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5tti$rrllanr(iti5 #radinq. NEWSPAPER HOAXES. How Old Time Newspaper Men Laid Traps For Rivals. Once upon a time there was absolute peace in the newspaper world of America. That was when there was only one paper in Boston and not another on the continent. When the second journal was started in Boston an editorial war was Immediately precipitated. As long as personal journalism prevailed the rivalry among newspapers took the form of editorial abuse of the enemy, but when the modern newspaper came into being the battleground was removed from the editorial page to the news columns and the circulation statement. The deliberate newspaper hoax was born of the bitter fight between newspapers of one class and another in the old days. The intentional "fake," as a wholly untrue or grossly exaggerated news item is called in newspaper slang, was born of the desire of the reporters to keep up with the demand for news and at the same time escape the tiresome "leg work" necessary to find it. Richard A. Locke wrote the first great newspaper hoax for the New York Sun. It appeared on Jan. 10, 1835. The article purported to be taken from the supplement to the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal. It described a wonderful telescope which had been invented by the eminent astronomer Sir John Herschel and set forth that Sir John had taken his telescope to the Cape of Good Hope and there leveled it on the moon. The inhabitants of the moon were plainly to be seen, being halfway between a man and an ourang-outang and having wings like a bat. The article was replete with technical phrases and had the stamp of scientific style. Next day the staid Sixpenny Press swallowed the bait, hook and all. One editor declared that he also had received dispatches telling of Sir John's great discoveries in the moon, which would be given to the public as soon as possible. The editor of the Albany Advertiser declared he read "with unspeakable emotions of pleasure and astonishment" of the Herschel discoveries in an Edinburgh scientific journal. The hoax deceived many men of science and was quite generally accepted by the multitude until it was exposed by the pestiferous James Gordon Bennett of the Herald. Nine years later Edgar Allan Poe was employed on the staff of the New York Sun, and he was responsible for the second great hoax in that paper. it appeared: akiouiiuiiik .>* *%? uj Express via Norfolk!- The Atlantic Crossed In Three Days! Signal Triumph of Mr. Monck Mason's Flying Machine!" The article told of the adventure of Mr. Mason and seven oth ers who set out from England In the steering balloon Victoria and safely passed over to Virginia in seventy-five hours. This story was also generally believed by the public, but the other newspapers had begun to fear the inventive genius of the Sun's staff, and they did not bite. The deliberate setting of a trap to catch another paper stealing news is a legacy from the sedate Sixpenny Press and was used before Mr. Ben nett "corrupted and reformed" the journalism of the states. The ship Ajax was due from Europe. The Courier printed a postscript announcing the arrival of the ship and giving a summary of the news of Europe which she had brought over. A few copies of this paper were left on doorsteps in the neighborhood of the rival Journal office. Then the regular edition of the Courier was printed without the Ajax news. The Journal found the papers, suspected nothing and printed in large display the supposed trans-Atlantlc news received by the Ajax. Of course the Ajax had not come in. and the news was faked. Many similar incidents are told of tricks worked by newspapers of today to trap a pirate sheet. When Horace Greeley's New York Tribune was young and good copy was hard to get its distinguished editor sought to cater to the literary tastes of his readers by publishing serially Mr. Dickens' novel "Barnaby Rudge." This was all well enough, except that Robert Bonner had been put to great expense to get "Barnaby Rudge" for the New York Ledger, then the leading weekly story paper of the country. The Ledger, like all weekly magazines, was dated three or four days ahead, a copy dated Saturday being on sale the preceding Wednesday. Mr. Greely's paper published the. weekly installments of the novel on Thursdays, Mr. Bonner loudly objected. Mr. Greeley's paper calmly replied that Mr. Bonner's charges were absurd, for was not the story published in the Tribune of date two days earlier than that of the Ledger? Instead of the Tribune being guilty of theft, the ledger was plainly the offender, whereupon Mr. Bonner wrote a fake chapter of "Barnaby Rudge," in which he turned characters upsiae down and knocked the plot galley west. The Tribune faithfully printed it. Then the Ledger exposed the steal, and the Tribune was "caught with the goods.'* Hoaxes of latter day journalism, as distinguished from the ordinary news fake of commerce, have been got up merely for fun. The most prolific source of "whoppers" for twenty years was Joe Mulhatton. a commercial traveler in the middle west until a few years ago. Mulhatton gloried in the reputation of being the biggest liar in the world, and he would go to any extent to save that reputation. One of his best known hoaxes was the working monkey story. He declared that Mr. James < I lit hrie. a prominent farmer of Shelbyville, Ky.. had solved the labor problem by putting monkeys to work breaking hemp. Mr. Guthrie had been in Africa, where he found a family of monkeys in which the imitative faculty was highly developed. They were strong and healthy, and Mr. Guthrie brought several of them back to Kentucky. It was necessary only to show the monkey how to break hemp, and he would immediately imitate the process and keep up the work until forced to stop. There was no loafing on the job, no talking or smoking. The monkeys were much superior to men. The country credited the story, and Mr. Guthrie received many letters from people who wanted Information about how to Ret some of the novel workers. Fakes are not all fabricated by fly city reporters. The greatest fakir ot them all, when he is a fakir, is the country correspondent. The city reporter must exercise some care. His tales may be investigated by his own city editor, and then they are certain to be looked into by other city editors. He must lay grounds for his fake or he will be caught. But the man in a small village who corners the correspondence for all the city papers may lie to his heart's content. So fanciful I were the creations of one Minnesota country correspondent that he was in! duced to go to the city and enter the ' held of fiction. He has been writing i very successful stories "from the Tall . Timber" signed the I?sueur Liar. The Parkersburg Liar in West Virginia and i the Milan Liar in Tennessee a few years ago created great consternation ? ? ttialr- mvn home HIC towns. Rvery paper in the country had a story of a murder or suicide or some other tragedy each day which had happened in Parkersburg or Milan. The Parkersburg man was induced to i quit by public sentiment, while the angry citizens of Milan forced their famous liar to leave town. A young man of a prominent family in a city on the Ohio left school and went into the newspaper business. His name was Jake. There was a hardened gang of fakirs doing police news at that time, and they had a large organization of lawyers and physicians who would "stand for" the fakes. They recognized in Jacob a promising youth with a lively imagination, and after teaching him the rudiments of the ethics of the game as they played it they set him to inventing stories while they amused themselves. Jake did nobly for a week or two. Then his young imagination began t > give down under the strain. He had recourse to some facts. His father had been a Confederate soldier, a Texas ranger. He had heard the war stories over and over again. So he wrote the story of a man who fell in a faint on the street and was taken to a doctor's office. The doctor found that there was a foreign substance pressing on the man's heart. He cut in. fouijd that It was a bullet, took It out and the man revived. The story then told how the bullet, which was the cause of the trouble, had been shot into his side by a Federal gun in some civil war battle when the old man was serving with the Texas rangers. Jake wrote it for his paper, and the other morning papers used it, too, according to agreement. When the afternoon reporters went around the next morning the doctor. a wise one, gave them additional details. Jake went home, and next day his father, a retired lawyer of great age, was much excited. "Jacob," he caid, "did you see the article in the papers about the old ranger?" Jacob corfessed that he had glanced at it. "Jacob," continued the old gentleman?"Jacob, I knew him well. I was standing by his side when he was shot. I am going down to the doctor's house to see him." The son persuaded the father not to go. but it was Jake's last fake. Sometimes a news fakir wastes the material for a Poe or a Verne story in a short paragraph?for instance, the Texas balloon tale. A little girl at a Galveston celebration caught hold of the strings to a large bundle of toy balloons. The peddler let go, and the weight was so much less that the balloons went up, carrying the child. The crowd shouted to her to hold on. A - ? Klou- hgllnnns nut to sirung n uiu wic? vi*v - ? - ? sea. The life savers manned their boat and rowed out under the balloons, keeping up with the wind. Then came Dead Shot Pete. He unlimbered his Winchester and punctured one balloon at a time, letting the girl gradually and gently down into the waiting boat. Captain Honeybrain is the name of a mythical scientist in Virginia, the accounts of whose inventions have more than once caused the mail of the Richmond Times-Dispatch to overflow. They are written by a country gentleman who does not give his name. A specimen is the solemn announcement of Captain- Honeybrain's beefsteak plant. The great scientist found that tomatoes growing in certain soil had a very meaty taste. He resolved to investigate it. Taking the tomato and the eggplant as the basis for his experiment. he worked through a term of years, hybridizing, fertilizing, tilling. until at last the beefsteak plant had been created. Not only did the fruit have the exact taste of beef, but it resembled it in texture and was chemically the exact counterpart of the lesh of cattle. By varying slightly the methods of culture he could pronnrfortinnso yfrlnin. round or anv sort of steak that Armour's or Swift's nlants could turn out. Hundreds of neople wrote to inquire about this wonderful vegetable. ? Chicago InterOcean. "DRY" FARMING. Frequent Breaking of Top Crust Saves Moisture Supply. A convention of what are known as "dry farmers" is to assemble in Salt Lake City this week for the purpose of discussing the principles of the new agricultural art and to exchange experience in making hitherto dry and unproductive soil fruitful without the expenditure of large sums of money for the installation of irrigation systems. It is expected that a thousand interested farmers will attend from nineteen states and territories, but if only half that number get together, and these discuss the important topic of "dry farming" seriously from a basis of exnsri(.nre tht* results of the convention .x..v?, can not he other than pood to thousands of agriculturists in the arid states and also in other states in which the rainfall is occasionally deficient. "What is known as "dry farming" is the plowing of the soil in such manner that it will become saturated during periods of rain or snow and repeated harrowing of the surface up to the time that plant growth becomes luxuriant and forbids further operations of the nature. The continued breaking of the surface is for the purpose of preventing evaporation through the capillaries of the soil. This principle of "dry . fanning" is illustrated by the successful amateur gardener who prevents the , surface of his flower beds from caking t and thus forming capillaries through . which the moisture can evaporate from the soil about the roots of the favorite plants. There is no reason why the farmers in states which are occasionally afflicted with drouth during the growing season ( cannot profit by the teachings of dry farming. They can adopt the methods . of plowing followed by the "dry farm, ers." and then cultivate more frequently for the purpose of keeping the surface of the soil broken. In this way the moisture in the soil could be conserved and crops saved from destruction.? Milwaukee Kvening Wisconsin. **'" In the south of France wine is now sold by the half hour. On payi ment of two cents one can go into a i wine cellar and stay there for half an t hour. WORLD'S FAMOUS DIAMONDS. o S Some of Them Centres of Interesting Romances. On the occasion of his birthday, King b Edward VII. received what would read- p ily be regarded as a present fit for a si sovereign. The Cullinan diamond, the t? largest stone of its kind yet discovered, ti and enormously larger than even the w greatest diamond previously hailed as fi tlie premier gem, was presented to the ai British monarch by the government of b the Transvaal, not only on account of T the royal love it is supposed to have di for the king of Great Britain, but also s? in recognition of the granting of con- rr stitutional privileges to the South Afri- ai can colony. hi Nearly every one of the historic dia- sr monds of the world has its legend, and fi perhaps, if one were wanting it soon would be supplied. With the Cullinan diamond this romance is characteristic of the century in which It was found. T There is no weird story of robbery, [fiendish murder or darK mysiery. oui [it has its romance. The diamond was it [found in the Premier diamond mine, on ir (January 20, 1905, by an old miner, returning from his day's toil.. He saw it H shining as a bright point in the grass g< by the roadside, and, brushing away s? the earth, extracted the marvelous gem. Si The mine is at Elandsfontein, near Jo- B hannesburg, and the discovery was P' heralded at once throughout the world, si attracting at first little credence, be- tl cause it was difficult to believe that ir there had been found a stone weighing s? 30243 carats, or about 1 pound 6 ounces, la avoirdupois, when the largest diamond a previously known, the Tiffany, weighs al but 969 carats. cl Presented by the Transvaal. P( There is some disadvantage in a dia- e< mond of such large size. First, because tl it is fit only for a museum. No private P1 collector would risk possession of such ni a stone, keeping In mind the strange w stories of the history of some of the great diamonds. The stone was valued A at from $750,000 to $1,000,000 in its un- I'1 cut state. To cut it would cost, ac- st cording to an estimate, no less than ?i $50,000, and might result in the gem be- th ing broken into several more moderatesized stones, thus lessening its value. *c Through the influence of General Botha, who has been made Premier of di the Transvaal, the latter government decided to buy the stone and present it M to the king. The government is said 1X1 *-v ".'a AAA vavq 1 crift W U' llrt> t* f IUU.VVV IU| lio t vrj MI ?..v. In order to transport the precious stone al to England a stratagem was resorted 111 to. The stone itself was rather care- ?* lessly wrapped, although securely tl" pucked, and sent to a London address sr by post. Another package, in which s* there was a large pebble, was tied up Vi'ith much ceremony and red tape, to say nothing of a profusion of sealing n< wax and seals. Two detectives were m assigned to watch this to its destinatlon, and they nearly died of exhaustion In their attention to duty. They w brought tlie worthless package safely st to England, and did not know until af- et ter they had arrived at their destination that they had all their anxiety for ** nothing, for before their arrival the te V real stone had been safely received. 1 Too Heavy For Crown. te Large as is the Culllnan diamond, and n< its dimensions are 4 by 2J by lj inches, 01 being twenty-nine times larger than b< the famous Koh-i-noor, it is believed by experts that at one time it was much Q t larger, because there are evidences that very little of its original surface re- b 1 ?t nAn. ?.ol(rVia^ offor ^ 1 umiiin. x iic i\?n-i-iiwui iivi^hvu, <uw. Its first cutting. 279 carats, but after it C( bad been cut again, it weighed only M 106 1-16 carats. Whether the Culllnan ^ stone shall be cut does not appear to er be as yet definitely decided. It is prob- 's able, however, that this will be its 81 destiny. To add it to the British t(1 crown, as has been suggested, would S make a very heavy headpiece for the u king. The crown at present weighs 'n S over 39 ounces, and men who ask their hatter for 6-ounce hats may have some appreciation of what this tremendous weight means on the head. Other great diamonds which are of dimensions less imposing than the Cul- ai OC !inan, but have had their value considcl erably augmented by skilful cutting, are equally celebrated, and nearly every one has a history seldom exempt from vicissitudes. Of these the Regents, in the Louvre, a stone which weighs 1363 carats, was discovered in the 18th century, in the mines at Petual, near Golconda, in India. At the time it weighed 910 carats, but after cutting, which occupied two years, its weight was re- A duced to its present size. . It is valued at about $3,000,000. Philippe d'Orleans acquired it for about a third of that G< sum. and it was added to the French er crown. In 1792, during the Revolution, th it was stolen, and a short time after- w ward found in a ditch on the Champs w Elysees. Napoleon desired to have the IV gem ornament the handle of his sword, but he was too late in guaranteeing a at loan from the German banker. S? Rajah and the Orloff. hf The Rajah, which weighs 318 carats, Li has never been cut. It belongs to the lit sultan of the Isle of Matan, and is val- w, ued at $2,000,000. The Star of the si South, which is in the possession of th the Halphen family, weighs 126 carats, er The Bragance, a stone of 367 carats, re belongs to the crown of Portugal. to The Orloff is another great diamond or which has made history. Until about m " ' * J - -" ?v? io?w. Aonhimi it fnrm. uie iniuuie ui me iom ed one of the eyes in the idol of Brah- th ma. in Seringham. A French soldier hi appropriated it by pretending to be- or come a convert to Brahmanism. He re [gained the confidence of the guardians jo of the temple and one night entered the ht sacred place and stole one of the idol's hi eye. He was about to detach the other to eye, also a great diamond, when he was w frightened off by a noise. He sold the h< Jewel at Madras, to an English officer, bi for $15,000. and passing from hand to hand, it finally reached Prince Orloff, ei who bought it for the Empress Catha- in rine of Russia. Hi paid for the gem tl about $700,000. It weighs 194 carats, is h< now valued at $1,400,000 and belongs to L the tsar. Koh-i-noor Very Ancient. The Koh-i-noor is a very ancient ^ stone. In the 16th century it already was celebrated in India. About 1850 the king of Lahore presented it to the late Queen Victoria. The Florentine is a ^ stone weighing 139 carats..but its cutting was defective and it has a yellow- ^ ish tinge, which detracts from its value. It was lost by its first owner, Liianen le Temeraire, on the battlefield. Picked tip by a shepherd, it was sold to a merchant, and became the property of * the Dukes of Tuscany. It. also, now f< belongs to the tsar of Russia. ?< The Sancy. a comparatively small lr stone of f,3 carats, originated in India, 1? and it, too, was owned by Charles le s< Temeraire, who, carrying it with him a to the battlefield, lost it. It was found A by a Swiss soldier, who sold it for 20 ei cents. It finally passed through many hands, until it was ceded by the king f Portugal to the Grand Seigneur de anc.v. coiner to Henri III. Swallowed the Stone. The story told of the Saney diamond quite as romantic as fiction. It up cars that the king one day uestren to [?e the diamond, and the owner sent it i him in the care of one of his most usted servants; On the way the man as attacked by brigands in the Jura rest. The sen-ant defended himself ad his trust with the bravery of a lion, ut. being alone, he finally succumbed, he malefactors having beaten him to [?ath, left his body where it fell. The dgneur refused to believe his faithful lan had proved false to his trust and a investigation showed that the envoy ad swallowed the precious stone as >on as he was attacked, thus saving it om the hands of the robbers. "GERRYMANDER." wo Accounts of the Origin of a Famous Word. In the last number of the Voter, Edor Henry Bassett Chamberlln drops ito Massachusetts history and tells where the gerrymander was born." [is version is as follows: "'me wora errymander came out of Massachustts during the year these United tates tried conclusions with Great ritain for the second time. The Aportionment Act of February 11, 1812, lggested the name, owing to the fact tat some of the districts were formed ito fantastic shapes. Towns were jparated and single towns were isoited from their proper counties. As matter of history it stands almost lone as the rankest bit of work of the laracter ever attempted in American olitics. The redisricting of today is juitable and sincere as compared lerewith. There is not a body of ollticians extant that "would have the erve to even suggest the proposition hlch became a law in those days. "Nathan Hale, one of the editors of le Boston Weekly Messenger, pubshed a map exhibiting the two Es X districts in the edition of his paper March 6, and the paper stated at lat time: 'The county of Essex has ?en divided into two districts, * i which the ingenious carvers have sen unwilling to assign names. The strict of which the extremes are ilisbury, on the north side o* the errimack river, and Chelsea, * * ay be properly called by the name hlch children give to a letter in the phabet, "Crooked S," or one district ay be denominated concave and the her convex, as one of them llts into le other very much as the half of a nail egg may be put into half the tell of a larger egg.' The map was isplayed by J. G. Cogswell, afterward brarian of the Astor library, at a din?r at Col. Thorndike's house, in Sumer street. Here it was examined and scussed. and some one remarked tat the outer district but needed ings to resemble a prehistoric moner. The suggestion was at once act1 upon by the artist, Elkanah Tisile. Some one called for a name for ie figure, and a guest proposed the rm salamander. Another guest, lought to be Mr. Alsop, quickly prosted, and suggested that, as GoverDr Gerry had signed the bill and peritted it to become a law, it should ? named after him?hence the word ?rrymander." "This version differs widely from the nrv of the coining of the word as told 7 John Fiske in 'Civil Government in le United States.' Mr. Fiske's ac>unt, which is drawn from 'Winsor's emorial History- of Boston.' runs ius: 'In 1812, while Gerry was gov nor of the state, the Republican leglature redistributed the districts in ich wise that the shapes of the iwns forming a single district in Es(x county gave to the district a somehat dragon-like contour. This was dlcated upon a may of Massachutts which Benjamin Russell, an ar>nt Federalist and editor of the Sennel, hung up over the desk of his ofle. The celebrated painter, Gilbert ;uart, coming into the office one day id observing the uncouth figure, ndd1 with a pencil a head, wings and aws and exclaimed, 'That will do for salamander!' 'Better say Gerryander!' growled the editor, and the ltlandish name, thus duly coined. >on came into general currency."? rom Boston Transcript. LEE AND McCLELLAN. n Incident of the First Meeting of the Two Soldiers. The first meeting between General Ti MnPipiion n ml General Rob CO tftrr t E. Lee happened in Mexico during: le war with that country. McClellan as a lieutenant of engineers, and I>ee as a major on the staff of General rintield Scott. One day McClellan was wulking ;ross u field when he saw General jott and his staff approaching on >rseback. As they drew near Major ee reined up his horse and asked the ?utenant if he did not know that he as disobeying orders. His tone was larp and angry. McClellan answered iat he was not aware of any disobediice and asked for an explanation. Lee plied that all officers hud been told remain in their quarters, awaiting ders, and asked for the lieutenant's i me. McClellan gave his name and said iat no order of that kind had reached m. But Lee in a peremptory tone dered him to go to his quarters and main there. Then he rode off and reined General Scott and the staff, who id not stopped. McClellan went to s quarters, as he had been directed i do. but was quite indignant at the ay in which Lee had treated him, for i had not knowingly committed a "each of discipline. He had just finished telling his broth officers the incident when he was iformed that an officer was outside le tent asking for him. On going out f was much surprised to see Major ee, who saluted him with respect. "Lieutenant McClellan." the major lid, "I am afraid that I was not cour ous in my manner to you a little hile ago, and 1 have called to apol?ize." "I assured him that it was all right," lid General McClellan in telling the :ory, "and he rode off after making low bow, leaving me in admiration f a superior officer who so promptly rid generously repaired an error."? hicago News. itv* Considerable lead has been >und in the ice cream, fruit ices, etc., ild in Rome. The receptacles used i freezing are lined with an alloy of rad and tin, and this not only disilves in the ice cream but particles re rubbed off in turning the freezer, n Italian chemist, proving the presnce of these metals with copper, eonludes that lead poisoning accounts ir much of the digestive troubles of le ice cream season. Make i / $655 Worth ol A BU< The Clnbmaker of Ea ins* and Paying for ber of Names t Dollar Quar Top I There Are Liberal Clubs of W1 THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER FAMILY NEWSPAPER IN SOUTH ( paper, and there is not a paper In t pletely or more Impartially In this res] and moral welfare of Its readers, and best In their educational, political and absolutely by Its publishers, who hole subscribers as a whole on a basis of the pels, as the best recommendation of righteousness of its controlling motives years of earnest endeavor, and the pre; SAND PAID SUBSCRIBERS. U. A BUGGY FOR E THE CLUB OFFERS OF THE E1S liberal of any that have ever been ma for the 1908 campaign they are far rr leading premiums have been Two Bui the second largest club. In this camps TER LEATHER TOP ROCK HILL BP BER TIRES. One of the Buggies is to Club than any other Cluhmaker in his maker who makes the LARGEST CL equipped with RUBBER TIRES. HERE IS THE The Contest is open to AH who d hpp-ln. Let each Clubmaker send in nl that they may be properly entered and collected as rapidly as possible and sei The Club of each Clubmaker will be k( maker will be permitted to know what will Include All Names Returned and T March 29, 1908. And on that day the The Buggies we are offering are ol the ROCK HILL BUGGY COMPANY, description, and the Retail Price is $70. that will go for the largest club and th Buggies carried off all the premiums a conceded by disinterested dealers and better Buggy to be had in the United St of these Buggies running in this sectio tion. They may be seen on exhibition pany in Rock Hill, or in the wareroor Messrs. Carroll Bros., of Yorkville; W Kimball & Sons, of Rock Hill. Beeau and because of the generous use we ai assure us that there will be substantial CLUBM ALL PERSONS who desire to do or elsewhere, are cordially invited to a to participate in the competition for t to get the largest clubs in their respei work in other premiums, commensurat performed or in cash as they may pre that the Largest Club of the entire co dent of the county, he will receive a N WHAT A The price of a Single Subscription Clubs the price is $1 for six months, o two or more names returned by the sarr or NEW?that is, people who are now not been taking it since the 15th day c two or more at a time, with or withot the Clubmaker. OTHER P Besides the Buggy premiums, whi ward to the Clubmakers making and p spective townships, we are offering S Clubs, including from four names up. FOR FOUR NAMES.?A Stylograj Bladed Pocket Knife with name and u< new Novels that retail for $1.00. L M. ? i Glob for f Rock Hill Quartei tv for ll 11 eac cli Township Return the Largest Nuiiio Get a Seventy ter Leather i?ggy! Pi?Atniiinik! VAl* A I J. 1 171111U1UD ?. ui ii.ii latever Size. IS THE MOST THOROUGHGOING CAROLINA. It is primarily a County his state that Alls its field more compect. It seeks to promote the material in defending and developing all that is j social life. It is owned and controlled ] 1 themselves responsible only to their < Ten Commandments and the four Gos- ] the integrity of its conduct, and of the i It points back to a record of fifty-two sent support of NEARLY TWO THOIT- ; ACH TOWNSHIP iQUIRER have all along been the most , de by South Carolina newspapers, and ' lore liberal than ever. Heretofore the jgies?one for the largest and one for , lign we are OFFERING NINE QUARGGIES?ONE OF THEM WITH RUBgo to the Clubmaker making a Larger Township, and the Buggy of the Club- , UB of the entire competition is to be ' < PROPOSITION esire to enter it. NOW is the time to ' s names as rapidly as he gets them, so papers started at once. Let money be ( it in for credit as rapidly as collected. ' ipt on a separate list, and no one Clubthe others are doing. The final count aid For by Six O'clock p. m., Saturday. Buggies will be awarded as described, t the Standard Carolina grade made by 1 Thev are of the quarter leather top 00 Each, except the rubber tired Buggy |1 e Retail Price of that is $95.00. These ' t the last Georgia State Fair, and it is < users everywhere that there is not a > ates for the price. There are hundreds ' n and they are giving general satisfac- s at the mammoth factory of the com- I as of different dealers in this section, < . F. Harris & Sons of Fort Mill; S. J. ise of the large number we are taking re making of them, the Manufacturers < 1 extra work on each of these Buggies. < AKERS ' so, whether they live in York county i ct as Clubmakers. All will be entitled he Buggies, and those who are unable i stive Townships, will be paid for their i :e in value with the value of the work < ,'fer. Should it develop at the windup i ntest has been returned by a non-resi- 1 inety Dollar Rubber Tired Top Buggy, i CLUB IS ! is $2 a year, or $1 for six months. In r r $1.75 for a year. A Club consists 01 le Clubmaker. The names may be OLD taking THE ENQUIRER, or who have if last March?and may be sent in one, jt the cash, to suit the convenience of REMIUMS ch are to go as full and complete relaying for the largest clubs in their rePEC.TAL PREMIUMS for all smaller >hic Fountain Pen; a handsome ThreeId ress on the handle, or one of the late Grist's S YORKVILLE, 1 The Ej JMmKB. w] pi * Top Buggies to Be :h TOWN EVERY WORKER TO BUGGY FOR BULLOCK'S CREEI BUGGY FOR KING'S MOUN1 BUGGY FOR BROAD RI1 BUGGY FOR EBENE5 BUGGY FOR CA' BUGGY FOI BUGC I FOR FIVE NAMES.?A year's subscr ng Magazines: McClure's, Munsey, Argos Post, or any other Dollar Magazine, or elth< 3tem Winding Watch, a gold pointed Four Knife. FOR SIX NAMES.?An "'Eclipse" Stei 15, 22-calibre Rifle, a year's subscription t Zithern or any one of the new popular $1. FOR EIGHT NAMES.?An Ingersoll " \ir Rifle?works like a Winchester?a fine vVriter Fountain Pen?plain case; or a Hoj FOR TEN NAMES.?One year's subsc I Hamilton 22-calibre Rifle?model 11, any me year, or a Gold Mounted Fountain Pen FOR TWENTY NAMES.?Crack-Shot Hunting Coat, a No. 1 Ejector Single-Barre me of the $4 Magazines for one year. FOR THIRTY NAMES.?Either of th iierless Shot Gun, a fine Toilet or Washsti 22-calibre Rifle. FOR FORTY NAMES.?A fine Mandc Standard Open Face Watch, a W. Rlcha shot Gun. FOR FIFTY NAMES.?A Winchester are, or a Five Drawer High Arm Sewing ANYTHING DESIRED.?We will arri leslred by a Clubmaker for a given numb afflce. TJ&KMJ5 A IN D V, C THE CONTEST BEGINS NOW and w MARCH 29, at 0 o'clock sharp. Each Clubmaker will be held persona :he amount due on all names returned by ! <top a subscription before the close of the lo so by paying the amount due at the tim icrlptlon has been paid in full, it cannot nowever, may, if he sees proper, transfer jcriptlon to another subscriber, provided t :o be made was not a subscriber at the tim nur books. No name will be counted in conipetit script Ion price has been paid, nor will -ar Dlubmaker has either paid or made made names on the Club. In cases of contention by two or moi name, preference will be given to tne one ^ vhere both pay, we shall not attempt to de lie name for one year for each such payn After a name has been entered on 01 nitted. This is positive and emphatic, ai make such transfers, they must concede 01 leem necessary to protect the fairness of tl -eturns names must pay for them. Clubr for names already regularly returned by ot f there is evidence of an understanding lot for the protection of the publishers; 1 it the competition. Any and all Clubmakers will have the rhey Can. It is not necessary that all the r The fact that a name was returned on a c hat Clubmaker a right to return it this ye All subscriptions must be forwarded to :hem, and we will be responsible for the .vhen it is sent by Draft, Registered Letter, We keep a separate list of the names s ill times able to tell in a few moments ho* In sending names, Always give correct illiee address, and if possible say whethei he paper. Careful observance of this wil rouble and confusion. In the case of a tie for any of the Bi >e allowed for the working off of the tie. After the close of the contest on SAT1 he price of a year's subscription will be $2. wis, Ml - - - s. c. inirer! L 7 s Given Away SHIP I GPT PIIIX PAY. C! cain! yer! :er.? tawba! i fort mill! ty for bethesda! buggy for bethel! buggy for york! iption to either one of the followy, Cosmopolitan, Saturday Evening sr of the following: A "Champion" italn Pen or a Four-Bladed Pocket n Winding Watch, Hamilton Model d the Christian Herald, a 22-String 50 Novels. Triumph" Watch, Daisy Repeating Razor or a Pocket Knife, a Rapid jf Model Violin or an 8-inch Banjo. * ription to THE ENQUIRER, a No. t one of the $1.75 or $2 publications i, a good Banjo, Guitar or Violin. Stevens Rifle, a 10-oz. Canvas 1 Breech-Loading Shot Gun, or any e following: A Single-Barrel Hamand Set, or a Hopkins & Allen, Jr., din, Guitar or Banjo, a New York rds Double-Barrel Breech-Loading or Colt's Repeating Rifle, 22-caliMachine. inue to furnish any special article er of names on application at this inditions ill come to a close on SATURDAY, lly responsible for the payment of him or her. Where it is desired to Club contest, the Clubmaker may ie of such stoppage. Where a subbe discontinued. The Clubmaker, the unfulfilled portion of .the subhe person to whom the transfer is e the original name was entered on Ion for a premium until the subly premium be delivered until the satisfactory settlement for all the :e Clubmakers over the right to a vho pays for the name FIRST; but cide the matter except by crediting sent. _ nr books, no transfer will be per id where Clubmakers attempt to nr right to take such steps as may lis provision. The Clubmaker who tiakers who try to return and pay hers will be called down, especially between the Clubmakers. This is but as a guarantee of the fairness right to Get Subscribers Wherever / tames shall go to the same address, ertain club last year does not give ar. us at the expense of those sending safe transmission of money only Express or Postofflce Money Order, ent by each Clubmaker, and are at w each Clubmaker stands, name or initials, and present post the subscribers are NOW taking 11 be the means of avoiding much iggy premiums TWO WEEKS will URDAY, MARCH 29, at 6 o'clock, 00 unless New Clubs are formed. 1 isners,