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tumorous jPcpartmcnt. Wasn't a Democrat. Colonel Justin M. Leavltt, for twenty years register of deeds for York county, and now liquor commissioner for the state of Maine, Is well known as a successful political evangelist, says the Boston Herald. Some years ago. during one of the state campaigns, he Was up In the northern part of York county doing a little log rolling for the ticket. At one of the smal villages he was ob llged to hire a team to drive out some four miles to see his man. The day was cold and rainy, and he was pretty well chilled when he returned. Having: an hour or so to wait for his train he entered the small tavern near the station, and seated himself in a comfortable chair in front of the big wood stove. In which was a good fire. With his heavy ulster on he soon became a little drowsy. The four or five "setters" about the room soon began to Interest themselves In the stranger, who sat nod-; ding before the stove. "Who is he?" satd one. "Don't know. Too bad, ain't It," replied another. "Well," said the man with the clay pipe, "he's In bad shape. Guess we better call William," naming the landlord. "Yes, we'd better take care of him, as some one may come In, and his condition might cast some reflections on 'Bill.'" Just men a laimy ihiuh sitting on the edpe of the table drawled out: "Of course, take care of him, he's probably one of your good Democrats." At this point Colonel Leavltt pushed his head up over his high coat collar, and said: "Look here, my friend, I have all the symptoms, but, thank God, I haven't got the disease." Present Name. "Friend, what's your name?" queried the farmer's wife of the tramp who had asked for a meal. "De name I wuz christened, lady, or de name I now have?" "Good lands! Have you more than one riame?" "I have had so many, lady, since me adventuresome career began dat I can't remember dem all. Let's see now. I wui christened George Reddlngham Smith, an' den dey called me George. When I wuz about ten I got de nickname uv Smithy. Den one day some guy got fresh an' called me Fatty, an' It hung fer me until I could fight a bit. At cie age uv iweniy-uuc i ? uo addressed as Mr. Smith by some, as George by others an' as Fathead by a few choice frien's dat wuz blgger'n me." "And what are you ca^'ed now?" asked the curious farmer's .vlfe. "I'm Jest comln' ter dat, lady. When I reached de tender age uv thirty-one me cruel an' unnatural parents sent me out Inter de cold world alone ter earn me own livln', an' dat's how I drifted inter dls blzness. I got so thin at first workin' at me trade dat me name wuz Skinny, but after a few years dat wuz changed ter Weary Willy. Now de boys call me Camel." "Camel? What do they call you that for?" "I guess, lady, dat It's because I kin go so long wldout water." And then she \?hlstled for the dog, and Camel had to get a hump on himself.?A. B. Lewis In Judge. Ironical Honesty. The whip-flicking hero of this story had driven an irascible old fellow a good three-mile Journey In the metropolis. When tlhe fare climbed stiffly out and slowly produced a big pocket book, cabby drew a deep breath and prepared to be sarcastic. A watchful constable standing near prevented all thought of his relieving his feelings by the use of picturesque terms. Cabby watched the fare make a lengthy mental calculation of the distance he had been driven, select the exact legal fare, count It twice over, and then proffer It to him with an expression on his face plainly indicative of "Now then, you dare dispute it and I'll take your number!" But cabby didn't dispute It. In stead, he promptly accepted it, but slipping his hand into another pocket he produced a farthing, which he handed to the fare. "What's this for?" demanded the old fellow. "One farden, currint coin o' the rellum, sir." said cabby, gathering up his reins. "I druv yer jest the exact distance represented by arf of that there shekel under the three mile you reckoned. I ain't got no arf-farden about me, but it don't matter. You can keep the change. I ain't mean. Good-by, sir, and God bless you. Gee up, 'orse!" ?Tit Bits. The Generous Boy.?"Times are changed." said Mark Twain, speaking of Washington. "I doubt nowadays if a man of Washington's unswerving integrity would be able to get on. "A rich lawyer, after dinner the other night, went into his den for a smoke. He took down from his pipe rack a superb meerschaum, a Christmas present from his wife; but. alas, as he started to fill the pipe it came apait in his hands. The bowl had been broken in two and then carelessly stuck together. "With loud growls of rage the lawyer rushed from his den and demanded to know who had broken his new meerschaum. His only son. a boy of eleven, spoke up bravely: "Father." he said, "I cannot tell a lie. I did it." -Tha lawvpr nrsi.sert his Washine tonian veracity, but that night on his pillow he groaned and went on terribly about the Incident. "Heaven help me." he said, "it has been my life's dearest wish to rear up my son to my own profession, but now?alas?alas?" Ovtly Discipline.?A popular eastern doctor tells this story of a bright boy. another doctor's son. who had reachec the natural age of ten after an early career marked by many wild and mischievous pranks. His restless nature has made him something of a torment to his teacher at times, and one afternoon not long ago she kept him after the others were dismissed and had a serious talk with him. Perhaps she was a little afraid that her admonitions were falling on stony ground. Anyway, she finally said. "I certainly will have to ask your father to come and see me." "Don't do it." said the boy. The teacher thought she had made an Impression. "Yes," she repeated. "I must send for your father." "You better not." said the boy. "Why not?" said the teacher. " 'Cause he charges two dollars a visit." said the scamp.?Harper's Monthly. ittisccllanrous grading. IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. News and Comment Clipped From Neighboring Exchanges. CHESTER. Lantern, April 9: Mrs. Julia Elder Gamble, wife of Mr. J. J. Gamble, near Bessemer City In Gaston county, N. C., died yesterday at her home, after an illness of several weeks from blood poison. She was the youngest daughter of the late Mr. Christopher and I Mrs. Sallle Elder of Blackstock. She is survived by her husband and five children, the youngest only about six weeks old. She Is also survived by thi-ee sisters: Mrs. Mayo McKeown of Blackstock: Mrs. T. B. McKeown of Ada, I. T.: and Mrs. Nannie Black of Rock H411. The burial was to be at Plsgah A. R. P. church today at 11 o'clock Mrs. W. J. Cherry of Rock Hill, came down yesterday to see her sister. Miss Nannie Boulware, who has been quite unwell for some time, and returned in the afternoon Miss Jennie Oates came home from Rock Hill Saturday evening to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Oates, and returned yesterday afternoon, she was accompanied by Misses Helen Coleman. Kate Lenoir and Kathryn Sally. ....Miss Nell Schorb spent Saturday and Sabbath in Yorkville with her parents Miss Mary Corklll, who Is a trained nurse In the Grady hospital In Atlanta, arrived yesterday afternoon to spend three weeks with her mother, Mrs. Julia Corklll. Miss Ocey Corklll, who has been in Atlanta for several weeks, came home with her. LANCASTER. News, April 10: A late issue of the Atlanta Journal states that Mr. R. C. Pressley of Ellljay, Ga,. disappeared in Atlanta March 2nd, while en route to Mount Carmel, S. C? to get married, and that no trace of him has since been discovered. Mr. Pressley is a brother of the Rev. E. E. Pressley, formerly or Lancaster, dui now uviug in Sta-tesville, N. C Sallle Golns, colored, was shot and killed at Great Falls Sunday night. Her slayer Is said to be her husband, Zeb Golns. The parties lived in Lancaster at one time. Mrs. Clementine Taylor, wife of Mr. W. H. Taylor of this place, died last Saturday, after a lingering illness. She was a daughter of Mr. Jas. Bosworth and was forty-four years of age. She is survived by her husband and several children. She was an estimable lady, was a member of the Methodist church, and leaves a large circle of friends to lament her untimely death. The remains were buried Sunday afternoon in West Side cemetery, the Rev. C. P. Carter conducting the funeral services Mr. Henry J. Sims, a well known and high'v esteemed citizen of Rich Hill, died last Saturday night of pneumonia He was a son of Mr. Jeff Sims ind was a good man and enjoyed the coniidence of all who knew him. He leaves a widow and several children, among them Mrs. J. Y. Hammond and Messrs. Frank and Jack Sims. The burial was at Fork Hill church Sunday afternoon, the Rev. T. A. Dabney of Lancaster, conducting the funeral services Mrs. Minnie Crenshaw, widow of the late Robert Crenshaw, died suddenly last Saturday, at her home in the Rich Hill section. She had not been well for some time, and on Saturday was seized with a fatal attack of heart failure. Mrs. Crenshaw was a daughter of Mr. S. B. Hammond of Rich Hill, and was about thirty-eight years | of age. She was a kind hearted, Christian lady and was beloved by all who knew her. She was a member of the Baptist church. She leaves several children. She is also survived by her parents. GASTON. Gastonia Gazette, April 9: Miss Anna PegTam arrived from Yorkvllle yesterday to be the guest for a few days of Mrs. Parks HufTstetler.'... Mr. Thomas N. Kendrick left last night for Bowling Green. York county, where he will spend several days at home recuperating and resting... .The congregation of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church enjoyed two excellent sermons Sunday morning and evening by Rev. Dr. G. R. White, pastor of Ebenezer church, Mecklenburg county. His subject at the morning hour was "The Attributes of Dove," in the evening "Follow Me." Rev. Dr. White is a preacher of more than ordinary ability and his discourses were listened to with marked attention Mr. James A. Donnelly. British vice consul at Pensacola, Fla., was a distinguished visitor to Gastonia yesterday. being a guest of Rev. W. T. Hardin. pastor of St. Mark's Episcopal church. Mr. Donnelly was en route to his home at Pensacola from Southern Pines where he had been spending a few days with his brother. Mr. Donnelly and Mr. Hardin have been acquaintances and friends for many years and it was to renew this friendship that the British vice consul stopped at Gastonia in response to an invitation from the latter Truss Rh.vne and William E. Johnston, two young white men. are having a hearing before Magistrate John F. Bradley this afternoon on a charge of gambling. They were members, it Is alleged, of the covey flushed by police officers In the woods near town a few Sundays ago. They left town but decided to return and submit. ALL LOOK TO LONDON. It Is the Chief Gold Market and Financial Centre. The pre-eminence of London is due partly to its geographical position, which renders Great Britafn so comparatively secure with, for instance, Paris or Berlin, says Moody's Magazine. The .enormous foreign trade of England, exceeding that of any other nation, and its sound banking system are other important factors. The principal reason, however, why everybody willingly takes bills on London in payment of international debts and leaves large sums on deposit with the principal English banks and banking firms is because England pays all of its debts in gold: because for the last century England has been the principal gold market of the world and no great obstacles are placed in the way of exporting gold from London, as is often done In Paris and Berlin. As a result of these factors London has for nearly a century been the financial centre of the world, and drafts on London have grown to be international money acceptable throughout-the commercial world. More foreign exchange is drawn in English sterling than In the moneys of all other countries combined. Similarly it is estimated that fully 90 per cent of all letters of credit issued throughout the world are drawn in English money. Exchange on London in the payment of international debts is not only always acceptable but generally preferred. A shipment of cotton from New Orleans. La., to Hongkong. China, would generally be settled through bills drawn on London owing to the readiness with which such bills can always be sold. She $tont ifrllrr. A CAROLINA GHOST STORY. Why Young Physician Changed His Residence. "I admit, gentlemen, that appearances are against me. Jeer at me, if you like. I am not In a position to resent it. But. as God is my Judge, I protest that I am no coward. I fear .no living man. But, gentlemen, can a man defend himself against the dead?" No man .doubted the bravery of James Gunter; yet he was right when he declared that the situation in which he found himself was not an enviable one. Five years before, fresh from one of the most renowned medical nnU^/vln /\# nnnntrv ho hoH CPt t IpH in this community and taken up the practice of his profession. From the first his extraordinary talent had been recognized. An enthusiast by nature, well born, possessed of an attractive personality, favored in mind and body, deeply in love with his profession, he had quickly made himself a part of the community and his practice grew apace. Everybody liked young Dr. Hunter; everybody wanted him when tihey were ill. He had but one fault to mar his character, and that seldom manifested Itself; he rarely cherished an enmity, but when he did he was as .indlctive as an Indian. Clearly, however, he was now due the community an explanation. For this morning when the earliest of the merchants had come to open his store he had found lying In front of the village inn the doctor's sorrel mare, Nellie, sprawled stiff in death. No need to ask how. The lather of bloody sweat, now dry, which covered poor Nellie's sides, the jagged marks of the cruel spurs, bore testimony to that. But why" Dr. Gunter was the most humane of men. Why, then, had he ridden his petted horse to the death? Naturally the village was excited. It does not ta'. much to excite a place the size of Yorkville some sixty years ago. As the storekeepers straggled down to begin the day's business a crowd gathered about the dead animal and dozens of theories were advanced to account for its condition. Here the doctor, who lodged at the inn, found them when a half hour later he came out on the street. There are no secrets In a village. This Dr. Gunter well knew, and he knew also-that the Inquiring glances which were fixed upon him as he Joined the group would soon be followed by open questions which could not be evaded. Therefore he did not hesitate. "Well, gentlemen," he began, "I see you are speculating as to Nellie's plight. Poor Nellie; heaven knows it grieves me to see you as you pre! But neighbors, remembering the experience I underwent last night, I can only wnn/tpr that I am nof mvself even as is poor Nellie there. So strange was It, so terrible, that I have difficulty even now to convince myself that I am awake, and not dreaming. "I was called late yesterday afternoon to attend the wife of Tom McGinniss over on Bullock's Creek. She was desperately, ill when I got there and It was long after midnight before I was able to leave. The mdon was shining brightly and as I Jogged along on Nellie's back I was as wide awake as I am at present and whistling merrily, for I had left Mrs. McQinniss thoroughly relieved and resting peacefully. ' "Presently we drew near to old Bethesda churchyard. And here, gentlemen, I must confess to having exhibited feelings which do me no credit and of which I am, I assure you, now heartily ashamed. It is well known to all of you that for the last two years of his life no love was lost between myself and Amos Gregory who died last week. He wronged me bitterly and without the sllghest Justification or excuse for having done so. That is known to all of you. I was never able to forgive him while he lived. I never sought to do so. With his death, however, I should have ceased to consider the matter. "I did not. I cannot say that I have brooded over it. but the truth is that I had nothing but hatred in my heart for Amos Gregory, alive or "dead. So it was. therefore, that as I passed Bethesda churchyard where he was buried on Thursday last 1 looked towards his new-made grave and shaking my fist at it I said aloud: " 'There lies as foul a knave as ever drew the breath of life!' Imagine if you can my feelings, when I tell you that no sooner had the words left my mouth, sounding strangely harsh and discordant in the still quiet of that lonely country road, than up from the grave of Amos Gregory rose Amos Gregory himself. " 'You lie. James Gunter!' he shouted: damn you, you lie!' "What was I to do. What would any one of you have done? Shall a man bandy words with the dead? I at least will not. I put spurs to my horse and as I dashed down the road I looked back to see Gregory wrapped in his grave clothes, lumbering after me. shaking bis fists and screaming maledictions at the top of his voice. "'i"he rest is a horrid nightmare. I was overcome by a fear the like of u hi -h never tugged at my heart before. I scarcely know how I traversed the seven miles which lie between here and the churchyard. I must nave spurred poor iveiiie me enure way. You see the result. "It looks bad. gentlemen. I know that. I know how stories of ghosts, told In the light of day and heard by men who have never experienced such things for themselves, are viewed. Yes. you may laugh at me, but I am not a coward. But against the dead I am defenceless. That is all." Of course the whole story made a profound impression the country round. Everybody was talking about it. All sorts of opinions were expressed. In the end. however, the friends of the doctor would doubtless have triumphed over the skeptics had not old Uncle Billy Gilkerson come to town and. coming, upset everything. Uncle Billy was a rare character. The world and its ways troubled Uncle Billy very little. They troubled Aunt Cynthy, his wife, still less. His old filnt-lock rlile sufficed him both for pleasure and as a means of procuring meat for his table. On the steep hillsides about their humble cabin he and Aunt Cynthy, with the aid of Kit, the shaggy but much loved mule, the third member of the family, raised corn for grist and for Kit. Kit was a treasure. Uncle Billy came to town once in every six or seven weeks. Then he brought pelts and chickens and eggs which were quickly exchanged for coffee, sugar and tobacco. One other thing Uncle Billy never neglected on these visits to the vil lage. He was never known to start on his homeward journey sober. Here it was that Kit proved himself invaluable. Kit knew Uncle Billy through and through. When, as invariably happened. Uncle Billy slip- ? ped from Kit's back on the homeward ? trip and fell helplessly by the wayside ' Kit would carefully disentangle him- ' self from Uncle Billy and his bundles ? and proceed to graze contentedly about until the old man had his sleep ? oui ana was reauy iu tununuc nitr journey. It happened therefore, that just as the talk about Dr. Gunter and his experience with Amos Gregory's ghost was beginning to die down, much to the relief of the doctor and his cham- j plons, Uncle Billy came to town. He disposed of his poultry and his pelts , first of all, as was his custom. Then ' after he had secured his various bun- ! dies he strolled out on the porch where the usual crowd was collected. . His first question awakened interest. "Kin eny of you-uns tell me whar . that thar low, onery Dr. Gunter be?" he asked. "Why no Uncle Billy, we don't know where he is just now," answered Andrew Alston, one of the leading citizens. "But what do you mean by talking of Dr. Gunter in any such manner as that?" . / "What does I mean?" repeated the . old man. "What does I mean?" I reckon you-uns would talk about him wusser than that if he had treated you-uns like he treated me." "Why, how did he treat you? What has Dr. Gunter done to offend you?" "What's he done? I'll tell you what he done, and I'll tell him a good deal more'n that ef I gets my hands on him." The old man was working himself Into a passlpn, a rare thing for Uncle Billy, who was usually the most peaceful of mortals. The Interest of his listeners was at a fever pitch now. "I reckons I must uv got a leetle bit too much rum the las' time I' was to town," the old fellow resumed, "an I specks I must uv drapped off Kit som'ers about old Bethesda graveyard. I wakes up along some time In th' night an' I gets to wanderln' round a-huntln' for er drink er water and fer Kit. "I warn't right straight in my head yet, howsomever an* I s'pose I finds my way into the graveyard some how or other. Arter awhile I strikes ole Amos Gregory's grave. I ain't know what It was then, casen I wuz still sorter addled In my head, but It was soft and s'pose I jest drapped off to sleep agin. "Erlong In the night some time I wakes up agin. The moon was shinin' bright then and thar In the road wuz this here Dr. Gunter a-rldln' erlong. He sees me Jest as I sees him an", thinkin' I s'pose that I wuz too drunk to help myself, he takes and shakes his ole fist at me and hollers, "Thar lies as foul er knave as ever drawed the bref of life!' Then, when I jumps up and calls him a liar an* nffors to fleht him then and thar, he ups and puts spurs to that leetle sorrel mare of his and goes galloping down the road lickety split it as hard as he could go. I ain't got no time fer no sech low lifed cowardly way3, an' I specks to tell him what I thinks on him the nex' time I gets er chance." There had been two opinions after Dr. Gunter told his story; there was but one when Uncle Billy had finished his recital. There was really no occasion for the doctor to be offended at the twitting of his friends. No one thought the less of him for having fled the churchyard when he mistook poor old Uncle Billy for the dead man whom he hated. Few, if any, thought that he lacked courage. But none could forbear the temptation to smile at the young physician's approach; and laughter, to sensitive souls, is more fearsome than the cannon's mouth. Dr. Gunter could not bear up against the ordeal. He disposed of his practice, and hied himself to a distant state.?News and Courier. COUNTERFEITING. t Facts Shown In Report of Chief Wllkie of the Secret Service. In the making of greenbacks there is one thing that always stumps the counterfeiter; this is the secfet process by which the tiny threads are woven into the paper. The counterfeiters' way of getting the threads Into their productions Is to make the note out of two pieces of paper pasted together, with the threads between the two. A new $100 note recently put Into circu latlon was mt.de this way, but the color was a bluish green Instead of a real green. However, that would not have been detected by the ordinary man, unless accidentally by comparison with a good note of the same denomination. The government Is so strict about this matter of counterfeiting that It is a crime even to make a piece of paper the size and texture of a banknote. though there be nothing on it but the threads. The sentence for counterfeiting is given to the man who goes only this far. An outfit for making base metal coins costs only about a dollar and a half. The man who works alone in this business usually passes the coin himself, or he may sell it to those whose business It Is to pass it, his profit being 35 cents on the dollar. When there Is a gang of these fellows there is one who makes the "boodle," c.nc who carries it and one who passes it. The one who spends the fake money never receives more than one coin at a time from the "carrier." If the latter sees that there Is something suspicious going on. he quietly "makes off," and if the spender be found with the goods on, why, there are a thousand ways in which he might have got it. Four or five years ago Italians were in the majority in the counterfeiting business, but statistics show now native Americans are in the majority, with the Itullans in second place. Since many of the counterfeiters, es peciany loose Willi nmiwrii 111 a. ?> ? way, have been found in apartment houses, the secret service has been called upon many times by residents of flats to trace up a "peculiar noise" they have heard. The results have been funny. Sometimes there Is an asthmatic sufferer who cannot lie down and who sleeps in a chair., and his oc- , casional rocking is the "noise." At , other times it is a horse kicking in a stable that causes the scare. In 1,000 cases of this kind reported to the secret service bureau there may be found one instance in which there Is ground for suspicion. X'-i' In Australia 94.000 tons of ore are mined for one ton of gold: in California 70.000 tons. FRIDAY, THE 13TH. 1 [Continued from Page One]. ibout that now, or we'll get discour- 1 iged. Let's do as she says and trust f :o God for the outcome. Are you will- { ng, Jim, to take her into the office as i i sort of confidential secretary? If you 1 will, I'll take charge of her account, md together we will do all that two t Tien can for her and her father. (To be Continued.) { Saved With a Lasso. Jacob Lewin, seaman of the British ship Samoena, which has arrived from Hamburg:, was saved in a thrilling: nanner from death by drowning: shortly before the end of the voyage, says a San Francisco dispatch to the Chicago Record-Herald. The Samoena was plowing her way :hrough the Pacific. The watch on ieck was busy, and Lewin was out in the Jibboom bending on a Jib. A urch of the ship, a miscalculated ?rab, and Lewin was in the water, ight under the win-jammer's nose. The cry of "Man overboard!" called ill hands to the work of rescue. Some cleared away a boat for launching,, ithers stood by the braces awaiting >rders, while the mate, life preserver n hand, climbed the poop rail the jetter to see where to throw the circle >f cork. This was all according to egulations and evidence of good dis:ipline, but it was not what saved Lewin. A sailor who should have been lomewhere else grabbed a line when :he cry of "man overboard" told of a ihlpmate In distress, as ne ran to ine 1 rail he coiled the line and made a unning noose in one end. Jumping i nto the main rigging, he peered over s :he side, and right below him, the * ship slipping past him like a railroad :raln, was the gasping Lewln. A few swings, a gentle throw and the noose Jropped around Lewin's shoulders. The line tightened with the headway jf the ship, and Lewln was safe in the hempen bight. His shipmates hauled him on board, and after spitting out the surplus water, Lewin returned to his work on the Jlbboom. Prom the time he fell overboard until he was safely on deck again just three ' minutes elapsed. Living In Japan. It Is estimated that a professional man in Japan can live, with his wife, in comfort on the sum of $250, says the Reader. This means one "large divisible apartment, a small kitchen, a bathroom, a study and a storeroom, a charming garden, one servant and surroundings of great refinement. Mats are the covering of the floor, of course; pillows the seats; table linen Is superflouous where lacquered trays and paper napkins are used; personal laundry Is a{ its minimum where two hot baths a day are the custom. The faggots used in cooking are not much larger than a man's finger, and fuel for ironing Is unnecessary where clothes are stretched properly upon a frame. Perfect privacy is one of the luxuries of this minute menage, for a high bamboo fence shuts off the view of strangers. Each article of the house is carefully selected and some of them are of rare beauty and of a durability j :hat permits them to be handed on j ,'rom one generation to another. No ! vaste takes place, for every crumb of " lie food prepared is eaten. Flowers ire the chief decoration, and the icience of flowers Is a part of the acjomplishments of the lady of the louse. The large room, with its several mats and its adjustable partitions, jecomes at night time the sleeping slace of the several members of the 3 louse, but during the day quickly is jonverted into a spacious, peaceful, j lower-decorated apartment, the bed t :lothes being laid away neatly on the shelf of the store-room. Simplicity, . lelicacy and refinement characterize ( lomes of these qualities?the homes of he .poor who feel no poverty?the ' ibodes of those who, having little, .vould not complain had they even ess. London's January temperature iverages 37 degrees, Fahrenheit. Friday! By 1MUIYIA5 Author ot "Fren When the Street Went Mad. A Story of To-i A Story of Pas A Story of Moi Read the Opening THE FACTORY LIGHTS. .ate Hours, But Something Else Besides Hard Work.. The lights of a hupdred windows )linked In the early evening as a ;rowded ferry boat cut Its way across he East river, says the New York 5un. The building which loomed like i big shadow save for the lights was i factory. A Long Islander remarked :o a friend: "We are going home but think of he people who are still at work in hat factory. I cross on this ferry ive days in the week, and generally ibout this hour, and I never look at :he lights in those windows without i feeling of sadness for those who are letained there." "I understand your feeling," replied the friend, "but I chance to (now something about the concern hat operates that factory which may :ause you to think better of it. "One of the stockholders, who by ;he way, Is not often about the fac ;ory, established a custom a good Tiany years ago which Is still In rogue. Every single man or woman, 'or both are employed there, who has >een In the concern more than a rear la presented by this stockholder, vhen he or she marries, with a compete set of household furniture. "The furniture Is new and placed n the flat or house to be occupied jy the newly married before the cerenony takes place. I happen to know >f more than 25 couples that have been beneficiaries of this stockhold>r's kindness. "That Is not all. When a baby Is jorn to any couple this oid stockhold?r places a sum of money In the savngs bank to the credit of the firstborn, to draw interest on until the :h!ld becomes of age. Then, the mon;y, principal and Interest, Is paid to :he grownup. "On the occasion of the birth of he child Its mother Is presented with i sewing machine If she has none, ind If she has, with some other ar:lcle to help her In her work. So mu see, that building contains somehlng besides hard labor and lato lours. 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