tumorous Department.
Mr. Barnum Could Extend His
Menu.?The late P. T. Barnum was
known as an ideal host, and, next to
his interest in the "greatest show on
earth," enjoyed nothing better than
entertaining his friends at his house
and table.
Among those who visited him most
frequently at "Lindencroft" or "Waldemere,"
and who gave the name to .the
last residence, was Joel Benton, who
sometimes calls himself "author of
prose and worse."
It is a peculiarity of this author that
with one slight exception, he eats
neither butter nor milk, and none of
the ordinary meats, not for any hycianio
or nhilnsonhieal reason, but
simply because they are distinctly unpalatable
to him. On one occasion,
when a young lady occupied a seat
near Mr. Benson at Mr. Barnum's table,
the waiter handed the bachelor
author some butter. "Oh!" said Barnum
to the waiter, and pointing at the
lady, "you shouldn't do that, for he
doesn't love any 'but her."
Mr. Barnum's table, of course, was
always bountifully supplied with a
great variety of food, and yet, on another
occasion, when Mr. Benton refused
the beef and lamb and the butter,
Mr. Barnum wearily said: "Well.
Benton, you seem likely to starve here.
What can we serve you?"
"Oh," said Benton, "I eat everything
that flies or swims."
"Very well, then," said Barnum, "we
will get you a crow and a whale tomorrow."?Success.
"Fun" In Jersey.?Tom Owens, the
Gloucester iceman, asked a Philadelphia
friend over for a day's shooting
in south Jersey, where a gunning license
is necessary nowadays. Tom
has a license and explained to his
friend, as he handed over a gun, that
if a game warden should happen along,
he was to say nothing but saw wood.
They had good sport, and in the
course of the forenoon knocked over
a dozen rabbits and started for home.
When about half way there, a tall man
climbed over a fence and came rapidly
toward the gunners, whereupon
Owens put his gun and rabbits in the
hands of his friend and said: "Follow
this road till you get to my home and
wait there till I come."
Then he turned and ran like a deer,
with the tall man following. It was
the Woodbury Pike, and the race was
a close one. but Tom was finally overhauled
and brought up before a justice
of the peace.
"What's the charge?" asked the
'squire.
"Same old thing." said the game
warden, "gunning without a license."
"You are fined $20," said the justice.
"But I've got a license," said Tom,
producing the document.
The 'squire grinned and the crowd,
roared.
"What in thunder did you run for?"
said the game warden.
"Just to get up an appetite," said
Tom.
"You chased the wrong man," said
the squire to the game warden.?Philadelphia
Press.
Identified.?Dr. Nicholas Senn, the
distinguished Chicago surgeon to
whom has been offered the superintendence
of the surgical department
of the Japanese army, traveled in
Wyoming several years ago. and in
the small town of Sundance an odd adventure
befell him.
He had a letter of introduction to a
rancher called Walton, and stopping
the first man whom he met In Sundance,
he said:
"I am looking for a chap named
Walton. Do you know him?"
"Well," said the stranger, "there's
a good many Waltons hereabouts.
Which Walton might you be lookin'
for?"
"John Walton," said Dr. Senn.
"There's four John Waltons in Cook
county," saia tne native.
"This one keeps very fine stock."
"All the Waltons keep mighty fine
stock."
"This Walton," Dr. Senn pursued,
"is rather tight?you know what I
mean?rather close-fisted."
"Close-fistedness, sir, runs in the
Walton blood."
"Well. I am informed," said Dr.
Senn, "that this particular Walton?I
don't suppose the story is true?but
they say that this particular Walton
once stole a lot of chickens from his
sister."
The other smiled faintly. "I reckon
I'm the man you want," he said."
Cheers For the Colonel.?Congressman
Currier, who hails from New
Hampshire, says the New York Tribune,
tells a story of a military funeral
up in his state. "A well-known colonel
died in a certain state of the Union,"
said Mr. Currier. "The boys, very
commendably desired to give him an
appropriate funeral. It was decided to
bring a battalion of the guard to town
to assure the proper observance of
military honors.
"The battalion arrived the evening
previous to the funeral. The boys had
no immediate business on hand and before
the hour of the obsequies I am
sorry to say some of them were feeling
pretty good. After the funeral ceremonies
the coffin was borne out
through the door between lines of mil
ttlamen standing in proper position.
One of these soldiers, feeling a little
better than any of his comrades, tlung
his cap high in the air.
"Boys," said he. "three cheers for the
colonel. He was a d?n good fellow!"
Tb.mptatiox Too Mitch For a
Nbophyte.?Bishop Dudley of Kentucky.
who has just died, and who had
warm friends in Boston, used to delight
in a story of a colored girl in his
church. "Supposing," he asked her.
"that you were walking along the road
and saw a low-hanging branch, and
on that low branch was a nice fat
chicken. What would you do?"
"Don't ask me that question, boss."
she begged.
"Oh. yes; tell me. what would you
do?"
"Well, boss, you know I'se only just
an infant in de kingdom."
Which ended the conversation.
^Miscellaneous grading. ?
FROM CONTEMPORARIES. r
t
News and Comment That Is of More '
or Less Local Interest.
CHESTER.
Lantern, March 1: Coroner Gladden ^
held a preliminary last Sabbath over a
the body of the six-months-old son of
Lucinda Coleman, on Mr. W. O. Guy's
Gilmore place, who was found dead in. t
bed. The mother could hardly believe ^
the child was dead at first, as it ap- {
peared bright and well the night be- t
fore. Dr. Johnson expressed the opln- <
- With CrOUD .
lOTl tllill ii uau viivnvM ...... .
Mr. Thomas Mayfield, only brother of
Mr. Wm. Mayfleld of this city, died at 3
his home near Winnsboro Monday,
the 22nd, after a long illness with kidney
trouble. He was a veteran of the
civil war and lost a leg fighting for the
"Lost Cause." He leaves a widow and
several children Mr. W. B. Lynn
has bought Rev. L. C. Hinton's place
at Lewis Turnout and will move, perhaps
today. Rev. Hinton and daughter
will move to this city and occupy a
house on the eastern extension of Hin- s
ton street, the Palmer property
Death has again entered our midst and c
claimed as its victim one of our oldest J
and most honored men, Mr. William (
W. Jordan, who died at his home in 1
Fort Lawn, Thursday night, Feb. 18,
1904> at 9 o'clock. He had been in 1
feeble health for some years and his '
death was not unexpected, yet it came 1
as a great shock to us all, for his last '
sickness was only a few days, being
confined to his bed only one day. 1
Heart failure was the cause of his (
death. He was in his eighty-second
year A negro boy driving one of
Vander Smith's turnouts Thursday
night coming from the S. A. L. de- '
pot and driving recklessly, ran into
the express wagon. One shaft ran into 1
Smith's horse, penetrating its lungs, '
and broke off. The horse lived until '
morning, then died Little Miss !
Bernice Carpenter entertained about 1
twenty of her little friends most de- 1
lightfully at her birthday party *
Thursday afternoon. Games of differ- 1
ent kinds were played, but the one 1
specially mentioned by our inform- 1
ant was pinning their names on the {
parrot. Each little maid was provided '
with a slip of paper on which her '
name was written. A parrot drawn
on canvass was placed, and each child
blind-folded tried which could come
nearest pinning her name on the par
rot. Elizabeth Lindsay won the prize,
a pretty picture, and Martha Moffatt
the booby, a baby rattle. Ice cream,
cake and other refreshments were
served.
GASTON.
Gastonia Gazette, March 1: Mr.
Robert L. Adams will leave tomorrow
for New York from which
point he will sail on the following
Tuesday for a trip of several months
abroad. He will go first to the Madeira
Islands then to Gibraltar and
from thefe to various points of interest
in France. Germany. Switzerland,
Greece, Italy, Turkey and Palestine.
On his return trip he will visit
England, Scotland and Ireland. He
expects to return in July or August.
Mr. Adams' many friends wish him a
safe and pleasant trip During the
thunder storm of Friday night a heavy
hail prevailed in the Crowder's Creek
section south of town. Saturday
morning Mr. Haskel Stanton brought
fhp Gazette office some specimens
of the hailstones which fell there:
they were the largest we ever saw,
ranging from the size of a guinea egg
down. The larger part of the hail fell
in the smaller sizes but along the
creek, Mr. Stanton said, there was
quite a lot of the large size Mr.
H. S. Adams, policeman at Lowell,
was in town yesterday and told the
reporter of a mad dog scare which
created quite a good deal of excitement
at Lowell Friday. A dog belonging
to Mr. Joe Featherston acted
very strangely Friday and bit a large
number of dogs. It was killed at once
and at a meeting of the town council
Friday night Mr. Adams was instructed
to kill every dog that had been
bitten. Mr. Adams killed ten on Saturday.
ONLY 10,000 MILLIONAIRES.
Number Includes All There Are In the
Whole Wide World.
The New York Press says: If there
are 100.000 millionaires in the United
States, as Senator Depew said at the
dinner given by John D. Rockefeller,
Jr., to his Bible class, an official of a
great commercial agency and the president
of one of New York's richest
banks are decidedly in error. Both
placed the number of millionaires
in the entire world at 10,000. There
are 7,000 in the United States and 1,000
of these live in New York city, whether
they pay taxes here or not. The financial
Red Book, a most carefully
compiled publication, gives the names
nro/,t!f,!illif nil tho nprsons in the
United States, who are supposed to be
worth more than $300,000. And there
are only 15,000 names on the list. No
claim is made that the names of every
person worth that amount or more is
given, but the proportion of those left
out is extremely small, for a most exhaustive
investigation has been made.
'There may be a few more than 7,000
millionaires in the United States," said
the official of the mercantile agency.
"I doubt it, however. I also doubt if
there are more than 1,000 millionaires In
New York city. It is absolutely impossible
to tell accurately. It may
seem strange that we should not be 1
able to tell, especially when we are ;
engaged in finding out how much a
man is worth, and giving such infor- 1
niation to our subscribers.
"But in the last few years there has ,
been a marked tendency among men
of wealth to conceal the amount of (
their worldly possessions. The first incentive
in this respect is the vulgar <
prominence that is given to the man I
who has lots of money.
"There are other reasons men have
for suppressing knowledge of the 1
amount of their wealth. Some wish to '
avoid heavy taxation and give false re- }
turns. Another man may have made i
his money in a business not supposed l
to be especially lucrative, and he does J
not care to have his affluence blazoned ,
forth to arouse competition. There also <
ire some rich politicians, but it might
irouse suspicion if they stated the exict
amount of their wealth. And there is |
mother class?the men that have made
heir piles in callings that might be
rowned upon in the circles they wish
o enter; proprietors of gambling 1
louses, saloonkeepers, owners of dives ,
tnd other resorts. They don't care to
lave others know how much they have J
iccumulated.
"So, while it is impossible for us to
ell exactly how many millionaires
here are, we would not take the num- j
>er of those who possess a thousand ,
housands at least and then multiply
he number by ten. For that is what '
Senator Depew seems to have done in ,
lis anxiety to urge Mr. Rockefeller's <
roung men to get rich." ,
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. ,
leather Cycles?Hardened Aluminum
?Tracing a Ship's Path?A Furnace |
Microscope?An Irish Mystery?An
Alleged New Radio?Active Sub- |
stance?The Pulse Register?Counting
by Animals.
The most obvious changes on the
iun are those marked by spots, and (
t has been long understood that the
cycle of eleven years In which these
spots occur corresponds to a similar
cycle in rainfall on the earth. More
-ecent study of solar influence, says
Lockyer, shows that it is the prominences
instead of the spots that are
chiefly associated with atmospheric
ind magnetic disturbances on the
earth. The prominence cycle of 3.7
('ears is especially conspicuous in the
meteorology of India, while a third
cycle?35 years in length?has been
:raced recently in the climates of the
ivhole earth, each 11-year cycle being
lifferent from that immediately preceding
and that following.
"Meteorit" is the name given to the
new metal of W. Rubel, a German
chemist, which is said to be aluminum
hardened by a chemical process. The
specific gravity is practically the same
is that of aluminum; the metal is not
iffected by weak acids, the atmosphere
br sea water; it can be cast like iron
md has 8 per cent greater tensile
strength than cast iron; and it can
be recast indefinitely. It can be roll
ed cold, is nearly as conductive as
copper, retains a high polish, and can
be plated.
Oysters are examined by X-rays for
pearls by Raphael Dubois, a French
investigator. The oysters are not injured,
and those containing pearls too
small to be of value are returned alive
for further growth.
The ostrich is being acclimatized in
Southern Europe by M. Octave Justice,
whose eighty specimens from
South Africa are thriving on a farm
near Nice.
The automatic compass of M. Heit,
which has heen brought to notice in
Marseilles after a test of several
months, is claimed to offer an important
new aid to navigation. The basin
is divided into isolated sections, and an
electric circuit is so arranged that a
flexible wire moving over a small silver
index attached to the card gives
a record minute by minute of the angle
of the needle with the meridian,
thus supplying a complete register of
the ship's course and of the time of the
helmsman's changes. Certain sections
are connected to call-bells, which signal
to the commander any unusual deviations.
The apparatus shows the
speed of the vessel by registering the
revolutions of the screw, and it also
indicates the time of departure and of
every stop and start.
A novel microscope for viewing: melted
or Intensely hot substances has
been described to the Vienna Academy
of Sciences by Prof. C. Doelter.
An electric oven two inches high is
mounted on the object stand, and
yields temperatures up to 1200? C. In
use the lens is separated from the
heated object by about one Inch.
Even at the highest temperatures of
the substance under examination,
however, both, microscope and objective
are kept quite cool by a special
arrangement of asbestos plates and a
spiral tube carrying ice-cold water.
Lough Neagh, covering 150 square
miles in northern Ireland, has twice
shown a remarkable phenomenon, as
reported by Mr. W. S. Smith of Antrim,
On Feb. 22. 1895, most of the
ice in the lake broke up, leaving intact
a strip a third of a mile wide
along the southeastern shore, and a
mile of this strip was raised at intervals
of a few yards into bridges or
tunnels, from which large and small
masses of ice were projected upon
shore, forming a ridge 2 to 14 feet
high. An aged woman recalled ci similar
occurrence of the cold winter of
1814-15. Where the ice?mixed with
boulders?came from, and what shot
the blocks upon shore, are problems
awaiting solution.
Delta rays, hardly penetrating solids
at all; Beta rays, moderately absorbed
by solids ana powerfully deflected
by the magnet: and Gamma
rays, difficult of absorption and not to
be deflected. Radio-tellurium, the very
active new substance that Prof. Markwald
of Berlin has found in exceedingly
minute quantity in pitch-blende,
gives off only Alpha rays. These were
stopped by a sheet of paper, but they
passed through a very thin sheet of
aluminum, and they showed in high
degree the power of making air a
good conductor of electricity. An electrolytic
precipitation of some hundredthousandths
of a gramme of the new
substance was placed on a copper
plate. With this Prof Markwald stopped
a set of electric chimes, caused a
Leyden jar to discharge through the
air without sparks, and rang an electric
bell by a current passed through
the air from a condensing machine to
the copper plate. A sheet of paper between
the plate and the machine interrupted
the current and stopped the
bell.
WUU'niflK l"C puise anus sci iuu.hj
to the strain upon the surgeon during
an operation under chloroform, cocaine
or ether. This is done automatically
by the new "pulse register" of
Dr. Gartner of Vienna, which consists
of a watch-like box to be attached to
the patent's forearm, the hands upon
it graduated dial being made by an
elastic spring to register very precisely
the pulse and blood pressure vibrations.
The indications are much more
sensitive than the physician's finger.
Evidence that animals can count has
been collected by Signor Mancini.
Horses in the collieries at Hainault
have a regular number of daily trips,
mil invariably seek their stables after
the thirtieth. A dog remembered
he twenty-sixth buried bone a short
time after digging up twenty-five.
Birds count their eggs, magpies count
only to four. The latter is true also
of monkeys.
BRAVERY IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Exploits of American Soldiers at
Philippines.
Returning soldiers from the Philippines
can talk for hours about brave
ieeds done during the campaign there,
rhe Filipinos are Just as full of similar
stories of heroes on their side, so that
he Filipino insurrection lias a campire
epic all its own.
Perhaps the most talked of incident
jf this kind on the American side
happened in the early part of 1900.
rhe insurgent general had retreated to
i mountain town called BayomDong,
ivhlch he held with about 400 men. It
was his Intention to block the pass Into
the mountains against any American
force less than a regiment.
One day a native came Into town and
reported that an entire brigade was advancing
on Bayombong. The telegraph
wire to another town between Bayombong
and the lowlands was still Intact.
Some hours after the native had told
his story the insurgent operator at
Bayombong was called up on the wire.
He received this message, signed with
the name of a well-known American
general:
"I am advancing with a squadron of
cavalry, a battery of artillery and four
regiments of infantry. If you will surrender
to my escort, which I shall send
ahead under a lieutenant, you will be
treated with all the honors of war."
The Insurgent leader was, of course,
greatly alarmed and excited, and when
the escort of forty men appeared soon
after, he surrendered unconditionally
his force of 400.
But that brigade never turned up.
The lleutenapt opposing the insurgent
general had simply played a ruse which
had completely deceived the Filipinos
and thus won a bloodless victory
against a force just ten times his own
In number.
Another instance of bravery occurred
In the northern town of Santa Lucia,
but this time two civilians were the
heroes.
Two ex-soldiers, Briggs and Hardy,
left the garrisoned town of Candon, Intending
to prospect In the neighboring
mountains. It was a foolhardy venture,
for the country swarmed with the
the scattered remnants of the recently
defeated insurgent army.
The day after they left Candon the
two Americans were fired upon on the
road. They ran for the town close by,
and took refuge in the stone belfry
tower near the church, slamming the
heavy hardwood door after them.
The insurgents tried to batter It in,
but the prospectors opened fire from
the balcony above and the natives were
forced to seek shelter behind nearby
fences and houses.
They were besieged all day, the Filipinos
keeping up a continuous fire at
the tower, but not hitting either of the
defenders. The Americans were fine
shots, and every time they fired a Filipino
was hit.
The next day a friendly native carried
into Candon the news that the insurgents
had two Americans besieged
in the church tower of Santa Lucia, and
a company was sent out to rescue
them. This they did, and the Filipinos
were driven off, leaving several dead
behind. The prospectors were persuaded
to defer their trip until more peaceful
times should come.
Another case of individual bravery
and endurance was shown by a boy ol
17 when Lieut. Gillmore's party was
captured at Balar in April, 1899. The
party were enticed up a river and then
fired upon, so that Just half of them
were killed or wounded before the
fight was over.
A boy named Venville stood firing
next to Gillmore. Suddenly he sai.J:
"I think I am hit, sir!"
Still he continued firing, until he
said:
"I think I am hit again sir."
Uion Via Iront flrinc until he fell
into the bottom of the boat with n
Filipino bullet in his neck.
"I guess I am fixed for good," he
said then.
The Filipinos afterward dressed the
boy's wounds, and he recovered, but
before the others of his party were released
he disappeared and was nevei
heard of again. He probably died oi
fever in the interior.
The Filipinos, too, have a record ol
brave deeds not outdone by that of the
Americans. One of their heroes is Col,
Santa Roman.
Shortly after the outbreak of hostilities,
when the firing line was just
outside of Manila, Col. Santa Roman
called for 200 volunteers, and with this
force he slipped one night inside the
Americans outposts along the shore ol
the bay, getting into the city unseen.
It was his intention to set the citj
on fire, attack the Americans from the
rear, and by confusing them give the
Filipinos under Pio de Pilar an opportunity
to make a successful attack.
But once inside the city a patrol
discovered the little band and opened
fire. The 200 intrenched themselves
behind a hastily thrown up barricade
and for two hours fought ten times
their number of Americans. Nearly all
of them were killed, and only a score
succeeded in cutting their way bach
to their own lines. Col. Santa Romar
was one of the twenty.
Several months later he was killed
by his own countrymen while attempting
to defend his friend and chief, Antonio
Buna from a band of assassins,
The two men killed three of the murderers
before they fell.
You will also hear from Americans
as well as from Filipinos, of an incident
which occurred at the time when
Gregorio del Pilar was killed in the
Fila Pass.
The insurgents were defeated toward
evening, after an all-day fight. As
the Americans reached the top of the
hill which the Filipinos had been defending
they saw Gen. Pilar mounting
a horse.
They opened fire again and the
young general fell dead. The horse
was wounded and galloped off, but a
native boy, who had been holding it by
the bridle, picked up a gun, stepped
across his dead master's body and returned
the fire of the American soldiers.
He fired two shots, then stopped;
his ammunition was gone.
The Americans, admiring his bravery,
wished to take him alive, so they
ceased firing-. But when they reached
the boy he attacked them so fiercely
with the butt of his musket that they
were obliged to shoot him after all. xt
developed later that this boy was no
soldier at all. but the valet of Pilar.
At the battle of Bocave a Filipino
soldier astounded the Americans by
his cool display of bravado. As usual,
the Filipinos were defeated and were
scattered Into the bamboo copses.
Suddenly one of them halted on a
slight eminence and fired what was
evidently his last shot. Then he deliberately
laid down his gun, spread
out the fingers of his hand and held
them up to his nose at advancing soldiers.
A whole company was concentrating
its fire on him, but he remained un
hurt. There he stood for fully two
minutes, alternately wagging his fingers
before his nose and sticking out his
tongue.
At last, with a gesture of his arm
that said plainly, "You make me
weary," he sauntered quietly off and
disappeared behind the hill.
At the battle of San Jacinto, one of
the fiercest fights of the war, the Filipinos
displayed exceptional courage.
San Jacinto is on the coast, and it was
garrisoned by several hundred insurgent
regulars and a few militia volunteers.
When Wheaton landed a brigade
there the insurgents made a de
termined resistance, although only
half of them had guns that would shoot.
The Americans landed under the
guns of the warships. The shells raked
every street of the town, still Its defenders
stuck to their post.
When the several thousand soldiers
under Wheaton advanced, the Insurgents
charged them and fought hand
to hand. Many Americans were cut with
bolos, and some had broken bones
where they were struck by the butts of
muskets. One man was killed by being
clubbed over the head in this fashIon.
It developed later that the Insurgents
had only four rounds of refilled
cartridges apiece. Most of them had
not been in a serious fight before.
Still they held out until just twothirds
of their number were down.
Then the rest retreated in an orderly
manner.
After this fight a woman was found
on the street bleeding from a dangerous
wound. The American surgeons
attempted to stop the flow of blood,
but she stubbornly refused to allow
them to bandage her, and died while
she was pushing them away.
JACKSON BROTHERS.
CLOVER, S. C.
We Return Thanks.
WE desire to return our most sin
cere thanks to our friends and
the public generally for the very lib(
eioi patronage bestowed on our 0011!
cern since we commenced business last
i September, and also say that during
I the year commencing today it shall be
our constant endeavor to merit even a
larger proportion of the trade in our
line than during our past experience.
We study the demands of our trade
and then place ourselves in position to
meet it. We cordially invite everybody,
friend and foe, who is thinking
' of making purchases in our line to call
, and see what we have to offer and get
prices. JACKSON BROTHERS.
; HEATH-ELLIOTT MULE CO.
Livery, 8ale and Feed Stables.
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We have just received a carload of
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or exchange value for value.
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Selected by the
; Experts?
I In competitive tests the Bickford &
[ Huffman Drills always carry off the
blue ribbon. They have done this a
great many times in the past and will
> do the same trick many times in the
i future.
| At the State Fair, Raleigh, N. C., in
1 October, 1900, the manager of the
; State Agricultural Farm, located near
i Raleigh, selected the Bickford & Huffman
Combination Hoe and Disc
Drills in preference over six other
drills which were put up for selection
at the same fair.
Recently the Virginia State Experimental
Farm selected the Bickford &
Huffman improved 8 disc drill to be
used on the farm lately established by
Virginia. This selection was made after
a close comparison with every oth'
er make of drill sold on the Richmond
market.
( The Farmers' Favorite?that is the
Bickford & Huffman Drill, is used on
the Clemson College Farm.
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: various advantages of these drills that
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, easiest terms.
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next order?
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PLUMBER AND STEAM FITTER.
Settlement.
I have arranged for an important
change to take place In my husi????
rt* o a Ko raoiilf ftf U/hlph
all work will be despatched without
delay. In the meantime, it is
necessary that I make a clean settlement
with all who owe me, and
shall be obliged to have them to
come forward at once.
W. O. RAWLS, The Plumber.
J. J. KELLER & CO.,
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.
Sash and Doors.
WE have a car load of sash and
doors, bought right and offered
at the right kind of prices. Good
stuff.
Lead and Paint.
Just received shipment of Masury's
R. R. White and Lewis's lead.'
Shingles, Lime, Cement, etc.
We have a big stock of Shingles,
Lime, Cement and Builders' Hardware,
Carpenter's Tools, etc.
J. J. KELLER & CO.
YORKVILLE
Most Complete ?
Newspaper Ii
Should Be In Every
$2 For Single Subscr
Subscription}
LIBERAL PREMIUM OF
The List Includes Buggies,
ing Machines, Pocket ?
Articles of Value. T1
Work Easy and the P:
The yorkville enquirer is
the most complete semi-weekly
newspaper In South Carolina. Its mission
Is to keep Its readers promptly
and correctly Informed as to all local,
state and general happenings that are
of immediate interest and to stand for
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'- I
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
TO CLUBMAKERS.
To the clubmaker who returns and
pays for the largest number or 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 tirea,
valued at $85. The clubmaker will
have the option of the two propositions.
To the clubmaker wljo returns and
pays for the second largest club, we
will give a handsome Columbia Top
Buggy, worth $65.
The Babcock and Columbia Buggies
can be seen at Glenn & Allison's livery
stables.
OTHER OFFERS.
For Four Names.
A "Yankee" Watch, a Stylographic
Fountain Pen or a Three Bladed Pocket
Knife of good quality; or a 15String
Zlthern.
For Five Names.
A year's subscription to either one of
the following Magazines: McClure's,
Ladles' Home Journal, Munsey, Argosey,
Cosmopolitan, Delineator, Frank
Lesslle'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 Zlthern.
For Eight Names.
An Ingersoll "Triumph Watch, a
Alt* Plflo?works
V_UIUIIIU ia xvcpcabing ?.?* * ? ......?
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-calibre 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.
For Thirty Names.
Either of the following: A Single
Barrel Hammerless Shot Gun; a fihe
1x4 Kodak, a fine Toilet or Washstand
Set, or a Hopkins & Allen Jr., 22 Calibre
Rifle.
L. M. GRIST'S S<
A
Few
Facts.
Longfellow could take a worthless
sheet of paper, write a poem on It, and
make It worth $5,000. That's genius.
J. P. Morgan can write a few words
on a sheet of paper and make It worth
$1,000. That's capital.
A mechanic can take a pound of
steel, and work It Into watch springs,
and make It worth $860. That's skill.
A merchant can take an article
worth $1.50 and sell It for $2.00. That's
huainogg
We can write a check for $1,000,000,
and it would not be worth a dime.
That's rough.
Your wife can buy a suit of Furniture
for $20, but prefers one that costs
$50. That's natural.
There may be merchants who will
tell you that they have better stock
than we have. That's gall.
We have a good stock of all kinds of
fine Stoves, Ranges, Coffins and Caskets,
and are willing to sell same at a
reasonable profit. That's common
sense.
Trusting you will realize the importance
of the above facts, we remain,
Truly yours.
w. B. MOORE & CO.
SPRING AND
SUMMER CLOTHING.
Representing one of the largest
Arms in the business and with a
full line of samples i am prepared to
take measures with orders and guarantee
fits and also satisfaction. See
me for your new suits, OVERcoats,
etc. Examine cuts of latest
styles Bhown by me. J. J. HUNTER.
TlITATTTnTVn
MUUMM
>e mi-Weekly
a South Carolina
York County Home
iption; Two or More
* $1.75 Each.
FER TO CLUBMAKERS.
Guns, Rifles, Watches, SewLnives,
Magazines and Other
le Com petition Is Free, the
ay Good.
For Forty Names.
A fine Mandolin, Guitar or Banjo, a
New York Standard Open Face Watch,
a W. Richards Double Barrel BreecnLoading
Shot Oun, or a Low Arm Singer
Sewing Machine.
For Fifty Name*.
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 Name*.
A Batavia Hammerless Gun, 12gauge,
furnished by H. & D. Folsora
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 Subscriber* at $1
each will be considered the equivalent
of one yearly subsorlber at 11.76, and
so counted. A subscription paid 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 satlsfac*
~ ...tlamant hoq hqan mqrlp 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 p aces.
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 postoffice.
In sending names, write plainly, and
give postofflce, 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 16th
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 J2.00,
except new clubs are formed.
DNS, Publishers.