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tumorous Jlcpartmrnt. SHE DIDN'T BUY ANYTHING. "So you were out shopping, eh ?" gasped Mr. Newwed at dinner last evening, in the cozy new home in Columbus avenue. "Yes, dear, and I want to tell you all about it." "I?I gave you $50, I believe," he murmured, swallowing a double allowance of cafe noir. "You did, Charlie, and that's just it. I started for the shopping district at 3 o'clock, and have been trotting up and down ever since. You have no idea how much we women have to conteud with." "Humph ! Tell me about the bargains." "There was a half-rate sale in one place; the loveliest goods you ever aaTD Rn too. Then there was a 'knock-out' counter in another store, where they were fairly giving things away. I never saw such bargains! Then there was a fire-and-water sale across the way, and the way things went was astounding. Then there was a 'clearing out' sale in the next block. And a 'bankrupt sale' near by. And a 'marked-down list' only a block away. And a 'half-ofT sale over on " "Great jumping Caesar's ghost !" "Yes, and I attended them all! Oh, such astonishing bargains ?" "And I suppose that now I'll have to announce a 'half-rate' sale on my personal effects, and a 'knock-out' sale on my 3alary, and a 'closing-out' sale on my bank book, and a 'cast-off' sale with my uncle, and a 'goue-tograss' sale on the kitchen fixtures? just to equalize the pressure, eh?" "Charlie, you ungrateful wretch. I was about to say that I considered myself a jewel! After all the careful teachings of mamma, just as if I could'nt save your money, and" and"? "Well, they all say that." "I?didn't buy a thing. Here's your $50 bill." "What's that ?" "That's what I said !" "My angel," he gasped, dropping his fork, "forgive me. I have wronged you!" "I didn't use your money ; but I ordered a wagon-load of nice things and had them charged. So there!"?N. Y. Recorder. "Small Cap." Shafter.?"Pecos Bill is uot the only nick-name that General Shafter ever enjoyed," said an old newspaper man the other, day. "Out in Denver he was known for years as 'Small Cap. Shafter,' and as he is anything but small, the title calls for an explanation. It seems that a banquet of some sort had been given to a lot of army officers, aud among the guests was General, then Colonel, Shafter. The old Denver Tribune printed an account of the affair, and a list of those present was included in the article. "When the proofs were examined before the paper was made up, it was observed that Shaffer's initials were in lower case type, and the proofreader promptly marked them 'small cap.,' meaning that they should be reset in capitals of a small size. The intelligent compositor supposed that the inscription indicated some military title with which he was unfamiliar, and instead of making the proper correction, substituted 'Small Cap. Shafter,' and thus it appeared on the fWllna/irur morninir .. ..0 ?"Pecos Bill was mad enough to bite nails when he saw the paper; but everybody else roared, and the title stuck to him until the yarn was gradually forgotten. It is still remembered, however, by plenty of old-timers." Anatomical.?A quack doctor stood on his wagon at a street corner selling bis cure-all. A group of people gathered about him, and he undertook to explain to them the anatomy of the throat. "My dear friends," he began, "perhaps you don't know it; but there are two passages that go from the back ol the mouth to the stomach. One is called the oesophagus, and the other is oesophagi. Now, the solid victuals goes down the oesophogus, and the liquids down the oesophagi. "Over the top of the holes is a cover with a binge in the middle, and when you swallow beefsteak the little door over the oesophagus fles open, and the little door over the oesophagi drops down, and vice versa when you take a drink of coffee." This description proved too much for a farmer who stood on the edge ol the crowd. Shaking with laughter, he remarked, in a loud tone : "Gosh ; but those doors must go flipper flopper when a fellow eats bread and milk!" Left to Her Own Resources.? A Boston mamma was instructing her little daughter how to behave when she went to luncheon at the Bishop's house. "Now, dear, when the butler hands you something the first time take a little on your plate. When he comes the second time you may help yourself to a little more; but the third time you must say : 'No, thank you,: just as you always uo at nome. So the little Boston child went tc the Bishop's house to lunch, and came home much delighted with her visit. "Did you do just as I told you, darling?" inquired mamma anxiously. "Yes, I did," was the reply. "I took something very nice when it was handed to me the first time, and then when the butler came again I took a little more ; but the third time I said : 'No, thank you.' But when he came the fourth time you hadn't told me what to do, so I just thought of papa and said : 'No, damn you ?' "?Boston Herald. Refusing His Own Prescription. A bachelor physician was once called to see a young widow. "You are lonesome," said the doctor. "Your husband has been dead three years. I advise you to marry again. "Oh, doctor, I'll marry tomorrow if you will have me." "Ah! ah! Well," muttered the doctor, stepping back and blushing; "you know, madam, that physicians neve take their own prescriptions.? Texas Siftings. -tt'aysidf teathmngs. I6T The army of Germany has eigh women colonels. f&T A Negro woman is the postmae ter at Edisto Island, S. C. t&P Do you ever think you might b in the wroDg as well as others ? tatT The total assessed valuation c property in California is $1,130,885, 697. tt?T It is the best proof of the virtu< of a family circle to see a happy fire side. Nearly 400 persons are snow bound in the mountain passes c Alaska. IST" Russia has spent over $255,000, 000 in naval armament during the las seven years. VaT Texas recently bought 7,00 acres of land to be used as a convic farm, where cotton and sugar can will be grown. tlST There are 20 or more counties ii Texas in which the school populatioi does not reach 100. In Sbermai county there are six children ofschoc age. D&T General Miles says the war wa without a defeat for the American side Not a prisoner, a flag or a rifle wa lost. The record of success is extra ordinary. It?" A thief in New York stole a wc man's purse and put in her pocket crystal which appeared to be glass but which a jeweler pronounce a dia mond worth $800. It?" At the war department ther seems to be an impression that no nearly so many troops will be neede in Cuba as was designated in a genei al order some time ago. A swimming tank is said to be cure for lameness in horses. In swine ming, the horses exercise the sum muscles as in trotting, but with no it jury to bis feet or legs. IST If thou wouldst conquer an weakness thou must never gratify ii No man is compelled to evil; his cor sent only makes it his. It is not sin t be tempted but to be overcome. $&F The big guns of our battle-ship are expensive. The 13-inch guns r< quire 240 pounds of power, and th cost of one discbarge, using an armoi piercing shell, is estimated at $500. Admiral Dewev informs th navy department tbat there are fin deposits of coal in the Philippines Under Spanish rule they would n main unopened for another 300 yean WatT A manufacturing plant at Edg< field, S. C., gins cotton, presses the see and puts the oil, phosphate and cattl food in marketable shape, spins the lie into yarn and then weaves it int cloth. 18T "I wish you would pay a lilt! attention to what I am saying, sir, roared an irate lawyer to an exaspei ating witness. "Well, I am paying s little attention as I can," was th calm reply. I^ Attorney General Griggs he decided that a person may draw moi ey on a check without a stamp, pr< vided the check is payable to himsel from his own funds on deposit in th bank in question. J6T In response to an appeal by Gei i eral Wheeler, over 100 American co leges have each offered to take two t more young Cubans to be educate free. The humanitarian side of th Cuban question is not overlooked. 1 IIn a recent consular report refe; ence is made to the fact that all roun Chingchou, China, there are mound earthworks, lookout terraces, etc., th remains of ancient cities and fortresse t * i 1_ ./ !*_1. ? wnicn mai'K me sues 01 capnais nui the very dawn of authentic history. t&T Captain General Blanco coi stantly expresses keen regret at bein compelled to surrender Cuba while h had 150,000 soldiers and 200 gui there. His ambition has been to g 1 down in history as the defender < 1 Havana during a long and blood siege. Bag" A German author, G. Salomoi [ has written a treatise in which b recommends that children should n( be sent to school till their 7th year 1 that in the first year three hours a da 1 should be the maximum of brain worl and that the bodily health should t looked after with special care from tb 9th to the 12th year. B3T A telephone line has been con pleted between Austin, Texas, an ; Bar Harbor, Maine, a distance of 2,6C miles, and will be opened to the publi 1 on December 1. This long-distant system will also embrace New Yorl r Washington and all the large easter cities. This is the longest telephon line in the world. B&T Hetty Green, said to be the ricl I est woman in America, who has bee living apart from her husband for 1 years, is reported to have been agai reconciled to him on account of h , serious illness. Green was at on time a reckless Wall street speculate . and was known as "Spendthrift , Green. , Gold Bible Hill, the moun . where Joseph Smith the founder < the Mormon faith, claims to have du I up, under divine direction, the golde > plates on which were inscribed th Mormon Bible, is situated on the fari , of Admiral Sampson, near Palmyri . N. Y. The Mormons tried to buy tfc mound in 1893 to erect upon it a mem< . rial chapel, but the Admiral refused 1 sell. g?T Albert Ham, a farmer, of W? 5 Dresden, Me., has an apple tree in h , orchard which measures 9 feet 10 incl i es in circumference, one foot from tb : ground, and at the height of 6 fei > the trunk branches into four limbs a ( most as large. The tree is over a cei i tury old, and has borne well each yei . for the 47 it has been in Mr. Ham possession. One year it gave him 4 bushels of good apples. IST" A cablegram from Madrid saj that Aragon has joined the other pro' inces of Spain in demanding moi local government and personal frei dom, on which subject a deputation < citizens of the province of Cataloni was received by the queen regent lai Monday. The Aragon deputation, i presenting its demands, pointed oi that "the Anglo-Saxons of Americi i aided by the Anglo-Saxons of Europi have obliterated half of Spain froi the maps." International Seasons. 1 THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. I LESSON XI, FOURTH QUARTER, INe TERNATIONAL SERIES, DEC. 11. >f Text of the Lesson, Jer. xxxvi, 20-32?Memi" ory Verse. 32?Golden Text, lu. xl, 8. Commentary Prepared by the Rex. D. M. 3 ftearns. [Copyright, 1898, by D. M. Stearns.] SO. "And they went In to the king and * told all the words in the ears of the king." 1 This is King Jehoiakira, a son of Josiah, who reigned 11 years, but did evil in the * sight of the Lord. In the fourth year of '? his reign the Lord told Jeremiah to write In a book all the words He had spoken 0 against Israel since the days of Josiah and L read them to the people if perchance they e might turn from their sins to the Lord and have their iniquity forgiven. Both in the Q fourth and fifth years of Jehoiakim's reign these words were read publicly and priD vately again and again (see previous part Q of this chapter), and now some who heard >1 them tell them to the king. 21. "So the king sent Jehudi to fetch 8 the roll, and Jehudi read it in the ears of j the king." Baruch the scribe, who had * written the words of the Lord from the 3 mouth of Jeremiah, had also read the l" book in the ears of the people and of the rulers (verses 6, 8, 10, 16, 16), but now >. Jehudi reads. It does not matter much a who reads provided he reads distinctly and give the sense and cause the people to ' understand the reading (Neh. viii, 8). As l" to the origin of the words, they were from the Lord, the Lord's words. He used e Jeremiah's"mouth and Baruch's pen and it mouth, but the message was neither from j Jeremiah nor from Baruch, but from God. Now it is Jehudi's mouth, but it is still the same message from the Lord. 22, 23. "He cut it with the penknife and a cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, l- until all the roll was consumed in the e fire." Thus did Jehoiakim with the roll containing the message from the Lord. Thus he despised and treated with contempt the message from the Lord and y turned his back upon the Lord find would t. not hearken to Him. What a contrast to i- Josiah in our last lesson, who humbled o himself before God and turned to Him with all his heart I Jehoiakim was a Cain man. while Josiah. like Abel, had faith in 18 God. All are either for or against God. > 24. "Yet they were not afraid, nor rent e their garments, neither the king nor any r- of his servants that heard all these words." The hard hearted, rebellious king would influence those about him in some mease ure to be rebellious, like himself. When e once the heart turns away from God, the J. hardness ofttimes increases very quickly. 5- When we receive not the truth in the love 3. of it, God lets us believe a delusion and a > lie (II Thcss. ii, 11, 12). It is a fearful j thing to even listen to a word against God or against His word, for, while holiness is not easily communicated, sin is, accordit lng to Hag. ii, 12, 18. ,0 25. "He would not hear them." Three are mentioned who pleaded with the king not to burn the roll, but he would not ? listen to them. He thought that he knew better than his counselors, he was in his r* own esteem wiser than his father who had is humbled himself before God, he did not ie believe that "He that, being often reproved, hardeneth his neck shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy" (Prov. xxix, 1). l* 26. "But the Lord hid them." This refers to Baruch and Jeremiah, whom the f, king would now like to lay hands upon ie and put a stop to such words as these. In verse 19 wo learn that when tho book was about to be read to the king some advised ?" theiu to hide so that they could not be found, and now wo learn that in their >r hiding they were guided by God. Elijah d was so securely hidden by God that he ie could not be found by Ahab in any nation or kingdom (I Kings xvii, 8; xviii, 10). There is a rock, the Rock of Ages, in whom we may so securely hide that no " evil can befall us (Ex. xxxiii, 22; Isa. 11, 9, 10; xxvi, 4, margin). The life of all who ie truly receive Christ as thoir Saviour is s said to be hid with Christ in God, for He D Is our life (Col. iii, 8, 4). 27, 28. "Take thee again another roll and write in it all the former words that )" were in the first roll." I have for some g years reveled in the blessed assurance of ie Ps. cxix, 89, "Forever, O Lord, Thy word is Is settled in heaven." On my way home rQ from India last year it was my privilege ' while spending a few days in London to rejoice in some blessod fellowship with my y dear brother in the Lord, Rev. John Wilkinson, author of that wonderful book, l, "Israel My Glory." I found him one day i6 greatly rejoicing in Ps. cxlx, 89, on which be expatiated somewhat after this fashion: ,. "Just think of what we have here! What ? is settled? Thy word. Where is it settled? y In heaven. For how long is it settled? Forever. Whose word is it? Thine, O ?e Lord I Let the enemies throw out Jonah ie and his book, and Daniel and his book, and whatever they do not like, they can no more destroy the word of God than * Jehoiakim could destroy the words of Jere" miah's roll. When we reach heaven, we 10 shall find Jonah and his book and Daniel ic and his book and all the word of God for:e ever settled there." ? 29. '.'The king of Babylon shall certainq ly come and destroy this land and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast.'' These were some of the words in the roll which Jehoiakim burned which caused l- him to hate it and burn it. Jonah was a n wondrous type of our Lord in His death 0 and resurrection, and this the great truth Q which satan hates and may be one reason . why he would if possible set aside the book of Jonah. In Daniel perhaps more than in ie any other book in the Bible the importance >r of the wisdom of this world to understand the things of God is made manifest, and for that reason, among others, the book of ^ Daniel is disliked. Revelation tells of the f devil's downfall and final doom and there3 fore he would like you not to read that 8 book. Q 80, 81. "Therefore thus salth the Lord ie of Jehoiakim, king of Judah." Then folm lows a statement of what would come upon a him personally for this sin, but ho would (g not hearken In ehupter xxii, 19, it was written that ho should be buried with the burial of an ass. God is not willing that '? any should perish, has no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but if in spite of all 3t His warnings and entreaties the wicked j9 will persist in his wickedness he is somej, times given up so to do (II Pet. iii, 9; ( Ezek. xxxiii, 11; Deut. xxviii, 16). 82. "Another roll was given by Jere, miah to Baruch the scribe, and from the i- mouth of Jeremiah he wrote all the words 3- that were iu the former roll, with the adir dition of many like words. This suggests >g to us that all efforts to destroy the word Lg of God or any portion of it only results in the increase of that word. Since the days of Jehoiakim the word of God has been fS bought in order to be burned, but the v- money thus obtained produced a larger -e edition. e- ^ j>f gffi- The consequences of telling the ia truth, however painful they may be, are never as hard to bear as the eonD sequences of telling a falsehood, it ? ? I?" Temperance and labor are the e, two best physicians of men; labor ii sharpens the appetite, and temperance prevents him from indulging in excess. JHiscctlancous Reading. IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. Summary of the News That Is Being; Published by Exchanges. CHESTER?The Lantern, November 25 : Brown Johnson, a tenant, out on Mr. J. W. Dunnovant's place, bad a mule stolen from a bitching lot yesterday. Mr. W. H. Brice, who was transferred from the First regiment to the ambulance corps, has been mustered out and is now at home. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Glenn and children spent yesterday at McCopnellsville with Dr. Love. Mr. J. C. Stew art's store was entered last night and about 40 pounds of bacon, some confectionaries and other things stolen. Rev. C. W. Humphries has moved here from Lancaster, and occupies the house on College street, formerly owned and occupied by Mr. A. J. McCoy. The South Carolina A. M. E. Zion conference is in session in this city. We are unable at this time to give any satisfactory report. Some distinguished ministers are in attendance. How many farmery in Chester county selected cotton in the field from which to save seed ? That is the only way you can improve your seed, or even keep it up to its present standard. How many are selecting corn for seed ? You can't do it in the best way if you wait till you get ready to plant. CHEROKEE?Gaftney Ledger, November, 24 : President John K. Mack, of Limestone college, has been spending sometime in the lower part of the state ou business connected with the college. Fred Foster, one of the gallant young men of Galfhey, who enlisted in the First S. C. Y. infautry, is back, and is again with J. N. Lipscomb, where he was employed when he enlisted. Sheriff-Elect W. W. Thomas took several of bis friends out to his farm Friday for a big rabbit hunt. The day was rather bad; but they killed 17 rabbits and thought it a good day's hunt.** "Mr. C. C. Scruggs, of this city, aud Miss Rachel Philips, of Boiling Springs, N. C., were married on the lGth instaut by Rev. John Ruppe. We congratulate Charley ou ih? cantiir? of his fair North Carolina bride aud are glad thai Gatfuey will be their future home. Au attempt was made by a crook iu Columbia, to steal Mr. J. Q. Little's big diamond stub. But Mr. Little was too quick for the would-be thiel and hauded him over to the officers. A similar attempt was made in Charlotte last May when Mr. Little also caught the rogue aud turned him over to the officers. These crooks are good judges of diamonds; but don't know Mr Little. LANCASTER?Enterprise, No vein ber 26 : The death of Hou. Geo. McC. Witherspoon creates a vacaucy in the office of probate of this county aud it is likely that Governor Ellerbe will fill the vacaucy today or Monday by appointing Mr. Cbas. D. Jones. Congressman and Mrs. Strait entertained a number of their friends at a turkey dinner Thanksgiving day. In a difficulty betweeu Minor Cauthen, a young white man of the Heath Spring section, and Walter Funderburk alias Walter Foster, colored, the latter shot the former with a pistol Wednesday night. The ball took effect iu the abdomen about two inches to the right of the navel, rauged round and lodged in the right hip. The doctors cut it out, and while the wound was painful, it is not dangerous. The Negro ran off as soon as he did the shooting; but Mr. Hilliard pursued and captured him before he got far aud brought him to Am n^imutinnul oHrlt'OQC will jail* au ^UUVUVIVuui UV1VII vw WW be delivered to the patrons and public generally of the Union school on next Friday evening, December 2, at 7 o'clock. Judge I. D. Witherspoon and daughter, Miss Lessie, of Yorkville, came over Thursday to attend the funeral of Hon. Geo. McC. Witherspoon. The pupils of the Lancaster Graded school observed Arbor day on Friday, the 25tb instant, with appropriate aud instructive exercises, consisting of songs, tree-planting, and lessons on trees and their uses. The Rev. J. H. Boldridge gave the pupils a talk on trees, illustrated by object lessons from his dinner bag?which was filled with some of the many good things which our trees afford. He showed that we could profitably divide with the fruit and timber trees of our southlaud the present fruitless devotion to the cotton stalk. Mr. Boldridge will always find an attentive and interested audience at the school. Immediately after the address, the children marched out to the grove, where a silver maple was plauted and dedicated to the memory of Dr. J. Marion Sims. The ballot on a state flower resulted in the selection of the yellow jessamine by an almost unanimous vote. Mrs. P. G. McCorkle, of Rock Hill, spent Thanksgiving here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Lemmond. THE SOUTH'S GREAT CORN CROP. A Gain, Compared With 1897, of Over 114,000,000 Bushel*. The "Southern Farm Magazine," of Baltimore, has compiled from advance official reports the total production of corn, by states, in the south, in 1898, showing a gain, as compared with 1897, of over 114,000,000 bushels. In the south the average price for corn ; runs from 40 cents to 50 cents or more, as estimated by the United States agricultural department. On the basis of 40 cents this means an increase of nearly $50,000,000 in the corn crop of the south, as compared with last year. As gratifying as this remarkable gain in total production and value of the crop is, however, it is due mainly to an increase iu the acreage itself. Compared with 1897, most of the southern states show a small gain in acreage, t unning from 1 per cent, in Georgia to 8 percent, in Texas, though Maryland, Tennessee aud Kentucky T Absolutely 1 Makes the food more dc ROYAL BAKINO PCn show a decreased acreage of from 2 < per cent, to 5 per cent. The gain in the average yield per acre was very marked in nearly all southern states, except in Georgia, in which there was a decline in the average of two bushels per acre, thus cutting the total yield in that state down very materially. Adjacent states had a considerable increase in the average yield. The total crop by states, as compiled by The Southern Farm Magazine from advanc-e government reports, and as compared with 1897, was as follows : 1897. 1898. States. Bushels. Bushels. Kentucky, 64,486,000 85,177,000 West Virginia 17,004,000 20,328,000 Tennessee, 63,673,000 73,526,000 Arkansas, 35,581,000 53,709,000 Texas 72,175,000 105,461,000 Louisiana, 21,576,000 27,718,000 Mississippi 30,346,000 39,931,000 Alabama, 30,524,000 39,081,000 Florida, 3,811,000 4,377,000 Georgia, 32,173,000 26,580,000 1 South Carolina, 15,308,000 17,500,000 North Carolina...... 31,324,000 34,170,000 Virginia, 31,552,000 38,563,000 Maryland 20,354,000 16,406,000 Totals, 469,887,000 583,127,(XKi The total corn crop of the United States for 1898 was 1,926,000,000 bushels, against 1,902,000,000 bushels in 1897, a gain of only 24,000,000 bushels; whereas, the gain in the south alone was 114,000,000 bushels. Omitting the south, the figures would show a large decease for the rest of the country. This is a very gratifying exhibit as a partial offset to the low price of cotton this year, but before the south congratulates itself too heartily upon these figures as evidence of the growth of the idea of the diversification of crops it should remember that the central southern states have in this big corn crop just a little more thau caught up with the corn crop of 1860, allowing nothing for the fact that in the meantime population has doubled. In fact, the corn crop of Georgia for 1898 is 4,000,000 bushels short of the crop of that stale in 1860, and if the average yield per acre had not decreased as compared with 1897, the output iu that state would have beeu about equal to the crop of 1860. In the adjaceut states the figures for 1860 and 1898 compare as follows : States. 1860. 1898. North Carolina, 30,078,564 34,170,000 South Carolina, 15,063,606 17,500,000 Georgia, 30,776,293 26,680,000 Flcrda, 2,824,538 4,377.000 Alabama 32,761,194 39,681,000 Mississippi, 29,563,735 39,931,000 Louisiana 16,205,856 27,718,000 Totals, 157,275,786 189,957,000 Compared with 1897 the yield for 1898 shows a gain in Kentucky ol 20,000,000 bushels; Tennessee, 10,000,000; West Virginia, 3,000,000 hushels; Arkansas, 18,000,000 bushels ; Texas, 32,000,000 bushels ; Louisiana, 6,000,000 bushels ; Mississippi, 9,600, * * 4 1 L A AAA AAA UUU Dusneis; Aiaoama, y,uuu,vuu bushels; Florida, 500,000 bushels; South Caroliua, 2;000,000 bushels; North Carolina, 3,000,000 bushels; Virginia, 7,000,000 bushels; while Georgia shows a decrease of 5,500,000 bushels, and Maryland 4,000,000 bushels. Prior to 1860 under the system then prevailing, planters realized the importance of raising their own food stuffs, and thus cotton was largely a surplus money crop. This is still pursued by the better class of farmers in the south; but under the tenantry system Negroes and many of the poorer whites, not being directed or controlled by someone else, give nearly all of their attention to cotton raising, buying their food stuffs for mau aud beast. This is not only destructive to individual prosperity ; but at the same time necessarily retards the progress of the whole south. What tie south did before the war in raising its own food stuffs can be done again. It is gratifying to know that slowly ; but surely, the tendency is in the direction of diversified agriculture. Until the south gives to diversified farming the attention which it demands, censing to give so large a proportion of its attention to cotton, its agricultural interests cannot attaiu the prosperity enjoyed under the old food-producing system that prevailed prior to 1860. Although population has largely more than doubled between 1860 and 1898, the south has, as shown by these figures, but little more than caught up in its production of corn, while it still has less hogs than it bad in 1860, the figures for 1860 being 16,900,000 | hogs against 15,60U,0UU for lsya. Nothing could show the need of diversified farm crops more co npletelv than these statistics. They emphasize the need of an unceasing effort on the part of the whole south to develop a wider range of agricultural productions. FOR RENT OR FOR SALE. ON reasonable terms, the following residences and other property iu Yorkville: A number of small tenements in different parts of town. FOR SALE-STRAUSS RESIDENCE, (five rooms) located on West Liberty street. Waterworks and other conveniences. See me and perhaps I will be able to procure for you almost anything you may want. P. W. LOVE, Real Estate Agent. MUNSEY'S MAGAZINE. 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( There are a large number of people who now include THE ENQUIRER on their lists, and who expect to continue it there. ' There are many others who are not now subscribing for the THE ENQUIRER; ( but who would like to have it. We want THE ENQUIRER to go as a TWICE-A-WEEK visitor to every borne * In York county. With the assistance of ! intelligent and trustworthy friends in the j different localities, we know it can be < gotten into many homes to which it is not i now going. This assistance is of much value to us, and it is our purpose to pay , for it most liberally, in proportion to the , service rendered. The propositions we make herein are l to all responsible individuals, in each and i every locality. There is no monopoly iu the matter. Because an individual re- , turned the name of a certain subscriber ' last year is no reason why why he should have any claim upon that subscriber this ; year. Because one individual may already be at work in a given neighborhood, is no reason why another should not also canvass in that neighborhood. > Every clubmaker is entitled to get sub scribers whenever and wherever he or < she may be able to get them, and upon < compliance with the conditions herein stated, have them counted. Our plan of compensation to clubmakers this year is on the same line as heretofore?a competition for TWO LEADING PREMIUMS to be awarded for the TWO LARGEST clubs, and a third leading premium for the largest club of NEW SUBSCRIBERS. After that the value of the premium is in proportion to the number of names returned. The Leading Premiums. For the largest number of subscribers RETURNED and PAID FOR, at $1.75 we ofler the choice between the following premiums: HIGH GRADE BICYCLR valued at $50; quarter-leather top "ROCK HILL BUGGY" valued at $75, bandsome SUIT OF FURNITURE valued at $50. For the NEXT LARGEST CLUB, we will give the choice between the above articles left after first choice. And for the LARGEST CLUB OF NEW SUBSCRIBERS we will give an OPEN CAROLIN BUGGY. The furniture may be seen at the store of W. B MOORE & CO., and the buggies in the warerooms of the respective manufacturers in Yorkville and Rock Hill. The bicycle is to be the 1899 model, descriptive catalogues of which have not yet been published. In addition to the competitive premiums mentioned above, we also offer various other premiums for clubs containing specifled numbers of names, and propose to deliver the premiums whenever tne numbers specifled are returned and paid for. Upon securing one premium?a watch or sewing machine, say? the clubmaker will be at liberty to try for the same thing again, or for anything else on the list, and if in the aggregate, by the bTH DAY OF MARCH, 1896, he snail have succeeded in returning and paying for the largest number of NEW NAMES, he will be entitled to the "CAROLINA BUGGY" Just the same as if he had not previously taken other premiums. Now, then, read the list: FOR 00 SUBSCRIBERS. We will give the clubmaker his choice of the following premiums, each valued at 825: A FOUR DRAWER "ENQUIRER" SEWING MACHINE, together with all attachments; a "HOUSEKEEPER'S" SET OF KNIVES, FORK8 AND SPOONS, made by Rogers; a "WALTHAM" WATCH In coin silver, dustproof case. FOR 40 AND LE8S,THAN GO SUBSCRIBERS, we will give the clubmaker his choice of the following, each valued at 815: WALTHAM WATCH, In open face sliver ease: set of half dozen ROGERS BROS'. KNIVES and FORKS (12 PIECES): or LOW ARM SINGER SEWING MACHINE. FOR 30 AND LES8 THAN 40 SUBSCRIBERS, choice of the following, each valued at 810: NEW YORK STANDARD ^POLICYTHAT PROTECTS A Zealous Watchman who Never Sleeps I WHEN you buy a fire insurance policy, BUY ONE THAT WILL PROTECT! For the sake of saving a few imaginary dollars, don't experiment with EXPERIMENTS! Leave that to your neighbor. What consolation is it to you to save a few dollars by way of experimenting with so called "cheap insurance ?" If you are prompted by economic business reasons why, do not insure at all. "Wild Cat" insurance companies will necessarily have to quote lower premiums than standard companies or they will have no victims 1 Standard companies fix their rates on a basis of East experience? 'wild cat companies" aven't that element, but are constantly "laying their pipes" to unload some "ex- ] perienee" on you, and come at you again with a "new scheme"?uo, not you ; but your neighbor! Could he catch you twice? I nave heen in the Are insurance , business since 1890, and I have associated ' myself with some of the best companies 1 in the world, each of whom are financial giants, and are absolutely responsible for , their individual policies, and all together , their ncrcrrp.eHta assets amount to some thing over $41,000,000.00 ! I write tire insurance for reliable and trustworthy property owners, ONLY IN RELIABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY COMPANIES at the minimum SouthEastern Tarritf Association rate, and you may rest assured that any business en- < trusted to me will receive my best atten- < tion and highest appreciation, and it is under these conditions that my business I is growing. L. GEO. GRIST, Agent, 1 Yorkville, S. C. CHATTEL MORTGAGES, LIENS | For rent and supplies, Title i to Real Estate and Real Estate Mort- I gages in blank form for sale at THE ENQUIRER OFFICE. i ENQUIRER 1893 XI ray ror ; Work. A POPULAR PAPER, iggies, a First Class Suit of Furniture rgetic Workers. EP EVERLASTINGLY AT IT. '-JEWELED WATCH in dust-proof case; 14K 30LD FILLED WATCH CHAIN, or HALF DOZEN TEASPOONS, HALF DOZEN TABLESPOONS and BUTTER KNIFE (13 PIECES). FOR SO AND LESS THAN 30 SUBSCRIBERS, we will give a THE ENQUIRER and any monthly magazine or weekly newspaper published in the united States, for ' >ne year. FOR lO AND LESS THAN SO SUBSCRIBERS, a CONCAVE WARRANTED RAZOR, SILVER PLATED GRAVY LA DLE, or an extra quality FOUR BLADED POCKET KNIFE, with name and address on :he handle. Any of the articles mentioned would be a bargain at 92. FOR 6 AND LESS THAN 10 SUBSCRIBERS, a "CLIMAX" WATCH, warranted for one year: an extra quality THREE BLADED POCKET KNIFE, or CHILD'S SILVER PLATED TABLE SET. Good values at $1.50. FOR 4 AND LESS THAN 6 SUBSCRIBERS, a "YANKEE" WATCH, warranted for one year; "Siren" Dottern BUTTER KNIFE, or TWO-BLADED POCKET KNIFE, with name and address on handle. AND TO EACH OLD SUBSCRIBER, The Yorkville Enquires?'TWICE-AWEEK?filled with bright, fresh news from THE COUNTY, STATE, NATION AND WORLD, Interesting stories, Instructive mis ceuaneous matters, ana numorous selections, explanatory editorials, etc. The paper will be held up to Its present high standard, and will continue prompt, explicit, reliable, and, In short, the Dest. TO EACH NEW SUBSCRIBER, The same as above except that If the paper Is COMMENCED NOW, IT WILL BE SENT UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1900, without any charge for that portion of the time between now and January 1, 1804. It Is understood, however, that for a new subscriber to get the benefit of this ofl'er, he must pay the clubmaker 81.75 at the time the name is entered upon our books. If the 81.75 Is not paid at this time, then the subscription will only date one year from the time Is entered. By new subscribers, we mean those whose names were not on OUR BOOKS ON SEPTEMBER 14, 1898. except we will not count as new subscribers, cases where the subscription may have been changed from the name of one member of a family to another. This Is intended emphatically to mean new additions to our subscription list. TWO SIX MONTHS SUBSCRIBERS at fl each, will be considered the equivalent of one yearly subscriber at 81.75 and so counted. A subscription paid for two or more years in advance at 81.75, will be counted as one name for each year so paid. Clubmakers will be held personally responsible for the payment of all names returned by them. After a clubmaker has returned and paid for any name, he can. at anytime thereafter, discontinue the sending of the paper to the person for whom he has paid, and transfer the unexpired time to any other person, provided the person to whom the transfer Is desired was not a subscriber at the time the original name was entered on our books. No name will be counted In competition for . a premium until the subscription price has been paid; nor will any premium be delivered until a satisfactory settlement has been made for all names returned by the clubmaker. Persons who commence making clubs will not be permitted to transfer their club to another clubraaker's list after the names have been entered on our books. It Is not necessary that the names on a club should all be at the same postoffioe. Names may be taken at any number of places. Clubmakers are requested to send in names as rapidly as they secure them after November 2nd. 1888. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sending them. We will be responsible for the safe transmission of money only when sent by draft, registered letter or money order drawn on the Yorkvllle postofflce. In sending names, write plainly, and give postofflce, county and state. All subscriptions will be discontinued at the expiration or the time paid tor. A separate list will be kept for each clubmaker, who will be credited with each name sent, so that the number sent by any one person may be ascertained at a moment's notice. In case of a tie for either premium, two weeks will be allowed In which to "untie." The time In which names may be returned under our propositions will commence now. 2d day of November, 1898, and expire at 4 o'clock p. m., on Wednesday, the 8th day of March, 1899. L. M. GRIST & SONS. 18 A1V ART AND it takes an artist to be a photographer. Oue who is not an artist doesn't stand much of a chance of making a success at photography. I have given years of study to this especial line and I can say with pride that my work will compare favorab ly with that of any photographer in this section. The best and most perfect photographs are the results of experience and not experiments. I do all of my developing, retouching and finishing, thereby obtaining the best possible results. As Far As Prices Are concerned, you need not worry yourself along that score. I know tnat my prices are reasonable and you will agree with me when I tell you what they are. I am also prepared to develop and print pictures taken with pocket cameras. If you have a Kodak or Vive or any other camera, and for any reason you can't develop and print your pictures, bring them to me at my gallery on West Liberty street. J. R. SCHORB. FOR SALE. ON liberal terms, A MOSLER SAFE, 1,400 pounds, combination lock, in first-class condition. Apply to G. W. S. HART. Or JAMES F. HART. Oct 19 w tf ahe IJorlmlU inquirer. Published Wednesday and Saturday. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Single copy l'or one year, 2 OO One copy for two years, 3 50 For six months, 1 OO For three months, SO Two copies for one year, 3 50 Ten copies one year, 17 50 And an extra copy for aclub of ten. ADVERTISEMENTS Inserted at One Dollar per square for the first insertion, and Fifty Cents per square for each subsequent insertion. A square consists of the space occupied by ten lines of this size type. jZSfir Contracts for advertising space for Lhree, six, or twelve months will be made . on reasonable terms. The contracts must in all cases be confined to the regular business of the firm or individual contracting, and the manuscript must be in the office by Monday at noon when intended for Wednesday's issue, and on Wednesday when inteuded for Saturday's issue.