?tttttunuu0 department.
Hasina The New Congrenmnn.
Martin Emerich, elected from Chicago
to the 58th congress, came to Wash/
, ington a few days ago to learn the
ropes. Representative McAndrews, also
a Chicago member, showed him
around and hazed him a bit.
They sat together in the house. Emerich
was much interested. Suddenly
McAndrews started for the door.
"Where are you going?" Emerich
asked.
^"Oh, I'm going out to the lobby."
"What for?"
"Why, there's an oil painting there
I want to have taken down and shipped
home."
"Oil painting!" said Emerich. "How
is that? How do you get an oil painting?'
"Why," McAndrews replied, "It's one
of the little perquisites we have."
"Hold on!'* shouted Emerich, excitedly;
"let me go, too. I want one."
Another visitor from Chicago was W.
W. Wilson, who will also be a new
member in the 58th congress. Representative
Mann had him in tow. As
they were sitting in the house a page
came in and laid a number of blue slips
of paper on the desk in front of Wilson.
"Sign 'em," said the page.
"Oh," said Mann, "sign them."
Wilson signed them. Then he asked
again: "What were those?"
"Why," said Mann, "those were the
receipts for your pay from March 4 to
December 1 next"
"Good God!" yelled Wilson, "I have
not got the money!" and he started on
a run after the boy.
It took the combined Illinois delegan/?n,rln/,a
Wr Wllonn that TTnpU
ilUU iV VVUTUIW AU* T T *>WV.. VMW. w ? - - w
Sam wouldn't cheat him, and that the
reason, he was asked to sign the receipts
was to make it possible for the
dlspursing officer to send him his money
each month during the congressional
reoess.?New vYork World.
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Petrified the Englishman Too.?
"Colonel Tom Ochiltree once upset Lord
Lonsdale when the latter was entertained
in New York on his" way home
from an expedition to Alaskst," said a
man who saw the fun.
"At a dinner given in his honor Lord
Lonsdale told many thrilling stories,
and an audible 'oh!' went around the
table when he finished telling of a petrifled
forest in Africa, in which he
found a number of petrified lions and
elephants. As the Englishman lapsed
into silence and the applause sank to
an echo all looked to Colonel Ochiltree
to defend his nationality and beat this
petrified lion story.
" 'Texas,' said the colonel after a
pause, 'has its petrified forests; but, although
they contain no petrified lions,
they are remarkable for having petrified
birds flying <Jver them.'
" 'Nonsense!' said Lord Lonsdale.
'That is impossible. Such a phenomenon
is contrary to the laws of gravitation.'
" 'Ah, that's easy explained,' responded
Colonel Ochiltree quickly. 'The
laws of gravitation down there are petrifled
too.'"
Taming a Bull.?"I hae heard
that ye can tame a wild beast -Jist by
- lookln' boldly in its e'e and never takin'
it awa' for an instant, but I dinna
believe it," said Bob Meekin.
"It's quite true, I assure you. The
human e'e can frichten the maist savage
animal," answered John Tamson.
"Did ye ever try it?" asked Bob.
"Of coorse, or I wadna be sae-certain
?> a boot it. Ye remember aboot two years
ago the farmer at Carseriggan used tae
keep a bull. It was the wildest beast
ever seen in dis part o' the country
and had nearly killed half a dlzzen
folk. Ae day as I was comln* over the
park the bull charged me. Well, after
ruainin' a wee blttock I jlst sat down
and glowered.lt out o' countenance. It
never offered tae touch me and went
away quite quiet."
"That was wonderfu", but where did
ye sit?"
"In the hoose, of coor&e, and looked
at it through the window while it stood
on the other side o' the road."?London
Answers.
Forcing the Pace.?George Gordon,
an old Scotchman of miserly habits, was
dying. A neighbor who was on friendly
terms with the old man's relatives
agreed to call on the ministef and beg
him to try to induce the old fellow to
make a will. The minister consented
and at length persuaded the miser to
allow a lawyer to be sent for.
By the time he arrived the old man
was rapidly sinking, but the will was
smartly drawn up and duly awaited his
signature. He was propped up in bed
and managed to write "George Gor?
Then he fell back exhausted.
An eager relative who stood by seized
the pen and stuck it in the dying man's
hand.
" 'D.* Geordie, 'd,* " referring to the
next letter of the signature.
The old man glared up wrathfully.
"Dee?" he snapped. "I'll dee when
I'm ready, ye avaricious wratch!"
Somebody Lied.?A certain woman
has a husband who has done such a
thing as to forget to do what his wife
had requested. The other evening
about 5 o'clock he came home, and she
went at him.
"John," she said, "did you tell that
expressman to come here this afternoon?"
"Yes, Mary," he answered meekly.
"Well, he hasn't come."
"Is that so?"
xes, li is. inuw, now au you accuuin.
for it?"
John gave the matter a few moments'
consideration.
"Well, my dear," he said finally
"either he's lying or I am, and so relieve
us both from your suspicions I'll
just step down to his place and
see what's the matter." And the charitable
John went to see the expressman.
Willing to Divide.?A Hartford
lawyer tells of a client in one of the
adjoining towns who had a farm to
sell. He had recently sunk a well on
it, and the job cost a sum, consequently
when he talked of disposing of his
property the well caused him considerable
anxiety. "How much do you ask
for the farm?" the lawyer asked.
"Waal, I'll tell yer," drawled the farmer,
"I'll sell the place for $700 with
the well, and I'll let it go for $600 without
the well."
3ttt?ceUanrou$ Reading. ;
FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That Is of More j
or Less Local Interest.
YORK.
Rock Hill Herald, February 21: Mr.
C. S. May's residence had a narrow es- 1
cape from destruction by fire Thursday
morning between 12 and 1 o'clock. He
was awakened by the furious barking of
his dog, a faithful mastafF, and at that
time his room was filled with smoke
and, he was stifled almost beyond
breathing. Making his way out of the '
house, he awakened his uncle, S. T.
Frew, living next door and hastened to 1
KAWIA ViQtf lArtolo/1 f Ko
me tuicaicucu living iiivjr ?w?%bu
fire In another room. They went to
work and put It out before the building
had been injured, but not until the
family's supply of summer clothing 1
had been destroyed. The loss is about
$125, covered by insurance. Mr. May 1
who has never been a believer in burnings
originating from rats and matches,
cannot account Mb the fire in his house
any other way....Death has cut down
a very excellent young lady. Wed- 1
nesday Miss Nora, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. D. W. Davis, who would have '
been 21 years of age next July, died
of consumption, the disease having
been contracted by her while waiting J
on a sk : friend several years ago.
Thursday her remains were interred
in Laurelwood cemetery Mr. Eli
Creighton, an aged citizen, living four '
miles east of this city, died Friday of 1
last week and was buried in Laurel- J
wood cemetery Saturday....7.There is
universal complaint about the irregut- 1
larity with which trains are run over
11 T1 i. au- > (
tne r>ouinern railway, n is mc cAtxption
for its Important trains to be on
time and the traveling public is thereby
very greatly inconvenienced and commercial
interests suffer as a conse- 1
quence. A reason for this condition is
furnished in the statement that there 1
is a scarcity of rolling stock. The com- *
pany, however, has recently placed or- '
ders with a number of car and locomotive
works for the immediate construe- 1
tion of 200 engines, 3,000 freight and
coal cafs and 60 passenger coaches, the
deliveries to be made at the earliest
possible moment. When General Manager
C. A. Ackert wen^ into the market
it was his desire to place the orders
with but few companies. On account
of the great demand for rolling stock,
he was compelled to divide the orders
among car and locomotive works all
over the country. Even with thia plan
he can get no assurance that the goods
will be delivered before the end of the
year, although he stipulated each must
be considered a rush order.
CHESTER.
Lantern, February 20: Mrs. Nancy
Moffatt died yesterday morning at 1 |
o'clock, at her home on Lacy street. :
She had become paralyzed and was apparently
at the point of death for a
week or two. Funeral services ?vas
conducted by Rev. J. S. Moffatt yesterday
afternoon at the A. R. church,
and the remains were buried at Old
Purity, by the side of her husband. Mr. '
David Moffatt, who died in 1886, and
her only daughter, Mrs. J. H. Simpson,
who died in 1894. Mrs. Moffatt was 82
fl t /lair a# Tonnorv Ckn tiraa a '
vuc uidi uaj vi vuii uai j *
daughter of the late John Torbet, an<J
was the last of her family. A brother-in-law,
Prof. David McCaw, is living
in Columbia, Tenn., at the age of
87. She leaves five grand-children and
five great-grandchildren. . The latter
with their mother live in Virginia.
The other grandchildren are Mrs. H.
E. McConnell and Miss Eunice Simpson,
of thi8 city, Mrs. J. R. Millen, of
Oklahoma, and David Moffatt Simpson^
who is at present in Washington D. C.
Mrs. Moffatt always looked young for
her age and retained remarkabl/e vitality
until near the end. She had a host
of friends who will miss her beaming
countenance and cordial greeting !
Mr. Joe Neely Hardin, of Capers
Chapel neighborhood, died Wednesday
and was buried yesterday, the Rev. J. !
M. Friday conducting funeral service.
Mr. Hardin had been low with con
sumption (or a long: time and his death j
was expected. He was about 57 years ,
old and was the father of an interest- ,
ing family, nearly all of whom are
grown. The information we have is
meager, but we hope to have more....
A 3-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. ;
D. H. Drum, of Wylie's Mill, was so
severely burnt Tuesday that it died
Wednesday. The body was buried
yesterday....Mr. M. D. Allen left town ,
Monday afternoon, but never reached
his home alive. Tuesday morning his (
horse was found grazing below the
Fishing Creek church ford, on the
Moore place, and his dead body was <
found lower down. It will be remembered
that there was a heavy rain that
evening. The ford is deep and it is
necessary to go up stream to cross in ,
that direction. It is supposed that he
was carried down by the force of the
current, and it was probably dark. Mr. ,
Allen leaves a wife and several children,
besides some grown children by a ,
former marriage. He was probably 50
odd years. old. Most of his life was
spent in this county, but he had been
living a year or more near Smith's in
York county.
LANCASTER.
Ledger, February 21: Mrs. Mallnda
Beaver, wife of Mr. Anderson Beaver
of the O. K. section, while returning
home Thursday afternoon from a visit
to her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Sullivan in
company with her grandson, Mr. Walter
Beaver, fell dead on the roadside
near Mr. Ervln RowpII'b nn/1 within
half a mile of her own home. She had
been In her usual health and It is supposed
she was stricken with appoplexy.
She was about 70 years of age
and leaves one son and four daughters
surviving her. She was a member of
the Methodist church at Tabernacle,
and her remains were interred there
yesterday after funeral services conducted
by her pastor, Rev. W. C. Winn.
The old home on the Caldwell
place four miles north of town, owned
by Mr. J. L. Poag and occupied by Mr.
J. Clark Robinson, was burned about
11 o'clock Thursday night. The origin
of the fire is not known. When discovered
the roof of the kitchen was all :
ablaze. Mr. Robinson lost all of his
household, and kitchen furnishings ex- 1
cept probably a trunk and a few quilts. 1
No insurance. Mr. Robinson is an industrious,
persevering, exemplary citi
zen and has the unbounded sympathy
of his many friends in his heavy loss.
The storm in this county last
Monday night was more disastrous
than we had learned at the time of going
to press Tuesday evening. In the
Pork Hill section It was very severe,
not only destroying timber and fences,
but unroofing a number of barns and
one dwelling. The cribs of Messrs
Henry Blackmon and Minor Ellis were
both blown down and the dwelling of
the latter was moved from its foundation
and unroofed, and he is confident
he saved -his life by running into the
yard and clinging to a tree. The barns
nt j. e. Blackmon. Jr., and Henry
Blackmon were both unroofed and
scarcely a tree was left standing on
wooded land of Messrs. J. J. Sims and
Jas. R. Blackmon. A party counted
over 200 large pine trees?the finest timber
in the Fork Hill section?blown
down In a small area. And so far as
injury to tlml?er .and fences is concerned
the same was the case In other sections
of the county. The new barn of
Mr. H. N. Sowell In town was leveled
with the ground, and the large new cow
barn on the Gregory-Ferguson stock
and dairy farm was moved from its
foundation about a foot and creeled at
one end. Mr. R. M. Jones' stables and
barn In the Jones' X Roads section
were also wrecked. He saw the stable
giving way and got his stock out before
the crash come.
GASTON.
Gastonia Gazette, February 20: Monday
night's storm, lifted the Presbyterian
church at Bessemer from its foundation
pid left it flat on the ground.
The building stood about four feet off
the ground. The tower was also slight
ly aamagea. Mr, j. x. opciiuer wcm.
down yesterday to see the extent of
the damage and make preparations to
repair the building. So far as can be
learned Bessemer City sustained no
other serious damage from the storm.
Wednesday's Charlotte Observer
Bays that Col. R. L. Abernethy, ov/ner
of the Open View Farms, lost a wallet
containing (450 Tuesday enroute from
River Bend to Charlotte or after his
arrival in Charlotte. Col. Abernethy
drove from his farm to Mount Holly, a
distance of five miles, Tuesday morning
and took the train there for Charlotte.
The wallet containing the money
was in his coat pocket. At last account
he had not succeeded in recovering
it Wednesday morning Superintendent
W. P. Eddleman, of the
county roads, returned to get Joe Page,
a Negro who escaped from-the county
convict camp about two months ago.
Page was sent up for stealing a suit
of clothes from another Negro and had
Berved the major part of an eight
months sentence when he skipped out.
His escape was made possible by his
being a trusty. He had just nnisnea
serving a short term on the chaingang
at Rock Hill when Superintendent Eddleman
got him Mrs. 'Sallie Wilson
McArthur, wife of Mr. Samuel McArthur,
died Wednesday morning Just
before 8 o'clock, aged 35. She had been
ill several weeks with peritonitis and
complications, but was believed to be
getting on well until Tuesday night,
when pneumonia set in and caused her
death twelve hours afterwards
About 2.30 o'clock Saturday afternoon,
Just a short while before quitting time
the workmen at the Gaston Iron works
were startled by the crashing sound of
falling timber. The large water tank,
holding between 15,000 and 20,000 gallons
of water and standing 40 feet from
the ground, had just been filled up.
One corner of the structure on which
the tank stands rests on the ground
near the edge of the well from which
water Is secured for the works. The
continued rains had softened the adjacent
ground to such an extent that the
walls bf the well gave way thus precip-r
Itating the tank, with its contents, on
the engine room. The tank crashed
through the roof and damaged the engine
to quite an extent. The fireman,
Mr. John Johnson, had a very narrow
escape and had he not been hurled
aside by a falling: plank, would probably
have been killed. Mr. J. Lawrence
BeaJ, the manager, was standing within
five feet of the engine, but escaped
Injury. The damage to the engine and
the building amounts to about $250.
The tank will be rebuilt at once.
THE PRESIDENT'S INVITATIONS.
In Washington Society They Are
Commands and Have Right of
Way.
William E. Curtis, writes in the Chicago
Record-Herald as follows: President
Roosevelt is creating a great
deal of commotion by his dinners, and
has alreadv made a heaD of trouble for
the hospitable people in this town.
Those who give fashionable dinners
find it necessary to send out the invitations'
three or four weeks in advance
in order to get the people they want,
and it is not uncommon for some of the
smart set to fix a list of dates at the
beginning of the season covering two
or three months and ask their friends
for those evenings. This is a great
satisfaction to everybody concerned,
and is becoming more and more the
proper form. A popular society woman
can turn to her engagement book today
and tell where she will dine every day
next month.
An invitation from the White House,
like an invitation from an emperor, is
a command and must be accepted.
No excuse, except death or sickness
will answer. Other engagements that
conflict have to be canceled. Hence
when the president sends out his invitations
only a few days in advance he
sometimes creates a great deal of confusion
by asking people who have already
promised to dine elsewhere.
One night last winter a senator and his
wife had invited twelve of the most
prominent men in both houses of con
gress, with their wives, to dinner. The
day before the hostess began to receive
notes, reading, "I am very sorry,
but my husband has just received an
invitation to the White House, and will
have to withdraw his acceptance from
your dinner tomorrow night." It so
happened that the president had made
out a list of people he wanted to dine
with him which included almost every
man that had wanted to attend the
senator's dinner, including the host
himself. The senator's wife summoned
every available man she could get hold
of over the telephone in order to fill
the vacant places at her table.
Only a few nights ago two menbers
of the cabinet were expected at a din- i
ner given in honor of the Russian am- t
bassador, when the president summoned
them to dine with him. One of
them frankly told his predicament and
was excused. The other -withdrew his
acceptance to the first invitation. A
certain senator had promised to take
dinner last Sunday afternoon with some
old friends who had invited half a dozen
people to meet him. Exactly three
hours before dinner time, he received
an invitation from the president over
the telephone, and was obliged to write
an explanation to his friends and ask '
them to excuse him. I
Not long ago one of the new members ]
of congress was requested to select the i
guests and fix the date for a dinner |
given in his honor. He did both, but i
the dinner was given without him. He i
was invited to the White House and <
had to go there instead. 1
Of course, the president does not I
know anything about the embarrass- <
ment and disappointments that ,he
causes, but if things get much worse
a new rule will have to be adopted, and
he will have to include in his Invita- ^
tlons the words, "If no previous en- (
gagement prevents."
M. Cambon, recently ambassador, of 1
France, was the victim of the most serl- ]
ous contretemps that was even caused '
by the president's dinners? He had in- ,
vited about twenty friends ?to dine !
with him at the embassy one night, J
and on the morning -of the same day
received an invitation to the White I
House. The members of the diplomat- 1
ic corps are naturally very punctillous
In observing their obligations to- ,
wards the president, and M. Cambon
was obliged to 'send notice to all of 1
his guests that hlB dinner must be .
postponed.
Sometimes this- thing is carried so
far as to be absurd. A fashionable
widow in this city has a daughter the
age of Alice Roosevelt ana on terms
of Intimacy with her. This lady had
Issued Invitations to a dinner party to
young people In her daughter's honor
and had made unusual preparations
for the event. .About two hours before
the time of the dinner, |her daughter
was called up on the telephone by
Alice Roosevelt who asked her to come
down to the White House to dine and
spend the evening, as the president and
her mother were going out to a cabinet
dinner at Secretary Hay's. This was
a dilemma, but so loyal was the fashionable
women to the social traditions
that she sent her daughter to the White
House and her own dinner was given
without the . "esence of the person in
whose honor it was intended. In the
meantime the two girls sat alone in
the big dining room of the president,
and then went to the sitting room upstairs
and spent the evening chatting
na cHria iiannllv rtn. Pf?or>le think this
is carrying courtesy a little too far.'
It is all very well to consider invitations
of the president as commands
and sacrifice everything else to accept
them, but the obligations to his daughter
are not quite so strong.
HISTORY OF RECONSTRUCTION.
I'rofemor In I'ntverNlty of Vlriclnln
Will Undertake the Great Work.
Prof. R. H. Dabney, professor of history
in the University of Virginia, has
undertaken the task of writing the history
of reconstruction in the south. In
furtherance of his plans he has asked
the co-operation of all persons having
accurate knowledge of any facts that 1
would throw light on that period.
Newspaper files, letter and contemporary
accounts are particularly: desired.
Prof. Dabney says:
, "It is impossible to enumerate all
#r? oto A c?a \ roH hilt It mOV
IIIC jviiius vi lacio uwou\.u| MWb %>
be stated, as a general guide to correspondents,
that any information will
be appreciated that will throw light,
for example, upon the economic condition
of the south in 1865; upon
the attitude of different social classes
toward each other; upon the extent
to which ante-bellum parti- :
sail political feelings revived; upon
the feelings of southerners toward :
the north and the Union, and toward
northern settlers in the south;
'upon the conduct of the Negroes,
and the feelings of the whites .
toward them in 1865 and afterward;
upon L.incoln'8 reconstruction policy
in certain states; upon the freemen's
bureau and its workings; upon north- :
ern teachers of Negro schools, and their :
treatment by the whites; upon the in- j
fluence of Andrew Johnson's policy ;
upon southern political action; upon
the motives of state legislatures in
passing the laws limiting the freedom
of Negroes; upon the workings of
these laws; upon the motives for rejecting
the 14th amendment in 1866; upon .
the exact methods of controlling Negroes,
wuether by deception, intimidation,
violence or proper personal in- '
fluence; upon the personal character- (
istics of the military commanders and
the civil officials of states, counties or
cities; upon the actual management of
financial, judicial and other affairs by "
the reconstruction governments; upon
the fraud or force employed, either for j
or against these governments; upon <
the effects of Johnson's impeachment ]
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WASHINGTON. D. C. WASMINOTO
lpon southern opinion; upon the Loyil
League; upon the Ku-Klux Klan, the
Knights of the White Camelia, and
similar organizatipns, either general or
ocal; upon election methods on both
sides at different dates, etc,
"The time has come when no man
need fear to speak out concerning the
methods by which the southern people
overthrew the reconstruction regime,
for the north no longer desires
to revive that regime, and many northerners
now understand and admit not
nnly that a radical policy of congress
was in many respcts a blunder, but
that no high-spirited people would
have hesitated to resist it tooth and
nail. Nevertheless, all correspondents
giving me information concerning
threats or acts of violence in which
they participated are, of course, assured
that their names will not be revealed
without their consent.?Washington
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LIBERAL PREMIUM
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SHOULD BE IN EVERY HOME.
The yorkville enquirer is
distinctively a York county paper,
edited and published for York county
readers. It Is the aim of the publishers
that the paper shall All a field that
is filled by no other paper. The first
importance is attributed to a correct
presentation of the local news qf York
county, giving especial attention to all
that Is of interest in the social, religious,
educational, agricultural, commercial
and industrial affairs of this immediate
section. Next after York county,
follows the same interest In the affairs
of the counties immediately surrounding.
After that, is published the more
important news of the state, the nation
and the world, all in a condensed, but
comprehensive form. The paper is issued
twice-a-week in order that its
readers may be kept In closer touch
with everv-dav developments, and each
Issue Is intended to contain a condensed
synopsis of all the more important
events current since the preceding issue.
The publishers give especial attention
to accuracy, comprehenslbility
and promptness, and try to make a taper
that will enable busy people to keep
correctly informed on the important
events of the day, without having to do
unnecessary reading. In addition to
close attention to the news, the literary
feature of THE ENQUIRER is also important.
It aims to instruct, entertain
and Inform. It seeks to present nothing
except of a wholesome, elevating
character, that will sustain the old and
inspire the young in the higher ideals
of life and duty. In all of the features
outlined. THE HNQUIRER* excels all
other South Carolina newspapers, and
has but few rivals In the entire country.
These results are the product of
years of experience and of ceaseless
toil, as well as of heavy expense, the
like of which is not approached by any
other weekly or semi-weekly newsaper
In the south. In printing only what
should be printed and leaving out what
should not be printed, it is without a
superior, and the highest ambition of
the publishers Is to continue to sustain
and upbuild the reputation the paper
enjoys in all its most praiseworthy features.
HOW TO GET IT.
The regular "subscription price of
THE ENQUIRER Is $2.00 per annum;
but as a special inducement to NEW
and OLD SUBSCRIBERS, we will enter
all names returned in clubs of TWO
or MORE, between OCTOBER 15.1902
and MARCH 11, 1903, at $1.75 PER ANNUM.
And as an inducement to clubmakers
to collect, return and pay for
these names, we offer a long list of valuable
premiums on the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth in full.
The first premium for the LARGEST
CLUB returned and paid for within the
time mentioned, is a HANDSOME
TOP BUGGY, the best that can be
made by the Yorkville Buggy Company
and valued at $62.50. and the SECOND
PREMIUM is the BEST OPEN BUGGY
made by the same company, and
valued at $50.00. Should the first premium
be won by a Rural Free Delivery
Carrier, and he should prefer It. we will
give. Instead, a MODERN FREE DELIVERY
WAGON of the most approved
make.
FOR FOUR NAMES.
A "Yankee" Watch, a Stylographic
Fountain Pen or a Three Bladed Pocket
Knife of good quality; or a 15 String
Zithem.
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A year's subscription to either one of
the following Magazines: McClure's
Ladies' Home Journal, Munsey, Argosy,
Cosmopolitan, Delineator, Saturday
Evening Post. Everybody's, Frank
Lesslie's Popular Monthly, or either
of the following: A "Champion" Stem
Winding Watch, a gold pointed Fountain
Pen, a four bladed Pocket Knife.
FOR SIX NAMES.
An "Eclipse" Stem Winding Watch,
King Repeating Air Rifle, a year's subscription
to The Christian Herald; or
a 22 String Zithern.
FOR EIGHT NAMES.
An Ingersoll "Triumph" Watch, a
L. M. GRIST'S SC
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1903.
rnji $0 DUD ANWTTM
luu <p& i mi niuiuiu
o or More Only
.75.S
TO CLUBMAKERS.
Guns, Rifles, Watches, 8ew[nives,
Magazines and Other
e Competition Is Free, the
y Good.
Columbian Repeating Air Rifle?works
like a Winchester?a fine Razor or a
Pocket Knife, a Rapid Writer Fountain
Pen?plain case: or a Hopf Model Violin
or an 8-inch Banjo.
FOR TEN NAMES.
.One year's subscription to THE
YORKVILLE ENQUIRER, a "Quaker"
Watch, valued at $2.50; a Hamilton
22 calibre Rifle?model 11; The Youth's
companion, one year; or a gun mourned
Fountain Pen; a good Banjo, Violin *
or Guitar.
FOR TWENTY NAMES.
Crack-Shot Stevens Rifle, a 10-ounce
canvas Hunting Coat, a No. 1 Ejector
Single Barrel Breech-Loading Shot
Gun, The Century or Harper's Magazine.
FOR THIRTY NAMES.
Either of the following: A Single Barrel
Hammerless Shot Gun; a fine 4x4
Kodak, a fine Toilet or Washstand Set,
or a Hopkins & Allen Jr., 22 Calibre
Rifle.
FOR FORTY NAMES.
A fine Mandolin, Guitar or Banjo, a
New York Standard Open Face Watch,
a W. Richards Double Barrel BreechLoading
Shot Gun, or a Low Arm Sing- ^
cr .Sewing Machine.
FOR FIFTY NAMES.
A Winchester or Colt's Repeating Rifle,
22 calibre; or a Baker Double Barrel
Breechloading gun.
FOR SIXTY NAMES.
A High-Arm Sewing Machine; or a
first-class Double Barrel Breech Loading
Shot Gun.
FOR NINETY NAMES.
A Batavia Hammerless Gun, 12 gauge,
furnished by H. & D. Folsom Arms
Co., of New York. A first-class gun
and fully guaranteed.
SPECIAL CLUBS t
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We will arrange to furnish any special
article desired by a clubmaker for
a given number of names on application
to this office.
TIME TO BEGIN.
The time for clubmakers to begin
work in competition for 4he foregoing
offers is RIGHT NOW. Let all names,
whether old or new, be returned as rapidly
as secured, so they may be properly
entered upon our books.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
TWO SIX MONTHS SUBSCRIBERS at ?1
each, will be considered the equivalent of one
yearly subscriber at 91.75 and so counted. A
subscription paid for two or more years In advance
at $1.75, 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 clubraaker 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
vlded 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 pride has
been paid; nor will any premium bedellvered
until a satisfactory settlement has been made
for all names returned by the clubmaker.
Persons who commence making clubs will
not be permit ted to transfer their club to another
clubmaker'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.
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
Yorkvllle postofflce.
In sending names, write plainly, and give
postofflce, county and stale.
All subscriptions will be discontinued at the
expiration or the time paid lor.
A separate list will be kept for each clubmaker,
who will be credited with each nan e
sent, so that the numt>er sent oy any one person
may beascertalneJ 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,
and expires at 4 o'clock p. 111., on Wednesday.
the lltli day of March, 1903
After the closing of this contest on March 1J,
1908, no single yearly subscription will be received
for less thun the yearly subscription
price of$2.0J, except new clubs are formed.
>NS, Yorkville, S. 0.