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Ituinorou? department. Inquisitive Edwin. "Say, maw." "Well. Edwin?" "Why do little boys have to go to school ?" "To get an education, dearie." "How long do I have to go to school ?' " 'Till you are grown up." "Then do I get my education?" "No. You get It while you are going." "Get it all the time I am going?" "Yes." "Huh. I'd rather get it now and not go to school." "But you can't." "Did you get one. maw?" "i Ilia, out i nave nu use iui u. "What's the matter with you giving me yours, then?" "Tut. tut. child. Every person has to get his or her own education." "Hum. Who's got paw's?" "Why, he has." "Gee. nobody'd think he had one. would they?" "Your father conceals a great many of his attainments, son." "What's an attainment, maw?" "Something one has acquired in the way of learning or accomplishments, I believe." "I think I know about accomplishments, maw. I heard Mr. Bingle say paw was accomplished." "Are you sure? Mr. Bingle is ordinarily very accurate in his statements." "Yes, I'm sure. He said paw was a accomplished liar." "Ah well. Mr. Bingle hasn't gone back on his record. Now, run away. Edwin, and let me finish reading 'A College Girl's Unhappy Wifehood: or. She Was Taught More Higher Mathematics than Housekeeping.' " "But. maw." "But bother! What now?" "'Spose I don't get an education?" "Then you wouldn't know anything when you become a man?" "O. that's all right, maw; I could be a juror."?Chicago Journal. She Collected?.The clerk at a branch postoffice in the city looked up in surprise the other day when a pretty young Russian girl appeared at the grated window and announced, in extremely broken English, that he owed her $5. Vainly did he declare that he had never seen her before; she was mild and polite, but determined to have the money. Her father she said, had told her not to leave the office until she obtained it. "Where is your father?" asked the puzzled clerk. "In the country." "Then he wrote to you about it?" "Yes." Finally, after more questioning, it appeared that she had the letter with her. Reluctantly, with evident fear that some trick would be played upon her. she was persuaded to show the letter to the clerk. In it he found the solution of the mystery?a money order on the office for $5. "Right you are," he said, smiling at the perplexed girl; "I do owe you the money, and here it is, but I certainly thought first that it was some kind of a hold-up game." The girl probably didn't understand one word in ten of his remark, but she saw the money and that was enough. Beaming with satisfaction, she put it carefully in her purse and tripped away. What He Forgot.?"At a dinner in Philadelphia." said a clergyman, "I once heard the lamented Bishop Potter talk in a most amusing manner about the artistic temperament. "First he described the contradictions in the character of Whistler, Poe. Hawthorne and other great Americans. Then he turned to l^andor, the great Englishman. "Landor, he said, was at the same time the most violent and brutal and most delicate and sensitive of men. He adored flowers. The gardens of his beautiful villa in Florence were full of flowers, and the poet walked among them daily, never plucking them, only bending1 over them reverently to admire their loveliness and their perfume. "Landor's cook one day served him a wretched dinner, and in his rage the . poet threw the man out of the window into a bed of splendid roses. "As the cook writhed with a broken leg below. Landor from the window exclaimed in a horror-stricken voice: " "Good gracious, I forgot the roses ! ' "?Washington Star. Why??Nat Goodwin, the actor, has a friend who owns a country place in Maine that is ten miles from a railway station or telegraph office, a fact of whirh Goodwvn is dulv cognizant. Now the player used often to visit this friend, whom he has ever found a lavishly hospitable host, and who has time and time again advised that there is a room at the place in Maine ready for him whenever he cares to occupy it. On one occasion Goodwyn cabled from London: "May I stay over the third Sunday in September?" The friend paid $5 to the messenger who brought the cable message, likewise a sum necessary to defray the cost of his reply: "Of course, but don't cable." Whereupon. Goodwin innocently sent this query by cable, "Why not?"?Harper's Weekly. Gkttixo Hack.?A company promoter who advertised for an office boy received 100 replies. Out of the hundred he selected ten. who were asked to call at the office for an interview. His final choice fell upon a bright1 1.; ebon 1 * Vf \' hnv " i rl HWMI1B }"UI IS V..?,r. ..... ? the promoter, "I like your appearance and your manner very much. I think you will do for tlie place. Did you bring a character?" "No. sir." replied the boy. "but I can go home and get it." "Very well, come back tomorrow morning with it. and if it is satisfactory I dare say I shall engage you." Late that same afternoon the financier was surprised by the return of the candidate. "Well." he said cheerfully. "have you got your character?" "No," answered the boy. "but I've got yours, and I ain't com in"."?Philadelphia Ledger. Fatai. Qi estionino.? Judge?Have you been arrested before? Prisoner?No, sir. Judge?Have you been in this court before? Prisoner?No, sir. Judge?Are you certain? Prisoner?I am. sir. Judge?Your face looks familiar. Where have I seen It before? Prisoner?I'm the bartender in the saloon across the way, sir. ittisccUancous iUiuliufl. WITH NEIGHBORING EXCHANGES. News and Comment Gleaned From Within and About the County. LANCASTER. News, September 9: Columbia special in yesterday's Charlotte Observer: Coi. LeRoy Spring's estimates the railroad damage in Lancaster county at $25,000, the damage to dirt roads and foot bridges at $20,000, the injury to I crops at half a million, the damage to farm lands at $100,000 and loss from forced suspension of business at $15,000 The state board of education, | at its meeting" in Columbia Widay, made public the winners of scholarships in the state institutions, which were awarded upon reports made as to the examinations held in the various counties. The winners in Lancaster county are: E. E. Hall, Clemson scholarship; Robbie Porter, Winthrop; J. C. Duncan, State university Lancaster correspondence in the Columbia State of Sunday: Miss Gertrude Foster has received a letter from Miss Poppenheim informing" her of the decision in her favor in regard to the U. D. C. scholarship at Teachers' College of Columbia university. New York. The scholarship is tuition and $350. Miss Foster is to be congratulated upon the handsome compliment paid her. and Lancaster is, of course, proud of this rare distinction falling upon one of her gifted young daughters. Miss Foster has just returned from the summer school of the University of Virginia, where she took t course in physics and Latin. CHESTER. Lantern, September 9: The jury in the case of Gus Lee. which was on trial Friday, returned a verdict of guilty with recommendation to mercy Friday evening, and Judge Gage sentenced the prisoner to life imprisonment. The verdict is generally approved The following are some of the students who left for college tins morning; iu Clemson, Messrs. William Connelly, Robert Morrison. Chevis McLure, Lusk Marion, M. M. Roddey, Erskine Kitchens. Addison McKeown, Haskell Ferguson and Beatv Ferguson. To Erskine, Messrs. Claud McDIll, T. J. Irwin, Harold White. Wm. Lindsay. J. Steele Caldwell, Willie Henry. Luther Alexander, Joe Bigham. Willie Burns and Samuel Reid and Misses Eugenia Walker. Maud Bigham and Fannie Darby. To Due West Female college, Miss Florrie Betts of Richburg. Misses Lizzie McCaulay and Hamilton Henry and Mr. Matthews Patrick went to Due West yesterday, the two last named to Erskine and the first to the female col[ lege. Several boys and girls from Richburg. Edgmoor and Rodman were on the S. A. L. train this morning en[ route to Due West. Miss Jo Yarborough of Fort Lawn went to Rock Hill this morning to enter Winthrop college. VTlcc^o IT1!fn onrl Plnm MeClllIoUErh. Mildred Ferguson. Virginia Carroll and Lois Smyer will leave for Winthrop Friday When Mr. Richard Wilks read in the Lantern about some one in Anderson county showing an apple that measured 12 iches around and weighed a pound, he didn't do a thing but walk out into his orchard and get two beautiful apples of just the same size and weight and bring them to the Lantern office. One of them measured the least fraction over 12 inches around its smallest circumference, and the other was a little longer the other way than this one. They are of beautiful reddish tint and fine symmetrical shape. We have not put a tooth in them yet. wherefore we claim credit for great oowers of self-restraint. GASTON. Gastonia Gazette. September ?: a new copper circuit has just been completed hv the Piedmont Telephone and Telegraph company between Gastonia and Yorkville, S. C.. a distance of some' twenty miles. This pives a preatly improved service over this lonp-distance line which the public will preatly appreciate Prof. Edpar Lonp left yesterday for Duo West. S. C., to take up his work as teacher of Enplish in Erskine collepe. Mr. E. G. Carson will also po this week to resume his studies in Erskine Theolopical seminary after supplying the pastorate of Villa Heiphts church. Charlotte, durinp the summer A pentleman who lives in the Point section of the county is authority for the statement that the damape to crops alonp the Catawba river bottoms is not so preat as was first thoupht. from the recent hiph waters. Farmers alonp the Catawba did not suffer so heavily as did those alonp the South Fork Rev. J. Lee Oats, returned to his home at Hickory Grove. S. C.. yesterday. He came up Saturday to participate in the dedicatory exercises at Pisgah Associate Reformed Presbyterian church. Sunday the congregation of the Rovce Memorial Associate Reformed Presbyterian church at King's Mountain elected Rev. Raymond A. Young, of Moreland, Oa? as pastor to succeed Rev. J. M. Garrison, who went to Fayetteville. Tenn., to accept a pastorate the .first of the year. Rev. Mr. Young is a graduate of Erskine college and Erskine Thelogical seminary, having finished the course at the latter institution last June. Since that time he has beer serving New Hope and the historic Brick church in Fairfield county. South Carolina. He is a young man of ability and the King's MounTain church is to be congratulated on securing his services. Bribes For Clergymen. "Three or four attempts have been made to bribe me." said a clergyman. "My friends of the cloth tell me that they. too. have been occasionally tempted with bribes. "Once it was the advertising manager of a health food. He offered a subscription of $100 to our mission school if I would tell from the pulpit how much good the health food had done me. I made him give me the money for the mission under threats of exposure, but. of course, I did not mention his food in the church. The church is no place for health food talks. "The widow of a drunkard and genera' good for nothing offered me $.r>0 if T u-imlil lie in nra iso nf her hllsbnnil in his funeral sermon. I praised the man heartily in the sermon?no matter howbad a man may be, if you examine his character you will find in it many traits worthy of praise?and to the widow I wrote a note of gentle rebuke. "Often we are asked to date back marriage certificates, to say a couple were married in six months or a year before they really were. A man once offered me $1,500 to perpetrate a wrong of this sort. I thrust a tract in his hand and turned him out of doors."? Cincinnati Enquirer. "A MARVEL IN WHEAT." Boosted as a Wonder, It Is Really a Humbug. Charlotte Observer. Glowing pamphlets descriptive of what is known as Alaska wheat, the new variety said to have been discovered by a certain Abraham Adams, an Idaho farmer, while on a prospecting trip in the wilds of Alaska several years ago, are being circulated in Mecklenburg county by the Adams Hobe Seed Grain company of Juliaetta, Idaho, for the purpose of deceiving farmers into purchasing some of the seed "in limited quantities only, payment strictly in advance, at $20 a bushel." In view of the fact that this new wheat is nothing more nor le?s than a fake so far as doing what its promoters claim for it, a warning is given lest any one be deceived. And the fake has been well advertised. One of the most-talked-of and widely copied articles that has appeared in the Saturday Evening Post of recent years, was that a few weeks ago entitled, "A Marvel in Wheat." which was a fulsome account of the revolution which this new Alaska type would shortly bring about in the wheat-grow ins industry of the country. The article appearing in such a reputable publication and having the evident backing of such responsible parties, created no end of talk particularly among those interested in the wheat-growing business. The article was reproduced in a large number of substantial farm papers and the fame of the new Alaska wheat was blazoned from one end of the country to the other. Mr. Moore Investigates. Mr. Edgar B. Moore, manager of the Selwyn hotel, of this city, and proprietor of the well known Selwyn farm, was one of the first men to read this article in the Saturday Evening Post. He was much impressed with it, being something of an expert in wheat himself and yet was too good a farmer to accept all the statements contained tnerein wunoui a inoruugn invcsusation. His first step was to write to the editors of The Post and ask them what they knew of the new wheat and its discoverer. Their reply follows: Editorial Rooms, The Saturday Evening Post, Curtis Publishing Company Mr. E. B. Moore, Charlotte, N. C. Dear Sir?Mr. Day's article was accepted and printed during the absence of the editor of The Saturday Evening Post on his vacation: and without, he feels, sufficient investigation of the facts to warrant its publication. He Is consequently sending an expert west today to investigate the matter carefully, and should the result confirm Mr. Day's statements, we shall be glad to send you full particulars. Yours very truly, The Editors. In the course of a week or two the report of this expert was received. In a word, it shows that the article in question was a gross exaggeration and the statements given therein, which were considered so marvelous, were woefully overdrawn. The following is the report which was wired in to the editors: The Expert's Report. "Assertions of huge crops or good flour-making quality not justified. Adams only claim of proportion of two hundred bushels an acre is with an eighth of an acre patch two years ago. For last year admits farm average only thirty bushels. So far this year only twenty-five to thirty-five an acre. Offers excuses such as weeds and undergrowth. Not true that wheat has been successfully grown elsewhere. Misleading to say frost-proof for admits some injury by snow. Flour matting qualities uiiKnuwn. Auams wa? given experiment station analysis last year and told with it that milling test was necessary to show the quality with certainty. Has not had the test. The wheat in appearance is much like certain large course wheats not valuable for flour." Not satisfied with his letter of inquiry to the editors of the Saturday Evening Post. Mr. Moore wrote to the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, the great flour centre of the country, asking for information regarding the new Alaska variety. The reply which he received was to the effect that no such wheat had come into the hands of the Minnesota dealers, and consequently nothing could be said of it. The Fake Disclosed. And then hard and fast upon the heels of this came through the mails to various parties in the city and county the following circular from the Adams-Hobe Seen Grain company, of Juliaetta. Idaho, self-styled "the originntnrc nnd nmdiif>pri! nf Alaska wheat." boosting the wonders of-this marvelous variety of cereal which has, so the circular reads, "a producing quality almost unbelievable, running from 100 to 222 bushels to the acre according to the soil." Continues the circular: "Don't waste time! Start your fields to bring you big money. Thirty million of acres are waiting for Alaska wheat seed and it will take some time to supply it. For three years at least Alaska wheat will be scarce. So it is advisable to get your farm started at once. "The world will be supplied by the originator himself a limited supply only, to go to one farm, at $20 a bushel at Juliaetta, Idaho." Cash With the Order. And then follows the specific instructions as to ordering. Having aroused the ardor of the prospective customer by glowing accounts of mammoth yields, and impending riches, he is directed to observe that "remittance must accompany order," otherwise there will be nothing doing. These circulars are being scattered all over the country and numbers of them are coming to Mecklenburg farmers. Should they desire to divorce themselves of a little coin no easier manner can be suggested than to follow the directions of the promoters of Alaska wheat. Then follows an account of the "birth of Alaska wheat." THE PILLORY. Titus Oates and Daniel Defoe Both Suffered In it. In the year 1837 the British parliament passed an act that put an end to punishment by pillory. Previous to the conquest this particular instrument of correction was in use in England and went by the name of the "stretch neck." It consisted of a wooden frame erected on a stool in which were three holes for the head and arms. For days together offenders against the common law were thus exposed to public view. From historic accounts it appears that this particular form of punishment was meted out to those convicted of frauds of every description not only in England, but in nearly every country in Europe. In tbe days of the star chamber, when religious feeling ran high, the pillory was the ordinary punishment meted out to those who offended ; against the church. In 1685 Titus Oates was sentenced to be pilloried for five days in every year during the rest of his life. Another famous sufferer was Daniel Defoe, the author of 'Robinson Crusoe," who stood for three days In the pillory in Cheapslde. It happened on occasions that the offender died while undergoing his sentence. During the time of exposure the condemned man was not allowed to receive food of any sort or description. The last occasion on which a pillory sentence wt.s passed was in 1814.?London Globe. THE MODERN SOLDIER. Discovery of a Frenchman Suggests Return to Mail. A vCry sensational discovery Is reported from France. In a recent number of La France Militaire, under the heading of "New Cavalry Cuirasses," it !- announced that the movement in favor of abolishing the lingering rem r.ant of armor still in use in morlern armies has received a sudden check by the discovery of an unnamed inventor. whose ingenuity promises to restore armor to the place which it formerly occupied in warfare. Every school boy knows that the practice of arraying fighting men in coats of armor, which had culminated in the fifteenth century by covering both horse and rider with armor, received what was believed to be its deathblow by the general introduction of gunpowder, beginning with the siege of Harfleur. At present the showy cuirass which lingers in European armies, is purely spectacular, a showy ingredient of the circus side of warfare. Soldiers constantly assert that cuirasses will never be used again in actual fighting. They weigh seventy or eighty pounds, they cost $10 or $1.1, and they are not even proof against a revolver bullet, while as against modern rifles, they might as well be made of brown paper. Hence, as La France Militaire tells us, there was a strong movement in the French army in favor of abolishing cuirasses, both for cuirassers 1 Pllt Oondl'.'l 1 rip flfllH aim uiaB..u.io. ...... fet offered strong resistance to this revolutionary reform, and the cuirass was saved. It is doubtful whether ever General de Gallifet would have been able to arrest the abolition of the cuirass had it not been for the discovery referred to above. This was a discovery rather than an invention. Although its precise nature is still buried in mystery, enough is known to give rise to very interesting speculations as to whether, instead of getting rid of armor altogether, we are not destined in the next few years to see the reappearance of mail-clad men in the ranks of war. The French government has for some months past been making an exhaustive series of experiments as to the value of the new composition, and it is interesting to hear they have practically decided that the inventor has made good his claims, and that in the warfare of the future the new kind of armor is destined to play a very important part. This is not surprising if the claims of the inventor are really substantiat ed. It Is asserted that the new material possesses four or five times as much resistance as chilled steel; that it is practically invulnerable to rifle bullets; that it does not weigh any more than the existing cuirass; that It can be manufactured at half the price, and even if it should be pierced it can be made as good as new almost without any considerable expenditure of time or material. Experiments have been conducted which go to prove that the soldier provided with this new armor can exiiimcoif in thp ftrp of modern ri fies, at a distance of 100 yards, and suffer as little from their fire as if he were being assailed by pea-shooters. This is true, not merely of the bullets which are at present used by "he armies of the world, but even of the new bullet with which all governments are furnishing themselves in hot haste. The new bullet that has not yet been issued for use in actual warfare Is largely composed of steel, and its sharp point tears its way through iron and steel, against which the ordinary surface bullet beats in vain. The regiment arrayed in this armor of proof, and marching up to within 100 yards of the enemy, suffers no more damage from a mitraille of steel bullets than if it were marching through an ordinary hailstorm. Of course, everything that adds to the weight carried by a soldier de creases the mobility of the army, and it will he argued that the gain in invulnerability will be purchased at too dear a price if it were to retard the movements of the troops. But on the other hand, the experience of mankind in ages when war was the ordinary occupation of able-bodied men, shows that the temptation to cover the body is irresistible. Soldiers are always disposed to purchase invulnerability at the expense of mobility. It is obvious that a thousand men whom no bullets could hurt who could only march two miles an hour, could give points to vulnerable antagonists even if they could march at twice their speed. THE CRITICS. These Observers Were Wholly Personal In Their Judgments. "The critical faculty is rare," said an editor and critic at a Philadelphia art club. "It must be impersonal. But most of us incline to be wholly personal in our criticism. The fact was brought home to me at one of the exhibitions at the academy of fine arts. "Passing from picture t?r picture, I overheard many criticisms. Thus a lady in a rich gown said: " 'What a superb portrait of a young girl! It should certainly win the Carnegie prize. It is easy to see that the gown was made by Paquin." "A fat, red nosed man in a fur lined overcoat halted before a picture entitled "The Luncheon.* " 'This still life.' he exclaimed, 'is the most admirable 1 have ever seen. Terrapin, canvasback, champagne, lobster, even Perigord pie?ah. what a genius.' "'In this historical painting," I heard an antiquary say, "the costumes are accurate in every detail. The painter is a second Raphael.' ' 'That horse there,' said a young1 polo player, 'is exactly like my Podasokus. It's the best picture in the exhibition.' "An athlete uttered a cry of delight before a daub called 'The fJladiator.' " 'What shoulders! What arms!' he said. 'I bet anything the jury gives this painting the highest award.' "And half the throng, departing said: " 'The picture in the last room is the best. No, we didn't see it?couldn't get to it, in fact?but it draws far and away the biggest crowd.' " OKLAHOMA HONEY MINE. v o Oil Men's Discovery in the High Land Near Sapulpa. c Jerry McKay a well known oil man c from Sapulpa. related a very odd story t to a Democrat reporter to-day. It | was that of a bee sting resulting in j the finding of a gold mine of honey in the rock banks near Sapulpa. M. L. Kelly and John Chaney two prominent oil men of Sapulpa, are the parties implicated In the story. Mr. Kelly and Mr. Chaney started out Monday morning from Sapulpa to drive to a well they are drilling on the boggy land, seven miles west of Sapulpa. The men were about half way to the well when suddenly they were attacked by a large drove of bees. The bees swarmed about the buggy and stung the men and horses until they were compelled to seek refuge. They whipped up their team and drove to the cabin of an Indian named Watahee. Here they told of their adventure and had the pain alleviated by the Indian, who put some kind of preparation on their wounds. In conversation with the Indian concerning the occurrence they were told of the many bees in the hills and caves three miles west of Sapulpa. They did not believe this story at first. He said that the Indians around his cabin were getting gallons of honey In the caves every day. This set the oil men to thinking. That afternoon they went , to the place he told them of. On their way they met an old Indian woman who was carrying two palls of sparkling strained honey. This encouraged them. They came upon a big oak in the field. This had been hacked In several places and the honey was dripping from the cut in the tree into regular pools on the ground. They did not stop at the tree, but went on to the 4 ? riAnra/1 tho ronlf pUffa caves. /\s iiicj uoaivu i..v they could hear a droning like that of sighing pine trees so many in number were the bees. As they came closer they could see a kind of black cloud hovering before the rocks. There must have been fifty big swarms of bees around the rocks. Wnen they were close up to the cliffs they noticed huge cracks in the rocks, and large holes. In these the honey was dripping almost in small streams. There were some twenty buckets and pails setting in the rocks catching the honey. The Indians are said to break the combs of honey with sticks, and let the honey run out into pails. A pall will fill in two days' time. It is said that the finding of this great beer Industry by the oil men accounts for . the great amount of strained honey the Indians have been marketing. It was thought before that the Indians raised the bees. The oil men say that the sandstones in the cliffs are just saturated with i honey and a little piece of stone in a bucket of water will sweeten it. The discoverers are at a loss to know how the bees came to be there. It is said j by Indians and other old timers in this | section that about ten years ago an j old Indian who had a few bees was ? killed. It is thought by them that his | bees went wild and multiplied and in- t creased in number until at present , there are millions of honeymakers.? Tulsa Democrat. , 1 INDICTMENT OF ANIMALS. \ ] A D A#, a II ArJ J Jurispruaence ot ivhuuic nyv3 ??? ?> by Jersey Ordinance. ( Monclalr's new ordinance against 5 barking dogs has some resemblance j to a singular feature of the jurispru- . dence of the Middle Ages, when ani- i ma is were indicted for injuries inflict- j od on human beings. The cusom was ] not abolished in France until the mid- < die of the eighteenth century, and the French Court records show that at least ninety-two such trials took place between 1120 and 1741. ( An early Instance of the custom was J in 1214. when a bull escaped from a farm-yard in a village of Moisy, in f the Duchy of Valois. and gored a man to death. The Count of Valois, being ' informed of the case, directed that the bull be captured and formally prosecuted for homicide. This was done. | and evidence was given by persons .. v.,. coon iho mnn nltnekorl and ^ killed. The bull was thereupon sen- j tenced to suffer death, which was inflicted hy strangulation, after which t the carcass was suspended from a tree by the hind legs. In 13S6 a sow was executed In the square of Falaise for having caused the death of a child, and three years later a horse was condemned to death at Dijon for having killed a man. In 1457 a sow and her six young ones were tried at Lavegny on the charge of having killed and partially eaten a child. The sow was convicted and condemned to deatn, out me nine ones| were acquited on the ground of their extreme youth and inexperience, the bad example of their mother, and the absence of direct evidence of their having partaken of the atrocious feast. One of the most grotesque of these ' trials took place at Basle, when a farm-yard cock was tried on the absurd charge of having laid an egg. It was contended in support of the prosecution that eggs laid by cocks were of inestimable worth for use in certain magical preparations; that a sorcerer would rather possess a cock's egg than the elixir of life, and that Satan employed witches to hatch such eggs, from which proceeded winged serpents most dangerous to mankind. The prisoner's advocate admitted the facts of the case, but contended J that no evil intention had been prov- ^ ed and that no evil result had taken a place. Besides, the laying of an egg was an involuntary act, and as such ^ was not punishable by law. Also there 5 was no record of the devil having made a compact with an animal. The public prosecutor stated in reply that the evil one sometimes entered into animals, as in the case of the swine I Your Furnit r 1 v uy wi'pi v.l.l If li in 1 Willi's picti We carry the Largest niture in Oak, Mahogan Eye Maple to be seen i olina. Call and see i We can Save you Mc We Sell Pianos w. G. REI k'hich drowned themselves in the Sea f Galilee. So the poor creature was convictd, not as a cock, but as a sorcerer, ir perhaps the devil in the form of a ;ock: whereupon the bird and the egg hat was attributed to it were solemny burned at the stake.?New York Evening Post. I The Blues I You get them without any apparent I reason?nothing bad has happened and I still you feel that the world is your I enemy. An Inactive Liver I causes 'constipation and biliousness. I These not only cause the blues but are I thf rpni b^orinnincr of rrwwt by putting the liver in a healthy, active condition cures and prevents all troubles arising from disordered stomach, bowels and liver. Take an NR tablet to-night and rou'll feel better In the morning. Better tban pills for Hirer ills. Get a 25c. Box For Sale By THE STAR DRUG STORE, Yorkville, S. C. WOOD'S SEEDS. j[ Best qualities obtainable. II / miner ui o Hairy Vetch makes not only one of the largestyielding and best winter feed and forage crops you can grow, but is also one of the best of soil-improvers, adding more nitrogen to the soil than anyiother winter crop. Wood's Descriptive Fall Catalogue gives full information about this valuable crop; also ^about all other Farm 6 Garden Seeds Pfcr Fall planting. Catalogue I mailed free on request. Write / for it. / / T. W. WOOD & SONS, 1 Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va. i ?.S) IIIIMHT TO lilliHT /orkville People Receiving the Full Benefit. There have been many cases like the following In Yorkville. Everyone reates the experience of people we (now. These plain, straightforward Uatements will do much toward relievng the suffering of thousands. Such ;estimony will be read with interest by uany people. W. M. Mayfield, living at 119 Culp ?t., Chester, S. C., says: "I suffered Tom kidney trouble and rheumatism or several years, ana my sysiem swm-d to be filled with uric acid. At times [ was very nervous and restless and suffered Intensely. Finally being advised to try Doan's Kidney Pills, I procured a box and had used them but a short time before I noticed that the tidney secretions and become clearer. [ continued taking them and at present im feeling better in every way. The ;>ain has diminished and my kidneys lave become strengthened. I know Doan's Kidney Pills to be a reliable emedy and have no hesitancy in recommending them." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, NJew York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's?and ake no other. Goed Printing? See The Enquirer. Out of a Job No Money Charge It A Savings Account Would Have Told a Different Tale. BANK OF CLOVER CLOVER. S. C. W. L. Carroll. C. W- Carroll. CARROLL BROS. CHEAPEST AND ?BEST? We have on hand some Rubber Roofng that we will sell at a very low price, t is cheaper than iron roofing and >etter. It is in first-class shape. Call i md see us about it. We are ready to supply you with Jagging and Ties and Cotton Baskets. 5ee us for what you need. I CARROLL BROS. 1 ?_?______? ( ure Wants j plikd AT ! m stori. | ; Stock of Fine Fury, Walnut and Bird's ! in Upper South Car- ! us before you buy. mey. : : : : j = i and Organs. D & SON, I Rock Hill, S. C. i | Large Scat ? "Save you ? Save all W $5,000 a year is not too much 1 y is a man selling our goods, who a let him look for some other busines ? you cannot save $2,000. Accumulat ^ world, so that you can live better, d 9 quire a competence for a comfortab ? So said the general manager < f recently in talking to one of his sa It is not only the wage earner < ? come to whom the idea of savinj it In most cases the larger the incon 0 and the greater need to make adeq ? If you have not already adoptee it such as setting aside a certain an z and saving everything above that, X posit your1 savings in THE NATI X interest at the rate ot 4 per cent p V Ask today for more Information at 4 and putting it to work profitably. { | The National e k (ABSOLUTE ROCK HILL, S V J. G. WILBORN FOR SALE Description of the C. S. Whitaker place.?Contains 105 acres; 4& miles l'rom Yorkville, on the King's Mountain road; adjoining the lands of D. M. Hall, J. M. Stroup and others. One 2-story, 6-room house. Neatly painted. Good bam and crib; one tenant house; 3-4 mile of Filbert. About 80 acres under cultivation, 16 acres in timber, 8 acres in bottom land, not unHioot to overflow. Mr. T. E. Whitesides?175 acres, 1J miles N. VV. Smyrna, adjoining London siding, has one dwelling, 3-rooms, new, ceiled overhead, and petition. Two tenant houses, 1 shedded; 50 acres in timber, 20,000 feet of saw timber. Land lies comparatively level. Has branches, small orchard. Near New Enon, i mile of Canaan M. E. church. Has 1,000 cords of wood. Within & mile of A. R. P. church. Within I mile of London Siding. Has well, springs near each tenant house, new barn. Price per acre, $22.50. The A. C. Hogue Tract?50 acres, more or less, 6 miles N. E. of Yorkville, adjoins Lee R. Williams, Miss Mary Thomasson, Wm. Harrison, Jas. Connolly, and others. One dwelling, 5-rooms?new 2 years old. Good barn, well, good water; 6 acres of good wire pasture, running stream; wood scarce, 1J miles from Beth-Shlloh, 2 miles from Tirzah station, near Gettys and Hogue school house; land lies level, high state of cultivation; fine orchard, 2 acres. Price $25 per acre. Wm. Ross home place, 156 acres, lj miles of Sharon; a beautiful residence; Price $2,500. The residence is worth at least $1,500. A. E. Burns place?One tract, 119$ acres, 7 miles west of Yorkville, near Adair's Ferry road, joining lands of R. N. McElwee, J. F. Smith, 1 dwelling, 5rooms, log and weatherboard house, 2 story, one chimney. Large barn, all necessary outbuildings; well; one tenant house, 3-rooms, weatherboarded and frame, with barn. 25 acres in pasture, 10 to 20 in bottom, branch through place; 30 acres in original forest, pine, oak, hickory, 15 acres in old field pine; 40 acres in cultivation; 11 mile of school and Beersheba Presbyterikn church; near New Zion and Enon Baptist churches. Price, $25 per acre. R. K. Lowry Tract?One tract of land, 212 acres, 4 miles east of Yorkville, adjoining the land of Jim Moss, D. Beniield, J. B. Scott; one dwelling 18 by 20 with shed rooms, (3-rooms) good barn shedded; double cribs; has six houses altogether, with three rooms, they are new, and have good well water. Six-horse farm open, 150 acres in cultivation, about 20 acres in branch bottom, not subject to overflow, land lies level, red and dark, blackjack, (mulatto land), good pasture, 50 acres? li miles Delphos school?graded school. $30.00 per Acre.. 2(4 acres, b mues souin 01 loravme, joins the land of Robert Moore, T. A. Gwyn and others. One new 2-room house, one good 3-room house with barn and all necessary outbuildings; 15 or 20 acres bottom, 10 acres fine pasture, 75 acres or more in timber, 75 acres in cultivation; land lies level and rolling. Will divide this place to suit the purchaser. $2,700 will buy it, and it is a great bargain. At a great reduction, I will sell a new 10-horse power Gasoline Engine, a new 50-saw Gin, new Power Press, Shafting and Belting complete. 51 acres of land?the J. W. Sherrer tract, 2J miles of court house; two good houses, four rooms each, thirty acres in cultivation, 8 acres in fine bottom corn. This is a bargain, and a profit yielder. 79 acres, 5-room cottage, painted white, with green blinds. A beautiful 2 acre grove, (as pretty as the court house yard); a 4-room tenant house and horn nnw nil neressnrv outbuildings?everything in good repair. Land lies level; in high state of cultivation. The best small farm in the county. 36 acres in original timber; 7 miles Rock Hill, 1 mile Newport and Tirzah, 1-2 mile of A. R. P. church. The Joe Rose house and lot near Graded school on East Jefferson street 75 acres?Fort Mill township, 3& miles of Plnevllle, 20 acres of creek and , branch bottom; plenty of wood?$1,600. W. H. Alexander?91J acres, 3 miles from Yorkville. S. L. Brown?1 3-room house and lot, Filbert. 108 acres?J. E Castles land. 450 acres?Home of S. P. Blankenshlp, Flint Hill; also 210 acres, land S. P. Blankenship. 102 acres?$11.50?Butler Black. 60 acres?R. W. Balles, Bell land. Hna A.rnnm HwolUnc 1 qppa Int a Iqd 2 large lots on West Madison St?Mrs. W. S. Peters. The Shubert place: 32 acres; joins the corporate limits?$850. The Maria Co wen place; Joins David Clark?$200. 99j acres; J. R. Ferguson place? F'llbert. 78 acres, \ mile New Zlon?$1,200. 6 acres, a nice home; E. B. Mendenhall, McConnellsvllle; 7 rooms?$1,200. 127 acres; lower Steel Creek township, N. C.: $15 per acre. 151 acres; Dr. White, Miller Place; 4 miles of Yorkvllle. 235 acres; 5 miles of Rock Hill; rents for 9 bales of cotton?$4,700. 202 acres; Sam Youngblood place; J50 per acre. 517 acres; 50 acres of fine bottom land; 250 acres in woods; 2 story, 8room dwelling: 9-horse farm in culti- , ration: 6 good tenant houses; close to J railroad. This is a grand bargain? . 516 per acre. W. M. Whitesldes place. 220 acres, one mile of Piedmont , Springs; 7-room dwelling; 7,000 cords , )f wood; 10 acres cf fine bottoms? 520 per acre. A. C. White place. David Russell place; 121 acres near corporate limits. 125 Acres?a beautiful 5-room cot- j :age; good new barn?8 stalls; double J crib. Everything in good shape; 4 J ;enant houses; land lies well; plenty of ' tvood: Rethel township, 6 miles of Clo- 1 rer. At a bargain?J. M. Barnett. I wish my friends to know that I can j sell their iand or buy land for them ' Df.cier man mey can. I am prepared to handle any propo- ( dtion. { I call special attention to the 79 J lcres near Tirzah. It Is the best bar- 1 ?aln in the county. Must sell at once. Now is the time to make your trades. T Vou trade now, and make your pay- s nents in the fall or the first of the year. r J. C. WILHORN. Heal Estate. 1 le Saving! i r money. { you can. 'or some of you to save. If there # innot save at least $2,000 a year, h s. If you live up to $5,000 a year, J :e something and get ahead in tha 9 lo more for your children, and ac- \ >le old age or the 'rainy day.'" X if a large manufacturing concern ? lesmen. X ir the man with the moderate in- J j money regularly should appeal. ? le the larger the living expenses, X uate preparation for the future. 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