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tumorous gfpartmcnt.
Cheese "Mos' Too Fur Gone."
The old Virginia darkey who has
been from the time he was ten years
of age the dining room servant of one
of our aristocratic families, says the
Washington Post, Is noted for his Chesterfleldian
manners. And as a waiter,
cleaner, and everything else for which
a house servant is wanted, he is not
equalled by his latter-day brethren,
whose main occupation. If he has been
to school and can read a little. Is that
of a hotel waiter or Pullman car por
Having: some company to tea one
night, I remember that two of my
friends were fond of Llmburger cheese.
I bought a pound package and took it.
home with me. On arrival old Uncle
Isaac met me as usual with his accustomed
salutation of "Good evenin*.
boss." I said to him:
"Uncle Isaac, you will find among
other things in that box a package of
cheese, and I want It on the table tonight."
' "All right, boss; I'll have It."
"Don't you forget It," said I.
"Oh, no suh; I ain't grol' ferglt it.
I'll have It, sho'."
Now, Uncle Isaac had seen every
kind of cheese In his life, but this was
his first experience with the Llmburger.
When I took my company into the
dining room the old fellow was standing
near the table, with a long, white
apron on, and a waiter under his arm.
ready to jump if any one looked toward
him. Not seeing th-* cheese, I
said to him, quietly:
"Uncle Isaac, where's the cheese?"
With a look of great disappointment,
he turned to my wife, as if to
say, "Please rr.arm, come to my res?">t"
hut mv wife onlv smiled. I re
peated my question then with more emphasis.
"Uncle Isaac, where's the
cheese?" He came shuffling up to me
sideways and being too polite to let
the guests hear what he had to say,
whispered, softly. In my ear. "Boss. It
was mos' too fur gone, an* I flung It
away."
A Keen Retort.?General Jubal
Early was as keen sometimes with his
tongue as he was with his sword for
the southern Confederacy. The Pittsburg
Dispatch Illustrates this by the
following incident:
In the summer of 1877 General Jubal
A. Early was a truest at the Arlington
hotel, Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Among the other notables stopping
there was the somewhat famous exGovernor
Stearns of Florida, who had
been recently appointed by President
Hayes a commissioner to adjust the
claims of citizens of Hot Springs who
had improved real estate which was afterward
decided to belong to the national
government. One day the two
gentlemen, who had no personal acquaintance.
met In the hotel office.
"General Early," said Stearns, politely,
"you ought to be willing to
shake hands with me. You owe me
an arm," and he indicated his .empty
sleeve.
"How Is that, governor?" queried
Early, at the same time extending his
hand.
"I lost that arm in the cause of the
Union at Winchester, where you commanded
the Confederate army."
"Indeed," responded the general
suavely, as he stroked his long gray
beard and slightly straightened his
bent figure. "You musn't blame me
for that. I always Instructed my men
to do their duty; but somehow the
rascals would blunder."
The future Intercourse of the two
gentlemen was limited to a passing
bow.
It Was "Recorded."?During a
certain sea voyage the mate of the brig
Y? who usually "kept the log." was
found one day to be unable to attend to
the duty because of inebriation, and
the work was done by the captain,
whose last entry was "The mate was
drunk all day." On the following day,
the mate having recovered from the effects
of his indulgence, resumed his
former attention to the "log" entries,
when he discovered his superior's record,
and immediately remonstrated
with that officer, asking, "What the
need, sir, of making that entry?"
"Wasn't it true?" demanded the commander.
"Yes," replied the delinquent,
"but I don't see any necessity of making
any record of it there." Well," rejoined
the captain, "as it was true, it
had better stand; it had better stand."
At the close of the following day,
when the captain examined the logbook
he was astonished and provoked,
on finding therein, "The captain was
sober all day." Summoning his sobordinate
officer, he fiercely demanded.
"Why did you make that entry?"
"Why," said the mute, "it was true,
was it not?" "Of course it was true;
but am I not sober every day?" asked
the now enraged captain. "Well," replied
the mate, "but, as it is true, it
had better stand; it had better stand;"
whereupon he turned on his heel and
left the captain's presence, but had not
taken many steps when he felt a current
of air caused bv a rauidlv moving
marline-spike passing in dangerous
proximity to one of his accoustic organs.
having been hurried by the angry
captain.
Those Mystic Signs.?a story is told
of the most conspicuous Joiner in a
thriving western city noted for its
many lodge members. Indeed, it is
said that everybody belongs to at least
one lodge and nearly everybody to two
or three. Recently a new family came
to town, and locuted just across the
street from the past masters of all the
organizations. One day, a week later,
he caught the five-year-old son of the
neighbor us the lad was passing, and
with a few preliminary remarks led up
to:
"Say, my boy, is your father a Mason?"
"No, sir," was the sharp reply.
"Probably, then, he is an Odd Fellow
?"
"No, sir, he ain't."
"Knight of Pythias? Woodman?
Workman? Pyramid? Forester? Maccabee?"
The boy shook his head.
"Isn't your father the member of
any lodge?" demanded the questioner
in puzzled tone.
"Not a one," replied tlie boy.
"Then why on earth does he make
all those signs when he comes out in
the front yard every morning?"
"Oh, that ain't lodge," cheerfully exclaimed
the lad. "Pa's got St. Vitus
dance."?Atlantic Monthly.
Most Inobniou* dfcvh'k.?Pat?If
wan af us gets there late and the other
isn't there, how will he know if the
other wan has been there and gone, or
if he didn't come yet?
Mike?We'll aisily fix thot. If Ol
get there furrst, I'll make a chalk mark
on the sidewalk, and If you get there
furrst you'll rub it out.
SHisceUanous Steading.
IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
Newt and Comment Clipped From
Neighboring Exchanges.
CHESTER.
Lantern, April 11: In response to a
query from an Individual In this city
the Curtis Publishing company of Philadelphia.
has written that they know
nothing whatever about the young man
who was In this city a few weeks ago
soliciting subscriptions for the Saturday
Evening Post and several other periodicals.
The man is without doubt
an impostor, and the Curtis Publishing
company does not hesitate about proclaiming
him as such. They furthermore
offer a reward of twenty-five
dollars for his arrest with proof to convict.
It scrmn from what The Yorkvillk
Enquirer Bays that this same
young man has visited Yorkville and
defrauded many citizens. He is doubtless
still at work at no great distance,
for this game is a fruitful one, and
some one who reads this notice may
have an opportunity to effect his arrest
Miss Marie E. Craig, who has
been spending the past eight months
with relatives in York county, returned
Tuesday and is with her sister, Mrs.
J. W. Rothrock Walker-Gaston
camp, U. C. V., met Monday afternoon
and elected Col. J. W. Reed and Mr.
John A. Waters as delegates to the reunion
at New Orleans. No delegates
were elected to represent the camp at
the state reunion, as many are expected
to be in attendance, and It is proposed
to have all present serve as delegates.
Miss Susie Lathun was elected
sponsor to represent the camp at the
state reunion, and Miss Maggie Peden
was chosen as maid of honor
Chester Is full of measles, and In a
great many households throughout the
city most of the children are down
with the disease. The colored population
seems to be particularly afflicted with
the epidemic.
GASTON.
Gastonia Gazette, April 13: The
whlppoorwills are out of winter quarters.
Mr. Frank Whitesldes heard one
Just after midnight Tuesday morning.
The moon was shining brightly, the
night air was calm and kind, and far
down the branch the whtppoorwill sent
his plaintive cry out of a thicket with
a will-whlppoorwlll! whippoorwlll!
About three weeks ago Mr. Monroe
Whitesldes heard the dove a-coolng
And now It's getting time for some one
to report seeing a lizard playing hide
and seek on a rail ^t the home of
the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. John
Morris, of the Loray, Wednesday evening
at 7.45. Miss Susan Morris and Mr.
Monroe Stephenson of Bessemer City,
were united in marriage by Dr. J. C.
Galloway. The happy couple left immediately
for Yorkvllle to visit the
groom's parents, after which they will
be at home at Bessemer City.,..On a
raid below Petersburg near the end of
the war, General Wade Hampton captured
2,500 of Grant's beef cattle and
300 prisoners. It fell to -the lot of Mr.
E. W. Carson to butcher one of the
lot?a big fine steer. His horns were
quite large-and Mr. Carson saved them.
One of them he had finished up in dinner
horn style and presented it a few
days ago to Mrs. T. L. Craig, president
of the Daughters of the Confederacy as
a war relic At the home of Mr.
and Mrs. P. M. Miller near the Old
Mill Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock,
thtir daughter. Miss Mary Jane became
the bride of Mr. Grover C. Ramsey,
son of Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Ramsey,
Rev. J. A. Hoyle officiating. The wedding
was an unusually happy occasion
on account of the great popularity of
the young people, more than a hundred
guests being present. After the ceremony
a delicious supper was served.
Yesterday at noon the happy couple
were entertained at dinner by the
groom's parents The body of Mr.
R. C. Adams, accompanied by his wife
and father, arrived in Gastonia from
Tucson, Arizona, Wednesday night.
Early yesterday morning it was taken
to the home of Col. R. N. Wilson, and
thence to the Presbyterian church at 11
o'clock. The services were conducted
1 1-4 n 4 A onnrH Ifiir
uy AtfV. A. V^. AllUCIiSUII. rtvwv??...D
to directions given to ills wife by Mr.
Adams in his lust hours, Messrs. W. W.
Glenn, L. C. Pegram, D. E. McConnell
J. W. Kirkpatrick. Lean Adams, and
.Hardaway Stowe served as pall-bearers.
'"Lead, Kindly Light." and "Asleep
in Jesus," were aiso designated at the
same time as the hymns to be used,
and his last wishes were observed. A
large party of friends accompanied the
family from Clover to attend the services
in Gastonia, and a long procession
of carriages followed the hearse
from Gastonia. to the cemetery at Clover,
where the services were concluded
with prayer at the grave between three
and four o'clock.
PETS OF BRITISH SOLDIERS.
One Regiment Had Emu and Kangaroo,
Another a Snake.
No less than thirty regiments in the
British army have pet animals attached.
The dogs of the "Fighting Fifth" and
"Jack." the retriever of the Twelfth
Lancers, march with their companies
when on active service, and have taken
part in more than one battle. The
drum horse of the Seventh Hussars?
presented by the late Quen Victoria?
inarches proudly at the head of the
men. with white tail and mane (lowing.
"Billy."' the goat of the Welsh Fusiliers,
is better known, and is a very
showy soldier indeed, as he struts
along in all the glory of scarlet coat,
with white facings and the badge and
(\f tho rppimnnt on his fnrphpfld
The Queen's Own Hussars has also a
goat.
A deer Is the pet of the Seaforth
Highlanders. "Anthony," a little donkey,
attached himself to the Twentysixth
battery while In India and became
an established favorite, marching.
eating and drinking with the men.
A pet bear was the mascot of the Gloucester
regiment, but becoming ill tempered
had to be shot.
The Lancers of New South Wales
have an emu and a kangaroo. "Peter,"
the goose, became the pet of the Grenadiers
while in Canada. The lame bird
limped up to a sentry one night and
held up a hurt foot for his inspection.
He attended to the wound, and the
bird thereafter refused to leave the
camp, so the soldiers adopted it.
When the Devonshire regiment was
in India, a snake was for many months
adopted as a pet, and, though poisonous,
it never attempted to hurt any
member of the company. When the
men returned to Knglaiid this uncanny
pet was left behind. Reynolds's Newspaper.
Jtv The business of a cradle manufacturer
is rocky, but prolitable.
iv Many of our best home ties look
very much like mother's apron strings.
HISTORY OF SOI
From the First Settle)
the Rev<
By REV. ROBEH'I
From the Yorkvllle Enquirer of 1875.
INSTALLMENT XXXI. t
It Is thought that about one hun- s
dred and fifty persons constituted the (
colony, that In 1670. made a settlement 1
on the right bank of the Ashley river.
The exact number Is not known, but '
there are reasons for concluding that It (
was somewhere in the neighborhood of
the number stated above. These were
all white and the majority of them
were dissenters. That Is, they were
either individuals who were opposed
to the Church of England, and
were members of some other denomination
of Christians, or they were
members of the Church of England,
but opposed to some of the practices of
that church.
Slaves were brought into the colony
by John Yeamans, but a very short
time after its settlement. By these,
and the Indians who were reduced to
bondage, most of the manual labor In
the colony was performed. In 1701, the
whole population, Including the whites,
the negroes, and the Indian slaves,
amounted to 7 000. In 1724, the period
at which we have arrived, the whole
number of inhabitants was thirty-two
thousand. Of this number, eighteen
thousand were slaves, the most of
whom were negroes.
It was now fifty-four years since the
landing of Sayle and his little band,
and when we take all things into consideration
the increase was very great.
On several occasions the number of the
Inhabitants had been thinned by the
wars with the Indians and Spaniards;
and, at other times, disease, in its
worst form, had preyed upon the settlers.
Smallpox and yellow fever had
visited the province. In fact, shortly
after the settlement was made, it seems
to have been very sickly. Besides these
things, during the latter part of the
proprietary government, the encouragement
to immigrants was not very
great. When we consider all these
things the increase from one hundred
and fifty Inhabitants to thirty-two
thousand In a period of fifty-four years
is, we think, very remarkable.
The mode of life of the first settlers
was exceedingly simple and frugal.
The majority of them were English,
but other nations of Europe were represented.
Some of the settlers were
possessed of considerable fortunes, but
by far the greater portion of them
were from the humble walks in life.
There was an abundant evidence that
the settlers generally were Intelligent,
highmlnded and patriotic, and a very
respectable number of them were men
of culture and refinement. The enactments
made by the Colonial assembly,
even In the very Infancy of the colony,
are an honor to any nation. They
give unmistakable evidences of both
moral and intellectual stamina. The
early laws of South Carolina are unsurpassed
by those of uny of the colonies
in America. Like the manners
and customs of the people, they are
English in all their leading features.
The people were frugal. They indulged
In but few luxuries. Each farm
produced an abundance of supplies to
meet the necessities of its owner and
some to sell. The rivers and bays
were filled with fish and the forest
abounded with game of great variety.
It was customary for the planters to
hire, for a mere trifle, an Indian hun
ter. in is lnuian was huic iu ivc-cp ?nc family
of his employer in an abundance
of animal food.
The principal cereals cultivated
were maize, or Indian corn peas and
rice. The two former, the settlers
found to be the principal farinaceous
food of the Indians. Both of these the
first settlers found to be more healthy
and better adapted to the wants of laboring
men than rice, and hence their
cultivation was at first more extensive
than was that of rice or any other
crop.
For a long time after the first settling
of the state, the plow was but little
used. This arose from two circumstances.
At first no domestic animals,
such as horses, mules and oxen, were
possessed by the settlers; and most of
the settlers, coming from old countries,
from which all stumps, roots and
stones had been removed from the
fields, they entertained the notion that
the plow could not be used in this
country until the soil was reduced to
a similar condition. The manner of
cultivating the maize was learned from
the Indians. Ridges about five feet
apart were made with the hoe, and the
maize planted on the top of the ridge.
During the growth of the maize it was
worked exclusively with the hoe. The
grass was cut out and the soil drawn
up in a kind of hill around the root of
the stalk. After the maize had attained
a considerable height peas were
planted at each stalk of maize. Spanish
potatoes were also cultivated.
Rice was sown in the wet places that
were unsuited to the cultivation of
maize. The luxuries in which the
people indulged occasionally were coffee,
sugar, tea and rice. Sayle, and his
little party who settled on the Ashley
river, brought a still, but there Is no
evidence, so far as we have discovered,
that it was used. Orchards and vineyards
were planted, and at a very early
period, the inhabitants learned to convert
the fruit into alcoholic beverages.
The commerce of the colony was, at
this time, as previously, carried on
with th>' West Indies and the northern
colonies. Lumber and naval stores
Were suit to the West Indies for which
molasses, sugar, coffee, rum and cotton
were received in exchange. Nearly
all the money that was in the colony
came from this quarter. Rice, tar,
pitch and hides were sent to the English
colonies in the north and exchanged
for flour, fruit, beer, cider and
suit fish.
As early as the year 1710 a considerable
variety of fruits had been introduced
into this country. Grapes had
been brought from Madeira and other
grape growing countries. Figs, apples.
pears, peaches, oranges, and
quinces had been introduced, and many
of the trees were bearing. Of many
of these there were several varieties,
especially of the peach. At first peach
trees were planted with a view to feeding
hogs on the fruit.
Up to this period, no peach brandy
seems to have been made in the colony.
Tlie neach is. we believe, irenerallv re
garded as a native of Persia. This f
seem to be indicated by its botanical -5
name, "Persica." Yet, it would ap- j
pear from some old accounts of the c
llrst settlement of South Carolina, that r
JTH CAROLINA )
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" LATHAN, I). D. k
ts
al
te
he peach was found here when the le
jettlers first came and that the In- c<
lians made a delicious cordial out of c<
he fruit. ^
The woods of South Carolina, one "
lundred and fifty years ago, were full
>f wild animals, many of which have
ntlrely disappeared. Besides the few jj
" 1 * "till itAmaln At?<3
,viiu anmiaia nuivu oim iciuoih, umv
vere then elk, buffalo, bearB, tigers g
md wild cats. Buffaloes were abundint
In some sections of the state. These
inlmals, like many others, had their e|
jartlcular territory which they frejuented.
This territory was almost al- Q|
vays watered by some stream of wa- |a
er. From the fact that the animals
vere found In abundance In the neigh- j,
jorhood of that stream, it was given f(
he name of the animal. Thus we have ^
n various sections of the state,,
itreams bearing the name Turkey q,
jreek. We have in York county a Wolf )r
. reek and a Buffalo creek. In Cheater
ounty a Bull Run; In Fairfield a Coon h
jranch, and In the state there are sev- c|
ral small streams which once bore the
lame Wild Cat.
Although when the government of
he state passed from under the con- ^
rol of the proprietors Into the hands
>f the King of England, the state had
>een settled for more than fifty years, (
t was still almost a virgin forest,
rrand with Its native beauties. But b,
Ittle of the soil had been cultivated. ^
Dnly a small portion of the territory
mbraced In the original grant had .
>een seen by any European.
Several causes prevented the early E
migrants from extending their settlenents
to any great distance "beyond
Charles Town. The Spanish on the
louth and the Indians In all directions, t|
jrevented this. Sometimes the Spansh
were at peace and sometimes at
,var with England; but at almost every n
jeriod previous to 1724, they were the r
jitter enemies of the colonistB planted
>n the soil that now bears the name of y
5outh Carolina,
a
The French were now making- rapid
ncroachments upon the territorial
jrant of the state. In 1712 Ix>uls the
fourteenth granted Crozat a large
:ract of country at the mouth of the
Mississippi. This was a part of the &
:erritory granted by Charles the Sec- p
>nd of England to the original proprieors.
From this point, the French Q
:olony planted In what is now the state '
)f Louisiana gradually extended to the
settlement at Charles Town. By them '
i fort called Alabama was erected on
n
:he Mobile river. Their object in ^
lulldlng this fort was to put them- ^
elves In easy communication with the w
Indian tribes of the country. In this
ay the danger to the colony of South
Carolina. The Indians were incited to
ostilities.
In 1725, King George granted Gov?mor
Nicholson permission to return &
:o England, and the government desolved
upon the president of the council,
Arthur Middleton. Nicholson |?ad
jeen generous, liberal and patriotic,
ind consequently very popular. The
ncome from his office had been freely c
;xpended in promoting the public good.
\rthur Middleton had been active in
iringlng about the change from the
a;
jroprietary to the royal government.
fie was firm and unwavering in his
- . . ei
ittachment to the king; but not ais- ^
josed to make great personal sacrifices
'or the good of the colonies. His ast<
iirations were not for popularity; but ^
ather for individual wealth. He does
a
lot seem to have had much ambition
'or popular honors, but to have been
inxious to secure the position of an ^
English lord with ample wealth. A
Soon after his administration began p
i difficulty occurred between him and h
he Spanish authorities respecting the ^
joundary line between Florida and
South Carolina. The Carolinians had
milt a fort on the Altamaha for the
mrpose of preventing the negroes of
he colony from escaping to Florida,
ind also for the purpose of preventing ^
he Indians who were allied with the ^
Spanish, from depredations upon the ^
property of the settlers. In this fort a
'ew soldiers were kept.
The Spanish governor of St. Augusine
complained to the Spanish king of P
his encroachment. The complaint
vas brought by the Spanish ambassalor
at London before the British government.
It was agreed, in order not V
:o disturb the peaceable relations then
existing between England and Spain,
fiat the governor of South Carolina tl
tnd the Spanish governor of Florida w
should meet and settle the dispute In a ^
'riendly manner. The meeting took a;
jlace. at Charles Town. Franciso h
Vlenandez and Joseph de Rabiero rep- h
esented the Spanish government. In
he conference which took place Gov- tl
?rnor Middleton showed the Spanish P
epresentatives that the fort erected at ai
he Altamaha was within the territory |r
)riglnal!y granted to the colony and e:
hat the claims of the Spaniards were T
vithout foundation. This was the
?ase. The Spanish had no well-found- a
h1 claim to the territory on which that h
'ort was erected. j*
The fort may have been erected, in h
lart at least, with a different intention ^
rom what was mentioned; but the soil si
ipon which it was erected was beyond
:ontroversy, the property of South Carina.
No doubt one object which was o;
jontemplated in erecting the fort was f<
o decoy the Indians, who were friends Vl
:o the Spanish, from their allegiance. ^
The Spanish government asserted that
tuch was the case, and no doubt there A
,vus some truth in It. Mlddleton com- j|
lained that the Spanish authorities of sl
St. Augustine encouraged the negroes tl
)f South Carolina to run away from
heir masters. This was not denied tj
jut Justified on the ground that it was
n accordance with the wishes and in- it
dructions of the court of Madrid. It
vas declared that the object which j(
vas designed to be accomplished by il
iecoying these slaves away from their
nasters was to convert them to the
Catholic religion. Mlddleton asserted
hat to act thus was neither consistent, hi
lust nor honorable. For twenty years ^
he practice of the Spanish authorities y
n St. Augustine had been to decoy all w
he slaves they could from the colony P1
n South Carolina. When these slaves |t
vere demanded, the Spanish govern- |e
nent engaged to pay for them, but only a
n a few cases was this done. ?ll
The conference broke up without ef- ^
ecting anything but bad feeling. The f(;
famaaaees, the friends of the Spansh,
and bitter enemies of the English
olony at Charles Town, again com- je
nenced to plunder the country and w
:alp the Inhabitants. Incensed by the
jtrages, Colonel Palmer determined
? retaliate. He, with a body of three
undred men Invaded Florida. Everyilng
In his course was destroyed,
he country was ruined. Nothing esiped
except what was protected by
le Fort of St. Augustine. The crops
ere totally destroyed and the domesc
animals were driven of!, the houses
urned. Some of the Indians were
111 /vr? Ka a(trViilat nl Vtuea un.no
Iliru 1/11 ilie o|svri, niuiot vliivio ?? v?v
iken captive and treated as captives
t that time were usually treated. This
tught the Spaniards an important
Bson. They now learned that the
>lonists at Charles Town, not only
>uld defend themselves but utterly
nnlhilate the colonies in Florida, if
ley saw fit.
ro BE CONTINUED.
NCLE SAM'S NEQRO OFFICER8.
ight Now Hold Army Commit'iions?
Two Came From the Ranks.
Uncle SUm has on his long payroll
ght negro commissioned officers of
le army, three of these being line
[fleers, while the others are chap:1ns
and a paymaster.
By the army organization act of
lily 28, 1866, there were designated
>ur regiments of negroes. These oranlzations
are now the Ninth and
enth regiments of cavalry and the
weply-fo'irth and Twenty-fifth regnents
of Infantry, and since their
irmation these negro regiments
ave had assigned to them negro
haplains.
Probably the best known of all
le negro chaplains is Allen Allensorth,
now on leave of absence at
os Angeles, Cal., awaiting retlrelent.
Chaplain Allensworth has
>en much active duty, and his serIces
with the "Fighting Twentylurth,"
which did good work in Cua,
has been continuous since his en y
Into the army on April 1, 1886.
Next to him as to age and service
i Theophilus Q. Steward, who was
ppointed on July 20, 1891, from the
listrlct of Columbia and assigned to
le other fighting Infantry regiment
le "Brunette Twenty-fifth." HIh
irvlce has also been continuous with
te reglrr.ent to which he was first
sslgned.
The present chaplain of the Ninth
avalry Is George Washington Prloiau.
a native of Mouth Carolina but
ppolnted from Ohio. All of his serIce
has been with the Ninth CalIry.
now stationed at Jefferson Baricks,
Missouri. He has fourteen
ears of service before him.
The last of these chaplains Is Wllam
T. Anderson, now with his regnent,
the Tenth ('avalry, which has
Iso seen service In Cuba and the
hllippines.
The last of the negro staff officers
f the army Is John R. Lynch of the
ay department, who entered the serIce
In June, 1898, as an additional
aymaster of the volunteers, with the
ink of major, which position he
eld for three years, until honorably
Ischarged In May, 1901, when he
as appointed to the permanent esibllshment
as paymaster with the
ink of captain.
The only negro officer of the army
ho Is a West Pointer Is Charles
oung, at present on duty as military
ttache at Port au Prince, Haytl.
aptaln Toung entered the military I
cademy In 1884, and was not gradated
until 1889, when he was comlissioned
an additional second lleu;nant
and assigned to the Tenth
avalry, where he remained only
bout one month, when he'was transited
to the Twenty-fifth Infantry
s a second lieutenant. In this regnent
he remained only twenty-sevn
days, when he was again transited
to the Ninth Cavalry, where he
imained until promoted to first lleuinant,
on December 22, 1896, when
e was assigned to the Seventh CavIry,
a white regiment. He remained
ith this regiment about ten months,
ntil he made a transfer back to his
Id love, the Ninth Cavalry. He was
romoted a captain In February,
901, and eighty-eight captains will
ave to move out of the way before
e becomes a field officer with the
ink of major.
There are two negro officers who
ave won their spurs by coming up
om the line by competitive exarnlatlon.
They are Lieut. Benjamin O.
avis of the Tenth Cavalry, now on
uty as military Instructor at Wllber>rce
University, at Wilberforce, O.,
nd Lieut. John E. Green, Twentyfth
Infantry, now serving with cornany
H at Fort Bliss, Texas.
OLD LEAP YEAR LAWS.
/hen Women Proposed Six Centuries
Ago the Man Had to AccepL
In two countries, at least, and more
lan 600 years ago laws were passed
hlch gave women the right of prooslng
marriage. These enactments
ent even farther than this. They
Iso stipulated that If the man whose
and they had sought should refuse
e should Incur a heavy fine.
A searcher among the ancient recrds
of Scotland discovered an act of
ie Scottish parliament, which was
assed in the year 1288, which runs
h follows:
"It Is statut and ordalnt that durig
the rein of his maist bllssit Megite,
ilk for the years knowne as Lepe
eare, ilk mayden ladye of balthe
ighe and lowe estaet shall hae llbrte
to bespeke ye man she likes,
Ibelt glf he refuses ta talk hlr to be
Is lawful wyfe, he shall be mulcted
i ye um of ane dundls or less, as
Is estalt may be, except and awls glf
e can make It oppeare that he Is
ptrothit ane Ither woman, he then
nail be free."
A year or so later a law almost
mllar to the Scottish law was, passed
i France and received the approval
f the king. It Is also said that be>re
Columbus sailed on his famous
yage to the westward a similar
rivllege was granted to the maidens
f Genoa and Florence.
There is no record extant of any
nes imposed under the conditions of
lis Scotch law and no trace of statlscs
regarding the number of spln:ers
who took advantage of it or of
ie similar regulations of France, but
le custom seems to have taken firm
old upon the popular mind about
lat time. The next mention of It
i dated nearly 400 years later, and
is a curious little treatise called
Love, Courtship and Matrimony."
hlch was published In London In
606. In this quaint work the privege
was thus alluded to:
"Albeit It now becomes a part of
ie common law in regard to social
datlons of life that, as often as
very leap yeare doth return, the
idyes have the sole privilege during
le time It continuetn or masing rove
ther by wordes or lookes, no man
HI be entitled to benefit of clergy
ho doth In any wise treat her proosal
with slight or contumely."
Up to within about a century ago
was one of the unwritten laws of
ap year that if a man should decline
proposal he should soften the dis(ipointment
which his answer would
ring about by the presentation of a
lk dress to the unsuccessful suitor
>r his hand.
A curious leap year superstition Is
ill to be met with in some parts of
ew England, and that Is that during
ap year the "beans grow on the
rong side of the pod."
F. C. BLACK
Life InHuranve,
Old Line Mutual
L egal Reserve
Just as solid as it is possible to
make anything.
TMF SFP.IIRITV I IFF
AND ANNUITY COMPANY I
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.
THE
FIDELITY TRUST
COMPANV
OF
Chester, South Carolina.
CAPITAL $40,000.00.
Office In Hie Exchange Bank, Chester.
Directors:
J. L. Glenn. 3. M. Jones,
J. C. McFadden, J/ K. Henry,
R. H. Ferguson, T. H. White,
8. E. McFadden, H. Samuels,
M. 8. Lewis.
We allow Interest at the rate of 5/
per cent on your deposits.
As we loan on Real Estate only
there Is no safef institution than this
one In which to put your money.
For Loans on Real Estate apply to 1
W.W.LEWIS,
Attorney for York County,
Yorkvllle ----- S. C.
Y0RKVILLE BUGGY 00.
For a
LONG TIME
We have not said much about E^iggles,
because we were selling all we
could make' without advertising them.
We have now caught up and have
about 100 of the best Buggies ever
seen in Yorkvllle that we will sell
under our regular guarantee, which _
is absolute.
We also have a good stock of Weber
and Columbus Wagons. Harness. Lap
Robes, Whips, Saddles, Cutaway Harrows,
Deering Cultivators and everything
else in our line.
?J
We are operating a first class re- q
pair and shoeing shop.
Call and see us and we will do you r
right. ?
One horse for sale. Y
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YORKVLLE BUGGY' COMPANY. J
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ALL THROUGH \
THE YEARs
Best Recipes of Local Housekeep- l
ers. g
COLLATED IN HANDSOME BOOK. J
THE "ALL THROUGH THE YEAR" c
Cook Book consists of 136 pages of g
recipes, grouped in-convenient and .
comprehensive form and makes up a
work that will be of service in every
_household. Bound in strong paper
"covers.
The price of the book is 60 Cents.
When ordered by mail, 8 Cents extra. |
It may be had from the following '
places in Yorkvllle:
Strauss-Smith Co. See Miss Glenn
or Miss Wallace. . r
Yorkvllle Banking & Mercantile
company. See Miss Cody.
Y'ork Drug Store.
I. W. Johnson.
Loan and Savings Bank.
Orders also filled by Mrs. G. H.
O'Leary, or Mrs. S. M. McNeel, Yorkvllle.
S. C.
W Send your orders for Commercial
printing to the Enquirer office.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of York.
US PROBATE COURT. # ?
By L. R, Williams, Esq., Probate Jhdge t
of York County. 8
WHEREAS S. W. MCKNIGHT haa
applied to me for Letters of 5
Administration, on all and singular, the
goods and chattels, rights and
credits of W. T. McKNIGHT, late
of the county aforesaid deceased: (
These are, therefore, to cite and ad- s
monlsh all and singular the kindred and
creditors of the said deceased, to be
and appear before me at our next Pro
bate Court for the said county, to De (
holden at York Court House on the
23D DAY OF APRIL, 1906, to
shew cause, If any, why the said Ad- v
ministration should not be granted. b
Given under my hand and seal, this 10th
day of April, In the year
of our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and six and In the 130th year I
of American Independence. '
L. R. WILLIAMS,
Probate Judge of York County.
Apurll 10 t 2t
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COTTON INSURANCE.
1AM prepared to write Insurance
on Cotton stored either In open
yard or In outbuildings on farms. ,
Farmers can arrange to borrow /
money on my insurance policies on
cotton held on their farms the same
as If the cotton were stored In a ,
warehouse In town. Rate 3j per cent.
Write or call at my office for rates of
Insurance and other Information. C
J. R. LINDSAY.
Oct. 3. t.f. tf.
If The Enquirer office makes a
specialty of Brief and Argument
printing. Best work?lowest price. C
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What Is
Bromonia? B(
Head the following carefully:
If you have consumption or
some of the contagious forms of
blood poisoning We cannot cure
you. We don't pretend to cure I
you. You need the Individual
treatment of some skilled special- |
1st; but If you are run down In gen- q*
era! health. If you have dyspepsia. je
are subject to fainting spells, a vtc- |
tlm to Insomnia, biliousness, kidney Qr
or liver trouble, catch cold easily, {
if your system is In that condition a j
that you may become an easy prey |
to the disease germs of pneumonia, ma
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 dl- Ql
rectlons. render you immune
against sickness. Most sldn disease
can be cured by the use of "Bro- ?'
monla."
"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 gastrld secretions.
If your stomach is in
good condition you are well. The
Chinese arc a wise people. They
accost cacti other with, "How is
your stomach?"
We don't ask you to Invest a cent
until you have tried "Bromonia"
at our expense. A single bottle often
times works wonders. Cut out
the Coupon at the bottom of this /
column. 1
Write name and'address plainly. |
Be careful to address BROMONIA
CO.. NEW YORK.
FREE BROMONIA COUPON. j
I hereby declare that I have never P
before had a free bottle of "Bro- K
monla." Kindly send me one
without any cost to me whatever.
Name (]
city m<
State ^ W<
My Nearest Dealer Is at '
ab
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25 and 50 Cents. 'n
8pecial sale now being held at ,
8t?r Drug Store, Exclusive Wholesale
Agent for Yorkvllle and vicinity.
Dealers elsewhere desiring agency
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uppij lu mum; wruy vwi, v^vium bla,
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C. & N-W. RY.
TIME CARD.
Effective 1?t Aprils 1906.
N(
loutlihound
Itatlons 7 Pass. 9 Pass. 61 Mix 1
A.M. P.M. P.M. Lv
.'heater 9.50 7.40 6.10 Lv
rfiwrys 9.36 7.21 4.12 Lv
fcConnells 9.26 7.10 3.64 Lv
luthries 9.22 7.05 3.45 Lv
oricville 9.10 6.60 3.06 Lv
Hbert 9.03 6.40 2.60 Ar
lover 8.52 6.29 2.16 Lv
MJwlin 8.45 6.21 2.00 Ar
.jjatonla 8.30 6.00 1.30
northbound N<
Itatlons 8 Pass. 10 Pass. 60 Mix (
P.M. A.M. A.M. 1
Chester 4.30 8.60 4.30 Lv
<owrys 4.46 9.08 4.67 Lv
ICConnells 4.54 9.28 6.17 Lv
luthrles 4.69 9.33 5.27 Lv
"orkville 6.10 9.48 6.57 Lv
'ilbert 5.22 10.00 6.36 Lv
Jlover 5.31 10.11 6.50 Lv
lastonia 6.50 10.38 7.50 Lv
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DR. M. W. WHITE,
DENTIST
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ipposrte Poetoffice, - Yorkville, 8. C. Lv
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JOHN R. HART.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
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No. 3 Law Range
Yorkville, S. C. Lv
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W. W. LEWIS, t
ATTORNEY AT LAW. Lv
Practices in the State and United ^
States courts, and gtves prompt, atten- j-*1
ion to all business. Lends money on J-"1
ipproved security.
Office No. 5, Law Range, Yorkville, r,
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A. Y. CARTWRIGHT, N<
SURGEON DTENTIST,
YORKVILLE, S. C.
/fBBfc OFPICE HOURS:
9 am. to I pm.;a pm. tojpm. Ll
Office In upstairs rooms of Cart- ^
vrlght building next to the Parish .
lotel burnt lot.
J. S. BRICE, N<
\TTORNEY AT LAW
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Office Opposite Court House. Lv
Prompt attention to all legal business
f whatever nature.
GEO. W. S. HART, W
\TTORNEY AT LAW, J
YDRKVILLE, S. C.
LAW RANQE 'Phone Office No. 58
7
I. E. Finley. Marion El. Jenninga
FINLEY & JENNINGS, CJ
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. J
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;ourt House. Telephone No. 128. ^
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VORKVILLE
lildintf and Loan Agnociatien
OP YORHV1LLE, S. C.
Furnishes the opportunity for th#
ofitable investment of 8avings, how r
small or largo.
Enables persons of email means to
vn Their Own Homes on Easy
rms.
Lends Mdney on Good Security from
is to Five Year Periods.
Applications now being received f~r
New Scrips of 8tock.
For further and more specific inforition
apply to
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EO. W. WILLIAM8,
Secretary and Treasurer.
YORKVILLE
IONUMENT WORKS.
(Inoorporatsd.)
|UR plant Is now in full operation,
" and we are prepared to make esriates
and All orders for Tombstones,
jnuments and Ornamental Stone
>rk of all kinds.
Our facilities are such as easily enle
us to meet all competition of
latever kind, from whatever source
our line.
See us near the Southern depot
W. BROWN WYLfC.
8fcrotary and Treasurer.
V
OUTHtRN RAILWAY
SCHEDULES.
Schedule Effective Jan. 8, 1906.
WESTBOUND TRAINS.
>. 135, Daily?Rock Hill, 8. C* to
Marion, N. C.?First Class.
'. Rock Hill 6.00 a.m.
'. Tlrzah 6.19 a.m.
'. Yorkvllle 6.30 a.m.
'. Sharon 6.46 a.m.
'. Hickory Orove 7.00 a.m.
'. Smyrna 7.16 a.m.
'. Blacksburg 7.40 a.m.
'. Blacksburg 8.66 a.m.
>. Marlon 11.46 a.m.
>. 113, Daily?Kingvills to Blacksburg?First
Class:
'. Klngvllle 11.00 s,m.
Camden 12.26 p.m.
r. Lancaster 2.07 p.m.
r. Chtawba 2.37 p.m.
-. Rock Hill 3.00 p.m.
Tlrzah 8.17 p.m.
\ Yorkvllle 3.29 p.m.
'. Sharon 3.46 p.m.
r. Hickory Qrove 3.67 p.m.
\ Smyrna .> . 4.10 p.m.
. Blacksburg 4.36 p.m.
?. 167, Daily except Sunday, Rock
Hill, 8. C., to Marion, N. C.?Third
Class.
r. Rock Hill 10.00 a.m.
r. Yorkvllle 11.00 a.m.
t. Blacksburg 2.30 p.m.
*. Marlon 8.60 p.m.
EASTBOUND TRAINS.
9. 114, Daily?Blacksburg to Kingvills?First
Class:
ir. Blacksburg 7.40 a.m.
/. Smyrna 8.02 ajn.
r. Hickory Qrove 8.14 a.m.
f. Sharon 8.26 a.m.
f. Yorkvllle 8.41 a.m.
f. Tlrzah 8.62 a.m.
ir. Rock Hill 9.30 a.m.
i. Catawba 9.60 a.m.
ir. Lancaster 10.26 a.m.
". Camden 11.46 a.m.
r. Camden 1.46 p.m.
r. KlngvlHe 3.16 p.m.
9. 136, Daily?Marion, N. C., to Rock
Hill, 8. C.?First Class:
r. Marion 6.26 p.m.
r. Blacksburg 8.46 p.m. *
r. Smyrna 9.10 p.m.
r. Hickory Grove 9.23 p.m.
r. Shaion 9.88 p.m.
it?i?ill. QCi nm
r, I UrAVIIIC w*r-m
r. Tlrzah 10.10 p.m.
. Rock Hill 10.30 pjn.
>. 166, Daily, except Sunday?Marion.
N. C., to Rock Hill, 8. C.?Third
Claaa:
r, Marion 0.00 a.m.
Blackaburg 2.60 p.m.
'. Yorkville 6.10 p.ra.
. Rock Hill 6.00 p.m.
For further Information addreaa:
tOOKS MORGAN, Asst. Gen. Paaa.
Agent. Atlanta, Ga,, or
W. HUNT, DIv. Passenger Agent,
Charleston. S. C.
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