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?mmomi$ department. Tact.?"You're an authority on tact, Turveydrop, aren't you?" said Miggs. "I have some reputation in that direction." "Well, what would you do under these circumstances? I took a lady friend to a matinee a few weeks back, and of course after the performance I ottered her tea. She accepted, but to my horror I found I had only tenpence and she ate at least 15 pennyworth." "Under those circumstances," replied Turveydrop, "you should have explained that you would have'to send an important telegram, and as soon as you got outside you should have left your watch with a friendly pawnbroker." "Couldn't. He'd got it already." "Then of course there was nothing for it but an explanation ana a mm that enough to pay the bill would be treated as a debt of honor." "Couldn't do tha$ either. There was an old gentleman sitting at the table, and one can't explain a thing like that before strangers." "Perhaps not. But what did you do?" "Well, I watched an opportunity and ife: took that old gentleman's bill and left ^vhlm mine. His was only sevenpence." "Mr. Miggs," said Turveydrop, "you need no Instruction in that beautiful accomplishment?tact." Fai-led In an Emergency.?The man who said he did not see what good his life insurance would do him until he was dead must have been a hopeless object for the suave attack of the agent. Like him is the farmer of a Fifeshire village of whom a London paper tells. He had been advised from time to time to insure his house against Pre. The agent, Sandy McLeary, could never get the old man to sign and was forced to listen to the familiar argument that "his house would never gang on fire." The unexpected happened, however, and the neighbors were astonished when the old man, instead of trying to save his goods, ran wildly up and down the village, crying: "?? o? ?nn f" "wnaurs umi mvu ocmuj . "Whaur's that insurance chiel? Ye can never get a body when ye're needIn' him!" Pulpit Personalities.?"I think." asserted the exhorter in the warmth of his eloquence?"I think that each and all of us will continue in the next world the work we are doing in this one." Here two men arose and stamped stormlly from the building. The speaker affected not to notice the disturbance. but after the meeting he asked one of the committee on reception who the men were. "Well, I guess they got a little mad at what you said about having the same Jobs in the next world," was the answer. "The tall man was Riley Ferguson, who makes fireproof storage houses, and the little fellow was Pete Bales." "Ah! Just so. And what does Mr. Bales do?" "Sells fire escapes."?Chicago Tribune. Unanimous.?The prisoner is led from his cell into the presence of his seven wives, for having which number he is about to answer to the law. "John," cried wife No. 1, "see where your folly has led you." "In a dazed manner he looked at the array of women. "How dared you?" demanded No. 2. '"Wretch!" shout No. 3 and No. 4. "Villain!" exclaimed 5 and 6. Nervously he clutches the arm of his guard. "Have you no excuse, perfidious man?" demands No. 7. Wiping his beaded brow with trem* * * " ? * l/vv>n.4Vi otoiYimarC* Dling ringers, ne ai icusw i>?uiiuiv?> "I?I?I must have been crazy." "You certainly were!" agree the seven wives, each looking meaningly at the other six.?Chicago Tribune. No Time to Spare?The mean man whose birthday gift to his son consisted in allowing him to wash the windows so the boy could look out and see the cars go by belonged to the same family as the man to whom the Washington Post introduces its readers. He was proprietor of a country hotel. The rules of the hotel kept everything under lock and key, and there was no chance for the casual loafer to get newspaper, pen, ink, soap or anything else free. There were not even free seats in the office. One day the proprietor saw a chronic loafer looking at the old timepiece which hung on the wall. The next day a large sign hung over the face of the clock. It read. "This clock is for the use of guests of the hotel only." Brotherly Encouragement.? "I want to thank you," said Deacon Oldfield, "for the speech you made at the meeting of the trustees the other night in favor of issuing bonds for an addition to the chapel. I'm sorry I wasn't there to hear you." "Why." replied Deacon Granby, "I thought you were opposed to the prop osltlon ?" "I am. But I can't blind myself to the fact that any speech you might make must necessarily help the other side."?Chicago Record-Herald. "Mamma." said five-year-old Elmer, who was tired of staying in the house, "come out in the back yard and play a game of foot ball with me." "I can't play, dear," replied the mother. "Huh!" exclaimed the little fellow, scornfully. "That's what comes of having a wonr.an for a mother." 'X& Little Maggie had been to the dentist's to have a tooth extracted and this is how she explained the proceedings: "The man grabbed hold with a pair of big tongs and pulled his best, and just before it killed me the tooth came out." itliscrUaniw grading. FROM CONTEMPORARIES. News and Comment That Is of More or Less Local Interest. CHESTER. Lantern, April 1: Mr. Ellison Osborne of Cabal, died yesterday and will be buried at Bullock's Creek graveyard today. He had been sick with something like grip since Christmas and it developed into kidney trouble. He was about 65 years old and was a good man. Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. J. B. Swann Dr. R. J. Willingham of Richmond, preached at the Baptist church Wednesday night. It was a sermon of great power and at the close the congregation increased their offering they had already ? ^ ~ fA^lor^ mlocinric to fin JimOUTlt niciucr iv/ ivicigu vV sufficient to support a missionary. The amount given Wednesday night and what other members will give who were not present, will make the offering easily reach $700. The happiest man in Chester is Mr. Shelton, the pastor of this noble church, and well may he be, for they are really doing great things. They have just about finished a heavy debt of several thousand dollars, increased their pastor's salary and now have put this noble capstone on their good deeds by giving between $700 and $800 to foreign missions for this year Mr. W. Y. White has sold his house and lot on Pine street to Dr. G. B. White and has bought the Walker house on Centre street and will move some time soon Mrs. Tom Ferguson and children, who have been visiting at Mr. Geo. W. Ferguson's, went to Yorkville yesterday morning. Mrs. Sarah Williams died last Friday night at her home in Richburg from congestion of the stomach and was hurled in the cemetery there Sat urday. She was about fifty-nine years of age. For a number of years she had been the sextoness of Union church and will be very much missed Miss Sue Hollis, aged about sixty years, died at the home of her brother, Mr. P. T. Hollis, near Lewisville Wednesday from some stomach trouble and was burled at Pleasant Grove. Methodist church Thursday Repairs have already commenced on Manetta mill N". 1. which was damaged by fire Monday afternoon. All hands who were thrown out of employment by the fire are on half pay and get their houses free of rent Mr. W. M. Westbrook having resigned his position as dispenser, the board of control has appointed Mr. Louis Samuels to serve out the unexpired term Mr. G. W. Ferguson received a telegram yesterday announcing the death of Lee, the ten year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jason Grant in Atlanta. Wednesday evening about five o'clock, she with some other children, were playing on the street and in some unaccountable way she failed to see the approach of the street car and was run over by it and killed. Mr. and Mrs. Grant, accompanied by a lady and gentleman from Atlanta, arrived on the S. A. L. yesterday evening with the remains and were taken to Mr. Will Ferguson's in Chapel neighborhood last night and the burial would be at Armenia at 11 o'clock today. She was their only child, which makes their affliction doubly sad. GASTON. Gastonia Gazette, April 1: About six weeks ago, Nellie the six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ab McGill. was terribly burned. Her dress caught Are in tha house and she ran to her mother who was out in the yard. The fire was extinguished, but not until the child's side was terribly burned. It was thought that the little one would recover, but after the lapse of several weeks there is a raw surface on her side as large as one's two hands which does not heal but rather grows worse. Mr. McGill has returned from looking after his saw mill interests in Florida on account of his little girl's condition. We sincerely hope the little patient's condition may soon take a turn for the better Mr. W. W. Glenn, bookkeeper for the Arlington Cotton mill, brought suit in Magistrate W. I. Stowe's court yesterday morning against the Southern railway for the sum of $2, unearned bond premium which the defendant company had retained from an amount due him on ? * ~ salary* xne ssouinern was lepiwciucu by Mr. George W. Wilson and Mr. Glenn plead his own case. Judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff for the amount, $2. Mr. Glenn was formerly employed in the Southern's offices at Charlotte, but resigned last summer. The amount in question was the premium on his bond from August to December. The railroad took an appeal A big slander suit that is likely to attract attention is expected to come up at the April term of York court. It is the case of Rev. H. W. Hawkins of King's Mountain against Mr. Tom Jackson of Clover. Certain alleged reports affecting the moral character of the minister are said to be at the bottom of the trouble. Both sides, we understand, are taking depositions and preparing for a desperate legal contest Mr. L. U.Arrowood and Miss Maude Mabry were married at Albemarle Wednesday afternoon, March 23rd. They left immediately for the home of the groom's father, Mr. D. M. Arrowood, near Bessemer City, where they have been ever since Wednesday night. Mr. Arrowood is now taking a well earned holiday. He has been night superintendent of the Wlscasset mills at Albemarle, but it is pos sible that he will not return, though his plans are not yet certainly formed. At all ev< ats we welcome him and his fair brid home and give them our congratulations and best wishes A meeting of the members of the old volunteer fire company was held last Thursday night for the purpose of effecting reorganization. Mr. Charles Loftin was elected captain. Mr. J. Lawrence Beal was elected assistant captain, and Mr. W. S. Croker secretary. A committee, consisting of Mr. Loftin. Mr. Coon and Mr. Beal. was appointed to draft a set of by-laws and rules for the company. There are fifteen men in the company, all of whom are old firemen except Messrs. John Tucker. C. Lytton and Oscar Glenn, who were elected members at this meeting. At the next meeting of the city council the company will present to the body the name of one of its men for confirmation as chief of this department. .. .At the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Sarah Randall, at the Loray, Miss Lorena Randall was married to Mr. James R. Howe at 8 o'clock last night. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. W. Ingle. The groom is a loom fixer at the Loray. They have the congratulations of many friends in their happiness. THE BRIDE OF ASAKUSA. Deserted by Five Husbands; But Finally Found a Man. Once there lived a wealthy merchant in the country town of Asakusa. He had a daughter famous for her beauty and graceful manners. As she was of age the merchant busied himself selecting a good husband for her. At last he thought he had found a suitable man, and preparations were made for the wedding ceremony. Many a barrel of sake was consumed in celebration of the happy union, and the customary cheer of a "thousand years and eight thousand years more," resounded from the lips of one guest to another. But, strange to say, the young bridegroom, who was supposed to be the happiest of all, was on his knees before his parents-in-law on the very next morning, earnestly beseeching for that hateful thing?the divorce. What can be done when a young couple do not agree? After much hesitation, his petition was granted and the beautiful daughter was again single. But she must marry, for does not our loyalty to our ancestors demand that every Japanese shall continue the family succession? As good luck would have it, a young gentleman of a respectable family In a neighboring village consented to marry her. The exchange of presents and other ceremonies were duly performed. The marriage bond was again tied. But alas; tie aiso wouia not siuy, He actually fled from his new home. So, in the same manner, the third, the fourth and even the fifth husband could not endure this beautiful daughter. Overcome with grief and shame, the merchant published an announcement that anybody who would marry his daughter and stay with her at his home would inherit the whole estate of the family without a condition. Poor old man! He was almost crazy, despite the immense fortune that he possessed. One day a ronin (a Samurai without a lord who roamed the country as a soldier of fortune) happened to come to Asakusa, and heard the strange story. His curiosity was so aroused and his love of wealth so kindled that he offered himself as a suitor for the hand of the beautiful daughter. The old man was only too glad to accept him, for despite his poverty the ronin was a man of noble birth. After the usual preliminaries, the marriage was formally made. The sound of the dishes in the kitchen had subsided and the shouts of the merry guests were heard no more, the candles in the hall and in the reception room had burned out, and the bride and bridegroom had retired to their chamber. The tolling of the bell in a distant temple told that it was the dead of night. Suddenly the bridegroom awoke from his sleep and saw a white figure standing before the dim light of the chamber lantern. It was his bride. He watched her eagerly, although pretending to sleep, for he felt that he was aDOut to know the secret of herrejection by her five previous husbands. Her long black hair fell over her pale face, which, turning toward the bridegroom smiled a ghastly smile. Then the woman?oh! not a woman, but a ghost!?glided softly out of the room toward the garden. He heard the wooden sliding door outside open. Was he afraid? Certainly not. He was a Samurai, the wearer of two swords, and fear was impossible to him. He rose from his couch and followed her. The night was cold and still. Not a leaf rustled in the trees. The moon shone brightly, and the slender figure of the woman moved on the white ground like a shadow. Her course was toward the town graveyard, the abiding place of ghosts and demons. A thin cloud came over the moon, and she disappeared among the tombstones. The young warrior climbed up, sat on a high tombstone, crossed his arms firmly on his breast, and looked eagerly around the graves. The moon, shining through a rift in the cloud, showed him a ghastly sight. The girl had opened a newly made grave and was devouring the corpse ravenously. Even the cracking of the bones could be distinctly heard. Frantic with her cannibal enjoyment, she raised a bone high in the air and uttered a shriek that might have frightened even the ghosts and the devils hovering around. But it did not frighten the young Samurai. He drew his long sword? the inspiration of the Japanese soldier ?and jumped down from his seat. The girl turned around and rushed toward him. "Who are you?woman or devil?" demanded the brave soldier. She thrust a broken bone, already partly eaten, in front of his face, and said: "Eat this and I will tell you who I am." He hesitated a moment, but she relieved him from his wonder by exclaiming: "Oh, my dear husband! You are the only one who has watched my nightly performance with real manliness. This is but a trial of your courage. How could I trust myself and our great estate to a weak, cowardly husband? Take this bone-looking thing and taste it." He took it and tasted?and found that it was a big piece of candy.? Translated from the Japanese of Saikkaku, a Noted Novelist of Three Hundred Years Ago. There are 199 slates, 84 marble and 205 clayy quarries in this country. STORY OF TWO "LEADERS." The "Wheat King" of 1898 and the "Cotton King" of 1904. Although few if any people had predicted so early a termination of the career of the "cotton market leader" as that of yesterday, few experienced financiers have doubted that such an end would eventually come. Certain Indications In the career of "market leaders" are unmistakable, and one Is the evidence that one success In a speculative venture has led the lucky adventurer to believe that his judgment was infallible and his luck impregnable. The notable case in point that occurred in May, 1898, suggested the outcome of the Sully operation. Even the "cotton clique's" achievement of January, 1904, must yield for dramatic in4 ? "T /\Uah" nn??nor Wh03.t ie resl iu mc ucuci vw? ... six years before. The speculator who figured In that episode bought wheat as low as 65 cents a bushel. The short European supply and the Spanish war came In to help him: help put the price up on the 10th of May, 1898, to >1.85 per bushel. The newspapers chronicled his movements, and serious articles were written (a foretaste of this year) ; to show what "young Lelter had done for the American farmer." It was the burden of nearly all current comment that no one had ever grasped the facts of the market more intelligently. What young Lelter did was to purchase on borrowed money contracts requiring delivery of 35,000,000 bushels, He sold a part, as Sully did of his. and even after the 10th of May had >5,000,000 clear paper profit to his credit. Or i June 13 he confessed insolvency. The consumer had refused to keep on buying, but the corner manipulator could not stop. His creditors, therefore, found a way to make him do so. Ir 1898, as in 1904, news of the failure i was called a "bolt from the blue." Foi i twenty-four hours no one could understand it. After that Interval, howi ever, every one remembered that he had predicted it all along. With L<eiter, as wun ms muic imitator in another market, it could i be said that he showed a fair comprehension of the conditions of supply very great misunderstanding of the nature of demand and total Inability tc , distinguish the proper limits of the use of credit. The moral is so old thai i nothing but a sensational case in point i can interest the trained observer in it . ?New York Evening Post. WHY JOE SMITH WAS MOBBED. Early Practices of Mormons Thai Caused Their Expulsion From Naui voo. , i The Rev. H. R. Trickett, pastor of . the Christian church here, owns s farm near Nauvoo, the Illinois towr founded by the Mormons in 1840. -He i resided for many years at Nauvoo and yet visits the town occasionally i says a Macon, Mo., letter. > "Taking its location and general history, Nauvoo is the most romantic spot in the west," remarked Mr. Trickett. "I could hardly imagine a more [ beautiful site for a town. Indeed, the i Mormons seem to ha\ had a pecui liarly correct eye for the beautiful ir all the places they selected for settlement. "Nauvoo is situated at the head ol the rapids, and looks down upon a scene unsurpassed for majestic beauty in all America. At its feet is a broad stretch of table land, fertile ai f a valley of the tropics, now covered : with vines which produce as fine a wine as anything that comes frorr Italy or France. "There is no railroad touching Nauvoo. You have to descend a sharp road to the river and cross on a ferry to Montrose, a town on the Keokuh and Northwestern road. Tradltlor has it that when the people of Illinois . began making trouble for Joseph Smith and his followers he cursed the t place and declared it should nevei grow and have railroads and conven iences like modern towns. "There was a valid reason for oppoi sition to the old Mormons, as they were i called. Joseph Smith and his brothei i Hiram sought to establish a sort ol independent kingdom in the heart ol the United States. Some of their adherents became careless of the rights i of other people's property, t "There came an alleged revelation like this: 'The world is the Lord's and belongs to his people,' to which the i Mormons added: 'And we are his peo pie.' Old citizens have told me they had to tie their horses outside their bedroom windows, with one end ol the rope wrapped around their hands as they slept, else they would wake up and find their animals gone. "Some professing the greatest piety were guilty of thefts and outrages ol various kinds. There was a sort ol i public safety society known as The Whittlers. "When an officer would come over from the county seat to serve a writ, or to arrest a man for stealing, these Whittlers would suddenly, as if by chance, appear on the scene, with pine sticks and long knives. They would be whittling with seeming indifference but all the time the Whittlers would increase in number and, with affected carelessness, close in on the officer. "When he was completely surrounded, hemmed in and at the mercy of a score of long, cruel knives, one of the Whittlers would say, as if discussing the weather. "'Going back soon, ain't you? Looks a bit like rain." "The officer generally took the hint, and went back-alone. "The uprising against the Mormons which resulted In the death of Joseph and Hiram Smith at Carthage at the hands of a mob was not because of general indignation over their religious views, but because of their defiance of the government. I don't think polygamy was practiced. "The sect was really at war with the United States, and did not recognize the rights of life or property unless under the protection of their belief. The church was supreme, and the state must bow to it. "The Whittlers were known In Utah as Danites, a sort of Mafia organization of cutthroats and assassins. It was a body pledged to rid the church of its enemies. "The tithing house or treasury, where the faithful deposited regularly a tenth of their Income and the residence of Joseph Smith still remain at Nauvoo. The old Mormon residences were built strongly and in a workmanlike manner. Many of them today are in a better state of preservation than structures that were built years after the expulsion. "Most of the houses were constructed close up to the sidewalks, in old English style. In fact, a large portion of Nauvoo suggests an old English village, dropped down from the i early part of last century. "The Mormon converts of Smith y who gave the government most trouble were the riff-raff of Europe?mal: contents, anarchists and ne-'er-do- i wells. For them it was an ideal col- ' ony. They became the most loyal of church men. and at the same time the i most violent of law breakers. Travelers were held up. farmers : robbed and law enforcers tapped over the head?all In the name of the ! church. The object seemed to be to j I drive away settlers, and the destruc- 1 i tion of property values, so that the ^ i Mormons might gather in all the land ( about Nauvoo. At last the situation ' became unendurable, and the people j rose up and expelled the whole out- j fit, and shot and killed the two 1 prophets. ' "Many of the descendants of those who did not approve of the views of Smith and his lieutenants are yet liv- < ing at Nauvoo, and are among the j best citizens,of the town. There are . quite a number of those who style i themselves Latter Day Saints. These < are honest, thrifty and law abiding j people whom any town would be glad j to number among its citizens. t . , l BIG PRIZE | i Of $150,000 Offered To Man Who Will ' Correctly Predict Weather. Any one who can find out what ! causes the weather and apply his J knowledge to forecasting what the : weather will be for 30 days at a time, ' can get $150,000 from the United States government, if a bill introduced by | Senator Bard of California, becomes a ! law. This bill ofTers $150,000 in prlz es, one of $100,000 and the other of ! $50,000, for the discovery of the 1 physical basis of meteorology. ^ Even government weather experts admit that they do not know what causes the weather. They can tell with some accuracy what the weather will be for 24 hours, because they can find out certain things about the weather ^ conditions surrounding points for which predictions are made, but they can't say what is going to happen f next. 1 There are scientists in Washington 1 who believe that there is a fixed i basis of the weather, and that, once > this basis is discovered, it will be > possible, say on April 1, to predict exactly what the weather will be for I every day that month, including rainfall, temperature and all other things necessary to be known for the benefit of agriculture, horticulture or commerce. These scientists have consulted with 1 Senator Bard, and the result is the bill ' which provides that the president shall appoint three men as a board of mete orology nominated from or by Yale, , 1 Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Leland Stanford and Chicago universities. 1 The board will conduct the contest 1 for the prizes. The prize of $100,000 L will go to the person who produces 1 the best results as to temperature, 1 which shall include the discovery of the physical basis of meteorology and the best system of forecasting tern- 1 1 perature. The prize of $50,000 will go to-the best discovery in predicting : rainfall. 1 This is not to be a guessing match, 1 because each contestant must select 1 three different localities of varying ' climates and predict the exact weath' er that will visit these three locall' ties every day, makiner his predictions ' for thirty days in advance and keeping them up for six consecutive months. ! Then the contestant must go before ' the board and tell how he did it. His explanation must be upon scientific principles or the experts will not award the prize to him. 1 Something along this line has been done in various parts of the world, so 1 that it is not considered a wild-goose j 1 chase after knowledge. The entire ! world will be invited to enter the com- | Detition. and no monev will be paid out, except a small allowance for the expenses of the commission, unless there are results. 1 There Is now a man In Cincinnati 1 who has got this predicting business ' for a month at a time down so fine that cotton planters in Texas are writing to him and asking for predictions. J ?New York World. A RICH GOLD MINE. For Several Years Eager Fortune Seekers Worked Over It. A tale is told of a rich gold mine in 1 Idaho with a ledge of ore which once ? extended above the surface of the , ground in a clear, solid ridge several < feet high and entirely distinct frorh the j surrounding formation. This ledge was j long and unbroken and lay directly j across the course which hundreds of < , prospectors took every year to reach J other gold fields. The obstruction of ] rock, the great value of which was j long unknown, was too high to be < snrmniintorl hv nflrlf animals SO the ^ prospectors cut a trail directly through it. For several years these eager gold seekers passed backward and forward over this trail in search of gold mines. One night a prospector camping near this edge of rock picked up a bit of it and from force of habit took it to a creek near by and washed It. Then he examined the stone, and to his great astonishment, he found "colors" in it? bits of sparkling gold. The prospector does not mistake gold when he sees it. He is not deluded by iron crystals or bits of mica, as the "tenderfoot" frequently is. The gold sparkle is clearer and brighter than that of any other mineral, and it is the same in sunshine and shadow. The prospector, tremendously excited, broke off more pieces of the ledge and found more of it bearing free gold. Then he located his claim, and that was the beginning of a rich mine. Yet for years the sagest of prospectors had passed over this trail through the cut in this ledge, never suspecting its value, although by its very prominence it seemed to invite Inspection.?Leslie's Weekly. A Wonderful Saving. The largest Methodist Church In Seorgia, calculated to use over one lundred gallons of the usual kind of nixed paln{ ln painting their church. They used only 32 gallons of the Longman & Martinez Paint mixed with 14 gallons of linseed oil. Actual cost >f paint made was less than $1.20 per gallon. Saved over eighty (380.00) dollars In jalnt, and got a big donation besides. EVERT CHURCH will be given a iberal quantity whenever they paint. Many houses are well painted with 'our gallons of L. & M. and three gallons of linseed oil mixed therewith. Wears and covers like gold. These Celebrated Paints are sold by iV. B. STROUP & BRO., Clover, S. C. Uncle Terry And Some of His Sayings. Among the Southport Islanders Un:le Terry was considered an odd stick, ind yet one who would go out of his way to do a good turn to others. He was seldom seen at church, though his ivlfe and Telly usually were. As he >nce remarked: "It's a good thing for em, 'cause It takes up thar mind an' s more sociable, though prayin' alius seems to me a good deal like a man Iryin' to lift himself by his boot straps. It keeps him busy, though, an it's lealthy exercise." The most pronounced characteristic af Uncle Terry was his unfailing good humor, tinged with a mild sarcasm. He loved his fellow men and yet enjoyed puncturing their small conceits, but so droll was his way of doing it lhat no one felt the sting. To Bascom, who kept the only store and also postoffice at the Cape and dearly loved to bear himself talk, Uncle Terry once said: "You've got the greatest gift o' ?ab I ever heerd, Bascom, an' you could 'a' made your fortin in the show business. But if you're ever took with religion the hull island '11 turn InfldJle." And, again, when Deacon Oaks, the leader at all prayer meetings, assured him how great a blessing religion was and how much he enjoyed divine service. Uncle Terry answered: "Your takln' the lead at meetin's is a blessin' to the rest, for none of 'em has to worry bout who's goin' to speak next. They know you're alius ready." "I take some comfort llvin', an' try an' pass it along. The Widder Leach calls me a scoffer, but she alius comes to me when she's needin', an' don't alius have to cum either. My life's been like most everybody else's, a streak o' lean an' a streak o' fat, with lean predomlnatin'. 'Twas a streak o' fat when I found a good woman an' she said 'yes,' an' a streak o' lean when I was bamboozled by a lawyer into buyln' a gold mine. I've kep' that hole ever since an' paid taxes on't to prove to myself Jest how big a fool a man can be an' live." "It's lucky the widow's sure o' lots o' happiness in the next world," observed Uncle Terry once, "for she ain't gittin' much in this. "I've never wroneed nobody nor done much prayin', an' when the Almighty calls me I think I'll stand jest as good a chance o' gittin' a harp as those whose done more on't. The worst skinnin' I ever got was done by this ere lawyer, who never sot down to meals 'thout askin' a blessln', an, mebbe that's the reason I'm a scoffer. I've observed a good deal since I left the old farm, an' have come to the belief that thar's a sucker born every minit and two ter ketch him. When I was young I took hold o' the big end o' the log an' did the liftln', but now I take hold o' the little end an' do the gruntin*. Thar's one thing I've lamed, an' lamed it for sartin, an' that is thar's few people In this world that cut a ham in the middle. Most on 'em cut few slices an' cut 'em thin." There's a vast difference in Commercial Printing?The Enquirer does the different kind. Can we fill your next order? Professional Ofards. J. S. BRICE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office Opposite Court House. Prompt attention to all legal business Df whatever nature. GEO. W. S. HART, ATTORNEY AT LAW, YORKVILLE, S. C. i LAW RANGE. 'Phone Office No. 58 D. E. Finley. Marion B. Jennings. FINLEY & JENNINGS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Office in WILSON BUILDING, opposite 3ourt House. Telephone No. ia6 A. Y. CARTWRIGHT, SURGEON DENTIST, YORKVILLE, S. C. OFFICE HOURS: 9 * m> t0 1 P* m,'a P-mMt05P'm Office in upstairs rooms of Cartwright Building, opposite Telegraph and Exareas Offices. T*T*TATitT*V4Y*Y*T*T*V*T*Y*l Attractiveness Is a most importan cial Printing. It is the quality whi that makes lasting i the efficiency and ii rpvN Neat printing alwa vV/SjS ' always makes favoi If l\ The production of < / 1 \ quires not only mod i l_w ment, but demands ' ful attention of exp< J If you want attrac | your next order. I We will quote you i L' M' GRlST'S A*A?U?U*A?U*A?U??A?U?Uk?'0A??*A MACHINERY All Kinds and for all Purposes. . When In the MarHet for ENGINES, BOILERS, SAW MILLS, AND WOODWORKING MACHINERY, GRISTMILLS, BRICK MACHINERY, ETC-, ?WRITE TO? "THE MACHINERY PEOPLE" W.H.Gibbes&Co. [COLUMBIA. S. C. I The Glbbes Portable Shingle Machine. I 'tiff Send The Enquirer your next order for Commercial Printing. We do only the Better Kind?the kind that is always satisfactory. Without Music b Bee unto your using some other COOKING* COMPOUND idd to be "JUST AS GOOD" AS A Palmatina w? When Yon Can Got* PALNATINA THE PUREST VEGETABLE FAT ON THE MARKET The Wesson Company ttVANMH. OA. ?oau and pavings ganfc, Yorkvlllo. H. 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, Letters, and 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 vou want them ajtrain. 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. *| ch compels attention-- ? mpressions. It doubles ? tsures results. ^ ys attracts attention-- ? able impressions. ! attractive printing re- ? lern mechanical equip- ^ the constant and care- Jt rienced workmen. ?| :tive printing give us t ? i fair price. ? SONS, Printers. j ? *A*A*AltA*UIUieA>tA*eAieA*A*eAaeA