Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, March 16, 1892, Image 3

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LETTER FROM TIRZAH. Prospects Brightening1?Cotton as a Surplus? The Fertiliser Question?Road Working. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Tirzah, March 14.?After troubles and trials and tribulations, mingled with short crops, hard times and low prices of cotton, Tirzah "arises Phcenix like" from many trials and misfortunes and puts on a broad smile with prospects of a bright future. Ours is a farming community, or rather was up to last year; but like all others, we seem not to farm on the right principle, namely: hog and hominy first, then cotton only as a#surplus. The short crops and low prices seem to have brought about a revolution, at least in the minds of the farmers. And they, by talk at least, are cutting down both acreage in cotton and the use of fertilizers. Well, cot-: ton is not planted yet, and I can't say as to the cutting down of the acreage, but I hope . it will be done. The guano business is still rather backward. Up to this time last year, more than 500 tons had been brought to this place, and up to date there has only been about 150 tons. But I uote with a "twinkle in the eye." that those who a month ago were not going to use "but very little, if any at all," are the first to come with their wagons when a carload arrives, and they come so often that I am beginning to be fearful that if the sales this year^o not compare with those of last year, it will be caused largely from inability of would-be purchasers to secure what they x want. Farm work generally is fully a month ahead of what it was last year, and every! body seems to be working with extraordinary will and determination. The storehouse and goods formerly belonging to H. Massey & Co., but recently purchased from the assignee, Mr. J. F. Wallace, by Mr. F. H. Brown, is again opened up. Mr. P. Y. Rudasill has been retained as manager of the business. Our other merchants seem to be doiug a fairly good business, considering the scarcity of-money. Some of our young people made an attempt to attend the Mikado minstrel exhibition in Yorkville last Wednesday night, but had a break down on the road, about half way to their destination, and had to turn back. I am certain no lives were lost, though I do not know the exact extent of the damage done. It is said, however, that one of the party had to punch himself next morning to ascertain whether or not he was still alive. Our school is flourishing, with a goodly number of scholars, under the management of Miss Lillie Allison as teacher. Road working is the order of the day, and it is, as usual, a "walk over" with a "lick and a promise." That is about all that the roads are getting. . Tirzah. LETTER PKUM BLAIKSVILLC. Work on the Farms?Personal Notes? Reorganization of the Baud. * Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Blairsville, March 14.?The nice weather continues, and farmers are making considerable headway preparing their lands for cotton and corn. The click of the distributor, the rattle of the guano horn, and Cuffee's songs are mingling in inspiring harmony. I understand that some of our early birds have already planted a good deal of upland corn, and it is safe to say that a good deal more will be planted this week. Judging /rom the amount of guano that is being hauled, I believe there will be nearly as much used this year as usual, but it is likely that it will be applied to a smaller area of land. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Sherer, of Blacksburg, spent several days with friends near this place last week. Mrs. W. A. J. Robinson, of Clifton, S. C., spent a few days with her father, Mr. Elijah Nix, last week, but has returned home. Miss Sallie E. Plaxico, of Hood town, is spending a few days with friends at Sharon. Miss Jerusha Mitchell, of White Oak, spent several days at this place last week. . Mr. Joe Plaxico, who has been quite sick, is able to be out again. The Blairsville band met last Saturday evening and organized as follows : A. L. C. Robinson, 1st Eb cornet; R. H. Sherer, 2nd Eb cornet; J. A. Maloney, 3rd Eb cornet; Sam. A. Robinson, 1st Bb cornet; R. M. Burris, 2nd Bb cornet; W. G. Riggins, 1st Bb baritone; W. Lea Plaxico, solo Eb alto ; John Gettys, 1st Eb alto; J. J. J. Robinson, 2nd Eb Alto; Ellie Moore, 1st tenor; Silas Moore, 2nd tenor; Will S. Plaxico, Eb tuba; P. M. P. Robinson, Eb bass drum. After the members had been assigned, the following ? ? . Will S Plnvicn can uuiuvrs WC1C CICVWU . ***** >'. - .? ? ?, Xtain; John Gettys, secretary; J. A. Maloney, treasurer. The band will at once secure a teacher and get in fioe trim for the coming campaign. The Bullock's Creek choir will meet at Bullock's Creek on next Saturday, at 1 o'clock, for practice. All concerned are requested to be present. w. p. LETTER PROM ANTIOCH. A Very Old Chnreh?Closing of the SchoolCorn on King's Creek?Small Grain. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Antioch, March 14.?As The Enquirer j has no correspondent at this place, I will try j to let i:s readers know something of the happenings of ike vicinity. Antioch church is, as nearly every one in the county knows, an influential centre of' the Baptist church. It is an old place of j worship, and many of the first settlers of the county lie in the churchyard. The congregation has, within the past few years, built a commodious and stylish church, which reflects credit on their industry and peraeverence. The school at Antioch, which has been in charge of Mr. Frank Johnson, closed last . Thursday. School Commissioner James Cansler was present, and aided in conducting the examinations. He also made an address on the importance of education to successful life. His speech, as usual, abounded in racy anecdotes, and was enjoyed by those present. It might also be mentioned that Mr. Cansler shook hands with the votere in a way that seems to indicate that j he will be heard from in the coming cam- ] paign. One of your correspondents, in the last | issue, said there was plenty of corn on King's I creek, but that it was in the "extract." I invite him to come and see the cribs of corn j and the smokehouses of meat, and, unless he calls home-raised bacon "extract of corn," he must own that there is "plenty of corn on King's creek." Tf ta ooi/t "Tn t.hf? ani-ina a vnnnc man's ! 1WW o - / o thoughts Ho lightly turu to love," but if any of the young meu in this vicinity do much thinking on this subject, they do it while at work, for every one seems to be busy getting ( ready for another crop. There is a larger acreage in small grain this year than usual, but it is not looking well at present. The farmer, however, can still hope, if there is any truth in the old Dutch saying, that "a fair Ash Wednesday makes a good wheat crop." Mr. John Hughes was painfully hurt last Wednesday, while on his way to school, by a falling limb. The measles and roseola have been going the rounds, but no one has been seriously ill with either, so far. uncle jeff. LETTER FROM TEXAS. A Former York County Man Seudu a Mes- | gage to the People at Home. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Chicota, Lamar county, Tex., March 7.? I desire to give the readers of The Enquirer a few points about the "Lone Star" State. Health has not been very good in this j neighborhood this winter. We have had la j grippe, followed by pneumonia, and the j mortality in the community has been very | great, but I believe that the worst is now j about over. Among the deaths was that of Mr. J. M. i Jenkins, formerly of York county, S. C., who died quite suddenly. He had been rather ' unwell for several days but was not confined to his bed. On the 17th ultimo, after eating; his supper and taking his tobacco as usual, he retired. About midnight, some member of the family woke him up to give him some quinine, but he said that he would not take it until later.' Next morning he was dead. He was 73 years of age. Farmers are busy preparing for corn, of which there will be a large crop planted.; Some are done planting. There is also a j large crop of oats sown and the stand is very good. Very little wheat has been sown, but it is looking very well. Cotton is so low in price that there will not be as much planted as usual. People are agreeing to try to raise something to eat, although many are preparing their cotton land for a crop, and some will plant pretty largely of the fleecy staple. There was something over 1,200 bales raised in "Boggy Bend," and I don't suppose so much as onethird of the Bend is under cultivation. W. i A. J. Black has ginned near 600 hales ; McMillin & Co. have ginned over 500 hales, and three other gins have each ginned a little. Well, Texas is considered a rou,jh place. I will give you an account of an election that we had sometime ago on local option. This county is divided into precincts '.ustead of townships, as York. Our justice precinct is divided into three voting precincts. Central Springs, or Chicota precinct, polled 176 votes on local option, and of these 168 were in opposition to whisky, while only 8 were in favor of it. Chicota. LETTER FROM FORT MILL. A Bold Burglary?Election of Officers?How to Malts Manure?Other Matters. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Fort Mill, March 15.?This place was visited by an unusually hold band of burglars last Wednesday night. They broke into the Richmond and Danville railroad depot, rolled out the safe, broke it open with cold chisels and crowbars, and stole about $50 in money besides some valuable papers and a gold ring belonging to Mr. Meacham, the agent, and worth about $20. Several people heard the burglars hammering at the safe about 3 o'clock Thursday morning, but as the idea of robbery never entered their heads they did not get up to see what the matter was. 1 tlio of/vl'OC nf ATaC. J. lie uurgmrs tllSU UIUIVC iutu uiv Oiviw v. srs. Harris, Pottg & Belk, andjMr. S. M*. Mills. They only got seventy cents in coppers from Mr. Mills, but from Messrs. Harris, Potts &^Belk, they got about $7 or $8 in change. There is no clue to the robbers, but they were evidently professionals. This kind of thing is an entirely new experience over here, and that is how the burglars happened to have such a soft snap of it. The directors of the Luna fat iory held a meeting yesterday and elected Mr. J. W. Ardrey, president, Mr. J. P. Bailes, vicepresident, and Mr. C. P. Culp, secretary and treasurer. They also appointed the following building committee: J. W. Ardrey, M. M. Mauney and J. M. Spratt. The committee was instructed to push the work of building the mill forward as rapidly as possible. Mr. J. L. Kimbrell tells me a story about manure that may be worth something to somebody. Last year he had five hogs in a pen and this year three. He has been keeping the pen well supplied with litter all the while, and did not remove the manure until recently. When he went to haul it away he found that he had forty two-horse wagon loads. The citizens of this place have decided to improve the roads leading out from the town, and today made application for the use of the rock crusher next fall, recently bought by the county. A very successful union meeting has been going on at this place for the past ten days. It is being conducted by the pastors of the respective churches here and great good is being accomplished. c. (iOl'LD NOTES. Condition of Farm Work?Planting CornDecrease in the Cotton Acreage?The Use of Guano?Other Matters. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Gould, March 14.?This morning is rather cool with the wind blowing from the north. The weather during the past two months has been all that the farmers could ask. There have been good seasons, sufficient almost every week to keep the ground from getting hard, and the farmer-, are fully as far along with their work as they were this time two years ago. I have heard of some corn being planted already, and if the weather continues favorable, it is likely that a great deal more will be plauted this week. There will be some decrease in the cotton acreage, though not so much as has been reported in some other sections. The fact is, a decrease is not necessary down this way. Most of our farmers have long since adopted the plan of raising their own meat and bread, making their cotton as a surplus. The acreage in oats is about the same as usual, and generally the stand is very good, though the crop is two or three weeks later than I have seen it in previous years. The quantity of wheat sown last fall was fully double that of the year before, but it is not making much of a show yet. There is some complaint of a bad si and. Those who intend using guano have been hauling, and some ure now engaged in putting it in. The amount used this year is not likely to be more than half of that used last year. School Commissioner Cansler paid our section a visit a few days ago. He is more frequent in his visits than any commissioner that we have ever had. Perhaps it is because there are so many good looking lady teachers in charge of the schools. H. NOTES FROM OROVER. Euergetic Farm Work?Redaction of the Cotton Acreage?Other Matters. fv?nwjnrmrtpiir>p of the Yorkvllle Enuulrer. Grover, N. C., March 14.?A ride through : the country just now will convince anyone that the farmers, though discouraged at the low price of cotton, have not given up yet. Never before has work been so energetically pushed and expenses looked after so closely at this season of the year. Cotton is 110 longer king, if fertilizers have anything to do with it. So far there has only beeu about half as much sold this year as last, and the demand is about over. The demand for garden seed and Irish potatoes has increased in proportion as cotton has fallen off. Last Thursday was the windiest day we have had this season. Besides blowing and unroofing several barns, t played havoc with dead trees. David Hulleuder, a young man aged about twenty-three years, died in Charlotte a few days ago and was buried at Antioch yesterday. Dr. Dave Hogue will lbcate here this week to practice his profession, c. c. h. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? A bill appropriating $50,000 for the erection of a monument at Columbia, to General Francis Marion, was introduced in the United States senate, by Senator Butler, last Thursday. ? Samuel Lord, of Charleston, and Ira B. Jones, of Lancaster, have been retained to represent the State in its pending suit with the railroads on the question of increased assessments. ? The board of trustees of the Industrial College for Women, met in Columbia last Wednesday and decided to locate the institution in the town of Anderson, in consideration of an offer of $75,000 in bonds. ? The Union treasurership matter is supposed to have been finally settled. The last appointee is Mr. John P. Thomas. He pronncnc ir> npof>i?t, the o'.lice and take the Fvovw i - chances of the legislature providing for the ! payment of his salary. ? Thomas A. Murrah, the man who killed Robert C. Bishop, at Union, last Christmas,' was tried last week and acquitted, the jury { remaining out only a very short time. Murrah's plea was self defense, and on account of the well-known dangerous character of the deceased, he had no t rouble in sustaining his plea. ? A negro named Henry Moorhead was. arraigned at Union last Thursday on the j charge of murder. When asked the usual; question by the clerk, he positively refused to talk ou any subject. When asked whether he was guilty or not guilty, he refused to answer. Physicians were summoned, and after examination they gave it as their opinion that the prisoner had a spell of hysteria, or a hysteric fit. The circumstance was reported to the court, and it was order- j cd that the case be continued. ? The World's Fair convention, called by j the Columbia Board of Trade, met in Co- j lumbia last Thursday. There were present j about 12") men and 5U ladies. Mr. J. A.: Enslow, of Charleston, was elected president, I and Col. T. W. Holloway, of Pomaria, was j elected secretary. Col. A. P. Butler, World's i Fair commissioner, delivered an address, in i which he advocated an appropriation of $ "><),000 by the legislature, for the purpose of j erecting a building for this State at Chicago, j He thinks that no State in the Union can , get up a better exhibit. As the result of the meeting, a board of managers for South Car-1 olina, consisting of one man and one lady from each congressional district, whose duty shall be to exercise a general supervision \\\\\\\\\\\\ mmvwwwv W\HW\??V over the work of representing the State, was elected jis follows: At large: Colonel A. P. Butler and John R. Cochran ; Fii-st district, | J. A. Enslow and Mrs. John W. Lewis; Second district, H. Hammond and Mrs. Johnson Hagood ; Third district, T. W. Holloway and Mrs. W. C. Benet; Fourth district, W. J. Murray and Mrs. Clark Waring; Fifth district, R. A. Love and Mrs. W. L. Roddy; Sixth district, E. R. Mclver and Mrs. C. A. Wood; Seventh district, W. H. Lockwood and Mrs. John Kershaw. ? The State: At Florence, on Tuesday night of last week, about 8 o'clock, Stephen Leggett, a commercial man of Richmond, N. C., while on his way to the Hotel Royal, was stopped by two negro ruffians who asked him to change a dollar. He told them he could not ; whereupon they seized him by the throat and told him he had to. At the same time they drew their knives, robbed his pockets of three dollars and some cents, and cut him badly on the arm and about the face. Leggett called for help and the negroes made their escape. ? Senator T. Q. Donaldson, in a recent interview, stated that he will not be a candifWo fnr rrnvopnnp nr mnfJTeSS. l)Ut will Stand for re-election as State senator. Asked about the political situation in general in the State, he replied : "Without going into detail, I will say that I apprehend no serious trouble from Republicanism, Independentism or Third partyism, but anything like a real break in the rank of the Democrats and taxpayers, means evil and only evil to the State, and it should therefore be the patriotic purpose of every citizen to bring about that harmony and unity so essential to the welfare of all.'' ? Columbia Register: A few dhys ago the six-year old daughter of William Summers, of the Fork, in Orangeburg county, while playing with an old pistol, struck the hammer of the weapon against a box, causing a discharge of its contents which took effect in the child's cheek and eye. The bullet entered the cheek near the ear, ranged upward and embedded itself in the eyeball, inflicting a very painful but not a fatal wound. The pistol was not supposed to be loadbd and was carelessly put aside by the child's father. Such accidents should be a caution to those who own fire arms. The child is doing well but minus an eye. ? The Sinking Fund commission met in Columbia last Wednesday to consider charges preferred against Colonel James G. Gibbes, agent of the commission, by Mr. W. T. Morrison, of Georgetown, who has been associated with Colonel Gibbes in the work of the commission for the past two years, and who had been with him on most of his surveys in different parts of the State. Morrison charges that Gibbes has, in several instances, sold public lands at one price and turned in to the State treasury a less amount than was received for the lauds. Gibbes admits the partial truth of some of Morrison's statements, but denies that there was either any fraud or attempt at fraud. The Sinking Fund commission, after hearing both sides* finally decided that the surplus derived from the sale of the lands in question should be turned into the State treasury, until it could be decided to whom it properly belonged. ? The quandary in which the asylum regents were placed by a recent act of the legislature, was settled last week. It will be remembered that the board of regents consisted of nine members. The legislature passed an act reducing the number to five, and providing that the reduction, as well as the length of each member's term, should be determined by lot. The regents refused to comply with the provisions of the ?j. ?.1 -ii t>i<f nnn Tip A "V T'nllpv. re out, HUll an "uv urn,, ?^i. ... ,, , signed. One of the members, Colonel J. T. Rhett has since died. Last week, Governor Tillman accepted the resignations of the old board and re-appointed the following members : Messrs. B. W. Taylor, W. J. Gooding, A. White, and Iredell Jones. By the terms of the appointment, the members were requested to determine the length of their respective terms by lot, and the drawing resulted as follows: Dr. Taylor drew six years; Dr. Talley and Mr. Gooding each four years, aud Messrs. White and Jones each two years. ? Spartanburg special of Monday to the Columbia Register: It is seldom that a 12inch fall proves fatal to a person, but this is the distance which George White, a negro boy, fell on Saturday night, and by the fall his neck was broken. George was employed at Blower's livery stable, on East Church street, as driver, and together with John Finley, a small white boy, also an employee at the stables, was playing on the pavement just below the stables, and directly in front of Syth's barroom. It seems that the boys 4LA?vton1tTAO K*r tlii?Au,'infr cmflll were muuMu^ uiuiuoti?vo uj WSMM.. stones at each other, and in dodging one thrown by John Fiuley, George White fell from the pavement into the gutter and never arose. He was picked up and carried to the stables and was there examined. It was thought before the examination that the rock thrown by Finley did the work, but a thorough examination of the negro's body showed that there were no bruises and the only ailment was the broken neck. Finley was arrested immediately after the negro fell and was put in jail, but the coroner's jury could see no reason why he should be held, and he was freed. THE THERMOMETER'S RECORD For the Week Ending March 15.?Observations by Mr. J. R. Schorb. path. is? 5 2 "s m 1 I ? K "5 a 2 C, 2 cj 3 .2 "2 a x i S K Wednesday ft, 48 l>4 58 . 57 <54 47 Thursdav io 40 54 ' 40 | 49 54 45 .... Friday 11 28 50 1 45 ! 41 50 i 27 .... Saturday 12 31 : 0ft i 01 54 Oft ! 31 .... Sunday 13 | 39 ' 72 ! M I 58 72 ' 3ft Monday 14 i 41 58 1 53 51 59 41 .... Tuesday 15 37 48 45 43 48 , 37 Mean for week|i 3ft 5ft 53 50 59 38 jjflariict pfpods. YORK VILLE, March 10.?Cotton 0. CHARLESTON, March 14.?Cotton GJ. LIVERPOOL, March 14.?Cotton 4 l-10d. NEW YORK March 14.?Cotton 0 13-10. Futures closed steady, with sales of219,800 bales, as follows: March,0.38 to 0.40; April, 0.42 to 0.43; May 0.52 to 0.53; June, 0.01 to 0,02; July, 0.71 to 0.72 August, 0.81 to 0.82; September,*0.91 to 0.92; October, 7.01 to7.02; November, 7.10to 7.11; December, 7.20 to 7.21. Comparative Cotton Statement. NEW YORK, March 11.?The following is the comparative cotton statement for the week ending March 11,1802: 1892. 1801. Net receipts at all U. S. ports, 92,770 87,080 Total receipts to date, 0,228,447 5,989,297 Exnorts for the week 70.799 90,150 Total exports to date 4,514,3(55 4,518,205 Stock at all United States ports,1,179,723 (570,297 Stock in interior towns, 19(5,005 109,015 Stock in Liverpool 1,179,000 1,144,000 Stock afloat for <5reat Britain 145,000 200,(KM) %pri;il Preaching at Harmony. Rev. I>. IIakhison will preach at Harmony church, at 11 o'clock A. M., on Sunday, March 20,1892. March 1(5 11 It . Has Already Paid for Itself. Following will he found the testimony of Mr. Henry F. Hoke, who farms near Clay IIill post office. He is a wide awake and progressive farmer, and thoroughly realizes the fact that by saving dollars in putting in and cultivating his crops, his profit in the end will he correspondingly increased. For this reason he bought a Corbin Harrow. If you will read what he says about it, you will be able to see whether or not he thinks he invested in a money-saver : Ci.av Him., S. ('., March 10, 1X92. Mr. Sam M. Gkist, Yorkville, S. C.: Dear Sir:?It is with pleasure that I add my testimony as to the value of the Corbin Disk Harrow as a farming implement. I bought a No. 7, 12 disk Harrow from you on the 18th of August, 1891, and am satisfied that it has already paid for itself by saving labor, and leaving out the fact tiiat by no other means that I have ever tried or seen tried, could such good work have been done. I have two small mules, and with them I can go over live acres twice in a day, or I can put in as many oats or as much wheat in a day as any eight men and eight mules can by the old way of using a single-loot plow ; and the work done with the Harrow will be the best. The draft of the Harrow is very light, especially when you take into consideration the large amount of work it does. I would not take $100 for my Harrow unless I could get another just like it. I could not afford it. No farmer who buys and uses a Corbin Disk Harrow will ever again try to farm without it, and if he is like myself he will always regret that he delayed buying as long as he did. It is the best farming implement, I believe, that has ever been introduced in this State. Yours Truly, Hknkv F. Hok k. I will be jdeased to furnish any desired information in regard to the Harrow. I always have the No. 7, 12 disk, in stock. Sam M. (5hist, State Agent. March K5 11 If Special Dotircs. Bethel Presbytery. Yorkvillk Enquirer: Please announce that Bethel Presbytery will meet at this place April 6th, 1892, at 7.30 p. 111., and request that all delegates who expect to attend will please send theii names to me. Yours truly, J. H. Thorn well. Fort Mill, March 5, 1892. ""TAXES. Taxesare of various kinds. Everybody knows what the county taxes are, and how hard they are on the people. Other taxes are hard, too, especially^ when a man, woman or child taxes beyond endurance their digestive powers. This sort of tax is hard on the people, too, because it causes dyspepsia, colic, or some other trouble, but is very different from the other kind, because there is certain and speedy relief in "Campbell's Anfi-Ferment." It never fails when taken according to directions. Keep a bottle in your house. "Haste Makes Waste." Don't be in a hurry to buy your Fertilizers, but bo suro to come and sec us lirst. We are selling Globe Phosphate Company's high grade goods, none hotter "011 the market, we win sen cneap for cash, and at reasonable prices on time on good paper. Get onr prices. It will pay you in cash to call and see our Tobacco and get our prices before you buy. 175? Fire Proof Oil At 20 cents per gallon. The best oil made and as cheap as you get oil of far inferior quality. Now is the time to buy. Pure Drugs always on hand. John C. Kuykkndai.. February 24 5 ly The Testimony of Five Witnesses. Below will be found the testimony of live reliable witnesses, which we think entirely sustain our claim that the various stylos of Sewing Machines sold by us are equal in every particular to any machine on the market: Fort Mini., S. C., December 8th, 1890. Ij. M. Grist, Editor op Yorkvim.k Enquirkr: Dear Sir?I received my Sewing Machine indue time, and find it to be everything that you claimed it to be. I would not be without it for double its cost: and can say to those in need of a good Sewing Machine that they need not hesitate to purchase your Premium Machine. Mrs. J. It. Jenkins. Tucker, Texas, February 20,1891. ('apt. L. M. Grist, Yorkville, S. C.: Dear Sir?I received the Sewing Machine in a few weeks after ordering it, and my wife is well pleased with it. It does as gooa work as Machines sold Ifere for from 835.00 to 800.00. I advise every one who wants a good machine at an honest price to buy this Machine. C. Mason Smith. Yorkviile, S. C.t December 7,1891. Mr. l. M* Grist, Proprietor of The Yorkvii.le Enquirer: I have been using the "Peerless" Machine ordered frcin you for some time, and find it in all particulars equal to the best sewing machines on the market. Yours truly, (Miss) J. S. Wii.kik. Filbert, S. C., May 20,1890. C'apt. L. M. Grist: Dear Sir?I take pleasure in adding my testimony as to the value of your Premium Sewing Machine. The machine I Ismcht of vou bust fall has given and is giving entire satisfaction. It is all that is claimed for it, and more too. I would advise all who want a lirst-class machine at a fair price to buy yours. M. C. Parrott. Tirzaii, S. C.t September 28, 1891. L. M. Grist, Yorkville, S. C.?It affords me ?reat pleasure in testifying to the value of your remium Sewing Machine, the Chicago Singer, which I bought from you last February. It came promptly, was in perfect order, and complete in every respect. For neatness of workmanship and linish, as well as easy motion and perfect sewing, I have neverseen its superior, and the cost?only about one-half of other machines sold through the country by agents. I would not today take "Forty acres and a mule" for it, if I thought I could not get another exactly like it. Respectfully, J. R. Comer. OBITUARY. Jtir Tributes of Respect and Obituaries will be charged for at the rate of ten cents per line. Before they will be published, satisfactory arrangements must be made for the payment of the charges. Notices of deaths will be inserted gratuitously, and such information is solicited, provided the death Is of recent occurrence. Died?In San Francisco, California, March 4, 1892, of apoplexy, Mr. C. BAITY GRIST, a native of Yorkville, S. C., in the 58th yearof his Near Bethel, March 4th, BLY PATRICK, youngest child of Mr. J. E. D. Burnett and Mrs. M. J. Barnett, aged 1 year 0 months and 18 days. CHATTEL MORTGAGES, LIENS FOR SUPPLIES, Kent ljiens, liuus to Real Estate and Mortgages on Real Estate. For sale at THE ENQUIRER OFFICE. DO YOU WANT A GOOD HORSE t FOR sale, a good BUGGY AND SADDLE HORSE. Apply to L. M. GRIST. February 3 5 tf RESIDENCES FOR RENT. FOR RENT, THE TWO RESIDENCES attached to the King's Mountain Military School Building. For further particulars, apply to J. F. WALLACE or C. E. SPENCER. March'2 9 tf IF YOUR NAME IS on my club for Thf. Enquirer for 1892 and von have not yet paid your subscription, you will please do so without delay, as all papers on my club that are not paid for by .1 o'clock p. m. on the SECOND MONDAY IN MARCH wHl be discontinued E. M. BAILES. February 24 8 tf MUSIC LESSONS. I RESPECTFULLY beg leave to announce to the public of Yorkville and vicinity that I will be pleased to receive a limited number of pupils for instruction on the PIANO FORTE. For terms and other information, apply to Mrs. ZORAIDA INMAN. January 27 4 tf ACME HARROWS. I AM prepared to furnish repairs for the various styles of ACME HARROWS in use in this section. In making inquiries in regard to repairs, parties can greatly facilitate matters by furnishing me with the number and style of harrow for which the repairs are wanted. SAM M. GRIST. February 17 7 tf JOB PRINTING. THE ENQUIRER OFFICE being now supplied with a SPLENDID OUTFIT OF MODERN JOB PRESSES and TYPE OF THE LATEST STYLES, all JOB PRINTING usually required in this section, will be executed in the BEST MANNER and at FAIR PRICES for the material used and the character of the work done. EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. The county board of examiners will hold their Spring Examination for applicants as TEACHERS, in the free public schools of York county, in the HUNTER A GATES HALL, in Yorkville, between the hours of 7J A M., and ft P. M., on FRIDAY, the 1ST 4 Af 4 11DTI KHf) i/A i i/r Aimu, inii.. JAMES C'AXSLER, School Commissioner York county. March <> 10 2t SADDLE AM) HARNESS AT AN Y PRICE. "TTNCLE MILES," at Rock Hill, has on l_J hand a large quantity of FIRST CLASS SADDLES AND SETS OF HARNESS which he wishes to sell and to sell tliein quick. Call and examine them, and if you don't want to pay his price, why ho will take yours. References : Rev. W. M. Anderson, Rev. <). E. Watson, Captain W. L. Roddey, A. E. Smith, A Friedheim ?V Co., Rock Hill, S. C., and everybody else. MILES JOHNSON. February J 5 *hn DISCONTINUANCE OF A ROAD. Office of County Commissioners, ] York County, South Carolina. York vi i.i.k, S. C., January 4, 1802. J NOTICE is hereby given to all whom it may concern, that on and after WEDNESDAY , APRIL l/TH, lsirj, the portion of the THORN'S FERRY ROAD between the Thomas Rarrou place and the Steel Creek Road at Captain Marshall's, will RE DISCONTINUED as a public road according to law, provided there is no objection. Ry order of Hoard. J. S. RRICE, Clerk. January (5 1 Jim ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE. I WILL expose to public sale at the late resideimoe of F. M. WALKER, deceased, live miles north of Yorkville, on WEDNESDAY, i'trd day of MARCH, l?fc>, the PERSONAL PROPERTY belonging to the estates of F. M. WALKER and Mrs. JANE II. WALKER, deceased, consisting of one two-horse Wagon, one Ruggv and Harness, one Cow and Calf, Household Furniture, Farmingl Tools, a lot of Corn, and other articles not mentioned. Sale to commence at 10 o'clock A. M. Terms?CASH. E. M. WALKER, Administrator. March ! Ill 2t DISCONTINUANCE OF A ROAD. Ollirc of the County Commissioners of York County, South Carolina. Yorkvim.e,S. ('., March 15, istfi. "VToTICE is hereby given to all whom it may corn, that on and after THURSDAY, JUNE 10TII, lSirj, the portion of the ROYD'S FERRY ROAD, between the residence of J. S. Harper and Hoyd's Ferry, will be discontinued asa juiblic road according to law, provided there is no objection. Rv order of the Hoard. J. S. RRICE, Clerk. March 1(1 II Jim APPLICATION FOR HOMESTEAD. South Carolina?York County, in court of common fleas. Ex-jiarle, Henry Massey, petitioner. In Re. Homestead in Lands and Personal Property. NroTlCE is hereby given to anyand all whom it may concern, that application has been made to me To HAVE HOMESTEAD SET OFF TO PETITIONER, out of personal and real property of said Petitioner. After the expiration of four weeks from the notice hereof, I will proceed to appoint three Commissioners To SET OFF SAID HOMESTEAD. W. HROWN WYLIE, C. C. ('. Pis. Clerk's Olliee, Yorkville, S.C., March Hi, 18W2. March Hi 11 4t FOR SALE. ^LL THAT PARCEL OR TRACT OF' [ LAND LYING AND SITUATED ON YORK STREET, ONE MILE FROM L. D. CHILDS'S : Marble and Granite Works, CHESTER, H. C. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, York County. WHEREAS Mrs. M. E. OSBORNE has applied to me for letters of administration on all anil singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of A. W. OSBORNE, late of the county aforesaid, deceased. Theso are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to he and appear before me, at our next Probate Court for tne said county, to be holden at York Court House, on WEDNESDAY, THE 23RI) DAY OF MARCH, 1892, at 11 o'clock A. M., to show cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal, this 7th day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and in the llGth year of American Independence. IV II P Ti.ilno nf PmhntA March 9*' 2t~" M. & H. C. STRAUSS. Our Spring Stock will be here in due time. In the meantime we are selling our stock 011 hand at greatly reduced prices, and some regardless of cost. Merchants will find it to their interest to buy their Coates's Spool Cotton and Helmes's Sweet Railroad Snuff of us, as we are the agents for the same. The Cheapest Cash Store. 8. L. LOAVRY. JAS. M. STARR. LOWRY & STARR. ONION SETS. WE Htill have 011 hands some ONION SETS that Ave expect to get rid of soon. So if you Avant any sets you had better come soon, as they Avill likely all be gone before much longer. We still have a complete stock of LAN DRETII'S GARDEN SEEDS?all fresh. To get good, fresh Garden Seals, call on LOWRY & STARR. IMPERIAL~EGG'FOOD WILL make the hens lay, make the young chicks healthy and groAV off rapidly, and keep off diseases. If you have chickens you should use the Imperial Egg Food. LOWRY & STARR. NO MORE CHILLS WHERE OUR CHILL CURE is used. We guarantee every bottle of our Certain Chill Cure to cure any case of chills, or money refunded. We mean exactly Avhat Ave say. If one bottle of our Chill Cure does not cure you of the chills Ave Avill refund your money. All it costs . i.-iiU lr A.w1 IS Sl.UU n DOllIt?. muilllniiuiicwunii 1U1 .-joiu 11J LOWRY & STARR. A BARGAIN. For sale, one tuft's Baltic soda APPARATUS. Has ton (10) block tin lined syrup faucets?three draught tubes. The apparatus is in good order. Parties wishing to run a Soda Water apparatus will save money by corresponding with us. ' LOWRY it STARR, Leading Druggists. NEW MILLINERY. New Hats, Bonnets and Flow ers Just Arrived from New York, and More will soon Follow . ALL OF LATEST STYLES. LAROE amount of OlTR MILLINERY GOODS have already arrived, and the balance will soon follow, and, in a short time, OUR MILLINER WILL BRIXOUPTHE REAR. I The little HON NETS AND II ATS are perfect beauties, the FLOWERS arc lovely, and the RIHBONS ars just exquisite. In fact, everyI xrsni..nm.?i,;u is! vi.'KY PIIET IIIIIIK III 4H IIIIIIVIJ UIiniiJ'liiiH ? .... . - TY ANI) CIIKAI'. Only 200 pounds of thai laundry pound-bar Soap leltat three for 10 cents, (let amove on you. .TOO pounds sold in the past ten days. OCTAdOIV S()AI?. The best Soap lbr all purposes in America. Good for the laundry, {food for the toilet. Will arrive in a few days ftOO pounds, l'rice only "> cents altar. Don't buy anything else in the way of Soap. Also White House Soap at cents a bar, which everybody knows is good, and don't forget our Soap at 1 cent. | X K W PRINTS, C'l'FFS, LACKS AND IIA IK (TKLKRSgooil ones for 1- cents. Remember, SPOT CASH ACROSS 'NIK i COl'NTKR. No more tags in the drawer?some ! get stale. Yours for trade. T. M. Dop.soN, Manager. A ma FALL IX PRICES OF j GOLD WATCHES! VOW is the time TO OFT A 1SARGAIN. LIa Watches that formerly sold for .sgTi.oo can now be bought for 5>ix.im. $tr>.oo Watches at $2n.(K). We Have the Goods and Tlioy Must Go. Don't miss the opportunity, Haven't thespace to (jnote prices, or we would show SOME EYE-OPENERS! T. W. CLAWSON. January 20 J tf Win. C. LATIMER. THE COMING SEASON! Promises to be One of the Most In' teresting and Attactive Ever Known in Fashionable Dress-Fabrics and Dress-Making. ^LREADY ARE WE CLOSING OUT OUR STOCK OF WINTER GOODS, and at prices that are sure to move them. If you want to make a CASH INVESTMENT, GO TO LATIMER'S FASHION BAZAAR and pick it out. If you want to buy SHOES OF ANY KIND, GO TO LATIMER'S BAZAAR. If you want to buy CLOTHING or DRESS GOODS, GO TO LATIMER'S BAZAAR, for there you can get better goods for less money than you have ever had the opportunity to get them at before. If you just want an ordinary house dress, this is the time of all times to spend the CASH ! If you just want an ordinary everyday, "go as you can" suit of clothes, now is the time to shell out the CASH! Yes, and if you want anything else in the Dry Goods line, remember that it can be had at LATIMER'S FASHION BAZAAR at prices that will demoralize the most practical economist! Look to your interest and supply your wants now, but be snro that you go where you can obtain the most and the best goods for your CASH ! This sale is offered in consequence of the nearness of the approaching season?the spring time when the daisys swell and burst, the blue bird sings its instinctive notes and coos and woos, and when tho whole universe presents u festive carnival with flowers blooming and budding on every hand. Yes, right now is the time to double the value of your money, and it is an opportunity that you should not fail to grasp. WM. C. LATIMER. Our Grocery Department Again. Like our Dry Goods Department, our Grocery Store is tilled with the very best quality of table eatables. Our stock of NEW ORLEANS MOLASSES cannot be beaten, and our display of FANCY PICKLES tops anything on this market. We only handle tho REST LARD. For the best 50-cents-a-pound Tobacco in the world, call on WM. C. LATIMER. RIDDLE A CARROLL. WITH SOME PEOPLE. WITH some people lard is lard, whether it be good, bad or inditl'erent; whether it is cotton seed oil adulterated with a little hog's fat, it makes little difference if the dealer says it is lard. [None of our customers are built that way]. There is another class that will have none but the best. [They are the people who buy their goods from us, or should do so]. To tho latter class we desire to say a few words: * " " 1 " ? AtlA /\ f tllfi A lew Uliys tlgU we aunt nu uiuci HI whb ... I.UV, best anil most reliable wholesale grocery houses on the American continent for "the VERY BEST bird you can send us." When the bill came we were amazed at the price, but when the lard arrived we wero delighted. The price charged.was about 3 cents a pound more than other houses' quotations for "pure lard." The wholesalers explained the high price charged by saying that the article sent was nothing but pure, unadulterated leaf lard, which had been rendered in an open kettle. The lard has been tested by some of our customers and pronounced by them to be the best they have used for a long time. Now, if you want lard that is lard, we can furnish you with it. The price is 12J cents a pound. WE HAD THOUGHT of calling the attention of the farmers to the fact that we have recently received a large supply of those very popular Cotton Side Harrows that we have been handling for several years, but we have concluded that the announcement might be considered a little previous. So we will refrain, and content ourselves with remarking that we have in stock a full supply of Plows of all k nds, Plow Stocks and fixtures for same, extra Plow Handles, Trace Chains, Hack Hands, Collars, Collar Pads, Hame Strings, etc. RIDDLE & CARROLL. FERGUSON BROS. ALPHA. EVERY man, woman and child prefers good bread to that of inferior quality, and everyone knows it is absolutely impossible to make good bread with poor flour. There is no reason why everybody in Yorkville and vicinity should eat any but the best bread when it can be obtained by using ALPHA FLOUR, which is sold | by us and guaranteed to give satisfaction. New Orleans Molasses. We have just received a lot of choice New Orj leans .Molasses, which we feel sure will meet i the demands of the very exacting trade of I Yorkville. PICKLES. Count us in when it comes to Pickles. For variety, quality and price we claim to lead. You should see our stock. It is everything that a stock of Pickles should be. Reliable Garden Seed. Every gardener knows that it is impossible J to raise choice vegetables from inferior Seed, and j that the success of the garden, in a great nieasj urc, depends on the purity of the seed sown. I Wo have pure, fresh, reliable Seed of all varieties, and invite the gardeners to call and make their seleetions. SEED POTATOES. We have on hand a choice lot of Seed Irish Potatoes. FKKlSl'SON MHOS. R. B. LOWR?. BOB LOWIIY'S IS TIIK I'LACK To 151'V Yol'H DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES. T.TK will save you money on MOOTS, SlIoKS, MATS AND CAPS. .II ST KECEH EI) A new stock of Calico, bleached and unhlcachcd Table Cloth, Med Spreads and Lap Holies, and will sell them cheap for cash. We are selling Janes from PJA to 7"> cents per yard. Call and see our new stock of Crockery. FRESH GROCERIES EVERY WEEK. 'JO pounds of Sugar lorSI.00, Jo pounds of Mice for ?1 .IN), s pounds of Cotl'ce for 81.no. Salmon, j Sardines, Mackerel, Tomatoes, grated and sliced I Pine Apple, Pickles. Hoval, Patent and Oranoina is the best Flour. We guarantee every sack j Fresh Corn Meal, fresh Mutter and Kggsat MoM L<)WHY'S, near C. and L. Depot. KENNEDY BROS. & BARRON. . OCTAGON SOAP. WE have in stock a supply of this well-known and popular Soap. It is popular because the people recognize the fact that it is all that a first-class soap should be. It lathers freely. It washes well In either hard or soft water. It makes no difference whether the water is hot or cold, it does the business just the same. It is suitable for either the toilet, the laundry or the kitchen. It is put up in octagon shaped cakes of i pound each and sells at 5 cents. Try it. You are sure to be pleased. THE BEST IN TOWN. Modern Barn Smoking Tobacco is the best in town. We make no exceptions. If you will try it you will endorse our claim. We keep others brands also. CHEWING TOBACCO. We carrv a well selected stock of Chewing To T. BAXTER McCLAllV.M0TH1IM ?! I HAVE just completed my new MARBLE YARD, which is located just south of and adjoining my store house and photograph gallery lot, near the Chester and Lenoir depot. It is well stocked with numerous designs of MONUMENTS AND TOMBSTONES of the very BEST QUALITY, a consideration which is too often lost sight of by purchasers, to the detriment of the lasting qualities of the stone purchased. In the upper, or "old yard." will be found qute a number of designs that I prefer to sell from there rather than move to my new yard, on which, of course, liberal inducements will be offered to purchasers from that yard. Erect monuments over your loved ones who have gone before; IT IS A DUTY That the living may easily perform for the dead, besides it teaches a moral lesson that makes us better men and better women, and produces a sentiment to do better and nobler things. It makes our surroundings more pleasant on this earth, which, at most, is "only a few days." CONSULT WITH ME. _ When you have decided to do honor to your dead, or when you want any information with regard to Monuments or Tombstones, you will find it to your interest to consult with me. I will cheerfully give information and exhibit designs and explain the relative values of monumental stone, and, last but not least,! will quote prices that will secure your order. T. B. McCLAIN, Yorkville, S. C. 1881. 1892. MUTUAL RESERVE FUND UFEJSSOCIATION. Life Insurance at about One-Half the Usual Rates. 0 THE PEER OF ANY LIFE INSURANCE ORGANIZATION EXISTING. 0 No Company Offers More Advantageous Features, or has Achieved Better Results. 0 ITS FOUR CARDINAL POINTS Are Honesty, Prudence, Wishom, Equity. '"SSSS $3,179,720 The Central Trust Company of New York, Trustee of Its Reserve Fund. ,A,S?2 $12,404,800 r^c? $217,000,000 bacco. A "great many people have learned that they can get better Tobacco from us and at less cost than anywhere else. We want everybody to try us on Tobacco. KENNEDY BROS. A BARRON. g? MAY & MAY, Ok DRUGGISTS. H M is m Til To Keep Hp Your Cattle, Sheep, Horses and Mules, and the Place to Buy the Stuff to do it With is at MAY & MAY'S, DRUGGISTS, On the Corner in the Big White House?Bratton Building. MAY'S CONDITION OR HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS is the name of this great preparation, and it is the finest formula lor keeping all kinds of live stock in a healthy condition. It AIDS IN DIGESTION and so assimilates with the food as to bring about a saving of thirty-three per cent, of the corn or oats which it would otherwise require. THE PRICES OF THESE4 POWDERS ARE TWENTY-FIVE CENTS PER PACKAGE, but as an inducement to PAY CASH, and to help you along, in these dull times, we will give you from this date until further notice, Three Mp fir FIFTY CENTS. Now think of it, rich fanners, poor farmers and everyone of you, ONE FULL SIXTEEN OUNCE PACKAGE OF HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS FOR SIXTEEN CENTS! It is equal to FOUR BUSHELS OF CORN or one hundred bundles of fodder. You don't know what the saving is until you try it, and if you get three packages and they don't save a 810 bill and improve the condition of the stock, then veterinary is a failure, and we say quit. Yes, these powders will save 33 per cent, of the feed you give your stock, and to take corn at 75 cents a bushel will more than pay for the powders with the first bushel saved. Save and Live Close, Make every cent cut its way to the core, think how to make money and save it. Be cautious and buy only that which will better y our condition, or that which is yours. Buy three naekages of CATTLE POWDERS FOR FIFTY CENTS, WHICH IS THE RIGHT WAY TO SAVE THE PURE SIMON PURE CASH. Try it for Cows, Horses, Mules, Sheep, Goats, Chickens and Hogs, and be convinced of its value. Farmers in the North and Northwest use it extensively. You see what fine stock they have. We can do what they do, if the proper mean? are used. Buy your Powders now?25 cents per package or three for 50 cents. CALISAYA, IRON AND QUININE, Is the name of the best Tonic in the world?it beats everything else for Grip Coughs, Colds or Pains in the Back, Side or Head. It gives* instant relief, and is considered the best Invigorator of the day. It builds up your broken down system and restores the patient to his accustomed health. Put up in large bottles and sold by MAY A MAY, Druggists. COLORED PAINTS. Another thing to which we desire to call your attention is our splendid stock of Colored Paints now in our store. They are put up in small, medium and large size cans, and are adapted to {minting all kinds of furniture such as bedsteads, ounges, sofas, sideboards, chairs, tables, llowerpots or anything else that is old and dingy and you want to brighten with the advent of the New Year. BOSTON SILK BLACKING Is the latest and bestthingout. It will putasplendid gloss on your shoes and saves time, trouble ; and money, and is especially adapted to gent's shoes. Try our Ladies' Silk Shoe Dressing. It is the nicest tiling in the world for cleaning' ladies' boots and children's shoes or opera slip- j pers, or renewing the color to hand-satchels, or ! anything else that needs brightening up with the j advancing years. We have Silk Shoe Blacking ; put up for ladies only, at from 10 cents to 25 cents. Whenever you are in town call and see us. We will treat you right. MAY A* MAY. HAIR BRUSHES. We desire to call your attention to the fact that we carry a nice line of llair Brushes and Coinbs, together with a large stock of fancy and j toilet goods. MAY A MAY. BEARD & IN MAN. TO APPEAR WELL, ! TO LOOK NEAT AND TIDY,! IS T111*1 DESIRE OF EVERY ONE. IN order for you to make this appearance, you must have the latest cut in Shirts, the new shape Collar, the new shade Cravat, a nobby Hat and your Suit to lit likea bug's shirt. Now when you start out to lind these things, just bear in mind you will save TIME, TROUBLE AXI) MONEY By coming hero. We can show you all these things in ten minutes. You will lind them all here. You won't have to run all over town for them. From the stock we have you can close j your eyes and make a good selection. Couldn't go wrong, for we have no bad stulV in the lot. I We also stated I I WE WOULD SAVE YOU MONEY. If we don't, then we do not expert to sell yon. I We lire sure of one fact, anil that is noltody else I ran show yon as PRETTY A LINE, i Hrealise they haven't got it. Though if they j had, we don lit ahont thein SKLI.I NO ATSl't'll j 1'HI I'ICS AS Wlv A H1C TAKINO. SPRING (JOODS ARRIVING. IIK.MII) ,V INMAX. j | I AV- II. I1ICKL1A, GlITIIItlKSVIM.M, S. C. BREEDER UK REGISTERED JERSEY CATTLE. rpil 1C splendidly-bred Coon lassie Hull, MA V'S 1. KIMS KOKKICIC, No. 'Jii.liOJ, stands at the j head of inv herd. TWO Vol'NO lU'LLSaud a few t' 11 <?I c' I-: IIICI I'ICRS FOR SALIC at fair priees. All are entitled to registry in the Anieriean Jersey Cattle Chili Register. Also pure-bred J ICRS ICY KIC1> IlOtiS. Write for what you want. September !? .'U tf BUSINESS WRIT- A A Q1 Q TEN DURING'91 THE statement that the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association of New York furnishes life insurance at lessthan halfthe rates charged by the old line life insurance companies, has been repeatedly made in these columns during the past ten months, and scores of newspaper articles from the editorial columns of leading American newspapers?statements that cannot be bought with money?and last, but not least, voluntary and unconditional endorsements fromprominenl citzens all over the land, have been laid before the readers of this paper, and now we propose to give a few facts and figures and defy any man to prove that they are not absolutely correct. The 20 Year "Endowment" Policy. Now, in order to make our meaning clear, we will take first the case of an insurable man or woman of the age of 40 and compare the difference in cost between what the old line companies designate as a "Twenty Year Endowment Policy"?the kind a great many sensible men are deluded into taking?for $10,000, and a "Ten Year Distribution Policy" in the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association for a similar amount. We find by reference to the rate table of a leading old line company that their charge per fl,000 of insurance under the "endowment system" is $53, or $530 for $10,000. By reference to the rates of the Mutual Reserve, we find that its rate is 316.20 per $1,000 or $162 for $10,000. We further lind that the annual difference in cost in favor of the Mutual Reserve on 910,000 insurance is 9308. Now if you will take your insurance in the Mutual Reserve and nut the difference in cost between it and the old line company in a stocking or bury it in the ground each year for twenty years, you will at the end of that time have saved 97,306 m clean cash. And on the other hand, if you will take your $168 and invest it each year at 5 per cent., (is that too high?) at the end of live years your saving and interest will amount to $2,134; at the end of the fifteenth year to 98,338; at the end of the twentieth year, 812,769; so it will bo seen, the natural investment of the difference of cost would amount to $12,769, or $2,769 more than the face of the endowment policy for which you would have been paying. In case of death at the end of the tenth year, the benefits accruing under the Mutual Reserve plan, to the estate of the deceased, would be $14,861; should death occur on the twentieth year, the estate would receive $22,869 as against $10,000 from the level premium company. Now if the theory of chance is taken into consideration and the assured realizes that there are two chances to one that he will not survive the twenty years, should he keep up his insurance, the fallacy of endowment insurance in the light of the facts given is self-apparent. The "Twenty Payment" Policy. We will now take another form of policy that is very popular with a great many who go in without investigating. It is called the "TwentyPayment Life Policy." We will use the same age?40?and the same amount?810,000?as in the first illustration. We find that the rate charged by the old line companies for this kind of policy is $19.80 per 81,000, or $198 for 810,000. Deduct $162?the Mutual Reserve rate for a $10,000 policy?from $198 and the result is 8236. Should the insured live to the expiration of his twenty years, he would receive from the level premium company a paid up policy of $10,000. The difference of premium in favor of the Mutual Reserve at 5 per cent, would have amounted to $7,915. The interest on $7,915 at 5 per cent, would be $195.75 a year, of which amount $162 would continue to carry the $10,000 policy in the Mutual Reserve and leave a balance of $233.75 annually in addition. In case of death during or after the twentieth year, his estate, in addition to the $10,000 received from the Mutual Reserve, would be worth at least $7,915 more than it would have been had he bought the old line company's "Twenty Payment Life Policy " Is it necessary to carry the illustration any further? Does it look to you as if a man in his right mind, after he knows that he can buy a certain article of exactly the same value as the one he has been buying, at less than half the cost, will continue to buy the high priced article? Another great advautangeof the Mutual Reserve system is that it places insurance that insures, within the reach of persons of moderate means. The Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association writes policies in any amount from $1,000 to $'50,000. Its rates range all the way from $13.80 for a person of 25, to $43.68 for a person of 60. * ... imT/it.l iU.-A-rtl 4 I. O. Dim IV, livncini Yorkville, S. C. GEO. T. SCHORR. DO YOU Ml, IF so, call and sec me. I will soil voii a COOKING STOVE, WITH A BETTER LOT of VESSELS, ETC., for loss moiioy, than any other dealer, and HEATING STOVES at greatly reduced prices. Household Sewiiiff Machines. ! I oiler a $-'?>.00 Machine for$"J7.00, with all the latest attachments. High arm and automatic | Bobbin winder. PIANOS AND ORGANS. In this line I defy competition. I sell only I first-class instruments fully warranted, and I can save you from $75.00 to $150.00 on a Piano, | and $*J5.00 to $50.00 on an Organ. I am here all the time to "back" the guarantee. Don't throw away your money on so called CHEAP Pianos and Organs. Come and see me, or write for catalogues, prices, etc., before you buy. TYPEWRITERS. lam agent for the SMITH PREMIER and the HALL TYPEWRITERS. Both are firstclass machines. Catalogues mailed on application. To Suit the Hard Times, I will oiler Tinware, Patent Cedar Churns, Cedar Buckets, and Housefurnishing goods, at reduced prices, for the CASH. GEO. T. SCJIORB. GEO. H. O'GEARY. I I H > I'I'll |{ I .; i< u K .11 i ii n c. i i A LARGE stock of Parlor, Bedroom anil Dining room Furniture, Bureaus, Chairs, :NX) Common anil Meilium Bedsteads, anil everything else kept in an establishment of this kind. My slock has been bought right, and will be sold accordingly. Call, see and he convinced. G. II. O'LKARY. j HEADQUARTERS FOR STOVES. (IHAKIjKS NOBLE A CO.'S STOVES bvtho J car-load. Iron King and Klino Cooking i Stoves and Ranges, Coal and Heating Stoves, i Repairs for old Stoves. All kinds of Stoveware cheap,at (J. 11. O'LKARY'S. CARPETS,\lJGS, ETC., ETC. ! A NEW line of All-Wool, Ingrain, C. C. Kx11V tra Supras, Cocoa, Nanier and Cane Matting, | Floor Oil Cloths. Brussels and Smyrna Rugs, I Bearskin Rugs. The largest lot ever offered lor side at (1. II. O'LKARY'S. SADDLES AND HARNESS. WE are continually manufacturing a full line of SADDLES AND HARNESS, and I keep a full stock of all goods in this line. G. H. O'LEARY.