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tumorous department. A Diagnosis. Prof. Koch, the famous Investigator of sleeping sickness, said of an oldfashioned doctor at a musical given by Andrew Carnegie in his honor in Xew York: "Yes, Dr. Blank's methods were oldfashioned. prosy, pompous, nonsensical. You know, at Heidelburg they teH n story about him?a story in illustration of his way of working. "A man, according to the story, fell over a cliff in an automobile and a steel bar eight feet long was run through his body so that three feet of the bar protruded from his stomach and three feet from his back. "Dr. Blank was sent for. He looked at the spitted patient and said: " 'Where is the complaint?' " 'It is In my stomach sir,' was the reply. " 'How did it happen?" "The man explained the accident in detail. "'Humph!' said Dr. Blank. 'As to heredity, did any members of your family ever suffer a similar accident?' " 'Xo, sir, none,' the patient answered. " 'Very good." said Dr. Blank. 'You see. we require a knowledge of all these details in order to form a correct diagnosis. So far, so good.' "He looked at the patient thoughtfully. " 'You find some difficulty in lying on your back?' he said. " 'I can't lie on my back at all. sir.' " 'And I suppose you are no easier on the stomach?' " 'Oh, no.' " 'In short, said Dr. Blank, 'you are most comfortable on your side?' " 'Yes, sir. That is the only position, to tell the truth, that I am able to maintain.' " 'Exactly,' said the doctor, in a triumphant voice. 'We have now only to settle upon the treatment. Here is the case in a nutshell: Either we leave the bar where it is, in which case inflammation will set in and you will probably die. or we extract it, an operation that is likely to prove fatal. Your fate, sir, is in your own hands. Please decide which course you will adopt.' "? Washington Star. Cruelty to Animals. A well known lady in the north of England was. until recently, in the habit of indulging in long country rambles, a magnificent bloodhound being her sole companion, says the Philadelphia Ledger. When cycling became the rage Miss B? altered her daily programme. The bloodhound was left at home and a fine dachshund now takes Its place. The pair were passing through a village near the lady's residence the other day when a laborer turned to a companion and remarked: "If Aw wor proime minister for a diiv Aw'd out a stop to this 'ere bicy cling business." "Why?" asked the other. " 'Cos it owt to be stopped, if only for the sake o' that 'ere dog as is puffin' along behind there," rejoined the laborer. "It ain't sport?it's just cruelty to animals, that's what it is." His companion scarcely agreed with him. and expressed the opinion that the dog in question "would be none the worse for a little exercise." "Exercise!" retorted the other, scornfully: "d'ye call that exercise? You niver saw that 'ere dog afore she started bicycling, did you?" "No. I can't say I did." "Well." went on the laborer, "he wor one o' the finest bloodhounds you ever clapped eyes on?an' wot is 'e now? His body's dwindled to nowt, while 'is legs is worn clean doon to the stumps. Aw tell yer it's cruelty to hanimals." As Little Sister Saw It. It was big sister's wedding day. and mother was in the kitchen helping the cook, says the New York Press. Little sister was there, too, and added frayed nerves to the excitement by demanding to know every other minute what a marriage was. Finally mother became exasperated. "If you speak again," she said. "I'll show you what a marriage is." and little sister sat down very meekly. But little sister had caught the excitement and could not keep quiet. Just as mother and the cook were busiest she asked her question again. For a full minute the kitchen resounded with wails and then mother placed little sister on the chair again. "Now." she said, "you know what marriage is." That night the clergyman stood under the marriage bell in the parlor. Into the room came big sister on the arm of her father. Half way up the stairs little sister watched through the door and cried softly. Finally she could stand it no longer. Just as the ceremony was about to begin a form came Hying down the stairs and little sister burst into the mom. "Oh, Milly. Milly," she cried, convulsively. "don't get married or you'll get an awful spanking!" Xoit a Hospital.?"Talking of our British cousins?" inquired E. Black Ryan, tax attorney of the Southern Pacific. "Well. I heard one the other day. Big fat Britisher shoved into one of these compartments at the last moment. There was an American in there reading his newspaper. " 'It's sixty miles to my station.' remarked the Englishman,' and I say. old chap, I'm treating myself for a wounded foot, and I say. if you don't mind. I'll put some of this iodoform 011 my ankle. Beastly smelling stuff.' "'Go ahead." said the American. But when he got the full odor of it he shoved up a window and pulled out a cigar and lighted it and began puffing awav vigorously. " 'Here. here, my Rood fellow.' protested the Englishman, 'this is no smoking compartment!' "?San Francisco. Chronicle. A Kind Ji ihje.?A New England lawyer tells of a judge in a criminal court down east as well known in the vicinity for his good heart, as for his legal attainments. His honor's softness of. heart, however, did not prevent him from doing his duty as a judge. On one occasion a man who had been convicted of stealing a quantity of wearing apparel was brought into court for sentence. He seemed very sad and hopeless, and it was observed that the court was not entirely unsym pathetic. "Have you ever been sentenced to imprisonment?" asked the judge. "Never!" exclaimed the prisoner, bursting into tears. "Don't cry, my man," said his tumor consolingly, "you're going to be now!"?Harper's Weekly. Jttisrcllanrous trailing. WITH NEIGHBORING EXCHANGES. News and Comment Gleaned From Within and About the County. CHESTER. Lantern, June 16: Mrs. J. E. Thomas and child and Miss Sallie McDaniel of McConnellsville, went to Winnsboro Saturday on a visit to Mrs. A. T. Young Mrs. W. II. Williams of Yorkville, passed through yesterday morning on her way home from Carlisle. where she had been to see her brother. Mr. W. K. Thomas, who is in ill health Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lowrance. have returned from a few days* visit to Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Hughes, in Yorkville A sweet and impressive marriage was solemnized this morning by S. J. Cartledge, at the handsome home of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Hafner, on York street, when their second daughter. Miss Leila, became the bride of Mr. Erastus North Rudisille. a prominent young business man of Lincolnton. North Carolina Miss Margaret Wages died Sabbath, June 14. 1908, at the home of Mr. W. O. McKeown at Cornwell after an illness of about two months with some heart and dropsical affection. She would have been 64 years old in October. The funeral service was at the home yesterday morning, conducted by Rev. J. A. White and the burial was at Hopewell church Postmaster J. W. Dunovant has received a letter from the department at Washington telling him that the contract for the new government postoffiee in this city has been awarded to the Blue Ridge Construction Co., of Asheville. N. C. The letter also states that the building is to be completed on or before July, 1. 1909, instead of Dec. 1. 1909, as at first specified. Work may now be expected to commence almost any day. as the change in the time of completion of the building will render it necessary for the contractors to get busy at once. LANCASTER. News, June 17: The Ebenezer Presbyterian church. Rock Hill, has extended a call to the Rev. J. T. Dendy of Kershaw An unknown person attempted to break into the residence of Mr. J. K. Harris, in the Heath Springs section, Sunday night about 11 o'clock. Mr. Harris was not at home, having come to town to attend court, he being a grand juror. The party first tried a window, and then the hall door, but ran off when Mrs. Harris went to the door. She secured a gun and fired at the scoundrel without effect Thad McCreary, a negro who escaped from the Chester jail on the 20th of last October, was captured in this county Friday by Deputy Sheriff I. T. Hunter, near Stoneboro, and has been returned to Chester. The sheriff of that county had offered a reward of $25 for his arrest. The negro has been working on Mr. Fraser McGill's farm since last December and has conducted himself well. He is said to have a good crop and is a splendid hand to work. The charge in Chester against him is that of robbing the store of Mr. Joe Jordan at Baseomville. The negro claims that he was paid $6 by a white man to burn the store, with the understanding that he could take out of the building before burning it what goods he wanted by way of further compensation for the job. But when he got into the store, says the negro, he saw so many nice things that his heart failed him Court convened here Monday morning, Judge Gage presiding. When the clerk called the roll of the grand and petit jurors every man answered to his name, making a most remarkable record, as the judge remarked at the time' His honor's charge to the grand jury was both forceful and impressive. He began by commenting on the prevalence of crime in this country? not only in Lancaster county, but elsewhere as well. He said he had examined the calendars here and found that in the past ten years forty-six homicide cases have been tried in this county. He made a similar investigation as to Fairfield during the recent term of court held by him at Winnsboro, finding that county's record of homicide cases in the same period of time to be forty-five. He has not yet held court at Chester and York, but hopes to find better records in those counties. White men do not steal in this country because they dare not, and white women are virtuous because the men demand it, and yet human life is taken. No law, said the judge, is "worth a fig" unless supported by a sound, wholesome public sentiment. If the homes and the churches were to do their full duty, there would be no use for court houses, which are monuments to a people's shame and not to their integrity. The duties of jurors in relation to the suppression of crime and the maintenance of law and order were emphasized. RUINED BY "SURE THING." One of the Worst Possibilities of Ruin For Thousands Today. A "sure thing," an "inside tip" has ruined more men than almost anything else. A splendid man committed suicide in New York not long ago because he lost everything on an "inside tip," for which he drew sixteen thousand dollars from the savings banks?every dollar he had in the world. It had taken him many years of careful economy and self-sacrifice to accumulate his little fortune; but it was all lost in one foolish investment. He thought he was going to make a big fortune: but instead of that, the stock h? bought went down, his margins were completely wiped out. and he found himself penniless. The recent financial panic brought to light many good illustrations of the possibility of being ruined by a "sure thing." Scores of people who went down, lost their money on what they were led to believe were perfectly solid investments that were "sure to win." Thousands of clerks, and many other people, with their small savings, like a flock of sheep, followed the inside tip of some financier who is be lieved to know what is going to happen, and were ruined. The truth is, even the most level-headed business men and the most astute financiers do not know what is going to happen, as is shown by the fact that many of them were caught and seriously crippled in the late panic. There are vast multitudes of people living in this country today in poverty, many of them homeless and even without the ordinary necessities, not to speak of the comforts of life, just because they could not resist the temptation to gamble, to risk enough to make them comfortable in some getrich-quiek scheme, which they were told was a "sure-thing."?Orison Swett Marden, in Success Magazine. LONDON FOGS. Some Record-Breakers In London's History. This morning we experienced a slight touch of the fog for which London has been noted for centuries. It is difficult to discover from historical records when the lirst great fog settied down upon London, but it is very certain that in no other town in Europe do the same conditions prevail today. Paris has at times its hours of atmospheric gloom, but with us it is an . Egyptian darkness that can be felt. So far back as the reign of Queen Elizabeth the annoyance caused by coal smoke was recognized in London. In those days all the large manufactories, such as existed, were in the heart of the city. As they grew In number, therefore, the smoke nuisance must have increased. Very little, however, seems to have been done toward the abatement of the evil until 1661. These were the days of Evelyn. He has much to say in his diary on the subject; London to him is a city than which no finer exists, but he adds, "If she was to be relieved from that which renders her less healthy, really offends her, and which darkens and eclipses all her other attributes," then "that hellish and dismal cloud of sea-coale" must be removed. To Evelyn the sickness of the inhabitants, lung complaints, catarrhs, coughs, all owe their origin to London fog. He speaks of the sun being eclipsed, of the great inconveniences caused by the smoke and of the traveller "at many miles distance," who "sooner smells than sees the city to which he repairs." The strange thing is that Pepys never so much as mentions a fog in London. Evelyn, however, not only deplored their existence, but he wrote a treatise on fogs under the title of "Fumifugeum," which he tells us he dedicated to his majesty, (Charles II.), "who was pleased that I should publish it by his special command, being much gratified with it." The upshot of it all was that by an act of parliament "Diers, sope and salt boilers, lime burners and the like" were removed outside the city. We are not told whether the remedy cured the complaint. It probably lessened the evil for a time, but as London grew and trade increased the smoke nuisance must have been continually recurring. In 1785 James Watt, the inventor of the steam engine brought out a smoke-abating machine, and fifteen years later one, Cotter patented a smokeless grate. But still the fogs smothered London until at last, in 1819, parliament took up the matter and appointed a committee of inquiry. This was followed by two others In 1843 and 1845, out of which an act of parliament was'evolved imposing certain restrictions as regards the smoke factories, but none In the case of private dwellings. Twentyseven years have now come and gone since the Smoke Abatement Exhibition took place in South Kensington. The movement was started by the National Health society, but beyond attracting a great deal of interest and the patronage of the board of trade, little good resulted, and today the London fogs are as celebrated as ever. According to an old paper called the Mirror of the Months, there is an amusing account of London fogs, which the author speaks of as "far famed." He says that Novembe* is the great month for such delicacies, and adds that it is like "breathing water and the fishes too; it is also meat and drink, something between egg flip and omelette souffle," but much more "digestible than either," and it wraps you, he continues, all round like a cloak, a patent waterproof, one which no rain ever penetrated. These were, no'doubt, fogs of the ordinary winter type. But there have been great fogs, fogs that were remembered and talked about for years after. Such a one was that which took place on the 27th of December, IS 13. This was in the days of the regent, afterward George IV. The accounts of this celebrated fog are meagre, but those that exist are sufficiently authentic and fully bear out the assertion that it was the most alarming that ever hung over London. For two weeks the whole city was in total darkness, a darkness mai is uescriDea as Deing ien. ine mails were delayed, coaches on the high roads were overturned, people were lost for days, business was at a standstill. There was not a breath of wind to carry away the smoke which increased in density every hour. The oldest citizen had never heard of anything to compare with it. Added to the confusion caused by the total darkness, murders, robberies and street brawls were incessant, few dared to walk the streets for fear of being assaulted, and the terrible silence that settled down over all was only broken by the curses of the hackney coachmen as they collided in the narrow roads or the shrieks of some wretched viptim who was being murdered for his purse. The cold was intense, so much so that many of those who had lost their way in the fog were frozen to death. After this terrible state of affairs had lasted close upon a fortnight the fog lifted and then came such a fall of snow as had never been known within the memory of man.?London Globe. LORD CHESTERFIELD. Who Tried to Make His Son a Model Man. Every one has heard of the celebrated "Letters of Lord Chesterfield to His Son"; how many people nowadays read them? And yet had they not been written we doubt whether the author would be remembered today at all. Nevertheless, in his day he was one of the most striking characters in England. Horn in London in 1694, his father. Philip Stanhope, left him to his own resources. Fortunately his maternal grandmother Interested herself in his welfare, and watched over his youthful days. There is little to tell of the first years of his life. Beyond acquiring, as Lord Chesterfield himself tells us, a veneration for Latin and an interest in mathematics, he derived little benefit from his stay at the university. Within eighteen months, therefore he left, and made a tour in Flanders, where he found himself launched in the world of fashion. Yet despite his gallantries and gambling, which were the talk of The Hague, he found time for reading, and developed an ambi lioil l<> finer me niiusr 01 eimiiiihhis. His ambitions were not long delayed. In 1 7 1 f?. before he had attained the legal age. he was elected as Whig member for the St. German's division of Cornwall. A few months afterward. on taking his seat, after making a violent speech, in which he described as "traitors" the promoters of the peace of Utrecht, he was warned that If he attempted to record his vote his election would be annulled. Thereupon the young member at once retired to France. In 1726 his father died, and he took his seat in the house of lords, which he used to talk of as a "hospital for incurables." But Stanhope was in the rudest of political health, and from henceforth attacked Walpole and his party with the greatest violence. Owing to the insistence of i George II.. with whom he had always been on the most intimate terms, he was appointed ambassador at The Hague a few years later, where, according to Horace Walpole, "he courted the good opinion of the Dutch people by losing immense sums of money." But in addition to gambling. Stanhope fell deeply in love with a beautiful young lady by name Bouchet; it was her son to whom the famous letters were written. In 1732, owing to ill health, he relinquished his diplomatic career and returned to England and the house of lords. For the next sixteen years his whole life was given up to politics. In 1 744 he was appointed lord lieutenant of Ireland. but owing to ill health was j compelled to resign a few months afIterward. Later he was made secre tary of state, and When, owing to differences of opinion with his colleagues, he resigned his office, he comforted himself by gambling heavily at White's. When the days of the American war were drawing near, Chesterfield, with Lord Chatham, condemned with all the energy at his command the attempt to tax the colonies. "For my part," he says, "I never saw a froward child mended by whipping, and I would not have the mother country become a stepmother." From this time onward (1748) until his death, twenty-five years later, politics had little attraction for him. Having settled down to a quiet life he turned his attention toward architecture and literature. In his enthusiasm for the first he built Chesterfield House, and also spent large sums of money in enlarging a villa which he owned at Blackheath. As regards literature, he was a constant contributor to the World newspaper, and in addition to corresponcMng with the leaders of intellectual society in Paris wrote many books. But apart from writing himself, he was a great patron of literature, though his kindness often involved him in serious difficulties. Such was the case with the bricklayer poet, Jones, and Faulkner, the Dublin bookseller, both of whom he spoiled. The former finally borrowed large sums of money from his patron's butler and was cast off. The odd thing is that he should have been so indifferent to the genius of Dr. Johnson, for beyond sending him ?10 he seems to have taken little or no interest in the production of the celebrated dictionary. In the last ten years of his life he suffered much from rheumatism and gout, and, what was a still greater trouble to him, he became practically stone deaf. Such infirmities withdrew him, as they increased, more and more from the world. But he never lost cheerfulness of temperament, despite the fact that "he was hobbling on to his journey's end," as he tells us. It was during these days that he experienced the great grief of his life. His son, by Miss Bouchet, had for years been his one care and all absorbing interest. When the boy was but 5 years old the father began the series of the celebrated letters, which continued until his son died. Every day, no matter how pressing affairs of state, the youth received a budget of instructions as to how to become a reputable man of the world. Chesterfield, as he informed a friend, tried to make him, as near perfection as possible." In short, young Philip was his father's idol. One can imagine, therefore, the terrible grief and blank Lord Chesterfield must have felt i when in 1768 the long correspondence was closed by death. Rut there was . more than this to make him miserable; his agony of mind was increased , a hundredfold by the revelation that the son whom he had endowed with his life's interest and affection had been secretly married for years, and ! that to a woman of little social respectability. But the end was drawing near. In the autumn of 1772 he had a serious relapse, from which he never really ; recovered. It is said that as he was on the point of dying his great friend Dayrolies entered the room, and that [ Chesterfield with his last breath begged him to "take a chair." According to Lord Hervey, he was a "stunted giant," with "a broad-featured, ugly face, with black teeth." But Dr. Johnson, Horace Walpole and this very Lord Hervey were the bitterest enemies of his life; thus none of them spared him when he died, which he did in the seventy-ninth year of his ' age, on March 24. 1773.?London Olobe. ODD PORTENTS AND SIGNS. ' Superstitions That Have Long Been Prevalent Among Negroes. Among the colored people of the south every common event has its accompanying sign or superstition. Whether these all date back to the African savage ancestors of the race is doubtful, as very many of them are similar to those current among English, Scotch and Irish peasants. It is probable that in acquiring the English language the newly imported negroes imbibed the superstitions in vogue among the white people of the south at that time. Signs of weather are many, as is natural, and some of them are very curious. If a cat sneezes or if she washes her head behind her ear it will rain. If she rubs against objects in' is esneciallv friskv it forebodes wind. In the winter if a cow lows in the ' evening it will snow before morning. If a cow stops in walking and shakes her foot there is bad weather behind i her. When the cattle are driven to 1 pasture, if the hull goes first it will > rain. If a dog eats grass in the morning or if he digs a hole in the ground it is a sign of bad weather. Pigs are believed to be able to "see the wind." If they run about and squeal without apparent cause it is a sign of cold , and stormy weather. Money carried for three days in a man's shoe may safely be wagered. It is sure to win. The locust tree is especially liable to a stroke of lightning. Some say Judas hanged himself on that tree. Others suppose the crown of thorns to have been made from it. It is terribly unlucky to burn for firewood a tree which has been struck by lightning. This is sure to bring misfortune upon the household. Shoes have many portents connected with them. If a heel is lost from the shoe is forebodes a death in the family "before the year is out." If before they are worn you will "surely step into trouble with them on your feet." New shoes must never be placed on a shelf higher than the owner's head, as it brings bad luck, and one shoe should never be polished without the other for fear of a bad accident or perhaps sudden death.?Baltimore Sun. 11(11! 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Dear Sirs: I beg to acknowledge $40.00, and securities, of the compliance with the act re( Thousand Dollars with me a Your Company havir laws of the State of South ' with receipt for the license cense to do business in Sou Very (Signed) RATES:?$1000 Ii Don't put this very see our Agent and insure at too late. J. R. LINDS York villi * >R i v [MAN [ NAIRE. i r investment than X SAVING DEPART- V your present sur- i >0,000.00 there is no V it than this MIL- " H stitution. Popular Bank is shown by ieposits Aggregate II >00.00. All Money I I iavings Department | | nterest, Compound- J M tificates of Deposit, Sent interest, made a ? person depositing y ch are transferable 0 naklng them good A ^ 'or loans. X nlng any financial 9 > yourself. We may A )u some valuable X ? dealings with us X nfidential. nd Savings Bank ; TJD J ^ Union Bank i LY SAFE) ^ iouth Carolina. .# STATE OF 8OUTH CAROLINA, County of York. IN THE PROBATC COURT. By L. R. Williams. Esquire, Probate ^ Judge of York County. WHEREAS M. W. FOSTER has > applied to me for Letters of Administration, on all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits ^ of G. W. FOSTER, late of the county aforesaid, deceased: T? r-1 are, therefore, to cite and ad- y'XB monua all and singular the kindred^ an'" credit* >f the said deceased, to be and appear before me at our next ^ Pr.>v?te Court for the said county, to y / be holden at York Court House on the / 29TH DAY OF JUNE, 1908, to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my Hand and Seal, this 9th day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight and in the 132d year of American Independence. + L. R. WILLIAMS, ' Probate Judge of York County. CIVIL ENGINEER WANTED. Office of the County Board of Commissioners of York County. Yorkville, S. C., June 5, 1908. * PURSUANT to the requirements of an Act of the General Assembly of South Carolina, approved February 24th, 1908, we will employ a competent road engineer to survey and lay off all the public roads of York county In sections of from one to five miles, post the same, number said sections, make a map thereof, and furnish plans and specifications for the working and im- i provement of said sections, and perform the other duties required of him under the provisions of said Act. Term of employment from July 1st, 1908, to July 1st, 1909, by which latter date said survey and plans must be completed, and during said period, said engineer Wf shall devote his whole time to said ^ work, and is required to give bond in the sum of Three- Thousand Dollars for the faithful performance of his duties under said Act. All parties desiring to apply for the position will please file their application, with references, and state salary expected, on or before the 25th day of June, 1908. All applications to be filed with the Clerk of the Board at Yorkville, S. C. 4 y T. W. BOYD," Supervisor. L. J. LUMPKIN. W J. C. KIRKPATRICK, County Board of Commissioners of York County. Hazel Grist, Clerk of the Board. 4 45 f.t June 23. :p o a. a-' s REAL ESTATE monthly ROCK HILL, - - S. O. If Interested lji buying, selling or ^ exchanging DIRT at private sale or Auction send for sample copy in which you will And a good selection of interesting reading matter as well as a wT long list of Farms, Hotels, Mineral Springs, Manufacturing industries, city and country property in many localities for homes or investment. Annual subscription only 50 cants. J. EDGAR POAG, Broker, Rock Hill. S. C. "Cuts the Earth to Suit Your Taste." ROLINA RANCE CO. * 1906 AND IN TWO MCE IT HAS PAID OUT CRS IN THE STATE OF ONE THE ENORMOUS fE HUNDRED THOUGH ? SOUTH CAROLINA M :er, Commissioner. ia, S. C., April 21, 1908. t ... 1 A?4. V. 1 I CMtlCIll, receipt of your license fee : par value of $10,000.00, in juiring the deposit of Ten r s Insurance Commissioner, lg thus complied with the Carolina, I hand you herefee, and a certificate of li- + til Carolina, truly, F. H. McMaster, Commissioner. nsurance for $35. important matter off, but once. Tomorrow may be AY, Agent, e, S. C. p