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' jRumorous Jrpratmrut. Fair Plat.?A group of drummers were trading yarns on the subject of hospitality, says Lippincott's Magazine, when one of them took up his parable thus: "I was down in Louisiana last month travelin' cross country when we kinder got lost in a lonesome sort of road just about dark, and when we saw a light ahead I tell you it looked drat rate. We drove up to the light, flndln' 'twas a house and when I hollered the man came out and we asked him to take us in for the night. He looked at us mighty hard, then said, 'Wall, I reckon I kin stand It if you kin.' So wf> unhitched, went in. and found 'twas only a two-room shanty and Just swarmln' with children. He had six from four to 'leven years old, and as there didn't seem to be but one bed, me an' Stony was wonderln* what In thunder would become of us. "They ga"ve us supper, and then the the old woman put the two youngest kids to bed. They went straight to sleep. Then she took those out, laid them over in the corner, put the next two to bed, and so on. After all the children were asleep on the floor the . old folks went In the other room and told us we could go to bed If we wanted to, an' bein' powerful tired out, we did. "Well, sir, the next morning when we woke up we was lying over In the corner with the kids, and the old man and the old woman had the bed!" encorraoembnt FY>r 'Rasti s.?At a recent dinner which was attended by a number of clergymen, says the New ** *" Dn/iUhom nf thfi I OTK DUO, ri esiucill uuvniium v. university of Vermont, told the following of Bishop Hall, of the Episcopal diocese of Vermont, In response to some good-natured chaff about the liberal views of the Congregational Church and the ease with which almost anybody could join It. He said he had heard of a negro who had many times applied for membership in St. Paul's church at Burlington, but had not been able to satisfy the bishop that his state of mind entitled him to admission. The negro had been advised to pray that his spiritual condition might Improve. After doing so he made a new application. The bishop said to him: "Well. Erastus, have you prayed as . I told you to?" "Yes. Indeedy, suh; I done prayed, an' I done told de Lawd I wants jine St. Paul's chu'ch, an' de Lawd he say to me: '"Good luck, 'Rastus; I been tryin' Jine dat chu'ch fo' twenty years mahse'f.'" Hjs Had Preferences.?Squire Lord, of local fame in Effingham, N. H.. in the last century had accumulated, by all sorts of methods, a fortune for the times and place. Keeping the country store, being practlcaly the "bank" of those parts and Increasing wealth beyond expenditures, had nourished an ambition to live In a place larger and more social opportunities than the little village afforded. So he packed up one autumn, took a house In Portland, which was the town of the world to country people then, and, with his family, started in to cut a dash. To his chagrin he found he was one of many In that place, and not a scrape or bow was coming his way. Christ. mas saw him back, bag and baggage. in Effingham, and that evening In his store, to the Inquiry of one of the village loafers, "Why'd ye come back, squire, fore you'd calculated?" he replied: "I've h^d enough of that place. Yer ? see, I've rather be a king among hogs than a hog among kings."?Boston Herald. The Colonel's Prayer.?Colonel Throckmorton, a distinguished Kentuckian, was once a passenger on a wooden sailing vessel on the high seas, when a frightful storm burst and the vessel became waterlogged. The passengers were crying and appealing to heaven for aid. Colonel Throckmorton edged over to the side of the captain and sajd: "Tell me. Is there really any danger?" "You see what the rest of me passengers are uuing, repiicu iuc captain; "they are making their peace with God. If you ever do any praying, colonel, you might do so with perfect propriety at this Juncture. The vessel can't live five minutes." The colonel straightened himself, lifted his hat, looked up to the scowjing sky with a reverent mjen, and exclaimed: "Almighty God. If you ever Intend to do Col. Throckmorton of Kentucqy a favor, now Is your time to do It!" A Questtion or Rbsidencr.?The hero of a story which has been told of , Archbishop Ireland Is really that witty churchman Bishop Talbot, "the Cowboy Bishop," whose powers of repartee and whose churchly devotion made him famous among those people, of whom he has so delightfully written In his reminiscent volume, "My People of the Plains." "Where In h have I seen you?" demanded a rough looking man. meeting Bishop Talbot one evening In the crowded single street of a mining town. To which the bishop suavely retorted to the shouting delight of the standers: "What part of h do you come from, sir?' Tn?nnruo>o'o Humt'Dv Dor?ru While J TiT r r-rwrv .I O V/nivnM^ *_?*? .? ? at his home on the cape, and not long before he passed away, "Joe" Jefferson was 111 enough to require the attention of his old friend. Dr. Kinney, whose summer home is at Buzzard's bay. according to the Boston Herald. The patient was put on a very restricted diet, but among other good things allowed him was chicken broth. On one of his visits the doctor found Mr. Jefferson sipping something from a bowl. The doctor inquired what he had there. Mr. Jefferson said It was hot water, but tasted as If some old rooster had stood in It for a while, Dr. Kinney remarked he hoped he stood there long enough to crow. Failed to Please.?His eyes make no attempt to conceal his admiratior of the beautiful young thing as she enters the parlor. Indeed, he does not want them to. "You are positively queenly." he declares enthusiastically. An offended expression comes to her face. "Queenly?" she asks disdainfully. "Yes; you are a ver^able queen in appearance." Haughtily she bids him leave. "But why?" he Inquires, amazed. "Oh, nothing. I'm a queen in appearance, am I? Well, I happened to look over a lot of magazine pictures of different queens and princesses today, and if you think I.look like them it's time for you and me to be strangers."?Life. ittftasiliucoua Stalling. IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. Newt and Comment Clipped Fron Neighboring Exchanges. LANCASTER. Newt, December 5: Gov. Hey wan has made requisition on the govertioi of North Carolina for J. H. Lance ant K. O. Lambert, the two young whiti men charged with the killing of Ber Hood, colored. In this county somi I days ago Mr. Lewis Horton, t prominent young merchant of JefTer son. and Miss Ethel Gregory, the charming young daughter of Dr. G. W Gregory, also of Jefferson, were mar' ried there last Sunday. The ceremonj was performed by the Rev. R. J. Blackmon of Fork Hill Mr. Westley Lucas and Miss Hattie Gent, daughter ol Mr. Robert Gent, both of the Cottor Mill village, were married last Sunday, by the Rev. T. A. Dabney. The ceremony was performed In the public road near Primus Quite a crowc was In town Monday, salesday. The most of the lands, however, advertisec by the sheriff and the clerk for sale were not offered for sale, the partlei Interested having made satisfactorj arrangements otherwise. The onlj lands sold were two tracts by the clerl of the court, in the case of the Heath Banking and Mercantile company vs A. Jackson Ballet and others. Om tract of 216 acres brought $1,200 anc was purchased by C. D. Jones; th? other, containing 110 acres, was knocked down to the same purchaser at $705 CHESTER. Lantern, December 5: Mr. T. Henry Melton of Lewisville, and Miss Laurs Ferguson. second daughter of Mr. T S. Ferguson of Wylte's mill, were married at Bascomville Sunday afternoon December 2, by Rev. J. H. Wilson Mrs. Lizzie Lowry of Lowryvllle. spent Sabbath night at Mr. Dupree Anderson's on her return to her school at Leeds from a few days' visit to hei home Miss Anna Charry Schorl of Yorkville, passed through yesterdaj morning on her return home from e few days' visit to her sister, Mrs. T B. Kell of Fort Lawn....Dr. and Mrs S. A. Weber of Yorkville, passec through yesterday morning on theii return from the Methodist conferenct in Columbia Miss Jennie Oates accompanied by Misses Helen Ctole.man, Kate Chatham and Lucy Henr> came down Saturday evening anc spent until yesterday evening with hei parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Oates Mr. Burdett Ferguson of Bascomville died last Saturday night, December 1 at 11 o'clock, after a lingering illnes.< of paralysis of the brain. For thv past five years Mr. Ferguson had beer in very feeble health and on Novembei 5th last, he suffered a stroke, anc since that two others, the last one being Saturday morning at 9 o'clock, fronr which he never regained consciousness Mr. Ferguson was in his seventyfourth year The following invitations have been issued: Mrs. Jamei Harvey Smith requests the pleasure ol your company at the* wedding reception of her daughter, Mary Graham and Mr. Robert Gage, on the evening of Tuesday, the eighteenth of December, from nine until half after ter o'clock, one hundred and four Yort street, Chester, South Carolina The windows and doors at the Southern depot fronting the Southern railroad and the door of the baggage rooir are draped in mourning as a token ol respect for the late Samuel Spencei and will remain so for thirty days. Ai another mark of respect all wort of every kind in connection with the Southern Railway company was stopped for five minutes at 2 o'clock, the funeral hour Sabbath A dispatch from Columbia says: The Edgefield Chronicle Is authority for the newe that Senator Tillman's two sons wil likely move to Oklahoma, where il seems that Senator Tillman has acquired some property interests of valut which B. R. Tillman, Jr., and Henry C Tillman will control. The Chronicle says: "Benjamin R. Tillman, the oldest of the two sons of Senator B. R Tillman, left his home near our towr a week or more ago for the new state of Oklahoma, where, so far as we car learn, he and his family will rr.aKe their home. Mrs. B. R. Tillman, Jr. and her children are now at Trenton with the family of Senator Tillman and will accompany them to Washington in December. Then early in the new year Mrs. B. R. Tillman, Jr., wil Hot* HnQhonH in OUlnhnmn W( understand, too, that Henry C. Tillman. who lives In Greenwood and has lately married, will also move to Oklahoma." The above cannot be substantiated, though it has been known thai Senator Tillman had Interests In th< new state of Oklahoma. GASTON. Gastonia Gazette, December 4: Mr John Frank Jackson and son, Mr. L. H Jackson, left Friday for points In easi Tennessee to buy cattle. They wil probably return the latter part of th< week Mrs. G. W. Sherer and little% son Andral, returned to Yorkvllu Saturday after spending the Thanksgiving holidays with her father, Dr. J B. Delvaux Saturday the Southern passenger depot was draped lr mourning out of respgct to the memi ory of the road's late president, Mr Samuel Spencer Mr. John F. Davis. the genial liveryman, is now a J P.. having taken the oath yesterday a' : Dallas. He Is not a new hand at th< i business by any means. Having served the term of fourteen years in this capacity in Lincoln and six years as t deputy in Iredell, he is on to all th< curves of the business The hunting season in Gaston?that is in Rivei Bend. Dallas and South Point townships?opened Saturday, Dec 1st. ant the hunters are now after the binds i Hunting birds is prohibited by specia i enactment in Cherryville, Gaston ant i Crowder's Mountain townships. Thii law remains in force for about thre< i years yet The Clara Mill is pracI tically ready to begin operation and th< machinery will be put in motion nex Monday. The line for transmission o: f the electrical power from the Spencei i Mountain company's plant has beet completed to the mill and everythinj will be in readiness to turn on the cur . rent the first of next week. Cotton ha! ( already been put on the carding machines. which are being operated unti i Monday by power from a small engine The process of getting all the machin ery to going will require some tim< i and it will probably be January Is before the factory is running at its ful capacity. It will run night and day Superintendent C. M Dunn Is experiencing no difficulty in securing oper[ atlves. The tenant houses are beinf rapidly filled and the management contemplates no difficulty along this line This is the twelfth cotton mill to b< put into operation in Gastonia. WHERE DEATH LIES IN WAIT. Smokeless Powder Mills Most Dangerous of Buildings. ! Working In a smokeless powder mill Is like sitting on the lid of Vesuvius, only more dangerous. The volcano grumbles and rumbles and quakes, giving ample warning bej bore belching forth its torrents of fire 1 and lava. But the powder mill Is like j a gigantic bomb filled with human "tolth rvwa nrtAn tflTlk ? of nitroglycerine and gun-cotton, i primed and ready to explode from a I ^ score of known and unknown reasons. Sometimes when a danger house 1 blows up, tearing men within to atoms, rending the building Into matchstlcks ! and gouging a gaping hole thirty feet f across into rocks and gravel it Is 1m- ' possible to tell even what caused the accident. ^ Other times the disaster is traceable 1 to the carelessness or disobedience of 1 an employee. Occasionally, says Ap- 1 pleton's Magazine, catastrophe Is due , to an unavoidable accident like the j j mere stubbing of a toe. Whatever the cause, when the crash 1 j comes It Is the most Inconceivably 1 4 frightful ordeal to which the human 1 | nervous system can be subjected. r How human creatures can be in- 1 r duced to take the risks of working In i such an earthly Inferno, ready to burst i on the Instant In all Its horror, may ooom noui iinrlprafnnHInc still thou sands of men work In these mills scatj tered throughout the United States. < } The guncotton drying house, where 1 the washed nitrate cotton must be i dried absolutely, shares with the nl- i troglycerlne building the reputation of < being the most hazardous on the face i r of the earth. I i The guncotton drying house, con- ! . tainlng as much as five tons of the < . frightful explosive, a half teaspoonful ] , of which would be enough to blow you i into smithereens, stands isolated on i t pillars above a marsh 400 yards from I . the nearest building. i t Nothing except the portentous word I p "Danger" painted in big black letters > over the entrance distinguishes this , r house from the other structures, yet as i i you gaze at Its very Isolation you ap- I . proach with deep respect. i Only one person is permitted In this ' 1 house, an Italian; a medium sized, ' p chunky man he Is, dark and swarthy, i i with black eyes and a blacker mus- l , tache. He Is a man of years of expe- | . rience, so trained to caution that It has ! r become a habit exercised like second i I nature. I p The man in charge will not permit < , you Inside this house no matter now , fa voted a visitor you may be. The I , -.iost he will do is to open the door of i i one of the drying rooms to give you a ? peep within. 1 i He is married and has five children. ' No, he isn't afraid. If he were he i I would not work where he is working. i He knows, of course, that If he vio- I i lates any of certain rules he and his | . house are going to leave together, but I . he has no intention of violating pre- i . '.autlons. He never has been blown up I i yet and he does not intend to be. Even ' t his family has ceased worrying about 1 . him. , You notice he is wearing rubber < f soled tennis shoes wherein he walks , . silent and ghostlike. As he opens the i door of one of the drying rooms, heatc ed to a temperature of 110 degrees, a i , breath of hot air from within strikes ] . you. 1 You see what appears to be chunks ] i and slabs and wads of a dirty white I f blotting paper heaped in metal pans I r two by three feet and set in a series < i of spacious racks like so many big pig- I : eonholes. I > Even now there is nothing in the ap- i . pearance of the stuff to prevent you i > from throwing it out of your way as ( i if it were an old piece of paper, and ] i you wonder afterward whether after ] i all this seeming rubbish can be the < I dreaded explosive a mere fifty pounds I t of which could send an 18,000 ton i . Dreadnought to the bottom. I > Yet the slightest sudden Jar against I , even a pinch of this Insignificant ap- i s pearlng substance and there would be I . a flash and a crash that would shake < , the earth for miles around, and noth- I i ing but a pall of smoke drifting sky- i . ward would remain of house or man. I 11 The slightest grain of sand underfoot < > to cause friction against dust invisible ; , to the naked eye, or a mere spark, i , knocked perhaps from the head of a i , carpet tack, and the house and man . . would be annihilated. ? A spark of static electricity of the [ sort with which you can light a gas ? Jet by a spark leaping from the knuckle ^ . of a finger after sliding your feet across t a carpet, and you would have vanished . tracelessly. blown into atoms too small j . to find with a microscope, t Owing to this deadly sensitiveness, j every precaution for safety is taken by the man in this building. The floors i are covered with rubber sheets fasten- 1 ed by brass-headed tacks to prevent 1 danger of sparks. Dustpans and uten. sils are of brass or copper, , t When the panfuls of cotton are ' 1 transported In or out of the plaoe the floors are covered with sheets of can- 4 vas to be removed and shaken clear of i possible dust outside the building, 1 Twice a day the floors are scrupulously j brushed. In short, every conceivable l precaution is taken to prevent catas- " trophe. . What Is this smokeless powder? it | is the modern high explosive which has superseded the old style black ( powder, even as electricity has super- , seded gas. and which Is used not only In the field for sporting purposes, but < is used exclusively for the shoulder . s arms of the army and the navy as well | l as for the machine guns, the rapid fire l i guns and the huge rifles on the decks - of our battleships and within the r works of our fortifications. I Practically It in nothing but a nil*- 1 i ture of guncotton and alcohol and eth . er. or ac< ne. or else acetone with gun 1 cotton and nitroglycerine?'\he two 1 strongest explosives known?and, s blended Into a new compound which is 2 at least double as strong as the com inon black powder, explodes without ; giving off smoke, and, once finished, t not merely loses the dangerous characf terlstlcs of Its dreaded Ingredients, but r is so safe that you might give a hatful i of the powder Intended for the slx; teen Inch Sandy Hook gun to a baby - to play with. s He might pound It with a hammer , to his heart's content, or you yourself ^ might place It on an anvil and bring a forty pound sledge down oh It. It ( would merely squash like so much soap or putty. So concussion proof Is this powder that you might drop a house on a heap of fifty tons of It and it would not explode. So proof is it against explosion by fire that you might place a stl dt of cannon powder on a saucer in your bedroom, light it with a match, and go to bed by a flickering, sizzling light, as burning, fat. In short, you simply cannot explode this powder unless you go to the trouble of confining It, and even then you can explode It only by using a fulmlnat or mercury detonator. The quickest way to picture smokeless powder Is* to dismiss all ideas of the ordinary black gunpowder so familiar to every one. The color of the modern powder Is not black, but the shade of dark amber. In the sense of a powder being a finely divided solid, smokeless powder is no powder at all. It consists of a waxlike composition, the size of the grains varying according to the calibres of the guns for which they are designed. For use In revolvers, rifles and sporting guns the grains resemble the tiny perforated glass beads of the sort used in old time needlework. For the machine guns, the rapid Are guns and the heavy rifles of battleships and forts, the grains are cylindrical In shape, varying in size from a third of an Inch in diameter and half an Inch In length to three-fourths of an inch Indlameter and about two Inches In length?each grain, In order to Increase the area exposed to ignition, being perforated equldistnntly and longitudinally with from one to six holes, big as knitting needles, depending upon the size of the grain. A8 Reported In Arizona. "Teddy," upon arrival, boarded the railroad coach and "ride" acros his "Ismus" (as now speld,) and waded out nine miles into the Pacific ocean, where it was knee deep, just to show the meaneatlng sharks and numerous marine gupchuks that he was "game." On turning round to foot it back to shore he discovered a school of whales In his path. He squared himself for a real good kick Into the gang, but was only partially successful, as his Rough Rider spur, which he happened at the time to have on. caught in a three- , acre bunch of seaweed and his effort landed only eleven full-grown whales ^ ashore, including the big bull of the dock. On his way back on the train he jumped off near the Culebra Cut, I grabbed 11,000 workmen by the hand Y - - . 1 In exactly three-quarters or a minuie, * schedule time, with the expression )t D-e-l-i-g-h-t-e-d" for each man. p Then, seizing one of the five-ton steam J shovels, spit on his hands and began to dig toward the Atlantic ocean. He fl plunged that gigantic shovel eleven v\ feet into the bosom of Mother Earth it his first motion, and the Pan-Amer- Cl lean republics took It for another earth- " rjuake when thp vibrations were felt, a Within just 12 minutes and 17 seconds he had dug that "Ismum Canal" one mile and three-quarters. d While awaiting for his train to con- ei vey him from the Cut he held a "levee" jr with the workmen, which numbered 01 mine 200 English-speaking persons and ? something over 9.000 Imported shirttall-hop-consuming animated Chinese p plg-talls, the latter warmly greeting C him with "Hoopla, Teddy, him- belly * ?ood Melican man." During this brief Interval, and In exactly 41 seconds, tt 'Teddy" made a six-year contract with c< three of the coolie plg-talls to do the White House washing up to the end 3t the next presidential term.?Safford, Arizona. Guardian. ~ A Bridge of Crocodiles?A travel?r writes of a port In northwestern u India: "The great sight of Karachi Is the sacred crocodile preserve at Magar j; Pir, some seven miles off. There are hot springs here which feed a shallow tank containing nearly a hundred crocodlles. The story, usually thought to be fictitious, of the Englishman who Ji for a bet crossed the tank by jumping ^ successively from the backs of these irocodlles Is based on fact. The hero ui sf this foolhardy feat was a certain Lieutenant Beresford, a friend of Sir it] R. F. Burton. When Burton and his companion were visiting the crocodiles' tank they noticed that these reptiles . ind certain Islets of reeds happened to 2,' form an almost continuous bridge across the tank. This prompted the daring subaltern to hazard the feat of crossing by hopping from one crocodile to anather. To the amazement of the spectators he succeeded in this apparently ( mad attempt. Sir Richard Burton had jr ilready successfully performed an squally daring feat. He' managed to muzzle a crocodile by means of a lasso ind then jumped on the reptile's back ai ind enjoyed a somewhat zigzag ride." r< r( LAND FOR SALE m BY as M. B. WILSON, ROCK HILL, S. C. P? Sf 1WILL sell the below described a, farms, payable one-fourth cash, balince in 1, 2 and 3 years, with annual nterest from date of sale. Frank Brown Place.?293 Acres on iforkville and Landsford road, 5J miles _ 'rom Rock Hill, 10-horse farm now In iilHi'a tinri 7R nrrps firat-class bottom %,< and, well ditched and not subject to ' overflow?six settlements Including tew 4-room superintendent's house and autbulldings. Hutchison Place No. 1.?About 90 \cres on Nation's Ford road, 3 miles from Rock Hill, 3-horse farm, well timoered and watered?2 settlements. Hutchison Place No. 2.?About 60 \eres, on Southern railway, 3 miles oorth of Rock Hill, 1-horse farm, well limbered and watered?one settlement. Barnett Place?151 Acres on India Hook road, 4 J miles from Rock Hill, 4idrse farm, well timbered and watered ?2 settlements. McElwee Place.?217 Acres on Tayor's creek, 3 miles from Rock Hill, 2lorse farm?2 settlements. Enloe Place.?138 Acres on Fishing :reek, near Bethesda Graded school, 6} niles from Rock Hill, 4-horse farm?3 settlements. Kirkpatrick Place.?373 Acres, on Chester rogd, 6 miles from McConnellstrille, well timbered and watered, and Ine pasture lands. Houses and open M and for 6-horse farm. Will divide this alace. W. B. WILSON. Sept. 11 t tf. W'&nted.?Your orders for all kinds of printed matter. Best work at fairest prices. PENJ^ Ko Furth KtrNiN uaxarrn oure PENN Rheumatism C PENN Rheumatism i ^1881 UKfc PENN Nerve and Bl PENN Kidney and L Drurnirc PENN Dy?p?p"'? c KlMlI/ILj PENN Pile Cure ... should be in every PENN Constipation I home?safe, relia- PENN Strengthen! Sle, free from all p'aat?r >piates and pois- PENN Cherr* Elixir' >nous matter. PENN Liniment ... 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If not at your dealer*) STAND ABO OI TAX COLLECTIONS FOR 1007. iffice of the County Auditor of York County, South Carolina. Yorkville, S. C., Nov. 30, 1906. A S required by statute my books rV. will be opened at my office In orkvllle on TUESDAY. JANUARY , 1907, and kept open until FEE1UARY 20, 1907, for the purpose of sting for taxation all TAXABLE ROPERTY held in York County on anuary 1, 1907. Returns made on proper blanks, nd sworn to before an officer quailed to administer an oath and forarded to me by registered mall beare February 20, 1907, will be acepted. All returns must be fully itemized. No change," and "Same as last year" re inadmissible. All taxpayers are particularly reuested to Inform themselves as to le number of their respective school istricts, and where they have proprty in more than one school district, ley will please make separate returns idicating the location of each piece f property. The school districts in hlch there are special levies are as allows: Nos. 13, 29 and 33 in Betesda; Nos. 9, 20 and 40 in Broad liver; Nos. 9 and 20 In Bullock's reek; No. 12 In Catawba; Nos. 7 and 2 in Ebenezer; Nos. 26, 28 and 39 in ort Mill; Nos. 11, 20 and 33 In York. For the purpose of facilitating the iking of returns, and for the greater anvenience of taxpayers, I will be at le following places on the dates amed: At Yorkville, Tuesday January 1. At Bethel?Glenn and Riddle's store -Wednesday, January 2. At Bandana?Perry Ferguson's store -Thnro/lou Tonuorv Q At Point?Harper's?Friday. Janary 4. At Yorkville, Saturday, January 5 At Clover, Monday and Tuesday, anuary 7 and 8. , At Bethany, Wednesday, January 9. At Smyrna, Thursday, January 10. At Hickory Grove, Friday and Satrday, January 11 and 12. At Sharon, Monday and Tuesday, ( anuary 14 and 15. At Bullock's Creek, Wednesday, anuary 16. At McConnellsvIlle, Thursday, Janary 17. . At Ogden, Friday, January 18. , At Coates's Tavern?Roddeys?Satrday, January 19. At Tlrzah, Monday. January 21. At Newport, Tuesday, January 22. At Fort Mill, Wednesday, Thurs- J ay and Friday, January 23, 24 and 5- < At Yorkville, Saturday, January 26. At Rock Hill from Monday, Jan- t ary 28, to Saturday. February 2 In- ( uslve. At Yorkville, Monday, February 4. At Piedmont, Tuesday, February 5. , At Yorkville from Wednesday, Feblary 6 to Wednesday, February 20 icluslve. All males between the ages of twenr-one and sixty years, except Confed- I -ate soldiers over the age of fifty jars, are liable to a poll tax of SI. , id all persons so liable are especially quested to give the numbers of their jspective school districts In making lelr returns. It will be a matter of much accom- , iodatlon? to me If as many taxpayers j possible will meet me at the res- ( ?ctive appointments, mentioned above > as to avoid the rush at Yorkville urniK ine Closing uuya. JOHN1 J. HUNTER. County Auditor. Yorkvllle, S. C.. Nov. 30, 1906. Nov. 30 f 4t NE WANT YOUR i BANKING BUSINESS wm jm v v ? ? sl i jS&J < ] s [oney Deposited with us Is Secured hy Burglar Proof Safe, with Triple i Time Lock Attachment, and Fully Covered with Burglary Insurance. BANK OF CLOVER ; CLOVER, S. C. er, You Have It Here. J ?Price $2.00|Penn Rheumatism | | i -j i nn Cure is just what Jure, Liquid.. 1.00 , you have been | Cure, Tablets .50 looking for? ood Cu" 50 A Uric Acid 1 1 Mm Free from Opiates, , 50 Iodide of Potash or Mercury. Cure 25 ^ generous free ing Kidney sample forwarded. Write to ;;;;;;;;;;;;; 2 penn dm co., . ,25 Philadelphia, Pa. J an feel assured that you are taking ' always taken, as they are compound- I In a class by themselves; will keep < I :eipt of price by PENN DRUG CO., rug store < rer Stoves J I to Do 1 every houee there ia lat the heat from the ives or I urn ace tail* to r It may be a room on L or one having no heat |' a cold hallway. No mat- ^^k house?whetner room or ^^k aade snug and coxy with a CTION \ ' eater 1 n nokeless Device) p< : Perfection gives satisfaction M rt t is absolutely safe?you cannot al low. Gives intense heat without ?' d with smokeless device. sm to room. As easy Jn ntal as well as useful. f| I er japan. Brass oil fount ?L tarts of oil and burns 9 * B jj a Perfection Oil Heater, y : your dealer's write our / ^ lake* the home bright. L_J 7TB n( IUC Jmic?l HUU UC81 V * > - -a# # I ar all-round household *e. Gites a clear, steady /* " I ight. Fitted with latest I [nout and nickel plated. V y B r library, dining room, I v' i write to nearest agency. T|T B ol L COMPANY A ol el Real Estate For Sale. Q 38J acres?a part of the Shllllnglaw 88 land, In high state of cultivation, li miles east of Yorkvllle. A new house, water?a bargain. 674 acres?i mile from Smyrna, one w house, branch?30 to 35 acres in line ^ timber?7,500 feet saw timber?1,000 jQ cords of wood. Known as Nancy Do- ? ver land. Cheap, $500. 384 acres on Howell's Ferry road, lj t.( miles from Yorkvllle, 3-room dwelling, cc good barn and stables. Price $30 per acre. 100 acres, 3 miles southwest of Bethany?25 acres open land, 75 acres In wood. S. F. Black's land. Price $12.50 per acre. 154 acres, 44 miles west of Yorkvllle, on Howell's Ferry road?has two er houses with 4-rooms each?50 acres In J"; timber. 303 acres, one mile Bullock's Creek n,j church 1, 2-story, 9-room dwelling. J1 New barn, good tenant houses. Every "r ming convenient. pr 160 acres, 1$ miles of Yorkvllle?two ,0' houses, out houses, orchard, well watered, lies well?40 to 50 acres In timber, excellent saw timber 50,000 feet, 'terms to suit. 3 to 5 years time. ha S8 acres and residence of Sam C. Ki Smith; a two-story, seven-room house, ha New barn, 10 foot driveway; 3 stalls th each side?shedded. Loft will hold 10,000 bundles fodder?good water. Adjoining academy; 4 miles of Yorkvllle. Elegant home. Buy and educate your children here. pi OU dtica, O I1A11C9 liUl IUWC3L lUl&VliiC, good water, 8 acres forest tlmbef, 3 taj acres tine bottom. Land of S. C. Smith. o{ rrice $o00. Adjoins Wm. Burns and ?tl others. Pc 180 acres, 5 miles south Yorkvllle, 2 et houses, 3-horse farm open, 25 acres good Lranch bottom. 50 acres in wire pasture. Good barn and out houses? cheap?1-3 cash. Dr. Cartwright Hf place. 00 acres timber. Two tracts?one 60 acres and the f. other 62?one mile King's Creek station. 25 acres open, balance in timber ?saw, cross ties and cord wood. Price $15. Latham land. 471 acres near Grover at Beams crossing of railroad and 3 public roads, One 6-room house, painted, on Main ^k street?one acre or land. Known as Eo the Goforth house. One 4-room house adjoining the el above lots?one acre of land?$450. Terms to suit. 18 acres, all in cultivation, 3-room, 1 newly painted dwelling, ceiled. Inside EJ coporate limits Yorkville. Lies well, c& good drilled well, 94J feet. Nice young Co orchard. e<* 61 acres, 1 dwelling 5-rooms, 1 ten- tai ant house 3-rooms. 3 miles Yorkville on Howell's Ferry road?good school. 10 acres in cultivation, 8 acres original 1 timber, level land; good orchard and Ca grapes. Sir 100 Acres, 2-story dwelling, 8 Gu rooms; 2 tenant houses; good new zin barn; 4-horse farm open; 60 acres in timber; capable of high cultivation; 61 miles from Yorkville, 71m to Rock Hill, on Yorkville and Rock Hill road. ga Terms to suit purchaser. To 301 Acres, 31 miles Yorkville; ?0 & acres in cultivation; good stream of water; 1 nice weatherboarded 4-r house; 1 tenant house. 4511 acres, 2 miles of Tirzah, 61 miles Yorkville, 71 Rock Hill. On pub lie road from Yorkville to Rock Hill, w' near Adner church; high state of r> cultivation, 75 acres bottom in corn, 10-horse farm open. Large new barn, 12 stalls and cribs. 10 acres fine orchard, 2-story dwelling (painted) in ' beautiful oak grove. Produced 100 J*11 bales cotton 1905. "a 377 acres, farm, both sides King's Mountain road, about 21 miles Bethany High School, 1 7-room dwelling, 1 tenant house and other buildings; SP( at least 100,000 feet saw timber; has mineral prospects; A. C. Stroup place. 40 acres, 8 miles northeast of Yorkville, bounded by lands of Mrs. Nlchols and Mrs. Youngblood; 18 acres woodland. U 133 1-3 acres 1 mile west of Hoodtown. On public road. 60 acres in cul- dei tivatlon, 35 or 40 acres of fine bottoms, saj 12 acres bottoms in cultivation. Cheap, we 85 acres, 3-mile from Yorkville on "ta Charlotte road; a two-room hoi}se, 15 UV acres in bottom In high state of cql- use tivation. vei 83 acres 2 miles from Yorkville, 2 UV tenant houses?3 and 4 rooms? New Barn with sheds, new double ? rib, good pasture, good 2-horse farm in cultivation, 200 nursery trees consisting of pears, peaches, apples c and cherries. glv 113 acres 6 miles west of Yorkville, tur 10 acres cultivated land, well water- tes d, 2-story dwelling, 6 rooms, on R. F. D., about 28 acres in pasture and fl second growth pine. 35 acres in the town of Yorkville, will sell in lots from one acre up. ' Four lots in Whisonant?CHEAP. 235 acre farm about 81 miles from J. ! yorkville, 3 miles from Ebenezer; 1 I lew 6-room dwelling, two 4-room ten- I int houses, 30 acres fine bottom land ( ?five horse farm. To J. C. WILBORN. Attorney. \ - ... thl IMPORTERS AND 15" an< ROASTERS OF the HIGH GRADE COFFEES h OUR ROASTING PLANT ?or Is In Full Operation, and to Those the TX7V?<\ HnolfA o . IT iiu lycoiic <x the Clear, Well Roasted and High Grade t^e COFFEE We are Prepared to Furnish It. We name the following brands: Old Government Java, Monogram, Fort Sumter, Blue Ribbon, Arabian Mocha, Mountain Rose, Morning Glory, Maracalbo, Jamoma, To Sunbeam, Electric, Porto Rico, Red Owl, Acme, Aromatic, Dime. I \ Trial Will Convince Consumers of mo :he Superior Merits of Our Roasted tog Coffee, and Once Tried Will Use no act Dther. Tai Packers of Teas, Spices and Soda, for jut up under our personal supervision, Yoi ind We Guarantee them Strictly Pure the Soods. Send for samples and prices jefore purchasing elsewhere. F. W. WAGENER & COMPANY, Charleston. S. C. M ?? . dor W Horse Shoe Robinson?bound in 1*1*1 iloth, oy mail $1.10, from The Enquirer. Pre PHE YORKVII FOR Annual Club ( Opened to % WHiDRBODWi aluable Bug0 foi Large* H HE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER la L County Newspaper Published In tl sople of York and surrounding count sctly informed on all the Important d 1 that la best in their educational, li ivned and controlled absolutely by lt< ' long experience, and who yield al lan the particular welfare of their tt i such measure as it may be able to i ideavor. The price of a single subscriptioi 1.00, and for six months, $1.00. CLUB The price of THE ENQUIRER t imes is $1.76 per annum. NEW SUB As a special inducement to New St ous to January 1, 1907, the paper i ' their names, and payment for the s? ' a year's subscription?$1.76. CLUBM All persons who may feel so lncl sewhere, are invited to act as Clubm ice with the terms and conditions b iat may be made in the direction of UIRBR, and we shall see to it also th itlon in proportion to such service as TWO HIGH CI For the TWO LARGEST CLUBS Ith the conditions herein specified, w es ?for the Largest Club a COURTL. cal market for 185. and for the Sec UGGY, which retails on the local ma -e on sale by Messrs. Carroll Bros., oi on at their repository. They will be impany them to purchasers who pay OTHER PR In addition to the Buggies, as leads, to be given away to the two clubakers who return and pay for the 'o largest clubs, regardless of the imber of names these clubs contain, tiether one hundred or four huned, we offer a number of special emlums in proportion to size as folws: For Four Names. A Stylographlc Fountain Pen; a mdsome Three-Bladed Pocket nife with name and address on the tndle, or one of the late new novels at retail for $1.00. For Five Names. A year's subscription to either one the following Magazines: Mcure's, Ladies' Home Journal, Muny, Argosy, Scrap Book, Cosmopoli* n, Saturday Evening Post, or either the following: A "Champion" sm winding waicn, a goia poiniea luntain Pen or a four-bladed PockKnife. For Six Names. An "Eclipse" Stem Winding Watch, imilton Model 15, 22-callbre Rifle, year's subscription to the Christian jrald, a 22-String Zithern or any e of the new popular $1.60 novels. For Eight Names. An Ingersole "Triumph" Watch, a ilsy Repeating Air Rifle?works e a Winchester?a fine Razor or a >cket Knife, a Rapid Writer Founn Pen?plain case; or a Hopf ModViolin or an 8-inch Banjo. For Ten Names. One year's subscription to THE 4QUIRER, a No. 2 Hamilton 22libre Rifle?model 11, the Youth's mpanlon one year, or a gold mountFountain Pen, a good Banjo, Gui or Violin. For Twenty Names, Crack-Shot Stevens Rifle, a 10-oz. nvas Hunting Coat, a No. 1 Ejector lgle Barrel Breech-Loading Shot in, the Century or Harper's Magaie. For Thirty Names. Either of the following: A Single rrel Hammerless Shot Gun, a fine ilet or Washstand Set, a Hopkins Allen, Jr., 22 Calibre Rifle, or a i. 13 Oliver Turn Plow. For Forty Names, A fine Mandolin, Guitar or Banjo, New York Standard Onen Face itch, a W. Richards DouDle-Barrel eech-Loadlng Shot Gyn. For Fifty Names. A. Winchester or Colt's Repeating He, 22-callbre; or a Baker Double rrel Breech-Loadiag Gun. Anything Desired, We will arrange to furnish any >clai article desired by a club-makL. M. GRIST'S S01> 1T3"C^"|7'to sufferers from KldXiiLiL ney, Liver and Blad* Troubles! Other manufacturers r "buy a bottle and if it doesn't our# will refund your money." We say ,ke a full >1.00 size FREE! bottle of <A SOL and If it benefits you, then } UVA SOU until cured." This advisement entitles you to a bottle of 'A SOL at rAR DRUG STORE, YORKVILLE, S. Q. )nly a limited number of bottles en away. Don miss this opporr10 UVA SOL, ITATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of York, COURT QF COMMON FUSAS, S. Brice, Guardian, Plaintiff, against .aura E. Parish and C, Q. Pariah, defendants?Summons for Relief.? Complaint not Served.) the Defendants above named; rOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in s action which is this day filed in s office of the Clerk of the Court Onmmnn Pleas, for the said Count v. i to serve a copy of your answer to ! said complaint on the subscriber his office |n Yorkville, South Cfero. within twenty days after aervioe eof, exclusive of the day of auoh vice: and if you fail to answer the nplaint within the time aforesaid, j i plaintiff in this action will apply to i Court for the relief demanded in | complaint. J. S. BRICE. v Plaintiff's Attorney. rorkville. S. C., November 16, 1900. NOTICE. the absent defendant, Laura E. j Parish: 'lease take notice that the Sumns, of which the foregoing la a copy, ether with the Complaint In thia ion. were filed In the office of J. A. te. Clerk of Court of Common Pleas York County. In aald State, at rk Court House. Yorkvllle, S. C., on 16th day of November, 1906. J. 8. BRICE, Plaintiffs Attorney. Jov, 16 f ?t r The Enquirer solicits your or'* for all kinds of Commercial nting. Law Briefs and Arguments, impt Work at Fair Prices. jL? ENQUIRER 1907. Competition has Everybody. MTH0FFR1I18 r Each of the Two t Clubs* the largest Home Print Semi-Weekly ie South. It is edited especially for the ties, and its object is to keep them corevelopmenta of the day, and to promote idustrlal, political and social life. It is i publishers, who are newspaper people legiance to no Interest or policy other illow citizens, and it seeks support only give value received along the line of its i to THE ENQUIRER for one year is RATES. o clubmakers in clubs of two or mo*** SCRIBE RS. ubscribers, returned by clubmakers prewlll be sent from the date of the entry ime, until January 1, 1908, for the price AKKR8. lined, whether living in this county or lakers for THE ENQUIRER in accordelow. We shall appreciate any efforts extending the circulation of THE ENat our friends receive material compenthey may render in this respect iASS BUGGIES. returned and paid for in accordance e propose to give Two High Class Bug\ND TOP BUGGY, which retails on the ond Largest Club a ROCK HILL TOP rket for $65.00. Both of these Buggies f Yorkville and may be seen on exhlblcovered by all the guarantees that acthe regular retail prices. EMIUMS: er for a given number of name* on application to this office. TIME TO BEGIN. The time for clubmakers to begin work in competition for the foregoing often is RIGHT NOW. Let all names, whether old or new, be returned as rapidly aa secured, so they may be properly entered upon our books. TERMS AND CONDITIONS. Two Sis Months Subscribers at fl each will be considered the equivalent of one yoarly subscriber at $1.76, and so counted. A subscription paid for two or more years In advance at $1.7& will be counted as one name for each year so paid. . , Clubmakers will be held personally responsible for the payment of all names returned by them. After A clubmaker has returned and paid for any name, he can, at any time thereafter, discontinue the sending of tha paper to the person for whom he haa paid and transfer the unexpired term to any other person, provided the person to whom the transfer Is desired was not a subscriber at the time the original name was entered on our books. No name will be counted in competition for a premium until the subscription price has been paid; nor will any premium be delivered until a satisfactory settlement has been made for all names returned by the clubmaker. Persons who commence making clubs will not be permitted to transfer their club to another clubmaker's list after the names have been enter-J A... l i__ cu un uur UUU4S. It is not necessary that names on a club should all be at the same postoffice. Names may be taken at anj number of places. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sending them. We will be responsible for the safe transmission of money only when sent by draft, registered letter or money order drawn on the Torkvllle postoffice. In sending names write plainly, and give postoffice. county and state. All subscriptions will be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. A separate list will be kept for each clubmaker. who will be credited with each name sent so that the number sent by any clubmaker may be ascertained at a moment's notice. In case of a tie for either premium, two weeks will be allowed in which to work off the tie. The time in which names may be returned under our propositions will commence NOW. and expire at o'clock p. m? on the Second Wednesday in March. 1M7. After the closing of this contest on the second Wednesday in March.' 1907, no single yearly subscription will be received for less than the yearly subscription price, 12.00 except new clubs are formed. JS, Yorkville, S. C. "MURALIA" IS THE LATE8T WALL COVERING OUT TO DATE. SEE ME?I HAVE IT, AND ALL OTHERS. A. B. GAINES. PHOTOGRAPHY For first-class Lasting Photographs com# to my studio on Wsst Libsrty strsst. J. R. 8CH0RB. ?hr \|orhiiUc (Snquim. Entered at the Postofflce as Second Class Mai) Matter. Published Taeiday and Friday. PUBL1HIIEK8 ? W. D. GRIST. O. E. GRIST, A. M. GRIST. TKHMS UK SLBSCKlPTlONi SInale couv for one vear 1 2 00 One copy for two/years 3 50 For three montha 50 For six months 1 00 Two copies one year 3 50 Fen copies one year 17 50 and an extra copy for a club of ten. ADVERTISEMENTS Inserted at One Dollar per square for the first Insertion, and Fifty Cents per square for each subsequent Insertion. \ square consists of the space occupied oy ten lines of this slse type. tr contracts for advertising space tc three, six and twelve months will [>e made on reasonable terms. -The contracts must In all cases be oonflned to the regular business of the firm or individual contracting, and tho manuoscript must be in the office by Monday it noon when Intended for Tuesday's Issue, and on Thursday at noon, when Intended for Flday's Issue. XT'Cards of thanks and tributes of respect inserted at the rate of 1% cents & line. i