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tumorous Department. His Debtors Improved. Joel Perkins was one of the first settlers in the plantation of Milton. Oxford county, Maine. Taking up a section of wild land, he built himself a cabin, and each season cleared a small patch and raised a fair crop of grain and potatoes. Other settlers came in around him, and he was able from time to time to sell them a portion of his surplus crop trusting them until they could pay. Having no account books, he marked with chalk on his cabin door what * /VTtfZwl Kim IIICJ vnw >?.. After several years he thought he could afford to take a wife, and. finding a comely lass In the neighboring town of Bethel, he married her and took her home. While Joel was at work In the fields his wife spent the time cleaning up the house. One night, on his return, she called his attention to what she had done, especially to the Inside of the cabin door. "Oh. Mary," he cried, "you have rubbed out all my accounts agin the neighbors, and I don't know what I shall do!" "Oh, never mind, Joel," she said, "you can mark It all down again." He made no reply, but taking a piece of chalk, covered the door once more with figures and with a sigh, sat down. "There, Joel," exclaimed Mary, "I knew you could do it, and you have, ?,An 9" imvcii i j <->u . "Well. Mary, I don't know as I have writ down as much as I had before, but I know one thing, it's agin a darned sight better men!" The Great Hardest Rain.?Each man around the store had told his tale of the "hardest rain he ever saw fall out of the sky." Tom Llmklns was an easy winner with his of the great hardest rain in '93. "It began with big drops kinder scatterin' like," he said. "Then it got to a shower, and I just thought I'd crawl under the canvas on the reaper till it was over?knowed the team would stand. But, sir, when the lightning took to hittin' right at that binder I concluded to get out from there. I had a gallon and a half bucket on my arm and I lit out for the mule shed. When I was about halfway there the thing begun to get heavy. I looked down, and if the blamed thing wasn't full of water I'm a"? Tne lariK lntnviuuai wnu nau ucttii leaning against a barrel, broke in: "Well, now I reckon that must 'a' been the day I am thinkin' about. What made me know it was rainin' some was seein' a flock o' wild ducks go over. Gents, them ducks had folded their wings and was Just naturally paddlin'." For a space of two minutes not a sound was heard save the purring of the cat asleep on the counter; then silently, with bowed heads, the crowd dispersed.?Woman's Home Companion. Nature vs. Art. ? "Gentlemen," thundered the energetic lecturer, "we live in pessimistic times. Our leading politicians our pulpit orators, our great philosophers, our poets, and, worst of all. our novelists, delight to picture life as a hideous nightmare, a crooked dream, a thing not worth the miseryexpended in enduring, a low scramble for human supremacy, or as an Ignoble failure at best. And, gentlemen, are they right? Is It indeed so? Are we really sinking in the scale of civilization? Nature is nature, and we are children; nature is good and wise and beautiful and true; nature ennobles us, and makes us free from guile and decelt!" Here there was a stir in the audience. "Hold on, Guv'nor. Look here!" shouted a man who had been intently listening. "This is my wig, and these my false teeth, and this my glass eye. What about them, eh? What sort of a fright would I be without them? They lick nature all to pieces I can tell you. You hold on a bit!"?Tit Bits. A Wise Father.?When Sherman Hoar, a lawyer of recognized ability, left the law school and opened an office in Boston, his father. Judge Hoar, was at ine neigni 01 nis legai repuiuuun. The young man's first client was an Irishman, and the case, though only some small matter of a boundary line, was cne that required the examination of a number of deeds and records. Mr. Hoar accordingly told his client to come back in two days for his opinion. The Irishman left the office, evidently very reluctant at the delay. "Whist!" he whispered. "Couldn't ye give me the answer tomorrow, Misther Hour?" "No, no," was the reply; "come on Thursday." The client went as far as the stairs. 4 lieu ne mi lieu auu upiueu urn;* iu me door and put his head inside, with a finger at his lips. "Whist!" he whispered. "Couldn't ye get to see your father tonight, Misther Hoar?"?Boston Herald. This Story Is Always Good.?Timothy Woodruff tells of a family in Dutchess county who recently took into their employ a rosy-cheeked Irish tnaid-of-all-work. whose blunders afford them amusement to compensate for any trouble she may entail. One day the owner of the place stated in the girl's hearing that he intended to have a wood house built on a piece of ground which at that time enClosed a well "Sfiure, sor," said the inquiring Margaret, "will you be niovin' the well to a more convanient spot whin the wood house is builded?" As a smile crossed the face of her employer Margaret at once perceived she had made a mistake of some sort. "It's a fool I am. shure," she added hastily, bound to retrieve herself: "of coorse, whin the well was moved ivery drop of water would run out of it!"? Harper's Weekly. Mr. Knapsack Dines.?Mrs. Alex Houston recalls the following amusing incident, of which she was herself a witness: "A number of years ago a party were returning from the seashore, where they had been spending the summer, and stopped off from the car at Albany, N. Y., for a hasty dinner. One gentleman in his haste put his knapsack on a chair beside him. When he came to settle his bill the waiter charged for two fares. " 'Why, I have had only one dinner,* said the man. " 'Well,' said the waiter, "you put your knapsack In a chair that might have been occupied by one who would pay for a meal.' " 'All right' said the man, 'as I have paid for you, eat, Mr. Knapsack, eat,' and he opened his knapsack and iilled It with all he could reach at the table, to the great enjoyment or all who witnessed the incident."?Columbus Dispatch. itlisiccUunroiis iiratlm(|. IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. News and Comment Clipped From Neighboring Exchanges. LANCASTER. News, July 13: Mr. H. W. Plyler of this place has presented this office with a curiosity In the way of a hen eee. It is shaped like a squash and so much resembles that vegetable that some one remarked to Mr. Plyler that he must be feeding his fowls on squashes. Mr. Plyler's hens, by the way. are making him good money this year. They have already averaged him over a dollar each, from the sale of eggs The closing meeting Thursday night of the Christian Crusaders was probably the most largely attended of the many in the series. The large tabernacle was filled to its utmost capacity and there were over one hundred persons on the outside, unable to gain admission. The Crusaders, we understand, have not yet decided upon the point where their next series of meetings will be held. CHESTER. Lantern, July 30: Mrs. S. B. La than [ returned yesterday morning from Lowryville, where she had been to see her father, Mr. Robert Hope, who , is quite feeble in health We believe that Abbeville county has in i Mr. J. Fraser Lyon a son that is a distinct credit to her; one who followed his convictions on the liquor problem until he was convinced that the course pursued was wrong, and i then had the honesty and courage to say so; who, when appointed to i the unpleasant duty of investigating the conduct of those who were not accustomed to have their doings questioned, went at his work Just as If he thought the legislature was In dead earnest about the investigation. While the investigation was dealing with what was denominated the "small fry," the sarcastic inquiry came from a certain quarter, "why don't they investigate those higher up?" When the clews led the inves- < tigation dangerously near to the, ( source of the aforesaid inquiry, there was a howl and a violent denuncia- i lion, abuse of a man for doing his ( duty faithfully. This was answered i in a calm and dignified manner, which showed clearly the injustice of the attack. But we were Just won- | derlng how many people in Abbeville county will resent the hurling of vile j language at a worthy fellow citizen for the simple discharge of duty, j No. 33 of the Southern was ( wrecked about three miles below Lena, Tuesday morning. All the i coaches except one jumped tne iraca without any apparent cause, and were turned half over, some to one ; side and some to the other. Ellen Price, the waitress at the Southern depot, who was in the wreck, returned this morning and gives a graphic and amusing account of the wreck and her experiences there and at the hospital. Several were slightly hurt but she and two of the trainmen ; were all that were bad enough hurt to be taken to the hospital and none were : seriously hurt. She went to Savannah on a pleasure trip and spent all the time in the hospital until yesterday afternoon she got out by telling a story and slipped away to the train and came home Mr. Ed Graham returned yesterday morning from Charleston whither he went Monday to report for duty at headquarters after having successfully passed the examination for postal clerk. For the present he has been assigned the route between Lenoir and Lancaster with Mr. H. B. Laws. Miss Marie Caskey of Lancaster, who has been spending the past six months with relatives in Georgia, arrived here Tuesday night on No. 34 and left for her home Wednesday morning. Her grandmother, Mrs. Mary Winchester, came with her Mrs. J. L. Wood and Mrs. Julia Parker with her granddaughter, little Miss Julia Burris, returned yesterday from a few days' visit to their brother, Mr. H. H. Beard, at Yorkville. Mrs. W. J. Hyman of Charlotte, another sister, who accompanied them to Yorkville, after several days visit here, was to leave for her home yesterday. GASTON. Gastonia Gazette, July 13: Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hoffman of the Ozark mills, were bereaved Tuesday afternoon by the death of their infant child. The little form was buried at the Lutheran chapel church Gilbert, the little year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. L. Mason of Dallas, died Monday night after an illness of about five weeks. The Interment took place at the Lutheran church yard Tuesday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock after services conducted by Rev. W. A. Deaton. . . Miss Martha Rebecca Moore was hostess to a delightful and charming party of young people last night at her home on West Airline street in honor of her guest Miss Mildred McLean of Lincolnton. About fifty young people were present, and the evening was a very happy one for all. Games were played and refreshments were served. The affair was an out of door "At Home," the decorations consisted of a splendid array of dim lights from Japanese lanterns Misses Helen and Lola Jenkins entertained Tuesday evening at their home on South Marietta street in honor of their guests. Miss Bessie Charles Craft of Wilmington and Miss Annie Bryant of Oxford. The affair was an elaborate porch party. About fifty young people were present, and a delightful evening was enjoyed by all Mrs. Jennie Haynes Kennedy died at her home in Mooresville Wednesday afternoon, after an illness of several months. The deceased was forty eight years of age and the wife of Mr. R. C. Kennedy, a brother of Rev. J. J. Kennedy of Gastonia. Mrs. Kennedy is survived by the husband and four children and a large circle of friends and relatives The funeral services were conducted in Mooresville yesterday afternoon by Rev. Dr. Pharr and Rev. T. J. Rogers. Rev. J. J. Kennedy, Mrs. J. H. Kennedy and Mrs. Frost Torrence attended from Gastonia.... Miss Mattie Smith died in the Presbyterian hospital Tuesday morning at eight o'clock of peritonitis following an operation for cancer. Miss Smith lived in Gastonia and for the past year had made her home with her niece, Mrs. E. L. Lewis, and about a week ago was taken to Charlotte hoping to find relief in the hospital there. The remains were brought back to Gastonia Wednesday morning and were interred in Oakwood cemetery after services conducted by Rev. It. C. Anderson of the Presbyterian church. Miss Smith was forty-eight years of age and in addition to a large number of ( friends leaves a sister, Mrs. Sallie Morgan of Piedmont, S. C., and two brothers, Mr. Geo. Smith of Clinton, S. C., and Mr. James Smith of Gastonia, to mourn her loss A large crowd of young people enjoyed a delightful picnic at McAdensvllle Wednesday night. The following were present: Misses Mabel Craig, Emma Clinton, Laura Page, Mattie Caldwell, Edith Fayssoux, Ola Bryant, Kathleen Boyce, Gertrude Flowers, Minnie Costner, Lola and Helen Jenkins, Bettie Bryson, Sadie Tate, Ellen B. Harvie, Ethel Gray, Bessie Charles Craft, Margaret McLean and Jessie Boyce; Messrs. Lean Adams, Willie Hope Adams, Grier Love, Mack Holland, Ed Pegram, Oscar Shuford, *"* -? w ~T Tun 11 A flu m a (Ira. naymuuu mcucau, <>uu...u, ?. ? dy Rankin, R. L. Fox, Edgar Long, Lamar Pegram, Fred Smyre, Bob Currence, Frank Anders, Charlie Gray, Turner Green and Wade Gallant. TOM LAWSON ON "THE BRIBE." A Very Clean Skit at the Expense of the Legislature of Massachusetts. To the Massachusetts Legislature: To you and your dupes, the constituents of whose welfare you have been the Insolent betrayers; To you and your victims, the bucketshop slaves of whose hope of salvation you have been the ruthless destroyers; To you and your masters, the colorations of whose dictates you have been the good and faithful servants; To you and your works and your shame, as a valedictory to your present session and a salutation to your next one? I dedicate this homely story of the dirty bit of paper. Thomas W Lawson. 1906. It was a worn, and dirty, and evil smelling bit of paper. Its centre bore the portrait of a man, a man the image of his God. Behind the massive, stately brow was stored wisdom. From the great, kindly eyes shone toleration. The square, set I've-weighed-it-and-decided-it-beyond-recall Jaw was power incarnate. Under the face the one script, "In God We Trust," seemed almost unnecessary; the other, "The Father of His Country; His Country the Greatest on Earth," superfluous. For the features bore His indelible stamp, "True by birth and by choice, great by environment and by decision, splendid within and by reflection." From that resolute mouth came forth in organ tones, "All men shall be judged by what they have done, and they shall be rewarded and punished accordingly, here and hereafter." On the trodden bit of paper, silent witnesses to its potency, were traced autographs of lesser men, dingy black upon faded green. In a lower corner was Its tag, 232323 and plainly in the upper angle was its universal passport, the symbol of its power for good and for evil. One Hundred Dollars. Over broad ocean and beaten highways, along tortuous human currents and into earth's hidden nooks and crannies, up and down upon the ebb and flow of many generations, this bit of paper had found Its way. In the great shops of trade it had bought necessaries, comforts, luxuries, life Itself. In the noisome marts where Satan caters to evil passions it took from men and women respect, truth, virtue and gave them?Sometimes death. Those blots are the ear-marks left by a broken-hearted mother, who by this bit of paper freed an erring child from prison, but not from disgrace. That blur records the mingled joy of the snowhaired, care-bent couple, whose tumbling home by the Christmas coming of this magic token was snatched from grasping strangers. The blue-penciled letters on the edge note the snaring of the thief who stole to save those dearer to him than his honor. The red stain is the blood of mortal combat, a struggle to the death ?for this flimsy bit of paper. In all its comings and goings, its messages of sorrow and happiness, its service to careful thrift and unbridled license, its missions for kind, compassion and merciless cruelty, the graven face of the man was ever clam, tranquil, serene, a mirror of unalterable faith in God and Time, who right all things. Rut now the placid lips relax, curl up, quiver in scorn. The gentle eyes blaze and sparks of anger fly. The firm jaw becomes rigid, harsh menacing. The shrinking scripts read: "In Greed We Trust," "The Forsaken of His Country; His Country the Graftiest on Earth." The face flashes out fierce contempt and unutterable wrath, for now the soiled and besmirched bit of paper, shrivelling of Itself as it passes from one shameless hand into another more vile, has become the sign of the unpardonable sin, the unspeakable trade. ones niaiiuouu iui auuiuers suui.? xuc Bride. Thomas W. Lawson. WILD BOARS IN ENGLAND. Once Abundant?Attempts Is Made to Reintroduce Them In That Country. Among the exhibits at a meeting of the Zoological society last evening was the almost perfect skull of a wild boar which was recently dug up during the building operations in James street, Oxford street. Like the beavers, the wolf, the bear and the reindeer, the wild boar, though long extinct In this country, was formerly very abundant in the large forest lands which surrounded the site of London, and its remains are not infrequently unearthed in and around the metropolis. It is not certain when the last wild boar was killed in England, but it was probablv in the reign of Charles II or soon afterward, for in the book of accounts kept on the Chartley estate is the following entry, dated 1683: "Paid the cooper for a paile for ye wild swine, 2-0." It is .of course, possible that the wild swine alluded to were merely individuals preserved in Chartley park, and that the boar had been exterminated as a really wild animal long before. But whether the swine were preserved at Chartley or not it is certain that another species of wild animal?the white cattle?found a sanctuary there, and it was not until quite recently that the herd that descended from the original stock preserved in the park was dispersed. Attempts have been made to reintroduce the wild boar into England, but they have had to be abandoned, partly because the forests which they haunted in past ages are now cultivated lands and gardens, and partly because the havoc these huge and destructive wild beasts commit among growing crops is not to be tolerated by our already oppressed agriculturists.?London Daily Graphic. SUITS OVER SMALL SUMS. Settlement of Matters of Principle Always Expensive. A Georgia railroad and one of Its patrons have got as far as the supreme court of that state with a lawsuit In which the sum of money at Issue is eighteen cents, but there is a principle Involved which both sldet are determined should be settled foi all time. In Atlanta, as In most cities south of New England, one cannot enter a train without exhibiting a ticket and having it punched at the gates. An Atlanta man, to aid a WUIIiau ?V11II it guuu ucai ui uu.uu ung' gage, bought a ticket to the nearest station beyond at the price named It was stamped "redeemable If not used." The purchaser before leaving the station presented It for redemption, but this was refused. H< then went to the local court, whlcli decided in his favor. The railroad company then appealed to a hlghei court, on the ground that In his purchase of the ticket he simply pretended tto enter into a contract, anc his purpose was to defraud. Agair the purchaser obtained a judgment and the case Is now before the supreme court of Georgia. The principle of the plaintiff is that the railroad had no right to question his motives when he presented the tlckei for redemption, and that of the railroad company is that the existence of the gate system is at issue. Highly important decisions have been based on issues involving verj small money considerations. Th< supreme court of the United States last winter, gave a good deal of time and research to a case carried before it on appeal Involving only $24. A railroad was in this case, the defendant. It owed one of its employees a train hand, the sum, which was at tached and collected by one of hi! creditors. The employee contendec that the money was still due him, anc carried the case up to the hlghes tribunal in the land. Our own famous Chief Justice Shaw wrote one of his most lumi nous expositions of legal principle! in deciding a case which turned or the ownership of a bull calf. It l! related that the bar snickered at th< frequent repetition of the phrase "the said bull calf," and the chiel justice rebuked, the laughing lawyers by saying: "Gentlemen, you do noi reflect what a bull calf may be to t very poor family!" Robert Brownlng went to law over the value of on< bottle of wine on the great principh that he would not be swindled foi half a crown If he could help It. Th< "kicker" Is often the subject of rldicule, but kickers have helped th< world along at tlmek Given a great scenic environment and the "kicker' becomes a historical personage of th< flrst-class. John Hampden woulc never have "felt" the amount of "shlj money" assessed on his estate.? Boston Transcript. STORIES OF "SCOTTY." A Picturesque Figure Against Tami Background of Civilization. You cannot cross the Nevada desert without hearing much gossip abou "Scotty," he of the meteoric specia trains and the colassal bluffs. A "bus ted cow puncher" with an exotic imagination, he has juggled fact and fanfc} until the shrewdest men in the south west lock horns In argument as t< whether "Scotty" has a mine In Deatl Valley or dreamed it. When I me him he was coming out or tne aeser with a ba? of ore on a burro and tin announcement: "I'm due to take a little whirl dowi the road. I'm going to bluff old Har riman out of his boots. I'll bet hln fifty thousand dollars I can beat hiri In a race from the coast to Chicago me taking a special on the Santa F< and that old Agger-head pulling out 01 the Union Pacific, I'm afraid he'll taki water. He's a counterfeit on the level he is. "They say I've killed fifteen mei just to see 'em kick," continued "Scot ty," as he cocked his hat over one eye "It ain't so. I wouldn't do no slcl thing. They don't know me. I foo 'em all. I've got a pair of glasses tha can see fiftv miles and a gun tha shoots five miles, and when they tr: to trail me Into the valley I run blazer; on 'em. I'm due for a little race dowi the pike behind an engine. Maybe I'vi got a mine and maybe not. Maybe it'; on Furnace creek, in the Funera range, Death Valley, and maybe it' somewhere else, and maybe I ain't go a cent." A bizarre figure of a man who har monizes immensely well with the ro mantle mystery of Death Valley, "Scot ty" has managed to find and somehov maintain the notoriety that is dear t< his soul. To my knowledge ne "Diev in" on his "whirl" some six or eigh thousand dollars advanced under i grub-stake contract by a hypnotizet New York banker, which funds wen to be used In developing the allege* mining properties. "Scotty" refuse* to tell his backer where the mine was and squabbled all the money advanced which accounts for a good part of hi: flaming prosperity. As a type of thi vanishing west, he makes a crudel; picturesque figure against the dul background of a tamed civilization.? Ralph D. Paine In Outing Magazine. TRAVELS OF A COIN. How Californians Will Study the His tory of Individual Silver Dollars. The history of a dollar is going b be traced. The purpose Is to ascer tain just how much money is spen here and just how much goes out o the state. It will be done to see i the home industries are patronized This project will be put through b; the Pacific Commercial Museum am the Manufacturers and Producers association of California. The manner of tracing the histor of the coin will be unique and, so fa as is known, has never been done be fore. Kach dollar will go forth wltl its diary attached to it. The dollar will be attached to a piece of parch tnent on which will be a blank to bi tilled in by each person who receive the coin. At the top of the parch ment will be printed: "San Francisco. Cal., July 1, 1906 "To whom it may concern: The at tached dollar has been sent forth b; the Pacific Commercial Museum an< the Manufacturers and Producers association of California. It Is sen in an endeavor to discover, in th? most practical and scientific man ner possible, just where and foi what the average dollar Is used. Wll you please properly date and fill ou the first remaining blank space it ink and then pass the paper and at tached dollar on In the course oi your business transactions?" Following this will be the blanl which will contain a space for th< time the coin was received, the town county and state In which It was re ceived, the person by whom it wa received and the article for which i i was paid. This will be a complet history of the coin. One hundred o these coins will be sent out, and the; will be distributed among the differ l ent trades. Ten will be sent out b i the bankers, ten by the artisans, te by the retailers and so on. The dol ; lars will be due to come home Sep tember 1 to H. W. Furlong, who ha f the matter In charge.?San Francis s co Chrorlcle. L HOW CONVICTS KILL TIME. t . Some Ha/e Made Useful Articles?On 1 Memorized Old Testament The convict whose idle hours ar ' the bitterest of his term of imprison - ment must kill time clandestinely ur 1 less the governor or the chaplain I ' willing to take a very broad view c " the regulations in order to help hln ' Sometimes a skilled workman of a ' industrious turn of mind will appet ' to one or other of these gentlemen t 1 find him some employment for hi spare time. Thus a clever wood can er mentioned in a recent report c the prison commissioners was abl to present to the chapel a really mag i nillcently carved eagle lectern In oal t entirely the work of his own hand and done in hours which might otf J erwlse have been spent In solltud and idleness. 5 An ex-governor of a great prlso r has In his possession a remarkabl 5 handsome sideboard in walnut, whlc > was made for him by a convict of 5 prison where he was governor fc i some ten years. The man appeale L to him for some means of killln ' time, and, knowing the man to t a cabinet maker, he provided hii with wood and tools. The sldeboar 3 was the surprising result, and in cor 1 sequence of It, when the convict too ' his discharge, there was a substantli 1 present from the governor to hel him in making a fresh start in lif ; Moreover, while thus employed h hand was not losing ;.ts cunning nc 3 his mind lying fallow, and his chance 1 of leading an honest life thereaftc 3 were therefore greatls- increased. i On the other hand, prisoners hav been known to kill time secretly b ^ such melancholy devices as makin 3 mats and baskets of straw taken froi 1 their beds, rather than simply sit an 1 brood. Others have set themselves ( count the number of times certai ' letters occur in the Bible, with a cop % ' of which every convict is provide* r and it is quite a common practice fc 5 prisoners to learn whole chapter gospels and epistles by heart. A cei ' ta n hardened character committe ; to memory the whole of the Old Tei tament, but the moral good it did hii ; could not have been very great, fc two days arter nis release ne commi 1 ted a burglary, for which he was set teoced to three years' imprlsonmer. The chaplain of a prison possess* considerable powers In the way < providing convicts with spare tlm occupations, and with his co-operj tion an educated convict will som< times indulge in such "literary pui - suits" as inditing his autobiograph; t which many chaplains consider 1 good method for getting a prison* to weigh his own character, thoug they are often disappointed by tf f measure of hypocritical claptrap sue - autobiographies contain.?London Ti > Bits. i 1 American Wouldn't Be Robbed.1 An American tourist has been treatir i a pickpocket of murderous procllvlt* to a lesson which he will not soon foi 1 get. He was walking along one of tl outer boulevards an evening or tw 1 ago, and had joined a group which wi 1 watching a cinematograph show at tl ' facade of a house when he felt a har e playing with his waistcoat pocket ar 1 soon perceived that a valuable watt e had left him, In company with a scar ' rvln and hla nnrsu He looked around, and perceiving 1 man hurrying away as fast as he coui go started In pursuit, and was aboi L to catch the fellow by the collar wh? 1 a couple of bullets whizzed past h ' ears. Undaunted by this dangerot 1 attack the American rushed on, ar 1 overtaking the miscreant rendered Hi ^ Incapable of further mischief by a w< B directed blow from his flst and the 1 gave him a sound thrashing. Th e done, he recovered possession of tl 3 stolen articles and triumphantly con J mltted the pickpocket to the custoc 3 of some policeman who had now ai 1 rived on the spot. As the miscreant, who turns out I be an old offender, was being led aws his captor quietly strolled back to hai " another look at the ctnematograp ' just as if nothing unusual had happei 0 ed, much to the admiration of tt k crowd which had watched his pluch periormance wim uaieu Dream.?imi j don Telegraph. B i'.Z" When a young man begins i 1 make regular visits to a girl, how i would knock out the romance If ! were said that he was calling on hi ' to make arrangements for hiring ' cook. s I ELECTRIC BULBS THE GENUINE EDISON KIND, SOLD ONLY BY U: There Is a great distinction In Elei trie Lamps?some good, ?ome bette 3 and some best. We sell the best, mo brilliant, longest lasting Electric drc lights ever introduced. Drop In and see the new HYL (High and Low) Lamps. No string 1 pull?a simple twist does the chant from high to low. They are grea Ask to see them. STAR DRUG STORI D. L. Shieder, Prop. ! PARKER7! IH&&9 hair balsam C ^ ^^ I'leanMj and Uaut.liei Uie ntir _ PromoU* ft luxuriant growth. 9 MEW/ : Never Fall* to Beator* Oraj HJRfiV "W^M Hair to it* Youthful Color. Curta Kftlp dlMftMi ft hair lolling. jyqPB ^lJ iOc. and |l-00 al DrugglxU r Body--Mind--Soul , Must be equally trained to fit a be for life. The school that does th honestly is cheap at any price, ar e any other school Is high at any pric ~ Catawba Military Academ 1 ROCK HILL, S. C. 1 Endeavors to do this. It strives aft< i THOROUGH TRAINING?CAREFU - OVERSIGHT ? CANDID DEALIN f with Parent and Pupil. Rates t moderate as Excellence will allot i For information address, i D. J. BRIMM, Rock Hill S. C. /' 1 O. P. HEATH, Pt. W. S. NEIL, ; YORKVILLE B. y INCORPO I GOING 1 3 i- V THE SUMMER SEASON IS I HAVE SOLD GREAT STACKS ( 1 THE SEASON. WE ARE WELL f NESS WE HAVE BEEN DOING. I PILES OF SUMMER GOODS ON PASS ON TO OUR CUSTOMERS TO HELP THIS OBJECT ALONG e TO THE COST MARK AND BE l- THESE LINES WE KNOW IT V TO SEE US, SEE OUR GOODS A 13 ALL STRAW HATS GO AT COST , ALL SUMMER CLOTHING n ALL OXFORDS GO Ll Q ALL SUMMER DRESS GOODS, Is Lawns, Etc., GO AT COST. ~{ ALL LADIES' SKIRTS GO AT CO! le ALL EXPENSIVE EMBRC ALL ALL-OVER L.4 8, LADIES' BEL SPECIAL REDUCTIONS ON JAP le 10 PER CENT OFF ON Hi 5 OWENSBOR h a We have control of the sale >r TED OWENSBORO WAGONS an d them. Every wagon user who h? 8 enthusiastic witness as to Its sup ,e hardest service up to the limit oi 11 I need now or expect to be In need d I want you to see THE OWENSBC I [ SEE US FO If you want a BUGGY If yo we can demonstrate to your entlrt 8 I PEOPLE TO SEE BEFORE YOU T I ^ the BEST values that you can pc '* 1 our Mr. JAMES L. SANDERS wl stock of any description. OSBORNE g 7i You are doubtless undecide d ING MACHINE for you to buy. :o you, but we believe that we car n OSBORNE MOWER Is superior I ,y shown you the OSBORNE super! ], reasonable comparison with the i )r we believe that you can chen dec; 9i furthermore we believe that you r. IS IT. It's use in the hay will soi d made any mistake in buying an I 3. We also have a big stock of OSBO! n you are ready to buy a Mowing ft! >r tW As usual we are headquarter t. ?when it is a question of GROC ) any figure with you. t. If you need any NO. 1 PI E Yorkville B. & 1 r- T a J. S. WILKER80N & CO. >r HICKORY S. C. h - ~ 'e General Merchandise n t- UR Stock of General Merchandise la large, varied and well selected. We are able to supply almost anything in the best quaMtles and at the - RIGHT PRICES. MACHINERY. ?s We handle goods of the Internar tlonal Harvester Co., Including Gasole line Engines, Hay Balers, Harvesters, McCormlck Reapers, Rakes, Harrows, ro and sell everything at Right Prices. BUGGIES AND WAGONS. ie Anything that may be desired in id Buggies and Wagons can be had from id us. If it does not happen to be on -* 14 ^ u?n ...ottAni ,u nana n laii dej nnu muiuui Acuity. But we are carrying a large r" stock in this line. J. 8. WILKERSON & CO., * Hickory, 8. C. Id Ml u Withers Adickes Co. is id m The statement that Our Stock is ,ll unusually Complete and Prices Low is no kin to the standing form of such >n printed assertions, is KINGAN'S MEATS?Cost more ie than any others brought to Yorkville . ?but we sell at SAME PRICE as oth," era. 'y BLENDING TEAS and COFFEES r- Is much like mixing drugs and there is much fraudulent popycock about . many such. We ask a trial of your co palate and stomach, just as a shoe iy should At the foot and not the head. re Everything for putting up JELh LIES, PICKLES. FRUITS. etc. ' Best mixed Spices, Tumeric, &c. TO CLOSE OUT?Prunes and Curie rants?6 i-4c to 8 l-3c pound. Ly Lots of New Dishes, Glass, &c.? we think more than we have ever had. For anything in our lines consult ADICKES. to it " YORKVILLE a MONUMENT WORKS. ? (IncorDorated.) JULY 1 ST. We take stock on the above date, and as that date Is not far off we want to reduce our stock of finished work to as low a point as possible before that d date and in order to help the reduction ' process along as rapidly as possible, we will, until JULY 1ST, make espedaily attractive prices to parties desirr, ing to purchase Monuments, Tombit stones, Markers, etc. ip By Finished Work we mean stones of various; styles that have been finished in every way except the inscrlp0 tions. If you have relatives and loved to ones whose graves you wish to mark in a suitable way, it is entirely to your ,t. Interest to get our prices between this date and July 1st next. All of our work Is of the BEST In quality and finish and in every respect is equal to any work of like character obtainable anywhere at like prices. W. BROWN WYLIE. Sec.-TreasF. C. 13 LACK 1 Life Insurance ' Old Line Mutual _ Legal Reserve Just as solid as It is possible to make anything. ,y THE SECURITY LIFE and annum r tuwirMnr e. Has complied with the general Insurance laws, and Is licensed to do busly ness as legal reserve "Old Line" company. This means, that the state of North Carolina guarantees that the ?r company's assets and liabilities are L correctly given In Its published statements. " That the Company has deposited is cash securities with the Insurance v. commissioner for the absolute protection of Its policy-holders. FRED C. BLACK. \ V. Pt. R. E. HEATH, Sec-Tr. I M. COMPANY, RATED. lTcost I DRAWING TO A CLOSE. WE DP SUMMER GOODS DURING i SATISFIED WITH THE BUSIBUT WE STILL HAVE GREAT HAND THAT WE WANT TO BEFORE THE SEASON ENDS. WE HAVE REDUCED PRICES FORE BUYING ANYTHING IN PILL BE TO YOUR INTEREST ND GET OUR PRICES. \ GOES AT COST. AT COST. Including Ginghams, Colored ST. 1IDERIES GO AT COST. iCES GO AT COST. .TS, BUCKLES AND COMBS. ANESE MATTINGS. VXI) BAGS, TRUNKS, ETC. 0 WAGONS in this section of the CELEBRAd have Just received a carload of us ever used an Owensboro is an eriority. They are built for the f their capacities. If you are in of a Wagon at a future date we >RO?The Wagon that Pleases. R BUGGIES u will but give us the opportunity j satisfaction that WE ARE THE BUY. Our Buggy stock includes ssibly secure. Come and talk to len you are ready to buy rolling MOWERS d as to what is the BEST MOWWe can't decide the matter for 1 show you plainly wherein the J :o any other, and when we have ority and made the price within I >rlces of other Mowing Machines ide the question for yourself and ? will decide that the OSBORNE ? on convince you that you haven't 2 )SBORNE MOWING MACHINE. ( RNE HAY RAKES. See us when [achine and Rake. s?THE PLACE TO HEAD FOR ERIES, if Quality and Price cut [NE SHINGLES come to see us. ? : M. Company. ' 19fnf?cctn?al /Tarda ?fl 91441 vymutli j :===:=:=:=:= 1 DR. JM. W. WHITE,; DENTIST < Opposite Poetoffice, Yorkville, 8. C. , 1 JOHN R. HART. , ATTORNEY AT LAW j No. 3 Law Range I Yorkville, S. C. ! W. W. LEWIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Proptiroa In the Sfutp and United States courts, and gives prompt atten- < Uon to all business. Lends money on approved security. j Office No. 5, Law Range, Yorkville, S. C. A. Y. CART WRIGHT, SURGEON DENTIST, YORKVILLE, S. C. OFFICE HOURS: g am. to i pm.; j p m. to 5pm. Office In upstairs rooms of Cartwright building next to the Parish hotel burnt lot. j. s. BRICE, ; ATTORNEY AT LAW Office Opposite Court House. Prompt attention to all legal business of whatever nature. i GEO. W. S. HART, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ' I YORKVILLE, S. C. a LAW RANGE 'Phone Office No. jS D. E. Finley. Marion B. Jennings FINLEY & JENNINGS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Office in Wilson Building, opposite Court House. Telephone No. 126. W9~ Wanted.?Your orders for all i kinds of printed matter. Best work i at fairest prices. < i STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA County of York. < IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLBAS. Mary A. Brian, Plaintiff, against El- ! wood F. Bell, Eliza Jane Bell, Donom W. Bell, James B. Bell, Wm. E. Bell, Thos. J. Bell, Rufus E. Knox, Martha Jane Metts, Thos. Eell Knox. N. Lucinda Knox, John Elwood Knox. James Edwin Knox, Aaron , W. Brian (and, If he be deceased, his heirs?names, ages and residences to plaintiff unknown), James Thomas Brian (and, if he be deceased, his heirs?names, ages and residences of some of them to ' plaintiff unknown), Elizabeth Sap- 1 phira Wylle, Martha J. Smith, J. Martin Brian, Nannie E. Thomasson, D. Martin Hall, Susan E. Floyd, Jno. F. Jeflferys, Sallie Os ceola Jefferys, James A. Wray, Wm. B. Wray, Jas. Q. Wray, Rush T. Wray, Sallie Wray and David Alonzo Wray, Defendants.?Sum- ; mons for Relief.?Complaint Filed, j To the Defendants above named: YOU are hereby summoned and re- < quired to answer the complaint in t LI- ...LI/xL Loo tLIn Ao.. Loom tins at'iiuiii which <ias uuo uay uccii i filed in the otflee of the Clerk of the 1 Court of Common Pleas for the said i County, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber, at his office, 2 Law Range, Yorkvllle, S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service: and if you . fail to answer the complaint within ( the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this < action will apply to the Court for the i relief demanded in the complaint. { Dated June 14th, A. D. 1906. GEO. W. S. HART. Plaintiff's Attorney. June 19 t Jul 24 6t f f J" Tnderscoring \ parts of a letter for empha- , sis mars its ap- J pearance. M The NmrlHCfcms Sntt tafcr Typewriter which writes black, purple or red as desired, . enables you to send out letters emphatic to the mind as they are pleasing to the eye. This machine permit# not only the I dm of a three-color ribbon, bat alao of a two-color or aiafie-color ribbon. | I Mo extra com for uut new moaei. h Smith Pxkmisk. Typewrite? II S. RHEA PRESTON, Jr., II Greenville, S. C. fl Real Estate For Sale. One 3-room dwelling and lot, 70zl<6 Sast Jefferson street. One corner Lot, East Jefferson street idjolning above. 1 six-room, new Dwelling on west ilde Wright avenue. New fence iround lot. new barn, and wood shed. ?lty water. 1?0 Acres, 2-story dwelling, I ooms; 2 tenant houses; good new >arn; 4-horse farm open; 60 acres in :imber; capable of high cultivation; Si miles from Yorkvllle, 7im to Rock Hill, on Yorkvllle and Rock Hill road, rerms to suit purchaser. 30} Acres, 3i miles Yorkvllle; 20 teres In cultivation; good stream of water; 1 nice weatherboarded 4-r louse; 1 tenant house. 80 Acres, 5| miles southeast Yorkvllle; adjoining lands W. R. Carroll; Spencer place; 1 4-r dwelling; 10 acres Ine bottom; 20 acres forest land. 72 Acres, Sim. Yorkvllle, on Rutherford road; 2 houses and barn; 56 teres In cultivation; 16 acres timber; tranches; 80 fine fruit trees; ft-mile of public school. 451} acres, 2 miles of Tirzah, 6ft niles Yorkvllle, 7ft Rock Hill. On pubic road from Yorkvllle to Rock Hill, near Adner church;^ high state of -'uiuvauun, is acres uuuuiii in turn, 10-horse farm open. Large new barn, 12 stalls and cribs. 10 acres fine orchard. 2-story dwelling (painted) In beautiful oak grove. Produced 100 bales cotton 1905. 115 acres 2| miles Incorporate limits of Torkvllle, Plnckney road; six room dwelling, 1 tenant house, 40 teres In woods. Cheap?1-3 cash. 20] acres on Plnckney road, 3 mile incorporate limits of Torkvllle, In cultivation, level, one Ave room dwelling, 2 tenant houses. Price I860. 190 Acres, 4| miles south of Torkvllle. One Dwelling, 2 Tenant houses; 75 acres open land, balance In Timber. 300 Fruit Trees. $12 per acre. 377 acres, farm, both sides King's Mountain road, about 2| miles Bethany High School, 1 7-room dwelling, I tenant house and other buildings; at least 100,000 feet saw timber; has mineral prospects; A. C. Stroup place. Farm in fine condition; 140 acres; II Room Dwelling; 40 acres in wood and saw timber; 8 acres bottom; good out buildings; half mile' Bethany High school; $4,000.00. 57 Acres; 8 miles west of Torkvllle; near Rutherford road; one two-room house; Cheap. FOR SALE?237 acres, "Enloe place," 5i miles from Torkvllle. 3 houses, 4 horse farm open. 100 acres in wood. 50,00 to 100,000 ft of saw timber. 40 acres fine bottoms on Buckhorn creek. 72 acres on Chester road, 4 miles Torkvllle; adjoins Philadelphia church at Delphos station. 20 acres original forest, dwelling, etc. 60 acres 1 mile of Tlrzah; 10 acres In wood; 6 acres good bottom. ToungD.in. tann uiuuu * ?IV? Pine dwelling on Main street 10 Rooms?Splendid Location. 55 acres, i mile Tirzah station. Per acre, $10.00. 40 acres, 8 miles northeast of Yorkville, bounded by lands of Mrs. Nichols and Mrs. Youngblood; 18 acres woodland. 133 1-3 acres i mile west of Hoodtown. On public road. 60 acres in cultivation, 35 or 40 acres of flne bottoms. 12 acres bottoms in cultivation. Cheap. Six valuable lots on Lincoln ave. 60x296 feet W. H. Herndon property. Small house on W. Madison street Lot containing one acre. 85 acres, J-mile from Yorkville on Charlotte road; a two-room house, 15 acres in bottom in high state of cultivation. 83 acres 2 miles from Yorkville, 2 tenant houses?3 and 4 rooms? New Barn with sheds, new double crib, good pasture, good 2-horse farm in cultivation, 200 nursery trees consisting of pears, peaches, apples and cherries. 113 acres 6 miles west of Yorkville, 70 acres cultivated land, well watered, 2-story dwelling, 6 rooms, on R. F. D., about 28 acres in pasture and second growth pine. 220 acres, 2 miles from Yorkvllle. 2 dwelling and 1 tenant house. Well timbered. 25 acres In the town of Yorkvtlle, will sell In lots from one acre up. Five room cottage 8 x 30 foot hall, Tront and back portico, good well, 80 Toot frontage on Wright avenue. Four lots In Whlsonant?CHEAP. 235 acre farm about 8} miles from ITorkvllle, 3 miles from Ebenezer; 1 new 6-room dwelling two 4-room tenant houses, 30 acres fine bottom land ?five horse farm. J. C. WILBORN, Attorney. COTTON INSURANCE. I AM prepared to write Insurance on Cotton stored either In open yard or In outbuildings on farms. Farmers can arrange to borrow money on my Insurance policies on :otton held on their farms the same is If the cotton were stored In a warehouse In town. Rate 3} per cent. Write or call at my office for rates of nsurance and other information. J. R. LINDSAY. Oct. 3. t.f. tf. CLOTHES CLEANING. rAM prepared to clean gentlemen's Is/Uso' ublrlo In n ?kAn M- Liuilira aim lauica onu ia ssi a llivi ? >ughly satisfactory manner, at reasonable prices. Work may be sent direct to my home or left at W. E. Ferguson's store. Mrs. R. B. McCLAIN. WW Bound Volumes of Horse Shoe Robinson at The Enquirer office, $1.00.