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tumorous gepartmrnt. A Pbttioru Anecdote.?It was comparatively but a short time ago that th? old rules of the English courts were In full force and vigor in the conservative state of South Carolina. Thus it was distinctly provided that each attorney and counselor, while engaged in a trial must wear "a black gown and a coat." But on one occasion James L. Petigru, one of the leaders of the bar, appeared dressed in a light coat. "Mr. Petigru," said the judge, "you have on a light coat. You cannot speak, sir." "Oh, your honor," Petigru replied, "may it please the court, I conform to the law." "No. Mr. Petigru, vou have on a hght coat. The court cannot hear you." "But, your honor," insisted the lawyer, "you misinterpret Allow me to illustrate. The law says that a barrister must wear 'a black gown and coat,' does it not?" "Yes," replied the judge. "And does your honor hold that both the gown and the coat must be black?" "Certainly, Mr. Petigru, certainly sir," answered his honor. "And yet it is also provided by law," continued Mr. Petigru, "that the sheriff must wear ' a cocked hat and a sword,' is it not?" "Yes, yes," was the somewhat impatient answer. "And does the court hold," questioned Petigru, "that the sword must be cocked as well as the hat?" "En?er,?h'm," mused his honor, "you?er,?may?er,?continue your ?nwh. Mr. Petigru."?Success. Jean's Revenge.?An avenger need not necessarily be a natural!?:, but there are cases where he would take his vengeance more to the purpose if he knew the habits of his victim. Lippincott's Magazine tells a story of Jean, the French Canadian gardener who was found stamping on a little mound of fresh earth and chuckling to himself. "Ah, m'sieu," he cried triumphantly, "I am not a one to be trifled with! I am a cr-r-uel man when once I am arouse. M'sieu will remember the mole that has long time ravage the strawberry beds of madame? Every morning madame she say, 'Jean, why catchest thou not that mole?' "But the mole was wise; e' was queek. Always I look and look, but never can I find heem. But at last, thees very morning, I catch heem. I hold heem tight in my hand?so?and I say: 'Aha-a-a! Is it thou, then, that has vexed madame and ravaged her beds of the strawberry? Aha-a! You shall repent of thees wickedness.' "Then I wonder how I shall kill heem. He must be punished as well as killed. I wonder and wonder, but at last I have the grand idea. Ah, it was cr-r-uel, m'sieu, that way I kill heem! But what would you? Did he not deserve of the worst? But he will vex madame no more. I fix heem. I burv heem alive!" Witty Joe Cannon.?While serving his second term in congress, Joe Cannon was driving on a muddy road in March, after the adjournment of a ohnrt session, when he met a township road supervisor, who said: " 'Joe, do they dock you when you are away from congress?" "No; my wages go on just the same," said Uncle Joe. "The township doesn't pay people when they don't work," said the farmer. "I expect it would be better to dock us when we do work," replied Uncle Joe gravely. A Democratic member once ventured to challenge one of his statements. "Mr. Blank is mistaken," sharply replied Mr. Cannon. This form of denial was contrary to the rules, because it mentioned a member by name instead of as "the gentleman from Indiana." The offended Democrat called the speaker's attention to the breach of rules. The speaker explained and instructed the new member to proceed in order. With a sweeping and courteous bow, which has since become famous, Mr. Cannon said: "If the venerable and august gentleman who is such a stickler for the rules will bear with me, I beg to inform him he lies under a mistake."?World's Work. Literal. Obedience.?"Jack" Steel used to be sheriff down in Representative Dougherty's district in Missouri, and Mr. Dougherty tells this story on him: "The county judge was a man %? OAA rvAun/la lrnrvt HClgiUllg VVV pVUliU^. WiW, >? ??v ??v.1yw the local hotel, summoned a jury for a term and not one of the jurors weighed less than 250 pounds. On the first case called Steel fed the jurymen a dinner consisting of plenty of onions, buttermilk and other soporific foods, with the result that in the afternoon all of them and the judge went to sleep. " 'Sheriff,' said the judge, on awakening, 'this court is here for business, fn future I want you to select a jury with a single eye to justice.' " 'Yes, your honor,' answered Steel. "The next panel summoned consisted entirely of one-eyed men."?New York World. Only One Objection.?A call for a minister was about to be issued in Champ Clark's home town in Missouri. If was made, and when the minister arrived the church committee found the minister and Representative Clark were old schoolmates. They went to him and asked him about the new minister. "He's a good man," said Mr. Clark. "He will infuse new life into the church and is one of the most sociable fel lows I ever met. He Is eloquent, tells a good story of the right kind, and will be quite an addition to our town." The committee started to leave, feeling very good over having made such an excellent selection, when Clark called them back, saying: "Oh, I forgot to tell you that Dr. Blank is fierce when he gets drunk. There's no handling him when he drinks."?New York World. J#i.scrltanroUjS Smiling. FROM CONTEMPORARIES. News and Comment That Is of Mor or Less Local Interest. CHESTER. Lantern, December 4: Miss Matti Moore Burris of McConnellsville, spen Wednesday night with Mrs. H. E. Mc Connell on her way home from Clif I ford college. She win remain ttl Hum until after Christmas Mrs. B. E Wright and baby and Miss Edm Whitesldes have returned from a vlsl to their old home at Smyrna Yorl county. Their cousin, Miss Ann: Whitesides, accompanied them horn and will spend some time with then ..Mr. C. B. Smith of Yorkville, i visiting his daughter, Mrs. G. W. Fer guson, on Columbia street Mrs Mary R. McAliley, relict of the lat Capt. Wm. McAliley. died yesterda; about noon, having been sick abou four weeks. Funeral services will b conducted at the residence, about thre miles south of town, today at 2 o'clocl< by Rev. C. G. Brown, and Rev. J. ? Moffatt. D. D., and the remains will b buried at Old Purity. Mrs. McAlile was a daughter of the late Hon. A. ? Wallace of York county, and was six ty-one years old the 28th of las May. She possessed unusual strengt: of character, which she combined wit the most excellent womanly virtue.' all of which she impressed upon he offspring. Indeed it was through he children that we knew her best. T them she might have pointed with jus pride and said, as the Grecian matroi "These are my jewels." The livin children are Mrs. James P. Walkei Miss ,Macie and Messrs. Charles C Geo. R., Samuel and Alex. R. The lat Dr. Wallace McAliley was also he son. ^AOTAM vjnvj i viii Gaotonia Gazette, December 4: Mr W. S. Adams of Rock Hill, and Mri L. N. Glenn of McAdenvllle, are th guests of Miss Edith Adams M: B. T. McAlpine left yesterday for Pine ville where he will reside in the futun having accepted a position with th Dora Cotton mill Policeman T. J Williams and Wiley Carroll, Dr. J. ft Sloan, and Messrs. J. Lawrence Bea Frank Norris and John and Cliffor Lewis returned last night from Lenoi where they attended court as witnesse in the case of Sam Grier against th Southern and C. &. N.-W. railway Grier, the colored fireman on the C. N.-W. who was injured in the wreck t the crossing last August, brought su against the roads for injuries receive* The case was compromised, Grier r? ceiving about $200 Miss Mabel Gra Craig entertained twenty of her moi intimate friends with a delightful ir formal affair at her home in East Gai tonia Tuesday evening in honor of Mis Grace Brown of Concord, and Mis Lizzie Steele of Statesvllle, who are h< guests At the home of the bride mother, Mrs. A. L. Henderson, i Begonia, Wednesday afternoon i 1.30 o'clock, Mr. W. S. Carpenter an Miss Minnie Henderson were marrlei Rev. G. A. Sparrow officiating Mrs. E. W. Pressly of Clover, vislte friends in the city the first of the wee! At the home of his brother, M John Harris, at the Arlington mil Tuesday morning about 9 o'clock, M F. L. Harris, known to his friends f "Leek" Harris, died at the age of thii ty-four years after an illness of foi years. For the past two years, M Harris has been confined to his oe< His death resulted from a stomach dU ease. WORK THAT REQUIRES NERVE How the Yukon Police Patrol The Country. Seven years ago the sole represents tives of authority on the Upper Yuko were a detachment of twenty North west Mounted Police under Major Cor stantine, sent up by the Canadian go% ernment to maintain law and ord( as best they could, says the Londo Times. They built a post at Foi Cudahy, on the Yukon, 25 miles on 01 side of Alaska, near the mining town < Forty Mile. Gold digging had bee going on there for ten years befor but Englishmen had heard nothing < it, and would have only smiled If the had. The Dominion government thi took actual possession of the go! country, which was supplied entirel by the United States trading compar ies, working up from the Behrlng sea In the summer of 1896 the great gol deposits on the Klondike creeks wer discovered, and when the news reach ed England twelve months afterwar no one knew where they were. We the Klondike in British Columbia c Alaska? Nobody thought of th Northwest territories, little knowin that they stretched far beyond th northern range of the Rocky mour tains. Within a couple of years, Yu kon, on account of its remoteness an inaccessibility, was taken out of th jurisdiction of the territorial govern inent and created a separate govern ment, under a commissioner and coun cil.-and now the force of police is 2S strong, with detachments throughoi the whole basin of the Upper Yukon. The work of the police is of endles variety. It will perhaps be remembei ed that a story of a Russian boundar monument in the disputed territor was reported in the course of the las year. A party from the Dalton Tra post was dispatched to examine int this, with Assistant Surgeon Fraser I charge. Mr. Fraser reported ths "about three miles past Mount Glav the horse trail crosses a tributary c the Clear creek, and about 100 yard up from this stones are piled up t make a shelter to be used by Indian while storm bound crossing the sum mit." This pile constituted the allege monument and consisted of a larg flat stone, about four feet by three fee and a few inches thick, raised at a angle of forty-five degrees from th ground, and supported in this positio by another similar stone, the two form nig a rude shelter. A characteristic instance of stree police work is the following: In th previous winter there had been "hold-up" of the Dominion saloon 1: Dawson, when $1,500 was stolen. Thre men were suspected, and one of therr Brophy, was arrested as a vagrant, bu the charge would not stand, and he t was dismissed. Another was arrested i - on suspicion, and, after a great deal of 1, work, confessed, implicating Brophy f and one Harris, who had planned the 1 e scheme, but was afraid to put it into c execution. The police were taken down t to the cache, where everything was c found as confessed. t t In February the police were inform- f. ed that Brophy would be at a certain t road house (stopping place) in Bonan- c e za creek on a particular night, and s , Constables Cudlip, Egan and McMillan r were detailed to be there also. The t a ^ constables were got up as miners and g ^ made a rough looking trio. After some r time Brophy came to the road house, t carrying a rifle, which he placed in the 1 porch before' entering. Egan then t g crept up to the porch, unloaded the l cartridges from the rifle, and put it c j back again. When Brophy came out, t g McMillan made an extraordinary jump, r landed on the other and bore him to i ^ the ground. After a great struggle, i e while Cudlip kept the crowd back, Brophy was secured and taken to the i gruard room at Dawson, where a razor , was found concealed in his tie. A < fortnight afterwards he was sentenced to imprisonment for life, Harris to ten , years and the other set free as king's ( evidence. The department of the in- ( lt terlor made a grant of $60 apiece to ' k the constables for their efficient work, j h In addition to their legitimate work, ( 3 the police in Yukon have to undertake ? ^ the inspection of road houses and as- ( TirhotVior thov have the accom- ' r ' 0 modatlon required by law; that they are (t kept as orderly houses, and that liquor j is not being sold without license; to g assist all kinds of functionaries in the performance of their duties; to act, when required, as deputy sheriff, g clerk of the court and often as postT masters, when they must meet all boats passing their detachments at all hours of the day and night Some of 3 them are entirely employed on cus3 toms duties; others have to assist line e repairers on the telegraphs, or even r make the necessary repairs themselves. The B division men have to search the a luggage of every outgoing passenger g during the summer time and also watch j all steamers and small boats to see j that no "dust" is smuggled out of the j country. Constables are also appoint^ ed receivers of claims.?Philadelphia [r Ledger. e WONDERFUL RADIUM. s. & Its Possibilities Seem to be Without Lt Limit. lt A London cablegram to the New York Herald says: What may prove an epoch-making discovery in the field y of chemical research is announced by Sir William Ramsay with regard to that mysterious substance, radium wnicn lor iwo yeara pasi naa uccu 1<U?,s zling men of science. Sir William 59 Ramsay, whose name Is associated ir with that of Lord Rayleigh In the 9 study of argon and helium, stated at a meeting of the London Institution lt la9t night that he had observed and definitely ascertained that radium gives off a heavy gas, which slowly changes into helium and then vanishes. !<* The Importance of this discovery, k which has been suspected by scientists r* for some months past, lies, according to the Dally Mail, in the fact that lt r' appears to revolutionize all old theo19 ries about chemistry. Hitherto chem"" lstry has been based on the theory ir that elements are constant and that r* one can not change into another, but now it Is seen that radium, of Its own accord and without external interference, turns Into a totally different ele? ment. " In his lecture Sir William Ramsay described how, after a long search ,r Into the problem of what becomes of the minute particles with which radi ium is always parting, he was quite n lately rewarded. Besides its other i- manifestations radium constantly gives ?? omowotlAn whlnVi qopm.q tft ?" VII. ail ciiiaiiavivu ttmivu ? ?r have in all respects like a heavy gas. *r It can be collected In tiny flasks, n measured and weighed and used to disrt play the characteristic properties of ir radium, but it is not permanent. In ' >f about a month it entirely disappears, n What becomes of it? e, Sir William Ramsay has caught this )f emanation in the act of vanishing. He >y found that after It had been collected is for a couple of days its spectrum, ;d which previously was entirely unlike y any yet studied, began to display the i- typical yellow line of helium gas, first . known and christened by its constant ; d presence in the sun. In four or five ' e days the helium grows brighter, and t- in another week the spectrum of helid um was positively blazing in the her- ' is metically sealed tubes that had been . >r filled with the pure emanations or gas- ] ie eous output of radium. In other words, ' g one element had been literally seen to ie change into another of a quite differi ent nature under the eyes of the ex- . i- perimenter. d "What Is this?" asked Sir William , ie Ramsay, "but an actual case of that i- transmutation of one element into an- , i- other in which the ancient alchemists , i- believed when they painfully sought ( 10 to change lead into gold and incidentit ally founded the modern science of , chemistry?" is Editorially commenting on Sir Wil- J - liam Ramsay's great discovery, the ] y Daily Mail says: y H 13 CI3 lilUUfell 5U1U WCiC tna?5C st into iron of its own accord and comil pletely upset the laws of the old chem.0 istry. No wonder that with this amazn ing fact before them scientists are it hopeful of reading the riddle of the e universe. They are now inclining >f more and more to the belief that all Is things are electricity in different forms o and in varying combinations, and that is in this mysterious force, which we use i- every day, but which we cannot satisd factorily explain, is the solution of the e great problem which has tasked manit kind for centuries." n * e Thb Fear op Laughter.?Men who n fear nothing else shrink from a Joke - upon themselves. Soldiers who do not (linch before opposing guns dread to it be made ridiculous. * * * Woe to e the national hero who makes one trifa ling mistake which may subject him n to clever caricature. His meritorious e career is henceforth shadowed by one i, colored illustration. A comic paper t will tip the scales of justice, snatch he victor'3 prize from hla extended >alm and rob the orator of his choicest aurels. A brilliant satire will mar the ortunes of the greatest statesman; a augh will turn the tide of a political onventlon. Indeed, the joke la fast >ecomlng mightier than the pen. The irator has learned its value, and even he clergyman resorts to It when he leslres to stir the flagging Interest of ( lis flock. It furnishes sufficient exuse for the Impertinence of children, ind in its name the dally papers deide the highest national dlgnatarles. .Vhat Is the meaning of Its steady rrowth In power, and what results nay we predict from Its humorous yranny? Is there a chance that our ceen relish for fun may finally produce l kind of humorous dyspepsia resulting rom over-indulgence unless with epi:urean discrimination we demand juality, not quantity, and stubbornly efuse to swallow other than that vhlch would appease a wholesome, lay, cultivated appetite in jokes.?The EXCITING CHASE. 3iven General Shafter by Bear When Carbine Went Wrong. "Old Mitch," the armorer over at he University of California, Is the un:rowned king of the student body. The select few whom he delights to lonor consider it a privilege to sit lown in his office under the gymnadum and hear the old ex-sergeant spin iff tales of life In the army. One day 'Mitch" stuffed a cigar into his pipe? :hat is a favorite trick of his?and segan to grow reminiscent. "Well, sir," began "Mitch," "I have lunted bears several times myself md I have seen others hunt them, aut I will never forget the time that general Shafter went after big game. [ was with Miles then, up in the Yellowstone country, and Shafter came through the post on a trip north. Shafter said he wanted to get some Dear hunting, and so Miles and a few of us took the 'general in an army wagon up on one of the forks, where we knew the beasts were to be found. After we had been on the road some hours we spotted an old she one and her cubs off on a little level flat some rods from the road. We let the general take a shot at the bear, but he missed and she went off into the bushes. Nothing would do but that Shafter must go after her, so he started and the rest of us stayed in the wagon so that he could have all the sport of bringing her down. Well, Shafter disappeared in the bushes and there was no noise for a minute, and then we heard a shot We were just saying that the general must have made his kill when we heard a yell, and here comes Shafter. "He came out of those bushes on the Jump, waving his gun and going over the high places like a rabbit You know that must have been going some for General Shafter. Behind him about 100 paces was the she bear with her back humped up and slapping at her sides as she ran. The general was coming down hill toward ",A in lino U'ifh tVlP ua auu nuo 115111. m ? bear, so we could not take a shot at her without being In danger of hitting Shafter. "Well, sir, the way General Shafter came down that slope was something to remember. Finally he tore up to the wagon and we hauled him In over the tailboard. Then one of the men shot the bear. "When Shatter had got his breath some he turned to Miles and said: 'Miles, I don't think much of your new carbines out here. They would not be of much good in a forced retreat.' And he broke the gun at the breech and showed Miles the empty shell, which had lodged In the chamber."? San Francisco Call. McKinley's Unselfishness. Senator Frye was in a reminiscent mood the other evening, and told me of McKinley's first appearance on the Poor of the house of representatives, says the National Magazine. "He was genial, yet somewhat shy," said Senator Frye, "and when we drew lots for seats he drew a very good seat ana I drew a poor one. The next morning I found all his things in my seat, and my books and papers had been removed to the better seat that he had drawn. " 'How is this, major?' I asked; 'there is some mistake.' " 'Not at all, congressman,' he replied, graciously, 'this seat belongs to you.' "'No, this will not do,' I said; 'you drew this seat and I must insist upon you keeping it.' " 'Now, look here, congressman,' said McKlnley, 'you have been here before and you are likely to obtain the attention of the chair and address the house, while this is my first term and r 1-J * - -a- 11.1 U..i i am expected to ao running uui iuun. wise/ "Yes, but the rules of the house?' I replied. " 'What are the rules of the house between friends? You take the seat,' was the answer of the future president." Maj. McKinley never failed to win friends wherever he went, and his superb unselfishness and goodness is a treasured memory of all who knew him. Killed Him In Self Defense.? Once upon a time two cronies were sitting up with their dead pal and one jf them concluded he must get a drink oefore the saloons closed. The other sne said he must go too?but, with a shade of decency the first one said it would not do to leave the corpse?and :hey put a hat on it, got it between diem and walked to the saloon. Standing the corpse up against the jar they ordered drinks for three. Phey drank their whisky and walked jut, leaving the corpse still and mo:ionless. The barkeeper demanded he price of the drinks?once?twice? ind as there was no response he struck :he corpse between the eyes and sent * onronrHno- f a tV?n Aaai* ,C .3JJIU 11 Mllb IU Hit liUUll The two cronies rushed in, felt the aulse of their dead friend and ex:laimed: "My God, man, you have killed lim!" The barkeeper replied: "Gentlemen, ' cannot help it. the d?n scoundrel Irew a knife on me and I killed him n self defense." And that's the kind of self-defense ve have been hearing about lately-? exchange. I ' 1 1 An A1*'"?*! Story Por Little PolKs The Greedy Rooster "My goodness, uncle, have you eat- 1 en all the corn In the barnyard?" asked J young Mr. Rooster of old Mr. Rooster the other day. And good cause be bad for asking, too, for the old gentleman's craw stuck out In front of him like the breast of a pouter pigeon. "No, I haven't eaten all," replied old d Mr. Rooster, "but I have eaten a great *1 1 Vrt? oob T loomed todav that our ucai. avu Bwt - ? 9 - master was going away tomorrow and that be was going to stay a whole week. He decided to leave each of the barnyard fowls a certain amount of ] corn, which Ic to last ns until he returns. I have simply eaten all of mine at once and will not have to eat any r more until he comes back." "Well, I think I shall eat mine in dally portions," declared the nephew. "You had better do as I have done," answered the uncle. But the young rooster did not think this was a wise plan. r The old fellow spent a very uncom- r fortable day, for he was too full to be ? ? "HAVE TOD EATEN ALL THE CORN ?" ' able to enjoy basking in the sun and , taking his usual exercise. i And. woul# you believe it, the next 1 day he was as hungry as he would \ have been had he eaten only a regular meal on the previous day. When the nephew and the other barnyard fowls were eating their meals the uncle stood afar off and gazed longing- 1 ly at their corn. 1 And the next day he gazed more covetously. And the next day he Just | could not stand It any longer. Bursting Into tears, he begged his nephew for some corn. Well, they all pitched in and made up a good square meal for the old fellow out of their dally allowance. and they did the same thing each day until the master of the barnyard returned. "I've learned a valuable lesson." said the old rooster.?Pittsburg Dispatch. Tantalus Outdonb.?Men whose business It Is to handle criminals do not hesitate to "fight the devil with fire." The Inside workings of the farfamed "sweat box" rarely come Into public view. It Is better for every one ' concerned but the criminal, perhaps, that the mysteries of that police method of uncovering crime should be veiled. In a city not far from San Francisco there had been a long series of serious robberies and burglaries, with a murder Included In the category, that was giving the police no end of trouble. After weeks of work, the detectives arrested a young man under suspicion. He had been a burglar and a safe cracker, cool and unyielding to the ordinary process of police Inquisition. His weaknesses were studied. Among them an appetite for morphine was disclosed. ; Then came a siege. Confined incommunicado, this daring rogue whose guilt had been morally established, stiffened against every sort , of persuasion the detectives brought to bear to induce him to talk. Well knew he that a word dropped carelessly might mean his dooip. Each day the craving for the drug grew upon him. "For days we labored," said the detective who told the story, "For days we failed. Two weeks passed and not a word from our man. Then we 1 changed our tactics. Every day we j dangled in front of his cell wicket, but just out of reach, a vial filled with the i precious morphine. Our man held out five days and then broke down and confessed?told enough to enable us to ] land him in the state penitentiary for many years. He's there now." ! "Did he get the 'dope?'" repeated the thief-taker. "Well, it isn't always wise to tell everything you do in this business."?San Francisco Call. 'iST A junior officer on the flagship commanded by Admiral "Fighting Bob" Evans w.ites to a friend, saying that the chaplain on one or two occasions took Evans to task because of the pro- ' fcnity in which the latter so frequently indulges. The admiral took these rebukes good naturedly, but did not ( seorr to have profited greatly thereby. , One day the chaplain found him reading the "Sermon on the Mount" and made this somewhat ungracious comment: "Glad to see you doing that, admiral. I shall tell the men of it to offset the oaths you utter." "All right, chaplain," said the admiral, "and while ' you are about it tell them that my profanity is like your piety?only skin deep." CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY RATES VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY. , The SOUTHERN RAILWAY will sell . Christmas Holiday Excursion Tickets j between all points south of Potomac and Ohio rivers and east of the Mississippi river, including St. Louis, Mo., for ONE AND ONE-THIRD FIRSTCLASS STANDARD ONE WAY FARES, plus 25 cents for the round trip, (minimum rate 50 cents). C Tickets will be sold December 23, . 24, 25, 30, 31, 1903, and January 1st, 1904, with final limit January 4th, 1904. < They will also sell upon presentation v and surrender of certificate signed by Superintendents. Principals or Presidents of the various Institutions, December 16 to 22 inclusive, with final i limit January 8th, 1904, tickets to teachers and students of schools and Interline tickets will be sold at Cou- p pon stations only. 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NEW SUBSCRIBERS. In order to afford clubmakers greater facil'ty in introducing the paper to New Subscribers, we hereby authorize them to take the subscription of any individual whose name was not on our list on September 15, 1903, and agree to send the paper to such individuals from 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 Names. A "Yankee" Watch, a Stylographlc Fountain Pen or a Three Bladed Pocket Knife of good quality; or a 16Strlng 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 Zlthern. For Eight Names. An mgersou inuui|ja w aiun, 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 Violin or an 8-inch iMnjo. For Ton Names. One year's subscription to THE ENQUIRER, a "Quaker" Watch, valued at 82.50; 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 Professional d?ards. J. S. BRICE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office Opposite Court House. Prompt attention to all legal business 3f whatever nature. rhos. F. McOow. W. W. Lewis. McDOVV & 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, YDRKVILLE, S. C. i LAW RANGE. 'Phone Office No. 58. 3. E. Finley. Marion B. Jennings. FINLEY & JENNINGS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Office in WILSON BUILDING, opposite lourt House. Telephone No. 126. A. Y. CART WRIGHT, SURGEON DENTIST, YORKVILLE, S. C. ICS^ OFFICE HOURS: 9 a. m. to 1 p. m.; 3 p. m., tosp.m Office In upstairs rooms of Cartwright iuildlng, opposite Telegraph and Excess Offices. Vnnr stationery Is a eood or bad dvertlsement of your business?owing o whether your stationery Is good or ad. You can get the good kind at 'he Enquirer office. ENQUIRER ?? ? ?emi-Weekly a South Carolina iption; Two 01* More , TK l?onil 9 1[J7A. U AJCIVIK FER TO CLUBMAKER8. Guns, Rifles, Watches, SewLiiives, Magazines and Other le Competition Is Free, the iy Good. For Thirty Namss. 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, u 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 Breechloadlng Gun. For Sixty Names. A High-Arm Sewing Machine; or a first-class Double Barrel Breech Loading Shot Gun. For Ninety Names. A Batavla Hammerless Gun, 12gauge, 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 Subsoribsrs at $1 each will be considered the equivalent of one yearly subscriber at .11.76, and sn counted. A subscription paid for two or more years In advance at $1.76, 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 postofflce. In sending names, write plainly, and give posiomce, CUUIlLy ojju oiaic, 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 (3 o'clock p. m., on Wednesday, the 16th day of March, 1904. After the closing of this contest on March 16, 1904, no single yearly subscription will be received for less than the yearly subscription price of $2.00, except new clubs are formed. ONS, Publishers. SOUTHERN RAILWAY SCHEDULES. The following changes in the schedule became effective on the Southern Railway, Nov. 29th: No. 13, daily, leave Charleston 7.30 a. m., arrive Columbia at 11.40 a. m. No. 117 dally except Sunday, leave Klngville 4.10 p. m., arrive Camden 6 p. m., arriving Rock Hill 8.36 p. m., connecting with Savannah division No. 34. No. 113, dally, leave Klngville 11 a. m., arrive Camden 12.30 p. m.; leave Camden 12.35 p. m., arrive Rock Hill 3.35 p. m.; leave Rock Hill 3.40 p. m, arrive Yorkville 4.29 p. m.; Blacksburg 5.55 p. m. No. 114, daily, leave Blacksburg 6.50 a. m.; arrive Yorkville 8.11 a. m; arrive Rock Hill, 8.50 a. m.; leave Rock Hill 9.30 a. m., connecting with Savannah division No. 33; arrive Camden 12.55 p. m., leave Camden 2 p. m., arrive Klngville 3.45 p. m. No. 118, dally except Sunday, will continue to leave Rock Hill at 6.35 a. in., and arrive Klngville 10.45 a. m., as In the past. No. 136, dally, leave Marlon 6.25 p. m.; arrive Blacksburg 8.30 p. m? leave Blaeksburg 8.40 p. m.; arrive Rock Hill. 10.30 p. m. No. 135, dally, no change. This In the morning train Rock Hill to Marion. W. H. TATLOE, Asst. General Passenger Agent. 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 u*> 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. Bowllnfc Green, Nov. 17 t 4t