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tumorous Jrpartmrnt. Escaped on Technicality. Several senators were discussing a variety of topics in the Democratic cloak room. Mr. Tillman said that it had always been a matter of keen regret to him that so many rascals escaped their Just deserts on technicalities. From his view point, which was that of a corn field lawyer, this was not right. The South Carolina senator thought that the country needed more n "corn field" law and less of the other kind. "It is true," said Mr. Carmack of Tennessee, gravely, "that men who are really guilty often do escape punishment on mere technicalities, but the law cannot be held altogether to blame for It. I recall a case in point down in my state. "In the little town of Culleoka, where I was a student in my youthful days, lived two quite celebrated characters. One was known by the euphonious name of 'Snorting Bill,' the other was called 'Stuttering Sam.' "'Snorting Bill' and 'Stuttering Sam' were boon companions, but when they got full of liquor, which was as often as the opportunity offered, they would pommel each other to beat the band. On the occasion I speak of they went down to a town by the name of Hurricane Switch and got a little drunker than usual. In the fight that followed Stuttering Sam' got the better of 'Snorting Bill.' In fact, he got 'Snort ing Bill' down and tramped on his face, A few days later 'Snorting: Bill' met 'Stuttering Sam' In a saloon in Nashville. " "Snorting Bill,' with painful memories of the little incident down at Hurricane Switch, pulled out a big knife and announced his intention of cutting the heart out of 'Stuttering Sam.' " 'Ho-ld on. Bill." said 'Stuttering Sam,' " jumping behind a table. 'W-why ?what is the matter with you?' " 'Didn't you knock me down and tramp on my face the other day down at Culleoka?' shouted. 'Snorting Bill.' " 'N?n-o?Bill,' sputtered 'Stuttering Sam. 'I didn't do that at Culleoka." " 'Snorting Bill' paused and they began to argue the matter. Finally he became satisfied that 'Stuttering Sam* was right and put up his knife. "After he had left 'Stuttering Sam' took a big drink and said: 'It is true I did* tramp on "Snorting Bill's" face down at Hurricane Switch, but I reckon I have escaped on a technicality. Bill thought that it happened at Culleoko.'"?Washington Post. The Limit. A lady who lives on the north side had occasion a few days ago to go through the ordeal of engaging a new housemaid. The young woman who had applied for the place was evidently not a native of the United States. In fact, it was apparent that she had been in this country only a little while. "Can you -cook?" asked the woman who expected to be the mistress in case they came to an agreement concerning terms. "Yis. Oi can that." "How about washing?" "Well, ma'am, not sayin' annything agin the washin's you may have Oi'd rather take less and let somebody else do it." She was a pretty girl, with rather shapely hands, and it was hardly reasonable to blame her for desiring to preserve her beauty if arrangements could be effected that would make such a course possible. So it was decided that she might, by accepting $1 a week less than she would have otherwise received, omit the washing. There was some further questioning. which proceeded satisfactorily to both sides until the girl was asked why she had "left her last place." "Well. Ol'm that ashamed Oi hardly like to tell you." she said. This at once aroused suspicion on the other side, and. of course, negotiations could proceed no further until the matter was thoroughly explained. "You'd 'a' done it yourself if you'd 'a' been in my place." said the girl. "That doesn't matter. I must know just what the trouble was or I cannot engage you." "Well, if you must know, the missus had a little dog." "Yes?" "And Oi had to take it our every day for a walk." "I should think you would have enjoyed getting out." "Ol did. It wasn't that CM had anything agin the dog or the fresh air. but she always made me go out of the front door when Ol took the dog, but when Ol went out by meself or with nnny of the young men that come after me we had to leave be the back door, and me self-rayspect wouldn't stand fer It." "Very well, Annie, you may bring your trunk around. We haven't any dog to be aired."?Chicago RecordHerald. Oovldn't Stand Everything.?One of the best retorts in history occurred when Parson Brownlow was war governor of Tennessee. On one of his journeys he attended services at a small Methodist church in the upper part of the state. The parson was a devout Methodist, and seldom allowed his political rancor to interfere with the charity of his religious faith. On this oc " was placed In the "Amen Corner" near the pulpit. The local minister was as ardently Democratic in his views as Governor Rrownlow was Republican. In the prayer which followed the lengthy sermon the minister began to call on the Lord for grace for his favorites. "God bless Felix Grundy." he began. Parson Rrownlow moved uneasily in his seat, but responded with a conscientious "Ainen." God bless Robert E. Lee." continued the preacher. A fainter "Amen" from Parson Brownlow. "God bless the whole Democratic party." cried the preacher, waxing in fervor as he progressed. This was too much for the governor. With a bound he was on his feet and shouting: "God forbid! It would bankrupt divine grace and exhaust the whole plan of salvation."?Champ Clark. Thk Sting hk Stcng.?It was at an Indiana hotel of some pretentiousness. A traveling man had had his order tilled. With the meat and vegetables and other material was one tea biscuit. Looking with what he considered great roguishness at the waitress, he said: "Fay sister, do you know that, that one biscuit looks to me as if it were awfully lonesome in here all by itself?" "Very well." replied the girl, without the twitch of a facial muscle, "I'll take it back to the kitchen with the others then." And to this day that traveling man doesn't know whether he fooled the dumbest girl on earth or was outwitted by the keenest one.?Chicago News. itti$ccUanroM$ trading. IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. o News and Comment Clipped From a Neighboring Exchanges. a CHESTER. 1 n Lantern, Feb. 19: Mrs. J. B. Lyles v went to Yorkville this morning to attend a birthday dinner at the home of h her sister, Mrs. J. M. Starr. She expects to be gone several days... .Sollc- (] Itor Henry went to Winnsboro yester- ^ day to attend court. He was engaged a by the attorney general to "assist in t preparing the Zimmerman bond steal- t ing case, but Solicitor Davis of Barnwell. will probably take his place in the trial of the case, which will come irt p/\l*1 mhlo ntivt U'pplf _ _ _ \f I*. J. v W. Means was interesting himself yesterday in circulating a petition to have the range for the First regiment's target practice located at Chester. Ev- * erybody signed it and it is hoped that tsuch conditions will be found here a:s will secure the influence of Adjutant s General Boyd in Chester's favor r Two cars, the commissary and a shan- 0 ty car. of the work train were burning on a side track below the S. A. L. de- ' pot about 2 o'clock yesterday morning. 1 The alarm was given but as there was ( not sufficient hose to reach the fire ' with water, all that could be done was a to let them bum up. An engine which H came into the yard about the time of a the fire pulled the other cars to a safe 1 distance from the fire Mr. J. M. Sanders of Bascomvllle, whose illness ' was noted in Tuesday's issue, died Fri- * day morning. Feb. 15. at 4 o'clock, after a long illness with typhoid pneu *T- ?A??A? voo re aM r monia. ne whs iuhj-ocicu jso.? and leaves a wife and several children. 1 The funeral services were at Mt. 1 Prospect church Friday afternoon con- ? ducted by Rev. S. M. Jones and the burial in the graveyard there. Mn 1 Sanders has been a steward in Mt. > Prospect church about three years, and < one who knows him well testifies that x he was one of the most sincere and I best Christians In the community. 1 LANCASTER. News, Feb. 20: Rev. J. M. White has declined the appointment of synod to Chicota, Texas The governor has appointed Messrs. W. B. Bruce and L. N. Montgomery on the board of county fKlo nnnntv ThfiV UI'IIIIIII^M'lICIf tUI lino v?m.. will make good aides for Supervisor Perry Rev. J. M. White, moderator, has issued a called for a meeting of the First A. R. P. presbytery to meet in Charlotte, N. C.. 26th instant. Our old friend, Mr. John S. Blackmon of the Pork Hill section, dropped in to see us Saturday,, and tell us about the big Berkshire-Poland China pig, twenty-two months old, which his neighbor, Mr. Ben F. Baker,__had recently killed. It netted 760 pounds, and. after trimming for lard, its hams weighed 57J pounds each Jim Heath, colored, paid a fine of $50 in Mayor Wylie's court Monday morning. Policeman Riddie caught him selling whisky Saturday night?surprised him by throwing his flash-light on him while In the act of delivering the "goods" and some change Yesterday morning at an early hour one of the old landmarks of Lancaster county passed into the great beyond when Mr. John Lee Tillman breathed his last at his home near Van Wyck. Mr. Tillman was in his eighty-sixth year, having been born Oct. 18. 1821. He was a son of the late Middleton Tillman of the Tank section. He was married to Miss Sallie Denton in 1849. Eight children were born to them, five of whom. J. E.. E. D. and M. M. Tillman, Mrs. B. C. Cunningham and Mrs. J. M. Yoder, survive him. Funeral services were conducted yesterday afternoon by Rev. R. E. Sharpe. his pastor, after which the remains were laid beside his wife's, who died about five years ago, in the cemetery at Van Wyck Methodist church. GASTON. Gastonia Gazette, February 19: In an affray at the Arlington mill Sunday night Charlie Mull had his coat cut up considerably and also received a flesh wound from a knif? in the hands of Charlie Watters of the Old Mill. It seems that the affray grew out of the fact that Mull took Watters* girl to drive Sunday afternoon W. M. White vs. Southern railway was the style of a penalty case heard before Magistrate T. H. White yesterday. Mr. White, who is a stonecutter, was seeking to recover for damage sustained in delays of shipments of marble. George W. Wilson represented the defendant company and Long & Long the plaintiff. A judgment was granted against the railroad for $40. The Southern appealed. Another penalty case heard before Esquire White yesterday was that of F. F. Griffin vs. C. & N.-W. railroad for delay In shipment of goods. Judgment was rendered against the railroad for the sum e of $25, the defendant taking an appeal, t Magistrate W. I. Stowe had a s /lAtron micoraonto Hno/1 n n ho. * fore him yesterday morning, all save t two being of quite tender age. The c boys had fallen into the hands of the t law because of the fact that they had v obstructed the main line of the Southern s railway by pushing some box cars from r the Trenton mill siding onto the main t line track. This was Sunday after- s noon. Xo. 12. the eastbound evening t I assenger. was delayed on account of <] it and the road was otherwise incon- f venienced. Warrants were issued for o twelve white boys who were impli- v cated in the offense. Yesterday morn- v ing the boys and the parents of some ?i of them were at the city hall wljere v the case was tried before Esquire e Stowe. In the judgment of the court 'I ten of the boys were too young to be t bound over to court and they were let t off with the sentence that each should r be soundly thrashed by the parents. \ The two oldest boys were held for trial at the next term of Gaston superior v court, the bond in each case being $50. t which was given Plentiful as stills h were in Gaston a few years ago they q arc rarities now and the capture of J one in full blast is an event that hap- o pens but rarely in this day and time, t It !w... i ? .... .,.^1 ??.! Ww. ototo. t ti liar* urrii >U|?|M?.>ru?ciuu iiitr aiair- i ment is frequently made?that twenty- b five years ago there were 40-odd stills r and one or two cotton mills in the a county while today there are fifty cot- v ton mills and no distilleries. This 1 holds good as a rule hut once in a great h while, in some secluded spot, a block- o adef who hasn't yet been able to rec- t oncile himself to the new order of c things, set up a small blindtiger outfit b and turns out booze for a time until b the vigilant eye of the law searches c him out. Yesterday word came to ii Sheriff T. K. Shuford at Dallas that e a still was in full blast out somewhere V in the wilds of King's Mountain. He tl left Dallas about noon, in company I with Deputy Sheriff Bob Rhyne. By tl the aid of a guide who knew the moun- b tain and its fastnesses thoroughly they e; were enabled to locate the plunt with- V ut any trouble. It was being run by wo white men who. when they learned f the approach of the officers, betook hemselves to the woods some hundred r so yards away. The still was hot nd simmering. Five shots were fired t the fleeing men and It is thought hat one shot took effect but this is iot known definitely. The still, which .as a 90-gallon affair, and the worm i-ere strapped onto the back of the uggy. The beer was emptied on the ;round. There were signs that the nen had beeri doing a big business, rhe officers have a pretty good Idea s to their identity and It is probable hat some arrests by the deputy collecor may follow. THRASHED A PRINCESS, founa Russian's Queer Way to Hasten Hearing In a Lawsuit. An odd case of private vengeance fro wing out of the law's delay is in he hands of the police of Odessa. Rusiia. for settlement. Two men of high iocial standing are in a hospital for epairs preliminary to appearing in ourt. The trouble broke out one day In the atter part of last July when the 'rlncess Urussowa appeared in the Odessa railway station to take a train or St. Petersburg. Just as she was ibout to step into the railway carriage i handsomely dressed young man irmed with a riding whip stepped up o her. "Madam." said he, "it really dlsresses me to hurt a lady's feelings, >ut?" He paused, raised his eyebrows and hrugged his shoulders in token of dire lecessity. Then seizing the lady by ^o o/lmlnlotaro/1 n QOIind lit" mm lie aviiiuiiiovv vu i* hrnshing upon her hack and should(rs. Fainting and hysterical, the lady was lustled Into the railway carriage. The roung man walked coolly to the quarers of the railway police and related vhat he had done. He said he was 'klward Narzlssowltch Jokitsch and he lad thrashed the princess as the remit of a well considered resolve. Some time before the railway station icene. Jokitsch had sent to every one vho had any social standing in or ibout Odessa announcement cards vith the picture of Prince Serglus Ni olalwitsch Urussow and a statement hat he had by dishonest swindling nethods obtained from him an estate vorth 500.000 rubles for 24.000 rubles. Jokitsch had also brought a suit igalnst the prince for restitution of he property. The early hearings jrougni out irom me prince auiinsoiuna hat he had not acquired the property n a strictly regular way, but he uttery refused to give It up on any terms, ^e fought the suit by dilatory tactics ind In the midst of them he died. After the death of the prince, his wife, l young and handsome woman, showed lerself equally obstinate. She would jot let go the property and she had lnluence enough to keep the legal pro:eedings dragging along at a snail's )ace. Jokitsch at last hit upon the idea of nflicting a public chastisement on her vith the idea that it would compel the luthorities to take notice of the case ind render a speedy decision. To make he goad of publicity more effective, je sent out later another set of anlouncement cards with the portrait of he princess and a sketch of the whip ind this text: "Princess Jewrosinia Constantinowa Jrussowa, a notorious female cuthroat, was thoroughly beaten for twlndlfng in Odessa on July 27, 1906." The princess refused to prosecute her issailant either for the assault or the :ards. But Jokitsch brought vengeince on himself by sending a number ?f them abroad. One of these finally reached the lands of Anton d'Almeit. a Greek and i relative of the princess. He was seized with a rage for revenge and posted lot foot to Odessa, where he lay in vait for Jokitsch on the street. When they met, Almeit. without varnlng, struck Jokitsch a blow with i stick, which cut his head open and mocked him down. Then he jumped in the prostrate horse-whipper and >eat him unmercifully with a stick up>n the head and body until Jokitsch Irew a stiletto from his breast and lulling Almeit down on top of him dunged it into his side. Both combatants were bathed in J ...1- h am liouu vviicii me yuiicc i cauntu There are criminal charges against >oth, and when the trial comes up the >rincess will have to appear and exjlain her possession of the disputed >roperty. EARTHQUAKES. Soing on All the Time All Over the World. That within a single year three arthquakes of sufficient violence to hrow down houses and destroy life hould have occurred in such close iroximity to large cities as to cause he appalling disasters at San Franisco, Valparaiso and Kingston is cerainly remarkable. It Is not to be rondered at that this coincidence, for uch it must be considered, has given ise to a widespread popular belief that he earth is in a state of unusual instability. It is to be noted, however, hat there are thousands of earthluakes each year, and that of these rom fifty to seventy-five annually are >f sufficient violence to be classed as vorld shaking?that is to say. of such igor as to make pronounced records m the seismographs in all parts of the rorld, and to endanger life and proprty near the centre of the disturbance, "here have been no more such shocks han usual during the past year: but hree of them have happened to occur lear centres of population in the \estern Hemisphere. Most of the violent earthquakes pass kith little or no public notice, because hey produce no noteworthy effect on uinan beings, for example, the earthitiake off the coast of Colombia, an. :tl. I90t5. one of the most violent f the year, attracted almost no attenion, yet had it occurred near a city here would inevitably have been terriile destruction, of all the earthquakes ecorded. whether vigorous or moderte. the vast majority occur in the two iell-defined earthquake belts. I'p to 90:5 approximately 1C0.000 earthquakes iad been recorded. 94 per cent of which courted in these two belts. One of he earthquake belts, which nearly enircles the Pacific, and in which lie oth San Francisco and Santiago, has ieen the seat of f>;{ per cent of all reorded eartIntuakes. The other belt, ii which Jamaica lies, extends nearly ast and west, including the Fast and Vest Indies, the Mediterranean, and he Caucasus and Himalayan regions, t is a noteworthy and significant fact hat the Panama canal zone lies in this elt. In it 41 per cent of all recorded arthquakes have occurred.?Leslie's Veekly. AMERICAN WIT IN RETORT. Examples From Debates on the Stump or In Congress. William Shakespeare, who codified our Knglish speaking conversational laws, made his admirably wise fool Touchstone divide the more or less pleasant custom of giving one's adversary the lie into seven classes, ranging from the Retort Courteous to the Lie Direct. The field of politics Is more prolific in famous instances of retort than any other. An illustration of the nimble and caustic wit of Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia in a senatorial debate occurred on the floor of the senate in a heated argument with Robert Toombs, also of Georgia. Stephens, although possessed of one of the most powerful brains of his time, was lame and had a wizened little body. Tombs was one of the largest men in the senate and was of a blustering, spluttering type. He had argued with Stephens until he was hoarse and became so exasperated that he threatened to fight. However, AAnuMorotinn nf qIza nf hlfl nnnn nent deterred him, and turning- he said: "I won't fight you, but I could swallow you whole." Stephens quickly retorted: "If you did you would have more brains In. your stomach than you ever had in your head." Gen. Charles H. Grosvenor Is the hero of a hundred wordy battles In the house. He has a luxurious snow white beard and a caustic tongue. One day William D. Vahdlver, now insurance commissioner of Missouri, launched into a furious attack upon "the gentleman from Ohio," and Champ Clark innocently Inquired: "Which gentleman from Ohio?" The Mlssourian shook his finger at Gen. Grosvenor and replied: "I mean the gentleman from Ohio who looks like Santa Claus and talks like Satan." Grosvenor, white with rage, shouted back: "But my ploture has never served as a warning on poison pots in pharmacies." Vandiver had such a thin face and bony frame that he had been nicknamed "skull and crossbones." The late Senator Ingalls of Kansas was attacking Gen. McClellan and Gen. Hancock, two Federal generals of the civil war who were afterward Democratic candidates (or the presidency. Senator Blackburn of Kentucky arose and interrupted: "When Gen. George B. McClellan was leading the armies of his country and when Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock lay wounded by the enemy's bullets under the flag of his country the senator from Kansas, in the capacity of Judge advocate general, was prosecuting non-combatant Jayhawkers for robbing henroosts." In the old days Tom Marshall and one Graves were rival candidates for congress in the Blue Grass region of Kentucky. Marshall was an aristocrat. Graves was the son of a cooper, and he was always making an appeal to the "peepul" by boasting of the humble occupation of his father. Marshall found it was hurting his chances and he decided to stop it by the Counter"tinr.!/ OnnrrplmmiP In renlv to Graves he said: "My opponent boasts of the humble calling of his father. For aught I know his father may have been a good cooper, but it is easy to see that he put a mighty poor head on this whisky barrel." clapping his hand on Graves's head. Tennessee bred two great orators in the olden days?Andrew Johnson, a Democrat, once president of the United States, and Gustavus A. Henry, a Whig, known as the "Eagle orator of the South." They ran against each other for governor, and when a long series of Joint debates had reached its close Johnson addressed the Whigs in the audience: "I have spoken with the boasted eagle orator from the Mississippi river to the Unaka mountains, and as yet see no flesh in his talons or blood on his beak." Quick as a flash Henry was on his feet saying: "The American eagle is a proud bird and feeds not on carrion." Champ Clark, in a speech on civil service reform, told a story of a sharp retort to an examination question propounded by the civil service board. A man applying for a position to run an elevator was asked: "How many troops did England send to the colonies during the Revolutionary war?" The reply was: "A damn sight more than ever went back." Lemuel Eli Quigg and James Hamilton Lewis, two of the most picturesque men ever in congress, were having a heated debate on the trust question. Mr. Quigg. who was from New York, was openly defending the trusts. At the close of one of his fiery periods J. Ham, interjected with fine intonation: "For the ox knoweth his owner and the ass his master's crib." Senator Ingalls was always quick in retort, although he was himself a subject of some sharp shafts. Once he was attacked by Senator Eli Saulsbury of Delaware, the second smallest state in the Union. He disposed of the whole matter by saying: "I thank the senator from that great state which * ? rt 1 tlHo OnH t U'A lwu 11 .*SPSWi F-r'" Penn Rheumatism cur *' ORUC COREMEDIES AN UR,C Entirely free from opiates, iodide of p building up the weak or debilitated. Penn Rheun will positively cure Acute, Chronic, Inf Lumbago-Price, liquid (large bottle) $ tution. When you ask for a Penn Remed and Bust of Wm. Penn is on the packaj pamphlet to Penn Drug Co., Philadelphia, I THE YORK D IlilS uiirr niuiiur.i u.i n/n nus ?i<u counties at high tide for his advice." From the Georgia legislature of the days before the war comes a story of the effect of parliamentary procedure. James Hamilton Cooper was speaking and made a remarkable statement of fact. A modest legislator exclaimed half under his breath: "Whew, what a thundering lie." Cooper suspended his speech, having overheard the remark. and challenged the offender to a duel. A court of honor was arranged, which resulted in Cooper giving permission to the luckless wight to modify his remark. The correction was made in- this manner: "Mr. Speaker, in an inadvertent moment I referred to a remark made by the honorable gentleman as 'a thundering lie.' I desire to withdrew that statement and in lieu thereof will say 'It is a fulminating enlargement of elongated veracity.'" Thus sugar coated the speech gave nol occasion for a duel. During the free silver campaign in ISHt; the Republican party employed a number of monologue actors to go through Kansas entertaining audiences by mixed programmes of jokes and speeches on the monetary question. In one little town a monologue man was emphasizing the fact that in order to he good money any currency must contain its face value in precious metal when an aged Populist with long whiskers arose in the audience and holding up a dollar bill in his hand said: "Do you mean to tell me, sir, that the stamp of the great American government on this piece of paper does not make it worth one dollar?" The actor went hack at him instantly: "Do you think, my friend, that if you printed the word 'hay* on your whiskers that your cows would eat 'em?" The late Thomas R Reed was a master of all degrees of retort. Once when Jerry Simpson, the soekless Populist from Kansas, made a speech claiming that the house had by some action violated the constitution the speaker overruled him and was upheld by the house. Mr. Simpson then arose ajid solemnly inquired of the chair: "Where am I at?" Mr. Reed scathingly retorted: "No mortal man could possibly divine the answer to such a baffling question." SEQUEL TO A BIBLE LESSON. Samson's Exploit With the Foxes Imitated In Missouri. "Information wanted regarding Bnimett and Frank Clingesmith: aged now about forty and forty-four respectively. left their home In Adair county. Mo., about thirty years ago. Please notify Mrs. Sarah A. Clingesmith, Kirksville, Mo." The above advertisement has been inserted in a few western papers, so - 1* T1 V? /-? nrli'orti Qo ** rar WIUIUUI icnun. M. lie UV..V.V.?. Is a woman of sixty-five, living with her son-in-law near the edge of KlrksvlUe. Behind the disappearance of the Clingcsmith boys nearly a third of a century ago is a curious story. Judge A. D. Risdon, who is attending circuit court this week, was prosecuting attorney of Adair county at the time the lads ran away. His memory of the affair is as follows: "The boys were arrested for breaking into a store near the iron bridge over the Chariton river, in the western part of the county. They were nice looking little fellows, and of course I didn't mean to prosecute them very severely: probably when court came on they would have received a bit of a lecture from the judge and then have been discharged. "While they were in custody Sam McLaughlin, who now lives here, asked the sheriff's permission to take the lads to Sunday school one morning. Mr. McLaughlin was a very enthusiastic Sunday school worker, and it was a sort of a hobby with him to n?r?U after vountr folks who might be inclined to go wrong. "The lesson that day was ahout Samson, and a more interesting subject for youngsters could hardly befound in the bible. The students were told how Samson angered at the injustice done him. secured a lot of foxes and tied firebrands to their tails, after which he released them In the cornfield of the Philistines. I don't recollect the moral of the tale, but I presume the teacher found one somewhere. "Within a week of that day the little Clingesmlth boys got out of the Jail and the next thing reported to me was a conflagration in the western part of the county, near the old iron hrldee. The storv came from the prosecuting witness. "He said that during the night some one had started a tire in his fields and that thousands of dollars worth of fencing, barns and timber had been burned. Of course I suspected the boys when I heard about the Samson story, but never from that day to this have we been able to hear one word of them. "They may not have started the tire. I don't accuse them of it. but it was certainly something of a coincidence. and I have always felt like I would have given a great deal to learn the truth of It. Xo; there is no danger of their ever being prosecuted for any offence that I know of if they would come back to Missouri.?New York Sun. IncreaseYQfflUv WKUM YleJdsPer ' \j\ ^ ^ ReSUltS I of liberally u^ing our fertillI zers, is to pay off a mortgage \ on the old .farm head the folt 1 lowing from Messrs. Wherry 1 I & Son.owners of the Magnolia I (1 Sruit Farm, Durant. Miss.: I IV "We made $900 from one acre 1/ strawberries, on which your fertilizers were used. Eight years ago we bought this place at $20 per acre. It was then considered to have been worn out twenty years before, but r_ by liberally using Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers under peas and velvet beans, we can now grow almost anything, and nave been offered ?360 ner acre for the nlaoe. We experimented with a great many brands of fertilizers, but find the highest per-cent, cheaper." Now don'trou think Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers would enable .you to pay off a mortgage if you bad one? a. I Well, don't use any other. Virglala-Carollaa Chemical Co. Richmond. Va. A- f| Norfolk. Va. Durham. N.C. Charleston, 8. C. Baltimore, Md. Atlanta, Ga. 8avannah, Ga. Montgomery, Al?. Memphis, Tenn. ufll ShreveiKirt. La. U] TW rr' i IFERTII And Acid I I Always usi ManufactiL I Anderson Phosp ANDERSC == A G E N T.S AT A ( HUM S SEEK f Mm vnnu M TRADE MARK I? REGISTERED rFARM our competit W to be "just ; m original Fish W buyers shoul This is the o I Fai Norfolk, Va. H Columbia, S. C. "PRACTICAL HARDENING" IT" - 1 I. I .. XT ? |)Anl. 1?l,4 >11111111111? 11CW IXFWK ? ll.ll> Out By Prof. J. S. NEWMAN Of CLEMSON COLLEGE. "Southern Gardener's Practical Manual," is the name of a new book by Prof. J. S. NEWMAN of Clemson College, recently published. It is devoted especially to conditions as they exist in South Carolina, tells what garden vegetables, fruits, shrubs, etc., can be grown to advantage in this State and gives detailed information as to how they are to be Planted, Fertilized and Cultivated. . The author has devoted a lifetime to work of this kind and Is probably the highest authority in the South on the subject of which he treats. No gardener, whether amateur or professional, can afford to do without this book. It may be had at the oRlce of THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER for $1.10 a Copy; by Mail $1.25. Address COMMERCIAL PRINTING THE ENQUIRER SOLICITS YOUR ORDERS FOR ALL KINDS OF COMMERCIAL PRINTING. WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF FINE COMMERCIAL STATIONERY, INrMTnivr. LETTER AND NOTE HEADS, EXVE LOPES?All Sixes? BILL HEADS, STATEMENTS, FINE HALF TONE CUTS, RULED WORK, FOLDERS, CATALOGUES, CIRCULAR LETTERS, Etc. WE GUARANTEE THE QUALITY, AND WILL DELIVER THE GOODS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER RECEIPT OF YOUR ORDER. LAWYERS' BRIEFS AND ARGUMENTS HANDLED PROMPTLY. COME IF YOU CAN?WRITE OR PHONE IF YOU CAN'T COME. L. M. GRISTS' SONS, Printers, Yorkvllle, S. C. MONEY TO LEND. ON Improved farms in York county. Interest: Loans not under $1,000, 7 per cent; under $1,000, 8 per cent. No broker's commissions. Repayments easy. Apply to C. W. F. SPENCER, Rock Hill, or undersigned. C. E. SPENCER, Atty. at Law. Sept. 21. April 21 f JZERS j Phosphates = It ? the Best red By . . hate & Oil Co. 1 )N, S. C. LL STATIONS I (0 FURTHER IAVE IT HERE! e is just what you have been looking for ' a/"ir\ nncTDnvrD otash or mercury. A powerful tonic in latism Cure lammatory, Sciatica, Rheumatism or 1.00. Tablets 50c. Beware of substiy "See that our trade mark," the Head re. None other genuine. Send for lree Ja. For sale by RUG STORE f ? is tl Incerest Fls The unprecedented populai ERS' BONE fertilizer has ors to advertise Fish Guanc is good" FARMERS' Guano, and, to prevent bein d be sure that our trade-marl nly guarantee that you are g Tilers' 1 i Made with Fish F. S. ROYSTER GUANO THE YORKVIL FOR Annual Club C Opened to ] Fill 11 HUMID DOLIjAH Valuable Bug?)' for liargesl rp HE YOKKVILLE ENQUIRER Is A County Newspaper Published in th< people of York and surrounding council rectly informed on all the important de' all that Is best In their educational, inc owned and controlled absolutely by its of long experience, and who yield all? than the particular welfare of their fel in such measure as it may be able to g: endeavor. The price of a single subscription $2.00, and for six months, $1.00. CLUB t The price of THE ENQUIRER to names is $1.75 per annum. CLUBM/ All persons who may feel so incli elsewhere, are Invited to act as Clubms ance with the terms and conditions be that may be made In the direction of < QUIRER, and we shall see to it also tha sation in proportion to such service as 1 TWO HIGH Clu For the TWO LARGEST CLUBS with the conditions herein specified, we gies ?for the Largest Club a COURTLA local market for $85, and for the Seco BUGGY, which retails on the local mar are on sale by Messrs. Carroll Bros., of tion at their repository. 'Ihey will be < company them to purchasers who pay I OTHER PRI In addition to the Buggies, as leaders, to be given away to the two clubmakers who return and pay for the two largest clubs, regardless of the number of names these clubs contain, whether one hundred or four hundred, we offer a number of special premiums in proportion to size as follows: For Four Names. * a*..iAnwnn$?lA XT*/innfo In Ppn fl A Ol/iufiiapiuv a ?. w.., ? , handsome Three-Bladed Pocket I itnife with name and address on the j handle, or one of the late new novels I that retail for $1.00. For Five Names. A year's subscription to either one I of the following Magazines: McClure's, Ladies' Home Journal, Munsey, Argosy, Scrap Book, Cosmopolitan, Saturday Evening Post, or either of the following: A "Champion" Stem Winding Watch, a gold pointed ! Fountain Pen or a foiir-bladed Pocket Knife. For Six Names. An "Eclipse" Stem Winding Watch, Hamilton Model 15, 22-calibre Rifle, a year's subscription to the Christian Herald, a 22-String ZitheYn or any one of the new popular $1.50 novels. For Eight Names. An Ingersole "Triumph" Watch, a1 Daisy Repeating Air Rifle?works like a Winchester?a tine- Razor or a I Pocket Knife, a Rapid Writer Fountain Pen?plain case; or a Hopf Model Violin or an 8-inch Banjo. For Ten Names. One year's subscription to THE | ENQUIRER, a No. 2 Hamilton 22cMlilrt-e Rifle?model 11. the Youth's I Companion one year, or a gold mounted Fountain Pen, a good Banjo, Guitar or Violin. For Twenty Names. Crack-Shot Stevens Rifle, a 10-oz. Canvas Hunting Coat, a No. 1 Ejector : Single Barrel Breech-Loading Shot Gun, the Century or Harper's Maga-1 zine. For Thirty Names. Either of the following: A Single j Barrel Hammerless Shot Gun, a tine j Toilet or Washstand Set, a Hopkins ( & Allen, Jr., 22 Calibre Rifle, or a No. 13 Oliver Turn Plow. For Forty Names. A fine Mandolin, Guitar or Banjo, i a New York Standard Open Face i Watch, a VV. Richards Double-Barrel Breech-Loading Shot Gun. j ( For Fifty Names. A Winchester or Colt's Repeating < Rifle, 22-calibre; or a Baker Double Barrel Breech-Loading Gun. j I Anything Desired. , We will arrange to furnish any ; specie' article desired by a club-mak- i L. M. GRIST'S SON *FWHk atlon I lie ,|v ittery" I ity of Royster's | induced some of | >, claiming theirs | BONE is the | ig imposed upon, | : is on every bag. etting the genuine If' Sone I i Pfl Tarboro, N. O. tlU> Macon, Oa. LE ENQUIRER 1907. Competition has Everybody. S WORTH OMMlilMS Each of the Two ; Clubs. the largest Home Print Semi-Weekly i South. It is edited especially for the es, and its object is to keep them cor- * velnpments of the day, and to promote lustrlal, political and social life. It is publishers, who are newspaper peeple glance to no Interest or policy other low citizens, and it seeks support only Ive value received along the line of Its to THE ENQUIRER for one year Is tATES. clubmakers in clubs of two or moM 1KER8. ned, whether living In this county or ikers for THE ENQUIRER in accordlow. We shall appreciate any efforts extending the circulation of THE EN,t our friends receive material compen:hey may render in this respect. %SS RITGGIES. returned and paid for in accordance propose to give Two High Class BugND TOP BUGGY, which retails on the nd Largest Club a ROCK HILL TOP ket for (66.00. Both of these Buggies Yorkville and may be seen on exhibi,'overed by all the guarantees that ache regular retail prices. SMIIJMS: er for a given number of 'names on application to this office. TIME TO BEGIN. The time for clubmakers to begin work in competition for the foregoing offers is RIGHT NOW. Let all names, whether old or new, be returned as rapidly as secured, so they may be properly entered upon our books. TERMS AND CONDITIONS. Two Six Months Subscribers at $i cadi will be considered the equivalent of one yearly subscriber at $1.76, and so counted. A subscription paid for two or more years in advance at $1.76 will be counted as one name for each year so paid. Clubmakers will be held personally responsible for the payment of all names returned by them. After a ctubmaker has returned and paid for any name, he can, at any time therealter, discontinue the sending of the paper to the person for whom he has paid and transfer the unexpired term to any other person, provided the person to whom the transfer is desired was not a subscriber at the time the original name was entered on our books. No name will be counted in competition for a premium until the subscription price has been paid; nor will any premium be delivered until a sausiaciory seiueiuciii uus uccu iuau? tor all names returned by the clubmaker. Persons who commence making clubs will not be permitted to transfer their club to another clubmaker's list atter the names have been entered on our books. It is not necessary that names on a club should all be at the same postottice. Names may be taken at any number of places. All subscriptions must be forward- ' ed to us at the expense of those sending them. \Ve will be responsible for the safe transmission of money only when sent by draft, registered letter or money order drawn on the Yorkville postofflce. In sending names write plainly, and give postothce, county and state. All subscriptions will be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid fur. A separate list will be kept for each clubmaker, who will be credited with each name sent, so that the number sent by any clubmaker may be ascertained at a moment's notice. In case of a tie for either premium, tv.o weeks will be allowed in which to work off the tie. The time in which names may be returned under our propositions will commence XOW, and expire at 0 o'clock p. m.t on the Second Wednesday in March, 1907. ' After the closing of this contest on Lhe second Wednesday In March, 1007, no single yearly subscription will be received for less than the yearly subscription price, $2.00 except new clubs are formed. S, Yorkville, S. C.