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Suraotous Jrpartmrnt. Hs Was Too Extravagant.?Prank Parker Stockbridge, the magazine writer bought him a farm not long ago says the New York correspondent of the Cincinnati Times-Star. Somewhat later, after having made various improvements, he decided to sell it. As It is somewhat out of the line of summer travel he advertised it for sale in the country weeklies nearest. "I began to think I'd have no difficulty in disposing of it," said he. "Farmers would come in, all over smiles and excelsior, and begin to talk farm values to me. Then I'd take 'em over the place, and the farther they went the better they liked it. Then I'd show them through the house?and their enthusiasm would drop to below zero. 1 couldn't figure it out for a long time. At last I penned one old chap. " 'Isn't the farm all right?" I asked him. "He allowed that the farm was ex cellent. " "Isn't the house all right?' "The house, he thought, was a right peart sort of a house. " 'Then what's the matter?' "The old chap wanned up," said Mr. Stockbridge. "I handed him a Hp-full of hard cider and a Connecticut filler, and we sat down and talked It over. " 'It's them dum extravagant Ideas of your's,' said he, 'that scares a feller olf. That barn is fine?latest improved stanchions and automatic feeders and unloading devices and ail them things. And the kitchen is good. No dum foolishness there. But when a feller gets up in the attic and you show him your bathtub?well when he looks up, he's bound to see right through the window that the creek ain't mor*n half a mile away.'" AH th# Sams to Him. With Appomattox only a few days off the Federal and Confederate forces were daily drawing closer together, and cavalry squads of either side now and then picked up a few stragglers of the enemy. A group of Confederate troopers one afternoon captured a Yankee Infantryman who wore a spick and span new uniform with bright new buttons all in their proper places and carried a new, clean, shiny musket. After the custom of war in such cases, they started for camp with their prisoner and began to guy him gently by way of passing the time. To their great surprise he could hardly understand them or they him. "Where'd you come from, Yank?" they asked. "Vom Prwoossia," he answered stolidly. "How long you been in this country?" *trw * ?? ?maunn Arnl mATiot M ^wei muuai.?*1 U4vi "And you came down here to fight u??" "Yah, for boundy," said the prisoner indifferently. The Confederates decided to scare the Prussian and have a lot of fun. "Look here," said their leader, "a Yankee soldier Is all right, but a Dutch Yankee?bah! Say, do you know what we'll do with you, you ? Dutch Yankee? We'll stand you up over a coffin at sunrise tomorrow and fill you full of lead!" "Veil," said the German with a placid shrug?"veil, voteffer lss der rwule!"? Harper's Weekly. She Expected Too Much,?Ossian Flngal Thompson, chief clerk In the' Nickel Plate passenger department, was a station agent once?everybody recalls Terrence Mulvaney, who was a corp'rll wanct?in the city of ESria. That was In his Lake Shore days, however. They had a certain New York train favored of the town, No. 6 It was scheduled, concerning which a lady called to make some inquiries. "No. 6 is ten minutes late" said the polite agent. The lady turned to speak to a friend who had accompanied her, but in three minutes approached the window to repeat her question. Again Thompson gave the desired information. Another two minutes and the question was asked for a third time. This time Thompson felt just the least bit nettled. "Madam," he said, with all the severity of which his gentle soul was capable, "No. 6 is still ten minutes late!" But she was far from crushed. "Pshaw!" she exclaimed. "I thought it would have made up that ten minutes , by this time."?Cleveland Leader. More Than Engaged.?"A nice young couple in our crowd was married this summer," relates a nice young fellow in the same crowd, "and when they got back from their honeymoon they went . to housekeeping in a certain apartment house in the East End. They had one servant?a little girl whose mother used to do the washing for her folks and who, therefore, knew all about them and came cheap and willing. Well, I went to call on them the other evening. "The little maid met me at the door. She had known me when I called on the girl before she was married, so she smiled when she noticed who I was. But I was very polite. "'Are Mr. and Mrs. Smith at home?' I asked. " 'Yes, Mr. Brown,' said she. "'Are thev enera&red at Dresent?' ""Why, Mr. Brown!' cried the little girl, blushing, "they're married!'" Answered at Last.?A Swede was being examined in a case in a Minnesota town where the defendant was accused of breaking a plate-glass window with a large stone. He was pressed to tell how big the stone was, but he could not explain. "Was it as big as my fist?" asked the nervous judge, who had taken over the examination from the lawyers in the hope of getting some results. "It bane bigger," the Swede replied. "Was it as big as my two fists?" "It ban bigger." "Was it as big as my head?" "It ban about as long, but not so thick!" replied the Swede amid the laughter of the court.?Saturday Evening Post. Could Reach It.?A temperance lecturer was enthusiastically denouncing ' the use of al intoxicants. "I wish all the beer, all the wine, all the whisky in the world, was at the bottom of the ocean," he said. Hastily Pat arose to his feet. "Sure and so do I, sor," he shouted. "I wish every bit of it was at the bottom of the sea." As they were leaving the hall the lecturer encountered Pat. "I certainly am proud of you," he said. "It was a brave thing for you to riso and aav what vou did. Arc vou a teetolar?" "No, indade, sor," answered Pat. "I'm a diver."?Cleveland Leader. He Had a Name.?Patrick, lately over, was working in the yards of a railroad. One day he happened to be in the -yard office when the force was out. The telephone rang vigorously several times and he at last decided it ought to be answered. He walked over to the instrument, took down the receiver and put his mouth to the transmitter, Just as he had seen others do. "Hillo!" he called. "Hello!" answered the voice at the other end of the line. "Is this eightsix-one-five-nine?" "Aw, g'wan! Phwat d'ye tink Oi am? A box car?"?Chain Lightning. Not H?rs.?"Are you hungry, little girl?" said Oliver Wendell Holmes to one whom he saw looking with longing eyes at the good things before her. "Yes. sir." was the reply. "Then why don't you take a sand- ( wich?" < "Because I haven't any fork." , "Fingers were made before forks," ( said the doctor, smiling. The little girl looked, then said. "Not my fingers."?The Strand. I Non-Suited.?Rastus had caught 1 Sambo red-handed. I "Ah'm gwine hab yo' arrested foh stealin' mah chickens, yo' Sambo Wash- 1 in'ton?dat's jet what ah'm gwine to * do." said Rastus. t "Go ahead niggah," retorted Sambo. ^ "Go ahead and hab me arrested. Ah'll mek yo' prove where yo'got dem chick- 1 ens yo'self!"?Harper's Weekly e Pisccllanfous grading. * HEYDAY OF TRAIN ROBBER8 * u Incident* of Old Tim** in th* Young d 8outhw*at. o: Train robbing was the topic of dis- h cusslon. There were three men sitting h about a table on a dining car that reel- d ed off the miles across the desert coun- h try of western Texas. One of the li group, a large, clear-eyed man, was n the superintendent of a well-known tl division of the Southern Pacific rail- n road. For some time he had sat silent listening to the discussion of a recent hold-up of a Louisville and Nashville m train, near New Orleans. With some w of that good-na?.ured tolerance with ii which a westerner feels for the "down- ? easterner" he allowed his section of tl the states to be handled pretty rough- 8] ly. Finally, however, he broke into v, the conversation: B "I see that train robbing is fast get- n tiner to be on a par with football and g< other popular sports back In the east." a There was no denial, and he proceed- n ed: h "Don't do things In quite the same h way as the bandits that used to op- jf erate out here did. It looks as if the ^ robbers back on the other side of the T Mississippi get the rough end of the s< deal almost every time. See where w an engineer put one of them out of tl business with an engine toich a few y( days ago. Mighty few of them ever w get away with the plunder. The trouble is, the would-be bandits are a c< bunch of 'mollycoddles.' Their 'nerves' i8 and their methods are soft and ama- rr teurish. Baby-carriage robbing would w be more In their line. I would Invite m one of those eastern men who goes in rt to make a success of that sort of busl- ai ness to look up carefully the methods w of the gang that it took us twenty-five a] years to break up along the South- ^ ern Pacific lines. They were men of rt steel, and paused at absolutely noth- hi Ing. When they went after a mail car, tl an express car, or after the passengers *n they got what they went for. Rarely aj was one of them ever Injured, and al- p< most as rarely were they ever caught w for years after a crime. rt Hatchery for Robbers. tl "Down here at a point between El A Paso and Tucson at a town called d! Benson, and at another called Cochise, a were favorite places for robberies to be bi hatched. Those were tough joints s< along in the late '80's and early '90's. si They were excellent places from which re to operate, lor this reason, to me ?< north of them, and nearby, were the tl White Mountains, while to the south, If within a day's ride, was Mexico. A tl man who knows anything1 about the w White Mountain* knows that there are fr places up In there that a couple of men can hold out against a regiment for a month, provided food and am- q< munition are plentiful. One place in n< particular was popular with the ban- ai dito after pulling off a job. The place to is called Russell's Park, and Is there ea today Just as It has always stood?a w secure retreat for evil-doers, who wish m to escape capture. Like the famous h< 'Devil'* Hole' and other places of ret- n< uge for bandits. It consists of a large he valley or depression, way up In the top w of the mountains. There Is a plenty oa of grass for the horses and also lots of tu good water. The surface of the ground til Is covered with great, huge boulders h( that have paused on their route from le the highest points along the peal:s to be the lowest in the valley. These boul- w! ders form excellent 'cover,' and it is he not a hard matter to get lost among er them. The park is several thousand de acres in extent. But here is the Im- pr portaint point?there is but a single en- re trance to the great park. One can grain th access to Russell's park in one way tv only and that is through a narrow, st tortuous passage, flanked on either side fr by high, sheer precipices. Why, after se officers of the law had made several se efforts to get at bandits known to be re hiding in the park they gave it up for sh all time?the place simply cannot be qi taken as long as a single man remains in on guard at that narrow door. How ar many officers were 'winged' or killed w> outright before learning their lesson it Ti is hard to estimate, but. lots of them. sh An Instance. th "In the early days cf the Southern m Pacific out here, Benson and Cochise fo were nothing more than 'adobe' set- he tlements, with a saloon or two amid re a dozen houses. They were the ren- w dezvous of the toughest gang of rob- dc bers that ever flagged a train. The th James boys and their kind were 'kid- le glove' robbers compared to the crowd uj that made railroading a precarious thing out here twenty-five years ago. th There was a regular nystem about it, m too. For instance, say two men de- *a yc cided to hold up a tr .in on a certain ^ night. Previous to that date they went to a large town and laid in a store of ammunition and food to last a couple of weeks. These they packed off to r., Russell's Park and cached there. Then they rode over to a point along' the line, somewhere between Benson and la Cochise and awaited their train. The es robbery itself became almost stereo- ar typed in form?the engineer was cov- m ered by one robber and made to un- of couple the mail and express cars and cu haul them down the road a piece. Then ^ the fireman and the engineer, along with the mail clerk and express meB- se senger, were lined up and kept cov- Se ered by one bandit, while the other ^J one blew open the safe and rifled the qi mail pouches. Resist? Why, I should pr say not. It was Instant death to even pf move slowly when you had your orders j^c from one of those cold-blooded ras- ch cals. No. When the train crew knew sa what was up they fell into line quick enough, and asked no questions. m; Sometimes after the robbery the engi- in neer was made to uncouple his en- ?F glne from the mail and express cars ^ and carry the robbers some miles away down the road, here horses were th ready for the flight. Once in their sad60 dies the bandits made a straight line Fl for Russell's Park, where everything Sc was in readiness for them. Occasion- th ally the robbers turned south and fit crossed the line into Mexico, where j0 they knew they were practically safe of from pursuit. They stayed under cover wi fnr nn'hilo fhen onmp nut and disnosed ,m of the stolen stuff." fa An Arizona Robbery. W Some years ago a robbery occurred of which presented s-*me peculiar fea- Su tures. One spring n:ght two despera- mi does, one named Alvador and the other "Three Fingered Jack." boarded an of Arizona and New Mexico passenger un train at a point a few miles north of cr< Fairbanks, Arizona. They proceeded to make a "rough house" for awhile. an After the shooting was over the rob- th< bers left with a pile of mail and some few express packages, and cut for the nountains near Bens >n. It seems that wa i "green" express messenger was on agi :he run, and when he undertook to de- er( 'end the company's property he had an j?a?r irm torn off by buckshot from a saw- ch d-oflf' breech-loadei. He afterwards flo< led. It was known who the robbers ere almost Instantly. They were old o ands at the game, and had been seen a bout Fairbanks the day of the hold- t p. Both of them were known to be c esperate and fearless. Sheriff Scott, I f Pima county, Arizona, said that he s ad once ordered Alvador to put up his 1: ands, and Alvador had calmly looked r own the muzzle of the pistol and kept c is hands at his sides. They had been a i trouble all along the Mexican border s lany times, and were familiar with a he lay of the country, and with al- a lost all of the people living along it 1; A Dangerous Game I Knowing what dangerous game they t rere pursuing the officers of the law t raited for reinforcements before mov- a ig. The robbery occurred in Cochise r ounty and it was up to the sheriff of r aat county to capture the bandits. The r heriff had an idea of the tactics which t rmiis ho nnnmed. and bided his time. V lallroad detective* and secret service t ten and express company detectives a coured the country to no avail. After t while the sheriff quietly went out one !i lght to a nearby ranch and picked up is men, and also, a third one whom e wanted as a witness. The Cochise < til was a frail affair, so the robbers i -ere taken to the Pima county jail,-at i uscon. There tfiey awaited trial. But t imethlng happened. Just how and r 'hy no one knows. At any rate before r le case was called the prisoners, Al- e ador and "Jack," escaped, leaving the a ltness behind. t For weeks the robbers roamed the v juntry about ' Tucson and Benson, a lughlng at the effort/: of a perfect ar- r ly of officers to round them up. They c ere wanted by Ae state, the govern- \ lent, the express company and the c Lilroad. Consequently large rewards, ( mounting to thousands of dollars, t ere placed on their heads?"dead or n live." Sheriffs, secret service men, t fells-Fargo men, Southern Pacific c Lilroad detectives and private "man t unters" were out for the money. The t >lng developed Into a farce from the c lan-on-the-streets' viewpoint. While 1 of these officers were searching des;rately for the bandits, the bandits j ere dally holding up passengers and e mchers In Pima and Cochise coun- c es, demanding food and ammunition. ,f sewing machine man was made to Jj ismount rrom ms wagon anu go uuu ^ town and buy pistol cartridges. The tl indits finally tired of the game, and J ;nt a note, by a go-between, to the ieriff of Pima county offering to sur- ti inder under certain conditions. A ewspaper man of Tuscon, known to ^ le robbers, and a friend of the sher- e fs, was named to carry on the nego- b atlons. Meanwhile, the army of re- n ard-hunters scoured the country uitlessly. * 8( "Out of ths Blackness." o Night had fallen with its accustomed h iickness in the west, when the lone ? jwspaper man mounted a horse, un- tl med, and turned the animal's head w ward the Rincon Mountains, north- a ist of Tucson. For miles he rode to- ard the mouth of a certain canyon entloned by the robbers. Suddenly i was challenged. Out of the black>88 of the desert a man with gun in md, approached and exchanged word 1th him. Then a blind was placed rer the reporter's eyes and he was med rapidly around a few times unI he lost all sense of directions. H1b >rse was then brought to him and, d by another hoi-seman, the reporter >gan a tedious and dangerous ride, hlch would end in the robbers' strongrid. Miles of rough going were coved before the mysterious sentry orired the reporter to dismount and oceed on foot. Finally the camp was ached and the blind removed from e visitor's eyes. Before him sat the ?o desperate characters for whom the ate machinery, backed by the best om other sources, were even then arching. The two bandits and the ntry, being old acquaintances of the porter, came forward and heartily 100k hands, asked a few indifferent jestlons and then came down to busess. Tlfle terms were easy to arrange, id were these: That the bandits ould walk Into the sheriffs office In Licson within forty-eight hours, if the lerlff would consent to divide with em on the rewards. You tee, these en had starving families to provide r, and to their women and children ilf of the rewards must go, or no surnder. The sheriff, a wise old owl ith years of experience along the bor;r, accepted the terms, and within ie given time the men walked fearBsly Into his office and were locked >. Such Is one of the dramatic stories iat could be told of the "nerve" and ethods of the train robbers of the, r southwest, when that country was >ung.?John Kershaw, Jr., of Douglas, rlzona in the News and Courier. THE SEA WITHOUT TIDES intrast Between the Mediterranean ana ine ucean ocyona. s The Mediterranean Sea, which has I tely been the centre point of inter- I t, is commonly described as tideless, I id the description is correct, at any I te, of its eastern end. Navigators | te Jonah and St. Paul knew nothing tides. The word does not even oc- ^ r in the Bible. r It was no doubt the amazement It by ancient Greek mariners, accusmed to the even level of the tideless a, at sight of the tidal bore of the ine at Rouen, which inspired the ary of amorous Neptune pursuing e nymph island, says the London obe. The sea god, balked of his ey by the young lady's parents, >res and Bacchus, still rushes madlnto the esturay twice in the 24 ?urs, and is apparently engaged in lasing innumerable nymphs with the me zeal Into the very estuary on the :lantic. Science has discovered a less roantic exploration of the tides in the fluence of the sun and moon. These, ?erating in the ratio of one to four, oduce spring tides when pulling tother and neaps when in opposition. The tidal contrast at Southend and e mightiest effort of the British tannel at Chepstow are alike dwarfby the eccentricities of the Bay of indy, that cul de sac between Nova otia and New Brunswick, into which e Atlantic rushes with pent-up fury, vlng rise to such effects as the bore Moncton, the Reversible Falls at St. hn and the lightning transformation Windsor from a swamp to a deep * + Vioi?kar 4 n Via aaii*?oa a# o fntt' nci nat wu? in vuc wui oc vi a ivn Inutes. As, however, It Is a harr for only four hours and a swamp r twenty, the economic utility of lndsor is qualified. Remarkable as are these expressions the ocean to eyes unaccustomed to ch freaks of tidal equilibrium. It List be confessed that the tourist Is rtain to encounter disappointment If expects too much. Thus the tides the Bay of Fundy are absolutely noticeable on the steamships which jss from Dlgby to St. John. The Reversible Falls at the latter rt, the suspension bridge overhead, e just worth the short drive from e city; but the much advertised mcton Bore Is a poor lion In the ht of day, though, heard rather in seen, at night, the coming of the ve over the mudflats inspires an reeable feeling of fear in those gath>d on the little quay for the purse. Its only rival is said to be In Cathay, but from all accounts the inese bore Is a far more formidable >d. _ Hard Times In Japan.?The semi- the ilx or aeven barrooms that fflcial Japan Times gives a pitiable 1 P*81^ in that short walk I saw ocoun, of the mlaeH.a throughout ItZSZ he country caused by the increased yes, they are sending the money to ost of commodities. Masses of peo- our state for liquor, and it may be tie, always on the border line of 80me ot the folks rich, but . , .. IU tell you, old man, it Is making tarvation, have been forced over the many of our people poor." ine by the elasticity of prices and the igidlty of pay. "The laboring men c ., . 0 ... annot aupport their famlllag with the ?"1, b' ,thT, canty wagea they get. The ,lttl"e placee In Europe the Schlo?.-Jotorekeeper, find It Imposelble to bal- h??"'?>crger v neyard, tor example .. . . . ... .. where the soil Is platted and analyzed mce their ledgers with the credit .. , _ . ... . ., . . , to the last square meter, says the thead of the debt, and are universal- ?.. _ , . , ?. . . .... ... . . . Chicago Journal. This meter is worth y discouraged by dull business. At .... .. . .. . . , ? . so much, that meter is worth so much lome their wives need money and ' ? ... ..... . . . . .... . . . , . more; the grapes from that little patch heir .children are simply crying aloud ,, , . . m. m _ o*c a coca v cu iui cai/iuct niucoi tuv. rom starvation. The hard-pressed . . . .. . . . . , grapes from this other patch are less ind miserable husbands go out in the , , . . valuable. There are places In China nornlng to search for work, and , , . . ... . , where the same exact knowledge of nany of them never return again at _ . . . .. , . . . .. rnw W . M every foot of soil is found. In China light. * The results are similar to , . . . . .... .. . , .. . . _ . . the knowledge came by tradition rathhose in other countries. Crime has .. . ,. . . . . . ,. .. . . . ... er than by laboratory analysis, but It rastly increased; so has suicide; and , , . - . , . . . . . works. In this country soil-platting he country Is rent by labor quarrels v 4 ? . .. , . * 11 r 4.x. , has just begun, and the unit of measrnd strlkea In the arsenals alone . . . . . ?a Ann i _j . urement is more likely to be an acre, here are 20,000 men clamoring for . _ ,. .. . . or a ten-acre field, than a square yard, ncreased pay.?The Argonaut. . . . . .. This is one main reason why the crops * of Europe are so much better than the Japan's Densely Populated 8pot? crop8 of the Unlted state8 Thelr land Dne of the most densely peopled spots ls no better than ours, but they know It n the world is O-dori street, Tokio. better, rhe long thoroughfare known as Glnza vhich runs from near the Shlmbashi ' * " ailway station to Spectacles Bridge, is 8CHOOL FARTHE8T WEST nade up of several streets with differ- 1 int names, some wide and modern, Protecting Angel oh Bleak Island That iome old-fashioned and narrow, and if Fliaa Our Flag. he earth were suddenly to gape open An island of volcanic origin, made up vide in that portion known as O-dori of J1"* h,lls and frozen salt marshes; - - * _ . _ _ a short summer, the temperature averitreet, at any hour of the day, there <s aging less than 40 degrees, when the 10 other thoroughfare in the Japanese tundra grass and lichens grow, and lty where the results to human life quickly-maturing wild flowers, but vould be more fatal. For here the tide fn08jl of "}* year ? waaLe ?f sn?w *** , " ' \ ? ice-floes down and pack them in great if human life runs the highest But hummocks, twenty or thirty feet high )-dori street is extremely narrow, so along the shore, until the currents hat the density of the crowd doer themselves are frozen; emphasizing . this desolation as Eskimo settlement of lot make the dally figures much above m 80U, and , ^ ,d ?ke U. OA A AAA TTnltl/n mnaf a# the ' ? , ui.u i_ . n i.f ^ "c ?w,vw iuai jv. ?"v-b v* leuung angei i which in uuui it ia;t u >ther important cities of the world, schoolhouse floating: the stars and bis thickly populated commercial dis- stripes, says the Christian Herald. . . . _ . Less than 10 degrees west in the 180th rlct of Tokio is situated outside the parauej( where east begins again; and ity walls.?Strand. it has always been known as "The t Schoolhouse Farthest West" until recently, a school has been established at Making Virginia Rich on Whisky.? Atka, on one of the Aleutian islands, n this connection we are remind- three degrees still farther west, d that every now and then somebody The nearest land is Indian Point, Slomes along and says North Carolina berla, forty miles away. Since nobody j making Virginia rich on whisky knows when, the natives traded ivory, loney. That is the remark a drink- walrus skins, and skin canoes to the jg man made in the presence of a Indian Point natives for reindeer skins rirglnla drummer in the office of and bear skins. They were often comne Monroe Enquirer not long ago. pelled to trade against their will, and 'hereupon the Virginian responded many battles were fought, sometimes 1 this illuminating manner, and we almost to the extermination of the St. ommend his response to all thought- Lawrence people. ul people: The plain, one-story schoolhouse, "I have been traveling in North with living rooms in the rear, to which 'arolina since the flrst day of last the wing has since been added, was .ugust. I have been across the state, built more than twenty years ago by ast and west, north and south; have the Episcopalians for a mission, at a ] een in most of the towns and I have cost of 13,000. 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' SHOULD YOU contemplate a change In your Banking connections, < or desire to OPEN AN ACCOUNT, we know this institution will meet with all your Banking requirements. v I Loan and Savings Bank ) S. M. McNEEL, President J. P. MoMTJRRAY, Cashier \ _ c ??^I Profits From || "They didn't have electric Juice, e When Franklin flew his kite; ^ ? j They simply murmured: 'What's the c Y Olir LrOpS When'Franklin flew his kite; 8 And even to this very day, It is not the size of the crop In many towns, I've heard 'em say, that vou rare about it is the They Josr a,on* as waa the waVmat you care aDoui it is tne when Franklln flew hl8 klte ? profit you make out of it. You can make more money out of ( land fertilized to bring the an electric iron-only ? maximum yield per acre than mg you can out of four times the nL 3 31% acreage without fertilization. %0 Sm ?g %3 You realize this, but do you realize the importance of hav- i ing just the right fertilizer? CITY elettllic plant. r Do you think that just any ter- t tilizer will do the work? If so, j you should ask some users of COLUMBIA THE MAN WHO j FERTILIZERS BUILDS j , Wants and has a right to expect to get v who have used them side by side the very best Lumber and Building t< with other brands. They know the Supplies that his money will pay for. T . . That Is what you get when you buy difference. Let us send you names from ua Wlt? a knowledge born of of some In your own neighborhood years of experience, we know what _ who will tell you what it means to Lumber ought to be and can furnish have the old reliable COLUMBIA our, customers with the right kind of .. ... materials. When you are ready to S BKANDS working with you on the build, come and see us for the Lum- k crop that means so much to you. ber needed? S( Profits from your crop come from CORING, ceiling, plenty of fertilizers and the right WEATHERBOARDING, SIDING, fertilizer?COLUMBIA brands are SILLS. JOISTS. SHEETING, a, right as human skill can make DOOR|H^S^V8F^MES. ( tnem BUILDERS' HARDWARE. ETC. ^ For Sale By CARROLL BROS., You will find our Qualities and our J Prices Just right. j Yorkv'iie, s. c. [ } } KELLER & COMPANY / FERTILIZER \ m Enriches the South. % B Enric'iing the soil means enriching the planter. Roy ste^s Fish B V Scran Kertiliz -r lias done both by maintaining, regardless of cost, B flf the highest standards in material and processes of manuiactureB I FOR 27 SUCCESSFUL YEARS I B Let us send you the name of the Royster man nearest you. HeB B is a good man to know, if you want the full worth of your money. B YF. S. ROYSTER GUANO CO Baltimore, Md. Tarboro, N. C Columbia, S. C. Spartanburg, S. C. Macon, Ga. Columbus, Ca. For Sale By W. R. CARROLL, YorkvUle, S. ( IS YORKVILLE SATISFIED? ? CLOVES HEAL ESTATE C( The Evidence le Convincing. The Tee* CLOVER, 8. C. timony Opsn to Investigation. ? Before a statement can be accepted FOR SALE here, it must be supported by local tes- 1# Mn| j A Hedgepeth's Houi timony?by the evidence of someone 22d?riw!nIn ^ Bargain i ' OOtOvt residing in Yorkvllle. Statements from 2. Extra large Lot on King's M , St; 5 houses; an excellent rentln unknown people in remote places may proposition?9} to 10 per cent on ii vestment be true; but we cannot prove them. , . _ ? , 17. 1 8-room Cottage (New), H. ] ? ? *. v.. - u?.i,?iii. Mnnra ranManm K.KOO.OO. nere 10 a. oiaieuiciii. uj a luinvim: 18. 220 Acren?Good, sandy lan man: farm, the W. E. Adams home trac R. J. Herndon, Main St, YorkvUle, Good term, on thl S. C., says: "Doan's Kidney Pills which 19- home tracts. 2i I grot at the York Drug Store, certain- acre8- Plenty Pf 8aw timber, fine bo ly helped me and I am glad to recom- tom lana: ' r?om ^ dwelling ana a mend them. Often my back felt weak necessary out-buildlnga 830.00 Acr and I had lumbago. Doan's Kidney 23. 117 Acres; adjoining And Pills gave me immediate and complete McCarter, W. B. Stroup land; a baj relief from these troubles." gain. For sale by all dealers. Price, 60 2* 84 8-4 Acres, fronting on King cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. road, 2 miles of Bethanj New York, sole agents for the United Crawford tract See us f< States prices. We have plenty of deslrab! property. Remember the name?Doan's?and take no other. CLOVER REAL ESTATE CO Grow IV2 Bales Cotton Where Only 1 Grew Before One to one-and-a-half and even two bales of cotton, or 60 to 90 bushels of oorn per acre, require little more labor than smaller yields. Simply use liberally the right fertiliser or plant food to the acreage win nionf on/1 milfWrofo fhn rmn mnrp t.horouchlv and oftener. You cannot be too careful in selecting fertilizers and seeds. Your soil deserves the best plant foods which are Virginia-Carolina High-Grade Fertilizers They are made to give Available Phosphoric Acid, Ammonia or Nitrogen, and Potash in the right combination for greatest yields. These fertilizers produce big crops of COTTON, CORN, RICE, TOBACCO, FRUITS, PEANUTS and TRUCK. RICHMOND - VIRGINIA ANMniTNrRMFNT I SERVICE a ii ill vi v.n viiiiiaui a m. Because of the fact that I hav I have recently bought the Clothes been engaged exclusively In the Insui Cleaning and Pressing business, here- ance business for fourteen yean ofore conducted by Mr. D. M. Hawk- have studied It from top to bottor ns, and in the future Mr. Hawkins and am still at it, and represent th trill be in my employ. In consolidat- oldest and strongest companies, I d ng the two establishments I am sure not believe there Is an agency any hat I can promise even better ser- where that is in position to rende Ice than our patrons have been get- better or more Accurate Service t ing in the past, and respectfully so- the person who wants any kind c icit a continuance of the patronage of GOOD insurance, than mine. If yo iverybody who has Clothing in need place your fire insurance with a >f CLEANING, PRESSING and RE- agent who knows little, if any, mor 'AIRING. about the insurance business tha If you have work of this kind, let you do yourself, it will not make is know by "phone and we will call particle of difference whether the in or it promptly, do satisfactory work surance is properly written or wheth ind return your garments at the earli- er the company is "time tried an st possible moment fire tried," and noted for its lib If not already a patron of the ROY- erality in adjusting losses, if you neve IL PRESSING CLUB, we will appre- have a fire, but in case you do hav late any work you may be pleased to a fire you may find when it is too lat rive us. Start Today. that there is really a difference I; n V n /if y companies and agents. Others hav< Knvnl rrocQina I Inn and why not you? when it comes t MWJUl J fCOOIflg viuv Llfe jnsurance no man can success R. D. DORSETT, Proprietor. ful'y contradict the assertion tha ^ the Mutual Benefit Life Insuranc Co. is the best in the business. CITY MEAT MARKET sam^U^ BUTTER AND EGGS. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. The Butter and Egg market is not Countv of York 10 lively now, but we are still taking ill the butter and eggs we can use. coubt of ooififON pleas . _. , ___ B. N. Moore as Receiver of Hill, Ken >/^omILy0U w.an?u ice? ^ nedy and Company. Plaintiff agalns tOASTS come to the City Market. We Ellison Johnston, Defendant.?Sum nol*A r% (mooialtv Af rn a U not UAma. ? ,, m , ^ a v i.an.c a "i. ??" ?- mons ror Kenei?icompiaini *uea; lalsed Stall Fed Beeves and also sell To the Defendant Above Named: ifc^h TV 8tern Meat8' V OU are hereby summoned and re riJST ARRIVED? J[ qUired to answer the Complaint !i A shipment of BONELESS BOILED this action, which was filed In the Of IAMS, CURED HAMS and BREAK- flee of the Clerk of Court of Commoi rAST BACON. We sell these by the Pleas of York County, on the 14th da: 'ound, the Whole Ham or Whole of January, 1913, and to serve a cop: Mece of Bacon, and all of It is of the of your Answer on the subscribers a est quality. their office in Yorkville, South Caro JATTLE AND CALVES? Una, within twenty days after the ser At all times we will buy all the FAT vice thereof, exclusive of the day o !ATTLE and all the VEAL CALVES such service; and If you fail to an - e can get. See us when you have any swer the Complaint within the tim< a sell. aforesaid, plaintiff in this action wil THE CITY MEAT MARKET ^5,5?,^11.?Comprint'' r<!"e' C. F. Sherer, Prop. Dated: 1st day of February, 1913. FINLEY & MARION. TIME TO PAY UP Plaintiff's Attorneys. SUBSCRIBERS to The Yorkville NOTICE. ^eTSr?2arXy,orveW?'1'e'noP:eaSe TVh'h8etonAb'eDt E1"S?' zr at.ttcam Jonnbion. __ _ tppp n' WTTTTB^Tnwc! Pl?ase take Notice that Summons JE** 1>. WfilTIiiMDES. Qf whJch the foregolng. i8 a COpy> to __ _ , gether with the Complaint In this acMONEY TO LOAN. tlon, was filed In the Office of J. A )N First Mortgage on Real Estate. Tate. Clerk of the Court of Common THOS. F. McDOW, Atty. Pleas for York County, at Yorkvllle, t. f. S. C., on the 14th day of January. 1913, Yorkvllle, S. C., February 1st, 1913, DV Engraved Calling Cards, Script FINLEY & MARION, ittering, 100 for $1.35, at The Enquir- Plaintiff's Attorneys, r Office. Feb. 4?Mar. 11 t 6t FOB RENT The large building of the Torkvllle Buggy Co. FOR SALE 106 Acres?Joining the Kizers' land, near King's Mountain battle ground; known as the Love Est. lands. 910.00 IAcre for quick sale. Offers wanted on it. The Worthy Farm?At Sharon, con slsting of 67 Acres, nicely located on a : publlb highway, 1| miles from depot. Very cheap for quick sale. bkj Acres?At Delphos station. A nice 4-room cottage; 4-room tenant house; 2 good wells. Price, $8,600. 1 have 10 Lots on the Steele property?very fine building lots. You can pay for the lot and get money through the Building and Loan and mc /e Into your house within 30 days. 186 Acres?Joining Marshall Falls. Half million feet of timber; 2 acres clear. Price ?9.00 for oulck sale. The Foster-Heck Lindsay place, near McConnellavllle. 40V Acres?rents for 6,400 pounds of cotton. Will divide to suit the purchaser, 3 miles from Lowryvllle. Known as the J. W. Lowry tract. 128 Acres?4 Miles of Sharon; 6room house; rents for 3,000 pounds of cotton. Property of J. J. Plexico. liv Acres?1 mile of Bethany High School; nice new 4-room house, new barn, 1 horse farm open, balance In timber. 20 Acres?Joining Ed Lowry, J.B. Scott, and J. P. Carson. 16 acres in | cultivation, balance In timber. I 7 1*2 Acres?At King's Creek sta[ tlon. 109 1-2 Acres?14 miles from Tir; zah station. A beautiful 6-room cottage, 3 tenant houses; plenty of wood; much of this land makes a bale to the acre. The home of John Campbell. 84 1-4 Acres?7-room dwelling, S tenant house, 2 of them have 4 rooms each; one has 2 rooms; has 3 good barns on the place. Property of John B. McCarter. Will cut this into smaller farms. 180 Acres?Joining lands of W. L. Faulconer, Mrs. McElwee and Ellas Falla Fine 4-horse farm open, good barn. 2 tenant houses; 8 miles from Smyrna. 1 100 Acres?2} miles from Tlrsah station. Beautiful 8-room house; fine. ? rertne land, .property or s. w. craig. 383 Acres?The beautiful home of J. J. Matthews, In King's Mountain r. township, 9 miles, from Torlcvllle; 6Ihorse farm open; 176 acres In forest timber; good barn; 3 tenant housea 3 to 6 rooms each. This Is an up-todate farm. The owner has moved to _ town and will sell It right ? 200 Acres?9-room house. Price $3,000. 41 Acres?At Filbert Price fliaoo! 143 Acres?One mile of Incorporate >c limits, on public highway. Price it porate limits on public highway. Price $30 Per Acre, t I have two tracts of land, being a ig part of the Joe Barnes place, joining i- Philadelphia station, and lands of Ed Sandlfer. One tract of about 13 acres. ^ another of about 20 or 26 acres, that I "" will sell, if bought between now and . the 1st of January. ? 233 Acres?One-half mile from Bul* lock's Creek Church and School?new 8- 7-room 2-story house, S tenant 16 houses. Joins W. L. Cranford and E. t- M. Bankhead. Price 82b Per Acre. .11 One Lot?In Hickory Grove. Price e. $63.00. ly 132} Acres?Near 8haron, good botr torn land, barn. 2 tenant houses, $12.60 per acre. , 50 Acre*?1 new 4-room house and 7 good barn; a splendid farm, 4 miles [j, from Torlcvllle. $18.00 per Acre. 103 Acres?$1,650.00. A 7-Room House?70 feet front on West Madison 8t, joining J. W. Dobson and B. J. Herndon. $1,50040. 100 Acre*?4 miles of Yorkvllle.?' ? $15.00 per Acre. 50 Acres?1 mile of Torkvllle.? $1,500.00. 100 Acres?4 miles on Plnckney road?$30.00 per Acre. 117 Acres?2 miles of Torkvllle. Ill Acres?1 mile of Bethany High school. S31-2 Acres?1 mile of Bethany High school. 195 Acres?Joins Webb Moore. W. R. Carroll and J. Cameron.- A large 2-story. 7-room house; about SO acres under cultivation; at least 4.000 cords of wood on this place; about 30 acres in bottom land; 1 tenant house. One mile of Philadelphia station. Price, $20.00 an Acre. 87 i Acres?Joins Mack McCarter and A. M. McOIll. One mile from Bethany High School. 4 miles from Clover public highway. 1 good 5room house and barn and 1 good 4room house and bam. A One productive farm. 60 acres in cultivation, balance In timber. Will sell as a whole or separate the two settlements. The price of this land is right, we wish to make a sale at once. Look it over and give us some off era Property of W. C. Paris. 100 Acres?5 miles from Smyrna; joins hod tJiggers ana jonn noya tract. Price, $1,600.00. (?M Acres Joins Douglas* land near T>thany: ?B nw In cultivation: 1 4room cottage, new: l t- >nt house n-1"' 3 rooms It. Price. $2,100.00. 57 Acres?Heavy timber land. Joining lands of Ed Burns, P. B. McAee: 15 acres clear land, 42 acres In timber, second growth pine and some fine original pine. Price. $1,200.00. J. C. WILBORN. TAX RETURNS FOR 1913 Office of the County Auditor of York County, 8outh Carolina. Torkvllle, S. C. November 29, 1912. - A s required by statute, my books x\. will be opened at my office in Yorkville on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1913, and kept open until FEBRUARY 20, 1913, for the purpose 6 of listing for taxation all PERSONAL - and REAL PROPERTY held In York s> county on January 1, 1913. n All returns must be made In regular e form and it is preferable that they be 0 made by the property owner In person to me or my assistant, direct, on !r blanks provided for the purpose. The ? returns must be duly sworn to either *' before me or my assistant, or some u other officer qualified to administer an n oath. e All items of realty, whether farms. n or town lots, must be listed separately. a Returns made on proper blanks, and sworn to before an officer qualified to ' administer an oath and forwarded to d me by registered mall before February - 20, 1912, will be accepted. ?" All the taxpayers are particularly ree quested to Inform themselves as to the e number of their respective school dlsn trlcts, and where they have property * in more than one school district, they o will please make beparate returns ln dicating the location of each piece of t property. The school districts in which ? there are special levies are as follows: Noa 22, 23, and 27, in Bethel township; Nos. 6, 13. 14, 29, 33, 43 and 61 in Bethesda township; Nos. 9, 20, 88 ~ 40 and 44 in Broad River township; Nos. 9, 16, 20, 38, 40 and 48 in Bullock's Creek township; Nos. 12, 46, 46 and 62 In Catawba township; Noa 7. 12, 32, 35, 36 and 43 In Ebenezer township; Nos. 26, 28 and 39 In Fort Mill " township; Noa 2, 21, 22, 37, 41, 44 and * 49 in King's Mountain township; Nos. - 11, 20, 21, 33, 35, 43, 47, 48 and 49 in York township. All males between the ages of twen ty-one and sixty years, except Confederate soldiers over the age of flfty ???. 1loM? o nrtll ta-r n* 11 (1ft - j cai a ai c iiouic ww ? f v?? ?.u-% n and all persons so liable are especially r requested to give the numbers of their r respective school districts In making t their returns. It will be a matter of much accommodation to me if as many taxpayers as possible will meet me at the respective appointments mentioned above, so as to avoid the rush at Yorkville during the closing days. BROADUS M. LOVE, County Auditor. MONEY TO LEND ON Improved Farms In York county. repayable In five easy, annual installments. Interest: Seven per 1 cent If loan Is 11,000 or over: eight per cent If under >1,000. No broker's com missions. C. E. SPENCER, 78tjun29 Attorney At Law. ; FOR RENT. SIX to Eight acres of New Ground. Has been worked three years and Is In good shape. Apply to J. C. ROBISON on the farm or to SAM M. GRIST. 10 t tf.