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*t*+ A ***** A ***** A ***** 1 l UNITED 3 \ SUPREME | 1 Interesting Facts A T ^ Highest f **+ ***** ***** ***** 1 The appointment of the chief justice of the supreme court of the United States has been regarded with far greater interest on the part of the general public of New York than the organization of that body in this city, under a New Yorker as the first chief Justice, commanded 120 years ago. it was on February 1, 1790, that John Jay. one of Manhattan's leading citizens at that time, sat in powdered queue and black robes in a chamber of the old Stock Exchange and called to order a court of undetermined jurisdiction which was without litigant, docket, writ or record. Its members attended a banquet given that same evening at Fraunces' Tavern in their honor by the lawyers of New York. There are many reasons why people of New York should show a great deal of interest in the president's choice of the chief Justice, and most of them are accounted for by the growth of city, state and nation, with which the supreme court has kept step. New York did not consider it such an honor when Jay held the office, and even Jay himself looked down somewhat on his office, to such an extent that he resigned to become the governor of the young state of NewYork. Time reversed the process when Mr. Hughes resigned the governorship to become an associate in the body over which Jay originally presided without realizing the position w-hlch it would attain. Today the supreme court is considered "the crowning marvel of the wonders wrought by the statesmanship of America, embodying the loftiest ideas of moral and legal power." At the head of such a body there has been a remarkable succession of men who have shown themselves worthy of the power given to them by their professional ability. broadminded versatility and unblemished Integrity. Tne oniy dioi on meir record was the opinion brought about by Roger B. Taney in the Dred Scott decision, but it is considered as due to his mental and physical weakness. Those who stand out prominently in the list of the seven chief justices who have served their country previous to the recent appointment of Edward Douglass White, on account of their more than extraordinary accomplishments. are Oliver Ellsworth, the author of the judiciary system of the United States; John Marshall, who moulded the constitution into full and permanent form, and Salmon P. Chase, who founded the present fiscal system. That Chief Justice White will not fall short of the qualifications which distinguished his predecessors is the opinion of President Taft, who named him. and all those who know his i record as a lawyer, statesman and associate justice. He has come to the office at a time when the interpretations and decisions made in important cases involving trusts, monopolies and interstate commerce involve as much responsibility for the future as for the i present, since the attitude of the su- i preme court on these questions has i by no means been completely established. They involve the opportunity for great decisions which will make i history, as did those of John Marshall, I Salmon P. Chase and the late Melville i W. Fuller. Chief Justice White is distinguished : by his intellectual power and keen sense of analysis. He is as command- i ing mentally as he is physically, as broad-minded as he is broad-shouldered. A peculiar personal magnetism accompanying the easy grace and charm of manner of a southern gentleman can scarcely be subdued by his judicial robes, even though he is . AK nni? Q Fin m Anro t IlfllllCI tx Z>\J UU1CI IIC1 IIVI a A^vntvviMv when he sits on the bench as impartial Edward Douglass White searching for i the truth with a mind that penetrates < to the vital point at issue. < Xo partiality because of birth, religion. political belief or support of the Confederacy has affected his views < as an associate justice and the many i opinions which he has written for the ' court. The general public approval i which his appointment meets with indicates that similar conduct is ex- ' pected in the position in which his I powerful mental vigor will affect the justices under him to a greater or less i extent. i Mr. White is almost 66 years old. < for he was born in March, 1845, in Lafourche Parish, La. Since his parents were Roman Catholics he was educated in a Jesuit college in New Orleans and a Roman Catholic college at Georgetown, D. C. At the outbreak of the Civil War he entered the Con- ; federate army and served until honor- < ably discharged. He was admitted to i the bar of the state of Louisiana when ?3 years old and six years later was elected to his first political office as state senator. From that time on * until his appointment as an associate justice he was active in politics. Mr. : White was the leader in the movement to overthrow the Burke ring of New Orleans and In the anti-lotteries fight, which caused great bitterness in Louisiana. For two years, from 1878 to 1880, he was on the bench as an associate justice of the supreme court of his state. It was in 18S8 that he went to the United States senate, and 1 there he distinguished himself in his 1 arguments against the constitutionality of the anti-option law and by his ' stand taken against placing sugar on the free list. It was said that Senator i White as well as many of his constituents depended on Louisiana sugar cane plantations for their wealth. President Cleveland's appointment of Mr. White to the supreme court in ' 1894 followed the senate's rejection | of the chief executive's nominations i of Mr. Hornblower and Wheeler H. Peckham. a brother of the late Associate Justice Peckham. That Senator White should be Cleveland's third choice surprised Louisiana and the l whole country. He was the first Roman Catholic to occupy a seat in the i supreme court after the death of Chief 1 Justice Taney. ' The appointment of a chief justice 1 in itself is always a matter of interest, for the United States has been fortunate enough to have had but seven changes in 120 years. The terms of ! office of Marshall. Taney and Fuller ' were the longest, and those of Jay. I Ellsworth, Chase and Waite the short- < est. To John Jay went the distil v.*- 1 tion of holding a secretaryship in the first cabinet for three months while I chief justice. When the senate rati- i fled Washington's appointment of the '< New Yorker, he was 4 4 years old. He 1 was six feet tall, rather slender, and i had a sharp nose, penetrating eyes 1 and pointed chin, for he took more ; after the French Huguenot ancestry of his father than after his mother's family, who were early Dutch settlers I on Manhattan. ' Of him Webster said: "When the < spotless ermine fell upon John Jay it i touched something as spotless as it- < self " .lav was iust and earnest, but 1 not a profound lawyer or orator. He < had been educated in a New York s I crammar school and at Columbia col- f I " v lege. His preparation for the legal i Profession was not in the days of the ^ Vudy of Blackstone and Kent, but of c .he more difficult "Coke on Littleton" and the Year-Books. Jay possessed j ^ a mind vigorous and exact enough to < assimilate the knowledge contained in 1 i them. After completing his studies ] he became active in favoring the re- < \ k +?*?+ A *?*<?+ A 4f>?**+ A +#* iwres COURT I I bout the Nation's ? i Tribunal ^ + $ r T +*?*+ T T *?! volt of the colonies against Great Britain. With one exception, he was the youngest member of the Continental congress, and his "Address to the People of Great Britain." delivered at one of its meetings, made his name known throughout the colonies. After the Revolution had begun he was sent to Spain to negotiate a treaty for the free use of the Mississippi river and to borrow $2,000,000. Several years later he went with Franklin. Adams and Laurens to arrange a treaty of peace with Great Britain. When Washington became president he made Jay his secretary of foreign affairs; then in 1790 appointed him chief justice, and four years after, while Jay was still holding the office, sent him as a special envoy to negotiate a treaty with Great Britain. During his absence the people of New York chose Jay as their governor. To accept the office he resigned his position in the supreme court upon his return with an exceedingly unpopular treaty. One of those most violent in attacking it was John Rutledge. whom Washington nominated to succeed Jay. But the senate rejected him, and William Cushing, who had been a judge before the Revolution, chief justice of Massachusetts and presiding chief justice of the United States, was appointed, only to resign. This appointment of Washington's furnished the only example of a chief justice being chosen from the membership of the supreme court until the other day, when Associate Justice White was honored by President Taft. Oliver Ellsworth finally succeeded to Jay's place. At that time he was a federalist senator from Connecticut, who was learned in the law and also in politics, being the Aldrich of the senate and "boss" of his own state. He was well fitted for the position of chief justice, for he had been one of the most important and influential members of the convention which framed the constitution. It is to Ellsworth that we owe our present judiciary system. His reasoning power, sagacity, sound sense in the conduct of affairs and moderation of temper were admired by Daniel Webster. Ellsworth did not stay on the bench long, for in 1799 he resigned to become minister to France. The next chief justice, John Marshall, is considered the greatest of the seven men whe have held that position. His term of thirty-six years marked an epoch in the history of the United States and of jurisprudence. During that time 1,100 opinions were rendered under him, and of those he himself wrote 519. These decisions, which outnumber those of any other period 01 our nanonat msiory, interpreted the constitution adequately for the first time and established a basis for future decisions. He lifted the supreme court out of the influence of politics and personal ambition to a dignified place in the nation's governmental system. Marshall's first important decision was to the effect that the supreme court had the right and power to declare an act of congress null and void if in the opinion of the justices it violated the constitution. Until this opinion had been given the people of the country had considered the legislative power of congress unlimited. Marshall's interpretation of the simple commerce clause in the constitution relative to the famous case of Gibbons vs. Ogden established the power of the Federal government over Interstate commerce. John Marshall was a man of truly great intellectual power and versatility. He distinguished himself not only in the judiciary- but as a soldier, statesman, historian and diplomat. In spite of his dislike for politics he was elected to the Virginia legislature. He blossomed out as the leader of the bar in his state while a young man, and soon gained national reputation. Strangely enough he lost the one case argueu uy mm utiure wie tuuu wuii.ii he was later to preside over so ably for many years. Washington, who was his neighbor and patron, wished to make him attorney general, but the appointment was declined. He went to France, however, as envoy at the request of the president, and in his mission outwitted Talleyrand, the cleverest diplomat of his time. After his return Marshall refused to accept an appointment as associate justice to the supreme court, but took a seat in congress, and afterward accepted the chief justiceship, both at Washington's desire. At the death of Marshall, in 1836, Roger B. Taney received the office of chief justice at the hands of Andrew Jackson, whose nominations of Taney as secretary of the treasury and as associate justic had been rejected by a senate opposed to Jackson's and Taney's views. As attorney general in Jackson's cabinet Taney had written the correspondence for the nullification conspiracy and had made the arguments of the United States Bank case. Before that he had as a lawyer pleaded case in all parts of the country. In the Dred Scott decision, for which the chief justice was responsible. Taney held that Scott, as a negro, was not a citizen of the United States, and consequently had no standing in court. The negro, he argued, had no social or political rights. He himself had freed the slaves that he had inherited, and had never refused professional aid to negroes seeking fredom. This case ended his career, for he was seldom in the supreme court afterward and heard no more important cases. For two years previous to his death, in 1864, Taney did not possess the strength to sit in court, but nevertheless he stubbornly refused to resign, for the reason that he did not wish Lincoln to appoint his successor. When Lincoln finally did get to choose the chief justice. Salmon P. Chase was selected for the place. After being graduated from Bowdoin college Chase taught school in Washington. D. C? and at the same time studied law with William Wirt. Upon admission to the bar he moved to Cincinnati, where he built up an extensive practice. His intense love for literature led him to write for the magazines and newspapers and to compose poems which show some genius. But his literary work did not make his name so well known as did his defense of a fugitive slave. He lost the case, but his conduct was popular in the north and called for respect from the south. Chase's interest in escaping slaves led to his being nicknamed the "Attorney General for Runaway Niggers." A case contesting the constitutionality of the fugitive slave law was tried oeioreme supreme court by Chase and William H. Seward, but they lost. In 1850 Chase went to the United states senate at one of Ohio's representatives and five years later became governor of his state. He assisted in organizing the Republican party at this time. Before the campaign of 1860 Chase was a candidate for the presidency. He was again elected to the senate but resigned on the day ifter being sworn in to become secretary of the treasury in Lincoln't cabinet. As a financier in a great crisis tie ranks with Alexander Hamilton ind Robert Morris. Shortly after Chase had resigned as secretary of the treasury because of trouble with Lincoln as to the distribution of patronage, which he was ac used of trying to control for the benelt of his presidential ambitions. Lincoln appointed him chief justice. When he took up the duties of this ffice all personal and political considerations were left behind. He possessed a powerful mind, which he used wisely and impartially in his vork. His written opinions show ?areful logic and a literary skill. When Chase died, in 1873, the chief justiceship was offered to Roscoe "onkling. but he declined. Then ['resident (Irant nominated George fl. Williams of Oregon and Caleb 'ushing of Massachusetts, both of whom were rejected by the senate. Morrison R. Waite of Toledo, O., at last received the position. He is said to have been born with an ermine robe on his shoulders, for he came of a family of judges. His father, grandfather, uncles and other relatives had all sat on the bench. Walte's appointment was made because of his success as a lawyer in Ohio and his conduct at the Geneva Arbitration Tribunal in 1871. During his term there were several important decisions. Melville Weston Fuller, whose recent death occasioned the appointment of Mr. White, was made chief justice by Cleveland in his first administration. Mr. Fuller was born in Augusta, Me., where he and James G. Blaine were reporters for rival Democratic and Republican newspapers. After graduation from Bowdoin college in 1853, he studied law in the Harvard Law School. Several years' practice in Maine were followed by his settling in Chicago. There he was an able and learned member of the bar with a large family and a practice worth about $35,000 when Cleveland ,, chose him to head the judiciary. Mr. T Fuller was well known through his <?* conduct of the "Lake Forest case," In ' which he represented successfully the el* Immense interests of the city of Chicago. and the "Cheney case," where eL he showed his ability and eloquence In defending Bishop Cheney before ^ an ecclesiastical tribunal. By his despatch of business he cleared the ^ docket of the supreme court as never before. Chief Justice Fuller lived X quietly in Washington with his chil- ^ dren. grandchildren and a pet parrot, Laura. With his long white hair and his white mustache he was one of the picturesque sights of the capital up to the time of his death this year. ^ LIKED THE FRYING PANS. 4* 4* Indians Found an Exciting Use for the Cooking Utensils. The Indian, however averse he may be to any kind of useful labor, is not slow to avail himself of a new source ??? of amusement. This was shown some years ago when among the supplies <4* sent by the government to a certain r agency in the west were several hun- ??* dred large frying pans with long han dies. A* These the Indian agent found in 6 stock when he took possession, and at the end of the year the number had not been diminished. Thinking that 4^ nonKono Kr? Vftarl T\ nf tUschnrPPfl his " whole duty in the matter of supplying ^ Uncle Sam's wards with these culinary utensils, the agent began making special efforts to induce the red men to use them. fa At first it was hard work, but by the time he had given out about two fa dozen there came a sudden change, Not a day passed in which the agent ~s did not have applications for at least *?' a dozen, and some days he disposed of twice that number. When the supply was nearly ex- fa ( hausted he noticed among the appli- ^ cants some to whom he had previous- <7# ly given pans, and naturally enough he became a trifle curious to know 4* what use they were making of them. He questioned several of the men to no purpose, but at length a young buck more communicative than the rest gave him to understand that if he would visit a certain part of the fa reservation not far away he would ^ find his Inquiry answered. ^ The next day. therefore, the agent V rode out in the direction indicated. ? About two miles from the agency he V noticed on the crest of a narrow spur ? of the mountain three or four Indians who suddenly disappeared on the op- _ posite side of the ridge. At the same ey# time he heard faintly the cry of many voices. On turning the point of the ridge he saw a crowd of several hundred In- el? dians who were shouting as if greatly excited. He noticed also several objects, which he at first supposed to be r bowlders, descending the side of the fa mountain toward them with trememious rapidity. 1 Instead of fleeing from these mov- ?? ing objects the Indians simply applauded and shouted. Soon he saw (J] ether objects like the first descending, and in a short time the whole sltua- ? tion was plain to him. Having selected a long, smooth yj slope of the mountain where there were no stones, the Indians had converted it into a sort of earthen toboggan slide and were utilizing the frying pans as toboggans. Seating themselv00 u ?v.Q none thev p-rnunprl the hand les with both hands; then, crossing their legs over their arms, they went Oi spinning down the slide with great ra- com pidity. The agent let them have the befo few pans that remained in the storehouse. but did not order a new supply.?Harper's Weekly. W mus WALL STREETS BENEFITS 0n a Without It the Nation Would, Perhaps ^N( Go to Smash. .. line. Wall street is an arena of speculators. of men who foresee, or believe they foresee, what is going to happen in respect to the products or securi- ___ ties in which they embark their capital: and who buy or sell upon the | basis of such belief or foresight. They deal in corn, cotton, provis- * ions or any other of the great staples 3 handled by the exchanges; in railway * shares, industrials, foreign exchange 3 ?everything marketable. The mo- ? tive of the speculator is personal 3 gain; but the effect of his operation J? is a social and national benefit, for 3 it tends to equalize prices; and that If is essentially the function of Wall ^ street. Jf Such is human nature that without ^ Wall street we would be apt within J the year to consume or waste the ^ surplus of each abundant crop and J starve with every scant one; without ^ Wall street we would be apt to rush 3 into every adventure that paid an exceptional dividend, and go bank- 3 rupt when dividends ceased and there was no longer a market for our 3 shares: without Wall street the pain- * fully garnered capital of the country 3 would be at the mercy of the confl- * dence operator and swindler. Wall 3 street examines, watches, guards, pro- * tects, restrains, and though it may 3 exercise all these offices for its own If advantage, it cannot prevent them T3 from being of far greater advantage to the community at large. It is true that there are specula- m. i tors who buy and sell not upon foresight. but simply from example, or upon some scheme of chance; but these are the small fry of the market and most commonly its victims. They come and they go; but they fail to influence either the larger operations, or affect the course of events. Wall street is the single arena in this country where capital, combined with those intellectual qualities which culminate in practical foresight, may contend upon equal grounds, without yy fear or favor, without prejudice or Qjsc advantage. It is almost wholly Im- COS personal, and brains alone rule. All the great political economists, Smith, Ricardo, McCulloch. Mill and corn others, have applauded the useful yy function of speculative exchanges and farn shown that before they were estab- then lished vast communities suffered from alternative seasons of abundance and scarcity, or were periodically bereft of their earnings by the powerful and ^ designing.?Wall Street Journal. V South Carolina Needs More People. ?? ?Smith Onrnlinn is iroillir to lose a congressman. That is the way it looks now. Unless there is reapportionment the house of representatives will be too large. Reapportionment on the basis For i of one congressman for 225,000 popula- it all tion, instead of one for 192,000 as at buy present, will increase the representa- ? tion in the house from 391 to 396, and South Carolina would be one of a num- ~ ber of states to sustain a loss, and the loss may be repeated in 1920 if prog- __ ressive measures are not adopted by Dnj the legislature and the interested railroads to let the people of the north and com' west know of the true conditions in Si this section. We need more white peo pie and the only way to get them is to lift the veil of ignorance regarding /^v ; conditions in the south. This is the V-/1 time for South Carolina to conduct a stall campaign of education abroad.?Co- No 1 lumbia State. eq You can't lift men up higher by your selfish desire that they should be strong; but with love as the lever Bf you will help their endeavor and make ing it easy for them to get along. rer's .WE OFFER Hill FOB CHHISTHAS. I TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND THE LARGEST. BEST SELECTED AND MOST ARTISTIC STOCK. DIAMONDS, WATCHES, SILVERWARE, CUT GLASS. HAND PAINTED CHINA. GOLD HANDLE UMBRELLAS, ART GOODS AND HUNDREDS OF OTHER ARTICLES. SUITABLE FOR GIFTS FOR HER OR HIM. ? ? __ ? _ ? ? ? ? ? Twenty-five years experience have perfected our methods, established, made our reputation, proved our guarantee. For twenty-five years our nr.otto has been "QUALITY and FULL VALUE for Prices Asked"?so when you compare prices consider the quality and remember that the value of a gift is enhanced by the knowledge that it came from ...TORRENCE-MORRIS CO., Jewelers... GASTONIA, N. C. L. D. PHONE No. 90. : b 4s 4s 4- 4- 4* 4s 4* 4* 4s 4* 4* 4? 4s 4* 4* 4* 4* 4- 4* 4ONLY A FEW DAYS* 4* Are Left for Holiday Shopping, But It 4, Will Be Easy to Get Through If You * Will Shop at WRAY'S. It Is Here + Your Money Will Buy the Most. * We are showing an immense line of DOLLS?Big Dolls, Little & Dolls, China Dolls, Bisque Dolls and Rag Dolls. DRUMS for the boys?Big Drums, Smaller Drums and Little ^ Drums. " WAjGONS AND CARTS for the boys. ^ ^ ??, HAH X UAKKlAlitS, UULjLi Hr^U^i A.>U r L'H.xauna nru 1 o, TEA SETS. ETC.. for the little girls. And practically everything else that SANTA CLAUS will need for the little folks at Christmas. - ^ Lowest Prices on Dry Goods, Etc. * Don't forget that OUR REMOVAL SALE PRICES ARE STILL ^ IX FORCE, and will continue until we move. We are offering very low prices on DRESS GOODS. NOTIONS. CLOTHING, SHOES. ^ HATS, CAPS and DOMESTICS. If you have any buying to do you <&> will lose money should you buy before you see what WRAY HAS TO OFFER. Hundreds have taken advantage of our low prices and #2* carried away the rich bargains. If you haven't been here, it is a good time to come and get a share of what is left. COME TODAY. * Jl'ST REMEMBER THAT SANTA CLAUS WILL FIND THAT WRAY'S IS THE BEST PLACE TO BUY CHRISTMAS GOODS. SHOP EARLY?AVOID THE RUSH?SHOP EARLY. J. Q. WRAY, The Leader. J $? T T "fc "r 'f? 4s *?> 4* 'f3 f* *v T r^. ??. < ? . < ?? *?. ?? ??? cj" ^ *?* * Savings As a Stimulus? * 4? Anybody can spend money, but it takes a wise and prudent man to save money. Money saved acts as a stimulus to make more to save. Saving reduces waste: waste eliminated, profits increase eg* rapidly. ^ We allow Four Per Cent, Compounded Quarterly, on Savings. * The Bank of Hickory Grove, * Hickory Grove, S. C. J LEMN & ALLISON. At Reduced Prices. II 0*0*1 np/4 walter baker's cocoa, LOWNEY'S COCOA, j J BEST GREEN TEA. llarncss choice black tea. ECHO TEA, in Cans, 25 CTS. jr line of Buggies and Harness is gALAD DRESSING, plete, and it will pay you to see us re buying. I WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. WAGONS. SWEET SUGAR C?RNCHALMER'S GELATINE. e have a full stock of Wagons, that CRYSTAL GELATINE t be sold, so don't put off, but come ind look over our complete stock. RUMFORD'S BAKING POWDER. SINES, GINS AND MACHINERY. you need anything In the above " either Steam or Gasoline, see us. REDUCED PRICES. LENN & ALLISON w. m. Kennedy, Agent. The Duty a BANK of Today OWES Its f Depositors and Its Community. J f IS TO AID THEM IN' EVERY WAY POSSIBLE, WITHIN THE * BOUNDS OF REASON; TO TAKE EVERY PRECAUTION IN SAFEGUARDING THEIR MONEY. AND TO EMPLOY FUNDS ? DEPOSITED WITH IT TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE * COMMUNITY. WE HONESTLY TRY TO BE A BANK OF TO DAY?ONE THAT FULFILLS ITS DUTY TO ITS DEPOSITORS ? AND ITS COMMUNITY. FIRST NATIONAL BANK * OF SHARON, S. C. ? .1 if SAVE. President. J. L. RAIXEY, Vice President. A. M. HAIiDOX, Cashier. * ? T4 Til Til Til Til Til Til Til Til Til Til Til Til Til Til Til Til Til Til Til tarn*. C. W Crr.,, tjrj n CA VC MV ARROLL BROS. nLLr mL Come to Sherer's when you want Fruits. I have Oranges, Apples and Bananas?also Basket and Malaga A rr* ry T1 Grapes. /I M t f M ^ t Sherer's Is the place to get your , M. M A A Christmas Candies. I have the largest and best assortment in Yorkville. I have Vegetables?such as Cabbage, v. ? ? i n-xi. Turnips, Sweet and Irish Potatoes, e have about SIX Puffalo-Pitts Creamery Butter, Country Butter Harrows that we will sell at anfj at sherer's Market. , . . . . . Fresh meats all the time, such as ik anybody who has one and they geef pork an(j Sausage?Fish and tell you there is none better. 0yatera on Saturdays, e and see us about on?- I will sell you 13 pound packs of e can refer you to some of the best goda for 50 cents lers in the county, who are using j ^ aH who Owe meto^Please Pay tl* Up, You m oe sorry it via ueorgo Busts, and you can get no Credit. They say Old George sells too cheap HT?OS Well. I guess that's partly so, ;A1V lWLL l>AVV^O. But ,f the peop,e WQuld Qnly pay me up I think Old George could go. OLD GEORGE. The Butcher. I S H IN G JB >\7Xzfzwz Mm WANTED HiiJ SECOND HAND BICYCLES. 'AT V fAVTTD l I tlx / you ^ave an Old Bicycle Frame, 1 A.L/IV.-W V JC/lv- / /hj k?f Wheels, Crank, Axle or any part of an CIJOpo 11 \ F \ Old Bicycle lying around, there Is mon- . ;#J I -* ey In It for you, if you will bring it 7 . , JM JMH to us. make your wishes We do all kinds of wood work on e true? wagons and buggies. HANNON & HOPE, Sharon, S. C. We keep a good stock of Bicycle Tires. Pedals, and in fact every thing , MONEY TO LEND you need for a Bicycle. N improved farms in York county, Automobiles a specialty. ments. Interest eight a", Alexander Specialty Company! C. E. SPENCER. R. D. Alexander, Mgr. 1 Attorney at Law. ? t aug. 8. 9V The Enquirer office sells Rebuilt Typewriters of all kinds at a saving of New type, good stock and know- one-fourth to half. Rebuift Machines how, is what makes The Enqui- that are equal to New Machines in < job printing satisfy its users. every respect. I SPECK'S Is Again the ONE BEST Place For Holiday Shoppers Who Are Looking for the Best in CUT GLASS, STERLING SILVER, STERLING NOVELTIES GOLD JEWELRY, BOOKS, PICTURES, FANCY CHINA, DOLLS, TOYS, Etc; Come and See the Holiday Goods t \\t cnrrif A TT U1 UVlVf JVTTV1V1 Rice Flour' If you expect to kill your hogs before New Year's Day, begin now and feed them RICE FLOUR. You will be surprised at the way this feed will put T on the fat In a short month's time. If you have never fed hogs on RICE FLOUR, try one sack and notice the difference In this feed as compared with others. We also have MILL FEED, WHEAT BRAN, CORN and M OATS. Right now is the time to feed your w hens PURINA feed, It will make them J lay more eggs during this month, and you will get the benefit of the higher 4 prices. SET". US FOR FLOUR, SUGAR, COFFEES, TOBACCOS, etc. Our Prices Arc Always Right for the Man Who Is Buying. _ Farmers' Wholesale Grocery, : J. M. FERGUSON, Prop. CATTLE 1 WANTPn. TPW f T i in i t/iy i MILK COWS. | I want to buy a dozen GOOD MILK COWS, for which I will pay the market price. * BEEF CATTLE. I am In the market for FIFTY HEAD ^ of THIN CATTLE, desired for feeding ? through the winter. If you have any- ^ thing to sell, see me about it. c W. R. CARROLL : Common Sense. \ a I buy as low as I can?That's Busi- \ ness sense. I sell as Low as I can?That's Pro- p gressive sense. v You buy as Low as you can?That's a Good sense. e YOU BUY OF ME?That's Dollars and Cents to both of us. Y I have everything you can reasona- j, bly expect to find in a First-Class Gen- t| eral Store?mv eroods are of excellent ? quality and my prices as LOW AS THE | LOWEST. w I have Dry Goods. Dress Goods, No. E Hons. Prints, Silks, Hats, Caps, Shoes, ^ Hardware. Staple and Fancy Groceries, Family Medicines, Fresh Fruits and Candles arriving every week. I have the Ingredients for your fruit cakes. . Give me your patronage and I will ^ treat you right. I pay the highest ? market price for Country Produce. M. A. McFARLAND, a Yorkvillo R. F. D. No. 4. A "Long sweetenin"' ? d Every day or two, or three, I am re- 0 celvlng new Fancy Groceries, bought with an especial view to the holiday trade, when everybody more or less, gives a little wider range to the variety that goes on the dining table. C Among other things that have ar- a rived within the past few days are: ? A barrel of Real Old Fashioned, Open Kettle New Orleans Molasses, just the kind to make you want more. Then I have all kinds of Nuts, Dried Figs, Raisins, Currants, Citron, Prunes, Cranberries. Evaporated Peaches, Durkee's Salad Dressing. Fish Roe, Mac- w aronl and Cream Cheese, and other p choice things too numerous to men- p tlon. If you want Choice, Fresh, Fancy Groceries, you can always find them at this store. Phone your orders. De- ? liveries made promptly. W. E. FERGUSON. t] E n COME ONE! COME ALL! ? it F We have the GOODS and you have B the MONEY, let's swap. Ask to see our line of Turn Plows, Stalk Cutters, 2 Middle Breakers, Buggies, Wagons, 0 Harness, Shoes, Dry Goods, Notions and Groceries. Everything we sell, we H Guarantee or Money Back. a Please aive us a settlement, whether it your bill be small or large. We favor- 2 ed you, now favor us by prompt settlement. Yours truly, S Jackson Brothers. ? clover, s. c. YORKVILLE BUGGY CO * ti ~? ?~ si d m h Ik JT * mowing o Machines. I m w tl The latest Improvement in Mowing 111 Machines, is the New Ideal, made by s< the Deering Co. We have them In re atook Also Bueeies. Waeons. Har- ft ness, etc. P( Come and we will sell you at the fe right price. We have a four-room house for T1 rent. dl n< in Yorkville Buggy Co. MONEY TO LOAN. [J ON First Mortgage of Improved tr country and city property. Terms reasonable and loans repayable In m easv installments. W. W. LEWIS. Attorney. tll Yorkville. S. C. 45 t tf. a 90* You are measured by -*".e Stationsry you send out. Use The Enquirer kind. +??+ ? ?+ ? ?+ ?+?+ ?+?+ ? ? ? ? ? ?+ ?*?* ? ? <$>+<5" | LOST?$25.00! f I ? 4 % If the Average Man loses a purse containing $25.00, he not only w ? spends a whole lot of time searching for it, but ho tells all his friends T ? and neighbors about it, advertises the fact in the local paper, and ? ? offers a reward. He feels that he has been most unfortunate. 4 '$ Then, why does this same Average Man when he has a MonuT ment to buy, give his order to a traveling tombstone agent, and pay V T him $100.00 for a Monument he could buy at any reliable yard for ? ? $75.00 or less? One is as clearly a case of losing money as the oth- 4 er, except that in the first instance he stands a chance to get It back _ T and in the second It is GONE FOR GOOD. 4 i The book agent had a harvest in this country until we caught X ? on to his slick tongue and high prices and put him out of business. 4 . In his stead we now have the tombstone agent in every neighbor- ^ ? hood with his "Georgy marble" picture book and list of prices made 4 4 out to include his 25 Per Cent. ? ? With a little experience he can put up as slick a talk as ever ^ the book agent did, and if you are an "Easy Mark," he will actually ? ? convince you that he is doing you a personal favor by calling on you. 4 f In the meantime he is after his 25 per cent, and The Purchaser ? ? Has It to Pay. + j. If you need a Grave Stone come to see us or drop us a line. We ? ? sell at The Agents' Price, Less 25 % and Give You Better Work. 4 trAnrrtrrr t tt* V ? XUK.l\ViI^E, ivl w IN U IVltMN I WUKM, t JOHN E. CARROLL, President. k| | IC Remember the 25 Per Cent?That's Where You Lose. ^ A/TVt^A A A ^A/r^A AAAA AAAA /T1A/T1A /LAdiA /T^A/T^A fl^AA /T^A/T>A J^A/tV. ^FaJA WTWT VTWT wWV wtT*^ Wwa VTvT wVwV Ti/ w^ i GET SUBSCRIBERS FOR PE ENQUIRER i?+A *?+A *?+A *&+A *?+A *?+A *?*A *&+A *?+A ?t?+A *?+A ?M t Is Pleasant, Easy Work and Good Pay A *?*A *?+A K8+A **+A *fc+A *?*A *?+A *?*A *?+A *?+A *&*>i Quarter Leather Top, Rubber Tire dr\nir utt t dttppv nLL^L^ LJ U JJVJ I For the Largest Club i?4A *?4A *?+A *?4A *?4A *?4A *?4A *?4A *?4A ??4A *?4A W wo Horse PIEDMONT WAGON For the Secood Largest Club L&4A *?4A l??4A H?4A ??4A *?4A *?4A *?4A *?4A ??4A *?4A ?M ^ 6 HIGH GRADE SEWING MACHINES 16 To As Many Different Competitors &4 43? AA ??4 4?? AA ??4 4?? AA ??4 43? AA ??4 4?? AA ??4 THE YORKVTLLE ENQUIRER IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPLETE iND SATISFACTORY FAMILY NEWSPAPERS IN THE SOUTH. It Is lean, reliable, high-toned and Instructive. It should be In every York Jounty home, and Is well worthy of a place In every home in the State. It as a record of more than half a century behind it, and its publishers are onstantly seeking to make It more useful to Its patrons. In order to extend hat usefulness It Is necessary to get more subscribers, and to make it worth he while of Clubmakers we are offering a liberal line of valuable premiums. OUR PROPOSITIONS. To the Clubmaker who returns and pays for the largest number of names >0 efore SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1911, at 6 o'clock p. m., we will give One ^ Quarter Leather Top Rock Hill Buggy (Carolina Grade), valued at Ninety >ollars. To the Clubmaker who returns the second largest club under the ame conditions by the date mentioned, we will give a Two Horse Piedmont Vagon, valued at $67.60. The contests for these two premiums is open to all comers, regardless of lace or residence. In addition to these two leading premiums, however, we Mil award Sixteen High Grade Sewing Machines, of two styles, one retailing t $40 and the other retailing at $30, two Machines to go to each township, xcepting to the townships in which the Buggy and Wagon may be awarded. After the Buggy and Wagon have been awarded, the Sewing Machines Mil be awarded in the remaining townships to the Clubmakers making the irgest and second largest clubs, and the awards will be made regardless of h<> nnmhor nf names in the two leading clubs. That Is if the Buggy or Wagon oes to one township Clubmaker for a hundred names, more or less, and the econd largest Clubmaker In that township has only two names, he or she Mil be entitled to a Sewing Machine. In each township where neither the Suggy nor Wagon shall be awarded, there will be awards of two Sewing fachlnes made to the Clubmakers having the largest and second largest clubs. PREMIUMS. All of our readers know what the Rock Hill Buggy Is. They have been unning throughout this section for years, and they have never been known o fail to give satisfaction. The buggy we are offering has been purchased rom Messrs. Carroll Bros., of Yorkvllle, the Local Agents, and is subject to 11 of the guarantees of the Rock Hill Buggy Company. The Wagon is of the well known and time tested Piedmont make, and may lso be seen at the store of Messrs. Carroll Bros. It has 8-inch skein and -inch tires and Is guaranteed for a year as to material and workmanship, lessrs. Carroll Bros, stand by the guarantee. The price $67.50. The best grade Sewing Machine offered, has high arm, drop head, hand ft, Ave drawers and is ball bearing. The retail price ranges as high as 40.00 and It seldom sells for less. The second grade Sewing Machine is almost as good. It is also of the rop head description, has Ave drawers and Is practically the same as the ther with the exception that It Is not Atted with ball bearings. WHAT A CLUB IS Two or more names returned by a single Clubmaker will be regarded as a Hub, and whoever desires to enter the contest will not only be regarded as Clubmaker, but is assured that whether he or she Is successful in carrying ff one of the competitive premiums will receive full compensation for all he work that will be involved. The price of a single subscription Is $2.00 year or $1.00 for six months. In Clubs the price for six months remains ?omo hi,* frtr a VP Br It Is onlv SI.75. NEW SUBSCRIBERS. All persons who have not been on our list subsequent to January 1, i;iO, rill be regarded as new subscribers, and Clubmakers may send them the aper from the time their names are entered until January 1, 1912 for the rice of a year's subscription?$1.76. OTHER PREMIUMS. Besides the Buggy, Wagon and Sewing Machine premiums, which are to 0 as full and complete rewards to the Clubmakers making and paying for fie largest clubs In the county and the respective townships, we are offerig SPECIAL PREMIUMS for all smaller Clubs, from three names up. FOR THREE NAMES.?A year's subscription to the Progressive Farmer, tie best agricultural weekly in the South. FOR FOUR NAMES.?A Stylographic Fountain Pen; a handsome Threelladed Pocket Knife with name and address on handle; or one of the late ew Novels that retail for $1.00. FOR FIVE NAMES.?A "Bannatyne" Stem Winding Watch, a gold ointed Fountain Pen or a Four-Bladed Pocket Knife. FOR SIX NAMES.?An "Eclipse" Stem Winding Watch, Hamilton Mod1 15, 22-calibre Rifle, a year's subscription to the Christian Herald, Saturay Evening Post, a 22-String ZIthern or any one of the new popular $1.60 Novels. FOR EIGHT NAMES.?An Ingersoll "Triumph" Watch, Daisy Repeatlg Air Rifle?works like a Winchester?a fine Razor or a Pocket Knife, a fapld Writer Fountain Pen?plain case; or a Hopf Model Violin or an 8-inch lanjo. FOR TEN NAMES.?One year's subscription to THE ENQUIRER, a No. Hamilton, 22-Cal. Rifle?model 11; any one of the $1.75 or $2.00 publications ne year, or a Gold Mounted Fountain Pen, a good Banjo. Guitar or Violin. f FOR TWENTY NAMES.?Crack-Shot Stevens Rifle, a 10-oz. Canvas [unting Coat, a No. 1 Ejector Single-Barrel Breech-Loading Shot Gun, or ny one of the $4.00 Magazines for one year. FOR THIRTY NAMES.?Either of the following: A Single-Barrel Hamlerless Shot Gun. a fine Toilet or Washstand Set, or a Hopkins & Allen, Jr., 2-CaI. Rifle. FOR FORTY NAMES.?A fine Mandolin, Guitar or Banjo, a New York inn/lor/l OT-?c?n TTono YVat<-?V? a Tlniihlfl-Rflrrol Rrpprh-T-OnHInc Shnt f*lin. ANYTHING DESIRED.?We will arrange to furnish any special article eslred by a Clubmaker for a given number of names on application at this fflce. TERMS AND CONDITIONS THE CONTEST BEGINS NOW and will come to a close on SATURDAY. [ARCH 18, at 6 o'clock p. m., sharp. Each Clubmaker will be held individually responsible for the payment of le amount due on all names returned by him or her. Where it is desired to op a subscription before the close of the Club contest, the Clubmaker may o so by paying the amount due at the time of such stoppage. Where a sub?riptlon has been paid In full, it cannot be discontinued. The Clubmaker, owever, may, if he sees proper, transfer the unfulfilled portion of the sub:ription to another subscriber, provided the person to whom the transfer is > be made was not a subscriber at the time the original name was entered on ur books. No name will be counted in competition for a premium until the sub ription price has been paid, nor will any premium be delivered until the lubmaker has either paid or made satisfactory settlement for all the names a the Club. In cases of contention by two or more Clubmakers over the right to a ame, preference will be given to the one who pays for the name FIRST; but here both pay, we shall not attempt to decide the matter except by crediting to name for ono year for each such payment. After a name has Been entered on our dooks, nu innuicr wm uc j?c?litted. This is positive and emphatic, and where Clubmakers attempt to lake such transfers, they must concede our right to take such steps as may (em necessary to protect the fairness of this provision. The Clubmaker who A (turns names must pay for them. Clubmakers who try to return and pay M ?r names already regularly returned by others will be called down, es- * sclally if there is evidence of an understanding between the Clubmakers. his Is not for the protection of the publishers; but as a guarantee of the ilrness of the competition. Any and all Clubmakers will have the right to Get Subscribers Wherever hey Can. It Is not necessary that all the names shall go to the same adress. The fact that a name was returned on a certain club last year does jt give that Clubmaker a right to return it this year. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sendg them, and we will be responsible for the safe transmission of money lly when it Is sent by Draft, Registered Letter, Express or Postofflce Money rder. In sending the names, Always give correct names or initials, and present istoftice address, and if possible say whether the subscribers are NOW taking le paper. Careful observance of this will be the means of avoiding much ouble and confusion. In case of a tie for either the Buggy or Township Sewing Machine Pre- . lums, TWO WEEKS will be allowed for the working off of the tie. After the close of the contest on SATURDAY. MARCH 18, at 6 p. m., ie price of a year's subscription will be $2.00, unless New Clubs are formed. L. M. GRIST'S SONS, PublishersYorkville, South Carolina