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tumorous flrpartmcut. His Petitioners. The people considered the circumstance of their arrival and let it ki>, because neither Hilly nor Katie could read, not to mention so intricate an accomplishment as writing. Hilly became quite a character in the town, and because some of the young fellows liked to banter him and see him rage he imagined himself possessed of a widespread popularity, and de-1.1...1 I,.. .....,,1.1 r..v ?f Marietta. He told the hoard of elections of his ambition and they informed him that if he would bring 400 names on a petition they would put him on the ballot. Of course Billy could not read and when the first wag he called upon signed "George Washington" to the petition instead of his real name Billy never knew the difference. The next man caught on and within a couple of weeks Billy had the names of 400 of the world's greatest characters in history appended to his petition. With a flourish of triumph, the more impressive because Billy had purchased a new "ready-made" tie to grace the occasion, he called at the office of the clerk of the board of elections and left his petition. It was read at the next meeting, in the presence of Billy, who swaggered about among the spectators with a great deal of pride, until one of the members called him aside and said: "Billy, didn't you know that nearly every man who signed your petition is dead?" Billy hadn't heard it and he wanted to be shown. They took him painfully through the histories. Julius Caesar, the third name, had been dead nearly 2,000 years. George Washington was the father of his country, and so on. It was too much. Billy was speechless until in the midst of his perplexity a dawning light spread over his countenance. "Do you suppose them fellers was kiddin' me?" he queried.?Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. Judge Knew Her Worth.?The native with a stogie met the native with a pipe. "Howdy. Zeb?" quoth the stogie native. "Hear bout th' fuss down to th" court house?" "Nope," drawled the man with the pipe. "What was it about?" "Why, Jim Simpson has been suing Abner Hayler for allienatin' th' affections of his wife, an' Judge Musgrave told th' jury to bring in a verdict for 6 cents damages, 'caus he thought that was all the damage was worth to Jim. An' Jim's wife got mad an' threw a chair at the jedge, an' he had her arrested an' put in th' cooler." "But didn't jedge go a leetle too far when he fixed her value so low?" "Not at all, not at all. Y'see, he was her first husband.'?Cleveland Plain Dealer. Boy Wanted.?A certain business man of Rochester is of opinion that he has an exceedingly bright office boy. and nothing pleases him better than to tell how he acquired the youngster's services. A notice was posted on the man's shop window which read as follows: "Boy wanted about 14 years." A lad of that age, with little that was prepossessing in his appearance, came into the office and stated that he had read the notice. "So you think you would like to have the position?" asked the merchant, patronizingly, as he gazed at the lad over the rim of his sepctacles. "Yes. sir," was the reply: "I want the job. but I don't know that I can promise to keep it for the full fourteen ; years."?Lippincott's. Between the Courses. The stranger in the hotel plumped down his bag. "I wanter room." he said. No. 37!" rapped the clerk. "Second lloor." "Is it a good one?" queried the stranger. "Excellent! The boy will show you the way," replied the clerk. The stranger took up his bag. "Right-ho!" he said. "??h. I say. what's the eatin' hours in this hotel'."' "Breakfast." answered the clerk, "7 to 11; tuncn, 11 i<> .t; uiiuk t. .1 i<> , supper, s to 12." The stranger dropped liis hag again. "CJreat Jerusalem!" he exclaimed. "When am I goin' to git tini" to see tin- town'.'"?Answers. Something Like a Catch.?A gentleinan was strolling across a large estate when he came upon a man fishing. "What sort of tish do you catch here?" he said. "Mostly trout." replied the man. "How many have you caught?" "Ahout ten or twelve, sir." "What is ahout the heaviest you have caught?" continued the gentleman. "Well. I don't know the weight, hut the water sunk two or three feet when I pulled it out."?Chicago Journal. From Missouri. -An attorney was addressing a jury on hehall* of a prisoner. "f!entlemen," he said, "witnesses have sworn that they saw the accused fire his gun; tlu-y have sworn they saw the Hash and heard the report; they fall Hat: they have sworn that this hullet was extracted from l'ete Jackson's hody; hut, gentlemen, in the name of justice, I ask you where is the evidence that the hullet hit I'etc Jackson?"?Tit-Kits. Unhappy Monsters.?A woman passcii^cr mi a transatlanti)' liner bothered the officers ami captain unceasingly al'out whales. A hundred times a day she asked to he called if one was sighted. "Hut, madam," expostulated the captain. finally "why arc you so anxious ahoiit this whale <|iiestion'."' "Itecause," she replied, "all my life I've wanted to sec a whale liltlld.er." Success Magazine. How To Get 'Em.?She We have lieeii trying our hest to induce more women to join our Saturday Night dull, Iml without success." He?What is the initiation fee? She Two dollars. He Make it $1.!i\ and you will get more new members than you can a< commodate. Chicago News. The Utilitarian. "Hell., .h.hnm." said the village blacksmith, "I hear your paw has gone into politics." "Sure." "Ilow'd that happ< n?" "Well, my uncle left him a silk hat and a ITince Albert coat in his will and paw had to do something with tlieni."? Washington Star. ittisccllancoiis ^Uatlittt). FROM NEIGHBORING EXCHANGES News and Comment About Things In and Around the Country. Gastonia Gazette, September 6: Tin' many friends in this section of Mr. J. K. Ferguson of Stanford, Texas, will regret to learn of the death of his mother, whieh occurred on August 11. ....Soon the negro rooks will lie leaving the kitchens for the cotton fields. The annual migration will begin in about three weeks A 2-.vear-old child of Mr. and Mrs. S. <\ Waldrop of the Loray, died yesterday morning aim was nuricu mis iiiohiiuk "< m*Loray cemetery, funeral services hcing conducted at the Lorav P.aptist church at 10 o'clock h.v Pastor Uohinson There were at least thirty visiting rural mail carriers in (lastonia yesterday. They were royally entertained hy the home carriers. They were shown over town and all expressed highest praise for our town. They were greatly pleased with it and some of them were surprised at the evidences of progress they saw. We've got a good town: let's push it along. There were at least live men at Saturday's picnic in the Ilanna grove here who thoroughly enjoyed the day. or rather they perhaps enjoyed it more than the average picnicker and for a very good reason. They were Gaston countians who were hack on their native heath after many years' absence. That they derived great pleasure from meeting and talking with friends whom they had not seen for these many years was apparent. The fla zette man enjoyed meeting and talking with some of them. The gentlemen in question were Mr. George l<Vrgnson, aged SI, of Hillsboro, Texas; Mr. J. M. MeXair. of Little Rook Ark.; Mr. W. Rhett Johnson, of Jacksonville, Ark.; Mr. R. \V. Love, of Stratford, Okla.; and Mr. J. A. Y. Iv>ve, of Ohieota, Texas.... Mrs. Willie Lewis Kerr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Myers of Gastonia, and wife of Mr. A. Yancey Kerr, editor of the Caswell Democrat, died Saturday at her home in Yaneeyville, following an illness of about three months. With her at the time of her death were her father and mother and sister. Mrs. S. S. Pittman, till of Gastonia. Mr. Myers and Mrs. Pittman were in Baltimore' buying fall goods when notified of het critical illness and reached her bedside before death came. Mrs. Myers went from here last Tuesday. The deceased was 29 years old and a woman of most triable character. She joined the Baptist church at the age of S-years and has lived as a loyal and consistent Christian... .Notwithstanding the fact that the temperature was high and ih.it nianv farmers, deprived last week of an opportunity to pull fodder because of the continuous rains, were forced to remain on their farms to look after that important feature >f their crop-gathering, the crowd which assembled in the Hanna grove yesterday morning to participate in the joint annual celebration and picnic of the Gaston County Rural Letter Carriers' association and the Gaston County Farmers' Union was a representative one There were people front every nook and corner of the county. The spot chosen for the picnic was an ideal one, there being plenty of shade, an abundance of water for people and stock and all the space for hitching that could be desired. The committees having the matter in charge left nothing undone to make the day a pleasant and profitable one for all and the general verdict was that they succeeded admirably. Chester Lantern, September 6: The first cotton bale of this season was bought here Saturday by s. M. Jones it Co. It weighed 410 pounds, graded as middling, and sold for 14 1-2 cents. It was raised on S. M. Jones & Co.'s Henry place of which .Mr. T. L. Grant is manager. The first bale last year was raised by these same parties but was sold on Aug. 22nd, several days earlier than this season John .Mills, colored, yesterday sold a bale of new cotton to Jos. Wylie & Co. Th? bale weighed 4 45 pounds, was graded middling and brought 13 1-2 rents a pound. Mills is u one-armed eolored larnier on Chester It. F. I >. 2. who owns his own land and is a good hustling fellow, shown by the fact that the second bale of the season came from his farm. Last season Jos. Wylie & t'o. bought their lirst bale from this same negro on Sept. 1. It weighed 4t;s pounds and sold lor 12 1-4 cents. Possibly I am the only man in this county who was a schoolmate of C. C. pea I hcrstoiic. 1 knew hint intimately in boyhood days and have watched his career witii keen Interest down through the years. I never knew him to be guilty of a dishonorable act?on the contrary his intluence has always been on the side of good and I can say that C C. Featherstone, through the channel of his church and on the platform has sown the "good seed" that has already blessed and will continue to bless his fellowmcii throughout the coming years. He is a clean and capable man and will relied credit on himself and on his state if elected to the high ollice of governor. 1 would like to appeal to my friends in Chester county to give my friend and schoolmate, C. C. Featherstone. a great landslide on next Tuesday. Very sineerly, \V. 1). I tew ley. Lancaster News. September 7: As heretofore published in these columns, ttic act passed at the last session of the legislature requiring all hotels in the state, over 2-tories high, to be equipped with tire escapes, goes into effect on the lirst of next month A cottage on lite plantation, near Fori Mill, of ("apt. S. K. White, of this place, was struck bv lightning and burned last Friday. The loss is about $5tn>. with no insurance Fire broke out Sunday morning about t> o'clock in th< t'ity Pressing Club quarters, located on the second lloor of the Moore block of stores on Main street. The lire department was called out and quickly extinguished the Humes which had burned through the domain! were snreadiug along the ceiling iii tin- dry goods department of Hit' people's Supply company. The I>tiiI 1ing. which is owned liy Judge Frnesl Muiii'i', wiis iI:iniagcd several hundred dollars. :is was also the slock of goods of the ITopic's Supply company, the damage uf the latter being mainly due |o water from the hose. Mr. Itobcrt Heck ham. proprietor of the pressing cluli. also sustained some loss. All tile losses. it is thought, are covered hy insurance. The lire originated. it is lielieVed. I'folil all electric i I'l III which had been left oil a table with the charge on The many friends and nei|uaintaiiees throughout the county, of Mr. John II. Ihihcrtsoii will be shocked and pained to hear of his death, which occurred suddenly at his home in the (lakhurst section last Monday morning. succumbing to tin attack of colic. Mr. Itobertsoii was one of the county's best and most substantial citizens, a man of high christian character and a successful farmer. lie was a consistent member of tin- Presbyterian church The second race for governor is somewhat uui<|iic in that no issues are involved. The lii|iior i|Ucsti>in. which overshadowed i veryihitig else in the (jrst race, lias been eliminated, and it is tiow merely a choice between two men. Featheistone and I'lease. Colli are men of pronounced ability and str ing personality and are well known to the Voters of the stale, which they have more than once thoroughly canvassed. Moreover, the people generally are familiar with the careers of the two men. After sizing them tip ami weighing their relative claims to the high office to which they aspire, it is then up to the voter to say whether it is Featherstone or Hi ease he should prefer to see at the head of the state government. While recognizing the right of every man to vote its he pleases, so far as we are concerned we do not hesitate to declare our preference for Featherstone, and shall therefore vote for him. though he was not our choice in the lirst primary. Air. Featherstoiie's high Christian character. his hrcadth of mind, liberality of views, soundness of judgment as exercised in his professional ami business life, his disnilicd deportment all commend themselves irresistibly to us. I We confidently believe that if elected the states's chief executive Mr. Feath......i...... ...ill I-U-,. i., tin. i,i.|>itle an able. wise, impartial and eminently .successful administration. Gaffney Ledger, September 6: .Mr, Deliver Carson has accepted a position with his brother. Mr. J. F. Carson, the clothier and haberdasher At the home of Mrs. White, near the Limestone Mill. Miss Fannie Byers and Mr. Bud Bright were united in wedlock Sunday morning by the Hev. Pinckney Whelehel. It was a Gretna Green affair and was witnessed by only a few friends of the contracting parties. Last Saturday evening a strange negro went into Mr. T. H. Westrope'a jewelry store and asked to look at some rings. Mr. Gordon West rope got out three rings which the negro examined. He then handed two of the rings back to Mr. Westrope, who asked him for the other ring. The negro declared he had only had two and was so convincing that Mr. Westrope allowed him to go. Afterwards Mr. Westrope discovered that the negro had really carried off a $7 gents' imitation emerald ring. He was a young negro man and up to this hour had not been captured The election for state and county officers is near at hand, and I, as an old man, with many years' experience, and without prejudice to any one. and with no prospect or thought of any personal advantage in the election, appeal to you. the young men of this community, to stop and consider calmly and thoughtfully before you commit yourself. Your ballot is a sacred trust, and not a commodity to be disposed of for a price. Your franchise is a power given to you to use in the upbuilding and safeguarding of yourselves and your country. Don't let demagogues and unscrupulous men mislead you, and fan the liivs i>I prejudice ior mi'ir own n?-nish ends. He men and use your ballot to help elect men of known honor and ability, clean men. God-fearing and home and country-loving men who will help to uplift instead of tear down and debauch your government. The question of dispensary, local option. or the use or sale of liquor, in so far as the office of governor is concerned, has no place in this election. It is a question of the character and ability of men. who will either elevate and be an honor to your state, or a dishonor and a step backward and downward that will be a discredit for fenerations to come. Young men, for the sake of your mothers and sisters, and your father's welfare, do not let thoughtless and prejudiced men persuade you to stifle any impulse that lu;s a tendency to make you and your country better. You know right is right and wrong is wrong. Many unscrupulous and wicked men have been elected to office by the ballots of thoughtless men and then boast that they stand well in their own community. The country is full of such characters and to our everlasting shame we have helped to put them where they can do us. and our country is burdened with demagogues. You have only to read a good daily paper or reputable magazine to find that we have used the liberty of the ballot in many instances without thought of the consequences and today the country is burdened with demagogues, grauers and unscrupulous men who ought to lie in the prisons of our country. They are a vast deal more dangerous than the poor man. white or black, who steals a few dollars worth and has to suffer for his act. They override, overrule and set at defiance the laws of Clod and our country, and are placed there by the unthinking voters of the country, influenced in various ways by men who care nothing for the welfare i>f them or their country, but for self and self alone. Old men, for the sake of your children here and for the sake of unborn generations, counsel with our young men. educate them and guide them and let every act be to their credit. Counsel them to cast their ballot where it will help elevate them and their country, rather than to lower them, no matter whether the person for whom you vote is a personal friend or not, if he is capable, honest and a Christian gentleman, even if a stranger, vote for him and you can rest assured your ballot has not been wasted. The good seed sown will be reaped in the generation to come, the good name of your state, its best interests, and yours, are in the balance and you have the power to cast the tinal weight?for weal or woe. Which shall it be??An old Soldier. Rock Hill Herald. September 6: Rev. F. \V. CJregg, of (laffney. the recently elected co-pastor of the Presbyterian churches in this city, has notified the session of his acceptance of the call. \lr itenirir will enter iiliun his duties the lirst or second Sabbath in October. The lirst hale of new cotton on this market was brought in this morning by Mr. .1. A. ItaYber and bought by Mayor Uoddey. It weighed 616 pounds and brought 15 1-2 cents. The ootton ami seed together brought $1 12.SS I. ,1. Keller Co. of this city, won the contract for the erection of the buildings of the Congaree Fertilizer Co. of Columbia. The contract amounts to $:pi,iHui. At the head of the concern tire Leroy Springs, Jim. T. Stevens and others and they will establish plants tit Lancaster and lliirtsville Yesterday morning til the Laurel street parsonage, liev. C. I*. Carter performed tt double marriage ceremony, and the ltappy couples went on their way rejoicing. The parties were: Mr. A. A. Hassinger and Miss Mary Wilhelm of Charlotte, and Mr. \V. T. Coe and Miss Lake Mitchell of Crccnshnrn tin Sumlay afternoon. tlm two-months-old son of Mr. ami Mrs. .1. Humbert Watson of fJrecnville. died tit the home of Mrs. Watson's father, Mr. Foster Wood, on West Main street. Mrs. Watson, who was Miss Vista Wood of this city, came here two weeks ago in hopes that the change would hem-lit the little one but it grew steadily worse and passed away .as stated above. Funeral services were conducted at the home yesterday afternoon and interment was in Laiirelwood. The bereaved young parents have the sympathy of every one The regular monthly meeting of the city council was held last night at vl5 with Mayor Uoddey and all the aldermen present. The minutes of the former meeting were read and approved. Mrs. A. J. I'a Hard was present and renewed her request for a refund of the line of $.",n on her busband which she bad paid several months ago. After hearing a full statement of the situation a motion was made and carried to sustain the Connor action of council ami the re?iui*st was refused. Mr. W. II. Punlap was present and asked council to pay Mr. \V. .1. f'lierry his hill of $1<i0 according to the decision of the magistrate's court, as the city attorney had failed to make an appeal to the superior court within the legal limit. After hearing eoiillicting statements as to the correct status of the case, a motion was adopted appointing Messrs. Miller. Stevens and Lineherger a cominittee to investigate. Fort Mill Times. September 8: 1 uiring the last week the Kort Mill basehall team twice took the measure of l.owell, N. ('. The games were played Wednesday ami Thursday afternoon ami the home Imvs won hoth of tin m. thoeriior Kitchen of North Carolina. has granted a eomlitional pardon to ('has. It. Kiinhfell. who was eonvieted at iIn- February. 1 ! <?! . term of the superior court of Mecklenburg county of assaulting his brother-inlaw. ('has. Thomas, with a deadly weapon. for which lie was lined ?.* "" and given two years imprisonment. Kimbre|I formerly lived in Kort Mill (ownship....The status of three assistant postmasters in York county, those of the |-'ort Mill. I lock Hill and Yorkville i diet S. will be affected if the ordc|* which President Tuft is contemplating of placing all assistant postmasters ol presidential otlices under the civ il cervice j.s issued. It is stated that the matter will be disposed of shortly af tor the president returns t<> Washington from Iteverly, Mass., on September 21 After an illness of several weeks, Mrs. Nettie Harris, wife of Mr. John Harris, died at her hone.' in the Millfort mill village Thursday night and the interment was in the town eenieter.v Friday afternoon. Mrs. Harris was 2"> years of age and was a member of the Methodist ehureh. Sinwas a daughter of Mr. H. W. I'.laekwelder and was reared iu this coinmunity uue form of lawlessness too prevalent in Kurt Mill to please those who appreciate order and due resneet for the safety of the community is the practice of discharging firearms in I town sifter nightfall. Tuesday evening I la shotgun was fired within a stone's I throw of the Presbyterian church while services were in progress, tnueh to the annoyance of the worshippers, many of whom were frightened by the unexpected and inexcusable report Large and interesting congregations are attending the special services which arc in progress at the Fort Mill Presbyterian church, and the Rev. Mr. tlillespie of Yorkville, who is assisting in the meeting, has won a place in the hearts of all who have heard him by his eloquence and foreefulness. The meeting will be concluded with the sermon Sunday evening, after communion services in the forenoon.... During the last ten days there has been considerable interest manifested in the proposition to organize a cotton ginning company in Fort Mill, and practically the entire amount of capital necessary to begin operations has been subscrioed. There is one obstacle in the way of the organization of the company, however, and that is given bv one of the promoters as the excessive rate which the Southern Power company asks for power to operate the outfit. 40 cents per bale. This rate is considered prohibitive by the promoters of thi* company and there is talk if installing a steam power plant with which to run the gins. Nothing definite is yet determined upon as to the organization of the company, but the undertaking has not been abandoned and it may be that it will be perfected within the week. It is stated that not more than lifteen days will be repaired to put up the buildings and have the ginnery in operation... .The 1 ft 1 fl-' 11 session of the Fort Mill graded school opened Monday morning with an enrollment of lsfl pupils. The exercises of the day were begun with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Gillespie of v..ii; villi- nfier which an address was delivered t<> the pupils by the Rev. Mr. Hair of (ho Fori Mill Raptist church. All of (ho tcachors repor(c<l for duty and (ho principal par( of the day's exercises wore devoted to assigning (he pupils to the various grades The hardest rain of the year in Fort Mill foil Thursday afternoon. The rain began at ILIA and lasted until 0..10 and came down in such volumes as to Hood (he streets and the yards of many homos, in the country considerable damage was done corn and cotton in low places and a number of small bridges wore washed away or removed from their foundations. The second heavy rain of the week fell Friday afternoon, but it did loss damago than the rain of the preceding day. PRIVATE JOHN ALLEN TALKS. Don't Take Office If You Can Earn a Living, He Says. Private John Allen of Tupelo. Miss., who for sixteen years kept congress awake and convulsed the galleries in the house, and then did the Cincinnatus act, is at the Waldrof for a few days and the lobby of the hotel has been crowded with southerners and others ever since he arrived. It was a hard matter to come up with the excongressman yesterday, for there were so many friends that wanted to see him and ask about that story about the "transfers" which Mr. Allen got off I iii St. I^uis several monins ago, or some of the others equally as good. fur as a story teller and wit Private Allen is still in the ring. A hunch of men from Alabama and Mississippi were gathered about him yesterday afternoon, and one was tell"ng a story about having some **112 proof" with the ex-congressman upon one occasion. "I never carry a gauge about with mo." he remarked, "but you fellows will give a wrong impression about me bore in New York. ' l)o you know for years the brightest newspaper paragrapher in Washington was a close friend of mine? I used to live at the old Chamberlain in those days, and every night promptly at midnight that fellow used to come around as regularly as clockwork and sit and take something until half past three. I calculated that he tool; up just a year of my time by actual measurement. Well, he died. His example made a great impression upon me, and I have profited by it. No. thanks; but I'll go watch you boys. "There has been some misunderstanding as to how 1 was dubbed 'Private.'" the owner of the title went on in answer to a question. "Some people think that it was because 1 was the only Confederate soldier, who after the war did not call himself general, a colonel, or at least major. The fact is the title was the result of a political speech 1 once made. My opponent was a brigadier-general, a real one, and be made a speech telling how the country thereabouts recalled a famous battle that had taken place there and how the night before he had slept in his tent on that field. When 1 got up io speak I emphasized what he had ill :iIiihit the battlefield and went on t<> recall how it was a terribly cold and sleety night, and how the poor pickets strode hack and forth oil duty till night. "'And I am sure, gentlemen.' I continued. 'tliat those of yoll who wore there will vote for Private John Allen, who was on picket duty there that ninth! and helped to keep the Yankees from Rett inn; you and the general who was sleeping in his tent." "Our country," said Mr. Allen, outing hack to the present, "is the best in Mississippi, and we raise cotton. it was pretty Moody there from the middle of June until the middle of July, and it looked like ruin for the crop, hut during the last three or four weeks tlx- cotton has come out till right and we shall make more cotton than last year. "hand is higher in our county than in any other in the stale. The south in fact is all looking up very much, and I tell you that in the south you are going to see more development in the next ten years than in any other part of tile country. The people | used to represent in congress arc much better off now than I ever hoped to see tlicin in my lifetime. Why the south is raising the best corn crop in many years, for years it has been spending a heap of money for corn. A good corn crop makes a good hog crop. As for wheat. Mississippi does not go in for that, hut I saw a statement the other day that this year's wheat crop down there Would be filMI.IHIII hlishcls. We'll Sooll get back to wheat growing, hut the trouble down there is that there are no Hour mills. In politics the principal interest ilowii ihi*r?* imw renins in tin* senatorial elerli?ni, whieli ilorsn'l come off 11111 iI iK*\t year, lliiwi'Vi'i', ilu> campaign is being :mliri|>;il"(l I<y Messrs. Alexander and I'erey Mini l>y e.x-tJoV. Vardaiiiaii. In my opinion I'erey, wlm is iuhv tilling I lie unexpired term of I lie late Senator Mel.anreii, will be ele. led. lie is a line, aide, eleaii man." "Mas I lie idea of going ba< n n? political life ev<r appealed to yon'. "No, sir," said I'rivale Allen emphatically. "I had sixteen years of congress and nothing would indiiee nv to hold any poliiieal otliee again. I made up my mind mi llie snh.jeei and returned voluntarily to private life. It is a step that I have never regretted. I have had a better time, less trouble and have prospered more, and on the whole have been happier out than in polities. Why should a man who likes to have I lie best time he can complicate his life with polities? < ?f course I admit that somebody has to till the olliecs. sitnl I wouldn't think of throwing cold water upon political aspirations and ambitions, but in my own judgment so far as a mail's general welfare and happiness are concerned ! would never recommend polities m anvhodv. A liolilic.nl otliee will do very well lor a man \vln> has im oth<r way of making money ami who hasn't any. <>r for a man who has so much ?<l' this worhl's goods that lie is simply looking lor a pastime ami a way to net riil of what lie has. I'.nt for a man who ran make money at anything else no. "They are talking a I deal down my way about the next presidential election," said Private Allen ill answer to a question. "Harmon seems to lie the man to whom our people are looking with more favor than anybody else. It is true that since that crank shot him. Mayor (Jaynor has come into a threat deal of notice, of course, the elections this fall will have a good deal to do with prospects, and if Judge Harmon carries his state he will look like "It" to our people down Solltll. "Yes, there is some talk about the high cost of living down my way, but the southern people are not altogether dependent on others for a living. There are fewer large cities, and our people, being more rural than tney are up north, for the most part raise what they use for food, so that the higher cost of living doesn't make such an impression down there as it does up here, where the population is congested and everybody has to buy what lie eats. "There is a progressive spirit abroad in our state, which reminds me of a conversation I heard just before leaving home. Two of the negro servants had just come back from a big funeral near by. "'Was it much of a funeral?' my sister asked them. " 'Lawd, yes, missy,' replied one of them. 'Why, dah was moh shoutin' an' hallelujahin' ovah dat cohpse dan Ah evah seen at a revival.' " 'But why the noise? 1 should think at a funeral everything would have been quiet and sober.' " 'Lawd, no, missy. Don't de good Book say *Yuh mus' not squlnch de sperrit?' " "Tell that story about the transfers," suggested one of the party. "Well, 1 happened to tell it because the man who got up the dinner to President Taft in St. Louis was a street railway man. There were two darkies who were discussing the difference in the way the negro and the white man got along, and one of them said, 'Ah tell yuh what Eph'm, dah's a lot in dis heah transfer bus'ness. l)e white man undahstan's it, but de niggah don't. " 'Yuh see, de niggah done givo a note to de stohkeeper, an' de stohkeepah he write somep'n on it, an' give it to de commission man. De commission man he write somep'n on it, and give it to de bank. P'haps de bank give it to anothah bank. Now all dem white folks don't do nothin' an' de poll niggah is de only one what hn? tn nnv ' "That reminds mo of a negro who called in at the ticket office in Atlanta and asked what would* he the price of a ticket to Birmingham. 'Five dollars," he was told. "'An' what would he do price of a ticket foh a cohpse to Burnin'ham?' he inquired. Negroes always call Birmingham 'Burin'ham' from the odor and the smoke, it is supposed. 'Same price, $5,' was the reply. " 'The negr<? thought a moment. Then, 'An' what is the price of a round trip ticket foh a live pusson to Burnin'ham?' " 'Nine dollars and forty cents.' "An' what would you hahge foh a cohpse, roun' trip ticket foh a cohpse?' " 'Same as for a live person,* said the agent. 'Say, what's tho matter with you; figuring on taking a trip with a dead man?' " 'Look heah, Mistah White Man, you seem to know more of mah bus'ness than Ah does mahse'f. Ah's jes' askin' foh info-mation. Yuh see, muh wife's done died, an' all huh folks lives in Burnin'ham. Ah'm figurin' whethah hit wouldn't bo cheapah to take de cohpse ovah dah an' let 'em do all de fussin' an' shout in' ovah de remains, an' den bring huh back heah an' bury huh, so's not to have all dat passel o' hungry coons livln' off o' me foh a week.' "?New York Sun. TRACING COUNTERFEITS. Exciting Employment For Skilled Secret Service Men. The tracing of counterfeit bills back to the persons responsible for their issue is a curious anil exciting employment. The experts assigned by the government to this work are among the most skillful members of the secret service. The protection of the currency depends in large measure upon their efficiency, and the pains they take are almost infinite. The following case is one illustrating the difficulties which the secret service people nictt and overcome. A bank clerk in Cleveland had detected a counterfeit twenty dollar bill in tbe deposit of a small retail grocer. An expert was sent for and undertook the case. He found that the grocer had received the bill from a shoe dealer, who had it from a dentist, who had it from somebody else, and so on, until the secret service man finally traced the bail note to an invalid woman who had used it to pay her physician. When questioned this woman said that the money had heen sent her by her brother, who lived in New Orleans. The sleuth looked up the brother's antecedents and soon became convinced that he was the man wanted. The brother, however, soon proved to the satisfaction of the secret service man that his suspicions were unfounded. Indeed, it appeared that the money had been received by the New Orleans man in part payment for rent of a house owned in Pittsburg. While the sleuth was a bit discouraged. he couldn't give over the case when.he had gone so far, so he took the next train for Pittsburg. The tenant of the house in Pittsburg proved to be a traveling oculist who spent most of his time in the middle west. The secret service man hail tbe good luck, however, to catch him just as he had returned from a trip, and the man at once recognized the bail bill as one that hail been given him by a patient in Cleveland, the very point whence the sleuth started. The patient was a boss carpenter. The secret service man got his address from the oculist and went right after the new clew. At this tiiiint he bad a premonition that something was going to happen, anil lie wasn't disappointed. The carpenter, an honest old fellow, said that he had received the hill from a certain Parker. The said Parker was the small grocer in whose bank deposit the counterfeit had turned up. The expert flew to the grocer's as quickly as a cab could lake him and found it closed. He had left town. Afterward it was shown beyond question that the grocer was the agent of an organized hand of counterfeiters. His shop was a mere hliml. That the hill which lie gave the carpenter should got hack Into his own funds after traveling all over the continent was one of those miracles of chance for which there is no explanation.? < 'liicago iteeonl-Herald. Whooping Cough Party. Willi all the dignity attendant upon seven years of age and a case of whooping cough, little Klsie May Hilton of II HI South I,os Angeles street, was the hostess at a whooping cough birthday party given at her home recently, says the Los Angeles Kxaniiner. The event was unique in that it was probably the only one of its kind in the history of the world, for till the guests at ibis party had the whooping cough, and they all had a "perfectly grand" time. Little Klsie, the daughter of ('has. Hilton, had been troubled with the coughing malady for weeks, and the family paid little or no attention to her until the youngster's seventh birthday approached and they decided to give her a party. When the guest list was arranged it became necessary to limit the invitations to the friends of Klsie's who were suffering from the same malady. Accordingly the whooping cough invitations were sent out and tho affair became the talk of l ho neighborhood. 10 very youngster who was not suffering from whooping cough immediately attempted to contract a case. Whooping cough patients wore much sought companions, wlioroas hefore they )ia 1 lieen shtliineii by other ohihlrcii for fear of contracting the malaily. Kvery ahle-hoilieil child in the neighborhood tried to contract whooping cough in time to he eligible to attend the party. When the great day came tho outsiders watched the party with wistful eyes from a distance. There were many games played on the lawn in front of the house and tine stories were told and the most popular song of the occasion was that famous New York success. "Whoopor-Vr Up With a Whoop, La La." Spindleage In South Carolina.Soiith Carolina still It-ails thi- s<>uth<-r states in the number i?f spindles, tlu-r I?fin?r 4,0.1:1,472 spindles in this slat aet-ording to a statement prepared h the department <?f agrU-ulture. A feature of the report is that thei has ht-en an Inerease in the use < eh-etrie power generated hy wattwhile there has heen a deerease i steam power. The report is to Angus 1.1. Tin-re were 3..X46.177 spindles i the slate Inst year, thus tin- inere-i> for the year is over 200,000. Thei was an iiu-rease of over l.ooo looms The following is the statement if sued by the department: lit 10. 1009 Number of spindles.4.012.472 3.N46.ll Number of looms.... 07.00N 06.2> Horse-power 20.395 29.6J' H.-P. (steam) 72.727 7t;,'.i> H.-P. (dee. Rett. l?y water) 57,042 4 l.Ufi H.-P. (elee. Ren. by steam 12.415 17.32 Total H.-P 162,579 165,9(1 Wood's Trade Mark Farm Seeds are best qualities obtainable. Our NEW FALL CATLOG gives the fullest information about all seeds for FALL SOWING. Grasses and Clovers, Vetches, Alfalfa, Crimson Clover, r ? ?n a. a.i. seea wneai, uais, Rye, Barley, etc. Catalogue mailed free on request. Write for it and prices of any seeds required. T. W. WOOD & SONS, : Se?dsm?n, Richmond, Va. LOOKING BACK WAR! I/onk hack over the years ar see if you cannot remember anion your acquaintances, some men, not few perhaps, that began at the bottoi of the ladder, who with a will and d< termination have huilded up a rompt tency. They have not done so 1 spending all of their income, as yn have no doubt observed. Save and add a little to what you'\ gut?it makes a little bit more. Four per cent with absolute safet is no mean interest when you eonsi< cr the fact that you can get your mot ey when you want it. The First National Bank, YORKVILLE. S. C. NEW PERFECTION Wick Blue Flame Oil Cook-Stove Iflenl for Summer cookjnij. (.'uui fuel expense In two. Haves labor. Hives clean, quick results. "''hreeslre* Vnliv wnr'nn' ' STANDARD OIL CO. DELTOX RUGS We have ton many. They are beauties, They are serviceable, They look good, They will wear well. They will look good on your floor. They are here for you. They are priced low. They are much reduced in price, They will go at cut prices, They will please you. FURNITURE Come and see us for everything i FURNITURE anil HOUSE FURNISH INGS. Right prices and right ipial tics?CASH or CREDIT to .suit you. ir i r . c lorn rurmture to. YOKKVILLE BUUGY C< BUY NOW If yim are in need of :i WaRon, Not is the Time to Buy. \\V have a rum plote lino of Weber and Columbu Wagons un hand and Our Prices ar Right. our liars of BUGGIES and HAR NESS aiv also roni|dri?>. If you arr ready to buy, romr in an lot us soil you. Wo ran save yo money. If you are not ready to Inn ronie and look our stork over. Wo ar sure that after you see our goods an hear our prices, that you will buy. Any repair parts for Deering Ma chines will be found here. Yorkvilie Co CERVICf ^ WILL TELL " The extent of a Hank's success i determined largely l?.v the character o its service. The success of This BANK has heei unprecedented, because it has lost n opportunity to make its depositor reali/.e the advantages of Banking here If high class Banking service appeal to you, call and talk the matter ove with us at your earliest convenience. The Loan and Savings Hani YORKVILLE. S. C. Safety Deposit Boxes For Rent. 3f* See The Enquirer office for Type writer Papers, Carbons and Ribbons ~ 4* 4" 4* 4* 4' 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* * n -g? * What a Bank i * -> * Your .account in this Bank i <4? ?'>Kp- It may pay the doctor and ,f ^ home of your own or a business children, or a hundred necessities r* or of life, may result from the Ilcgii II - make TODAY, n But best of all is to feel th; t ie An Hie Bank Rives to the owner. v there, and it protects, whether it <4* individual. It gives the owner i- or with the feeling that he is no m his surplus. I - We invite every man who re 1 account with tiiis Hank. I)C> IT * The Bank of ] ^ Hickory C ls ?? *t* "h *? "V *fj "V ' OHIO VALLEY EXPOSITION CINCINNATI, OHIO. AU?lTST 29 TO SEPTEMBER 24, 1910 VERY LOW Round Trip Fares VIA Southern Railway CONVENIENT SCHEDULES. EXCELLENT SERVICE, PULLMAN SLEEPING CARS, DINING CAR SERVICE. CHARACTER OF EXPOSITION. 1 ?The Ohio Valley Exposition will be an Industrial Exposition, NOT A TRADE SHOW. 2?It wilt be NINETEEN STATE FAIIIS rolled into ONE. 3?It will typify the best that FORTY; ONE MILLIONS nf people produce and use. 4?The WAR. the NAVY, the TREASURY. tho AGRICULTURAL, the POST OFFICE, the INTERIOR, and other Departments of Government will SHOW you their < J REATEST ACHIEVEM ENTS here. ? f.?You can SEE and HEAR and FEEL of those RIG WORLD THINGS here whicli the stay-athomes can only READ and Dream about. 6?It will EDUCATE YOUR CHIL)DREN and their PARENTS 7?It will SEND YOU RACK to the old home, the plow, the otlice, the school and the factory WITH A LARGER VIEW OF LIFE. id Retailed Additional Information it? Upon Application to Agents, a \V. E. McGEE, in Rlv. Pass. Afft., Charleston, S. C. >- .1. Ij. MEEK, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt.. Atlanta, Ga. >y YORKVILLE MONUMENT WORKS (THE OLD RELIABLE.) Y YORKVILLE. S. C. A MONUMENT TALK We are now making up our seventh solid car of granite since February. ? We have turned out more work since January 1st than ever before in the same length of time. Honest goods, sold to honest men, by honest methods is steadily increasing our business. A "slick tongue" is the chief asset of the dealer who carries his "plant" in a grip-sack. We rely on the quality of our work and material. Come to the yard and make your selection _ and save 25 per cent on your purchase. JOHN E. CARROLL, Pres. and Treas. . THE BEST MEATS. AN always be had at the Rose J Meat Market, and you can also tind here all Vegetables that arc in season, including Potatoes. Onions, Cabbage, etc. Eggs and Butter. Fish on Saturdays. Phone us your orders. WALTER ROSE. See US for HAY WI jj and SEED OATS. 3^*" Always On Hand Goo PRICES. Great S One Dollar n riL!U ' v>.niiuren s $2.50 Quality Now Goir 2.00 Quality Now Goir 1.50 Quality Now Goir 1.00 Quality Now Goir Ladies' and M $3 00 Quality Now Goir 2.50 Quality Now Goir 2.00 Quality Now Goir T-5? Quality Now Goin Douglas Oxfords for $4.00 Quality Now Goin M 3 5? Quality Now Goin s 3.00 Quality Now Goir ; 2.50 Quality Now Goir Clothing for Men 1, 20.00 Suits Now Going ? 1500 Suits Now Going ?i 12.00 Suits Now Going ;; 10.00 Suits Now Going Roys' Suits, 8 to 11 year Summer Underwear for Silk Gloves?Both $1.25 Gloves Now i.oo Gloves Now Woolen Dress ( " Embroi 0 NOW HA] a - $i oo Tor Yard Qualities', r .75 Cts. Per Yard Qua! .50 Cts. Yard Qualitie: .25 Cts. Yard Qualitie 1 .10 Cts. Per Yard Qua YORKVILLE BANKING & Yorkville, Soi 4 4- 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4- 4* 4* 4* 44 \ccount Means. * * ??? nay be the protection of your old the nurse bills during sickness. A ^ beginning, the education of your ^ i and comforts, ami even pleasures tiling, even though small, you may glorious independence that Money * Come what may, the surplus is ^ be the business, the family or the ^ courage to face the tasks of life jl an's slave. He is free because of V 4* ads this advertisement to open an now. Hickory Grove, * jrove, i>. Li. . 4* i3S^m5) il -s 2 o I ? ? ' , , t> g r to on ^ " * KEEN KUTTER Tools arc roeoRttizi tl as tools of the hiRhest quality. \V?? have a full line of Keen Kutter Hammers, Saws, Draw Knives, Hatchets, Planes, etc. See us for your needs. Set* us for Syrup Evaporators? ! ami "i foot Evaporators in stock. Ripht prices. Yorkville Hardware Co, professional Cards. W. F. McGILL ' SURGEON DENTIST, 0* Hickory Grove, S. C. W At Sharon, S. C., Monday and Friday. D. E. Finley. Hudson C. Miller. FINLEY & MILLER ATTORNEYS AT LAW YORKVILLE, - - - - 3. C. Offlc opposite Court House?Main St. j. s. BKICE, ATTORNEY AT LAW * Office Opposite Court House. Prompt attention to all legal business >r whatever nature. JOHN. L. STACY i Surveyor. BESIDES doing Land Surveying in all its branches and at any time, I am also prepared to do Blue Printing ' and will be pleased to quote prices on application. Address me at Clover, S. ^ ; C. Phone No. 40. 1 t ly Geo. W. S. Hart. Jos. E. Hart. HART & HART m ATTORNEYS AT LAW Yorkville 8. C. No. 2, Law Range. 'Phone (Office) 68. JOHN R. HART ATTORNEY AT LAW No. 3 I<aw Range YORKVILLE. 8. C. RE, BAGGING AND TIES, * d Fresh FLOUR At RIGHT 'acrifice ! Worth Two. Oxfords. * ig at $1.25 ig at 1.00 g at 75 lg at _ 50 isses' Oxfords. * ig at $1.50 ig at 1.25 ig at 1.00 : at .75 Men and Young Men ig at $2.00 'ff at 1.75 if at 1.50 o ? Ig at 1.25 % 1 and Young Men. at $10.00 : at 7.50 + at 6.00 ; at 5.00 s?HALF PRICE. Men?HALF PRICE. White and Black. * 50 Cents Pair. 40 Cents Pair. ?????_____ ^ Joods, Laces and ideries LF PRICE. Now 50 Cts. Yard. litios. Now 371-2 Cts. Yard. 0 s, Now 25 Cts. Yard, s. Now 12 1-2 Cts. Yard. litics, Now 5 Cts. Yard. MERCANTILE COMPANY ? jth Carolina.