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tumorous ijfpartmrnt. Order Countermanded.?The venerable rector of St. Luke's has a saintly and apostolic appearance. He also has decided opinions of his own on most matters and is not averse to expressing them. Recently, unknown to him, the vestry decided to have the next supply of coal for the church put in a different cellar from the one commonly used. When the coal was delivered the rector, seeing the drayman making what he thought was a mistake in its disposal, interposed, and in no uncertain * ? rlnnLit ?\lntha nnol terms uauc tue uai n; piovc mv in the cellar always used for that purpose. The senior warden several days later was much annoyed to discover that his orders had been disregarded and that the coal was in the same old cellar. With wrath in his eye he complained to the coal dealer. The latter ' declared that he had carefully explained to the drayman where to put the coal; so to settle the matter the darky was called up. "Sam, you black rascal," thundered the coal man, "didn't I tell you to put that coal for St. Luke's in the cellar opening on Fourth street?" "Yassah." "Mr. Smith tells me you didn't do It. Why can't you carry out my orders?" The darky grinned sheepishly, hesitated, scratched his head. "Well, hoss, you see, I done started to put dat coal wheh you tole me?yassah, I done started?an' ole St. Luke hisself he come out and gimme fits about it."? Harper's Magazine. Hia Bluff Called.? The greatest bluffer in the state of Minnesota, says Senator Nelson, was an Indian up in the lumber regions, who took great delight in walking up to people and saying: "Uh; me heap big Injun. You scared o' me!" And as he was an Indian of considerable stature, with a face about as pleasant as a gargoyle's, nearly everybody admitted to him that he was indeed a big Indian and that they were sure enough scared of hirn. This nearly tickled him to death, and he kept up his habit of putting his stock question to everybody who came along, until one day he walked up to a tall, raw boned lumberjack, who had just come out of the woods after six months of log rolling. "Me heap big Injun," said the big bluff. "You scared o' me!" The lumberjack replied by hitting the interrogator a lick between the eyes that set him spinning for a moment like one of those new-fangled revolving barber poles. "That's how scared I am of you," remarked the lumberjack, as he bit off a fresh chew of tobacco, "you blamed bow-and-arrow son-of-a-gnn!" For the Surplus.?As the new district visitor looked at Mr. Leahy and noted ' his determined chin, she had a momentary sensation of reluctance to question him; but she overcame it, and began her appointed task. "Where do you deposit your wages, Mr. Leahy, if you've no objection to telling me?" she asked. "I am trying to Interest the i.eighborhood In the ' excellent People's Bank, lately started." "Sure, I'd as soon tell you as not," said Mr. Leahy cheerfully. " 'Tls tin dollars a week I earn. Whin I've paid the rlnt, the provision and grocery bills, an' the milkman, an* bought what's needed for Cella an* me an' the five children, I deposit the rist o' the money in bar'ls, ma'am. "I uses sugar barr'ls, mostly. They're a bit larger, and so holds more. But whin I can't get thim I make shift wid plain flour barr'ls."?Youth's Companion. He Wasn't Spiteful.?A man had for years employed a steady German workman. One day Jake came to him and asked to be excused from work the next day. "Certainly, Jake," beamed the employer. "What are you going to do?" "Veil," said Jake, slowly, "I tlnk I must go by mein wife's funeral. She dies yesterday." After the lapse of a few weeks Jake again approached his boss for a day off. "All right, Jake, but what are you going to do this time?" "Aber," said Jake, "I go to make me, mit mein fraulein, a wedding?" "What? So soon? Why, it's only three weeks since you buried your wife!" "Ach," replied Jake, "I don't hold spite long!" Knew She Would.?A minister who was noted for his absentmindedness, in a small country village was once observed to stop suddenly in the middle of his sermon and heard to murmur, "I knew she would; I knew she would." After the service some one asked him the reason. "Dear me!-" said he. "Did I? Well you know, from the pulpit I can just see old Mrs. Smith's garden, and this morning she was out pulling a cabbage, and I thought, 'Now, if that cabbage comes up suddenly she'll go over,' and just then it came up and over she went."?London Ideas. Wrong House.?"Say, boss, I worked off some of that cold-storage butter today," said the new clerk, with the air of one who expected a compliment. "Indeed! Well, that's good! Who drew the prize?" said the pleased grocer, for it was getting to be a difficult thing to do. "Why, I sent it to Mrs. Hash around on Broad street." "Oh, thunder guns!" exclaimed the grocer, his tone changed and his face drawn in a pucker. "Why, you blamed idiot, I board at that woman's house!" The Straight Goods.?The following story is told of Sir Henry Irving when he produced the play "Peter the Great." "It appears that at a rehearsal of the play in question at the Lyceum Theatre in London a wonderful climax had been reached which was to be heightened by the effective use of the usual thunder and lightning. The stage carpenter was given th<* order The words were speken. and instantly a noise which resembled a succession of pist??l shots was heard oil' the wings. "What I'll earth are you doing, man?" shouted Sir Henry, rushing behin-l i the scenes. "Do you call that thun- , der? it's not a bit like it." "Awfully sorry, sir." rtsponded me carpenter, "but the fact is, sir, I couldn't hear you because of the storm. That was real thunder, sir!" ? Human Life. Needed Buttons.?Three doctors were operating on a man for appendicitis. After the operation was completed one of the doctors missed a small sponge. The patient was reopened, the sponge found within and the man was sewed up again. Immediately the second doctor missed a needle. Again the patient was opened and closed. Then the third doctor missed a pair of scissors. "Gentlemen." said the victim, as they were about to open him up again, "for Heaven's . sake, if you're going to keep this up. put buttons on me."--Suceess Magazine. piscfllancous grading. WITH NEIGHBORING EXCHANGES. Notes and Comments About Matters of Local Interest. Rock Hill Herald, August 1: Mr. Woods M. Steele is back at his old post as manager of the local Western Union Telegraph office. His many friends rejoice to see him back in the position which he tilled so long and acceptably. Mr. E. K. Sutton, the recent manager here, has gone to Tltton, Ga Mayor Roddey said this morning: "It is my intention of resigning my position as mayor of Rock Hill, not that everything is not perfectly smooth and every department of the city in perfect harmony, but simply because 1 can't afford to hold the position from a financial standpoint. And too, I feel too great a responsibility resting on me with the time I have at command and I must give some time to my own affairs, and besides in trying to uphold the interests of the city too many citizens look on it as personal. Rock Hill today and Rock Hill six years ago when I accepted this position is an entirely different proposition and the time, the worry and the anxiety is simply too much for me. I have given the city in salary $1,250, besides at the smallest estimate I have spent that much or more, for I never charged 5 cents to the city for any expense I may have incurred in the city's interest. Now that we have the water, light and sewerage settled, the White Way on its way, the fire alarm installed, the new passenger station in course of construction, the new bridge over the Catawba ordered, the electric car line nrar'tir-nllv assured, everv department In the city in fine working: order, I am satisfied that some one else should hold the position. There is a very great and grave responsibility in connection with this position, possibly more so than at any time in Rock Hills' history and not having the time I simply can't afford to assume the responsibility in justice to the city and to myself." Chester Lantern, August 1: Filbert, in York county, gave John Gary Evans a large audience when he spoke there last Friday. Many were the conjectures as to why Governor Blease failed to show up and there were several broad hints that he was not in a very big hurry to meet Mr. Evans on the huskings. Many people were expecting a warm debate between these two Thirteen gamblers were caught In raids at Great Falls, Saturday night, by Dispensary Constable Gibson and Deputy Sheriff Hardin, according to advices received here this morning. It is reported that the thirteen include two separate and distinct parties, that part of them were bagged in a raid early in the night, and the balance in a raid later the same night. The cap- , lives were taken before Magistrate J. R. P. Gibson of Rossvllle township, and J their trials are being held today. The amount of their fines is not known but the treasury of Chester county will be considerably enriched as the result of the activity of these officers A circular letter has been sent out by Mr. T. K. Elliott, president of the Wylle Mill of this city, to all the stockholders of the mill, to find their preference in regard to the Wylie mill Joining the | Parker merger and becoming a part ' of the Parker cotton mills. The transfer must take place on or before September 1st, and in order for the exchange to be made, it is necessary that at least 75 per cent of the stockholders agree to the transfer. It is very probable that the transfer will be made, as it is thought that at least 75 per cent of the stockholders favor the change. The Parker cotton mills will give for every share of preferred Btock in the Wylie mill one share of preferred stock in the Parker cotton mills, with accrued dividends from March 1st, 1911, to July 1st, 1911, the preferred stock of the Parker cotton mills to carry a dividend of six per cent. For every share of common stock in the Wylie mill the Parker cotton mills will give one share of common stock in the Parker cotton mills. For fractional shares of stock it is proposed that the stockholders buy fractional shares in the Parker cotton mills at the rate of $85 for preferred stock and $40 for common stock, or the Parker cotton mills will purchase on the same basis. The Wylie mill is closed for the present and will probably remain closed for some time. If the transfer is made announcements will come from headquarters. A survey has been made for the weave room shed, which will probably be erected on the north side of the main building. Lancaster News, August 2: Greatly needed and refreshing showers fell throughout this section Monday evening and night. As far as learned, the rains were general, though not amounting to a season, save in one or two localities The numerous friends of Mrs. Ira B. Jones will be pleased to learn that she has nearly recovered from the injuries received in the recent accident on Main street when she was struck and knocked down by a team as she was crossing the street. The Southern Granite company, located at Stoneboro, has been placed in the hands of a receiver by order of Judge S. W. G. Shipp, in a suit brought by the Farmers' Bank and Trust company, and T. J. Strait. M. C. Heath of Columbia is the receiver appointed, who is required to give bond in the sum of $5,000 for the faithful performance of his duties. Attorney W. P. Robinson of Lancaster represents the plaintiffs, and Attorney E. D. Blakeney of Kershaw, the Southern Granite company Mrs. McGuirt, wife of Mr. C. W. McGuirt, died last Friday of pellagra, at her home over the line in North Carolina. She was about 45 years of age and is survived by her husband and children. She was an estimable lady and also leaves a large circle of friends and acquaintances to lament her untimely end. The remains were buried at Van W.vck Saturday, the Rev. Mr. White conducting the funeral services... .The "Old Settlers' Barbecue," was held July 2Gth on the place now owned by J. R. Simpson on the Potter road on south bank of Cane creek. It was here that Hugh McCain settled. He was the ancestor of all the McCains now in the Carol inas. He was born in Antrim county, Ireland, in 1729. came to America in 1752, and settled oil the Waxhaw lands with a L'olony of Presbyterians from Pennsylvania. There was quite a number of his descendants and others present on this occasion. The barbecued meat was prepared by John S. McCain and was thoroughly cooked and baked over the coals. In addition to the meat, the usual line of picnic fare was served? cakes, pies and things. There was a j big pot of beef soup and another one of lish chowder served at first. It was all i a success and the big crowd was 1 wreathed in smiles and everybody said it was better than they had expected. , After dinner the crowd gathered in the house and porch "and under the wide spreading shade trees in front of the house, where they were addressed by Rev. C. S. Young on the advantages of the country life or life on the farm, < with particular reference to this sec- ' tion of the state. This was the tirst I barbecue in this neighborhood, but ' from opinions expressed and general I sentiments shown it is not likely to be i the last. Annual meetings of this kind . would help to make life in the coun- i try more attractive. Gaffney Ledger, August 1: On Friday afternoon quite a number of ladies < met at the city hall for the purpose of i organizing a civic league and home-1: makers club. Other towns have been i greatly benefited and beautified by < these organizations and while GafTney ( is progressing along other lines, this t league will be of great assistance in < the uplift of the town. Our public i schools need sanitary drinking founts y and our pretty little park needs a pub- i lie drinking place and our yards and < streets beautified. Now in unity there is strength and the ladies of the town 1 and county are urged to help in this i work. On Wednesday the 2nd at 4.30 s o'clock, there will be another meeting t when officers will be elected and the c work mapped out thoroughly and sys- . tematically, and it is hoped there will t be at least 50 ladies present. All In- t terested in the betterment of their t town and county are asked to be pres- 1 ent and Join and work for a Greater a Gaffney Some little excitement was s occasioned Saturday morning when ? Officer Bert Hallman of the police I force, and Mr. J. H. Buice engaged in ? a flstcuff on Limestone street. It seems from what can be learned that Mr. I Hallman took offense at something t that Mr. Buice is supposed to have t said about him. Some words passed < and were followed by blows. Neither t of the combatents were seriously in- 1 jured. Yesterday morning both par- 1 ties appeared at mayor's court to have , the matter discussed but it was decided i that it would be best to continue it 1 until Saturday morning when it will ' be aired before the entire council. Mr. r Hallman speaking to a Ledger reporter I In defense of his position as an officer s of the law, stated that the police were only human and that this affair was to be deeply regretted. It Is, in fact, regretted by almost every one The scarcity of water which now prevails all over the country and particularly in some of the cities near by, has reached Gaffney and a condition some- 1 what similar is now causing some little trouble. However, drinking water is at a premium in some cities while c in Gaffney there is an abundance of j this. The water in Broad river, how- r ever, has reached such a low point < that it was Impossible yesterday for ? the electric power plant to furnish suf- t flclent power to run the mills. All of the plants with the exception of the 1 Irene mills were forced to stop. The gentlemen who have charge of the v sub-sta<ion here, speaking to a Ledger v reporter yesterday stated that this was v occasioned by the fact that at Hen- t rietta they had filled their lake with b water from the river and therefore I there was none for Gaffney as Hen- * rietta gets first shdt at the waters of (j the Broad. They stated, however, that a they hoped to be able to furnish suffi- a cient power by this morning to start v all of the mills and that they would ^ probably be able to run throughout the e remainder of the week. 8 HORACE'S FLUTE. Unsympathetic Father Did Not Appreciate Musical Talent. It was an evil day when Horace finished getting enough subscriptions to the Boy's Companion by working his rabbit foot on the neighbors, for as soon as he had secured five subscriptions Horace added forty cents to the collections, per advertisement, and got a flute. It was never intended either by nature or the Goddess of Music that Horace and a flute should be combined. They mixed and mingled and accorded about as nicely as a lead bullet disintegrates and dissolves in skim milk. But for many weeks Horace had dreamed of that flute with all the fervor of dreams that inhabit the somnolent brainpan of a 15-year-old boy c with musical aspirations. a Horace wouldn't have admitted it for the world, but within his narrow ] chest his heart beat high with hopes, t born of visions of himself, clad in ir- c reproachable evening dress, standing ^ on a stage brilliantly lighted and play- i ing to a crowded house that applauded until the canvas flies flapped in the 1 breeze of their approval. The flute ^ was included in the picture. t It was a fine flute, worth probably c seventy-live cents. The pasteboard * box said it was made of cocobolo a vvriiwl hut vaii fniih) t^lzlm n nin ?nrl t scratch through the eoeobolo to the yellow poplar beneath. Also it was a bound with massive German sillver i bauds. Horace tried the flute at once. His s mother, who was in the act of lifting a tile lid off the soup kettle, forgot what i she was doing and dropped the lid e with a crash as the steam rose and h scalded her. <i She descended upon Horace, her e fingers wrapped in her apron, which, as any woman knows, is the remedy r for injury. f "What - in -th' - name -of -all -that's- 11 good-and-wonderful," she said, "are v you making that awful noise about? il And what's that you've got in your t hand?" v "It's my flute," said Horace proud- c ly. 'I "Well, take it and flute somewhere c else," said Horace's mother with de- v cision. Horace went sorrowfully to- t ward the barn and sat upon a keg. He assayed "Coming-Thro' the Kye." I< old Sam. the faithful family horse, 1< had been dozing in his stall. He had ii been dreaming of days gone by. Then it happened. # li With a snort Sam rose, trembling in d every limb, and with one leap broke v his halter rope, dashed through the u stable, smashed across the wood pile, li and breaking through a wire fence h disappeared with supplemental snorts t down the road. I1 Horace looked about him guiltily, s Clearlly the old horse was getting v nervous. But sturdily he set to work c to learn "Coming Thro* the Rye." u The sound brought Horace's fath- r er out of the lot where he was setting fence posts. The echoes of "Coming I1 Thro' the Rye" died away. Horace's h father approached with steady step. His extended hand was steady. His ' eyes were steady. His jaw was steady, n too. tl He took the flute, walkei to the i| door and east it into the wide, wide world. Then he pointed to the field. 11 "There's eighty fence posts out h there," lie said. And Horace followed the general direction of his finger.? Galveston News. , m , ti t Where Honesty Predominates.?The > most honest persons in the world are s said to he residents of the vicinity of t Tlcino, in Switzerland. They will not e touch anything which is not their own except to care for it, and lost articles s are generally allowed to remain t where found or in the immediate vi- p rinity, awaiting the return of the s owner. v FEXAS NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENT ' s The Deserters of Mindanao and How t They Returned at Last. , It was the second night of the gathering in the palm shadowed patio at J San Antonio of the tellers of men's , Lales. Somewhere in the corridors of the hotel a Mexican stringed orches- ' Lia was playing. On the little wicker j stool in the centre of the group the t julep cups were set, the dew on their t sides all frosty and inviting. * The army captain spoke. ( "Skene here was telling us the other evening about the strange effect of ' i Manchurian winter on a perfectly j sane American," he said. "That was i chilly picture he drew ror us and 1 Jon't wonder that his friend the war correspondent slipped his trolley over he New York papers three months j]d. But let me tell you a little story tbout the effect of the Philippines veather on two Americans in particjlar, and half a hundred others inci- t ientally. "It was down in Mindanao: I won't 1 je too specific on locations and names < tnd things, for I know that there are i leveral army men scattered around * he country who do not recall this in:ident with any too much pleasure, c lust let it go that it was in Mindanao, < .vhere on a clear day you could look f rom the top of a handy mountain off f .0 the south and see the purple out- 1 ine of the Borneo coast. There was * l company of the Umptieth Infantry , stationed in a little post there, anoth- c ;r company some seventy-five or a c tundred miles north and so on?all 1 Iiruug UUl (IIUI15 uic n cot Luuai, t "Now it happened that in my com- 1 jany we had two perfectly sober and v ;tticient soldiers when we went down 11 8 0 Mindanao for duty. They were a dean boys, knew no fear and each t vore a medal for marksmanship, i 30th had been volunteers in the span- ? an war, as 1 remember, and had en- r isted with the regulars alter the ttgntng with Aguinaiuo was over. One was 1 third sergeant and one a private, 1 >0011 companions, steady men; 1 lever saw steadier. "Well, we were having a regular * mining warfare with the Datto uum; , et's call him that. It was a wearing tort of business. We'd hike into the >usli and urive him away on! into the * imber and then in a week or so tnis >r that man would be found split iowii the middle with a bolo cut a lundred yards troni camp. It gut on , >ur nerves; that and the heat and the ttrunge noises of the forest and the t erribie lonesomeness of it all. 1 can't j ell you Just how lonesome you feel iway otf trom nowhere in Mindanao. t luu feel as if you were in America be- . ore Christopher Columbus discovered t and that Chris was never going to v ,'ome. * "These two boys of my company, iiggins and Hale will do for their . lames, didn't show any more signs ' if the restlessness than any of the r ither men. They did their work fJ aithfully and well, until all of a sud- v len both dropped out of sight. . "We thought of course that some of s he Datto's men had got them and we >eat around in the bush outside of amp looking for their bodies. But t ve found no trace. Then in a week ve let it go; they were killed and that _ vas the end of it. "However, ubout a month from the ^ ime of their disappearance the Datto >egan to sting us again; hard this time, j, t was bite, bite, bite in the jungle, ? . very day and every night the tension I watcning against surprise, mo man lared to go to the river swimming ^ .lone; they went in squads of threes 0 md fours, and while the bunch was in s he water one man sat by their clothes a vlth his Krag. Still the sniping went j m and the circumstance that Impress- s d us as odd was that the Datto's men a eemed to have laid hands on some |, ;uns and to be doing remarkable J hooting with them. One poor fellow fho was bored right through the t] lead we examined carefully. We ^ ound a Krag bullet in his skull. "Then one day we forced an open n Ight with the Datto's men. We caught he old fox in one of his high walled .] nud forts and we had a merry time e ushing the place and cleaning it out. will never forget that fight, not be- v ause it was so fierce but because of t he shock we fellows got after we'd t; warmed over the walls and were en- tj Hading the Datto's men inside. a "It was my lieutenant who saw 'em s irst. He was the first man to the top j if the wall, and until we could rig up i broken ladder to join him he sat a here, firing the Krags as fast as we ould hand them up to him. He hadn't v leen there a minute, as cool as if he rere up for'examinations at Leaven- ^ forth, when he turned and yelled lown at us in the ditch: ^ " 'Two white men!' he shrieked. 'By j Jod, it's Higgins and Hale!' h "When we joined him on top of the v fall and swarmed into the fort, chas- ' ng the Datto's men out through the tack of It into the forest, that lieutenint was white and shaky. None of us jv n n mV\ oirrKf r?f t K/i urA iirVtlfa man Kilt augiii 0151111 vi me i n v >? mtt tuvu wi*w Lfterward he swore he'd seen 'em. " 'Naked above the waist, with rags a iround their heads,' was the way the ieutenant described them. He said fi hat both of the deserters had taken J": me or two shots at him before they " lodged out the back of the fort and P neaked away with the rest of the " )atto's gang. "Of course, we believed him, though 0 hat was the only sight any of the li ompany had had of the two soldiers. a Ve tried to worm something out of ' he prisoners we took but not a word " ould we get. Then shortly after that he Datto sent In word that he'd had ' nough; he wanted to be a real amigo md was ready to make peace at any a erms. "We took him up on the proposl- w ion. The Datto came into the post md surrendered himself and all his 11 nen. When we asked the old turtle ace about the two white men he was " nnocent as a child. No, he'd never een two white soldiers with Krags rnong his following. He knew noth- ? ng. One of his men, however, squeal- a d. He said that Hale and Higgins lad been with them, had married two if their women and become natives in verything but color. "So there those two men were, outasts in Mindanao. When the Datto lud surrendered they had taken to the nountains, knowing well enough what t'ould happen to them if they surrenlered to our men. They could not go >ack to the Datto's people, for he t'ould have given them up; they ould not return to their company, 'hey had to be savages, as they had hosen to be. Each with his native vontan was left to shift for himself in he forest." The army captain paused to take a ong pull 011 Ills Julep cup. The little ;iioi oi listeners sniiieu ineir cnaira n anticipation. "It was a year after that when we leard that Higgins and Hale were lead. A native came in from a long ray back in the mountains and told is that lie knew where their bodies :iy. He said that there was a bullet lole through the head of each and hat they'lay side by side. We sent a arty out to get the bodies. It took a quad two weeks to reach the spot rhcre they lay and to return. They a me in with two boxes of bones, lothing else but clean bones and two usty Krags. "Now what happened next is not so leasant"?the army captain cleared is throat in nervous embarrassment. Of course such a thing would not lave been done in this country or in ny other country except that fJod he forsaken Mindanao. But you may magine what the feeling was against hose two deserters; you can maybe inderstand, too. how in that savage and white men's adornments of clvllzatioii were likely to slip a little. "But this is what happened. The ay after those two boxes of clean nines arrived the surgeon and some of he officers were at the officers' club. Jaybe there was a trifle too much icotch aboard; I don't think so: I hink it was just that fading away of very man's instincts of civilization nd pretty decency. Anyway at the uggestion of the surgeon they got hose two boxes of bones and laid hem out in front of the clubhouse teps. Bone was fitted to bone; ribs ,-ere lined up in place, and each skull tvas stood In its proper position top*ide of all. "Then as a final touch each desert;r's Krag was laid alongside of the "Ight arm in position of 'carry arms.' "There for two days the bones of [Jiggins and Hale stayed where all night see. Then they were buried, l'hat's the end." The guitars in the hotel corridor tiad tinkled to silence. An alligator ipla-shed in his pond there In the patio and the noise was like a crash to the tellers of tales. Finally Jimmy, the war photographer, broke the jpell. "Whew, I say that makes your blood trrawl!" "Well, Jimmy, you're used to havng your blood crawl." It was the irmv piintnin vthn urmlfu hntfo i tale about it." "Oh, well, after that kind of a story ivhat's a fellow going to do? Every:hing will be as weak as milk that :omes after the captain's yarn. Anyway, if you want it, here's how I wrote n my little notebook: "Jimmy's gone :oo far this time. Good-by all.' " 'This is the end of Jimmy,' I wrote. The War Photographer's Tale. Jimmy composed himself and took i nervous tug at his stumpy beard. "You know I never intended to be i war photographer. That was all an iccident many years ago when I bluniered down into Cuba?but that's not ny story. I'll tell you about being the irst man in Liaoyang, and what came >f it. "All the correspondents in Man huria, you know, were having the levll's own time of it with the Jajanese to get anywhere or see anyhing. About fifteen miles from a ight was the closest they would alow. They'd take us all up on some lill somewhere after nearly everyhing was all over and they'd let us ook at the little white pufTs of smoke ivor the ortiltapv tppnpVtpo aurnv nff I in some other hill and that would be he end of It. "That sort of thing went on until he last day of the fight at Liaoyang. rhen Kamada or whatever his name ras who was the officer detailed to ;eep watch over the correspondents ind attaches, took us all up on a hill md let us look at the artillery duel hat was going on. The Japanese runs were masked down in a flat field if kaolin and the Russians were away iff on top of a hill feeling 'em out and rying to locate them. "Little Kamada pointed out the >uffs of smoke and grinned. "There would be a good place to get l photograph," he said to me, and he >ointed out the field where the Rusian shells were bursting. Of course he little devil had no idea that I rould take him seriously, but I did. I rot on my big black horse and beat it ?hard. "Well, I found out afterward that 1 .11 the attaches and the rest of the orrespondents followed me through heir glasses. They all thought I was ill kinds of a< fool, which I was. But didn't think of that until afterward, rode as far as I dared and then left ny horse and started on foot across he field toward the Japanese bateries. "Oh ho! Weren't those Japs mad rhen I ran like a rabbit across the leld where the shells were bursting nd nestled down behind their < renches with the guns! Of course I ras giving their position away. The iussiuiis nau spoueu me. i. was me wly moving thing In that little valey, and I moved, as they supposed, . oward the cover of the trenches. The hells began to creep up nearer and learer the Jap trenches as a result. "A little captain came sputtering up < o me on his hands and knees. " 'You will kindly get out,' says he, howing all his teeth. " 'Not me, old cock,' I came back at ' ilm. 'Not until we all get out. "Of course, he couldn't drive me out nto the shrapnel, and so he had to Tin and make the best of It. I took lot of pictures of the Russian shells u rating twenty-five, fifteen yards oflf. md I say, they made an awful bang , f it when they went off! Kind of a troke you'd feel against your stom- ] ch, then the bank. All the time the , aps were answering with their mokeless powder, just as regular and nethodieal as a man working on a ithe or any other piece of machinry. "One shell lit right in the middle of he battery. I saw pieces of a gun and its of men going skyward. "Then it was I took out my little lOtebook and wrote in it. "This is the end of Jimmy," I wrote. Re's gone too far this time. Good-by, very body.' "Well, I thought I might just as fell be killed in the open as in the rench, so I made a run for it across he zone of fire. I hadn't run more han twenty steps when I heard an wfully loud bang, turned around and aw the smoke of a shell right where had been lying. I got a picture of t, then I reached my horse in time nd got away." There was a pause, then the Texan .*ith the missing linger spoke up. "Yes, but how about your being the rst man in Liaoyang?" "Oh, yes," answered Jimmy. "I id start to tell you about that, didn't ? Well, the whole story is that I . lappened to be the first man in Liaoang. that's all."?New York Sun. The .Better of .the Trade?Green I IcCurtain, once chief of the Chociws. had a very high opinion of the usiness astuteness of white men. "No ndian can get the better of a paletce." chief McCurtain said to a Guthle reporter during the recent Oklaoma investigation. "And when two 1 alefaces get to bargaining together, hen it is like cutting diamonds with iamonds. Two Oklahoma palefaces nee hunted in my camp. They spent he evening with me and over the fire nd the fire water they began to barsr and traffic and to make deals and Ickers. Finally Bill said: " 'Sam, let's trade horses?my bay ar your roan.' " 'It's a go. Sam agreed. 'The trade's " go. Shake on it, partner.' "They shook hands. Then Bill said ith a loud laugh: " 'Sam. I've bested ye this time. My ( oss is dead. Died yesterday.' " 'So's mine dead.' said Sam. 'Died his morn'n*. And what's more. I've jok his shoes off'.' "?Mobile Reglsjr. r DISCHAR4 HAVE YOUR Mi in the BANK THAT RAINY ^ 4 n A m Out of a jobis w<p START NOW Dou'l you want Jo start YOU It H ?>?.>, SO in* mil lit* Ills oo |l in?s?t. Hank $1,000 now. Ill 20 yours, u $1,810: in 20 years, at I per cent, tl >I.\KK Of It BANK LOAN AND SA1 Safety Boxes for Rent?5 The Pride of Clothes. Rev. Sam Jones was no stickler on til his fame as a preacher had become so great that he was called to large cities among fashionable people, that he gave any attention at all to his ap|?irel. Mr. Jones was asked to come to Brooklyn to conduct a series of meetings for Dr. Talmage, New York's great divine. When Sam arrived and reported to Dr. Talmage, that gentleman was somewhat taken aback with the rather seedy-looking suit of clothes that Sam wore, and so troubled did he become over the Georgia minister's dress that he finally said to him: "Mr. Jones, would you accept a suit of clothes from me?" "Why, certainly," said Mr. Jones, smiling and rxi i_/i . x. OLLUin^aiiicu IIIIII IU u uaucidasher, where he was clothed from head to foot in a very stylish suit, topped off with a high silk hat. That night Dr. Talmage took his newly dressed evangelist to his crowded tabernacle, and when the proper hour arrived introduced him to his audience. "This is the Rev. Samuel P. Jones, front Georgia, who will preach for us this evening:. "Sam Jones stood up, his tall hat in his hand, and said: "Yes, Rev. Samuel P. Jones, from Georgia, and this is the big new-stove-pipe your pastor has presented me, and these new duds you see me so stylishly attired in are the regalia that he has me up in. Don't I look out tf sight? "Now, if your pastor had half as much religion as he has pride he would convert all of you sinners in Brooklyn and my services would not be needed." No man expects to be a loser in the end when he begins to bargain with the devil. Womans' College of Due West DUE WEST, S. C. Established 1859.?Next Session Opens SEPTEMBER 13, 1911. Healthful located in a delightful villege, noted for three-quarters of a century as an educational center. Offers standard courses of study leading to the degrees of A. B. and A. M. Very fine advantages in Music, Art and Expression. Fourteen experienced Christian Instructors?two gentlemen, twelve ladies. Dormitories are models of convenience and elegance, steam heat, electric light, running water, perfect sanitary appliances. Residents in the Carnegie Building will be under the care of the president and his wife. Residents in the Main Building will be under the sunervision 01 ur. ana Mrs. sievenson. Individual attention, wholesome Christian influences, homelike surroundings. Eleven states represented last session. Your daughter will be safe mentally, morally and physically in this Institution. For Catalogue and further information, address. Rev. R. L. ROBINSON. Pres. TORKYILLE MONUMENT WORKS (THE OLD RELIABLE.) IRON FENCING We handle STEWART'S IRON ' FENCINO for cemeteries and front yards, and can also furnish you a nice Vase or Settee for your lawn or an Ornamental Hitching Post or Tree Quard. < The cost Is not so great and they ( last a life time. Send us word to come ] and show you designs. No wire fenc- . ing handled. We have the largest stock of MARBLE In the Carolinas. YORKVILLE MONUMENT WORKS. ] John E. Carroll, Pres. , I i jprojfssioital Guards. J. HARRY FOSTER j ATTORNEY AT LAW, Yorkville, South Carolina. W Office In McNeel Building. I Dr. B. G. BLACK1 Surgeon Dentist. ] Office second floor of the New Mc- | Meel building. At Clover Tuesday and Kriday of each week. I Geo. W. S. Hart. Jos. E. Hart. ( HART & HART ( ATTORNEYS AT LAW Yorkville S. C. ] Mo. 1. Law Range. 'Phone (Office) 68, (' JOHN R. HART i ATTORNEY AT LAW J I No. 3 law Range ? YORKVILLE, S. C. ( i J. S. BRICE, 1 ATTORNEY AT LAW Office Opposite Court House. ^ Prnmnt Attention to all legal busl less of whatever nature. GED!?I PNEYfS3Bk DAY. utb >rse| M/T\ >ut mik money iOY Into A BUSINESS OF HIS 2 o C l :i jht ctMit tills will amount to lis will unioiiiit to $2,190. 7 r \ YOUR BANK 0 VINGS BANK. O [>2.00 and $3.00 Per Year. e b HOW TO BU READ THIS CARE Come In and Talk $2.00 a Week Deposited In Till able you to pay the first installmer to fifteen hundred dollars. {25.00 1 terest on a first mortgage for the the rent that would otherwise hav< Interest to apply against the prlnci] \\ hen You Come In We Will T Move In the Right Direction. The National ABSOLUTE Rock Hill, W. J. Roddey, Pres. BETTER To have a policy and not need It, than to need one and not have It. L>. E. BUNEY, YOrKVUie. fire, life and live stock insurance. I Sterling Silver Goods. Just now I am showing an es- < peclally nice line of STERLING SIL- ( VER WARE and invite all who want goods of this kind to come and see what I have to show. You will find 1 here better qualities, better patterns, newer styles and much lower prices than elsewhere. At least come and see. My stock includes a lot of pieces especially suitable for wedding gifts. cut glassis always in order for wedding gifts, and i am showing a very com- j plete assortment in all sizes from the j smallest to the largest. Will be pleas- r ed to show If you will come In. 1 T. w. speck, ! the jeweler. j. c7 wilbor> LIST YOUR PROPERTY WITH ME IF YOU WANT TO SELL- J ? FOR SALE ? , 246 Acres?The Allen Crosby home, 2 on public road. Large 2 story rest- 1 ilence, 7-rooms, painted. One tenant 1 house, 7-rooms; 3 other tenant houses. About 2 miles of Sharon. A good farm j ?Dlentv of wood. i " " I John Hartnoss Place?125| acres, ' joins Newton Whitesides; a beautiful new 6-room cottage, running water in house and barn; 3 new tenant houses, a 4 rooms each; new Barn, 40x30, 10foot drive; 80 acres in cultivation; all I new ground except 10 acres. The best 1 crop in the county. Wish to sell at t tance. ' 1 301 Acres?The Moss place, 2i miles * taf Hickory Grove; 6 horse farm. Three tar four horse farm can be opened in J addition. Three good houses, 5-rooms i i?ach; also one 2-room house?150 I acres in woods; 30 acres in original 1 pine and oak timber. Rents for 5,200 c pounds of lint cotton. Price $25 an acre. t I have some small farms within * the incorporate limits of Yorkville; for 11 Instance 49 acres near the overhead 8 tarldge. The C. E. Spencer's Moore place ad- " joining the jail lot. If you want good high school, buy this land, don't wait. [ have five different tracts close in to ? town. 1 66 Acres?More or less; Mrs. Laura 0 E. Parish tract of land; mostly within 0 the incorporate limits of Yorkville. _ rhis land will be sold cheap. I will livlde it Into three tracts. n Beautiful home of D. E. Durant at J [Juthriesvllle, S. C.; 140 acres fronting e an the C. &. N.-W. railroad, and also $ the beautiful sand and clay road from t iforkvllle to Chester. One dwelling, 2-stories high, 8-rooms; 100 acres in I aultivation, 40 acres in timber, fine or- c hard; one of the best barns in York a :ounty, 3 stories high 40x90. Barn is J ivorth $2,500. Has four tenant houses n fine repair. Land ilea level and ad- r loins Guthrlesville academy. Will cut b his place to suit purchaser if he t should not want it all. Price $9,300. b 33 3-4 Acres?One and one-half mile P >f Yorkvllle, near Pinckney road, good !-room house; all necessary outbuild- ^ ngs; will rent for 1,200 lbs. cotton, c Property of R. E. Steele. Price $1,060. * The Spencer Lots are now for sale, * ind I have plat of same In my office. " tVe are prepared to give liberal terms. * Vlso to build residences for you. Buy . iuick before they are all sold. 91 Acres?More or less; the J. J. Fhomas place near Dave Clark; 1 good ^ esidence, 7-rooms; 1 tenant house, 3- a *ooms; 60 acres in cultivation; a _ splendid home near school, church, >tc. $3,200. 3} miles of Yorkvllle. Two lots of the Herndon property on t iVest Madison St., joining Herndon F ots. $100 Each. & 125 Acres?Two miles of Bethany; oining W. B. Stroup and others; 30 ? teres in cultivation, 95 acres In tim- & >er. Price $2,350. C 203 Acres?Three miles of Clover, r jear St. Paul's church, a 2-story, 9- t oom house; 100 acres in cultivation; * I good tenant houses. A very fine ? arm. Joins J. C. Lilly. 419 Acres?Three miles Hickory Irove; the J. Yancy Whitesides place; b rood strong land: large dwelling, etc. a 'rice $12.50 per acre. h For sale the Rose Hotel; large brick r mildlng, half block from public square, $ ilmost opposite the court house. To n ?uild this hotel would cost much mon?y. It is now on the market. We de- li lire to sell for division among the o egatees. a 325 Acres?Wylie Hafner home )lace, a nine-room dwelling, four ten- ? int houses, 3-rooms each. Will also ? jut in 3 good mules. Price $4,000. $ -lasily rent for ten bales of cotton; & I miles of Sharon. 111 Acres?On King's Mountain pub- * ic highway: good sand road; 8 miles 2 rom Yorkville; land Ilea level; nice " l-room dwelling, 2 stories; 1 mile from ^ Jethany High school; a nice 4-room enant house; good barn. Place is level P md in a high state of cultivation ? 'rice $50 per acre. Price and location Z annot be beat in York county. Proprty of J. A. Ratteree. OnA Rnllar Mill Oino an/1 Pnm Mill ^ Engines and boilers, 5 acres of lSJid 5) >n Clark's Fork, 3j miles of King's . reek station. Price $3,500. ^ 2021-2 Acre*?Of land in Ebenezer ai ownship, about 3 miles from Ebeneer; a 6-room dwelling and 3 tenant fl louses; 7 miles of Rock Hill; a part f the Dlnsmore Farris land. m One lot?Woodland Park, city of al lock Hill, 50x196. Price $400. rc 150 Acre*?Two miles from Yorkville P' n the Sharen road; property of J. Q. 91 Vray; rents for 9 bales of cotton o' aslly; one dwelling, 2 good tenant $' louses. I^and is strong and producIve. Y A HOME FULLY, and Then It Over With Us. is Bank will, in three years, enit nn q hnmo wnrth from tWAlvP to $100.00 a year will pay the Inbalance, and the savings, abpve i to be paid, may be banked at pal. *11 You Just How to Make Every Union Bank, :ly safe - - S. C. Ira B. Dunlap, Cashier. 8EE THE Piedmont Marble ? And ?? Granite Company YORKVILLE, 8. C. For High Qrad* m TTTi rmn MUJ> UMfcJN 1 a In Qranite and Marble. Plain and Finely Carved TOMBSTOKES sold at reaaonable prlcea. 3et our prlcea before you buy. *iedmont Marble & Granite Co, Louie Roth, Pres. A Treae. F. Happerfioid. Manager. THE BEST EVER We still have a car of the best Stalled Tennessee Steers that ever hapjened in this part of the country. All neats are well refrigerated before It s cut. If you are not one of our cuiomers, you are missing a treat In the vay of good meats. THE CITY MARKET, C. F. SHEJRER, Prop. I?REAL ESTATE. 1191-2 Acres?A 4-room house. 1| niles of Bethany High school at $30 >er acre. The beautiful home of W. J. P. Wy? ie, 2 miles from McConnellsville. A ilce 1-story cottage^ 6 rooms; a good !-story barn, 3 good tenant houses. .08 acres, land red subsoil, strong and. 991-2 Acres?Six miles of TorkvlUe, . dwelling, 7-rooms; J mile of school, i mile from Beersheba church. Price H.875. 75 Acres?Of the John M. Thomasion homestead; a nloe location; gooo, itrong land. Prioe $60 an acre. 961-2 Acres The home of J. P. Barnes, Delphos; 1 nice 4-room dwellng and 2 good tenant houses; close 0 school and church; a good neigh>orhood. Joins J. B. Scott and J. V. Larson. 240 Acre#?Property of F. N. Lynn; olnlng Robt. Moore, J. J. Sherrer; It a rolling, but is good, strong land; 1 as a 6-horse farm open on It; 1 d we ling house, 8-rooms; big barn, cribs. >tc. Price $13 per acre. The beautiful residence and cottage, tome of Sam'l MeCall In Clover, on ting's Mountain street; 6-rooau. louse Is nicely painted, nice hedge and hade; barn and stable; everything omplete; good well water. Price 11,400. 91 Acres?Parks Parish place, property of J. F. Smith, a nice new cottage, i splendid location for country store. 4ice land at New Zion cross road. 128 Acres?At New Zion. Property >f J. F. Smith; new house, good barn. >ut buildings, etc. Cheap. Write for trices. 100 Acres?One mile from Filbert, 3 a lies Clover on Tork and Clover road, olnlng lands of J. M. Stroup and othrs. Property of J. A. Tate. Price 22 per acre. Rents for 2,200 lbs. coton; 3-horse farm open. 61 Acres?1} miles Tlrzah, on Rock 1111 road; land lies level; 69 acres in ultivatlon; joins J. L. Moss, Bob Ward n/4 Onnth.m D T> D.i*. UA **Vi I^vuiuvt u *v. *V? r >w? yrw pwi ?vi w? . C. Wallace. 310 Acre*?Near state line, land Ilea oiling, about 40 acres In cultivation, alance In wood; a nice 6-room cotage; newly painted and rodded; a fine argaln; $15 per acre. John Wells lace. Mr* Metts'e beautiful residence in rorkvllle; everything la In first-class onditlon, with twelve good rooms; ewerage and water in the dwelling. <ot 198 feet front, 343 feet deep, with lane entering the premises from iadison street 40 Acre*?At Quthriesvllle depot, acing C. St N.-W. R. R. Price $60 an ere. 206 Acres?Two and one-half rnlles <ockhart mills; 1 3-roona house; 20 cres in cultivation, 176 acres In wood -most pine. Jno. Ned Thomson place. 201 Acre*?In Ebenezer township; 1 welling 1| story high, 6 rooms; also enant house 6 rooms 1$ story high, 'rice $11 per acre. Property of M. B. lassey. On* 4-room house and 30 acres of ind at Filbert facing King's Mountain lghway and Joining King's Mountain napei. 69 Acrss?Bounded by the lands of >. M. Parrott, J. J. McCarter, J. B. Vood and J. C. Lilly; the property f J. C. Wood. Will put a six-room anant house on the place. Will sell for $37) thirty-seven dollars an acre. The residence and store room oomIned In the town of Torkvllle of Geo. Iherer. It is three lots from the court ouse. It has a large store room, easily ents for $20, another room rents for 6. About two acres of land; 8 nice ooms In the residence. Price $4,000. 150 Acrss?Near Clay Hill; 1 dwelllg; all necessary outbuildings- part . f the A. A. Barron place?$10.00 an era. 136 Acrss?Including the Baird & ludson place near Concord church; 3 ood houses; 60 acres In cultivation? 15.00 an acre. Property of M. B. lassey. 115 Acres?1 dwelling, and two tennt houses; 90 acres under cultivation. 0 acres in timber; 2$ miles of Smyra. Price, $15.00 per acre. T. B. ichols. 95 Acres?Mrs. J. Frank Wallace lace, 2 dwellings on it; 8 miles of orkville on public highway, near New ion church. Price $1,425. 285 Acrss?Joins Wm. Blggers, ^Meelc auiKner, jun mcunii u-uuiou loim, house, 6-rooms, 76 acres under culivatlon; 185 acres In timber. Home iw timber; near to Enon church; 2ft illes Smyrna; 4 tenant houses. 35 cres of bottom land. Price $15.00 par era. A. J. Boheler property. Miss Dolly Miller residence?a barain. 50 Acres?Joins A. J. Boheler, Westloreland and Ed Whitesldes corners ^ t London siding; 1 house, 1 story, 3>oms, 20 acres under cultivation, lenty of firewood; orchard, good mng, i mile of Canaan church, 1 mile I Smyrna station, good barn. Prica 16.00 per acre. J. C. WILBORN.