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tumorous grpartwrnt. A Wolf Story.?a red faced man was holding the attention of a little group with some wonderful recitals, says the Philadelphia Ledger. "The most exciting chase I ever had," he said, "happened a few years ago in Russia. One night when sleighing about ten miles from my destination, I discovered to my intan<m> hnrrnr that T was hpinar follow ed by a pack of wolves. I fired blindly into the pack killing one of the brutes, and to my delight saw the others stop to devour it. After doing this, however, they still came on. I kept on repeating the doses with the same results and each occasion gave me an opportunity to whip ifp the horses. Finally there was only one wolf left, yet on it came, with its fierce eyes glaring in anticipation of a good hot supper." Here the man who had been sitting in the corner burst forth into a fit of laughter. "Why, man," said he, "by your way of reckoning, that last wolf must have had the rest of the pack inside him!" "Ah!" said the red faced man without a tremor, "now I remember it did wobble a bit." Zeb Vance Story.?Joe Ducworth, a big and genial majiager of the Willis mat nn Oil and Roller mills, was in a group engaged In telling Zeb Vance stories around a 'phone pole here yesterday. He contributed a new one. saying that when the redoubtable Tar Heel governor was in the United States senate he was interrupted several times in a very annoying way by a senator from Rhode Island, who was slight and short of physique. Finally the big Carolinian, exasperated beyond control, thundered: "Mr. President, I think it's a pretty howdedo when a real man from as big a state as North Carolina can't make a speech without being nagged at and worried by a runty man from a runty . little state. Why, I could put him in my vest pocket, and if I wished I could Jump half the way across his dinky state!" "The senator from North Carolina is out of order," ruled the chair. "Yes, sir," replied Vance, "I know I'm out of order. If I wasn't I could jump all the way across the dratted state."?Greenville News. Free op Snakbs.?a New York man was stopping for a month at an inland town in Florida. This man is exceedingly fond of swimming, but has a horror of snakes, and this fear kept him from Indulging in his favorite sport in the nearby river. He was fishing one day, and mentioned his desire and the barrier to its enjoyment to his guide a lanky and sorrowful "cracker." "Oh, I kin fix yo'-all up all right," the guide drawled, and led the way to a beautiful little lack some distance back from the river. "Ain't nary snake in hyah," he said. The northerner enjoyed a half hour's sport in the clear water, and then, k coming back to the white sand beach, ^ * j that roegcin IU uress. nc men vuoci tcu mo-v what he had taken to be several logs floating upon the water were in motion. "Them ain't logs," his guide calmly replied, chewing on a straw; "them "" gators. That's how come there ain't no snakes in hyah?'gators keeps 'em et up."?Harper's Weekly. A Novice.?Mike and Pat both worked for a wealthy farmer, according to a writer in the Buffalo Times. They planned to turn burglars and steal the money which the farmer had hid in one of the rooms of his house. They waited until midnight, then started to do the job. In order to get the money they had to pass the farmer's bedroom. Mike says, "I'll go first, and if it's all right ??? #/\U/vw on/1 Ha inut tho cam^ y\j U van iviiun a. IIVI uw juwv ?*.v as I." Mike started to pass the room. Just as he got opposite the door the floor creaked. This woke the farmer, who called out, "Who's there?" Mike answered with a "meaw" (imitating a cat). The farmer's wife being awake, too, said, "Oh, John, it's the cat," and all was quiet. Now Pat started to pass the door, and as he got opposite it the floor creaked again. The farmer called out, "Who's there?" Pat answered, "Another cat." A Quick Start.?O. W. Nickerson and J. W. Baker were residents of Hardwick. Capt. Nickerson, as he was called, was a man of means and very shrewd. Joe was less fortunate, says the Boston Herald. One day the captain met Joe and "Come over tonight." Joe did so, and as soon as he entered the captain's home the captain took him into a distant room, closed all the windows and doors securely, and said: "Now. Joe, I will tell you the secret of getting rich, and you car. pay me $25. Be saving, of course, and when you do make a bargain with anyone be sure that no one hears you and then if you get the worst of It, or want to back out, you can. Now hand me the $25." Joe thought a second, and then said: "Did any one hear us make the barsain. captain?' "Not a soul," replied the captain. "Well, then," Joe said, "I guess I'll begin on you." Oystetrs In May.?Rear Admiral Buhler, lunching at an Atlantic City hotel, said, as the waiter brought him T Alnma W.i V>/\ iiino onrru tiliuc ncvn tiaiiifl inai lie n ao *j the oyster season was over. "I prefer oysters to clams, but. of course," he said, "I obey the rule of R strictly, and from the beginning of May till the end of August I never touch an oyster. "No wise person will eat an oyster after May 1, "One afternoon at about this time in the month of May, a man entered a restaurant, and the waiter recommended the oysters to him. "The man started in surprise. " Oysters?* he said. "But oysters are not considered good in this month." " "I know, sir,' answered the waiter, but these are left over from last month.'" The Golden Magnet.?"A pretty girl, even if she Is poor, can have all the attention she wants, can't she?" "Yes. There is only one that can beat her." "Who's that?" "A homely girl with the coin."?Detroit Free Press. Makhiaqe.?"What I want," said the young man, "is to get married and have a peaceful, quiet home." "Well." said Farmer Corntossel, "sometimes it works that way. and then again sometimes it's like joinin' a debatin' society." ? Washington Star. ^ftiscfllaurous trailing. J IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. Newt and Comment Clipped From Neighboring Exchangee. LANCASTER. Newt, June 22: The following Is the enrollment of the District Summer fr\r taanYtar<z nn\V in SftSSion here: Misses Gertrude Sherer, Blacksburg; Roxa Cames, Dwlght; Hattie Craig, Lancaster, R. F. D. No. 1; Ola Culp, Lancaster: Josephine 1 Foster, Lancaster; Pearl Hammond, Heath Springs; Nell Hough, Lancaster; Meta Jones, Lancaster; Blanche Moore, Lancaster; Alice Ratchford, Waxhaw; Lona Reed, Lancaster; j Emma Swaringen, Lancaster; Nannie t Todd, Lancaster; Nannie Walkup, ] Waxhaw; Bernlce Walkup, Waxhaw; ^ Mrs. Pet Butler, Abbeville. Messrs. j T. M. Belk, Dixie; George W. Belk, t Taxahaw; W. R. Blackmon, Halle i Gold Mine; J. D. Simpson, Waxhaw; t E. O. Thompson, Dwight; Profs. J. R. ] Dye, Chester; A. R. Banks, Lancaster; ] Supt. W. M. Moore, Lancaster. The l instructors are: Prof. A. R. Banks, | 1 \ nltLmotin (inrl 1 WHO Ifttt'iiCB aiiiiiiutviv 0 , lish grammar; Prof Dye, teacher of algebra and geography; Miss Sherer, teacher of primary methods. It is expected that the attendance will be largely increased next week Mrs. R. J. Mackorell of Yorkville, who has been visiting her parents, Maj. and Mrs. J. M. Riddle, returned home Wednesday. CHESTER. Lantern, June 22; Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Pressly of Due West have Issued invitations to the marriage of their daughter. Miss Jean LeGal Pressly, and Rev. B. G. Pressly, pastor of New Hope A. R. P. church In Fairfield county, at home on the morning of June 27th at 8 o'clock Miss Daisy Dameron returned to her home at Yorkvuie tnis mumuiK, unci i spending two weeks with her sister, < Mrs. Rouse, at Lando It seems < that Gastonia is going to have that 1 cannon on the Fourth. At least the i Gazette has a picture of it. It is a S Confederate veteran and is a guaranteed noise maker. They have four < barrels of blasting powder to pro- I voke the roaring of the beast. We ( suggest that they put it all in at once i and make the welkin ring Dr. r J. B. Bigham will attend the meeting t of the Dental association at the Isle > of Palms, and_ expects to be absent ( from his office all next week. Dr. l Bigham is on the program for a pa- t per and a practical demonstration of t a new method, partly his own, of i setting teeth in plates There j was quite an electrical storm here i about 8.30 yesterday evening, but ] not a great deal of wind or rain. A t tree in the back yard at Mr. W. T. s Woods' was struck by lightning and his cow was killed. The chimney of t Mr. J. K. Johnston's house was struck s and split but no other damage was c done to the house. There was some I damage done about the power house c and all the lights sudenly went out. s ^ ?ni? utn j A tree on me springsieiii muia im> <. was struck last, which seemed to i empty the clouds of the electricity in s the neighborhood and the sound died r away. We have not heard of any s other damage Editor J. Marion Moore of the Greer Observer, with his t wife and three children, were in the 1 city a short while yesterday morning t on his way from Rock Hill to Mc- i Connellsville to attend a reunion of t the Moore family at the homes of t his brothers, Messrs. Claud and Os- t car Moore. He and family had been i in Rock Hill since the marriage of his 1 brother, Mr. J. Wilson Moore and r Miss Janie Black on the evening of 1 the 21st inst. The reunion was to be c at Mr. Claud Moore's yesterday and t Mr. Oscar Moore's today. Besides > Mr. J. M. Moore and family, Dr. R. t L. Moore and family of Columbia, t and Mr. and Mrs. J. Wilson Moore t * 3 A/iro T were expecieu. mi. ncjnaiu wuvic , of Rock Hill, was prevented by business from attending yesterday but expected to be present today. Besides being editor of the Observer, Mr. J. M. Moore is superintendent of the Graded school at Greer and we can well understand he eats no idle bread. GASTON. Gastonia Gazette, June 22: At the Fourth of July meeting at the city hall Tuesday night, the reports showed the work of getting ready for the celebration to be progressing rapidly and everything is getting in shape for a really glorious Fourth. The educational, commercial, industrial, agricultural and historical parts of the great celebration will be remarkably exhibited in an array of floats that Will eclipse any thing of its Kind ever seen in the county. The old soldiers, with their civil war musicians, will be In the parade. The amusement committee have provided pleasures for fun and sport-lovers without end. Music will be a feature, more than half a dozen bands have been secured. Mr. Pink Pethel was beaten and robbed by two unknown persons with whom he was riding Tuesday night near Harden. Pethel had been to Lincolnton to make some collections for the Crown Bottling com pany and was persuaded to nue in a i buggy to Gastonia with the two men, t one of whom would stop at Harden, i Mr. W. L. Coon, manager of the ' Crown Bottling Works, went to Lin- i colnton Wednesday to investigate the t matter. Nothing has been heard < from the two men yet Mrs. M. I E. Pursley died Tuesday night at ] half past twelve. Wednesday morn- t ing at nine o'clock a large number < of relatives and friends attended the 1 funeral services at the home, con- 1 ducted by Dr. J. C. Galloway assisted I by Rev. R. C. Anderson. The sad < procession was formed about half . past ten o'clock for Bethany church, i in York county, where at two o'clock < the body of this good woman was i laid to rest next to the tomb of her I husband, who died twenty-odd years I ago. In large numbers the friends ? of that section were assembled at 1 the church, bringing sad hearts and many sweet flowers; and when the ! mourning concourse turned away i they left a new made mound hidden < by sweet tokens of affectionate re- i membrance. Mrs. Pursley was fifty- , five years of age. She was born a i Crawford, her mother being a daugh- I ter of Alexander Galloway, an uncle ' of Dr. J. C. Galloway. She married i Andrew Campbell Pursley of York I COUIJiy, alter wnose uram BUf iiiuycu ' with one child to Gastonia. With i her lived two aunts, Mrs. McElwee i who died ten years ago. and Miss 1 Mary Crawford, who died about two < years later, and one sister, Miss Jane Crawford. Of the household, only the daughter. Miss Ida. and Miss Jane Crawford survive. Mr. Gallo- \ way Crawford of Bethany, is a | brother, Mrs. W. A. Falls, Jr., is a half-sister and Mr. Alex Crawford is ' a cousin. i SOUTH CftROUR _J How the Spirit of Liberty Unconquera Hy REV. ROBERT Prom the Yorkville Enquirer of 1876. I INSTALLMENT IX. Surprise of Captain Matthews. In our last we left Prevost, on the norning of the 14th of May, 1779, rereating from Charleston, on his .way sack to Savannah. General Lincoln, vith the main forces of the Americans lad arrived at Dorchester, about the :ime that Prevost had precipitately -aised the siege of the city. In order :hat Prevost might avoid an attack by Lincoln in front, and by the forces of Moultrie in the rear, he filed to the eft on crossing the Ashley river, and passed over to James Island. Here le remained, undisturbed, for a few lays and then crossed over the Stono -iver, or inlet, to John's Island, and vaited for supplies which he was expecting to be sent him from New i'ork. General Lincoln, having given his :roops a few days' rest at Dorchester, ind having collected all his forces, mov:d down towards the position of the British on John's Island. The two irmies were now about thirty miles 'rom the capital of the state, watching ?ach other's movements. So soon as h? Rritlsh left their lines before the <lty, Peter Timothy ascended the stee?le of St. Michael's church and watchfd all their motions. Prevost's Intention vas to return to Savannah, not by nainland, but by passing successively 'rom one island to another, and thus ?vade an attack. General Lincoln's )bject was to throw every obstacle in lis power in the way of Prevost, and f possible prevent him from reaching Savannah. The coast of South Carolina, espe:lally in this region which stretches jetween Charleston and Savannah, 3a.. Is dotted with an almost countless lumber of islands. These are sur ounded by Inlets which are affected by he flow and ebb of the tide. Such vere the circumstances by which 3eneral Lincoln was surrounded, that t was difficult for him to do anything hat would impede the movement of he enemy. Prevost was not well provided with boats to convey his men ind military appendages over the inets which surrounded the Islands. Lincoln's condition was even worse " - A " ? tl? Knnta nan inat or rrevoai. ne nau nu u?au ind no means of procuring any. The first encounter which occurred jetween the British and Americans, ifter Prevost left Charleston, occurred m the night of the 19th of May. When ?revost crossed over on the main land m James Island, the Americans had a imall detachment of less than one hunIred men on John's Island. The two stands are separated by Stono river, md the camps of the belligerents were learly opposite each other, and so near is to be seen. The American forces consisted of wo companies of militia; one from 3eaufort. commanded by Captain Rob>rt Barnwell, and the other comnanded by Captain John Raven Mathews of John's Island. Captain Mathews held the oldest commission and ook command of the whole force. It s evident that Captain Matthews, with US SIIia.Il lUIt'C Ul auuui OCT tciuj-MTv nen, could not withstand Prevost who lad fully two thousand men under his lommand. Captain _ Matthews unforunately was both imprudent and"*selfvilled. Contrary to the judgment and mtreatles of those who understood the :ritical condition in which the smajl 'orce on John's Island was placed, he >erslsted in (^rawing out his men in >pen day and mustering them in full Mew of the British. Their numbers vere counted and a surprise planned. The personal friends of Captain Mathews entreated him not to expose his roops, and also begged him to double he number of his sentinels, that he night be prepared for a night attack, n his self-will, Captain Matthews pursued his own course. Thomas Legare vas so much discouraged by the headstrong manner In which things were :onducted, that he asked and obtained eave to join the guard stationed at " hnmniin'a Pnint Stranere as it may leem. Captain Matthews had only two jentinels on duty, although he was n sight of the enemy. Possibly le thought the British contemplated naking another attempt to capture the capital of the state, and cared nothing ibout him and his small force; or it nay be that he thought they could not :ross the inlet which separates the two slands. Whatever may have been his ;onjectures as to the future movenents of the British he was in a crltcal condition and either did not know t, or knowing it did not care. The condition of things by which Captain Matthews was surrounded was :ery peculiar, and at least afford.some palliation for the surprise with which ie mpi The British, in strong force, ,vere on James Island, and an intrigung loyalist was on John's Island. Thomas Fenwlek noted as a loyalist ind friend of the British, and aftervards as the spy of General Green, ame into the camp of Captain Mathews on the evening of the 19th of May. He enjoyed the hospitality of he officers and engaged with them In :onversation. Having learned all that le desired respecting the position of he forces under the command of Cap:aln Matthews, he communicated the tame to the British commander on James Island. At midnight a detachment of the British, in two divisions, crossed from James Island to John's. One division marched to Fenwick's house, the other to Matthew's landing. They were now In position to surround the camp of the Americans. Every preparation being made. Fenivick gave the signal, and both divisions of the British commenced to march simultaneously on the American ?amp. Fenwick. although he had but i few hours before supped in the American camp with the officers, acted is guide in leading the British against iiis personal friends and neighbors, rhe first sentinel was taken by surDrise. and the countersign extorted from him. Before the second and only remaining sentinel could give the ilarm, he was bayonetted. The sentinels thus removed, the British were not long in surrounding the catnp of Captain Matthews. Every man was made prisoner. The camp of the Beaufort company under the command of Captain Robert Barnwell, was then surrounded and a letuand made for Its immediate surrender. "What are the conditions of B IS r Was Kept Alive By an ble People. r LATIIAN, I). D. surrender?" asked Captain Barnwell. "No quarters to rebels." was the answer. Barnwell then turned to his men and said, "Defend yourselves to the last." In a moment every gun was cocked and leveled on the enemy. The British fell back a few paces. A sergeant of the royal army then announced to the Americans that if they would surrender they should have honorable quarters. "By what authority," inquired Captain Barnwell, "do you make this promise? What Is your rank?" It was replied, "I am but a sergeant In his majesty's service, but my word Is as good as that of any officer in the army." This assurance having been given of their safety. Captain Barnwell and his men surrendered. No sooner had they laid down their arms than they were set upon by the British, with bayonets, and nearly all either killed or severely wounded. Captain Barnwel received seventeen bayonet wounds, and was left on the ground supposed to be dead. He, however, af terwards recovered. Connected with this affair of Gaptain Matthews with the British at John's Island, there are several little Interests which are not wholly without Interest. The name of the second sentinel with whom the British came in contact, In their approach to the camp of Captain Maimews, was jas. Black. He was a brave man and did his duty to his country faithfully. He was a ship carpenter by trade and resided in Beaufort. One of the many wounds which he received was a bayonet stab in the fleshy part of the back, the point of the bayonet going towards the backbone. The wounds of the brave man were afterwards dressed and he was sent to Charleston. In order to keep the wound open the surgeon, or whoever it was that dressed' It, Inserted a piece of gentian root, several inches long in the cavity made by the bayonet. This was not discovered for some time, and the gentian root becoming saturated with blood, increased in size and tore the wound asunder, causing great inflamatlon and pain. The gentian root was taken out, but the inflammation had reached the spinal-marrow and James Black died. Robert Barnwell was, as we have already stated, stabbed with seventeen bayonet wounds and supposed to be dead. He was taken up and removed to the house of Robert Glbbs and kindly nursed by Mrs. Glbbs. This suggests another noble deed that occurred in the Glbbs family. During the stay of the British on " * " * 11 D/vKn??t Jonn s isianu me lamuy w ?vmu Glbbs, one dark night, were forced to leave the house and seek a place of refuge. In their hurry to depart they forgot an infant, a distant relation of the family, in the house. No one would volunteer to go back for the child. The servants refused. Moved by a kind and pitying heart. Mary Ann Glbbs, a child of only thirteen, faced the darkness of the night and went back, more than a mile after the child. After being several times refused by the occupants of the house, she succeeded, at last, in obtaining permission to enter the room in which the child had been left. There she found the little fellow sleeping soundly, unconscious of the booming of cannon and the clashing of arms. She took him up in her arms and hastened to. join the other members of the family. This child thus rescued by Mary Ann Glbbs, was the gallant Lieutenant Colonel Fenwick, of the War of 1812. TO BE CONTINUED. GAMBLING IN OKLAHOMA OVER. Thrifty Eastern Farmers Have Driven Out the Men Who Ran It. Today there are not five towns In Oklahoma of any Importance where gambling Is conducted openly as It was six years ago. As late as three years ago the biggest games ever seen In the territory were running In Oklahoma City, though confined to upper floors or basements. During the last two months all the boss gamblers in Oklahoma City upon whom the law ... - i 1_ i?t ri COU1G lay IIS nanus nave uccu put Jail and kept there. They had violated injunctions prohibiting them from using certain buildings for gambling purposes. Guthrie has been without its big games for more than a year. The change is due to activity among religious organizations, a public sentiment that rests upon practical as well as moral grounds and to the displacement of certain adventurous pioneer citizens by more conservative men and women from older communities. The explanation of an old time boss gambler a man who came to Oklahoma at the opening, may not be without Interest. He said: "In my town In earlier years, when gambling was under full headway, the "producers' were mostly farmers. These farmers were western men who had been with the vanguard of western sentiment all their lives. They had no more hesitancy in gambling than they had In smoking a cigar or taking a drink of whisky. They had been accustomed to it all their lives. Y/hen one came to town with a load of wheat he put the money in his pocket, took his team to a livery stable and went to a restaurant or a hotel. Usually he would stay in town all night. After supper he would take a few drinks and then saunter around to a gambling house, always within easy reach and without danger of raids. In many instances he went home broke. "The agricultural prosperity in Oklahoma in the last ten years brought a great advance in the value of farm property. Farmers from eastern and northern states began coming to Oklahoma with bank accounts. The original settler was offered $3,000, $5,000 and sometimes as high as $10,000 for his quarter section of land, which to him seemed more than the land was worth, and he sold it and moved to other localities. The new owners had practised economy all their lives. They had lived in communities where gambling was not tolerated. "When these farmers come to town they bring produce with their wheat or corn, and a basket of lunch to save going to a restaurant. They deposit their money in a bank. Instead of taking their horses to a livery stable, unless the weather is bad, they feed them from a wagon box. This kind of thing Is not profitable for the gambling business, but it has happened in my portion of the territory and I believe that it has happened elsewhere."?Kansas City Star. BURBANK, THE PLANT WIZARD. His Home and His Garden At Santa Rosa. "Wizard" Burbank, who performs astonishing stunts in his dealings with the vegetable world, lives in Santa Rosa, a little town fifty miles north of San Francisco. Hundreds of visitors go up to see him every year, says Hugo de Vrles In the Independent, and Burbank althorn cnmp of his ore W XJ o b?? vm clous time, but he enjoys your visit only when he perceives that your eyes are quick at the small differences by which he selects his new types. Visitors who expect to see long rows of beautiful plants will not And what they supposed, but instead will see a workshop, with its utter chaos of tools, the- tools being the individual plants, with their almost imperceptible differentiating marks. If you have no appreciation of such small differences don't try to pay him a compliment; your, praise will miss its aim, because by the choice of the plant you mention he will instantly see how much you know about methods and results In plant breeding. In person, Burbank is slender, almost to frailness. It is now nearly thirty years since he came to California from Massachusetts, where he was born. He is about sixty years of age. He is a tireless worker, spending many hours each day at his experimental grounds. The finer experiments he conducts at Santa Rosa, on the farm where he lives; but he owns other grounds in the neighborhood, at Sebastcpol, where his largest cultures are to be found. His house Is a little cottage, where he lives with his old mother, a lady of about ninety. It Is approached through closely trimmed box borders. In outward appearance he is a plain man, more a gardener than a savant with clear blue sparkling eyes, full of life and fun. He appreciates humor In others, and told us stories that kept us constantly laughing. He began his business as an ordinary gardener, cultivating fruit trees, shrubs and flowers for sale. In the beginning he had a big nursery and won money enough to increase his business rapidly; but he preferred the Improvement of his varieties and the production of new ones. So, as soon as his means allow, ed, he disposed of his nursery. He now sells only novelties, and leaves their multiplication for trade to other men. For some of those varieties large companies have been founded, since from the one seedling which r?nr.v.onir mav have won and sold, hun dreds of thousands of trees have to be produced before the novelty can profitably be brought Into trade When talking, his eyes glow with love of his plants, many of which he remembers Individually, even for years. Some kinds of flowers are his special darlings. He tries to make their bloom brighter and richer, to extend it over a longer season and to make them cheaper so as to bring them within the reach of the poorest people. He is always watching the flowers of the fields and woods. As soon as he discovers a type which is new to him or excels in some attractive quality he will take the plant or its seeds home with him for experiment. By crossing and selecting he will Improve the type almost beyond recognition, as in the case of the wild tiger "* - " 11 r" -4~ Xolrwo nrhAQO lilies ana 01 tne onasiu. uaioicu <r..vw^ blossoms are as large as the palm of one's hand. His most Important recent achievement with fruits is the production of a stoneless prune. The seed is naked, unprotected by the ordinary woody shell, so that one can bite right through the?/ruit. These stoneless prunes are not yet ready for trade, as they have still to be improved by renewed crosses. When this has been done all the existing varieties of plums will be crossed with the stonless prune, so that they too will be stoneless, although they will not lose their distinctive flavor. Stoneless prunes and plums will be as common then as seedless oranges now are. A s ngle instance will show what a valuable asset Luther Burbank is in the wealth of the country. His first contribution to our productions was a new potatc, which now bears his name. According to an official statement of the United States department of agriculture at Washington, made a few years ago, this Burbank potato Is adding to the agricultural productivity of the country an annual amount of $17,000,000. To convey an idea of the enormous numDer or uuroanK pwmiuw, some one has calculated that If all the tubers produced In one year were arranged in a row, touching one another, the line would be thrice the distance between the earth and the moon. THE DOG IN FICTION. Mr. W. D. Howells Takes a Rather Sinister View of Man's Best Friend. We will venture to own that it was with a sense of something purposely banal In his answer, when the other day we asked a young novelist whether he had ever thought of taking an animal for a hero, and he replied, "Yes, a dog!" Dogs have been heroes almost from the moment they ceased to be wolves and foxes turned upon their savage ancestors In defense of their new-found human friends. There is doubtless something to be said on the side of the wolves and foxes in the matter; one can see how they might well accuse the dogs of race-treason; but that Is a point of view which no believer In the heroism of dogs will take. "Allow," we imagine such a one urging, "that the wolves and foxes are right In much that they claim. Admit, for the sake of argument, that dogs are filthy brutes with habits that no wolf 6r fox would Imagine; that they bring fleas into the house; and a bad smell; that they will go straight from a perfumed bath, the curled darling of tender mistresses, and seize the first occasion of rolling in carrion; that they are worse than swinish in their diet if permitted to indulge their preferences; that in guarding the shepherd's flocks by night they will sup on the lambs of neighboring folds if opportunity of- , fers; that they are nervous and hysterical, and thaf they will rouse the households they watch over with a thousand false alarms, and then yield to the first burglar who tempts them with a bit of meat; that knowing the superior intelligence of their own species, they have such a low taste for society that they will rather consort with the stupidest little boy, or the greatest blackguard or a man, or tne silliest doll of a woman, than with the best and wisest dog that ever was; that they are vain, jealous, vindictive and cruel; that their peculiarly excitable temperament renders them liable to the most dreadful of disease, especially in a state of high domestication, , when they go mad and incontinently ! bite their dearest friends, who pres- . ently expire in inexpressible torments; that In the country they minister mainly to the idleness of man, and in towns are an unmitigated nuisance. I But what of all that? Do they not throttle venomous serpents about to bite infants in their cribs and then suffer themselves to be precipitately slain by the rash fathers who mistake 1 the blood of the reptile for that of their offspring? Do they not constantly save children from drowning? Do they not come and notify neonle that their masters are lying helpless from Injury or exhaustion In waste places, and pull at the garments of the Incredulous till they go to the rescue?" It must be confessed that arguments like these leave the wolves and foxes scarcely a leg to stand on, and establish the dog almost unassailably In that quality of hero In which he has not yet been adequately, or at least coherently painted. Hly ' heroism Illustrates a thousand anecdotes and a hundred short stories, but it does not yet Illumine a sustained fiction, say of a hundred and twenty thousand words.?W. D. Howells In Harper's Magazine. Tnderscorinf^l parts of a I letter for emphasis mars its I pearance. ins Newltt-unome Smttb ftutij Typewriter which writes black, purple or red as desired, enables you to send out letters emphatic to the mind as they are pleasing to the eye. Thin machine permits not only the Iuae or a three-color ribbon, but also of a two-color or single-color ribbon. No extra cost for this new model. The C D HP H omii rt otMitK i irtwmitK || S. RHEA PRESTON, Jr., 1 S| Greenville, S. C. II Real Estate For Sale. 1 six-room, new Dwelling on west side Wright avenue. New fence around lot, new barn and wood,shed. City water. 160 Acres, 2-story dwelling, 8 rooms; 2 tenant houses; good new barn; 4-horse farm open; 60 acres in timber; capable of high cultivation; 6J miles from Yorkvllle, 71m to Rock Hill, on Yorkville and Rock Hill road. Terms to suit purchaser. 30J Acres, 31 miles Yorkville: ?0 acres in cultivation; good stream of water; 1 nice weatherboarded 4-r house; 1 tenant house. 80 Acres, 51 miles southeast Yorkville; adjoining lands W. R. Carroll; O ?? 1 i - /*. 1 A n/iMAo opencer place, i i-i uncmug, iu aci cu fine bottom; 20 acres forest land 72 Acres, 31m. Yorkvllle, on F:utherford road; 2 houses and barn; 65 acres in cultivation; 16 acres timber; branches; 80 fine fruit trees; 1-mlle of public school. 451J acres, 2 miles of Tirzah, 6 J miles Yorkvllle, 7} Rock Hill. On public road from Yorkville to Rock Hill, near Adner church; high state of cultivation, 75 acres bottom In corn, 10-horse farm open. I*arge new barn, 12 stalls and cribs. 10 acres fine orchard, 2-story dwelling (painted) In beautiful oak grove. Produced 100 bales cotton 1905. 115 acres 2 J miles Incorporate limits of Yorkvllle, Pinckney road; six room dwelling, 1 tenant house, 40 acres in woods. Cheap?1-3 cash. 203 acres on Pinckney road, J mile incorporate limits of Yorkville, in cul- | tivation, level, one five room dwelling, 2 tenant houses. Price $850. | 190 Acres^ 4J miles south of York vllle. One Dwelling, 2 Tenant nouses; . 75 acres open land, balance In Timber. 300 Fruit Trees. $12 per acre. 377 acres, farm, both sides King's Mountain road, about 2i miles Beth- ; any High School, 1 7-room dwelling, I tenant house and other buildings; I at least 100,000 feet saw timber; has ' mineral prospects; A. C. Stroup place. Farm in fine condition; 140 acres; II Room Dwelling; 40 acres In wood and saw timber; 8 acres bottom; good out buildings; half mile Bethany < High school; $4,000.00. 57 Acres; 8 miles west of Yorkville; " near Rutherford road; one two-room house: Cheap. FOR SALE?237 acres, "Enloe place," 5S miles rrom YorKvine. a houses, 4 horse farm open. 100 acres In wood. 50,00 to 100,000 ft. of saw timber. 40 acres fine bottoms on Buckhorn creek. 72 acres on Chester road, 4 miles Yorkvllle; adjoins Philadelphia church at Delphos station. 20 acres original forest, dwelling, etc. 50 acres 1 mile of Tirzah; 10 acres in wood; 6 acres good bottom. Youngblood place. Price $800. < Fine dwelling on Main street. 10 { Rooms?Splendid Location. 55 acres, & mile Tirzah station. Per acre, $16.00. 40 acres, 8 miles northeast of York- * ville, bounded by lands of Mrs. Nich- ols and Mrs. Youngblood; 18 acres woodland. 1331-3 acres } mile west of Hood- < town. On public road. 60 acres in cul- * tivation, 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 t Charlotte road; a two-room house, 15 . acres in bottom in high state of cultivation. 83 acres 2 miles from Yorkvllle, 2 tenant houses?3 and 4 rooms? i New Barn with sheds, new double crib, good pasture, good 2-horse farm In cultivation. 200 nursery trees consisting of pears, peaches, apples and cherries. c 113 acres 6 miles west of Yorkvllle, 70 acres cultivated land, well watered, 2-story dwelling, 6 rooms, on R. F. D., about 28 acres in pasture and second growth pine. i 230 acres, 2 miles f-om Yorkvllle, 2 dwelling and 1 tenant house. Well timbered. 25 acres In the town of Yorkvllle, 5 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 Whisonant?CHEAP. 235 acre farm about 81 miles from Yorkville. 3 miles from Ebenezer; 1 new 6-room dwelling two 4-room tenant houses, 30 acres fine bottom land . ?five horse farm. 4 J. C. IVILRORN, Attorney. 1^ Bound Volumes of Horse Shoe Robinson at The Enquirer office, $1.00. c ^Booru I And Prices Wer Lowest We've cleared the decks fo partment?we've swept everyt I to make things hum and sing Prices Ever Offered on Clotl take our word for it. Just re I then compare our prices and < offerings of any other dealer, a fired off a Sub-marine Price ' Prices Away Down Below the Profits, and such a thought as (of the Clothing Sea. Wedon this space?just enough to gh doing. If you want Clothing Prices come along and you v But, BE QUICK?these offer time. Lots of people will be I pair of Pants or a Suit for ev< LOT NC I Coat and Vest left from $9 S or for size 35 man, single breas Sub-marine Price Makes the C Coat and Vest, size 34, former gone. This is an imported piece of taped. Sub-marine Price has kno the bottom. They're going at On! LOT NO I A lot of Coats and Vests, si; ble breasted, skeleton lined, s Former price of Suits, $12.50. makes the Coat and Vest On] LOT NO. Is made up of Coats and Ves and $12.50 a suit?the Pants ; (round cut Sacks, skeleton linec ed at the beginning of the se Sub-marine Price makes them Vest are now going at Only .. MEN'S I We believe we have the best 1 on this market. Here is the guai of our $1.50 Grade of Pants: (GUARANTEE FROM CLEVELAN The Weaver of the cloth and ( One and the same, and by reason rience, it is enabled to see every 1 struction of the fabric and the < Trouser. We all agree that It is ab as "bad work," and our Skillful C large Production puts us in a post at the most reasonable cost. We of our production, and to1 fully ins] I with the line, we give each and evi full authority to replace this Pant, should it prove within thirty (30) defective in workmanship, such at Iunsausmciury lariucui. If you are in need of Pants, e dress wear, come and see us. THE TORPEDO STRUC Style 7460?Sack suit of Scott with a combination mixture of gol< 185,600?Black Sack Suit of W sted, diagonal weave, excellent gn Sub-marine Price put it down to Oi 2289.?Black Sack Suit of fine with lustrous finish. Coat is line most people will ask you $15 for. 8614.?Round Sack Suit of ] Flannel, each garment bearing tl Medium weight and Will stand hari CLOTHING I (Style 87,702?Double Breasted black mixture, delicate garnet and Former price $1.25. Sub-marine 87,873.?Single breasted Squai Melton, dark ground, with gray a having olive overplaid. Coat butl plaits. Former price $1.60. Now Other Suits for boys, sizes f; w qualities and styles, ranging in i $1.50; (2.25 Suits now $2.00; $2.50 I Suits from $3.00 to $5 00 a Suit. SUITS FOR YOUTHSStyle 87,307?Sack Suit of fane gray threads and has a pronounc Suit, but since the explooion it is 87,363.?Sack Suit of Fancy Cat facings. Now they are going for 87,370.?Sack Suit of West E brown ground, mottled in variega you to Judge the value. Our Sub-i 1 87,325.?Sack Suit of Fancy C ing indistinct garnet and olive strip 87,351.?Double Breasted Sa Worsted, with a combination mix threads, brightened by broken graj As we stated above, these off so far ahead of the ordinary?the you will find again soon, that you the necessity of QUICK BUYING, will. If you want Clothing at Red! THE STRAUSS-SN ? Main and Liberty Sts. Professional guards. DR. ill. W. WHITE, DENTIST . 1 Opposite Postoffice, - Yorkvillt, 8. C. I JOHN R. HART. ATTORNEY AT LAW ( No. 3 Law Range Yorkvllle, S. C. ! w. W. I iKWIN. ATTORNEY AT LAW. , Practices In the State and United . States courts, and gives prompt attenion to all business. Lends money on ipproved security. Office No. 5, Law Range, Yorkville, I A. Y. CART WRIGHT, SURGEON DENTIST, YORKVILLE, S. C. /BSBBBft OFFICE HOURS: 9 am. to i pm.; 1 pm. to 5pnn. Office in upstairs rooms of Cart- ' vright building next to the Parish lotel burnt lot. J. S. BRICE, YTTORNEY AT LAW , Office Opposite Court House. Prompt attention to all legal business j if whatever nature. ' npn w a uiUT \J ft u. 11x111 a 9 \TTORNEY AT LAW, i YORKVILLE, S. C. ! i LAW RANGE 'Phone Office No. 58 | ). E. Finley. Marion B. Jennings, j FINLEY & JENNINGS, \ ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ' 1 Office in Wilson Building, opposite e iourt House. Telephone No. 126. i 1 W Horse Shoe Robinson?bound in r loth, by mail $1.10, from The Enquirer. { BANG!^ it Down to the I Point. I r action in our Clothing De- 0 hing clean, and are prepared to the tune of The Lowest ^ ling. We don't ask you to ;ad the prices quoted below, Dfferings with the prices and md you will see that we have Torpedo and Struck Former i Safety Armor of Legitimate I Profit has sunk to the bottom ot quote all our low prices in ^ /e you an inkling of what is from this wreckage of Profit vill get rich on the salvage. I ings will be here but a short I buying a Coat and Vest or a I iry day in the week. Hurry. K ONE. >uit, size for 19 year old youth j ted, small brown check. The oat and Vest $3.50 fl price was $12.00. The Pants are H goods. Coat Is unlined, but well eked the Coat and Vest down to H ly 92.50 . TWO. * ses 34, 35, 36, 37 and 38, dou- ? mall check, imported goods. The Sub-marine Price now I ly $2.50 THREE ts from Suits we sold at $10 W are gone. The Coats are all 1 and worth the price we ask- A :ason. Sizes 33 to 38. The I all look alike?both Coat and $2.50 ?ANT8. \ line of Men's Pants to be found H rantee that goes with every pair ~ D MILLS, CLEVELAND, TENX. A he Manufacturer of this Pant is of this Mill's many years' expe- H laturally weak place In the conlesign and workmanship of the out as easy to make "good work" Iperators and ample Capital and H tion to produce the best of work have full confidence In the merits W pire those not already acquainted ery Merchant handling our goods A without charge to the Purchaser, B days from date of purchase to be H 1 would condemn the Pant as an ither for every day work or for H K MEN'S SUITS, TOO. :h tweed cheviot, In dark brown, i and gray. Sub-marine price $6 ashlngton Mills 14 oz. Clay Wor- A ide, fast black, regular 110 Suit. nly 97.00 all wool Thibet, diagonal weave, H d with serge. The kind of suit I Sub-marine price Only. .$19.50 Middlesex all-wool Indigo blue he label "Oenulne Indigo Dye." d service. Excellent value $8.50 ^ XJR BOYS. I Suit of Union Melton, gray and brown plaid, ages 6 to 14 years. H Price Only $1.00 e Cut Sack Suits of Union Twill nd garnet pin head mixture and :ons up to neck, front and back they're going at Only $1.25 rom 6 to 14 years, of different H >rice like this: $1.75 Suits now Suits now $2.25; finer and better -AGES 14 TO 1$ YEARS. y Worsted in black, Interwoven H ed stripe of olive. Was $5.0C a I Only $4.50 isimere, trimmed with satin piped Only $5.00 2nd English Wool Cheviot, deep ^ .ted color effect. We'll leave to marine price is Only $7.00 assimere, deep blue ground, hav- M e. You'll buy if you see It. .fft.OO ick Suit of Fancy Mercerised ture of gray, garnet and gold r threads. Its a good value at $7 erings, all through the line, are H bargains are so much better than H cannot fail to be impressed with If you don't some other fellow V need Prices NOW IS THE TIME. IITH COMPANY, Yorkville, S. C. | MT* Bound Volume* of Horse Shoe Robinson at The Enquirer office, $1.00. Body--Mind--Soul Must be equally trained to flt a boy for life. The school that does this honestly Is cheap at any price, and any other school is hlgn at any price.Catawba Military Academy ROCK HILL, 8. C. Endeavors to do this. It strives after rHOROUGH TRAINING?CAREFUL OVERSIGHT ? CANDID DEALING with Parent and Pupil. Rates as moderate as Excellence will allow. For Information address, D. J. BRIMM, Rock Hill 8. C. V Horse Shoe Robinson?bound in iloth, by mail $1.10, from The Enquirer. $hc \(orkrilIr (Bnquim. Entered at the Postofflce as Second Class Mall Matter. Pnbliahed Tuesday and Friday. PUIILIHIIEKH t W. D. GRIST, o. e. grist, a. m. grist; TKHMS UK SUBSCRIPTION I Single copy for one year $ 2 00 3ne copy for two years 3 50 [for three months 50 For six months 1 00 rwo copies one year 3 50 Pen copies one year 17 50 ivna an extra t-upy i?i a uuu .?=?.. 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