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^tumorous Department. Young Hadley Knew Why.?This story was told at Princeton the other day, while the trustees were discussing the renewed offer by William Cooper Procter of Cincinnati to ?ive half a million dollars to that university if the conditions to which President Wilson had objected were finally accepted. The application may be made by the reader, ,. ""me llllie sun 111 l-it-aiur.il 1......I.. . of Yale was playing in the hatnroonij the other day." said the speaker. "He had filled the tub with water and was sailing paper boats in it. By and by he was told by his mother that he must stop, because his father wanted his bath. He very reluctantly complied and went out on the pavement. A moment later a total stranger to the entire Hadley family came along, and the boy stopped her. "'The president of Yale isn't going to take his bath today,' said the youngster. "'And why not?' asked the astonished lady. " 'Because,' said the boy, 'I've got the stopper in my pocket."?Cincinnati Tinies-Star. After the Lecture.?The lecture was over, and the gentleman who did the talking strained his ears as he followed the audience out of the hall to gather in, so far as he could, what sort of an impression he had made. As he drew near the doorway the old gentlemen who were making their way out just ahead of him rendered a verdict. "Well, Rankside," said one of them, "what did you think of it?" "I've heard worse," said Rankside. "Did you think it was at all illuminating?" asked the other. "In an old-fashioned way. yes," replied the venerable Rankside. "I don't quite catch your point," said the questioner. "Why, it was illuminating, hut it struck ine as having more gas than electricity about it," explained the critic.?Judge's Library. Overheard on the Stairs.?A Washington man inadvertently overheard some tender exchanges between a recently betrothed couple, who, it chanced, attended some social function at the national capital to which the aforesaid Washingtonian was also asked. It was on the stairs that the happy pair chose to talk the matter over, and it was from the recesses of an alcove, whither he had gone to get his coat, that the Washingtonian proved to be the accidental recipient of the couple's confidence. "Just think, dear heart 1" exclaimed the young woman. "You pressed to me but twenty-four hours ago!" "Yes, sweetheart," <ame in thrilling tones from the fortunate man, "and it seems as though it were but yesterday !"?Lippineott's. The Motor Was Working Well.?A Canadian lawyer tells this story: A baliff went out to levy on the contents of a house. The inventory began in the attic and ended in the cellar. When the dining room was reached, the tally of furniture ran thus: "One dining room table, oak. "One set chairs (6). oak. "One sideboard, oak. "Two bottles whisky, full." Then the word "full" was stricken out and replaced by "empty," and the inventory went on in a hand that straggled and lurched diagonally across the page until it closed with: "One revolving doormat."?Everybody's. Non-Royal Headgear.?One <>f the attaches of the American embassy at London tells a story wherein Michael Joseph Barry, the poet, who was appointed a police magistrate in Dublin was iru* principal iigiuc. There was brought before him an Irish-American, charged with suspicious conduct. The officer making the arrest stated, among other things that the culprit was wearing a "Republican hat." "Does your honor know what that means?" was the inquiry put to the court by the accused's lawyer. "It may be," suggested Barry, "that it means a hat without a crown."? Harper's Magazine. In a Nice, Cool Sewer.?It was a hot evening following a regular scorcher of a day, and Casey and the family were sitting out on the front porch trying to keep cool. "Sure 'twas an awful day in the kitchen." said Mrs. Casey. "I have t' smile when I hear ye complainin' about the heat, for, as a matther iv fact, ye don't know what heat is." said Casey. "Oh. don't I now?" said Mrs. Casey. "Sure I'd change places with you any day, f<>r while I'm workin' over a hot cook stove all day, I'm thinkin' iv th' fine picnic you're havin' workin' down there in that nice, cool sewer."- National Monthly. Bewildering Recompense. ? Aunt Martha laid down her weekly news) aper, and, assuming a pensive attitude, addressed her husband. "Josh," said she, "I don't see how it is some folks Kit paid a lot of money for not lift in* a hand. As an example, this paper tells how a certain celebrated tenor was paid $1,ft00 just fer appearin' at a concert in Chicago!" "I've read seeh things afore, and they keep me a-scratchin' my head, too!" rejoined Uncle Josh, with a sigh. "Why, only a couple o' weeks ago 1 read where a well-known prize fighter was offered $10,1)00 simply to meet another fighter in his own taown!"?Lippincott's. The Major's Value.?(Jen. W. II. Lemon <>f the fJrand Armv of the Iteiuib li?- was recounting at a dinner at I.awrence, Kan., tales of the civil war. "Major Hunks," he said smiling, "was a pompous chap. The hoys had a g I deal of fun over his exchange. "It scents that on a very dark night a stalwart Confederate took the major prisoner. This fact, together with the prisoner's return to camp, was signalled to headquarters tersely: "'.Major Hunks. captured during night inarch, exchanged later for two plugs tobacco.'"?Minneapolis Journal. Cheaper Than Paying Rent. A California story about Mark Twain in the days when In- was not overburdened with profitable employment has it that a woman of his acquaintance met him one day on the sidewalk with a cigar box under his arm. "Mr. Clemens." she said, "whenever 1 see you, you're carrying a cigar box. Aren't von smoking too much?" "It isn't that." replied Mark: "I'm moving again."?K very body's. ittisfcltancou'j grading. FROM NEIGHBORING EXCHANGES News and Comment About Things In and Around the Country. Gastonia Gazette, July 12: Tlu- Williams Furniture company of this city, on yesterday filed a petition in voluntary bankruptcy, making a general assignment In favor of their creditors. The firm's liabilities are given as $12,fton to $ir,.ono. with assets of $?;.oon to tennn Mr ami Mrs \V Mac. Wll I son returned last Wednesday from a month's visit to relatives and friends in various parts of Texas and Oklahoma. While In the "Lone Star State." Mr. Wilson traveled more than 2,r>00 miles, visiting Galveston, Fort Worth and a number of the principal cities and towns of the great southwestern state. ....At Shelby tomorrow the congressional convention will nominate Hon. E. Y. Webl> for re-election to congress from the Twelfth district without opposition. In November he will be reelected by a large majority. The Democrats of the district will line up solid| ly for him The Gaston County Farmers' Union held a business session at Dallas Saturday which was well attended. Among other matters of business the Union appointed a committee to confer with a committee from the Gaston County Rural Letter Carriers' association with reference to selecting a place fur holding the annual fall celebration the first Monday in September. This committee is composed of Messrs. W. R. Carson, E. P. Lineherger and W. G. Rhyne. Next Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock this committee will hold a joint meeting with the Gas tonia rural letter carriers to discuss the matter of holding the celebration in Gastonia. On Saturday night at D>'las the county association of rural letter carriers will hold a meeting at Dallas for the purpose of definitely deciding as to the place for holding it. Rock Hill Herald, July 12: In this issue of the Herald appears the ordinance adopted l?y the city council last Thursday night regulating the snowing of prize-fight pictures In Rock Hill. Miss Edith Rawls of Yorkvllle, spent a few days with her cousin. Miss Lula Hahn....The marriage end wedding reception tonight of M as Ressle Starnes and Mr. John K< e claims the attention of a large majority of society folks. The event will take place at the bride's home. The ceremony will be witnessed by a limited number, but afterwards a reception will be held, which will, no doubt, be largely attended. The attendants will be as follows: Maid of honor. Miss Emma Riggers of Charlotte. Bridesmaids: Misses [ Mary Starnes and Rose Kee. sisters of the bride and groom respectively.... Mr. Walter R Rawlinson left Sunday afternoon for a delightful northern trio. In Charlotte he joined a party of 400 college men who had a special train to New York to attend the big conclave of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. The meeting will be held at the Waldorf-Astoria and will continue five days. When this is over, Mr. Rawlinson will spend some time in sightseeing and visiting relatives in the northern cities This morning about 8 o'clock, wnere tne cnariesmn division tracks across Nor.h Wilson street, L. R. Drennan met with a very serious accident, the result of which cannot lie determined just now. Mr. Drennan was driving the laundry wagoit and had gotten almost across the main line track when the shifting engine, coming from the direction of the coal chute, struck the wagon. Mr. Drennan was seated on the wagon and seeing that perhaps a horrible death lay before him screamed only once. His right arm is fractured, his right ear is bruised and his back is also bruised as the result. The laundry wagon was knocked down the track for a distance of fifty feet and the wheels and the lower part were broken into splinters. The horse, it seems, had fallen upon the track or was knocked there, but the engineer succeeded in stopping the engine in time to save it, but only after the hoof of the left hind foot had been badly cut. Lancaster News, July 13: Mr. R. A. Dobson of Gaffney, who at one time was engaged in the practice of law at Kershaw, is a candidate for the house of representatives from Cherokee county. He has the best wishes of his friends in this part of the country for success in his race The supreme court has affirmed the judgment of the circuit court in the case of John A. Bridges appellant, against the Southern Railway company, respondent A storm of cyclonic proportions swept through the Longsville section last Thursday evening. Fortunately the .r.r i 4 . n !??!**- ??| Uiv n IIIU ? Cl? * ? ?! I I I 1 l?-|| u> a narrow strip of territory in which it encountered no dwellings. The ham, stalde and wellhouse of Mr. Dudley McManus, however, were blown down, and many trees were prostrated. Passing through a body of woodland the wind twisted and snapped off like pipe stents trees from two to three feet in diameter.... Mr. Thomas Adams, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Adams of the Plat <'reek section, and Miss I'atsey Roberts, the handsome daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. 11. Roberts of I.otigsville, were married last Sunday morning. July 10, at the home of the bride's parents, by Notary Public \V. F. Estridge, in the presence of a number of invited friends and relatives During a severe storm in the upper portion of the county Friday evening two mules belonging to Senator T. Y. Williams were killed by lightning, on his plantation in the Waxhaws. The animals were hitched to a wagon and were being driven by a colored boy, his father, Joe Cunningham, being in the wagon with him. As the team was Hearing the lot an electric bolt struck a pantree nearby, killing the mules and shocking the old man and his son into a state of unconsciousness. Cunningham soon revived however, and picking his apparently lifeless son up in his arms, carried him into the house, where, fortunately, he found 1 >r. J. K. Massey of Riverside, who had in passing sought shelter there from the storm. The doctor went to work at once on the hoy, and finally succeeded in restoring him to consciousness.... The session of the Associate Reformed church has granted Rev. J. L. (kites a mouth's vacation. Mr. (tales will probably take August. ?Yorkville Knipiirer. How about the hardworked pastors of I?ancaster7 Here's hopin' that they also will be given a vacation. Gaffney Ledger. July 12: A large bay mare belonging to the Isaac Turner Furniture company, became frightened Saturday afternoon ami ran off a rock wall near the company store, breaking one of her legs. The animal looked pitiful as she was placed in a wagon and hauled off. Rather than kill the marc the owners gave her to Mr. Iterbin Jones, who placed her in a wagon and haub d her home. He had the leg splintered and swung up from thc| ground and at last accounts the animal was doing nicely, with chances of recovery The corner stone of the Cherokee Avenue Baptist church will lalaid l?y Orcnard lyulge A. l-\ & M. No. 1S6, Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. The ceremony will he interesting, instructive and impressive. Kvcry Mason in the county is invited to join in the corner stone laying and the public is invited to witness the ceremony News reached the city yesterday morning of the death of Mr. R. 11. Porter, a prominent planter who lives near Hlackshurg. Mr. Porter was about 40 years of age. Ue had only been sick about two weeks, and the end >>-< Snnilnv nIeliI the fntnl maladv being typhoid fever. Mr. Porter was the son of Mr. R. E. Porter of the Buffalo neighborhood. He married Miss Grace Mint/., daughter of Mr. John S. Mint/, who, with several children survives him. Mr. Porter was a splendid citizen and a number one farmer. The interment will take place at Buffalo this morning Dr. L. M. Harrison, who was brought to this city some days ago from Florida on the charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, viz: securing the endorsement of Mr. W. F. Brown to a worthless draft and getting the money thereon, was given a preliminary examination before Squire W'm. Phillips yesterday morning. The prisoner was attired in a neat fitting suit of blue serge and wore an immaculate shirt. His auburn hair bore evidence of not having visited the barber shop in some time. The prosecution presented enough evidence to justify the magistrate in binding over the prisoner in a $200 bond for trial at the next term of court. Harrison arrived here last week in charge of a special officer. He was placed in the county jail. Sheriff Thomas liked his appearance and decided to treat him kindly, so placed him in a cell on the lower floor. Friday morning the sheriff discovered that Harrison had sawed two bars of the cell and was to all intents and purposes making arrangements to take his departure without the permission of the officer. The sheriff promptly removed him to a more secure cell. He will in all probalillltv remnin in the keening of the sheriff until the next term of court. Chester Lantern, July 13: Mayor Hardin has taken the proper steps in issuing orders that the Jeffries-Johnson pictures shall not he allowed in Chester. There Is no good in them and it would only result in harm to somebody... .Miss Annie May Ferguson died at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Ferguson, near Raseomvllle early yesterday morning, death being due to peritonitis which resulted from gastritis. The deceased was only 17 years of age and was a student at Wlnthrop college the past session. The funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at Mt. Prospect church and the remains buried there The anniversary of the Chester Auxiliary of the American Rihle society was held on Sabbath night at the A. R. P. church in this city, the other churches taking part in the services all of them being members of the American Rible society. Rev. S. J. Cartledge, the president of the local society, presided while Rev. J. S. Snyder of the Raptist church, preached the sermon. The other ministers present were: Presiding Elder O'Rell of the Rock Hill district. Rev. R. M. Mel.eod and Rev. I), ft. Phillips.... Death early Saobath morning claimed Mrs. Martha Knox, widow of the late John Knox, at the home of her daughter Mrs. J. H. McDaniel, near Pleasant Grove Presbyterian church, death being due to a stroke of apoplexy. The funeral services took place at the house Sabbath afternoon and the remains were buried at Union A. R. P. cemetery at Richburg yesterday. Th-? deceased was years om ami wnn held the esteem and love of all who knew her. She is a daughter of the late Joseph W. L. Johnson of 'he Landsford community and is survive! by only one child, Mrs. J. H. MePaniel The annual barbecue of Post I, T. P. A., on Saturday afternoon at Murray springs was a most enjoyable affair. In addition to the members of the local post and several of the business men of the city. President Ed M. Wells of Darlington, and Secretary J. W. I?illiard of Columbia, both of the state T. P. A. were present as guests of the occasion. The barbecue was prepared by Mr. I. McP. Hood, a master of this art. Messrs. R. M. Strange and J. Y. Murphy having charge of the arrangements as the committee from the local post. Roth worked hard and faithfully for the success of the day. The barbecue consisted of lamb, mutton, soup, and the other eatables incident to such affairs. It was splendid and there was plenty for everybody. After the cigars were lit and the crowd had gathered around on the grass and under the trees, Mr. A. M. Aiken rapped for order. Fort Mill Times, July 14: The bridge force of the county chuingang has been at work for several days making needed repairs to the county bridge across Catawba river, near Fort Mill. The work is being done under tin- personal direction of County Supervisor Cordon and consists principally of repainting the structural parts of the bridge and the putting down of a new Hour Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Crook of the Cold Hill section of Kurt Mill township, suffered an irreparable loss Monday morning in the death of their 12-vear-old daughter, Eleanor, who had been ill less than a week. The little girl was stricken with brain fever on Tuesday of last week ami her condition was regarded as serious from the first evidence id' the malady. The best medical attention and the devoted care of the child's parents failed to | sici* i lie i u \ iii iii?* iiiau^iiaiii nver and the end came at lit o'clock Monday morning. The child was a member of Philadelphia Methodist church and the funeral service was preached by her pastor. Rev. Mr. White, Tuesday morning. The interment was at flint Hill Two hundred and forty dollars is the amount of a fraudulent check which was passed on the Savings Hank of Fort Mill on June SO, by a young man giving his name as J. V. Jones and his residence as Charleston. Jones came to Fort Mill with the Yorkville ball team on June so, and remained with the team during the series of three games here. He was a young man of pleasing address and wore good clothes, so when he was introduced to Cashier Mcacham by a Yorkville young man with whom Mr. Meaeham was acquainted he was extended the courtesy of opening an account with the Savings bank. Jones presented a check oil an Aslieville bank payable to himself and signed by "T. C. McCauley." Across the face of the check was written the words "monthly allowance," indicating that the drawer was accustomed to extending financial aid to Jones periodically. Jones explained this phase of the transaction by saying that McCauley was a kinsman of his. < ?n the day the account was opened Jones withdrew only a few dollars of the deposit, but on July 1 he withdrew a total of $ 1 oo. leaving a balance of $140. Before leaving Fort Mill in the afternoon of July 1. he asked Mr. Meaeham to give him a cashier's cheek for the balance. The request was granted <>f the number of questions which should be maturely considered by the voters of York county in selecting the members of the general assembly who are to be chosen in the election to be held on August 3ft, none should receive a greater share of public concern in de termininp the personnel of the delegatioii than the road question, according to Senator W. H. Stewart. During . the sessions of the last general assemMr. Stewart devoted much time ami thought to the law under which the public roads of York county are being built and repaired, with the re- ' suit that the county admittedly has 1 one of the best systems of highway l improvement among the many sys- , tenis of the state. But Mr. Stewart , realizes that the road law for York ' county is not what it should be; there < are imperfections which should lie remedied and which can lie remedied if the voters select a delegation to the 1 lower house of the general assembly who will co-operate with him in per- L fecting tht' law. "Of course. I am in-I teres ted in the election of the county's delegation in the house of representatives," said Mr. Stewart to the Times ' Monday afternoon. "I should dislike ' very much to see the time and labor I have spent in trying to give York , county a good road law practically ; nullified by the refusal of the delega- ' tioii to co-operate with me in the changes which may appear necessary in promoting the efficiency of the law. 1 The road question is of concern to ev- 1 erybody and the voters ought to know what the attitude of the candidate is on ' the subject before election day." ( i WOMEN SMUGGLERS. Some Feminine Tricks Played on the Customs. Women have been declared to be born smugglers?possessors of a turpitude that recognizes no wrong in de- 1 frauding a government. Armed with | arguments in defense of my kind, I prepared to discuss the question with the collector of the port of New i York, but at my first suggestion of our reputed delinquencies Mr. Loeb ; interrupted the. "That is an idea to which I will not , assent," he said emphatically. < "Women by nature are not smugglers. Moreover, the average traveller Is ' honest." I "Men are my authority for the statement," I urged. "Husbands, at any rate, are always telling stories of the cleverness and delight of their wives in outwitting officials." "I have heard them Joke," the collector replied, "putting their wives ( under the ban of an odious stigma. I For such men I have only contempt," ' Although, with his vindication, my own carefully prepared imp or argu- i nient was rendered unavailable, leav- 1 ing me In midair, as it were, without 1 the support of a leading rmestlon, It < served to call out the following story: 1 Not long ago a second-class passen- 1 ger came in who was known to have ] been the purchaser in Europe of val- I uable optical instruments, but he declared nothing and nothing was found ( in his baggage. In his party, however, j were two women, his wife and her i friend. Suspicions were excited and ' the women were examined. The optical Instruments were found concealed about the waist of each?heavy loads indeed to carry on consciences as well as on waist bands. The officials were in a dilemma. The man could t not be arrested, for he had not smug- i gled. The women had, but could they be imprisoned? Ono carried a , nursing baby, the other was burdened with a sick child. Consldera- ' tions of pure humanity set them free, j Had I not been bent on defending i women I might have told the collec- i tor a story in which the tables were more adroitly turned on an unsus- , pecting husband. He was a retired general, a martinet in discipline, and overscrupulous regarding even the ( shadow of laxity in the performance ( of his own obligations. "No smuggling was to be permitted," he told ' his wife, and before leaving Paris he , insisted on making a full list of every dutiable article in his possession. Unknown to him, she bought several yards of Venetian lace. How to hide it was a problem until she thought ' of ripping the lining of his overcoat and hiding the lace inside. She regarded her cunning as a tremendous joke, and to this day he does not i know how she laughed to herself I when, wearing that very same coat on the dock, he drew himself up to his full height and with free conscience pointed to a tray containing "all his purchases." No idea of anything so serious as defrauding the government had ever entered her frolicsome mind. In France distinctions are made be- ' tween the honest and the dishonest traveller, and during the autumn of 1909 the foreign papers published a t long series of instructions from the chief of the bureau in Paris to his ( subordinates, admonishing them to greater consideration and courtesy, c more discretion and the exercise of liner intelligence in the discharge of their duties. We American women find the customs law peculiarly oppressive be cause it is almost me omy iaw wuu which most of us ever come in contact. We go about our tasks at home, live out our days and die, without a thought of legal obligations. We are . proud of our freedom, too, when we travel, glorying in it, boasting of personal liberty as the very breath of our national existence, demanding, because of it, the overthrow of so many social traditions abroad that our less favored sisters on the other side regard us with awe and envy. Then we start home. One day a steamship steward knocks at our stateroom door, hands us the government's printed form of declaration and the "Notice . to Passengers." Suddenly, for the first time in our lives, we find our- I selves "bump up against" the law. I Some of us cannot understand it. We 1 tremble: our hearts beat. We have consultations with friends and Strang- ** ers. Blood-eunlling stories are iold. s We can think of nothing else, talk of , nothing else. \\ here have we packed J our new things, where our old? Will | they dig out everything? Will they ? believe us? Those little presents we ! have brought in are they presents un- 4 til we have declared them? And so on and so on until our last days be- *j come a nightmare compared with Jj which seasickness is a paradise. 3 Neither is there any man to protect <j| us with any of those liberal "interpretations" which stand most of us in * stead. We must go through the or- ! deal as we go through death?alone! j Some women are noble enough to 3 accept the law smilingly. "My father 5 gave his life to the making of laws for this country." said tin* daughter 4 of a distinguished senator, now dead, j "and my business is to respect those ? laws. 1 pay my duties gladly, happy I to do that much for the government b which protects me." Meantime, nthers of the honest rebel, though if we 4 are honest "we must obey," as the j old-time child-song has it. There is J no escape from the law as long as it stands. Sophistries tire not possible. 3 Tile law is there before us in black ^ jnicl white, inexorable, compelling. 4 To point, in a defense of our rebellion, to greater frauds practiced by those ' at which the law's administrators have long winked is neither fair nor dignified. This tiling only we can do? ? agitate the ipicstion if we will, urging calmly and soberly just and sutiicient reason why the law should he ' altered in our behalf.?Century, Why Trees Kill Grass. ?It is a mat- 4 ter of common observation that grass does not grow so well close to trees in the open. The same ' is true of grains. Experiments in this country and in England have shown that the deleterious effects upon one < another of grass and trees are mutual. The trees suffer as well as the grass and grain. This is especially ' true of fruit trees. The cause is ascribed to the excretion by the trees, on the one hand, of substances puis- ? 011011s to the grass, and by the grass, on the other hand, of substances poisonous to the trees. It thus appears < that the failure of grass to grow well near trees should not he ascribed to too much shade, nor to the exhaustion 3 by the tree roots of the food needed 1 by the grass.?Harper's Weekly. 'fi MAKING THE PRICE OF WHEAT. David Lubin and the International Institute of Agriculture. David Lubln, one of California's yreat merchants and philanthropists, ivas brought to America when a child )>* a widowed mother. He sold papers, learned a trade in the Ghetto of S'ew York, and at length went to California. There In time he established a great merchandising business and also founded the California Fruit Growers' association, which made it possible, through co-operation of the fruit raisers and the railroads, to place California fruits in every market of , the country. Then Lubin became interested in wheat, says Hampton's. When he had produced a crop he went to the | San Francisco buyers and got their price. "If I sell for that I lose money," he said. "Who decides that price for me?" The dealers shrugged their shoulders. but they could not answer his question. They knew that was the day's price, based on quotations from the Chicago Board of Trade. Lubin went to Chicago and was told that the Board of Trade received Its quotations from Xew York. He ' went to Xew York and learned that ! its prices came from Liverpool. He 1 went to Liverpool, and there found ' out who makes the world's wheat j market. He learned that a small group of ' rich Liverpool grain dealers controlled ' private systems for gathering crop j Information from the whole world ' and by so doing they controlled prices. ' They got the first Information about ' the world's crops, kept it to them- ' selves, made their prices according- ' ly, and speculated on a sure thing. j Lubin decided that what those men ' did for their own profit the nations ought to do for the benefit of the 1 whole people. He proposed a univer- ' sal clearing house of crop Informa- ' tion and he carried his Iden to one ; government after another, explained it to economists and at length King 1 Victor Emanuel offered the services of the Italian government to lay his project before the governments of the world. So In 19015, by invitation of the ' king of Italy, thirty nations sent delegations to a conference in Rome to develop Lubln's scheme into a practical working project. Lubin went as rlelee'ate from the United States. The Italian king set aside from his personal fortune a handsome endowment for this new international institute of agriculture In consideration of Home being made Its headquarters, and built a palace for permanent offices. The convention drew up a protocol looking to a treaty for cooperative establishment anil maintenance of the institute. That treaty has been ratified by practically every nation In the world. In January, 1910, the first normal bulletin of crop statistics modelled on the crop reports of the American government was issued from the Institute. YORKVILLE MONUMENT WORKS ' (THE OLD RELIABLE.) YORKVILLE. S. C. Monument dealers the country over ^ carry practically the same line of designs, and usually the customer must take not what ho wants, but the nearest thing he can find to it in the list 1 submitted. Or in other words he must take one of the regular stock designs and consequently gets a duplicate of hundreds ' r?f other monuments already erected ] and all exactly alike except possibly in ' the quality of the work and material. We make a specialty of giving our customers exactly what they want; taking their ideas and combining them with our experience we endeavor to work out an original design, which in . the completed monument reflects the taste and individuality of the pur- | chaser. If you want something above the average, let us make it for you. It will cost you no more than the ordinary kind. JOHN E. CARROLL, Pres. and Treas. ( Glassware We are now showing a very large ine of elegant Pressed Glassware in (ce Tea Tumblers, Goblets and Sau ers. Pitchers, etc. The line includes j he latest in stvles and in a variety ' )f sizes and at most attractive prices. Won't you let us show you? I T. W. SPECK, The Jeweler. NEW PERFECTION 1 Wick Blue Flame Oil Cook-Stove Ideal for Hummer cooklnif. Cut* fuel expenar In mo. .Haven labor. Ulvea clean, quick result "' hree Hlr.e* Knllv wiirrnn*' STANDARD OIL CO. (I m-urpural i*?l i H*+A *,**A **+A *>>*A ***A (W'+A *?*/"t"A ^>+A *">- * A *v"5*A !*A ;!. A Mone> | Clearanct 2 "W | Offers Substantial Bargai < * si'KciAii v.\i-rivs i: 36 Inch PANAMAS?Were r?0c and r.n inch SICILIANS?Were 7Tic a Y ,?<>> WHITK WAlfi'JI.NU?w as I DC :i lj ?f> WHITK WAISTIXD?Small figure? Now 8 I-S CTS. a Yard. LAWNS?Small Figures ami Small M a Yard?Now It Is Doing at 8 yf CALICOES?liES'l You will do well to buy calicoes ladies' melts? TIKH SANDS OF YAllDS M All inr KMHKOIDEUTES?Now Do .. All lr.e KM BltOI DERI ES?\ou All 2Oc EMBROIDERIES?N t% All 2r?c EMBUOIDKKIE> f& Rig line of VAL LACKS?Now < *?! * One lot of PERK LIXEX TOItt'HO: M LADIES' WAISTS? 4? LA 1)1 KS* SILK WAISTS that were jg LADIES1 LAWX WAISTS? Kmbroi Fetter tirades and a ltargain at $l.f? r? ;* BUY YOUR CLOTHi: .+ MEN'S IJI.I'E SEItfiE SUITS?$1: jt<s? They Do At MUX'S Lit HIT CRAY SHITS?Re Rut Xow They Do at ' *** A X I) IT'S Tl 1 K SA M K A LL Tl IR W 1 ^ THE KXIFE HITS C>1 + . ,itji i,t i\\ .SHOK'.S tnm w ore *.i LA DIRS' SLIPPRUS an?l ANKLK > IM a pair?An* Now <Jo|n?j al V LA PI KS LOW (TT SHDRS that w. i I * (Joiiig at 9T PLKASK KLMI.MItl.K THAI if C A S II ONLY?PLKASi: IM> \< ,2 LOOPS AT TIIKSM PKICKS. X< . J YOCIt DOLLARS COt'NT. LAY l> ,X MOXKY-SAVIXL PKICIOS?Till-: < 1 ' PRICKS VKISY LOW. k J. Q. WRAY, F+k>4 J"'1 in + >4 *H",4 K-4 { *>4 4 T+*4 Y+*4 Y+*4 Y**4 Ti-v4 M. L. Carroll. C. W. Carroll. CARKOI.I, BROS. CORNO Corno Chick Feed, Corno Hon Feed, Corno Horse and Mule Feed. Corno Cow Feed, Rock Salt?fur your Cows and dorses. Fruit Jars and Rubbers. Fresh Mackerel, Fresh Salt White Fish, Kippered Herring. Everything in heavy Groceries. Good line of Hardware, Ruggies, Wagons, Farm Implements, Lime, Shingles, etc. Phone us if we can sell you anything. or accommodate you in anything. CARROLL BROS. If You Should Be Laid Up For several weeks or months by rea?on of accidental injury or sickness would the income on which you depend for the support of yourself and family, or even for yourself, if you have no family, continue, or would it stop and leave you in debt at the end sf your disability? Do you know that statistics prove that you are more likely to have a claim under a disability policy than to have your home burn iU : xou uoudiiphm carry ore insurance, and you display wisdom In doing so, but you will be showing still more if you protect yourself against toss of time by reason of accident or sickness if you will see me and get a Disability Policy in the Aetna Life, the strongest and most liberal company writing this class of insurance. Ask about it. I also sell Accident Tickets covering any period from one to thirty days. SAM. M. GRIST, Insurance. THE Chalmers-Detroit AUTOMOBILE fs easily the best car built of Its class, it is the acknowledged leader at anyvhere near its price and one of the ?ure evidences of its superiority is the 'act that its builders are unable to 'ome anywhere near supplying the demand for Chalmers-Detroit cars. We lave just received another ChalmersDetroit 30, and will be pleased to have ill interested call and see this wonder'ul machine. Let us demonstrate its ?uperior qualities?Its smooth, quiet unning and hill climbing power. All oads look alike to the ChalmersDetroit. Be sure to see It. RIDDLE AUTO COMPANY. F. C. RIDDLE, PROPRIETOR. GEO. T. SCHORB PHOTOGRAPHER. Come to see me for satisfactory Phonographs at reasonable prices. See me about the high grade Lester Piano. This instrument has been fully tested in this vicinity for the past fifteen years, and has met every requirement of the most competent musicians. See me about the Lester. GEO. T. SCIIORB. professional Cards. . E. Finley. Hudson C. Miller, FINLEY & MILLER ATTORNEYS AT LAW YORKVILLE, - - - - S. C. Jmc opposite uoun ri<?u?e?mam 01. J. S. BRICE, ATTORNEY AT LAW Office Opposite Court House. i'rompt attention to all legal buslnesh ?f whatever nature. JOHN. L. STACY Surveyor. BESIDES doing Land Surveying In all its branches and at any time, I im also prepared to do Blue Printing ind will be pleased to quote prices on ipplicatlon. Address me at Clover, S. J. Phone No. 40. 1 t ly 3eo. W. S. Hart. Jos. E. Hart. HART & HART ATTORNEYS AT LAW Yorkville S. C. NIo. 2, Law Range. 'Phone (Office) 5fc. JOHN R. HART \TTOItNEY AT LAW No. 3 Iiaw Range YORKVILLE, S. C. *.*+A *,*+A ***A ??*+A ?**A ***A ??**A H**A ?M*A ?*+A ^-Saving J* ; Sale.... !j*^~ || y y SV V. J +* /A JL <44 ns to Quick Shoppers. ff V DltESS (JOODS ^ 6ftc? Now 28 UTS. a Yard. ard? Now 12 CTS. a Yanl. 4.4. ml Now 10 CTS. a Yd V* V I 1?Was 10e and 12 1 -2e?It Is Flowers?Were 12 l-2c and 15e ** 1-2 ("IS. a Yard. -4-4 r QUALITIES. <g.f Now ("IS. a Yard. 2*? From 10 UTS. Up. OF EMBROIDERIES 4? + | At 8 UTS a Yard. -4-4 (Jo at 10 ("IS. a Yanl. . . i?w (Jo at 15 UTS. a Yanl. 7,^ ( J?Now (Jo at 18 ("IS. a Yard, itme ti{j at I ("IS. a Yard. S? N LACKS?Now 5 ("IS. A Yanl. (JOOI) STYLES , $3.60? Now (JtdiiK at $2.25. 4.4. dered Fronts? Now 18 ("IS. ?? (I?Now (Join# at 08 ("IS. I^icli. NG RIGHT NOW. ** , 2.50 and $15 values?Hut Now 4,4. $7.50 a Suit. ?? ' gular $10 and $12.50 values? Km $0.18 a Suit. VV ' AY THROlTflH. ** UK SHOE STOCK .50 and $4?Ta Close at $2.98. ?? ' "THAI'S that were $2 and $2.25 KK $1.08 a I'air. Atf > re $1.75 and Upwards?Are Now $1.28 a Pair. * < r THESE PltlUES A ICE I'OK J* ?T ASK US TO UIIAKCJE ANY WJ ' >\V IS THE TIME TO .MAKE f/. i (JOOI) Sl'PI'LIES AT THESE fc?7, * jIHMIN .Mil'; -\.M? I nr. >,f The Leader. * ** ? Y**4 Y+*4 Y+*4 Y+*4 Y**4 YH *4 Y+*4 Y?K?4 Y-K-4 Y+*4 Y**4 ' Great S One Dollar 1 vjiiiiuicii a $2.50 Quality Now Goinj 2.00 Quality Now Goinj ^o Quality Now Goinj 1.00 Quality Now Goinj ! Ladies' and Mi $3.00 Quality Now Goinj 2.50 Quality Now Goinj 2.00 Quality Now Goinj 1.50 Quality Now Goinj Douglas Oxfords for $4.00 Quality Now Goinj 3.50 Quality Now Goinj 3.00 Quality Now Goinj 2.50 Quality Now Goinj Clothing for Men 20.00 Suits Now Going 15.00 Suits Now Going 12.00 Suits Now Going 10.00 Suits Now Going Boys' Suits, 8 to 11 year: Summer Underwear for I Silk Gloves?Both $1.25 Gloves Now 1.00 Gloves Now Woolen Dress G Embroi NOW HAI $1.00 Per Yard Qualities, ' .75 Cts. Per Yard Qual .50 Cts. Yard Qualities .25 Cts. Yard Qualitie: .10 Cts. Per Yard Qual YORKVILLE BANKING & Yorkville, Soi Screen Doors And Windows If your home la not equipped with Screen Doors and Windows, you are missing one of the real luxuries of your life?a luxury of comparatively trifling cost when you consider the many advantages of keeping the pesky flies on the outside. Our Screen Doors and windows are made to your order to fit your doors and windows; they are made of good material and will outlast any of the "make-em-by-the-mlllion" screens juu ever aan, uri us mem v. you an estimate on the cost of supplying your house. The difference in the cost will be greatly overbalanced by the life of our Screens. Phone us about Fly Screens. J. J. KELLER & COMPANY Wesson's COOKING OIL Has been advertised frequently, but have you ever tried it? It Is absolutely pure and tasteless, and far superior to Lard, although cheaper. I have It in stock, and for that matter have handled It for several years, both loose and in bulk, at 15 cents a pound, and a still higher grade in quart cans at 35 cents. It can be used for cooking as well as salads, etc. Helnz's Pickles, Beans. Ketchups, etc., are considered, and rightly so, at the head of this class of goods, but a little higher than ordinary. You will find them here. LOUIS ROTH. Get Busy The fruit crop won't last long, put up lots of fruit, fruit acids and jellies. They come in powerful good when you can't go to the trees, and will help the grocery bill like everything, too. it's easy when you use our Jars, Rubbers and Preserving Powders and Wax for Jelly Tumblers. I THE STAR DRUG STORE. THE BEST MEATS. (1 AN always be ha<l at the Rose J Moat Market, and you can also find here all Vegetables that are in season, \ Including Potatoes, Onions, Cabbage, I etc. Eggs and Butter. Fish on Satur- j days. I Phone us your orders. WALTER ROSE. Ar 4* 4* 4* 4" 4" 4* 4* 4* 4* At At 1 ^ Your L * Oppori A6 ? May not be very far away. It future?NOW. Start a Savings A< 4* steadily. When an opportunity ci At ^ Savings earn I per cent Interest in i At Vou can start an a.*count in a sni * The Bank of H Hickorv Gi 1) T T T T T T T T acrifice ! Worth Two. Oxfords. ? at $1.25 7 at ....... i.oo ? at 75 7 at 50 sses' Oxfords. 7 at $1.50 7 at 1.25 7 at 1.00 7 at .75 Men and Young Men 7 at $2.00 7 at 1.75 7 at 1.50 7 at 1 1.25 and Young Men. at $10.00 at 7.50 at 6.00 at _ 5.00 *?HALF PRICE. Vfcn?HALF PRICE. White and Black. 50 Cents Pair. 40 Cents Pair. !oods, Laces and deries .F PRICE. Now 50 Cts. Yard. ities, Now 37 1-2 Cts. Yard. i, Now 25 Cts. Yard. >, Now 12 1-2 Cts. Yard. ities, Now 5 Cts. Yard. MERCANTILE COMPANY ith Carolina. ERSKINE COLLEGE Has contributed some potent forces to the citizenship of York county through the graduates located in the county. ERSKINE COLLEGE Solicits the patronage of York county. Thorough instruction given in all departments. Two courses leading to the degree of A. B. THE WYLIE HOME Offers an exceptional opportunity to young women ready for tho FRESHMAN CLASS. Write for illustrated catalogue to J. S. MOFFATT, President. 54 f.t sept. 1. J. M. BRIAN COMPANY The Fancy Grocers Come and see us for fresh Mackerel, White Fish and Herring, as we have the choicest on the market. We have Just received a fresh supply of the choicest of Candies, so be sure and come to our store for it. Ask to see "Victoria" Coffee?with 5 pounds of coffee you get a Japanese china cup and saucer. Fresh Tomatoes in cans. Try.Harris Lithia Ginger Ale. We have Karo Syrup, Porto Rico Molasses and Perfection Syrup. J. M. BRIAN COMPANY. Kawls Plumbing Co. Wanted Al once two or three Plumbing Jobs for people who want High Grade, Snnitary Plumbing and Prompt Service. We advertised a couple of weeKs ago for two or three Jobs and we got them and have completed the work and ev- , erybody is happy. We are now ready for two or three more Jobs. Let us know when you are ready. 4 bawls plumping company. FOR SALE SEPARATEI Y or together at close figures, the Hood place of 140 aens ind the Gourley place of 135 acres, both In Bullock's Creek township. See or write me at Chester. W. D. BEWLEY. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 )av of ^ ? * ^ ** funity * T is a pood plan to prepare for the count with us?add small sums , V >nru*s, you will be ready. \our < * the mean time. iull way. ^ a?" ickory Grove, 4 * ove, S. C. fT T "V "f1 *f* *r T