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tumorous department. A Quick-Witted Epicure. Senator Beveridge. at a dinner in Indianapolis, said during the course of asparagus: "This asparagus is superb. Its flavor helps us to pardon Fontenelle." "Fontenelle?" murmured a young lady, in a puzzled voice. "Yes, Fontenelle." said the well-read senator. "Don't you know the story? Listen, then. "Fontenelle lived to be a hundred. He attributed his longevity to asparagus. As the consumptives go in for milk and eggs, he went in for asparagus? thrice daily?as long as the season lasted. "Archbishop Dubois has almost an equal love for the pale, sweet sticks. He liked them with a dressing of Hrnwn hnttcr hut "F"ontpnelle nreferred vinegar and oil. "Mme. de Tencin once invited these two asparagus lovers to dinner. Half the asparagus course was prepared with oil and vinegar, the other half with drawn butter, and on Fontenelle's arrival the hostess explained this arrangement to him. "But just as the dinner hour arrived there came a pallid messenger from the archbishop's house. The good Archbishop Dubois was dead. " Dead?" cried Fontenelle. " 'Dead,' the messenger dolefully repeated. "'Really dead?' said Mme. de Tencin. " 'Alas, yes, madam; dead irrevocably.' answered the messenger. " 'Then he won't be here to dinner,' murmured Fontenelle. " 'Naturally not,' the messenger agreed. " 'Fontenelle leaped hastily to his feet. He ran to the door and opened it. Then he shouted across the hall to the whitecapped cook in the kitchen: " 'Baptise, all the asparagus with oil and vinegar!' "?Washington Star. A CONVENIENT SEPARATION.?A commercial traveller struck a small Arkansas town and asked the landlord of the one hotel to have his trunks sent to the sample room. "Won't be no use." the host drawled, removing the stem of his corn-cob from beneath his teeth. "Yo* couldn't git nobody to come look at 'em. Yo' have to tote 'em round to th' sto's yo'self." "What's that man waiting for? He has been sitting on that goods box all day. with a gun across his knees." the drummer remarked that afternoon. "That's one of th' Johnson boys? Jim. Feud between them an' th' (,'owpers. He's waitin' fer Bill Cowper to come "long." "And where is Bill?" "He's settin' on a box 'cross the square waitin' fer Jim to come iong." "How long has the feud lasted? how many have been killed?" the drummer asked, grasping at the hope that something exciting would happen. "Oh, not long?'bout a year." the landlord replied. "Ain't nobody killed yet.. Yo' see, ther Johnsons live out this-a-away, an' ther Cowpers on ther other side of town, an' they ain't happened to run across each other so fer." ?Philadelphia Ledger. His Last Reauest. Pat was in the habit of going home drunk and beating his wife. Finally Kiddy lost patience and appealed to the priest. "Pat," said the priest, "if you ever get drunk again I'll turn you into a rat. If I don't see you, I'll know about it just the same, and into a rat you go. Now, you mind that." The next evening Pat came home worse drunk than ever, kicked in the door, and his wife dodged behind the table to defend herself. "Don't be afraid, darltnt," says Pat as he steadied himself before dropping into a chair. "I'm not going to bate ye. I won't lay the weight of me finger on ye. I want ye to be kind to me tonight. darlint, and to remember the days when we was sweethearts and when ye loved me. You know his riverince said if I got dhrunk, and this night into a rat I go. But I want ye to be kind to me, darlint. and watch me. and when you see me gettin' little and the hair growin' out on me and me whiskers gettin' long, if ye ever loved me. darlint. for God's sake keep yer eye on the cat."?Ladies Home Journal. Considerate.?A prosperous grocer in a certain midland town had occasion recently to engage a new errand boy. Trade was very brisk, and the lad had a great deal of work to do in J - in rllfYppiint na rt^ Ueil vtti mir (klllnn iii iiiiiv. \ . , . t ? of the town. "Well. George, how did you get on or. Saturday?" asked the grocer on Monday morning. "Oh, fine." replied the boy. "But Ml be leavin" at the end of the week." "Why. what's up now?" queried his master. "A"e the wages not high enough?" "I'm not findin' any fault with the pay," replied the boy, "but the fact is, I'm doln' a horse out o" a job here."? London Graphic. lit: Was Noncommittal?A Philadelphian, who crosses the Atlantic several times each year, happened, during his last visit to London, to be out on the street quite early one morning. He had noticed that the reflected light gave the sun the appearance of being in the west. To a policeman he met the Quaker City man pointed out the place from which the sunlight seemed to stream. "Ah." said he jocularly, "so the sun rises in the west in London?" "As to that, sir." replied the officer, with great dignity, "I really can't say." -Philadelphia Ledger. He Was Movino.?In a murder trial in Cincinnati a negro hotel porter was called as witness. "How many shots were fired?" he was asked. "Two shots, suh." he answered. "Close together?" "Des laik dat. suh." lie said, clapping his hand sharply as quickly as he could. "Where were you when the first was fired?" "I was in de basemen' of de hotel, suh, shinin' a geniman's shoes." "And when the second shot was fired where were you?" "At dat time. suh. I was passin' de Pig I'o' depot."?Youth's Companion. A Dueapki i. Woman.?"That woman next door is really dreadful. John," said a young married woman to her husband. "She does nothing but talk the whole day long. She cannot get any work done, I'm sure." "Oh." remarked the husband. "I thought she was a chatterbox. And to whom does she talk?" "Why, my dear, to me of course." was the reply "She talks to me over the fence "? Philadelphia Ledger. Jttif (fUancous iUadinj). WITH NEIGHBORING EXCHANGES. News and Comment Gleaned From Within and About the County. CHESTER. Lantern, June 19: Mrs. S. O. Trapp and Mr. It. 10. Lynn's children have returned from a visit to relatives in Yorkville Mrs. H. 10. Wright and children returned Tuesday afternoon from a ten days' visit to relatives in the Smyrna neighborhood of York county Last night, on Mr. W. O. Guy's place, Jesse Williams shot Mary Thompson in the back, and she is paralyzed from the wound downward, but it is not known yet 1. ..... tnitin, r*iov' ho Wil> "u" WIIUMO nir ? </ Hams claims that the shooting was accidental, and this seems not to be disputed by others present. He had a pistol, however, and told the woman to look out he was going to shoot.. .. Little Miss Sarah Patrick, of Woodward, who has been visiting her cousin, little Miss Elizabeth McLure, had the misfortune to fall out of a little tree over at Mr. R. A. Love's Tuesday and cut her upper lip so severely on a snag that it was necessary to put her under the influence of an anaesthetic and take fourteen stitches to sew up the wound. The little girls had gone ovei to visit Mr. Hal McLure's children and in climbing the little tree she set her foot on a decayed limb which gave way. Her parents were communicated with and her mother came up in the afternoon and took her home Wednesday afternoon Miss Lottie Orr and Mr. Samuel T. Proctor, of this city, were married at 8.30 o'clock Wednesday evening. June 17, 1808, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Orr, at Lewisville. The ceremony was performed by Rev. W. S. Martin. The attendants were Miss Muggie Oglesby, of this city, and Mr. Isaac Bigham.... The home of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Milieu near Richburg was the scene of a pretty wedding yesterday afternoon when their daughter. Miss Lois Isabel, became the bride of Mr. John H. Hamilton, of Chester. There were a large number of friends present, and the house was beautifully decorated for the occasion. Rev. R. A. Lummus, of Richburg, performed the ceremony The home of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Timmie, on Church street, was the scene of a pretty home wedding Wednesday afternoon at half past seven. when their oldest daughter, Minnie. became the bride of Mr. Joseph Clark Stribling of Denmark, S. C. The bride is a graduate of Winthrop college and has been a teacher in the graded school at Denmark for the past two years. The groom is a popular young conductor on tl : S. A. L. LANCASTER. News, June 20: Arrangement has been made for a lecture in the opera house at an early day for the Hon. John Sharpe Williams, the great leader of the Democratic side of the house of representatives at Washington. The date will be announced later Little Katie Caskey, daughter of Mr. Jason Caskey. of the cotton mill village, died Tuesday from the effects of a spell of measles. Had she lived until the 4th of next month she would have been four years old. The remains were buried at New Hope, Wednesday Cards have been received here announcing the marriage in New York last Wednesday of Mr. James Oscar Williams, formerly of Lancaster, and Miss Alice Pickett, daughter of Mr. Theodore Clarke Caskin, of that city Miss Maggie Hailman, daughter of Mr. A. M. L. Hallman, of the (.'reek section, had a narrow escape, a few days ago, from the hands of a black brute. She was at a branch near the house, washing some clothes, when, on hearing a noise, she looked up and saw a negro man in some bushes within a few feet of her. She started to run direct to the house, when the negro headed her off, forcing her to take another route, through some open land. The negro ceased to follow when the young lady got out into the open field. Finally reaching home in safety Miss Hallman told of what had happened, whereupon her father and some neighbors, with guns, searched the country for hours for the black scoundrel, but were unable to find any trace of him At a meeting of the commissioners of public works Thursday night the bonds, amounting to $30,000. voted by ttie town to be issued for the establishment of a system of water-works, were sold to Lancaster's three banking institutions, the Bank of Lancaster, the First National Bank and the Farmers' Batik and Trust company, each bank taking $10,000 of the bonds, at par. with accrued interest to date of delivery. The bonds, as heretofore stated, are to bear 5 per cent interest, payable semi ;mnuaiiy. mere \\rir uui.nur bids for the bonds, but they were not considered as altogether satisfactory. The public spirit and the faith in Lancaster's future manifested by the local banks will no doubt be appreciated by our citizens generally. GASTON. Gastonia Gazette, June 19: The Gazette learns on good authority that, soon after the first of July the Southern railway will take active steps looking to the rebuilding of its freight depot which was recently burned. It is understood that their architects are even now drawing plans for this structure and it is more than likely that the road will lose no time after the first of July in pushing the construction of the depot....Mr. Frank Xolen. aged 21 years, died at the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Xolen at 1.30 Wednesday morning, after an illness of many months with lung trouble. Before the long illness which ended in his death, Mr. Xolen had been for some time a clerk in the establishment of J. M. Relk company, and had a large circle of friends who sympathize deeply with the bereaved family Sheriff T. E. Shuford. accompanied by officers Kendrick, Sandifer. S. (\ Whittaker and Sanders. left Gastonia about 11 o'clock Tuesday night on a search for a blockade still of which he had been informed by some unknown person and returned Wednesday afternon with Jim Whitener, a young white man whom they captured that morning near the South Carolina line. They found Whitener engaged in washing the still, which was located in a lonely spot in a deep hollow. They found about six hundred gallons of beer not quite sour enough to still, which explains probably why the plant was not running, and several tubs of mash. While Whitener is very reticent and the officers are not able to get much information out of him, it is expected that he will claim that the outfit belongs to another man, for whom he was working Mr. J. U. Warren. one of the pioneer residents of Gastonia and one among the best known and most highly esteemed citizens of | the town, passed peacefully away at his horm* on Main Avenue ai i o ciock this morning. Mi'. Warren iuul been in declining health for many months, but had only been confined to his bed for about four weeks. The cause of his death was heart .trouble, from which he had been a sufferer for a | long time. Mi-. Warren was born in York county. South Carolina, on May 16. 1S4 1. and had reached the advanced age of 67 years, one month and two days. For more than 35 years he has been a citizen of Gaston county, having first lived for several years in the I t'nion neighborhood, and having been a resident of (Jastonia for more than thirty years. In that time so many changes have taken place in (Jastonia that Mr. Warren was at the time of his death probably the only Gastonian engaged in the same business at the same place as he was thirty years iigo. He had conducted a blacksmith and wagon shop in the same place since he first came to (Jastonia in the TP's. Mr. Warren was a Confederate vetern,n. having served through the Civil war as a private in Company H. isth South Carolina regiment, under Captain Robert H. Glenn. Among his comrades the only one now living in (Jastonia is Mr. S. S. Smith. THE WAY TO FIFTE "Plain Talk In Plain Lar St. Louis (!lobe-Democrat. (Continued from our Issue of June 19) A Few Figures. The government estimate of acres planted In 1907 is placed at 33,000,000. If that is correct, and we have no reason to doubt Uncle Sam's figures, what would have been the result If the land hud produced an average of one-half bale, instead of about one-third of a bale to the planted acre? A crop of 16,500,000 bales. Do you know what that would mean? Nothing short of a 5-cent market, in view of all that has happened, and an unsalable surplus of 4,000,000 or 5,000,000 bales. You just escaped that because nature was considerate enough to regulate weather conditions in the planter's favor and got a hustle on the boll weevil. Any credit to the cotton grower? Not a bit; he did his best to ruin himself, but?no use rubbing it in. Why plant 33.000,000 acres to grow 11,000,000 bales. That amount could have been grown on one-half the acreage if only the best land had been planted. The balance was plowed, seeded, fertilized and worked?but. thank heaven?not picked. Millions of acres were inundated and did not have to be cultivated; millions of acres were burned tfp by drought in other sections and did not mature: millions of acres were cultivated, but the weevil took his toll; other millions yielded one-half bale and upward; this alone bore the expense of picking, ginning and marketing, and yet, with a relatively short crop prices did not average within 4 cents a pound of what it would have been worth in normal years, or has not up to this writing. A portion of the crop was seeded three and four times before a stand was secured. Where is the profit? At the most liberal calculation 10, 000,000 acres were plowed, seeded and fertilized for naught. This loss must all be charged up against the product of the balance. It was, practically speaking, only the richest and most productive land which made the crop, what there was of it. The poor lands were a practical failure. On this basis, then, enough land was plowed, seeded and fertilized to have produced all the corn, oats, hay, etc., needed in the entire south. All It would have cost in addition to what was really expended would have been the cultivation and harvesting. If each reader of this article will analyze his own particular case and mentally go over his entire plantation the result will probably convince him that he has been anything but a "business farmer." If he is one of the fortunate ones who averaged his bale to the acre, or near that quantity, it may not strike him at first glance that his calculations were in error. He is the favored exception and profited by the misfortunes of others. Their loss made possible his gain, but he did not count on that at seeding time; he had no ground for so doing. Had the other cotton growers been favored as he was his crop and theirs would not have been worth picking. The planters of the south cannot afford to plant such an enormous acreage of cotton and run the risk of having such a gigantic crop as good con ditions would produce, especially it tney neglect all other crops and elect to buy their supplies on the market. Each planter jeopardizes his own market and his own chance of profit, as well as that of his neighbor. He may not be interested in his neighbor's welfare, but he can not disassociate his case from theirs. Each man must "legislate" for himself as to the acreage of cotton he plants, but his only "hedge" is in the insurance policy of so diversifying his crop as to render himself wholly independent of his cotton product. If it is, as it should be, his profit crop, he will get some returns even if he has to carry it over the season. It is money in every man's pocket to realize that he is not the whole thing. Try an Experiment. Borrow a page from the book of success. Consider your own case and analyze your own position. Calculate your acreage, select all of your best cotton land and figure how much it will cost you to "make the crop." If you must borrow money to do this, do not make a short term loan or one due in the season of marketing. Borrow enough to enable you to pay cash for all your outlay .on the season. You can get money at a cheaper rate on long time on your land, if you own any, than you can on other collateral. Borrow from March or April for one year, so that you may have abundant opportunity to choose your time for marketing your crop of cotton, if you sell early from choice, you can deposit an amount equivalent to your loan in an interest-paying bank, and thus get back part of the interest charge. Then is your opportunity to learn how to finance your business by scheming to raise enough of other crops, to make a living and meet that mortgage note, regardless of your cotton. Plant enough corn and forage crops to cover your needs at least. An acre or two of early potatoes, well tended, will show a good profit, and a later crop of Irish or sweet potatoes will not lose you anything. An acreage of cabbage and half an acre of onions will help. A few pigs will only eat up the waste about the farm. Chickens, turkeys. geese and ducks are easily cared for by the women folks and children. Their eggs will supply the table. Two or three cows will render good account of their care if you treat them well. The orchard?which you ought to have?and the vegetable garden that it is your duty to plant, will help you live as you ought to live, and conduce to health, serving to lessen doctor's and drug bills. These all help make or save?which is the same thing. I've often wondered why full grown. free Americans will sentence themselves to a diet of salt meat and corn pone and the simplest living?like a soldier's emergency rations, or a jailbird's fare, when they have splendid ground for garden purposes, and a little expense in seed, liberal use of barnyard fertilizer, and a small amount of labor, will enable them to live a full, healthy, liberal life?like folks. A farm without its carefully tended vegetable garden, its small fruit and orchard is not a home; it is a mere refuge?one degree removed from the county poor farm. You'll have to work, of course, but no harder than you would in cultivating a cotton crop 011 ground that will not reward you a penny for your labor. EN CENTS COTTON iguage to Plain People." Don't do this on my advice, for I am not giving any. I only tell you that others have followed this plan within my personal observation and have won independence by so doing. If you own no land, you should be more careful than ever to grow enough of everythilng else but cotton as a tenant, so that you may be sure of a living, independent of the storekeeper, and able to drive the demon of debt from your roof tree. If the big planters near you are growing cotton as a sole crop, don't bother with cotton at -11 i? * ~ *w%A a 11, uui itiioc me siuii iiic^ nccu anu must buy. It's a fine thing: to have a sure demand at cash prices right at your door. If you have cotton and do not wish to sell, believing in better prices later on, and your obligation becomes due, you will no doubt be able to deposit your cotton in a near-by Farmers' Union warehouse, borrow against it and free yourself from the first indebtedness. Of course, you are one of the F. E. and C. U. of A- No small planter or tenant farmer can afford not to avail himself of the advantages of co-operation offered to members. Large planters, ditto. If it should chance that you are not a member, your first step toward success will be in becoming one. If you are as good and true as the union principles?you'll do. Mule Sense. If a planter can. by selecting his land, seeding only the best to cotton, using high grade seed and fertilizer and carefully and thoroughly cultivating the plant, secure as much cotton from seven acres as he would from ten handled in the. uverage way?what you think of him If he insisted on the full acreage and the old-fashioned methods? Every county in the cotton belt will show the investigator both classes; the new man who plants the seven acres in modem-fashion and the "old timer" who religiously?or fanatically?plants ten acres, just as his father and grandfather did before him. The seven-acre man gets more net cotton of a higher grade than his ten-acre neighbor, and saves the cost of seeding and fertilizer, plowing, cultivating and picking on three acres of ground. He plants some crop necessary to make his farm self sustaining on the three acres, and at the same expense as his neighbor, has the product of three acres as an extra profit. The seven-acre man is well to do, lives well and has money in the bank. The ten-acre man is poor, lives the life of a slave and wears the mortgage yoke of debt around Ids neck until it is so chafed that he can not stand erect. This illustration applies equally to the targe planter who owns hundreds, or thousands of acres, the small farmer who owns but a few acres, and the renter who makes his crop as a tenant. The tenant class and the small farmer suffer more from this reckless disregard of the fact that two and two ??-,oi/r, frvii,- fhnn hlvj landlord neierhbor. He needs the product of the three acres more in proportion than any other class of cotton growers, and, as he is dragging the plow while the mule Is behind it, driving, he does not and will not see or understand it. He believes (hat the world is wrong and everybody is against him. whereas he is the only stumbling block in his own path. If such a farmer could separate his "spiritual essence" from his physical body for a few hours, sit meditatively on a stump In the field and watch the misdirected steps of his tired frame, how he would "cuss out that fool farmer" over there, mechanically and monotonously grinding out his strength, mentally asleep. Pioneers and prairie schooner pirates in the new country may be excused for seeding all the land they can break up for the first year or two in oider to get a home started. The rankly rich soil, virgin to the plow, will grow almost anything in profusion; no fertilizer or extra cultivation is necessary; it is like gardening in a compost heap. He can make money on a price basis that would show a loss to the farmer in a settled country. His chief expense is for seed. His labor is his own and that of his family. If he requires help It is only beOio hnrvAst i? tnn erent for him to handle. And still, this is only true for a few brief years. The cream Is soon skimmed off. But the cotton grower of the older states is tlie evolved product of from five to eight generations of farmers, who have tilled the same fields. By tills time lie should be the most accomplished agriculturalist In the country. There are some, to he sure; enough to serve as object lessons. But seeing the value of example the rank and file have refused to pattern after it, and for the most part prefer the obsolete methods they have inherited; they still farm by main strength of hone and muscle, and leave their brains fallow. Don't call this picture a dope dream or the view of a d(sorted vision. I wish to God it was not so true as it is. People are beginning to wake up, and gradually commencing to take the nourishment offered by science, but they are only nibbling small crumbs and swallowing them slowly and reluctantly. Oh. if they would only acquire a hearty appetite and down a few solid meals! Their digestion is all right; they would thrive on the food of knowledge if they would only eat of it liberally. If I Were a Farmer. If I owned a large plantation I would farm so much of it as I could supervise. I would know my acres as a horse-breeded does the pedigree of his colts. If I hadn't learned them thoroughly from experience of their produce, I would bring the scientist to my a ill to point out the missing: links in my chain of knowledge. If deficient in knowledge of the chemistry of agriculture, according to twentieth century standards, I would secure the services of some farm-boy graduate of an agricultural college and utilize his knowledge. Moreover, I'd give him the advantage of all the reading matter he could digest regarding the latest discoveries in scientific agriculture. I'd give him the tools and elements to work with?and learn from him all I could absorb. I'm in the grandfather class now, still I go to school every day. I shall never he too old to learn so long as I can read and think. I'm willing to learn from the lips of a child or profit by the intuitions of the female mind? that sixth sense which often puts to blush the wisdom of the other five combined in any man. Therefore, I would study how to get the greatest interest on the value of my lands, as a banker does the interest problem; and a profit on the labor 11 utilized, as does the successful manufacturer. That is business farming. If I had tenants I would select those who were not too smart to take a few hints from the boss. They would have to till my acres pretty much on my lines. I would finance them if they required assistance, and only ask that if they were determined to sell their cotton that I should have the first call on their crop?at the same price they could obtain elsewhere. If they belonged to an organization of a cooperative nature and wished to store their cotton in Its warehouse, I should be pleased. As a business farmer I would not wish my tenant's cotton to come into competition with my crop on the mar- i ket. fIf I were a tenant farmer l| would not care to till the land of any other sort of landlord.) I would calculate my acres to a fraction and plant so much of my land to other crops as would produce a living for me, meet my obligations and cover the cost of what cotton I raised. I would not intend that my cotton should cost me one cent, and I would grow just so much as I thought could be cropped under these limitations?and no more. I might miss it a little some years, but not to any serious extent. Then if a big crop is raised, and prices are low, I can sell if I please or carry as long as I please, being sure of some profit in any case. If I need banking accommodations I would have a sound collateral on which to borrow without jeopardizing my property, either real or personal?except my profit crop. I would at least have done my full duty to myself as a land owner, merchant, hanker and farmer, and in so far as I was able by example, by duty to my own dependents and my fellow cotton growers. If I had but few acres, instead of many I would follow the same principle as far as able, work harder, think harder and co-operate with my brother farmer of the smaller class I would not sell an acre of cotton land that would average me a bale to the acre at any price. I'd buy more when able to pay cash for it, for it is a good thing to own. Amid all the 33,000.000 acres and new acres yet to be reclaimed from nature, there wl! never be too large a percentage of this class. If I were a tenant farmer I would preferably pay a cash rental for land so that I might plant such crops as I saw fit, and I would adhere to the above plan more rigidly than ever. But I'd aim never to produce a bale of cotton that would repre-sent one cent of actual outlay. I'd make a good living every year; a good profit some years, and a chunk of money in a very favorable year. Then I'd buy land? good land, for cash. This Is what I'd do and make money al it. Others have followed such Ideas and have grown wealthy thereby. You will do as you see fit; but. what's wrong with my plan? The Department Farm. The department store is the mercantile success of the age; why not "depaitment farms? The great department store requires large capital and a multitude of employes. The department farm requires a moderate number of acres (anywhere from 40 to 160 will do) and a family of boys and girls. If they're all boys, or all girls, it doesn't alter the possibilities, you'll only carry different lines of merchandise. The staples, consisting of cotton, corn, oats, hay and field crops generally come under the "old man's personal department. The boys all help, those that are big enough, and most farmer's boys over 10 years of age can do a part of the work that helps out and does not harm them. If there are no boys the big girls can help mother cook for the hired white help, and run the house. There's always spare ground for a good, big garden, and there should be an orchard of peaches, apples, pears, plums, etc.. and at least an acre or so of blackberries, raspberries, strawberries artd other small fruits. Here's a chance for the boys to become interested in a specialty. Give your son a share in the profits and he'll soon settle on the specialty which most excites his enthusiasm: then encourage him. r>o * him an thp honlr u'hon lio rlnoq well, and sympathize with him when the results are disappointing1. Keep his interest alive and he'll triumph in the end. Help make a good, strong man of him?not easily daunted. He doesn't have as much use for dogs and guns as you had. His tastes may be in the direction of stock raising or swine breeding. Start him off as best you are able, and help him with your wider experience until he can stand alone, (let him a reliable magazine or other publication devoted to his specialty and let him study success. Don't confine him to the knowledge imparted to you by your father or gained in your own experience, good enough as far as they go, but tlie world keeps moving, and the boy should be up to date. In the woman's department are the dairy, poultry, bees, flowers, small 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4 !! OPENIN J y WHITE E I <4 LITHIA SPR \Z 71 JUNE 2i * 4* An especially good Orch 4* for this occasion and a to all who attend. Our regular String Band this date and we are also Insi * Special Rates for tl . Come while the Rates are 4, Our's is the Water that's Gut _ For Informatjo I Address W. O. JOHNSC , For Information X Address E. T. PARKE] 4, THE PIEDMONT Ml <$># * ^^ # ** * fruit culture and the herbs and finer i flavors of the kitchen garden: canning, preserving and a dozen side issues, not so hard to manage as the field work many have been called upon to perform. Perhaps their mother had a taste of that horror once. If so, she will not want her daughter to share the experience. There's profit in all these items and the girl has learned to be self-reliant, capable as a manager and your little men and women early learn th value of a dollar, to their lasting benefit through life. Provide helpful literature, foster their Interest, and they will lead purposeful lives. Toll will not be all drudgery, and their share of the profits will compensate for any overtime or extra exertion employed. I know of department farms thus conducted where the oft-neglected side issues and "trifles" of farm life carry the burden of the family support, and yet each sun and daughter have their little bank accounts, and are able to enjoy luxuries and diversions inaccessible to the children of the single crop ' farmers in their neighborhood. Before reaching the mature age of 17 years I had won many prizes at country fairs for "the best display, and best specimens" of fruits, vegetables and farm products of my own culture. Work? Yes. it necessitated plenty of hard work, long hours of back-break- i ing toil in the broiling sun. But what of it? It didn't stunt my growth: it ' developed by frame and muscles, and I've never been able to discover where I lost anything by it. Then, I got a share of the profits? and the prizes. That's enough to keep any boy Interested in his work. But I never worked so hard or so many hours a day on the farm as I have since those days in business and journalism, and I never could have withstood the fatigues I have experienced If I had not "grown up from the soil." Your family may not be large, and your farm have but few possible departments, but some of these avenues of profit are open to you. Don't neglect a single one. To be Continued. 'Jt4T New York, with 4,000,000 population has been adding to its total in the three years preceding 1905 at the rate of 100,000 a year. Philadelphia, with a little less than 1,500,000 population, had increased at the rate of 30,000 a year. ...BLUE ROCK... Mineral Springs (Calcic, Sodic, and Lithic Bicarbonated Saline Water.) A recent analysis or tne water or mis Mineral Spring by Dr. Boyden Nlms, Ph. G. of Columbia. S. C.. shows it to be equal to the best Mineral Water used by the American people today. This water has been given away for more than sixty days since the present owners came into possession and has been thoroughly tested by the public, and pronounced superior to any in the State. Now on sale at the STAR DRUG STORE. To any one not yet having tried this water, we will furnish the same free upon application, until a thorough test has been given it. BLUE ROCK MINERAL SPRINGS CO., D. L. Shieder, R. E. Heath and Mar* ion B. Jennings, Proprietors. W We will show the analysis of this water to any one, any where, at any time. No secret about it. We are not afraid to show it. THE SUMMER AND FALL MONTHS As a rule are the best months in which 1:0 sell Farms, so the buyers and sellers can arrange for the coming year. For this reason now is the best time to have your property advertised and sold. Poag's Real Estate Monthly is circulated not only throughout York county, but over many parts of the United States by the thousands of copies. Besides, we advertise in such mediums as the Cotton Journal of Atlanta, which claims over 50,000 circulation, and the Manufacturers' Record of Baltimore, which has an immense circulation, north and south. We are in a position to find not only home buyers, but buyers from a distance as well. Subscribe for our Monthly. It will cost you only Fifty Cents per annum and help to keep you posted on real estate values and transactions. Object lessons on farming, etc., will be quoted. * J. EDGAR POAG, Broker, Rock Hill, S. C. "Certs the Earth to Suit Your Taste." . 4 4 4 4 4 i i. i u u 14 A A > -T - > - > > > Jt g Ball J )IAMOND =8-2. t INGS HOTEL I J 5, 1908. jj * 4' estra has been engaged 4 i good time is assured 4 i 4 will be in attendance after ^ tailing a new Piano. ??? < he month of June, f i Low. You all know that ^ iranteed to Cure. ^ i n about Hotel ^ , )N, King's Creek, S. C. ^ j about Cottages ^ I R, King's Creek, S. C. ;?> I NERAL SPRINGS CO. 4 ! Q-'S CREBK. S. C. LAYING 1 win uk m H-A-ID -A.T Iii llio dry goods store, as on I and ilic merchant puts forth streni of a season's stock into Cash, prep iness of buying and selling. Our all profits are forgotten?You can i nvriEixrs ci AT $0.48 SUITS in Black and Dar gle and double breasted, that 1 AT $5.98 AND $6.48 one lot of Su to 39, that were good values a AT $9.48 AND $11.48 one lot of si sait patterns, that regularly st AT $7.48 a lot of Black and Blue at $10 and $12.50 a suit. $1.98 to $1.98 for Men's Dress Par DRESS 10 CENTS A YARD for White Lav 20 CENTS A YARD buys all Whitt that formerly sold at 25c and 28 CENTS A YARD buys all Whit at 40c to 60c a yard?while tl 95 PEX'TK \ YAltn hiivs Inch 1 (formerly sold at 50c to 75c a ; 39 CKXTS A YARD buys 36 inch and 60c a yard. 15 CENTS A YARD buys all Cot' sold at 20c and 25c a yard. 89 CENTS A YARD buys 36 inch quality?regular $1.23 value? 8 1-3 CENTS A YARD is the pric Silks, made to sell at 25c and 89 CENTS EACH for Ladles' Wh $1.25 each. See these to app 33 CENTS EACH Is the price put ?nicely made of lace striped 1 5 CENTS TO 50 CENTS EACH fo our big line of Towels. $1.48 TO 81.98 for Bath Rugs. LOW ? $3.00 A PAIR Is the "Laying-by" Shoes. $1.98 A PAIR buys Men's $2.50 I,? ONE-FOURTH OFF is the "Lay! Ladles and Children. Our "Laying-by" prices will s erv pair sold is Guaranteed. J. Q. WRAY, NOTICE. Of Election For the Establishment of a High School. Yorkville, S. C., June 15, 1908. A PETITION duly signed by In excess of forty per centum of the free-holders above the age of 21 years and in excess of one-third of the duly qualified electors, residents within the territory known as Common School District Number Eleven, embracing the Town of Yorkville and the School District of Yorkville, in York Township, York County and State of South Carolina, addressed to the County Board of Education for York County and petitioning the said board to grant and order an election within said territory for the purpose of establishing a High School therein, as contemplated in an Act of the Gen. a ? i.i.. Couth erai Assemuiy ui me oiaic wi uuutu Carolina, entitled "An Act to provide High Schools in this State," Approved February 19th, 1907, and the Act amendatory thereof, approved February 27th, 1908, having been filed in the office of the County Superintendent of Education for York County and having been acted on by said County Board of Education, which has ordered the Trustees of the said School District to hold an election within said District to be conducted in all respects, including the requirements of those who are allowed to vote therein, as elections are now conducted under Section 1208 of the Civil Code of 1902, in reference to special levies for school purposes. Notice is hereby given that an election will be held in the Court House at Yorkville, South Carolina, within the above described territory, on WEDNESDAY. JULY 1ST, 1908, to determine whether or not a High School shall be established within said territory. The polls will be opened at 7 o'clock In the forenoon and will be closed at 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the said 1st day of July, 1908. Those favoring the High School will vote a ballot "For High School," those opposed to same, will vote a ballot "Against High School." At said election only such electors residing within the territory or District as return real or personal property for taxation and who exhibit their tax receipts and registration certificates as required in general elections will be allowed to vote. The rate of the High School tax to be voted, levied and collected within the proposed High School District, to be one mill. By order of the County Board of Education for York County. South Carolina. T. E. McMACKIN, Chairman. By order of the Board of Trustees of the School District of Yorkville, in York County, South Carolina, pursuant to the order of the County Board of Education, for York County. WM. B. MCCAW. Chairman of Board of Trustees. 48 t. 2t |roffssional d[ards. A. Y. CARTWRIGHT, SURGEON DENTIST, YORKVILLE, S. C. 0fSSk OFFICE HOURS: 9 am. to i pm,; a p m. to 5 pnr Office upstairs In the Moore building over I. W. Johnson's store. DR. ill. W. WHITE, DENTIST YORKVILLE, S. C. Opposite Postoffice, Yorkville, S. C. JOHN R. HART ATTORNEY AT LAW No. 3 Law Range YORKVILLE, S. C. J. S. BIIICE, ATTORNEY AT LAW Office Opposite Court House. Prompt attention to all legal business of whatever nature. GEO. W. S. HART, ATTORNEY AT LAW YORKVILLE, S. C. I Law Range. 'Phone Office No. 58 D. E. Finley. Marion B. Jennings. PIVI.PV Mr .IRNNINfiS. YORKVILLE, S. C. Office in Wilson Building, opposite Dourt House. Telephont No. 126. TRUSTEE'S SALE. [n the United States District Court, for the District of South Carolina, ' In re J. N. Benfieid, Bankrupt. PURSUANT to an order in the ' above cause, made on June 5th, A. ' [)., 1908, by C. VV. F. Spencer, Referee j n Bankruptcy for said District, I will eceive until JUNE 23, 1908, 12 m., ^ sealed bids for the stock of tnerchan- 1 lise belonging to said Bankrupt, and orated at his late place of business at 1 Delphns, In York county. The stock 1 consists of Dry Goods, Groceries and ] Hardware. The right to reject any j ir all bids is reserved. Terms of Sale?CASH. JNO. R. HART, Trustee J. N. Benfieid. Bankrupt. 45 9-16-19 3t BY TIME % 1AIN8 m Til I "WR.-A-TTS lie farm, "laylng-by" times come ions efforts to turn the remnants ^ oratory to the next reason's Ims"Laylng-hy" time Is now here? roup the harvest of low prlees. -OTHING k Blue Unfinished Worsteds, sincere $10. ^ its In cheeks and grays, sizes 37 t $10 and $12. uits, sizes 35 and 36, pepper ami ?11 at $12.50 and $15. Serge Suits that are good values its In most desirable patterns. GOODS ins in stripes that are worth 15c. ? Goods in checks and pin stripes 35c a yard. e Dress goods that formerly sold ley last. holies?as long as they last?that yard. Worsteds that usually sell at 50c Ion and Wool Mixed Plaids that Black Taffeta Silks?guaranteed as long as It lasts. :e put on a job lot of Marcellne worth that price. Ite Shirt Waists, made to sell at ireclate the values, on a special lot of Ladies' Waists J 1?-1? C A/i aW118 fclllU reKUltlliy piitcu ai uvt, r Towels will give you an idea of SHOES ' price on Men's 53.50 Low Tut iw Cut Shoes. ng-by" prices on Low Shoes for ^ ave you money on Shoes and evThe Leader. | J. C. WILBORN * FOR SALE A No. 3 Geizer Thrashing Machine; No. 4 Geizer Thrashing Machine; one ^ Wheat Drill; one 2-horse Disc Plow, and one McCormlck Mower and Rake. Known as the Frank C. Horton's property. The Shubert place; 32 acres; Joins the corporate limits?$850. The Maria Cowen place; Joins David Clark?$200. 50 acres; Frank Horton place $40.00 per acre. 233 acres, Ralph Adams place. 99J acres; J. R. Ferguson place? Filbert. 78 acres. 1 mile New Zion?81.200. 6 acres, a nice home; E. B. Menden- 0 hall, McConnellsvllle; 7 rooms?$1,200. 127 acres; lower Steel Creek township, N. C.; $15 per acre. 163 acres; 9 miles of Gastonla?$25 per acre. 319 acres; King's Mountain township; J. B. Plexico place?$20 per acre. a 151 acres; Dr. White, Miller Place; 4 miles of Yorkville. 136 acres; one-horse farm open; tenant house and barn. 190 acres; King's Mountain township?$7 per acre. 235 acres; 5 miles of Rock Hill; rents for 9 bales of cotton?$4,700. 153 acres In Bethel township; 8 miles of Yorkville, 6-room dwelling, land lies well; Arthur Quinn place. ^ ^ 202 acres; Sam Youngblood place; $50 per acre. The Old Presbyterian church property in Hickory Grove; 1J acres?$500. 517 acres; 50 acres of fine bottom S" land; 250 acres in woods; 2 story, 8- / room dwelling; 9-horse farm in culti- V ' vation; 6 good tenant houses; close to railroad. This is a grand bargain? $16 per acre. W. M. Whitesides place. 220 acres, one mile of Piedmont Springs; 7-room dwelling; 7,000 cords of wood; 10 acres of fine bottoms? $20 per acre. A. C. White place. A new cottage near Graded School, 5-rooms?$1,650. David Russell place; 12J acres near corporate limits. 125 Acres?a beautiful 6-room cottage; good new barn?8 stalls; double crib. Everything in good shape; 4 tenant houses; land lies well; plenty of wood; Bethel township, 6 miles of Clover. At a bargain?J. M. Barnett. J. C. WILBORN, Real Estate. 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 improvement 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 -^Vj survey and plans must be completed, and during said period, said engineer shall devote his whole time to said work, and is required to give bond in the sum of Three Thousand Dollars for tne raitnrui performance 01 nis 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 Yorkvilie, S. C. T. W. BOYD, Supervisor. L. J. LUMPKIN. J. C. KIRKPATRICK, County Board of Commissioners of York County. 4 Hazel Grist, Clerk of the Board. 45 f.t June 23. Clemson Agricultural College Examination. THE examination for< the award of Scholarships in Clemson Agricultural College will be held In the County Court House on FRIDAY, JULY 3RD, at 9 a. m. Applicants must fill out proper forms, to be secured from the County Superintendent of Educa- ? tlon, before they will be allowed to stand the examinations. For detailed information apply to the Supt. of Education or to the President of Clemson College. Applicants for admission to the college, who are not seeking for the scholarships, will also stand entrance examination at the Court House July 3rd. The Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. The next session of the college opens Sept. 9. 1908. For catalogues and information apply to P. H. MELL. President. 46 t.f 7t YORKVILLE ' MONUMENT WORKS. Remember the Read , Every grave in York county should be appropriately marked with a Tombstone or Monument. To do this is not only a mark of respect and esteem to one's departed relatives, but it is desirable and proper to place an enduring record in stone over all graves. If you have loved ones who have passed to the great beyond and are considering the idea of a suitable marker for their graves, we will appreciate a call from you that we may have an opportunity of showing you designs of Head Stones and Monuments and quoting you prices. * YORKVILLE MONUMENT WORKS. W. B. Wylie, Sec. and Treat.