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- jRuumrous Jirpartmcnt. Sam's Mistake. District Attorney John C. Bell has recently returned from the south and f* looks as brown as a college athlete. Wherever he goes Mr. Bell always collects a budget of good stories and he is a master of the art of telling v them. Here Is one of the new ones r which he brought from the south and j which has amused the district attor- v ney and his friends greatly: An old white headed negro named j, Moses was one day walking along the road when he saw young Sam sitting v on the fence, grumbling to himself f and looking very sullen. c "Wah's de mattah wid you, Sam?" t asked the old darky. "Whah foh all r 4fs yere blackness?" t "Oh, It's all dat Mars' Fairfax," was a the reply. "Ah can't get along wid j him nohow. Ah guess I'm gwine to f leab him. He cusses me an' beats me ^ all de time." f "Look a-hyuh Sam, why doan' yuh c 'sert yuh 'dependence once in wile? j Dat's de way ter do. Wen Mars' Fair- j. fax cusses yuh, you cuss him back." j A few days later old Moses came j along the road once more and saw a young Sam sitting on the fence again, j this time with his face all disfigured as if he had been in a fight and bruised up generally. "What's de trubble now?" asked the g old man. " 'Pears like yuh done gone 11 * *? ? n ana ran inter one w ucm o... glnes." "It's all yuh fault. Uncle Mose. Ah 1 done taken yuh advice. Ah went out " In de flel' de udder day and Mar's ^ Fairfax he come along and he cuss c me. Den Ah ups and Ah cussed him v back." . "Foh le lan's sake, man," said old Mose, rolling his eyes, "yuh didn't let a him hyear yuh, did yuh?" s , c <3 It Was Not a Dog.?The woman g boarded an elevated train at an uptown station. It was a cold day and , she had on a heavy wrap. As she passed the guard he heard a peculiar sound eminating from the wrap, and when she sat down he approached her. . "You can't ride in this car. ma'am," . he said briefly. "Why can't I?" she asked indignantiy. r "You'll have to get off at the next station, ma'am," he replied. . "What for, I'd like to know?" she said. "You can't bring a dog in here, ma'am," he asserted. "I haven't got any dog," she in- . sisted. "You can't give me any hot air like that, ma'am. Didn't I hear it bark as you come in?" "Oh, did you?" she sniffed, throwing back the wrap. "Is that a dog?" It was not. It was a live baby, and the vigilant guard hastened back ^ to the platform, the woman glaring at him. At the next station the man sitting next to the woman got out. "Oh, I say, guard," he remarked in passing did you hear it bark?" "T'ell with you." responded the " guard and the man laughed at him . cheerfully.?New York Sun. i Not Allowed to Think.?"The , "poor relation" always has a cheerless j time of it. A certain district visitor , found that it made little difference j whether the poor relation moved in . high society or in the humble circles of Johnson's court, with which her work had made her familiar. "Where is Aunt Josephine this winter?" she asked the head of one of her families. "Is she with her brother or that cousin who is so kind to her?" "She's stopping at her brudder Lorenzo's" was the reply, "an' I know she's having a mighty hard time, missy. She didn't wan' to go noway, I'm certain sure ob dat. But I tell you how 'tis, missy. Pore ole Aunt Josephine, she's got so pov'ty strucken she hasn't reely got any 'pinion left." Wanted a Sure Thing.?An English professor of mineralogy tells a good story about a certain big English commercial magnate. He says that the great merchant in question came to him to consult about the instruction of the hopeful son and heir who was some day to run the vast business interests from which "the pater" had made his wealth. "But mind you," said he, "I don't want him to learn about strata or dips or faults or upheavals or denudations, and I don't want him to fill his mind ' with fossils, or stuff about crystals. 1 What I want him to learn is how to J find gold and silver and copper in paying quantities, sir?in paying quan- 1 titles." 1 \ Willing to Pay.?Magistrate?Well, * Mooney, you are accused of beating your wife. What have you to say why ^ you shouldn't pay a fine or have ten c days's imprisonment? ^ Mooney?Who says I beat her, sir? j Magistrate?She herself testified to it. Mooney?What! The old lady herself don't deny it? Well. then. I'll pay wid pleasure, for I'll be hanged if It isn't the first time In all our rows that she's owned up to coming out second best. Time Is Money.?A man once berated his Hebrew debtor for not having included him among his preferred creditors. "But I makes you a 'speshul credidor.'" was the answer. "A special creditor? What's that?" "Vy, a speshul creditor, mine friend, knows now that he gets nothing. The preferred, he von't know that for three years. Time is money?ain't it?"? Everybody's Magazine. t Disgraceful.?"Don't you think," s asked Mr. Oldcastle. "that Mrs. Scadd- j sleigh's embonpoint is rather getting c the better of her lately?" c "Is it?" her hostess asked. "I knew 1 she was a steady golf player, but I t didn't know she'd took up any of these \ other games. Josiah thinks it would e be more to her credit if she looked c after her children a little now and t then."?Chicago Record-Herald. r ijilistrlinnrous funding. FROM CONTEMPORARIES. lews and Comment That Is of More or Less Local Interest. CHESTER. Lantern, March 25: Mr. John Knox ras eigrhty-eight years of age Wedlesda.v, and his daughter, Mrs. J. H. rlcDanlel, at whose home he lives, in ited a few relatives to spend the day vlth him, and gave a dinner in his lonor Rev. John Bass Shelton las been waited on during the past reek by two committees, one from a trominent church in Georgia and the ither from one of North Carolina's iest churches, to see if he could be noved from Chester. We are rellaily informed that he gave a negative .nswer to them both Messrs. Lewis, lenry and Bell completed their tele>hone line from Rodman to this city ast week. Mr. Bell, who is the eficient manager of the telephone exhange in this city, put a transmitter n the pulpit at the A. R. P. church lere and with three receivers at their lome at Rodman he, Mrs. Bell and Mr. ^ewis listened to Dr. Moffatt's sermon md the other exercises at the A. R. \ church last Sabbath. LANCASTER. Ledger, March 26: Just before the xand jury was discharged, but after * 1 3 ,4" ?/vrvAl.f loaf W pd - t naa renuereu na icimit %* * * ..? lesday morning. Judge Gage announcd that the Solicitor desired to call heir attention to a matter, whereupon Solicitor Henry said to them that Mr. V. T. Gregory had reported to him a urrent rumor that attempts to tamper kith and fix Jurors had been made at ormer sittings of the court and perlaps it had grown to be somewhat of i custom in this county. He hoped uch was not the case, but he urgently ailed upon the grand jury to make lilligent investigation into the matter ind to report any person guilty of uch to the court at its next sitting, udge Gage also impressed upon them he gravity of the offence to which the olicitor had called their attention and irged investigation. The grand jury s an intelligent and honorable body if men, and we believe they will disharge their duty in this matter concientiously, fearlessly and fully. These umors may prove to have no foundaion in fact, but if there is a man in Lancaster county with so little regard or the institution of justice as to eek in such a contemptible way to >ervert its ends, we would delight to lee him exposed and punished. All ustice loving and law-abiding citizens ihould help in this investigation by nformlng the grand jury of any facts vhich may aid them in ferreting out he guilty The court of general lessions was adjourned yesterday and he court of common pleas was openid. At the time of going to press Tuesday the jury was out in the Plyer and Dees case. This jury failed to each a verdict and another mistrial ,vas ordered. Thompson Watts, charged with murder was found guilty >f manslaughter and sentenced to five ears in the penitentiary. Walter McVlanus, charged with the murder of Tohn Leech, colored, was found guilty >f manslaughter and recommended to nercy. He was sentenced to four rears imprisonment. The indictments n the cases against Anderson Caskey Robert Dunlap, charged with trafficng in seed cotton, were quashed on he ground that the act of the legisla-' ;ure under which the defendants were ndicted is unconstitutional, null and 'old as special legislation, it applying ;o some counties in the state and not o others similarly circumstanced. 21yde Crawford, charged with attempt :o poison, was found not guilty. Jack Tillman pleaded guilty to the charge >f maliciously injuring a mule ana ,vas senthenced to four months imjrisonment and pay a fine of $1, or >ne day's imprisonment and pay a ine of 150. The case against Frank Perry, John Williams and Jim Moses, :harged with breaking into the South?rn depot was remanded to magistrate lor preliminary hearing and continued o next term. Braxton Leech, charged ,vith murder, was found not guilty. The State vs. John Young, murder, ,vas continued to October term and SToung admitted to bail in the sum of 5500. The State vs. G. B. Skipper, iharged wi h murder, was also con;inued to the October term. GASTON. Gastonia Gazette, March 25: Ed Sanna, the negro who was shot by VIr. Mack Pearson early Tuesday norning in Pearson's store at West 2nd, was tried before Mayor Wilson Tuesday morning aP'' was bound over o court on three charges, under $100 >ond in each case. The charges vere housebreaking, larceny and earning concealed weapons. In default >f bond he was committed to jail. \.s related in Tuesday morning's Sazette, Hanna broke into Pearson's itore and was shot in the thigh as he vas trying escape. He confessed hav?-.<> ar\torar\ the etnre on the FridaV light previous The death of Miss 3ettie Carroll at Bowling Green on he 15th of this month caused a feeling >f deep sorrow throughout the comnunity, where she was much admired ind very popular. She was eighteen ears old. and was the third daughter >f Mr. and Mrs. Laban Carroll. For a ear she had been failing with consumption. On the 16th she was buried it Bowling Green church. Three sisers. five brothers and her parents :ur\ ive her. Only a year ago this north Miss Mattie Carroll died of meumonia. This afflicted family have nuch sympathy in their deep sorrow. Tuesday, Superintendent R. B. Babington erected a line of seveneen telephone poles on the right of vay of the macadam road running hrough Mr. D. R. Lafar's farm east >r uasioma. ivir. utuir, ?e unuciitand. forbade the placing of the )oles there, contending that the right >f way had been granted to the ounty for a road not for a telephone ine. Wednesday morning Mr. Lafar lad five of the poles cut down, and ve understand that both sides have mplo.ved counsel to fight the matter >ut in the courts An altercation etween Mr. James R. Stowe and Sldley Bowers, colored, flagman and fire man respectively on the Southern's local shifting crew occurred shortly after noon yesterday near the water tank. Neither of the men suffered much injury. They were arrested by Police Officer Wiley Carroll and each was placed under a bond of $25 to appear for trial at the mayor's court this morning Esquire B. G. Bradley leaves today for his new home at Piedmont Springs, near King's Creek, S. C. He will make the trip overland, driving through. If the weather is favorable, Mrs. Bradley will accompany him; otherwise she will make the trip on the train. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley have long been residents of Gastonia and have scores of friends here who regret to learn of their leaving Miss Lee Williams returned to her home at Yorkville Wednesday evening after a visit of a few days to the Misses Ford. WHO HEARST IS. A Sample of the Stuff That Is Being Printed About Him. Extracts from a Hearst Write-Up: William Randolph Hearst Is a selfmade man of great ability and achievement. Although a Harvard graduate, he has been the champion of labor from his youth, and by his devotion to the cause of the plain people has endeared himself to millions. His democracy is of the mod em school, which believes in doing things, and if elected president, he would proVe himself one of America's statesmen. What a California Paper Says In Reply. The truth, in brief, as to William Randolph Hearst is as follows: W. R. Hearst?as he was always known in California for he did not become William R. Hearst until he went to New York, nor William Randolph Hearst until he got into politics?W. R. Hearst is the son of a man who was worth J30.000.000. He neveb did a day's hard work in his life, and never earned a dollar in his life, unless he has made money by the use of his father's money. His father was George Hearst, a miner and California pioneer, who was at one time a United States senator. W. R. Hearst received his education from a private tutor. He never went to the public schools, and never graduated from Harvard college. He was never even admitted to that college, though he tried for a year to qualify. But his manner of living was such, while a boy in Cambridge that Presdent Eliot would not admit him. He was given the San Francisco Examiner by his father, and on his father's death got enough millions from the estate to make his debut as a newspaper proprietor in New York. As a newspaper man, he has been a success; not as Raymond and Greeley were, as great editors; nor as Bennett, is, as a news-gatherer. But as a panderer to the passing vice or . passion or policy of the people, he has no superior. He knows how to please the people, and to change with them. He never has been a champion of anything that it did not pay to champion. No one ever heard of his friendship for labor until the labor unions became strong and Hearst himself got into politics. Personally, he has no use whatever for a laboring man. He abused Bryan after Bryan's second defeat, as he did Cleveland after his downfall; and he has taken up every line of Republican policy, from the conquest of the Philippines, wblcn he advocated, to the capture of Panama, which he endorsed. He is for a big army and a big navy, and would be for polygamy if he lived in Utah, and for killing the Jews if he lived in Russia. As a congressman he has been a total and laughable failure. Thus far he has not cast a single vote in the house, nor made a speech, nor made a point of order, nor moved to adjourn. He never has made a 10-minute political speech in all his life. He never has written ten lines on a political question in all his life. He declines all invitations to speak, and sends out letters in reply, written by his clever hired men, but signed "William Randolph Hearst." He talks of himself in his papers, but cannot talk for himself anywhere. Hearst does not exist, except on paper. He is a creation of the paid write-up. Bring him into the open, and force him to scrap with the world, and he would go down and out in half a round. His chief distinction since boyhood has been his open and brazen public association with degraded women, whose influence upon him has been superior to that even of his ambition. And in the White House he would present such a spectacle of indecency as would cause the nations of the earth to jeer. When California is to have a president let him be a man?one whose whole biography may be published without too grossly violating the laws concerning the dissemination of obscene literature.?San Francisco Star. Gentle Repulse by Lincoln.?Senator Cullom was one of Lincoln's intimates. On Lincoln's birthday he told an interesting story about the great president. "There was an ignorant man," he said, "who once applied to Lincoln for the post of doorkeeper to the house. This man had no right to ask Lincoln for anything. It was necessary to repulse him. But Lincoln repulsed him gently and whimsically, without hnrHno- Vi i o foolinn'a in thic \v* n v * " 'So you want to be a doorkeeper to the house, eh?' " 'Yes, Mr. President.' " 'Well, have you ever been a doorkeeper? Have you ever had any experience of doorkeeping?* " 'Well, no?no actual experience, sir.' " Any theoretical experience? Any instructions in the duties and ethics of doorkeeping?' " 'Umh?no.' " Have you ever attended lectures on doorkeeping?' " 'No, sir.' " 'Have you read any text book on the subject?' " 'No.' "Have you conversed with any one who has read such a book?' "'N9, sir: I'm afraid not, sir.' " 'Well, then, my friend, don't you see that you haven't a single qualification for this important post?' said Lincoln in a reproachful tone. " 'Yes, I do.' said the applicant, and he took leave humbly, almost gratefully." SPECIAL ROAD TAX. It Can be Levied at the Instance of Qualified Voters. The following act of the general assembly passed at the session recently adjourned, prescribes the manner in which townships may order special levies for road purposes: Section 1. Be It enacted by the general assembly of the state of South Carolina, that on and after the approval of this act by the governor, the voters or electors of any township who return real or personal property for taxation, are authorized to levy and collect an annual road tax, to supplement any special or other funds for like purposes, In the following manner: Upon the written petition or request of at least one-fourth of the resident electors of the township and a like proportion of the resident freeholders of the age of twenty-one years, as shown by the tax books of the county, being filed with the county board of commissioners, asking for the same and stating the rate of the tax !<" " nrVilnVi atlall nfyt exceed I two mills, the said county board of commissioners shall order the township to hold an election at some place within the township, after giving notice of the time and place thereof for at least two weeks in some newspaper published within the county and by posting notice thereof in at least three public places within such township, for such length of time, unless there be no newspaper published within the county, in which, event the posting the notices shall suffice. At which said election only such electors as return real or personal property for taxation and who exhibit their tax receipts and registration certificate as required in general elections, shall be allowed to vote. For said election the township board of assessors shall appoint the managers, and the election shall be conducted as is provided by law for the conduct of general elections. At said election each elector favoring the proposed levy shall cast a ballot containing the word "yes" printed or written thereon and each elector opposed to said levy shall cast a ballot containing the word "no" printed or written thereon. Within ten days after such election, if the majority of these voting shall vote for such levy, the board of assessors shall furnish the county auditor with a statement of the amount so levied, and the auditor shall enter the same in the tax duplicate, and he shall annually for two years only, enter said amount In the tax duplicates; and the county treasurer shall collect the same as other county and state taxes. Such levy shall be a lien on the property of such township, which shall be subject thereto In case of default of payment. Said tax so collected shall be used for the improvement of the public roads of the township, and shall be paid out by the county treasurer upon warrants drawn by the county board of commissioners, countersigned by the chairman of township board of assessors: Provided, that any surplus of such levy remaining in the hands of the county treasurer at the expiration of any fiscal year shall be paid out the next year for the same purpose. Sec. 2. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act be and are hereby repealed. Approved the 19th day of February, A. D., 1904. ?oan and Sarinqs gjank, Yorkvllle, M. C. As an Investment You will not find anything that will, for so small an outlay, yield so much protection and satisfaction as the renting of one or more of our Safety Deposit Boxes. For $2.00 or $3.00, according to size, we will rent you foi one year one of these Boxes; we furnish you a key corresponding to the number of the Box, you file away your Deeds, Mortgages, Notes, Insurance Policies, Stock Certificates, cetters, ana any papers that you value, put your key In your pocket?then you know your papers are absolutely safe from fire, or being misplaced or stolen, and they'll be right where you left them when you want them again. It takes the Master Key which the Bank holds to assist In unlocking your Box. thereby protecting you if you should happen to lose your key. Call and let us show you these Safety Deposit Boxes, and we think we can soon convince you that you can't afford to be without this protection when same can be had so reasonably. Any Business In the Banking Line. S. M. McNEEL, President. W. P. HARRISON, Cashier. SEEPINC TIME "Who soweth good seed shall surely reap." ?The Bouquet Club. Our seeds are pure stock of the very best varieties. We have several varieties of Seed Irish Potatoes, Seed Sweet Potatoes, Early Seed Corn and a select stock of the best Garden Seeds. Plant our seeds for a good harvest. When you want choice edibles come to see what we have. We handle only groceries of known quality. We have Hams, Chipped Beef, Corned Beef, Sliced Star Ham, and new spring catch of Salmon. We have several grades of Coffee. Have loose Coffee that is of as good quality as usually found on this market. Also have the regular package Coffee, and Mocha and Java put up in air-tight tin cans that is as good as could be desired. Set- us for Crockery, Glassware. We sell nothing but good goods at competitive prices. Call and see us. W. M. KENNEDY, Agent. Fertilizers. I STILL have the chemicals for a few tons of Home-Made Fertilizer. It is getting late to put it up for cotton, but not too late for corn. You will get good results and be well pleased with the results if you will try Home-Made Fertilizers on a few acres of corn. Let me have your order. I have pure RED BLISS Seed Irish Potatoes, Onion Sets, Garden Seed and in fact a first class assorted stock of merchandise such as is usually found in a general country store. I buy Country Produce. I am paying 12* cents a dozen for eggs, and for other produce the market price. I want your business and if fair and square dealing will get it, I expect to have it. W. A. YOUNGBLOOD, R. F. D. No. 4, Rock Hill, S. C. JirrLiiv/Aixun x uiv uiavjaaxvuxi. NOTICE is hereby given that on the 17th day of March, 1904, I filed in the Probate Court for York County, S. C., my final return as administrator of the estate of W. N. SIMRILL, deceased, and that on April 22nd, 1904, I will make application to said Court for discharge from further responsibility as to said estate. N. A. SIMRILL, Administrator. Yorkville. S. C. March 22. 1904. March* 22. t 5t? US' There's a vast difference in Com mcrcial Printing?The Enquirer dees the different kind. Can we fill your next order? I AUTHORITATIVE I "rriHERE are life Insurance comj X not progressive, and also com not conservative. A few companies ative, and among the few stands ou Life Insurance Company of Newarl years of age. It is the frequent t( panies that the Mutual Benefit is 1 not say anything in crticism of. T "The Mutual Benefit is the highi companies, and comes as near bein slble to have it. It stands for the and against all methods which rob I Mutual Benefit Is an annual aiviaei icy holders their surplus as rapidly asserted that people prefer to wait excess premiums. The j opularity theory.?The Insurance Observer ol "rpHE Mutual Benefit Life Inst' A made its fifty-ninth annual si congratulation. Its receipts are the year before, the assets nearly ft' 843 more, the outstanding insuranc markable record of growth, and the efit's policy remains as heretofore, quirements that the safety an<J> pro fer wrong by the too eager pursuit nary care, unselfishness and dev unique in mutual companies, and to all Newarkers."?Sunday Call, J J "fTIHE fifty-ninth annual sta^erm 4 A surance Company, tells in det? ? of a splendid company. We have < T this fine old institution with the ?> changes in the seasons, and we ha^ A lug 1903 there was substantial gro 4 gains were made in assets, surpl ? holders, insurance issued and revi ? while the ratio of expense and ta> Y per cent last year, as against 15.41 $ a magnificent showing for the ma 4 insurance companies in the world ? January, 1904. * ' I'4fT^HE old Mutual Benefit Life, o A being three-score years old, 1 statement. The record made by tl year is never disappointing, and 1 representative of the company's gei increases are shown in every depa continued rich liberality towards company are sufficient assurance < Y., January, 1904. KfT^HE following handsome gain: A suits accomplished by the o Company of Newark, last year. Kaa crrnaa naoats r?f IS7.4S8.889. DlaC a nancial corporations. Throughout ? land the Mutual Benefit stands foi ? business, and by Its treatment of + the success It has attained."?U. S. 1 v name of the Mutual Be A JL Newark, is pronounced witl 2 miliar with the history of life insi a Mutual Benefit has always been n4 the interests of its policy-holders r ? surance Press, N. Y., February 3, : If you contemplate applying for I T own interest by ascertaining what I A fore accepting a policy in another 4 furnishing you with a sample policj ? be issued you by the company. If 4 decide you wish to make applicati $ amined. If you decide you do not ' A will be done or unnecessary expens 4 examination. + SAM M. GRIST, Special ? /T\ .S. tT\ ,t. /T\ /T\ J. /T*> A. /T* /T\ .t. /T\ fTl J./ft.t. TwT^,T^ilTu'TvTwTwTv'?''in,V'*'W'*"W,fti7i professional Cards. J. S. BRICE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office Opposite Court House. Prompt attention to all legal business of whatever nature. GEO. W. S. HART, ATTORNEY AT LAW, YDRKVILLE, S. C. a LAW RANGE. 'Phone Office No. 58 O. E. Finley. Marion B. Jennings. FINLEY & JENNINGS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Office in WILSON BUILDING, oppoaite Court House. Telephone No. 126 A. Y. CART WRIGHT, SURGEON DENTIST, YORKVILLE, S. C. OFFICE HOURS: 9 a. m. to 1 p. m.; a p. m., to 5p.m Office in upstairs rooms of Cartwright Building, opposite Telegraph and Express Offices. WANTED?BEEF CATTLE \ T all times. Will also buy good -la.milkers and calves for shipping. Let me know when you have anything to sell. We sell the choice fresh meats. Want to sell 500 pounds Beef Tallow at 7 and 8 cents a pound. Orders lllled promptly. G. W. SHERER, The Butcher. MONEY TO LEND. ,rw N IMPROVED FARMS in YorL. 'Lf county. Interest: Loans not under 81,000, 7 per cent; under 81,000, 8 per cent. No broker's commissions. Repayments easy. Apply to C. W. F. SPENCER, Rock Hill, or undersigned. C. E. SPENCER, Atty. at Law. Oct. 13 t.f. tf P II7"!? TT_ M \lTn f wiiy use ifidiiy YVU { The ( FERTII i On I ? ft ARE Bl 4 The Virg'ini ? Chemi ? ? ft They have the Best Facilities, and maintain the hi P evenness ? j| Virginia-Caro ? 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The extraordi- ? otion of its managers are quite ^ have long been a source of pride ? Jewark, N. J., January 24, 1904. ? ent of the Mutual Benefit Life In- ? ill the story of the splendid record ? iome to expect steady progress in ? same certainty that we look for ? fe never been disappointed. Dur- ? wth in every department. Great * us, income, payments to policy- ? ved and in outstanding insurance, ? ces to total income was but 15.27 2; In 1902. The statement is ? nagement of one of the best life ? ."?The Insurance Record, N. Y.. ? f Newark, lacks only one year of t having just made its 59th annual a lis sterling company from year to ? the figures Just issued are fairly ? leral character. Handsome T rtment. The superb strength and ? its policy-holders of this great ? if its future."?Insurance Age, N. ? s in a nutshell briefly give the re- ? Id Mutual Benefit Life Insurance jg * * The Mutual Benefit Life now ? Ing it in line with the greatest fl- ? the length and breadth of the ? all that is good and solid in the ? its policy-holders, richly deserves ? Review, Philadelphia, Jan. 28, '04. nefit Life Insurance Company of ? h respect by everybody who is fa- ? irance in the United States. The ? anaged with prudence and ability, ? eceiving first attention."?The In- jg 1904. X ife insurance you will consult your a the Mutual Benefit has to offer be- X company. I will take pleasure in $ i exactly similar to one that would T after examining the specimen you 2 on you will then be regularly ex- & want to make application no harm X * incurred by the company for an ? Agent, Yorkville, S. C. a NEABLY EVERY TARMER VFFTIQ A W"?W THE "AJAX" Is the one to use. 'The Machinery People" will be glad to send catalogue and name price on application. W. H. GIBBE.S (8L CO., COLUMBIA. S. C. Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills, Cotton Ginning Machinery, Etc. The Slbbea Portable Shingle Machine O. E. Wilkina, W. I. Witherspoon, President V. President. REMEMBER The First National Bank of Yorkville Olves you every possible protection. Safe against ROBBERS, BURGLARS, FIRE. Prompt and counteous attention given every detail of our business. R. C. ALLEIN, Cashier. The Enquirer's Stationery satisfies particular people. rds to Tell You That ? Best ? .IZERS larth i * ADE BY 4 T I ia-Carolina J cal Co. J s* * * use the Best Materials, 4 ighest reputation for the 4 -jn/t vaW ftf Fertilizers. * ? i Una Chemical Co. || ton. s. c. ^ HEATH-ELLIOTT MULE CO. Livery, 8al? and Faad 8tablea. A Few Mules. WE have at our Stables five flrstclass Mules that we are desirous of closing out at once, and if you are In need of another farm animal it is decidedly to your interest that you see us, as a business offer will buy you a mule. C Summers Buggies. We have received another shipment of those celebrated SUMMERS buggies. If you want the best buggy ever sold on this market?that has lasting qualities much like the "wonderful one horse shay'* of poetical fame, you ahnnl/l Kiw fho Qnmmapa It VAU do this you will have more buggy satisfaction than you ever had before. Discriminating buyers are buying Summers buggies. Come and let us make you prices and show you the points of superiority found in the Summers buggy not found in any others. HEATH-ELLIOTT MULE CO. 1 NOTICE OF ELECTION. For Probate Judge of York County tq Fill Vacancy Cauaed by the Death of W. H. McCorkle, Former inoumbenL STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA? COUNTY OF YORK. NOTICE is hereby given that a SPECIAL ELECTION, duly called by the Governor under authority of law, will be held at the various election precincts In said county on SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1904, for the purpose of electing a duly Qualified citizen to fill the office of Probate Judge, lor said county. At the said election there will be provided a box at each precinct wherein tlTe duly qualified voters may deposit their ballots. Before the hour fixed for opening the polls, Managers and Clerks must take and subscribe to the constitutional oath. The chairman of the board of managers can administer the oath to the other managers and the clerk; a notary public must administer the oath to the chairman. The managers elect their chairman and clerk. Polls at each voting place must be opened at 7 o'clock a. m., and closed at 4 o'clock p. m. The managers have the power to fill a vacancy, and if none of the managers attend, citizens can appoint from among the qualified voters the managers, who, after being sworn, can conduct the election. At the close of the election, the managers and clerk must proceed publicly to open the ballot boxes and count the ballots therein, and continue without adjournment until the same is completed, and make a statement of the result for each candidate and sign the same. Within three days after the election the chairman of the board or some one designated by the board, must deliver to the commissioners of election the poll list, the boxes containing the ballots and a written statement of the result of the election. The following Managers of Election have been appointed to hold the election at the various precincts in the said county: Betlml? It. M. Barnett, R. H. Campbell, J. Hope Adams. Bethany?J. J. Howe, N. A. Howell, B. R. Smith. T n T XT T aiiAK. tsiairsviue?J. rj. i^uiai.i, u, u, uuvi er, J. L. Ralney. Bullock's Creek?Kelly Inman, W. C. Robinson, H. D. Cranford. Clover?J. F. Currence, Ellas Jackson, J. M. Ford. Coates's Tavern?J. R. Gettys, J. T. Spencer, G. A. Gettys. Ebenezer?J. A. Shurley, W. B. Fewell, T. A. Matthews. Fort Mill?T. B. Spratt, W. H. Wlndle, C. B. Blankenshlp. Forest Hill?J. J. Brandon. W. W. Auten, R. B. Robinson. Hickory Grove?T. M. Whlsonant, J. N. McDill, John Ramsey. McConnellsvllle?J. F. Ashe, J. T. Crawford, J. O. Moore. Newport?T. B. Glenn, A. T. Neely, T. W. Jackson. Ogden?J. B. Davis, S. B. Nunnery. R. C. Caveny. Piedmont?M. R. Blggers, R. M. Wallace, J. H. Quinn. Rock Hill?J. H. McFadden, W. C. Wherry, J. W. Marshall. Sharon?J. M. Sims, T. M. Hope, S. A Wfl rllrk Smyrna?W. C. Whltesldes, T. B. Hambrlght, R. W. Whitesides. Tlrzah?J. B. Barron, R. R. Allison, A. W. Black. Yorkvllle?W. J. Nell, E. A. Crawford, J. S. Sandlfer. The managers at each precinct named above, are requested to delegate one of their number to call upon J. S. SANDIFER, clerk of the commissioners of State and County Elections for York County, at Yorkvllle, S. C., on Thursday, the 7th day of April, 1904, to receive ballot boxes, poll list, registration list, registration book and Instructions. Come prepared to take ONE BOX. J. H. SAYE, Chairman, P. M. BURRIS, W. A. YOUNGBLOOD, Commissioners of State and County Elections for York County. March 21, 1904. March 22 t 3t KENTUCKY MULES | j I 5 Remember Rock Hill Is the tt ft place to buy your Mules. + + Just received 50 head of fine ? 2 Kentucky Mules, and from now J jf on you will always And a good J 4> supply at my stables. If M Come and see me. If you * * haven't got the money to pay Jf ? Cosh, you can get what you J 2 want and have all the time you x 4, want to pay for them. ? J S. J. KIMBALL, J J Rock Hill, S. C. * CROSSES OF HONOR. NOTICE is hereby given that Veterans of the Confederacy living In York county desirous of obtaining Crosses of Honor through the S. D. Barron Chapter U. D. C., of Ebenezer, must make application to the President or Secretary at a date early enough to pernitPOf the ordering of the Crosses so that they may be presented on the occasion of the memoi ial services 011 the 10th of May prox. S. D. BARRON CHAPTER, U.? D. C.. Old Point. S. C. March 22 t td MONEY TO LEND. I HAVE about 53,000 to be loaned In sums of $500 to $1,000, for from one to three years, on good real estate security. I want 8 per cent Interest; but under especially favorable conditions will offer somewhat better terms. Address "J. R. T." care of The Enquirer. March 15t.f5t && The Enquirer's Stationery satisfies particular people.