Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, March 13, 1897, Image 4
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A WOMAN'S REASON.
It is surprising, when one stops to
think about it, that newspaper men
are able to report with verbal accuracy
long conversations that occur between
man and wife in the privacy of home;
but so it is, or so it seems to be. Probably
the reporter's imagination is a
help to bis memory. Here, for example,
is a domestic dialogue, on a public
topic, wbich we find in the Washington
Star. It sounds like an Invention, but
as to that the reader may judge.
With the calm which comes to a
housewife whose cares for the day are
over, young Mrs. Torkins was sitting
at her sewing-table, while her husband
reaa toe paper.
"Charley," said she, "I wish you
would read aloud."
"This isn't anything you'd be interested
in."
"How do you know ?"
"Because it's politics. You don't
care anything about the election."
"That shows how little you really
know about my likes and dislikes."
"Why, you haven't taken any interest
in this campaign, have you ?"
"Indeed I have; ever and ever so
much."
"Which candidate did you prefer ?"
"I was for McKinley all the time."
"I suppose you regarded the free
coinage of silver as a heresy and an
economic impossibility."
"I?I didn't give that part of the
question so very much thought; but I
had good reasons for my selection. I
think that a great deal depends on the
kind of a man you put into office?
almost, if not quite, as much as on
the platform on which he is elected."
"That's very true."
"Well, I know some people from
Ohio who once lived near Major McKinley,
and they told me that be isn't
at all like other men. They said they
had noticed that on rainy days he
always wiped his feet on the mat
before going indoors, and I think that
such a man would be ever and ever so
nice to have around the White House."
t Mrs. Hojack's Resolve.?"Chari?tt
Hoar ? BAid Mrs. Hoiack to her
*?jr, ?
husband, "if I were to die, would you
marry again ?"
"What a question!" replied Mr.
Hojack, evasively.
"I think you might tell me. But
then I just know you would."
"Well, dear, the children would miss
their mother's tender care, and it
might be a necessity, for their sakes,
however much I might dislike the
idea of a second marriage on my own
account."
"But, Charlie!"
"Well ?"
"Suppose that the children were all
married and settled in homes of their
own?"
"In that case, love, think how lonely
I should be. I might almost be compelled,
by force of circumstance, to
take another wife J"
"That is just what I suspected,
Charles Hojack. You are just planning
to marry again as soon as I am
gone. So I have simply decided not
to die first."
Her Economy.?Society in San
Francisco was not exactly shocked,
but it was considerably disturbed, the
other day, by the marriage of two
"annry nokianfl nf tllfi
very respeeiauic juuug jjhouuu
best set, neither of whom is possessed
* of any means to speak of. Society
is speculating and awaiting the result
of a practical experiment of that
fabled condition?love in a cottage.
Several young ladies were discussing
it the other day, with the result that
love was much decried. One young
woman, however, was true to her
affections, and said she would choose
love in a cottage.
"I would sooner marry the man I
love," she declared, "if he had only
ten thousand dollars a year, than to
marry a millionaire I didn't ,love."?
San Francisco Examiner.
Good Today as Ever.?Dean Swift,
having preached an assize sermon in
Ireland, was invited to dine with the
judges, and having in his sermon considered
the use and the abuse of the
law, pressed somewhat hard upon those
counsellors who plead causes which
they know in their consciences to be
wrong. When dinner was over, and
the glass began to go round, a young
barrister retorted upon the dean, and,
after several altercations, the counsellor
asked him, "If the devil was to
die,* whether a parson might not be
found, who, for money, would preach
his funeral sermon ?" "Yes," said
Swift, "I would gladly be the man,
and would give the devil his due, as I
have this day done to his children."
A Great Bargain.?The following
cood storv is told of the late Adam
Black, the founder of the wellknown
publishing house. One day, shortly
after Mr. Black commenced business
as a bookseller, a suspicious-looking
man came stealthily into the shop, and,
leaning over the counter, whispered
into his ear: "I've got some fine
smuggled whisky which I'll let you
have at a great bargain." "No, no,"
said Mr. Black, indignantly, "I want
nothing of the kind. Go away."
The man, evidently not believing in
the sincerity of this righteous outburst,
leaned over the counter again, and
whispered, "I'll take Bibles for it!"?
New York Sun.
fST He was about as black as the
traditional ace of spades, and two
dusky damsels, each of whom claimed
the right to call him husband, sat bolt
upright in the courtroom and glared
at the defendant. "Yo'r Honor,"said
the prisoner, "I want to apply for a
change of venus in this case." "On
what ground?" inquired the court.
"I want a change of venus," repeated
the defendant, "because one of dese
women is prejudiced ag'in me."
Wayside (gatherings.
B6T" Falsehood may have its hour, but
it has no future.
tST Tea is gathered from the plant
four times a year.
V3F South Africa has about 750,000
European and 3,000,000 colored inhabitants.
t&T Only God can tell how much
wrong doing is prevented by one man
doing right.
tag* If we see nothing good in others,
they will not be likely to see much
good in us.
VST God never works a miracle to relieve
us from our obligation to use
common sense.
tf&T Josh Billings says that the-best
ov us owe more to chance than we are
willing tojadmit.
J6F* It is a sign of smallness to be always
splitting hairs. A large man
comes awkwardly at it.
$&* It takes about three seconds for
a message to go from one end of the
Atlantic cable to the other.
16?" It is not safe to infer that every
man is unsound in bis creed who fails
to pronounce your shibboleth. *
tear It takes but a small sin to make
a man incapable of seeing the difference
between an excuse and a reason.
The Sons and Daughters of the
Revolution will soon outnumber the
fathers and mothers by a large majority.
t8T One reason why the world gains
knowledge so slowly is that every
child must find out for itself that fire
is hot.
fIt is time enough to think of tomorrow's
opportunities when we have
done our best with the opportunities
of today.
The knot that cannot be untied
by patient effort may yet be untied by
prayer provided only one does not lose
his patience.
This arrangement had been provided
in case that if any of the Confederate
cruisers attacked the Pacific Mail
steamers, the Southern Confederacy
should not have the benefit of the
United States gold, for the captain of
the steamer had instructions that if attacked
he was to pull the bolt, and
let the millions go to the bottom of the
sea.
By reason of the intimate relations
which Miss Elliott and Neville held
with the family of the secretary of
.the treasury, they had become cogni- '
zant of these facts; and Neville soon
after left Washington for San Francis- '
co, in order to make preparations to ,
capture the next large shipment of .
government gold from the Pacific Mail ,
steamer, which should be designated j
by the secretary of the treasury to
carry it. Miss Elliott remained in (
Washington, in order to get and send (
to Neville the date of the shipment, .
which she, in her artfully artless man- !
ner, intended to learn from the secretary
of the treasury, who had become
completely fascinated by her beauty J
and childlike, winning ways. Assoou
as Neville had perfected his plans for
seizing the steamer, a schooner was |
purchased in Callao, and arms and i
guns sufficient for two vessels, which |
had been shipped from Eugland, were <
taken on board. The schooner then <
sailed for tbe Santa Cruz islands, off i
Santa Barbara, and there waited lor |
another schooner, the Chapman, which ,
had been purchased at San Fraucisco. <
She was ostensibly fitted out for a j
coasting voyage, and she took on board i
men enough to man the two vessels. ]
Both schooners were to fly the Con fed- |
erate flag under letters of marque, j
The schooner from Callao was named 1
the Vesta, and was fitted up with a t
pivot gun, and made a formidable privateersman.
Neville had worked out his plans so <
successfully that he wrote to Miss El- I
liot that he could be ready for action I
within two weeks after her arrival in
San Francisco. Upon receipt of this <
intelligence, Miss Elliot left Washing- i
ton and sailed on the mail steamer <
from New York, and arrived in San 1
Francisco in due course. Here they i
awaited the sailing of the vessel which <
had been designated to carry a shipment
of gold to the government. Up- i
on this ship, the John L. Stephens, <
Miss Elliot, Neville, and eight of their
confederates took passage.
Thus far there had been no hitch in
Neville's plans. Now trouble com
pgr The man who reany oeneves
that the world owes him a liviDg is
willing to do some work to earn what
is due him.
fST A man is do sooner his own master
in the world than he immediately
enslaves himself by becoming the master
of others.
VST Cultivate the habit of always
seeing the best in people, and, more
than that of drawing forth whatever is
the best in them.
VST The director of the mint estimates
that there will be an increase in
the output of gold for the present year
as compared with last, of over tern
millions.
VST The deepest gold mine in the
world is at Eureka, Cal., and is 2,290
feet deep. The deepest silver mine is
%t Carson City, and has a depth of 3,300
feet.
IST Mrs. Jessie Fremont, Thomas H.
Benton's daughter and John C. Fremont's
widow, is one of the notable
residents of Los Angeles. She is now
73 vears old.
V&T Two members of a British chess
club played a tournament to see which
should be left free to woo a certain
lady. Before the contest was decided
she married a third man.
96T The man who circulates an evil
report against his neighbor without
knowing it to be true is only less to
blame than the other man who deliberately
manufactures such a report,
tThe Swedish bride fills her pockets
with bread, which she dispenses to
every one she meets on her way to the
church, every piece she disposes of
averting, as she belives, a misfortune.
Nevada for many years has had
but one Baptist church. This is at
Reno, and now a second has been established
at Wadsworth, 35 miles distant,
with a membership of 16 and four
awaiting Baptism.
VST "These berths are for the passengers,"
said the Pullman porter to the
countryman to whom he was exhibiting
the new car. "And where are
your quarters?" asked the innocent
visitor. "In a good, safe bank," returned
the porter, with a grin.
96?" In Minnesota there is a girl's
school for agriculture, which is, as far
as known, the only one in the country.
It is quite old now, and the results are
quite satisfactory. The students receive
instructions in cooking, canning,
household chemistry, entomology and
sewing.
t8P A novel course of college instruction
is offered by the Louisiana
university, which, in its "Audubon
Sugar school," gives its students practical
and scientific tuition in sugar cultivation.
The course extends over
four years and has become popular
with students from Cuba.
ifip a n ormnn nn1.nm.list, tins p.nrinns
ly developed the "scarecrow" idea.
The dragon fly is a deadly enemy of
the mosquito, and the naturalist has
found by many experiments that the
dried bodies of a few dragon flies suspended
by threads around a bed keep
the mosquitoes at a distance.
SfiT Some idea of the magniture of
the great Siberian railway, now in
course of construction by the Russian
government, may be gathered from the
fact that by changing the route a
thousand miles were saved. It is expected
that through trains will be run
over the road within two years.
8?" The horses which have been turn|
ed loose to forage for themselves in the
eastern part of Washington have multiplied
very rapidly, and there are
said to be as many as 100,000 now
roaming about. The farmers look
upon them as pests, and are hoping
that the cold weather will kill them off.
88T Java has thunderstorms, on an
average, 97 days in the year; Italy,
38, Belgium 21, Holland 18, France,
Austria and South Russia 16, Spain
and Portugal 15, Eugland and the
high Swiss mountains 7, Norway 4,
Cairo 3. In east Turkestan, as well
as in the extreme north, there are
scarcely any thunderstorms known.
?Iu ^tont
GOVERNmNT^TREASDRR
A Bold Attempt to Intercept It In
War Times.
At the opening of congress in 1863
there appeared in Washington a young
aDd beautiful woman. The letters of
introduction which she brought to the
j leading people opeueu to uer liic uuuis
of the highest circles. Her beauty and
charming manners soon made her one
of the leaders of Washington society.
One of the mbn who were attracted to
her, and who was seen at every gathering
at which Miss Elliot (for thus
was she named) made her appearance,
$as a young Englishman who had been
drawn to Washington by our Civil
war. He had the entree of the best
clubs, and report said that he was the
second son of Lord Neville, in the
peerage of England. He professed to
be a friend of the northern cause and in
favor of the national government. He,
as well as Miss Elliot, was quite intimate
with the family of the secretary
of the treasury and with the chiefs of
the other departments.
At this time the credit of the government
was being sustained by gold
shipped from San Francisco. The
dates of the sailing of ships which
should convey this money was known
only t<J the secretary of the treasury.
The line of Pacific Mail steamships at
that time running between San Francisco,
Panama and New York were
the old-style side-paddles. These ships
had been fitted up to carry the gold
for the United States government by
putting on the port-side of the ship,
on the guard after the wheel, a steel
safe with the bottom set on a centre
pivot. The entire safe was cased with
woodwork, like the other parts of the
steamer, so that it did not differ in appearance
from the rest of the wood
finishings.
When the government contemplated
a shipment of gold, the sub-treasu
rer at ban r rancisco was writtcu tu,
and the steamer in which it was to be
shipped was named. The gold was
prepared for shipment at the United
States branch mint at San Francisco
by packing sums of $20,000 in separate
boxes, screwing on the head, and
sealing with wax each screw in the
box, which was then stamped with a
government seal. On Sunday before
the sailing of the steamer, a picked set
of workmen from the mint were selected,
and the boxes of gold were
loaded on to drays before daylight and
driven to the steamer, and there
placed in the safe by the mint workmen.
This was done so quietly and
at such unusual hours that it was
known only to a few men and the officers
of the mail steamship company.
When the gold was all stored in the
the safe the sub-treasurer locked it.
The American consul at Panama,
upon the arrival of the steamer, unlocked
the safe, and the boxes of gold
were taken across the Isthmus on the
car's by night, placed on board the
steamer, at Asp; nwall, and locked
in the safe on that ship by the consul
there; thus no one on either
steamer had any means of opening
the safe while the gold was in transit.
As I have remarked, the weight of
the safe was hung on a centre pivot to
keep the bottom of the safe in place;
there were also side-bolts fixed so that
they could be pulled out at any desired
time, the method of which was known
onlv to the captains of the steamers.
menced. The schooner Chapman had
been for two weeks ready for her coasting
voyage, and, as she did not go to
sea, the United States officers became
suspicious of her, and placed a watch
where they could observe everything
occuring on board. They also searched
the vessel, but found everything
correct, and would have dismissed the
watch had not a well known southerner,
while intoxicated, bragged of what
they were going to do. This was reported
to the revenue officers, and extra
precautions were taken. At the
time Miss Elliot arrived in San Fran
cisco, Neville gave orders for the
captain to take the men who bad been
engaged in San Francisco weeks before,
and who were then at different
sailor's boarding-houses, to put to sea
and join her consort off the island of
Santa Cruz. These men went on
board in the night, and next morning
the ship got under way, showing only
the usual number of men on deck. But
the United States revenue cutter stopped
her, and conveyed her to ,an anchorage
under the guns of Alcatraz
island. The officers and crew of 47
men were arrested.
In order not to have bis plans
blocked, Neville started two men overland
on horseback for Santa Barbara,
to take boat from there to the island
and notify the captain of the Vesta of
the seizure of the Chapman. The
captain of the Vesta was ordered to
intercept the steamer, and was told
that Neville and bis confederates
would b? on board to assist him, and
that they would disable the machinery
of the vessel, in case the guns of the
schooner did not compel the steamer
to stop while they took the gold from
her. But "the best-laid schemes o'
mice and men gang aft a-gley." When
the two messengers crossed to the
island from Santa Barbara, they found
the captain and all hands of the Vesta
" * * * 1- i L.r 4.1 ?..ia
onna aruDK," aou ueiuie tuoy cuuiu
be sobered up and got ready, the John
L. Stephens went steaming by with
the government gold.
It seems tbat United States Marshal
Hand had got wind of the contemplated
raid to capture the gold on the steamer,
and he warned the officers of the
steamer of what might be attempted,
and placed on board 12 of his deputies,
dressed as old Californians. These
men took passage in the steerage, and
professed to be returning to their eastern
homes. They had holsters with
pistols belted around their waists, in
the usual California style. They made
the acquaintance of Neville's men, and
two of them agreed to guard Neville as
the steamer was to pass through the
Santa Barbara channel. Each deputy
marshal had his man picked, and, if
the attack had been made by the
schooner Vesta, they would have shot
Neville and every one of his gang.
The plot miscarried, and the steamer
passed on her way to Panama without
any trouble.
The syndicate of English friends of
the Southern Confederacy lost all tbat
Neville had expended in fitting out
the expedition, with the exception of
the proceedsof the sale of the schooner
Vesta and her supplies at Hong
Kong, whither she went after the failure
of Neville's plans. The confeder
ates of JNeviHe wno sauea wun mm on
the steamer were paid off by him at
Pattama, and be and Miss Elliot took
the French steamer at Aspinwall for
the West Indies and Europe. The
newspapers of San Francisco gave an
account of the "tempest in a teapot"
when the schooner Chapman was seized
for attempted piracy.
The vigilance of Marshal Rand on
this occasion saved the government
$4,000,000.?Argonaut.
Frog Farming.?A Boston paper
presents some practical facts and information
that are by no means unworthy
of the careful consideration of
owners of frog ponds and swamp
tracts. Its article, after stating that
the United States fish commission is
seriously investigating the subject of
frog farming, and that there is a growing
demand in the markets of the
large cities for the hind legs of frogs,
3ays that "Fulton market, New York,
alone handles from 75,000 to 100,000
pounds of legs annually." As far as
the commission has been able to ascertain
there is no frog farm in the United
States, the crop being wholly wild, but
in one section of Missouri, where the
catching of frogs is quite an industry.
"One town ships 50,000 pounds, and
another town 25,000 pounds of dressed
frog legs to New York each year."
The catching season lasts about three
months, and the profit of those engaged
in the work is large.?News and
Courier.
f8T A great many quarrels might
be prevented if we had the right
thoughts, and refused to let the ugly
thoughts stay in our hearts. Some
cne says an unpleasant word to us. If
we allow ourselves to brood over it,
we feel worse and worse about it as
time goes by. We "make a mountain
aut of a mole hill" by a foolish thought.
Suppose we drive the thought of that
jnpleasant speech right out of our
minds?it isn't worth thinking about.
Marcus Aurelius says: "Take away
the complaint; I have been harmed,
and the harm is taken away." Anything
that hurts us may be made ten
times worse just by thinking about it.
Profit by Mistakes.?The successful
business man always profits by
[lis mistakes, because be is careful not
to make the same ones over again.
When flushed by success it is easy
enough to remember how we have
succeeded, but we all are prone to
averlook our faults, or wherein we
bave erred. We all make mistakes,
and surely the only way to make a
correcetion is to take a retrospective
view of the past, and, as Colman's Rural
World observes, see what can be
done in making as few as possible in
the future.
tieir Liberty is not license to follow
the appetite, but power to rule over it.
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TIME TABLE of the Ohio River and
Charleston Railway company, to take
effect Monday, January 4tb, at 8.00 a. m.
STANDARD EASTERN TIME.
QOISO SOPTH NO. 12. |
Leave Marion 1 80 pm
Leave Rutherfordton? 3 05 pm
Leave Forest City 3 35 pm
Leave Henrietta 4 00 pm
Leave Mooresboro 4 16 pm
Leave Shelby 5 30 pm
Leave Patterson Springs.. 5 45 pm
Leave Earls 5 55 pm
Arrive at Blacksbnrg 6 10 pm
No. 32. | No. 34.
I Dallv I Daily
Except j Exce'pt
Sunday. I Sunday.
Leave Blacksburg 8 30 am 8 40 an >
Leave Smyrna 8 50 am 9 05 am
Leave Hickory Grove 9 05 am 9 25 am
Leave Sliaron .. 9 20 am 9 50 am
Leave Yorkvllle 9 35 ami 10 20am
.Leave Tlrzah 9 47 am 10 45 am
Leave Newport r 9 51 am| 10 55 am
Leave Rock Hill 11 00 ami 12 55 pm
Leave Leslies 11 13 ami 1 15 pm
Leave Catawba Junction.. 11 30 am | 1 50 pm
Leave Lancaster 12 05 pmt 8 55 pm
Leave Kershaw 12 45 pm | 6 80 pm
Arrive at Camden 130 pm 6 50 pm
going north. NoT33. | No. 85!
Dally Dully
Except Except
Sunday. Sunday.
Leave Camden 2 30 pm 8 30 am
Leave Kershaw 3 15 pm 10 45 am
Leave Lancaster 3 55 pm 12 05 pm
Leave Catawba Junction 4 30 pm 1 60 pm
Leave Leslies 4 38 pm 2 00 pm
Leavj Rock Hill 4 54 pm 4 00 pm
Le'.ve Newport 5 09 pm 4 20 pm
Leave Tlrzah 5 15 pm 4 40 pro
Leave Yorkvllle 5 80 pm 5 40 pm
Leave Sharon 5 45 pm 6 05 pm
Leave Hickory Grove.... 0 00 pm 0 30 pm
Leave Smyrna 0 10 pmi 0 40 pm
Arrive at Blacksburg 0 80 pmi 7 10 pm
No. 11. |
Leave Blacksburg 8 00 am
Leave Earls 8 20 am
Leave Patterson Springs 8 30 am
Leave Shelby 9 10 am
Leave Mooresboro _. 9 50 am
Leave Henrietta 10 00 am
Leave Forest City 10 20 am
Leave Rutherfordton 10 50 am
Arrive at Marlon 12 20 pm'
CONNECTIONS.
No. 32 has connection with Southern
Railway at Rock Hill, and the S. A. L. at
Catawba Junction.
Nos. 34 and 35 will carry passengers.
Nos. 11 and 12 have connection at Marion
with Southern Railway.
At Roddeys, Old Point, King's Creek
and London, trains stop only on signal.
S. B. LUMPKIN, G. P. A.
A. TRIPP. Superintendent.
SAATIi HUNT, General Manager.
mill t iiimisninf
G. W. F. HARPER, Pres.
Schedules in Effect from and After
February 7, 1896.
CENTRAL TIME STANDARD.
GOING NORTH. | No 10. | No 60.
Leav e Chester' 6 10am 8 30 a m
Leave Lowrysvllle 6 86am 9 05am
Leave McConnellsvllle 6 54am 9 39am
Leave Gutbriesville.... 7 02am 9 56am
Leave Yorkvllle 722am 10 50am
Leave Clover 7 52 a m ir 33 a ra
Leave Gastonla 8 27am 150pm
Leave Llncolnton 8 45 a m 3 16 p m
Leave Newton 10 23am 445pm
Leave Hickory 11 10 am 6 15 pm
Arrive Lenoir 12 17 pm 8 00 pm
ooiNo south. | No. 9. | No 61.
Leave Lenoir 380pm 6 30am
Leave Hickory 4 84pm 8 10 am
Leave Newton 5 14 p m 9 10 am
Leave Llncolnton 6 00 p m 10 40 a m
Leave Gastonla 6 57pm 100pm
Leave Clover 737pm 2 02pra
Leave Yorkvllle 8 06 pm 3 10 pm
Leave Gnthrlesvllle ... 8 29 p m 3 40 p m
Leave McConnellsvllle 8 38pm 355pm
Leave Lotfrysville 0 00pm] 4 25pm
Arrive Chester 9 32 pm I 5 10pm
Trains Nos. 9 and 10 are first class, and
run daily except Sunday. Trains Nos.
60 and 61 carry passengers and also run
daily except Sunday. There is good con- (
nection at Chester with the G. C. & N.
and the C. C. & A., also L & C. R. R.: at
A. UL .i-_ A An A T . T in_ 1
<jrasw>iua Willi ILIO A. <x v. a. ?j. , oh ijiucolnton
with C. C.: and at Hickory and
Newton with W. N. C.
Parties desiring tickets to all points
North, East, South and West, will find it
much to their advantage to call at or correspond
with the General Office of the
Carolina and North-Western Railway at
Lenoir, N. C. L. T. NICHOLS, Supt.
YORK MUSIC STORET
"lis HIRE! 1
THE Lester Piano Company says: j
"We guarantee that everything about '
the LESTER PIANO, from the strings j
to the varnish, and each of the seven J
thousand parts used in its construction, '
are of the highest grade. J
"We guarantee the LESTER PIANO '
absolutely. If any flaws should develop 1
under fair usage, we will make it right {
without expense to the purchaser, or re- J
place it with a new piano.
"Every purchaser of the "Lester" re- J
ceives a written guarantee for ten years." '
I HAVE THE PAPERS, <
Stating that the .LESTER PIANO has
been pronounced, by competent judges,
to be superior to the pianos now used in '
two of the most prominent female colleges
iu South Carolina.
IT WILL PAT TOU i
To SEE ME and the LESTER PIANO J
before making a purchase. Prices the t
very lowest and satisfaction given every- ?
time. GEO. T. SCHORB.
ADMINISTRATRIX1 SALE. J
I WILL expose to public sale at the (
late residence of JOSEPH M. NICHOLS,
deceased, in York county, S. C., on the
19th day of MARCH, instant, to the
highest hidder, the PERSONAL PROP- ETY
belonging to the estate of said deceased,
consisting of Horses, Mules, Cat- t
tie. Hogs, Farming Implements, House- ]
hold and Kitchen Furniture, and other
articles not necessary to mention.
Sale to beerin at 10 o'clock, a. m.. or as .
soon thereafter as convenient.
Terms of Sale?CASH.
M. E. NICHOLS, Administratrix.
March 6 19 s3t
APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE. .
NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned,
administrator of the estate
of R. A. PARISH, deceased, will
make a final settlement with the Judge
of Probate for York county, on the 5
27th DAY OF MARCH, 1897, at 12
o'clock, m., when he will make application
for a final discharge from liability
as administrator ot the said estate. '
W. W. LEWIS, Administrator.
February 27 17 s 5t
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A $1,000 WORD.
Two Papers at the Price of One and
a Chance at $1,000, Additional.
The Third Missing Word Contest of
The Atlanta Weekly Constitution,
In Which $1,000 Will Be Distributed
to Successful Contestants on
the 1st of May. *
The Atlanta Weekly Constitution has
inaugurated its third consecutive "missing
word" contest, which began on the
1st of March and close on the 1st of May? *.
sixty days.
It publishes the cashier's receipt for 1"
the special deposit account of 91,000 to be
paid to the person,, or persons, who, in
in Tho Wnulrlv PonotitnilAti
auuouiiuiiin WW *UV ?T tvttij vvuovi?uwwut
names correctly the missing word in the
following sentence:
"The Right of ' is the ropy
essence of the constitution." ?
The sentence is taken from a historical
publication, and the sentiment to which
it gives expression is that of an eminent
writer.
By special arrangement with The Weekly
Constitution, that greaf paper and
The Enquirer can be o'btaiued for one
year at almost the price of one paper.
Not only that: but under our arrangement
with The Weekly Constitution
every person who takes advantage of this
clubbing proposition, subscribing for
both papers, will be entitled to a guess at
the missing word. All clubbing subscrip- x
tions should be sent to The Enquirer
with each subscriber's guess at the missing
word plainly written. The guess and
the name and address of each subscriber
will be forwarded by us to The Constitution.
The Constitution's first "missing word
contest" closed on the 1st of January, and
but one person, Mr. M. L. Brittain, a
hardworking school teacher, guessed the
missing word, receiving therefor a check
for $1,000. Its second contest closed on
the 1st of March, and The Weekly Constitution
of Monday, March 8tb, will contain
the announcement of the awards in
which $1,000 in cash is to be distributed
among the successful guessers in that
contest.
The readers of The Enquirer who
subscribe jointly to it and to The Weekly
Constitution have free access into the
third contest, just opened; and it may be
that some of them frill get the $1,000 to be
distributed on the 1st or May. '
The only condition of the contest is that
every guesser muBt be a subscriber j and
taking advantage of The Constiution's
wish to subscribe to Soth papers. Every
person' should have bis county paper and
one great general newspaper; and The
Weekly Constitution, with a circulation
of 156,000, occupies the unique distinction t
of being the the greatest American weekly
newspaper.
THE EHttUIRER and The Constitution
will be furnished one year
for $2.50.
A Snare
And Delusion.
Ijtr you nave taken out. a me insurance
policy in an Old Line high price "level
premium" company with the idea that
you would at sometime in the ftature,
while you yet-drew the breath of life, receive
substantial cash returns or "big *"
dividends," we are here to tell yop that
yon will be disappointed. ' Your policy
will prove a snare and a delusion. It is
all right for protection for your wife and
children, as they will receive the face of
the policy in case of your death, as they 's
would also in a company that charges
you half as much. A life insurance policy
is a fraud as an investment for a living 1
man, and is the greatest blessing of which
we or anybody else has any knowledge
as a means of protecting the widow and
orphans, after the breadwinner bas been v
removed by death.
If You Will Lay Aside *
Your Prejudice
AND COME to us with a desire to
learn why it is not to yoor interest to
carry high priced insurance, and how we
can furnish you just as safe insurance
for at least 40 per cent, a year less than the
other costs, we are sure we can show you
to vour satisfaction that the MUTUAL ' *
RESERVE FUND LIFE ASSOCIATION
of New York does business on a
plan that is absolutely safe, and will protect
your loved ones even better than
tbey now are, at even a greater cost to
to you. Of course if you are too prejudiced
to investigate and imagine that the high
price you are now paying makes
your insurance better or safer, or better
than it would be at less cost, we can't do
anything for you ; but will be forced to
Ui ill AS Al_
ict juu gu uij uijui time, tue crucial
tester, convinces you, against your will, *
that you have been deceived.
If You Have
No Insurance,
And think you should have, we wonld be
pleased to explain the Mutual Reserve
System to you. The 'Mutual Reserve is
the largest and strongest natural premium
company in the world, and the fourth
largest of ANY KIND. . It/has paid
ibout $550,000 to the widows and orphans
>f deceased policy-holders in South- Carina
alone, during the past twelve years,
ind if all the insurance now carried in
)ld line companies in the state was in the
Mutual Reserve, not less than $400,000,
ivhich now annually goes into the coffers
)f the former, would oe left in the state
o help relieve the bard times about which
>ve hear so much.
SAM M. & L. GEO. GRIST,
General Agents, Yorkville, S. C.
TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE.
THE undersigned offers for sale, the
HOUSE AND LOT in Yorkville.
cnown as the "Meek House," occupied
jy Mr. O. E. Grist and situated opposite
he O. R. & C. R. R., depot. The house
contains six large rooms and a basenent.
The house is in good repair, and
contiguous to water-works fire-plugs. On
he premises is a well of excellent free- i
itone water.
Also, a cottage on Madison street. It
contains four rooms. The ?u.iise is in good
epair and on the premises is a well of
;ood freestone water. L. M. GRIST.
January 20 6 tf a
MONEY TO LEND.
PARTIES desiring to borrow money
can be accommodated by applying
o the undersigned at his office, No. 5
Law Range, Yorkville, S. C.
W. W. LEWIS, Attorney.
February 27 17 s 3m
TiTho nitrtYfcmtt** flriiirnii'ii'.
Published Wednesday and Saturday.
TERMS OE 8UB8CRIPTIOX:
Jingle copv for one year, 2 OO
)ne copy for two years, 3 50
Tor six months, 1 OO
?or three months, SO
fwo copies for one year, 3 SO
Pen copies one year, IT 50
^.nd an extra copy for a club of ten.