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tumorous department.
Mr. Harrowar't Bath Robe.
"There ain't no use my tryln' to be
a dude." announced Silas Harrower,
reflectively regarding his well-worn
carpet slippers.
"No?" I queried, with an accent of
doubt.
U A AAmootlv
*^ii*cr, lie aosurcu me, ramcovi/.
"Someways I don't seem to get the
fun an' frolic outer It thet folks let on
there Is. I s'pose I could sport 'round
In a high silk stovepipe hat an' cane
if I got paid 'nough for doln' such
foolishness and needed the money; an'
1 hain't nowise sayin* I couldn't flirt
giddily with the gals if there wasn't
too many people lookin' on; but when
it comes to enjoyin' some of these here
newfangled luxuries, you'll have to
hire somebody else beside your Uncle
Sile to And one that is real glad an'
gleesome."
"How's that?" I asked.
"Well, I was Jest thinkin' about thet
bath robe, as he calls it. me nevee
down to the city sent me," exclaimed
Mr. Harrower. thoughtfully: "He wrote
along with it thet he knowed I'd get a
lot of solid comfort out of it, an' hoped
as how while I was revelin' in its luxnrinnon?a?
TV1 rampmhw him. an' so
on, an' so forth, till I couldn't wait for
Sunday to come to try the dern thing,
but?" and Mr. Harrower lapsed into
silent meditation, shaking his head
gloomily.
"Why. what was the matter with it?"
I asked, curiously. "I've always found
mine very convenient and comfortable."
"You have, have you?" demanded
Mr. Harrower, eyeing me suspiciously.
"Well, you're welcome to. As for me,
all I've got to say Is thet they're the
clammiest, clingin'est, soddenest. chokenest,
wettest things ever stuck like
a poultice to a man's body an' made
him feel like a link of fresh sausage.
I'd rather a blamed sight never take
a bath than have to waller round in
the tub in one of them there sticky,
soggy, swampy bath robes. I would,
so there!"?The Sunday Magaaine.
Answering the Farmer's Question.
?By Invitation I made a speech not
long ago at a farmer's barbecue in a
neighboring county, and I spread myself
in encouraging our people to keep
up with the age, and pictured the in'
nocence and honesty and Independence
of a farmer's life in multitudinous
language. I was cheered and congratulated,
of course, and when I? got
through an old grizzly fellow came up,
with brass-bound spectacles, and says
he to me, "My friend, you talk mighty
well; you talk like a lawyer; but I
would like to know if you can tell me
what kind of a calf makes the beBt
milch cow?"
"A heifer calf," said I, and the crowd
Just yelled.
I got the grin on the old man, and
bo says. "Let me a3k you a question,
and you may ask me another, and the
man who can't answer his own question
must treat to cigars."
"All right," says he. "Now go
ahead."
Said I, "How does a ground-squirrel
dig his hole without leaving any dirt
around the top?"
He studied awhile and then gave up,
and, in a triumphant tone, called on
me to answer.
"Why." said I, "he begins at the
bottom."
"Well, but how does the get to the
bottom?" said the old man, as though
he had me.
"I don't know," said I: "I never did
know; and. as it is your question, you
must answer or pay."
The crowd yelled again, and the old
man bought the cigars.?Bill Arp.
The Champion Jury.?The frontier
justice of the peace has had so many
airings that the theme is becoming encumbered
with cobwebs, but I am called
upon to record the conduct of the
_ most remarkable Jury which perhaps
was ever impanneled.
Before his Honor Judge Jefferson
Davis, of Walnut Grove precinct No.
8, in the territory of Arizona and county
of Yavapai, one John Doe, whose
other name I withhold because he has
permanently reformed, was solemnly
arraigned for stealing a certain saddle,
carefully described in the complaint.
After an elaborate trial the
jury retired, with the written admonitions
of the court, to Old Abner
Wade's cow barn to deliberate.
In the course of three-quarters of an
hour they brought in a verdict of murder
in the first degree. The court
promptly admomsned tnem tnat sucn
a verdict "wouldn't go," since the man
had only been charged with stealing a
saddle, and sent them back to deliberate
again. A few minutes later a
brother of the defendant came along
and presented them with a quart of
bourbon and a coupte of sacks of smoking
tobacco, along with a new deck of
cards, accompanied with the compliments
of the defendant, and an hour
later the jury returned the following
verdict: "We, the Jury, with a supreme
reverence for the principle of
Justice and profound deference for this
honorable court, find that the defendant.
John Doe, stole the saddle in selfdefense.
and therefore acquit him."?
Harper's Magazine.
Time to Make Good.?There was to
be a circus in town next day, and
Robert wished to go to see it unloaded:
so he sought to obtain his father's
consent. The first question his father
put to him on being approached was:
"Have you asked your mother?"*
"Yes, sir," was Robert's prompt reply.
"What did she say?" the father pursued.
"She said I couldn't go," was the
frank rejoinder.
"What do you mean. Robert, by coming
to me to ask to do a thing after
your mother has told you you could J
not do !<.?''
"Well, papa," the little fellow observed,
"I heard you say last week
that you're the boss of this ranch, and
t thought it was about time for you
iu assert yourseu.
Did Not Count.?There is a small
boy in Pittsburg who Is intensely patriotic.
and who is. as a rule, a very
well Informed Sunday school student.
Not long ago there were some visitors,
and Tommy's teacher, wishing to show
off her class to the best advantage,
called upon him to answer a series of
questions. All went well until the
very usual one. "who was the first
man?"
"George Washington?first In war.
first in?" Tommy began enthusiastically,
but the teacher hastily interrupted.
"No. no, deal-! You mean Adam,
don't you?"
"Oh. if you are talking about Dagoes.
I s'pose he might be." admitted
Tommy.?Harper's Weekly. |
ittisccllanrims ilradinii.
IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
News and Comment Clipped From
Neighboring Exchanges.
CHESTER.
Lantern, December 18: Miss Susie
Lathan and Mrs. Farr spent Saturday
In Yorkville. Miss Julia Smith accompanied
Miss Dathan home Saturday
evening and returned yesterday.
....Hon. and Mrs. J. L. Glenn returned
yesterday morning from a short
visit to nis ratner, L>r. hl u. uienn ai
Tlrzah, In York county Master
Willie Anderson, son of Mrs. J. R. Anderson,
happened with a right painful
accident Friday afternoon while out
hunting holly and birds on Mrs. J. A.
Massey's place. It seems he placed the
i muzzle of the gun on his foot and in
some unaccountable way the gun went
off and shot two of his toes off, or
they were so badly to^n he was taken
to the hospital and amputation was
necessary. He was able to leave the
hospital Sabbath afternoon Martha
Mills, or Cornwell, as she Is sometimes
called, was killed at Great Falls
Sabbath afternoon by "one of the
Charleston negroes," but we have not
been able to get any facts about the
killing. She was a granddaughter of
Luclnda Cornwell, who lives about Mr.
J. E. CornweH'8. The body was brought
up on the L. & C. train this morning
for burial. The negro who did the
killing Is in jail Mrs. Bessie McWatters,
wife of Mr. Nelson McWatters,
died yesterday afternoon, Dec.
16, after an Illness of about ten days.
The deceased was a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. S. A. Rodman of Rodman,
and was about twenty-four years old.
She had been married less than a ye'ar.
We extend the lonely husband and pa
rents our sympathy. Funeral services
will be at Union A. R. P. church today
and the burial will be in the cemetery
there Johnny McGarity, son
of Mr. and Mrs. John H. McGarity,
died Saturday, Dec. 15th, In his sixteenth
year, after sickness lasting only
one week, the burial was at Mt. Prospect
yesterday afternoon. Funeral
services conducted by the pastor, Rev.
S. M. Jones, assisted by Rev. W. A.
Fairy of Richburg.
LANCASTER.
News, December 19: Mr. Frank Pitman.
son of Mr. George Pitman of
Jones' Cross Roads, and Miss Leslie
Bowers, daughter of Mr. James Bowers
of Heath Springs, were married
last Wednesday, in Heath Springs.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Mr. Wallace, pastor of the Presbyterian
church In a disastrous
fire in Timmonsville last Friday night
Dr. Carl A. Foster was one of the
unfortunate losers, his office being
burned, and presumably its contents
?medical books, instruments, etc.
Dr. Foster's numerous friends in Lancaster.
his old home, will regret to
learn of his misfortune Capt. J.
H. Fltzpatrick of Washington, Ga.. is
on a visit to Lancaster, his former
home. He has just returned from
New York, where he spent some time
perfecting plans for the development
of his' rhluable water power In Georgia
Mr. W. W. Barr, a former
citizen of Lancaster, now living in
Yorkville, spent two or three days
this week at his old home. We are
indebted to him for a pleasant call
Monday As noted in Saturday's
News, the store of Mr. Leroy Courtney,
in the Sapp neighborhood, was
broken into and robbed last Thursday
night. The thieves effected an entrance
by getting under the building
and raising the floor. Some candy.
cologne, etc., were stolen. No arrests
have yet been made.
GASTON.
Gastonia Gazette, December 18: Mr.
John H. Adams, died at the home of
his sister, Mrs. R. O. Cockrane, Charlotte,
Saturday morning at 1.30 o'clock
after an Ulnes of several months. Mr.
Adams was thirty-eight years of age
and Is survived by two sisters, Mrs.
Cochrane, with whom he lived, and
Mrs. W. Y. Warren of Gastonia; and
three brothers. James Adams of Cowpens,
S. C.; W. V. Adams of Leavenworth,
Kan., and W. F. Adams of
Charlotte. The funeral services were
conducted at the First Associate Reformed
Presbyterian church, Charlotte,
Sunday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock
by the pastor, Rev. William Duncan.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Y. Warren attended
the funeral from Gastonia... .While
firing caps In one of the sticks so
popular with the small boy at this
season, Robert, the young son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. M. Mlllen of the Oneida
farm, had the misfortune yesterday
to sustain injuries to his right eye
which will probably cause him to lose
the use of it entirely. He was taken
by his parents to Charlotte on No. 12
yesterday afternoon to be placed under
the care of a specialist... .Among
the Christmas weddings that will be
of interest to many are the following:
Mr. Ed Huffstetler. son of Mr. Uritt
Huffstetler and Miss Emma Robinson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Robinson,
will be married at the home of
the bride's parents near Pleasant
Ridge. December 26th. Miss Lola
Robinson, daughter of Mrs. M. M.
Robinson, and Mr. Will Glenn, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Newton Glenn, will be
married at the home of the bride's
mother near Pleasant Ridge. December
24th. v These young people have
many friends in the county who will
be interested in this announcement.
....Mr. John Frank Jackson is confined
to his bed as the result of a
painful accident which occurred at
the Presbyterian church Sunday
morning during the regular services.
About three weeks ago Mr. Jackson,
while driving a stake, let the axe he
was handling slip and strike his right
leg below the knee. The wound,
though painful at the time, was not
considered of a serious nature at all
and Mr. Jackson has since made a
trip to Tennessee and has been constantly
on his feet. While getting
some water for baptismal services
Sunday morning his leg gave way as
he was descending the steps from the
altar platform. It was discovered that
the large bone of the leg was broken.
Mr. Jackson was removed to his home
where he will be confined for some
days. His friends trust that the
wound will soon heal and that he will
be out again in a short time.
If Royalty Hap to Work.?Nearly
all the royalties of Europe could, if
driven to it. earn their own living.
The queen of Roumaniu, Carmen
Sylva. makes an income from her
books that many authors cannot
equal.
The emperor of Russia has a sweet
and well trained tenor voice. Had he
not been of royal blood he would undoubtedly
have succeeded in grand
opera.
The queen of Italy is a linguist of
unusual talent. Conversing fluently
iand correctly in eight languages, she
could got at any time a good job In
a high school.
The king of England Is one of the
best Judges of wines and clgnrs in the
world. As a wine or tobacco expert
or as a dealer In these luxuries he
would soon have grown rich.
The queen of Portugal has a medical
degree and could easily earn her
living as a doctor.
The German emperor, as everybody
knows, could make a good living as a
poet, a musician, an artist, a shipbuilder,
a pottery manufacturer, a
horse dealer, an actor, a bookbinder,
a clergyman, a tailor, a sculptor, a
barber, a farmer or a dentist.
SPORTIVE ELEMENT IN CRIME.
!- 1 TLUuu UUU? Dl.u ftam*
Joyously.
Some there are who steal under
pressure of want, and there are many
whose crimes cannot be attributed to
any special cause whatever, but the
depredations of not a few are due neither
to want nor to wantonness. It is a
love of adventure that gives this particular
turn to their activities. The
unfortunates who are driven to steal
by pressure of circumstances find no
pleasure in their evil deeds and they
would like to forget them as soon as
possible. But Just as the sportsman
enjoys the anticipation of his sport,
writes Sir Robert Anderson, late head
of the clrmtnal Investigation department
of Scotland Yard, In the London
Dally Graphic, and delights in talking
over his successes and even his failures.
so is it with the criminal of
sporting tendencies.
My friend Frank White, so long
the esteemed pastor of Talbot Tabernacle,
Notting Hill, has told me of an
experience he had In a recent visit to
America. He was invited to conduct
the Sunday service in one of the large
prisons, for in the jails of the United
Slates religion is not "laid on" officially,
as in England, like the water and
the gas. After the preaching he was
asked to visit some of the convicts in
their cells. One of the number was a
man of good education and of exceptional
ability. ' '
To find such a man in such clrcumstanc
>8 was distressing and deplorable
and in talking to him Mr. White sought
to Improve the occasion. When he had
finished his homily the prisoner asked
him if fox hunting was still practiced
In England. "Yes," said my friend,
distressed at what he took to be a
broad hint to change the subject.
But don't they get a nasty fall now
and then?" "Yes, but that does not
stop the hunting." "Wefl,x that's just
like me," said the convict. "I've had
a nasty fall and no mistake, but I hope
for better luck another time." I need
not point the moral. It was not with
a dangerous trade but with a dangerous
sport that he compared his life as
a criminal.
With a convinced disciple of Hobbes,
who Ignores the Ten Commandments
and suffers from no twinges of conscience,
stalking a deer is poor work
in comparison with stalking a millionaire.
The brutal criminal who covets
the rich man's hoard will murder his
victim and break open his safe with a
sledge hammer. But that Is utterly
unworthy of the sportsman. And the
nir>lc Tnrnln of tht? nresent dav can
not take to the highway, like his prototype.
He must have recourse to
modern methods. I need not draw
upon my imagination here; for "truth
is stranger than fiction," and my
memory will supply illustrations.
The hero of my first story rented a
bedroom near the railway station from
which the Dives he was stulking traveled
dully to town. Well dressed and
well groomed, he took his seat In the
same compartment, attracting notice
only by his apparent desire to remain
unnoticed, while he dealt with the papers
he carried in a handbag.
One morning after a few such Journeys
he gave vent to his annoyance at
having forgotten his keys. A stranger
sitting in the opposite corner politely
offered him his bunch in the hope that
he would find on it a key to open the
bag. But none of them would fit the
lock. At the suggestion of the stranger
(who of course, was ' an accomplice),
Dives then produced his bunch
of keys, and a few seconds sufficed to
enable the thief to take a wax impression
of the keys of Dives's safe. A
few weeke later the safe was rifled,
and before the crime was discovered
the thief was across the Channel with
his booty.
This trick has been often played, but
the plot I am about to describe Is absolutely
unique. The genius who planned
It claimed to have discovered the
master secret of alchemy; he could
double the weight of gold. One of our
great city houses, on being approached
in strict confidence, offered him facilities
to test his scheme. But he
"through scorn" to treat a few hundred
sovereigns; it would not be worth his
while to deal with less than ?20,000.
Of course, the merchants ran no risks,
for they could take adequate precautions
against pilfering or fraud. The
fellow stipulated that no one but himself
should ever enter the laboratory
provided for the purpose of his experiment.
but he ostentatiously submitted
to a rigid search after each of his
daily visits.
One Monday morning he failed to
put In an appearance, and when after
an interval the laboratory was opened
the tanks in which the 20,000 sovereigns
had been deposited were found
to be empty. How the gold had been
spirited away was a mystery which
perhaps would never have been solved
had not the sporting instincts of the
thief compelled him to boast of his
success.
A letter posted in territory that knew
no extradition treaty brought a full
disclosure of the plot. A "gentlemanly"
sort of letter it was, expressing regret
at the credulity of his victims and
congratulating them that the loss of
?20,000 was of small account to them.
He would maintain absolute secrecy
in the matter, for If the story were
known they would become a laughing
stock in every capital of Europe. I
may here say that they took the hint.
The crime has remained a secret to the
present hour. The only police officers
who had knowledge of it are dead.
But how was the gold abstracted?
The thief explained that the handsome
walking cane which he invariably carried
was the biggest sovereign purse
ever manufactured and every time he
visited the laboratory he tilled it with
coins.
A still more elaborate plot was that
by which one of the greatest criminals
of our time achieved his greatest
coup. I refer to Raymond, who gained
notoriety by the theft of Mr. Agnew's
picture. Gainsborough's "Duchess
of Devonshire." His cupidity was
excited by the accounts of the Klmberley
diamond mines. He sailed for
South Africa, visited the mines, accompanied
a convoy of diamonds to
the coast and investigated the whole
problem on the spot. Dick Turpln
would have recruited a body of bushrangers
and seized one of the convoys, i
but the methods of the sporting criminal
of today are very different. The
arrival of the diamonds at the port i
was always timed to catch the mall 1
steamer for England and If a convoy |
were accidentally delayed en route the <
treasure had to lie In the post office <
until the next mall left. i
Raymond's plan of campaign was (
soon settled. He was a man who
could make his way In any company,
and he had not much difficulty In obtaining
impressions of the postmas- (
ter's keys. The postmaster, Indeed, (
was one of the admiring friends wnom
he entertained at dinner the evening (
before he sailed for home. i
Some months later he returned to
South Africa disguised and passing
under another name, and avoiding all
the new friends of his former visit he ,
made his way up country to a place
at which the diamond convoys had to ,
cross a river ferry on their way to the
port. Unsllpplng the chain of the ferry
he let the boat drift down stream,
and the next convoy missed the mail (
steamer. Ninety thousand pounds (
worth of diamonds had to be deposited
in the postofflce strong room, and when ,
those d'amonds reached England it
was Raymond who brought them here. (
He afterward boasted that he had (
sold them to their true owners In Hat- (
ton Gardon. Certain It Is that he lived
in luxury and Idleness on the pro- ,
ceeds of the crime, driving his stylish (
mall phaeton about London and sailing
his steam yacht in the Mediterranean.
And were It not that his sport- ,
lng instincts were Insatiable and unceaslngly
Incited him to fresh ventures
he might still be living In the enjoyment
of his ill gotten wealth.
MOST INTELLIGENT ANIMAL.
There is Meaning In the Dog's Every
Bark.
'PifAMf strtsto lr\ a ll'hila T Q r?fim -
ment somewhere or hear it spoken
about the horse being the most intelligent
of animals." said a man connected
with the Smithsonian institute to
a Washington Star reporter, "and I
am at a loss to understand how such
a sentiment should even be slightly
entertained.
"The horse, from a scientific standpoint,
possesses a certain amount of
well-developed instinct and memory,
but not intelligence, as the word Is understood
as applies to the animal
kingdom. The most intelligent of animals
is the dog. Man's most faithful
friend not only possesses intelligence
as contradistinguished from mere Instinct,
but his reasoning faculties are
better developed than any of the other
dumb animals.
"The dog has been longer and more
constantly at the side of man than any
other animal, huving been, In fact,
man's closest companion for many
centuries, and this attachment and afflnltv
will he erreater as the centuries
roll on. A fine-looking: horse appears
'intelligent,' and thus the word has
stuck to him, but as a matter of fact
the horse takes on the characteristics
of all hoof animals, and, aside from
his faculty of memory?and even that
is not especially developed?he may
be said to be dull. He Is taught a few
things by man, and he remembers
them. However, the horse Is another
story: It is the dog now.
"To the average person the bark of
a dog is simply 'his bark,' and nothing
more. The dog's first Instinct is the
preservation of his master and the
latter's household, and in the fulfill- ,
ment of this fine devotional trait he
is willing and at times appears by design
to be anxious to surrender his
life. Injuries and wounds, even
though he later expires therefrom, do
not diminish ihe splendid characteristic.
And to other people a dog's i
growl is simply 'his growl,' but there
is a difference, as in his bark.
"Dogs have an interrogatory growl,
a warning growl, a menacing growl,
and a fighting growl, which are just
as dissimilar to the discriminating
students of dogs' habits as are the
tones of a human being In their various
pitches. Indicating the state of the
temper. Their bark possesses the
same variations, indicating very clearly
to the observant student the exact
condition of the dog mind, while their
bark of happiness is individual and
distinct from their other tones.
"The emotions or a dog may oe appealed
to in precisely the same manner
as those of the human being. In
fact, your own dog is more sensitive
to the change in your own emotions
and feelings very often than the members
of your own family, and will often
sympathize with you by a peculiar
sympathetic light in his eyes; by coming
very close to you. placing his head
against your hand or licking it long
before any other member of the human
kind in the family has caught on
that there is something wrong with
you.
"The dog manifests and clearly delineates
the emotions of joy. indifference,
sorrow, grief, injury and slight,
and for each of these emotions he has
a different attitude and expression.
When he- stands between his master
and a possible adversary or enemy,
his attitude of alertness and willingness
to fight for the former upon the
word of comand is as clear to the dog
student as is the opposite one of grief,
or self-conscious shame, when he has
been reproved by the hand, voice or
even the eye of the one whom he is
anxious to defend so readily when
asked.
"Their faculty of reasoning might
be shown in many ways did space afford.
but a single illustration will suffice,
and I will take the setter, whose
Intel licence has Deen snown to De verymarked.
His master will send him into
a field to flush the game. The dog
every few minutes looks back at him.
If his master waves his hand to the
the right the dog never goes to the left
and vice versa. If he throws the palm
of his hand forward outwardly the dog
again changes his position, and never
makes a mistake by responding to the
backward call. But sometimes the
master is mistaken as to the whereabouts
of the birds, but the dog knows,
so he has been known to run back to
his master and by dog talk in barking
tell his master this. The master at
once understands this talk, and allows
the dog to proceed without further direction.
Some specimens of this breed
are too intelligent to hunt with a man
who cannot hunt, so they tell him of
their disgust by making scornfully
for home by the nearest route. The
hunter's intelligent horse would remain
until he starved If he were not
driven home."
>t'* A lady being twitted about her
ugly shaped nose, mude it all right by
saying it was a birthday present.
..W Prayer Is not a mere state of
dreamy aspiration: it is a definite asking
for something that is earnestly desired.
OLD TIME PUNISHMENTS.
Cold Water For Swearing and Ear
Clipping For Hog Thieves.
To punish a child In such a way
that it will see the direct connection
between the correction and the fault
Is one of the precepts of modern education.
The judge of the eighteenth
century was not worried by such psychological
theories, but his decisions
often hud the grim humor of fitness.
What could be better for the scold
than a cooling plunge, or for the
wife beater than a few lashes on his
own bapk? Alice Morse Earle instances
in a book on "Punishments of
E>yK<>ue uu.yn, auine ui uiese piuiuieesque,
but often cruel sentences of the
colonial courts.
A number of tender-handed English
gallants joined a pioneer expedition
to Virginia. The weather was
cold and the work hard. When these
soft muscled young men were set at
chopping trees their hands were sorely
blistered by the axe helves. With
the cries of pain many oath3 were
heard. The president of the company
soon put a stop to this swearing by
ordering a can of cold water to be
poured down the sleeve of the guilty
one at every oath he uttered.
In colonial days hog stealing was
considered one of the most serious of
crimes. At the first olTence the thief's
aara u'oro ulft at tho auonnH hla nu ru
were nailed to a pillory, and at the
third he suffered death "without benefit
of clergy."
Deceitful bakers and careless fish
dealers had to "lose their ears,"
while he who spoke detracting words
had his tongue bored by a bodkin.
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LAND FOR SALE
BY
W. B. WILSON, ROCK HILL, S. C.
1WILL sell the below described
farms, payable one-fourth cash, balance
in 1, 2 and 3 years, with annual
Interest from date of sale.
Frank Brown Place.?203 Acres on
Yorkville and Landsford road, 5i miles
from Rock Hill, 10-horse farm now In
cultivation, 75 acres first-class bottom
land, well ditched and not subject to
overflow?six settlements including
now 4-room superintendent's house and
outbuildings.
Hutchison Place No. 1.?About 90
Acres on Nation's Ford road, 3 miles
from Rock Hill, 3-horse farm, well timbered
and watered?2 settlements.
Hutchison Place No. 2.?About 60
Acres, on Southern railway, 3 miles
north of Rock Hill, l-horse farm, well
timbered and watered?one settlement.
Barnett Place?151 Acres on India
Hook road, 41 miles from Rock Hill, 4horse
farm, well timbered and watered
?2 settlements.
McElwee Place.?217 Acres on Taylor's
creek, 3 miles from Rock Hill, 2horse
farm?2 settlements.
Enloe Place.?138 Acres on Fishing
creek, near Bethesda Graded school, 61
miles from Rock Hill, 4-horse farm?3
settlements.
Kirkpatrick Place.?373 Acres, on
Chester road, 6 miles from McConnellsvllle,
well timbered and watered, and
fine pasture lands. Houses and open
land for 6-horse farm. Will divide this
place. W. B. WILSON.
Sept. 11 t tf.
F. C. BLACK
I?!fe Insurnnue
Old Line Mutual
Legal Reserve
Just as solid as it is possible to
make anything.
THE SECURITY LIFE
AND ANNUITY COMPANY
Has complied with the general Insurance
laws, and Is licensed to do business
as legal reserve "Old Line" company.
This means, that the state of
North Carolina guarantees that the
company's assets and liabilities are
correctly given In Its published statements.
That the Company has deposited
cash securities with the Insurance
commissioner for the absolute protection
of Its policy-holders.
FRED C. BLACK.
IMPORTERS AND
ROASTERS OF
HIGH GRADE COFFEES
OUR ROASTING PLANT
Is In Full Operation, and to Those
Who Desire a
Clear, Well Roasted and High Grade
COFFEE
We arc Prepared to Furnish It.
We name the following brands:
Old Government Java, Monogram.
Fnrr Rnnitor. liluo Ribbon.
Arabian Mocha, Mountain Rose,
Morning Glory, Maracaibo, Jamoma,
Sunbeam, Electric, Poito Rico,
Ko<l Owl, Acme, Aromatic, Dime.
A Trial Will Convince Consumers of
the Superior Merits of Our Roasted
Coffee, and Once Tried Will Use no
Other.
Packers of Teas, Spices and Soda,
put up under our personal supervision,
and We Guarantee them Strictly Pure
Goods. Send for samples and prices
before purchasing elsewhere.
P. W. WAGENER & COMPANY,
Charleston, S. C.
W9~ Take home u box of Downey's
Bonbons from the York Drug Store.
: it
ca In 17C0, describes the ducking stoo jj
as a "pleasant mode" of punishing ^1
scolding woman. He says: I"
"Of members, ye tongue is worst oij
beste. .?n yil tongue oft doth breedd
unreste vvorthe a ducking stoole." ^
In 163.i Thomas Hartley of Virginia
wrote of his witnessing the execution
of a ducking stool sentence:
"Day before yesterday, at two of ye
Clock, I saw this punishment given to
one Betsy Walker, who by ye violence
of her tonge made her house and her
neighborhood uncomfortable. They n
had a machine for ye purpose yt belongs
to ye Parish. It has already J
been used .three times this Summer. !
...no allntvo/1 tn crn nnHpr'
Its WUIIlilll ? a.-i auunvu o -
ye water for ye space of I minute.
Betsy had a stout stomache and ->vould
not yield until she had been under
five times. Then she cried piteously.
Then they drew back ye Machine, untied
ye Ropes and let her walk home,
a hopefully penitent woman."
It seems strange to read that almost
within the memory of persons still
living Mrs. Anne Royal was sentenced
In Washington, District of Columbia,
to be ducked for writing vituperative
books. She terrorized the town
by editing a "Paul Pry" paper. Even
John Quincy Adams pronounced her
a virago and she was arraigned as a
common scold. Mrs. Royal was sentenced
to be ducked In the Potomac,
but was afterward released on paying
a fine.?Youth's Companion.
" Iho man whn
r unuuco nuuico uii ?.**V ....v
hopes.
v?4T The law can never make a man
honest, but It can make him mighty
miserable for being dishonest.
f-9 Snarling at other folks is not the
best way of showing the superior quality
of your own character.
ro Heat
Id Rooms
Quickly
?use has its
Abnormal weather
nadequate stove or
lit in some particular
old and cheerless. You
:heerful with the
;ction \
eater 1
mokeless Device)
Turn wick high or low?there's no
s smoke and smell. Easy to operate
d. Brass oil fount beautifully emjums
9 hours. Gives intense
n. Handsome, useful, reliable. r=h SO
: at your dealer's write our J | K
Is the best lamp / \
.sltlTW) for all-round / 1
,<u"r household use / .1
i can buy. Equipped with W ir_i?
Improved burner. Gives \ . k/ifg /
;st cost Made of brass
id. Suitable for any room
in, parlor or bedroom. Safe M \
y lamp warranted, Write to
at your dealer's.
I Company J\
M. L. Carroll. C. W. Carroll.
CARROLL BROS.
FOUND AT LAST
TONGUELESS HARROWS.
No more Sore Neck Horses caused by
the weight of the tongue. Come In
and see them. We i o have the well
known BUFFALO PITTS HARROW,
which Is considered by the BEST
FARMERS to be the BEST HARROW
MADE.
Don't buy a HARROW until you
see us, as we have the BEST lot of
HARROWS and PLOWS on this market.
You will have less grass and cultivation
of your crop will be easier If
you will use one of the above Harrows
to prepare ..our land before you
plant your crop.
CARROLL BROS.
J. S. WILKERSON & CO.
HICKORY S. C.
General Merchandise
OUR Stock of General Merchandise
Is large, varied and well selected.
We are able to supply almost anything
In the best qualities and at the
RIGHT PRICES.
MACHINERY.
We handle goods of the International
Harvester Co.. including Gaso
line miisiMca, n.a.y uaicia, ntirvesiera,
MeCormick Reapers, Rakes, Harrows,
and sell everything at Right Prices.
BUGGIES AND WAGONS.
Anything that may be desired in
Buggies and Wagons can be had from
us. If it does not happen to be on
hand it CAN BE HAD without difficulty.
But we are carrying a large
stock in this line.
J. S. WILKERSON & CO.,
Hickory, S. C.
Building Material
If you expect to BUILD In WOOD,
STON'E. BRICK. CEMENT BLOCKS,
or anything else, It will be to your Interest
to see us before you decide all
the details. We build everything (except
castles in the air) and will be
pleased to furnish you with estimates
on Materials. Part of the Work, or
all of the Work, as may please you.
In any event see us before you begin
operations?we may be able to save
you mon<jy on Lumber. Hardware.
Lime. Cement. Fibre Plastering, and
then too, you want to be sure that
you have it in your contract that the
painting is to be done with DEVOE
PAINT?If you do you'll certainly get
the BEST Paint obtainable.
J. J. KELLER & CO.
ORK PDRMTURE CO.1
FURNITURE, STOVES, J
Jndertakiiig Supplies *
PAINTS, OILS, Etc. i
1*. a
*
4. i
i
flwmSi
Lr ivu
I I ' - ;
We are over stocked on HEATERS,
id we are selling them at a very close
ice. Get our prices before buying.
COOKING STOVES?The line of
pOVES we have are second to none.
iy one imrt be convinced. All sizes-<GHT
PRICES.
We have Just received a number of
fetty patterns of AXMIN8TER ART
0UARE8?ALL WOOL end INRAIN8.
We have the best assortment of all
lids of House Furnishings, we have
4r had. Call and see us. we will be
3|d to show what we have.
The first thing a great many people
a| when thej^ enter a store is?"What's
price," of the article they wish to
If chase?there Is a right price for
eirythlng, but the main thing to con- 4t-r
Is the QUALITY. We have the
Q^lity and the Price.
I \
}all and a?a ua and be convinced.
fERM8 TO SUIT EVERY ONE.
j THE YORK FURNITURE CO.
f Hay Your Holiday Goods from
The York Drug Store.
*X COLLECTIONS TORTBO'T"
Ofce ef the County Auditor of York
County, South Carolina.
froRKViLLE, S. C., Nov. 30, 1906.
AS required by statute my books
xTwill be opened at my office in
Ydvllle on TUESDAY. JANUARY
1, |07, and kept open until FEE,RURY
20. 1907. for the purpose of
ll8t)g for taxation all TAXABLE
PIIPERTY held in York County on
Jajary 1, 1907.
Sturns made on proper blanks,
antfeworn to before an officer quallfiecto
administer an oath and forwa|ed
to me by registered mall befoin
February 20, 1907, will be accei
d.
i returns must be, fully itemized.
"N :hange," and "Same as last year"
areoi admissible.
J taxpayers are particularly requt
ed to inform themselves as tp
the umber of their respective school
dis jts, and where they have propert
In more than one school district,
the&vlll please make separate returns
ind itlng the location of each piece
of operty. The school districts in
wh i there are special levies are as
follys:- Nos. 13, 29 and 33 in 3e
thefti; Nos. 9, 20 and 40 in Broad
Ri\|; Nos. 9 and 20 in Bullock's
Crej; No. 12 in Catawba; Nos. 7 and
12 fcEbenezer; Nos. 26, 28 and 39 In
Fojt*IW; Nos. 11, 20 and 33 in York.
Ft tfca. purpose of facilitating the
takte of returns, and for the greater
con ?i lance of taxpayers, I will be at
the following places on the date3
nanxl: J
Ai(irc*kvllle, Tuesday January 1.
ABethel?Glenn and Riddle's store
?Wlnasday, January 2.
A IB and ana?Perry Ferguson's store
?Tljrsday, January 3.
Af Point?Harper's?Friday, Jan- ,
uaryl.
Atforkville, Saturday, January 6
At^Clover, Monday and Tuesday,
Januty 7 and 8.
AtBeihany, Wednesday. January 9.
AtJrajrrna, Thursday, January 10.
At9i<Scory Grove, Friday and Saturday
Jtnuary 11 and 12.
At Ihtron, Monday and Tuesday,
Janusy 14 and 15.
At Bollock's Creek, Wednesday,
Januay 16.
At IcConnellsvllle, Thursday, January
I.,
At (gfcn, Friday, January 18.
At Gates's Tavern?Roddeys?Saturday.January
19.
At Irgih, Monday, January 21.
At Jefport, Tuesday, January 22.
At Tort Mill, Wednesday, Thursday
aid Friday, January 23, 24 and
25.
At IntyHie, Saturday, January 26.
At took Hill from Monday, January
8, to Saturday, February 2 Inclusivt
At foifcville, Monday, February 4.
At Jlefcnont, Tuesday, February 5.
At lorlvllle from Wednesday, February
t fc> Wednesday, February 20 1
incluste.'.
All labs between the ages of twenty-oneani
sixty years, except Confederate
pliers over the age of fifty
years, iro liable to a poll tax of $1,
and allpft-sons so liable are especially
requeslnlto give the numbers of their
respechs school districts in making
their itfns.
It wll |e a matter of much accommodatlnto
me if as many taxpayers
as posibk will meet me at the respectivaaibointments,
mentioned above
k I 1 J .U- ....k ?.
an V ftvuiu IUC I Uoit at lutivnno
duringihf closing days.
JOHN J. HUNTER.
County Auditor.
YorWlfe, s. C., Nov. 30. 1906.
Nov. 101 f 4t
Wf Hmkomest Goods and Lowest
Prices t he York Drug Store
"ItaSW SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of York.
a'tT OF COMMON PLEAS.
J. S. Br?. Guardian, Plaintiff, against
Laura?. Parish and C. G. Parish,
DefenftHs?Summons for Relief.?
(Comtflut not Served.)
To the ffendants above named:
YOU hereby summoned and requirt
to answer the complaint in
this actA which is this day filed In
the office of the Clerk of the Court
of ComnO Pleas, for the said County,
and to sft'e a copy of your answer to
the saldlornplaint on the subscriber
at his o* in Yorkville, South Carolina.
wit# twenty days after service
hereof, elusive of the day of such
service: |1 if you fail to answer the
complainfvithin the time aforesaid,
the plaint in this action will apply to
the Courfor the relief demanded In
the compfrit.
J. S. BRICE.
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Yorkvlll S. C., November 16, 1906.
NOTICE.
To the rfent defendant, Laura E.
ramPlease
fce notice that the Summons,
of \lch the foregoing Is a copy,
together 4h the Complaint in this
action, waj filed In the office of J. A.
Tate. ClerPf Court of Common Pleas
for York Spunty, In said State, at
York Coiurlnuse. Yorkville, S. C., on
the 16th dflof November, 1906.
J. S. BRICE.
Plaintiff's Attorney.
Nov. 16 f 6t
cotOn insurance.
I AM preyed to write Insurance
on Cott# stored either In open
yard or lroutbulldings on farms.
Farmers 4 arrange to borrow
money on V Insurance policies on
cotton heldoi their farms the same
as If the itton were stored In a
warehouse ijtown". Rate 3J per cent.
Write or calPt my office for rates of
Insurance ai' other Information.
J. R. LINDSAY.
Oct. 3. ) t.f. tf.
j
fceal Estate For Sale. "
I have about twenty land deals, In
vhich titles are to pass and money to
le paid between January 1st and 5th.
til buyers are requested to place
noney In their bank and to use checks.
Ill sellers are requested to have their
leeds ready, with dower released, so .
is to cause no delay.
FOR SALE.
One farm, seventy acres, one dwellng,
five rooms, wide hall, newly
minted, good barn and outbuildings.
>ne giHMj new tenant house, 3-rooms;
ibout 30 acres in timber; 25 acres wire
pasture; 350 nice fruit trees. Ideal
lonie, 2 miles Yorkville, on Pinckney
ouu. Price |2,150.
Two lots, 80 ft. front, 350 ft. back, on
Wright s avenue. Beautiful residence
ots.
One lot on west side Lincoln street.
l30 fL front?1 2-room house. Cheap,
loins Riddle and Allison property on
he south side. Near court house.
1 tract land. 3 miles south Yorkville,
lear Cheater road; 41 acres, one house,
Alexander place. Price (1,000.
One house and lot, containing seven
teres In the town of Clover?good orchard.
Good place to educate your
children. Price (600?J. H, Neely
)lace.
38J acres?a part of the Shilllngiaw
and. In high state of cultivation, 1)
niles east of Yorkville. A new house,
vater?a bargain.
ti?) acres?J mile from Smyrna, one
louse, branch?30 to 35 acres in tine
Jtnber?7,600 feet saw timber?1,000
:ords of wood. Known as Nancy Dozer
land. Cheap, (500.
38) acres on Howell's Ferry road, 1} ?
niles from Yorkville, 3-room dwelling,
food bam and stables. Price |30 per
icre.
100 acres, 3 miles southwest of B*thiny?26
acres open land, 75 acres in
vood. S. F. Black's land. Price $12?0
:sr acre.
164 acres, 4) miles west of Yorkville,
>n Howell's Ferry rood--haa two
louses with 4-room8 each?60 acres in
linber.
303 acres, one mile Bullock's Creek ,
:hurch l, 2-story, 9-room dwelling.
Mew bam, good tenant houses. Every
nlng convenient.
us acres and residence of Sam C.
smith; a two-story, seven-room house.
\ew barn, 10 fool driveway; 3 stalls
sach side?shedded. .Loft will bold 10,>uo
bundles fodder?good water. Ad,uinlug
academy; 4 miles of Yorkville.
ileguut Home. Buy and educate your
.nlidren here. ,
o5 acred, t> miles northwest Yorkvllle,
food water, a acres forest timber, 3
lures tine bottom. Land of S. C. Smith.
"rice yOoo. Aajoins Wm, Burns and
others.
isu acres, 6 miles south Yorkvllle, 2
louses, a-horse farm open, 26 acres
food cranch bottom. 60 acres In wire
Kasiure. Good barn and out houses?
:heap?1-3 cash. Dr. Cartwrlght
i>iace. 00 acres timber.
'two tracts?one 00 acres and the
jther 62?one mile King's Creek station.
26 acres open, balance in timber h
?saw, cross ties and cord wood. Price
>16. Latham land.
4 < k acres near Orover at Beams
h osslng of railroad and 3 public roads.
One 6-room house, painted, on Main
street?one acre of land. Known as
the Goforth house.
One 4-room house adjoining the
ibove lots?one acre of land?$150.
terms to suit.
18 acres, ail in cultivation, 3-room,
newly painted dwelling, ceiled. Inside
coporate limits Yorkvllle. Lies well,
good drilled well, 941 feet. Nice young
orchard.
61 acres, 1 dwelling 6-rooms, 1 tenant
house 3-rooms. 3 miles Yorkvllle
jn Howell's Ferry road?good school.
10 acres In cultivation, 8 acres original
timber, level land; good orchard and
If rapes.
i?0 Acres, 2-story dwelling, 8
rooms; 2 tenant houses; good new
barn; 4-horse farm open; 60 acres In
timber; capable of high cultivation;'
61 miles from Yorkvllle, 7im to Rock
Hill, on Yorkvllle and Rock Hill road,
i erms* to suit purchaser.
uui Acres, 31 miles Yorkvllle; 20
acres in cultivation; good stream of
water; 1 nice weatherboarded 4-r
house; 1 tenant house.
4511 acres, 2 miles of Tlrsah, 61
miles Vorkville, 71 Rock Hill. On public
road from Yorkvllle to Rock Hill, '
near Adner church; high state of
cultivation, 76 acres bottom In corn,
10-horse farm open. Larire new barn,
12 stalls and cribs. 10 acres fine orchard,
2-story dwelling (painted) in
beautiful oak grove. Produced 100
bales cotton 1906.
377 acres, farm, both sides King's
Mountain road, about 21 miles Bethany
High School, 1 7-room dwelling,
} tenant house and other buildings;
at least 100,000 feet saw timber; has
mineral prospects; A. C. Stroup place.
40 acres, 8 miles northeast of Yorkvllle,
bounded by lands of Mrs. Nichols
and Mrs. Youngblood; 18 acres
woodland.
1331-3 acres 1 mile west of Hoodtown.
On public road. 60 acres In cultivation,
36 or 40 acres of fine bottoms.
12 acres bottoms in cultivation. Cheap.
86 acres, |-mlle from Yorkvllle on
Charlotte road; a two-room house, 16
acres In bottom In high state of cultivatlon.
_
113 acres 6 miles west of YorkvllM,
/Miitlvnferi lurid, well water
ed, 2-story dwelling, 6 rooms, on R.
F. D., about 28 acres In pasture and
second growth pine.
26 acres in the town of Yorkvllle,
will sell in lots from one acre up.
236 acre farm about 8| 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.
J. C. WILBORN, Attorney.
YORKVILLE
MONUMENT WORKS.
(Incorporated.)
MONUMENTS"
We are at present turning out large
numbers of orders for Monuments and
Tombstones in Granite and Marble.
Our orders are not confined to any
single section, but are coming from all
quarters, and especially from points at
which some of our work has been f
erected.
Our marble works are thoroughly
equipped with the most Improved devices
for handling work rapidly and
at the same time enabling us to give
our customers superior quality at the
most moderate prices.
If you intend to put a monument of
Granite or Marble over the grave of a
deceased relative, we will be pleased
to have you call and see samples of
our work and get our prices.
W. BROWN WYLIE, ^
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