It was reported float they bad gone to proepect for gold. They did noi oring any specimens bade with them, but from lie good humor they are in, we .infer that thej must have found something more precious, and ivhich affords more happiness than even gold. Brooks, especially, as he gazes at the azure sumnits of the blue hills?looks as if he thought? The mountains were fairer for once having oeen held in her thought." There was no preaching at Betnesda last Sunlay, so we had to spend the day as best we could, itudving Sunday-school lessons, reading ana alking. While seated in Mrs. Gordon's shadj liazza, talking with Frank Sandiferand Manse jk>rdon, a swarm of bees came humming along, Frank grabbed a plow and clevis-pin, and callng to Manse to do the same, ran out in the reai >fthe garden, over which the bees were circling, ind while he kept time in lively and not ungraceful motions commenced, to beat: "Ho, ho, Ole Jimmy Suttenlv. You eat the cow meat and I'll eat the muttenty.' Manse, who is of a more sedate turn of mind, >r maybe the bees made him think of honey, ind honey made him think of his sweetheart, ilso got a plough and commenced to beat, not ess vigorously, but in a more solemn measurehat good old tune, "You must be a lover, O you nust be a lover of the Lord." The bees circled irst one way and then another, but at last, being harmed, we suppose by this impromptu con;ert, the queen settled down on a post in the garden, her numerous subject clustering around ler. They were soon hived, and these young gentlemen are rejoicing in the prospects of havng plenty honey to give their?female friends, lext fall. Freeman Workman, an industrious colored nan who lives on Mr. Ed. Crawford's place, had ;he misfortune to have his house, with its content! turned on Wednesday last at 2.30 o'clock p. m, Besides losing all the clothing of himself and family and a man who was living with him, he lost 30 bushels of corn, his buggy, ana $1.50 in money. Freeman is the blacksmith of this community and is popular. He isays his friends, white and black, are helping him. x. TALBERT AND THE SUB-TREASURY. Forest Hill Alliance Adopts Resolutions Endorsing Both. For The Yorkvllle Enquirer. The following resolutions were unanimously passed by the Forest Hiil Alliance No, 177, May 16, 1891: Whereas, certain newspapers, having with malice aforethought and severity attacked out State Lecturer, Col. W. J. Talbert, and attemptjd to belittle and degrade him in the eyes of the people; and, whereas we consider these ill tempered and derisive insults thrown at Col. Talt>ert also directed at our noble order; and whereis Col. Talbert having made so able and brave s lefense of himself ana the Alliance; therefore, Resolved, That this Alliance now assembled, May 16, 1801, continue to hold and cherfully express t tall confidence in our State Lecturer, Col. W. J, ralbert, and heartily endorse the able and brave lefense he has made in behalf of himself and the Alliance. Whereas our State Alliance, and very near all, f not all, the county and sub-Alliances, having mdorsed the Sub-Treasury bill, and whereai Sovemor Tillman has given to the pross hie >pinion that the majority of the membership o: his order would not support said bill, therefore, Resolved 1. That this Alliance reiterate iti indorsement and support of the Sub-Treasury nil. Resolved 2. That we have full confidence it: he integrity and stability of the membership. >f our oraer in their endorsement of said bill, anu relieve that Governor Tillman wrongfully rep-esented the position of this order on thi> neasure. Resolved 3. That these resolution be sent tc he county papers and The Cotton Plant for pubication. D. J. GLENN, Jr., President. E. D. Thompson, Secretary'. The Charleston and the Chilian.? The Charleston's chase of the Itata contin les, but there has been very little news from sither vessel during the past week. Aftei :oaling at Acapulco, the Charleston resumed ler course. The Esmeralda, the insurgent ,var vessel that is supposed to have been lent out to convoy the Itata, is still at Acapllco. The Mexican authorities refuse to sell he vessel a cargo of coal, and consequently t is unable to get away. At one time it vas reported that the Esmeralda, intended, f it could not get the coveted fuel in auy >ther way, to shell the town, but later addees proved this report to be without founlation. By this time the Charleston and Itata lave probably reached Chili, and the fate >f the runaway vessel is still a matter ol loubt. It is reported, however, that the iniurgents have decided to give the vessel up md, after a legal investigation of the matter mbmit to whatever decision that may be irrived at by the United States courts Whether or not this report is true is doubt tal. It is possible that it was only started ir he hope of securing the withdrawal of the Charleston from the chase. lftof /Infinite notl'fl fmUl tllA Ttfitii \Vft5 i.uc taai uvimivv uvn j * v.? ? eceived 011 lust Saturday and was broughi ay the steamer Colima, which plies betweer San Francisco and Panama. At San Fran fisco the captain stated that he had met tin itata about 11 o'clock in the morning of tin loth instant. At that time the vessel was about sixty-five miles north of Acapulco un tier full steam. About H.20 p. m. in the af ternoon of the same day, the Colima als( spoke the Charleston. She was 130 mile: from Acapulco. Captain Remey asked tin captain of the Colima if he had seen tin Itata, and being answered in the affirmative kept on his course. At that time it seems that the two vessel: were a good distance apart, and as the Itati did not have to stop for coal, it is quit< probable that she has managed to get out o reach of her pursuer. ? Prof. Charvons, the Fiji Islander, who i: remembered as having made such a row a the colored schools in Charleston, some tiun ago, is lecturing in Camden. e A Southern History.?A correspondent ?t writes The Richmond Times as follows: 1 "More than thirty years have elapsed since ? the secession which led to a war with the North. No true history of that war has c been written. There should be one written e by a Southern historian, and should be inr dorsed by those of our people who are high iu authority. Therefore I would suggest 1 that the several governors of the Southern e States appoint a committee of three from \ each State of their most brilliant writers, i- who shall meet in the city of Richmond, Va., J the capital of the late Confederacy, and fort mulate some plan by which a correct history a of the war may be written. w "Our children are ignorant of the causes W 1 ' 1 1 1 1'? ? or?/1 [ wnicn leu w> iue war uctv> ecu me wu?w > the vast means employed to suppress the * same. Without such a history our late war ; will be classed with such as Bacon's rebellion ? and kindred outbreaks." t ????????? S THE THERMOMETER'S RECORD 1 J For the Week Ending May 20.?Obser? vat ions by Mr. J. R. 8chorb. s . ! . ; j I : . ' M I s's . ? i- . i i i a i s ? e datk. ! j g j a ; a ;; s 1 ' * I 2 I H *S li C I , ? i d, ' S $ : c# i .? h "S :? ji ? j et | oc ' S S j JS j! K J i Wednesday 20....'i 63 ! 78 70 j 70 79 j 62 .67 , Thursdav 21 61 , 80 i 73 j 71 81 i 60 !! .... f Friday 22 61 ! 84 78 ! 74 84 61 .... 1 Saturday 23 65 88 81 78 88 , 65 .... s Sunday 24 ' 66 86 79 77 . 87 I 65 |! .... 1 Monday 25 ' 66 81 j 66 I 71 81 j 66. .94 f Tuesday 26 65 : 83 70 I 73 8:1 ' 65 !j .07 Mean for weekr 64 83 j 74 j 74 83 | 63 11.68 , dfliirltrf Reports. . YORKVILLE, May 27.-Cotton 8 to 8J. CHARLESTON, May 25.-Cotton 8J. l LIVERPOOL, May 25.?Cotton 4 jd. NEW YORK. May 25.?Cotton, 8 15-16. Fu tures closed dull and steady, with Bales of 53,100 bales as follows: May, 8.56 to8.57; June, 8.57 1 to 8.58; July, 8.70 to 8.71 ; August, 8.81 to 8.82; September, 8.88 to 8.89 ; October, 8.92 to 8.93; f November, 8.95 to 8.96; December, 9.01 to 9.02 ; January, 9.08 to 9.09; February, 9.16 to 9.17 ; March, 9.24 to 9.25. t Comparative Cotton Statement. . NEW YORK, May 22,-The following is the i comparative cotton statement for the week endJ ing May 22, 1891: 1891. 1890. 3 Net receipts at all U. S. ports, 37,891 37,970 Total receipts to date, 6,700,234 5,723,245 Exports for the week, 47,896 25,650 1 Total exports to date, 5,395,575 4,700,525 ? Stock at all United States ports,...409,720 202,163 Stock in interior towns, 62,443 Stock in Liverpool, 1,215,000 I Stock afloat for Great Britain, 90,000 j r |loticr!i. 1 No Preaching at Allison Creek. There will be no preaching at Allison Creek t church next Sabbath. I will be at Bethel on that . day to preside in a congregational meeting for the purpose of calling a pastor. ] J. M. McLain. i May 27 16 It 5 ~ It is All That is Clalmed fur It. 7~ Filbert, S. C., May 20,1890. Pai>t t. m Orist: Dear Sir?i take pleasure \ in adding my testimony as to the value of your f Premium Sewing Machine. The machine I bought of you last fall has given and is giving entire satisfaction. It is all that is claimed for , it, and more too. I would advise all who want I a first class machine at a fair price to buy yours. M. C. Parrott. Au Explanation. 1 There seems to be a misapprehension 011 the j part of some of our old subscribers?those whose names are now 011 the subscription list?in re1 gard to our Premium Sewing Machine. They | have gotten the idea that if their subscription I expires at some time in the future, they are not 1 entitled to the benefits of our offer until after the [ expiration of their present subscription ; and others have the idea that the offer is only to new ! subscribers. Both ideas are wrong. If a sub. scriber has already paid, for example, to .Janua; ry 11,1892, and pays us $16 for a Sewing Machine, the machine will be delivered on board the cars in Chicago, and his subscription to The Enqui[ rer will be credited to January 10,1893. L. M. Grist. ! Ben Terrell to Again Address the People of York County. I have been notified by J. \V. Stokes, president . of the State Alliance, to give notice that Col. Bex Terrell, one of the lecturers of tjie National Alliance, will address the people of York county, at Yorkville, on Thursday, 28tii of 1 May, 1891, at 11 o'clock, a. m. The address will be public, and all are earnest ly requested to attend. You will be amply rewarded for your time and trouble. Brother Terf rell is an interesting and instructive speaker. ; W. N. Elder, President ! York County Farmers' Alliance. ? May 20 15 ' 2t ! "Nothing Will Save Time and Money~Llke~a Corbiu Disk Harrow." ' Below will be found the statement of Mr. C. C. [ Hughes, one of north-western York's hustling I young farmers, in regard to the Corbin Harrow. 1 Mr. Hughes is one of the kind who does not : believe in traveling four miles to reach a given , point when he can reach the same point by ! traveling a distance of one mile over a better road and at less cost. Read what he says: 1 Grover, N. C., May 15,1891. I Mr. Sam M. Grist, Yorkville, S. C.: Dear Sir?' I bought a No. 7 Corbin Disk Harrow from you last October. The first time I saw it I pronounced it "a daisy." Now I pronounce it indispensable. I would not sell it for double w' at it cost if I could not get another. I sowed .il my wheat with it and it gave^ntire satisfaction. The best prepared piece of land I ever saw was A ofotnMdo lotwl hmiAtl Inut winter I C* U1CVC l/i OtUUMlO UVkW/?ll ic*i*V4 .. - ? . -with an Oliver chilled plow and cut this spring with the Corbin Harrow. , I also tried it 011 stubble land bottom that had . not been broke and it was a success. It is aetu; tually the best farming implement I ever saw. j With two mules and one Land I can do more . work, and better work, than four mules and . four hands in the old way. Clods and baked ground would soon be A t THING OF THE PAST if fanners would all use the Corbin Disk Harrow to pulverize the land. 1 To see one at work is sufficient to convice the most skeptical that it will do all that is claimed [ for it. One old gray headed farmer who saw me J harrowing my stubble that had not been broke > said, "I thought it was all talk about that harrow, but it will do," Another farmer, and a good one too, said, "It beats anything I ever \ saw, and I wailtone to sow my wheat with this ; fall." , After such a winter and spring as we have just f passed through, and fanners are all behind with their work, nothing saves tinte and labor like a \ Corbin Disk Harrow. Respectfully, , C. C. Hi'ohks. May 20 15 tf 1 South Carolina Bible Association. > [ This l>ody will meet in the Washington street Methodist church, Columbia, on Thursday, June ? 11th, at 8.15 p. m. ( The annual address will be delivered by the i . Rev. Dr. William Grier, president of the Associa-! tion and of Krskine college, on Thursday evening. Friday morning, and probably in the afternoon also, there will be a business meeting to elect otticers, hear reports from the city and county auxiliaries throughout the State, und to 1 discuss practical subjects connected with the purposes of the Bible Society. All the auxiliary societies in the State are re' quested to appoint delegates to the annual meet1 ing of the State Association, aud to send up full and carefully prepared reports of their work and I progress within the past year. The following are the officers of the association: ; President?Rev. I)r. William Grier, Due West. Vice-Presidents?From First judicial district, \ Rev. E. E. Horn, Charleston ; Second judicial district, Hon. 1). S. Henderson, Aiken; Third judicial district, Hon. T. B. Eraser, Sumter; | . Fourth judicial district, Hon. W. I>. Johnson, Marion; Fifth judicial district, Hon. W. H. Lyles, Columbia ; Sixth judicial district, Hon. 1 G. J. Patterson, Chester; Seventh judicial dis! triet, Col. S. M. Rice, Union ; Eighth judicial f district, Prof. J. R. Blake, Greenwood. Secretary?Dr. John Forrest, Charleston. Executive Committee: Chairman?Rev. Prof. , J. Win. Flinn, [Pres.], Columbia ; Rev. W. C. Lindsay, [Bap.], Columbia; Rev. O. A. Darby, , I). 1)., [Meth.J, Columbia ; Rev. Ellison Capers, " 1). D., [Epis.], Columbia; Rev. E. A. Wingard, [Luth.J, Columbia. i The association meets annually, its mcmber1! ship consists of all the officers of the several aux) I iliary and branch societies in the State (who shall I be ex-officio members and entitled to all the t ; privileges of the same), together with two repret j sentatives from each of said societies, and any 1 I officers or colporteurs of the American Bible So . ciety who may be tailoring in South Carolina. ; Dr. Gier, as Annual Orator, is a most wise ami ?i happy selection, and a full meeting is anticipated. , May 27 10 It ! ?? ???i????? ij HYMENEAL. i j Makkikd?In the Methodist church at "\Vood?! lawn, on the 13th instant, by Rev. W. W. ltatch: I foni, Mr. J. K. WARMOUTH and Miss K. A. ' j MALONEY. All of Bullock's Creek township. , At the residence of the bride's parents, m I Yorkville, on Thursday, May 21, 1801, by Rev. . W. M. Orier, D. D., assisted by Rev. It. (J. Pat* rick, Mr. R. LIVY GRIEIt, of Chester, S. ('., 1 and Miss M. FANNIE GRIST, daughter of J Capt. L. M. and Mrs. Frances V. Grist, f ??SSH5?5??? OBITUARY. t Dikd?Near Bullock's Creek, May 17th, after ,, a brief illness, WlhLIE J. M. PLfcXICO, son ' of Milton Plexico, aged 10 years 2 months and 5 days. | SAND PARCHED FINDERS. I AM pleased to announce that I have perfected arrangements to sell SAND PARCHED PINDERS, and will always have them fresh. Ice Cream Twice a Week. I expect to have Ice Cream every Tuesday and Friday afternoon during the summer season, i Don't forget that my stock of Confectionery is large, lVesn and varied, and that my prices are right. AGNES MDORE. WINTHUOP TRAINING SCHOOL FOR TEACHERS, COLUMBIA, S. C. THOROUGH Normal instruction >friBk and practice in best methods of teacbHUrT" Ope" to grirls over 18 years old. Graduates are entitled to teach in the jHQr schools of South Carolina as first grade teachers. They readily secure good positions in this and other States. Each county is given two scholarships?one by the State, worth $150 ; and one by the school, worth $30. Competitive examinations for these scholarship* will be held in each county, Thursday, July 2. Address D. 18. JOHNSON, Superintendent, Columbia, S. C. May 27 16 6t THE PARISH HOTEL. "y^"HEN you come to Yorkville, you are invited to stop at THE PARISH HOTEL. YOU WILL BE ROYALLY TREATED. The building is located in (he business portion of town. The rooms are large and provided with every comfort and convenience. THE TABLES are supplied with THE BEST the season affords, prepared by experienced cooks, and served by polite and lively waiters. LARGE SAMPLE ROOMS for commercial men. We study to please. Mrs. C. G. PARISH, Manager. March 4 4 tf SHERIFF'S SALE. BY virtue of writs of fieri facias to me directed, will be sold between the legal hours of Sheriff's Sale, on the FIRST MONDAY in JUNE NEXT, At York Court House, the following property, tc wit: All that tract or parcel of land situated in York county, on the waters of King's creek, and containing, by a survey made by W. B. Allison, D. S., April 3,1860, seventy-five acres, more or less, l>ounued on the north by the lands of W. C. and J. H. Wilson; on the east by lands of J. A, Dickson; on the south by lands of J. W. Castles, and on the west by lands of John Latham, Levied on as the property of M. M. Smith, atth< suit of A. S. Corry. Terms cash, or the property to be re-ad vertised for re-sale on the next sales-day, at the risk of the former purchaser. Purchasers to pav for papers. E. A. CRAWFORD, S. Y. C. May 6 13 4t SHERIFF'S TAX SALES. BY virtue of TAX EXECUTIONS to me directed, and in conformity to Act of General Assembly, approved December 24, 1887, and amendments thereto, passed and approved, 1 will expose to public sale, in front of tne COURT HOUSE OF YORK COUNTY, during the legal hours of sale, on the FIRST MONDAY IN JUNE NEXT, being the 3rd day of June, 1891, the following described real estate, to satisfy taxes, penalties and costs, due by tax-payers named, for the fiscal year commencing November 1st, 1889, to wit: One lot and building in Bethesda township, assessed as the property of J. S. McCullough. Taxes, penalty and costs, #6.21. Three acres and one building in York township, assessed as the property of the estate ol Horace Evans, deceased. Taxes, penalties and costs, $4.38. | One tract of thirty-eight acres of land in York township, assessed as tne property of Mrs. Marj Porter. Taxes, i>enaltiesana oo ste,$5.f)0. . E. A. CRAWFORD, S. Y. C. May 6 13 4t KIDDLE A C ARROLL. WHERE DID YOU 'JET THAT HAT ? 20 Pounds of Granulated Sugar for $1. WE have been standing back on the Sugai question for the past few weeks, our object being to give our competitors an opportunity tc catch up with the procession. We now announce that we have this day :rixed the price (we art price fixers) at TWENTY pounds of STANDARD Granulated Sugar for ONE DOLLAR, 14 FINGERED GRAIN CRADLES. Of course we have tlie celebrated Fourteen Finger Grain Cradles. We sell them because they are the best Cradles that have ever been made. We are selling them at $2.25 each, which is about one-half former prices. If you need a Cradle you had better "get a move on you." COTTON HARROWS. If you have not bought your Cotton Harrowf yet we would respectfully remind you that we control the sule in this market of what is acknowledged to be the best Harrow on the market, and we would also say that notwithstanding our advantage as to merit, we are meeting othei people's prices. NO. I TIMOTHY HAY. We have gone into the Hay business and now have in our warehouse a large quantity of No. 1 Timothy Hay of the best quality. RIDDLE A CARROLL. M. & H. C. STRAUSS THE WEATHER HAS CHANGED AND M. & H. C. STRAUSS ARE prepared to show and sell at the lowes prices, one of the finest and best selected SPRING AND SUMMER STOCKS. Ladies' colored and white DRESS GOODS cannot be beat. Embroideries, Laces, Ruchlng Flouncing, Robes of the latest styles, beside! their Ready-Mado Clothing, Shoes, Slippers Hats, Parasols, Notions, Ac., in great variety The One-Price Cash Store anil that the cheapest B DUPLEX CORSETS AND WAISTS FOR LADIES AND MISSES, BIS THE BEST CORSE! OUT. WILL GIVE PER FEOT SATISFACTION WILLNOTBREAK, THI HIP EFFECT BEING PERFECT. EVERY COR SET GUARANTEED. May6 13 2m LOWRY & STARR. BUY THE BEST. WE should all be very careful in selecting our food, and buy only that which w< nvrllffn., Know to i>e pure, intrattrcuK>cavi*>niv ent brands of baking Powders?some |)ure, oth ere not so good, and some no good at all. Tin ROYAL BAKING POWDER STANDS FIRS1 ION THE LIST AS TO PURITY. It is an un | disputed fact that the Royal Baking Powder ii I the best on the market. We have just receivei a fresh lot of Royal Baking Powder, all sizt I cans. We sell this Powder at 30 cents per pound Cooking Soda at ft cents per pound. (J loss Starch at ft cents a pound. LOWRY A STARR. PAINT YOUfTBUGGY. NOW is the time. THE PEERLESS CAR RIAGE PAINT IS THE BEST MADE LOWRY A STARR'S is the place to buy it They only charge 75 cents for a quart can. Grease your Harness, and be sure to use tin VACUUM HARNESS OIL. Call and see it. Pack away your Blankets and Winter Cloth ing, but be sure to get some CAM PHOR BALLS It is much cheaper than Camphor and far better Keep off disease from your Chickens by usirq OUR CHICKEN POWDER. It makes tin young chicks grow off faster and they aro read] for market much earlier. And you can say t< your neighbors we are paying high prices fo: young chicks now. We have the nicest TOILET SOAP, at 5 centi per cake, wo have ever seen anywhere. Try on< cake and you will be sure to get more. Our lint of FINE SOAPS is the best we have ever car ried. We sell the WHITE HOUSE SOAP. Just received another lot of TOBACCO. Cal and get prices. Soda at 5 cents per pound. LOWRY A STARK. R7 B. LOWRY. LOVERS OF good TEA will tind it to their advantage t( call on R. B. LOWRY. j GOOD COFFEE. "\7"OU will always tind GOOD COFFEE fron JL 1'JJ cents up, at It. B. DOWRY'S. OAT MEAL HECKER'S OAT MEAL, good and fresh, a R. B. DOWRY'S. CANNED GOODS. , YT"(?U can always tind a verv choice line o A CANNED (iOODSat R. B. DOWRY'S. IKDAK Hl lKJUS, till. A(?()Ol> three-hooped WIIITK CERA1 RUCK ET for :i*s cents, and u tip-ton OAK {WELL El"CKET for 33 cents. R. B. DOWRY'S. TIIXEIH) JELLY AN he prepared in a lew minutes. A two J rents package will make one pint and a hul j of pure Jelly. R. 15. LOWRY. TRY DESSERTINE." SOMETHIXU very delieious. Trv it. Cat lie found at R. R. DOWRY'S. STRA WHATS FOR MEN AND ROYS,at all prices, at R. R. DOWRY'S. "when YOU ARI: INAVANT /AK anvlhitiK my line, you will do well t< | call on me. R. R. DOWRY. MRS.T.M. DOBSOM. BOBSON'S RACKET. i i m i Dobson's Racket Downs all Competition in IN LARGE SALES AND LOW PRICES. Compare Your Prices; that Tells the Tale. i * , 9 J* LONG-HANDLED MOPS at 25 cents. 1 A tJ Long-Handled Brooms at 25 cents. 25 Hearth Brooms at 10 cents. 25 sets of Knives and Forks at 49 cents. I 25 Coffee Mills at 25 cents. 50 large Pencil Pads at 10 cents. 100 bottles of Ink at 3 cents. 25 quart bottles of Ink, best, at 34 cents. 75 4-ounce bottles of Blue at 5 cents. , 1,000 boxes of Blueing at 1 cent. 500 pounds of Navy Tobacco at 25 cents. 500 pounds of Dobson's Racket Tobacco at 25 i cents. 500 pounds of Starch at 5 cents. i 500 pounds of Soda at 5 cents. 5,000 plugs of Tobacco at 5 cents. > 50 Buggy Whips at 15 cents. 25 Razor Hones at 24 cents. 25 Oil Stones at 24 cents. 25 Spring Balances at 9 cents. 25 Pocket Wrenches at 10 cents. 50 bottles of Machine Oil at 5 cents. 50 bars of Stove Polish at 5 cents. 100 sets of Teas at 23 cents. 100 sets of Plates at 39 cents. 50 Looking-G lasses at 24 cents, i 50 Fire Shovels at 12 cents. 50 Horse Brushes at 24 cents. 50 Shoe Brushes at 10 cents. , 100 quir<? of Paper at 3 cents. r 50 large Strainers at 10 cents. 50 gallon Coffee Pots at 15 cents. 50 half-gallon Coffee Pots at .10 cents. 100 Tins, two for 5 cents. 50 Disb Pans at 10 cents. 1,000 yard s of yard-wide Sheeting at 0J cents, i 1,000 yards of Alamance at 5 cents. I 1,000 yards of three-quarter Shirting at 5 cents, r 1,000 yards of good Prints at 5 cents, i 500 yards of Challies at 5 cents. I '300 yards of Muslins at 5 cents. 1,000 yards of Delaines at 10 cents. 100 Ladies' Hats at 25 cents. ' 100 Ladies' Trimmed Hats at 50 cents. 500 Ladies' Undervests at 10 cents. ' 300 yards of 46-inch Henriettas at 50 cents. ' 50 Slates at 5 cents. 100 pairs of Ladies' Shoes at SI .00. 100 pairs of Ladies' Shoes at $1.49. 100 pairs of Ladies' Shoes at $2.00. 100 pail's of Ladies' Shoes at $2.49. J. 100 paii.-s of Ladies'' Shoes at $2.99. 100 paii-s of Ladies' Shoes at $3.49. These Shoes are as good as any Shoes made. Every pair guaranteed to l>e goxl, from $2.00 to 'tA 40 T" *" Don't foirget to listen to what is said in all por1 tionsof York county, that DOBSON'S RACKj ET SELLS MORE GOODS THAN ANY OTHER HOUSE IN YORKVILLE, | And, of caune, has to sell them cheaper to do it. 1 Don't forget, everything is SPOT CASH, and when you send for your Hat, Bonnet or anything else, REMEMBER THE CASH. There are several tags in the Cash Drawer now that need > redemption. Yours for Low Prices, i DOBSON'S RACKET. ' Headquarters New York City. i HEARD &7NMAN. ^ I BRr COMFORT, DURABILITY, BEAUTY. , fJlHESE arc the elements coinbinod in our latest ) arrival of SHOES. They are made of FRENCH CALF, in either Common Sense or Opera Toe. The comfort comes from the flexibility, and they are the inveterate enemy of corns and bunions. The durability is found in a thin, highly finished line gloss leather, which possesses the highest ! wearing qualities. The beauty is visible in the t shapely and symmetrical lines that at once appear to the eye. Our space is too limited to mention r the price and styles of our regular line, which is I complete in all numbers and shapes. ; BEARD A INMAN, The Clothiers. j GEO. T. SCHORR. COMPETITION " wtitlttlti DJKF1MJ. ON a PIANO or ORGAN trade. I am ready to compete with anv dealer, and say that I will sell a BETTER INSTRUMENT for less J MONEY than any l>ody else will. Call on me for proofs and testimonials. : THE SELF PLAYING ORGAN f will he on exhibition at my store for a short ' while longer. Ifnotsold soon, it will beshipped ' elsewhere. If you want a SUPERB INSTRUr MENT, at a bargain, come at once and see me. ! ICE CREAM FREEZERS, 3 Cylinder churns, Sewing Muchines, Tinware and I House Furnishing Goods, lower than ever bofore. COOKING STOVES. My wareroom is full, and I am determined to sell cheap for CASH, or for GOOD PAPER. - Everything guaranteed. GEO. T. SCIIORB. THE PIONEER. ?; T EWIS MILLER, the inventor of the BUCK1 i J J EYE MOWING MACHINE was the pion . I cer in this lino. The tirst Buckeye was imm I upon the right principles,and whatever improvef'mctits have been made have held to the suine i true line without any deviation. In presenting the claims of the Bl'CKKYK this season to a discriminating public, there is 110 fear that it will not receive the unequivocal enl dorsemeiit of all who have ever used it, while it is [ sure to gain the favor of any who may honestly and thoroughly investigate it. If not durable as the everlasting hills, it does - stand the ordeals of time and service as no I other machine has ever done. Facts bear out . j this assertion, and there are testimonials on f i record which show Huokeye Mowers in usetoI dav which were built in lk'SJ. The Buckeye Mowing Machine will not out rocks or gravel in a very satisfactory manner, 1; but will cut them equally its well as any other ( mower, and better than the majority, but it will - cut anything that any sane man would expect to mow, from clover or crab grass to rag weeds. If your Oats are too short to cut with a cradle, I you should get a Buckeye Mower and Chieftain -1 Horse Rake. You can then save your whole crop. Terms and prices will be furnished on ) application. SAM M. (JHIST, Sole Agent. I May'JO la tf WM. C. LATIMER. I WANT WOOL And Will Pay the Highest Market Price FOR 10,999 LBS. J WANT TO BUY 10,999 LBS. OF WOOL AND I AM WILLING TO PAY THE HIGHEST MARKET PRICE FOR IT. I want as much as I can get, immediately, and will take it in any quantity from 2 lbs. up. THE LAST DAY. By an oversight my advertisement in THE ENQUIRER continues our Clothing sale just one week longer than was first intended, but as it is my custom to do what I advertise that I will do, my offer will stand until NEXT SATURDAY, 30TH INSTANT, provided the goods are not disposed of before that date. BRING THE CASH ' * * H-1. A~ And secure a bargain tnat is linpossiwe tu get anywhere but at LATIMER'S DRY GOODS PALACE, and be convinced for evermore that it is to your interest to buy of me. This Clothing has been bought; it is ours; it has been paid for, and we have a right to sell it at the price we offer it. CASH is the watchword! IMPERIAL SHIRT. Remember that I am still selling the celebrated "IMPERIAL SHIRT" for *1.00each, cash. I I am selling it for$1.00 because ofit's cost and my experience has taught me that it cannot l>e sold for less and gives better satisfaction than any other Shirt on the market. I don't sell this Shirt to you "because it is you," for one dollar, but liecause it is worth it, and I know it. JW PAY UP YOUR ACCOUNTS. What, aready! Examine your consciences and see what you think about it! Ask yourself how old a debt should become before it should be paid, and then come and pay at least a part. All business men need money. W. C. LATIMER. CAROLINA BUOUY UUBLtMN i, Manufacturers of Flue Vehicles, YORKVILLE, 8. C. WHY? "^yHY IS IT THAT THE CAROLINA BUGGY CO.'S MAIL ORDERS ARE GROWING EVERY DAY? WHY IS IT THAT PEOPLE BUY THE CAROLINA BUGGY CO.'S WORK IN PREFERENCE TO BUYING OTHER WORK "of world-wide reputation ?" THE REASONS! 1st. Because the CAROLINA BUGGY CO.'S WORK has been on the market long enough to STAND ON ITS MERITS. 2nd. Because people are not so easily humbugged as they were ten or twenty years ago, and, that we are working skilled mechanics and using materials of the highest standard of excellence. 3rd. Because we are making a ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR BUGGY and selling it for EIGHTY-FIVE! FARM WAGONS OF ALL SIZES, and at Manufacturers' prices for CASH, or on time to parties who can make negotiable paper. We want to buy a MILLION FEET OF LUMBER. Call for specifications. CAROLINA BUGGY CO. A. Y. CART WRIGHT. WM. M. ALLISON. A. Y. CARTWRIGHT & CO. OUR SHOE SALE! We Don't Propose to Knock the Bottom Out of Shoes but we are Going to Smizzle the Prices! TJ"NTIL sold we will oiler a large line of LADIES' SHOES at prices that can't be obtained anywhere but at the NEW YORK RACKET STORE. Call at once and be convinced. See our Ladies' Lace or Button Shoo worth 11.35 for? 1.00. See our Ladies' Lace or Button Shoe worth 81.50 lor 81.10. See our Ladies' Lace Shoe worth 81.25 for 90 cents. We have the above line of Shoes in numbers from to <5, and in buying them you get a pure j simple bargain. j GENTS' SHOES. I Gentlemen, if you want to buy a first-class pair of dress Shoes, and you want them at a ; bargain, call at the New York Racket Store I ami buy a pair of their $o.OO Shoes for ?1.00?an j extraordinary reduction and a genuine bargain. I We have them in numbers from 7J to i?. We have cut the prices on several lines ol j Dress Goods and we can oiler big inducements i to customers. If you want to buy a$14.'ih Suit of Clothes for '$11.00, we can fix you up; but we only have a ' limited supply to select from. I If you want White Goods, Dress Goods, or Dry Goods of any kind, don't fail to see our stock before buying. A. Y. CART WRIGHT A CO. New Yokk Okkick, 40C Hkoahway. FREW BROS. & KEESLER, m rook xxxxjZj. a. o. a SPECIAL SALE ? AL ac I rjIO CLOSE OUT ALL PISTOLS AND PIS- Do TOL CARTRIDGES THIS WEEK, we offer ?d? bei the following: , 1 Mi One lot of Nickel-Plated Seven-Shooters at 65 a^j cents. Mi One lot of Nickel-Plated Five-Shooters at 80 cents. ( One lot of Nickel-Plated Five-Shooters at 90 w,y cents. ?? an< One lot of Nickel-Plated Five-Shooters, double ? action, at $1.65. The above prices are "CLEANING OUT" J a i onee ; so if you want one, you liaa Detter come m< to-day. 1 All sizes of Rim Fire Cartridges AT COST. This is your last chance to buy them for less than a fancy price? ?? ID ( NOW DO ABOUT. 2 pa WE SELL MORE SHOES THAN ANY OTHER HOUSE IN THIS PART OF THE STATE. OUR PRICES ARE ALWAYS lt; UNDER THE MARKET, AND THIS IS J* WHAT YOU WANT. {? wi INFANTS SOFT SOLE SHOES AT 25 CENTS. Tj in I P? Price our Ladies'MUSLIN. UNDERWEAR, ^ EMBROIDERED ROBES AND WHITE we sal DRESS FABRICS, in leading ou M IT STYLES AT BOTTOM PRICES. w Ice LADIES' RIBBED UNDER VESTS from 10 of G1 cents up. XJS or MEN'S UNDERSHIRTS in endless variety, ti THE CELEBRATED THOMSON GLOVEFITTING CORSETS ARE SWEEPING THE DECK. Hundreds of people will have no other. jJ Other Corsets sold at A] AJ 01 GREATLY REDUCED PRICES, To get rid of them. j ~ nnirn. nmn . 1IT TT 4 mo TTTOTI oVl '?5 AJM) DU ID' SlAAn IlAio 1/uoi ? T1 IN. bli MILLINERY "way up" in newness of style; but way Oi mi Below all Competitors' Prices. ? r an HERE'S A GOLDEN RULE FOR YOU. Buy no DRY GOODS until you get our prices. ^ Then if we don't sell you, some one en tb Pr MUST GIVE YOU LOW PRICES, of P We are after you, and we know that GOOD OOODS AND LOW PRICES . DC UC CATCH YOU. S ot FREW BROS. & KEESLER. = i KENNEDY BROS. & BARRON. " U< tb lit tfa w d< \\ w sh in CO C>ESAR IS FALLEN. ? n< THE celebrated FOURTEEN FINGER Grain m Cradle has tumbled from patented prices. We have them for you. Better come quick. LADIES' DRESS GOODS. ? P< We have recently received an unusually large and handsome line of Ladies' Dress Goods and 1 we want the ladies to call and examine them. ? We think we have the inside track. The follow- , ing is a partial list: nl BEAUTIFUL CHALLIES, all wool and 39 C1 inches wide. WHITE LAWN. G INDIA LAWNS. \\ BLACK LAWNS. ar WHITE ROBES for Misses and Ladies. ?{! STRAW HATS. I re We have already sold lots and lots of Straw Hats during the present season, but we have not allowed our stock to become ragged, and now ? have in stock as handsome a line as ever?and that's saying a great deal. We have from the cow-feed-kind, to the nobbiest, dainiest, killingest Dude Hat in all the realm. . KENNEDY BROS. A BARRON. J< ___ T 1 is I Breaking in ( isn't needed, with the Ball : corset. It's easy from the , start. Coils of tiny wire "i springs in the sides make it ri so. There are bones that <1 bend, but can't break, and w soft eyelets that won't cut the laces. You'll like it. J If you don't, after a few weeks' wear, just return it jj | and get? your money. W. C. LATIMER. | ] April 15 10 ?>ni* j m - 1 a THE BOOK TO BUY!^ Dedicated to the Soldiers of the " Confederacy. ;" THE LIFE OFJEFFERSOM DAVIS, Ex-President of the Confederacy. ? \t : A MEMOIR BY HIS WIFE. < CCONTAINS 135 chapters and 1(548 pages, ami " J many truths iti regard to our Lost Cause that have never been written before. 1 have the agency for York countv, and have several copies j ready for immediate delivery. Mr. W. T. BAR- s RON will receive subscriptions. Miss DAISY WILLIAMS. a MAY & MAI, I DRUGGISTS. B WAY'S DOMESTIC AMMONIA. rAY'S DOMESTIC AMMONIA inhaled will often core a severe headache: a little tepid water will soften and cleanse the skin. L brass goods can be cleaned by rubbing with loth moistened in May's Domestic Ammonia. I color has been taken oat by stains, May's mestic Ammonia will restore it. )ne or two tablespoonsfal of May's Ammonia led to a pail of water will clean window glass iter than soap. Co brighten your carpets pour a few drops of ty's Domestic Ammonia in warm water and ply the solution with a clean cloth. rVhen acid of anykind gets on your clothing, ty's Domestic Ammonia will Kill its effect, t you will have to apply chloroform to restore 3 color. )ne application of May's Domestic Ammonia, U remove any kind of grease from clothing, day's Domestic Ammonia will keep nickle A brass mountings bright and clean, tewing machine oil may be removed from a tite apron in a few seconds by an application May's Domestic Ammonia, flannels and Blankets may be soaked in solution of May's Domestic Ammonia with cellent results. Four tablespoonsfal of Am>nia to a tub of water is the proportion. Remember that the name of this preparation is HAY'S DOMESTIC AMMONIA Id at MAY <ft MAY'S Corner Drag Store at cents for pint bottles and warranted. 2HAMPHOR Is often used to pack away the olen goods, but it is a mistake to do it in this vanced age ot the world, when there are so iny other things so much cheaper and incomrably better. TARITE. Tarite is the best disinfectant in the world will preserve blankets or other stored goods >m moths or other horned animals. Sprinkle on the carpets and preserve them. Sprinkle the drawers and on the floor; sprinkle it on d slats and in the crevices and the bed bug 11 raise his wings and soar aloft. No, We Can't Do That We are Headquarters for HORSE AND CATjE POWDERS, but we can't afford to throw a present worth the price of a package of our waers: but for twenty-five cents we will give a the best package of HOR8E AND CATjE POWDERS YOU EVER USED. And ) say that if you use this Powder once, we are foiled that thereafter you will never be witht it. Now is the time to begins its .use and AY A MAY'S IS THE PLACE 1"0 BUY NOW AS TO DRUGS, e are headquarters. Anything you want, we ep it, and we have a large supply of all kinds FANCY GOODS, NOVELTIES, DRUGBT8' SUNDRIES AND A FEW THINGS iUALLY KEPT IN GROCERIES, such as (DA, TOBACCO, SNUFF, CONCENTRASD LYE, ROCK POTASH, ETC. LORILLARD'S SNUFF. We have a most excellent stock of LORILiRD'S HIGH TOAST SCOTCH SWEET SD BITTER SNUFFS IN BLADDERS OF LiL SIZES AT FOUR CENTS AN OUNCE, I FOUR CENTS A BOX-SIX BOXES )R A QUARTER. The best is the cheapest. Trusses! Trusses!! What is the use of your sending off for a Truss, . len MAY A MAY can fit you with a comfortle and economical Truss in a few minutes ? iey have the control of a new patent ajuata3 Truss, that will fit anybody. RUBBER GOODS. ir stock of Hard Rubber Goods is fuller and ore complete than ever and comprises all kinds Syringes, Breast Pumps, etc. We carry a first-class line of Nursing Bottles ,d all kinds of Rubber goods. HAIR BRUSHES, xith Brushes, Nail and Clothes Brushes, in an idless variety. When you want anything in is line don't forget MAY A MAY. Tneir ices are very low. If you want a New Fountain Pen or any kind Writing Material, call at MAY A MAY'S. kerosene Oil at 20 Cents. We are selling all kinds of Oils. We sell the ?t quality of Kerosene Oil at 20 cents. Give i your trade. We are handling the celebrated PARAGON DINT CIGAR. Try it, and if you don't bejve we keep Smoking and Chewing Tobaccos the very best quality, call and be convinced. MAY A MAY 'I WONDER!" I WONDER WHO'S BURIED HERE?" is a question asked by many interested visors to the old Church Yard! No marks on the lien down headboard to answer the question; ie weeds and wild vines are fast hiding the ;tle mound made years before. Is it possible at we are so soon to be forgotten, when it was ith the greatest effort that we could allow our jar ones to be put in the cold earth that day? r]th bleeding hearts and tear bedimmed eyes e leave Abe graves, making resolutions tnat lould be kept; resolutions that sounded sweet our own ears and gave consolation and enluragement. Remember the dead. Keep the uvea free from the weeds, and engrave the imes of our loved ones on tablets of stone. It jed not necessarily be expensive, for yon can ark the spot for from two dollars up. A Word About ONUMENTS AND TOMBSTONES MAY obably be of interest to you. I have added, id will continue to add, to the late Mr. Hapjrfield's stock of Tombstones, and now you ,n have a large variety of styles to select from. hnuw.r T have nothing in the yard to suit >ur fancy, you may select from photographs id I will make a special order. I only sell the ?st grades and guarantee the work to be iirstass. THE HAPPEEFMJD STOCK Mr. Happerfield's stock of CROCKERY, LASSWAKE, TABLE KNIVES, LAMP8, WHISTLING OIL CANS, AND CANNED OODS, are being closed out at reduced prices, id it will be to every one's interest to call and camine them and hear the prices, for after a lort time these goods will be moved from the LD STAND, the prices will assume their roper level, and the goods will be sold at their al value. If you want the advantage of the duced price, call early. T. B. McCLAIN. April 15 8 - tf THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of York. COURT OK COMMON PLEAS, jseph F. Wallace, as Administrator of Merritt Whit, deceased, and Sarah C. Corkill, Plaintiffs, against Fenner Whit, James A. Whit, Louisa Whit, Jessie Whit, Ricbijard Whit, the child of Calvin Whit, deceased, name unknown; Alfred Whit, Reuben Whit. Harriet Llewellyn, Lucinda Llewellyn. Robert Kelly, Jane t'reer, Thomas Kelly, Alice Kinrade, and the heirs of Esther Caley, number and names unknown, Defendants.?Summons for Relief.?(Complaint not served), o the Defendants above named: i7"OU are hereby summoned and required to L answer the complaint in this action, which herewith this day tiled in the office of the Cletrk f the Court of Common Pleas for said county, id to serve a copy of your answer to the said implaint on the subscriber, at his office in York llle, South Carolina, within twenty days after le service hereof, exclusive of the day of such irvice; and if you fail to answer the complaint ithin the time aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this . tion will apply to the Court tor the relief demnded in the complaint. Yorkville, S. C., April 27, 1891. C. E. SPENCER, Plaintiffs' Attorneys. Summons and Complaint tiled April 27,1891. W. BROWN WYLIE, C. C. C'. Pis. April 29 12 6t jrEO. H. O'LEARY. FURNITURE, STOVES ANI) CARPETS. C7"OU will find a large and splendid stock of I. FURNITURE to make your selection oil). Parlor Suits, Chamber Suits, Dining loom and Kitchen Furniture, wun an me meium and common grades of Funiiture. It is my ini to keep everything kept in this line, and sell s low as any market. G. H. O'LEARY. STOVES : STOVES !! STOVES bought by the ear-load, making prices j and freights both lower than in smaller qualities. All grades of Cooking Stoves, Ranges, oal ami Wood Heating Stoves, open Franklins ud Fire Grates. All we ask is an examination f our Stoves and Prices. G. II. O'LEARY. CARPETS! CARPETST: [" AM receiving my second supply of Wool L Carpets and Rugs. Nearly all my Fall stock aid. Cane Matting, Cocoa and Napier Matting, nd Floor OIL Cloth, at G. II. O'LEARY'S. SADDLES AM) HARNESS. f AM still headquarters for reliable hand-made L SADDLES AND HARNESS, and all goods ii this line. G. II. O'LEARY. K. KIN LEY. J. H. BRICK. FINLEY RRICE, ATTORNEYS AT I.AW, YorkviUe, S. C. A LL business entrusted to us will be given : a. prompt attention. IFFICE IN THE HUILDIXG AT THE REAR IF M. A H. C. STRAUSS'S STORE. January 7 1 tf TO RENT. A FOUR ROOM COTTAGE, plastered and i\. painted throughout, good well of water and mall garden. Situated 011 Cleveland Avenue. T. B. McCLAIN. April 8 9 tf