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tumorous department. Owing to Ownership. Mrs. Russell Sage Is one of the mos active workers In the movement t< abolish the docking of the tails o horses, says the Chicago Chronicle. In a discussion of this movement sh< said recently: "If the horses already docked wer out of the way we should have n< trouble In putting a stop to docklni forever. But many persons, advocate of our movement In the past, no soon er buy a pair of showy carriage horsei with docked tails than they desert u and go over to the enemy." She smiled sadly: "It Is the old story," she said. "Whit owned a dog. Black, who lived nex door, came to him and said: '"Look here. That dog of your; howls so much at night that my wlf and I are going mad for want of sleep. " 'Is that so?' said White. 'I hadn* noticed his howling. I think you mus be mistaken.' "A week passed and Black cam home one day with the objectionable dog on a string. " 'I have bought this cur,' he tol< his wife. *1 have bought it from Whit and I am going to chloroform It.' "Another week and White, the dog" former owner, said to Black: " 'You haven't chloroformed tha dog, yet, have you?' "'Why, no; not yet,' Black answered "ihe fact is we have grown rather fon< of the critter; he is so playful an< affectionate.' " 'But doesn't his barking anno; you?* White asked. " 'No, I haven't noticed it,' sat Black. " 'Well,' White grumbled, 'I can' sleep for that brute's continual howl ing.' Mrs. Sage smiled again. "In the case of ourselves it is on "* J? - |+ (a . ining; in me case ui uiuno ?v >? different matter," she said. A Model Witness. The opposing counsel?What is you name? The witness, appealing to the JudgeAm I obliged to answer this? The judge?You are. The witness?My name is Todgers. "First name?" "I decline to answer." "On what ground?" "It would be construed into a reflec tion on the good taste of my parents. "Where were you born?" "I decline to answer." "Why?" "Because all my information on th subject is of the hearsay character." "But you were there at the time?" "I decline to admit." "What is your age?" "Before answering I desire to consul with my attorneys." "What Is your ostensible business?" "I do not remember." "Are you in any way connected wltl the Ramrod trust?" "I do not remember." ' "What is its capitalization." "I do not remember." "What Is your salary?" "I do not remember." ""Are you married?" "I do not remember." The judge?The hearing will now b adjourned until 10 o'clock to morroi morning. And I want to congratulat the opposing counsel on the marke progress they have made In advancln the case. Oklt The Man Who Dobs Thing; ?"You have been with that firm long time," said the old school friend. "Yes," answered the man with th patient expression of countenance. "What's your position?" "I'm an employee." "But what Is your official title?" "I haven't any official title. Its ilk this: When the proprietor want something done he tells the cashiei and the cashier tells the bookkeepei and the bookkeeper tells the assistan bookkeeper, and the assistant book keeper tells the chief clerk, and th chief clerk tells me." "And what then?' "Well. I haven't anybody to tell, s I have to go and do it."?Judge. Not Quite Clear.?a little girl lis tening to the marriage ceremony c her sister, seemed to be partlcularl impressed with that part which re quires the bride to promise to "lov< cherish and obey," and after the cere mony horrified her mother by asking "Mamma, what made Rev. Mr. make Ada promise to love cherries an whey? t9 One time when Joaquin Mille was in Chicago he was Intervlewe for one of the newspapers. While h was telling of the progress of thing western the reporter interrupted hlr with an Inquiry about the numerou city connagrauoirs uui ?esi. i uc of the Sierras instantly replied: "Ou fires are caused by the friction of rap Id growth." His Main Fault.?"But why shoul you worry about your son?" said th incubator drummer. "You said h was cut out for something great?" "That"* just the trouble." sighe the old farmer. "He is so slow tha every time he gets an opportunit somebody jumps ahead an' cuts hir out."?Chicago Dally News. Not In His.?"Do you think ther are microbes in kisses. Miss May?" "1 don't think there would be li your khwes." "I?ah?that's nice of you; let's? "Microbes are said to possess intel llgenee and nothing intelligent lin gers where it Is apt to come in con tact with cigarettes."?Houston Post. t<T Mrs. D. Lush.?Your husband's 01 the lush again today. Mrs. McSosh?How do you know? Mrs. De Lush?I saw him in a fur niture store this afternoon trying ti buy a weather bureau for your Christ mas present.?Cleveland Leader. Cynical.? 'Curious idea, this trans migration of souls." said the man whi reads profound things superficially. "Yes." answered Miss Cayenne, "i I thought some human beings I knov could possibly be transfigured int< animals I shouldn't be nearly as foni of pets as I am."?Washington Star. tv Mistress?I don't want you to havi so much company. You have mor callers in a 3ay than i have in a week Domestic?Well, mum, perhaps, if yoi would try to be a little more agreeable you'd have as many l'rlends as i have && a rich heiress once said, com placently, to a very beautiful bu very poor girl: "I had five offers o marriage last week." "You are mor fortunate than i." said the prett; girl; "I only got declarations of love.' iHiscfUanous grading. IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. t j News and Comment Clipped From f Neighboring Exchanges. CHESTER, e Lantern, February 2: Mr. Willie Spence has received his commission e and will leave for New York Monday a to be ready to sail on Wednesday, the 5 7th, for Panama. He expects his work s to be railroad blacksmithing. His - family will remain here at Mrs. Mc 1 ^ a * ?\\T rppaiwnn I 3 WUIIUICSS Ill I o. ucu. II. v.D s with her son, Mr. Albert Ferguson and little daughter Jane, went to Yorkville yesterday morning to be present at the e celebration of her father's birthday at t the home of her sister, Mrs. Mace Ferguson. All his children were expected s to be present Mr. T. P. McKeown e of Fort Lawn, came over yesterday morning and left on No. 33 of the t Southern for Istachatta, Fla., to spend t two or three months with his sisters. His brother Christopher aged about e seventy-seven years, died last week at e his home in Florida. Mr. McKeown celebrated his eighty-first birthday i last week. He is active for his years e and will make the trip alone. He says "Old fools are the worst of fools, and s I am one of them."?Mr. Albert Moore, who has been working at the telegraph t business in Augusta, went to Yorkville yesterday morning to visit his relatives I. after spending a few days with friends J here,! Messrs. H. M. and W. L. i Dunlap and U. C. Partlow, members of Oakland Lodge K. of P. at Rock y Hill, came down for Tuesday evenings exercises, and all of them played an d active part in the ceremonies Alex Marion, one of the prisoners in t the county jail, made an effort to es cape Wednesday. He secured a leg from the stove in the corridor and with this instrument made quite a e good sized hole in the wall Just below j a one of the windows. An old bag In the room, which was used to chink aj hole in the window was employed in which to conceal the brick and mortar) r removed. Marion was in a fair way to succeed with his scheme when one of | - the other prisoners apprised sheriff Peden. The sheriff at once put a stop to the proceedings and placed Marlon in close confinement where he will probably remain until the trial Dr. J. M. Brice received a telegram Wednesday morning, Jan. 31, telling of _ the sudden death of his mother at 3 ? o'clock from apoplexy. She was called to go up stairs to see a member of the family who was sick and after walking across the room to get her clothe ing she sat down and stooped to lace her shoes and immediately fell to the floor. Major Brice and her son Laurie were both there and went to her assistance, but after one gasp as they t "aid her in bed her spirit took its flight. Before her marriage, Mrs. Brice was Miss Nannie Boyce and was raised in the neighborhood of Pineville, N. C. [j Besides her husband she leaves seven sons and one daughter, viz: Dr. J. M. Brice of this city; Messrs. Robert, T, W. Jr., Laurie, Samuel, James and Joe Brice and Miss Nannie Brice of Woodward. Messrs. James and Joe Brice were away from home, the former at Montgomery, Ala., and the latter at Nashville, Tenn. when the summons e came, but both reached here In time v for the funeral. The funeral services e were held at Concord Presbyterian d church yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock g conducted by Rev. G. G. Mayes and the burial was in the cemetery there. Her sons were the pall bearers. Mrs. j Brlce was a devoted wife and mother ^ and a kind and generous neighbor and will be missed not only in her own home but in the community. She was fifty-eight years of age. GASTON. Gastonia Gazette, February 2: Sheriff Hugh Brown of York county, passed through Tuesday afternoon with a Sam Kimbro who is wanted in York county for an assault with a deadly ' weapon Mrs. Silas Smyre died at ' her husband's home at Newton Wednesday morning about 7 o'clock. She leaves a husband and a little grande daughter to mourn their great loss. The little granddaughter, now six years old, Is the motherless daughter of Mrs. Sallle Smyre Fisher, who taught music in the High School here In 1890. Mrs. Smyre was burled at St. James' church, Newton, at 1 o'clock ,f yesterday, Mr. A. M. Smyre, a brother y of Mr. Silas Smyre, and his family, with Mr. Lee Robinson and Mrs. M. * H\ Curry, attended the funeral, leaving here on the northbound train yesterday morning A North Carolina boy has just been appointed private secre^ tary to Governor Joseph K. Toole of Montana. His name is Will Aiken. He was born a Door boy near Hickory, r and has worked his way along in the d world. A few years ago he was telee graph editor of the Ashevllle Citizen, :s was later on the Raleigh Post, from n which paper he went about six years s ago to Montana. When appointed by t Governor Toole, he was on the Her lena Dally Record. Mr. Aiken Is a i- warm personal friend of Rev. E. L. Bain, pastor of the Main street Methodist church Mr. Ell Dixon formerly d carrier on the R. F. D. No. 1, enlisted e in the navy yesterday in Richmond, e Va., and was sent to the receiving ship Franklin, at the Norfolk navy yard d where he will learn the checkered ;t ways of a sailor's life. Good luck to y you Eli. but you must expect a stormy n voyage occasionally, and then remember that the good old country "grub" your mother used to give you Is not e served on the old Franklin. Mr. John Huffstetler went to Richmond also to n enlist but failed to pass the required physical examination... .A party com.. posed of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Adams jmd Messrs. Will and Howard Glenn will leave Gastonia tomorrow morning for San Bernardino. Cal. Mr. Adams and Hr. Howard Glenn go for the benefit of their health and may decide to make their home in the west. . Mr. a Will Glenn, who goes to accompany his brother, may also decide to remain. Mr. W. E. Adams of Clover was here yesterday to assist his son in arrang ing his business affairs, and Miss Pana sy Traywick of Yorkville, was here to assist Mrs. Adams. We trust that In the balmy and equable climate of California. both Mr. Adams and Mr. Glenn fl-'i Knlr fnrmor may IIHU itsiuiauun lu mvii &V4.MV. good health. It will be remembered * that Mr. T. R. Shuford is at San Bero nordlno and has found the climate of great benefit to himself. v ^ A Schoolboy Ghost.?While staying j at a friend's house In India, which had formerly been a boys' school, a little girl was surprised 0:1 the first night of her visit to see a fair haired boy, clad e in bathing costume, walk through her e room into the dining room beyond. Thinking it was the son of her hosts, " whom she had not yet seen, she rushJ ed after him hut was greatly surpris!, ed when told that no one answering , her description of the boy had been seen. It was not until some years later - that she learned that what she had t seen was the ghost of one of the f schoolboys, who had been drowned in e the swimming bath, which adjoined V the room where she had slept.?The " I Referee. GUN PLAYS OF HUMORISTS. Shooting In Whioh Cowboys Used to Find Fun. The hurrah days of western Kansas had passed, says a Guthrie letter, before Oklahoma was opened to settlement, and the men who had enlivened the towns of Dodge City, Abilene, Medicine Lodge and Caldwell had moved further west or remained stranded In their old rendezvous. The opening of Oklahoma gave them a new outlet, and many rode over the border (and settled In the new country. All northwestern Oklahoma is sprinkled with them. They have reached the n rp nf reminiscence and no Ion ger lie In wait for the unsuspecting tenderfoot. Col. Ed Marchant of Carmen, lived in Medicine Lodge in the old days and knew everybody from Junction City as far west as Dodge. "Most of the escapades of that reckless time were intended as practical jokes," said Marchant. "They were rough Jokes, but it wus foolish to protest. "No barkeeper ever liked to have a cowboy ride into his saloon and up to the bar for a drink, even if he pay two bits for it, but the barkeeper did not say so, at least not Ih the presence of those who would repeat it, for if the report became current that the Lone Star saloon or the Long Branch did not .ike such customers, no one for twenty miles around would take a drink at anj* other place or lh any other fashion. "While the merchants did not like to have their signs shot up they dared not complain. If Prairie-Dog-Hole Dave or Cimarron Pete took a pot shot at and drilled holes in a newly painted sign with a .45 bullet, the owner looked on and smiled, for it was only a display of Dave's humor or Pete's joking proclivities. If the merchants had protested a dozen or more cowboys would have rallied to the support of their comrades and a fusillade would have wholly destroyed the object of the joke. "Only once did I hear anything in remonstance said about such pleasantries, and that was when the ornate gilt sign of a young lawyer from St. Louis was shot up. He offered a reward of $5 for information as to who did it. "An hour or so after the report of the offered reward was in general circulation. One-armed Miller from the Bar X ranch rode to the young lawyer's door and announced that he could tell who did it, and would if the five were piacea in nis nana, rue iuwjci passed over the money which Miller put in his pocket. " 'Now,' said Miller, "I fills my part of the deal. I done it, partner, with this'ere gun.' And up came the sixshooter, falling carelessly across the horse's neck, so that the muzzle pointed in the lawyer's direction. " 'You offers the reward,' Miller continued, 'I claim it. You comes up 3quare and pays like a gentleman and I tote square and tells. Everything ought to be agreeable, so I Invites you over to the Lost Maverick, where the boys is, and we proceeds to blow in this 'ere five for drinks.' "The young lawyer was not slow to grasp the humor of the situation and his acceptance of Miller's invitation secured for him forever the friendship of every man on that range. "Speaking of shooting signs recalls the trouble that the Barton county commissioners used to have to keep signs over the bridge across the Arkansas river at Great Bend. The first bridge built was a rickety affair laid on piles and the commissioners decorated each end with gorgeous blue signs reading: 'No riding or driving over this bridge faster than a walk.' "Hunter and Evans were holding cattle south of the river, and the men made frequent trips to town. The gayly painted signs were too much for them, and going out of town they would put spurs to their horses, and while on a dead run shoot at the first sign, then cross the bridge without slackening pace, the structure swaying and rocking to their horses' hoofbeats, firing more shots at the second sign as they passed under it. "It may seem almost incredible, yet It remains a fact that within a week after the signs were put in place the letters were cut out so that each sign looked like an overgrown marking stencil, and within another week not a splinter of either remained. "It was at this same town of Great Bend that was best displayed an incident of cowboy humor. It was just after the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railway reached the town, which was as far west as the railroad gave passenger service. The last train out reached Great Bend at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. "One day there disembarked a man wearing a plug hat. After leaving the station he had to go west for a short distance to get into the street leading to town. That street was a continuation of the road into town from the south and the country where the southern cattle were being held In quarantine. "The man wearing the tall hat was about two blocks north when two cowboys came across the railroad track at a smart gallop. They glanced at each ither as they reached a point opposite the man with the hat, both their guns came out. there was a blending of two reports, and two bullets perforated the stranger's hat. "The cowboys were fooled, however for instead of a terrified tenderfoot making rapid time toward the neares shelter, they were greeted with a polite bow. "'How are you, gentlemen? he said; 'it pleases me greatly to be received with such marked distinction.' "The cowboys were speechless In amazement. Htre was a new specimen, something altogether different from anything in the tenderfoot line they had ever seen. Finally one found his voice and said: " 'Say, stranger, you're a plumb good 'urn, and me and Jim 'pologizes for spilin' ycr hat. The Rome saloon's the first place goin' uptown where we can llCKer Up, fctil 11 11 s cin iiic same iu j uu, the drinks Is on us.' "The stranger signified his satisfaction with this arrangement, the two cowboys dismounted and walked at his side and they became well acquainted in the quarter mile walk to the Rome. "An hour later they were better acquainted. The stranger was still under I the escort of the cow men. All three were loaded with cow town whisky, and the man with the plug hut, now forlorn and marked with many a dent, was being introduced to every cow puncher in town us 'the unbranded cayuse that stood fire the first dash and never twitched an ear.' "Shooting up a town was not always unattended by casualties. In 1880 a crowd shot up a Kansas town. 1 A young woman was visiting there , from another town. Hearing shots, j she stepped to the door of the house In which she was a guest and received a bullet In the middle of her forehead, killing her Instantly. The man who fired the shot was identified and convicted, and he served a term In the Kansas penitentiary. "A strange fate has since pursued the town. From a bustling, active town and a cattle shipping point, it has become only a hamlet among t sand hills of the Kansas border. There are many old cowmen who recall the killing of the young woman and declare that the town has since been under a curse. "When Harper became a railroad town a number of shipment drives were made from territory points. Having attained to the dignity of a railroad town, a number of ordinances were passed prohibiting fast riding and driving within the city limits and assessing fines for discharging firearms, etc. "The men who came on the drives were surprised and indignant to find this, but the straw that tipped the scale and broke the camel's back to the point of rebellion was a city marshal wearing a big silver plated badge. There was a consultation among the men who were sticklers for custom and supporters of precedent. They always had run the town, and it stood to reason that they always should. "It was determined to make a test case right then and there. Two of them made a wild race through the main .street and the 'e-e-e-l-l-c-h' of the cowboy yell pierced the atmosphere of Harper. "The marshal remonstrated and explained the ordinance In such case made and provided. His law lecture was Interrupted by the swift passing of a yellow cur fleeing madiy from a pinto pony bearing a cowboy, who encircled a rope which settled about the neck of the yelping dog when not 20feet away from the marshal. "More lectures from the marshal and threats of Immediate arrest. A pistol wna heard. In the direction of which the marshal hurried. Near the city well stood a cowboy with a still smoking: pistol in his hand. " 'Consider yourself under arrest, and turn me the butt of your grun,' commanded the marshal as he threw down on the man with the gain. " 'Drop your gun and get up against the pump,' said a voice behind the marshal, and before he could realize what had happened to him a lariat had settled about his neck and he was Jerked backward, disarmed and tied to the windlass. "Then Harper began to howl. Many of the merchants closed their stores and put up heavy shutters. The dance halls and saloons were the only places In town left open. That night they took the keys of the lockup from the marshal's pocket, conveyed him thereto and locked him In. They thoughtfully sent him his supper and a message that he would be released In the morning. "The town ran wide open until daybreak, when the roysterers left. No one was hurt and no property damaged, for, as one of the participants remarked 'we was Just Into It for the fun.' "Much fun was enjoyed In those days at the expense of commercial travelers, who made the southwestern Kansas territory In light wagons. Whenever a couple of cowboys could stampede a drummer's outfit by a sudden charge from behind a sand hill or from the mouth of a draw, It was great fun. "At the half way house between Harper and Medicine Lodge one day a drummer complained because there was little else than beans for dinner and declared that he could not eat them. A cowboy who was seated op posne reavneu uuwii iui ma t>u.. c?..v brought It up, covering the drummer. He ordered beans, and covering the drummer all the time compelled him to eat plateful after plateful. "At Medicine Lodge, In the spring of 1882, during a cattlemen's convention, I saw a big cowboy catch a prominent citizen In his arms and kiss him. As he dropped the prominent citizen, the cowboy said: " 'You looked so purty, Tom, shaved up and powdered so nice, I Just wanted to kiss you for luck.' "Luck for whom may not be known, but It may not jingle inharmoniously with this story to record the fact that the man who was kissed afterward became mayor of Medicine Lodge, and that as such he appointed Jerry Simpson city marshal, which position Jerry held when he was first nominated for congress." BRAND OF THE TAILESS PIG. The Montana Pioneer Recalls a Feat of Sharpshooting In Pioneer Days. "Looking over a brand register the other day reminded me of an event which occurred at Fort Benton in 1886," said the Montana pioneer to a group of friends at Helena the other day. "The story serves to Illustrate two things?first, the unerring accuracy of A1 B. Hamilton's aim, and again the expedients that are resorted to in order to procure the original brand. "Hamilton was the first justice of the peace In Northern Montana. His commission was issued by Gen. Thomas Francis Meagher, the leader of the famous civil war Irish brigade. who was then acting as governor or the territory of Montana. Hamilton had charge of the American Fur company's post, at Fort Benton, and the feat to which I shall refer may have had something to do with his election to sheriff of Chouteau county In later years. "I have heard of cattlemen using a fryingpan, railroad fish plates andoth. er unusual shapes in metals as branding irons, but, after all, I think Hamilton's was perhaps the most original. "The company by which Hamilton was employed had about thirty-five head of hogs that were continually gittlng mixed up with the porkers belongl g to others, and he determined to put a brand upon his animals that would prevent any chance of mistaken identity. "With some little difficulty Hamilton got all of the company's hogs in an enclosure, went to his office, secured his 44 revolver and a supply of cartridges and seated himself on the fence surrounding the pigs. Without getting closer than ten feet to a single one of the animals, Hamilton In the course of perhaps fifteen minutes had shot the tall from each. He did not waste more than half a dozen shots in doing it, nor was a single hog injured save that his tail had been clipped off clean. That feat gave him the title of champion shot of the territory." t3T Too often fortune smiles upon those who are unable to appreciate it. t-S'Money talks. If it doesn't why do you put a nlckle in the telephone slot? t YORKVILLE BUGGY CO. J. ? cc LARGEST =* TOTAL ? SALES. ^ an csir The month Just closed shows the Ph largest total sales of any month of our business life. We thank our friends for their very liberal patron- 1 age and ask them to continue the good stc work. rio Un Our Buggies stand without a peer. La Our Wagons are of the best and our Sp Repair Shops are well equipped and W, ready for business. ] Un We have two medium price Horses for sale. And two Grain Drills at cost. _ Come and see us. YORKVILLE BUGGY CO. ___________ IVI W Head Dr. Lathan'g History of South Carolina, in The Enquirer. It is ? interesting and instructive. professional fljards. JOHN R. HART. ATTORNEY AT LAW No. 3 law Range Yarkvllle, 8. C. ; W. W. LEWIS, | ATTORNEY AT LAW. Practices in the State and United k States courts, and gives prompt atten- S tion to all business. Lends money on P approved security. Office No. 5, Law Range, Yorkville, 8. C. J. C. WILBORN, C ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Yorkville, S. C. ab Prompt attention to all business. wj In A. Y. CART WRIGHT, , SURGEON DENTIST, YORKVILLE, S. C. IfaHK urr.c? nw?M; s g am. to i pm,;i p m, to jprn. Office In upatalrs rooms of Cartwright building next to the Parish qa hotel burnt lot. j. s. BRICK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ; Office Opposite Court House. ^ Prompt attention to all legal business J of whatever nature. th wi CEO. W. S II ART, ??, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ? YORKVILLE, S. C. ?e CO * LAW RANGE 'Phone Office No. 58 th to In D. E. Finley. Marion B. Jennings. FINLEY & JENNINGS, Df ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Office in Wilton Building, opposite fc Court House. Telephone No. 126. YORKVILLE S th Building and Loan Association ['he OF YORKVILLE, S. C. Furnishes the opportunity for the profitable investment of 8avings, how- ? ever small or large. I Enables persons of small means to Sp Own Their Own Homes on Easy m Terms. Lends Money on Good Security from One to Five Year Periods. Applications now being received for a New Series of Stock. 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[t Is OUR business to make EstiLtes on any and all kinds of Con uctlon Work, whether In Wood, Ick or Stone. ur Headquarters Are located on the C. & N.-W. rallid, Just half way between Liberty d Madison streets. We may be !EN there at any time, or a- Teleone Message will REACH us. ur Goods. We keep Constantly on Hand large icks of Building Materials of vaus kinds, including Dressed and idressed .Lumber, Lime, Cement, ths, Shingles, etc., and we make a ecialty of BUILDERS' HARDARE and CARPENTERS' TOOLS. People Needing anything in OUR e should be SURE to call upon US. J. J. KELLER & CO. YORKVILLE IONUMENT WORKS. (Incorporated.) YORKVILLE MONUMENT )UR plant Is now In full operation, and we are prepared to make esnates and fill orders for Tombstones, anuments and Ornamental Stone >rk of all kinds. Our facilities are such as easily enIe us to meet all competition of latever kind, from whatever source our line. Bee us near the Southern depot. W. BROWN WYUlEi Secretary and Treasurer. TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County cf York. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. rah Carroll, plaintiff, against A. A. James, Mrs. Mary D. Hope, Mrs. Belle D. Hope, John A, Darwtn, J. D. Harneyr Mrs. Mary K| lg and the unknown heirs of H. Belle Creps, deceased, defendants,?Summons for Relief,?(Complaint Served.) ? the Defendants Above-Named: rOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the oomplalnt (n Is action, a copy of which Is hereth served upon you, and to serve a py of your answer to the said oomilnt on the subscriber at his office, >. 3, Law Range Yorkvllle, 8, C., thin twenty days after the service reof, exclusive of the day of such rvlce; and If you fall to answer the mplaint within the time aforesaid, e plaintiff in this action will apply the court for the relief demanded the complaint. JOHN R. HART. Plaintiff's Attorney, ited Dec. 28th, A. D. 1905. NOTICE. ? the Defendants, the heirs of H. Belle Creps, deceased, whose ages, names and place of residence are unknown to the plaintiff herein: You will please take notice that the immors (of which the above Is a py) together with the complaint in e above entitled action, has this day en filed In the office of the Clerk of e Court of Common Pleas for York >unty. JOHN R. HART. .Plaintiff's Attorney. Yorkvllle, S. C? Jan. 15, 1906. Jan. 15 t flt W The Enquirer Offloe makes a ecialty of Law Briefs and Arguents. Best work?lowest price, WALL PAPER DU WILL FIND ME NEXT DOOR ) Dr. BRATTON'S OFFICE. A. B. QAINES. FOB SALE AT A BARGAIN. * OUR Horse Power Shlpman Steam Engine. Uses Kerosene I for fuel, and takes fire and water required automatically. Cost origilly, $350, and Is guaranteed to be In st class condition. We will sell at bargain. L. M. GRIST'S SONS. GOODS^ G IN | long?bound to all be here In vhat a line. We haven't been H r the season of 1906. We have e will be there with the goods, j already begun to arrive will tosslble to get together In one fiat you want any of the goods _ g wear Just save yourself time it them. We have them. See of our latest arrivals: 0 cents to 50 cents per yard. ans at from 5 cents to 50 cents H and figured. gj TKTU Ua I7M mirmA Ctvlnaa ill Tf nuC| r iguicu uuu uvt ipv?j| cents per yard. If Bleached. Bleached, Mercerom 50 cents to $1.50 per yard. in Linen, Cotton, Turkish and H m and other goods for house rices that are just right. EY'S WORTH. tunity to get the full worth of s a good time for you to visit ' s we are determined to close Winter Goods, Including Men's Ladies' Knit Goods, etc., etc. A s now is the time to do some tainly save YOU money. IED SHOES. ,'e and complete line of LOW H ] Ladies, Misses and Children. H ] > know that all of these goods . ? was any material advance in r Shoes?not all of them?at ty the same goods in case lots M ] hat if you want to buy your ] will do well to see us before H ( ling to see us before you buy H ] tlons, etc., as we are quite sure H t you can get anywhere, and in H ^ rer prices than are obtainable w LBIT OF COMING TO TH COMPANY, Yorkville, S. C. M . i mmmam ' GOOD PAY FOR Make a Club for Eiiqui BEST SEMI-WEEKL1 Interesting Premium C Every b< A Columbus Top Buggy Woi Club of Paid Names and a for the Second Largest1 CONTEST NOW OPEN; CL< THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER is weekly county newspaper published in th whose opinions are entitled to respect t< efficient county papers published in the I lished especially for the people of York makers having the advantage of years of ment equal to that of the more pretenth falls to measure up to any reasonable ENQUIRER Is the promotion of the s< dustrial upbuilding of the people of Y< seeks patronage and support in such mei pect by reason of its usefulness along tl SUIISCIUPTIOI The price of THE ENQUIRER to sir to this office is (2.00 a year and $1.00 f< The price to clubmakers, acting as a year, and subscriptions will be recei> until March 16, 1906. xne reauceu rate in miuweu iu an/ two or more names. , NEW SVB8CI New subscribers?those whose nam) July 1, 1905, may have the paper from tt 1, 1907 for the price of one year's subscr the subscription price is p&ia at the tim< wise the subscription will expire one yea name. PKEMIVM8 EC To compensate our friends for the t curing of names and collecting the moi miums, the value of the same being pr Involved, and for the two largest clups w hundred names or less than ten each, buggies, one worth $85 and the other w< FOJt THE I-fARG To the clubmaker returning and payl under the conditions stated herein, we v Buggy, worth $85. To the clubmaker re will give one of the best Top Buggies mat worth $65. Both these buggies are to ti Carroll Bros., of Yorkyille, who sell th< been awarded^ protect them with all the gles on payment of the regular retail prl For Four Names, of A styiugraphic Fountain Pen; a "i! Three-Bladed Pocket Knife or one. m copy of any of the following books: b< "Gordon Keith," by T. Nelson Page; "David Harum," "The One Woman," by Thomas DixonFor Five Names, eJ A year's subscription to either one ie of the following Magazines: Mc- ai Clure's, Ladles' Home Journal, Mun- tc sey, Argosy, Cosmopolitan, Saturday j] Evening Post, or either of the fol- fC lowing: A "Champion" Stem Winding Watch, A gold pointed Fountain rt Pen, or a four-bladed Pocket Knife. n, For Six Names, cl An "Eclipse" Stem Winding Watch. a' Hamilton Model 16. 23-callbre Rifle, al a year's subscription to the Christian Pj Herald, a 2$-Strlng Zithern or any J11 one of the following popular cloth [* bound novels: "Leopard's Spots," "Beverly of Graustark," "The Two Jy Captains," by Cyrus Townsepd Brady. " Fop Eight Names, An ingersoil "Triumph" Watch, a ti Daisy Repeating Air Rifle?works sc like a Winchester?a fine Razor or w a Pocket Knife, a Rapid Writer a Fountain Pen?plain case; or aHopf m Model Violin or an 8-inch banjo. el Fop Ten Naipes, One year's subscription to THE ENQUIRER, a No. 2 Hamilton 32calibre Rifle?model 11, the Youth's | Companion one year, or a gold l mounted Fountain Pen; a good BanJo, Violin or Guitar. For Twenty Names. a] Crack-Shot Stevens Rifle, a 10ounce Canvas Hunting Coat, a No. 1 ec Ejector Single Barrel Breech-Load- In lng Shot Gun, the Century or Harper's Magazine. tr For Thirty Names, 8e Either of the following: A Single Barrel Hammerless Shot Gun, a fine Toilet or Washstand Set, a Hopkins ^ & Allen Jr., 22-calibre Rifle, or a K No. 13 Oliver Turn Plow. ti] Fop Forty Names, pi A fine Mandolin, Guitar or Banjo, a New York Standard Open Face ea Watch, a W. Richards Double-Barrel w Breech-Loading Shot Gun. m Fop Fifty Names, b< A Winchester or Colt's Repeating tv Rifle, 22-calibre; or a Baker Double t0 Barrel Breech-Loading Gun. SPECIAL CLUBS. re We will arrange to furnish any cc special article desired by a club- ? maker for a given number of names M on application to this office. TIME TO BEGIN. The time for clubmakers to begin th work in competition for the foregoing $2 L. M. GRIST'S SONS "A Square Deal ^ For Every Man" n< ~ mi CI To be Independent, with the right to look every man in the face, Just _ have a Bank account with Li The First National Bank \ Yorkville 8. C. us "The world will give to every man a living"?but the world does not run after them. Come in TODAY or TOMORROW, or ANY TIME and open an account with us. r R, C. ALLEIN, Cashier. CAROLINA nUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE ASSO- W CIATION L. .niLiUCiiv, rrea. miu ow. YORK COUNTY AOENTS si. Or Mr. BUFORT MATTHEWS. Smyrna. Fo Mr. R. S. McCONNELL, Rock Hill. ?? Mr. J. K. SCOGGINS, Rock Hill. Te Mr. EB EDWARDS, Tirzah. Ar Mr. FRANK ALLEN, Lesslie. Mr. J. T. NEELY, Rock Hill. Mr. JAS. M. STARR, Yorkvllle. Ixu P. E. BARRON. Yorkvllle No. 2. th< C. P. BLANKENSHIP, Fort Mill, S. C. ^ ' Any of them will be pleased to give by Rates and other Information to par- ^ les who are Interested. be r. A. .MATTHEWS, Gen. Mgr., coi District No. 2. Old Point. S. C. to Inc sci MONEY AT 7 PER CENT. at [HAVE a limited amount of Money l?s that I can lend at 7 per cent on int food real estate security. & W. W. LEWIS, Attorney. res Nov. 17 tf. tf. pei EASY WORK. the Yorkville rer. I IN THE SOUTH 'mifauf Vnur t I nan fit 'UUI/VlJtJ ff vpvil CVf [)dy. rth 985 For tlie Largest Kock Hill Top Buggy Olub oi Paid Names. )SES MARCH 15, 1906. the largest all home print semte south, and la conceded by experts ) be one of the most complete and Jnlted States. It Is edited and pub: and surrounding counties, and its experience, and a mechanical equip* )us metropolitan journals, it seldom requirement; The mission of THE tela), educational, religious and inark and adjoining counties, and it asure as it may have a right to ex* te lines of Its endeavor. V PRICE. lgle subscribers sending their names or six months. agents of the subscriber, is 91,7b red from clubmakers at that price ndlvidual who returns ani pays for uberb. is have not been on our list stnee ie time they subscribe until January Iptlon?$1,75, This is provided that ) of the entry of the name. Otherr from the aate of the entry of the >R CLUBS. ime and trouble incident to the seney therefor, we offer various preoportioned to the amount of work hether they -include as many as Ave we propose to give two first class ortL $65. EST CLUBS, ing for the largest number of names viil give a first class Columbus Top (turning the second largest club, we la hv t no Rnr>V Hill Rurirv nnmnnnv >e seen in the depository of Messrs. am, end who win, after they have guarantees that go with such bugce. rers is BIGHT NOW, I*t ?U imes, whether old or new, be reirned as rapidly as secured, so they ay be properly entered upon our >oks. TERMS AND CONDITIONS, Two Six Months Subscribers at 91 ich will be considered the equivent of one yearly subscriber at It.7 6, id so counted. A subscription paid >r two or more years in advance at L.76, will be counted as one name >r each year so paidClubmakers will be held personally (sponsible for the payment of all imes returned by them. After a ubmaker has returned and paid for ny name, he can, at any time there'ter, discontinue the sending of the aper to the person for whom he as paid and transfer the unexpired irm to any other person, provided le person to-whom the transfer is ssired was not a subscriber at the me the original name was entered 1 our book*,' No name will be counted in competlon for a premium until the subxiptlon price has been paid; nor ill any premium be delivered until satisfactory . settlement has been ade for all names returned by the ubmakerPersons who commence making ubs win not be permitted to transir their club to another clubmakep's st after the names have been enred on our books, It is not necessanr that the names i a club should all be at the same jstofflce. Names may be taken at ly number of places. All subscriptions must be forward1 to us at the expense of those sendg them- . 1 We will be responsible far the safe ansmission of money only when int by draft, registered letter or oney order drawn on the YorkvUle jstomce. In sending names write plainly, and ve postofflce, county and state. All subscriptions will be dlscon-. nued at the expiration of the time iid for. A separate list will be kept for Lch clubmaker, who will be credited ith each name sent, so that the . amber sent ty any clubmaker may ) ascertained at a moment's noticeIn case of a tie for either premium, to weeks will be allowed in which work off the tie. The time in-which names may be turned, under our propositions will immence NOW, and expire at 6 clock p. m? on the 15tb day of arch, 1906. ' After the closing of this contest i March IB, 1906 no single yearly b8criptlon will be received for less an the yearly subscription priee, 00, except new clubs are formed. , Yorkville, S. C. MONET TO LEND. )N improved farms in York county. Interest: Loans not under 91,000, per cent; under 91.000, 8 per cent. > broker's commissions. Repaysnts easy. Apply to C. W. P. 8PEN2R, Rock Hill, or undersigned. C. E. SPENCER, Atty. at Law. Dec. 1. Aug. 1. f.t ATTA BROS' WAREHOUSE. VE are prepared to store COTTON. Our rates are cheaper an can be had on the farm. Bring your Cotton.* LATTA BROS. Dec. 1 s.w. tf Ihf ^otfevillf (inquirer. itered at the Postofflce as Second Class Mail Matter. ' Published Toes lay and Friday. PU11L1S11EUS t . D. GRIST, O. E. GRIST, A. M. GRIST TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIONi ngle copy for one year $ 2 00 te copy for two years ' 3 50 >r three months 50 r six months 1 00 to copies one year 3 50 n copies one year 17 50 id an extra copy for a club of ten. ADVERTISEMENTS serted at One Dollar per square for i first Insertion, and Fifty Cents per uare for each subsequent insertion, square consists of the space occupied ten lines of this size type. * Contracts for advertising space three, six and twelve months will made on reasonable terms. The ntracts must in all cases be confined the regular business of the firm or lividual contracting, and the manu ipt must be in the office by Monday noon when Intended for Tuesday's ue, and on Thursday at noon, when ended for Friday's issue, r Cards of thanks and tributes of ipect Inserted at the rate of 10 cents r line for each insertion. * '