Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, November 17, 1903, Image 4
tumorous gfpartmrnt.
W-here He Crossed the Equator.?
As one of the very few occasions when
the wit of Rufus Choate was foiled,
an incident is recalled when that brilliant
lawyer was examining one Dick
Barton, chief mate of the ship Challenge.
Choate had cross-examined him
for over an hour, hurling questions
with the speed of a rapid-fire gun.
"Was there a moon that night?"
X C9, Oil
'Did you see it?"
"No, sir."
"Then how did you know there was
a moon?"
"The 'National Almanac' said so, and
I'll believe that sooner than any lawyer
in the world."
"Be civil, sir. And now tell me in
what latitude and longitude you crossed
the equator?"
"Ah, you are joking?"
"No. sir, I'm in earnest and I desire
an answer."
"That's more than I can give."
"Indeed. You a chief mate and unable
to answer so simple a question!"
"Yes, the simplest question I ever
was asked. I thought even a fool of a
lawyer knew there's no latitude at the
equator."?Success.
Prize Puzzle Contest.?In the puzzle
department of the Philistine for
July was this problem: A lawyer collected
for his client $467.50 and charged
5 per cent for his services; how much
did the client receive? Up to date
nine hundred and sixty-one answers
have been received, but only one is
correct, and that is the solution sent
in by Darwin G. Jones of Atlanta. Mr.
Jones works the matter out as fol
lows:
Let X equal the amount the client
expected to receive.
Let I equal the amount he actually
got.
Let N equal what he should have
received.
We then transpose the symbols according
to the law of calculus, and we
have the solution thus: NIX, which
is what the client got?the lawyer
having kept the whole amount he collected,
and charged 5 per cent for his
services, as stated in the original proposition,
sending his client' a bill for
$23.38.
This answer is correct and Jonesey
goes on the free list for 999 years.?
The Philistine.
Carried It too Far.?A Chicago millionaire,
George T. Cline, had an extraordinary
hobby. He was a connoisseur
of Irishmen, according to the local papers.
Though on himself he would
never spend more than 15 or 20 cents
a day, he thought nothing of buying
Irishmen sumptuous dinners, with
champagne, in order to hear them talk
in their musical brogue. An Irishman
once played Colonel Cline false. He
stole a pair of boots from him. Discovering
the theft, the millionaire pursued
the Irishman, overtaking him as
he was about to enter a pawnshop with
the boots in his hand. "These are my
boots; you have stolen them," said Colonel
Cline. "Sure it was only a Joke,"
said the Irishman. But the inexorable
millionaire hauled the thief before a
magistrate, and here again the man repeated,
"It was only a joke, your
honor." "Only a joke, hey?" said the
magistrate. "Well, Mr. Cline, how far
away from your house had he carried
the boots when you overtook him?"*
"Over a mile, sir," replied the millionaire.
"Held for court," said the magistrate.
"This is a case of carrying the
joke too far."
An Old Hunter's Advice.?Here is
the advice an old hunter gives to
those who may come in unexpected
contact with bad animals!
"If you are cornered by a snake
stand motionless and he will never bite.
"If a vicious dog attacks you show
him a knife or some similar instrument,
and he will keep out of reach.
A dog can never learn the deadliness
of a revolver or a gun, but unless he
has the rabies he knows how to respect
a knife.
"If a swarm of wild bees attacks you
stand motionless and let out all your
breath. Then only a few of the swarm
will sting."
This advice should be reversed at
sea. A man who is swimming in shark
infested waters is safe as long as he
kicks about and makes a great deal of
noise. The shark is too timid to approach
anything that looks as if it
meant to fight.
"What would you do in case you
were cornered by a cinnamon bear?"
some one asked the old hunter.
"Say my prayers," he answered laconically.
A Polite Prisoner.?The lady who
was visiting the jail had been much
impressed with the appearance and
KaV* r> i?1/vm ftP iUft wm! riftn r* nn n n V\ ft
uciia> iui \jl '.lie pucuncio, anu onv
took occasion to express her approval
to the warden.
"They seem as courteous as anybody,"
she si-id. enthusiastically, "even
if they don't say anything."
"Yes, they're polite enough," assented
the warden. "But I'm a little suspicious
of too fine manners."
"I don't see how you can be!" exclaimed
the lady.
"Well, I am," declared the warden,
"and I have been ever since one of
the smoothest of them broke out of
jail and left a note for me in which
he wrote, 'I hope you will pardon me
for the liberty I am taking.'"?Youth's
Companion.
Built of Yeas and Nays.?"Frankness."
said Speaker Cannon, "is an attribute
greatly to be admired. Frankest
man I ever knew was a ehap out
in Illinois who served several times
in the legislature. Then he came home
and built himself a fine house. It was
a beauty and cost a power of money.
" 'Nice house you've got there,' said
a visitor in the town where the ex-legislator
lived.
"'Yes,' he replied, 'it is a nice house.'
"'Where did you get the money?'
" 'Down at Springfield, of course,'
the ex-legislator replied. 'I tell you.
my friend, there is a heap of yeas and
nays in that house.' "?Exchange.
Jttiscfllaurouis Reading. ;
FROM CONTEMPORARIES. . J
News and Comment That Is of More a
or Less Local Interest.
YORK. *
Rock Hill Herald, November 14: The j
amount of cotton ginned in this coun- v
ty this fall shows a falling off of near- ^
ly one-third. The number of bales
ginned last year up to the 18th of Octoher
was 18,066. The number this g
year up to the same date was 12,550 ^
bales?a shortage this year of 5,516
bales in comparison with last year.
The number of gins in York county
is 124 this year, several less than last
year Rev. J. C. Johnes spent a a
few days at Clemson College and r
spoke to the students Thursday morn- I
ing Rev. J. Walter Simpson spent j
Wednesday in the city with his par- t
ents. Dr. and Mrs. I. Simpson. He i
o rviAnf tn<r nf ovn- f
was i eiui 111115 ai v>in a. iiivviiiic w? .. ?
od held at Winnsboro. He has been 1
located at Concord, N. C., for some t
time past, and at this meeting it was t
decided that he should remain at Con- t
cord Mrs. Mary Janette Hanna, t
wife of Mr. S. M. Hanna, died at her j
home in this city Tuesday last after s
an illness extending over a period u
since June. Wednesday her body was I
interred in the Bethesda cemetery at- J
ter services by her pastor, Rev. J. K. .
Hall. While Mrs. Hanna had been d
unwell since June, her condition did I
not become serious until last Satur- 5
day. when she had a convulsion that r
night, followed by another the next s
day. when she became unconscious, t
continuing in that condition until she 1
died. Mrs. Hanna was born and rais- I
ed in the Smith's Turnout neighbor- h
hood. She was a daughter of the late j
Alex Pagan of Chester county. In 1858 r
she was married to S. M. Hanna of 1
Rock Hill, and to them was born Ave j
children, R. S. Hanna of Rock Hill; A. c
P. Hanna of Texas; Mrs. J. W. Moore j
of Bethesda; Mrs. W. D. Hope of s
Union, and T. M. Hanna of Bethesda, r
who survive with their father to 0
grieve the death of a good mother, e
She was seventy-six years of age and C
her memory scarce went back to the S
time when she was not a member of 0
the Bethesda church. a
GASTON. 1
Gastonia Gazette, November 13: Mr. 8
Sam E. McArthur, who conducts a *
general merchandise business near the v
Avon Cotton Mill, and Miss Fannie I
Chaney were married at Clover Satur- a
day. The bride Is a daughter of Mr. a
C. W. Chaney, engineer at the Avon, a
while the groom is well known as a 1
business man. They are receiving the r
congratulations of many friends on r
the happy event The A. R. P. F
Synod of the South at Winnsboro was ?
the most largely attended session in c
its history. Dr. J. C. Galloway, Mr. t
R. W. Carson, and E. W. Carson, and fi
Mr. George W. Falls attended from v
Gastonia. Saturday and Sabbath were *
devoted to the Centennial services. 1*
The synod was organized in 1803 in
the historic brick church twelve miles
away. There were addresses on Centennial
topics by Dr. J. C. Galloway,
Dr. T. G. Bovce, Hon. J. C. Hemphill, ^
Rev. E. B. Kennedy, Rev. S. W. Haddon,
Dr. J. S. Moffat*. Dr. W. L. Press1>%
Rev. D. G. Phillips, and Dr. W. W. a
Orr. The topics, the speakers and the r
occasion combined to make these ser- p
vices a great inspiration. The mat- ^
ter of union with the United Presby- t
terians came up again, Dr. Wallace of ^
Iowa, being the delegate from the j,
northern body. The synod drew up a ^
basis of possible union and overtured ^
it to the presbyteries for action this c
year. This basis requires the separation
of the races in their ecclesiastical
organization in the south. The sing- 0
ing was a feature of the synod. The g
choir was composed of picked voices j
from over the synod, and the good v
music has never been equalled at a a
synod before. Dr. J. S. Moffatt was ^
requested to become the general agent t
of Erskine college and the Home Mis- r
sion fund. He has the matter under r
advisement until the first of January. t
Rev. S. W. Reid was chosen as the
next moderator. The place of meeting v
is Zion church near Auburn, Mo. f
CHESTER. t
Lantern, November 13: John Henry t
Williams, a Negro boy, got into the t
seed conveyor at the oil mill Monday t
and his right leg was broken in two t
places. One of the hands caught him c
and held him to prevent his going f
farther in, while another is said to t
have caught the belt and held it until v
it could be thrown off up stairs. The f
boy died Wednesday, and Coroner ?
Gladden held an inquest yesterday, as c
there were some intimations that the j
boy was pushed Into the conveyor.
He is said to have stated this himself, i
but his mind was not clear at the i
time. The jury did not think the ev- f
idence sustained this charge. Dr. H. c
E. McConnell said death resulted from s
shock or from internal injuries that 1
ivoro nnt annarant Tr? tha on qp nf C
Wm. W. Banks vs. Mary McCollum t
et al., testing the validity of Miss c
Nancy McCollum's will. Each of the t
questions were answered in the af- a
firmative, establishing the validity of t
the will. In the case of S. J. Fergu- 1<
son vs. Paul Hardin, concerning a
strip of land, the jury has not yet a
agreed. The case of A. J. Broom vs. a
Western Union Telegraph company is t
now on trial Mr. D. E. Boney of I
Yorkville, is spending some time with a
his daughter, Mrs. Sam Colvin, on C
Church street Mrs. B. E. Wright p
and baby and Miss Edna Whiteside h
left Wednesday morning for a visit a
of two weeks to their old home in the a
Smyrna neighborhood, York county, o
A telegram was received here
yesterday morning announcing the t
death of Mr. John Reddick of Brooks- c
ville, Fla., and son-in-law of Mr. I. p
McD. Hood. The message was for- \
b, Vf?? U n.k/v C
UUIVtUU IU 1*11. XJ'JUU, V\ IIU ? iXZ> ill AU- C
gusta. Mr. Reddick spent the summer 1
here. He was much run down when t
he came, but improved very rapidly r
and was looking well when he left.... c
Revs. J. R. Milieu and \V. 13. Lindsay s
made interesting addresses at the A.
R. P. prayer meeting Wednesday af- e
ternoon. The former took for his sub- i
ject. Church Loyalty; the latter. The f
Origin and Significance of the Word a
Christian, as applied to believers in 1
Christ. Their addresses were very v
nuch enjoyed by all present Revs, j
3. B.'and W. E. Anderson stopped over t
n the city Tuesday night with Mr.
jid Mrs. J.- K. Henry on their way
rom synod to Spartanburg, to spend v
. few days with their mother before
eturning to their work. The former <
vithln the bounds of the Second pres- j
iytery, and the latter in Virginia i
lr. S. B. Clowney's barn and stables t
i'ere burned Tuesday evening about i
lark. Some 400 bushels of corn and *
nuch other feed were destroyed. We
xe informed that there was no In- '
urance. It is thought that the fire i
vas started by an engine used In
hreddlng corn. ?
LANCASTER.
Ledger, November 14: Hood Stew- j
;rt, the Negro who was convicted of r
nanslaughter for the killing of Ed (
lammond near Jacksonham, about a t
-ear ago, and sentenced to the penl- t
entiary for Ave years, has escaped and ,
s now at large. He made his escape {
rnrri a farm in Abbeville county. ,
?here is a reward of $25 or $50 for j
lis capture and return to the peniten- {
iary. We understand that he has (
teen seen in this county several (
imes this week, near his old home....
Jr. L. B. Thrallkill of the Fort Lawn (
ection, has gathered from one acre of
ipland this year, 50J bushels of corn. (
t was planted about the middle of
une after cutting oats from the lot. ,
At 5 o'clock I), m., last Wedneslay,
November 11, 1903, in Richland
'resbyterian church of Gadsden, S. C.,
liss Linnie Kaminer, was united in
narriage to Mr. Marion Sims Wither- t
poon of this place, Rev. Dr. Byrd of ,
Vinnsboro, performing the ceremony. <
'he bride was attended by her sister, (
diss Herbert Kaminer, as maid of (
lonor, and the groom by his cousin,
Jr. J. T. Stevens of Kershaw, as best t
nan. The other attendants were: D. ?
teece Williams of Lancaster, with (
Jiss Williamson of Darlington: John s
Crawford of Lancaster with Miss Kate
Joore of Columbia: Hazel Wither- s
poon of Lancaster with Miss Margaet
Carrison of Camden; George Heath {
f Lancaster with Miss Connie With- ,
rspoon, sister of the groom; Gilbert ,
Ireen of Chester with Miss Emma {
Shannon of Camden. The church dec- ,
rations and costumes were elegant, .
Jid the marriage was attended by a
arge and fashionable assemblage of .
ruests...-... .Died at the cotton mill (
iere, on last Tuesday morning, No- (
ember 10, 1903, of consumption, Miss
?ula Fox, daughter of Mr. J. A. Fox,
ged about seventeen years. She was
, member of Newhope Baptist church
,nd her remains were taken there on
Tuesday afternoon for burial Marled,
at the home of the officiating
ninister. Rev, R. J. Blackmon, at 3.30
?. m., Wednesday, November 11, 1903,
dr. Bon M. Welsh of Longsville, this
ounty, and Miss Mabel Sowell, daugher
of Mr. W. L. Sowell of Chesterield
county. These young people are
ery popular and a host of friends in
he two counties will wish them a
img, happy and prosperous life.
GIVING THE THIRD DEGREE.
low Police Sometimes Get Information
From Criminals.
This in all probability is the first
.ccount ever written by an eye-witiess
of the "third-degree" as it was
iracticed by the police of this city
luring the days when Tammany conrol
had caused the force's thorough
lemoralization. By the "third degree" t
s meant the use of methods, not counenanced
by the law, for the purpose of s
Tightening a prisoner into making a
onfession.
During the administration of Mayor
ran Wyck rumors more or less vague
ccaslonally reached the public of perons
arrested on suspicion being subected
to the "third degree." It always
happened that these rumors were
iccompanied by vigorous denials from
he police, for they knew full well that
he enlightened sentiment of the comnunity
never would tolerate such a
eturn to the customs of mediaeval
imes.
It is an old truism, however, that
vhere there is smoke there must be
ire, and three newspaper men once
tad an opportunity to testify from acual
observation that the police someimes
did resort to the "third degree"
o accomplish their purposes. That
he reporters did not take advantage
>f the opportunity was due to the
act that they were present by cour- 1
esy in the captain's private office,
chich was the scene of the brutal perormance;
and, being in a sense the
,'uests of the commander of the pre- '
inct, they felt he had a right to enoin
them to silence.
But now that the two leading actors i
n the little tragedy that was played 1
n the captain's office have retired '
rom the force the obligation to se- 1
xecy has been removed. It can be 3
tated, then, that in the Tenderloin po- ]
ice station, on West Thirty street, a :
ireek, against whom there was only
he flimsiest kind of evidence impliating
him in a murder, was grabbed
>y the throat by an inspector of police
md after being nearly strangled, was
hrown to the floor and repeatedly
;icked.
The circumstances leading up to the
issault were almost as extraordinary
is the assault itself. One of the mem>ers
of the Greek colony on West
fifteenth street had been killed with
i pistol shot. The assassin, also a
Jreek, was caught red-handed by the
(Olice, with the smoking revolver in
lis possession, and when the reporters
irrived at the station house he was
ilready under guard in the captain's
ifflce.
The captain at that time evidently
hought it was just a plain "common
ir garden" murder and that all the
>ollce work necessary in connection
nth the case had been accomplished. <
?1 3 U. 4U* .
picdacu Was IXC >V 1 til LUC quiL!\ au- <
ution of what might have been a trou- i
desome crime that he Invited the re- i
>orters to accompany him into his '
office while he interrogated the assas- <
in.
When the captain and the reporters t
ntered the murderer sat huddled up
n a corner of the room, and upon his 1
ace there was a look of sullen defi- 1
nee. He had some knowledge of Eng- c
ish and when the captain asked him A
ihy he had killed the man it was ap- c
jarent that he understood the ques;ion,
although he refused to answer.
"Now, remember," said the captain,
'that everything you tell me will be
ised against you In court."
This warning, which was given to
lomply with the law, caused the rejorters
to smile, for the captain's manler
plainly Indicated to the prisoner
hat If he didn't do what the captain
,vished him to do he would be made to
suffer.
"Come, now," continued the captain,
'speak up now. Why did you kill the
nan?"
At this junction the door opened
md the inspector of the district enered.
Nodding familiarly to the cap:aln,
he helped himself to a seat where
le could fix his eyes on the prisoner,
rhe inspector's eyes were the kind
:ommonly described as piercing, and
lever once during the fifteen minutes
hat the captain continued to try to
vring from the prisoner the motive of
he crime did he remove his gaze from
he unfortunate Greek. When at last
he captain gave up the attempt to get
inything out of the Greek the inspec;or,
looking more intently at the prismer
than ever, suddenly ejaculated:
"I believe that man was hired to
:ommit murder!"
The assassin's eyes glittered and he
:rouched down lower in his chair.
"Who paid you to kill the man?" denanded
the inspector.
"Nobody," faltered the Greek in a
tone so low he could hardly be heard.
"You lie!" thundered the inspector.
'Now, remember," he continued, "anyhing
you say will be used against
mu. Where did you get that pistol?
2ome, now, you'll get in the electric
^hair if you don't watch sharp. Where
lid you get that pistol, I say?"
The prisoner began to mumble somehing
and he was finally understood to
say that the revolver belonged to a
3reek he named, who kept a flower
stand in a big department store.
"That's the man you want, cap,"
said the inspector.
The captain nodded, rang his bell
ind gave orders to two detectives who
.vere summoned to bring in the flower
nan. About five minutes later the
lower man arrived. He spoke English
vith scarcely any ascent and appeared
Kri o mon r\f intolltcyari/ta
"We just want to find out what you
tnow about this murder," began the
captain pleasantly as the new arrival
:ook a seat.
"I don't know much, captain," reeled
the man. "I Just hpard people
diking about it and that is all."
"Um-m! Well, you know the pris>ner
over there, don't you?"
"Oh, yes: I've seen him several
:imes."
"But don't you know how he came
;o commit this murder?"
"No; I haven't the least idea, capain."
"Um-m!"
With the quickest movement apparently
of which he was capable the
?aptain snatched the pistol with which
:he murder had been committed from
he drawer of his desk, thrust it under
;he flower seller's nose and cried:
"Where did you buy this, you ?"
Wildly excited, the flower seller
eaped to his feet.
?<T T T imii
X A A uuu k iviik/u n naw jvu
nean!" he grasped.
No sooner were the words out of his
mouth that the inspector jumped up,
cnocklng over his chair, which went
lown with a crash. Fairly flying
icross the room the inspector grabbed
:he flower seller by the throat.
"You lie, you hound!" he cried,
jhaking him violently, so that his eyes
protruded. "But you had better not lie
:o me, you ?. Where did you
juy that gun?"
Shaking his victim once more, the
inspector threw him heavily to the
loor and proceeded to kick him until
ihe captain grasped him by the arm
ind pulled him away.
"Inspector, inspector," said the cap:ain,
with an anxious look at the astounded
reporters, "for God's sake, remember!"
The inspector recovered himself with
i start and the captain turned to the
newspaper men.
"I'll have to ask you to leave now,
gentlemen," he said, "and please remember
that what you have seen here
in my office is not for publication."
The outcome of the case was that the
3reek who fired the shot was sent to
prison for life, while the flower seller
svas eventually released, there being
no evidence against him.
MASTER OF THE VESSEL.
^ Story of Farragut In Command
When But Twelve Years of Age.
The story or a hoy of twelve years
acting as commander of a ship seems
rather wonderful, yet Farragut was
aut twelve years and four days old
when he was put in command of the
Barclay, a prize ship taken by Captain
Porter. In consideration of his tender
i*ears, says the author of "Twenty-six
Historic ships," the former English
master of the vessel was sent in her
for the possible benefit the young
prize master might find in his advice.
Farragut tells the story of the queer
livision of authority in his journal as
Follows:
"I considered that the day of trial
Pad arrived, for I was a little afraid of
the old fellow, as every one else was.
But the time had come for me at least
to play the man. So I mustered up
courage and informed the captain that
[ desired the main topsail filled away
in order that we might close up with
the Essex Junior. He replied that he
would shoot any man who dared to
ouch a rone without his orders. He
ivould go his own course and l:ad no
dea of trusting himself with 'a blasted
nutshell,' and then he went below for
lis pistols.
"I called my right hand man of the
;rew and told him of my situation, i
ilso informed hint that I wanted the
main topsail filled. He answered with
i clear 'Aye, aye, sir,' in a manner that
ivas not to be misunderstood, and nr.y
:onfidenee was perfectly restored.
"From that moment I became mas:er
of the vessel and immediately gave
ill necessary orders for making sail,
notifying the captain not to come on
,vith his pistols unless he wished to go
ner board, for I really would have had
,ery little trouble in having such an
>rder obeyed."
/\n Aninjal Sfory For
Little Folks
A Cat-Eye-Clism
Tom Cat and Dick Cat met one night
on the back fence. Tom was minus one
eye.
"How did you lose your eye?" asked
JJ1CK.
"Well, it was like this: My mistress
was coming home on the train from the
seashore and got a cinder in her eye.
It bothered her so that the doctor was
called in. He said it was a serious
case and they would have to take out
her eye and look for the cinder. He
put it on a table and began to hunt I
came in just then, hungry as usual, for
they don't half feed me, and saw the
eye, thought it was good to eat and
swallowed it."
"Oh!" sal- Oku. "Then you had
three eyes."
"Yes, but listen. The doctor saw
what I had done, said be would have
m
M ' ' '
GAVE CHASE WITH A BIG KNIFE.
to get an eye from me to take the place
of the other I had inside and gave
chase with a big knife. He caught me,
took out my eye and put it in the mis
tress. That leaves me, you see, with
only this one."
"Yes." said Dick. "But you've got
two all the same."
"But bow can I use the one I swallowed?"
asked Tom sadly.
"But. say." asked Dick quickly, as
the new thought struck him, "how did
the mistress get along with your lonely
orb?"
"Oh, pretty well, except that when
one of her eyes is In bed asleep the other
is down cellar with me hunting
rats."
"Terrible!" said Dick.
"Yes. Doctors ought to be more careful,"
replied Tom.?St Louis Post-Dispatch.
Professional <^ards.
J. S. BRICE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office Opposite Court House.
Prompt attention to all legal business
of whatever nature.
Thos. F. McDow. W. W. Lewis.
McDOW & LEWIS,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
No. 4 Law Range, Yorkville, S. C.
Prompt Attention to all business.
Money loaned on approved security.
July 25 sw tf
GEO. W. S. HART,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
YORKVILLE, S. C.
a LAW RANGE. 'Phone Office No. 58.
D. E. Finley. Marion B. Jennings.
FINLEY & JENNINGS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office in WILSON BUILDING, opposite
Court House. Telephone No. 126,
A. Y. CARTWRIGHT,
SURGEON DENTIST,
YORKVILLE, S. C.
OFFICE HOURS:
9 a. m. to x p. m.; 2 p.m., t05p.tr
Office in upstairs rooms of Cartwright
Building, opposite Telegraph and Express
Offices.
TAX COLLECTION'S?1903.
Yorkville, S. C., Sept. 15, 1903.
IN accordance with the law, my books
will be opened on the 15TH DAY OF
OCTOBER, 1903, for the collection of
STATE, COUNTY AND SPECIAL
TAXES for the fiscal year commencing
January 1st, 1903, and will be kept
open UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST, 1903,
without penalty, after which day ONE
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all payments made In the month of
JANUARY, TWO PER CENT penalty
on all payments made during the month
of FEBRUARY, and SEVEN PER
CENT penalty for payments from the
1ST DAY OF MARCH TO THE 15TH
DAY OF MARCH, after which date all
taxes not paid will go Into execution
and be placed In the hands of the sheriff
for collection.
For the convenience of tax payers I
will meet them at the following places
on the dates named:
At Yorkvllle, Friday, the 13th day of
November, until Saturday, the 28th
day of November.
At Rock Hill, Monday, the 30th day
of November, until Tuesday, the 8th
day of December.
At Yorkville, Wednesday, the 9th day
of December until Thursday, the 31st
day of December, 1903, and after this
day my office will be kept open for the
collection of taxes with PENALTIES
ATTACHED until the 15th day of
March, 1904.
Also during the collection of regular
taxes up to the 1st day of March, I
will receive VOLUNTARY PAYMENTS
OF COMMUTATION ROAD
TAXES for the year 1904.
H. A. D. NEELY, County Treasurer.
NOTICE TO TRESPASSERS.
ALL persons, without distinction of
r\r> a ro Vi orohv wnrnpH
against Hunting, Fishing, Driving,
Riding or otherwise Trespassing on
the lands owned or controlled by us,
all of which lands are in York county.
Any disregard of this notice will
be punished to the full extent of the
R. J. DAVIS,
S. J. CLINTON,
F. E. CLINTON,
JOHN HANEY,
G. L. RIDDLE.
T. E. BRANDON.
J. L. BRANDON,
R. L. QUINN,
Dr. T. N. DULIN,
E. A. SIFFORD.
W. N. WALLACE,
H. P. STOWE,
W. H. STOWE,
W. J- STANTON.
Nov. 10. t 4t
YORK COTTON
Wv
A cupic W UU die WdlLUlUl UJ
ing Dry Goods, Clothing
watching our prices, becati
ing the past few weeks th
close out our stock at the
and with this end in vie^
utter disregard of values,;
additional cut of
Fifty Per Cen
which puts some of the i
easy reach of the most pa
of buyers. And another
member, is that the good:
1 4-^1 ** no fn mm
lutci^y icnauic ao lu ijua
bargains the door of oppo
YORK COTTON
In Bratton Building, Corner
Yorkville, S. C.
ImH
Most Complete 5
Newspaper I
Should Be In Every
$2 For Single Subset
Subscription
LIBERAL PREMIUM 01
The List Includes Buggies,
ing Machines, Pocket I
Articles ol Value. T1
Work Easy and the P
The yorkville enquirer is
the most complete semi-weekly
newspaper In South Carolina. Its misoIam
la tn 1/OAn Ita rOQ dorQ nrOTTIlTtlV
and correctly Informed aa to all local,
state and general happenings that are
of immediate interest and to stand far
all that promises best for the welfare
of its constituents along business, industrial,
social and religious lines. The
contents of THE ENQUIRER represent
more careful and painstaking labor
than do the contents of any other
semi-weekly newspaper published in
the state, and the time and money expended
in its production are also greater.
At the same time, on the basis of
actual service rendered, its cost to the
subscriber is less than that of any other
South Carolina paper.
THE SUBSCRIPTION PRICE.
The subscription price of THE EN'QUIRER
to single subscribers is $2
per annum; but in clubs of two or
, more we send it for only $1.75. This
reduction is for business reasons and
for the convenience of the subscriber,
and to further both of these ends we
offer the following proposition
I
TO CLUB MAKERS.
To the clubmaker who returns and
, pays for the largest number of names
between October 15, 1903, and Wednesday,
March 16, 1904, at 6 o'clock p. m.,
we will give a first-class Babcock Top
Buggy, worth $85; or a first-class Columbia
Top Buggy with rubber tires,
valued at $85. The clubmaker will
have the option of the two propositions.
To the clubmaker who returns and
pays for the second largest club, we
will give a handsome Columbia Top
Buoav. worth $65.
The Babcock and Columbia Buggies
i can be seen at Glenn & Allison's livery
stables.
NEW SUBSCRIBERS.
| In order to afford clubmakers greater
, facility In introducing the paper to
New Subscribers, we hereby authorize
them to take the subscription of any
individual whose name was not on our
list on September 15, 1903, and agree to
send the paper to such individuals from
the date their names are entered until
January 1, 1905, for only $1.75. In such
cases, however, the clubmaker must
require cash of the subscriber and pay
the subscription price at the time the
name is entered on our books.
OTHER OFFERS.
For Four Names.
A "Yankee" Watch, a Stylographic
Fountain Pen or a Three Bladed Pocket
Knife of good quality; or a 15String
Zithern.
For Five Names.
A year's subscription to either one of
the following Magazines: McClure's,
Ladies' Home Journal, Munsey, Argosey,
Cosmopolitan, Delineator, 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
Columbia 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 ENQUIRER,
a "Quaker" Watch, valued
at $2.50; a Hamilton 22-callbre Rifle?
model 11; the Youth's Companion, one
year; or a gold mounted 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.
I
L. M. GRIST'S S
MILLS STORE.
3ent
SCOUNT
f their interests when buy,
Hats, etc., are eagerly
ica Vioiro loot*norl fliir.
,oy
lat we are determined to
earliest possible moment,
v have cut prices with an
and today we announce an
it
ichest of bargains within
tinstaking and economical
thing, we want you to res
you buy here are abso.lity.
If you are seeking
rtunity is wide open here.
HILLS STORE
Congress and Jefferson Streets,
IS?
Semi-Weekly
n South Carolina
York County Home
iption; Two or More
s $1.75 Each.
TER TO CLUBMAKERS.
Guns, Rifles, Watches, Sewtnives,
Magazines and Other
tie Competition Is Free, the
ay Good.
For Thirty Name*.
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.
Fop Fortv 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 Singer
Sewing Machine.
For Fifty Name*.
A Winchester or Colt's Repeating Rifle,
22 calibre; or a Baker Double Barrel
Breechloadlng Gun.
For Sixty Name*.
A High-Arm Sewing Machine; or a
first-class Double Barrel Breech Loading
Shot Gun.
For Ninety Names.
A B .avia Hammerless Gun, 12gauge,
furnished by H. & D. Folsom
Arms Co., of New York. A first-class
gun and fully guaranteed,
SPECIAL CLUBS.
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 the 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
I of one yearly subsoriber at $1.76, and
I an nnnntnrl. A SllhflCrlntion Dald for
two or more years In advance at )1.76,
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
other person, provided 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 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 postoffice.
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
J 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 postoffice, county and state.
All subscriptions will be discontinued
at the expiration of the time paid
for.
A separate list will be kept for each
clubmaker, who will be credited with
each name sent, so that the number
sent by any clubmaker may be ascertained
at a moment's notice.
In case of a tie for either premium,
two weeks will be allowed in which to
work off the tie.
The time in which names may be returned,
under our propositions will
commence NOW, and expires at 6
o'clock p. m., on Wednesday, the T6th
day of March, 1904.
After the closing of this contest on
March 16, 1904, no single yearly subscription
will be received for less than
the yearly subscription price of 12.00,
except new clubs are formed.
ONS, Publishers.