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Bad Break.
"Talking about fright and gTay
hairs," said a traveling man, according
to the New York Press, "my hair never
came so near turning white in a
single night as it did a couple of weeks
ago when I was in a town in one of
the wildest patches of country in the
west. I entered a cafe and started in
to ingratiate myself with the boys and
was getting along fine.
"There was one old fellow who hung
around the bar a great deal and seemed
to have everybody scared. I made up
my mind that he was a chap I wanted
to have on my side, so I started
in and made up to him the best I knew
how. I told him all the funny stories
I knew. Every time he laughed everybody
else laughed, and when he didn't
seem to like it there was a general attack
of the blues. After a while he
told a story himself. I laughed as
hard as I could and slapped him on
me snuuiuci emu muu.
"I've heard of you before."
'"You have?* said he, looking suspicious
all of a sudden.
" 'Yes,' said I, 'and you're all right.
You're a bird.'
"I never saw such a swift change of
scenery in my life. The floor was
cleared all of a sudden and all the occupants
of the place except the old
man and myself were looking up from
behind tables. He had a six-shooter
pointed at me and if his finger had
trembled I'd have been the subject for
'a dearest Willie, thou hast left us,'
piece of poetry then and there. Just
then a young girl rushed into the place
and threw herself between us."
"Of course," commented a listener,
"this is about Chapter III. She exclaimed:
'Spare him! spare him for
my sake!'"
"No. She didn't say anything of the
kind. She merely said: 'Don't be a
fool, dad. He didn't mean anything.
He ain't heard a word about it.'
"Then she turned to me and said:
" 'You want to be keerful about how
you -talk about anything In the fowl
line before dad. He was tarred and
feathered week before last. He ain't
got clear over It yet, an' he won't
stand the Jokln' about it, you see.'"
Auntis Was Old.
In the days of Barnum an old "auntie"
lived In East Tennessee who was
reputed to be of great age, says the
Philadelphia Ledger. Like all of the
kind, she was extremely proud of the
distinction, and never underestimated
her age In the least. She had outgrown
that weakness decades past.
Barnum heard of her, and concluding
that if she was as old as rumor made
her she would be a valuable acquisition
to his show, he sent an agent
down to make an investigation. She
caught the direction of the wind very
promptly, and was prepared for any
test question that might be asked.
Gradually the agent led up to the
crucial interrogatory, and at last said:
"Aunty, do you remember George
Washington?"
"Does I remember George Washing4r\r\
t Whv lau-a.a.massv mistah.
reckon I does. I orter ortent I? Fer
I done nussed him. We played together
evy day when he was a li'l chile."
"Well, do you remember anything
about the revolutionary war?"
"G'way, chile! Yes, Indeed, I does
honey. I stood dar lots er times an'
seen de bullets flyin' aroun* thicker'n
rain drops."
"Yes?well, how about the fall of
the Roman empire? Do you recollect
anything about that?"
The old woman took a good long
breath. In fact. It amounted to a sigh.
She reflected for a few moments, and
said:
"De fact is, honey, I was purty
young den an' I doesn't have a very
extlct recommenbrance 'bout dat; but
I does 'member, now dat you spaaks
of hit, dat I did heah the white folks
tell about hearln' some'pn drap."
' The Inspector Was About.?Augrust
Herrmann, the president of the national
baseball commission, Is heartily opposed
to child labor, says the Boston
Post.
"Child labor," he said recently, "is
an interesting subject to me. I like
to talk about It to manufacturers and
to factory inspectors. I get from these
men a good deal of valuable and striking
information.
"A factory inspector in the south
toia me once a mue episoae aooui
child labor that made me laugh. There
was also In this episode, however, food
for .sober thought.
"The man said that he went one
day to examine a mill that was notorious
for Its employment of children
under the legal age. Wind of his coming
somehow reached the mill ahead
of him, and the little fellows were
stowed away In various hiding places.
Thus on his inspection, he found a
number of idle children, but no children
under age.
"He went prowling about suspiciously
for he knew that he was being deceived.
In the stockroom he noticed
a big packing case, and going over to
it he lifted up the lid. Inside sat a
little chap of 8 or 9 years.
"The inspector looked down at the
boy. The boy looked up at him, and
frowned and shook his head.
"'What are you doing in there?'
asked the man.
" 'Shut your mouth, you fool, and
put the lid down," the boy whispered.
'Don't you know the inspector's
about ?'"
Gen. Miles and the Recruit.?
"When Gen. Miles was in Porto Rico
as commanding general of the United
States troops, a raw recruit from Tennessee
was detailed for duty as his
orderly. The recruit knew absolutely
nothing of military etiquette, and on
receiving orders to report to the commanding
general for duty he sauntered
over to the tent of that dignitary,
.where the general was in conference
with several staff officers.
Entering the tent without the formality
of a salute, the Tennesseean
remarked,, "Well, Miles did you want
to see me?"
Gen. Miles bristled up. "Don't call
me Miles.' 'he began irritably. Then
the humor of the situation dawned on
him, and he added with a grim smile
?"That's too formal. Call me Nelse."
Then he proceeded to read the recruit
a lesson that he never forgot on
the amenities of military life.?Milwaukee
Sentinel.
Close Goet.s.?A bright young Dane
has recently taken the position of
elevator in a downtown apartment
house, says the Philadelphia Press.
The other night a young doctor who
lives there returned at about 10 o'clock
and asked whether there had been
anyone to call on him during his absence.
"Ya8," replied the Dane. "Dere vas
two."
"Who were they?"
"Huh?"
"Did they leave their cards?"
"Dare cards?"
"Yes. yes! Did they tell you their
names ?"
The Dane smiled.
"Oh-h-h! Yas, dey dole me dare
names. It was Mr. Not Much und
his vlfe."
And not until next day did the doctor
discover that his guests were some
old Boston friends?Mr. and Mrs.
Blank Doolittle.
X'T The little sister?"I wish I couM
cio that with my hair."
The big sister?"Oh, no. you don't
dearie! Your curls are preCy just as'
they are!"
"They're horrid! I want a styli-m
curfew, like mamma said you hud."?
Puck.
iitiscrllaiirous grading.
IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
News and Comment Clipped From
Neighboring Exchanges.
CHESTER.
Lantern, Nov. 15: Saturday night
Melissa Dickey, wife of Jim Dickey,
colored, went to Mr. J. L?. Hudson's,
beyond the railroad crossing, a little
north of town, and wanted to go into
the house, being quite drunk. Mr.
Hudson toid her she must go on home
or he would send for the police. Finally
she started off, but soon returned.
He tried to send her home but
she would not go. Perhaps she went
away for a little while, but In the
morning ahe was found under the
piazza dead. Dr. J. M. Brice expressed
the opinion that death was caused
by disease of the heart and drinking,
and the coroner's Jury, with Mr. M.
A. Ferguson as foreman, rendered a
verdict accordingly Mr. and Mrs.
Mac Brice and little son, of Yorkvllle,
passed through yesterday on their way
home from a visit to his parents at
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VV UUU wai . Aism.
son of Lowryville, aged twenty-six
years, died Saturday afternoon, Nov.
12th, about . 4 o'clock, from consumption.
The burial was at Zion cemetery
Sabbath afternoon between 1 and 2
o'clock The infant daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. And- Orr, aged about three
months, died Tuesday and was buried
in Evergreen cemetery Wednesday....
Died at Lockhart on the night of Nov.
8th, Mrs. Maggie Byars, in the nineteenth
year of her age. She was a
laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philo
Canupp. Some two years ago she was
happily married to Mr. Marshall
Byars, who survives her. Her death
was not a surprise to those acquainted
with her condition, as she had been
lingering for some time with consumption.
She leaves four brothers and
three sisters, viz.: Mr. John Canupp
of Chester, and Messrs. Daniel, James
and William Canupp of Lockhart, Mrs.
Laura Cookson and Misses Daisy and
Claudia Canupp of this place. Her
remains were buried at Brushy Fork
church.
CHEROKEE.
Gaffney Ledger, Nov.* 15: The extra
term of court called for Cherokee
county, to finish up a large amount of
business left over from the last regular
term, convened yesterday morning
with Judge Frank B. Gary of Abbeville,
as special presiding judge. The
solicitor, court stenographers and attorneys
were all on hand at the opening,
and after the usual preliminaries,
the business of the session was at once
taken up. There are over twenty
cases to be heard and the term will
probably be continued for three weeks.
The first case called yesterday was
Chadwick vs. Gaffney Manufacturing
company, which occupied the attention
of the court throughout the remainder
of the day. A verdict had
not been reached when The Ledger
went to press Mr. John Harris, a
young man who lives in the northern
part of the city, was at the Southern
depot last night, presumably waiting
for No. 40, a northbound passenger
train which arrives a little after eight,
while several little darkies and one
larger or e were playing about the
tracks. The larger negro seemea 10
be chasing the smaller ones, and finally
the boys ran around behind the depot
and were lost to sight. The large
one then ran up to Mr. Harris, ripped
open his trousers pocket with a knife
or some sharp instrument, and three
silver dollars fell to the ground. As
the negro stooped to pick up the money
Mr. Harris caught him and attempted
to hold him; but the negro
was "too much" for him, and finally
succeeded in getting the money and
making his escape The friends of
Mr. Samuel Jeflferies are glad to see
him able to be out again after his
severe fall from a horse some time
ago.
News, Nov. 15: Mr. W. H. Neale,
who left the Smith Ford section of
York county 47 years ago and settled
in Chickasaw county. Miss., and who
has not been in South Carolina since,
till this visit, was in the city Friday
visiting relatives. Mr. Neale has accumulated
a handsome fortune. Is a
successful farmer and a very intelligent
old gentleman. He was a soldier
of the Confederacy from start to finish,
and was wounded twice in battle.
Mrs. Mary E. Hill, who was reared
in York and Chester counties, but
married and left this state for Aurora,
Ala. 49 vears ago. is expected in a
few days to pay visits to her two
brothers, J. L. Strain, Esq., of Wilkinsville,
and John L. Strain of Clifton,
the only ones surviving of a family
of six children. She will spend two
months in this state.
LANCASTER.
Ledger, Nov. 16: The ho-iso of Mr.
J. R. Ferrell at the cotton mill came
near gomg up in smoke last Friday
morning His little three-year-old
child while playing in the parlor
struck a match and set fire to the window
curtains and shades. . The mother
heard its screams and ran in from the
yard and extinguished the flames.
The curtains and shades and also a
counterpane on a bed at the window
were burned however, before she could
stop the fire Mr. Jay Steele, son
of Capt. J. J. C. Steele of the Walkersville
neighborhood, who was in the
secret sendee of the S. A. L., was shot
and seriously wounded in Savannah,
Ga., last Saturday night while arresting
a negro hobo. The ball took effect
in the left chest, just over the heart,
grazing the ribs and coming out Just
under the left shoulder blade. It was
a close call, but at last account ' Mr.
Steele was getting along all right and
no doubt of his speedy recovery was
entertained Mr. Lee R. Deas and
Miss Dought Faile, both of Flat Creek
township, were married the sixth instant.
Notary Public W. F. Estridge
officiating. The attendants were Mr.
Leonard Faile with Miss Mitchell Catoe
and Mr. Samuel Maddox with Miss
Isabel Deas. A large number of
friends and relatives witnessed the
interesting ceremony Mr. E. D.
Cunningham left Monday for San Antonio,
Texas, to spend the winter for
his health Mr. Sam F. Langley,
who has been suffering for some time
from some internal trouble, was taken
to the hospital at Rock Hill this week
for treatment... .Married, on Sunday
last at Rock Hill, Mr. Martin Chapman
of this place, and Miss Mary Springer
of the former city. They arrived here
Monday where they will make their
home Mr. Charley Parker, a son
of Mr. H. U. Parker, formerly of this
place, who was in the employ of the
Adels Lumber company at Adels, Ga..
as engineer, was accidentally killed
Monday afternoon by a log rolling on
him and breaking his neck. His father
now lives at Bishopville Franklin.
the 15-months-old child of Mr. and
Mrs. L. C. Hudson, died Saturday and
was buried at Waxhaw Baptist church
Sunday The store of W. H. Wallace
in the northern part of the county
was burned about 4 o'clock a. m. last
Saturday. It is thought that the store
was first robbed arid then set afire.
Mr. Wallace's loss Is about $500, with
no insurance.
GASTON.
Gastcnia Gazette, Nov. 15: A letter
received by Capt. J. D. Moore from
China tells of the severe illness of
Miss Attie Bostick with typhoid fever.
The letter was written a month ago.
She went from Gastonia as a missionary,
and the news of her illness is received
here with much anxiety
Mr. Robert Baker, the popular clerk
at Settlemeyer's store at the Loray,
has won a bride from Bessemer city.
She was Miss Myrtle Moss, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Moss of that
town. The marriage ceremony was
performed by Rev. W. L. C. Killian
Sunday afternoon at three o'clock at
the home of the parents. A large
number of friends witnessed the ceremony
and extended congratulations.
The board of aldermen met In
regular monthly session at the city
hall Thursday night. The city superintendent
of health was instructed to
enforce the laws in regard to infectious
and contagious diseases as required
by the city ordinances and state
laws and to prepare and deliver to
the physicians of the city proper
blanks for the reporting and recording
of cases of such diseases as are
required by these laws. A petition
was presented asking for the opening
of a street from the residence of J. W.
Morrow to Franklin avenue. A committee
was appointed to investigate
it. Bills amounting to $1,040.55 were
audited and ordered paid The
diphtheria patients mentioned in these
columns are all recovering. Little
May McDlll, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. T. McDill, has a slight attack but
is not confined to her bed. Little
Rebecca McLean, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Leon McLean, whose condition
was for a time quite serious, is out
of danger and is rapidly recovering.
Miss Kate Gattis, daughter of Sectionmaster
Gattis, is up but not yet
able to be out; her recovery is almost
complete The announcement
of the approaching marriage or miss
Cora Spencer to Mr. William F. Michael
on November 23, at the Presbyterian
church In Gaston la was received
with much interest by their numerous
friends in Gastonia and elsewhere.
The bride-to-be is a native of Gastonia
and by her winsome and charming
manners has won for herself a wide
circle of friends. She was for sometime
an efficient operator in the central
office of the Piedmont Telephone
and Telegraph company here and will
be greatly missed from the service.
The groom-elect is a pharmacist with
Frost Torrence & Co., having come to
Gastonia about a year ago from Newton,
his home. He is a most excellent
young business man, and since coming
to Gastonia he has made a large number
of friends.
HAD DINED TOGETHER.
Both Men Remembered a Meal on
Crow.
In a certain town in Ireland there
lived a major who was very miserable
and used to dress very shabbily.
He had many pets, his favorite being
a crow, which always accompanied
him on his rambles about his estate.
One day the crow got away from the
major and perched on a high hedge
bordering the road. A young man
Flanagan, who had been out all day
with his gun and had shot nothing,
happened to be passing, and seeing
the crow said to himself he might as
well have a shot. He flred and killed
the crow. The major was furious
when he saw his pet dead, and coming
up to the delinquent said quite calmly
that it was a good shot.
"It was, Indeed, sir," said Flanagan,
not knowing who the major was, as
he looked like an old farm laborer.
"That is a good gun you have," said
the major: "will you let me have a
look at it?"
The gun, which was handed to him,
happened to be a double-barreled one.
The major examined it and saw there
was one barrel unexploded, so, turning
the gun on the astonished Flanagan,
he said:
"You have killed my pet crow, and
now you will have to eat it, or I will
shoot you."
Flanagan implored the major to let
him off. but the major was inflexible,
so the poor fellow had to tackle the
crow. When half finished he got very
sick ana 101a me major ne 11115111. ouuui
away, and that he would have no
more.
The major, thinking he was sufficiently
punished, handed back the gun
and told him to get out of his sight
as quickly as he could.
But Flanagan was not to be denied
of his revenge. He took the gun, and,
walking on a few paces, suddenly
turned around and pointing the gun at
the major, said:
"If you don't finish that crow I shall
certainly kill you."
There was no escape for the major.
He had to finish the crow, and Flanagan
went away quite satisfied.
Shortly after this the major rejoined
his regiment, and, inspecting his
men one day, whom did he see among
them but Flanagan, who recognized
him at once.
The major watched for his revenge,
and Flanagan was brought before a
court martial on a charge of stealing
the major's watch. 'The prisoner was
asked if he knew who the major was.
"Oh," was the reply, "I know him
very well, I've had the honor of dining
with him."
The major, seeing that Flanagan
knew him as the owner of the crow,
withdrew the charge in case the story
should come out.
Cannibals Awaitino a Shipwreck.
?At 11 o'clock at night, while the
captain and myself were engaged on
deck in our usual game, the second
officer, Mr. McFarland, came up excitedly
and said, "Capt. Mather, there
are breakers ahead." The islands had
been visible for a day or so, and now
were not far distant on either hand.
We went to the bow, and looked and
listened. The roar of the breakers
was as audible as that of the surf on
the south shore of Long Island. The
night was clear, and the light of the
moon and the stars was brilliant. The
wind had almost died away, the canvas
was full spread; the sails hanging
idly, occasionally flapping. We soon
found that a very strong current was
setting us in rapidly toward the
breakers, and that the wind wholly
failed to help us counter it. We at
once equipped two large boats with
studding sails and halyards for two
lines, manned the boats with six oarsmen
each, and lowered them from the
davits. They instantly took hold of
the ship, and the twelve oars were
vigorously pulled. With the utmost
exertion of the oarsmen for hours,
the ship only swung round, head on
the current, and the men could barely
hold the ship steady.
With the aid of the glass we saw
thousands of natives at points on the
shores, evidently waiting for our approach,
and expecting disaster. THey
were reputed to be cannibals, and our
chances were discussed with considerable
interest. The captain, then in
reduced flesh, assured the chief officer,
unusually plump and fleshy, that
he (the chief officer) would be roasted
and carved first, and that he (the captain)
would be kept a while at least
till they could fatten him. We generously
passed down good Jamaica
rum to the oarsmen and encouraged
every exertion. After several hours of
toll and tension a breeze?a blessed
breeze, a favoring breeze?sprang up,
filled our sails, and enabled us to
claw off, and slowly round the southern
islands of the group.?Atlantic
Monthly.
Jt'J" Recently a monkey got the better
of the common enemy, the carrion
crow, by feigning illness, says The
Lahore Tribune. He was fastened to
a bamboo pole with a running ring.
When he was on his perch the crows
annoyed him by stealing from his
porringer on the ground. One morning
they had been specially disagreeable.
He closed his eyes and feigned
a bad illness. When his day's food
was brought him the crows descended
upon it, and he had scarcely strength
to defend it. By good acting he managed
to capture one of the crows. To
pluck it. alive was the obvious course.
Then, instead of pulling it to pieces,
like the king monkey whom Kipling
and Sir Edward Buck watched enjoying
a similar triumph at Simla, this
monkey tossed the crow into the air,
where its own companions fell upon
it and killed It.
WHY BOOTH KILLED LINCOLN.
His Motives Were Not Political But
Personal.
"In this country the assassination
of Abraham Lincoln, one of the purest,
the most generous, and the ablest rulers
that ever lived, was the result of
American slavery. It was slavery's attempt,
in Its death struggle, to deal
a stunning blow to the head of the
nation that was crushing out Its life?
a blow dealt In a desperate revenge
for Its having been compelled 10 suomlt
to the triumph of liberty. It was
slavery, In Its dying throes, administering
to itself Its own scorpion sting,
thereby rendering Its own character
doubly despicable, and Its own death
more certain and everlasting. Hence,
the cause (slavery) of Lincoln's assassination
being forever annihilated no
such despicable crime can again spring
from that source."
Such paragraphs as the above, which
Is taken from the Religious Telescope,
of Dayton, Ohio, have repeatedly appeared
In northern religious papers.
They do the southern people great Injustice.
No citizen of the Southern
Confederacy had anything to do with
the assassination of Mr. Lincoln; nor
was slavery In any way responsible for
it, except In so far as slavery was an
occasion of the civil war. These writers
have evidently forgotten the actual
facts which led to the commission
of this crime?facts which are not.
stated in many histories.
John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated
Mr. Lincoln, was a citizen of the
United States?not of the Confederate
States. He was at no time a restd.*"*
of any of the seceded states. His
southern sympathies did not lead him
to come to the south and make common
cause with the south. It was not
an ardent love of the south or of the
southern cause that prompted Mr.
Booth's crime, but rather a spirit of
revenge for the personal wrong that
Mr. Lincoln had done In having Capt.
Young Beall, one of Booth's friends,
executed unjustly.
The editor of the Christian Observer
was acquainted with Capt. Beall. He
was a native of Virginia, a member of
a good family, a college graduate, a
brave young man of attractive personality.
In Richmond, Va., we boarded
at the same house, ate at the same table,
and we learned to appreciate his
sterling worth. He possessed traits
similar to those which during the
Spanish-American war made Richmond
Pearson Hobson the Idol of the
American people. And when. In the
fall of 1864, a man was wanted to lead
a hazardous enterprise and maKe a
diversion on Lake Erie he promptly
responded to the call of the government.
With a handful of brave seamen,
he seized a steamboat on Lake
Erie, made its crew prisoners, converted
it into a war vessel, captured or
sank one or more other boats, terrorized
the commerce of the Great Lakes,
produced a panic in Buffalo and the
cities on the lakes, axwi thoroughly
alarmed the northern pfople. In due
time he was captured. He was tried
by a court martial and sentenced to
death as a pirate.
John Wilkes Booth interested himself
in his behalf, obtained from the
Confederate government at Richmond,
Va., the evidence that he was a commissioned
officer in the Confederate
navy; he obtained also evidence that
his acts were only those of legitimate
warfare, and that he was acting under
specific instructions from the Confederate
government. Booth went to
Washington armed with these documents
and secured from President
Lincoln the promise that Capt. Beall
should not be put to death, but should
be treated as a prisoner of war. This
promise of Mr. Lincoln gave offence
to Secretary Seward, who persuaded
him. in the face of it, to sanction
Beall's execution. And Capt. Beall was
hanged at Governor's Island, New
York, on February 24, 1865.
John Wilkes Booth was not a well
balanced man at his best. Doubtless
he inherited a streak of the insanity
with which his father, though a great
actor, was from time to time afflicted.
Be that as it may, he was fearfully
wrought up by the death of his
friend, in such circumstances. He denounced
the killing in cold blood of a
prisoner of war, after he had surrendered,
as "murder," and the doing it
after the president had given his word
that it should not be done as "falsehood"
and "treachery" and vowed vengeance
against the authors of this
wrong.
At once he organized a conspiracy
for the assassination of President Lincoln
and Secretary Seward; and on
the night of the 14th of April, 1865,
only seven weeks after Capt. Beall
was hanged, the plot was executed.
Booth shot Mr. Lincoln at Ford's theatre,
Washington, exclaiming, "Sic
semper tyrannis," and on the same
night, Paine, one of his fellow conspirators,
inflicted serious, but not
mortal wounds, on William H. Seward,
secretary of state.
The United States was fearfully
aroused by the assassination of the
president. At first it was suspected
that the crime had been instigated by
Confederates. Many prominent citizens
of the Confederacy were arrested.
The most thorough searching examination
was made. And it was conclusively
proved that no representative of
the Confederate government and no
one in the Southern Confederacy had
any part in it. It was as sincerely regretted
and as severely condemned
through the south as in the north.
Mr. Lincoln was killed, not by a citizen
of the Confederate States, but by
a citizen of the United States?a partially
deranged man, to avenge the
wrong he claimed had been suffered by
his friend at Mr. Lincoln's hand.
During the nineteenth century slavery
was abolished by Great Britain,
Sweden, France, Holland, Brazil,
Spain, Germany and Egypt. Even
Russia abolished serfdom. By all
these countries it was peacefully effected.
Mr. Lincoln's statesmanship
was exhibited in that in this country
alone the emancipation of the slaves
was made the occasion of the most
terrible civil war of the century. His
campaign speeches threatened incalculable
evil to the slave-holding
states. In case he should be elected:
and his election was the ocasion of the
secession of the six cotton states; his
demand upon the border states that
they should furnish troops to engage
in war under him against the cotton
states drove the five border states, in
which until that moment the Union
sentiment had been overwhelmingly
strong, out of the Union. Then followed
the long war to drive them back
into the Union. God's hand was in these
events. And when Mr. Lincoln had
apparently triumphed and before there
was opportunity for exultation, there
came the startling, fearful crime which
suddenly ended his life. If it be regarded
as a judgment, it was from the
Lord. The south had no hand in it.?
Christian Observer.
White Soldiers Best.
It would appear from an examlna
lion or reports jusi receiveu uy v*eueral
O'Reilly, surgeon general of the
army, that the white soldier Is a sturdier
specimen than the negro or the
Filipino, and that he can endure more
sickness and keep alive under adverse
conditions that would kill off the
dark-skinned troopers. Gen. O'Reilly
finds that the number of white soldiers
admitted to the hospitals for treatment
last year was larger in proportion to
the number of Filipinos and negroes
admitted. But the whites recovered as
a general thing, the death rate being
only 8.21 per 1,000, whereas the death
rate among the negro troops was 11.31
per 1,000 and 21.51 per 1,000 for the
Filipinos.
The negroes showed the lowest fig- <
ures In sickness, while the white troops
had much the lowest mortality and the I
most sickness. The Filipinos had the i
highest mortality rate, almost double 1
that of the negroes. The Filipinos are |
more susceptible to such diseases as
consumption and destructive fevers I
than are the negroes and whites. The
negro troops have been entirely free
from dengue, whereas both the Filipino
and the white soldiers have been
victims of it. The Filipinos had a '
monopoly In the beri-beri cases, how- ,
ever. In the diseases of the nervous
system, however, the Filipino troops '
had a rate of hospital admission per
thousand equal to about one third of '
the rate reported for white troops, who 1
had 24.57 men out of every thousand c
admitted for these afflictions, while ]
colored troops to the extent of 19.75
per 1,000 were admitted to sick re- j
ports for the same causes.?Washington
Correspondent Brooklyn Eagle.
Gala Weak and King Cotton Jubilee,
Charleston, 3. C., Nov. 21st to 26th,
1904. Very Low Rates via 8outhern
Railway.
The Southern Railway will sell very
low rate tickets from all points in
South Carolina, including' Augusta,
Ga., for the Famous Fall Festival and
King Cotton Jubilee. Tickets go on
sale commencing November 19th to
the 25th inclusive, and for trains
scheduled to arrive Charleston prior to
noon of November 26th, with final limit
for the return November 28th, 1904.
Among the great attractions will be
the reproduction of Luna Park, direct
from Coney Island. The Great Pike,
direct from St. Louis. The GasklU's
Great Shows, containing over 20 distinct
features, including Hagenback's
Wpnderful Animal shows; Babcock, in
his hair-raising act of Looping the
Loop and Flying the Flume. Great
Military parade, the largest that has
occurred in the state in years. Firemen's
Parade. Football contests.
Over $5,000 are to be given away In
prizes in the Parade. This will be the
greatest show in the South.
For full Information apply to any
Ticket Agent of the Southern Railway,
or R. W. Hunt, Division Passenger
Agent, Charleston, S. C.
Nov. 11. f.t 2t
The Best Medicine I Have Ever Used.
Columbia, S. C., Nov. 10, 1903.
Gentlemen: I have suffered a long
time from chronic liver complaint and
find that Dr. James' Iron Blood and
Liver Tonic gave me more relief than
anything I have ever used. I recommend
it to all who suffer from constipation.
Yours truly,
J. S. Shehand.
For Sale by the York Drug Store.
Just the Thing for Weak, Pale Chil
dren.
Columbia, S. C., Nov. 2. 1993.
Dear Sirs: I have been giving Dr.
James" Iron Blood and Liver Tonic to
my little daughter. She was pale and
weak and had no appetite. She has
been benefitted by your tonic a great
deal, and is much stronger, eats well,
and looks healthier. I cheerfully recommend
Iron Blood and Liver Tonic
as a splendid medicine.
Yours truly,
J. J. Handoock,
No. 19 S. Sumter St.
For Sale by the York Drug Store.
The Beet Ail-Around Tonio?Can't
Be Beat.
Columbia, S. C.. Nov. 28, 1903.
Gentlemen: I have taken one bottle
of Iron Blood and Liver Tonic, and I
have Just bought the second bottle. It
has done me a great deal of good; I
am stronger and feel better In every
way, my appetite is good, and I digest
my food. As an all round tonic
Dr. James' Iron Blood and Liver Tonic
can't be beat. Yours,
W. A. Taylor,
Cblumbia, S. C.
For Sale by the York Drug Store.
Holiday Baking
Make your fruit cakes now for the
holiday season. Every experienced
cake baker knows that fruit cakes improve
with age and always makes fruitcakes
from a month to two months before
they are Intended for use. Fruit
Hmo tn "rlnon" or mel
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low properly after baking. You can
get the best qualities of fruit cake Ingredients
at this store. We have new
crop extra quality Seeded Raisins,
Currants and Citron, as well as the
necessary Spices. Let us have your
orders at once. We will send you firstclass
goods, give you full weight, give
you the lowest prices and deliver all
goods promptly. Order today.
We have a limited quantity of FULCASTER
SEED WHEAT, pure, that
we will sell you at the right price. If
you want any, it will be well to come
early as there is considerable demand.
We also have pure RED RUST
PROOF SEED OATS. See us quick
if you want any. They are going.
FERGUSON & CLINTON.
Buggies, Harness
and Wagons.
WE are ready for the Fall Trade
with the largest and most complete
line of Buggies, Harness and
Wagons we have ever shown.
The Babcock, Columbia, Hackney
and Oxford are our Leaders; but we
have an assortment of other grades
which are hard to beat.
We are prepared to furnish you
close prices on Wagons for Cash. If
you need any of the above goods, don't
buy elsewhere until you have seen us.
GLENN & ALLISON.
EXECUTRIX'S APPLICATION
FOR DISCHARGE.
NOTICE is hereby given that on the
1st day of November, 1904, I filed
in the Probate Court for York county,
S. C., my final return as Executrix of
the estate of JAMES L. WRIGHT, deceased,
and that on December 5th, 1904,
I shall make application to said court
for a discharge from further responsibility
as to said trust.
EMILY E. WRIGHT, Executrix.
Yorkville. S. C.. Nov. 4th, 1904.
Nov. 4. f 5t
CHAMPION ROLLER MILLS.
Zeno, S. C.
IT gives us pleasure to inform the
public that our mills have been thoroughly
overhauled, and that we are
prepared to furnish our patrons with
the finest flour that can be made In
this country.
Custom Is solicited from all who may
be seeking the best.
G. L. RIDDLE, Proprietor.
July 22 f.t tf
WOOD WANTED.
WE are In the market for a quantity
of WOOD?either hard wood
or pine, for which we agree to pay
| the highest market price in CASH.
People who have wool to sell, and
who are prepared to deliver the same
promptly, will please confer with Mr.
O. E. GRIST at THE ENQUIRER office.
L. M. GRIST'S SONS.
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That's the figure at which we will ;
rent you one of the Safe Deposit Boxes '
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i month. That Is not a bit high, to our i
way of thinking. Think of the protection
against loss by fire or burglary,
and the satisfaction of knowing
that your valuables?Deeds, Mortgages,
Notes, Private Papers, etc.,?
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of York.
COURT OF COMMON PLBAB.
James L. MoGlll, as Administrator of
Frank C. Thomas, Deceased, Plaintiff.
against
Margaret Falls, Erlxina Thomas, J. J.
Thomas, J. N. Thomas, C. T. Thomas,
F. A. Thomas, W. T. Davidson,
M. A. Davidson, J. T. Davidson and
J. I. Falls, Defendants.?Summons
for Relief?Complaint Filed.
To the Defendants Above Named:
YOU are hereby summoned and required
to answer the complaint In
this action, which has this day been
filed In the office of the Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas for the said
County, and to serve a copy of your
answer to the said Complaint on the
subscriber at his office In Yorkville,
South Carolina, within twenty days after
the service hereof, exclusive of
the day of such service; and If you
fail to answer the Complaint within
the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this
action will apply to the Court for the
relief demanded In the Complaint.
J. S. BRICE,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Dated Yorkville, S. C., November 3rd,
1904.
November 4 f 6t
FOB SALE OR RENT.
The Brigge-Ormand Plantation* In
Bethel Townehip.
CONTAINING 600 acres more or
less. This plantation Is well improved.
It contains a large 2-story
dwelling of 8 large square rooms, with
all necessary out-bulldings, a very
large and well constructed barn, stables
and crib, ten tenant houses, a gin
house and four wells of excellent water.
The land is of finest quality, admirably
adapted to cotton, corn, all the
cereals, clover and grasses. The plantation
will be subdivided into small
tracts to suit purchasers, or will be sold
? * * ? T a ? TWtAmKar
as a wnoie. 11 nui suiu uj
15,-1904, it will be for rent for the year
1905/ Terms of sale: ONE FOURTH
CASH, balance on long term of credit.
For particulars, apply to the undersigned.
R. ANDRAL BRATTON,
WM. B. McCAW,
No. 1, Law Range, Yorkville, S. C.
Nov. 4 f till Dec. 15
NOTICE TO TRESPASSERS.
ALL persons, without distinction of
race or color, are hereby warned
against Hunting, Fishing, Driving,
Riding or otherwise Trespassing on
the lands owned or controlled by us,
all of which lands are in York county.
Any disregard of this notice will be
punished to the full extent of the law.
Rev. MARION DARGAN,
E. B. MENDENHALL,
J. S. BRATTON,
Mrs. H. J. BRATTON.
Mrs. S. B. WITHERSPOON,
JOHN W. GLADDEN,
Mrs. J. S. WILSON,
Mrs. J. E. CLINTON,
W. B. BYERS,
J. F. BOOKOUT,
Estate of D. L. BLACK,
Mrs. KATE B. WILLIAMSON,
S. B. LATHAN,
Mrs. CLARA LINDSAY,
ED MILLER.
Nov. 4 f 4t
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for $2.00 Is large enough to hold quite
a good many papers, but if you should
require something a little larger, we
have it at $3.00 a year. We think we
can Interest you If you will call and
allow us to show you the Boxes and
their many conveniences.
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TAX COLLECTIONS?1904.
Yorkville, s. C., Sept. 16, 1604.
IN accordance with the law, my books
will be opened on the 16TH DAY OF
OCTOBER. 1904, for the collection of
STATE, COUNTY AND SPECIAL
TAXES for the fiscal year commencing
January. 1st 1904, and will be kept
open until the 31ST DAY OF DECEMBER,
1904, without penalty, after
which day ONE PER CENT penalty
will be added for all payments made In
the month of JANUARY, 1906, TWO
PER CENT penalty on all payments
made In the month of FEBRUARY,
and .SEVEN PER CENT penalty on
all payments made from MARCH 1ST
until MARCH 16TH, 1906, after which
day all taxes not paid will go Into
execution and be placed in the hands
of the sherlfT for collection.
For the convenience of tax payers I
win meet mem m me luuunuif i>ww.
on the dates named:
At Torkvllle, from Monday, 14th day
of November, until Saturday, the 26th
day of November.
At Rock Hill, from Monday, the 28th
day of November, until Tuesday, 8th
day of December.
At Torkvllle, from Wednesday, the
7th day of December, until Saturday,
the 31st day of December, after which
day, penalties attach, as before stated.
Also I will receive VOLUNTARY
PAYMENTS OF COMMUTATION
ROAD TAXES for the year 1906, at
TWO DOLLARS eacfc.
H. A. D. NEELY, County Treasurer. ^
APPLICATION FOB DISCHARGE.
State of 8outh Carolina?County of
York.
IN THE PROBATA COURT.
NOTICE Is hereby given that pursuant.
to law. on November 22,
1904, at 10 o'clock a. m., I will make
my final settlement with the Probate
Court for York county, as Administrator
of the estate of DAVID HARRI- SON,
deceased, and that I will then
and there make application for my
discharge from further liability In
connection with said estate.
W. M. CAMPBELL,
Administrator Estate David Harrison.
Torkvllle, S. C., Oct. 21 f 6t
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