Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, February 27, 1901, Image 4
tumorous department.
KENTUCKY GAME LAW.
Mr. Frank P. Ingram has sent the
Baltimore Sun, from Louisville, Ky., a
card that is having a large circulation
in Kentucky. Here it is:
NEW GAME LAW FOR KENTUCKY.
Plain citizens may be shot from January
1st to December 31.
Senators, governors and members of
congress may be shot during any political
campaign or within 60 days
thereafter.
Niggers may be shot at any time.
Hunters in search of this game are allowed
to use a stuffed club or a butch- :
er knife.
If any man is caught drinking water, i
it is a sign he is no gentleman, sah! i
and may be executed with whatever
weapon may be at hand. Colonels may
be shot with impunity at any time,
while a squirrel gun is recommended
for majors and captains.
No man shall be allowed to kill in
excess of six persons a day. In case
of honor this number may be increased
to 10k.
Every citizen who does not tote the
remains of his victim from sight within
48 hours from the time the first volley
is fired will be fined one (D) gallon
of moonshine.
Any citizen who steps on another's
toes may be shot, with the privilege of
apologizing thereafter.
If a citizen leaves home half shot
and is found on the street a short time
thereafter full of buckshot, that is his
fault and his relatives are not allowed
to shoot more than 17 suspects in their
efforts to find the guilty person.
OBEYED ORDERS.
One of the officials of the road had
invited a party of gentlemen to take a
little pleasure excursion over a part of
the line on his private car. Before the
appointed day he was taken sick and
called in his chef and commissary.
"Eph," he said, "I have asked these
friends and can neither go with them
nor disappoint them. I want you to
give them the best there is in the larder
and see that it is served as well as
it would be at the best hotel in the
world."
Eph scratched his head and locked
troubled, but simply said, "Yes, sah.'
On the return several of the gentlemen
congratulated the official upon
having such a "man," and one or two
intimated that if Eph ever wanted another
position he would have no trouble
in securing it.
Finally Eph reported. "It wa' a
great outin, sah," he assured his employer.
"Yas, sah; dat's right, sah; a
stupendiflcious outin, sah. De gem'men
all done me proud, and I tell 'em It
wa' you, sah."
Then Eph showed the bill, and it was
a stunner for length and amount. He
stood hat in hand until the official said:
"Pretty steep, Eph; pretty steep.
Nothing left out and nothing but the
best."
"Dat's right, sah. I was fusticated
mos' to deaf, sah, but I jes' says to
myself, sah, dat dey was no greater
epicac in de lan dan you is, and I
bought and cooked and served, sah,
jes' like it was you."?Detroit Free
Press.
Wouldn't Be Outdone.?"John,"
said Mrs Croesus, thoughtfully, "everybody
in society seems to think a lot of
geneaology in these days."
"Jennie what?" exclaimed John, ,
Innlfinp* nn from hi<a pvAnlnc nnner
?--o ? ? w? ..?/ i
"Genealogy," repeated Mrs. Croesus.
"What's that?"
"I don't exactly know," replied the
good dame. "But I think It's a tree of
some kind?at least, I've heard some
ladies refer to it as a family tree."
"Well, what of it?" asked.
"Why, it seems to be a sort of fad,
you know, and every one who is anyone
has to have one."
"Buy one, then," he said irritably.
"Buy the best in town, and have the
bill sent in to me, but don't bother me
with the details of the affair. Get one
and stick it up in the conservatory, if
you want one, and if it isn't too large
we?"
"But I don't know anything about
them."
"Find out, and if it's too big for the
conservatory, stick it up on the lawn,
and if that isn't big enough I'll buy the
next lot in order to make room. There
can't any of them fly higher than we
can, and if it comes to a question of
trees I'll buy a whole orchard for you." ,
?Philadelphia Inquirer.
Some Childish Humor.?Here are <
some specimens of childish humor from <
the Chicago News: <
"Oh, mamma!" exclaimed 4-year-old ]
Flossie, as she observed the moon in
its second quarter, "come and look at i
the moon. Half of it is pushed into i
the sky, and the other half is sticking ]
out." j
Tommy, aged 5, had been busy <
whittling, and managed to raise a blister
on his hand, which caused a slight j
break in the skin. Running to his ,
mother, he showed it to ner and said, ^
"Mamma, I guess I'm beginning to ;
wear out."
"Did they sing any pretty songs at
Sunday school?" asked a mother of her
little 4-year-old daughter upon her return
home. "Only one," replied the
little miss. "It was something about
"Greenland's ice cream mountains."
Papa?Well, Willie, have you been a
good boy today?' Small Willie?Did
you ask mamma? "Why should I ask
her? Don't you know whether you
have been good or not?" "Yes, but 1
mamma's idea of goodness differs from
mine, and I don't want to go back on
anything she says."
Sir William B., being at a parish
meeting, made some proposals which
were objected to by a farmer. Highly
enraged, he said to the farmer, "Sir, '
do you know that I have been at two
universities, and at two colleges at
each university?" "Well, sir," said the '
farmer, "what of that? I had a calf '
that sucked two cows, and the obser- 1
vation I made was. the more he sucked l
the greater the calf grew."
Jbw' A young wife who lost her hus- 1
band by death, telegraphed the sad 1
tidings to her father in these succinct 1
words: "Dear John died this morn- t
ing. Loss fully covered by insurance." <
-Wayside (Sathcrings.
tS' Vermont exhibits 12 living- ex-governors.
&v' Potatoes were introduced into
Ireland in 1589.
X3T There is a village called A B C in
New York state.
?& There are more republics in the
world than monarchies. 2,
i3T Nothing except the mint can
make money without advertising. (
tsr "Learn to labor and to wait." Do
nnmno fi rot
UUl lUIgCl Iliac iauv? vvai?g aiiwv*
tsr The output of rice for this season
in Eastern Texas is not less than
30,000 tons.
tsr if we have good in us it is sure to
come to the surface whenever it has an
opportunity.
tsr Do not tell what you are going to
do; if you do not do it, the people will
laugh at you.
tss- There was never but one original
man, and that was Adam. The others
are imitations.
tsr The silk Industry of China employs,
it is estimated, from 4,000,000 to
6,000,000 people.
tsr Education is a good thing when it
does not directly unfit a man for working
for a living.
tsr Last year 7,798 cases of smallpox
were reported in the United States, as
against 2,487 in 1899.
ts* The use of tools does not wear
them out so rapidly as do the sun and
rain, rust and exposure.
tsr To the end of the world the most
delightful people will be those who
mind their own business.
tsr The leading poultry man in a
thriving North Missouri town answers
to the name of Henry Coop.
tS' A New York man made over all
his property to his wife. She eloped,
and he is now in the poorhouse.
t& If some men could only be convinced
that it pays to be good, they
couldn't be kept out of church with a
e-un.
*3" "Papa, "'hy do we wish people a.
'good appetite;' but not a 'good
thirst?'" "Because that isn't necessary
?"
S& Of the 16,000 people belonging to
the Creek Nation, according to the
latest report, no less than 6,000 are Negroes.
t3T Chicago has a frontage of 22 miles
on Lake Michigan, and a navigable
frontage on the Chicago river of about
23 miles.
S3r' Thomas R. Jones, a reported crank
of Wilkesbarre, Pa. has applied for a
divorce on the ground that his wife
has cold feet.
ssr Marriage seems never so much a
failure to a man as when something
goes wrong at home that he can't possibly
blame on his wife.
S3T No man need expect to play on a
golden harp in heaven who only contributes
to the church collection on a
inuuin iiunuuiiiua uasid.
42T A fiber company at Lockport, N.
Y., is preparing to manufacture gun
stocks of fiber, with a view of lightening
the weight of the present rifle.
SST Thft Egyptian fellah is apparently
the worst taxed man in the world.
Even on the palm-tree, which gives
him food and shelter, he pays 50 cents
a year.
tar There are two classes of things in
the world that it is unwise to fret
about: First, the things which cannot
be helped. Second, the things that can
be helped.
tsr The editor of Burke's Peerage,
London, says that he receives more inquiries
about questions of precedence '
from the United States than he does ;
from England.
?3T All lack of love, all difference to
Dthers, all sharp, hasty, judgments, all
temper, touchiness and irritation, all
bitterness and estrangement, have j
their root in pride. ;
Chief Justice Lore, of Delaware, j
tvho has had 40 years' practical experience
in dealing with criminals, de- ,
:lares that the whipping post drives J
criminals out of the state.
?3" "Hold your tongue for a fool!" (
ivas the polite recommendation of an '
Irish husband. "Sure, then, you're
?oing to spake yourself!" was the
equally polite reply of the wife.
tsr What do you thing of a man who | J
evil 1 at the table, tell the Lord he T*
thankful for the things before him, but \
as soon as he says "Amen," will begin
storming about the cooking?
?5" Another new religious sect has
been started in New York. They
:all themselves the Babists, and follow
the teachings of one Abbas Effendl,
whom they hold to be a son of God.
S3S" The kindly treated horse is the
gentle horse; the gentle horse is the
safe horse; the safe horse is the highest
priced horse, other things being
equal, and is the kind treatment coined
Into dollars.
Hyndham Spencer Portal, who has
recently been created a baronet, is
the head of a family which, since 1724,
has had the exclusive privilege of making
the banknote paper for the Bank
of England.
On a peace footing, the military
power of Russia consists of 710,000 infantry,
42,000 engineers and 39,000 department
troops. The reserves number
2,700,000. There are 74,226 troops on a
war footing.
There are now in operation in
Italy in the cotton industry over 20,000
looms and more than 3,000,000 spindles.
Italian made cotton goods are
now largely exported, especially to
South America.
iiT No less than 140,000 homes are held
free of debt by Southern Negroes.
They have been estimated at an average
value or $140,000,000. The holdings '
of personalty by the race are probably
worth more than the realty.
?& The California orange crop is far '
exceeding the preliminary estimates. *
More car loads have been shipped from
the southern portion of the state up to
rlntn thnr. in on 1 f 11 '
ua ic uiau m a.11 cijuai wi unit:
in any previous year.
Queen Victoria's childhood was
much the same as that of other children,
and it is interesting to note that
she was the first member of the royal
family to be vaccinated, having undergone
the operation when a mere infant.
id!' Visitor (at the jail)?Poor poor
man ! May I offer you this bunch of
flowers? Man behind the bars?You
have made a mistake, miss. The feller
that killed his wife and children is in
the next cell. I am here for stealin' a
:ow. 1
lotte Tt.Mt. Charlie Spencer attended
mardi gras in New Orleans Miss
Mary Schorb, of Yorkvllle, is visiting
at Mrs. John Black's Major A. H.
White visited Columbia this week on
State fair business Mrs. R. Brandt,
of Chester, spend Thursday with Miss
Annie Stevens Mrs. John H. Hardin,
of Richburg, is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Brown Miss Carrie
Neisler is at home from Spartanburg
for a short while An enemy is a
man that injures you and then refuses
to forgive you Miss Malona
Tillman, daughter of Senator Tillman.
. /
^tiacctliineous grading.
FROM NEIGHBORING CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That Is of More or Less
Local Interest.
YORK.
Hickory Grove Sun, February 23:
Air. D. J. Smith exhibited some speciments
of a very rich brown ore in Hickory
Grove a few days ago. He said it
was worth about $25.00 per ton. Mr.
Smith is very much interested in the
development of the gold ore deposits in
this country and expects to spend
some time and money in opening mines
for sale, in the near future Miss
Mary Whitesides, a beautiful young
lady of Smyrna, was the guest of her
cousin, Miss Anna Whisonant, several
days the first, of this week Dr. R.
B. Hunter, of King's Mountain, N. C.,
was in attendance at the Pressly-McDill
wedding Wednesday, in company
with Dr. J. C. Patrick The 28th of
February is the last day for paying
taxes without the 50 per cent, penalty.
nnTi't fnreet it The seating capac
ity of the A. R. P. church was all taken
up last Wednesday afternoon by relatives
and friends to witness the Pressly-McDill
marriage i^rMessrs. Felix
and Daniel Dover, of Grover, N. C.,
were in Hickory Grove Tuesday, on
business Miss Louise Barber,
who has charge of the primary department
of the graded school, attended
the County Teachers' association in
Rock Hill last Saturday... L*. Mrs. J.
B. Drennan, of Richburg, S. C., spent
last week in Hickory Grove, with her
father, Rev. J. B. Marlon and family.
Mrs. R. J. Whisonant, of Blacksburg,
has been visiting relatives in
Hickory the past few days. Lf.i.E. F.
Bell, who is teaching school, visited his
family in Hickory, recently Rev. J.
H. Simpson, superintendent of the A.
R. P. orphange, went to Rock Hill on
Monday Miss Julia Simpson, of
Rock Hill, visited Hickory this week.
She was the guest of her relatives,
Rev. J. H. Simpson and family
J. B. Martin went to Rock Hill Tuesday,
on business.
Rock Hill Herald, February 23: Mr.
Harrison, the smallpox patient, having
recovered entirely from the disease
and there being now no danger of
contagion from him, was discharged
from the smallpox hospital Thursday.
? J1 iir
He was connneu mat uuuuaj
weeks ago Every one is delighted
that the street lights are on again at
the usual time. For sometime the
dynamo had been out of fix, and we
had to go in the darkness; but now we
are walking in the light....The annual
report of the secretary of state shows
that in connection with the York poorhouse
there are 476 acres of land, valued
at $5,700. Number aided last year,
58: white, 43; colored, 15. Average
weekly cost, 70 cents; total net cost,
$1,500. Farm yielded $1,300 Mr. T.
C. Thompson will be remembered as
the contractor who built Winthrop
college nearly to its completion. He
has the contract to erect Lancaster's
million dollar mill, and has gone to
that town with his bookkeeper, C. H.
Hutchison, and his stenographer, Miss
Love../T>>Dn Thursday afternoon, near
this city, Miss Emma, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Oates, was married to
Mr. Wilson Huey, by Rev. J. L. Oates.
There were no attendants. After the
marriage Mr. Huey and his bride drove
to the home of the mother of the
groom, where they will reside for the
present The body of the Roseborough
child that was drowned in
Fishing Creek, during the last fall, was
found two miles below the point of
drowning by Tom Knox on the 19th
instant, lodged under the roots of a
tree and in shallow water. The child,
It will be remembered, fell off a foot
log where it had been left by the mother
while she went to the bank to leave
her infant, intending to return for the
little one that was drowned. Prolonged
search was made at the time for
the body; but no trace was discovered.
We could not learn whether an inquest
svas held or not.. ,/v^Mr. Morris Oohb
visited Charlotte, Friday Miss Addie
McArthur, of Gaffney, a former Win
tnrop scuaeni, is visuing m iu?n
Kliss Mary Joe Witherspoon, one of
Yorkvi lie's most charming young lalies,
is visiting Mrs. R. E. Tompkins.
The Martha Washington party, at
the home of Major T. C. Beckham,
Thursday night, was a very delightful
success A commission for a charter
has been issued to the Chicora
Cotton mills, of Rock Hill. The corporators
named are: Isaac S. Cohen, F.
Q. O'Neill and Nathaniel Israel, all of
Charleston. The capital stock of the
company is to be $60,000. This looks
to the organization of a company to
iperate the old Crescent Cotton mill,
recently bought by the bondholders.
We were misinformed in regard
to the statement made in our last
issue that the only source from which
ivater could be obtained by the department,
with which to fight the fire at
the Highland Park mill, was the tanks
m the buildings. The fact Is, no water
was obtained from the tanks, but
from the company's reservoir, where
there was an unlimited supply of water
M-ryj. S. White has secured
the plan /for a brick building whose
?rection will be commenced at an early
late on the vacant lot on Main street
opposite the library. The building will
tie 56 feet wide by 100 feet deep, and
ivill be divided into two store rooms
if equal width. Running back onetialf
the length it will be two stories
in height Mrs. W. R. Tillman,
wife of the late W. R. Tillman, of Van
Wyek. spent several days in town this
week prospective of making Rook Hill
her home.Miss Eva Butler, niece
:?f Capt. R. E. Tompkins, of this city,
was married last Monday in Gainesville,
Ga., to Mr. John Middleton MaulJin,
of Gainesville. Mrs. Mary
Heath, of Fort Mill, mother of Messrs
R. D. and O. P. Heath, and Mrs. Aman:1a
Belk, of Fort Mill, celebrated her
13d birthday on Tuesday last Mr.
[\ L. Gettys, u prominent citizen of
liastonia, died Monday night from
smallpox. He took the disease by gong
to the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Summey, to nurse her Mrs. JOa
Fewell has returned from a visit to
Sumter Mr. E. B. Mobley visited
Lancaster county this week Miss
Lottie Blake is visiting relatives in
Barium Springs Miss Pauline Davis
has returned lrom a visit to Char
is visiting friends in the city...Miss
Fannie Beckham was expected home
last night after an extended visit to
Florence Early gardeners were at.
work this week, but the return of winter
brought their operations to a close
Tuesday afternoon....Miss Ada Heath,
of Charlotte, passed through the city
Wednesday, going to Lancaster to visit
her sister, Mrs. C. D. Jones The
child of Mr. Branson, sick with diphtheria,
having entirely recovered, was
discharged by the physicians Thursday
Mayor W. H. Hardin, of
Chester, was in the city Thursday,
and called at The Herald office, but to
our regret, we did not meet him
Mrs. J. E. Parker has been sick since
last Friday. A few days ago her condition
was very serious, but she is now
much better Travelers along the
railroads say that nearly all the plowing
that has been done so far is in
preparation for the coming cotton
crop Capt. Allen Jones was in the
city yesterday adjusting the insurance
losses by the recent fire. He is much
otAiitar tVion rnhun wa qa w him last.
CHESTER.
Lantern, February 22: Mr. B. P. Miller,
of Charleston, arrived in the city
yesterday, to accept a position with
the C. & N. W. railroad, as assistant
auditor. His wife accompanied him
and they are boarding at Mrs. Campbell's
Rev. H. C. Buckholz returned
Monday from a tour of churches in
the interest of foreign missions. He
delivered three addresses during the
state convention of the Y. M. C. A., at
Sumter. Of course this had nothing to
do with his mission work Mrs. R.
Brandt is spending a few days with
her parents up at Sharon We learn
that the store of S. T. Proctor, at
Richburg, was burned this morning between
3 and 4 o'clock. Our information
is that th^e was $2,000 insurance
on the property.\ We have not heard
what was the amount of the loss. The
fire is thought to have been incendiary.
.Encouraging words come from
Washington in respect to the agitation
for good roads. ^It is now expected
that congress will authorize an appropriation
of $150,000, which will be used
for certain stretches of well made thoroughfares
that will serve as models.
Among the greatest people of history
the old Romans were the hest roadmakers.
It must be admitted with
sorrow that the Americans have always
been among the worst Some
months ago we made mention of Mr.
John Frazer's barn building on the
Hamilton place. The Whites, Walkers,
and McAlilleys are also preparing in
earnest to stay in th% business of feeding
an increasing riUmber of stock liberally
out of their own barns. Mr. M.
E. White built a large new barn perhaps
a year ago, and he has built another,
so as to have one for horses and
mules and another for stock. We understand
that the McAlilley boys?who,
by the way, are taking a place among
the best farmers?either have built or
are about to build a spacious barn,
and Messrs. Fred and Jim Walker are
going to have two, one in town and
the other at the Douglas place. Mr.
W. Y. White is building a barn now,
which he says will eclipse all the rest.
Mr. J. G. L. White is also making improvements
about his place. These
are all adjoining farms, and the extensive
improvements indicate prosperity,
as well as a purpose to emphasize
something else besides cotton
on the farm Mr. D. W. Steedman
died yesterday about 2 a. m., at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. I. N. Cross,
in this city. He had been suffering
with grip when he came to town a few
days ago, but seemed to improve until
the evening before, when he became
worse, and he died at the time stated
from heart failure. Funeral services
were conducted by the Rev. T. E. Mor- 1
ids at Mr. Cross's residence at 11 o'clock i
and the body was taken to Capers's
Chapel for burial. Mr. Steedman leaves 1
two daughters, Mrs. I. N. Cross, of i
Chester, and Mrs. J. P. Culp, or lias- *
tonia, and three sons. They are all
here to day except one son, who is In 1
North Carolina and could not get here 1
In time for the funeral. Mr. Steedman <
is a native of York county. He lived
some years In Alabama, then returned '
and has since lived near Harmony, in
this county. He was in his 66th year.
GASTON.
Gastonia Gazette, February 21: In
the death of Mr. Eli H. Withers, which .
occurred last Monday night at his
home, about three miles from Dallas,
[the county loses one of its oldest and |
[ most widely known citizens. About
78 years old, he had been in failing '
health for some months Few men !
can say what Mr. Hugh Rankin can, !
that he worked for a man five years
without a bargain. Mr. J. B. F. Riddle,
was the other party to the bargain
that didn't exist. Mr. Rankin ran Mr.
Riddle's mill for him that way in days '
long ago. and did it so satisfactorily ]
that Mr. Riddle refers to him as "one .
of my boys." Misses Sue and Pearl ,
Gallant visited in Yorkville last week.
While there both of them stood the ,
teachers' examination. Miss Pearl is
succeeding nicely with her school at
Bullock's Creek A pocketbook
with an interesting history is the property
of Mr. J. B. F. Riddle. He showed
it to us Tuesday, saying, "I'll be 72 tomorrow
and it's older than I am." In
the 30's and 40's the old pocketbook
made trips to Columbia and had many
up and downs in camp. We were happy
to notice that it appears to be as
fat and plump in its old age as it ever
was and really doesn't appear to be
over five or ten years old Through
Mr. A. G. Mangum, as attorney, a colored
man near Belmont, has brought
suit for damages against the authorities
of St. Mary's. The plaintiff alleges
that the college authorities, in the t
night, brought to his home and left {
there a patient who had smallpox, j
The plaintiff and his wife contracted (
the disease, which caused the death of 1
the wife, and greatly afflicted the
plaintiff While he usually wears
his shoe on his foot, Col. R. N. Wilson
came to town one day last week
wearing his foot on his shoe. 'What's
the trouble, colonel, that you are limping?"
was the inquiry of his friends.
"Cut my foot with an axe," was the
colonel's quiet answer. "Something a
little curious about it, too," he continued,
"on the 12th of February, 40 years
ago I cut the little toe of my left foot
and with this whack on the 12th I cut
the big toe of my right foot?just 40
years apart to a day. I believe I have
chopped more wood than any other
man in the county and these are the
only times I ever cut myself with an
axe." The coincidence is a curious one
and this recollection on the part of Colonel
Wilson is another illustration of
his well-known remarkable memory
for dates Last Thursday afternoon,
about 2 o'clock, Tom Johnson, a
Negro working on the streets under
Mr. R. L. Davis, fell to the ground and
died within Ave minutes. He was
seemingly in good health at the time,
and had made no complaint of being
sick.
UNION.
Times, February 22: Dolphus Gore,
one night last week, heard something
in his lot, and took a light to invest!-;
gate. While In the lot someone fired
at him with a shot gun. He ran to his
house and received another load as he
was running. His legs and hands are
pretty well filled with shot. This is the
same Negro who had a bundle of
switches left at his door last summer,
and who posted a notice that he could
be found at home by any one who
wished to see him. Dolph thinks he
knows who the parties are who shot
him, and he is going to see what can
be done about it We think there
was one act passed at the recent session
of the legislature that should be
vetoed by Governor McSweeney, and
that was the act repealing the law
against the use of free passes by the
representatives and senators. Might
as well furnish them with their drinks
as free passes Aunt Charity Worthey,
colored, living on the Mrs. A.
Knight place, now in charge of Mr. W.
F. Bobo. is, according to the best information,
about 105 years of age. She
was born in Washington county, Maryland.
She came to Union in her young
days and stayed several years. She
was taken to Alabama where she remained
several years and was brought
back to Union in 1830, and belonged to
th<? Wnrthv famllv until freedom. She
Is possessed of an excellent memory,
and without any education, can converse
intelligently of bygone days. She
is as spry as a cricket and appears to
be good for another decade. She remembers
four wars, but cannot remember
the names of them all. She
has often crossed Harper's Ferry while
living in Maryland. Her people used
to haul tobacco to Baltimore, crossing
the ferry on the trip. Aunt Charity is
a devout Christian colored woman, is
of a kind hearted nature and a cheerful
disposition, and has many white
friends in the community in which she
lives For several months past one
of our cotton buyers has been receiving
notice that his cotton was weighing
up short at destination. As he
shipped by weights furnished by the
sworn cotton weigher at this place, lie
could not understand the shortage. He
began to look around for the trouble,
and on Saturday he noticed a Negro
with an empty basket going to the cotton
weigher's platform, and decided to
watch what he did. Two spotters secreted
themselves on the platform and
caught the Negro in the act of pulling
cotton from the bales. The Negro was
allowed to fill his basket and start off
with it when he was arrested and carried
to Jail. It developed that he was
going to sell the cotton. He said that
he was told to do it by the cotton truck
hand, John Palmer. An investigation
followed, showing that Palmer had
been sellng a quantity of clotton to the
mattress factory, claiming to have
picked It up as waste cotton, sending
tickets with weight and his signature
for which he received the money. John
was arrested and put in Jail, where he
Implicated the cotton weigher, saying
that they were both in the mess. The
books at the factory showed that the
tickets before Christmas did have the
cotton weigher's name signed to them,
and the total amount sold up to Christmas
was some 800 pounds. The stealing
has continued until the total
amount runs up to some 1,300 pounds,
as shown by the books at the factory.
The cotton weigher was approached by
the father of John on Monday and told
that he must get the thing settled up
or he would have him arrested. Mr.
Turner, the weigher, found out what
amount It would take to settle it. The
Negro's father said he would get up
half If Turner would get up the other
half. Turner told him to go to Sartor's
corner and wait five minutes and he
would get up the money and come to
him. The Negro went and waited some
hours, but Mr. Turner did not show up.
A warrant for his arrest was taken
out and the sheriff failed to find him
at his home and he has not been seen
since. The Negro is out on bond. This
Is a very bad scrape for a white man
to be mixed up in.
LANCASTER.
Ledger, February 23: On Tuesday
night last the residence of Mr. J. T.
Funderburk, of Dudley, together with
almost all his household and kitchen
furniture, was destroyed by fire. Mr.
? ?- _ ?o nnn ...itv, r?r>l\7
f unueruurii a iuss ia -po.wu, mn*
51,000 insurance on the house Mr.
Henry J. Mangum, of McAdensville,
N. C., formerly of this county, died on
;he 15th instant of paralysis. It. was
lis second or third stroke and he lived
lust five days after it came on him.
He was born in Chesterfield county Oc:ober
4, 1832, and was therefore a little
nore than 68 years of age Major
I. M. Riddle attended the meeting of
listrict stewards at Rock Hill Wedneslay.
He went from there to Yorkville
;o spend a few days at his daughter's,
Mrs. Mackorell's Dr. Thomas C.
Meal, of Mecklenburg county, N. C.,
'ather of Mrs. Chalmers Moore of
Heath Springs, died Saturday afterlocn,
at his home near Charlotte, N.
?. His death marks the end of a life
:hat was lived to good and noble purloses
and accomplished much.
ttv' The time to do a good thing is
,vhen you can. Unimproved opporunities
never return. If you find it
n your power today and here to help
i struggling soul, you are guilty before
jod if you fail to stretch out your
land. Tomorrow will be too late.
ULCERS
Old Sores W
Cancers Q
Thin, Diseased, Impure Blood. Bil up
Boils, Bating Sores, Scrofula, Knit
tions, Eczema. Itching and Burning Ski
Hid all Blood and Skin Humors cured.
Blood made pure and rich and all sore>
healed by taking a few bottles of Botanic
Blood Balm (B. B. B.). Sold at Drug
stores, large bottles, $1. Botanic. Blood
Balm (B. B. B.) thoroughly tested for 30
years. Cures when all else fail*. Try It.
Send 5 cents to pay ponlage on Free trial
Bottle. Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, (ia.
PAY UP.
NOTICE is hereby given to persons
whose names have been returned
by me as subscribers to THE YORKVILLE
ENQUIRER, that payment
must be made either to myself or at
THE ENQUIRER office, on or before
the 1st day of March, 1901.
W. McG. BAILEY,
Feb. 6 tf Olive, S. C.
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V particular we would be please
!!) work. We will guarantee to ?
work equal to the best to be hi
*\l fine Commercial work we solic
:| Law Printing ^
*%l Law printing is one of our s
lawyers that they will get pror
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The yorkville enquirer win
It has been In the past, and It will 1
support of York and surrounding coun
will permit. As heretofore It will contir
tlonal, religious, agricultural and indust
and the general welfare of all Its friem
entertain, instruct and benefit, conferrli
ing as little harm as possible. On th
solicit the continued support of its i
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along the same lines. The publishers <
such a paper as is demanded by the lni
be made at great expense. They realiz
co-operate on an equitable basis, and t
are soliciting subscriptions for the yeai
As has been the custom of the publl
to call upon those friends and well-wish
geniality in the work of re-collecting th
subscribers and adding to the mailing 1
subscribers as it may be practicable to
publishers expect to pay as liberally a
club system will be followed as hereto
pays for the largest club will be awarde
| that can be made by the Yorkville Bugg
who returns and pays for the second
OPEN BUGGY made by the same comi
be paid with premiums apportioned to
specific offers In detail:
FOK GO SUBSCRIBERS.
We will give the club-maker the choice
of the following articles?good values
at $25.00: A High Arm Four Drawer
Sewing Machine, latest improvements
and full set of attachments, etc; a Damascus
Steel Double Barrel BreechLoading
Gun; a handsome JWaltham
Watch; or $25.00 worth or f urniture
from W. B. Moore & Co.'s.
FOR BO AND LESS Til A N 00
| Subscribers, we will give the choice of
| the following articles: A T. Baker
Double Barrel Gun; a Winchester or
Colt Repeating Rifle; an Elgin Watch;
or a Cooking Stove.
FOR 40 AND LESS Til A .V GO
Subscribers, either of the following: A
W. Richards' Double Barrel Gun; an
open face watch; a fine Mandolin or
Guitar; a Low Arm Singer Machine;
or an Oil Stove.
FOR SO AN.I> LESS THAN 40
Either of the following: Single Barrel
Hamerless Gun; a fine 4x4 Kodak; a
fine Toilet or Wash Stand China Set;
or a Hopkins & Allen, Jr., Rifle.
"O l V/j LESS THAN SO
Subscribers, we will give THE ENQUIRER
and any Weekly Paper or
Monthly Magazine published in the '
United States; or a No. 1 Ejector Single
Barrel Gun; a Pocket Kodak; or t
any three popular Cloth Bound Books
that may be selected by the clubmaker;
or a "Crack Shot" 22-callbre Rifle. 1
FOIt lO AND LESS THAN SO 1
THE ENQUIRER for one year: a flne ,
Warranted Razor; or Pocket Knife. j
FOR ? AND LESS THAN 10
A Triumph Stem Winding and Setting ,
Watch; a 3-Bladed Knife; a copy of
"David Harum," or any other book of <
the !!ome price, ($1.50.)
FOR 4 AND LESS THAN (i <
A "Yankee" Watch; any Magazine '
published in the United States for jl.
FOIi 2 AND LESS THAN 4.
A Stylographic Fountain Pen; a Single \
Bladed Knife; a year's subscription to <
L. M. GRIST & S
CAROLINA & NORTH-WCjreiiB
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Schedule Effective Sept. 16, 1900.
Northbound Passenger Mixed
Leave Chester .... 7.40a.m. 8.30a.m.
Lv Yorkvllle 8.46a.m. 10.40a.m.
Lv Clover 9.14a.m. 11.30a.m.
Lv Gastonla 9.48a.m. 1.15p.m.
Lv Lincolnton ....10.45a.m. 2.45p.m.
Lv Newton 11.33a.m. 4.30p.m.
Lv Hickory 12.15a.m. 5.50p.m.
Arrive Lenoir .... 1.16p.m. 7.50p.m.
Southbound Mixed Passenger
Leave Lenoir 6.30a.m. 2.00p.m.
Lv Hickory 8.50a.m. 3.02p.m.
Lv Newton 9.20a.m. 3.02p.m.
Lv Lincolnton ..11.10a.m. 4.20p.m.
Lv Gastonla 1.12p.m. 5.30p.m.
Lv Clover 2.11p.m. 6.07p.m.
Lv Yorkvllle 3.20p.m. 6.40p.m.
Ar Chester 5.15p.m. 7.50p.m.
CONNECTIONS.
Chester?Southern Ry., S. A. L., and
L. & C.
Yorkvllle?S. C. & G. Extension.
Gastonla?Southern Ry.
Lincolnton?a. A. L.
Newton & Hickory?Southern Ry.
Lenoir?Blowing Rock Stage Line and
C. & N.
E. F. REID, G. P. Agent.
I Chester, South Carolina.
d Printing
if&A Imro id if tirnnM Ko in ontf
lilu ao ik vvv/uiu uv, 111 anj ?l ji*
especially well prepared to do ?*
,vill satisfy you. We do not do ?*?
t it and do not want it. But if *
k that will satisfy you in every ****
d to quote you prices on your \??
jive you a class and quality of
ad anywhere. For all kinds of ?[
it your business. **+?
pecialties and we can assure all
npt and efficient service if they ?*" m
\nd then, too, the price will be jfj[
Come and see us and we will *'??
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[)r The Yorkville
for 1901.
FOR $1.75.
Best Workers; But
illy Compensated
e and Effort
tided.
continue, during the year 1901, all that
je made as much better as the growing
ties and the abilities of the publishers
lue to devote Itself to the social, educarlal
upbuilding of the Piedmont section,
ds and supporters. It will endeavor to
rtg all the good in Its power and causls
platform Its publishers respectfully
jresent friends and well-wishers, and
cupie UL 11119 SCL11UU WI1U CUC VTV1 AIII5 ?
Qf THE ENQUIRER fully realize that
telligent public of this section can only
e also the willingness of this public to
his then, Is the basis upon which they
r 1901.
shers In the past, they again beg leave
era who may find opportunity and con;
names and subscriptions of all present
list of THE ENQUIRER as many new
gather. For this work, or course, the
s they possibly can. The competitive
fore. The clubmaker who returns and
>d A FINE TOP BUGGY, the very best
ry Company for $60; and the clubmaker
largest club, will receive THE BEST
>any and worth $50. Smaller clubs will
their number and value. Here are the
Black Cat or the People's Home Journal.
SPECIAL PREMIUMS.
In addltloi to the above we will
make special arrangements with persons
who desire to make up a club for
some special article not mentioned In
the above list?fixing a specified number
of names for the premium desired.
Any article mentioned In previous
premium lists will be given upon the
same terms.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
TWO SIX MONTHS SUBSCRIBERS at $1
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.
Clubniakers will be hejd personally reason
siuie iorine payment ui un names returned oy
them. Alter 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 other person, pro- N ^
vidcd 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 i
for all names returned by the clubmaker.
Persons who commence making clubs will
not be permitted to transfer their club to another
elubmaker'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.
All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at
the expense of those sending them.
We will be responsible for the safe transmlssion
of money only when sent by draft, registered
letter or money order drawn on the
Yorkvllle postofflce.
In sending names, write plainly, and give
postofflce, county and state.
All subscriptions will be discontinued at the
explrat ion of 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 commeuce NOW,
rind expires at 4 o'clock p. 111., on Wednesday,
the 6th day of March, 1901.
ONS, Yorkville, S. C. *