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tumorous department. He Looked Like Harrison.?The other morning a gentleman with white beard, closely cropped, and quite an aldermanic girth, walked down Pennsylvania avenue to the Capitol. On the way he stepped into a shop kept by John Denham, to make a purchase. The shopkeeper looked at his customer closely. "Did anyone ever tell you',' he asked "that you looked like ex-President Harrison?" "Yes," was the reply; "I have heard it said very often. Do you think there is a resemblance?" "I should say so," answered Denham. "I never saw General Harrison, but from his picture, I should say you were a dead ringer for him." The visitor gave a little chuckle, as if he were intensely pleased and then went out of the shop, proceeding on his way to the Capitol. Denham went to the door and looked after him. Standing in the doorway was A1 Reed, the District agent of the Atlantic Coast Line. "Al," said Denham, "did you see that man who was in here just now?" "Yes," said Reed. "I told him," said Denham, "that he looked Just like ex-President Harrison." "Of course he did!" exclaimed Reed^ "That was Harrison himself."?Washington Post. His Name Was Not John Smith.? Among the public servants who are worried by foolish questions the superintendent of mails in the postoffice gets his full share, says the New York Tribune. One of his visitors last week was a man who said to the deputy who answered the call at the window: "I am going out of town today and want to get a letter to my brother, who is on board the Majestic, and she is not due until Wednesday. I don't know where he will stay in New York, or wrVkAMA V*will nrn f rnm Vinro Pq n't vnil n UCi C tie Itiii *jV **Vi VI vv?i. v J vvi help me?" "Certainly we can," said the clerk. "A mailboat goes to meet the steamer^ and if you address your letter properly and put domestic postage on it it will be delivered all right." "But how shall I address it?where shall I send it?" "Address it, 'John Smith, passenger on board incoming steamer Majestic, due in New York, Dec. 12.' That will reach him." "No city? No nothing? "That's all?just as I told you." The man thanked the clerk and went away, and came back a little later with an addressed letter in his hand. "Say," he said to the clerk, "about that letter. I've addressed it and also stamped it all right; but the man's name isn't John Smith. How about that?" How He Became a Posthumous Son. ?Among Jack Casserly's versatile collection of friends is an old Irishman who is a conductor on a California street car line. Casserly makes it a point to ride in the old fellow's car whenever it is possible. One evening last week, while on his homeward way, after they had cracked a few jokes, of # which the Milesian ticket puncher has an unlimited share, Casserly said: "Pat, you have a wonderful store of humor." "Sure and I come by it honestly. Among the Irish there is a belief that a posthumous son has three times the share of wit he would otherwise have had. I am that." "A posthumous son, eh?" "And that I am. It was six years after I was born that I saw my father." Casserly was puzzled. "How came you to see your father's remains?" he said. "There were no remains about it, sor, that I saw; but the ould man himself. He was sent to Clonmel prison for Fennianism for six and a half years six months before I was born."?San Francisco News Letter. "His P'int."?The logic of some Bible readers reminds us of the story of on am anlara/1 rvraonkoi* mo /i a t via an uiu v.uivicu jji cav uci ? hw niaut iu^ assertion in his pulpit that every woman had seven devils in her. He was promptly challenged by the irate female members of his flock to make good his assertion. He announced that on a certain Sunday he would give Scripture proof of what he said. When the time came he gave the proof as follows: "Brudders and sisters, you have all done heard and read dat de Lord cast seven debbels out of one woman. But, brudders and sisters, you had not done heard and read dat he cast de debbils out of any udder woman. Derefore, ef de Lord only cast de debbils out of one woman, den all de udder women has he debbils in dem yet. So accordin* to de plain readin' ob de Scriptures, ebbery woman has seven debbils in her. Dat's my pint." A Catalogue.?"Miss Mary," said the sable maiden, "we 'spect to have an en'tainment at our chu'ch nex' week, and I got to speak a piece. I was jest goin' to ast you if you had a book with some ob them pieces in?" "Why, yes, Dora. I have a book of recitations. What kind of a piece do you want?" "Well, I was thinkin' ob somep'n in de nature ob a catalogue." "A what?" "A catalogue?you know, a piece with one person a talkin' and 'nother one answerin' 'em back. Has you got a piece like dat? I'd like it fust rate."?New York Tribune. Xv" "Johnny! Johnny!" exclaimed the stern parent, as he brought down the leather strap with right good will, "where will you be when you are a middle-aged man, if you keep up your present conduct?" "I know where you'll be." whimpered Johnny, under his breath, as he left the woodshed a few minutes later, rubbing himself. "Hut I ain't going to tell."?Chicago Tribune. *<; "Yes, I consider my life a failure." "Oh, Henry, how sad! Why should you say that?" "I spend all my time making money enough to buy food and clothes, and the food disagrees with me and my clothes don't fit." Pi<wUanr0?<s Reading. FROM NEIGHBORING CONTEMPORARIES. News and Comment That Is of More or Less Local Interest. " YoW<??Rock Hill Herald, January 23: Miss Mary Schorb is visiting Mrs. J. A. Black Mrs. M. I. Stradley is visiting friends in Lancaster Miss Hattie Stevens is visiting her brother in Kershaw Miss Fannie Parish, of Yorkville, is visiting friends in the city...L/Kfrs. Jane Erwin has returned from a visit to Spartanburg Rev. J. S. Beasley is spending a few days in Columbia on business.. ^Afrs. A. M. Chreitzberg visited her son, Mr. C. K. Chreitzberg, this week Mrs.( C. S. May has been confined to her room for sever.il days with sickness.... Mrs. S. E. White, of Fort Mill, is a guest at the home of Mrs. B. M. Fewell. Mrs. W. P. Roddey is visiting her daughter, Mrs. R. E. Hough, at Netvell's N. C Mrs. J. D. Downs has returned to Pineville after a visit to her sister, Mrs. G. A. Cowan .^Jtfiss Emma Albright has returned to Chester, after a visit to her sister, Mrs. George Beach Miss Cammle Smith has been quite sick at her home in Ebenezer, but is now much better .Miss Tom Boys has returned from Converse, and will continue her studies at Winthrop this session....^JiCrs. R. T. Fewell has returned home after a month's visit to her mother in Jackson, Tenn Miss Ella McMurray and brother John, of Fort Mill, visited the Misses Poag in Ebenezer Monday. j^Mlsses Bessie and Mary Williams, * ' - J AIM nlnf am or xomvuie, visueu men oioic?, ?no. W. W. Miller, this week R. S. Hanna is now in his new quarters, the store room on Depot St., formerly occupied by J. L. Johnson Measles still prevail in the city. Several of Dr. Crawford's children are confined to their homes with the disease Mr. J. M. Daniels, who has had charge of the laundry at Winthrop, has given up his position and gone to Camden .Captain and Mrs. W. L. London, who have been visiting at the home of Major J. R. London, have returned to Plttsboro.... ..The physicians are idle, on account of the fact that there is no sickness whatever in the city requiring their attention The hot supper by the Ladies' Aid society, last Saturday evening, was a very satisfactory success. The gross proceeds were about $35 Mr. W. A. Barron, of Tirzah, left Thursday night with his family for Blooming Grove, Texas, where they will make their home Dr. S. M. Devega was taken to Johns Hopkins hospital a day or two ago for treatment. Mrs. DaVega and Dr. W. M. Love went with him.?Chester Lantern The family of Mr. j. G. Sadler has returned to Rock Hill from /*11- J ?".if nn/inntaa tVio nIH VyllCdlCI, CX.HU. iiu rr vvvuptvo v*iv v.? home of Mr. J. C. Poag, deceased, on College street in Whiteville..|^..Dr. W. W. Fennell, L. C. Harrison, G. A. Buchanan and T. B. Lumpkin, went to Columbia yesterday where last night they were to take the degree of Knight Templar A walk in the western part of* the town will show many improvements going on there. Last week we counted three houses on one street within the space of a hundred yards t?*Mr. S. T. Frew left on Monday night for Summerton, Tennessee, to look after the settlement of the estate of Mrs. Frew's grand aunt, Mrs. Jane B. George, worth $25,000 or $30,000 Miss Janie Massey returned Friday night from Red Springs, N. C., where she intended studying this session; but she has decided there is no place like home and Winthrop Monday night a delightful dance was given in Frledheim's hall complimentary to Dr. and Mrs. Stevens. About 20 couples, a number of stags and a few visiting young men enjoyed this dance, given to one so popular in the dancing circles Died, on the 11th Instant, of blood poison, at the home of his parents, Franklin, the 14-year-old son of Mr. Robert D. and Mrs. Minnie P. Gauldln. Two weeks ago, while chopping wood, he split his right foot open with an axe. and blood poison following. he died within 24 hours Mr. John A Steele, formerly of this city, has been appointed general storekeeper for the whole Seaboard Air Line system with offices at Portsmouth, Va. Mr. Steele gave up the superintendency of the Tennessee Coke, Iron and Coal company, at Bristol, Tenn., to take this position, which was tendered to him by General Superintendent V. E. McBee upon the resignation of Mr. St. John. The lobby of the Carolina hotel was the scene of a happy marriage Sunday night near the midnight hour. The contracting parties were Mr. Chas. Poteet and Miss Nannie Kariker, both af Pkino rivax'a "NT O on/1 f Via Irnof vi viuua ui c, iii v_/., aiiu iiic niiui was tied hard and fast by Rev. J. S. Beasly, the witnesses being Messrs. A. H. Greene and John T. Roddey. The loving couple occupied the Carolina's bridal chamber, and the nejt morning took their departure.. .K-rTMonday Mr. Ed Reld, Reporter of the Knights of Honor, received a check from the Supreme Reporter for $2,000, the amount of the beneficiary certificate held In that order by the late John J. Roach. The check was made payable to the children of Mr. Roach. "The old reliable" Is still prompt in payment. Mr. Roach died on the 29th of October, and the claim of his heirs would have been paid within 60 days; but the appointment of a guardian for minor heirs necessarily delayed remittance longer than would have been the case had there been no such requirements From Mr. W. H. Stewart, who was in the city Monday, we learn that the petition of a number of the citizens of Rock Hill asking for an amendment to the law creating the Rock Hill graded school district providing for the election of the board of trustees by the qualified voters of the district, was to have been considered by the York county legislative delegation last night. A counter petition praying that the legislature do not interfere with existing conditions, has been placed in the hands of the delegates. Under the law as it now exists, the board of trustees, having been appointed originally by the legislature, is a perpetual body, all vacancies by death or otherwise being filled by the board. The petitioners asking for the amendment referred to above, think that more efficient trustees can be chosen by the people in a popular election. This proposition Is resisted by a number of other petitioners who think the present board is a very capable body, having succeeded in building up one of the best graded schools in the State. It is charged that the board shows partiality in the selection of teachers and that the action of the board has been dictated by persons who have no official connection with the school. The board, of course, denies that it is ever governed by favoritism; but that it desires to select teachers who have been trained for the position and who are otherwise well qualified. The board, when dealing with entire strangers, has felt itself justified in receiving information from people who had had ample opportunity of knowing of the worthiness of the applicants. The citizens who are, for many reasons, specially interested in the highest success of the school have been fully satisfied with the manner in which it has been conducted, and there was nrar-tieallv no complaint until the agitation against the school's rule was begun several months ago, and out of that agitation has sprung the proposition to supplant the present board by another that shall be elected by popular vote. For the sake of the continued efficiency of the schools, we hope the legislative delegation may be able to see its way clear to leave the existing conditions undisturbed. YORK?Clover Review, January 24: Mr. John Robinson went to Yorkville Monday night Mr. T. F. Jackson went to Gastonia Monday, on business. Mr. Sam McCall went up to Gastonia yesterday and returned Miss Allee Ross, of Gaffney, is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. Meek Smith Mrs. George Williams, of Filbert, is visiting her father, Mr. A. C. Stroup Mr. M. L. Smith left Monday night on a business trip to New York and other points Capt. W. B. Smith took a ran up to Hickory, N. C., Monday, and returned the same day Misses Emily Wright, Pansy Traywick, and Mrs. Lena Campbell went to Gastonia Monday and returned Mr. Hope Brison, who has been working in Mr. W. M. Jackson's place in the telegraph office at Gastonia, returned last night. Mr. Frank B. Gwin, of Hickory, N. C., came down Saturday and stayed over until Monday with kindred and friends Miss Ada Bradford, wno has been teaching school near Bethany, left last Monday night for her home in Fort Mill, S. C....^CHon. J. E. Beamguard, our representative in the legislature, came up Saturday and returned Monday Mr. M. L. Dixon left Monday night for Yorkvllle, to visit his daughter, Mrs. W. Adams and other friends and relatives in and around Yorkville Mr. Jno. M. Smith attended the Dendy-Drennan marriage at Richburg last Wednesday. Miss Drennan is a sister of Mr. Frank Drennan, who taught school here Mr. J. P. Sifford's little son, James, is quite sick...ycards are out announcing the marriage of Mr. Jesse B. Ford to Miss Lizzie Lytle, of Charlotte, N. C A petition was circulated in and around Clover last week for the purpose, as alleged, of establishing a distillery in the northwest corner of King's Mountain township, for the purpose of making liquor for the dispensary Measles and whooping cough are about to take the town. They seem to be vieing with each other as to which will take the lead. It is said that about onefourth of the population have not had the measles. So we conclude that we will have the unwelcome visitors on our hands for sometime to come Our friend, J. P. Sifford, notary public, had a busy day on the 20th instant. He married three couples on short notice, all from our sister across the line. The first was Mr. W. M. Davis and Miss ** ? *-11? XT . If*. iviary rraimim, ui isauao, j.i. ^., mi. E. M. Mauney, of Gastonia, and Miss Ella Clemmer, of Dallas; Mr. J. L. Edward and Miss Mollie Bradshaw, of Gastonia J. M. and W. P. Smith have a small plot of ground wired in and over, in which, for both pleasure and profit, they are starting a pheasantry. They have seven of the beautiful birds now on hand. W. P. Smith also has two prairie dogs sent him by some friend in the Indian Territory. These are species, of the animal and feathered creation very uncommon in this country; and being on Main street, attract no little attention. CHEROKEE?Gaffney Ledger, January 22: Capt. George II. Mills died at his home in Rutherfordton, N. C., on the 10th instant. He was born near this place in 1828, his mother being a daughter of Captain Michael Gaffney. She was afterwards Mrs. Lucinda Austell, and lived to be about 85 years old, dying a few years ago Following the death of Mr. S. B. Lumpkin, former general freight and passenger agent of the South Carolina and Georgia Extension railroad, his son, Mr. Don Lumpkin, has been appointed to sucI 1 U !? V.? f Tho I'tri'U III.-5 ItlUICI III L11<11 |)U.1IHUH. * ??*. word "acting" is attached to the title of his position at present; but that is a mere matter of form, and he is in reality the general freight and passenger agent of the system. Mr. Lumpkin is a young man of exceptional business ability, and his perfect familiarity with the railroad business makes him a worthy successor of his honored father. He is polite, accommodating, genial and affable, greatly admired by the entire force of his road, and highly esteemed by his brother officers. During the past year, while his father was unable to attend to his duties, Mr. Lumpkin has satisfactorily filled the office to which he has recently been appointed. He is only 2C years of age; but had charge of the entire passenger department of the South Carolina and Georgia railroad, with headquarters at Charleston, up to the time this line was purchased by the Southern Railway. He would have been tendered a position with the Southern; but preferred one in his father's office at ,*>lacksburg. His promotion meets with the approval of everyone interested, land his many friends in particular re joice over his good fortune. The Lediger extends congratulations to Mr. Lumpkin, and wishes him many years l of usefulness to his road and of happiness and proseprity to himself. CHESTER?Lantern, January 22 : i Miss Mamie Wickliff, of Winthrop college, who has been spending a few , days with Mrs. A. G. Brice, returned to Rock Hill yesterday evening Auditor Hood is back from his rounds of the county, is fat and sassy, and ; says he had a royal time. His only regret is that he did not have more time to enjoy the hospitality of the people. He will now be in his office at the court house to accommodate those who did not "give in" at other places Last Friday morning a message was received here announcing the sudden death of Mr. Wm. Flenniken, at his home in Columbia. It was learned later that he had been killed by the discharge of his own gun. No one was in the room at the time and nothing was known about the accident till blood dropping through the ceiling above alarmed his mother, and she went up to his room. He had been speaking of going hunting, and the position of himself and gun indicated that the gun had been discharged by striking a piece of furniture from KoViln/1 w>i inVi Vio hud hppn in the act of lifting it. Mr. Flenniken was 27 ] years old and was the only child of his i parents. He was the son of Mr. D. R. i Flenniken, formerly of this county. < His mother was, before her marriage, Miss Maggie Caldwell, of Wellridge ; The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Jno. G. White, aged five weeks, died Sabbath i morning of pneumonia. The child was ] not thought to be dangerously sick i till a short time before its death. An- i other child appeared to be more seriously sick than the one that died. The remains were burled in Evergreen cem- i etery yesterday morning. Revs. Moffatt and Buckholz conducted funeral ' services at the grave Mr. J. L. Cagle died at his home in this city Friday, January 11, aged 28 years. He had been in declining health several months. He left a wife and two childern. Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. J. S. Moffatt and the remains were buried in Evergreen cemetery. LANCASTER?Ledger, January 23: Judge D. A. Williams, who has been confined to his home for several weeks on account of his old wound in the leg, received during the war, was able to be up town Monday. His friends were glad to see him out Dr. R. G. Elliott, of the Dwight neighborhood, has been sick with pneumonia the past week. Saturday night he was quite low, but rallied, and yesterday it was thought he had passed the danger point Our highly esteemed sheriff, Captain J. P. Hunter, is improving and will probably be able to be at his post again in another week. His confinement at home is due to the necessary operation which was very successfully performed by Drs. McDow and Crawford Mr. Adam Ganson, of Connecticut, is here on a visit to his brother, Mr. Wm. Ganson, and to enjoy the genial clime of the Sunny South while the intensely cold winter is on up in his northern home Mr. W. McD. Brown will build on the site of his old home on Main street. .Architect H. E. White, of Rock Hill, furnished the plans and specifications. The building will be two stories and contain nine rooms. The contract has been let to Messrs. Porter & Deale and they are now making orders for material. Work will begin as soon as the first carload arrives The county pension board met Monday and the applicants for pensions w?re busy filling out their applications. There must have been a hundred or more of them, including the widows. We hope no applicants will fail to get a pension. We only wish that the state was able to give to its old deserving soldiers and to the destitute widows of soldiers to satisfy their every need Sergeant-atArms Wilson came up from Columbia x n.4. A t*rlfV? ana spent s?aturua.y miu ouMuaj his family. None of the Lancaster delegation came home, though both branches of the legislature adjourned over Saturday, being the anniversary of General Lee's birthday Thomas Caskey, son of Mr. Leonard S. Caskey, aged 22 years and 9 days, died at his father's home, several miles northeast of town, on Friday last. From boyhood he had been a sufferer from an affection of the kidneys, which became worse the older he grew. The past year or more he had been an invalid and required constant care and attention. He was always a model boy, never having tasted whiskey or uttered an oath. His remains were interred at Shiloh church on Saturday A Mrs. Watson, who came to this county a year or so ago, from Georgia, died at the county poor house last Saturday afternoon from dropsy. Her remains were interred in the cemetery here on Monday in accordance with her request not to be interred in the graveyard at the poorhouse Mr. T. W. McMurray went over to her father's at Richburg yesterday, to be present at the marriage of her sister, Miss Kate Drennan, to the Rev. J. T. Dendy, of Kershaw. Mr. McMurray will go over today, as will also Miss Mazie Witherspoon, who is to be one of the attendants. The marriage takes place this evening On Monday Mr. J. N. Addison, who accidentally shot himself a month or so ago, in his left leg, Just above the knee, the ball being cut out several inches below, was taken to the i Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore, Md., to be operated on for aneurism. J The artery will be cut and tied both i above and below where the aneurism I has formed, if it is thought thereby his i leg can be saved, otherwise the limb i will have to be amputated. His broth- 1 er. Mr. J. F. Addison, accompanied i him and will remain with him until af- i ter the operation. J i FAMOUS ASPHALT LAKE. I < Most Notable Source of This Material In the | World. Recent estimates are to the effect 1 that asphalt is being dug out of the 1 famous tar lake of Trinidad?the most < notable existing source of the material ? in the world?at the rate of 80,000 tons f per annum. There are still 4,500,000 1 tons in sight; but at this rate the sup- 1 ply could not last long, were it not that i the lake of bitumen referred to is re- c ceiving a constant accretion from the ? bowels of the earth. This accretion is i reckoned as amounting to about 20,000 t tons yearly, says The Saturday Even- t ing Post, and would suffice to restore c the lake to its original condition if it s were allowed to remain undisturbed for r a few years. * This wonderful lake of pitch has an i area of 14 acres and recent soundings c made in the middle of It have shown its depth to be 125 feet in that part. <3 Near the center it is semi-liquid and a s surface that a man on horseback can t ride over it without danger of breaking b through the crust. Scattered over its b surface are a number of small islands e which have no proper roots in the earth h 30 to speak; but are composed merely Df accumunatlons of soil, though trees li Df considerable size grow on some of li them. These islands are not station- a ary; but are carried slowly from place h to place by the movements of the lake, a Now and then one of them is entirely b ingulfed. 1 Various theories have been enter- / tained as to the manner in which this b remarkable deposit was formed, and is h resupplied. Geologists today, however, ii ire satisfied that it is the result of cer- g tain chemical proceses operating upon t Immense accumulations of vegetable r matter stored away deep in the earth 0 during a past epoch. Evidently the a processes in question, whatever the na- 0 ture of them may be, are still going on p In the depths, and hence the steady ac- c cretion already spoken of. r The whole lake is nearly pure as- \ phalt. When a cargo of it is wanted c workmen go out on the black surface a and dig as much as they require with f picks and shovels, according to the degree of hardness of the material. The t stuff has a low melting point, and on a g very hot day it literally boils. No such a "? U^n In _ beautiful ana pure aspimn is luunu anywhere else in the world as that ^ which comes from the pitch lake of Trinadad. Not a pebble is to be seen in it. The rough-looking asphalt which J is full of pebbles, has such impurities because it is dug out of the earth. It is known as lahd asphalt.?Chicago Daily News. THE OLDEST PICTURE BOOK. Is the Earliest Known And Will Survive All Time. j The oldest picture book in our possession is the midnight sun. We stand out under the stars on some clear moonless night, and, looking upward, though no forms are visible, though it is only here and there that the natural grouping can by the utmost legitimate effort of fancy, be made to fit some preconceived shape, yet we still seem to see the whole vast dome covered with mysterious frescoes. There in the north shine the two Bears, the unsleeping guardian of the pole. Between them winds the Dragon. There stands ] Cepheus the King, and by his side in midstream of the Milky Way, is seated Cassiopeia, his queen. The figures overhead and to the south change with the changing hours and seasons, and the December midnight brings us the most glorious show of all. There is Orion; following him are Slrius and Procyon, his dogs; above are the Bull r and Twins; and higher still Aurlgla t and Perseus join Cassiopeia on the , Milky Way. Andromeda, chained to t her rock, lies beneath her boastful ? mother; while her enemy, the great j Sea Monster is sinking down below the f western horizon. The April nights give l the preeminence to Arcturus, the most ? brilliant of the constellation of Bo-otes, * the herdman, who stands with one ( hand stretched toward the Crown, the t other toward the Great Bear. Beneath him lies the Virgin, while the Lion is 1 rushing downward toward the west The Scorpion is the lord of the South ? during the short summer nights, while I the Lyre, with its bright blue Jewels, c Vega, claims the zenith; and between j the two giant heroes, Ophiucus and > Hercules, spread their huge limbs. The C September midnight is the time Pega- 1 sus, and then the watery and fishlike constellations have their turn?the Dolphin, the Sea Goat, Aquarius, with 1 his stream, and the southern Fish, the * twin Fishes and fair Andromeda's huge < marine persecutor. t We seem to see these forms, through 1 no form or semblance of the form is \ really there. For from a great antiq- f uity men have looked upward to the heavens and have pictured thereon, in ( their own thought, certain forms, J which we have Inherited from them by ] long tradition, forms which became so < real to them that the stars themselves, c on which they based them, seemed to fade out or to be but as the nails ? which kept the pictures in position, ^ while the forms remained the real ob- ? jects which filled the heavens.?Nine- c teenth Century. REMARKABLE GRAVEYARD. f In It Are Buried Only Men Killed By a United States Marshal. ? Hec Bruner, a unuea siaies mm- j shai of the Indian Territory in the \ early days, enjoys the rare distinction g of having a cemetery named after him. ? And the strange part of it is that no one e is buried there except his own victims. There are twenty-eight mounds in the ^ cemetery. Under each lies the bones ^ of some bad man who brushed up against Bruner and got the worst of it. ^ When Bruner was marshal the coun- \ try was about as wild as a country " ever gets. It was filled with horse- 1 thieves, cattle thieves, train robbers and desperadoes of every kind. A law- A abiding, peaceable citizen didn't stand p much show. Murders were so common that they were not considered ^ news. Theft attracted no attention whatever except from the ones who suffered loss. The country was run as _ near along anarchistic lines as the most ( lrdent anarchist of New York or Mad- j -id could hope. Little attention was jiven to the "consent of the govern- J ;d." The desperado with the quick- J sst movement of his shooting hand, the \ most nerve, ruled the roost. *' That was the condition up until Hec , Bruner was appointed United States ? narshal. When he took charge of the J >ffice he decided to revolutionize things ind make the Indian Territory "a * jood place to live in." His friends aughed at him, although they knew J le had nerve. To go up against the lotorious gangs of this country, they ] :laimed, was foolishness. It might re suit in cleaning out a gang or two; but J n the end would result in the marshal >eing wiped off the map. What was : he use to endanger one's own life in '< >rder to make trouble for the desper- | idoes, they would ask. To this Bruner . eplied that he would drive the opening J vedge toward civilizing the Territory, . f it cost him his life the very first lay. 4< He stuck to his resolution, and he ' lidn't lose his life either; but he had . everal narrow escapes. He was punc- T ured by bullets until his frame could 4 r iT VUlli WUi K auu at a pi ivv mac v "cheap" printing?do not solicit ? you are wanting a class of worl particular we would be pleaset ? work. We will guarantee to g work equal to the best to be ha fine Commercial work we solici ;j: Law Printing T Law printing is one of our sj t lawyers that they will get pron X will bring us their printing. A T just what they are looking for. J SATISFY YOU. J L. e "used for a Hleve," and he had his lood spilled In muny a fight; but not nough of It at any one time to make lin bite the dust. While the desperadoes were making t Interesting for Bruner he was keepng them busy. He was a dead shot, nd whenever he pulled the trigger on Is man It meant a separation of soul nd body. The first one he killed was urled In a grave south of his place, 'he second one was also laid there, ind so It went until the carcasses of 28 iad men who had met death at the lands of Bruner, while he was acting a the line of duty, were burled In that rove. A rail fence was run around he graves and the cemetery was lamed "Brunor's Graveyard." Only ne grave In the yard Is marked with . marble headstone. That is the grave f a noted horsethlef. His pals chlp>ed In and bought the tombstone beause he was a "good fellow." All the est of the graves are marked with vooden slabs. Many of them are en loseci wun slab rences, while others .re enclosed with rails laid in hog pen ashion. After Bruner got his graveyard prety well filled up, the desperadoes be;an to realize that he meant business, md whenever one would hear that HERE IS GOOD FOR LIGHT Get Up a Club f< Enquirer 104 ISSUES Biggest Pay For the Every Worker Fi For All Tiim Expe rHE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER will It has been- in the past, and it will 1 lupport of York and surrounding coun vill permit. As heretofore it will contii ional, religious, agricultural and indust ind the general welfare of all its frien sntertain. Instruct and benefit, conferri ng as little harm as possible. On tl loliclt the continued support of its ] lope for the co-operation of all the p ilong the same lines. The publishers ;uch a paper as is demanded by the in je made at great expense. They reali: :o-operate on an equitable basis, and I ire soliciting subscriptions for the yea As has been the custom of the publ o call upon those friends and well-wisl jeniality in the work of re-collecting th< lubscrlbers and adding to the mailing mbscribers as it may be practicable tc mblishers expect to pay as liberally j :lub system will be followed as hereto )ays for the largest club will be award< hat can be made by the Yorkvllle Bug) vho returns and pays for the second )PEN BUGGY made by the same com] >e paid with premiums apportioned to ipecific offers in detail: FOR GO SUBSCRIBERS. ? ... -j? ..? >i..k fVic /.hnloo we Will give me uuu-mangi ? >f the following articles?good values it $25.00: A High Arm Four Drawer Sewing Machine, latest improvements ind full set of attachments, etc: a Danascus Steel Double Barrel Breechl?oading Gun; a handsome Waltham Watch; or $25.00 worth of Furniture .rom W. B. Moore & Co.'s. FOR SO AND LESS THAN 60 Subscribers, we will give the choice of he following articles: A T. Baker Double Barrel Gun; a Winchester or Dolt Repeating Rifle; an Elgin Watch; >r a Cooking Stove. FOR 40 AND LESS THAN GO Subscribers, either of the following: A W. Richards' Double Barrel Gun; an >pen face watch; a fine Mandolin or Dultar; a Low Arm Singer Machine; >r an Oil Stove. FOR 30 AND LESS THAN 40 Cither of the following: Single Barrel lamerless Gun; a fine 4x4 Kodak; a ine Toilet or Wash Stand China Set; >r a Hopkins & Allen, Jr., Rifle. FOR SO AND LESS THAN 30 Subscribers, we will give THE ENiUIRER and any Weekly Paper or Monthly Magazine published in the Jnited States; or a No. 1 Ejector Sln;le Barrel Gun; a Pocket Kodak; or ny three popular Cloth Bound Books hat may be selected by the clubmakr; or a "Crack Shot" 22-calibre Rifle. FOR lO AND LESS THAN SO DHE ENQUIRER for one year; a fine Varranted Razor; or Pocket Knife. FOR 6 AND LESS THAN 10 i. Triumph Stem Winding and Setting Vatch; a 3-Bladed Knife; a copy of David Harum," or any other book of he same price, ($1.50.) ? A ? VTI 7 rfftf TW J V K fl/Jl *? .1iT J/ JVJUut/ M. mm. w l "Yankee" Watch; any Magazine ubllshed In the United States for Jl. JO It 3 AND LESS THAN 4. l Stylographic Fountain Pen; a Single Haded Knife; a year's subscription to L. M. GRIST & ? , AAAAAAJ.4.4.4. 4.^.4.4.4.4. j?y ?|? y y i|> y y y y ?|* y y y y ?|i ?|> y ?* I Your Commerce Will be just as carefully execu |2 office in the country. We are ?*? n 4- n rvri^a Bruner wanted him he would come into town and give himself up, rather than run the risk of being the next one to occupy space in Bruner's graveyard. Prom that time on Bruner had an easy time. He had accomplished his oblect. He had driven the entering wedge in the civilization of the toughest country the -sun ever shone on.? Kansas City Journal. 8. M. MrXKKL, (J.H.OLKAKY, W. P. HARRISON', President- Vice President. Cashier. ?<mn and pavings Sank, Yorkvllle, C. E-ORGANIZED WITH AMPLE CAPITAL for the protection and accommodation of customers. ACCOUNTS of Individuals and Corporations solicited. It gives us pleasure to extend every courtesy and accommodation that is consistent with SOUND BANKING. S. M. McNEEL, President. W. P. HAKK1S0N, Cashier. Banking Hours :9a.m. to3 p. m. PAY , EASY WORK. )r The Yorkville for 1901. FOR $1.75. Best Workers; But illy Compensated e and Effort nded. continue, during the year 1901, all that he made as much better as the growing ties and the abilities of the publishers lue 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 causlis platform its publishers respectfully present friends and well-wishers, and eople of this section who are working of THE ENQUIRER fully realize that telligent public of this section can only ;e also the willingness of this public to this then, is the basis upon which they r 1901. ishers in the past, they again beg leave lers who may find opportunity and con-e names and subscriptions of all present list of THE ENQUIRER as many new i gather. For this work, or course, the is they possibly can. The competitive fore. The clubmaker who returns and sd A FINE TOP BUGGY, the very best ?y Company for J60; and the clubmaker largest club, will receive THE BEST pany and worth $50. Smaller clubs will their number and value. Here are the Black Cat or the People's Home Journal. SPECIAL PREMIUMS. In additioi to the above we will make special arrangements with persons 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 given upon the same terms. TERMS AND CONDITIONS. TWO SIX MONTHS SUBSCRIBERS at SI each, will be considered the equivalent of one yearly subscriber at. $1.75 and so counted. A subscription paid for two or more years in advance at $1.75, 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 -3 ? J --4 - V. 1K/\M a? uraireu wits nut a duubuiiuui at tut tunc tun original name was entered on our books. No name will be counted in competition for a premium until the subscription price bas 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 clubmaker'8 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 postofllce. Names may be taken at any number of places. Ciubmakers 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, registered letter or money order drawn on the Yorkville postofllce. In sending names, write plainly, and give postofllce, 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 he allowed In whien to "untie." The time in which names may be returned under our propositions will commeuce NOW, and expires at 4 o'clock p. in., on Wednesday, the 6th day of March, 1901. IONS, Yorkville, S. C. ? il Printing : ::: |; . ted here as it would be in any | J, especially well prepared to do *** irill satisfy you. We do not do ?!? : it and do not want it. But if ?! k that will satisfy you in every 1 to quote you prices on your jjSt ;ive you a class and quality of JjJjJ id anywhere. For all kinds of it your business. lH ? <? ft ??? >ecialties and we can assure all lpt and efficient service if they ??!? .nd then, too, the price will be Come and see us and we will ??? ;;;; M. 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