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s REASONS FOR 15 CENTS COTTON. Former Citizen of York, Now of Texas, Puts Up Strong Arguments. Mr. J. B. Scott of the Pelphos neighborhood. has called the attention of The Enquirer to the following Interesting article written by his uncle, Mr. J. C. Kuykendal, formerly of York county, but for many years past a citizen of Texas, for the Gonzales (Tex.) Enquirer: The farmer in his fight for 15 cent cotton is charged with extortion or an attempt to extort. Since the advent of the weevil four bales per annum is perhaps as high an average as can be expected from the labor of one man. Tnis cotton at per Daie is worth $300, a little less than $1 per day for the farmer, as it requires 313 days labor to make it. Is there anything extortionate in this? Of the c one billion, six hundred million of inhabitants of the earth, about one billion use American cotton. A 12,000,000 bale crop of 500 pounds each would give each of the one billion of persons six pounds of cotton, which, at 15 cents would be 90 cents per capita for raw cotten per annum. Is there anything extortionate in this? Silk, flax, wool and cotton are the textiles with which humanity is r- clothed. Perhaps 90 per cent of the world is clothed with wool and cotton. It requires three pounds of wool' in the grease, or as it comes from the sheep now worth 15 cents, rto make one pound of wool ready for the cards, making a pound of wool ready for the cards worth 45 cents. A pound of cotton will make as much covering for humanity as a pound of wool and a covering far W more preferable to wool in tropical and sub-tropical countries. Is there anything extortionate in the farmer asking for a pound of cotton, onethird the price of a pound of wool, when the pound of cotton will do the work, of a pound of wool? Not until late years has cotton respohded to the economic law of supply and demand so readily as some other commodities, for the reason that supply and consumption were largely matters of guesswork. But with the system of reporting the ginners now In vogue the size of the crop Js known as soon as it can be w known?when it is ginned. Consumption depends upon what W the spinners call "the outlook for f trade" that Is the prospect of peace and average crops throughout the world. The size of the cotton crop now being marketed, the crops the world has harvested and the prospects of continued peace maJte cotton statistically strong and as compared with wool worth 20 cents per pound. The day laborer in the towns and cities receives $1.25 per day for his labor. This must be so as he cannot support his family on less. This wage of *1.25 per day for the farmer ..??> means 20 cent cotton. This price is coming because the farmer can get it and accept it without injury to any. Besides it will take 20 cents cotton to enable him to surround his family with the present day ideals of southern country life. ? Those who contend that they can get cotton cheaper elsewhere will please name the country in which I it is ptoduced. The world outside the , Arctic and Antarctic regions has been ps explored and tested by the English I. \ as to its adaptability to cotton prop 1 duction and every such test so far as the writer has seen has been a failure. Also those who contend that the world will not use cotton at 20 cents per pound are not up in the history of t{ie staple. In December, 1860, cotton was selling around 8 cents per pound. From this price it advanced to 100_ cents gold per pound in February and March in 1865. From this price it declined to less than 4 cents per pound some years since in Gon zales. Prom this we learn that the world must have cotton at some price, at $1 per pound If It Is forced ) to give it, but will buy It as cheap as possible. It is this "as cheap as possible" phase that the Farmers' Union was orRanized to counteract, and that it has been at least partially successful, is evidenced by the fact that it has received a rich reward of abuse and villiflcation from all interested in the low price of cotton aided by the cotton exchanges of the world and a brigade or so of commercial buccaneers located in Wall street. New York city. The difference in the price of cotton between the farmer and the spinner is around $20 per bale. This on a 12,000,000 bale crop means $240,000,000 to the successful contestant. This P is a grand prize, the greatest ever conk tested for in the commercial world A and the world is watching it as it has watched no other contest unattended A by the use of arms. If the farmer wins he wins not for this year alone but for the years to come and emanci^^pates himself from the industrial ser^^^Hf/ttude in which he has been held by V spinners for forty years. If the un^iner loses he loses the profits on labor of the millions of cotton tbe^ers of the south not for this year raisjhe but for the years to come. The 5*? 18 a &reat one and each party to PT'^ contest is prepared to make "a ditch fight" of it with the farmer *a?lding the winning cards. The farmer enters the contest with a twelve months' supply of "hog and hominy" and by the time that is exhausted another twelve months' supply will have X* been produced. So there is no danger ^ of coid and hunger driving the farmH er into terms. But if the farmer will sell only a sufficiency of his cotton to pay his debts he can force the spinner IU lerma lot luc s^iiiuci Lull iiuii..IUI.. a campaign of starvation only so long as he is willing to support his operatives In Idleness. In all probability had it not been for the warehouses cotton would now be selling around eight cents per P pound. ^ The following relative to the production of cotton in the English, French and German colonies throughout the is from the last report on ilie subject issued by our secretary K of agriculture at Washington on the A 29th ultimo. Crops of 1905. average weight of bales 500 pounds: English, exclusive of India and ^VEgypt. 10,016 bales: France, exclul " >Wve of India and Indo-China. 400 h^les: German colonies, 1500 bales; tota.1, 11.916 bales. There Is not much 'n dh's showing to frighten the holder *fteen cents cotton. "On with the d^Pice." J. C. Kuykendal. Wrightsboro, Texas. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Rev. Dr. J. Wm. Flinn, one of the ablest and best known Presbyterian divines In South Carolina, died at his home in Columbia last Saturday morning after a brief illness. The remains were taken to Charleston for interment. ? There was an election in Union ? county last Saturday on the question of establishing a county dispensary. The total vote cast was 1,217. Of these 614 were for the dispensary and 603 against it. The majority in favor of the dispensary was 11. Union county was one of the first to vote out the old state dispensary, and there was very considerable interest in this election. The anti-dispensary people claim many I Irregularities, and there is talk of contesting the election on account of them. ? It is possible that the official canvass of the vote may show some change in l the result. The dispensary was voted out of Union two years ago 76;"> to 413. ? "Kansas for Christ," is to be the slogan in an evangelistic campaign that is to be pushed simultaneously in every county of the Sunflower state next year, says a Kansas City dispatch V \>f the 29th. Hundreds of preachers of " Various denominations, together with numerous evangelists, are to hold revivals. An entire year will be spent in the movement, and an effort is to be made to demonstrate to the whole country what may be accomplished in concerted religious work carried forward on strictly business lines. The ' great revival is to be under the direct leadership of Rev. William Edward , Biederwolf, who planned it. The un* \ dertaking will be subject to the gener^ al supervision of a board of two preachers and two laymen from each denomination. This body, which has already been organized, with fifteen denominations represented, has selected Edward E. Taylor of Philadelphia, as secretary. AT THE CHURCHE8. BAPTIST. Prayer meeting on Wednesday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD. Services on Friday nfternoon at 4.30 o'clock. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN. Prayer meeting on Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL Prayer meeting on Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN. Prayer meeting on Wednesday afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. Special JRolices: Preaching at Enon On the first Sabbath of January. W. E. Hurt, Pastor. Supper at Bethany. Hot supper at Bethany next Friday night under the auspices of Holly Camp No. 213. Admission 25 cents. t U. JU. lUUVTUI. HYMEINEAL. Marriko?At the Associate Reformed manse, Sharon, on December 25. by Rev. J. S. Grler, Mr. JOHN MARION LATHAM and Miss REOLA BURGESS. By Rev. W. C. Ewart, at the residence of the bride's parents, on Yorkvllle R. F. D. No. 1, on Christmas Day, Miss MARY IVA DICKSON and Mr. M. A. RAINES, of Columbia. By Rev. W. E. Hurt, at his residence In Yorkvllle, on December 26, Mr. LAWRENCE ROBINSON and MISs JULIA JENKINS, both of Clover. At the Methodist parsonage. Rock Hill, on December 28, by W. H. Arlall, Mr. CRAWFORD NEELY and Miss GRACE LEE HUGHES. By Rev. W. H. Arlall, on December 24, Miss ELLA FUDGE of Edgmoor, and Mr. S. T. GORDON of Rock Hill. $he Cotton SRarhet. Yorkvllle, December 31.?Cotton 10i Cotton seed 25J cents a bushel. YORKVILLE MONUMENT WORKS. THH Ml \M Has been a busy one with us. We have had almost as much work as we could do and we apreclate the patron age given us anu wisn iui an iiiaiiniuu a New Year of happiness and prosperity. During: the New Year we will make greater efforts to serve our patrons with the highest grade of Monumental work in Granite and Marble, and solicit your inquiries in regard to such work when you are ready to mark the graves of departed relatives and loved ones. YORKVILLE MONUMENT WORKS. W. B. Wylie, Sec. and Treas. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of York. IN PROBATE COURT, By L. R. Williams, Esq., Probate Judge of Yoric County. WHEREAS ALEX W. SMITH, has applied to me for Letters of Administration on all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of JOHN N. SMITH, late of the county aforesaid, deceased: These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before me at our next Probate Court for the said county, to be holden at York Court House on the 15TH DAY OF JANUARY. 1908, to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given und^er my hand and seal, this 31st day of December, In the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven, and in the 132nd year of American Independence. L. R. WILLIAMS. Probate Judge of York County. 104 t .2t Notice DURING THE YEAR 1908 I WILL SPARE NO EFFORTS TO MAKE MY STORE THE ONE STORE THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS DEPEND ON TO GIVE YOU THE BEST IN QUALITIES, THE BEST VARIETIES AND AT THE LOWEST PRICES. I WILL DO EVERYTHING THAT I CAN TO MERIT YOUR TRADE AND ON A PLATFORM OF THIS KIND 1 SOLICIT THE BUSINESS OF MY OLD CUSTOMERS AND THAT OF ALL NEW ONES WHO WILL FAVOR ME WITH THEIR BUSINESS. J. Q. WRAY, The Leader 99" l>on't forget that the Great Paulo Sale Is still on. and prices are most attractive to economical shoppers. Taking the Profits The year 1907 has passed into history; the New Year is upon us, the time when every concern doing business of any kind wants to know "what is doing"?if a profit is made he wants to take it out; if money is lost, he wants to know that too. The only way one can intelligently know what he is doing is to keep a set of books. I have them in Single and Double Entries from 100 to 1000 pp. Also have Cash Hooks, Long Day, .Memorandums, etc. Fine Stationery a Specialty. See me for your Ledger. STAR DRUG STORE. I). L. Shieder. Proprietor. TI OLD WD WII As the Old Year is softly gliding 'nto the unchangeable past, and the roseate dawn of the NEW YEAR, Hushed with promise, is almost in sight, I desire to return thanks to my piivtnniciN fine and all. for their pa tronage during the past year and to solicit a continuation of same during the coming year. Here's wishing for you a happy and properous New Year and trusting you will not forget "The Store ol' the Stretched Dollar." .?. w. nonsoN The Place Where the Dollar Does Its Full Duty. PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO. In January when the LINDSAY STUDIO again opens, there will be a new line of tine work on display. Something entirely new and very beautiful. Remember that all customers and friends are asked to call and see the samples. R03A J. LINDSAY. J. L. Williams. Mason McOonnell. ' J. L. WILLIAMS & CO. ZEIGLER SHOES FOR LADIES. HAVE STOOD THE TEST FOR SIXTY-THREE YEARS. THEY ARE STYLISH, COMFORTABLE AND DURABLE. $3'00""l$350i Ij. WILLIAMS & CO., j Sell for Less. 1 : "THANK YOU" : It doesn't cost anything to say, ^ "Thank you," and it is somewhat of a > local custom for merchants to extend J thanks to customers at this season for past favors, and I shall extend my thanks to my customers and friends, but don't get the idea that I am doing so simply because it is custom or because it doesn't cost anything to do so. ? Cost and custom are not considered. t( I extend my sincere thanks to my cus- * tomers and friends at this time because I am most sincerely appreciative of the patronage given my store ? during the year 1907. Words cannot express it?my thanks are too large? 11 I send them by freight, so you can ? get lots of it. If my wishes for your " prosperity during the New Year could be materialized by my thanks all my customers and friends would enjoy the most prosperous and happiest year of their lives. Thank yoti. W. E. FERGUSON. f My Christmas I Trade II Was the largest I have ever enjoyed", 8 and the business of 1907 showed a gratifying increase, for which I return d my sincere thanks to all who have fa- P vored me with their business. I extend to all my very best wishes for a 0 New Year of happiness and prosperity. During 1908 it is my determination to improve my service wherever it is oossible and to give Yorkvllle and York county a Jewelry Store that will be a credit to the community. THANKS. d T. W. SPECK. The Jeweler. ] IRION & GORDON.. E Greetings of the 5 NEW YEAR I c Everything in Groceries, Including T the best Coffees, Teas, Sugar. Hominy, | Rice, Meal, Flour, New Crop Molasses. Meat, Lard. etc. HARDWARE? Leather, Shoemak- p ers* Supplies, Plows, Plow Lines, " Trace Chains, Clevises, Heel Screws, {* Boy Dixie Points, Skillets and Lids, ? Pots, Bagging and Ties, etc. Green Groceries. Confectioneries. fj Musical Instruments going every '' day. HERNDON & GORDON. It Ic Not A ^ A 1 vr ? Customary It Is not customary for individuals, firms or corporations who have the un- f disputed prestige of supplying more y desirable wares to their customers than a competitors to voluntarily offer some- f| thing more desirable still, unless forced \ to do so by competition, but-this is ex- b actly what the Mutual Benefit Life has p done during its entire career covering c a period of 63 years, and commencing f, with tomorrow, January 1, 1908, I will y be prepared to offer contracts as far a superior in some respects to the old policies as the old policies were unlver- w sally recognized to be to those issued n by all other companies?and this in the a face of the fact that other companies t] are not offering contracts equal to the ? ones of the Mutual Benefit to be re- b placed. The special privileges included n in the new policies will be extended to all holders of old. Time and space forbid the giving of details, but I shall be pleased to furnish them to all interested persons who will call at my office, ^ook before you leap! SAM M. GRIST, Special Agent. igo8 1908 ^ c THE NEW YEAR S v P V Possibly you are already a patron f of this Bank. p If not it might be well to start in a with the NEW YEAH. 0 A trial will prove mutually profitable. o With a view of getting better ae- n quainted we invite you to call. v Absolute Safety for e DEPOSITS is assured. a t LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK, . r h YORKVILLE, S. C. I908 1908 | New Year's Logic Lives there the man, by folly misled, Who sometimes to himself hath said, What is the use to advertise? Whbse heart is so puffed up by pride, , And thinks that in the country wide i lie is, of all men, the most wise! If such there lives, go, mark his way; For him there will be "reck'ning day"! Rich though he be in treasure of gold, His coffers teem with wealth untold; "'aalfh nf trPHRlirpd ITflAn. ? That man, conceited, will And It vain! ^ Refusing to employ or printer to pay, c He will find unwise on some fine day; v For what is saved some other will get. j So advertise if you would not regret! t W.WTKI)?Clover M'f'g. Co. Stock. ^ a Dr. M. W. WHITE. J h i CLOTHES CLEANING. * XAM prepared to clean gentlemen's ^ clothes and ladies' skirts in a thoroughly satisfactory manner, at rea- a sonable prices. Work may be sent direct to rny home or left at W. E. Fer- e guson's store r Mrs. R. B. McCLAIN. [ W Fancy Blotting Pupcr, Bed, Moss js Green. Robin Egg Blue, and Wood Brown. 19x24 Ins. 10c Sheet, 3 for 25c. Heavy White at same price. The Enquirer Office. iwwitwywwtwwfwfiiwwiwiww | ONE OF THE j BEST R j | To make for the Nt () solve to OPEN' A SA1 with this Bank. < i 4 Per Cent Per Ar is Compounded Pom () The Safety of Evi ! | sured. I THE FIRST NA1 yor^vil: ill ti> aiiii>i?iihi>i^u as. M. Starr, J. F. McElwae. President 8ec. and Treat. I FORK SUPPLY CO. Incorporated. )UR HATS ! ^OME OFF j To our customers and friends for the t atronage given us during the year j 907.. "We think we received our share f the business and return our thanks ( *> every individual customer who has j dded to the volume of our business y trading with us. During the year 1908, we will exert 1 urselves to give our customers bet- 1 er service than ever before, and we J ivlte all old customers and many new nes to see us when making arrangelents for the New Year. We extend tie compliments of the season. York Supply Company. rhanks! Thanks! V> Our Patrons and Friends: We return many thanks for their Iberal patronage In the past. We appreciate It, and have given ood values for their money. 1908 shall not fall short in honest ealings and we shall endeavor to lease even more than In the past. Wishing you a Happy and Prosperus New Year, we remain. Yours to please, DOBSON BROS. Laundry Basket leaves every Tnesay evening?Service the Best. EVERYDAY . During the 366 days of .the year 908 the York Drug Store ttill be at our service when you need anything i Patent Medicines or Prescriptions. Iver since the York Drug Store has een under its present management, :s Prescription Department has reelved every possible attention. In the uture this constant vigilance and care rill be continued and at all times you . an absolutely depend on getting the . ery best and most accurate Pre- . cription servioe at the York Drug , tore. In handling your physician's J rescriptions we use nothing but the t urest of Drugs and Chemicals, and , se every Possible Precaution to , uard against the slightest possibility f errors In compounding. It is also ' ur invariable rule to make our pre- . cription charges just as reasonable . a possible. On this platform we so- i icit your business during the year 908. , THE YORK DRUG STORE, 1 J. B. Bowen, Proprietor. i 1907-1908 Although we were only in business or a short time during the present ear we have no complaint to make t the patronage we have received rom the Furniture buying public. Ve could have waited on more trade, ut at the same time we are highly leased at the patronage we have reeived. and extend our thanks for any avors extended to us during the year. Vre wish all our customers and friends Prosperous New Year. During the year just a-dawning we ill be fully prepared to meet the deinndK nt the furniture buying public, nd Invite all who wish to buy anyhing In Furniture, Rugs, Pictures, toves, Ranges, etc., to come to see us efore buying. We believe we can lake It to your Interest to do so. Yours truly, CARROLL FURNITURE CO. Best Wishes Ince the establishment of the YorkHle Hardware Company's business In Torkville, It has been our one aim and onstant endeavor to give to Yorkvllle Hardware store second to none to e found In any town in the Piedmont elt. As to the success of our efforts re leave the verdict entirely with our atrons. During the year now closing re have enjoyed a liberal patronage rom hundreds of customers and this atronage leads us to believe that we re measuring up to the requirements f the community at large. For this patronage we are sincerely bliged, and will do our utmost to nerit your custom in the future, and re feel that we can safely promise ven better service in the New Year .s we become better acquainted with he demands of the Hardware trade. We extend the compliments of the , eason, and trust that Dame Fortune ' nay deal as kindly with you as you iave with us. YORKVILLE HARDWARE CO. | m PURMTURK CO. FURNITURE, STOVES, [JiHlertakiiig* Supplies PAINTS, OILS, Etc. MUCH OBLIGED We thank our many friends and ustomers for the business given us luring the year 1907, and will appreiate any business given us during the ear 1908, be that patronage big or ittle. We are better prepared than ever lefore to serve our old customers and iny new ones that favor us with their >usiness. Our lines of FURNITURE ind HOUSE FURNISHINGS were lever so complete and varied as at iresent; never was our stock so well >ought or so well selected. If you lave a Furnishings or Furniture want ve can supply it, and supply it to 'our entire satisfaction in Quality. Variety and Prices. We have a few nice Rockers. Rugs ind Hall Racks and also a few Extcnrton Tables that we are offering at (specially Low Prices in order to nove them. If you need either of hese articles it will interest you to iee ours and let us whisper the price n your ear. They are interesting. See us for your WANTS. YORK FURNITURE CO. WW Terms to Suit Every One. iii mi iiv Hi m iiv m wwmmmmm t =- ] | ~ ESOLUTIONS || <i ;w Year Is to re- !! VTNGS ACCOUNT ,, i f inum is Paid, and < Times a Year. j1 F ery Dollar is As- ? tr ? () ij TONAL BANK, J * US, 8. C, n I) W_ i an aiiiin hi miiu hi iitfiyiuiuim F THE LAST TRUMP Soplng everybody may have a Happy _ md Prosperous New Year, I will say ~ [ am still selling good MEATS, as I i lave always done In the past, and I X hank my friends and customers for heir patronage of the past year. But say, man, Pay Me, so I can Pay ho Other Follow. You can't git to leaven unless you pay your beef bill. Say, did you ever think what heav>n is like? I will tell you, and then naybe you will pay me. leaven is a beautiful place, P jYee from trouble and care, rt's the only place that you can go, \nd your mother-in-law won't be m there. ^ Yours to serve, M OLD GEORGE, A THE BUTCHER. S" c iJLT I WATCH I US s TODAY. MONDAY, WE ARE EN- il 3AGED IN TAKING AN INVENT- 11 DRY OF STOCK IN ORDER TO FIND OUT WHERE WE ARE AT. T IS QUITE POSSIBLE THAT THIS STOCK-TAKING WILL BRING TO L.IGHT MANY GOODS THAT WE :an and will offer at most FETCHING PRICES. THEREFORE, [T IS TO YOUR INTEREST TO fVATCH OUR ADVERTISEMENTS ? CLOSELY SO THAT NOTHING MAY ESCAPE YOU. WATCH. IT WILL Sj PAY YOU. T OUR STORE WILL BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY?COME AND SEE US. AGAIN WE EXTEND OUR BEST SVTSHES THAT YOU MAY HAVE.A VIOST PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. GOODBYE 1907?HOWDY-DO TO L908. STRAUSS-SMITH CO. ~i [\ .. T Do Your Own pi fii Banking I ol ft u a< Your earnings get into the r( 3ank whether you put them there or _ 1 If you spend all, somebody else Desosits Your Money. Better start an Account Today and g Receive the Benefits Yourself. BANK OF CLOVER ?1 tl CLOVER. S. C. ci C( NOTICE. m THE Annual Meeting1 of the Coun- ai ty Commissioners of York County b< ivlll be held in their office In Yorkville, P 3. C., on TUESDAY, DECEMBER, 31, b? 1907. th All persons holding claims against 1? Ihe County will present them to the st jnderslgned or to the Supervisor on or g aefore said day. G All claims against the County must ie itemized and contain an affidavit to :he effect that the account is just and :rue, due and owing, and no part there)f has been paid by discount or otherivise and that the supplies were actually furnished or the labor and services actually rendered. _ Claims not presented the year they ire contracted or the subsequent year ire forever barred. ^ All persons authorized to adminls- g, ter oaths are required to probate Sj :laims against the County free of . charge. By order of the Board. HAZEL GRIST, Clerk of Board. t 100 f 3t WM. H. BROWN & BRO'S. MT POCAHONTAS "W* * Perfume Pleases the most fastidious. tl T For sale by the STAR DRUG STORE. S. H. O'LEARY. m J THANKING CUSTOMERS ANI) , RIEXDS FOR PATRONAGE GIY- . IN ME DURING THE YEAR 1907, 1 ' INTEND THE COMPLIMENTS OF HE SEASON AND WISH FOR ALL IANKIND A YEAR OF UNPRECEENTED HAPPINESS AND PROS ERITY. ? G. H. O'LEARY. YEW SEASONABLE GOODS lain as well as Self-Raising Buckwheat Flovr. aple Syrup. ranberrles and Cranberry Sauce. !ince Meat. 1 11 kinds of Nuts. s tveet Cucumber Pickles in barrels. ( odflsh Balls as well as plain Codfish. t racker Meal for frying oysters. * nd In fact, almost anything you can y call for. " t \ * AIIIC BATU c LUUI9 nv i n. g j J. C. WILBORN t c FOR SALE C W. Shubert Home Place?on Plnck- * ey road; adjoins corporate limits of orkville, W. Brown Wylie and othrs; 3-room Dwelling, outbuildings; II In cultivation. Price $875. One Acre of Land?5-room dwellig, outbuildings, on public road; ad- .] tins David Clark, in Cotton Belt; tilldlng worth price of place. $250. Lots on Property of Rev. J. M. Mcaln?Property adjoins York and eely Mills and G. H. O'Leary; most eautiful lots cheap and In good part t town, fronting Charlotte street 127 Acres?House, barn and orch- _ rd; half wood land, near church and . :hool; Lower Steele Creek township, 2 . C. $15 per Acre. 163 Acres?9 miles Gastonla; one ( welling, 4-room; barn, all necessary utbulldlngs; 76 acres In cultivation, ? alanee in timber, 20 acres in fine forJt; 2 pastures; adjoins Craig & WU>n. A Bargain. J. C. WILBORN, Real Estate. ITART^ ] i DM ACCOUNT i r WITH US NOW y t /E WILL DO EVERYTHING POS- " IBLE TO SERVE YOU AND FURIIER YOUR INTERESTS. \ BANK OF J HICKORY GROVE. ? STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of York. In the Court of Common Pleas. artha Elizabeth Robinson, Catha J. Adams and Wade H. Jenkins, Plaintiffs. against J. F. Jenkins, Thomas C. Jenkins, J. Harrison - Jenkins, Birdie Jenkins, B. O. Jenkins and Ethel Jenkins, Defendants.?Summons for Relief?(Complaint not Served). o the Defendants Above Named: 17OU are hereby summoned and reL quired to answer the Complaint In lis action, which has been filed In the fice of the Clerk of Court of Common leas for York County, South Carona, and to serve a copy of your anver to the said Complaint on the lbscrlbers at their office In Yorkville, auth Carolina, within twenty days Iter the service hereof* upon you, cclusive of the day of such service; nd if you fail to answer the Comlalnt In the time aforesaid, the plainfYs in this action will apply to the )urt for the relief demanded In the omplaint. FINLEY & JENNINGS, Plaintiffs' Attorneys, ov. 20th, 1907. Yorkville, S. C. NOTICE. o the Absent Defendants, J. F. Jenkins, Birdie Jenkins, B. O. Jenkins and Ethel Jenkins: You will take notice that the Coir lalnt In this action has this day been led In the office of the Clerk of Court f Common Pleas for York County, suth Carolina, and you are hereby immonpd and reaulred to answer ) le same within twenty days after le service of this upon you, exclusive r the day of such service, and if you til to answer the Complaint within te time aforesaid, plaintiffs in this ? ctlon will apply to the court for the ilief demanded in the Complaint. FINLEY & JENNINGS. STATE OF SOOTH CAROLINA, County of York. IN PROBATE COURT. y L. R. Williams, Esq., Probate Judge of York County. JLT HEREAS J. S. WILKERSON r T has applied to me for Letters f Administration on all and singular, F le goods and chattels, rights .and edlta of JOE SMITH, late of the >unty aforesaid deceased: Thfese are, therefore, to cite and adlonish ail and singular the kindred tid creditors of the said deceased, to ? and appear before me at our next robate Court for the said county, to e holden at York Court House on le . 4TH DAY OF JANUARY. 108. to shew cause, If any, why the lid administration should not be ranted. iven under my hand and seal, this 20th day of December In the year of , our Lord one thousand nine hundr? d and seven, and in the 132nd year of American Independence. L. R. WILLIAMS, Probate Judge. 102 f 3t SAUSAGE GRINDING. I S our Market Is now equipped \ with a First-Class Electric Sauige Grinder we are prepared to do ausage Grinding for the public at Cent a Pound. We can give you rompt. service and entire satisfaction i grinding. See us for Best Fresh Meats, Oys;rs, Fish, etc. WALTER ROSE. AT THE BRATTON FARM. 117 E have a number of Guernsey r T Cows and Heifers that we will ill. Pure cream at 25 cents a quart, at le farm at all times, or delivered on uesdays and Fridays. r Pigs for Sale?$2.50 and $5 each. J. MEEK BURNS, Manager. , Jan. 25 f.t tf. c LONG CLOAKS AT SHORT PRICES J 15.00 Ladles Coats at $10.00. 110.00 Ladles' Coats at $6.00. $8.00 Ladles' Coats at $6.00. rhe Thomson Co. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of York In the C'onrt of Common Plena. 1. E. Johnson, .Plaintiff, against J. C. Chambers, Mary. Ann Allison, John B. Erwin, W. E. Erwin, Mary C. Withers, George J. Steele,. Porter Good, J. Holbrook Good. Fjannle Garrigues, Annie Fletcher, Sue Herring, Martha Gilliland, Robert Meek, Cornelia Htlerman, other children, if any, of Eliza Meek, deceased, (names unknown), Katie Beasley, Virginia Collins, Eunia or Annie Chamberlain, other children of John Smith, deceased, if any, (names unknown), and other next of kin of Carolina Kennedy, deceased, if any, (names unknown, Defendants.?Summons for Relief?(Complaint Filed). 'o the Defendants above named: C7"OU are hereby summoned and reX quired to afoswer the Complaint n this action, - which has this day teen filed in the.oflice of the Clerk of he Court of Common Pleas for the aid county, and to serve a copy of our answer to the said Complaint on he subscriber at his office in York'ille, South Carolina, within twenty lays after the servicfe hereof; exclusive of the day of such service; and if 'ou fail to answer the Complaint vtthln the time aforesaid, the plainlfT in this action will apply to the ourt for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Dated Yorkville, S. C., December 24, A. D., 1907. . J. S. BRICE, Plaintiffs Attorney. t NOTICE v> the Absent Defendants. Porter Good, John B. Erwln, Fannie Garrigues, Annie Fletcher, Sue Herring, Martha Gilliland, Robert Meek, Cornelia HUerman, Katie Beasley, Virginia Collins, and Eunla or Annie Chamberlain: Please take notice that the Sumnona in this action, of which the fore;olng is a copy, together with the Complaint herein, were filed in the ofIce of J. A. Tate, Clerk of Court of loramon Pleas for County and State .foresaid, at Yorkvllle, S. C., December 24th, A. D.. 1907. J. S. BRICE. Plaintiffs Attorney. 103-8 t . 8t STRAY TURKEYS. Y flock of fourteen Bronze TurlTJ. keys, mostly gobblers went estray ip Fishing creek about ten days ago, nd I will appreciate information and ay for trouble In connection with heir return. T. L. CARROLL, No. 7 rorkville. 102 f.t 2t* IS YOUR CLOCK RUHHING? rHAT old Clock that has been standing for years, and which you trould like to have keeping time again; ?ut which you think cannot be fixed it a reasonable price. Bring It to ae. . I do reliable, honest work on iVatches. 3HE_ D. MARLEY | O. P. HEATH, Pt. W. 8. NEI ! YORRVILLE B. INCORP NEW GOODS IN GRO J We have just received a ni J rants, Raisins, Cream Tartar, 3 being the ingredients for frui 5 all of thein. 5 Call and get some of our I 5 Nice line of Heinz's good 2 Apple Butter, Baked Beans a J We have the finest Tabl ^ have all grades of Molasses f 5 6o Cents down to the 40 Cem 5 A full line of Reed's AntiJ eluding Well Buckets. Just 1 J of this ware is Guaranteed. 5 As for Flour, Meat, Coffe< 3 you at tne JLowest rriccs. Try us for Guns, Shells an 5 See us for Buggies, Wa 5 please you in quality and pri< 3 See us for Turn Plows, I See us for Avery Two H< J YORKVILLE BANKING 4 At Johnson's White House Coffees. Chase & Sanborn Coffees. Tetley's Tea, Upton's Tea. Blue Ribbon Extract. Cocoa and Chocolate. Swifts' Hams and Breakfast 8trip. Heinz Ketchup, Pickles and India telish. Durkees Salad Dressing. Beans with Tomato Sauce. Pork and Beans. Maraschino Cherries, Olive Oil. Beech-Nut Bacon and Beef. Sweet Peas and Corn. New Orleans Molasses. I. W. JOHNSON. THE BEST IS 1 rhat Means You Should 3ee CARROLL ] AUCTION SALES. CLERK'S SALE. State of 8outh Carolina?County of York. In the Court of Common Plena. W. D. and A. M. Grist as Executors of the Estate of L. M. Grist, Deceased, vs. A. M. Jackson. BY virtue of a decree in the above stated case, I will expose to sale in front of York Court House on the FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY, (Salesday) 1908, between 11 a. m. and 2 p. m? the Real Estate described as follows: "All that certain house and lot or piece of land hi the town of Yorkville, situated on the south side of West Madison street, commencing at a stake on said street, and running thence S 26 W 7.71 to a stake on lands formerly of John Adams, now known as the Smith lands, and running thence N 66 W 1.50 to a stake, thence N 26 E 7.71 to a stake on southern edge of said street, thence 8 65 E 1.50 to the beginning and bounded by lands of Ferguson, Smith and Dobson and containing one acre and twenty-flve poles, more or less. Said land being the land conveyed to John J. W. Tomllnson by W. A. H. Wilson, November 18th. 1870, and conveyed to L. M. Grist bv John J. W. Tomlinson by deed recorded In Deed Book "Z", payee 428 and 499. Terms. ONE-HALF CASH and the balance upon a credit of twelve months with Interest thereon from the day of sale and secured by a bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises, with leave to the purchaser to pay his entire bid In cash. Purchaser must pay for all papers. Pur- ? chaser must comply by paying cash portion of his bid within one hour from the time of such sale, or the land to be at once resold at the risk of such defaulting purchaser. J. A. TATE, C. C. C. Pis. . 101 t It YORKVILLE BUGGY CO. , Buggies At $5.00 Reduction For Two Weeks FOR TWO WEEKS FROM THIS DATE WE OFFER A REDUCTION OF FIVE DOLLARS ON EACH AND EVERY STYLE OF BUGGY WE SELL FOR CASH, PAYABLE IN U. S. MONEY OR BANK CERTIFICATES AS MAY SUIT YOUR CONVENIENCE. Yorkville Buggy Co. THE MAN Who thinks he cannot afford to carry Life Insurance Is the very man who should. The rich man does not need It so bad; but when a working man dies, usually, the means of support of his family Is cut off; therefore, he should have his life Insured to help his family. Tou can get a policy in THE FARMERS' MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY at a very low cost. W. 8. WILKERSON, D. E. BONEY, President. Manager. WW Woodmen of the World receipt books for monthly dues, at The Enquirer office, 30c. L, V. Pt. R. E. HEATH. Ssc.-Tr. 5 P. If PAUTD A WV ? 06 1Til VU1U1 illl 1J | ORATED. S BARAARAIUIUIWARAIURARARARAR CERY DEPARTMENT. f I ice line of Prunes, Citron, Cur- { Royal Baking Powder?these | it cake you will need some or ^ I dince Meat?none better. j s, including Jellies, Preserves, | nd all kinds of Pickles, e Syrup on the market. We | rom the Best New Orleans at ? ts gallon. ? Rust and Turquoise Ware, in- [ try one of these Buckets. All ? 5, Sugar and Rice, we can sell ? l t ' id Hardware. J igons and Harness. We can \ i :es. ? )isc and Drag Harrows. { Drse Reversible Disc Plows. { AND MERCANTILE CO. | Made-to-Measure CLOTHING That SUIT or OVERCOAT you are going: to buy ought to be TAILORMADE TO YOUR MEASURE. Made to order Clothes always WEAR better and LOOK better and FIT better and FEEL better than the ready-made kind. Made-to-Measure Clothes are Satisfying and are Cheaper in the end. Come In and let me show you Fall and Winter Fashions in Suits and Overcoats Fabrics and Give you the prices. Then let me take your measure. FIT Is always Guaranteed. LAMM & CO.'S CLOTHING?the BEST on Earth?always - please. See me for Seed Wheat, Seed Oats and Seed Barley. See me for FYults and Nuts. W. M. KENNEDY, Agent. THE CHEAPEST Buy an OLIVER PLOW BROTHERS