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tumorous Department. Traveling by Map. The experiences of Captain Joseph La Barge, as told in "The History ol Early Steamboat Navigation on the Missouri River," includes this story: Captain La Barge was a pilot and Indian trader for fifty eventful years and on one of his trips up the river he had a party of Englishmen aboard, They had a map and applied themselves industriously to the business ol identifying the various places on il with those along their route. They were in the pilot house a good deal and one of them was inclined to instruct in the geography of the country, the veteran pilot, who had spent all his life on or near the river. "What Dlace is this that we are ap preaching. Mr. Pilot?" he asked. "St. Charles, sir," La Barge replied. "You are mistaken, sir. According to the map, it is. ." La Barge made no reply. He stopped as usual at St. Charles and then went his way. Presently they came to another village. "What place, captain?" inquired the Englishman. "Washington, Mo., sir." "Wrong again. The man gives this place as ?." This experience was repeated several times, the captain's temper becoming more ruffled with each repetition. Presently a flock of wild geese passed over the river. The Englishmen were standing on the hurricane roof in front of the pilot house.' "What kind of birds are those, captain?" asked one of them in eager haste. The captain, whose language still showed something of his French origin, replied: "Look at your map. He tell you." Speaker Cannon's Cigars.?Uncle Joe Cannon hasn't fully come to a realization of the fact that he is tne speaker of the house of Representatives, or. if he has, he occasionally has a lapse of memory. One day this week after the house went into committee of the whole, he caine down from the rostum and absent-mindedly walked through the corridor to the room of the committee on appropriations, of which he was chairman for many years. Approaching the desk he formerly occupied, he seemed to look for something. "What is it, Mr. Cannon?" asked one of the clerks. "Why, my box of cigars," said the speaker. "Didn't you take it with you intc the speaker's room?" replied the clerk pleasantly.' "By Jove, that's right!" exclaimed Uncle Joe with a characteristic gesture of his left hand. "I had forgotten." But the fact which he had forgotter was not where he had placed his bos of cigars, but that lie had been elected speaker and had changed his office from the committee on appropriations room to the speaker's room.? Washington Post. Gen. Dick Takes a Chance.?In tht lottery of seats Gen. Dick of Ohio, has been one of the most unfortunate members of the house, having never yet secured a desirable 'eat. At the beginning of the Fifty-seventh congress h< was one of the very last Republican.' called, and had to take the seat in th( extreme southwest corner, the alterna tive being a seat in the "Cherokee strip" on the Democratic side. Latei in the session he discovered that i fairly desirable seat on the Republicar side was vacant, and after watching il for a week or so applied to the sergeant-at-arms. "If no one else with a prior clairr wants that seut," he said, "I think 1*1 take it." "What, take that seat!" the sergeant-at-arms fairly shouted. "Why man, there isn't a member of the house would have it. Two members who occupied that seat have died within the past year." "I'll take it," promptly replied the Ohio member. "I had a blamed sighl rather be dead than sit where I am.' He took the seat and survived thai session and the next.?Washingtor Post. Wanted Postal Cards Sent.?A well-dressed woman went to the stamp window of the Brooklyn postoffice yesterday afternoon and placing e dollar bill on the window shelf said: "Will you please let ine have a dollar's worth of postal cards? I woulc like them sent up to the house, as 1 am not going straight home." "All right," said the stamp clerk "If you give me your address I'll have it manifolded on all of the cards anc you'll get 'em by first mail in the morning." "Gracious!" exclaimed the woman "Do you mean to put my address or each and send them to me by mall?' "I do," replied the clerk. "Now, see here." said the woman "I'm not in the habit of writing letters to myself. I want those cards tc man iv my a.i icnuo ivi ?. vwv??>v . ty." "Then you had better carry them awav with you." remarked the clerk So she picked up the cards and flounced out of the office. "Department store habit." he sighed as he turned to wait on another customer.?New York Sun. For this Lawyers.?In the incident related below, a boy twelve years ol<1 conquered a smart and shrewd lawyer. lighting for a bad cause. Walter was the important witness and one of the lawyers, after crossquestioning him severely, said. "Your father has been talking tc you and telling you how to testify, hasn't he'." "Yes." said the boy. "Now." said the laywer. "just tell us how your father told you to testify." "Well," said the boy, modestly, "father told me that the lawyers would try to entangle me. but if J would just be careful and tell the truth, I could tell the same thing every time." The lawyer didn't try to tangle up that boy any more.?Ex. illisccllanrous grading. FROM CONTEMPORARIES. i ' News and Comment That Is of More or Less Local Interest. CHESTER. 1 Lantern, November 27: A 'phone message was received here yesterday ! from Crosbyville which indicated that Mr. W. W. Crosby had been seriously hurt. We are glad to learn this morning. however, that he is not thought "o be so badly hurt as was at first supposed. He fell from his barn loft, ' ^ome ten feet Miss Mary Cunningham of Halsellville, went up to ' Yorkville Wedne day morning to visit ' her aunt, Mrs. i tarr Mr. Will Atkinson was married to Miss Todd, in Anderson, Tuesday evening, according ~o announcement. Mr. Fred Atkinson was not so fortunate In carrying out his programme just as arranged, still the essential part of it was carried out. He was sick in Charlotte and 1 unable to go to Louisville, Ga? so Miss 1 Little, the bride, went to Charlotte and the ceremony was performed ! there at the appointed lime. The bridal party, including Miss Little, 'ister of the bride, and Miss Delia At1 Vinson, sister of the groom, and perhaps others, came down yesterday and went out to Lewisville, the home of Mr. Atkinson's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Will Atkinson, after a stop in Char( lotte to witness the marriage of his brother, went on to Baltimore ' The rally on Tuesday was a greater success than any one expected perhaps. Certainly the veterans turned out in surprising numbers. A long line of them were in the parade and 1 there were many who were late or for one cause and another did not get into 1 line, then there were many who forty years ago could march all day without dinner, but now could not march around a square. At the opera house 1 the exercises were opened with pray; er by the Rev. H. O. Judd. Major J. H. Marion then delivered the address 1 of welcome in behalf of the city, to which Gov. Hey ward responded. Rev. ! A. C. Barron, D. D., of Charlotte, was f then introduced in the place of others oji the programme who were absent, f and made a most appropriate and 1 feeling address. Col. J. W. Reed, com1 mander, called Walker-Gaston camp to order, and Gov. D. C. Hey ward was elected an honorary member and It was resolved to confer on him a Cross f of Honor. The governor accepted this honor in a brief but admirable speech. ! The camp also invited Gov. Heyward to meet with them again on January ' 19th, and make an address, when his ' and other crosses will be presented. At the suggesti* 11 of Rev. John Bass ' Shelton. a voluntary contribution was made for the purpose of placing markers at the graves of the unknown Confederate dead in Evergreen cem1 etery. This collection amounted to k $77.91. After the close of exercises it. the opera house, dinner was spread for the veterans in a large vacant store room, and we have rarely seen a more tempting table. This was provided by people who came in from the country, by citizens of the town, : and an appropriation by the city coun3 cil. The supervision and arrange" ment of this was put entirely into the " hands of Mr. R. M. Cross, and every " one is applauding the manner in i which he discharged his duty. The 5 veterans fared sumptuously, and left i enough for many more. The Lee * Light Infantry had tables prepared upi stairs for the visiting companies, where nothing was left to be desired, 1 and the young men had a delightful 1 time. In the afternoon, a large crowd t witnessed the battalion formation on ' the square, where three companies? Chester, Hazelwood and Fort Mill?of 1 the Third battalion were addressed in ' a very complimentary and pleasant way by Governor Heyward, Adj. Gen. m 4. /-.?i t r> Tho hat nusi a. 11 vi vui. u. v. jltvj -.? %* talion, under command of Maj. J. H. ! Marion, then marched to the fair grounds and drilled for some time, af ter which it returned to the square and was dismissed. The opera house i was again well tilled at 8.30 for the ret mainder of the day's programme, and this was a very entertaining part, t Rev. John Bass Shelton presided. 1 While the house was filling up, Mr. Herndon with members of the Springstein band discoursed choice music. L Dr. Barron lead in earnest prayer. i Mrs. J. Q. Hood was at the piano. Mr. Edward Smerlng sang. "With the 1 Boys of the Sixties," Mrs. Smering sang "Annie Laurie." "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground" was rendered ' by Messrs. Edward Smering. Eugene ^ Culvern. Theodore Tinsley, Walter R. Boney and John A. Hood. Mrs. John > Bass Shelton sang "The Unknown f Dead." Fifteen little girls sang ' "Dixie." wee Miss Adlene Hood? i about five years old?playing the accompaniment. During the exercises also Mr. R. J. Herndon on the cornet ' and Mrs. Hood on the piano played "Dixie." The music did not come as here given, but it and the addresses were interspersed. Adj. Gen. Frost ' was first introduced and spoke im' press!vely of the Confederate veterans ' and some lessons which we should learn from them. He also touched 1 upon matters pertaining to the pres ent military organization ami its Im' portance. Rev. Mr. Shelton then introduced Gov. Heyward, who in a - brief and happy speech introduced Bishop Ellison Capers. It is seldom (hat one hears an address at once so entertaining and so valuable. Inci dents and reminiscences, facts and 1 figures of the war and the heroic men of (he south who were actors therein were given, and lessons were drawn . (herefrom which were addressed especially and most earnestly to the girls and boys ho are to be the men am! women of (he next generation. , While Hie speaker makes no pretentions to oratory yet this address was thrilling in facts and eloquent in earn estness. We wish it could have been hum! by every one in Chester c ounty. , yet it would be useless for us to att tempt even a synopsis. Such, very ! brierly. were some of the most salient 1 features of the most successful rally Chester has ever had. We feel that we are doing an injustice to the singi ers and others who contributed so much to the entertainment of the day in not awarding them due praise for their excellent performances, but they are our own patriotic citizens and we know they are satisfied with having rendered service that was so valuable and so manifestly appreciated. We will be pardoned, however, for making me special mention. It will be admitted, without a dissenting voice that Col. J. W. Reed was the moving spirit of the occasion. When It comes to memorials of the Confederate soldiers and the cause which it appears more plainly every day was not lost, Col. Reed spares neither energy, lime nor money. It is the work to which his life is devoted. cncMTicir mi&r.pi i any. * Radium's Work?A Novel Danger? Severing of a Comet's Tail?Oxygen Healing?A Store of Food For Sleep ?Electric Oscillations?Parks For Preserving Rare Species?Electric Medication. From what Is now known of radium, Dr. S. G. Tracy reaches these conclusions: The discovery may make It necessary to change our theories about matter and the conservation of energy. Radium may possibly open up the way for a cheaper and more wholesome lighting of houses by phosphorescence. It is a practical agenl to differentiate genuine gems from artificial. It is a useful agent to kill bacteria. It may be considered a valuable agent for the treatment of lupus cancer, tuberculosis; and a possible agent to improve the eyesight and overcome blindness. Later discoveries will doubtless shew service in othei diseased conditions. In June, 1886, the waters of Lake KOtomanana, i\ew ^eaiitnu, accmcu iv. find their way to the heated rocks near the surface of the earth in this locality, when there was a sudden generation of steam, and the lake was emptied and an enormous mass ol rock was blown out. In place of the old lake, which was one and threefourth miles long and three-fourth mile wide, a much larger one is forming. It is now six miles long, containing ten times the old volume of water and may rise many feet more before finding an outlet. A tremendous eruption is feared if some shock shoulc bring this water in contact with molten rocks. The novel small boat of an Italiar designer has a framework of smal steel bars, which is covered with wire netting and the latter with cement The surface Is then polished. The cosi is less than that of a wooden boat and it is claimed to have greater speec despite its greater weight. From the latest earthquake data, if is inferred that the crust of the eartl is not more than forty miles thick, anc that the nucleus is more uniform ir chemical and physical conditions thar is usually supposed. An extraordinary change in the tai of Borelly's comet is shown by photographs to have taken place on Jul) 24th. A section broke from the heai and traveled away at the rate of 2! miles per second In a retrograde direction, or with an actual repulsion fron the sun of seven miles per second, th< comet's motion being 22 miles per second toward the sun. Prof. Barnart suggests that either the outbreak fron the head suddenly took a slightly different direction or else the existing tail was forcibly detached by some unknown body, like a swarm of meteorites. The severed section floated awa) in its old path, under the sun's repulsion. until it was dissipated, or it' light-emitting power died away, ant meanwhile the new tail was evolvec at a mysteriously increased velocity giving the phenomenon of two tail! nearly parallel for some distance. The oxygen treatment of advancec tuberculosis is claimed to cause speed) reduction of temperature and disappearance of the tubercle bacilli. Th< Oxygen hospital in London reports 8f cases treated in the past year, of whicl 50 were discharged cured and 13 wer< greatly relieved, consumption being arrested in nine cases. Only one patient received no benefit. One of th< cures was that of a leg ulcer of 3' years' standing, the patient having been confined to bed for several years and tried other treatment in vain. Nature's curious provision for a long sleep is shown by two English observers in the socalled hibernating glanc of the hedgehog. Careful analyse: showed that the 40 per cent of fat contained in this gland fell to 18 per cen during the winter sleep, but that th< proteids were only slightly reduced It was evident that life during hiberI nation is maintained practically upor fat alone, of which the hibernating gland is a store for the purpose. The introduction of paraffin into th< tissues proves to be not entirely harmless, Dr. L. Hurd, of New York, having reported u case of permanent blindness from three injections of parafflr to relieve nasal deformity, The existence of oscillatory electrk currents and discharges is shown in ? beautiful way by A. Winklemann. Tht apparatus consists of two vertica vacuum tubes connected by a crosstube, the tops of the tubes containing electrodes, while a crystal of corundum is mounted on a glass support ir the center of one bulb and one ol scheelite in the other. Cathode rays cause the first-named mineral to shim with a red light and the other to takt a blue color. When a current is passed. the cathode is shown by the shining of the mineral under it; and boti minerals shine out when the current is oscillating. For showing the transi tion from one type of discharge to the other, the two electrodes are joined tc an Influence machine. The discharge is continuous when the discharging rods are pulled so far apart that no oscillitions take place, but both crystals shine out when the rods are neai enough to let sparks pass. Thoughtful nature lovers note tin rapid extinction of numerous species of plants as well as of animals. Prof Conwentz of Herlin, mentions the destruction of orchids in Thuringen, the extermination of rare thistles on the German coasts, the cleansing of brooks from aijuatie vegetation and the destruction of large trees. He urges the setting aside of districts where the natural features of the country should be preserved. Drugs introduced into the affected parts of electric osmose from highfrequency alternating currents hav< been used in the treatment of cancel by an English physician, with success in 22 per cent of cases. He has reached the conclusion that a radlo-activi salt of strontium so used would cure t ( large portion of the cases of all maligi nant diseases. Vitiation of the air by burning gai i always causes a feeling of oppression Dr. J. S. Haldane shows that this can i not be due to the increa.se of carbor , Jioxide, and he attributes the effect t< i sulphur compounds, chiefly sulphu: i Jioxide. a /s<v*i%ip> i#/m r* a ki r\ UUPl MUI IVC VUL.uniiw> Mt. Wrangell, In Alaska, One of Na ture's Greatest Wonders. i ( Only a few years ago the Incessant . !y active volcano, Mt. Wrangell, ii , Alaska, was represented on all ou maps as an Isolated mountain sltuat ?d in the midst of a great snow-cov ' 3ted plateau. Almost nothing wa known of that Inland region, bu ' Mount Wrangell had attracted atteif lion because smoke was always pour ing from Its summit. Exploring parties of the Unltei States Geological Survey have b^ei , particularly active in this region fo ' the past three years, and are at las I able to give much definite lnformatioi about it. It has been found that Moun Wrangell is not a solitary mountain [ but is in the midst of a vast array o j summits covered with snow and gla ( t iers and spreading over an area of n< . less than 5,500 square miles. Within this area are at least tei , ?now-clad peaks 12,000 feet or more ii height. Several of these are still un named, and two. Mount Sanford, 16,20 feet, and Mount Blackburn, 16,14 feet, are higher than Mount Blanc o any of the peaks within the Unitei , States south of Canada. Mount Wran , crell. which has attracted more atten tion than the others, because it is ai x active volcano, is third in altitude 14,000 feet. It Is a wonderful scene of the grim mest desolation, peak after peak ris [ Ing from high valleys, their blac steep sides streaked with snow an j the higher elevations completely whit with it, and in the center of the pict ure is Mount Wrangell with its col ( umn of smoke. But Wrangell itself Is a grand moun 4 tain, though dwarfed by the hlghe cones of Sanford and Blackburn. I ^ is a wide-spreading cone, nearly thre miles high and eight times as broai j its gently arched surface is a glisten ing snowfield. smudged here and ther t by volcanic ash from the crater, whlc j sends up rolling columns of smok I and vapor to the height of three mile! , From Its eastern slope descends th j tfabesna Glacier, a frozen river fift miles in length. On its western fac I a dozen jets of steam may be seen o a still morning issuing from as man r vents. The glaciers proceeding fror j the shallow valley where these vent j occur are black with the breath of th mountain. The summit has neve j been reached, though a prospecto ; named John Bremnef, declares that h . got within a mile of the top. i ALCOHOL IS NO FOOD STUFF. > View That It Has Nutritive Valu Combatted by Physicians. .American Medicine combats the viei r of Prof. At water that alcohol has nu tritive value In any practical sensi ' says the Baltimore Sun. It Is conced * ed that a small quantity of alcohol I * oxidized in the body. This may b * true without Justifying the placing c 3 alcohol among useful foodstuffs. Ac cording to Herr Kuhne, the oxidatlo * of a substance In the body does nc ' prove that its effect is useful. Faus holds that "morphine, like alcoho " may be oxidized in the body in in * creasing quantities," but no one con 1 tends on this account for the use c i morphine as an article of diet. Th ' professor's contention?on the basis c experiments with three persons?tha * alcohol in small quantity can be sub ' stituted for carbo-hydrates and fats i ' not admitted. The important actio ' of alcohol when taken with other foo is indirect, modifying as it does, "th ' metabolic processes of the body. j rrui, Aiwucr argues ixiai aiwunui i?o> an indirect drug action on the nervou system as well as a direct action as food, but errs, says American Medi ^ cine, in assuming that the food bene fit can be obtained without the nerv ous injury. Horseley Is cited as " neurologist of quite the first rank, who maintains that alcohol, even i ' small amounts with meals, is injuriou to the nervous system." Our medica contemporary does not even conced that alcohol is, as Prof. Atwate ' thinks he has proved, a probabl source of muscular energy, and quote with glee his admission that "practi cal experience indicates it to be a poo food for muscular work." The con elusion reached is that Michael Fos j tor, the eminent physiologist, is abou right when he says that "no distinc physiologic dicta concerning the use ' fulness or the opposite of alcohol a an article of diet can at present b enunciated. Any physiologic opinio] ? which may be given is of less vaJu than the teachings of general expert ciice." oftt b'.m.m.i, Country.1?One brothe i is a rich merchant in the Straits Set t tleinents. on the Malay peninsula . The other brother was the cook In i ? cheau restaurant on South Clarl ) street. s The merchant sent to the cook i i draft for sufficient money to pay hi expenses out to Asia, and the cool ! gave up his job and has started fo his brother's home. The interestini thing about the whole incident is tin ; letter written by the wealthy mer ! chant which accompanied the draft, in Die lirst place the draft was mad' payable in New York. '1 send you the money in a druf payable in New York," wrote thi brother from far off Asia. "You cat go over ami get it cashed there. Oi the way I wish you would stop a Texas and see Brother Thomas, haven't heard from him in two year; now, and I'd like to know how he": getting along."?Chicago Tribune. Ao Aoin?a! Story Por Little Polks , , ; Learn to 6e Contented Sambo was tired of bis kinky locks. . 3 He wanted straight hair like the white ' folks had. So he had gone out behind the barn 1 to grieve and complain, which, of 1 course, was entirely wrong. r "I hate this plagued wool," he said, running his hand through his black < corkscrew ringlets. ' "Why can't a fellow's hair be decent and straight and silky? I can't go out but wbat some white boy yells, 'HI. there, woolly!' "Wool ought not to grow on boys anyway. It's only meant for dirty i r I , o !___ HOW THAT LITTLE DARKY BAN! ^ old sheep, and they can't do nothin' but lie round and blatt. Dey's des no " 'count nohow." And he got up to look 0 U? I- ~ K?AUAM q Ul lilLLlSUU iii U UAL UI UlU&cu UlUiVi* But there bad been some one listening r to all this. Around the corner sat old d Mr. Ram. "Umph!' he said. "So he thinks that wool is only fit for 'no 'count' sheep, 11 does he? And he's ashamed of his !> looks. Is he? Well, I'd Just like to show him that it Isn't what a fellow " looks like, but what he Is, that counts. " I believe 1 will give him a lesson In k manners anyway. It isn't polite to reJ mark on people's appearance behind e their backs, and he called me 'dirty sheep.'" With that he gave one loud "Bali!" and. ducking his head, went for Sam bo. r My. how that little darky ran! t It was a long way to the fence, aud e before lie made it the ram had caught 1. him and lifted him over Into the pota to patch on .. omer side. Fie lit on e bis head, but got up instantly, scared, h but unhurt. "My." said Saiubo reHece tively. "if it hadn't been for my wool i. I'd 'a' got hurt!" e "Of course you would. Impudence." y said the ram. "Maybe now you won't e complain about the way the Lord mode n you."?Atlanta Constitution. ECZEMA. : ITCHING i HUMORS? Painful, unsightly eruptions, scabs and e scales, itching sensation, prickling pains, thin, diseased blood, buinps, and dirty v specks on the skin, pimples, boils, pale skin, eating sores and ulcers, skin and blood humors cured by taking_ Botanic Blood Balm (B.B.B.). All the sore's quickly - Ileal and blood is made pure and rich by itV s use. Deep-seated, obstinate, cases that e resist Doctors and patent medicine trcat,t mcntyield to Botanic Blood Balm (B.B.B.). The iiiost perfect Blood Purifier made. 30 years old. ' Try it. For sale by Druggists. n fcl. per large bottle, including complete * directions for home treatment. It Seiut ft cent* to pay postage on Free Ti Ik) j liottie. BLOOD BALM CO., Atlanta, tia. TAX COLLECTIONS?1903. ' Yorkville, S. C-, Sept. 15, 1903. T N accordance with the law, my books c X will be opened on the 15TH DAY OF >* OCTOBER, 1903, for the collection of it STATE, COUNTY AND SPECIAL ? TAXES for the fiscal year commencing January 1st, 1903, and will be kept 9 open UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST, 1903, n without penalty, arter wnicn aay PER CENT penalty will be added for all payments made in the month of e JANUARY,. TWO PER CENT penalty " on all payments made during the month a of FEBRUARY, and SEVEN PER CENT penalty for payments from the s 1ST DAY OF MARCH TO THE 15TH a DAY OF MARCH, after which date all - taxes not paid will go into execution and be placed in the hands of the sheriff for collection. For the convenience of tax payers I a will meet them at the following places " on the dates named: At Rock Hill, Monday, the 30th day of November, until Tuesday, Jhe 8th 3 -lay of December. il At Yorkville, Wednesday, the 9th day e of December until Thursday, the 31st day of December. 1903, and after this r day m.v office will be kept open for the e collection of taxes with PENALTIES s ATTACHED until the 15th day of ( March, 1904. Also during the collection of regular r taxes up to the 1st day of March, I . will receive VOLUNTARY PAYMENTS OF COMMUTATION ROAD TAXES for the year 1904. t H. A. D. NEELY, County Treasurer. I ^otm and pavings ?}auk, a Vorkvlllc, H. C. " A General Banking Business. 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In order to afford clubmakers greater facility In introducing the paper to New Subscribers, we hereby authorize 'hem to take the subscription of any individual whose name was not on our list on September 15, 1903, and agree to " -U I~.1l.,i4..n1n senu lire paper iu suun uiuiviuuaio xiuiu the date their names are entered until January 1, 1905, for only $1.75. In such cases, however, the clubmaker must require cash of the subscriber and pay the subscription price at the time the name is entered on our books. OTHER OFFERS. For Four Namts. A "Yankee" Watch, a Stylographic Fountain Pen or a Three Bladed Pocket Knife of good quality; or a 15Strlng Zlthern. For Five Names. A year's subscription to either one of the following Magazines: McClure's, Ladies' Home Journal, Munsey, Argosey, Cosmopolitan, Delineator, Frank Lesslie's Popular Monthly, or either of the following: A "Champion" Stem Winding Watch, a gold pointed Fountain Pen, a four-bladed Pocket Knife. For Six Names. An "Eclipse" Stem Winding Watch, King Repeating Air Rifle, a year's subscription to the Christian Herald; or a 22-String Zithern. For Eight Names. An Ingersoll "Triumph Watch, a Columbia Repeating Air Rifle?works like a Winchester?a fine Razor or a Pocket Knife, a Rapid Writer Fountain Pen?plain case; or a Hopf Model Vlo- I lin or an 8-lnch J;nnJo. For Ten Names. One year's subscription to THE ENQUIRER, a "Quaker" Watch, valued at $2.50; a Hamilton 22-calibre Rifle? model 11; the Youth's Companion, one year; or a gold mounted Fountain Pen; a good Banjo, Violin or Guitar. For Twenty Names. Crack-Shot Stevens Rifle, a 10-ounce canvas Hunting Coat, a No. 1 Ejector Single Barrel Breech-Loading Shot Gun, the Century or Harper's Magazine. L. M. GRIST'S S |rofessional Guards. J. S. BRICE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office Opposite Court House. Prompt attention to all legal business of whatever nature. Thos. F. McDow. W. W. Lewis. McBOW & LEWIS, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, No. 4 Law Range, Yorkville, S. C. Prompt Attention to all business. Money loaned on approved security. July 25 sw tf GEO. W. S. HART, ATTORNEY AT LAW, YORKVILLE, S. C. i LAW RANGE. 'Phone Office No. 58. D. E. Finley. Marion B. Jennings. FINLEY & JENNINGS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Office in WILSON BUILDING, opposite ~ourt House. Telephone No. 136. A. Y. CART WRIGHT, SURGEON DENTIST. YORKVILLE, S. C. * OFFICE HOURS: '-O-CiTT^r 9 a. m. to i p. m.;a p. m., tojp.m Office in upstairs rooms of Cartwright Uullding, opposite Telegraph and Exjress Offices. MONEY TO LEND. r\ X IMPROVED FARMS In York L/ county. Interest: Loans not unler $1,000, 7 per cent; under $1,000, 8 >er cent. No broker's commissions. Repayments easy. Apply to C. W. F. SPENCER, Rock Hill, or undersigned. C. E. SPENCER, Atty. at Law. Oct. 13 t.f. tf ENQUIRER iemi-Weekly i South Carolina. iption; Two or More i $1.75 Each. FER TO CLUBMAKERS. G11118, Rifles, Watches, Sewliives, Magazines and Other ie Competition Is Free, the ty Good. For Thirty Names. Either of the following:. A Single Barrel Hammerless Shot Gun; a fine 4x4 Kodak, a fine Toilet or Washstand Set. or a Hopkins & Allen Jr., 22 Calibre Rifle. For Forty Names. A fine Mandolin, Guitar or Banjo, a New York Standard Open Face Watch, a W. Richards Double Barrel BreechLoading Shot Gun, or a Low Arm Singer Sewing Machine. For Fifty Names. A Winchester or Colt's Repeating Rifle. 22 calibre: or a Baker Double Barrel Breechloading Gun. For Sixty Names. A High-Arm Sewing Machine; or a first-class Double Barrel Breech Loading Shot Gun. For Ninety Names. A Da*oi?Iu Unmmorlooo fllin 19. -fv oqiana jLiaiiiiu^iicoo \j um, amgauge, furnished by H. & D. Folsom Arms Co., of New York. A first-class gun and fully guaranteed. SPECIAL CLUBS. We will arrange to furnish any special article desired by a clubmaker for a given number of names on application to this office. TIME TO BEGIN. The time for clubmakers to begin work In competition for the foregoing offers is RIGHT NOW. Let all names, whether old or new, be returned as rapidly as secured, so they may be properly entered upon our books. TERMS AND CONDITIONS. Two Six Months Subscribers at $1 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 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 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 postoffice. Names may be taken at any number of places. 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 postoffice. In sending names, write plainly, and give postoflice, county and state. All subscriptions will be discontinued at the expiration of 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 clubmaker may be ascertained at a moment's notice. In case of a tie for either premium, two weeks will be allowed in which to work off the tie. The time in which names may be returned, under our propositions will commence NOW, and expires at 6 o'clock p. m.f on Wednesday, the 16th day of March, 1904. After the closing of this contest on March 16, 1904, no single yearly sub scription will be received for less than the yearly subscription price of $2.00, i except new clubs are formed. ONS, Publishers. NOTICE TO TRESPASSERS. ALL persons, without distinction of race or color, are hereby warned against Hunting, Fishing, Driving, Riding or otherwise Trespassing on the lands owned or controlled by us, all of which lands are in York county. Any disregard of this notice will be punished to the full extent of the law. R. J. DAVIS, S. J. CLINTON. F. E. CLINTON, JOHN HANEY, G. L. RIDDLE, T. E. BRANDON, J. L. BRANDON, R. L. QUINN, Dr. T. N. D LI LIN, E. A. SIFFORD, W.. N. WALLACE, H. P. STOWE, W. H. STOWE, W. J. STANTON. Nov. 10. t 4t NOTICE TO TRESPASSERS. ALL persons, without distinction of race or color, are hereby warned against Hunting, Fishing, Driving, Riding or otherwise Trespassing on the lands owned or controlled by us, all of which lands are in York county. Any disregard of this notice will be punished to the full extent of the law. S. W. PATRICK. J. W. PATRICK, W. E. PATRICK, T. J. PATRICK, Mrs. L. H. RIGGINS, J. M. ADAMS, W. B. RIDDLE. Mrs. M. L. RIDDLE, G. D. FLANAGAN. R. M. DULIN, J. M. FORD. Bowling Green, Nov. 17 t 4t MY CUSTOMERS SAY THAT the BEEF I am furnishing these days is just as good as has ever been furnished in this town. It is my constant effort to buy and kill only fat beeves, and I think that If you will purchase your meats here you will get meats that you can eat. Meats that are tender and Juicy. I will appreciate your orders. WALTER ROSE. A