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tumorous department, ALL OXEN LOOKED ALIKE TO HIM. Ao ambitious youog lawyer paid bis first visit to a country court holding its session not very far from New Orleans not long since. He went to represent a big railroad in a suit brought by a countryman to recover the value of an ox which departed this life in a vain attempt to bold up the limited mail. The question before the court was one of identification, and the countryman had testified that he knew the ox by bis color and the flesh marks. The young lawyer rose, and with dignity said: "If your honor please, there can be no question that this witness has sworn falsely when he testified that an ox can be recognized by his color. I was a stenographer before I became a lawver. and for two days, your honor (drawiug out bis notebook), I bave taken a detailed description of every ox that passed the hotel, and I am prepared to swear as an expert that all oxen look alike to me." "You are trifling with the dignity of this court, sir!" sternly said the judge, "and I will Ado?" "Hold on, judge," said the clerk, "there hain't been but one yoke of oxen in this town in a week. Old Man Henley's been a-haulin' wood and the lawyer's been counting the same oxen over and over." "Judgment for the plaintiff," said the judge, and the city lawyer, glad to escape the wrath of his honor, took his departure, a sadder but wiser man. Hired Him Over Again.?The following story from the St. Louis Globe Democrat illustrates several things : When J. W. Sherwood, now general superintendent of the Clover Leaf, was | superintendent of the Big F >ur, he had to discharge a brakeman for the viola- , tion of the rules. The man bung , about the office, asking for a letter of recommendation. To get rid of him, Mr. Sherwood told W. A. Sullivan, i who was his chief clerk, to write the letter. This Mr. Sullivan did. The man went out, and returned in a half- , hour. , "What's the matter now ?" asked , Mr. Sherwood. , "The letter you gave me is all right, isn't it?" "Of course it is. That ought to get you a job anywhere." "Well, I wish you would read this letter of recommendation I've got, Mr. j Sherwood, and give me a job." Sherwood took the letter on which his own name was hardly dry, read it carefully, and remarked : "I am well acquainted with Sherwood, and any one be recommends must be all right. You report to the trainmaster, and tell him to put you to work." True Hospitality.?The Washington Post prints a "true story," told by a retired army officer. The occurrence happened in New Mexico. Colonel X. was making a long march, and the provisions-wagons had gone astray. He was hot and tired and hungry, when he met Major B., who 1 invited him home?presumably to some fort?to breakfast. The major'8 fortunes were at a low ebb, and when the breakfast was 1 brought on it proved to consist entirely of rice?rice cooked in the wonderful southern fashion, with every kernel perfect. The hungry guest ate a spoonful. He detests rice. Then he waited for a second course. "Have some rice colonel," said the major, whom nothing ever disconcerts, quite as if the rice had but that mo- ' ment appeared. "No !" snapped the colonel. "I'm a Kentuckian, sir, and I dou't eat rice. I don't eat rice, sir. Give me some- ' thing else." "Why, certainly, colonel, certainly," said the host. "Try rome of the mustard ; it's very fine, sir, very fine." 1 Making Up Her Mind.?"Why, Ethel, what are you doing with that big medical work in your lap ?" 1 "Well, Arabella, you'd never guess, I am quite sure." "You are not going to make a physician of yourself, are you?" "Not at all. I am trying to find out which of my two suitors I love enough to marry. What do you think of that ?'' "How can a cyclopedia of medicine help you ? ' Well, it's this way: Mr. Spondulicks is 57 years of age. He is worth $100,000, and has consumption. Mr. Dukkats is 65 years old. He is worth $500,000, and has incipient Brigbt's disease. I thought perhaps this medical book would help me make up my mind. I have about decided that I love Mr. Dukkats the better. Which would you love ?" t&T A lady living in a fashionable quarter has a bit of statuary bearing the inscription "Kismet." The housemaid was dusting the room the other day when the mistress appeared. "Shure, ma'am, what's thu manin' of the 'ritin' on the bottom of this," asked the maid, referring to the inscription on the statue. "Kismet means 'fate,' " replied the mistres . Bridget was limping painfully when out with her sweetheart not long afterward, and he inquired, "What's the matter, Bridget?" "Faith." was the answer, "I have the most tirrible korns on me kismet!" To Be Kept Secret.?He was a great bore, and was talking to a crowd about the coming local election. Said he: "Gibbs is a good man ; he is capable, honest, fearless and conscientious. He will make the very kind of representative we need. He once saved my life from drowning." "Do you really want to see Gibbs elected ?" said a solemn-faced old man. "I do, indeed. I'd give anything to see him elected," answered the bore. "Then never let anybody know he saved your life," counselled the solemn-faced man. ^tisccUiinrous Reading. RODDEY TO THE FARMERS. Facts and Observations on the All-Important Cotton Question. Editor of The Enquirer: Kindly allow me the use of your columns for the purpose of addressing some facts and observations to the southern farmers. For several years now I have closely studied the financial condition of the south. I know the advantages of this section, and noting that with every reason w;hy it should prosper, it does not do so, I believe I have found the reason : When your labor was first traded in, in 1871, your average price for cotton for the year was more than 20 cents; in 1872, 18 cents; in 1873, 17 cents ; in 1874, 15 cents; in 1875, 13 cents; in 1876, 11$ cents; in 1877, 11$ cents; in 1878, 10$ cents ; a gradually lower market each year, and the price reduced half in seven years' trading. I wrote several years ago, when cotton was 8 cents, that you would consider 5 cents an average in a few years. Now you have another 50 per cent, reduction, and if you will submit, either from want of knowledge, lack of ambition or false pride, what will become of the southern farmer ? I firmly believe if you submit, the average price for southern farm labor will not be above 10 cents per day within 10 years. Why should it not be? You seem not to care. You do absolutely nothing to help yourselves. You meet, pass resolutions about planting, etc.; but with it all, unless false misrepresentations are made about the crop, you get not over a fixed figure. You are figured at so much per head?present price now, about $20 per annum. There has never been any over production, because over production naturally means an accumulation; and if a legitimate price was allowed to prevail, and you bad been allowed to create a demand, there would be no surplus. Why is cotton $30 per bale less than it was in 1890 ? I will tell you why, though many may say differently. Over 95 per cent, of the cotton goods trade of the world is in the hands of Great Britain, Germany and France. You produce, and they control the price of your labor. They would be fools, if they had a perfected system to bold you down, if they did not do so, and you are either blind, cowardly or ignorant if you do not protect yourselves. Your farms have been considered - -e the original source 01 our unuuu o wealth and income; but ai the present day this fact seems ignored, and it is largely due to the fact that the farmers have either forgotten or slept on their knowledge of their importance in creating our wealth. Lands were considered in early days the foundation of all financial security ; but now large companies, with loanable funds, have struck this security from their list. Statistics prove that the farm yet produces the nation's wealth and income. Why is it, then, that there is no profit to the agricultural toiler? The farmer feels that he is poor and is growing poorer. He sees bis profits dwindle from year to year; he sees the value of his farm decrease to where the mortgagee takes it, and be must, of necessity, be discouraged. Before your farms can be considered a loanable security, you must increase the price of their product. If you would but consider that cotton exceeds in value any other exported product, and is indispensible in settling our balances abroad, you would know your real position ; and knowing this, if you are willing to simply exist, there is no one to blame except yourselves and your so-called advisers. Other sections and countries best understand the possibilities of such an organization for your own protection and have been in dread of it for years; but every year you get in a worse condition to protect yourselves. Tamely submit, go to the expense of meeting and offering resolutions as often as you please; but do nothing to protect yourselves and await results. From the 7th day of October when March cotton in New York closed at 6.63, until the 10th day of November, when cottou closed at 5.75, there was a steady decline in the price of cotton of nearly $5.00 per bale. No day during the time was there a reaction of five points. On the night of the 10th of November, a proposition was made to a southern cotton convention for the farmers to protect themselves by a large financial organization. On the 11th day of November, the market advanced $1.00 per bale, the only real advance since the cotton season opened. On the same day, later reports were sent out that the farmers opposed a financial organization, and on the 12th day of November, the market broke 15 points. Was there any reason given to the public for the sudden advance and equally sudden drop except nervousness and covering by shorts? On the 14th day of December, there was a much larger convention, several southern states represented, and the object, as per New York Herald, was to "curtail speculation and reduce acreage;" and the New York Commercial Advertiser says, "The convention decided on reduction of acreage, against trusts and speculating in cotton, and on organization throughout the south." A New York cotton man says, "Notto ing," aud from the steady drop for the past three days (since the convention) in the New York, New Orleans, and Liverpool future markets, as well as two sixty-fourths in the Liverpool spot market, it seems that a threat to reduce acreage does not alarm speculators. For the last several ye irs there has been a great cry of over-production, and lengthy speeches anc much advice about diversification of crops has been given, and while it would be probably a good thiDg to reduce acreage and diversify the crops, still statistics prove that this has not been the reason for depression in prices, for the visible supply is now less than any year at the same time since 1890, and this year the world's visible supply at one time was under 1,000,000 bales. I quote the figures of The Financial Chronicle, the highest authority, showiug the visible supply for the same week during the past six years : Visible supply, 1891, 4,297,721; 1892, 4,192,652; 1893, 4,163,024; 1894, 4,399,032 ; 1895, 3,908,690 ; 1896, 3,898,716: 1897. 3.867.757. And tbougb the total European stocks are from 100,000 to 800,000 bales less than at the same time for several years, look at the price. By boldiDg off and keeping the contract markets depressed, they know that on account of your poverty, they will get your cotton at the price they care to fix. You see the visible supply is less ; you see the European stocks are less, and yet in the face of it all, the price of cotton is less. . It may take several years for you to decide to protect yourselves; but driven to desperation, as you will be, you will do something, unless you are satisfied to remain in the depths of poverty, and bring your children up with no more ambition. Very respectfully, Jno. T. Roddey. New York, December 8, 1897. The Sin of Fretting.?There is one sin which, it seems to me, is everywhere and by everybody underestimated, and quite too much overlooked in valuation of character. It is the sin of fretting. It is common as air, as speech?so common that, unless it rises above its usual monotone, we do not even observe it. Watch any ordi nary coming together of people, ana see how many minutes it will be before somebody frets?that is, makes more or less complaining statements of something or other, which probably every one in the room, or in the car, or on the street corner, it may be, knew before, and probably nobody can help. Why say anything about it? It is cold, it is hot, it is wet, it is dry, somebody has broken an appointment, iilcooked a meal; stupidity or bad faith somewhere has resulted in die* comfort. There are plenty of things to fret about. It is simply astouishing how much annoyance may be found in the course of every day's living, even of the simpliest, if one keeps a sharp eye on that side of things. Even Holy Writ says we are prone to "trouble as sparks fly upward." But even to the sparks flying upward, in the blackest of smoke there is a blue sky above, and the less time they waste on the road the sooner they will reach it. Fretting is all time wasted on the road.?Helen Hunt in Womankind. Weight of the Brain.?Prof. Sir William Turner, in an address at the recent meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in Toronto, recited some interesting facts about the human brain. The average brain weight in man, he said, is from 49 to 50 ounces. In woman the weight is from 44 to 45 ounces. A few men, including the great naturalist, Cuvier, have bad brains exceeding 60 ounces in weight; but equally heavy brains have occasionally been obtained from persons who had shown no sign of intellectual eminence. Among infant children the average brain weight is for girls 10, and for boys 11.67 ounces. fffi" Every since the late cold snap in Nevada the Indians there have been selling jack rabbits in great numbers and at low prices. It turns out that they have not shot them, but that the animals have been frozen to death. The Indians prod around in the snow for them, and pick them up by the score frozen hard as stone. A hunter says that he saw hundreds of the litfellows huddled together in Kings Canon just after the blizzard, and was surprised that they should allow him to approach without stirring. He blazed away into the bunch, but the rabbits did not run, and when he came up to them he found that they were all frozen stiff. An Intelligent Horse.?Doctor Watkins, of New Orleans, tells this story : When he was studying veterinary science it was customary for the students to wear a distinctive badge. I One day while he was out walking with some friends, and wearing his badge, a horse limped toward them and, singling him out as the only wearer of the badge in the party,! stuck its nose against his breast and held up its foreleg. On examination he found a large nail embedded in the frog of the horse's foot. The animal had previously been under treatment at the veterinary hospital. Molasses Sponge Cake. ? One quart of flour, one egg, one pint of molasses, one-half pint of milk, two tablespoosnful of butter, dessert spoonful of saleratus dissolved in a tablespoonful of vinegar, which you add last, and bake at once in small dripping pan, not buttered. j| ftp, L?J &AkiN0 POWDER 9 Absolutely Pure Knocked Out All thoughts of the weather will be knocked out" of your head after you Start the first chapters of Lola Crawshay , A charming story soon to be published & these columns. It is a love and detective story combined. The author is A. W. Marchmont, B. A., who wrote "Miser Hoadley's Secret," "The Mystery of Mortimore J Strange," "By Whose Hand," "The Old ? Mill Mystery," etc. Watch for the First Chapters ? Which will appear in The En- ? quirer of January i, 1898, and * our word for it, you cannot i< afford to miss reading it. If p you can't read, have some one ? read it for you. " tiiiiiii t nmmiiiW ! ' b G. W. P. HARPER, President. 5 CENTRAL TIME STANDARD. . a n GOING NORTH. | NO 10. | No 60. q Lea^ e Chester i 6 20 a m : 8 30 a m 0 Leave Lowrysvllle ...... 6 43 am 0 05 am y Leave McConnellsviye 6 58am! 9 39am J] Leave Guthriesville.... 7 05am 9 56am ? Leave Yorkvllle 723am 10 50 a m Leave Clover 7 53 am 11 33 am a Leave Gastonla .. -. 825am 120pm w Leave Lincolnton 9 20am 2 46 pro Leave Newton ............ 10 06am 4 20pm Leave Hickory 10 60 am 6 15 pm Arrive Lenoir 1155am1 8 00pm GOING .8QPTH. | No. 9. | No 61. Leave Lenoir 8 10 p m 6 00 a m a Leave Hickory .. 4 16 pm 7 50am ^ Leave Newton 5 10pm 9 00am o Leave Lincolnton 656pm 10 30amcl Leave Gastonla 6 57 pm 100pm o Leave Clover 7 42 pm 202pm v, Leave Yorkvllle 8 11pm 3 10 pm ^ Leave Guthriesville ... I 8 34 pm , 3 40 pm tl Leave McConnellsvllle; 8 43pm | 3 55pm n t aawa t AtrriiifatTlllA q as nr?? 4 9a n m o. UVW1JDTIIIC w vu |/?I * r " O' Arrive Chester ! 9 30 pm ! 5 10 pm Trains Nos. 9 and 10 are first class, and run daily except Sunday. Trains Nos. 60 and 61 carry passengers and also run n daily except Sunday. There is good con- n nection at Chester with the G. C. & N. b and the C. C. <fe A., also L & C. R. R.; at n Gastonia with the A. <ft C. A. L.; at Lin- ? colnton with C. C.: and at Hickory and P Newton with W. N. C. 8, G. F. HARPER, Acting G. P. A., n Lenoir N. C. C iwnio|j^j TIME TABLE of the Ohio River and p Charleston Railway company, to take ? effect Monday, October 18th, at 6.50 a. m. p STANDARD EASTERN TIME. j Dally j Dally I Except i Except g I Sunday. Sunday. ^ QOINO south No. 32. | No. 34. \ Leave Marlon 7 00 am; 130 pm ? Leave Rutherfordton 8 05 am 3 05 pm * Leave Forest City 8 20 ami 3 35 pm jt. Leave Henrietta 8 35 am d 55 pm ? Leave Mooresboro 8 50 am 4 10 pm A Leave Shelby 0 20 ami 5 00 pm Leave Patterson Springs.. 9 30 am 5 45 pm Leave Earls 9 35 am 5 50 pm ^ Arrive at Blncksburg, 9 50 am 6 10 pm y Leave Gatlhey 6 50 in 7 15 pm 7. Arrive Blacksburg 7 25 m 7 50 pm g Leave Blacksburg 10 10 am 8 00 am I Leave Smyrna 10 80 am 8 25 am ? Leave Hickory Grove 10 45 am, 8 45 am L Leave Sharon 11 00 am! 9 10 am Leave Yorkville 11 15 am' 9 40 am Leave Tlrzah 11 27 am 10 05 am Leave Newport 11 33 am 10 15 am Leave Rock Hill 11 45 ami 10 40 pm Leave Leslies 12 05 pm 1 00 pin ; Leave Catawba Junction.. 12 15 pm 1 15 pm Leave Lancaster 1 00 pm 3 50 pm r Leave Kershaw 1 45 pm 5 30 pm Arrlve atCamden 2 50 pm 6 40 pm ~~~OOIXO itCRTH. I No. 33. | No. 85. j Daily i Daily "I | Except I Except J 1 Sunday. Sunday, j Leave Camden 12 05 pm: 9 00am e Leave Kershaw 105 pm; 11 10 am j. Leave Lancaster 1 45 pm 1 1 00 pm ' Leave Catawba Junction 2 30 pm 2 40 pm Ijeave LiCSIIKM i. 1U j/iu i. wi yLeave Rock Hill 2 55 pm 4 30 pm q Leave Newport 3 10 pm 5 00 pm a Leave Tlrzah 3 15 pm 5 20 pm f Leave Yorkvllle 3 30 pm 6 00 pm i Leave 8haron 3 45 pm' 6 20 pm Leave Hickory Grove.... 4 00 pm 6 40 pm Leave Smyrna 4 15 pm 6 55 pm | Leave Blacksburg 4 35 pm 7 30 pm ?Leave Blacksburg (i 00 am (1 30 pm Arrive Gaffhey 6 40 am 7 05 pm Leave Karlc's | 5 05 pm; Leave Patterson's Spring. 5 10 pm Leave Shelby .. 5 20 pm LeaveMooresboro 5 47 ami Leave Henrietta 5 55 am Leave Forest City 6 12 am! ii Leave Rutherfordton 6 27 am p Arrive at Marlon 7 30 pm {, CONNECTIONS. ? No. 32 has connection with Southern i! Railway at Rock Hill, and the S. A. L. at j( 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. 1 A. TRIPP, Superintendent. J SAM'L HUNT, General Manager. t mm FOR {ERE IS THE OPPORTUNi OF CHARACTE TO GIT UP CLUBS i Pleasant \ and Cer IX TTTVTTftIT AT.TiV VA U XI X-/ ^A.JLijLfl Jk V Pwo High Grade Buggies i Leaders and Every COMMENCE TODAY BETWEEN this date and the MIDDLE OF MARCH, It Is usual for the people of this action to select their reading matter for the blowing year. Being one of the cleanest, lost enterprising and reliable newspapers In ic state, it is natnral, therefore, that THE ORKVILLE ENQUIRER should also be ne of the most popular. Ninety per cent, of tie families in the county desire It as a reguir visitor to their homes, and all those who an afford it, may reasonably be looked upon s probable subscribers. One of the most seious drawbacks, probably, Is the inconvenrnce of writing letters, sending money and ttendlng to the matter of subscribing at the roper time. It is this fact that makes it esecially desirable for us, Just at this time, to ecure the services of a large number of intelgentand energetic assistants, and to make it rorth their while to give the matter their ttentlon, we are making the liberal offers rhlch we will presently explain. The price of a single subscription one year i TWO DOLLARS. This is to the individual rho does not give his name to a clubmaker; ut sends it direct to tbls office. In clubs, owever, the Drice is only ONE DOLLAR lND SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS. That Is the rice which the subscriber pays the clubma:er, and the price which, under all clrcumtances, he is expected to pay us. Now to our repositions: THREE BIG PREMIUMS. The three leading premiums are a CARO,INA BUGGY, a ROCK HILL BUGGY, and MONARCH BICYCLE, for lady or gentlenan. The "Rock Hill Buggy" Is to be a uarter leather top. and the "Carolina" an pen buggy. Both vehicles are to be of the ery best grades manufactured by the respectire well-known establishments. The Bicycle ; to be of the highest grade manufactured by tie Monarch Cycle Company, and the Monrch wheel, as every wheelman knows, is rithout a superior. TERMS OF THE CONTEST. The clubmaker who returns and pays for tie largest number of subscribers?NEW AND >LD?will be entitled to the choice of the three bove described premiums. The clubmaker rho returns and pays for the largest number f NEW NAMES, will be entitled to second bolce. The clubmaker who returns the secnd largest number of names?new and old? rill be entitled to the third choice. In other rords, the first choice goes to the largest club; tie second choice to the largest number of ew subscribers; and the third choice to the econd largest club of old and new subscribers. OTHER PREMIUMS. In addition to the competitive premiums lentloned aboyej we also offer various other remlums ror ciuds conwimng spwmcu u timers of names, and propose to deliver the preitums whenever the numbers specified are eturned and paid for. Upon securing one remium?a watch or sewing machine, sayhe clubinaker will be at liberty to try for the ame thing again, or for anything else on the st, and if in the aggregate, by the 9TH DAY IF MARCH, 189b, he shall have succeeded In eturnlng and paying for the largest number t XEw NA>lEa, he will be entitled to the ECOND CHOICE of the thtee leading preniums mentioned above, Just the same as if e had not previously taken other premiums. Tow, then, read the list: For 60 Subscribers, Ve will give the clubmaker his choice of the Jllowing premiums, each valued at 825: A 'OUR DRAWER "ENQUIRER" SEWING 1ACHINE, together with all attachments; "HOUSEKEEPER'S" SET OF KNIVES, 'ORKS AND SPOONS, made by Rogers; a WALTHAM" WATCH In coin silver, dustroof case : a NO. 8 AUTOHARP, a BANJO, iUITAR, MANDOLIN, or VIOLIN. For 40 and Less Than 60 UBSCRIBERS, we will give the clubmaker is choice of the following, each valued at 815: PALTHAM WATCH, in open face silver ase; set of half dozen ROGERS BROS'. :NIVES and FORKS (12 PIECES): NO. 4 lUTOHARP, BANJO, MANDOLIN. GUIAR, or LOW ARM SINGER SEWING IACHINE. For 30 and Less Than 40 UBSCRIBERS, choice of the following, each alued at 810: NEW YORK STANDARD JEWELED WATCH in dust-proof case; 14K !OLD FILLED WATCH CHAIN, or HALF >OZEN TEASPOONS. HALF DOZEN TAII.ESPOONS and BUTTER KNIFE (13 PIEES). Address, L. M. GUIS'] October 23,1897. Vlasury's Railroad Paint rs THE BEST HOUSE PAINT in exL istence. It is the emblem of DURABILITY, and its use is preferred by all xperienced painters where a perfect job n expected and required ; and what is nore, I am selling it at a less price than nost dealers are asking for an inferior uaility of paint; but since I have such good article to offer to the public, it is rom the large sales that I expect to reaize my profits. If you are thinking of painting and rant to obtain the best results, use MASJRY'S RAILROAD PAINT. IT WON'T SCALE. IT WON'T CRACK! IT WON'T PEEL OFF. There are thousands of paints that are nferiorto MASURY'S; but not one sulerior. When you paint your buildings, se the best. I have had years of experi nee and it teaches me that MASUKY'S * my mascot. Sold at $1.25 a gallon ; the >est oil at 45 cents. See my color card and et me give you any other information lesired. T. B. McCLAIN, Yorkville, S. C. Raw or Boiled Linseed Oil only 45 cts. INSURE YOUR PROPERTY rX THE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE L INSURANCE C'0. It is as strong as he strongest. L. GEO. GRIST, Agent. ENQUIRER 1898. rw rnn nrnni c 11 run nunc :R, ENERGY AND CAPACITY It A POPULAR PMR. Vork, Good tain Pay LUABLE PREMIUMS. and a Monarch Bicycle the* Worker a Winner. AND KEEP AT IT. For 20 and Less Than 30 SUBSCRIBERS, we will give a NO. V/. AUTOHARP, valued at *7.50; or THE ENQUIRER and any mdnthly magazine or weekly newspaper published in the United States, for one vear. For 10 and Less Than 20 SUBSCRIBERS, a CONCAVE WARRANTED RAZOR, SILVER PLATED GRAVY LADLE. or an extra quality FOUR BLADED POCKET KNIFE, with name and address on the handle. Any of the articles mentioned would be a bargain at 12. . , For 6 and Less Than 10 SUBSCRIBERS, a "CLIMAX" WATCH, warranted for one year; an extra quality THREE BLADED POCKET KNIFE, or CHILD'S^ SILVER PLATED TABLE SET. Good values at 81.50. For 4 and Less Than 6 SUBSCRIBERS, a "YANKEE" WATCH, warranted for one year: "Siren" pattern BUTTER KNIFE, or TWO-BLADED POCKET KNIFE, with name and address on handle. And to Each Old Subscriber, The Yobkville Enquirer?TWICE-AWEEK?tilled with bright, fresh news from THE COUNTY, STATE, NATION AND WORLD, interring stories, Instructive mis- , cellaneous matters, and humorous selections,' explanatory editorials, etc. The paper will be held up-to its present nigh standard, and will* continue prompt, explicit, reliable, and, in short, the nest. To Each New Subscriber. The same as above except that If the paper Is COMMENCED NOW. IT WILL BE SENT UNTIL JANUARY I, 1889, without any charge for that portion of the time between now and January 1, 1897. It is understood, however, that if the subscriber foils to pay the clubmaker the subscription price, he wiU be due him for all papers that he may have received. By new subscribers, we mean tboee whose ' names were not on OUR BOOKS ON OCTOBER 1st, 1897. except we will not count as new subscribers, cases where the subscription may have been changed from the name of one i member of a fomlly to another. This is intended emphatically to mean new additions to our subscription list. ^ Note the Conditions. TWO SIX MONTHS SUBSCRIBERS at fl each, will be considered the equivalent of one ,? yearly subscriber at 81.75 and so counted. A subscription paid for two or more years in advance at 81.75, will be counted as one name for each year so paid. Clubmakers will be held personally responsible for the payment of all names returned by them. After a clubmaker has returned and paid for any name, he can. at anytime thereafter, discontinue the sending of the paper to the person for whom he has paid, and transfer the unexpired time to any otner person, provlded the person to whom the transfer Is desired was not a subscriber at the time the original name was entered on our books. No name will be counted in competition for a premium until the subscription price has been paid; nor will any premium be delivered until a satisfactory settlement has been made for all names returned by the clubmaker. Persons who commence making clubs will "* not be permitted to transfer their club to another cfubmaker's list after the names have been entered on our books. It is not necessary that the names on a club should all be at the same postofflce. Names may be taken at any number of places. Clubmakers are requested to send in names as rapidly as they secure them after October ? 23,1807. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sending them. We will be responsible for the safe transmission of money only when sent by draft, registered letter or money order drawn on the Yorkville postofflce. In sending names, write plainly, and give postofflce, county and state. All subscriptions will be discontinued at tho expiration or the time paid tor. A separate list will be kept for each clubmaker, who will be credited with each name sent, so that the number sent by any one person may be ascertained at a moment's notice. In case of a tie for either premium, two * weeks will be allowed in which to "untie." The time in which names may be returned under our propositions will commence now,23d day of October, 1897, and expire at 4 o'clock p. m., on Wednesday, ihe 9th day of March, 1898. r & SONS, Yorkville, S. C. T. W. SPECK. THE ENTIRE LAYOUT OF my Holiday Stock, offers a spectacle of unusual brilliance,. even for the sparkling season of Christmas. Do you want The Nicest Gift That u reasonable price will buy? someining imii can u? ,giveu mtu pride and accepted with pleasure. I lay myself out to suit you. Will unlimited choice, endless variety and economic prices suit you ? I can do it and Lay Out Competition By My Low Prices. No purae-pinching-prices, but figures just as reasonable as if my large stock gave me no pull on public patronage. Lay Out Your Money With me and lay 'in a bargain. But don't delay. Pickings go to the first and leavings to the last comers. Be in the front of the rush to my store. SPECK, The Jeweler. -1