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tumorous department.
Judge's Pupil Proved Too Apt.
A prominent judge and a young lawyer
were talcing a holiday jaunt together,
and having a very jolly time of
it, says the Philadelphia Ledger. One
day the young man said to his companion:
"Judge, I wish you would tell me
what it is to which you attribute your
very unusual success in the law."
"Well, I don't mind doing so, but
it must be on one condition, and that
is, that you agree to pay the rest of
my traveling expenses on this trip."
To an ambitious young fellow of considerable
inherited fortune that was
not so much to do and he agreed.
"It is simply this," ?aid the judge.
"I always make it my rule to deny
everything and insist upon proof."
His. friend acknowledged the remark
with a simple "thank you," and nothing
further was said about the matter.
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The judge aiu noi mint iuui?u ...
his wines and other expenses, and was
running up a pretty bill. When their
stay at that hotel was ended, they
went to the desk for their accounts.
The judge received his and passed it
along to the younger man with a
twinkle in his eye.
"Why, what does this mean?" he
asked.
"Mean!" said the judge; "it simply
means that you agreed to pay all my
expenses on this trip, and here's my
bill."
"Judge," said the other, "I deny
everything and insist upon the
proof."
Where the Blame Lay.
Sternly the judge regarded the
prisoner before him. He beheld a man
of tender, unripe years, whose face was,
fair to look upon, bearing as it did
every known mark of honesty. Appearances
gave no reason for committing
the crime, and yet the jury had
decided, on first ballot, that the prisoner
was guilty. In fact, the plea for
the defense was very weak.
"It seems incredible," said the judge,
"that a man of your connections should
have stooped so low as to become a
common' forger. Surely someone else
must have been the cause of your
downfall."
"There was some one," replied the
nrisoner. "It is vourself. your honor."
"I?" ejaculated the Judge, amazed.
"Just so. A short time ago I was a
member of the graduating class in my
college. You were one of the speakers
at the farewell session. You may remember
your words: 'The world lies
ahead of you. But you must push your
way steadily. I want each one of you
to forge to the front; I want to soon
see each occupying a prominent place
in the eyes of your families and of
the world.'" The prisoner paused and
smiled. "I forged quicker than the
others. I've gained a place before the
public. And now, what next?"
"Three years," laconically said the
judge. "Next case!"?New York
Times.
A Straight Tip.?A prominent NewYork
broker tells the following story
at the expense of a Philadelphia^:
Some time aco Mr. W. gave a dinn *r,
and at it were several Wall street
operators. W. is always on the lookout
for market tips. As a rule, he is
rather cautious in his habits, but that
night he dined a bit too freely, and
awoke the next morning in a rather
muddled condition. But he was perfectly
clear on one thing.
Somebody had given him a tip to
buy coin. Who gave him. the information,
W. could not recall^*He knew
nothing of corn, or any other grain.
But he went ahead and operated in
corn with a vengeance, brought 200,000
bushels, and the price began to climb,
then he bought more. The shorts
got scared, ran to cover, and on the
final Jump W. covered and cleaned up
$80,000.
That night he hunted up his guests
and tried to find the man who had
given him such valuable advice, but
in vain. W. was becoming worried.
His coachman drove him home, and
as he stepped from his carriage, his
man said:
"Excuse me, sir, but did you order
corn? Last night you promised to
buy forty bushels. We're clean out,
sir."
He gave the fellow a $1,000 bill, saying,
"Buy the corn and keep the
change."?Exchange.
A Profit on the Pig.?A Pennsylvania
railroad officer has a stock
farm on the outskirts of Philadelphia,
says the Philadelphia Ledger, and at
a recent dinner of the Clover Club a
friend of the railroader spoke of it,
saying: "He runs it on a business
basis. Sometimes he makes money
out of it. Last year he bought a pig
for $27, fed it forty bushels of corn at
$1 a bushel, and then sold it for $31.50.
" 'I made $4.50 out of that pig,' he
remarked to me the day after the an
imal was taken/away.
" 'But,' I protested, 'how about the
forty bushels of corn, at $1 a bushel,
that you had fed him?'
" 'Oh," commented the gentleman
farmer, 'I didn't expect to make anything
on the corn.'"
- - X'T
Mr. Martin was fond of pets, and
was somewhat inclined to boast of the
friendly feeling existing among his
dogs, guinea-pigs, owls and fancy pigeons.
One day a neighbor, who had
reason to suspect that all was not
going well on the Martin side of the
fence, asked if the latest acquisition, a
fine Angora cat. was living in harmony
with the other animals.
"How." asked the neighbor, "do
your young rabbits and your new cat
agree?"
"Beautifully," replied Mr. Martin.
"The cat eats the rabbits, and the
rabbits agree with the cat."
A Korean View of the War.?Curton
Holmes says that while he was in
Seoul, the capital of Korea, recently,
he asked an intelligent Korean native
what side his nation would take in a
dispute between Japan and Russia.
"You have seen two dogs tight over
a bone?" asked the Korean.
Mr. Holmes assented.
"Well," continued the Korean, "did
you ever see the bone do any fighting?"?New
York Times.
iHisrrllanrous grading.
FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That Is of More
or Less Local Interest.
CHESTER.
Lantern, April 22: Mrs. T. C. Hicks
and little son T. C. Jr., and Mrs. J.
B. Mackorell of Lancaster, spent last
night in the city on their way from
a visit to their sister, Mrs. J. C. Butler,
in Abbeville Last Tuesday,
Mr. Joshua Walker died at the home
of his daughter Mrs. J. S. Withers, after
a gradual decline due to his age.
Funeral service was conducted by the
Rev. John Bass Shelton, assisted by
Dr. Moffatt, on Wednesday, and the
remains were buried at Liberty. He
was born in 1815, and was therefore
one of the oldest men in the county,
possibly the oldest Mrs. W.
G. Neville of Yorkville, spent Monday
night in the city with Hon. and Mrs.
A. L. Gaston on her return from Abbeville,
whither she went to attend the
funeral of her sister-in-law, Mrs. D.
Wyatt Aiken... .Coroner Gladden held
an inquest Wednesday over the body
of Jack Brown, who died from the effects
of a blow on the head with a
pick in the hands of John Ro-idey on
the 9th of this month at Hieklin station
on the Seaboard. They were both
colored section hands and had a fight
on the 7th but were separated. On
the 9th they were tamping ties near
together, when Roddey dealt the fatal
blow, apparently without a word or
immediate provocation. We learn that
he claimed to have struck in anticipation
of a blow from Brown. These
are the facts, briefly, upon which the
jury based its verdict, simply stating
by whose hands Brown came to his
death. Mr. L. G. McCrelght was foreman
and Dr. J. N. Gaston made the
examination. Both the negroes lived
at the section headquarters at Harmony
station, and the inquest was held
near Edgmoor. Roddey left after the
deed was committed, having drawn
$300 or $400 which he had in a bank
in Rock Hill, it is said and his whereabouts
are still unknown.
CHEROKEE.
Gaffney Ledger, April 22: Rev. J. M.
Steadman informally entertained a
number of his young gentlemen friends
Tuesday evening at the First Methodist
parsonage. The host laid aside
his conventional airs for the occasion
and enlivened the hours with his conviviality,
regaling his guests with
many effusions of his wit and humor.
Refreshments were served in abundance
and the evening was very pleasantly
spent by the young gentlemen
present. Those who formed the party
were: Dr. Charles Jefferies, Charles
Ligon, Frank Carson, Alex Poag, Jones
Darby, Prof. Hodges, Wells Littlejohn,
Paul Lipscomb, Charlie Hames, Henry
Jumper, Dr. Green, Floyd Baker and
Anthony Sarratt There is no falling
off of the output of Capt. Ross"
tin mine. It is showing up better every
day. Last Friday he got out 2,300
pounds of clean ore. The captain's tin
mine is attracting increased attention
in this country and Europe. This week
it has had visitors from as far east
as Philadelphia and as far west as El
Paso, Texas Gov. Hey ward has
appointed Col. J. G. Wardlaw of this
city, a delegate to the Panama Canal
convention to be held in Tampa, Fla.,
on May 4th, under the auspices of the
Tampa beard of trade... .Mrs. M. A.
McArthur celebrated her eightieth
birthday at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. W. H. Smith, last Tuesday. The
four score natal day found her enjoying
remarkably good health and much
vitality Sheriff Thomas recently
located in Charlotte some of the convicts
who had escaped from the county
chaingang and the police of that
city arrested two of them for him. He
went to Charlotte Monday evening and
that night brought Charles Littlejohn
and Alex McGoogle, both colored, back
to Gaffney, and Tuesday morning delivered
them to the manager of the
county's good roads gang to serve the
balance of their time, if they don't
escape again.
GASTON.
Gastonis Gazette, April 22: After a
lingering illness from bronchial trouble
and dropsy extending through a
period of more than three years, Mr.
Thomas McGill Oates died at 45 minutes
past 11 o'clock at his old home
place Tuesday night. Had he lived
until the 27th of May he would have
been 77 years old. He was buried at
Pisgah church Wednesday afternoon
after funeral services by the pastor,
Rev. A. L. Lindsay. He was a loyal
member of Pisgah church, and was
greatly beloved by his brethren and
neighbors. Mr. Oates is survived by
his aged companion and by their three
sons and one daughter as follows:
William Oates in South Carolina;
John T., near Bessemer; Henry, near
the old home place; and Mrs. Margaret
Carson, wife of Mr. J. R. Carson
Mr. J. E. Finch, who works at Mr.
Sam Bradley's saw mill was run over
by a log wagon, Wednesday morning
about ten o'clock. He was standing
on the wagon trying to steady a log
Willi cl ITiim-HVUIV Willie IIIC W Ugun nao
going down hill. The wheel hit a
stump and he was thrown to a sitting
posture under the hub of the hind
wheel. He was bent forward by the
hub pressing on the back of his neck
and the wheel ran over his arm. His
injuries are serious, but if pneumonia
does not occur, he will probably recover
About two o'clock last Tuesday
morning the smoke-house of Mr.
Robert Hand, who lives on Crowder's
Creek, was destroyed by lire. The origin
of the fire is said to be unknown.
At Mr. Ed. Hedgpeth's, some of the
family had got up to run a dog off
the porch, and the light was noticed
by Mr. Hedgpeth's mother. They ran
over and gave the alarm. Mr. Newton
Olenri and his hands also came
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bigs near by. they succeeded ill saving
Mr. Hand's dwelling. These buildings
and a small quantity of meat
compose the main part of the loss.
Chronic Disability.?The lawyer
was examining him concerning his
quaiifieat'ins as a juror.
"Have "ou ever served on a jury?"
he asked.
"No. sir," answered the man. "I've
been drawn a good many times, but 11
was always too smart to get caught on
a jury."
"What's that, sir?" Interrupted the
judge sternly. "Do you boast of your
smartness In escaping jury duty?"
"No, your honor," said the man;
"not at all. When I said I was too
smart I meant that I was always excused
because the lawyers thought I
wasn't Ignorant enough."?Chicago
Tribune.
RIVALRY IN BRIDGE SELLING.
Drummers Who Have Also to be Explorers.
He looked more like a soldier or an
explorer than a commercial traveler as
he sat in the smoking compartment of
the sleeper running between New
York and Buffalo. Therefore, when
one of the drummers asked him what
his business was, and he replied that
he was a drummer like the rest. It was
natural that some one should inquire
with interest what line of goods he
carried.
He laughed, and said: "I don't carry
any goods, not even samples. I could
not very well carry a satisfactory sample
of my line unless I were to hire a
freight car to accompany me on my
travels. The fact is, I am a drummer
for a bridge building concern.
"Yes," he continued in response to
another remark, "it's a mighty interesting
business, and it gives a man lots
of variety.
"There's too much of it sometimes,
for I've just had the experience of hurrying
from the damp heat of a tropical
forest to the somewhat bleak coasts
of Newfoundland, where we got a big
contract unexpectedly."
"Well, you're lucky in one way.
though," said one of his listeners.
"You haven't got the competition we
have. Here are four of us in the same
car, all selling the same kind of goods
and all bound for the same town and
the same' customers. I take it that
bridge salesmen aren't as thick as
blackberries."
"No, they aren't as thick as that,"
said the bridge salesman. "But to
make up for it the rivalry for a big
bridge contract is on as enormous a
scale as the business itself, and the
competing firms won't hesitate at any
risk to land the business.
"Consequently they send out men
who can ride and shoot and command
savages, and they expect them to go
at it exactly as if they were leading an
exploring expedition.
"That's about what it amounts to,
in many cases.
"You see, the only way for a concern
to figure intelligently on a bridge
building job is to know just exactly
what it may have to do. Therefore
the minute the various bridge companies
of the world hear of a good chance,
each strives to get its own trusted experts
to the place first, so that it shall
have the best chance to figure on the
job.
"At the same moment, men may
start from Berlin, Essen, Liverpool,
Birmingham, Pittsburg, New York
and Philadelphia, all bound for some
spot lying half known and half guessed
at in a wilderness that may have been
opened to the white men for only a
few months.
"As our routes begin to converge, we
begin to get news of each other?generally
just enough to keep each one
guessing. Then, if we all happen to
land in the same port, we have a noble
scrap to get our guides and men for
the journey into the interior.
"Well, after we get away the fight
has only begun. One man will go one
way; one another. Now, after you
strike out into a wilderness and find
yourself ploughing and wading and
climbing and straggling through unknown
country, you are likely to put
in some tough days wondering if you
haven't picked out the worst road and
if the other fellow won't get in and
finish his work before you' get through
toiling amid the jungle.
"Then, of course, there is the constant
need for watchfulness, for the
new countries through which railroads
are to be run are not usually as orderly
and peaceable as a town In New
England. Some of us bridge drummers
have had to fight our way to the
scene of our sales, using repeating
rifles instead of sample cases.
"The final sale, to be sure, is made
after we get through, and it is not concluded
in the heart of an African jungle,
but in a nice, quiet, orderly office in
England or America or Germany. But
the real sale, the work that makes or
breaks, is done by the investigator who
goes to the spot and makes up his
mind what difficulties there are in the
way.
"If he makes too favorable a report
and leads his employers to bid too
low, he may break them; many of
these bridge jobs have been vast
enougn 10 ruin tne Dunaers 11 inings
went wrong.
"I've sold bridges during the past
year in New Zealand, going a hundred
miles in a canoe to do it; in Newfoundland,
after crossing the waterways with
fishermen in small boats in the midst
of winter; in Brazil where I had to go
up a river 500 miles and slosh around
in primeval forests for two months
to get my facts; and in Honduras,
where we camped for three months in
the rainy season to beat another concern
whose men were waiting in the
capital for the good weather to begin.
"One of the men in our line waded
into Uganda to try for that big contract
that was finally won by an
American house. He shot two lions
on the way.
"One lion he shot because he wanted
his skin. The second lion he shot because
he wanted his own.
"The first one trotted by his tent
one evening and was disj>osed to mind
his own business. He keeled over at
the first shot.
"A few days afterward he was at
mnner in nis lem wnen me secuuu
lion walked right in without knocking.
The natives ran for their lives and the
bridge drummer rolled over to the side
of the tent in his fright.
"Luckily for him he rolled right
against his big gun, and just as the
lion prepared to pounce on him he
sent two bullets into him at short
range. The brute fell 011 him and
bruised him so badly, merely with his J
dead weight, that he couldn't march
for a couple of days; but the pain
from those bruises wus nothing com
pared with the pain that he felt in
his mind at the thought that possibly
his rivals might be getting ahead of
him.
"They didn't get ahead of him and
he made his reports all right. But at
the last moment his company decided
not to bid because it had found a new
use for its plant. So all his fight with
the wilderness went for nothing.
"No, I never had any real adventures
myself. Once I fell into a river
in South America and a crocodile (not
an alligator, but a real, genuine American
crocodile) made a snap at me. I
floundered aboard a boat Just in time
to escape.
"Another time a snake fell out of a
tree right on top of my telescope,
which I was resting against the trunk
to survey a valley. And once in Burmah
a rhinoceros stepped on my toe
or>^ cmooKo^ If
"But then, when a rhinoceros gets
so close to you that it steps on your
toe and doesn't do anything worse,
you are, naturally, very much relieved.
This particular rhinoceros must have
scented the camp and it charged
right down on us, though nobody was
annoying it. It went bang through the
whole place and scattered kettles, natives
and outfit in the woods.
"We never even got a shot at it.
The rest of that trip I made in a litter."?New
York Sun.
COWBOY FOUGHT STRANGE DUEL.
Used His Leather Breeches Against
Sword of Gendarme.
Captain Frank Butler, for 30 years
with Buffalo Bill, an expert shot and
the husband of Annie Oakley, who
herself enjoys an international reputation
as one of the most expert rifle
shots in the world, recently told of
some of his experiences of a strenuous
character with Colonel Cody.
"I remember an incident that occurred
at Barcelona, Spain, while we were
there in 1890," said the captain. "When
we arrived there we expected to meet
with all the prosperity that we had
been accustomed to, but about the
time of our arrival an epidemic of typhoid,
smallpox and la grippe set in
and we spent three of the toughest
months of our lives. The tents were
deserted and the streets, too, for that
matter. To such hardships were we reduced
that we lowered the price to 10
cents, and we could not have got even
this if the money had not been mostly
counterfeit. As a result, the entire
company of 200 people were without
salary, and were in such a disagreeable
humor that they were scrapping
with each other half the time.
"At about the worst stage of the
game one day a rather strenuous incident
occurred. It was the funniest and
strangest duel that I ever saw or heard
of. One of the cowboys was swinging
through the arena with a pair of
leather shaps over his shoulders?
shaps, you know, being those heavy
leather or bearskin breeches the cowboys
wear?when, as he was passing by
one of the Spanish gendarmes, he accidentally
struck the Spaniard lightly.
The gendarme stopped him and a
lively colloquy ensued, the expressions
becoming more and more excited,
neither understanding the other, until
the Spaniard went after the American
cowboy with his sword. By this time
the entire troupe and the audience had
turned their attention from the show
to the side show which had Just started.
"The American had no gun or knife
or sword, and so when the Spaniard
attacked him with his sword he fought
back with the shaps which he had carried
on his shoulders. At first the officious
official took the offensive and
thrust his sword several times Into
the leather shaps, but the cowboy
warded off any serious blow at himself,
and then when the Spaniard had
become a little tired, the strong cowhoy
went after him with the shaps and
gave him the worst licking I ever saw
one man give another. He rapped
him over the head and shoulders and
heat him down until he was thoroughly
thrashed, the crowd meanwhile taking
a keen interest in the affair. He had
no trouble with the Spaniards after
that.
"We had other funny old times there.
Once my wife and I went to buy a
turkey for Christmas. They are so
poor there in Spain that it is considered
a luxury to buy even a hind leg of
the bird, and so when we ordered a
whole turkey we had a crowd following
us all the way home.
"When we were in Germany, at Benfeldt,
the mayor gave a hunting party
in honor of Colonel Cody, Annie Oakley
and some of the others in the
show, and in the party he was so careful
of his dignity that he insisted on
riding on a horse with his silk hat and
white gloves. We gave him a west
ern norse or rne gentiesr Kinu. Away
we went along the paths and across a
field and finally to a ditch. All went
over but the mayor, and he would have
gone over all right, but as the horse
lifted he pulled him up, and down in
the ditch rolled the mayor, the silk
hat, the white gloves and the horse.
When his honor came up he had gained
much in mud, but had lost much of
his dignity.
"At night, after having recovered
somewhat from the jolt, the mayor
gave a dinner. It was in Alsace, where
they have French wines sixty years
old, and think they have not done their
duty unless they have drunk their
guests under the table. The mayor
?ould speak little English, but in his
broken speech, not knowing me, ventured
a toast 'We vill drink to dos
health of Fraulein Annie Oakley. I
hopes she vill soon get married und
haf von large family.' The laugh had
hardly subsided when he proposed another:
'Here's to this man Buffalo
Bill, or Colonel Cody, from America.
I vill onlv sav I hone I vill lif long
enough to plant laurels on his grave.'"
?New Orleans Picayune.
Whether the people of Kentucky
shall return to the system of viva voce
voting is to be decided by them at
the state election in 1905. During the 1
discussion of the matter in the house ]
of representatives one member said <
that an open ballot would prevent vot- ,
ers from sailing under false colors,
and another member retorted that it I
would result in the corporations get- I
ting control of the elections. Only two i
Democratic members of the house i
voted against the measure, and only ]
one Republican voted in its favor. t
?he Seller.
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NO. 146.
[Original.]
"No. 146, you are discharged from
this prison and may go where yon like.
[ hope you'll live an honest life and not
have to come back here again."
As the warden spoke the prisoner
stared at him as though his mind were
upon other matters, then, without a reply,
hastened out Into the world.
Several years before this Henry
Tracy was a young business man of
such marked ability that when Manning
Brightman, an intimate friend,
though fifteen years his senior, died it
was found that Tracy had been named
sole executor of his estate and guardian
of the only heir, Edith Brightman,
seventeen years old. One day
Abel Barnicourt, who had once been
Brlghtman's attorney, produced papers
transferring the whole estate to Sarah
Parton, who claimed to be the-second
wife of the deceased. These papers
disappeared, and thei?- was such strong
evidence that Tracy had stolen them
that his incarceration followed. While
he was in nrison the estate remained in
litigation, and Edith Brightman, being '
deprived of her income, was forced to j
earn her ow.i living. <
On the evening of his discharge he 1
stood on a street corner waiting for
the clocks to strike 10. At the first '
stroke a man crossed the street and
joined him.
"The shovels?" asked 1*acy.
"On the place."
"All right. You go ahead, and I'll follow.
We don't want to be seen together."
Tracy followed the mnn out of town
to a deserted house standing beside the
road, and the two entered the grounds.
A pick and a shovel were found under
a porch, and Tracy, leading the way to
a large tree in a corner of the lot, began
to dig. Coming to a small sheet
Iron box, they removed it and returned
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"We'll go to your room, Brown," said
Tracy. "You've got the documents
there, I believe."
"Yes."
A few minutes later Brown scratched
a match in his room, lit the gas, locked
the door, pulled down the shades, and
the two opened the iron box, taking i
out a bundle of papers. Brown meanwhile
unlocked a desk and brought
forth an envelope containing documents.
Tracy seized them eagerly and
scanned them one after another till be
came to one at which he uttered a cry
of Joy.
"This is the key to the situation!" he
exclaimed. "Without this the others
are worthless. I'll take care of this .
myself. You look out for the others.
Meet me in the morning at the court- i
house, and we will swear out the war- I
rant." ('
It was 11 o'clock at night when i
Tracy left the detective and walked ]
rapidly to a house where there was but :
one light burning. He rang the bell
and when a servant came asked for 1
Miss Brightman.
"Gone to bed."
"Never mind that. I must see her
tonight." t
"Who shall I tell her wishes to see !
her?" ,
"Never mind that either. She'll approve
of your calling her up." 1
When Edith Brightman entered the j
room and saw her guardian, the ex- ,
convict, she caught at the door knob.
His imprisonment and the mystery at- !
tending it, together with the loss of her
property, had not only been a puzzle
but a horror to her. When it occurred
she was still half a child. Now she
was a woman.
"Edith." said Tracy, "your estate is
saved to you." ,
She stared at him wonderingly as
he proceeded:
"When your father asked me to be
his executor he told me of the woman
who claimed to be hi3 wife, and that <
he also suspected Barnlcourt. 'When ]
I die,' he said, 'there *11 be some rascalIty
practiced on my little girl. Promise J
me you will see that shefj not robbed.'
" 'I promise on my honor and my <
life,' I replied.
"When the blow fell I knew the papers
were fraudulent, but could not
prove it. The court .was about to turn
over the estate to this woman, who <
would at once turn it into cash and (
leave the country. I deliberately stole 1
their papers and burled them In my 1
yard. While serving my term I em- j
ployed a detective, who has only recently
unraveled the case. Here la a
contract between Abel Barnlcourt and
Sarah Parton, wherein she agrees to
divide the estate with him in case he
secures it for her, and below her confession
that she was never married to
your father, and the documents are all
forged, the signatures being copied '
from letters of your father which had
fallen into her possession. This confession
Barnlcourt was to hold over <
her in case she refused to divide with
him after the estate was acquired."
While Tracy was giving his ward
this brief summary of a case which
could only be written in volumes her '
face wore the expression not ot one uelighted
at hearing how she had regained
her property, but an engrossing a
pity mingled with wonder, admiration,
gratitude for one who had suffered dis- I
grace and imprisonment that It might
pass to its legitimate owner.
"And you did this to fulfill a promise?"
"No. I loved the little girl for whom
I did it."
It was a long while before Edith
Brlghtman, reversing the conventional
order of matrimonial occurrences, <
could persuade Henry Tracy to become
her husband. Despite the truth,
to the world he was known as an exconvict
and his career was ruined.
Then he fell HIT and it was in one of
his weaker physical moods that his [
consent was obtained. The pair went r
abroad and have never returned to .
America. ROBERT F. FORBES.
Portland, Me., has lost its most ^
famous barber in the death of John (
B. Tike. In his time he shaved Grant, I
Sheridan and Garfield. Ben Butler z
ivas al.nost fond of him. Judge Clif- *
ford used to spend a morning hour in t'
the office to have John tell him the p
news and save him the trouble of n
reading the paper. Blaine and Tom p
Reed and Neal Dow were good friends I
;o the clever barber.
VOICE AN INDEX OF BREEDING.
Children Should Early Bo Taught Its
Proper Use.
One evidence of gentle breeding Is
i well-modulated voice. Thomas
iVentworth Hlgginson said: "Shut me
lp In a dark room with a mixed mulltude,
and I can pick out the gentle'olks
by their voices," writes Miss Buron
Kingsland in SucceSs. In the
:ompass of every voice there are three
egisters?the middle or throat, the
ower or chest, and the upper or head
egister. The use of the middle pitch
'or talking is very desirable, but the
mice should be trained to slide up and
lown. varviner with the emotions: low.
vhen the mood inclines toward serijusness,
and higher when it becomes
Inged with excitement. An Interesting
ipeaker constantly changes his pitch;
tot abruptly, but with ease and skill,
ind the greater range one has the more
certain he Is to get and retain the
ileased attention of listeners. Our
ilgh-pltched, strident voices are sharpy
criticized, and it is quite within our
lower to change them.
I confess to liking a bit of slang
low and then from a young man's
nouth. It sounds racy, adds snap and
ipice if used judiciously, and a few
if its terms are pithy and expressive,
lut when a girl uses slang It only
sounds common. What Is becoming to
me sex Is not necessarily so to the
>ther.
When we see a woman who laughs
ind talks loudly In public places, we
?ut a severe strain upon our charity
ind judgment not to think her vulgar.
When to the conventional "How do
fou do?" she replies "Fine!" we know
in just what rung of the social ladder
:o put her.
D. E. Wilkins, W. I. Witherspoon,
President. V. President.
a.
REMEMBER
The First National Bank
of Yorkville
Gives you every possible protection.
Safe against
ROBBERS,
BURGLARS,
FIRE.
Prompt and counteous attention
Siven every detail of our business.
R. C. ALLEIN. Cashier.
Xoan and Saving iJanh.
Yorkville, ?i. C.**
As ail 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, siock uercincaiea, xjencia, emu
any papers that you value, put your
key in your pocket?then you know
pour 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
3oon convince you that you can't afford
to be without this protection when
3ame can be had so reasonably.
Any Business In the Banking Line.
S. M. McNEEL, President.
W. P. HARRISON, Cashier.
HEATH-ELLIOTT MULE GO.
Livery, 8ale and Feed Stables.
OUR "LIVERY"
Is equipped with the vehi:les
that in style and comfort
are up to the minute. Our
livery horses are good lookers,
good goers aud stayers. If you
want a first class turnout you
:an get it here.
Remember
That when style and lasting
qualities are considered the
SUMMERS Buggy has the
inside track from start to fin.
ish in the race for public favorHEATH-ELLIOTT
MULE CO.
Professional partis.
J. S. BRICE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office Opposite Court House.
Prompt attention to all legal business
)f whatever nature.
GEO. W. S. HART,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
YORKVILLE, S. C.
LAW RANGE. 'Phone Office No. 58
3. E. Finley. Marion B. Jennings.
FINLEY & JENNINGS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office in WILSON BUILDING, opposite
2ourt House. Telephone No. 136
A. Y. CART WRIGHT,
SURGEON DENTIST,
YORKVILLE, S. C.
42g* OFFICE HOURS:
9 a. m. to i p. m.;s p.m., to5p.1i)
Office in upstairs rooms of Cartwrlght
iuildlng, opposite Telegraph and Ex>ress
Offices.
CROSSES OF HONOR.
^T" OTICE Is hereby given that VetLx
erans of the Confederacy living in
fork county desirous of obtaininf,
Crosses of Honor through the S. D.
larron Chapter U. D. C., of Ebeneer,
must make application to the
'resident or Secretary at a date eaiy
enough to permit of the ordering of
he Crosses so that they may bo
iresented on the occasion of the melorial
services on the 10th of May
rox. S. D. BARRON CHAPTER, U.
). C.. Old Point, S. C.
March 22 t td
NEARLY EVERY FARMER
NEEDS A
PORTABLE ENGINE
Is the one to use. "The Machinery People"
will be triad to send catalogue and name
price 011 application.
W. H. GIBBES (EL CO..
COLUMBIA. S. C.
DaIIA^, Qe? XT 411 a PAMA M nin.l
UllfllllCOl MWIAVff E)?n iUdlB- WOdMi Viu-|
niiiR Machinery, ?to.
The Glbbes Portable Shingle Machine ||
ML/ UrU A LADY BUYS A
ft nC.ni SPRING HAT
She wants the very latest thing that
fashion and millinery art can create.
She is not going to be behind anybody
in style if she knows it. If you want
a Dainty Spring Hat, in the very latest
style and fashion, go to
WHITESIDES BROS., Hickory Grove.
They have recently added a millinery
and dressmaking department to their
business. Their milliner has Just returned
from the city markets where
she has been studying the latest styles
and selecting a large stock of Pattern
Hats and Frames and millinery stock
of all kinds. She can sell or make you
a Hat in any style at
ROCK BOTTOM PRICE8.
In addition to our Hat department,
we have added a Dressmaking department.
Our dressmaker is up-to-date
on the latest fashions. Will help you to
select thp material from our large and
select stock of dress goode and will
guarantee a perfect fit. All at moderate
prices.
We also carry a full line of Dry
Goods and Ladies' Shoes. The Ladles
aie requested to call and look through
our stock. We are always glad to
show our goods whether you buy or
not.
We carry everything on earth sold
In a general merchandise store except
dynamite, medicines, bicycles and coffins.
WHITESIDES BROS.
Hickory Grove, S. C.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
SCHEDULES.
The following changes In the schedule
became effective on the Southern
Railwway, March 7, 1904:
No. 13, dally, leave Charleston 7.30
a. m., arrive Columbia at 11.40 a. m.
No. 117 dally except Sunday, leave
Kingville 4.10 p. m., arrive Camden 6
p. m., arriving Rock Hill 8.35 p. m., connecting
with Savannah division No. 31.
No. 113, daily, leave Kingville 11 a.
' m., arrive Camden 12.30 p. m.; leave
Camden 12.36 p. m., arrive Rock Hill
3.35 p. m.; leave Rock Hill 3.40 p. m ,
arrive Yorkville 4.27 p. m:; Blacksburg
5.55 p. m.
No. 114, daily, leave Blacksburg 6.50
a. m.; arrive Yorkville 8.11 a. m; arrive
Rock Hill, 8.50 a. m.; leave Rock Hill
9.30 a. m., connecting with Savannah
division No. 33; arrive Camden 12.55
p. m., leave Camden 2 p. m., arrive
Kingville 3.45 p. m.
No. 118, daily except Sunday, will
continue to leave Rock Hill at 6.35 a.
in., and arrive Kingville 10.45 a. m., as
in the past.
No. 136, daily, leave Marion 6.25 p.
m.; arrive Blacksburg 8.30 p. m., leave
Blacksburg 8.40 p. m.; arrive Rock
Hill, 10.30 p. m.
Train No. 135.
Lv. Rock Hill 5.30 a. m.
Ar Blacksburg 7.40 a. m.
Lv. Blacksburg 7.55 a. m.
Ar. Marlon 10.45 a. m.
W. H. TAYLOE,
Asst. uenerai jrassenger Agem.
CHEAP EXCURSION RATES
VIA
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
The Southern Railway announces
the following very low Excursion
rates to the following points named
below:
NASHVILLE. TENN., and return,
account meeting "Peabody Normal
Summer School,* June 8th, to August
3rd, 1904, at the very low rate of one
flrst-class fare plus 25 cents for the
round trip.
KNOXVILLE, TENN., and return,
account "Summer School" from June
28, to August 5th, 1904, at the very
low rate of one first-class fare plus 25
cents.
NASHVILLE, TENN., and return,
account meeting "Southern Baptist
Convention and Auxiliary Societies,"
May 12 to 18, 1904, at the very low
rate of one first-class fare plus 25
cents.
DETROIT, MICH., and return, account
"Baptist Young People's Union
of America. International Convention,"
July 13 to 15, 1904, at the very low
rate of one first-class fare plus 60
cents.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., and return,
account "Imperial Council Ancient
Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine," July 13 to 15, 1904, at the
rate of one first class fare plus $1.00
for the round trip.
MONTEAGLE, TENN., and return,
account "Woman's Congress," from
August 1st to 7th, 1904, at rate of one
first-class fare plus 25 cents for the
round trip.
MONTEAGLE, TENN., and return,
account "Monteagle Sunday School
institute," from August 15 to 30, 1904,
at the very low rate of one flrst-class
fare plus 25 cents for the round trip.
MONTEAGLE, TENN., and return,
account "Monteagle Bible School,"
from July 4 to August 4th, 1904, at the
very low rate of one flrst-class fare
plus 25 cents for the round trip.
ATHENS, GA., and return, account
"Summer School" from July 5, to
August 6, 1904, at the very low rate of
one flrst-class fare plus 25 cents for 1
the round trip.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA., and return,
account "Interstate Growers' Association,"
May 4 to 6, 1904, at the very low
rate of one first-class fare plus 25 cents
for the round trip.
PHOTOGRAPHY
IS AM" ART
AND it takes an artist to be a photographer.
One who is not an artist
doesn't stand much of a chance of
making a success at photography. I
have given years of study to this especial
line and I can say wUh pride
that my work will compare favorably
with that of any photographer In this
section.
The best and most perfect photo
I graphs are the result of experience
and not experiments. 1 do all of my
developing, retouching and finishing,
thereby obtaining the best possible results.
As Far As Prices
Are concerned, you need not worry
yourself along that score. I know that
my prices are reasonable and you will
agree with me when I tell you what
they are. I am also prepared to develop
and print pictures taken with pocket
cameras. If you have a Kodak or
Vive or any other camera, and for any
reason you can't develop and print
your pictures, bring them to me at my
gallery on West Liberty street.
J. R. SCHORB.