Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, November 18, 1904, Image 4

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tumorous Jjrpattmcnt. * * His 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 TTr~*J ^ * TTraHno Anripr 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 vafvco icxjuiiv v**uv fcw -??.-? ? 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. 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GRJ I YOHKV] I *A*AKA*A*A?A*A*AKA*AfcAXA??i 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 25,000 New Words are added in the last edition of Webster's International Dictionary. The Gazetteer of the World, and the Biographical Dictionary have been completely revised. The International is kept always abreast of the times. It takes constant work, expensive work and worry, but it is the only way to keep the dictionary the Standard Authority of the English-speaking world. Other dictionaries follow. 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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 fir The Enquirer will be sent from this date to January 1, 1906, for $1.75. Send in your subscription today. L A ?hc ^orkville tfnqmrrr. Entered at the Postofflce as Second Class Mall Matter. 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