University of South Carolina Libraries
jjlumorous gepartrarnt. Doing tho Czar. The Emperor Nicholas of Russia was once "sold" as follows: During an interview which Martineff, * * J QiinnPpH* ine comeatan aim imuuvi nau buw.^. ed In obtaining with Prince Volkhonsky, high steward, the emperor walked Into the room unexpectedly, yet with a design, as was soon made evident. Telling the actor that he had heard of his talents and should like to see a specimen of them, he bade htm mimic the old minister. The feat was performed with so much gusto that the emperor laughed immoderately and then, to the great horror of the poor actor, desired to have himself "taken off." " "Tis physically impossible," pleaded Martlneff. "Nonsense!" said Nicholas. "I insist on its being done." on its being done." Finding himself on the horns of a dilemma, the mimic took heart of grace, and with a promptitude ana presence of mind that probably saved him, buttoned his coat over his breast, expanded his chest, threw up his head, and assuming the Imperial part to the best of his power, strode across the room and back; then, standing opposite the minister, he cried in the exact tone and manner of the czar: "Volkhonsky. pay M. Martlneff 1,000 silver rubles!" The emperor for a moment was disconcerted: but, recovering himself with a smile, he ordered the money to be paid. Very Unlucky. Not long ago a certain farmer became bankrupt In the course of his ovamtnatinn hefrvre the official receiv er he admitted that he had been speculating on the turf. Moreover, he went on to explain that he had experienced what he described as "plaguy bad luck." "Did you know anything about horse racing?" the bankrupt was asked. "No," was the reply; "that's why I engaged a fellow who did to buy some 'osses for me.'" "And these horses turned out badly, I suppose," suggested the official receiver. "Very," was the reply, "though I don't blame the 'osses for that. They tried hard, but summat wor bound to turn up to upset 'em. They nearly alius ran second!" "How do you account for that?" "Well, sometimes they ran second "cos they'd overmuch weight to carry, sometimes they ran second "cos the Jocky had backed another and wanted 'em there, but more often than not rhev ran second 'cos the judge would have 'em there! Sometimes, again, they ran second 'cos there wor nobbut two 'osses In the race!"?London Telegraph. Division of Labor. "Got any work this mornln', Mistah Boyd?" asked old Billy Bulger, safe In the knowledge that no work would be entrusted to him. "No," was the response; and then, before Billy could ask for the customary contribution: "But wait a minute. Lawyer Phillips has owed me twenty dollars for twenty years. Collect It and I'll give you half." And the merchant, knowing how bad was the debt, winked at a waiting customer. The old man found the lawyer In the middle of a group of prospective clients and Influential citizens. Thrusting through the group, he called, in stentorian tones: "Mlstah Phillips, suh!" "Well?" queried the lawyer, mucn annoyed. "Mlstah Boyd done tell me that you've owed him twenty dollars for about a hundred years; and he wants to know kin you pay him, suh." The lawyer hurried to Billy's side. "You idiot," he said sotto voce, "do you want to ruin my business? Here!" and he thrust a ten dollar bill into the old man's hand. Back to the merchant toddled the old man. "Well, Billy," said the merchant, "did you get it?" The old man grinned. "I got my half, all right," he chuckled; "but you'd better look out when you go back to get your half? he's right smart hot over it, suh!"? Success. Posted on Music.?In one of the large music publishers' establishments on Broadway there is a man whose employment is to become acquainted with all the music of the day, both classical and "popular." When prospective purchasers are unable to enlighten the other clerks of the place as to what they want to buy, they are referred to him as a court of last appeal. "I wish to get a piece that has been running through my head ever since I heard it," says the distracted customer, "but the trouble is I don't know the title or the composer's name." "How doej it go?" Inquired the specialist sweetly. "Something like this: Tum-ti-tl, tum-ti-tl." "Ah, yes; you will get it at the second counter to your right. Ask for the "Pink Waves Waltz,' by Straws." And the remarkable thing about it is that he has seldom, if ever been known to fail.?New York Post. High Priced Horseshoeing.?Gen. St. Clair Mulholland, veteran and his torlan of the civil war, tells an incident showing the utter worthlessness of Confederate paper money at the close of the war. "Shortly after Lee's surrender," says the general, "I was a short distance from Richmond. The Confederate soldiers were going home to become men of peace again and were thinking about their farms. "One had a lame, broken down horse, which he viewed with pride. 'Wish I had him, Jim," said the other. 'What'll you take for him? I'll give you $20,000 for him. " 'No,' said Jim. " 'Give you $50,000." " 'No,' said Jim. '"Give you $100,000,' his friend said. " 'Not much," replied Jim. 'I just gave $120,000 to have . him shod.'"? Philadelphia Times. Just Like New York.?'The village sot Is going to plead emotional insanity as an excuse for robbing them hen roosts." "What do you think of that?" "I think his public spirit ought to get him an acquittal. Ain't we aiming at making Plunkville a metropolitan town?"?Washington Herald. pisrrltonrotts grading. THE NEW CABINET. Men Who Will Aid President Taft In Performing Hi* Duties. Philander C. Knox. Philander Chase Knox, who is Mr. Taft's secretary of state, re-enters the cabinet after five years in the United States senate, to which he was appointed in June, 1904, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Matthew M. Quay. Like most of his colleagues in the new cabinet, Mr. Knox is a lawyer and first came into national prominence as attorney general In Mr. McKinley's first cabinet, when he successfully prosecuted the Northern Securities case. Mr. Knox Is 56 years old, having been born In Brownsville, Pa., May 6, 1853. After graduating from Mount Union college at Alliance, O., he began the study of law in Pittsburg and three years later was admitted to the bar in that city. When Mr. Knox was only 24 years of age he was appointed assistant United States district attorney for the western district of Pennsylvania. After a short term In this office, howover, he resigned and entered private practice with James H. Reed, under the firm name of Knox & Reed. The firm became counsel for many large Interests and it Is said that Mr. Knox has received some of the largest fees ever paid in this country. During the Homestead riots in 1892 he was counsel for the Carnegie Steel company and directed the legal end of that famous labor disturbance. When In 1901 Mr. McKinley appointed him attorney general, Mr. Knox's participation in the Homestead affair caused some opposition on the part of labor organizations to his confirmation. As attorney general, Mr. Knox not only prosecuted to a successful issue the government's suit against the Northern Securities company, but conducted the case against the so-called beef trust, with the result that that combination was dissolved by the final decree of the United States supreme court. Mr. Knox has been credited also with having prepared and carried through the Panama canal purchase in 1903. It was shortly after the conclusion of the Panama purchase that Mr. Knox was appointed to the United States senate by Gov. Pennypacker to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Quay, and afterwards he was elected by the legislature for the full term expiring in March, 1911. It was at Mount Union college that Maj. McKinley first became acquainted with young Knox. Mr. McKinley was at that time prosecuting attorney of Stark county, and the acquaintance begun when they were both young finally ripened into the friendship of later years, and culminated in the Pennsylvania's entry into the second McKinley cabinet. It has always been understood that President McKinley sought to induce Mr. Knox to accept the attorney generalship in his first cabinet, but the offer was declined on the plea of private Interests. Mr. Knox is entitled to twice write the degree of LL. D. after his name, both the University of Pennsylvania and Yale university having conferred that honor upon him. Richard A. Ballinger. Four states may claim a proprietary interest in Richard A. Ballinger, the new secretary of the interior. He is a native of Iowa, having been born in Boonsboro in 1859; after practicing law in Illinois for a while he removed to Alabama, and in 1889 he became a resident of Port Townsend in Washington state. The next year he was appointed United States commissioner at Port Townsend and later was elected Judge of the superior court of Jefferson county. Five years ago Mr. Ballinger was elected mayor of Seattle, and when his term as mayor expired President Roosevelt appointed him commissioner of the general land office. As a practitioner at the bar Mr. Ballinger made a specialty of the admiralty and maritime law, and the position as commissioner of the general land office gave him a wide knowledge of the land laws and other important problems which will fall under his Jurisdiction as secretary of the interior. Mr. Ballinger's father studied law in the office of Abraham Lincoln, and his ancestors on both sides participated in the war of the Revolution and the war of 1812. He was prepared for college in the public schools and is a graduate of Williams college, class of '84. He is the author of "Ballinger on Community Property" and the "Ballinger's Annotated Codes and Statute of Washington." Mr. Ballinger is a Republican state committeeman for the state of Washington, and was a member ?f the advisory committee during the last campaign. ?ii JBCVD m. wibtMiiauii. Jacob McGavock Dlsklnson, the new secretary of war, Is the southern member of President Taft's cabinet. A Mississippian by birth, he is a citizen of Tennessee and as a Cleveland Democrat supported Mr. Taft for the presdency. Probably his most notable public service was as counsel for the United States in the Alaskan boundary case before the arbitration tribunal in London in 1903. He was an assistant attorney general of the United States during Cleveland's administration, and has been general counsel for the Illinois Central Railroad company for some years, spending most of his time in Chicago, where the general offices of that company are located. Mr. Dickinson is 58 years old, having been born in Columbus, Miss., in 1851. He is a graduate of the University of Nashville, from which school he has a degree as master of arts, and he studled law at Columbia university, at the University of Leipzig, and In Paris. He is president of the American Bar association, and belongs to the Chicago club, the Onwentsia and the Iroquois clubs, all of Chicago. Mr. Dickinson is the owner of the famous Bell Meade stock farm in Nashville. George von Lengerke Meyer. George von Lengerke Meyer, who goes from the postmaster general's office to the navy department, was brought into the cabinet in February, 1907, to succeed postmaster general Cortelyou. He was at that time ambassador to St. Petersburg, to which * 1? J tronoforro/1 frnm post lie liau UCEli liana.v.vu ...... Rome, where he had served five years as ambassador. Mr. Meyer is a native of Boston, in which city he was born ir. 1858. After graduating from Harvard he entered the employ of a commission firm, and some years later became a member of the firm of Linder & Meyer. East Indian merchants, which had been established by his father. He is an officer or director in many large manufacturing and financial concerns, and has always been active in politics, having been a member f t THAR'S MORE 1 THAN THAR IS I knowed a man, which he II Which Jone9 is a county of i L And he lived pretty much by C And his mules Was nuthln' bi And his hogs was flat as his c ? And he had 'bout a thousand This man?which name was I 'A He swore that he'd leave then Fur he couldn't make nuthin y And little o' that and his fer And what little corn he had, ? And dinged ef a llvln* was in i Ana ine longer ne swure lue i And he rlz and he walked to X And he hollered to Tom to cc V Fur to emigrate somewhar w iAnd to quit raisin' cock-burn And a wastin' ther time on t So him and Tom they hitche Pertestin' that folks was mig That 'ud stay In Georgy ther Jest 8cratchin' a llvln' when i Git places In Texas whar cotl By the time you could plant And he driv by a house whar ? Was a llvln', not fur from th< X And he bantered Brown fur I a ' And said that beln' as money Two dollars an acre would gl y They closed at a dollar and fl And Jones he bought him a ? And loaded his com, and his 0 And moved to Texas, which ? His entire pile with the best X To git thar and git him a lit! s But Brown moved out on the k And he rolled up his breeches . And he picked all the rocks f And he rooted it up and he ] | Then he sowed his corn and t Five years gild by, and Brow (Which he'd got so fat he w * Was a settln' down sorter laj To the bulllest dinner you ev j When one o' the children Ju C And says, "Yan's Jones, whlc 2 And thar was Jones, standln' And he hadn't no waggin, noi I Fur he had left Texas afoot To Georgy to see If he could! Employment, and he was a lo * Ble as If he had never owned a But Brown he axed him in, e ? Him down ,to his vittles smok Z And when he had tilled hlssel * Brown looked at him sharp ? ' That, "whether men's land w I Thar was more in the man thi of the Boston common council, an al- tl derman, a member of the state legls- & lature, serving as speaker of the low- a er house for three consecutive years. II Mr. Meyer was selected a member of s< the Republican national committee in c 1899, and on McKinley's election he c was made ambassador to Italy. He Is ? a member of the Athletic, the Somer- s set and St. Botolph clubs of Boston, p and among other business offices is tl president of the Ames plow company tl and a director of the Old Colony Trust h company and the Amoskeag Manufac- y turing company. Mr. Meyer is a 1 sportsman and an angler, and is known d as a crack shot. n George W. Wickereham. d New York's representative in the tl new cabinet is George W. Wickersham, v who becomes attorney general. Mr. c Wickereham is a member of the law c firm in which President Taft's brother, p Henry W. Taft is a partner, and he n is known as an expert in railroad law. a Although a resident of New York city, s Mr. Wickereham is a native of Penn1 c sylvania, having been born in Pitts- o hnre in 1858. He first took civil engi- h neerlng at Lehigh university, but later In entered the law school of the Unlver- h slty of Pennsylvania, from which he a holds the degree of bachelor of laws. \ He Immediately entered practice In n Philadelphia, but later went to New a York and associated himself with the b firm of Chamberlain, Carter & Horn- tl blower. A year later he became man- tl aging clerk of the firm of Strong & x.' Cadwalader, of which President Taft's c brother Is a member, and eventually i( was taken Into partnership. ci Mr. Wlckersham Is counsel for a a large number of corporations, among n them the Interborough railroad, and as b attorney for the railroads in the famous Chicago Traction case came Into considerable prominence. He is fond of tl travel, usually spending a portion of > the year abroad and is a devoted r, equestrian. He has a country resl- w dence at Cedarhurst, Long Island, and 0 also a home In New York city. Sl Charles Nagel. t Charles Nagel of St. Louis, the ne- w secretary of commerce and labor, Is r better known among lawyers and edu- jt cators than to the public at large, al- tl though he served as a member of the C( Missouri house of representatives and C) Is a member of the Republican nation- a al committee. He Is a native West- |r erner, having been born In Colorado n county, Texas, In 1849. He comes of Sl professional ancestors, his father, Dr. e Herman Nagel, being one of a family 8l of four brothers of whom three are ^ physicians and his maternal grandfath- c, er and great-grandfather were clergy- (3 men. In the height of the civil war a the pronounced Union sentiments of c, Dr. Nagel compelled him to remove <3 from Texas to St. Louis. Here Charles s, Nagel soon entered the St. Louis high s school. Graduating from there he took ^ a two years' course in the St. Louis law school and then went to the University of Berlin, where he took a spe- w cial course In law and political econ- u omy. Returning to St. Louis in 1873 v he was admitted to the bar and soon g took an active part In municipal af- a fairs. In addition to being a member of the lower house of state legislature, ^ he was for four years president of the h city council of St. Louis. Although he v has taken an active part In politics and ti has an extended law practice, he has c found time to give much attention to ? educational matters. He fills a profes- 0 sorshlp in the St. Louis Lake school; f Is a member of the board of trustees r of the public library, of the board of ^ trustees in the St. Louis law school: Is a r? momhop r\f tho hnor/1 r\f nnn t rr*l r\f the St. Louis Museum of Fine Arts, q Mr. Nagel, as the Missouri member of n the Republican national committee, v served during the recent campaign as r a member of the executive committee q and was in charge of the western head- a quarters. Socially, he has been active e in his native city, being a member s of the University club, the Commer- r cial club, the St. Louis club, the Round c Table and Country clubs, and also of f the Metropolitan club in Washington c city. a Frank H. Hitchcock. v Although the youngest member of b IN THE MAN I IN THE LAND 5 Ived In Jones. T ed hills and stones. I glttin' of loans, it skin and bones, I :orn-bread pones, acres o* land. e It also Jones? j i old red hills and stones Z ' but yallerlsh cotton, A ices was rotten, & hit was boughten, V the land. madder he got, J the stable lot, >me thar and hitch h har land was rich, 3, thistles and slch, I he cussed land. d up the mules, y hty big fools lifetime out, ^ ill of 'em mought J on would sprout ? it in the land. A a man named Brown y 5 edge o* town, to buy his place, 3 was skace, 5 It the land. # fty cents, t waggin and tents, y wlmmln, and truck, It tuck, 3 of luck, j :le land. ? s old Jones' farm, jf i and bared his arm, y rom off'n the groun', 1 plowed down, rf I lis wheat In the land. y rn one day j ouldn't weigh), I :lly, J er see, mped on his knee jjr h you bought his land." out at the fence, ^ mules, nor tents, X and cum L n't git sum T nlrln' on hum. J any land. tnd he sot J In' hot, ' 5 f and the floor, | ind riz and swore A as rich or poor ^ in thar was In the land." ' ?Sidney Lanier. tie new cabinet, Frank H. Hitchcock, Ir. Taft's postmaster general, Is probbly better known to the general pubc than any of his colleagues by reaon of the prominence he obtained as hairman of the Republican national ommlttee in the recent campaign. Mr. litchcock is only 42 years of age, and Ince he left school has been in the emloy of the government. He is a naive of Ohio, but received his educalon in Massachusetts, to which state is parents removed while he was quite oung. Graduating from Harvard In 891, he obtained a clerkship in the epartment of agriculture. Later Secetary Wilson made him chief of the ivislon of foreign markets, and when tie department of commerce and labor ras organized he was made its first hief clerk. In Mr. Roosevelt's first ampalgn he was made assistant secetary to the Republican national comlittee, and was later appointed first sslstant postmaster general. He reigned that position when the Taft ampaign was openea to taite cnarge f Mr. Taft's interests. Subsequently e was elected chairman of the Repubcan national committee, which post e still holds. During his first years s a government clerk in Washington Ir. Hitchcock found time to take a tw course at Columbian university, nd on graduation was admitted to the ar in the District of Columbia and iree years later was admitted to pracce before the supreme court of the rnlted States. Among other assolations he is a member of the Amer:an Economic association, the Ameran Statistical association and the .merican association for the Advancement nf Science. Mr. Hitchcock is a achelor. James Wilson. If Secretary Wilson continues to hold tie agricultural portfolio until next fovember he will have broken the ecord for continuous cabinet service, 'hlch Is now held by Albert Gallatin, nee secretary of the treasury, who erved twelve years, eight months and wenty-flve days, Secretary Wilson as appointed at the outset of the Mc[Inley administration. He was born 1 Ayershlre, Scotland, In 1835, and at tie age of 17 was brought to this ountry by his parents. He was eduated In the public schools of Iowa and t Iowa college. He engaged In farmlg and, entering state politics, was a lember of the 12th, 13th and 14th asemblies of Iowa, being elected speakr of the assembly In his last term. He erved three terms In congress. In ie forty-eighth congress his seat was ontested and the opponents of Gen. (rant, who was then nearing his end t Mount McGregor, used the seating ontest for a filibuster to defeat the (rant retirement bill. Mr. Wilson aved the measure by resigning' on the tipulation that the Grant bill should e Immediately passed. Franklin MacVeagh. Franklin MacVeagh, merchant, who .ill be the next secretary of the treasry, was born on a farm near Phoenlxllle, Chester county, Pa. He was raduated from Yale as B. A. In 1862, nd from Columbian law school, New 'ork, In 1862, and began practice with is brother, Wayne MacVeagh, but, his ealth falling, he abandoned law and .'ent west. Shortly afterward he esablished in Chicago the wholesale groery house of Franklin MacVeagh & ,'o., which for many years has been ne of the largest In the country, and rom which it is reported he has only ecently resigned. He is also a direcor of the Commercial National bank nd other Chicago corporations. Mr. MacVeagh is distinguished In ,'hlcago not only as a most successful nerchant, but especially for his active ?>rk in behalf of civic progress and Mo hw>nm? nresident of the Citizens' Association of Chicago in 1874, nd continued to hold the office sevrai years afterward, making it the intrument for many important political eforms. At the head of the bureau of harltles he added greatly to the efectlveness of that organization, and as hairman of the Municipal Art league nd otherwise he has been a faithful /orker for the beautifying of Chicago y extension of the boulevard system and in many other ways. He has also taken an active part In the work of the National Civic federation. Mr. MacVeagh was until recently affiliated with the Democratic party and in 1895 he was nominated In convention by the Democracy of Illinois for the United States senate. He made a canvass of the state, but was defeated in the legislature. He married Miss Emily Eames. SOMETHING ABOUT VARMINTS. Damage Worked By Pests That the Government Is Fighting. 'There is a pair of little owls over In the tower of the Smithsonian Institution that raises a brood of young ones every year, feeding them almost exclusively on rats and mice," said James A. Rice of St. Louis, to a Washington Post reporter. "This I learned from an attendance upon a hearing of the committee on agriculture of the house the other day. The committee was considering the agricultural appropriation bl!l, and Doctor Merriam, chief of the biological survey, was being heard. He told the committee of the investigations that have been made by his bureau. These two little owls, he said, in the short time they have Inhabited the tower ol the Smithsonian have destroyed at least 1,900 mammals, Including meadow mice, field mice, house mice and common rats. "It will be recalled that a year or two ago congress seriously consider- < ed cutting out the appropriation for | V.a malntAnonna A# tha hlnlniHAQl I iiic iiiaiiivciiaiivv v& vuv >/ivtvQivut survey, but although It was cut out by the house, the senate restored It. The story told by Doctor Merrlam, chief of that survey, to the committee on agriculture of the house, was the most interesting I have heard in a long time. According to Doctor Merrlam, there are 400,000,000 prairie dogs in the state of Texas and 210 of them will eat as much as a steer. These dogs consume In a year as much range grass as 1,000,000 head of cattle. There are millions of ground squirrels in the state of California, and these squirrels inhabit 2,000,000 acres of land, causing a loss annually of more than $2,000,000. "The state of Washington spends $25,000 every year in fighting ground squirrels. In Nevada the meadow mice average 12,000 to the acre. It is said that they eat $300,000 worth of alfalfa every year, and Doctor Merrlam estimates that the hawk, owl, weevil, skunk and coyote eat about 45,000 of these meadow mice dally; but, in spite of this, it has been necessary to Introduce poison to prevent the overrunning of the state with these pests. Poisoned earth was spread around promiscuously in an efTort to destroy these mice, but it resulted in the destruction of the hawks, owls and other predatory animals. The department recently has resorted to the use of poisoned alfalfa, and it , Is believed that this Is a solution of the problem. "TKa qvoro Co roHnn nf a hawk or -- - -- I owl, according to Dr. Merriam, Is fifteen mice a day." The Dark Corner.?The popularity of Zach McGhee's novel, The Dark Corner, is beginning to spread Into other sections than the south, and to be noted by other papers than the general press. The newspapers have been highly complimentary In their estimates of the story. It Is being even more favorably spoken of, however, by the educational papers of the country, which are looking upon it as a more or less professional work. The New England and National Journal of Education, published in Boston, is the most widely circulated 1 educational journal in the United States, and in its book review col- 1 umn in the current issue, it refers to the book, stating that it is of so much importance to the profession that it is considered in a special editorial article. In its editorial estl- ( mate of Mr. McGhee's work, The ? Journal says: "Zach McGhee, Washington correspondent of the Savannah News, has written an exceedingly interesting story on the rescue of a far-from-therailroad community through the skill and devotion of a schoolmaster. It is an educational novel with a love story, of course, for spice, but it Is a great story along the line of educational betterment for the improvement of the domestic, industrial, civic, moral, and religious interests of a densely dark corner of an intensely prejudiced and ignorant communltv "There Is a graphic portrayal of the curse to a community that comes from Ignorant school authorities; a senseless, bumptious 'professor' In charge of the little school; a bigoted j superstitious, conceited, Ignorant ' preacher, and a people easily preyed upon by political shysters. All this 1 Is given a rainbow effect under the ! patient leadership of a consecrated, cultured, brainy young man who was 1 willing to take the chances of los- j Ing everything dear in life in order to : become a country schoolmaster that he might use the opportunities there- : In for lifting the homes and farms, < the schools and churches, the high- ' ways and byways to ideal conditions. : Nowhere else Is to be found as vivid j a contrast of what prejudice and neg- ' lect do with that which cultured lead- ' ership and noble devotion may do. "No one can read this book and I thereafter be content to make teach- i ing merely a matter of petty school room detail." <?/A m Vs. \w The Best Fertiliz That the yield pf corn from the a' creased by intelligent and liberal feri demonstrated. Large crops of good c land well, using the right kind and q and proper cultivation. Virginia-C Fertili will greatly u Increase your yield per a In some cases remarkable results nave Mr. C. W. Caruthers of Sumpter cannot express the value of your fert of other companies' goods, that it wou brands, were they given free and put ii I say to be a fact. I made a test on the land your fertilizer and on the oth< izer, same grade; the land received tl / kept a correct account of the amoun and I got $joo more from the land on Fertiliser than I did off the other h corn from the land on which I usedyt Write today to nearest office of Company for a free copy of the new Almanac, full of the most valuable am planters and farmers; or ask your ferti Virginia Carolina Sates Offices Richmond. Vs. Norfolk, Vs. Columbia. S. C. Atlanta. Gi Savannah, Ga. q<x Memphis, Tenn TYPEWRIT SUPPLII STA' RIBBONS, CARBON FOLD PAPER, MA ERS, PAPER FAf Everything in R TITa n WA normrlnt* In fltAPlf PHI BONS (for different machines) A1 WRITER PAPERS of various kinds the same as desired, In different sizes In any quantity. We also handle TYPEWRITE desired in NEW OR REBUILT MAC L. M. GRIS1 Dishes Free * FREE?One Hundred Nice Dishes, a worth from 10 Cts. to 50 Cts. Each, ? to be given away this week. With every pound package of Coffee you buy we will give you ONE DISH FREE. SPECIALS FOR CASH. This week we will sell for Cash: Fresh Quaker Oats at 10 Cts. Plcg. 10c Bottle Olives at 8 Cts.; 2 for 15c. 25c Shlnola Brushes at 15c. If something for dinner should run out I have Cabbage, Turnips, Potatoes and Kraut; Also Apples, Peaches and Blackber ries canned, w To make pies for the little man. Come to Sherer's to get your Fruits, It's the cheapest place In town; If Oranges, Apples and Bananas you like, ha Be sure and call around. Old George can fix a Beef Steak up To either cook Rare or Brown, ?e: And can trim a Roast for company As can no one else in town. OLD GEORGE, The Butcher. A W Is your Printed matter a fair rep- ? resentative of your business? See H The Enquirer for the Best Job Printing. ? R. B. Davidson Co. a MUSIC 8 We want you to know that we are In the Music business for BUSINESS, and not pleasure. We want your Small Change that has been going in a steady stream to New York and V Chicago. To show you that we want PI your business we have Arranged to lin Handle and Now Have in Stock a mi Complete Assortment of Edison Pho- SA nograph Records?everything listed yo In the Edison catalogue. BI We are also showing The Complete Tl Line of Popular, Classical and Sacred Music published by the McKlnley Music House. We will be pleased to have you call and see what we have in Sheet Music, and will be pleased to 1 have you try any selection on one of our elegant FARRAXD PIANOS. , If you haven't the time, we will sell you a CLOCK. ? R. B. DAVIDSON CO. ? ./) i M W m. rers for Corn irerage farm can be g-eatly In- ^ tilization has been repeatedly ] ora result from preparing the uantity of fertilizer, good seed Carolina j zers I ere " of corn or any other crop. fl been obtained. r County, Fla., writes: M Words a ilizer. It is really so far ahead Id not pav anyone to use other 2 i the field. I can prove what v five acres. I used on one half r ;r half another company's fertiltie same cultivation every time. I / of money I got off each half 1 which I used Virginia Carolina J alf. I got four times as much j rur fertiliser the Virginia-Carolina Chemical , f 1909 Farmers' Year Book or I d unprejudiced information for , lizer dealer for a copy. I Chemical Co, a Sates Offices ? Durham. N.C. Charleston, S C. i Baltimore, Md. ? Columbus. Ga. j Montgomery, Ala. j QKrauannrt I A. ER ?S AND riONERY ["paper, maninuscript cov5teners. ::::: HH eliable Goods. i i I'MHI \ TVPRWIMTKR RIB- 1 *D CARBONS, and TYPEand weights, and can furnish i, PRINTED OR UNPRINTED IRS, and can furnish anything JHINES on short notice. rS SONS. ORKVILLE BUGGY CO. iTEBL Bluebird TURN PLOWS After three years of use, the ALL 'EEL BLUE BIRD TURNPLOW Is needed by all users to be the beet rnplow ever sold in this town. We ve them and the price is right. We have for sale a full-blooded Jery Milk Cow with young Calf. orkville Baggy Co. . .. .... - -. i Uiwls Plumbing Co. SEE DS NOW : IT E have an adequate force or T Competent Workmen to do jUMBING or other work in our j e. We can give you all the inforltton that can be desired about NITARY PLUMBING, and show u styles and prices of the LATEST, < SST and MOST APPROVED FIXIRES. < I COME FOR US or SEND FOR US. RAWLS PLUMBING COMPANY. Send the Enquirer your orders for mmercial Printing if you want the 1 it work. 1 .J' J?t II: : A fA ! Jrj- J Y* \i J. C. WILBORN ? FOR SALE ? 1ST YOUR PROPERTY WITH MB F YOU WANT TO gELL? I have more than 100 Farms of valous sizes and conditions on my list, nd can meet the requirements of almost any buyer. Come and let me now your wants. If not convenient o come,* write me your wants. I will U Ul/ uvai iv ouyyij juu. W. J. Engie Home?I call especial ttention to this, as being one of the nest small farms in the county; it iroduces a bale of cotton to the acre, nd has done so for four years; 51| cres in the place; level land; a beauIful, new 6-room cottage; fine new -story barn; good water; plenty of rood; everything in good shape; four niles from Torkvllle, Charlotte road. 8. B. Pratt and Pratt Children's Property?Three plantations, in Bulock's Creek township; this is fine and and in high cultivation; the lome Place has 125 acres; the others 165 acres each. One 15-horse power Ajax Mounted 3ngine; also a No. 1 deLoach Saw dill; fine condition. J. J. Wallace Land?38 acres, Jolnng lands of J. E. Plexico and J. P. 31alr. Price, $400. D. J. Fitchett Property?II acres, icar Clover, Bethel township; 110 icres. D. J. Fitchett Residence?In Closer. This Is very desirable property ind must be sold at once. A. E. Love Property?60 acres, S nlles Sharon; 6 acres in cultivation; 14 acres In original forest and saw imber. Price, $10.00 per Acre. M. B. Love Property?80 acres; S nlles of Sharon; all In original forest Price, $1,000.00. M. B. Love Property?91 acres; 8 nlles of Sharon; lk acres in cultlvaion; 60 acres In original forest; SO teres second growth timber. Price, U,?00. J. P. Barnes Land?106k acres; 4 nlles southwest of Yorkvllle; 12 acres )f wired pasture. John T. Feemster Property?80 teres; 76 acres in timber; about 10 teres of cleared land. Price, $$$0.00. Easy terms. 2S5 Acres?5 miles from Rock Hill; plenty of wood; rente for C.KOO lbs. cotton. Price. 95,000.00. Dennis Whieonant?Residence, at Hickory Grove, 8. C. Painted; 2itorles. A fine residence; 1 acre lot The Blaham Place?Two miles north of Sharon, f miles west of forkvllle; 111 acres of land; IS acre* under cultivation. Rents for 1,110 lbs. cotton. Very Cheap. Land of E. M. and Jas. E. Banklead?In Bullock's Creek township; 166 acres; from 260 to 200 acres In dpen land; nearly 200 acres of bottom land?line for corn; plenty of wood. 110 Acres?Ebeneser township; <0 acres in cultivation, very line land, rhis rents for 2,200 lbo. of cotton. Price, $1,950.00. One Lot?Near old C. * N.-W. depot; | of an acre, more or lees. 120 Acres?2| miles N. B. of KlniTa 2reek station; 126 acres of line tim>er; land lies well; near Piedmont iprings; lots of pine saw timber; over 1,000 cords pine woods. Most be sold at once. J. C. WILBORN. Virtue Rewarded Previous to four or five years igo the public, and especially In this section, had become saturated with the Idea that all old line or lecal reserve life Insurance companies "Were about the same." The opinion was not based an the public's knowledge of LIFE INSURANCE or the contracts Issued by the various companies, but on the statements of agents representing rarious companies other than the MUrUAL BENEFIT OF NEWARK, N. J. By reason of the severe trials through which life Insurance companies have passed since 1906 and the wide publicity given the subject, the public now knows that all companies ire NOT "about the same." During this trying period, because of the fact that during Its entire existence, coverng a period of sixty-four years, there had never been so much as an Insinuation as to its integrity or business management, the business of the Mutual Benefit has gone on Increasing each jrea.r, wnne me uuomcao ui unuv ww panies that have had their sins uncovered have suffered enormously in loss jf business, notwithstanding the fact that each of them is perfectly solvent and safe and as good as they have ever t>een. They are now trying to imitate the principles that have governed the Mutual Benefit for Sixty-four Years, and laying great stress on their changed ways, but say nothing of its having been forced on them. Don't you think It would be safest, so far as your peace pf mind is concerned, when you buy Insurance to insure in a company that has not a single act in its career for which either it or its agents need to apologise, and especially in view of the fact that it can and Will sell you a more liberal policy and at Leas Cost. Call or write. SAM M. GRIST, Special Agent. 9 grojtssional flfards. U/ W I FlA/lfi ?? ?? ixki i* aw ATTORNEY AT LAW YORKVUiLE . . .8.0. Dfflce Opposite the Court House on West Liberty Street. A. Y. CARTWRIGHT SURGEON DENTIST YORKVILLE, 8. C. OPPICB HOURS: 9 am. to 1 pm.; 2 pm. to 5 pm. Office upstairs In the Moore bulldog over I. W. Johnson's store. DR. M. W. WHITE, DENTIST YORKVILLE, 8. C. Opposite Postoffice, - - Yorkvillo, 8. C. JOHN R. HART ATTORNEY AT LAW No. S Law Ranee YORKVILLE. 8. C. J. S. BRICE, \TTADM C V AX I A \A/ ii i vnnk> hi ur??* Office Opposite Court House. Prompt attention to all legal business f whatever nature. GEO. W. 8. HART, \TTORNEY AT LAW YORKVILLE, 8. C. Law Range. 'Phone Office No. 68 s? ). E. Finley. Marion B. Jennings. FINLEY & JENNINGS, YORKVILLE. S. C. Office in Wileon Building, opposite lourt House. Telephont No. 126. CLOTHES OLEANIHO. I AM prepared to clean rentlemen's L clothes and ladles' skirts In a thornjfhly satisfactory manner, at reaonable prices. Work may be sent diect to my home or left at W. E. Feruson's store. Mrs. R. B. McCLAIN. (r/\ at"l?l<T V xiain xv A LL subscribers to THE ENQUIrl RBR on my club, who have not lready done so, will please pay their ubscriptlons to me or at The Enquirer fflce at once. J. H. BIOHAM.