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ittisccllantous heading. SCRAPS IN THE HOUSE. Times When Representatives Lost Their Tempers and Came to Blows. "What I Know About Pugilism, by Asher. C. Hinds, LL.D.," might have been its title, but it isn't. Instead it is simply Chapter LJII of Hind's Precedents of the House of Representatives, an eight-volume work of more than 7.000 pages upon which Speaker Cannon depends in his numerous occasions for properly interpreting the rules for the house. Chapter LJII is captioned "Punishment of Members for Contempt." Under this chapter ' *- cfoitl Mr. Hinds in nis scpunuian. way recounts the story of some of the most stirring scenes that have ever transpired in the national legislature. The house of representatives today is on a business basis. Under the Cannon-Fitzgerald rules the house is kept so close to business that there is small chance for a real fight on the floor. The speeches are snort. Unless the orator has a brief tale to relate he has tardly time to get rid of the business portion of his talk?there Is iittle room for the insertion of the fighting words. Order today in the house is the rule. It used to be the exception. Xo more does the festive inkwell hurtle across the chamber with some member's devoted head its target. Xo longer are chairs and cuspidors forcibly wrenched from their proper moorings and flung at the opposition with disdainful comment following in their wake. The house of representatives today is a different proposition. It is a business body. As Far Back as 1798. According to Dr. Hinds on Fisticuffs in the house of representatives the first instance of a real personal encounter on the floor took place in 1798. Representative Roger Griswold of Connecticut had cast some aspersions upon the military record of Representative Matthew Lyon of Vermont. The statement of Mr. Griswoid was made while the members of the house were gathered in little groups awaiting the announcement of a vote which, under the old system, had been taken by ballot. The speaker, Representative Jonathan Dayton of New Jersey, had left the chair for relaxation and exercise. Mr. Griswold made his impolite remark and Mr. Lyon promptly spat in his face. The attention of the house was called to the unpleasant occurrence as soon as the speaker had resumed his seat and while the performance was still under consideration by the house before an adjudication had been effected. Mr. Griswold walked into the house some two weeks later just after the chaplain had called down the divine blessing on the proceedings and walloped Mr. Lyon over the head with a heavy walking stick. Mr. Lyon was weaponless. He jumped from his desk to the fireplace and seized a huge pair of tongs. With this cumbersome weapon he rushed back to the fray. Dr. Hinds states that the disorder was *' ' ?- thot queued wun muin unutuiij, uui the motion to expel both members failed to pass. Wise of Virginia a Scrapper. Henry A. Wise of Virginia, grandfather of the present United States attorney for New York, was one of the scrappiest men who ever occupied a seat in congress. In 1841 he had a fight on the floor with Representative Stanley of North Carolina. Their grievances were of a private character. but Mr. Stanley chose a session of the house in committee of the whole on the state of the union as the place. While the committee was busy with the consideration of an important bill Mr. Stanley walked up to the peppery Virginian and started a discussion. "Don't you speak to me again," bawled Mr. Wise. "I will not discuss the matter further." Mr. Stanley persisted. "Don't you speak to me again," exclaimed Mr. Wise, "or I'll scale you on the floor of this house.' The high words mounted higher un til Mr. Wise applied an indecent epithet. "You're a liar!" shrieked Mr. Stanlty. They were separated by the members close to Ihem, but not until blows had been exchanged. The tariff act of 1S44 furnished an excuse for Representatives George Ratbbun of New York and John White of Kentucky to get together. Dr. Hinds failed to reproduce the details of the mix-up. which is called in the language of the House Journal of that (lay a recontre. The fight started as have most of the personal engagements on the floor, while the house was in committee of the whole. At such times the mace of authority? the "bird." as our latter day and disrespectful legislators are prone to term the silver effigy of the bird of freedom, which stands for the authority of the United Slates?had been removed front its pedestal. Into the chamber rushed the speaker, John \V. Jones of Virginia. He tried to call the house to order. The sergeant-at-arms lugged in the "bird" and finally, after there were several bloody noses and at least one black eye, order was restored. The Finest Bout of All. Representatives Albert <1. Brown and John A. Wilson engaged in the fin( -i one-round bouts ever pulled off on the floor of congress. Both congressmen came from Mississippi. They disagreed over so simple a matter as a discussion of the bill appropriating money for the improvement of the Capitol. The altercation arose with all the suddenness of a mid-June thunder gust. Before the speaker could resume his desk Mr. Brown had rained blows over the head and neck of Mr. Wilcox, who in turn had left several marks on the person of his antagonist. An attempt to stop the fight was unsuccessful, and the oattle waged for several minutes. Both members were haled before the bar of the house and compelled to apt iogize. This was in 1X52. The next battle recorded by Or. j Hinds took place on the east portico of the Capitol. It followed an acrimonious debate between Representatives Josiah R. Crinnell of Iowa and Lovell . H. Rouss<au of Kentucky. Attain a war record was the cause of the disasreem< nt. Mr. Crinnell had cast aspersions upon the bravery of Mr. Rousseau. When they met in the portico Mr. Rousseau slapped Mr. Crinnell across the face with a short cane, and then proceeded to oelabor him with the same weapon. Mr. Rousseau was accompanied by three fellow members who were armed. As a result of the Crinnell-Rousseau encounter, the house had under consideration for more than a month the circumstances of the case and various resolutions of a punitive nature for Mr. Rousseau and his three friends The members who thought that Mr. Rousseau should be expelled frcm the house were in the majority, but not in sufficient numbers to effect his expulsion, which would have required a two-thirds vote. They were able to throttle the attempt to let them off with a simple reprimand, but as a result of all their deliberations nothing was accomplished. Cuspidors Flew. In 1SS0 Representative James B. Weaver of Iowa, atterwaru canuiuaie for the presidency on the Populist ticket, and William A. J. Sparks of Illinois created what Dr. Hinds refers to as a scene of great disorder on the floor of the house. This row is not described in detail by the parliamentarian. but the newspapers of the day ran lengthy stories. In the melee which became general, cuspidors were thrown, and at one time Gen. Sparks, breathing wrath, flung a chair at Gen. Weaver. Both combatants were compelled to apologize for their conduct. Within the last 30 years there have been fewer real physical encounters. The last notable instance was that between representative, now Senatorelect, John Sharp Williams of Mississippi and the late Representative Dav.d A. De Armond of Missouri. Mr. Williams was minority leader at the time, and Mr. De Armond was a recognized candidate for the honors which the brilliant Mississippian was soon to relinquish for the toga. In this fight blows were exchanged following high words. Both members made explanations before the house. One of the funniest scraps that ever occurred in the house took place between former Representative Brosius of Pennsylvania and Representative Charles Bartlett of Georgia. In answer to a charge by Mr. Brosius that he was hindering action on an important measure through constitutional quibbling. Mr. Bartlett grew angry. He reflected on Mr. Brosius's veracity. The latter returned the compliment ...s?v, itn the desk in front of Mr. Bartlett was a huge loose bound volume of the Congressional Record. It represented the loquacity of half a session and contained more than 2,000 pages. Mr. Bartlett grabbed this as the nearest as well as the heaviest thing he could throw at Mr. Brosius. He did not stop to think that it might not hold together. He flung it with all his force at his enemy. As it left his hands the patent binder broke and twenty pounds of words sailed through the air in separate sheets. Mr. Bartlett stood in a shower of paper while the patent binder sailed across the house. The accident was too much for the risibilities of the house. It broke into loud guffaws, and, taking it as a joke, the house ignored the incident. A CUNNING WEASEL. The Trick By Which He Trapped His Big Rat Antagonist. Once a sawmill in a western town was infested with rats, which, being unmolested, became very numerous and bold and played round the mill among the men while they worked during the day. But one day there appeared on the scene a weasel, which immediately declared war on the roients. One by one the rats fell victims to the weasel's superior strength, until only one very large, pugnacious rat was left of the once numerous colony. The weasel had a go at the big rat several times, but on each occasion the rodent proved more than a match for his slender antagonist and chased the weasel to a hiding place. Shortly thereafter the weasel was seen busily digging under a lumber pile near the mill. He was engaged for some time, but later appeared again in the mill, seeking his old enemy. He soon found him and at once renewed hostilities. As usual, after a lively tuscel the rat got the better of the argument, and the weasel ran, pursued closely by the rat, straight to the hole under the lumber pile. He ran in, still followed by the rat, but immediately reappeared round the end of the pile and again dodged into the hole behind the rat. Neither was seen again for some time, but the wease finally reappeared looking no worse for the fight. The curiosity of the men in the mill being aroused, they proceeded to investigate the hole under the lumber pile. They found that the weasel had dug the hole sufficiently large at the opening to admit the rat, but had gradually tapered it as he proceeded until at the other end it barely allowed his own slender body to pass. When the rat chased hint into the large end of this underground tunnel he quickly slipped through, and while the rat was trying to squeeze his large body into the smaller part of the hole the weasel dodged in behind him, caught him in the rear and in a place where he could not turn round and finished him at his leisure.?Harper's Weekly. THE ARIZONA ROAD RUNNER. Why No One Would Think of Killing ru:. o:..j *u? ,0 I Mid OU^-ldUlt Ull U V/l IMC UCOCI ki Eastern readers are likely to 1?e puzzled by the dispatch from Douglas printed in yesterday's Republican descriptive of the initial failure of an aeroplane from which great things unexpected down Douglas way. It was stated that "the aeroplane ran over the ground like a yellow road runner, but refused to t1y." Outside of Arizona the inquiry will naturally be "What is a road runner?" The road runner is one of Arizona's distinctive ornithological institutions. It is a long legged, long billed bird, slender of build and standing some ten inches high. It is not often seen in the farming districts, but is a familiar sight on the desert. It has gained the name of road runner from its habit of taking the road in front of travelers, be they on horseback or wheeled conveyance, and running swiftly or slowly as occasion requires, showing off its neighborly spirit and running qualities. It is not uncommon for it to keep in company of the traveler for several hundred yards N'o resident of Arizona would kill a road runner. It is firmly believed that the bird is the deadly enemy of that minister of tin- ib-sci-t ihc rattlesnake \\V don't kimw whether any of our readers ever saw a road runner kill a rattlesnake: if there is an authentic story of such a thing we would he glad to publish it. Hut the accepted tradition is that the road runner and the rattlesnake are deadly enemies and that the rattlesnake fears the road runner heyond anything else. It is told that the lord drives the snake into a coil and then darting around the serpent like lightning peeks it to death. Whatever truth there may he in the stories of the road runner's accomplishments as a disciple of St. Patrick it deserves the friendly protection it receives its ipiaint sociability is always a diversion for tin- lonesome desert traveler. Arizona Republican. SUPERSTITION AND SCIENCE. Things Once Foolish Now Quite Reasonable. Two decades ago the Esoteric Society issued its "color scheme" for the benefit of its members. Science ; laughed at the absurdity of the statement that colors could have anything to do with health, success or happi- ( ness. Nevertheless, the members of the society continued to believe that the wearing of dull brown was conducive to worry, and that the wearing of dull blue would doom the wearer to what was termed "earth work," the grinding kind of labor, of : whatever nature, that had in it no mental uplift and no spiritual joy. Red was said to stimulate the sys- I tern, the kind of stimulation depend- ' ent upon the shade and quality of the ; red. The wearing of tender, light 1 green developed the poetic nature. Clear blue, whether dark or light, had , a beneficent effect on the soul, and < yellow was supposed to bear directly ! on the Intellect. The system in- | eluded a parallel In musical tones, ( and, incidentally, provoked much ridi- ' cule from the learned ones. This j whole doctrine of color was said to be , of a piece with the silly superstition I which laid its grip on some of the weak-headed of the medical profession a few years before and develpoped a host of quacks. This was the "blue glass" craze in the treatment of nervous disorders. The doctor had all the clear glass in the windows of 1 his treatment room replaced by dark \ blue glass, and in the light of this cerulean window the patient must sit very still, not more than one patient to a window, for periods of time varying from ten minutes to an hour. There might be several patients in the room at the same time, but they were forbidden to converse or even think about each other. At first they could not endure the treatment for more than ten minutes, the most nervous of them having to be relieved in five minutes. After a few days they found that they could sit perfectly still their minds almost blank and their muscles completely relaxed, for as long a time as the doctor prescribed. Primarily the treatment was of tremendous benefit to the physician who offered it. He had no capital invested beyond the rent of a suit of offices, and the initial cost of some comfortable chairs and blue glass, and his fees were enormous. But in reply to his critics, he had the testimony of women who had been hysterical and men who could neither sleep nor attend to business. These nervous wrecks had been transformed into calm, sane men and women. The regulars averred that it was the act of sitting perfectly still and not thinking that restored the frazzled nerves, to which the quack replied: "Very true, but will you show me how you compel your nervous patients to sit perfectly still and abstain from thinking?" To which he added. "That is the function of the blue glass." The conservative physician or scientific man does not even now rush madly, after every new fad; but is in the mood to say: There are more things in heaven and earth. Horatio. Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. He is willing to investigate those that are seemingly most absurd, especially among the new practices that are based upon the traditions that have been handed down for generations. This rich kernel of scientific ( truth is sometimes hidden beneath the most impossible-looking shell. One of the cases that shattered the I an n 1)1 sonic in lilt; wise inics 111 their own judgment and knowledge was reported in an eastern medical journal a few years ago. There was a tradition, old as the hills, that erysipelas was an antidote for cancer, just as yellow fever was an antidote for dyspepsia. Soon after the germ theory of disease was accepted the microscopists applied the micrococcus of erysipelas to cancer and found that there was some foundation in fact for the old superstition. However, there seemed to be no practical application of the new knowledge. In one of the best hospitals in New York a lady was received as a patient. The surgeons were not sure what the trouble was; but they hoped it was of tubercular nature and that an operation might prolong her life. The revelation made by the knife confirmed their worst fears. She was beyond the possibility of an operation. and they merely closed the incision and sent her back to her room to die. That is, they intended to send her back to her room. It so happened that on the floor directly below her room there had developed a most serious case of erysipelas. As soon as the patient could be moved she was taken to the isolation ward, and her room was to have been thoroughly sterilized before any other patient would be permitted to occupy it. This infected room had been vacated only a few minutes before the lady, whose tissues were all permeated with the dreadful disease, was removed from the operation room. To this day no one can tell how it happened; but when her ambulance cot was wheeled from the elevator she was on the floor below the one where she belonged. The two attendants took her to Tionm 10 and placed her in bed. A little while later the sterilizing force arrived, and. to their horror and consternation, they found an unconscious woman in the bed that must be teeming with erysipelas germs. A conference was held, and it was "decided that the shock of removal would be fatal, and as the poor woman would die anyway, she might as well be left where she was. She developed a perfectly terrific case of erysipelas, but she did not die. In fact, she recovered from both diseases. and when the case was reported. a year later, she was in perfect health. Some thirty years ago. in St. Louis, there lived a beautiful girl, beautiful on one side of her face only, for her left cheek was marred by a purple birthmark that spread well over the side of her nose. Her father was rich, and lie spared neither money nor trouble in his effort to have the hateful mark removed. The skin specialists sent in large bills, but the blotch remained. one summer the young girl was visiting at Hannibal. and there she learned of an om woman. half negro and half Indian, who could remove Idrthmarks. The local physicians advised her not to have anything to do with the old witch: hut sin- decided that she might as well ho dead as disfigured, and she underwent the treatment, which was certainly innocuous enough. It consisted of stroking the blemish daily with a queer, dark stone that the old woman said had been in her family, on the Indian side, for a great many generations. When the girl returned home, at the end of summer, her birthmark had wholly disappeared. and it did not return. Scientific men examined tin- stone that had wrought this miracle, but it told them nothing. It was a piece of pitcl blend?that was all. There appeared no connection be tween this case and the apparentl; foolish idea entertained by the pro prietors of certain mineral spring that the water taken from the sprinj would lose its virtue if removed fa front the place where it burst fron the earth. It was held in ancien times that the famous springs o Joachimsthal were inhabited by i spirit, and that those who bathed ii the water and drank it were acte< upon by this spirit, and that the wate had no virtue in itself. In the Xev Testament we are told of anothe spring of the same character, and sim ilar stories have been told of medi cinal snrings in Statin anil elsewhere It is known that the water of thes springs does actually cure rheuma tisni and many other diseases, an< it is also known that the self-sarm water, bottled and shipped away fron Its source, and used for bathing o drinking, has no more effect than or dinary water would have. For i long time the men of science said thi could not be?that the effect of th< water was due to certain chemical dissolved in it, and the same effect could be produced by artificial): compounding the water in exactly thi same proportions. On one side was science, backed u] by common sense, and on the othe side was superstition, backed up b; stubborn facts. Then along came Dr and Mrs. Currie with the discover; of radium. They led the way to th' discovery that the beneficent agen in the Joachimsthal water and that o many other springs is radio-activity and that the emanation of radiun passes through glass and is wholl; lost in three days. So that wate taken from a radio-active spring, bot tied and shipped a three days' jour ney, is no longer radio-active and ha lost most of its curative power. Th Curries also led the way to the discov ery that radium is the great remedy fo the removal of purple birthmarks, am that a piece of pitch blend that i high in its percentage of radium i not a mere voodoo stone, but i thoroughly scientific means of treat ment. The most amusing case of super stition-turned scientific is told by i prominent St. Louis surgeon, who wa serving his term as interne in a Ne\ York hospital some twenty years age In the charity ward was an Irish bo; whose foot had been crushed by th impact of a horse's hoof. The bo; had sundry other injuries, but th most stubborn one was that sore 01 the top of his foot, which flatly re fused to heal. Various dressings wer tried and then skin grafting was re sorted to. The interne had the cas in hand, and he was driven to the us of his utmost skill by the attitude o the boy's mother, an ignorant oli Biddy, who greeted each new elYor and failure with a wise nod of he head and the remark: "I could 'ave told yez it 'uld do n good at all at all." At last the interne gave up, H had used every means known t science for the healing of an opei sore, and each in turn had proved o no avail. Each time he had been in formed by the mother: "When yez git done, I'll heal it uj mesilf." "You can try your hand at the sor tomorrow," the young doctor finall informed her. He was very sure tha the wound would never heal. The following morning she arrive with the materials for the cure. Ii a small cigar box she carried a hand ful of lint which she had picked ou by hand. Beneath this lay a nut meg grater and an old horn coml Several yards of linen bandage and needle and thread composed her ser geon's outfit. The doctor looked a the strange assortment with undis guised contempt. The woman said "Some sez as how a rubber com is just as good, but me granny allu used a horn comb, and granny neve failed." Thereupon she set to work. Th afflicted foot was bared and she pro ceeded to grate over the raw surfac a film of horn comb. It was eviden that this was not the first time tha the comb had been pressed into ser vice in the healing of a wound, !o the back showed the marks of th grater at several places. When ai even layer of horn had been spreai over the wound, with heaven know how much nutmeg and dust, sh dropped the lint lightly on so as no to disturb the covering. More lin was piled on, and finally the foot wa bandaged and sewed up in a linei casing. The mother gave instruction that the casing was not to be openei for three weeks. At the end of this time the band age was removed and the sore wa replaced by a perfect layer of health; tissue. The doctors were amazed but the old woman found just wha she expected. Then the interne se himself the task of finding out wh; the absurd treatment was success ful, and his explanation is that hori is the same substance as human skin The hand-picked lint and bandag only served to hold the grated hori in place until it could unite with th open surface to form new skin. Th practice was not scientific, but it wa based on experience, which is some times better th in science.?8t. Loui Globe-Democrat. FOXES RUN IN RELAYS. WnrU of Cunnina Animals Out wits Dogs and Hunters. Foxes have been known to combin their efforts and by their "team work outwit a whole pack of hounds and field of hunters. One spring in North Carolina fou hunters with a pack of forty dogs wer chasing a fox. The chase had been o for two hours or more, the fox runnin in a circle not more than three mile in diameter, when the hunters assem bled on a knoll near the center of th circle which the l'ox appeared to hjiv described for himself. The knoll overlooked a ravine aboc 100 yards distant from where the hun ters had taken their stand. Across th ravine, which was about 7f> feet wid< had fallen a giant chestnut tree whle time and the elements had stripped c its bark. One of the hunters saw the fox com into sight, with the dogs four or Hv hundred yards behind. The fox ra straight to the chestnut tree and dis appeared therein. Up to this time ; was not known that the log was hoi low. In a few seconds the fox emerge from the other end of the log on th opposite side of the ravine and mad off through tin- forest. The dogs ra to the log and there stopped. Th hunters watched them for a few mill utes, and then the master of the hui called them across the ravine, put thet on the scent and away tliev went agai in full cry. In about 30 minutes Reynard one more came into sight with his tail u and showing no signs of wearinesi The dogs were somewhat further be 11111(1 mail IK'HUT. I in" IIUUKI.-5 w ami ed the fox. Again he ran into tin- lo and out on tlu- opposite side. Tin* dog halted and were again put on the trai This time, also, the fox was gone alioii .'{o minutes and ranu' l>a< k and repeat ed his performanee with tlie log fur th third time. Then one of the hunter remarked that every time the fox cant out of tin- log he looked fresh, althoug the chase had heen going on for liv hours. The dogs, on the contrary, wer heeoming wearied. To make a long story short, al'te the fox had made his fourth entranc into and his fourth exit from the lo one of the hunters securely stopped u the exit, in about 30 minutes the fo ran into the log; for the lifth time. Th entrance was 'piiekly stopped up, th hunters rut into the lot; ami rxtrarti three full-grown foxes. Ity taking turns the foxes had wor out the dogs without tiring themselves New Vork Herald. - DR. DAVIES v EYE SPECIALIST i J ?IS AT ? r Dr. M. W. White's Dental p Office, over Loan and Savings Bank, Every > SATURDAY and - MONDAY ! e Prepared to Examine Eyes I and Fit Glasses. i All Work Guaranteed. s s V \ Help for Ho v Tliere is nothing that t planning and preparation f Kutter Food Chopper, i Hundreds of delicious r from raw and cooked me: ~ nuts. The hard work of 3 method is done easily and i, KttH h - JT uuu j Yorkville y d' G. H O'LKAIJY 11 ? DON'T BUY a t Anything in my line r e without getting MY * PRICES. 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Such brands of Coffee as "Victoria," "Tabard Inn," "Virginia Pride," "Winner Blend" are fit for a kiii? to drink. We have Raking Powders?all kinds. Canned Hoods?all kinds. All kinds of Polish?both Plack and Tan. and also the old time Mason's Marking. Try Salter's Flavoring Extracts?all flavors. A nice line of Buggy Whips front 10 cents to $1. Everything in Tin and Glassware. Also a few pieces of Delft. We handle all kinds of country produce. Lunch Poxes and Baskets. This is the place to get your Post Cards from 1 cent to 50 cents. J. M. BRIAN COMPANY. THE CITY MARKET 17* <>R the best Fresh Meats, such as Beef, pork. Veal and Sausagepure and mixed, come to the City Market. I w ill buy Eggs at market prices. 'Phone No. 74. C. F. S MERER. 'i^nana Have You c For Emerg Have YOU something put emergencies of sickness or bu just live in the hope that you sot hack, ami snend all vour : A Rank Account is the vet ran depend on when reverse! man without one. Is certainly i If YOU have delayed star had better change your tactics You would scarcely miss, say ti and if you would deposit it wit Cent Interest to It Every Quart handy when you need a little < The National 1 ABSOLUTE! Rock Hill, W. J. RODDEY, Pres. II CERVICF U WILL TELL " The extent of a Bank's success is determined largely by the character of its service. The success of This BANK has been unDreredented. because it has lost no opportunity to make its depositors realize the advantages of Banking here. If high class Banking service appeals to you, call and talk the matter over with us at your earliest convenience. The Loan and Savings Bank YORKVILLE. 8. C. W Safety Deposit Boxes For Rent. 4* 4* 4* 4* 4 4 4* 4* 4* ? 4 i FALL SHO] At WE ARE NOW SHOWING ^ FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHIL e4? PLEASED TO HAVE YOU COME * NEWEST STYLES IN LEATHER REMEMBER THAT WE CAN AL1 ,4# MEN'S DRESS SHOES?In al MEN'S WORK SHOES?From LADIES' DRESS SHOES, in a and Upward. I HAVE A FEW PAIRS OF 'T OUT CHEAP. All Ladles' Low Cut Shoes thi ^ a Pair, and so on through the line. ??? CHILDREN'S SCHOOL SHOE j, SHOES for Children. There are n If You Want All Leather Sho and See My Line?Every Pair a s J J. Q. WRA *$? ^ ? "i M. L. Carroll. C. W. Carroll. CARROLL BROS. Yes, We'll Swap You either a WAGON or a BUGGY for either Oak or Pine Wood. See us if you want to trade. CARROLL BROS. sW See us before buying Bagging and Ties or Cotton Baskets. Glassware We are now showing a very large line of elegant Pressed Glassware in lee Tea Tumblers, Goblets and Sau* eers. Pitchers, etc. The line includes the latest in styles and in a variety of sizes and at most attractive prices. I Won't you let us show you? T. W. SPECK, The Jeweler. Rebuilt Typi At Redi | Every Machine Guaranty teed to Be Absolutely | Perfect, o o o o o o BUSINESS MEN EVERYWHE WRITER IS ALMOST AS NECES AS IS A SUFFICIENCY OF THE WHICH TO DO BUSINESS. The pen-written business letter the TWENTIETH CENTURY bus \ his business correspondence. Besl has the additional advantages of Sj S enaoies me wruer 10 Keep a me ?>i J tional trouble or writing. Sometin expense. ; You, Mr. Business Man, need a i the prices of RKBUILT TYPEWl jg your reach. Suppose you see us or these prices: Remington No. ?, at SI5.00. Smith Pre* tier No. 2. nt $45.01 \ Oliver No. S. Visible, at $-15.0 r Oliver No. 5. Visible, at $00.00 | Ij. C. Smith No. 2. Visible, at $' Fox Nos. 23 and 21. Visible, a I'nderwood No. Visible, at S Densmore. Nos. -I and 5. at $1 Ji And then there are others at highei f we can sell you a Smith Premier N is fixed largely by the serial numb the serial number the lower the pi L on machines of the highest serial I Every one of these Rebuilt Ma builders to be in Perfect Working Platen, New Nickeling. New Fnani making practically a New T.v|H'wrl to More Than Half. Tell Us Your L. M. GRIS Yorkvilii \ i Reserve rencies ? aside in order to meet the isiness reverse, or do you i will not suffer any such salary ? y best asset that any man s overtake him; and the be {titled. I 9 ting a Hank Account, you ? and Open One With Us. f*n per cent of your salary, h us and let us Add I I*er tor, it will come In mighty extra money. Union Bank, ^ ,Y SAFE - - s. c. RA B. DUXLAP, Cashier. BUILDING MATERIAL Received this week another carload of Lumber, also carload of Shingles. We can furnish you with everything you need to build a home witfi. ?HOG FEED? We have Bran and Shorts, home i ground and shipped Mill Feed. Fine feed to start hogs to growing and fattening. Try a sack of Sunshine Horse Feed for that old poor horse or mule. Cheaper than. Corn and oats, and see how fast they will fatten. Sunshine 4 is the best. Price $2.00 per sack. YORK SUPPLY CO. E STYLES. f V OUR FALL LINES OF SHOES iDREN AND WILL BE MUCH AND LET US SHOW YOU THE S AND SHAPES AND PLEASE ?&> WAYS SAVE YOU MONEY. I leathers?$1.48 a Pair and Up. ii $1.25 the Pair and Up. II leathers?From 98 CTS. a Pair LOW CUT SHOES TO CLOSE ^ it were $2 a pair, are Now $1.48 f IS?I have the E. C. SKUFFERS one better on the market. >es?Shoes That Will Wear?Call Represented or Another Pair. V THE LEADER L A ^ Company, Contract, Cost. The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance I Company of Newark, N. J., Is an old company with traditions and ideals and with vast experience. There is no hazard of inexperience involved In becoming: a member of such an institution. So much for Security. The second consideration is the Contract. It is almost an axiom that Mutual Benefit policies contain special and peculiar advantages not combined in the policies of other companies. The final consideration is Cost. In ' buying a suit of clothes, or any other commodity, price is not the first consideration. Price depends directly upon quality. When you buy a suit you look about until you see something that satisfies you. something that is substantial .something that will be serviceable. Having found it.you speak of the cost. The net cost of Mutual Benefit Insurance is low by reason of the economy with which the Company is administered, its low mortality and its profitable and stable investments. If you insist on Quality, combined with the lowest cost consistent with absolute security, you will eventually insure with the Mutual Benefit, the j Leading Annual Dividend Company. Don't lose sight of the fact that the man who buys Insurance is the one who pays the freight, and that wise men look out for their own interests and buy from the agent who is able to furnish undoubted proof that he has ^ the best goods. All companies are not * "about the same." An investigation will convince the most skeptical. SAM M. GRIST, Special Agent. MONEY TO LOAN. ON First Mortgage of Improved country and city property. Terms reasonable and loans repayable In easy installments. ; w. w. lewis, Attorney, YorkvlHe, s. c. 45 t tf. ?writers need Prices New Type, New Keys, New Platen, New Enamel, New Nickeled, o o :re know that the typeiSARY TO BUSINESS SUCCESS COIN OF THE REALM WITH is a thing of the past century? iness man uses a typewriter for Ides Its legibility the Typewriter jeed and the Carbon Copy, which 4 his correspondence without addlles these copies save trouble and Typewriter in your business and tITERS put them easily within write us for what you want. See i 0. 0. B5.00. t $02.50. 75.00. 10.00. p and lower prices. For Instance. o. 2. as low as $39.00. The price er of the machine. The smaller tQ ice. The prices above are based numbers obtainable. chines is Guaranteed by the Recondition, with New T\po. New leling. All Worn Parts Renewed, iter, and at a Saving of a Third ? Typewriter Wants. ^ T'S SONS, e, S. C.