Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, February 13, 1906, Image 4

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tumorous Ilfpartmrnt. Took Him at Hia Word. "The late Bishop Thomas Frederick Da vies, .of Detroit," said a Detroit man. "once told me an Interesting: story of an elopement. He figured In this elopement as the officiating clergyman. It was In Philadelphia, during his rectorship of St. Peters. "It seems that the proprietor of one of the largest dry goods houses In Philadelphia had noticed for some months the melancholy attitude of his head clerk, a young man whom he held In high regard. "The clerk's pallor and increasing leanness, his frequent sighs and absent-mindedness. worried the million aire proprietor. He questioned the young man dally. And finally the clerk admitted that he was In love. " 'Well,' said the head, 'marry her. Tour salary is big enough.' " 'Ah,' said the clerk, sadly, 'you don't understand. She belongs to one of the first families of Philadelphia, and her father Is a millionaire.' "'Well maybe he wasn't when he married. You have a good position and a good name. You are a fair match for any girl,' said the other. " 'It's no use,' sighed the clerk. 'Her parents would not listen to me for one moment." " 'Then.' said the head, 'elope with her.* " 'Do you advise thai?' the clerk asked excitedly. " 'Certainly I do. Is she Do I know her?* " 'Yes. She will be at your dance at Devon tomorrow night.' " 'Well, see her,' said the head. 'I'll have my coachman out In front of my gate at 9.30. Rush the girl oft into town and marry her. Til arrange with a clergyman for you.' " 'By Jove,' said the clerk. Til do it.' And he did. The next night Dr. Davies performed the ceremony, and an hour or two later the millionaire found his daughter missing, and was telegraphing in every direction to the young couple to come home and all would be forgiven.?Providence Journal. A Neat Retort.?Senator Foraker was contradicting a certain statement. "Though this is a firm contradiction." he said, "I want it to be a pleasant and polite one. It is not necessary, when men tell falsehoods, to call them liars and club them over the head. Their error can be pointed out in neater and more graceful ways. For Instance: "In a small town in Indiana a group of drummers were assembled. They sat in the reading room of the country hotel. On the flimsy hotel paper they had flnished writing to their firms with the lumpy ink and the rusted pens which the hotel management provided, and now, with newspaper read* ~+ o 1 lr tV?QV wHIIaH Illg itIIU UCBUIlUi; lain, utv^ ? ??w? away the tedious evening1. "A young drummer In a red tie took the cigarette from his mouth and said: " 'Well, my day's sales here reached $5,000. Not had for a small town, eh.' "An elderly drummer looked up from his newspaper and said quietly: " 'Not bad at all. It is wonderful what one can sometimes do In these little places. On my last trip here my commissions came to just what you say your sales did." "The young man reddened. " 'This Isn't a lying competition,' he said, gruffly. " 'Oh. excuse me,' said the other. I thought It was.'" Gave Himself Away.?When Thomas drove up to deliver the usual quart of milk the gentleman of the house kindly Inquired, "Thomas, how many quarts of milk do you deliver daily to your customers?" says Answers. "Ninety-one, sir." "And how many cows have you?" "Nine, -sir." The gentlemen made some remarks about an early winter and the state of roads, and then asked, "Thomas, how much milk a day do your cows average?" "Seven quarts sir." "Ah?urn," said the gentleman, as he moved off. Thomas looked after him, scratched his head, and all at once grew pale as he pulled out a short pencil and began to figure on the wagon cover: "Nine cows is nine, and I set down seven quarts under the cows and multiply. That's sixty-three quarts of milk. I told him I sold ninety-one quarts a day. Sixty-three from ninety-one leaves twenty-eight and none to carry. Now, where do I get the rest of the milk? I'll be hanged if I haven't given myself away to one of my best customers. by leaving a big cavity in these figures to be filled with water." - The Honesty of Ms. Stroode.? Cassius R. Peck, assist?*! United States district attorney of (rkl&homa, at a banquet in Guthrie recently spoke on honesty, says the Kansas City Journal. One thing he said was this: "What are we coming to? Are we coming to such a pass that our ideas of an honest man will correspond with the Idea of old Hiram Stroode? "Hiram Stroode, for the seventh time, was about to fail. He called in an expert accountant to disentangle his books. The accountant, after two days' work announced to Hiram that he would be able to pay his creditors 4 per cent on the dollar. "At this news the old man looked vexed. " 'Heretofore,' he said, frowning 'I have always paid 10 cents on the dollar." "A virtuous and benevolent expression spread over his face. " 'And I will do so now,' he resumed. "I will make up the difference out of my own pocket.'" Cheek of a Stowaway.?Young Captain Sealby of the Mediterranean liner Cretic, was talking about stowaways, says the Philadelphia Bulletin. "Most of these fellows," he said, "have an excessive quantity of cheek, of brass. "Once we discovered a stowaway a few days out from New York and put him to work In the galley. "A lady on a tour of inspection paused by the stowaway as he sat peeling potatoes. " 'How soon do you think we'll reach Naples?' she asked him. " 'Well, madam,' he replied. 'I'm doing all I can to get her in by Tuesday.' " Stampei>e.?Stubbs?Great Scott! Why are all these girls rushing like Indians to the belt counter? Floorwalker?Why. there is a special sale of the latest novelty belts. Stubbs?Novelty? Floorwalker?Yes; each belt Is made to represent a masculine arm. ittisccllanous iiratlinnIN COUNTIES ADJOINING. News and Comment Cljpped From Neighboring Exchanges. LANCASTER. News, February 10: Mr. Bt;n Addison of the Douglas section, had the misfortune to lose his dwelling ana contents by an accidental fire Thursday morning. Thirty-five dollars in cash was also burned. The only article saved was a bed. The fire occurred while the family were eating breakfast in another building Mr. William Hayes, one of Lancaster county's most successful farmers and stock raisers, has butchered many a hog, but one he killed a day or two ago contained something never before found by him in a hog, or any other animal for that matter. It was a large sized rock, which was in the hog's head. How it got there Mr. Hayes of course does not know. The animal was in perfect health and weighed 400 pounds Lancaster was white with sno.v rurain last Wednesday morning, but subsequent rains rapidly melted the lare visitor of winter. A cold rain ft 11 pretty much all uay Thursday, adding much to the discomfort of those whose duties require them to be out tn all sorts of weather. CHESTER. Lantern, February 9: Eula Benson, colored, was until a day or two ago a chamber maid at the Chester Hotel, but she attempted to carry off all the sheets, counterpanes, comforts and the like, that she could lay hands upon, and as there was nothing In the contract stipulating that she might do this, Proprietor Sample dispensed with her services after first informing the police. Officer Johnston took up the case and made a thorough search of Eula's premises. He was rewarded by a big pile of table linen and a varied assortment of plunder resembling a pawnbroker's stock. At about the same time Mr, Sample decided to do a little investigating for himself, and he also was rewarded by the finding of a great deal of his property snugly hidden away in a different quarter of the city. Three separate and distinct charges have been filed against the nimble fingered woman and the aggregate fines will probably make a comfortable total. The woman had been at work only nine days, but she had evidently lost no time, as her thefts included about everything that could be handily carried off It has been learned that the fire in the S. A. L. railway shops at Abbeville was not nearly so disastrous as was at first thought. The loss to the building and to the rolling stock will not exceed $25,000. The loss is fully covered by insurance. The locomotives which were supposed to be totally ruined are not seriously injured. The woodwork and trimmings were burned off, but $5,000 will probably put the engines back into commission Mrs. W. M. Kennedy went to Yorkville yesterday to spend a few days with Dr. Kennedy's parents. The latter accompanied her and returned in the evening Mr. William Brennan, an old Confedreate veteran, aged about seventy-five years, died at his home in the DeWitt neighborhood, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 1906. and was buried at the old Green burying ground in that neighborhood the next day. He went to the war with the Pickens Guards, Capt. Moore's company, but later changed to another company Miss Minnie Ratterree, who is teaching in the Bandana neighborhood in York county, spent Wednesday night with Miss Dolly Mcllroy on her way to Blackstock for a short visit to her parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Ratterree, near there Col. J. H. Marlon, of the local bar, responded to tne toast, "uur wives ana sweethearts" at the banquet in Columbia Tuesday evening commemorating the centennial birthday of the Clarlosophic and Euphradlan societies. The State's reporter speaks as follows about the effort: "One of the most popular of Carolina's alumni Is Mr. J. Hardin Marion, of Chester, who Is also a charming speaker. No one more suitable could have been selected to respond to the toast of 'Our Wives and Sweethearts.' This speech, both witty and entertaining, was intimate to the old campus in that It dealt with the college widows of the '90's, Mr. Marion's college days. In passing he paid compliments to the college widows of today. His allusion to the 'flag which we all follow, the red from her cheeks, the white from her ivory brow and the blue from her violet eyes,' was very graceful. This speech, of which every word was dwelt upon and enjoyed, was closed by Mr. Marion with an allusion to one who should follow him, 'one who, like Joshua of old, when he spake made the sun, moon and stars to stand still." " GASTON. Gastonia Gazttee, February 9: Roscoe Metcalf, a young white boy about sixteen years old was tried before Esquire T. H. White Wednesday morning and remanded to jail under a $50 bond on a charge of carrying a deadly weapon. The boy was arrested Tuesday night by Policeman J. L. Hicks and after being arrested the boy confessed to breaking into the D. A. Garrison & Co. drug store at Bessemer City, implicating several other boys. A loaded thirty-eight calibre Smith & Wesson revolver, several dollars in money, together with numerous articles supposed to have come from the drug store were found on his person. The boy was taken to Bessemer City Wednesday morning to answer to the charge there While cutting down trees yesterday afternoon in the woods near his home, Mr. Benjamin Kiser, son of Mr. Henry Kiser, who lives just across the river from McAdenville, was struck by a falling limb and was carried home unconscious. From the latest reports the young man was not expected to live. Dr Frank Robinson of Lowell. Is in attendance On the ridge across the railroad from the Dallas mill, a new factory is likely to appear this year. It will be a 5.000 spindle mill driven by electric current from Spencer Mountain. Mr. Robert S. Lewis, the promoter, will have good backing by local capitalists and by the well known Philadelphia commission house of Charles J. Webb & Co Slipping from the ice-covered roof of a box car in the station yard last night about half past six. Conductor Ben Willeford was badly hurt by striking the ground on the middle of his back. He was somewhat re vived by medical attention so that he could go home on 35. It Is hoped that his Injuries are no more than the mere shock It Is with feelings of profound sorrow that we chronicle the death of Mrs. H. P. Allison. wife of the widely known and greatly beloved editor of the King's Mountain Herald. She died Tuesday afternoon at their home In King's Mountain, after five days illness with pneumonia, aged fifty-six. Wednes day afternoon, amid general demonstrations of sorrow, the body was laid to rest In the King's Mountain cemetery. The funeral exercises were conducted from the home by her pastor, the Rev. G. F. Klrby, assisted by Rev. J. M. Forbis. The Herald gives the names of the following who attended the funeral from points out of town: Mrs. Sue Farrls of Rock Hill; Mr. R. R. Allison of Tirzah; Capt. R. L. and Rev. Plato T. Durham of Charlotte; Dr. and Mrs. B. F. Dixon of Raleigh; Mr. C. M. Nolen, Mrs. Lydia Davis, Miss Bessie Thomasson and Miss Delia Nolen of Gastonia; Messrs. S. J. Durham and Wright Dixon and Miss Pearl Dixon of Bessemer. In addition to those named above there were quite a number of relatives and friends of the family present from the surrounding country. To mourn their Irreparable loss, Mrs. Allison leaves a devoted husband and two loving daughters, Mrs. B. M. Ormand and Mrs. H. N. Moss. A son, Benjamin, died several years ago. Besides these, there Is a wide circle of relatives bereaved by Hoath Kh<? was a sister of Dr. B. F. Dixon, state auditor. As a member of the Methodist church, she lived a beautiful Christian life. All who came in contact with this good woman as friend or neighbor, speak of her in terms of tender affection. May a kind and ever-watchful Providence comfort those who sorrow. CHAMPION PROCRA8TINATOR8. Persians Look Upon Promptness as a Form of Lunacy. There are parts of the world where punctuality is held of no account in the making of successful transactions, and among the Persians it absolutely is unknown. According to Henry Savage Landor, who has spent much time studying business methods among these people, the Persian hates anything that savors of promptness. He is a dreamer, and although he cannot be called absolutely lazy, as he is usually absorbed in deep thought, still he seldom has little leisure for anything else. The returns for his work, however beneflcient, are too small for his expectations. In marked contrast is his abhorrence for punctuality. There is no country where time counts for less. He thinks nothing of making a bust ness appointment ior iu, aeiaying u until 11, only to explain that he wished he might have come sooner, but It could not be helped, he has Just finished his morning meal. However Important the business transactions may be, he will not give it his attention until he is ready. It was only recently an Englishman called on a dealer to buy Persian rugs. The servant brought the word, and the merchant commanded him to tell the stranger to return In a few hours and he would see him. The word was brought back that the Englishman had to make a train within an hour. "Then let him go," said the dealer. "My meal is as Important as his train." The manana of the Spaniard sinks into perfect Insignificance when compared with the habits of the Persian. Punctuality Is especially unknown when it comes to payment of debts. He must take time to reflect about everything and will not be hurried. Three months to a creditor, or even six months, seem terribly short In his eyes. A period of twelve, eighteen or twenty months suits him better, but he never is ready to pay unless placed under great pressure. A Frenchman called on a Persian one day and asked him to pay a debt, but the Indifferent debtor made answer: "I will pay you some time." "When Is some time?" queried the Impatient Frenchman. "Is it twelve months, eighteen months or two years?" "i aon t Know, answerea the bland son of Iran, "I guess we had better say when I am ready." It must be said to the Persians' , credit that they usually pay In the | end, but they wonder why people i should worry when they have so much time. It is quite beyond them to realize what difference it makes whether payments are made today, tomorrow, or a year from today. They look up- , on American haste as an acute form of lunacy and believe that our stren- j uous life is so foolish it is not worth consideration. As a cultured Persian , recently told an ambitious young American, "I work a little, enjoy j much, and live long, while you work much and will die before you attain the fruits of your labor. We must take time to sleep and enjoy our food." , Business conducted In European and American fashion cannot prosper in Persia. It is hard to say whether this desire simply to act on impulse is due to temperament, conceit or climatic conditions. With conditions such as they are, the economic development of production, distribution and circulation are bound to be hampered. The currency is another consideration that limits the making of business success. Gold coin is a mere commodity, and is so scarce it is used chiefly for presents and hoarding. In spite of these obstacles, most Persians earn a livelihood and often succeed. They are skilled craftsmen, showing a wonderful ability for weaving and the working of metals, but they are seen at their best when making loans of money at high interest on ample security. They often get from 50 per cent to 80 per cent, sometimes 100 per cent, while 15 per cent is deemed a modest amount for small private loans.?Chicago Tribune. A Striking Fact.?A young man was riding in the cab with a locomotive engineer. "Now," said the young man, shuddering, "suppose a stage load of childrew were to glide on to the track from that lane?what a blessing it would then be if you could stop short, Instantly like a man walking." "Blessing?" said the engineer. "Why, young fellow, if that stage you speak of were to appear now, and I could stop short like a man walking, I wouldn't do it. Instead. I'd keep right on and kill the kids." "Why?" "Because it would be the more humane course. In one case there would tea stage load of kids slaughtered; In the other case there would be the slaughter of a trainload of people. This train is going at the rate of forty-flve miles an hour, and the sudden stoppage of a train going at that rate would give the passengers precisely the same shock that they would get from a fall of forty-four feet?a fall o hnnoofnn " 8T0RIE8 OF THE FLAG. Respect For the Emblem Radiatee From West Point. The flag floats above West Point on the Hudson, and the cadet's first lesson is to hold It In honor. Prom the day of his entrance to the academy until the day of his graduation, the cadet has ever before him the flag of his country. He Is taught that It stands for all that Is dearest In life, ' and that greater honor can come to no man than the honor of laying down his life for the flag. There is a common Impression that ( the president of the United States is ' the commander-in-chief of the country's forces on land and on sea. The flag is the commander-in-chief. When it passes, the president must bare his head, for it is the only thing from sea to sea and from lake to gulf which ranks him in authority. I have seen a stripling doing his first tour of guard duty, stop short in answering a question put to him by a major-general of the United States army to come to a "carry" and then to a 'present," ignoring for the moment the presence of the veteran?because the flag was passing. Should it be asked if the gray-haired soldier resented the stripling's caution, let it be said in answer that when he saw its cause he brought his heels together, and took the position of a soldier, taught him forty years before, and stood uncovered and in silence. On another occasion, when the color line had been established for the first time during the summer encampment on the Hudson plateau, I saw a majorgeneral cross the color line with his cap upon his head. The old soldier had been looking the other way and did not know that the guarded flag was resting upon it's base of bayonets bristling from the stacked arms. The cadet guarding the colors order- ] ed the officer to recross the line and to remove his cap, and the major-general did it shamefaced, because he had unwittingly neglected to do honor to the flag under whose folds he had won for the armies of the United States, the battle of Franklin. Should there be need to make strike home the lesson of that which befalls the man who dishonors the flag of his country, the cadet at West Point may have his attention called to a tablet in the little post chapel. There graven on the marble and wrought into relief with go'.d are the names of the general officers of the Revolutionary army. One name is blotted out with black, but there remains showing enough of the extremes of the letters to let the reader know that the black blotted name is that of Benedict Arnold. It has been held that no man can be taught to honor the flag of his country, that such honor is Innate or It can never ext9t. The soul of no man is so dead as not to be quickened at the thought of the flag of his country, but in the man to whom the lesson of the flag's love has been taught daily the spirit of love and honor never dies. What has West Point done for the flag? It has been said by those who do not know that despite the teachings of the Military Academy, it's graduates forsook the flag for secession. In the armied of the north during the war of seccession there were scores upon scores of southern officers, graduates of the United States Military Academy. Nearly one-third of the southern graduates held true to the country's colors. In what case were the southern civilians appointees to the army? Of t the southern men who received their c appointments from civil life and who 1 were following the colors at the out- j break of the war of secession not one a stayed true to the flag. Answer I enough to the question of the value * of the academy's training in patri- h otism. s No person save these faithful ' followers of the flag through the c long years of the war know what s they suffered. They were despised v and condemned at home, and sus- * pected and treated with indifference ' by the civilian authorities of the country for which they were fighting. Only Gen. Thomas, the Virginian, seemed able to convince the authorities that his loyalty was from heart. , No army officer of the north suspected his loyal brother from the south, ] but the West Point graduates who came from the slave states and who would not forsake the flag were given 1 frontier posts or were kept in minor -I positions with the armies of the east, because their civilian superiors believ- j ed they were playing a double part. In no single case was there a turning aside from duty, however distaste- . ful or humble, on the part of these ' southern men who had learned at West Point to love the Stars and Stripes. What was the case of the West Point li - *- ~ * ?UU *Ua nintoa O gTaauaies wnu went nun mc oia^o of their birth when those states se- ' ceded from the Union? Did these offleers have no love of the flag? They had such love for It that the Confederate states of America adopted the ^ stars and bars as their emblem. The r academy graduates held that the southern states had the same right? a right bought at Yorktown, at f Cowpens and later at New Orleans? that had the northern states. They urged that the necessary number of stars be stricken from the field, and that the flag of the south be the old ; flag which they had been taught to > love. I It Is almost certain death In battle to jj be the bearer of the colors, and yet { when one color bearer Is stricken ! down his fellows fight for the honor j of offering themselves as the next sac- J rifice. | It Is the civilian who cheapens the j flag by using It for an advertisement ( of his tawdry wares. The soldier holds J It sacred, and the proof of his love | for the colors of his country may be * fou^d In the records of a thousand ( fights where he has laid down his life J that It might float.?Chicago Post. I A Pleasant Awakening.?The most i curious story of modern fortune Is that ( which relates to the late Colonel Har- J ry McCalmont. He was as poor as j need be. though none the less happy J for that. He went to the reading of hla uncle's will hoping that perhaps the departed gentleman might have remembered him to the extent, say, of an old watch. True enough, the lawyer read out the words, "To my nepfiew Harry McC'almont I leave my watch and chain." The legatee was satisfied, and. leaning back, he drowsed, lulled by the monotonous tones of the lawyer as he read through the long Instrument. At the close he rose to go. "I congratulate you," said the solicitor. "I don't know why you should," said the other. "You are residuary lega- A V ee," remarked the lawyer. "You will 1 lave 4.000 pounds annually for the first lve years from this date, and aftervards you will Inherit some seven mlllons sterling." We have all awakened ( learlng the same sort of story. But j >urs have been dreams; this was real. < ?St. James Gazette. i RARE AND C08TLY EGGS. . 1 Condor's Egg Scarcest of Existent Birds. By reason of the extinction of cer- ; :aln classes of birds, there are many ' ?ggs which are so scarce and costly , :hat they can be termed rarities with- ( )ut fear of exaggeration. The rarest i >f all eggs or a sun existent ramiiy )t birds, says Arthur H. J. Keane In ( Ihe Scientific American, Is that laid < ly the condor. At the present mo- 1 ment there Is not In existence one single dozen perfect specimens, and ihe few there are can be seen solely n some of the wealthiest and richest :ollectlons. The condor, which Is found In south- j ?rn California and the Andes, Is now hopelessly doomed to die out. It Is ilso practically impossible to collect , iny fresh specimens of its eggs, as ihese rare and extremely shy birds lest thousands of feet above the plains n the most rugged and inaccessible ; 'astnesses of the San Bernardino and , San Jacinto mountains. Hence finding md plundering (two very different | :h!ngs, by the bye) a condor's nest Is egarded as a most wonderful and sensational event; in fact, a prize of 1500 ' tvould not tempt any sane man to j start out on the hunt for a fresh con- , lor egg. ( Still more costly are the eggs of the grreat auk, or garefowl, a flightless ma lne bird, with large head, heavy body ] ind compact plumage, the last two 1 ... j._ i iving specimens or wnicn were an?:overed and killed In Iceland In the ( rear 1844. One of these eggs Is now < to be seen, carefully preserved under i glass case. In the National Museum J it Washington; the original owner sold < It in London for ?22 ($110) In the < rear 1851, whereas Its present value is istimated at more than ? 2 000 j ($10,000). i In 1853 two other auks' eggs were ! sold In London for ?85 ($425) apiece, vhile in 1868 a nobleman (Lord Caer- j ragh) paid ?74 ($370) for a damaged i specimen. A Scotchman of the name < >f Powell was fortunate to buy two of j hese eggs in Edinburgh in 1879 for a < nere song, or 32 shillings; a few weeks < ifterward he sold them for ?240 ' ($1,200) each. In 1887 an auk's eggs, . vhich was sold for ?40 ($200) In 1867, ] 'eallzed $800 In America. At the pressnt time there are only from seventy :o eighty specimens known to be still | n existence; twelve of these are In the i 3ritish museum, London. This bird died out because of its inibility to fly and of the difficulty of Its | novements upon dry land. It used to < test in thousands on Punk Island (a ocky islet opposite the coast of New- ( 'oundland), which at one time was i lsed as a kind of provisioning station < )y whalers, who used to kill these fat ind palatable birds in hundreds. The , )irds were knocked on the head with i jlubs, plucked (the feathers used to i 'etch a good price) and salted for fu- < ;ure consumption. ttr An illustration of the wonderful C\t thft ? (rIlclJIL,y ctllu IC^iUUUVlllVllvww ?... edwood 1b reported from Uklah as exsting ' in the forests of Mendocino :ounty, says an exchange. It consists >f the trunk of a redwood tree felled or fhe manufacture of shingles, which, ifter lying on the ground undisturbed or several months, sprouted a number if young trees whose roots had devel>ped in Its own body. Travelers hrough the coast forests have freluently observed the phenomenon of ows of well developed trees growing >ut of the bodies of those that have ain long enough on the earth to perish ind decay. Some years ago a newspa>er correspondent reported the strange >henomenon of new redwood growth )n a bridge built of redwood logs < icross a Humboldt county stream. The i ildes of this bridge consisted of two ? arge redwoods, which had been felled 10 long that the ends rested in the soil j in each bank. All along the upper tide of each log a row of sturdy redvood saplings developed shortly after he bridge had been finished. RM PARKE ITS __ | 1 HAIR BALSAM Claanaea and beantlflra the hair. Wprr l*roniot?f a luxuriant growth. SkS?7 . wH Never 7alia to Beatore Gray Hair to 1U Youthful Color. Cuna aealp diseaaea <t hair falling. ^WcjandlUOj^^ragiita^^J ^ IfORKVILLE BUGGY CO. LARGEST i rOTAL SALES. c The month Just closed shows the irgest total sales of any month of ur business life. We thank our rlends for their very liberal patron- ^ ge and ask them to continue the good i*ork. Our Buggies stand without a peer. 1 )ur Wagons are of the best and our tepair Shops are well equipped and > eady for business. We have two medium price Horses ny ooio a nd twn drain Thrills at cost. Come and see us. YORKVILLE BUGGY CO. < ?mTHTHTllTHniTHTH?llTHTVlTVlT?! I SOUTH] ! RAILRC 3 THE SOUTH'S GRE 3 I UNEXCELLED DI? I VICE. 3 3 J THROUGH PULLN J CARS ON ALL 5 TRAIN Convenient Schedi r Trains. SB j Winter Tourist Ra feet to all Florida p 3 For full informal routes, etc., consult ? Railway Ticket Ager s> g BROOKSM Assistant General 1 ? Atlanta ?. R. W. II *; Division Passe 0 Charlestoi > g ifORK METAL & PLUMBING 00. P Successors to W. O. Rawls. 11 Just a word. You will And us at the old stand of W. O. Rawls," Just below the Presbyterian church. We are iolng a general plumbing buslpess, -? and will carry a full line of Plumbing N Supplies of all kinds. We will also do all kinds of Tlnwork, Including Guttering and Roofing, and we solicit the business of the public. We do not expect to undertake any work except on the basis of a pre vlously submitted estimate of cost. If you have a Job of Plumbing, Guttering or Roofing let us know abbut it, and we will submit an estimate as to the cost of the Job, complete. Another thing, please remetnber, that we always have orders ahead of u^ and we will have to take your ordert and jj do your work in its turn. We cannot sidetrack previously booked orders or contracts to give place to some one else. We will try to fill all orders In turn. Please remember this and give us plenty of time on your business, VORK METAL AND PLUMBING CO. V Read Dr. Lathan's History of South Carolina, In The Enquirer. It Is interesting and instructive. TAX RETURNS FOR 1006. Office of the County Auditor of York County, South Carolina. Yorkvih?e, S. C., December 1, 1905. ^ AS required by statute my books will . be opened at my office In York- ,, ville on MONDAY. JANUARY 1, 1906, and kept open until FEBRUARY 20, 1906, for the purpose of listing for tax- u atlon all PERSONAL and REAL PROPERTY held in York county on ? January 1, 1906. 8( Particular attention is called to the * ha ro. p tact inui an rem piupciij must uv .? assessed during the period mentioned, and all property real or personal not returned, will be subject to a penalty t of 50 per cent which will be added after February 20. a All returns must be made in regular ? form and it is preferable that they be made by the property owner In person to me or my assistant, direct, on blanks provided for the purpose. The returns must be duly sworn to either before me or my assistant or some other officer . qualified to administer an oath. "I All items of realty whether f%rms. h or town lots, must be listed separately. " and no return which simply says, * "same as last year," or "no changes," will be accepted. Returns made on proper blanks,' and sworn to before an officer qualified to administer an oath and forwarded to c' me hy registered mall before February f11 20, 1906, will be accepted. ? J~ All taxpayers are particularly requestpd to inform themselves as to the number of their respective school districts, and where they have property in more than one school district, they will please make separate returns lndica'lng the J*1 location of each piece of property. The B school districts In which there are spe- w :ial levies are as follows: Nos. 29 and w 12 in Bethesda; Nos. 9 and 40 in Broad C: River: No. 12 in Catawba and Ebene- b< ser; Nos. 39 and 26 in Fort Mill; Nos: S' 11 and 33 In York. v For- the purpose of facilitating the taking of returns, and for the greater :onvenlcnce of taxpayers, I will be at the following places on the dates T) named: At Yorkville from Monday, February * 5 to Tuesday, February 20 inclusive. 1 All males between the ages of twen:y-one and sixty years, except Confed?rate soldiers over the age of fifty (rears, are liable to a poll tax of Jl, and 0f ill perso"8 so liable are especially re- ci quested to give the numbers of their se respective school districts in making e :heir returns. lo It will be a matter of much accom- jn moda'ion to me if as many taxpayers p, is possible will meet me at the respective appointments, mentioned above jo as to avoid the rush at Yorkville luring the closing days. H JOHN J. HUNTER, a County Auditor. H Yorkville. S. C.. Dec. 1. 1905. or be jjjroftssional Cards. c' JOHN R. HART. m ATTORNEY AT LAW FM No. 3 Law Range Yorkville, S. C. e; W. VV. LEWIS, C< ATTORNEY AT LAW. *n Practices In the State and United JU States courts, and gives prompt attention to all business. Lends money on tpproved security. ot Office No. 5, Law Range, Yorkville, 3. C. jjj J. C. WILBORN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Yorkville, 8. C. * Prompt attention to all business. A. Y. CART WRIGHT, ^ SURGEON DENTIST, Bl YORKVILLE, S. C. CjSfe OFFICE HOURS; 9 am- to 1 P"8'! * P m* to 5P00* Office In upstairs rooms of Cartvrlght building next to the Parish sp lotel burnt lot. m or J. S. BRICE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, w< Office Opposite Court House. Prompt attention to all legal business if whatever nature. GEO. W. S HART, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Bi YORKVILLE, S. C. LAW RANGE 'Phone Office No. 58 3. E. Finley. Marion B. Jennings. 1 FINLEY & JENNINGS, Si ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Ov Te Office in Wilton Building, opposite | Jourt House. Telephone No. 126. Or a I ^ mi ERN I J Gf )AD 1 ? . IATEST SYSTEM. < A ? ** < ? CING CAR SER- g 4 ? II, ,g u< ? < [AN SLEEPING ? , THROUGH ? Tj 'S 2 Cc I re' _ CO ? W( ulcs on All Local ^ ? CO 4 tes are now In ef- l! W lolnts. 4 ? Pl< :ion as to rates, 4 nearest Southern ? or it, or 4 [ORGAN, g Passenger Agent, < Ga * { CNT, % *_ nger Agent, ? ?,s.c. ? 7. int k*A*A*A?A*AlU*A*A*A*A?UKA? we rOOD PAY JOE lake a Club fc Enqu BEST SEMI-WEEK! Literesting Premium Every . Columbus Top Buggy Y\ Club of Paid Names and lor the Second Large: ONTEST NOW OPEN; C THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER eekly county newspaper published in hose opinions are entitled to respec fhclent county papers published in th shed especially for the people of Y takers having the advantage of years tent equal to that of the more prete ills to measure up to any reasonab INQUIRER Is the promotion of the ustrlal upbuilding of the people of ?eks patronage and support in such ect by reason of its usefulness alone SUltSCltlPT The price of THE ENQUIRER to > this office is $2.00 a year and $1.0 The price to clubmakers, acting year, and subscriptions will be rei ntll March 16, 1906. m The reduced rate is allowed to at vo or more names. , NEW SUB New subscribers?those whose n: uly 1, 1906, may have the paper fron 1907 for the price of one year's sub le subscription price is paid at the t lse the subscription will expire one ; Eune. Dnvtmrue To compensate our friends for th aring of names and collecting the ] ilums, the value of the same being ivolved, and for the two largest clubi undred names or less than ten eac aggies, one worth $86 and the other FOR THIS LA To the clubmaker returning and \ tnlcr the conditions stated herein, w uggy, worth $85. To the clubmakei ill give one of the best Top Buggies r orth $65. Both these buggies are t arroll Bros., of Yorkville, who sell jen awarded, protect them with ail es on payment of the regular retail For Four Names. A Stylographic Fountain Pen; a tiree-Bladed Pocket Knife or one >py of any of the following books: Sordon Keith," by T. Nelson Page; David Harum," "The One Woman," r Thomas Dixon. For Five Names. A year's subscription to either one the following Magazines: Mclure's, Ladles' Home Journal, Muny, Argosy, Cosmopolitan, Saturday vening Post, or either of the folwing: A "Champion" Stem Wlndg Watch, A gold pointed Fountain en, or a four-bladed Pocket Knife. For Six Names. An "Eclipse" Stem Winding Watch, amilton Model 15, 22-calibre Rifle, year's subscription to the Christian erald, a 22-String Zithern or any te of the following popular cloth ?und novels: "Leopard's Spots," Jeverly of Graustark," "The Two iptains," by Cyrus Townsend Brady. For Eight Names. An Ingersoll "Triumph" Watch, a alsy Repeating Air Rifle?works te a Winchester?a fine Razor or Pocket Knife, a Rapid Writer juntaln Pen?plain case; or a Hopf odel Violin or an 8-lnch banjo. For Ten Names. One year's subscription to THE NQUIRER, a No. 2 Hamilton 22Jlbre Rifle?model 11, the Youth's >mpanlon one year, or a gold ounted Fountain Pen; a good Ban, Violin or Guitar. For Twenty Names. Crack-Shot Stevens Rifle, a 10mce Canvas Hunting Coat, a No. 1 lector Single Barrel Breech-Loadg Shot Gun, the Century or Har- | it's Magazine. For Thirty Names. Either of the following: A Single irrel Hammerless Shot Gun, a fine >ilet or Washstand Set, a Hopkins Allen Jr., 22-calIbre Rifle, or & o. 13 Oliver Turn Plow. For Forty Names. A fine Mandolin, Guitar or Banjo, New York Standard Open Face atch, a W. Richards Double-Barrel reech-Loading Shot Gun. For Fifty Names. A Winchester or Colt's Repeating Ifle, 22-calibre; or a Baker Double irrel Breech-Loading Gun. SPECIAL CLUBS. We will arrange to furnish any ecial article desired by a clubaker for a given number of names i application to this office. TIME TO BEGIN. The time for clubmakers to begin irk in competition for the foregoing L. M. GRIST'S SON YORKYILLE lildin# and Loan Association OF YORKYILLE.S. C. Furnishes the opportunity for the ofitable investment of Savings, hower small or large. Enables persons of small means to vn Their Own Homes on Easy rms. Lends Money on Good Security from le to Five Year Periods. Applications now being received for New Series of Stock. For further and more specific inforition apply to W. BROWN WYLIE, President. lO. W. WILLIAMS. Secretary and Treasurer. xl through the year jst Recipes of Local Housekeepers. )LLATED IN HANDSOME BOOK. IE "ALL THROUGH THE YEAR" iok Book consists of 136 pages of cipes, grouped In convenient and mprehenslve form and makes up a >rk that will be of service in every usehold. Bound in strong paper vprs. The price of the book is 60 Cents, hen ordered by mail. 8 Cents extra. It may be had from the following ices in Yorkville: Strauss-Smith Co. See Miss Glenn Miss Wallace. Heath & Company. See Miss Cody. York Drug Store. I. W. Johnson. Loan and Savings Bank. Orders also filled by Mrs. B. N. sore. Mrs. G. H. O'Leary, or Mrs. M. McXeel. Yorkville, S. C. W Don't miss reading Horse Shoe >blnson In The Enquirer. It is an ensely interesting Revolutionary ir story. I EASY WORK. >r the Yorkville lirer. \jY in the south Contest Now Open to body. forth $85 For the Largest i a Rock Hill Top Buggy at Club of Paid Names. LOSES MARCH 15, 1906. is the largest all home print semii the south, and Is conceded by experts t to be one of the most complete and ie United States. It is edited and pubork and surrounding counties, and Its of experience, and a mechanical equipntlous metropolitan Journals, it seldom le requirement. The mission of THE > sociai, educational, religious and inYork and adjoining counties, and it measure as It may have a right to ex } liiG 11I1C9 \J L I VO VtlUC* VUil ION PRICE. single subscribers sending their names 0 for six months, as agents of the subscriber, Is $1.76 cetved from clubmakers at that price iy individual who returns and pays for SCRIBER8. ames have not been on our list since ft the time they subscribe until January scription?$1.76. This is provided that ime of the entry of the name. Otheryear from the date of the entry of the FOR CLUBS. le time and trouble Incident to the semoney therefor, we offer various preproportioned to the amount of work s whether they include as many as Ave h, we propose to give two first class wortl. $66. RGEST CLUBS. >aylng for the largest number of names e will give a first class Columbus Top returning the second largest club, we nade by the Rock Hill Buggy company, o be seen in the depository of Messrs. them, and who will, after they have the guarantees that go with such bugprice. offers is RIGHT NOW. Let all names, whether old or new, be returned as rapidly as secured, so they may be properly entered upon our books. TERMS AND CONDITIONS. Two Six Months Subscribers at 91 each will be considered the equivalent of one yearly subscriber at $1.76, and so counted. A subscription paid for two or more years in advance at $1.76, will be counted as one name for each year so paid. Clubmakers will be held personally responsible for the payment of all names returned by them. After a clubmaker has returned and paid for any name, he can, at any time thereafter, discontinue the sending of the paper to the person for whom he has paid and transfer the unexpired term to any other person, provided the person to whom the transfer Is desired was not a subscriber at the time the original name was entered on our books. No name will be counted in competition for a premium until the subscription price has been paid; nor will any premium be delivered until a satisfactory settlement has been made for all names returned by the clubmaker. Persons who commence making clubs will not be permitted to transfer their club to another clubmaker's list after the names have been entered on our books. It is not necessary that the names on a club should all be at the same postofflce. Names may be taken at any number of places. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sending them. We will be responsible for the safe transmission of money only when sent by draft, registered letter or money order drawn on the Yorkvllle postofflce. In sending names write plainly, and give postofflce, county and state. All subscriptions will be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. A separate list will be kept for each clubmaker, who will be credited with each name sent, so that the number sent by any clubmaker may be ascertained at a moment's notice. In case of a tie for either premium, two weeks will be allowed in which to work ofT the tie. The time in which names may t>e returned, under our propositions will commence NOW, and expire at o'clock p. m., on the lftth day of March, 1906. After the closing of this contest on March 16, 1906 no single yearly subscription will be received for less than the yearly subscription price, $2 00, except new clubs are formed. S, Yorkville, 8. C. MONEY TO LEND. N improved farms in York county. interest: i-oans not unaer *i,uuu, 7 per cent; under S 1.000, 8 per cent. No broker's commissions. Repayments easy. Apply to C. W. F. SPENCER, Rock Hill, or undersigned. C. E. SPENCER, Atty. at Law. Dec. 1. Aug. 1. f.t HORSES AND MULES. I HAVE a car load of fine animals Just from Tennessee. They are all guaranteed to be sound and good workers. Prices and terms to suit purchasers. Be sure to see these animals. W. R. CARROLL, Yorkvllle, 8. C. Jan. 9 sw - tf. ^ ?1??? ???? She \|otluillr <?uquircr. Entered at the Postofflce as Second Class Mall Matter. Published Tuesday and Friday. PU1ILIHHEKS i W. D. GRIST, O. E. GRIST, A. M. GRIST, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION I fitncrla fn, nna vtur i 2 00 One copy for two years 3 50 For three months 50 For six months 1 00 Two copies one year 3 50 7'en copies one year 17 50 And an extra copy for a club of ten. ADVERTISEMENTS Inserted at One Dollar per square for the first Insertion, and Fifty Cents per square for each subsequent Insertion. A square consists of the space occupied by ten lines of this size type. tsr Contracts for advertising: space fc?- three, six and twelve months will be made on reasonable terms. The contracts must in all cases be confined to the regular business of the firm or individual contracting, and the manuscript must be in the office by Monday at noon wnen intenaea tor mesaay a Issue, and on Thursday at noon, when Intpndrd for Friday's Issue. , tv Cards of thanks and tributes of respect Inserted at the rate of 10 cents per line for each Insertion.