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? ' 1 ' WORLD S COTTON PROBLEM. Theodore H. Price Probee Deeply Into the Subject. Those who have been close students of cotton history for the past ten years cannot fall to be Impressed by the following salient facts: I. That the south first produced a crop of about 10,000,000 bales (actually 9.901.000) In the season of 1894-5, and that In 1905-6, twelve years later, the yield from a largely Increased acreage Is only about 6 per cent griater, 1. e.. 10,690,000 bales. II. That tfie average yield of the eleven years Just ended is 10.240.000 bales, or hardly more than two per cent Increase on the yield of twelve years ago. and that the crop just marketed, Is but little over this average. III. That in the past seven years but one crop of over 11,00,000 bales has been produced, and that if this crop (resulting from apparently unique conditions) be excepted, the average yield of cotton during the last six years is only 10,340,000 bales or only about 300,000 bales less than the crop just marketed. IV. That, although the first crop of 10,000,000 bales was considered so superabundant that in 1894-5 it depressed the price of cotton to 5|c in New York, practically the same yield ten years later in (1903-4) caused an advance to 18c the extreme appreciation in value being 2.50, attributable entirely to an increased demand as the supply was the same. V. That,, although the average price of eotton from September 1st, 1893. to September 1st, 1899, was below 7c, and although it never sold as high as 9c. this price was sufficiently remunerative to the planter to induce an Increase in the production from 7.000,000 in 1893-4 to 11,200,000 in 1898. equal to about 50 per cent in five years; while on the other hand, an average price of nearly 10c during the past seven years, and an extreme advance to 18c worked an Increase in the production of only 35 per cent, and that for one year only, while the average crop of the last seven years, at an average price of 9.92 per pound, is only 10,800,000 bales as against an average crop of 9,658.000 bales, at an average price of 6.84c per pound for the five years preceding. Broadly 9tated, during me pasr seven years the cotton production of the United States has remained almost stationary, only the extraordinary combination of 18c cotton and absolutely perfect weather being effective in increasing it substantially in 1904-5. As, during the same seven years, expansion at a rate previously unbelievable has been almost universal in every other direction throughout the world, and especially in America, the student of economics naturally asks: "Why ouch an anomaly?" The answer In my opinion, Is the "Industrial South." Some two years ago. 1 pointed out the marked tendency disclosed by the census bureau figures toward an increase In the urban rather than the rural population of the south, and it is probable that since thut time this tendency has been accentuated. My attention was directed again to the subject during a recent trip through the south. Not only was I greatly impressed with the growth of the smull' towns, but also with the marvelous Increase in all sorts of activity other than cotton planting, which development must, because of the labor it diverts, be directly at the expense of cotton productions, while, on the other hand. Increasing cotton consumption. In the course of this journey, which carried me through the state/ of Virginia, North and South C&rollni:. Georgia, Florida. Tennessee and Arkansas, my observation and my intercourse with those I met forced me to the conclusion that |n the south cotton is no longer "K|ng" |n the sense that its cultivation Is a compulsory alternative to starvation. It will surprise many as it did me. to learn that during the past year the. combined value of the lumber, mineral, and garden truck, murketed from the southern states, ex Ceeaeu mui ui mc tuuun u>wp. In Florida, it iti no uncommon thing for truck farmu to pay un annual profit of from $500 to $1,500 per acre, and in that state, Mr. Flagler has employed upon the Key West extension of his East Coast railway some 18.000 inen, chiefly negroes, thereby withdrawn from agricultural activity. Throughout Georgia and the Carollnaa the Southern railway is practically double-tracking Its line from Washington to Atlanta and many other lines of railway |n the southern states are employing many thousands uf hands In reconstruction and extension. Along the Yadkin river in North Carolina. and In Tennessee, Georgia, and South Carolina, plants for the electrical 'transmission of water power are in process of construction that Involve the expenditure of some $25.00o,00U chiefly for labor, within the next two > years. Mr. R. H. Edmonds, of the Manufacturers' Record of Haltimore, says that "one little town in North. Carolina, scarcely heard of ten years ago, is now the site of over forty furniture factories, whose annual product, aggregating several million dollars a year, finds a market all over the world," if, in addition to these enterprises coming under my personal observation as augmenting the demand for labor In the south, there be considered the inert use of nearly 200 per cent in the cotton spindles of the south since 1899, and the marvelous industrial expansion In almost every other direction from ice manufacture to petroleum wells and aluminum production, some Idea may be had of the Importance of these labor factors in affecting the cotton production of the south. To fully understand it, however it is necessary to remember that practically none of the enormous immlgra o.r, ..nut-intr into this country in the luHt decade has been directed to the Houth. There, us In ante-bellum times, the labor of the negro remains the chief reliance of the cotton planter. The latest figures that I have been able to obtain of the southern population and its distribution indicate a maximum Increase of about 500,000 in the negro population of the cotton states during the six years ending with 1905. Apply the usual rule of one in five to this increase, it is plain that not more than 100.000 able-bodied negro men have been added to the available labor of the cotton stutes during th>* . period under review. In the same time, the wages paid to this unskilled labor in the mines, lumber camps, on the railroads and at the factories, have practically doubled, and averages 20c to 30c per hour, or $1.50 to $2.00 per day, earned under conditions which admit of the enjoyment of city life, while the cotton "hand" is still supposed to be content with $12 a month, isolation in a log cabin, and fl little pork, corn meal and molasses, or the alternative of a "tenant's" share in a crop of doubtful value, payable at the end of the season, after deduction has been made, at exorbitant prices abd usurious interest for the supplies furnished on credit. Small wonder, then, that the cotton production of the south has become practically stationary. It is to be borne in mind that the seven years between 1898-9 and 1905-6. between the crop of 11.256.000 bales produced from about 25.000.000 acres, and the crop of 10,000,000 produced from about 28.000,000 acres, are the years of j the marvelous prosperity following tinSpanish-American war, the irrevocable adoption of the gold standard i.i America, and the enormous increase in the world's gold production. This period, which will probably be known in history as the "McKinley Kra," records the most stupendous material progress the world has ever known. As was inevitable under such conditions, the expansion in the consumption of cotton has been enormous and foreshadows a demand for an annual production of 25.000.000 bales even sootier than the most sanguine had anticipated. How is this production to be secured? In India and in Kgypt. the production, as in America, seems almost stationary. From the south alone, for the next decade at least, the increase must come; but with industry bidding against industry to attract the labor from the cotton neiu. a suuswuhbi, ? sustained, and an almost sensational advance in price seems to be necessary to draw and to hold the labor essential to even a sufficiency of cotton for the next few years.?Theodore H. J Price. AT THE CHURCHES. CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD. REV. J. O. BA BIN, RECTOR. Sunday Services.?Morning service at 11 o'clock. Sunday school at 3 p. m. Afternoon service at 4 p. in. Annual parish meeting immediately after afternoon service. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN. rev. e. e. g1li.k5pie, pastor Sunday Services?Sunday school at 10 a. m. Morning service at 11 a. m. Wrt Innr OuPV'i/>M TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL. i rev. j. l. stokks. d. d., pastor. Sunday Services?Morning service at 11 o'clock. Sunday school at 3.30 p. m. Evening service at 8 o'clock. ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN. rev. w. c. swart, pastor. Sunday Services?No morning or evening service on account of the absence of the pastor at Smyrna. Sunday school at 10 o'clock a. m. BAPTIST. Sunday Services?Sunday school at 10 o'clock, a. m. [ Special Notices. Hot Supper at St. Paul. The ladies of St. Paul have arranged to give a hot supper for the benetit of the church on Saturday night, April 14. The public Is invited. Mrs. T. J. Bradford For Com. Letter to J Q Wray, Yorkville, S C. Dear Sir: The easiest business in this world is dry-goods; the reason is: your customers want your stuff as much as you want to sell it; they come-in; you show it and sell it. That's the whole business, except your buying the goods. Devoe comes next. It saves money. 1 and people like money. They like somebody else's more than their own; , they like to make it more than to ' save it; they like to keep it perhaps as well as to make it. i Buildings run-down fast, without) paint; poor paint is the same. Devoe at. -a ? ? 4la4 unl. I is ine means ui snipping mai ican, a big one. All we've got to do. to , sell Devoe, is to show that a man saves money by using it. E D Jewell, Corry, Pa. painted his house 5 years ago with a mixed paint; , 14 gallons. Last spring he painted with Devoe; 10 gallons. Saved $15 to ( $20. 69 Yoprs truly, F W Devoe & Co P. S.?J. J. KELLER & CO.. sell our paint. | Low Rates to New Orleans < And Return account United Confede- ' rate Veterans' reunion. April 25-27th. 1 1906. The Southern Railway will sell ' tickets to New Orleans and return atl extremely low rates from points In * this vicinity at follows: ? Chester. $14.70; Rock Hill, $15.15; ? Yorkville, $14.55; Columbia, $14.70; Camden. $15.35, and equally low rates ' from other points. Tickets will be on sale April 22d, ' 23rd and 24th, limited, good to return * April 30th. Ey depositing tickets with Special Agent in New Orleans, 1 and upon payment of the sum of fifty cents, an extension of limit to May 21 1 will be granted. For the accommodation of the dele- ' gates from South Carolina, the Southern Railway will operate through cars from Columbia, S. C., leaving " April 23rd at 7 a. m., and arrive at New Orleans next morning at 7.15. For full Information apply to any Southern ticket agent, or W. E. MeGbe. Trav. Pass. Agt., Augusta, (la.; R. W. Hunt. Div. Pass. Agt.. Charleston, or Brooks Morgan, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt., Atlanta. Ga. td OBITUARY. ? - - - i Dikii?At Sharon, on April 9, 1906, of 1 pneumonia. Miss HARRIET L. WYLIE. l in the sixty-sixth year of her age. She . was a member of Sharon church from ^ early youth, ' &he JJorhuille Cfotlon $larhel. * Corrected Semi-Weekly by Messes. Latta Bros. Yorkvii.i.e, April 13, 12 m.?The local market stands as follows: Cotton 11} to 11^ Latta Bros. UT4 T?T? ?? ? ? 4 T4T?r?T4r?T* CLOTI Big Stock, Lar^ Lowest i . When we bought our stock CLOTHING we bought the LAItC RIED IN YEARS, and furtherino FOR OUR MONEY THAN WE H. FOR SEVERAL YEARS PAST. . BEST SELECTION OF MEN'S A HAD IN SEVERAL YEARS. We All of these advantages our CTJST EFIT OF?CLOSE BUYING, (iO< LOW RETAIL PRICES?These fi your interest to see us before yoi CLOTHING. From our stock we can plea* I the little man four or live years old longs, the shorts und rounds, the THE BEST POSSIBLE VALUE F j COME AND LET US SHOW YC WILL BUY AT THIS STORE. Below we give you a little Ide prices. See the Clothing. It will BOYS' KNEE PANTS St l'l> Boys' Fancy Cheviot Suits. . . Boys' Black Clay Worsted Su Boys' Fancy Cheviot Suits .. Boys' Fancy Cheviot Suits .. I Boys' Fancy Cashmere Suits Boys' Fancy Worsted Suits . Boys' Fancy Worsted Suits . " * * ???-- 4_? ... . 0?J?0 |5oy*S ,\avy 1*1 Ul' wrgr r?unn Boys' Fancy Worsted Suits . ItOVS' IiOX<; PANTS SPITSBoys' Fancy Worsted Suits.. Hoys' Fancy Worsted Suits . Boy's Blue Thibet Suits Boys' Fancy Cheviot Suits . Boys' Fancy Worsted Suits . MUX'S CL i Men's Black Clay Worsted Su Men's Black Clay Worsted S Men's Fancy Cashmere Suits Men's Black Thibet Suits ... Men's Blue Thibet Suits Men's Black Thibet Suits . . . Men's Fancy Worsted Suits . Men's Fancy Worsted Suits . Men's Black Clay Worsted Su Men's Navy Blue Serge Suits Men's Fancy Cheviot Suits Men's Black Clay Worsted Su Men's Navy Blue Serge Suit* Men's Black Clay Worsted . Men's Navy Blue Flannel Sui Men's Fancy Cheviot Suits . Men's Fancy Worsted Suits . Men's Black Clay Worsted Su Men's Fancy Worsted Suits , Men's Navy Blue Serge Suits Men's Black Thibet Suits . . , Men's Black Clay Worsted St Men's Fancy Worsted Suits , Men's Fancy Worsted Suits Men's Black I'uHnishcd Won Men's Odd Coats?for hot w Men's Punts-?all sizes and q THE STRAUSS-Sft Main and Liberty Sts. WANTED?TO BUY. GOOD blooded stock SOW with litter young Pigs. Address D. E. DURANT. Guthrlesvllle. S. C. It FOR SALE. WO first-class Milch Cows, with L young Calves. A bargain. Address W. C. MoLURE, R. F. D. No. 5. Yorkvllle. It ATTENTION! CO. "L", 1ST INF. N. G. S. C. THERE will be Company drills In the Armory next TUESDAY and FRIDAY NIGHTS, APRIL 17TH and 20TH, at 8 o'clock. Annual Inspection will be held SATURDAY, APRIL 21ST, 8 p. m? in Armory, Members must attend drills. By order. JOHN R. HART, 2t Captain Commanding. FOR MAYOR. | I HEREBY announce myseir as a i candidate for MAYOR OF YORK- I VILLE, subject to the choice of my I fellow citizens in the approaching municipal election. JOHN R. HART. TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. ALL persons indebted to the estate of JOSEPH JACKSON, deceased, are hereby notified to make settlement ; with me at once. Persons having claims against the said estate should present them to me duly authenticated, within the time prescribed by law. J. B. SMITH. Admr. April 6 f 3t Easter Egg Dyes WHITE RABBIT?Eight Colorsmakes 100 shades?5c package. PAAS EGG DYES?Eight Colors? dx transfer sheets?5c package. W Remember?Our Lowney's and Wiley's Easter Candies. YORK DRUG STORE, J. B. BOWEN, Proprietor. Our Beauties In SAILORS Don't miss the sight?they are ueauties. Nobby. stylish. up-to late. Prices right; attention polite. They are getting out fast, big rush Tor them?takes eight ladies to keep up now. Received this week another lot of bailors. Shapes, Ribbons, Silks, Flow*rs. Plumes and all kinds of up-to- C late Millinery. Mrs. Dobson is the lady for Millllery. Nearly all the ladles buy from . her. Don't pack off anything on you | hat is not becoming nor stylish? 11 ways up-to-date goods. Don't forget the Peerless Patterns. We order them out for you. Charlotte Steam Laundry oldest ind best. See us about it. DOBSON BROTHERS' CASH STORE. Phone 12. P C "I Have Always 'a P Managed to carry my money and lever lout a cent" he remarked to the Aank man, when he waH asked to leave lis money on Deposit. A few hours y ater he was found on the roadside, ilmost lifeless, with a large gash across 7 lis head, and his money gone. He was known to carry his money wound Instead of putting It In Bank. k a riie First National Hank Yorkvilie S. (\ HING | je Variety and Prices of SPRING AND SUMMER : EST STOCK WE HAVE C A lire we got BETTER VALUES AVE BEEN ABLE TO SECURE Another thing, WE HAVE THE ND BOYS' CLOTHING WE'VE ure proud of our Clothing Stock. OMERS WILL GET THE BEN>I> SELECTION AM) VERY , lets mean thut it is entirely to . u buy SPRING AND SUMMER !e and fit all sizes of men from ; on up. We can lit the sllinsand mediums, etc. IF YOU WANT OR YOUR CLOTHING MONEY >U WHAT A LITTLE MONEY j a or our range in quunues aim tell its own story?sell itself: i?AtiKS 0 'IH> 10 YEAKS. $1.25 its 1.50 1.50 i 1.75 2.00 2.25 2.50 2.00 | 2.75 ?AtiKS II TO 10 YF.AICS. $ 1.50 5.00 ! 5.00 7.00 7.00 OTIIINfa. its $ 2.00 uits?Double Hreasted .... 2.00 .* 5.00 ! 5.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 7.00 ? lits 7.00 i 7.00 \ 7.50 i lits 7.50 j i 7.50 f 8.00 A ts 8.50 8.50 i ? I J lits 8.50 f 10.00 | i 10.00 ? I (1.00 i tits 10.00 12.00 j 12.50 . Suits 12.50 1 ath.r ? $1.50 to S-I.OO. < uulities-? 5th* to $5 |?uif. flITH COMPANY, , Yorkville, S. C. < I I MONDAY Iwr SEE SHOW Just to Advertise, we'll sell you Plated ALARM CLOCKS?SPEC Regular JS.00 EIGHT DAY C somely carved oak case, with got (A chance of a life-time)?SPEC ! " W'e have Bargains all over < ^ to SHOW' YOU. I8T P. S ? B?I?U?BUY, \v< HATS?All we ask Is to SHOW want to save MONEY. THE FOUSHEH YORK VII -&T1<T<3- TXD? -32WHEN YOU WANT SWIFT'S HAMS AND BREAKFAST STRIPS. POSTUM AND GRAPE NUTS. PICKLES, OLIVES AND TOMATO CHUTNEY. COFFEE, TEA AND SPICES. I. W. JOHNSON. QPEN N ACCOUNT WITH Us And pay all your bills by check. You keep the record on your check stub, and at the end of the month, we return to you all cancelled vouchers, which constitutes a positive and Indisputable receipt. HECK BOOKS FURNISHED FREE. 3ANK OF CLOVER CLOVER, S. C. JAS. A. PAGE, Cashier. PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO. LOOK In the Display Case at Main street entrance to Studio for sarnies of View Work and Sepia Post ards. Views of our streets taken during he busy cotton season. Orders for View Work taken at Stulo. Office hours from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. 'hone No. 132. Miss ROSA J. LINDSAY. \*T k FT DA Dri) U ALL Till liH OU WILL FIND ME NEXT DOOR 0 Dr. BRATTON'S OFFICE. A. B. GAINES. 99~ Wanted.?Your orders for all inds of printed matter. Best work t fairest prices. What Is Bromonia? Head the following carefully: If you havt consumption or some of the contagious forms of blood poisoning We cannot cure you. We don't pretend to cure you. You need the individual treatment of some skilled specialist; but if you are run down in general health. If you have dyspepsia, are subject to fainting spells, a victim to insomnia, biliousness, kidney or liver trouble, catch cold easily, if your system is in that condition that you may become an easy prey to the disease germs of pneumonia, la grippe and the various epidemics. if you are bothered with constant headache, loss of memory, general impaired vitality, we can help you. and. If you follow our directions. render you immune against sickness. Most skin disease can be cured by the use of "Bromonia." "Bromonia" Is to the human system what the scrubbing brush and soap are to .the dirty washbowl. It aids Nature to resume normal action. It increases the strength, the fighting ability of the phagocytes of the blood; It promotes the healthy flow of the salivary and gastric secretions. Tf your stomach is in good condition you are well. The Chinese arc a wise people. They accost each other with. "How Is your stomach?" We don't ask you to invest a cent until you have trii^l "Bronionla" at our exiM'nsc. A singip bottle often times works wonders. Out out the Coupon at the bottom of this column. Write name and address plainly. lie careful to address 11KOMONIA CO.. NEW YORK. FREE BROMOXIA COUPON. T hereby declare that I have never before had a free bottle of "Bronionia." Kindly send me one without any cost to me whatever. Name City State My Nearest Dealer is at 25 and 50 Cents. Special sale now being held at Star Drug Store, Exclusive Wholesale Agent for Yorkvllle and vicinity. Dealers elsewhere desiring agency apply to Murray Drug Co., Columbia. S. C. ! ^ SPECIE | It is a common practice fo Special Object; to satisfy a PA I against a POSSIHLK KM KHOK> | Our facilities for hamlling ? When money has been left wit I " ( AUKRiMiV ('AltItV Ol'T Till | LOAN AND Si J YORKVILI MM MM I M E" . AT 8 A. M. I ' WINDOWS ~m regular $1.25 Enameled or Nickel H IAli MONDAY CENTS LOCKS?half hour strike?handd decorations?size 2.1x15 Inches? TAL MONDAY $1.59. >ur Store?All we ask Is a chance ; want to show you our SPRING YOU?We know you'll buy If you I : CASH STORE, riLE, s. ?. iiiiiiii DR. M. W. WHITE, Office Opposite Postoffice. WANTED?Twenty-five shares of Clover Cotton Mill Stock. FOR SALE?Twenty shares of Neely Yarn Mill Stock?Ten Shares at 104. FOR SALE?Twenty Shares of Yorkvllle Building and Loan Installment stock, on which dues have been paid from two to three years. If you have stocks for sale or desire to buy, list your orders with me. No results, no charge. M. W. WRITE. I O. P. HEATH, Pt. ' W. S. NEIL YORKVILLE B.. I INCORPC The New( AND STILL THEY COME! N ING INTO OUR TWO BIG STO PARTMENT THE LATEST AN GOODS. NOTIONS. MILLINERY, PARTMENT ALL KINDS OF HE ' HARDWARE. ETC. Anions the terday?In the Dry Goody Depnr poods. Among other things: Belts, Buckle! A full and fancy line of BI . AND SHIRT WAIST PINS. Gilt each. Gilt Top Combs. 50c to $!. 25c to 50c each. Ladies' Silk We had quite an elaborate II have quite a nice line yet?but t If you want: one come before thej to $5.00 each. Clothing for 1 ?* From our large stock of CL we are quite sure that we can pi of this vicinity In both Quality at of ytyles and prices for selection, from $5.00 to $20.00 a Suit. COMFORTABLE All gentlemen who are good dr ten law of FASHION that every g a STRAW HAT on Easter morni STRAW HATS for the Spring se and if styles and prices are any your Straw Hat here. We also h PANAMAS. They are quite the I afford to wear a Panama?our pr SHOES FOR '"Tiy a feat to fit the feet." most feet. Our stock of Shoes Is i? / 11?vctv'li.u VVIdth? ptp.. Ill ^unmiro, .. ? comfortably Shoe anyone who v made up of the latest shapes at Itoth ladies and gentlemen and gl we bought our Shoe stock for spr siderably lower than they are at | This week we received a largi class assortment of It?and the pi When you are ready to cover yoi Matting. It will be worth your WE NOW HAVE AN ESPECI COUNTER OF SHOES. PE SUT GROCERIES AN We are unquestionably HEADQ MEATS. COFFEES. MEAL. MOI ! bought Flour at a price that will We carry almost everything it sides we also carry a good stock TORS. CORN and COTTON PL.V MENTS OF ALL KINDS. Yorkville B. & Purify Your BUTTER. Are you troubled with wild onions I 1 your milk and butter, if so. you should at once get a package of our Milk and Butter Purifier. This preparation removes all taint of onions, clover, bitter weeds, etc. It produces a natural sanitary milk, which is more easily digested than ordinary milk and especially suited to weak stomachs. It is pure and harmless and leaves your cow in a better and healthier condition. When your chickens have roup or lice, your hogs have cholera your horst s coughs, fevers, colds, or any other disease, we have the medicine. It will sure cure. There is a strict guarantee wnn mom of these preparations, and if they fall, we will return your MONEY. STAR DRUG STORE, D. L. Shieder. Prop. FOR RENT. O TORE Room, suitable for Dry O Hoods, clos to cotton mill trade. Address "R. W." care of THE ENylHRER. I iL OBJECT { ===== t i r people to lay aside money for a A ITH'I'LAR NEED; or to provide \ ;CY. f such business are most excellent. A li us for a specific purpose, \VK . ] DESIRE OF TIIE l?EIM)SITOR. f WINGS BANK * LI:, S. C. JI SEED SWEET POTATOES i have: the georgia buck and pumpkin yam on hand. 30 cts. a peck $1.10 a bushel. LOUIS ROTH. F. C. BLACK I^lt'e Insurance, Old Line Mutual Legal Reserve Just as solid as It is possible to i make anything. THE SECURITY LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY Has complied with the general Insurance laws, and is licensed to do business as legal reserve "Old Line" company. This means, that the state of North Carolina guarantees that the company's assets and liabilities are correctly given in its published statements. That the Company has deposited cash securities with the Insurance commissioner for the absolute protection of Its policy-holders. FRED C. BLACK. " * ,, V. Pt. R. E. HEATH, Sec -Tr. & M. COMPANY, JRATED. *st Things _ o ? EW GOODS ARE STILL ROLLRES. In our DRY GOODS DED MOST FASHIONABLE DRY ETC.; IN OUR GROCERY DEAVY AND FANCY GROCERIES. ! latest arrivals?they came yestment, Is a big lot of seasonable i s, Combs, Etc. 2LTS, BELT BUCKLES. COMBS and Sliver Belts, 25 cents to $.50 25 a set; Pearl Buckles for Belts, Shirt Waists ne of Ladies' Silk Shirt Waists? ( hey have been selling quite fast. / are ail gone?Prices from $2.00 Men and Boys OTHING FOR MEN AND BOYS ea*se the most particular dressers id Prices. There is a wide range Men's Clothing range In prices' : STRAW HATS essers know that it is an unwrit;ood dresser must show out under ng. Get you ready. Our line of ason is now ready for inspection inducemnt to you. you will buy lave a line of the always popular style, and at our prices you can ices will move them quick. EVERYBODY but 'tis an easy feat for us to fit so very large, and so very varied that wfc verily believe we can 1 omes to us. Our Shoe stock is id lasts for the Spring wear for rls and boys, and Infants. When ing delivery the prices were conl?resetit. You get the benefit. p shipment Of MATTINGS?a first rices run from 20o to 50c a yard, ur floors or steps, see us for the j while. ! ALLY ATTRACTIVE BARGAIN ( i !R TO SEE IT. 1 [D HARDWARE [UARTERS for FLOUR. SUGAR, ..ASSES, Etc. We have recently certainly save you money. I l SHELF HARDWARE, and beof DISC HARROWS. CULTIVAN'TERS. and FARMING IMPLE- 1 : M. Company. Place Your INSURANCE fn the CAROLINA MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. i i A GOOD. STRONG. R ELI A RLE COMPANY that will PAY A THOUSAND DOLLARS just as soon as I there is proof of death. , T. A. MATTHEWS, Local Agent. Jass M. Starr, J. F. McElwee. President Sec. and Treas. YORK SUPPLY CO. Incorporated. Sweet Potatoes ] We have in stock Sweet Potatoes for betiding. The Vineless Yain, Georgia Ituck and the Catawba Yain. All very ] fllie seed. This is the season to bed. We have Red Top Cane Seed and expect this week Early Amber and Orange. Red Bliss Seed Irish Potatoes. I.a idreth's Garden Seed?2 papers for 5 cents. Beans, 10 cents a pint. Gant's Guano Plows. Cotton Planters Cultivators and Cotton Harrows. Corrugated and Crimped Iron Roofing. Received today one car load of Oats. YORK SUPPLY CO. W Send your orders for Commercial printing to the Enquirer office. On the I Till: PEOPLE'S STORE IS FOR SOMETHING GOOD FOR 1 WE WILL GIVE A LIST OF JUST THINGS WHICH THEY HAVE TOMERS. TT 1 J ntuiu-iuau And they are Genuine Hand Woi are much cheaper than you could $1.25 each. Turn Over Collars, 5c, 10c, 28 Lace Tab Collars, 10c, 15c ant Collar and They are three piece, hand-r 50c, 75c and $1.00. Embroidered Sl Only a few patterns left, mat! and embroidered with "Perl-Lust* The People's Store Price, 65c each COTTON Is a material closely resembling every thread cotton. Its 27 Inches Black. Navy and Cream, 10 cents MOHAIR A light weight cotton mater makes an elegant spring shirt wal colors?the yard, 10c and 15c. SILK 1 Most merchants want 25c tht in Cream, Pink, Light Blue and B The widest White Lawn you Inches wide. Everybody buys Pearl Button for 5 cents. We have them. HOSIERY A1 Ladles' Black Gauze Hosiery, Ladles' Black Lace Hose?dy 50e the pair. I Ladles' White Lace Hose?15< Anything you may want In ( "We ain't got no use for red stocl and White. we nave mik uioves in wnue Gilt Top Novelty Back Combs When you think of PATTER? JOURNAL PATTERNS?I0o and LADIES' HOME JOURNAL S The Thomso Real- Estate For Sale. Fine dwelling on Main street. 10 Rooms?Splendid Location. 55 acres. 1 mile Tirzah station. Per , acre, $16.00. 40 acres. 8 miles northeast of Yorkville. bounded by lands of Mrs. Nichols and Mrs. Youngblood; 18 acres woodland. 133 1-3 acres I mile west of Hoodtown. On public road. 60 acres in cultivation, 35 or 40 acres of fine bottoms. 12 acres bottoms In cultivation. Cheap. ; Six valuable lots on Lincoln ave. 60x296 feet. W. H. Herndon property. Small house on W. Madison street. Lot containing one acre. 85 acres, 3-mlle from Yorkvllle on Charlotte road; a two-room house, 15 acres In bottom In high state of cul- | tivatlon. 83 acres 2 miles from Yorkvllle, 2 tenant houses?3 and 4 rooms? New Parn with sheds, new double crib, good pasture, good 2-horse farm in cultivation. 200 nursery trees consisting of pears, peaches, apples and cherries. 113 acres 6 miles west of Yorkvllle, 70 acres cultivated land, well watered. 2-story dwelling, 6 rooms, on R. F. J)-, about 28 acres in pasture and second growth pine. 230 acres, 2 miles from Yorkvllle. 2 dwelling and 1 tenant house. Well timbered. 35 acres in the town of Yorkvllle, will sell In lots from one acre up. Five room cottage 8 x 30 foot hall, front and back portico, good well, 80 foot frontage on Wright avenue. Four lots in Whlsonant?CHEAP. 235 acre farm about 8I miles from Yorkvllle, 3 miles from Ebenezer; 1 new 6-room dwelling two 4-room tenant houses. 30 acres fine bottom land ?five horse farm. If you wish to buy, rent, or sell property, come and talk the matter over with me and list your wants. J. C. WILBORN, Attorney. COTTON INSURANCE. I AM prepared to write Insurance on Cotton stored either in open yard or in outbuildings on farms. Farmer* can arrange to borrow j money on my insurance policies on | ;otton held on their farms the same is if the cotton were stored in a warinouse hi luwu. iuhc oa v-v..?.. > Write or call at my office for rates of insurance and other Information. J. R. LINDSAY. Oct. 3. t.f. * tf. SCREEN D( AND NOW IS THE TIME TO FIX F< JUST RECEIVED A SHIPMENT < I>OWS; ALSO A LOT OF SCREE .10 INCHES WIDE. COME TO SFE US FOR Y IT AND AT RIC.HT PRICES. Yorkville Harth Fsu P I I CLOTHING I THE WELL-DRESSED MAN!?the w -.iuit him In STYLE and COLOR?? <?n the people with whom he com I make the man." Is a very true prov CIAITHES?do certainly go a long penrance. It makes a man stand i a little higher, and walk a little m It pays to wear Superb Clothes. There is nothing haphazard In tl lug. It is made on purpose, with I of making It equul in every respet the price. The fabrics from which submitted to every possible test to standard?if It doesn't reach the st ter, it doesn't get into Superb CIo most approved styles, such as are 1 I Fashion. They are made by the m much intelligence and care into th as they would into the production ments. The greatest difference b made-to-measure kind lies Not in t! the price. If you would wear really fashio clothes, buy a suit of SUPERB Cli the style, color and fit as well as qu I J. Q. WRAY, T YORKVII ! ? ? mm? ^ookout ! ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT TS CUSTOMERS. AND TODAY ' A PEW OF THE MANY GOOD IN STORE FOR THEIR CUS e Collars rk, made from Battenburg, and make one. Prices, 50c, 75c and V c each. 1 25c each. Cuff Sets nade sets "to match"?the stet lilrt Waist Patterns le on good quality White Lawn, i" Cotton. Easily worth $1.00. ' VOILE wool goods, but we guarantee wide and can be washed, colors the yard. LUSTRE ial, look-3 like wool goods, and st suit. We have a nice line of MULL ' yard. But we have Silk Mull lack?the yard, 15 cents, ever saw for 10 cents. Its 40 a when they can get two doxen VD GLOVES Lisle thread, 25c, 35c and 50c. e absolutely fast?15c, 25c and :, 25c and 50c. Children's Hosiery, except red? dngs"?But we have Black, Tan and Black?50c the pair, for the hair, 25 cents. IS think of the LADIES' HOME 4 r i lOV. TYLE HOOKS?25c each. n Company STEEiBE I FURNITURE, STOVES, Undertaking Supplies PAINTS, OILS, Etc. P A I NT Paint-Paint-Paint Your House. We claim that Mastic Mixed Paint Is the best because it has lead and zinc as a base. In the proper proportions ?o get best results, and is ground In pure linseed oil. It is absolutely pure, and contains no whiting, chalk, barytes or other adulterant. It has greater covering capacity than any other paint on the market. It has been tried and tested for twenty-live years. It is not an experiment, but Is the leading paint that we can sell. The best is the cheapest because it lasts the longest, and if you will use a really first-class paint Uke our Mastic, while it costs a little more per gallon, you will save money in the long run. FLOOR, PAINT Adamant Floor Paint?A Special Paint for a Special Purpose. It will dry i. a warm room in twelve hours?a floor painted at night can be used next morning. It Is waterproof and will stand scrubbing with soap and water. Does not mar like ordinary paint. VARNISH STAIN Re-Nu-Lac Varnish Stain, the Kind Tluit Lasts The great household renovator, old things macifi new, ior renni?uuiB and restoring Furniture of all kinds, woodwork which has become old and dull, or scratched and marred, can be mcde like new with one coat of ReNu-Lac. Ready prepared, and can be used by any one with no experience at all. Alabastlne, the durable wall coat Ing, when properly applied to a clean surface will not flake, scale or rub off. We are headquarters for Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Brushes of all Kinds, Wagon and Carriage Paint, all colors. See us for prices before buying. YORK FURNITURE COMPANY. )0R5 WINDOWS OR THE FLIES. WE HAVE OF SCREEN DOORS AND WINN WIRE, 24, 28, 30, 32, 34 AND OUR HARDWARE?WE HAVE ware Company. mm mmmmmmmtm n n n u I E K D FOR MEN I i one whose clothes FIT him and ilways makes a good Impression es in contact. "Clothes do not erb, but good clothes?SUPERB ways in helping his personal ap- A i little straighter, hold his head ore dignified, to be well-dressed. ie production of SUPERB Cloth* the Intention and determination w t to tailor-made clothes, except A SUPERB Clothes are made are see that It measures up to every andard of quality or a little betthes. They are cut only in the w aid down by the Iron dictates of ost expert of tailors, who put as ! production of "Superb" clothes, A of the best custom-tailored garetween Superb Clothes and the he Quality, fit or style, but just in H nable, well-made, perfect fitting OTHINU. We can please you in H ' ^ lalltyV Prices up to $20.00 a suit. HE LEADER, ,le,s.o. g