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CHAPTER ON SNAKES , v E,;. \ S. Surveyor Tells Some Marvelous Stories. HAS HAD MAM STRANGE EXPIRIENCES * 9 ^ In Which Most Readers Will Find Entertainment if Not Instruction?Old, Old Subject Covered Anew With Artistic Trimmings. Gredfiwood lidex-Journal. As a record'breaker for snake stories. August 1921 will go down as the greatest month of all. Every few days for the past two weeks, someone has had a marvelous tale of a snake. The latest contributor to the growing volume of wonders is W. L. Hemphill, former captain of artillery in the Wild West Division and also a former . United States surveyor. In sending in his yarns, Mr. Hemphill heads them, "Some Real Snake Stories," as if the others hqd not been as true as holywrit. Mr. Hemphill's stories of numerous snakes follow: My work as a civil engineer and surveyor has brought me in close contact with snakes of all kinds and countries. 1 am afraid of them but there is something fascinating and interesting about them that is difficult to explain. I have read that a snake is a natural-born( hypnotist and this may explain the sudden momentary feeling of paralyzing fear when one unexpectedly stumbles upon a large venomous reptile all ready to strike. Did you ever watch a snake darting out his forked tongue? Jt has been said that he hears with his tongue but the truth of the matter is that he darts his tongue rapidly forth to attract the attention of his prey while he gradually creeps forward to within striking distance. The second most interesting subject of conversation around a camp fire after a hard day's work climbing and fighting brush is snaite stories. You hear soipe wonderful ones. On the outskirts of the world you meet some wonderful ones too. Race Suicide on the Catawba. Several years ago I worked for the Southern Power Company on a hydroelectric development survey near Great rails un iiie uiuwiu iivci. ??c iiyic running out the water contour, where the water would reach after the dam was finished and filled with water. We ran up a small draw or swale. I was standing behind the transit keeping the chalnman in line. There were two negro axmen. One was Titus. Titus was a great big husky six*-foot twohundred pound negro, deathly afraid of snakes. He always kept his axe extra sharp to quickly dispatch every snake he came across. Through the telescope I of the instrument 1 saw Titus jump straight up about two feet and then a little later like seeing a distant train Whistle I heard his .sell. I signalled for jf^new "set-up." When 1 got to the place, they had killed a big moccasin about five feet long and as big around as your wrist. It certainly was an extra ugly specimen of a naturally ugly snake. One of the party, a young man from North Carolina, by the name of Rich, remarked that he thought it must be a female snake anu that she had young ones inside of her. He caught the snake by the neck back of the headland drawing the body' under boot, squeezed out of her a mass of small, wriggling, slimy young ones about as big and as long as a new pencil, By actual count there were forty-two of these and they were extremely lively youngsters as it kept us busy keeping them together till we started a fire and cremated the whole family. W. Otis 1'ratt, a Greenwood boy, was present at the last rites. He Came Back For Another Sack of Flour. In Southern Oregon in the Coast Range of the Cascade Mountains there is a lot of gold. There are alqo rattle snakes. In the small streams tributary to the Rogue river where the famous Rogue River Apples grow a man can pan out alone sometimes as much as five dollars worth of gold a day. In Grants Pass one afternoon I went into a barber shop. Everybody was laughing. Of course I wanted to know the Joke. That morning three of the men about town had started out with a week's rations to the foot hills to hunt and pan gold. They went oft foot and were back-packing their provisions. They had gene some distance and sat down on the roadside to rest. When they started out again the fellow with the sack of flour on his back nearly had a fit. A big rattler had struck at the flour sack and had gotten his fangs tangled in the sack and was hanging 011 and rattling at a great rate and slapping and hitting the fellow's legs with his tail. Tliey were laughing because the fellow said he had to come back to town?for another sack of flour. Joe and the Gentleman Rattler. i ?f till tho hml with whirh I am acquainted I believe I like the rattler best. He's a gentleman and a sportsman. "Defend yourself, I'm going to tight," he says when lie rattles. And of all tlie bad snakes with which 1 am acquainted I believe 1 like the copperhead, sometimes called the pilot rattler, least. He's the sneak-thief of snakedom. He lies in wait along a path and strikes without a warning. He's a bad one and hard to see. Death Valley. California, is the Rattlers Paradise. 1 spent six months in the Imperial and Death Valleys surveying I'nited States Public Rands. At first we made it a point to kill every rattler we came across and for awhile averaged six a day but later on killed only those which refused to get out of the way. Practiallv every time a rattler will get out of your way if possible and always warn you before striking. One of the men in the party was named Joe. One day Joe stubbed his toe and fell. Naturally he spread his hand to I break his fall and placed his hand fu'l ' i palm down on a la rue rattler all coiled ! 'ready to strike. The rattler bristled j back his head and hissed, but didn't strike. Joe wouldn't kill the snake J because he said he didn't have the j heart to do it but called one of the ; others to do it for him. After that Joe I said he wasn't afraid of them at all and ' some day was going to pick up a rat- ] I tier Just to show us that they wouldn't j bite him. It did seem that they | wouldn't bite him because one day he j I picked up a large flat stone to make a j witness mound and under the stone was a medium sized rattler. He held the big stone between his knees nnd remarked that he was going to see for himself. So with the toe of his right foot he tapped the rattler two or three times on the head. The snake took no j offenst?did not even rattle?and .crawled off. We let him go peacefully. ' The Los Angeles Side-Winder The Southern Pacific Railroad runs a train on the Imperial Valley Rranch ' which everybody knows as the "Los j Angeles Side-Winder." It gets its name from the number of curves in i the line and its likeness to the sidewinder. The sidewinder is a first cousin to the big rattler. He is about a foot long and has one faint sounding 1 rattle and a button. He coils himself i in a horsetrack or any slight depres- ! . sion and allows the fine desert sand to ! silt over him till he is all covered but i this head. It almost takes a magnify- | ng glass to find him. They are quite las poisonous as their cousins. An Obsolete Snake-Bite Outfit. When I first went into the Imperiul Valley and got to a little desert town called Dixiland which was then the railhead of the San Diego and Eastern Arizona Railroad 1 was strongly advised to purchase a snake-bite outfit, This I did. It consisted of a fine hy- 1 pcdermic syringe and a needle and two small bottles of tablets. The directions were clear and concise. "When bitten on the arms or legs cut a cross over the bite with a pocket knife. Take one i potassium permanganate tablet and i dissolve it in a teaspoonful of water and j j inject this well under the skin in a cir- ' I cle around the bite. If the heart j shows any signs of stopping administer one of the strychnine tablets every half hour. Administer whisky freely and in large doses. Take patient to the nearest doctor at once!" I carried ( this outfit strapped on to my canteen and now I look back with wonder at the self-control I exercised because the | "freely and large doses" part of the j remedy, I carried it in my bed roll for | six months in California and another | in Idaho and Montana and finally gave j it to the assistant supervisor of sur- | veya in Boise as a Christmas present, i Playful Hoop Snakes of Norway, j This one 1 do not vouch for. In Mon- i tana I had a teamster named Jim. I i forget his other name, but Jim was : i born and spent hip youth in Norway. I ' I've always thought the latitude of } Norway just a little high for snakes. | Anyway Jim swore that they had them | there and that the worst kind was the | hoop snake. He said that they are I long keen snakes with a kind of ivorylike spike on their tails. He takes liis | tail spike in his mouth and forms a hoop with his body and rolls swifty along the i road at a person and when within striking distance lets go his tail and buries the ivory-like spike into the person's body. The tail spike is poi- j sonous. There are really hoop snakes 1 in Africa, but Norway?I have my | | doubts. A Jungle Anaconda. This one you can verify if you will 1 ' take the trouble. A party of explorers j I from the Royal Geographical Society of London, were exploring the far ; reaches of the Magdulena river in the ' , I'nited States of Colombia. The jun! gles there are infested with terrible 1 [ fevers, a pigmy race of savages who | blow poisoned arrows at you from long ; slim cane blow-guns, and all kinds of | snakes, the largest of which is the anaconda. The friendly natives who live : on the edges of the jungles say that the anaconda sometimes has horns four ! or five feet in length. The truth of the matter is that the anaconda some- j I time swallows an ox, but when they ! , get to the horns they can go no fur- i ! ther so leave the horns protruding ; from the corners of their mouths till i the rest is digested. Rut to continue about the explorers. They came -out ! into a little clearing one day and deI cided to stop there for lunch. Two of the men sat down on a log. The log j j suddenly came to life and after switchi ing his tail around and knocking down i half the party escaped into the jungle ( j slashing right and left and uprooting ! | and knocking over small trees as he i I went. ? Ashamed of Father!?A man on tiial in a court in New York, recently j on a charge of deserting his family stated to the court that he had boon i>i-u..tir>!illv f.irfcfl out nf his home bv the higher social aspirations of his wife and children. "My children," said he, "have met people who are on a higher social plane than 1. Their rules of etiquette were a closed hook to me. Cradually 1 became an incumbrance and 1 was a stranger in my own home. Friends of my children had nothing in common with inc." That war. tragedy, a real domestic tragedy ( and it has its counterpart in many Ann rican homes. Many a father works hard, denies himself social pleasures in order to send his children to school, give them plenty of spending money and furnish them line clothes and when those children come back home poor old father comes to a realization of the fact that the son and daughter are ashamed oi old daddy, that they do not want him around when the members of their set are visitors and that lie is in truth a stranger in his own home. The meanest thing in all the realm of social meanness is for son or daughter, upon whom latlior ;inil mother hove lavished love and money, to he ashamed of old | I father and mother. Monroe Kminircr. j 1 ICNIiGht IT ?l,:tlN NtWAftl UN.OT ? PICKEREL-WEED FLOWERS. "We don't smell very sweet, but we're bright and gay and pretty," said the Pickerel-Weed flowers. "Hut why have you such a strange Dame?" asked the Fairy Queen who had come to the pond to talk to the Pickerel-Weed family. "Because," said one of the bios Boms, "they say that fie pickerels lay their eggs in our leaves. They like other water weeds, too, but we're among the ones they like, and somehow or other, the honor of the name was given to us alone. That is they haven't named any -of the other wild water weeds or water wild weeds, or whatever you'd call us, after the pickerels. > "They could have named other flowers which crow in ponds after the pickerels, because of the fact that the pickerels lay their eggs In different plants. "Hut they didn't want to :lo that. They wanted to give us the whole honor, so that folks would know that the pickerels laid their eggs In our leaves. "If they lay them in other weeds, no one is the wiser. That Is, no one Is the wiser from the names. "There are other Ashes, too, who lay their eggs In weecs, hut I don't know whether any of the others have given their names to the weed* or not. I don't know and it doesn't interest nie. We don't smell very sweet, It is true, but we're gay and very graceful. "We're tall and our long blue ragged blossoms above our rich-looking leaves look very handsome. We "Sounds Rather Sad." look most attractive in the ponds and brooks and small lakes, anil we look, too, like flowers who havj gone In wading. "For we're not entirely In the water as creatures are who woulU go in swimming. "But we're like creatures whe go in wading. Part, perhaps, a little loss than half of us is right in the water, and the rest is standing above that part! None of us last more than a day." "Dear mo," said tlie Fairy Queen, "tlint sounds rather sad." "It Isn't sad," said the blcssora which had been talking to the Fairy Queen. "It Isn't sad at nil because we don't feel sad about It. If we did feel sad, then It would be different. "But we don't! No, we're quite happy to have our one day of blossoming. "Then we fade and wither. But there are always other blossoms to take our places. Oh yes, there are plenty of us blooming all the time. "When the humble bee comes to call on us he takes some of our pollen, which means the yellow dust we wear upon our plants, and spreads it over some of our relatives and drops it Just where it will strengthen and help them. "Isn't that smart of Mr. Bumble Bee?" "I've always thought the Bumble Bee was smart," said the Fairy Queen. "We like ponds and streams and brooks," continued the Pickerel-Weed blossom. "We love the coolness of the water. We love to be In wading ail the time. And though each blossom only lasts for a day, we feel thut is enough. We feel thut the family will keep on blossoming ana imving bright blue llowers on our stems. "We know that the flowers will he happy to he in the pond. And we know, too, that the leaves are ulwuvs proud of having the pickerels come and lay their eggs in them. "We've heard the leaves whispering to each other and saying, 'We've got to guard over Mrs. Pickerel Fish's little eggs. That's both an honor and an opportunity. For an opportunity is when one gets u chance to do something line for his family, for orticrs or for himself. And we, the leaves, have an opportunity of helping others.' "Oh yes," ended the Pickerel-Weed blossom, "my tiny is over, but it 1ms been a happy day, and there are lots and lots of us to come." Boy Who Plays Fair. The boy who plays a fair gam? now will play the game of life fair; if lie goes into business he will lie a fair, conscientious business man. He will lie an honorable competitor with others in his line, lie will seek to build up hit; business, but will not endeavor - 1 - ? -- I.ia to drug down me imsmesb <jl mo yelilors in so doing. ? Tim cheapest vocation is to <!<>n ; liuthiiiK suit ami Im photographed at home. School House Public Forum.?Reu| boil ('. Harmon, living in Herkcloy | county, for valuable consideration conl veyod to the trustee:: "i* a .school disj trict in the county a half acre lot "for [ the purpose of erecting and niaintain! ing a public school for white children 1 only." The trustees permitted the premises j and buildings to bo used for preaching | services when it did not interfere with , the school. '<ujn \\ hereupon Harmon wt.u nuo mr I courts in an effort to restrain the trus: tees from using tlic place "for preach 1 ing and for divers other purposes." The case has just been decided by ' the Supreme Court of South Carolina I against Harmon. It was unanibtous opinion of the court voiced by a good j Presbyterian, Associate Justice I'raser. that "courts in a Christian land cannot ! be supposed to take judicial notice that | holding a preaching service in a school ' house when not required for a public ; school purpose is a breach of the eon| dition, if indeed there be a condition in j the deed. The complaint alleges no inj tqrference with the rights of the plain: tiff, or those whom he claims to repine; sent." The court further pointed out ! that the word "only" in the condition, i "for the purpose of erecting and maintaining a public school for white children only," refers merely to "white children" and not to "a public school." ?(Jreenville Piedmont. For Best Results Use LIVE STOCK REMEDIES Sold by Druggists and Dealers I S. L. CO | _ I Sales ! | THE UN IV i j 48 S. Main St. \\ HAWWVll j | OIL MILL PRODUC See us for a good c: We have nice brigli ij OUR GINNERIES ARE THAN THEY H^ II ROLLER MILLGrinds Wheat, Corn Feed, Chicken Feed, Hay, Flour and Cor; money. lj DEALERS IN COAL AN ! ! ITAIWITII I r f ATT/ jj IUKMILLL tUIH ^ l^felHnfl NEW LOT OF CHOICI j Wc have a choice bu --- 1 j? 1..., now?arnveu a jcw ua\ for a ^lule or two conic ; exchange and give you MULES JAMES F i ? ? .Iran Francis Millet, painter of ' i ne vnKelns." was a farm laborer, the rim of a small fanner. j ?John Keats, author of "Entiymion." waa the son of a hostler. It. C. Qrocklnxton F. L. Hinnant W. M. Brftwn Palmetto Monument Co. YORK, - - 3. C. Why Pay an Agent Profit? Wo know that the Agent has to live, ; but let the other follow keep him up. ' peal Direct with the PALMETTO MONUMENT CO., York, S. C.; Phone No. 121. If you wish us to call we will be glad | to have one of our firm call on You. ) We do not travel agents. Wo can and will do your work at as Low a Price and as Good in Quality as any one in the business. Try Us, is all I that we ask. You be the judge. PALMETTO MONUMENT CO. "Honor Them With a Monument." I MELROSE FLOUR I GOOD COOKS KNOW that MEL-1 HOSE Flour is the LEST to be had. i Experience has taught them this, as; it will continue to teach others. ' j We have a fresh supply of MEL; HOSE Flour in stock now and will be j pleased to supply you with a sack or i two or more sacks. Once tried you'll i keep on using it. YOUR GROCERY NEEDS? ! C;in easily be; supplied at this store. ' We do not carry the biggest stuck ever j gotten together, but you'll find most of the good things lor table use here and you'll also find that our prices are as near right as prices can be made. We have Sweet Potatoes. Wo have all sorts of Canned Goods. sherer & quinn v urtney j! Vfr&gl/ Service ER5AL CARyork, s. c. yVVWVWWWWVOWVWWWVWW :ts~ |! tcliangc of Meal for Seed. | [ t Hulls. in better shape jj lVE ever been. and Oats. Sells Flour, Ilog <j Horse and Mule Feed, Oats, Ji 11 Meal. Try us and save < [ D ICE. ]! ' )N OIL COMPANY |! . SrtiEM : MULES? rich of Mules at our bains s ago. If you liavo a need ind sec us. AVe will sell or a fan* deal. {ROTHERS H0RSES J. C. WILBORN Istate I OFFER FOR SALE 78 Acre#?One-fourth mile of New Zion church and school. Good barn, 5room residence. Price, $2,730. Property of Geo. W. Wilson. 200 Acres?Three miles of the city of r>* Lr UIJ1 tMiir.rnnm rpe.ifiAnnA on place: 80 acres in cultivation; balance in timber and pasture. Price, $30.00 per Acre. 225 Acres?Very fine productive farm; two miles of Ebenezcr, about 1 mile of the incorporate limits of Rock Hill; 1 mile of Winthrop College; 5 tenant houses; 3 barns. This is a very fine farm, close to the best schoo' for girls in the South. Price, $20,000.00. 55 Acres?At Floyd Jackson's store. Two-horse farm. Nice farm for sale or rent. I have 450 Acres at $10.00 per Acre. I have 146 Acres at $10.00 per Acre. I have Land at all prices. 331-3 Acres?The property of T. L. Crawford. Price, $40.00 per Acre. 113 Acres?Beautiful 6-room house, two miles of York. Price, $7,500.00. 821-2 Acres?Four miles of Bethany, the property of J. F. Goforth. Price, $30.00 per Acre. 450 Acres?The property of E. W. Guy; 50 acres in bottoms, $10.00 per Acre. 146 Acres?The property of W. L. Thomasson. Price, $10.00 per Acre. Terms to suit. 37 Acres?Half mile of Santiago school and Ramah charch. A good 3room house. Price, $1,300. The property of W. M. McCarter. 160 Acres?The property of J. M. McGarity, near Delphos. Price, $40.00 per Acre. 1171-10 Acres?Near Delphos, the property of H. R. Merritt, one of the best farms In York county. Price. $8,500. 35 3-4 Acres?At Filbert, the property of Thompson McAbee. Price, $3,038. Six room house and on 'he State highway. 59 1-4 Acres?Two good houses, near New Zlon, formerly the property of Geo. 13. Wallace. Price, $1,500. Terms to suit. 94 Acres?At Tlrzah station; GO acres under cultivation; 25 acres in timber; 10 acres in bottom land. Price, $60.00 1 per Acre. 58 Acres?One and a half miles of Cotton Belt school house; five-room j house; 30 acres in cultivation. The j property of Joe W. Smith, Price,; $35.00 per Acre. Crt A ri TV.** 1*7 Cm Oh 35 ngrca?n ujmi ui nuc One dwelling, 4 rooms; barn and crib. Price, $35.00 per Acre. 70 Acres?At Filbert, the home of S. M..White. Price, $79.00 per Acre. .35 Acres?Adjoining King's Mountain Chapel. Price, $60.00 per Acre. 69 Acres?On Clover and York road at Allison creek bridge; 4-room house. The property of Woods & Pursley. price, $50.00 per Acre. 45 Acres?Nice painted 5-room cottage; good mill site, 21-2 miles ofj Hickory Grove. Pi ice, $3,000.00. 40 Acres?On Rock Hill and York road, about one mile of Tirzah. Price, $1,500. The property of A. E. Willis,! Junior. 125.Acres?The home of H. N. Alexander, near New Zion school, about 30 acres in cultivation; 75 in timber and line cross ties. Price, $1,580.00. 60 1-2 Acres?One mile of-Filbert station; 50 acres under cultivation J Price, $65.50 per Acre. The property of L. H. Castles. 39 Acres?Six-room house, half mile of Santiago school. Price, $2,100.00. 40 Acres?Adjoining lands of R. L. Riggers, one mile of Santiago school. The property of G. Price Clark. Price, $70.00 per Acre. Terms to suit. 420 Acres?Ebenezer township. One 1 8-room residence; 4 tenant houses; 3 barns; 2 1-2 miles of Newport, Price, $32,000.00. 170 Acres?Ebenezer to\vnship, one mile of Winthrop; 1 residence, 2 story, j 9 rooms, with bath and electric lights, i Embracing depot and side track. 481-2 Acres?Two miles of York; 3; room house. $30.00 per Acre. 144 Acres?Fine land, plenty of wood, on Lower Rock Hill road; two good houses. This is an ideal farm. Two farms adjoining were sold last year at $150.00 per acre. Will accept $65.00 per Acre for quick sale. 50 Acres?Adjoining the town ot York. Two houses, barns and in good ! state of cultivation. Price, $1,800. i Carnegie got rich by buying when I everybody wanted to sell. Be careful, but buy your home now. I have many Farms for sale. Come and talk with me. I have the Land at the RIGHT PRICE. Tell me what you want. I can find it for you. Do not fail to see me. J. C. MORN H&E PYRAMID PAINT SHOP ROCK HILL. 8. C. YOUR CARHAS BEEN* running a year or more ?in all sorts of weather?sunshine and rain?probably looks a little rusty?it needs a new coat of paint?Our kind? it will make the car look better and you will feel better because the car is | better looking. See us about it. Let US PAINT YOUR CAR-NOW. It will bring more if you want to sell it or trade it in for a new car?it's a fact. ' A FIRST CLASS TOP On that old car will help out too. It | will add more than the cost of the top | to its appearance, besides the satisfac- j tion you will have by knowing that you | have a Rain-Proof and Sun-Proof Topi on your old boat. See us about it. Delighted to give you a price on the Job. Workmanship? Quality? The BEST. JAS. A. JOHNSON, Prop. SIMRILL OIL CO. YORK, S. C. ALWAYS THE BEST QUALITY OF PRODUCTS. AMD AT PRICES THAT ARE FAIR AND IMAT PROMPT AND EFFICIENT SERVICE ALWAYS. TELEPHONE No. 242 Lot Us Have Your Orders by Mail or Telephone, or See Our Drivers As They Pafcss By. SIMRILL OIL CO. FRANK M. SIMRILL, Manager. , PROFESSIONAL CARDS.' J. A. Marion / W. G. Finley MARION AND FINLEY i ATTORNEYS AT LAW Office opposite the Courthouse. Phone 126. YORK.S. C. Dr. C. L. WOOTEN ? I) E X TIN T ? Office over the postoffice Telephones: Office, 128; Residence, 53. CLOVER, - - S. C. 71 t. f. Cm BETTY LINK, D. C. CHIROPRACTOR Diseases of the Spine and Nervous System and all Organic Inco-ordination. Consultation and Analysis Free. 331 Chatham Avenue. Phone 396?J ROCK HILL, - - 3. C. YORK FURNITURE CO. Undertakers ? Embalmers YORK, - ? 8. C. In All Its Branches?Motor Equipment Prompt Service Day or Night In Town or Country. ~DrT"R7 H. GLENN Veterinary Surgeon CALLS ANSWERED DAY OR NIGHT Phone 92 YORK, - - 8. C. W. W. LEWIS Attorney at Law Rooms 205 and 206 Peoples Bank & Trust Co.'? Building, YORK, - - 8. C. Phones: Office 63. Residence 44. JOHN R. HART ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW. Prompt and Csreful Attention to All Busiriess Undertaken* Telephone No. 69. YORK. S. C. 76 f.t It J. S. BRICE ' Attorney At Law. Prompt Attention to all Legal Business of Whatever Nature. Front Offices, 8econd Floor, Pe. ..lea Bank & Tr -t Co.'s Building. Phone No. 61. SEE US FOR PAINT" ARE YOU GOING TO PAINT? It is important that you do if you would preserve your buildings, aside from the fact that appearances count for much. WE SELL DEVOE PAINTS. Ask any good painter. He will tell you right nit the bat that DEVOE GOES FURTHER AND. LASTS LONGER. Ask the man whose house has been painted with DEVOE. He knows, and. he will tell you too. I Good stock of DEVOE puints bn i hands. Ask us for prices for either the OUTSIDE or the INSIDE PAINTS and PAINTS FOR FLOORS. LUMBER AND PRODUCTS. Don't buy Lumber or' Lumber Pro- s ducts until you see us for prices. We ; have the Lumber and Lumber Proi ducts and the Prices. LOGAN LUMBER YARD i ____________________ REAL ESTATE $$$$$ If You MC Want Them, See- 1' SOME OF MY OFFERINGS: iA A rt- Vn-W HV Mcrei?acvtn iiiuua uuui auia, i bounded by lands of J. B. McCarter, C. 1 VV. Carroll, H. G. Brown and others: 3-room residence, barn and cotton house. Well of good water; five or six ! acres bottom land. Buck Horn creek at.d branch runs through place. About I 4-acre pasture; 5 or 6 acres woods? mostly pine and balance work land. About 3-4 mile to Beersheba schoolJ It Is going to sell; so If you want It ' see me right away. Property of H. C. Farrls. 60 2-5 Acres?4 1-2 miles from York, and less than half mile to Philadelphia j school house, church and station- Four | room residence, besides hall; 4-room [ tenant house; barns; 3 wells of good water, and nice orchard. About 8 acres in pasture and woods and balance open land. Act quick if you want It Property of C. J. Thomasson. 90 Acres at Brattonsville?Property of Estate of Mrs- Agnes Harris. Will give a real bargain here. 144 Acres?Five miles from Filbert on Ridge Road, bounded by lands of W. M. Burns, John Hartness and others; 7-room residence, 5-stall barn and other outbuildings; two 4-room tenant houses, barns, etc.; 2 wells and 1 good spring; 3 horse farm open and balance in timber (oak, pine, &c.) and pasture. About 2 miles to Dixie School and Beersheba church. Property of Mrs. S. J. Barry. 33 Acres?Adjoining the above tract About 3 or 4 acres of woodo aiid balance open land. Will sell this tract separately or in connection with above tract. Property of J. A. Barry._ 195 Acre*?Four miles rrom xonc, on Turkey creek road, adjoining land* of Gettys, Queen and Watson; 2-hor*e farm open and balance in woods anl pasture- One and one-half miles to Philadelphia and Miller schools. The price is right. See me quick. Property of Mrs. Molly Jone*. Five Room Residence?On Charlotte street, in the town of Tork, on large lot. I will sell you this property for less than you can build the house. Better act at once. McLain Property?On Charlotte St., in the town of JTork. This property Ilea between N'eely Cannon and Lockmore mills, and is a valuable piece of property. Will sell it either as a whole or in lnia Here la an ODDOrtUnity to make some money. 89 acres?9 miles from York, 8 miles from Smyrna and 6 miles from King's Creek. Smyrna R. F. D. passes plane. One horse farm open and balance m woods?something like 100,000 feet saw timber. 12 acres fine bottoms, 3 room residence. Property of P. B. Bigger. 210 acres?3 1-2 miles from York on Pinckney road. 8 room residence, well of good water, 2 large barns, three 4 room tenant houses and one 3 room tenant house. 40-acre pasture. Good 1 1 5 A 1 CA oerofl nnon Ion/1 OrUllUIU. ADUUl luw awivo v|/vm ??? balance in oak and pine timber. Property of M. A. McFarland. Jx>ans arranged on farming lands. GEO. W. WILLIAMS i KEAI. ESTATE