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jRumoroits department. Another Story on Its Travel?.?A Yankee Just returning to the states was dining with an Englishman, and the latter complained of the mud in America, "Yes," said the American, "but it's nothing to the mud over here." "Nonsense!" said the Englishman. "Fact," the American replied. "Why this afternoon I had a remarkable adventure?came near getting into trouble with a gentleman?all through your confounded mud." "Some of the streets are a little greasy at this season, I admit," said the Englishman. "What was your adventure, though?" "Well," said the American, "I was walking along and I noticed that the mud was very thick, and presently I saw a high hat afloat on a puddle of - - ? J. ? t.lnJ very rich ooze. rmnKing 10 uu <% mhuness to some one I gave the hat a poke with my stick, when an old gentleman looked up from beneath, surprised and frowning. 'Halloa!' I said, 'you're in pretty deep!' 'Deep-er than you think,' he said. 'I'm on the top of an omnibus!*"?London Tit-Bits. The Bbbt Pun.?The best pun quoted in Canon Ainger"s "Life and Letters," and indeed the best pun the London Truth reviewer ever heard of its kind, is not Hood's or Lamb's or Ainger's, but one of Archdeacon Burney's. Ainger thus records It: The neatest thing I ever heard was said by Archdeacon Burney the other day at a meeting at Rochester, where a list of subscriptions was being read out: M?, ?50." "That's pretty good." whispered Burney to his neighbor, Archdeacon Cheetham, who, knowing that the giver was exceedingly rhh murmured: "It ought to have been ?500." "Ah," rejoined Burney, instantly, "he forgot the ought!" There is on record a similar pun of Douglas Jerrold's. When the friend of a Micawber, who was always being helped out of pecuniary difficulties, called for the third time on Douglas Jerrold to ask for another subscription, the wit inquired: "Well, how much does want this time?" "I think a four and two noughts will about put him straight." "You may put me down for one of the noughts!"?Buffalo Commercial. Too Much To Ask.?A traveler in the highlands observed while at a tavern in a small village a very beautiful collie. At his request the owner was pointed out to him, and he asked the man what he would take for the dog. "Ye'll be taking him to America?" the Scot asked cautiously. "Certainly, If you sell him to me." 'I no coul' part wle Rob," the dog's owner men saia enipnauraii). * m muckle fond-like o' him." And liberal offers were no Inducement. To his astonishment, the traveler later saw the dog sold to a drover for half what he had offered and after the drover had disappeared requested an explanation. "You said that you could not sell him," he remarked. A twinkle came into the highlander's eyes. "No; I dldna say I'd no sell him. I said I couldna part wle him," he said. "Bob'll be hame in two or three days fra noo, but I couldna ask him to swim across the ocean. Na; that would be too muckle to ask."?Harper's Weekly. Trn Agent Lost.?"My friend," said the agent to the Billville brother, "let me sell you an accident policy." "Never had an accident In my life." "But?you may have. Ain't you about to marry?" "Yes, but what's that got to do with it?" "A great deal. Suppose your wife was to get angry with you and lam you 'side the head with the fire shovel, or your mother-in-law might take a notion to break every bone in your body; or " T?..A 4L* T)ll1..liu Kim dui luc xr>nxviiic uiuiuri owpjn-u nim right there. "I've thought better of it." he said; "I'll be durned ef I git married!"?Atlanta Constitution. Husband's Argumbnt.?The late Susan B. Anthony, relates the New York Tribune, once attended a wedding in Rochester, and at the reception she said to the bridegroom: "If you want this marriage to be a happy one, you must be as kind and tender always as you are now. I once knew a young couple whose marriage had not turned out as happily as it should have done. The wife said to the iiusuanu une cvriiiiiK. " 'Before we were married, dear, you were always giving me presents. Why do you never give me any now?" " 'My love,' the husband replied, 'did you ever hear of a fisherman giving bait to a fish he had caught?"' Hero of Many Battdes.?One fault of a certain extremely popular general is that he. being rather deaf, is apt to come to wrong conclusions. Returning from a campaign one of the first men to greet him was an old acquaintance. "Ah. my good fellow," said the general, "so glad to see you again. Hope you have prospered and had good fortune these years!" "Yes. general, yes; but I have had the great misfortune to lose my wife since I saw you." Catching the word "wife." the other guessed at the idea of a recent marriage. and, patting his old friend affectionately on the shoulder, he exclaimed; "Happy man! Happy man!"?Exchange. Needed a New Liver.?"Old Hunk cr mci<aug[iiiu ?a.i a \\riiMiunin.iiaiact(r In Chelsea some twenty-five years ago says the Boston Herald. At one time Hunker was ailing and called on the city physician, who told him to wear a liver paa, 10 oe nau ai any urug store. On inquiring the price, and finding it high, he got his wife to make one for him. In about a week he said: "Bridget, the b'yes ail keep away from me. What the djvil is the matter? Am I dying?" "Sure you've not dying." she said "It's geting better every minute ye are. Take off that liver pad and let me put a fresh liver into it for yer." A Tavte For Doas.?Mark Twain, apropos of Decoration Day, talked of war and of the hardships and privations of sieges. "A Frenchman." he said, "called one day on a lady who had two dogs. They were ugly little brutes and when they came near him, the man pushed them out of the way with his foot. " 'I perceive sir," said the lady coldly, 'that you are not very fond of dogs.' "The man started in surprise. "'I not fond of dogs?' he exclaimed. Why, madam, I ate more than twenty of them during the siege of Paris.'" ittisrcUiiucoits iUatlinq. IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. News and Comment Clipped From Neighboring Exchanges. LANCASTER. News, July 17: The District Summer school closed its session of four weeks last Friday. The total enrollment was forty-one. The Instructors say that the teacher-pupils did excellent work....A nice organ has been recently installed In the A. R. P. church at Pleasant Hill. Miss Sue Marshall, daughter of the late Thorn ?? ?- 1 If ? as Aiarsnaii, is me urgiiiiisi mi. Peter Threat and Miss Ola Sistare, daughter of Mrs. Queen Sistare, both of this place, were married last Sunday by Magistrate W. P. Caskey Rev. W. \V. Ratchford. the venerable pastor of Tirzah and old Waxhaw Presbyterian churches, has a most remarkable record for good health. For about sixty-seven years he lived without ever being sick enough to call in a physician or even to take a dose of medicine. But last week this wonderful record was broken, when for the first time in his long, active and useful life he was sick enough to call in a physician to prescribe treatment for him. His illness was of a brief duration, however, and when Dr. H. C. Houston called back a day or so later to see him, the venerable and hardy old gentleman was able to be out as usual. May his useful and noble life be spared yet many years, is the sincere wish of a host of friends. CHESTER. Lantern, July 17: Mrs. William White of Yorkville, and Mrs. Richard Hudson of Wardlaw, N. C., are spending the day with Mrs. Kluttz. Thursday afternoon three negro women engaged in a fight with umbrellas near the Southern depot, which was furious while it lasted and very amusing to the spectators from the waiting room. Policemen Darby and Howze were soon at the battle ground and conveyed the contestants ~ 1/%/iln.r, TTriHov mnmlntr MrtV IU IIIC IUV. rv u x~ i iuuj ...v. * or Hardin gave them a hearing and fined two of them $5 or thirty days on the streets and they paid the fine. The other, who proved that she was trying to make peace, was release J. Mr. J. K. McDaniel received a phone message yesterday evening telling of the death of his sister, Mrs. Sallie McDaniel Anderson, wife of Mr. Robert Anderson, of Knox Station. She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Sallie McDaniel, four brothers and two sisters, besides her husband and six small children, the oldest about 9 years old and the baby an infant of four weeks. The burial will be in the cemetery at Union A. R. P. church today Mr. Barber Crawford Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Brown, of Rock Hill, whose illness has been mentioned several times in these columns, died Friday evening, July 13, 1906, at 8 o'clock, after an illness of six weeks with typhoid fever. For possibly more than a year Mr. Brown made his home In this city, the last few months he worked for the Mutual Benefit association. In March or April he went to Lancaster to work for the Metropolitan Jdfe Insurance company ana mere contracted fever. After he had been sick a few days he came to Richburg to his brother. Dr. W. DeK. Wylle. After two weeks treatment by him he seemed better and went to Rock Hili to recuperate but instead he relapsed and after a struggle of four more weeks with the fever he died at the time stated above. He was in his 21st year, of a quiet disposition and had a number of friends here. The remains, accompanied by his stricken parents and three sisters. Mrs. Mary W. Robinson, Mrs. Robert Stevenson and Miss Gertrude Brown, his niece, Miss Dorothy Robinson and Mrs. J. O. Barber, reached here on No. 27 Saturday morning and were taken to Richburg on the morning L. & C. train. From there directly to Mt. Prospect church where funeral services were conducted by Rev. C. P. Carter and W. A. Fairey, after which the body was laid to rest in the cemetery there One of the prettiest home weddings ever witnessed in this community was solemnized Wednesday evening at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. vwhicj, lirai vapcio vuapn, n uvn Miss Nannie became the bride of Mr C. Bloxham Lastinger of Tampa, Fla. The house was tastefully decorated in cut flowers and pot plants. In the center of the room was a lovely arch of ivy. Promptly at eight o'clock tc the strains of Mendelsshon's wedding march beautifully rendered by Miss Edna Hardin, Mr. Albert Ferguson with Miss Martha Walsh, and Mr. Fred Hardin, with Miss Emmie Conley then entered. The bride leaning on the arm of the groom took their place beneath the arch where the solemn and impressive ceremony was pro nounced by Rev. J. M. Fridy, pastoi of the bride. It was a quiet, yet ver> beautiful ceremony witnessed by onlj a few friends and relatives of the contracting parties. The bride was attired in a beautiful creation of whit* silk and applique, wearing the bride'? veil and carrying a lovely bunch ol brides' roses. The bride's maids wert attired in white silk mull with pink ribbons and carried pink La Franc* roses. The gentlemen wearing full dress evening suits. The happy couplt after receiving congratulations from their friends left on the 11 o'clock train for their home in Tampa. Fla The bride wore a traveling suit ol blue silk with hat to match. GASTON. Gastonia Gazette, July IT: Mis? Cora Clarke left Monday morning for Brunswick Ga.. to spend several weeks Miss Bright Rudisil of King's Mountain, after spending Sunday with Gastonia friends wenl down to Clover yesterday to spenc several days with her sister. Mrs. J A. Page Dr. Charles Boaz ol London, is expected here today with his wife and two children to visit hi.' brother. Dr. H. Boaz. The brother? have not seen each other in seventeen years and naturally the meeting will be a most happy one....What look? like a German Bible was brought tc me uuzeue a iew nays ago uy (.apt W. I. Stowe, who refuses to read a word of it for our edification. One of the title pages shows the publication date to be 1795. "It is a pretty old Bible," said ('apt. Stowe, "a hundred and eleven years old, but if you say much about it. I am afraid my friend Ed Carson will tiring in something to beat it." The book wa? originally well bound in leather anil had two clasps Katie, the little ten-year-old daughter of Mr. ami Mrs. J. P. Ragan died Sunday i.ighl about 11 o'clock of congestion of th* brain. The little girl took suddenly sick Sunday afternoon and gradually grew worse until death resulted. The funeral exercises were conducted from the home at 5 o'clock by Rev. R. G. Anderson, and the little form was laid to rest In the Oakwood cemetery. The pall bearers were Messrs. W. W. Glenn, Fred Smyre, W. Y. Warren and J. H. Kennedy Little Melvin, the youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. Will Boyd, diod Saturday morning at *3 o'clock, after a.severe illness of three weeks. The little 1 hndv was buried at Crowder's Creek, Sunday at noon after funeral services by Rev. John Hall. Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Henry, Mrs. Frank Holland, Mrs. 1 Ivy Holland and sister, Mrs. C. E. Torrence, and Mrs. Cornelia Davis attended the funeral from this community. PROTECT THE BIRDS. They Are Indispensable to the Protection of Crops. The bird enemies of the cotton boll weevil are discussed in a short pamphlet recently issued by the biological di1 vision of the department of agriculture. The department is engaged in a study ' of the cotton pest from every phase, and exact information of this feature of the Investigation, the report says, is of inestimable value to the cotton | growers of the south. Already valuable results have been attained, and it is the intention of the department scientists to continue their researches in this direction. The method by which the biological experts of the department ascertained what birds ate the cotton boll weevil was by the study of the contents of the stomachs of birds. In 1904 the viscera nf 38 ?ner>ies of hirds were examined. and 11 species were found to have eaten the boll weevil. Later Investigation increased the number of species of birds known to feed on weevils to 20. In 1905 these investigations were continued and special attention was devoted to the season about which little was known, from October to February. In these months the stomachs of 62 species of birds were collected and examined. Twelve of these species and 108 1 individual birds were found to have eaten boll weevils. The investigations so far have disclosed that the following 28 species feed on the boll worm: Kildeer quail, 1 nighthawk, scissor-tailed flycatcher, phoebe, least flycatcher, cowblrd, redwinged blackbird, meadow lark, western meadow lark, orchard oriole, brewer, blackbird great-tailed grackle, Savanna sparrow, lark sparrow, white, throated sparrow, cardinal pyrrhuloxia, painted bunting, dickcissel, white rumped shrike, American pipit, mocking bird, brown thrasher. Carolina wren and black-crested titmouse. Thirteen of these species, the report says, feed on the boll weevil in the summer months, and 17 In the winter months, two species feeding upon the insect both summer and winter. About 18 per cent of the stomachs of the birds examined contained boll weevil remains. "The orioles prove to be the greatest destroyers of weevils in summer," the report continues, "and their near relatives the blackbirds and meadow larks, in winter. Orioles, because of their bright plumage, have until recently been extensively used for millinery purposes, and thus their numbers have been much reduced. Thousands were slaughtered, not alone in the United States, but in Central America, where they pass the winter. In view of their great value as weevil destroyers every effort should be made to prevent their destruction for any other purpose whatever. The same suggestion ap plies with almost equal force to the nighthawk, which Is strictly Insectivorous and is shown to be an enemy of the boll weevil. "In the case of an insect so destruc. tive as the boll weevil, which has thus far defied all attempts at restraint and is steadily extending its ravages into new territory, every natural check to Its increase should be encouraged. Though the extent of the services rendered by the avian enemies of the insect may sometimes seem small or even insignificant, in reality their cumulative effect is very important. "Birds are not the least important of the boll weevil's natural enemies, and every species ascertained to fed on it should be protected at all times and places, not only in the cotton-producing area, but along their migration routes. Of the birds known to eat the weevil the following are at present not protected in Texas: Killdeer plover, cowbird, red-winged blackbird, Brewer blackbird, and great-tailed grackle, or 'jackdaw.* Others, including some of the most valuable species, though pro. tected by statute, are often wantonly ' destroyed through Ignorance of the Important work they perform. "There can be no question as to the ' usefuness of the killdeer, and it should i be included among the species protect, ed at all seasons. The economic position of the various species of blackbirds ? is not so clear. A study of their food i shows that some species, notably . the Brewer blackbird and the great. tailed grackle, may at times be injurious to corn and other grain. r However, the season in which black' birds render the greatest service in . destroying boll weevils, namely, winter and early spring, is not the season when they are likely to damage ! growing crops. i "In addition to protective bird j laws the whole community should be informed as to the value of insectivorous species, with a view to the : cultivation of popular sentiment in ? favor of their preservation. With. out this sentiment, and the co-operation on the part of the people, pro' tective laws are of little value." i C. Hart Merriman, chief of the . biological survey, in his letter transmitting the pamphlet to the secretary of agriculture, makes the reef ommendation that those birds which are shown to destroy the boll weevil be protected by stringent laws. This suggestion is one of utmost impor1 tance to the cotton growers of the ; country. The department of scientists are of the opinion that if these birds arc protected by the game laws, and the laws stringently enforced, > there will be some decrease in the t ravages of the boll weevil in many I parts of the south. This protection, it is explained, will not entirely wipe VJUI lilt- u tr\ II, iir'iillt'l Will II inlinef diately slop the damage that is now done by the cotton pest, but it will in time go a long way toward decreasing the ravages of the weevil. Laconic.?As Napoleon was one day passing in review of his troops he came in front of an old and faithful officer, who, perhaps from want of brilliancy on the man's part, had never been advanced beyond the grade of captain, though he was well known to the emperor. The emperor was passing at a slow trot. As he came directly in front of the old captain the officer saluted and said loudly, but without any apparent movei ment of the muscles of his face: "Fifteen campaigns, private, captain!" And the emperor, without turning i his head or slackening his pace, said: "Colonel, brigadier, baron!" Then he was gone. There had, indeed, been no time for a word more I than had been passed, but these had sufficed for the captain to communicate a long story and a reproachful complaint and for the emperor to set matters right with a military and so' cial promotion. <fhc Story Stlirr. Tccordino to his folly. By Mrs. CVlina E. Means The soft haze of autumn tempered the golden light of a crisp October day. A male redbird on a small hickory tree was pluming his feather with care. A few feet beyond a wood peck er tapped a nonow irunx. a wooaoine ran in riotous profusion over its | decuyed branches on which an oriole ! balancing himself swung in pure delight as the vines swayed back and forth from its weight. On a holybush near by a mocking bird sung of his best, a chirping wren on a lower limb gave a cheerful response. On a large oak a jaybird hopped from twig to twig, his sharp eye turned first to one then the other, seemed to be keeping watch. "Hatching mischief, eh?" said Mrs. Skeeter aloud. "They say you carry tales to the devil. You cannot tell any harm of my birds to-day." The boards fastened on the lower limbs of the grove, on which each day crumbs were scattered, evinced the care Mrs. Skeeter took of "her birds." She had come out of the house with an open letter in her hand. She was eager to have her husband read it. A neighbor had halted his wagon in passing, and Mr. Skeeter stood in the road in front of the gate, talking to the man. She stopped and waited in the little grove in front of the house enjoying the whole atmosphere of the day. As the wagon drove off, Mrs. Skeeter moved briskly on to her husband. "I think it will be fine to go," she said with a bright smile, as she gave him the letter. Jeremiah Skeeter took the letter and read it slowly. He turned it over deliberately. "There's no use talkin' Caroline. 1 see no use in your going and spending money. Women ought to be stayers at home, not gadders about. Youi sister is more than welcome to come to see you. I didn't never grudge one of your kin a welcome to my house." He spoke with an unction, as if he were both good and great. "But Jeremiah!" returned his wife "Hannah is going to brother Robert's Its the old home where we all grew up together. I have not been there since father died. We all want to meet there again." "There's no use talkin' Car'line, when I'm sot I'm sot." Jeremiah spoke In the slow satisfied way of a stupid and conceited man, The face of his wife flushed. She looked him squarely in the eyes. "Yes," she said quietly. "And a set fool is the biggest fool in the world." With thai she turned and went back into the house. Mr. Skeeter was dazed. He gazed at her retreating figure. The unwonted tone of his wife, as much as her words were beyond all precedent In the thirty-five years of their married life, his wife had never hinted, what she had now plainly said. In fact, Mrs Skeeter had always shown Jeremlali great respect. With a remarkable degree of good sense, patience and tacl she had built up in others the idea thai he was a man of sterling qualities The white cottage home of the Skeeten was eight miles from the country town There was a foreground of forest trees a pretty yard with walks and flowerbeds well kept. Everything presented an air of thrift and taste happily combined. Thirty-five years before this October day Jeremiah Skeeter, then a personable young man, had brought hit young wife here from her North Carolina home. Then the house was ar unpainted frame building of foui rooms. A rail fence enclosed, the socalled yard, in which was no sign ol Rhrub or flowerbed. The dower of hh bride was a blooded mare, two fln< milch cows, furniture for two bedrooms, a small wagon, several coops 01 fowls and $300 in cash. The money, Jeremiah at once invested in some acres of land "to square' a corner of his farm. The fine anima that he now drove to his buggy was th< granddaughter of the mare. Jeremlal was a good farmer. He worked moderately himself, but had the faculty o making others work more. He was ai Pegotty expressed it, "a little near.' Mrs. Skeeter was what is known ai a "fine manager." With the "buttei money," the sale of chickens, eggs, sof soap, dried fruit?In short the surplui of her deDartment. she added, frorr time to time two rooms to the house built a back and front piazza and hac the whole painted. Her energy also accomplished the neat fence around th< yard, a pretty flower garden and a pi dug and glazed for pot plants. She wai a cheerfully ambitious woman. One wh< quietly made her plans?and as thej were reasonable, carried them into effect. She was not grasping nor ungen. erous but had the rare capability t( turn everything to account. At horn* there was always abundance, no stinting in living, but still always a surplus The surplus she sold. In this way sh( had managed to transform the ding> house into a pretty home. At first Jeremiah had insisted that his wife should turn over to him the money she acquired by her industry and management. He would "put it out at interest." She held her own quietly. H? had come to receive with much complacency the compliments of his neigh bors on "how nice his place was fixed up." Jeremiah would have the money foi which the turkeys sold. His wife had all the trouble of raising the birds but conceded this to keep the peace. Nc one could eat a well-browned goblet with more gusto than he, for as Jeremiah himself said, he was "a good feeder." No woman was more helpful in trouble or more kind in sickness than Mrs. Skeeter. Her neighbors knew that they might always depend on her If needed. Ungrudgingly It was acknowledged that no one in the settlement was such a good manager. She was always busy, always cheerful. Not much of a visitor, only when she could be of use. She went every Sunday to church. Once a week "to town." This last to market the commodities of dairy poultry yard, garden and orchard. Very early in her married life she found Jeremiah as an agent was careless in making returns. Jeremiah always had a boy hired to do errands, in fact, to wait on him. Mrs. Skeeter managed to get his services part of the time. This was her only help. "The boy," was sometimes white, sometimes black; various boys had grown to manhood and gone to other fields of labor. One and all remembered Mrs. Skeeter with admiration and affection. More than one baby nau neen nameu lui iiiic hi me nope that the name might bear an inherent charm to endow the namesake with the character of the woman after whom it had been called. During the afternoon, Jeremiah more than once recalled his wife's words. He wished to himself, that "Cardine hadn't took what he said so." His bearings seemed out of plumb. He even felt a strange uncertainty as to how she would receive him at supper time. To his relief Mrs. Skeeter was her usual self. By the time Jeremiah had eaten a hearty supper of fried ham, hot biscuits and coffee he was quite reassured. The evening was cool. A fire was pleasant. After he left the table he stood before the cheerful blaze. Presently he stumped out to the water In thn haplr nln?7.fl "I'vtf* fl ' mind to sell Rosebud," he said as he i came back to the fire. His wife looked around at him as she cleared the table. "She's my best butter cow." "Yes, but we can get on without her. In the spring the heifer will come in. I told . Liles about her. He said he wanted tc buy a cow." She did not, as she might have, say that she had bought Rosebud as a little calf and with much care made her a fine cow. The money brought In by the butter went to hei account. The price of the cow his "She gives nigh on to five gallons^ don't she?" he asked. "No, she doesn't," returned Mrs Skeeter quietly. "If I milk her, I get about four and a half gallons. Jim scarcely gets four." "Well," he said i "That's a forty dollar cow. Ten dol, lars a gallon Is the rule." No more was said about the cow. "I believe the 1 weather's so pleasant," was his next remark. "That I'll go to my brothei Daniels tomorrow and on to 'Slab's the next day. Its goin' on three months 1 since I went to see 'em." i She said nothing. He continued , the subject, "Jim can break up the turnip patch, fix the back lot gate 1 dig that last patch of potatoes : and?" While he was talking. Mrs i Skeeter called to the boy. "Jim your supper is on the kitchen table ' Eat It while Its hot. You can fin1 Ish bringing In the stove-wood afi terwards." She was always kind [ and it was as well to interrupt Jere| mlah in "laying out" a fortnight's ' work for Jim to do in less than the i week he proposed to be away. "And i Jim," she added, perhaps It was ar , after thought, "Don't let the turkeys and chickens out In the morning. ] 1 want some of them caught." "Yessum!" Jim answered prompt' ly. He never forgot any request ol Mrs. Skeeters although, at times, he ha/1 a alnciilnr Inronultv In cvnrilnc the orders of Jeremiah. "I shoulc . like you to get up earlier, too, Jim Mr. Skeeter is going to see his broth' ' ers tomorrow. I'd like to give hirr > an early start." 1 "Yessum." If Jim had been t , Turk he would have said: "To heai is to obey!" "I may stay a week, Car'line,' . said Mr. Skeeter as he got into hli buggy. "We brothers is gettin' old 'pears like we ought to see as mucl * as we can of each other." ! "Stay as long as you like," return' > ed his wife. A smile lit up hei comely face. He drove off. "Jim have you fed everything?" "Yessum." "Go and eat your breakfast, wher I you finish catch ten turkeys anc twenty hens. Hitch up the wagon I want you do drive me to town.' After putting on her bonnet, Mrs 1 Skeeter opened her bureau drawei , and took out her purse. Its con tents were something over twent] : dollars." "Forty for Rosebud," sh< i said to herself, "will make sixty , Five for the hens, fifteen for th< turkeys?eighty. The butter will b< four more. I reckon I can push i 1 hundred. It will take all of twen , ty-five to fix me up as I want to be I Board in Columbia?my ticket. I'c like to have fifty Just to do as I'c like with." Everything was in th< . wagon and Mrs. Skeeter going to ge , in, when a pleasant-faced man drov< up. "Good morning. Mrs. Skeeter. Ii t Mr. Skeeter around? I came abou t a cow." "How are you, Mr. Llles? 'Llgh and come in. Jim, go and get Rose ' bud. to let Mr. Liles look at her." "You ain't goln' to sell her?" sale , Jim. He knew the pet she had been "Yes?she's a fine cow," she said I turning to the gentleman. "Wei ai?pu?muneu tiiiu uiantrs uuuci. The gentleman smiled. "Jin needn'd bother to bring her. I'l buy a cow on your say so, before m; Judgment any day." "I'd rather you would look at her Jim can hitch her to the wagon am we'll lead her up now." "That's the idea! Stop at the stor for the money." He dismounted am followed her into the piazza. "What a beauty that palm Is!" h exclaimed. "I have three," she said, "I'v over-cropped myself, too many t take care of this winter." t "Sell me two. I'll give you you own price," said Llles, eagerly. "Don't you want some ferns am " geraniums? I'll sell cheap." Sh ' too was eager to trade. "You see i Mr. Llles. it will come in handy. I'n getting ready for a trip. My sistei i from Alabama, is coming for th > state fair. I am to meet her li . Columbia and we will go together t f my only brother's. He lives in Nortl Carolina." 3 He entered into her plans witl ' hearty sympathy. Told her h } would give her a bargain In a sul from his outfitting department to r ladles. His wife should help b 1 choose a suitable hat. His kind 3 pleasantness was as wine to her soul , Three days after Mr. Skeeter ha< gone on his visit to his brothers, Mrs Skeeter boarded the cars to go ti I her relatives. "Jim," she said as they drove ti the station. "Tell Mr. Skeeter. I'vi i gone to see my folks. We are get t ting old. and it 'pears like we ought 3 er to see all we can of each other j leil nun iiic very wuius. "Yessum." 1 "Do the best you can, Jim," shi continued. "I left flour and lar* . with Mrs. Parker. She'll mak. , dough. You can bake it. She'l straighten the beds and wash dishes.' "When air you a coming back Mrs. Skeeter?" asked the mystifle< . Jim. "When Mr. Skeeter comes for me.' ' To picture Jeremiah's amazemen r when he got home Is beyond words . The faithful Jim repeated verbatin [ Mrs. Skeeters message. Thick wit ted as he was, the man recognizee ' his own words. "How long did she say she'd b< . gone?" he managed to ask. k " 'Till you come for her." Jere ' miah was slow even In expression! of wrath. He was furious but silent . A latent sense of dignity came t< I him and he kepi his own counsel but he muttered "She'll make i considerable visit. If she waits foi ' me to go for her. She's apt to mak< | her folks glad twice." Jim did pretty well for a week But Jeremiah expected him to ac ' compllsh his usual out of door job! ' as well as cook. His crossness wai unreasonable. At the end of a fort. , night Jim spoke out. "Mr. Skeeter, Jist grumble a leeth I more and I'll quit. I'd a gone be. i fore, but I promised Mrs. Skeeter tc do my best, but u feller can't stanc everything. I've stood 'till I eer most wore out." A neighbor came In. "My wlf< . said this morning she was plum , glad Mrs. Skeeter had gone to set her folks. She 'lowed that you'c : heen to see yours a dozen times tc : her one." , Jeremiah winced, but pompouslj responded: "Her people live at a furtherer dls ' tance and the Bible says that womer should be keepers at home." "Well, you wife keeps the nicest home, all the women say. and Is t 1 master manager. I reckon you anc Jim miss her biscuits and pies." , It was the third week of Mrs Skeeter's absence. Wednesday, Mr Skppfpr shaved himself. "Ole man must think It's Sundav,' soliloquised Jim. He was farthei , amazed when Mr. Skeeter asked t( heln him find his best clothes. Bui 1 delighted when he said: "Put th< ' hoss to the buggv. Jim. I want yoi to drive me to hit the cars. I'm ? goln' for Mrs. Skeeter." Jim's mind had been made uf to quit on Saturday, this chang ed the tenor of it. Jeremiah took his Bible to read while Jin: , hitched up. He opened at Proverbs He read a few verses aloud. " 'Answer. a fool according to his folly.'? That's sense." he said, as he closed rhe Book. "Car'line's done it. I was a darned fool?and sot?but I'll nol forget this lesson soon."?Charlott< Chronicle. O. P. HEATH, Pt. W. S. NEI YORKVILLE B. INCORF GOING j (THE SUMMER SEASON ' HAVE SOLD GREAT STACKS THE SEASON. WE ARE WEI NESS WE HAVE BEEN DOIN( i PILES OF SUMMER GOODS ( PASS ON TO OUR CUSTOM EE TO HELP THIS OBJECT ALON TO THE COST MARK AND B THESE LINES WE KNOW IT TO SEE US. SEE OUR GOODS ALL STRAW HATS GO AT COS ALL SUMMER CLOTHE ALL OXFORDS G< ALL SUMMER DRESS GOODS s Lawns, Etc., GO AT C09 ALL LADIES' SKIRTS GO AT C , ALL EXPENSIVE EMB1 ALL ALL-OVER 1 ! LADIES' B1 SPECIAL REDUCTIONS ON JA 10 PER CENT OFF ON ] OWENSBOF We have control of the sa TED OWENSBORO WAGONS t them. Every wagon user who enthusiastic witness as to- its si hardest service up to the limit f need now or expect to be in ne< want you to see THE OWENS1 ; SEE US FC ? 11 If you want a BUGGY If ; x I we can demonstrate to your ent I PEOPLE TO SEE BEFORE YC 1 I the BEST values that you can our Mr. JAMES L. SANDERS stock of any description. ; OSBORNE You are doubtless undeci INQ MACHINE for you to buy you, but we believe that we c OSBORNE MOWER Is superloi shown you the OSBORNE sup? , reasonable comparison with the we believe that you can then d furthermore we believe that yc IS IT. It's use In the hay will i r made any mistake In buying ar * We also have a big stock of OSB ; you are ready to buy a Mowing a if As usual we are headquart i ?when it Is a question of GR( any figure with you. 1 If you need any NO. 1 ; Yorkville B. f 9 t ;l & i f T Tnderscoring\ ? parts of a letter for emphaj> sis mars its ap? pearance. |j which writes S black, purple or I red as desired, enables you to send out letters j : emphatic to the ! mind as they 3 are pleasing to t the eye. i. This machino permits not only the use of a three-color ribbon, but also 3 of a two-color <>r single-color ribbon. No e*tru cos. for this new model. s I Smith Premier Typewritep I S. RHEA PRESTON, Jr., fl I Greenville, S. C. fl STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of York. IN PROBATE COURT. By L. R. Williams, Esq., Probate Judg of YorK County. WHEREAS CORNELIA W. HEDG PATH has applied to me fo Letters of Administration, on all am singular, the goods and chattels, right o^Ik. nf TAMin.q A HRDftPATH ) late of the county aforesaid deceased: These are, therefore, to cite and ad r monlsh all and singular the kindred ant creditors of the said deceased, to bi . arid appear before me at our next Pro i bate Court for the said county, to b< holden at York Court House on th< t 27TH DAY OF JULY. 1906, to shev i cause, if any, why the said Adminls ] tration should not be granted. Given tinder my hand and seal, this 11th day of July, In ihe year oi our Lord one thousand nine hun rded and six and In the 131st yeai * of American Independence, r L. R. WILLIAMS. > Probate Judge of York County. I July 13 f 2t "DON'T FORGET" , You Can Be Cured of CANCER, TU . MOIt, or CHRONIC OLD SORES , Ten Thousand cases treated. It Is thi , surest cure on Earth. Delay is fatal How to be cured? Just write D. B. GLADDEN, Grover, N. C. I May 11 f 3m. j _ t ir The Enquirer office makes i ) specialty of Brief and Argumen printing. Best work?lowest price. & M. COMPANY, " 'ORATED. 8,< ar kT COST 5 61 IH" T? ac JL SATISFIED WITH THE BUSI- W) 3, BUT WE STILL HAVE GREAT he )N HAND THAT WE WANT TO LS BEFORE THE SEASON ENDS. g, ra WE HAVE REDUCED PRICES flr EFORE BUYING ANYTHING IN WILL BE TO YOUR INTEREST JJ AND GET OUR PRICES. bi 5T. Pl KG GOES AT COST. [JJ O AT COST. n( CI 5, Including Ginghams, Colored T. cf b< OST. b( iOIDERIES GO AT COST. iti tiACES GO AT COST. ar 31/TS, BUCKLES AND COMBS. In lPANESE MATTINGS. " HAND BAGS, TRUNKS, ETC. vJ 10 WAGONS l! M le in this section of the CELEBRA- ai ind have Just received a carload of a| has ever used an Owensboro Is an m uperlorlty. They are built for the of their capacities. If you are In sd of a Wagon at a future date we I EJORO?The Wagon that Pleases. I h JK JDUUUrin^ i;; you will but give us .the opportunity jjj Ire satisfaction that WE ARE THE |n >U BUY. Our Buggy stock Includes possibly secure. Come and talk to ? when you are ready to buy rolling y at ; MOWERS I bl ded as to what Is the BEST MOW- ^ \ We can't decide the matter for an show you plainly wherein the a< r to any other, and when we have priority and made the price within 0I i prices of other Mowing Machines w eclde the question for yourself and >u will decide that the OSBORNE soon convince you that you haven't U i OSBORNE MOWING MACHINE. ORNE HAY RAKES. See us when Machine and Rake. ers?THE PLACE TO HEAD FOR L )CERIES, if Quality and Price cut ^ ai PINE SHINGLES come to see us. tl M. Company. jj ai CHEAP EXCURSION RATES. VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY s< ? Rates Open to All ? 2 I ' V On account of the special occasions mentioned, the Southern Railway will w aen IUUIIU ii ip iitiwcis IU puiiua uaiii^u below, at greatly reduced rates as fol- fi lows: fc To Aaheville, N. C., and Return?Account Convention Commercial Law League of America. Tickets on sale * July 25th to 27th, limited to return August 8th, 1906. An extension of _ this limit to September 30th, may be obtained by paying a fee of 50 cents and depositing ticket with Special Agent at Ashevllle. Rates? one fare plus 25 cents for round / trip. ? To Lexington, Ky., and Return?Account National Grand Lodge United Brothers of Friendship and Sisters Mysterious Ten. Tickets on sale U July 29th to August 1st, limited to return August 5th. Rate?One fare plus 25 cents for round trip. To Mexico City, Mex., and Return? C Account International Geological T Congress. Tickets on sale August r 14th to 31st, limited to return 90 days from date of sale. Rate?One fare plus 25 cents for round trip. To Milwaukee, Wis., and Return?Ac- h count Grand Aerie Fraternal Order ? Eagles. Tickets on sale August 10th to 12th, limited to return August 22. V Rate?One fare plus 22 for round trip. p To Oxford, Miss., and Return?Account U| Summer School University Mississippi. Tickets on sale June 30th, July 7th, 14th, and 21st, limited to return 15 days from date of sale. An extension of this limit to September 30th may be obtained by depositing ticket with Special Agent and q paying a fee of 50 cents. Rate?One v fare plus 25 cents for round trip. _ To Richmond, Va., and Return?Account Meeting True Reformers, i Tickets on sale September 2nd to J 5th, limited to return September 13. y Rate?One fare plus 25 cents for p round trip. n To Roanoke, Va., and Return?Account C( meeting National Firemen's Associa- a tion. Tickets on sale August 12th to 13th, limited to return August 31st. " An extension of this limit to Sept. lr 15th., may be obtained by depositing ticket with Special Agent and paying a fee of 50 cents. Rate?One fare plus 25 cents for round trip. To San Francisco, Cal., and Return? J Account National Educational Asso- 0, elation Convention. Tickets on sale S( June 29th to July 6th, limited to re- n turn September 15th. Very cheap. Write for rates and full particulars. For full particulars regarding above ? rates; also regarding cheap rate excur- ; slons via Southern Railway on account | of Fourth of July celebrations call on any Southern Railway Ticket Agent, or write R. W. Hunt, Division Pas- ^ senger Agent, Charleston. S. C. ; HORSESHOE l I ROBINSON J S [ F Tim pAmnlaio Utnuir ^ ( 1 lie l UlllJ/IClC OHM J J ! Bound In Cloth, a Illustrated, $1.00 a Copy. jj During the recent publication of the ^ Thrilling Historical Romance HORSE- j SHOE ROBINSON in The Enquirer, j(, we had numerous inquiries for copies ^ '' of the work in book form. We were unable to supply the demand at that , ' time; but we are now prepared to of- , fer a LIMITED NUMBER of copies, bound In cloth at$1.00 a copy at this J Office; $1.10 post paid by mall. )8 In ? Respectfully, 1 t re L. M. GRIST'S SONS. p< :eal Estate For Sale. One 3-room dwelling and lot, 70*165 ist Jefferson street. One corner Lot, East Jefferson street joining above. 1 six-room, new Dwelling on west le Wright avenue. New fence ound lot. new barn, and wood shed, ty water.160 Acres, 2-story dwelling, 8 oms; 2 tenant houses; good new irn; 4-horse farm open; 60 acres In nber; capable of high cultivation; miles from Yorkvllle, 71m to Rock ill. on Yorkvllle and Rock Hill road. >rms to suit purchaser. 301 Acres, 31 miles Yorkvllle; 20 res In cultivation; good stream of suer; i nice weamerooaraca i-r >use; 1 tenant house. 80 Acres, 5J miles southeast Yorklie; adjoining lands W. R. Carroll; tencer place; 1 4-r dwelling; 10 acres le bottom; 20 acres forest land. 72 Acres, 33m. Yorkvllle, on Ruthford road; 2 houses and barn; 66 tbs In cultivation; 15 acres timber; anches; 80 fine fruit trees; 3-mile of iblic school.' 451} acres, 2 miles of Tirzah, 6| lies Yorkvllle, 7J Rock Hill. On pub! road from Yorkvllle to Rock Hill, sar Adner church; high state of iltivatlon, 75 acres bottom Ir corn, l-horse farm open. Large new barn, ! stalls and cribs. 10 acres flne orlard. 2-story dwelling (painted) la sautiful oak grove. Produced 100 lies cotton 1905. 115 acres 2} miles incorporate lim* of Yorkvllle, Pinckney road; six wm dwelling, 1 tenant house, 40 res In woods. Cheap?1-8 cash. 20j acres on Pinckney road, 3 mile corporate limits of Yorkvllle, In culfatlon, level, one Ave room dwelling, tenant houses. Price $860. 190 Acres. 43 miles south of Yorklie. One Dwelling, 2 Tenant houses; i acres open land, balance In Timber. 10 Fruit Trees. $12 per acre. 377 acres, farm, both sides King's ountain road, about 2} miles Bothly High School, 1 7-room dwe ling, tenant house and other buildings; t least 100,000 feet saw timber; has Ineral prospects; A. C. Stroup place. Farm in flne condition; 140 acres; i Room Dwelling; 40 acres In wood id saw timber; 8 acres bottom; good it buildings; half mile Belhsay igh school; $4,000.00. 57 Acres; 8 miles west of Yorkvi'Je; ?ar Rutherford road; one two-room juse; Cheap. FOR SALE?237 acres, "Hn.oe lace," 63 miles from Yorkvllle. 3 ausea, 4 horse farm open. 100 acres i wood. 50,00 to 100,000 ft of sa w mber. 40 acres flne bottoms on uckhom creek. 72 acres on Chester road, 4 ml-i orkvllle; adjoins Philadelphia church ; Delphos station. 20 acres original rest, dwelling, etc. KO ncreq 1 mile of Tlraah: 10 .'jcrea i wood; 6 acres good bottom. Tcimilood place. Price 9800. Pine dwelling on Main street. 10 ooms?Splendid Location. 55 acres, i mile Tirzah station. Per ?re, 916.00. 40 acres, 8 miles northeast of York* lie, bounded by lands of Mrs. Nlchs and Mrs. Youngblood; 18 a^rta oodland. 1.13 1-3 acres i mile west of Hoodiwn. On public road. 60 acres in rolvatlon, 35 or 40 acres of fine bottoms. ! acres bottoms in cultivation. Cheap. Six valuable lots on Lincoln ave. 1x296 feet W. H. Herndon proprty. Small house on W. Madison street ot containing one acre. 85 acres, S-raile from Yorkville on harlotte road; a two-room house, 16 cres in bottom in high state of culvatlon. 83 acres 2 miles from Yorkville, 2 mant houses?3 and 4 rooms? ew Barn with sheds, new double rib, good pasture, good 2-horse irm In cultivation, 200 nursery trees insisting of pears, peaches, apples nd cherries. 113 acres 6 miles west of Yorkville, 0 acres cultivated land, well water3, 2-story dwelling, 6 rooms, on R. . LJ., auuui u o auoo sis ^iui ^ ?* %. ;cond growth pine. 220 acres, 2 miles from Yorkvllle, dwelling and 1 tenant house, fell timbered. 25 acres In the town of Yorkvllle, 111 sell In lots from one acre up. Five room cottage 8 x 30 foot hall, ont and back portico, good well, 80 >ot frontage on Wright avenue. Four lots In Whlsonant?47HEAP. 235 acre farm about 8i miles from orkvllle, 3 miles from Ebenescer; 1 ew 6-room dwelling two 4-room tennt houses, 30 acres line bottom land -five horse farm. J. C. WILBORN, Attorney. LLL THROUGH THE YEAB lest Recipes of Local Housekeepers. OLLATED IN HANDSOME BOOK. HE "ALL THROUGH THE YEAR" ook Book consists of 136 pages of acipes, grouped in convenient and omprehensive form and makes up a rork that will be of service in every ousehold. Bound In strong paper overs. The price of the book is SO Cents. Phen ordered by mail, 8 Cents extra. It may be had from the following laces in Yorkvllle: Strauss-Smith Co. See Miss Glenn r Miss Wallace. Yorkvllle Banking 9t Mercantile company. See Miss Cody. York Drug Store. I. W. Johnson. Loan and Savings Bank. Orders also filled by Mrs. o. H. I'Leary, or Mrs. S. M. McNeel, Yorkllle. S. C. COTTON INSURANCE. [AM prepared to write Insurance L on Cotton stored either In open ard or in outbuildings on farms, armers can arrange to borrow loney on my insurance policies on Dtton held on their farms the same 9 if the cotton were stored in a art house in town. Rate 3| per cent. Prlte or call at my office for rates of isurance and other Information. J. R. LINDSAY. Oct. 3. t.f. tf. CLOTHES CLEANING. AM nrcuared to clean eentlemen's l. clothes and ladles' skirts in a thorughly satisfactory manner, at readable prices. Work may be sent dl?ct to my home or left at W. E. Feruson's store. Mrs. R. B. McCLAIN. i?hc \|orhrillc inquirer. ntered at the Postofflce as Second Class Mail Matter. Published Tuesday and Friday. PU1ILI8IIEUH i if. D. GRIST, O. E. GRIST, a. m. grist; TKit MS UK SUIISCRIl'TIUNi ingle copy for one year $ 2 00 ne copy for two years 3 SO or three months 50 or six months 1 00 wo copies one year 3 50 en copies one year 17 50 nd an extra copy for a club of ten. 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