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The Negro Was Lynched.?Last week we printed a story of the disappearance of Dave Shaw, a Laurens negro, in that county, on the night of the 27th ultimo. The negro had been arrested on the charge of housebreaking and larceny, and while the officers were taking him to jail, they were overtaken by a mob of masked men, and the negro was : taken away. Up to Tuesday afternoon, it j was not known whether the negro had been ; lynched or simply beaten aud run out of the country. Governor Tillman sent Solicitor Shumpert to Laurens to investigate the matter. The solicitor visited the scene of the lynching, took all the testimony he could get. and on Saturday submitted a lengthy re port to the governor. The following from the report gives about all the important information that was developed: "The prisoner was in charge of a constable, assisted by a posse of four men, to wit: John M. Abercrombie, Wm. Abercrombie, Jim Ball and Will Watkins. They were traveling along the road, the constable and the prisoner reached a plumb thicket, they were surrounded by some fifteen or twenty persons, who seemed to rise from the ground. The constable was jerked one way and the prisoner another. "Hands up," "shoot him," "halt," "halt," were some of the expression;; used by the rescuers, who at the same timo discharged their firearms, yelled, and cursed. The constable and his assistants say that, the attaok was so sudden they were completely thrown off their, guard and badlyfrightened and resistance worse than useless. "Neither the constable nor his assistants recognized any of the persons who attacked them, nor could they tell whether they were white or colored,,though one of the parties was close enough to John M. Abercombie to discharge a pistol or other weapon in his face and powder-burned his hat. "Five or six colored persons^ some of whom live within three or four hundred yards of the ford, heard the shooting, beating, the groaniug of some one, as if in extreme physical pain, and such expressions as "Oh! please!" "I don't know nothing. If I did I would tell you.". And "Oh! Lord ! Now you done shoot me." These persons heard some one pass and repass till 10 or 1L o'clock at night on foot, horseback and in vehicles, and occasionally a stray shot till late in the night, when all was again quiet. "In addition to a personal inspection of the premises, I examined separately fifteen witness, and from none of them cornd I gain the least clue to the perpetrators of this foul and cowardly crime. From my examination into this matter I am forced t.o the conclusion that Dave Shaw was meat brutally murdered." The governor, it is understood, has offered j a reward of $500 for the arrest and conviction of murder of each and every person connected with the crime. The total amount of reward, however, is not to exceed $2,000. A Cleveland Story.?1"But South Car> lina speaks of him as the Wall street candidate," said a New York Herald reporter to E. Ellery Anderson, the Democratic leader. "I know it does," he replied. "Yet the only ground for that is that he happens to have an office in a building which looks out into Wnll street. So have I. Because he wrote a lett er opposing the free coinage of silver they declare he is a candidate of the gold bugs. "Now," said Mr. Anderson, in conclusion, "let me tell you a little about Mr. Cleveland. I have told it many times, but I don't-think it ever got in print. After the election of 18*8, when Mr. Cleveland had been defeated, I went to the White House to see bim, and congratulated him on the manly stand he hod taken on the tariff question in his letter. He took up his pen and balanced it between his thumb and forefinger. " 'When I picked up the pen," said he. 'I had but one man in my mind from the time I wrote the first word until I signed my name, and that was the American farm -r; but he did not understand.' Mr. Cleveland's manner was very impressive as he said this. Now since that time the Western farmers have come to understand him; the South Carolina farmers will understand him in time." Census Office Cotton Bulletin.?7 he census office, last Thursday, issued a bulletin I containing the nreliminary statistics of cot-1: ton produced in the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, for the year ending May 31, 1890. i In North Carolina the total area devoied to the cultivation of cotton in the year 183990 was 1,147,206 acres, and the production i of cotton 336,245 bales, as compared with a cultivated area of 893,153 acres and a production of 366,579 bales in 1879-'80. In South Carolina the total area devo ted tio the cultivation of cotton in 1889-'90 was 1,987,651 acres, and the production of cotton 746,798 bales, a3 compared with a cultivated area of 1,374,249 acres and a production of 522,448 bales in 1879-'80. In Georgia the total area devoted to the cultivation of cotton in 1889-90 was 3,345,526 acres, and the production of cotton, 1,196.919 bales, as against 2,617,138 acres and 814,441 bales in 1879-'80. * In Florida the total area devoted to the cultivation of cotton in 1889-'90 was 227.370 acres, and the production of cotton 57,926 bales, against 245,295 acres and a product ion of 54,997 hales in 1879-80. A Political Sensation.?The political sensation of the week occurred last Saturday. It is the resignation of James G. Blaine of the office of secretary of si ate. Of course there was nothing left for Mr. Harrison but to accept it. The following is the correspondence, which explains itself: Department of State. Washington, June 4, 1892, 12.45 p. m. To the President: I respectfully beg lea\ e to submit my resignation of the office or secretary of state or the United States, to which I was appointed by you on the 5th of March, 1889. The condition of the business in the department of state justifies me in requesting thet my resignation may be accepted immediately. I nave the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, James G. Blaise. Executive Mansion. Washington, June 4,1*92. To the Secretary of State : Your letter of this date,' tendering your resignation of the offi ce of secretary of state of the United States, has been received. The terms in which you state you r desires are such as to leave me no choice but lo accede to your wishes at onoe. Your resignation is therefore accepted. Very respectfully yours. Benj. Harrison. To Hon. James G. Blaine. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Evangelist Thomas H. Leitch is conducting a series of meetings in Aiken. ? The State campaign opened in Barnwell 1 * ,l. j:j?t yesteraay. in eariy an ui me e?uuiua:.c= m both factions, including Tillman and Sheppard, were present. ? The drug stope of Dr. A. H. Davega, of Chester, was destroyed by fire last Monday morning at about 3 o'clock. The loss is estimated at about $6,000 and is covered by insurance. Coleman's furniture store was also damaged to the extent of about $2,500. The insurance is near that amount. ? The opera house and five stores at Barnwell were burned last Thursday. The loss is about fifty thousand dollars. It is thought that some negroes, who cheris'i umbrage against one of the merchants, scrt fire to his store. This is the second time within the last few months that Barnwell hss suffered severe loss from incendiarism. ? Joseph Emerson was accidentally killed at Hunnicutt mills, about ten miles from Walballa, last Monday. He was trying to remedy some defect in the machinery while the mill was running, when he lost his balance and fell along the wheels, which caught and crushed him to death. ? Mr. Julius Mattheson and Miss Mattie j McLeod, of Blenheim, Marlboro county, j have been lovers for some time, says a Ben-1 nettsville special of Thursday to The State. I Wednesday morning, Miss McLeod took the train for some place in North Carolina to at-j tend a college cogunencement. At another station Mr. Matheson, in company with a preacher, also boarded the train, find the two lovers were immediately married while the train was in motion, continuing the trip i to North Carolina. f?The county executive committee of Itich-1 land county, last Monday, refused to recog- i nize the Tillman clubs as recommended by j the recent State convention in settling the contes.t The Tillman clubs were nor recognized at the Richland convention, and the j point of order was raised that the executive I committee had no right to override the con- j venfion by seating delegates from clubs which were emphatically ruled out by the convention. The Tillman clubs promise to be heard from again. ? A distressing story comes from Bamberg under date of Friday. On Tuesday of last week, Mrs. H. H. Hill was called away from home for a few hours, and left her child, fifteen months of age, in charge of her nurse, Annie Hays. During her absence a friend called at her house and found the child suffering intensely and gasping for breath. A physician was summoned immediately, and he gave it as his opinion that the child was suffering from the effects of concentrated lye that it had gotten hold of accidentally, or that had been purposely administered. The little sufferer lingered until Wednesday When it died. The nurse soon afterward confessed that she had given the child concentrated lye with it spoon, and that she did it because Mrs. Hill had just refused to allow her to go on an excursion to Columbia. The negro girl is about fourteen or fifteen years of age and has been arrested and committed to jail to await trial on the charge of murder. ? A special of Sunday from Piedmont, Greenville county, to The News, says: An ice-cream festival Saturday night, under the auspices of the Presbyterian church, resulted in a wholesale poisoning of its customers. It is said that the cream was made on Friday, and, remaining in the cans over night, had developed a tasteless but dangerous power. The evening passed off merrily, pleasant to the guests and profitable to the church ; but a short time after their return home about sixty of those who had partaken of the unhealthy dish began to exhibit symp /mtiq nf ooiitA nnisnnincr nnd the Dhvsicians of the place were overwhelmed with urgent calls. Many of the cases were severe, and but for prompt attention would certainly have resulted fatally. This event will no doubt establish the fact in this community that ice-cream and tin cans cannot be left together with safety. POLITICAL NEWS NOTES. ? A State convention of the People's party of Florida was held at Ocala last Friday. I Only nine counties were represented. The St. Louis platform was adopted and delegates were elected to the national convention at Omaha. It was decided to call another convention in August for the purpose of nominating a State ticket. ? The Florida State Democratic convention was held at Tampa last Thursday and Friday. Judge Henry L; Mitchell, of Hillsboro, was' nominated for governor, and an Alliance delegation was elected to Chicago. A resolution endorsing Cleveland, but not instructing for him, was voted down. The platform adopted includes the Ocala demands. ? The terms of agreement looking to a fusion between the Democratic and People's parties in Kansas has been made public. The agreement 'provides that the Democrats be given the candidates in two of the seven congressional districts, congressman at large, attorney general, and judge of the supreme court. All other nominations on the congressional, State and electoral ticket were conceded to the People's party. ? A conference of the delegates elected in February to represent New York at Chicago, was held in New York city hat Monday. The conference was called to take such action as seemed necessary in view of the recent Cleveland convention held at Syracuse. Seventy out of the seventy-two delegates tvere present. Senator Hill was absent. The following resolutions were adopted by a vote of 69 to 1: "Resolved, That we, the regularly elected delegates to the Democratic National convention, do reaffirm our pledge to put forward the name of Senator . David B. Hill as our candidate for president; and be it further Resolved, That we will vote for him until he is nominated or as long as he will permit his name to go before the convention." During the day, General Sickles,* in conversation with Congressman Springer, remarked with emphasis: "We are for Hill in New York, and we will stand for him until hell freezes over." Registration at Greenville.?Probably 100 negroes, singly and in parties of from five to twenty-five, hunted long and earnestly yesterday for Supervisor of Registration Metts. He could not be found, and there was a good deal of talk about it. A white Republican made a threat that Mr. Metts would be legally dealt with. The impression seemed to prevail that the supervisor was trying to dodge the Republicans and escape issuing certificates to them. A News reporter made inquiries of the where- , abouts of Mr. Metts, and was told that he i was probably sick. It was stated that he 1 was confined to his home on Saturday, and it was likely that he had grown worse and and had not improved sufficiently to attend to his duties.?Greenville News, Tuesday. THE THERMOMETER'S RECORD For the Week Ending June 7.?Observations by Mr. J. R. Schorb. !; ! j I i , . I: 1 !-! = _DATE I 6' | 5 ! J I 5 -c 3 ; 1 ; S 1 ? = 3 ^ 3 M M M 5 jl'gq. j in | QQ j ^ ? < K Wednesday 1 ' 85 : 78 1 72 72 80 64 .03 Thursday 2. 08 78 74 ! 73 80 08 .09 Friday a. 00 80 70 72 82 GO .... Saturday 4. 07 76 71 72 79 09 !i .11 Sunday 5 08 81 75 75 84 68 ! Monday & 60 83 72 74 85 00 tj .... Tuesday 7 ;j 07 84 75 75 , 86 06 Mean for week , 67 ' 80 ; 73 I 73 i 82 67ij. .83 JjjRarfict Reports. YORKVILLE, June 8.?Cotton 6J to 7. CHARLESTON, Jtine 6.?Cotton 7i. LIVERPOOL, June 6?Holiday. No quotations. NEW YORK, June 0.?Cotton 7 13-16, Futures closed easy, with sales of 167,300 bales, as follows: June, 7.68 to 7.70; July, 7.72 to 7.73; August, 7.77 to 7.78; September, 7.84 to 7.85; October, 7.94 to 7.95; November, 8.04 to 8.05; December, 8.14 to 8.15; January, 8.23 to 8.24; February< 8.33 to 8.34; March, 8.43 to 8.44. jSpttial Jlotires. Could Write Pages in Its Praise. Fort Mill, S. C., May 28,1892. Sam M. Grist, Yorkville, S. C.: Dear Sir: Your favor of the 18th came safely to hand. I was absent from home, hence the delay in reply. You ask my opinion of the Buckeye Mower. Well I will repeat wnat everyone who hum seen it at work says, and that is that "when properly managed it is by far the best Mower on the market." It Is substantially made and less liable to get out of fix than any I have seen. Mr. John w. Wadsworth, of Charlotte, told me a short time since that he owned and operated three Mowers?the McCormiek, Adriance and Buckeye, and that the Buckeye gave better satisfaction than either of the others and that he preferred it in every way. I harvest all of my oats, pea vine hay, crab grass and clover hay with my Mower, and. also do considerble cutting for my neighbors, and I have yet to hear the first complaint. I)o not know how I could get 011 without the Buckeye. Could write pages in its praise | but have said enough. Very Respectfully, J. Wilson Mahshall. j I shall be pleased to demonstate the numerous j points of superiorty possessed by the Buckeye j Machines overall others to any who contemplate buying a Mower. If you can't call, write for an illustrated catalogue. Sam M. Crist, Agent, Yorkville, S. C. June 8 23 tf A Lawyer in Trouble in Chester. It is is said that the more trials a lawyer has the fewer his tribulations. One trial of AntiFerment will save you many tribulations and much suffering in attacks of Indigestion, Sour Stomach, Flatulence, Discomfort from Overeating, Diarrhrea, Dysentery, Colic, Cholern-Morbus, etc. Akd This What he Says. T. W. Bacot, Esq., of the law firm of McCrady Sons A* Bacot, writes : "About a year ago I was in Chester, S. C., and while there I was mude quite sick by the well water of that place. Mr. C. E. Spencer prescribed your Anti-Ferment, a bottle of which he had with him, and I can truthfully say that it worked like a charm. And Next Comes the Parson. The Rev. J. H. McLain, pastor of Allison Creek church, in a letter says: "Your Campbell's Anti-Ferment is the very medicine I have been wanting for a long time. I have suffered from Indigestion and a constant sore mouth caused by it, for three'or four years. I tried quite a number of things for the trouble but found no relief until I commenced the use of Campbell's Anti-Ferment. Now I am completely cured of both the sore mouth and Indigestion. May 4 18 ">t Campaign Kates. The News and Courier company is offering their publications at greatly reduced rates for the campaign. From now until the meeting of the Democratic State convention 011 September 10, thedaily News and Courier, (except Sunday) will be sent to any address for the daily (with Sunday) *2.25; the Weekly or Sunday News, 25cents. (Jreatly reduced rates are of-! fered in clubs. These reduced rates place the I three editions of The News and Courier within reach of every man in South Carolina. There is no reason why any voter should cast his ballot I without a full knowledge of the issues at stake, j Both sides are given in The News and Courier. i Send in your subscriptions without delay. Read j what the speakers and candidates say and judge ! for yourself. Address Tiik Nkws and Commit Company, Charleston, S. ( jspfrial Notices. Huiitersvllle High School Comraeitceineut. Programme of Hunterville High School commencement, June 12-16. Sunday, June 12, 11 a. in.?.Sermon by Rev. W. M. Grier, D. D., President Erakine college. Monday, June 13, 8.30 p. m.?Celebration of Castalian Literary society. An address by L. C. Caldwell, Esq., of Statesville, N. C. Tuesday, June 14, 8.30, p. ni.?Contest between Agorean and Castalian Literary societies. Wednesday, June 15,10.30 a. m.?Declamation by young men?Class No. 2?Contesting for gold medal. Afternoon, 2.30 p. m.?Composition and elocutionary exercisesby young ladies. They also contesting for medul. Wednesday, 8.30p. in.?An interesting entertainment of funny dialogues and amusing recitations by primary department. Thursday; 10.30 a. m., June 16.?Declamation by ClaBS No. 1, contesting for gold medal. Afternoon, 2.30 p. m.?Anniversary address by the Hon. G. W. Sanderlin, of Raleigh, N. C. Medal orator?C. W. Tillett, Esq., Charlotte, N. C. Thursday, 8.30 p. in.?A grand concert by the school, in which we will have the valuable assistance of Messrs. Charlev Morris and Richard Rauyor. "The Egyptian Mummy" and other entertaining scenes will be presented. The public is cordially invited. Four trains a day to Huntersville, and telegraphic communication. Come one! Come all! 1 All these exercises will be interspersed with music, and the Steel Creek band, the best in the 1 State, will furnish music Wednesday and Thursday. Rev. W. W. ORR, President. W. M. Hunter, Secretary. OBITUARY^ Died?At the residence of her son, Mr. L. K. i Armstrong, in Bethel township, on June 3,1892, w? r t vt w 4 nrrpd 76 vears llin*! fl . milUUAAW-, ? 1 month and 21 days. She was a native of Belfast, Ireland. Near Filbert, on June 7,1892, Mrs. ISABELLA WHITE, widow of William White, in the 83d year of her age. i THE EQUALIZATION JSOAKD. The county equalization board will meet in the Auditor's office, MONDAY, JUNE the 13th. CEO. L. RIDDLE. Chairman of Board. W. B. Williams, Auditor nnd Clerk of Board. June 8 23 It i THE DOLLAR MOWER GRINDER. EVERY owner of a Mowing Machine, a Reaper or a Binder, appreciates the importance of keeping the knives sharp, and also realizes that 1 it is a tiresome and tedious job to sharpen them by the methods in common use. I am pleased to 1 be able to announce that I have recently secured the agency for a practical hand device with which Mower and Reaper knives can be sharoened in 1 a few minntes. Anyliody capable of driving a 1 team can sharpen a Mower knife ALONE. With this apparatus the sections can be ground back to an angle, which cannot be done by the old process. Price, complete with attachments, 81.00, cash. Send in your order. SAM M. GRIST. smithOotton gins. ; Branch Office of Smith Sous Gin and Machine Comptuy, Birmingham, Alabama. 1 S. F. HOUSTON, Manager, Charlotte, N. C. OUR Mr. J. P. MORRIS, traveling salesman, I will VISIT YORK COUNTY in a few days ' and will call to see parties interested in the COT- , TON GINNING BUSINESS, and will solicit ( their orders for the SMITH GINS, FEEDERS AND CONDENSERS, And he will take pleasure in explaining the ma chines and furnishing substantial proof of what we claim for them. * , S. F. HOUSTON, Manager. ! June 8 23 4t GOODS AT ANY PRICE ! If You Won't Give Us OurR, We Will Take Yours. HERE is a "pickup" for somebodyH-a stock J of desirable general merchandise AT AND 1 BELOW COST. I am closing out the STOCK ' OF GOODS of W. H. TAYLOR, late of Newport, for what it will bring, and there is a bargain : in even' sale. Go to the ROSl'JSTOREROOM, formerly occupied by the Alliance Store, and Mr. W. H. McCONNELL will give you polito j attention. The stock consists of Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Crockery, Tinware, Glassware, ' Bridles, Horse Collars, and sundry other articles. Everything will be sold without resene, at or below cost. Come early and get a pick of the bargains. J. S. BRICE, Committee for W. II. Taylor. May 18 20 tf THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, York County. WHEREAS GEORGE L. RIDDLE has applied to me for letters of administration on all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of JAMES L. CLARK, late of the county aforesaid, deceased: These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before me, at our next Probate Court for tne said county, to be holden at York Court House, on the 22nd day of JUNE, 1892, at 11 o'clock, A. M., to show cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal, this 6th day of June, in the year of our Lorn one thousand eighi hundred and ninety-two, and in the 116th year of American Independence. ' W. H. McCORKLE, Judge of Probate. June 8 23 2t THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA^ York Couuty. WHEREAS Dr. J. H. SAY.E has applied to me for Letters of Administration, on all and singular the goods and chattels, rights * ' If../1TTT T rvTT/?TT lntn Af ' ana creaus 01 iviAn i iui^uuuul?h, m>.w the county aforesaid, deceased : These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before me, at our next Probate Court for tne said county, to be 1 holden at York Court House, on THURSDAY, the 23rd day of JUNE, 1892, at 11 o'clock A. M., to show cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my Hand and Seal, this 6th day of ! June, in the year of our Lord one thousand 1 eight hundred and ninety-two, and in the 116th year of American Independence. W. H. McCORKLE, Probate Judge of York county. | June 8 23 2t CLERK'S FORECLOSURE SALE. South Carolina?York County. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. John Nichols, Plaintiff, against Withers Adiekes and others, Defendants. 1 BY virtue of a judgment of foreclosure, made in the above stated cause, dated 13th day of April, 1892, I will exposed to public sale at YORK COURT HOUSE, on the FIRST MONDAY IN JULY NEXT, the following described property to-wit: All that tract of land, with the buildings thereon, known as the ADICKES STOREHOUSE LOT, situated in Yorkville, in county and State aforesaid, at the corner of Congress and Liberty streets, containing ONE-HALF ACRE, more gr less, and bounded by suhl streets and the ; W. A. Moore lot. Tkkms of Salk?Cash. Purchaser or purchasers to pay for papers. W. BROWN WYLIE, C. C. C. Pis. June 8 23 4t , CLERK'S FORECLOSURE SALE. 1 South Carolina?York County, IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. C. E. Spencer, Executor of B. T. Wheeler, deceased, against M. A. W. Smith, Defendant. BY virtue of a decree of foreclosure, made in the above stated cause, dated the 13th day of April, 1892, 1 will expose to public sale at YORK COURT HOUSE, on the FIRST MONDAY IN JULY, NEXT, (sales-day) the following described real estate: , All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, , situated in above named county and State, , containing TWENTY-FIVE AND ONE- ; HALF ACRES, more or less, and bounded by lands of T. B. Burnett, estates of Samuel Smith and U. J. Fewell, being the same land conveyed j to the mortgagor by Mrs. Eliza A. Hogue. Tkkms of Salk?Cash. Purchaser to pay for , papers. W. BROWN WYLIE, C. C. C. Pis. Junes 23 4t ; ENROLL AM) REGISTER. ~~( TL. CARROLL, Monroe Thomasson, J. B. Thomasson, Joim Gordon, Samuel Woods, R. B. Youngblood, T. N. Thomasson, J. W. Neil, I). M. Hall, 1). C. Clark, M. S. Carroll, J. I). Land, M. B. Love, W. J. Stephenson, R. M. Sherrer, J. E. Gettys, W. J. Jones, R. J. Dunlap. The above committee is charged with the duly of procuring the names of all Democrats who desire their names ENROLLED as members of I.n VOPK VTM.R DEMOCRATIC CLUB, and also of eeeing to it that all of said Democrats ! are properly- REGISTERED for voting in the general election on theHthday of NOVEMBER, 1892. All names for enrollment on the club list, are to be returned to (Jen. E. M. LAW, secretary of 1 the club. All names for registration certificates may be turned over to me. The time for procuring REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES expires JULY 1st, and on this account prompt action on the part of the committee is earnestly requested. Voters may enroll their names as members in the chilis of their choice. 1). E. KIN LEY, President Of the Yorkville Democratic Club. June 8 2J tf M. & H. C. STRAUSS. Our Stock and Prices Are making a favorable impression. Kvery customer appreciates our floods. We have no reason to complain. No efforts will be spared to please. We are Agents for Coats's Spool j Cotton and Holmes's Sweet Railroad 1 Snuff. The Cheapest Cash Store. ANNOUNCEMENTS. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. THE friends of JOHN D. CORN WELL, of Catawba township, appreciating his worthiness and fitness for the office of COUNTY COMMISSIONER, hereby recommend him to the Democrats of York county for that position, subject to the action of the party in the primary election. June 8 153 to THE friends of JOSEPH A. SMITH, of York township, respectfully beg to present him asa candidate for nomination as a COUNTY COMMISSIONER, subject to the action of the Democratic party in the primary election. June 1 ?2 te WE are authorized to announce JAMES C. ASHE, of Bullock's Creek township, as a candidate for nomination asa COUNTY COMMISSIONER, subject to the action of the Deincratic party at the primary election. June 1 22 te WE are instructed to announce J. II. B. JENKINS, of Sharon, York township as a candidate for election to the office of COUNTY COMMISSIONER for York county, subject to the action of the Demorcratic party in the primary election. Slay 25 21 te THE name of T. (?. CULP, of Fort Mill township, is hereby presented to the Democratic voters of York county for their endorsement as a candidate for re-election to the office of COUNTY COMMISSIONER, subject to the result 01 uie primary eimiuu. May 25 21 to FOR COUNTY TREASURER. I HEREBY announce myself as a candidate for recommendation for re-appointment to the office of COUNTY TREASURER, subject to the action of the Democratic party. HYDER A. D. NEELY. May 23 21 te FOR SCHOOL COMMISSIONER. IF a majority of the voters in the coming Democratic primary agree, I shall continue in the office of SCHOOL COMMISSIONER for York countv two more years. JAMES CANSLKR. May 23 21 to FOR SHERIFF. WE are authorized to announce Captain EDWARD A. CRAWFORD as a candidate for re-election to the office of SHERIFF of York county, subject to the action of the Democratic voters in the primary olection. May 25 21 te THE office should seek the man instead of the man seeking the office. We have been trying to induce Mr. J. FRANK ASHE, of McConnellsville, to become a candidate for the Democratic nomination for SHERIFF of York county. We have at last gotten his reluctant consent and hereby take pleasure in presenting his name. MANY FRIENDS. May 25 21^ te_ FOR SOLICITOR. EDITOR of Thk Enquirkr: This is the year for the election of the solicitor for the Sixth circuit, and in this connection we beg to say that Fairfield county has had the solicitor for the past eight years; that Chester county has had the congressman for the past ten years, and York county has the circuit judge: Therefore we think it time to give Lancaster county a showing, and take pleasure in nominating for SOLICITOR that sturdy Confederate veteran, M. J. HOUGH, Esq., of the Lancaster bar, who. by the way, is one of the most eminent criminal lawyers in the upper part of the State. YORK COUNTY VOTERS. May 25 25 te WE are authoiized to announce that J. KILLOUGH HENRY, Esq., stands for the Democratic nomination for SOLICITOR OF THE SIXTH CIRCUITat the primary election. May 18 20 te FOR CLERK OF THE COURT. \"17"E are authorized to announce W. BROWN YY WYLIE at*n candidate lor re-eiecnon to the office of CLERK OF THE COURT, subject to the action of the Democratic party in York jountv in the primary election. May 25 21 te WE are authorized to announce JOSEPH M. SIMS, of Bullock's Creek township, is a candidate for the office of CLERK OF THE FOURT for York county, subject to action of :he Democratic party in the primary election. May 25 21 te <*W?W<*WPW?V<*wpWpw??Wr?W WHY THE AMERICAN TT111 RAMBLER Is the BEST WHEEL ON THE MARKET this year. |> ? A i ||f( w~" the combination of KII ' A |l\r the celebrated 0. ? J. U L. \J A V KJ L Pneumatic Tire and Spring Frame mokes riding on It n luxury. . , TRY IT ANIP BE COMVINCEP. m Washington, D. C. fuFpwPWowowftwPWcwPwPw April 27 17 3m ROCK HILL MTCHINE WORKS. Creighton, Sfterresee ?to., rrop in. MOWERS, REAPERS, K THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST, AND.you know the WALTER A. WOODS'S Mowers and Reapers ARE THE BEST MADE. CREIUHTON, SHERFESEE, A CO., Agents, Rock Hill, S. C. Tiiniiioniiinci i threshers ! IHIuMIto! THRESHERS! WE ARE AGENTS OF THE LEADING MANUFACTURERS and are prepared to make you low prices 011 the GEIHER, HUHWELL, FAltOUIIAIt, ECLII'HE, or CARDWELL. A FULL LINE OF THRESHER REPAIRS of above make always on hand. OREIGHTON, SHERFESEE A CO., Rock Hill, S. C. May 18 20 tf T. BAXTER McCLAIN. NEGLECTED, WEATIIKR BEATEN MONUMENTS are productive of peculiar feelings on the visitor as he quietly wends his way through the avenues and streets of the silent little "city of; the dead," w ondering why the marks of love,' affection and memory are allowed to he discolored by the accumulated dust and storm beating weather, when a small outlay in the hands of Mr. T. B. Met'LA IN, will cause the Monuments I Lo become as "white as snow" and present tlutt ] same appearance as when they were not exposed | to the ravages of an unmereilul atmosphere. If; you would have the discoloration?the acidiferims atmospheric deposits, and the accumulated i dust of years removed, again you are requested j Lo consult Mr. McCLAIN. MARBLE. I handle only the REST GRADES 'OF FOR- I EIGN AND DOMESTIC' MARRLE, and you will always lind it to your interest to consult me before you buy anything in this line. If I cannot supply your wants from my yard, I will order any style made, which you can i select from the drawings. T. R. McCLAIN, Yorkville, S. C. S. I,. LOWltV. JAS. M. STAIIH. LOWRY & STARR. TO PREVENT HAWKS FROM taking your Chickens, feed the Chicks on NTX VOMICA. Sold by LOWRV A* STARR. WOOl,FORD'S SANITARY LOTION (11*RES all forms of contagious Itch, Mange ; J and Scratches in Jfl) minutes. Full diree- j tions on each bottle. Sold by LOWRV A STARR. ! FOR ONE DOLLAR WE GUARANTEE ! TO CURE any ease of Chills. We make this j medicine, therefore, we know whereof we ; speak. We sell every bottle on a guarantee, so if we do not cure you of the Chills, your dollar will he refunded. NO CURE, NO PAY. LOWRY A STARR. MASON'S IIILACKING. CJMALL boxes, 2 fbrft cents. Large boxes ft O cents each. Sold by LOWRY A STARR. WHITTEMORE'S GILT EDGE DRESSING SOFTENS and preserves the leather, restores the color and lustre, and does not injure the leather. Huston Blacking is free from acid and will not soil the finest fabric nor injure the | leather. Sold by LOW R1 A S'lARR. | STICKY FLY PAPER, IF kept iu the room, will soon destroy all the Flics. Three sheets for ft cents. Solo by I LOWRY A STARR. IlLAC'K FLAG INSECT POWDER WILL destroy Fleas, Hugs, Ants, etc. The Powder and Guns sold by LOWRV A STARR. | HEARD & INMAN. HOT WEATHER SPECIALTIES! Umbrellas, Straw Hats, Negligee Shirts, Puff Shirts, Thin Underwear, Neckwear, Hosiery, Night Robes, Sashes, Mohair Coats AND VESTS, PONGEE COATS, VESTS, ALAPACA COATS, and all other seasonable gwds for MEN AND ROYS' WEAR CAN RE FOUND IN OUR STOCK. HEARD A INMAN, The Clothiers. yV . . FERGUSON BROS. FIND THE FACES. ' THE old gentlemen above has three pretty daughters. They are hidden about where you will haye some trouble in finding tfiein ; nut success will be the reward of those who study the picture close enough. Any one who can find the hidden faces, is able to find the BEST AND CHOICEST FAMILY GROCERIES TO BE FOUND IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY AT OUR STORE, and those who can't find the faces will find our goods as choice and cheap as anylKxly's. We have the most delightful line of Pickles in town. AN INDUCEMENT TO LOOK ! Now, listen. We have a nice fresh lot of the CELEBRATED MAGNOLIA HAMS, whieh are worth 14 cents per pound, but to anyone who will find the faces of the three young ladies, and who will cut this advertisement out and present it to us properly marked indicating the whereabouts of the hidden faces, we will sell these Hams, while they are in stock, at the low price of TWELVE CENTS per pound. FERGUSON BROS. THF SCARLET LETTER, NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, AN AMERICAN AUTHOR, whoso pen has perpetuated his name, and whose genius will endure while the English language is read and spoken. In 1852, President Pierce appointed Mr. Hawthorne to tho Liverpool consulate, an office then considered the most lucrative of all the foreign appointments in the presidential gift. Thus it will be seen that THE SCARLET LETTER is written by the lirm hand of a master, guided by the characteristic and vivid imagination of a great author. The Hhadow of former days takes the reader by the hand and leads him back to the early days of a New England town; amid tho scenes of an English-American colony, the reader is imuie familiar with the Suaint condition of Puritan life. Through the nes one hears the cry of anguish and the laugh of joy and sees the scenes as they unfold in sunshine and shadow. THE SCARLET LETTER is the masterpiece of Mr. Hawthorne and has enthralled countless thousands of readers in the days that are behind us. If you havk read it. you will read it again. If you have never read it, you should certainly do so now. This great story is oijp of those immortal emanations which do not grow old," and it has no counterpart in the-literature of today. The publication of the SCARLET LETTER will be commenced in Thk Kxquirkk at an early day. See your nearest club-maker and give him your SURSCRIPTION AT ONCE. Or maybe you would like to make a club in the contest for the buggy advertised on the fourth page of this paper, von may be successful, and with very little effort on your part at that. THE STORY IS WORTH READING; THE BUGGY IS WORTH ALL THAT IT WILL REQUIRE TO GET IT. GO TO WORK NOW! RIDDLE A CARROLL. SAVE FREIGHT. WE hardly think there is either a merchant or a consumer of Snuff any where who will dispute the statement that Lorillard and Railroad Mills are two of the best and most popular brands of Snuff on the market. They outsell all others, and for the simple reason that consumers recognize the fact that they are tho best. We buy these two brands in large quantities and are enabled to sell them to merchants at exactly the same price they would have to pay in the wholesale market when bought in small quantities. Buy from us and save freight. Our stock of Chewing Tobacco is unusally large1, even lor ns, and we are Mure mm. ?-un please, all users of tlie weed both in price and quality. At any rate, we invite an examination of dtir stock. Wo have on hand the finest brand of Salmon on the market. They please every time. Royal ltaking Powdor is recognized by housekeepers everywhere as being the best baking powder on the market. It is not necessary for the manufacturers of them to give prizes with every can sold in order to make them go, because they are possessed ot merit within themselves. Price f>0 cents a pound. We sell a most excellent Tea at 7S cents a pound. It iscqual to til it sold by others at #1.00 to SI.2S a pound. KIDDLE A CARROLL. GEO. T. SCHORB. TYPEWRITERS. THE SMITH PREMIER is the REST writing machine on the market. Parties wanting a tirst class, reliable Typewriter, will do well to call on me or write for full particulars. I am also agent for the Hall typewriters, a good machine at a moderate'price. EDISON'S MIMEOGRAPH. With this you can make hundreds of copies of work done from one writing, either with the typewriter or by band. Wilcox & White Organs Stand ahead of any other sold in this State. I have plenty of proof of it, and am ready to meet any competition. HIGH GRADE PIANOS. I am agent for several different first class instruments, and can save you "Rig Money" in a Piano or < >rgan trade. Try me. Household Sewing Mechines. The best machine to buy. A SYi.iNi Machine for tW.nil. Cannot be surpassed, and my figures on different styles arc the lowest. Stoves, Honsefurnishing Goods, Etc., At bargains that "can't be trumped." All I ask, is give ine a showing before making a purchase. REMEMBER! 1 guarantee all my goods, from a Piano down to a Tin Cup. Come and hear me "chin a while." LEO. T. SCHORR. WM. C. LATIMER. GRAND SUMMER SALE OF GENT'S CLOTHING! QENTLEMEN OF YORK AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES: Hear us for our cause! To day we inaugurate our GREAT SUMMER CLOSING OUT SALE, which will be one of the most daring experiments ever made hv nnv merchant in York 1 Our stock of CLOTHING IS THE LARGEST AND BEST SELECTED ON THIS MARKET, AND FOR THE CASII-the genuine gold dust?WE WILL KNOCK THE WIND OUT OF THE SAILS OF THE MOST DARING AND MOST RECKLESS COMPETITOR ON THE FIRST ROUND. Like the maddening fury of a great western tornado, every atom of competition will he swept before it! CASH and CLOTHING will be the watchword, and the bargains to be offered during the next THIRTY DAYS IS THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME! CASH vs. CLOTHING. Now keep this in mind. We can fit anybody. Wo keep the best line of Clothing on the market. We keep the latest styles. Our prices are just as indicated altove. GETLEMEN'S HATS. Our stock of Hats comprise the whole list in all the latest styles and at prices l>eyond the competition of anyone. Call and see them ; you will buy. IT P ANin W 5 a rii 1 w i v/ Anyone knows that U., P. and F's stand for and are the initial letters of UMBRELLA, PARASOLS and FANS; but very few, comparatively, know how cheap that we are selling them. Always buy the IMPERIAL SHIRT. We have been handling it for sixteen years, and we say it without hesitation, that it is the best Shirt on the market for one dollar. If you want Clothing, remember that Latimer's is the place to get it. If you want a good Trunk, we can supply it. W. C. LATIMER. DOR SON'S RACKET. BUGGY WHIPS, nTT/N/MTr TTTTTTna I J3UU-U-X wmro : TINWARE, TINWARE ! CROCKERY, CROCKERY, CROCKERY, CROCKERY! KNIVES, KNIVES, KNIVES, KNIVES ! Alamance at 5 Cents! "I YARDS of Alamance at 7 rents. JL UUU YARDS ol'Alamance at 5 cents. 50 Buggy Whips at 9 cents each. 50 Buggy Whips at 15 cents each. 1(K) Sponges at 1 cent each. lUO Dippers at 5 cents each. 250 Pint Tin Cups at two lbr 5 cents. 250 pounds of Soda at 5 cents per pound. 100 Handsaw tiles at 7 cents each. 250 Yards of 5-4 <)il ('loth at 20 cents per yard. .25 yards of Eureka Cloth at 50 cents per yard. 100 pairs of Ladies' Shoes at 08 cents per pair. 100 Bottles Polish at !t cents per bottle. 50 Bladders Snuff at 10 cents per bladder. 250 Boxes Snull'at 4 cents per box. 1,000 Plugs of Tobacco at 5 cents per plug. 100 Plugs of Minnie Tobacco at 10 cents per plug. 100 Plugs of Sweet Navy Tobacco at 5 cents per plug. 100 pairs of Ladies' Hose at 5 cents per pair. 24 bundles of Yarn at 07 cents per bundle. 25 boxes Baking Powders Ht 10 cents per box. 50 bottles of Ink at .'1 cents per bottle. 12 pairs Cotton < 'arils at 40 cents per pair. 12 pair of Wool Cards at 25 cents per pair. 100 yards of Shallies at 5 cents per yard. 100 yards of Shallies at 10 cents per yard. 100 yards of Black Lawn at 10 cents. UK) boxes of Shoe Blacking at 1 rent per liox. 25 Lemon Squezers at 20 cents each. 25> Kgg Boaters at ! rents each. 25 Iron Squares at 2-J rents. 'Srt Fire Shovels at 12 rents eaeh. .VI sets of Teaspoons at 5 rents per set. fit) sets of Tablespoons at it rents per set. 25 sets of Knives and Forks at 4!) rents per set. 25 Shoe Knives at 15 rents each. 25 balls Shoe Thread at 7 rents per ball. l.tKK) eight inch Cigars at two for 5 rents. 25 Ladies' I'ndervests at II) rents each. 50 Wash Fans at 5 rents eaeh. 50 gallon Cotfee l'ots at 17 rents each. 50 half gallon < 'oilre l'ots at 12 rents oarh. 50 quart Cotter l'ots at 0 rents each. MANY THANKS For the I.IHFKAI. TKA DM given us THIS SI'lUNtl, and wr hope by strirt attention to out own business, and by 1'nl.lTK ATTFNTIoN to our riistonters, wit llour l.oW CASH I'HIt'FS to merit a rontinuaiiee of same. Dili" prirrs are rertainly money savers to out friends. Yours for trade, T. M. 1)( HISON, Manager. ^ MAY & MAY, ^ H DHUGGI8T8. H RED PAINT WHICH CAN BE FOUND AT MAY & MAY'S, IS A SPLENDID COLOR FOR BRIGHTENING UP THE FLOWER POTS, and making old things look new. MAY <fe MAY have paints of all Colers put up in small cans, for immediate use, suitable for painting rustic chair, gates, mantles, outbuilding, etc., and in fact anything that may need brightening at the coming of the Spring time. And as for WHITE PAINT, you lose money every time you ignore the claims of the Eekstfne Lead. CATTLE POWDERS, Are as necessary to the health OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM AS IS MEDICINE TO THE HUMAN FAMILY. This is not unreasonable, is it? Why should they not, with all the sudden atmospheric changes, require scientific assistance to nature, just as much as the human family ? Is the proposition fair? Several weeks ago we commenced the advertising of HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS, since which time we have placed them in tho hands of some of the BEST FARMERS IN THE COUNTY, who have tried them with highlv satisfactory results. If you are a neighbor of any of the following gentlemen, ask them what they think of our HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS. Mr. Jeff Garrison has bought three packages ; Mr. Jno. Smith, three packages; Mr. Matthews, three packages; Mr. Stevenson, three packages; Mr. Bigger, three packages; Mr. Love, six packages, and many others who we can't now call to mind. In every section of the county, within a radius of eighteen miles, our Cattle Powders are used. IT WILL PAY YOU, or anyone else, to use them. It saves corn and other feed and keeps stock in an elegant condition. We sold 132'packages in three weeks, in lota of from one to six packages at a time. We desire to say one word about the formula of these powders. They are made expressly for us by Parks, Davis & Co., one of the largest and most reliable firms of manufacturing druggists in the country, and the ingredients used are ABSOLUTELY PURE. In other words, they are made from Dr. Hancock's Formula which is endorsed by the Agricultural Department of the United States. It will save thousands of little chicks and make them sound and healthy. Many a large old fat hen will come to Yorkville and be converted into money, which otherwise would die of disease. FOR THIRTY DAYS More we will continue to offer these goods at THREE PACKAGES FOR FIFTY CENTS. Our reason for making ^hese reductions is to introduce them to the farmers; to show them their value. A single package is sold at 25 cents. SO COME AT ONCE BOYS And get your powders and save your Horses, Cows, Mules and Chickens. These powders are worth the Ynonev that is asked for them, and we cannot afford to give away a house and lot with each package sold. They are put up in paper cartoons wnich keeps them fresh ana good. ACT WISELY And lav in your supply and see that your stock is carea for. It prevents disease and will convince you in a Very short time that it is the best investment you ever made. . SILVER BELL FRECKLE AND TAN CURE. Now that the cold weather is over, we have commenced the manufacture of MAY'S SILVER BELL FRECKLE AND TAN CURE, at a lively rate. If you want a good complexion use it. MAY & MAY, Druggists. KENNEDY BROS. & B ARRON. JOSH BERRY. "E^ACH year fresh laurels are won hy the JOSH BERRY FOURTEEN FINGER GRAIN CRADLE, and farmers everywhere join in singing its praises. It has no equal as a grain saver.! Wo have been handling the genuine (there are imitations) JOSH BERRY cradles for several seasons past, and in no single instance has it failed to give entire satisfaction. We now have in stock a limited number and would advise every farmer who wants the best grain saver in the world to come and get one without delay. If the matter of buying is put off too long there may be disappointment. KENNEDY BROS. & BARRON. ' R. B. LOWRY. BOB LOWEY'S IS THE PLACE TO BUY YOUR DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES. I J-JI*' wi" ^o eyou money on BOOTS, SHOES, HATS ANI) CAPS. JUST RECEIVED A new stock of Calico, bleached and unbleached I Tuble Cloth, Bed Spreads and Lap Robes, and will sell them cheap for cash. We are selling Janes from 124 to 75 cents per yard. Call and see oiu* new stock of ('rockery. FRESH GROCERIES EVERY WEEK. 20 pounds of Sugar for $1.00, 20 pounds of Rice for $1.00, 8 pounds of Coffee for $1.00. Salmon, Sardines, Mackerel, Tomatoes, grated and sliced Pine Apple, Pickles. Royal, Patent and Granona is the best Flour. We guarantee every sack Fresh Corn Meal, fresh Butter and Eggs at HOU LOW RY'S, near ('. and I.. Depot. GEO. H. O'GEARY. itkmitrg: furniture:: A LARGE stock of Parlor, Bedroom and Dining room Furniture, Bureaus, ('hairs, #10 Common and Medium Bedsteads, and every i thing else kept in an establishment of this kind. My stock has been bought right, Mid will he sold I accordingly. Call, see and be convinced. ?i. II. O'LEAKY. IIEAIXiUarters for stoves. (1HARLES NOBLE A CO.'S STOVES by the J car-load. Iron King and Elmo Cooking j Stoves and Ranges, Coal and Heating Stoves, j Repairs for old Stoves. All kinds of Stoveware cheap,at G. 11. O'LEAHY'S. carpets, hues, etc., etc. ANEW line of All-Wool, Ingrain, C. C. Extra Supr.is, Cocoa, Xanierand Cane Matting, I Floor Oil Cloths. Brussels and Smyrna Hugs, I Bearskin Hugs. The largest lot ever offered for j sale at ti. H. ()'LEAHY'S. saddles AVI) harness. WE are continually manufacturing a full line of SADDLES AND HARNESS, and ' I keep a lull stock of all goods in this line. <1. 11. O'LEARY. do yoc want a good horse t T7<oR sale, a good Hl'GGY AND SADDLE r HORSE. Apply to I.. M. GRIST. February.'! ft tf ACT TIM, TOMORROW o May be Too Late; at Least That Has Been the Experience of Others. 0 THERE are hundreds, yes, thousands of men all over this country who thoroughly realize that no plan has yet been devised by which they can more easily and surely provide for those dependent upon them in case they are taken away by death, than a life insurance policy in a first class company. They all expect to attend to the matter some day?next fall, next year, when their financial condition is such that they can supply all their imaginary wants and have a sufficient surplus to carry a policy. Thousands go*down to the grave every year without attending to the matter, and leave their dear ones penniless and to depend either on charity or to eke out an existence as best they can. Is the picture familiar? Is it overdrawn? Read the following extract from The Insurance Post, of London, England, and learn what one who speaks from bitter .experience has to say on the subject: I am looked upon as a happy man. The world says: "There is Bright; he's a lucky dog. What a lovely wife he has and what fine children! If you want to see a charming home, look in at Bright's." I was a nappy man; i useu uj mnvy utyaau uuc of the most fortunate fellows alive. I felt proud of the way I had got along; sometimes I used to think I surely must have been born under a lucky star; I seemed to prosper in everything. When I began in the store I was the junior clerk, but I worked up; promotions never seemed to fall in anybody's way faster than they did in mine. Everybody said when I married: "Bright's a lucky dog." My wife was the belle of the city; it would nave gladdened the hearts of fifty fellows whom I might name to have won her if they could, but her love was reserved for me. Then the children?well, well, a father's praises are usually accepted with grains of allowance; I won't say anything that might seem to be mere parental rapture. Now, I've mentioned the reason why the world thinks me a happy'man. Perhaps you think the world is right 7 My God 1 I wish it was. The other day an old friend, a school chum, called on meat the store: we got to talking about life insurance. I don't know how many life insurance men have tried.to induce me to insure my life; I always put them off. Frankly. I never thought seriously about needing life insurance?never thought I needed it now. I remember that I said to myself, "After awhile." I knew I hadn't saved any money, but then I would. Once an agent tried to tell me it was my duty towards my wife and children to Insure ; I thought him impertinent. He made me angry: I tola him I knew my own business. " My friend urged me to take a policy, as he had lately engagea in the life insurance business. Finally, I said I would, thinking it a favor to him; it was easier to say yes than no. I went to be examined by the medfeal Examiner. Two or three days later I was asked to call again. I was examined a second time. I thought the proceedings a bore, and began to wish I had not signed the application. A week after my friend came into the store; I asked him about my insurance, and he said the company had rejected the application. He didn't u aa fkla Knf In a mnnHalmiit. tsuy n uuiic no unci.v oo ?uw, uu? ? . ... hesitating way. He tried to be gentle in imparting tne information. At last I came to understand that I was uninsurable. "Kidney disease?incurable," the examiner said. I consulted an eminent physician; he confirmed it?quietly told me I might live two years. Two years!?t\Po years in.which to prepare to die! I dare not tell my wife; it would be well enough by-and-bys Like a condemned felon, I count the days and hours?days and hours in which to breatne silent farewell to those I love. What can I do in two years?suoh years? Whit provision can I make for them ? I said I never thought seriously about life insurance. I never did until now, when it is too late. "Uninsurable !" rings in my ears. Never did a leper shudder more at those words descriptive of his fearful doom, "Unclean! unclean 1" than I do as the voice in my ear says, "Uninsurable!" It says more than that. It tells me of the cruelty of my procrastination; it tells me that I am dead, that my dear wife and children/are destitute. My God! it is hard to bear. .Everything that made me happy before makes me wretched now. The agony or the thought of parting from my family, terrible as it is, is as nothing to the certain knowledge that I shall leave them comparatively poor. I have figured it all out; after paying my funeral expenses there will be barely enougn left to supply them with the necessaries of life for six months. * My friends have begun to notice that "Bright has acted que:r lately." I saw a young woman today begging on the street, and with her were two little children, who tugged at her skirt and cried: "Mamma, please take us home; we are so cold and hungry." The Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association of New York, has been in existence eleven years. It is incorporated under the laws of that State. It has a Reserve Fund of $3,230,404, and every dollar of this amount is for the protection of policy holders. It has over $218,000,060 of insurance in force. It has paid death elaims to the amount of $12,556,218, and has never swindled orattempted to swindle a beneficiary out of a single cent. It furnishes life insurance at about half the rate charged by the "old line" companies. It has saved its policy holders over $30,000,000 as compared to what they would have been forced to pay the "old line" companies. Policies non-forfeitable and non-contestiblo after three years. The MUTUAL RESERVE is the largest Natural Premium company in the world, and although only eleven years old, is the FOURTH largest of ANY KIND. GRIST BROS. & BRICE, Gen'l Agents, Yorkville, S. C. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, York County. in thk court of common pleas. B. Frank White, Plaintiff, against York Steel and Iron company, Belle >1. McCaw, Thomas M. Fayssoux, as trustee for Jemima Fayssoux, Jemima Fayssoux, John B. Whitesides, A." J. Hardin, B. A. Nunnally, B. W. Nunnally, Thomas B. Dorset, A. J. Bradley and W. F. Gill. Defendants.?Surtimons for Relief?Complaintnot Served. To the defendants above named: YOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which is herewith this day tiled in the olHco of the Clerk ' of the Court of Common Pleas for the said county of York, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office in Yorkville, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the court for the relief demanded in tne complaint. Yorkville, S. C., ADiil 30th, A. D., 1892. WM. B. McCAW. Plaintiffs Attorneys. To the absent Defendants: York Steel and Iron Company, B. A. Nunnally, B. W. Nunnally, Thomas B. Dorset. A. J. Bradley and W. F. Gill: Take notice that the complaint in this action was tiled in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for York county, at Yorkville, in the State of South Carolina, on the 30th day of April, 1892. WM. B. McCAW, Plaintiffs Attorney. Yorkville, S. C. May 4 18 (It THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of York. court of common pleas. H. P. Goforth, Frank Goforth and Caroline Hambright, Plaintitts, against Robert Goforth, Jane Howell, Lottie Goforth, Mary I. Goforth, C. L. Goforth, I). H. Goforth, W. 11. Goforth, Faithy Hoke, Robert C. Hoke, B. L. Hoke, Win. P. Hoke, Caroline Carpenter and Claude Miller, Defendants.? Summons for Relief? Complaint not Served. To the Defendant aliove named, and especially to the absent defedants, C. II. Goforth, I). H. Goforth, W. II. Goforth, K. C. Hoke, B. L. Hoke, Win P. Hoke, Caroline Carpenter and Claude Miller. YOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which is herewith tiled in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said county, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber, at his office, Blacksburg, S. C? within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff m this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated April Mil, 1892. N. W. HARDIN, Plaintiffs Attorney. W. Brown Wylik, C. ('. C. Pis. May 11 18 fit REGISTRATION NOTICE. Office of Supervisor of Registration of York County, Yorkville, S. C., April 27,1892. "VfoTICK is hereby given tlutt the books 01 registration will remain open in my office, as the law directs, IN THK COl'RT HOl'SK AT YORKVII.LK, on the FIRST MONDAY in each month until the FIRST MONDAY in . Jl'LY, ItBfii, when the law requires them to be closed until after the next general election. This is for the purpose of registering all persons who have become of an age rpialiiying them to vote, or who may be entitled from other legal causes sineo the last election to register; to transfer voters so desiring from York to another county, or from one residence to another. Voters desiring to avail themselves of any of the j above privileges, must make application before or on the FIRST MONDAY, 4TII DAY OF JULY, l?tt. Lost registration certificates may be renewed to within THIRTY DAYS of the election, and those who become of legal age to vote between the 1st of July, Pfltl, and the day of the next general election, may register at any time before the election. I. lb CORDON, Supervisor of Registration, York County. April 27 17 Kit A CANTON KUAPKK. IJIAVKa Canton Reaper that is for sale. It is a new machine and was put up for the lirst ! time last week. It will be sold for less money than a first-class Reaper was ever before sold in J this section. The <'ANTON RKAPKR is too ' well known to render a detailed description nce! cssarv. CaJl and hear my price as soon as prac; tii-able after you read this advertisement, or somebody else may head you off, because I only I have one machine.* ' T. S. JKFFKRYS. * HUMID!-: NCICS FOR RIO NT. FOR R10NT, THK TWO RKSIDKNCKS attached to the King's Mountain Military School Hnilding. For further particulars, apply to J. F. WALLAC10 or C. 10. SI'KNCKR. March 2 !? tf