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?hus0?ou0 department. I STORIES ABOUT CONGRESSMEN. Nothing so fully demonstrated Senator Daniel's popularity as the fact that in his first race for the senate he had for an opponent General Fitzhugh Lec, and, having won the contest over one of the royal families of Virginia, It was plain to be seen that nobody could beat him, so he has been twice unanimously re-elected, nobody thinking it worth the while to rup against him. To show what a hold the Lee family has on the affections of the people of the Old Dominion, John Wise tells this story: Said he: "When Fitzhugh Lee was governor of Virginia, I called on him one morning, and while we were engaged in a social chat a servant came Into the room to tell him that a Chinaman named Wun Lung craved for an audience with him. "Governor Lee jumped up and with * . an air of mock consternation, exclaimed: 'Why, now, I can't allow Wun Lung to walk up here with that laundry. I'll go down and get it.' 'Ah, governor,' said I, 'Wun Lung has no right to your patronage, anyway. Wah Lee has done more for you tnan anyone else. He made you governor of Virginia.* " Hon. William H. Wallace, of Kansas City, tells the following: "At a church in a rural community one time, while the deacons were taking up the morning collection, one of them, becoming suddenly demented, walked out of the door with the money he had collected in his hat, leaving the audience too thunderstruck to move or utter a sound. Finally the preacher broke the solemnity, as he gazed at the absconding deacon. "If he walks off with that money, he will be damned,' whereupon an old deacon exclaimed, 'Well, if he hasn't already walked off with it, I'll be damned.'" Han. Jasper Talbert, of South Carolina. told the following to illustrate how Republicans stick to their party: "Down in South Carolina," he said, "there was a rich man died, and they gave him a grea* funeral. On the way to the cemetery the band marched behind the hearse playing the 'Dead March in Saul.' Suddenly the bass violin croaked out a tremendous earsplitting discord that drowned all the other music and frightened the hearse horses so that they ran off and threw the nornse out. and that scared the other horses so that they ran off, and there was the very old harry to pay everywhere. The bandmaster hastened back to the bass viol and exclaimed: 'Have you gone crazy? Why in the world did you play such a discord?' 'Well, sir,' said the bass viol, *1 didn't mean no harm; wouldn't have done any harm for the world if I could have helped it, but the way of it is this; You see, sir, a horse fly lit on my notebook, and I thought it was a note, and I played her.' "?Champ Clark. Man's Superiority.?One sees many curious phrases of human nature in the safe deposit vaults of a banking institution?from the women who never, by any chance, know where their keys are and go through bag and pocketbook with reckless haste, to the man who is not quite certain that he has locked his box and returns to the vault three or four times, puts his key in the lock, snakes it hard and Anally goes away convinced that "all is well." But in recent experience with a new customer to whom I was renting a box the climax was reached. When I handed him the keys and said: 'Now, here are two keys. Separate them so that if you Ipse one you will have the other to admit you." He quickly replied: "Very well. I will put one on my key ring and lock the other up in my box." And yet they tell us that men are more logical than women.?New LIpplncott. Must Be Introduced.?A good natured young fellow was at a rustic picnic, and rashly spoke to a young lady without the formality of an Introduction. He happened to see a fat caterpillar crawling on her lace collar, and, jumping toward her, said: "Madam, permit me to " But the young lady waved him off with an imperious and insulting gesture. and said: "How dare you speak to me without an Introduction? You are certainly no gentleman, sir." Here the caterpillar overbalanced itself and fell on her neck. "Touch! Oh! take It off! Oh, please, do take it off, somebody!" screamed the fair one. The young man was the only "somebody" about, and he said: "I could not think or it. maaam; 1 havn't been introduced to the caterpillar." The Shadow of the Past.?She laid her face against her mother's breast and sobbed. "My poor child, what Is it?" the older lady asked. "Has Reginald been cruel to you?" "No, mamma," the bride replied, "it is not that. It is all on account of a terrible discovery. I?" "Ah!" the fond mother exclaimed, 'then he did not tell you all before it was too late! Oh, my poor child! Oh, the monster! There is a dark page in his life! Ah, how can man be so base! How?'" "He found the photograph of me sitting in a wash-bowl,' the stricken one interrupted, that you had taken for a baby food advertisement!" Then they sat there, dumb with grief. ?Chicago Times-Herald. Upon the corner of the Profile House, White Mountains, this autumn, a party of visitors discussed the pronunciation of the word, giving the place and the house its name. Some were for "Profyle;" others for "Pro feel." A native mountaineer nappemng to drive up. one of the party sugested that they leave It to him. The others, for fun, consented. "Wa-al," drawled the native, true to the Yankee trick of answering a question with a question, "would you say 'twas a woodpyle or a woodpeel that yer had In yer back yard?" tv They were talking about the beef, which wus very tough, at the boarding house table. Some one suggested that it was from an old cow. "It seems strange," said Mrs. G., "but the tenderest beef I ever saw was from a cow lfl or 17 years old." "That's easily explained." said a big Irishman at the foot of the table; 'the cow was so old she was childish." Stfatjside ?athmnj)s. tar Know thyself. Everybody else knows you. tar The weaker the brain the more open the mouth. tar A still tongue Is often better than a wise head. ts~ An open and avowed sinner is not half as bad as a hypocrite. tar One cannot always be a hero; but one can always be a man. ts~ It is well to hope for success; but it is much better to deserve it. ts~ Good clothes have to be paid for; but bad habits grow upon a man. ta~ Some of the churches have broad aisles, but very narrow doctrines. tar Better be called a fool for doing right than be a fool in doing wrong. tar if people would only stop talking where they stop knowing, half the evils of life would come 10 an ena. tsr There is no one so innocent as not to be evily spoken of; there is no one so wicked as to merit all condemnation. ts~ The first English temperance society, formed In 1517, allowed its members to drink only 14 glasses of beer a day. tS" Although "Robinson Crusoe" was written 175 years ago, it is, and probably always will be, a classic for the children. t3~ It is about 30 miles across town in London, and for the entire distance there is said to be an unbroken line of residences and stores. tsr The way in which we do our work may not be of much consequence to the world; but it is of the gravest donsequence to ourselves. tar A Sabbath that does not Inspire in us a determination to do better, is but another notch on the stick which keeps the record of misspent time. ts~ The best cure for sorrow is to sympathize with another in sorrow. The core for despondency is to lift the burden from some other heart. ts~ "Why is it wicked to cut off horses' tails?" asked the teacher. "Because what God hath joined let no man pull asunder," came the quick reply. t& Alphonse. Karr: Some people are always finding fault with nature for putting thorns on roses. I always thank her ror naving put roses on thorns. To feel the need of more religion always means that God wants us to have more. The devil never makes any one hunger and thirst after righteousness. tar Wyoming has a wonderful alum cave which is 15 feet across the opening and easily accessible. The alum on the walls of the cave is six feet in thickness. tar "My wife makes a little money go a long ways these times." "So does mine, unfortunately. She is always subscribing for missions in Africa and Polynesia." tar Never mind people who are always telling you that you are doing too much. In all probability they don't mean it; they are only trying to excuse their own Indolence. tar Some people say their prayers without taking the trouble to think what they are saying, and console themselves with the thought that the Lord knows their sentiments. tar No one should attempt to do more than one thing at a time. When you have finished slandering your neighbors, go and say your prayers; but don't attempt both at once. tS" The man who boasts that he works with his head Instead of his hands, iB respectfully reminded of the fact that the woodpecker does the same, and is the biggest kind of a bore at that. There is an oak tree on the highway from Warlick to Leamington, England, which is said to mark the exact center of England. It is between 3,000 and 4,000 years old. t3T Ten president of the United States were farmers. They were Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Qulncy Adams, Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler and Polk. An authority on cats says that yellow hairs, no odds how few in number, always indicate that the wearer is a female. He further adds: No male cat was ever known to have the slightest tint of yellow. The teacher asked the class wherein lay the difference in meaning between the words "sufficient" and "enough." " 'Sufficient," answered Tommy, "is when mother thinks it's time that I stopped eating pie; and 'enough,' is when I think it is." tar At a school examination, a young tyro in declamation, who had been told by the teacher that he must gesticulate according to the sense, in commencing a piece with "The comet lifts his fiery tail, nrted his coat to a horizontal position, causing roars of laughter. tar The prisons of Morocco are the worst in the world. No chre or attention whatever is given to the prisoners. They are left dependent on their friends for food, and if they have no friends, the government provides only a bit of bread or a handful of grain to keep them alive. tS" A visitor found 5-year-old Susy weeping bitterly in the corner. "Why, what are you crying about?" she was asked. 44 'Cause all my b-brothers and sisters have a v-v-vacation, and I don't have any! Boohoo!" "And why don't you have any vacation?" 44 'Cause?I? I don't go to school yet!" t3T When a Chinese girl is married her attendants are always the oldest and ugliest women to be found in the neighborhood, who are paid to act as foils to her beauty. It is said that some exceptionally ugly women make their living by acting as professional attendants at weddings. tar In some of the German towns when a man is convicted of beating his wife he is allowed to go to bis work as usual; but his wife gets his wages ^ ^ Va in l/\nlrn/l nrv nrhf rvn Co f xr CLIIU 11C IS 1UL1VCU U|/ viiij vu vavuiuaj nigni and remains in prison until the following Monday. The punishment usually lasts for 10 weeks. tiff" Along the west coast of Africa there are now 225 churches, 40 converts, 100,000 adherents, 300 schools, 40,000 pupils. Thirty-flve languages and dialects have been mastered,' and parts of the Bible have been printed in these languages, while it is estimated that 8,000,000 of the natives have more or less knowledge of the gospel of Christ. 13* At a prayer-meeting each one should feel it a personal duty to take part in the worship, join heartily in the singing, let your prayers be brief, i pray for some specific object. Do not let your prayer include everything, and your faith lay hold of nothing. A brief I word of exhortation, or of counsel, will always be edifying. | farm trad .girrsidc. ON BEHALF OF THE HOG. If I were to go on a farm with the idea of ascertaining whether the man who owned it was a thrifty and intelligent man in his calling, that is to say, a good farmer, the first thing I would do would be to look at his hogs. He might take me to his stable and show me horses direct from Lexington or from Electioneer, or he might take me to the pastures and let me gaze upon the fawn-colored and delicate Jersey and the black-and-white ponderous Holstein, or even on his beef-stock of Galloways, Durhams, Herefords or Polled-Angu8, and yet I would not be satisfied. I would want to go to his pen and ascertain what he was doing there. For if in his pig pen or pig pasture he had the shriveled hog, I would know that his cattle were nothing but a fad, and that after all there was nothing in him in the way of the practical farmer. It might be that he would expect his fine cattle to yield enough to "make his meat" But if he had the hogs, whether beef was high or low, he had the meat anyhow. To me fine horses, fine cattle, fine sheep, fine houses and all that, without the hog, is what might be called speculative farming. But when you look over in the pen of the farmer or in the hog pasture of the farmer, or even when he calls them up from the roads, and they are healthy and strong and of the right proportions, then you can go on and look at the balance of his stock with some pleasure, because you know that he has been wise enough to provide his meat for the year, anyhow, and with the bread, corn or wheat, which never falls entirely, his cattle and horses and sheep are to a great extent profit. I do not care how full is the stable and the cow pen if the pig pen is empty?the owner is guessing. Of course, everyone knows that the hog characteristics are not pleasing to man. He is an animal without a friend, so to speak, except when the time comes to eat him, and then he is appreciated only after he is dead. Into our language has been engrafted such words as hoggishness and 'trying to hog," arid all that. If a child's clothing is soiled by playing, his affectionate mother says he is as "filthy as a pig." If a man becomes the least obese, his kind friends will say that he is "as fat as a hog." If a man wants to get what is coming to him in this life, other people with as much greed as he will say, "he is trying to hog everything In sight" The very name of hog carries with it the suggestion of filth, obesity, greed and coarseness. Next to the, snake there is nothing living more con-, demned than, this most lovable, most intelligent and most useful animal to man. As far as the books show he has been the constant companion of man, multiplying and furnishing him food. He rode out the storm with Noah, and the chances are ten to one that the first fresh meat that Noah tasted after his long, but not altogether exciting float, was fresh pork. Belonging to the pachyderm family, he has relatives in the elephant, rhinoceros and hippopotamus, and some near relatives, such as the barlroussa of the Polynesian islands and the peccary of the country south of us. Being somewhat short on clothes, that is hair, and insects liking his meat about as well as man, he seeks mud to smother the enemies which prey upon him, and as far as Intelligence goes I leave It to any farmer who ever tried to keep a fence-breaking sow out of a field, to testify whether any animal is more intelligent than a hog, and if this testimony Is not sufficient to prove that the animal knows more in a minute than a horse, dog and elephant all combined in a thousand years, I will bring to the stand one of the best lawyers In the state, who played seven-up with one of them at the Omaha exposition. Intended for food for man, in order to be of full benefit to said man he has to be in "good order." To be in "good order" he has to hustle for food and eat all set before him. Hustling and eating In this way he Is careless in his general deportment and habits. To the ordinary person he Is not at all attractive.?W. Q. S., In Dallas News. THf PRICE OF COTTON. D. J. H. McAden, president of the Southern Cotton Spinner's association, believes that the price of the present crop of cotton will stand around ten cents until next spring, when he thinks, It may go higher. In an Interview with the Charlotte Observer he said: "There are many conflicting reports In regard to the yield, but I am convinced that it will be short. The staple in this section, however, Is of a finer grade than that raised In many years, and turns out relatively mortf lint than I ever knew before. As an example, It may be stated that It has always been considered a good average if 100 pounds of cotton in the seed would yield 30 pounds of lint when ginned, and 33 pounds was considered excellent. But this year's crop is turning .out in many instances as much as 38 pounds, while the average In this section may be said to be 36 or 37 pounds from 100 pounds of seed cotton. This is probably one result of the drought, for such weather as the plant has had to undergo this summer, does not hurt the staple: in fact, it tends to Improve It, as I have already shown; but it diminishes the yield by retarding the growth of the stalk. This also has the effect of making the bales heavier, as the finer lint can be packed tighter." Dress the Boys Well.?While a neat attire is not always an index to good character and ability, the fact remains that of two applicants the business man will always employ the well dressed, attractive-looking boy, rather than the one who is careless in his appearance. The reason is obvious. The boy who is particular in regard to the details of his dress will be careful in his work and thus command the respect and confidence of his employer. To be well-dressed is not to have expended a great deal of money on your clothes; on the contrary, if your garments are neat in appearance and whole, if your collar is clean and necktie neatly fastened, if your shoes are polished and pants carefully pressed, the care and thought displayed in these small matters will more truly reflect character than the richness of the material of your clothes." Muddy shoes can reflect nothing! Neatness and cleanliness as well as a little style are important recommendations, and are within the reach of every boy seeking work.?Exchange. Pwttltotiwttis Reading. FROM NEIGHBORING EXCHAN6ES. News and Comment That Is of More or Less Local Interest. y^TORK?Rock Hill Herald, November 3: The marriage of Mr. Greene Sandifer, of this city, and Miss Ethel Roper, of Abbeville, was solemnized at the home of the bride's brother-in-law, Mr. C. D. Brown, in the latter city Wednesday afternoon of this week, the Rev. J. Lowry Wilson officiating. The handsome home was a bower of roses and palms and ferns and the beauty and gallantry of the city were present to witness the troth of the fair and beautiful young woman whose mar- , riage was so soon to take her from their midst. The presents were nu- ] merous and handsome. After the marriage, Mr. Sandifer, with his bride, as j happy as mortal ever was, boarded the Seaboard train and came to Rock Hill that night, accompanied by the Rock | Hill party that had gone to Abbeville with the groom on his joyous mission, , viz.: Miss Mary Love, Dr. W. A. Press ley, Messrs. Sadler Love, J. H. Beck- , ham, R. S. Beckham, H. M. Dunlap, John S. Sandifer and A. A. Burrls. Mr. . and Mrs. Sandifer occupy the hand- J some dwelling: erected by Mr. T. W. j Williams, on East White street. Mrs. , Roper, the bride's mother, will make : her home with her daughter. The bride ( is a superb young lady and.we feel as- ; sured has given her heart and hand to a worthy gentleman Rev. John ( Owen, a well-known Methodist preach- i er was fatally shot near his home at i Johnson, Tuesday afternoon. The sao and terrible affair was purely accf- i dental. He was out hunting Tuesday i afternoon with Mr. Walter Smith, son of Mr. Oamewell Smith. They ha< 1 agreed that Mr. Owen was to shoot to the left and Mr. Smith to the right, away from each other. Unfortunately i they walked right into a covey before It was flushed and the birds got up i rather behind them. Mr. Smith whirled to shoot, but turned the wrong way. He did not fully cock his gun and his { thumb slipped. The contents of the barrel were poured Into the right side , of his devoted pastor. Mr. Owen was , a former presiding elder of the South Carolina conference; but recently a ( teacher in the Johnson Institute and pastor of Harmony, Johnson and Spann's churches. Mr. Owen exonerated his friend from all blame. The latter is prostrated with grief and there is fear that he will lose his mind. Mr. Owen died Thursday evening about i o'clock. i ^CHESTER?Lantern, November 2: ' Miss Ethel Love, the popular daughter i of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Love, and Mr. J. j Hal McLure, of Texas, but a native of this city, will be married at the A. R. ' P. churclv^Wednesday evening, the 7th instant../sNMiss Florella Lavlnia Saunders was married to Captain William Woodbury Moore, of Barnwell, at the Baptist church, Wednesday evening, by the &ev. H. C. Buckholz On Tuesday morning, John Mills was on trial for assault and battery with Intent to kill. Verdict not guilty. Thos. Harris, alias James Henry Sterling, was found guilty of larceny of live stock. Sentenced to 12 months and pay a fine of $1. The grand jury having found a true bill against Jefferson D. Clack and Neely Clack, for trafficking In seed cotton without a license, against Neely Clack separately for the same, and against Jefferson D. Clack for larceny from the held, they plead guilty of the charge of trafficking in seed cotton without a license, and were sentenced to a fine of $100 each, or 12 months on the public works. The other cases against4 these defendants were nol prossed on condition that they refrain from this traffic and depart the neighborhood of Lowrysville by January 1, 1901. Philip Jordan was found not guilty of assault and battery, but guilty of carrying concealed weapons. Sentenced to 30 days and $16. The . case of Henry Moore for housebreaking and larceny was nol prossed. The ap peai or jjave tiacKstrom irom magistrate's court, on conviction for violation of contract, was sustained, on the ground that the verbal contract was not properly witnessed. W. T. Stroud, charged with murder, was found not guilty; but guilty of carrying concealed Weapons. Sentenced to $50 or three months. He paid the fine. Oliver Walker was found not guilty of murder; guilty of carrying concealed weapons. Sentenced to 30 days or $25. The supervisor was required to show cause why sewerage had not been put in the court house, according to a previous order. A rule was issued to the county dispenser requiring him to show cause why he should not be indicted for not requiring a written application before selling intoxicants. The following grand jurors were drawn to hold over: A. Peden, J. E. O'Donnell, J. R. Gibson, J. E. Brown, Lawrence Wise, Alfred , Wilkins. Court adjourned until 10 | o'clock Wednesday morning. CLEVELAND ? King's Mountain Democrat, November 1: Mr. J. D. Brown, an aged gentleman who recent- ( ly moved to the Cora mill in our town, 1 was stricken with paralysis about 5 o'clock Monday morning. He was stopping at Mr. J. N. Stricklin's until his household goods would arrive. He was : an early riser and had gotten up and dressed and built a Are in the sitting room. Lighting some splinters he started to the cook room to kindle a fire in the cook stove when he was stricken suddenly to the floor. Mr. Strlcklin went to his assistance and i called in a physician. He was entirely paralyzed in one side and his tongue was also affected considerably. But little hope of his recovery is entertained by his friends Tom Smith, white, has been caught making and passing counterfeit money in Lincoln county, and will be tried at the next sitting of the United States court in Charlotte. He had splendid dies for making half dollars, but the metal used was very poor, and caused him to be easily detected On Saturday, during the superior court in Llncolnton, Obie Caldwell, colored, was granted a divorce from her husband, and, as we are Informed by The Journal, before Judge Hoke could sign the decree, she was down in the register's office buying 1 a license to marry Virgil Morrison The residence of Mr. E. Jones Lewis, on King's creek, was destroyed by fire on Monday night about 12 o'clock. The house at the time was occupied by Mr. J. P. Rollins, who had the place rented and was living in the house, while Mr. Lewis was working at Gold Hill. There is no knowledge of how the fire originated. Some think it must have been of an incediary nature, while others think it may have been j accidental. There was no Insurance on the property and the loss will fall quite heavy on Mr. Lewis?perhaps some $400 or $500 Jim Fewell, the Negro who shot and killed Sam Moore, another Negro, In this place some few* months ago, was arraigned In the court last Friday and was submitted through his counsel to murder in the second degree. He was sentenced by his honor, Judge Shaw, to 21 years In the pepltentlary at hard labor. Our readers will recall that the two men had hot words In the back lot here in our town and that-Fewell drew his pistol and threatened to kill Moore. Friends Interposed and Moore went off to the stable where he was employed, saying he would prepare also. He soon came back to Mr. Goforth's meat market where Fewell worked, and going ln,_the two again began mouthing at each other. Mr. Goforth at once touched Moore on the shoulder and told him he must get out. He immediately followed Mr. Goforth out and just as he reached the door, Fewell, who had followed behind, shot him in the back of the head, killing him instantly. It is believed here that Fewell's counsel did well for him in submitting his case as murder in the second degree. He is a bad and dangerous character and has on several occasions used his pistol on his foes. When mad and drinking he Is as dangerous as a wild beast. Both men were good workers, and both quarrelsome when drinking As will be remembered by our readers, the barn, mules, wagon, harness and provender of Mr. Wm. P. Ware was destroyed by fire on Monday morning, the 22d, about L o'clock. At the time Mr. Ware was * * - ^ Ko/1 oat almost .certain mm dvuicuhc m?i ?v. Are to the building; but nothing except Buspicious tracks could be found to verify his opinion. Thus the matter ran along till last Sunday night, when some threats that had been made, were traced and Raynald Mayhue confessed that he and Am Bridges set it on fire. He says he was not told of the intention to burn the barn till they were quite nigh it. Then Bridges said Mr. Ware had been doing him wrong and that he intended to burn the barn. He did not think iae would do so* but that he climbed up, lit a match and set the roughness on fire, and then they ran off. His tale was well corroborated by other witnesses and appeared very plausible, although the man who told it is not at all bright, and the effort was made to establish the fact that he was non compus mentis. The prisoner will have a full cnance at the next term of court to show up all these things and to prove an alibi if he can. Mayhue was bound over in a $50 bond to appear at the next term of our court as a witness against the defendant, and Mr. James W. Ware was accepted as his bondsman. The defendant, Bridges, gave Mr. Felix Carroll as his bondsman, and he Justified and was also taken. T ? ???????????[ Anna Katharine Green Keeps Her Readers Guessing from start to finish in the stories that have made her famous. She wrote "The Leavenworth Case" and "Lost ; Man's Lane," acknowledged everywhere to be the greatest detective stories ever penned. The Mystery of Agatha Webb is her latest. It will be printed in this paper. ; The first chapters will appear soon. If you enjoy a thoroughly*artistic, fascinating, even enthralling, story don't miss it. ?????????? I CAROLINA & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Schedule Effective Sept. 16, 1900. 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They realii co-operate on an equitable basis, and t are soliciting subscriptions for the yea As has been the custom of the publl to call upon those friends and well-wist! geniality in the work'of re-collecting tin subscribers and adding to the mailing subscribers as it may be practicable to publishers expect to pay as liberally t club system will be followed as hereto pays for the largest club will be award< that can be made by the Yorkville Bugj who returns and pays for the second OPEN BUGGY made by the same comj be paid with premiums apportioned to specific offers in detail: FOB 60 SUBSCRIBERS. We will give the club-maker the choice of the following articles?good values at tSKftft- A Hieh Arm Four Drawer Sewing Machine, latest improvements and full set of attachments, etc; a Damascus Steel Double Barrel BreechLoading Gun; a handsome Waltham Watch; or $26.00 worth of Furniture from W. B. Moore & Co.'s. FOR 50 AND LE88 THAN 60 Subscribers, we will give the choice of the following articles: A T. Baker Double Barrel Gun; a "Winchester or Colt Repeating Rifle; an Elgin Watch; or a Cooking Stove. FOR 40 AND LE88 THAN 60 Subscribers, either of the following: A W. Richards' Double Barrel Gun; an open face watch; a fine Mandolin or Guitar; a Low Arm Singer Machine; or an Oil Stove. FOR SO AND LE88 THAN 40 Either of the following: Single Barrel Hamerless Gun; a fine 4x4 Kodak; a flne Toilet or Wash Stand China Set; or a Hopkins & Allen, Jr., Rifle. FOR 20 AND LE88 THAN 80 Subscribers, we will give THE ENQUIRER and any Weekly Paper or Monthly Magazine published in the United States; or a No. 1 Ejector Single Barrel Gun; a Pocket Kodak; or any three popular Cloth Bound Books that may be selected by the clubmaker; or a "Crack Shot" 22-calibre Rifle. FOR lO AND LESS THAN 20 THE ENQUIRER for one year; a flne * - warranted Jrtazur, ur rwnci <uiuci FOR 6 AND LESS THAN 10 A Triumph Stem Winding and Setting Watch; a 3-Bladed Knife; a copy of "David Harum," or any other book of the same price, ($1.50.) FOR 4 AND LESS THAN 6 A "Yankee" Watch; any Magazine published in the United States for $1. FOR 9 AND LESS THAN 4. A Stylographic Fountain Pen; a Single Bladed Knife; a year's subscription to Black Cat or the People's Home Journal. SPECIAL PREMIUMS. In addition to the above we will make special arrangements with perL. M. GRIST & ? TAX COLLECTIONS?1900. Office of the Coantjr Treasurer of A York County, Yorkville. S. C., September 15, 1900. IN accordance with law, my books will be opened on the 15TH DAY OF October, 1900, for the collection of the STATE, COUNTY AND SPECIAL TAXES, for the fiscal year beginning January 1st, and ending December 31st, 1900; and will be kept open until the K 31st day of DecernDer, 1900. ,1 will also receive VOLUNTARY PAYMENTS, of commutation road taxes for the year 1901. For the convenience of tax-payers I will meet them at the following places on the days named: A At Fort Mill, Wednesday and Thurs- ^ day, the 7th and 8th days of November. At Yorkville, Friday, the 9th day of November until Saturday, the 24th day of November. At Rock Hill, Monday, the 2?th day of November, until Saturday, at 1 o'clock, p. m., December 1st And at Yorkville from Monday, the 3rd day of December, until Monday, the 31st day of December, 1900, after which day the books will be closed and 4 the 16 per cent penalty will be attached. H. A. D. NEELY, County Treasurer. Sept 19 w St FINLEY * BRICE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Yorkville, S. C. ALL business entrusted to us will be .given prompt attention. OFFICE IN THE BUILDING AT ' THE REAR OF H. C. STRAUSS'S STORE. GEO. W. S. HART, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Yorkville, S. C. OFFICE: NO. 2 LAW RANGE. 'J>H6NE 58. ' PHOTOGRAPHY. * FR PHOTOS?in any style and of the beet finish?;please call at my Gallery , on Cleveland avenue. S. W. WATSON. York villa. S. C. PAY , EASY WORK. I V or The Yorkville for 1901. FOR $1.75. a Best Workers; But illy Compensated b and Effort nded. _ ? * TO NOW SIKRIBK continue, during the year 1901, all that t>e made as much better as the growing ties and the abilities of the publishers ^ me to devote Itself to the social, educarial upbuilding of the Piedmont section, ds and supporters. It will endeavor to ng all the good in its power and caus- its platform its publishers respectfully present friends and well-wishers, and eople of this section who are working of THE ENQUIRER fully realize that ceillgeni PUOIIC OI mis Kecuun uui uuiy :e also the willingness of this public to his then, Is the basis upon which they * r 1901. Inhere'in the past, they again beg leave iers who may find opportunity and con; names and subscriptions of all present list of THE ENQUIRER as many new gather. For this work, or course, the ls they possibly can. The competitive fore. The clubmaker who returns and id A FINE TOP BUGGY, the very beat * iy Company for |60; and the clubmaker largest club, will receive THE BEST ?any and worth ISO. Smaller clubs will their number and value. Here are the sons who desire to make up a club for some special article not mentioned In the above list?fixing a specified number of names for the premium desired. Any article mentioned in previous premium lists will be ?iven upon the ?. same terms. TERM8 AND CONDITIONS. To NEW SUB8C1BEBS who pay cash with the subscription will be given THE ENQUIRER FREE from the time the subscription price is received until January 1, 1901, and a rail year from that date for 91.76. By new subscribers, we mean those whose names were not on OUR BOOKS ON 8EPTEM- < BER 15, 1900. except we will not oount as new subscribers, cases where the subscription may have been changed from the name of one ' member of a family to another. This ls intended emphatically to mean new additions to our subscription list. TWO 8IX MONTHS SUBSCRIBERS at 91 each, will be considered the equivalent of (we yearly subscriber at 91.75 and so counted. A ? subscription paid for two or more years lh advance at 11.75, will be counted as one name for each year so paid. Clubmakers will be held personally responoMiln fr\r tha mvm.nlnf all nam mi mtnmM hv tbem. After a clubmaker baa returned and v paid for any name, be can, at anytime thereI after, disoontlnne the sending of tbe paper to tbe 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 I 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 clubmaker'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 postofflce. Names may be taken at any number of places. Clubmakers are requested to send in names as rapidly as they secure them. 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, regis- ; tared letter or money order drawn on tbe Yorkville postofflce. In sending names, write plainly, and give postofflce, county and state. All subscriptions will be discontinued at the expiration or the time paid for. 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, and expires at 4 o'clock p. m., oa Wednesday, the 0th day of March, 1901. IONS, Yorkville, S. C. .... A