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tumorous Hcpartmrnt. He Got the Goods.?Four custom- l\ ers had called that morning. The dealer reflected that the order by mail F would necessarily take time, so going to the long-distance telephone he got his favorite jobber on the wire. This 1 conversation ensued: I "Hello! Is this the Retailers' Sup- t ply company?" t "Yes." t "Who's talking?" 1 "Watt." 1 "What is your name." "Watt is my name." < "Yes. What is your name?" 1 "My name is Watt?Charles Watt." < "Oh! Charles Watt. Well, Watt, < send me this order on this noon's ex- i press. t (Here he reads order.) i "All right. Are you Shott?" ? "No; I'm not shot, nor half shot." i "I mean you are John Schott?" 1 "No: I'm Knott." 1 "Well, then, what is your name?" I i "Will Knott." i "Why won't you?" I "Uh! My name is Will Knott of Is Knoxville. I want that order sent out < on to-day's noon express, sure." It "Certainly, Knott. Goodby." 11 And Knott went back to the counter |< wondering whether Watt said he would 11 or not, or what. I: But he got the goods.?Milwaukee || Wisconsin. < One on the Judge.?The lawyer forh the prosecution had finished his closing! ] argument, and the judge, a pompous || and long winded individual, was charg- I ing the jury. |l He was In the midst of an unusual- Ij ly long and tedious address when hel, suddenly noticed that one of the Jury-li men had fallen fast asleep. The in -1J dignation of his honor was boundless.Ij Rapping sharply on his desk, he awak-1 ed the slumberer, who seemed not at IJ all abashed at being thus caught nap-I, ping. After glaring at him angrily fori] a few moments the magistrate In his 11 most sarcastic tone said: "So that's the way you attend toL your duty, is it? You're a fine speci-|< ynent to have on a jury. Do you think 11 your opinion will be of any value when! J I send you out to determine the fate ofL this prisoner?" I> "Yes. sir," said the juryman quietly; r "I think so." I, "Oh, you do, do you?" shouted theli exasperated judge. "Pray tell me, sir, I' how long you have been sleeping?" J "I don't know, your honor," was thej, reply. "How long have you been talk-11 ,1ng?"?New York Herald. ?I, "Warning the Colonel.?A raw re-jj crult from a remote corner of the I < -Green Isle was engaged for the first 11 time in a field maneuver in England J ? on outpost duty. The sergeant instruct-11 ed him to look out carefully for the 11 colonel coming to inspect the post. Ij After an hour he returned and a?k-|j ed the soldier, "Has the colonel been It here?" |l Receiving an answer in the negative, I he went away, returning later on with J t the same inquiry. I* Awhile later the colonel appeared.!1 The recruit did not salute properly, I ^ which Incensed the colonel, who as a|c hint asked him: |r "Do you know who I am?" "Faith and I do not," answered theL recruit. |c UT *"* OAlAnol * 1 CVIII IIIC VV1VUVI. VBogorra. you will catch It then," said the soldier. "The sergeant has s been asking twice for yez already!" r < | Y A Delusion Spoiled.?A venerable, a white-haired person received a month t or so ago several requests from young a women for a lock of his hair. The di- * vine, pleased at this expression of re- s spect, gladly complied with the re- i ^quests. It was not long, however, before his ^ orifo received a communication that h put an end to her husband's pleasant I rdelusion. The note was as follows: "Dear Mrs. Do please oak your j husband to send me just a little lock i; of his hair. All the girls have been d taking lessons in making hair flowers, j So many of the girls have asked him t that I thought I'd rather address you. 1 Will you he so kind? It's hard to get r white hair for lilies of the valley."? Tit-Bits. r , - t Out of Commission.?In a certain 'J camp a battalion was being instructed r on "How to take a convoy through an open country." One company was told v off to represent a convoy, the men be- J ing instructed that they were to rep- f resent horses, cows and wagons. ti After being halted a short time the advance signal was given and the con- J voy moved on; but the major noticed f that one man continued to lie down, t and galloping up to him in a rage, ? said: "Man, why don't you advance?" The soldier replied: "I can't, sir." a Major?You can't? What do you a mean? l,j "I'm a wagon," said the other, "and j I've got a wheel off."?Tit-Bits. r 0 i r Advice Fop the Parson.?They were j. a simple-looking couple, so thought the minister as he joined them irrevo- c cably In the holy bonds of matrimony; but his suspicions were aroused s when, after the ceremony, he observ- v ed the bridegroom searching through f1 his pockets and looking a trifle humil- [J iated and confused. V "I am afraid, parson," said the young ? man at length, "that I ain't got any JJ money like to pay you with." g Then, after a moment of deep h thought, he looked up cheerfully. R "But I'll tell you what I'll do?I'll (] tell you how you can fix yer gas meter M so it won't register.'"?Tit-Bits. a s< Stood the Test.?The hour was 1 t| a. m. ii Inside the dimly lighted hallway 1 stood Mrs. Dorkins with a prim smile V on her face. ri The front door was bolted. p "John." she said, in cutting accents, J" "you have been dissipating at the club f( again!" a "Maria." spoke a voice outside, rapidly, clearly, and distinctly, "he blew lugubriously on the blooming bugle!" t] Instantly she unfastened and opened b the door. Mr. Dorkins had not been dissipat- ' ing.?Chicago Tribune. p . ? a K An Act of Necessity.?A correspond- sj ent writes in to correct a story print- st ed in this paper several days ago. "In e< that snake story I sent you." he com- J.' plains, "you made one mistake. 1 told ti you that the snake was twenty feet v long and vou had it only ten feet 11 . .. * a long. h We are sorry for this, but the error i, was unavoidable. We were very much '< crowded for space when we used the * story and we had to cut everything t( down.?Cleveland Plain Dealer. al ittistrlliutrous grading. i. si AURDERER, THE JURY FOREMAN. ?f ti leason For Verdict of Acquittal In the fc Face of Strongest Testimony. ^ In the year 1725 a man named Viliam Harper was placed on trial In n issex county, England, for the mur- n' ler of Samuel Carman. His reputa- ^ ion previous to this charge had been u, hat of an honest, industrious man, r< emperate in his habits, kind in dis>osition and truthful in character. ( The facts developed by the witnesses s] >n the trial showed that a neighbor s< n passing a lield discovered the body >f the murdered man, who had evi- e, lently come to his death of wounds tl nflicted by the prongs of a spading ork. A fork of that description, % ,vith blood upon it, was found lying jpon the ground beside the corpse, -111. 1 ? u ,K? CI tun iuc niiiiais m . xx. v. u i vmi nit landle, and was subsequently identi- t) ied as belonging to Harper. Tracks oi vere also found about the murdered P nan unquestionably made by Harper's h joots, and it was further shown that b some time previously there had been h considerable ill feeling between the ^ iccused and the deceased. Early in :he morning of the day of the mur- r< ler the accused was dressed in a cer- t( :ain suit of light clothes, but when ^ irrested a few hours later he was at- ij tired in black. He denied having a changed his garments, but upon a search of his house the missing rait, c ill bespattered with blood, was found \ hidden away in the interior of a straw ?ed. ;; The accused brought no witnesses si into court, and when asked by the J* judge what testimony he proposed to r< iffer he replied that he "had no wit- tl :?es?es but God and his own con- rr science;" ? On being questioned he made the p following explanation: n Hp Vtaiil that K.U nu'rwxl o loining that in which the body was p found. On the fatal morning he c! ivent early to his work, and in p#tss- tl ng through the held he saw a man lying near the path as if dead or a irunk, and foJt himself bound to see h ivhat the man's condition really was c< ind to offer him succor if he should n stand in need of it. On examination si tie found him in a dying condition, n'lth two frightful wounds in his breast, from which a large quantity jf blood was discharged, carefully aised the wounded man and earnestly f ;ndeavored to learn from him thve name of his assailant. The dying man attempted to speak, but the words died in a horrid rattle, the b nlood gushed from his mouth and he j. fell backward dead. The shock caused by the sudden ? ieath, he said, was indescribable. He h no sooney ?pund himself alone with oi he dead than hu thought of the al- yi ;ereation which had place be;wwn them, and the 'fear f^at he night b<t* twcysed of the murder t,v<?k P. ;ntire posssessjun of him. In his ter- , or he ran away, fhoifghJJessly taking ^ ,vith him the dead nn'g *Ptrf'tOg fork n ind leaving behind hia own, ubvh .. nandle of which the Initial of Vis "1 lame were carved. His clothes, pe P) 'ound, were besmeared with blood, ~i ind he changed and secreted them, P hg-t they might not be evidence igaijifct kim, so great was his fear of u >eing accuse?! of the crime. ?? This story tu* accused told with 'veiy appearance qi candqy, a^d with st he most solemn appeals to heaven to ai vitness the truth of pyery word he pad Cl lttered. True. h? rai<j, he bail pre- n' iously denied all knowledge q{ the J*1 iflfair, and particularly denjefl {hp '? hanging of his clothing; but it was *f lot guilt, but a very natural desire to Pi ivoid an admission which would be m onsidered incompatible with his in- ?* locence. Falsehood, he said, had A >nly confirmed the suspicions against st lim. and every effort he had made lo :o conceal his innocent connection Vi vitb the affair had only deepened the leneral cvnyfctJon of his guilt; but low he spoke tbp truth. Of course, le was not believed". ai This was all the prisoner's pefeiiae, u" ind the judge submitted the case'to w he jury, making ij very strong charge P? gainst the accused.. Hp pathetically m nlarged on the atrocity of the cfjjne, er md laid no little stress on the circupi.- w tantia! proof of guilt, notwithstand- ?* ng the prisoner's asservations of in- 3( locence. The accused, he said, had ndeed cooked up a plausible story, >ut in doing so he had admitted that a> le had previously lied, and thus im- t" >eached his own statement. He sa harged the jury to pay no attention bj o that statement, but proceed to de- P( iberate only 011 the sworn testimony, '? ntimating that they might find a ver- S(l lict without leaving their seats. Upon this. the foreman of the jury, w Sdward Fen*>. prose and suggested to oi he judge that as th'.s was a case of th ife and death, they w.oi/ld prefer to of etire for consultation, ami fhey were xv iccordingly locked in. ' Si It was about 2 o'clock in the after- OI 10011 when the jury went out, and, as vt he case was plain, no difficulty was ipprehended in arriving at a verdict. "< o the court concluded tr> sit until they S< eturned, v< Hour after hour passed, and nothing tli vas heard from the jury. At 51 o'clock ,K he judge's patience was exhausted, m md he dispatched an officer for inormation concerning the cause of the >n lelay. * I" The messenger soon returned and cc >rivately informed the Judge that il al >f the jury had been for conviction V' rom the first, but the foreman stub- M >ornly refused to acquiesce, and in- Pi isteu, in the face of all the evidence, b? hat the accused was not guilty. ro Mr. Fenn v.as a man of strong mind w m<l much persuasive power, while his If ssociates were endowed with these bi [Uallties to a less degree that! usual, fhey also became alarmed at flff so iroxpect of being kept in the jury t* oom all night, unless a verdict was dt cached, and tjnally yielded, went in- Bi 0 court. :ind. through the foreman, Y. endered a verdict of "not guilty." VI The judge made no attempt to can* g< eal his surprise and disgust at a ver- lu lict so contrary to the testimony in th he case, and after giving the jury a gt evere reprimand, refused to have the <|t erdiet recorded, and sent them buck W d their room. The night was spent la n endeavoring to convince the fore- S3 ion, but no impression was made. Ft Vhen morning came, the weary men O] aw no escape from their unpleasant w] osition but in agreeing, and again pi etermined upon a verdict of not by uilty. and pledged themselves to ad- fo ere t<> it, whatever tije judge might ga ay or think concerning )!, ya The judge. as expected, was exceed- f<> igly indignant at the finding, but foe 's . as powerless to change it. and the gli ccused was discharged. The conduct of the foreman was th i>on fullv known to the court, and wi lie sheriff was summoned to give any ye (formation he could concerning him. on 'he charac ter he gave the man was Ti 0 highly favorable that the judge us >und his curiosity excited, and he di- \v< eeled him to bring the man to his pr rivnfe office, as he was determined Y< [? know -.vlpit honest reason could ave induct ] ni#n to struggle so hard L?r a verdict which wps st) palpably gainst reason and justice On his being introduced the ji/dge ivited him into his private room, ttpd rankly told him that he felt as tiough his conduct on the jury had een without excuse or palliation, but, th ojn the good character which he ()jore among his neighbors, he was uni>le to ciecitlt that his judgment had een purchased. ?i?*i?) lie therefore, as oh matter of curiosity, desired him to fe] ive any reason, if posstme, /"or his ngular and apparently unreasoiiohle LUhhornness. The juryman respond- ev d that he had good and sufficient pa easons for the course he had pur- (1j. Lied. and. if Ids honor could but know tent. even he would consider them so! a lid. and acknowledge that he could ve ot. as a conscientious man. iiaye pj, dopted any other: but as he Had eretofore locked them in his own J''1 roast, and was under no compulsion 'en > disclose them now. lie would in- eh st. before such a revelation, that his ^ mini' should solemnly pledge himself > keep inviolable the secret he was bout to reveal. tin This the judge agreed to, only stipu- H ting that if the revelation should in- jr >lve matters of public interest he . tould be allowed to make any use ' them he chose, should he survive le other. This was acceded to, and qr le foreman made substantially the w dlowing confession: He said that the man who had been t,c urn! dead, a: d for whose death Har- a ?r had been on trial, was the tithe n( lan of the district and had that t. lorning called upon him and exacted i unreasonable amount of tithes, and sc inducted himself generally in a most njust and arbitrary manner. When ^ ?monstrated with he not only relied with abusive and scurrilous nguage, but in his rage had actually is ttacked hitn, the juryman, with a'tf pading fork and inflicted wounds, the :-ars of which he exhibited to the * ldge. As his assailant appeared ct ent on mischief, and he was unarm- w a. he closed with him and wrested le fork from his hands. It was in le struggle to recover his weapon " lat the deceased received the wounds c< hich caused his death. st The shock to his feelings on discov- . ring what he had done he said he ould not. and therefore would not, ttempt to describe. He was satisfied ir lat no human eye had been a witness f the tragic affray, but his first imulse was to deliver himself to the a( uthorities. When he considered, ct owever, how long he would probably sf e confined, awaiting trial, and how ^ is crops and other interests would aj e likely to suffer during his con- ^ nement, he concluded not to do so. a, When, however. Harper was ar- fluted for the crime he fully resolved ) surrender himself, and consulted C( n eminent lawyer concerning the Q| latter. After considering the cape w I all its aspects he was advised to do II in his power to secure the acquittal ^ f the accused, but if he should fail jr > accomplish it. he was then to de- ^ lare his own guilt, In order to save Ir. Harper. Indirectly he contributed freely to w le defense, caused Harper's family js > be amply provided for. and finally ^ acceeded in getting himself on the try and becoming its foreman. The y ?st of the story has been told. Mr. Harper never knew who was ? ie perpetrator of the mysterious lurder for which he came so near leeting an ignominious death or susected the cause of Mr. Fenn's kindess to himself and family, as he died few years after the trial. At Haror'o rlpfith Fenn adoDted two of the hildren and provided liberally for le others. Fifteen years after the confession bove recorded Edward Fenn died, onored and respected by the whole nmmunlty. After his death the judge lade public the facts in this most ngular case.?New York Weekly. HOW MILLIONS ARE WASTED. ortunes Often Exijt In Discarded Scraps. Toward fl)e close of the year someody or other of a mathematical or ugal turn of mind begins to figure ut how much we might have saved ad we begun harvesting our pennies, il and wine at the beginning of the ear. This time it is John T. Bchaf>r, inventor of labor saving and waste reventing devices, of Rochester, N. ., who leads the van with interestig fth^uc^l statistics of what might ave be6o.' Mr. Se'haffer, by thy .way, was the isj man to put wire into gias?> for ractiyoi p^mercial' purposes, therey caystng a ga^lpg ifi bills for broken law. kft: also appby$ fhe pneumatic ashion to car byri)pers f<fr the reuction of shock in rebound. tn.ereby tusing a saving in nerves. His gregf obby for thirty years has been a udy of the conservation of wasted ssets of the industrial world. Ac>?'ding to data compiled by him, aitf mil/ions qf dollars were simply irow 11 away dicing 19 l.o because we t t^em dribble thVoUgh our fiugorg. e }}$.< more statistics' on the 'waste rnh/vw fh.lh probably Uiiy other up in /Qf the fong fist ' materials m.USf grossly VrflSfed ip merica corn cobs, pily "wgigte, pqpnr alks, sugarcane stalks gp# iy^ste afher scraps are perhaps the most aluabis :vhen scientifically treated >r conservation. According to Mr. Schaffer, the lu icatinE boxes on rnllrnnrt rnr \vh,.?!a e one great source of unconserved ~ ealth. There are 10,249,642 car heels in the United States on its } isseugcf freight cars and locootlves. Tn?y require, on an aver age, thirty gallons of 9H per , hich makes the annual consumption ' nil f<>r car and engine wheels alone H )7.483.?60 gallops. ' ' To soak 'jthls vasf gmount of lu-icator 51,24 / ,31,0 pounds of waste ? uwd, or an average'qf five poifnd* 1 each H-hpu), A demonstration of tving oil from W??te jjsed was n13.de r Mr. Schaffer, ana fr9P) tsfxty iunds of the oily waste seven gafr ns and one quart of oil was lueezed. If, on the average, 100 pounds of aste produces only eight gallons of 1. the amount possible to save from ie oily waste used by the railroads ' the United States in one year ould reach the total of 4,097,784 illons, and at an average price of ily 33 1-2 cents per gallon its cash dUo would bo $1,366,595. Discarded corncorbs are another jo ;glected source of wealth. Mr. fn haffer claims that they can be con- tj, >rted into wood block in manv forms. ie most valuable of which are lum'F. <rtjl/-.;ad ties and the basis of , , any kind* f)f furniture. He estiates that this year's cr,0P of approx(lately 3.000.000.000 byshcls \yquld oduce 1,650,000,OOQ bushels of p. lbs op the basjs of 55 per cent cob, id these pressed into boards would , eld 10,300,000,000 feet of lumber. \V ado into railroad ties the cpbs woold oduce 413,000,000 ties, which w/oulu enough for 13.733 miles of railtad. The cobs of the 1910 yield ould. If pressed into lumber, ipa^e ce iO solid piles the size of the Pulitzer *T hiding. N( Of the neglected and undeveloped St urces of wealth of this country peat foremost. Some of the richest peat ta posit* in the world are around lack Latk,e, *>f. I^awrence county, N. ? The Great Lp?m,al Swamp of r irginla Is worth more iljan many >ld mines. Cape Elizabeth, ^ine, is a great vein of peat, located ree years ago by the United States ological survey. There are vast lantities in the Dakotas. Minnesota, isconsin, Michigan, the New Rngnd states, and their total value, at I per ton. has beep estimated by ?deral experts ut 338.000,000,(tot). _ ne of the most successful uses fo hich peat has been put is in the oductlon of gas. It has been used p the Notla Steel Works In Sweden j r thirty years for the making of s. and from 13,000 to 16,000 cubic rds of dry kneaded peat are used r gasmaking annually. Peat gas used in several parts of Europe for ass melting and furnaces. A ton of dry peat will yield fortyroe gallons of alcohol when treated i* < j < i? ; r\ ooitl nnrl ti snppial ast. mid the ale.ohol will cost about ie-fourtb what potato alcohol does, ir is also a i>roduct of peat. The e of peal for fuel is known the >rld over, and peat hiicklets have oved successful in Ryrope.?New irk World. HOW DO THEY KNOW? limals and Birds Have Some In- j ftinctjve Consciousness of Time. !>?? animals and birds have within em some j/u^inctive consciousness time? Naturalists believe that ev do. and many well-known facts served by different men in ilifrent places lend color to that view. The oriole arrives in Massachusetts cry year about the tenth day of May, ying |i<f'le attention to differences weather. Hk may have his late isons and his early seasons, hut the ry large number of years in which s arrival has been noted on the itli day indicates that his ehronologil inaehinery. like that of a cuckoo >ek. pops him into view at a given ?ment. The wftodchuck knows when the ne has come for him to "den up." m e not only feels the necessity of roll g himself up in his own sustainini t and going to sleep for the winter it he feels it at a particular time jite regardless of the state of th< eather. Woodchucks have beet jmesticated, and allowed to sleep ir warm place, with all the food thej ?eded, yet they "denned up" whei ic regular time came for them to d< I. They awake in the spring witl lueh the same regularity. Thi ?round-hog" legend is ridiculous. I , of course, unreasonable to supposi tat in a country like ours, with i inge of climates from the semitropl il to the completely arctic, a creaturi ill come out of his hole everywher n the second day of February an< len regulate his future conduct ac >rding to the weather on that day aying out If it be bad and golni ick if it be good. A naturalist who has studied thi iteresting characteristic of animal :11s a story, from his own observ :ion, which seems to show that som< eatures may have a still more exac nse of time than is indicate( V the regularity of their migration id hibernations. He once enjoye< ?e acquaintance of a mouse which t exactly a quarter before fou clock every afternoon was in th< abit of coming out along a wains iting and making his way to a do f paste on the table, the crust o hich He then proceeaea iq niouit o "suburbanite," having his train ii itnd, could be more regular in arriv ig at his breakfast table than thi muse was in coming for his daily nib le of paste. How did the mouse know when i as a quarter of four? The natural t could not answer the question," bu 5 is certain that the little creatun ad some way of measuring.?Ney ork Press, Mr. Royst Manufacturer i above other cc idea Jwenty-s tg-day; the rei Factories to bu| f. s NORFOLK.VA ' MACON. QA. WEAK, WEARY WOMEN saro thj Daily Woes anc End Then?. When the back aches and throbs. Wbejj |)opse\vork is torture. When night tofingp ng pest nor ?ieep. When upinary disorders set ij? Women's lot is 3 weary one. There js h way to escape these woes. Doan'x Kidney Pills cure such i|lpHave cured thousands. Read tills woman's testimony. Mrs. A. A. Crosby, McClure St., Unn. S. C., says: "I was a sufferer om kidney trouble for years. Somenes my whole body ached and then :uin the small of my back seemed be the center of all the pain. I id frequent headaches and felt lit like doing my work, and despite e many remidies 1 tried, I received ily slight relief. Doan's Kidney lis, however, did me a world of iod, freeing my back fro mpain and storing my kidneys to a normal contion." For ifjjd.e by qdl dealers. Price f-0 pts. ppster-j^liffrurn Cq? Buffalo, i?- yopij, solje agents for the United ates. Remember the name?DOAN'S?and ke no other. NEW PERFECTION Wick Blue Flame Oil JCool??$fove Ideal tor Summer coykXi'U- pumfue) expense In two. Kayes laborl' Olyes Clean! quick results. Three st/es Fnllr warranted STANDARD OIL. CQ. ' (li.o..rp.>ran-d) J Unnr ' jLXMvy Nearly 1000 For N Professor Massey, on Progressive Farmer f< "If you want a fertili basic siag ,or Thomas Pt 4./1 nor run f r\f ll mp ?;lI p>-r r?-?r err r-\*-~ price of rhe phosphate ; centage of phosphoric aci Every ton of Thomas JOQQ pounds of lime. Tho.rpas Phosphate hi Every pound in a ton Send for free pampl and Its Uses" and "Home /jggk THE COI II^SEpSM SpeciaJ Jmpoi NEW YORiC A NEW STRAWBERRY. ? , Burbank Produces Some That Weigh , an Ounce. i Luther Burbank announces the i creation of a strawberry of a new 1 type, the Patagonia. The plant wizard r says the berry Is the result of years i of effort. It ripens first and continues j to bear the longest. The leaves are large and unusually thick and firm, l with a thin silky down and "are never e injured by sunburn, where other vat rleties are either seriously browned e or wholly destroyed." a. The berries are uniformly large, single berries sometimes weighing an ounce, and of a fine color with handB some pale flesh. The seeds are so e small as to be almost imperceptible, j The new strawberry melts in the mouth with a sweet, pineapple, strawberry and cream-like flavor. ' Burbank says: 5 "Some twenty-five years ago the work of improving the strawberry was commenced on my grounds; all s the popular varieties of that time and s also the wild strawberries of New . England, Alaska, Norway and the far better ones of the California seashore mountains were used. Many promt ising new ones were procured, but 1 none which were thought sufficiently s improved to replace the best then 3 known, and the work of improving , the strawberry was discontinued until r five years ago, when two of my e Chilean collectors sent seeds of the - wild strawberry from both the lofty t Cordilleras mountains between Chile f and the Argentine Republic and from (, the coast regions of southern South i America. Among these new wjld - strawberries were spme with unusyal s qualities. The best combination in - this work with new material resulted from the crosses or tne Desi or rne t new Chilean yyifh Brandywine, Long worth's Prolific, Monarch Marshall t and some of our native California bere ries, but no striking or very unexpectr ir ed results were observed until the secopd generatipn, when, among the I gin of Royster Ft 8F belieyed that succe of Fertilizers who woul Moderations. This was even years ago and tl suit has been that it i the demand for Roy; i. ROYSTER GUANO COMPA: FACTORIES AND SALES OFFICES. f J??#ORO. N. C. COLUMBIA, 8. C. 8PARTA COLUMBUS, GA. MONTGOMERY, ALA. BAI 11 J?. . Common Sense. I buy as low as I can?That's Busl, ness sense. I sell as Low as I can?That's Progressive sense. You buy as Low as you can?That's Gop'A sense.'' 1' 11 YOtf BUY QF ME?That's Dollars and Cents to both of 'ys. 1,1 ' '' ; I have everything you can treasonably expect tp find ip a First-Class (Jeneryl SJore?my goods are Qf excellent flupllty and my prices ys LDvV AS TIJE DO WEST. I have Dry Goods, Dress Gootjs. No- , tlons, Prints, Sljks, Hats, Caps, Shops, Hardware. K|ypje and fanpy Groceries, Family Medh-lpps, PresJi Pyults gnd Candies arriving every H'eplf, j 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. McFARDAND, YorkviUo It. F, D, No, 4, 5^8? I 1 M. L. Carroll. C- W. Carroll, j CARROLL BROS, j AT COST ! i i i We have about SIX Puffalo-Pitts ; Disc Harrows that we will sell at : COST. Ask anybody who has one and they ! wljl tell you there Is none better. Come and see us about one. ' We can refer you to some of the best 1 farmers In the county, who are using 1 them. 1 ( CARROJJJJ B]KOS. < < t foGet??-j! 1 lbs. of Lime ; othing ? the editorial page of The t or September 17th, says: A zer carrying lime, buy the losphate, and you will get :hout paying for it, as the 1 is determined by the per- t d it contains. y a Phosphate contains nearly ? t is no " filler." ! i iK; " . | p has its value. J rlets "Thongs Phosphate Mixing.'' I-MORTIMER CO., ters of Thomas Phosphate J . :: CHARLESTON, S. C. very numerous hybrid seedlings un- J,] der test was found this unique berry, which was at once recognized as the grand prize which has at last been produced, after such expense, labor and care during the past twenty-flve years." Wood's Seeds For The Farm anzGarden have an established reputation extending over thirty years, be: l-f-J ?A ,.o-A IA1o piaiuv^u uiiu ,i by the best Farmers and Garden- j ers throughout the Middle and F; Southern States. Wood's New for 1911 will Seed Catalog 1?, to what crops and seeds to plant i for success and profit. Our pub- ' lications have long been noted j for the full and complete infor- j mation which they give. Catalog mailed free on _ request. Write for it. T. W. WOOD & SONS, Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va. ^ 113 EFORE ordering MAGAZINES O get our big clubbing catalogue and special offers and save MONr I EY. (A Postal Card \v}|l dp). | SOLTRER> SUBSCRIPTION AGENCY, H Raleigh, N. C. ? 87 f || Ti ADC MARK REGISTERED. rtilizers. - ? ? A] cl< ss awaited the ? CO d place qualify ;j > Dn\/cfnr<!c iT*r? p leyoipr ? Ms Is his Idea q< D< requires Eight w ster Fertilizers. at ex NY. wj th NBURQ, 8. 0. LTIMORE, MD. wj ' B? Mi - ru ?'A* pp% !?}} {* all Offict of tho County Auditor qf Yopk County, South Carolina Yorkville. S. C.. December 3. 1910, Mi AS required by statute my books will be opened at my office In York- Hf ville on MONDAY. JANUARY 2. 1911. t4 arid kept open untfl FEBRUARY 20, i91J, for the purpose of listing for dr taxation' all PERSONAL and REAL otl PfttiPfiTRTY ^iel4 lii- ybrk cdunty bn January 1, 19J.1.'* ' Aty'return^ must be pi^de In regular fqrpi and it "is preferable that they be fp/ide py tlie property owneri In person ^ tp'me qr pjy assistant, fjifect, qn bjarikp a ( provided fqr tne pfirpoge. The returng off rpugt be dply sworn fp eitijep befpre m,e th, or piy aggigtant, pr gonpe other pfflcey a qualified to administer an oath. t A1J items of realty, whetber farms, 1 or town lotg, must be ligted separately. Returns made on prqper blankg, and Bworn to before an officer qualified tq administer an path and forwarded *0 fh me by registered mail before February i , 30, J911, will be accepted. All ta*payerg are particularly re* th quested to inform themselves as to thp tn" number of their respective school dig- . tricts, and where they have property in more than one school district, they will ne please make separate returns indicate Ing the location of each piece of prop- po erty. The school districts in which there are special levies are as follows: el Nos. 23 and 27, in Bethel township; up; Nos. 6. 29, 33 and 43 in Bethesda township; Nos. 9, 20, 40 and 44 in Broad River townBhip; Nos. 9, 15 and 20 in 'n* Bullock's Creek township, No. 12 Catawba township; Nos. 7, 12, 35 and 43 Ba n Ebenezer townshiD: Nos. 26. 28 and 39 In Fort Mill township; Nos. 2 and 2 I 37 in King's Mountain township; Nos. on 11, 20, 33, 35. 42 and 43 in York township. Hu For the purpose of facilitating the an; taking of returns, and for the greater :onvenience of taxpayers, I will be at me the following places on the dates 22lamed: At Bethany, (McGiU's Store), Mon- Sta jay, January 2. "At Clover, on Tuesday and Wednes- des jay, January J an<j "*.;l offl 'At Bethel, (Ford, Barnett & Co.'s " Store); Thursday,'January 5." * " ' At Bandaha, (perfy Ferguson's Sfote) d)i Friday, Jartuary 6. At Point, (at 'Hatpler'^1) on Saturday, M, Fanupry 7. iT ' ' n ' ' ' ' At Smyrna. op Monday, January 9. . At Hickqry (jfpve', ort Tu^sdaly and Wednesday, January I'd and 1 in At Sharon, qn Thursday Ani? Friday, " ranuqry 12 qnd 13i ' ' ' ' ' At Bpllqcjt's Cfeek, (Good's Store), > m Saturday, January If. " ' ? f At Tirzah, pn Monday. JpnuaT J6- ' Af Newpprt, pn Tuesday, January 17. 0UI .11 rqri JViui, qn fvquqegu^.}, +nuialay and Friday. J9.nu3.ry 18, 19 ^nd 2]). At McCqnpellgville,'qn ilqpd^y, iary 23. ?P At Ogden, on fuegd^y, January 2f At Coateg'g Tqvern, (Rqdfley'g,, qn nV Vednegday, January <15At Rock Hill, from Thursday, Jan? l'u' iary 26, to Wednesday, February 1, And at Yorkville from Thursday, 1,1 ' February 2, until Monday, February 30, nia All males between the ages of twen- see y-one and sixty years, except Confed- ret' rate soldiers over the age of fifty f?r ears, are liable to a poll tax of $1, and Pec .11 persons so liable are especially re* Thl luested to give the numbers of their fail espectlve school districts in making heir returns. Th< It will be a matter of much accom- dre nodatlon to me if as many taxpayers not s possible will meet me at the reBective appointments mentioned above, ing o as to avoid the rush at Yorkville onl; luring the closing days. Ore JOHN J. HUNTER. 1 ' N Couiity Auditor. pos Yorkville, S. C., December 2, 1910. the 96' !' 'f. ! ' ' 4t troi " ! 1 . MONEY TO jLOA^. ,m,<] 3N First Mortgage of improved the country and city property.' Terms 1 easonable and loans ' repayable iri asy installments. * W. W. XEWIS, Attorney. 1 Yorkville, S. C. 5 *f; YOU DON'T HAVE TO THROW YOUR MONEY AT BIRDS TO GET RID OF IT. Just pass it on to the other fellow for something you do not need or can get along without, and It Is gone?gone from you, at least. \ _ Place a safeguard around your Dollars, not only against the thief, or the other fellow; but against yourself. Money Is so easily spent. When about your person, it slips away as if It were greased. Don't you find this to be the case? Our Bank offers you protection against all comers?yourself as well, for when it comes to writing a check. It gives you time to consider. Banking is as easy "as falling off a log." You place your money in OUR BANK, just fill out your check on us, hand it over to the party you want to pay and we do the rest. Just as easy as buying a pound of nails, or ringing a door bell. The FIRST NATIONAL BANK, YORKVILLE, S. C. O. E. WILKINS, President. R. C. ALLEIN, Cashier. i . , . . . _ - _ _ __ _ .iji GET SUBSCRIBERS FOR T1TTT1 T^TTT V rna uNyumuK ha r&+a **+a r&+a rha rha rh4 rha rha rha rha r^ t Is Pleasant, Easy Work and Good Pay a h-5h-a rha rha rha *&fa k^4 rha rha rha rha **+4 Quarter Leather Top, Rubber Tire *OCK HILL BUGGY For the Lurffest Club ha rha rha rha rha k<ha rha rha rha rha rha r<? wo Horse PIEDMONT WAGON For the Second Largest Club ha rha rha rha rha rha rha rha rha rha rha r<3 6 HIGH GRADE SEWING MACHINES 16 To As Many Different Competitors * AA $?* *<3? AA <3?+ +->5 44 ?#+ +$$ 44 ??+ 48? AA <3?+ THE YOBKVILLE ENQUIRER IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPLETE *D SATISFACTORY FAMILY NEWSPAPERS IN THE~ SOUTH. It tt ?an, reliable, high-toned and instructive.' It should be III every Ybrk >unty home, and is well worthy of a place in every home in'the State. It is a record of more than hair a century behind it, and Its publishers are nstantly seeking to mak? it1 more useful1 to Its patt'ons. Iti ordfer fb extetf<I at usefulness It Is necessary to get mot^e subscribers, and' to' make It worjh e while of Clubmakers we 'are' offering' a liberal Jlrie of valUablbKprefmlums! r 1 " ii 1 i; 1 .). r 1: ::>i *. opp frofosjtions. To the Clubmaker who returns and pays for the largest number of names fore SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1911, at o'blocjc ft m.V *e 'Wfll gfvtPOM mrter Leather Ton RqqTc HH1 IJufcgy (f&rpllriA Gradb), Valued at hilars. Tq tqe ClubfhakeY wfiq feftrrps tqo WCOflfl Jc|ljb Upd??' ?|e me cqndilipps by fhe 'd^te pipntiqned. wp will giyp a' T^q Hpjrsp RjpdfnflM agqn, valped at I67.5Q. The contests fqr these two premiums is qpen to all comers, regardless of ace or residence. In addition to these two leading premiums, however, we 11 award Sixteen High Grodo Sewing Machines, of two styles, one retailing $ 10 and the other retailing at $80, two Machines to go to each township, ceptlng to the townships in which the Buggy and Wagon may be awarded. After the Buggy and Wagon have been awarded, the Sewing Machines 11 be awarded in the remaining townships to the Clubmakers making the pgest and second largest clubs, and the awards will be made regardless of e number of names In the two leading clubs. That Is If the Buggy or Wagon es to one township Clubmaker for a hundred names, more or less, and the cond largest Clubmaker In that' township has only two names, he or she 11 be entitled to a Sewing Machine.? III each township where neither the Jggy nor Wagon shall be awarded, there will' be awards of two Sewing acWnes made to1 thd Clubmakers having the largest and second largest clubs. 1" ' "* ritetavMis. Hl;" "* ' ,J * All of our readers know what the &ock Hill Buggy is. They have been nnlng throughout this section for years, and they have never been known fall to giVe satisfaction. 'The buggy we are offering has been purchased 3iri CarfroR BbM., of 'YoHtvllfe, the Local Agents, and is subject to I of the' guarantees of the Rock Hill Buggy company. The Wagon Is of the well known and Mme tested Piedmont make, and may so bp sP'ep g.f the stbre' of Messrs. Carroll Bros. It has '3-lnoh skein and Inch tires and Is guafanfeed fop a year as to' material' and1 workmanship', essrs. Carpojl Ppps. spand by the guarantee. The price'f 67.50. The best grade Sewing Machine offered, has high arm, drop head, hand t, five drawers and Is ball bearing. The retail price ranges as high ai 0.00 and it seldom sells for less. ' * The second grade Sewing Machine Is ajmost as good. Jt is ajso of the op head description, has five drawers - arid Is'pfactl'chl|y the satne as tfie her with the exception thatvlt ls:not fitted with ball bearing*. ' ' 1' I >i l i.i li ?l cil . ..i ;; . r a: \yHAT 4 CbUB |? Two op mope names returned by a single CJubmaker will be regarded as a ub, and whoevep deslpes t'6 enter the 'contest'will' not only regarded ai Clubmaker, bvpt is apspred that whether he pp she is'successful'ip cdrrvirig one of th.e compepitiye premiums will peceiye'full compensation for an e wpric that will be Inyqlyed. The price of a single subscpipuon is $2-()(} year op $1.1)0 fop six months. In Clubs the pplCe "fop six months repialps e samp, bp{ fop a year It Is only $1.76. pTIIEfl RREMIJJM?. Beside? the Buggy, Wagop and Spyvlng Mqchipe pppmiqms, wl^lch ape tq as fpll qn4 cqpiplptp pewards' {q {he Clqbpiakere mgkipg apd payip$ fqp e largesf clubs In the county anp the rpgpecpiye townships, we ape qffep? j special premiums rpr all smallep Clubs, fpom phree pames up. l'X)|t TldlEE tf^MES.?A year's subscpiptiqn tq the Fpqgpessiye Fqppaep, 3 best agricultural weekly in the Sputh. fOR poyR JfAkfps.?A StylqgrapHlc Fountain Ppn; a handsqme Three-: aded ppc^et Knife wjtl} pame apd ad^pess op handlp; op pne qf the Jalp w Noye)s that fetalj fpp $ l.QQ. pop FIVE a "Bannatyne" Stem Windlpg lyqtch. q gqld Ipted Fopptajp Pen pf a Four-Blpdpd Pocket &btfPFOR Ap "Ecljpge" Sfepa Winding Watch, Hamilfop Mhd15. 33-callbre Rifie, a year's sybscrlptiqn to the Christian pepald, Sgtqrr y Evening Post, a 23-StrIpg Zltbern or any qpe qf the ne\y Rqpular ivels. FOR EIGJIT NAMES,?An JngereoJl "Triumph" Watch. Palsy Repeat? r Air Rifle?works like a Winchester?a fine Razqr or a Pocket Rnjfe, n ipid Writer Fountain Pe ?plain case; or a Hopf Model Viqlin or an fi-lnch njo. FOR TEX NAMES.? _?ne year's subscription to THE ENQUIRER, a No, lamilton, 22-Cai. Rifle?model U; any one of the 91.75 or $2.00 publications e year, or a Gold Mounted Fountain Pen, a good Banjo, Guitar or Violin. FOR TWENTY NAMES.?Crack-Shot Stevens Rifle, a 10-oz. Canvas intlng Coat, a No. 1 Ejector Single-Barrel Breech-Loading Shot Gun, or y one of the $4.00 Magazines for one year. FOR THIRTY NAMES.?Either of the following: A Single-Barrel Ham rless Shot Gun. a fine Toilet or Washstand Set, or a Hopkins & Allen, Jr., Cal. Rifle. FOR FORTY NAMES.?A fine Mandolin, Guitar or Banjo, a New York tndard Open Face Watch, a Double-Barrel Breeuh-Loading Shot Gun. ANYTHING DESIRED.?We will arrange to furnish any special article sired by a Clubmaker for a given number of names on application at this ce. TCRlVfS AND CONDITIONS THE (CONTEST BEGINS NOW and will come to a close on SATURDAY, IRCH 1?, at 6 o'clock p. rii, sharp.' ' ?- " > ' ? ( * , ;Each Clubmaker will be! held individually responsible for the payment of ? amount due on All names returhe'dvby hifn or her. Where It is desired to p a subscription before the close of the Club contest, the Clubmaker may so'by*'paying the arridunt due'at the time of such stoppage. Where a subiption has been phid fh full, It cannot !>e discontinue^. The Clubmaker, iveyer, fray, if he s?tes proper, transfer the unfulfilled portjcfn of the subIptloh to anothe/r subscriber,'provided the pdrsoh td who'fn the trarisfer1 is be made wak not' a subsbribfer at the time the original nafne wis entered1 oil bbokS- '' -s c: t. i i ,i; ^ l:' 1 " No name will be coupted in competition for a premium Tintil the subiption price has bee|i paid, nor Wlll'khV premidm bd'defOTre^ untiFfhe ibrh'akey'ijas eithet 'paid 6f made shfisfhctory settlement for all thfe nameS |p cases of cqntention by two or moje Clubm^kers over the right to a lie, prpfepepce will pe giyen iq tty'e'one who buys fop the name FJRST; but epe bofh pay, pp shall pot atfeinpt tp flepide the^ipattci* excebt by Crediting npipe fpr one yppr for eaph ?iioh ppyipepf. Affer a name has beep entepea on pqr books, no trapsfey |y{ll be ppr: i mi.io ic nnolH ona emnhatlr a'rtci ivVm Clnhmnkers atterhnt tQ ivMt ?-? trt-r- rrr-r--T-r-T-t tn Trr- ~-rr rr-T^-r^ rr-r-TTTfir t ? Ke such transfers, they must copcede opp P'shf to fgke spcl> sfeps as ipay in necessary to protect the fptrpesp qf tpls prpvislpp. The Clpbmaker Whfl urns names must nay for them- CJubmakers who try to return apd pay names already regularly returned by others will be called down, psr lally If there is evidence of an understanding between the ClubmaKers. is Is not for the protection of the publishers; but as a guarantee of the ness of. the competition. Any and all Clubmakers will have the right to Get Subscribers Wherever ?y Can. It Is not necessary that all the names shall go to the same adss. The fact that a name was returned on a certain club last year does give that Clubmaker a right to return it this year. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sendthem, and we will be responsible for the safe transmission of money y when it) is sent by. Draft, Registered Letter, Express or Postofflce Money ler. * i ? > t s . . In sending the names. Always give correct names or initials, and present tollice address, andif possible say whether the subscribers are NOW taking 'paper. Careful observance of this will be the1 means'of* avoiding much uble and confusion. 1 ! : -m t ?? ?' I , j i In cAse of a tle'for either the Buggy or Township Sewing Machine Pre- "\ lrtfs, TWO'WEEKS''will be Allowed for the-working off of the tie.' After th'e close'-of the contest on SATTJRDA'V, hKARCII 18, at 6 p. m.. price of a year's Subscription'will be $2.00,;\inless NW Clubs ai*e form*#. - ' J. iV|. qRIS'FS SpNS, Pubiishersr Yorkville, Squtfy Carqlinq